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[In his October 21 “Fair Game” column, Shay Totten wrote]: “Hats off to Louis Porter at the Vermont Press Bureau for his eyebrowraising item in Sunday’s ‘Capitol Beat’ column. Porter reported that Senate President Pro Tem Peter Shumlin (D-Windham) has separated from his wife of 20 years.”

Why is this news? I guess it fits the theme of the column, “Secret Lives, Public Officials,” but I really don’t see relevance beyond that and, frankly, it made me feel a little creepy to be reading about this, sort of like graffiti on the bathroom wall.

Rather than “raise eyebrows,” non-voyeurs would likely look away.

I enjoy reading Shay’s columns, he does a great job, but this item doesn’t fit his normally high “Fair Game” standard.

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[Senate President Pro Tem] Peter Shumlin is located extremely low on my list of valued public servants [“Fair Game,” October 21].

He has created a system of tabulations that somehow would in the long run make Gaye Symington the winner in the last gubernatorial race by splitting her vote, which was lower than Anthony Pollina’s, then taking a multiplier times 68 divided by 4 equalizing a victory over Gov. Douglas. His whole career — whether personally, business-wise or as

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I have wanted to write my appreciation of Margot Harrison’s Seven Days reviews for some long time. Her piece on Where the Wild Things Are caught something I had not seen in other reviews of the movie, so I thought this is a good time to underscore the strength and originality of her critical writing.

How often do we read reviews and never see the movies? How many times do we find ourselves knowing a film more from its trailer and some critic’s description than our own viewing? Are most folk older than 24 still going regularly to the movies?

Far too many film critics (local and national) play a very silly game of telling wouldbe audiences movie plots, highlighting celebrity stars’ latest roles and, in truth, helping with the general promotion of the latest theatrical releases. Margot either doesn’t know how to play that game or, wisely, chooses not to do so. When she does tell a narrative plot, she often makes fun of its absurdities. Often I have found her reviews more entertaining than the films themselves, if I see them.

Her review of Where the Wild Things Are is more about how children and adults look at movies than the movie itself, although she does write beautifully about its characters, story and use of contemporary special effects.

Who tackles the subject of childhood innocence in a movie review? Who would dare to say that older kids might not like a kid’s movie and that younger kids might find it too scary? Margot thinks clearly and doesn’t seem to care what people think of her critical writing. She is honest. I trust her.

I don’t know if I can talk my teen son into seeing Where the Wild Things Are, but her review has made me want to try.

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Suzanne Podhaizer hit on only the high points of Green Mountain Coffee [“Cool Beans,” October 21]. I support their success and do not want to demonize them. However, the image that the company promotes suffers from some glaring hypocrisies that Suzanne should have not only mentioned but called significant attention to.

GMC needs to be pressured by their consumers to fix these problems.

First: The product they promote the most heavily is the individual-cup brewer. Every single cup of coffee with these brewers comes in a nonbiodegradable plastic container. The more this product grows, the more wasteful GMC will be, and the more likely it is for other companies to create similar wasteful systems.

Second, I have seen Styrofoam Green Mountain coffee cups. I hope those have been discontinued.

Third, I have frequently had old, lukewarm, watered-down Green Mountain coffee at a gas station. GMC might do a good job of tracking their coffee from growers to the U.S., but their quality control to the many gas stations that serve it is lacking.

I spoke to the GMC representative at their headquarters about this. She said they are working on the quality control and on a delivery mechanism that did not use plastic cups. Until they do find that, they should not claim to be green while promoting such a dirty coffee-delivery mechanism. As it stands now, their marketing is nothing more than hypocritical greenwashing. Suzanne should have done a better job calling attention to these issues in her article.

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NOVEMBER 04-11, 2009 VOL.15 NO.11

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NEWS 14

Vermont Judge William Sessions Holds Court on the U.S. Sentencing Commission

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FEATURES

Is Vermont’s Department for Children and Families Doing Enough to Address Abuse and Neglect?

Transportation: With the Crown Point Bridge closed, residents take comfort in a tiny ferry

A New Theatrical Production Takes on Crime, Punishment and a Troubled Teen

Fitness: Channeling the ancient samurai in a new Burlington fitness class

32 The Art of Teaching Adolescents

Books: The founder of Ripton’s North Branch School remembers its growing pains

BY ERIK ESCKILSEN

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Full Monty Actors Bare Their Feelings, and More

BY KEVIN J. KELLEY

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Food: Why Vermonters are mad for the humble cupcake

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35 Side Dishes

Leftover food news

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46 Soundbites

Music news and views

BY DAN BOLLES

62 Eyewitness

Taking note of visual Vermont: Kathleen Kolb

BY LAUREN OBER

40 To Hell and Back

66 Movies

Your guide to love & lust

BY MISTRESS MAEVE

Music: A chat with Squirrel Nut Zippers founder Jimbo Mathus

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The Magnificent 7 Music Calendar Classes Art Movies

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Michael Jackson’s This Is It; The Men Who Stare at Goats

75 Mistress Maeve

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Rupa and the April Fishes, Este Mundo; Indecent Exposure, Sleazy Neal Rantoul at PHOTOSTOP Gallery

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36 Fermenting Community

60 Art

19 Hackie

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34 Single Serving

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48 Music

BY SHAY TOT TEN

BY KIRK KARDASHIAN

BY MARGOT HARRISON

REVIEWS

Open season on Vermont politics

BY JERNIGAN PONTIAC

30 Sword Play

BY LAUREN OBER

ARTS NEWS

12 Fair Game

BY LAUREN OBER

BY KEN PICARD

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26 Bridge of Sighs

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Billings Farm and Museum’s Wagon Ride Weekend is a don’t-miss fall tradition.

Rugged teams of Percheron horses set off for a brisk ride ’round the farm with visitors in tow. Plus, while you’re out and about, you can visit the barnyard animals and scope out the farmhouse. How very Vermont.

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Heard It Through the Grapevine Most of us would like to think we left tattlers and blabbermouths back in grade school, but the St. Michael’s College production of The School for Scandal proves that’s not so.

Enter a complex world of gossip mongering, love affairs and mistaken identity in this 18th-century classic that’s been thrust into the colorful and wild 1960s. Director Peter Harrigan describes the comedy as “Amadeus meets Austin Powers.” Groovy.

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The Paper Trail

To the first question, as “Fair Game” he media has engaged in plenty of all kinds of conspiracy theories. In fact, navel gazing and hand wringing in the biggest “crime” related to the $17 has reported, the decision to use pooled the wake of several small “s” scan- million “loan” from the city’s check- cash to fund BT was largely Leopold’s to dals involving officials keeping info book to Burlington Telecom may be make, and was done so with the apparent secret from the public. one of omission. Who’s guilty? It could consent of the mayor, BT managers and Oh, if we only had more resources, we’d be any number of folks, from Chief perhaps several members of the city’s be able to hold officials accountable, has Administrative Officer Jonathan leopolD crack legal team.

The loan was made without explicit been the mainstream media’s lament. to Mayor BoB Kiss and the city’s cadre of approval from the council or the Board What would the public do without us? lawyers.

How our democracy would suffer.

I can honestly say the media — “Fair of Finance. In other words, a system Sure, newspaper layoffs and the down- Game,” included — missed the story with checks but no balances. Leopold ward financial spiral have fostered an in Burlington, too, along with the says the board, and the council, gave 12v-augustfirst100709.indd 1 10/5/09 12:32:58 PMinstitutional malaise amongst those left Burlington City Council and the Board implicit approval when they OK’d the annual budgets. standing. Many can’t help but wonder, Am of Finance.

Mayor Bob Kiss said he I next? Still, uncertainty will implement new rules shouldn’t make journalgoverning how money from ists forget what they’re the cash pool is loaned to paid to do while journalvarious departments, with ism still exists. the goal of providing greater As “Fair Game” transparency. His recompointed out two weeks mendations will be unveiled ago, the common thread on Monday at the Board of among scandals big and Finance meeting. small in Burlington, m o Ntp E l IE R c It Y mANAGE R W I l lI A m F R A S ER That’s great for moving Montpelier, Winooski, forward, but one has to Waterbury and elsewhere is the increasingly common use All the evidence was right there in wonder if anyone on the council or the of executive sessions to discuss matters the city’s audited financials. Look at the Board of Finance ever reads the detailed that are better aired in public forums. annual report available at Burlington City reports supplied to them by the city’s But there’s more to it. After review- Hall and you can see BT’s deficit mush- outside auditor, sullivan & poWers. Audit ing a stack of documents requested from rooming between FY 2007 and FY 2008. reports, which are considered public Montpelier germane to the $400,000 A separate document, the FY 2008 au- documents, are distributed annually to overpayment the city made to Scott dited budget — issued in June 2009 and the Board of Finance.

Construction, I can say: City Manager available on the city’s website — explains In both the FY 2007 and FY 2008 Register to be a Vermont the shortfall: “Burlington Telecom has audits, the green eyeshades at Sullivan William Fraser made numerous, public Emergency Response mentions about the repayment, or lack negative pooled cash in the amount of & Powers raised concerns about how the Volunteer Today! thereof, dating back to 2007. They were $8,654,981 at June 30, 2008. Subsequent city was accounting for BT’s cash loan to included in weekly managers’ reports to year-end, that negative balance has in- fund its operations.

No one comes together in a time of provided to the mayor and council. The creased substantially. The City intends to In FY 2007, the auditors noted that need like Vermonters. Whether pitching public and the media could review them refinance its debt to include paying back the city was not properly accounting for in to dig out elderly neighbors following the other City funds. The City believes how the BT loan was being invested in at Montpelier City Hall. a snowstorm, setting up a local clinic In fact, Fraser told “Fair Game” that it has the ability to do this. However, if capital assets. In FY 2008, they believed or mobilizing to send emergency crews if a reporter or any member of the public this does not happen, it could have an the loan was a possible violation of its and supplies around the country for had asked about Scott’s promissory adverse impact on the City’s cash flow Certificate of Public Good (CPG). disaster assistance, Vermonters know note, he was prepared to turn it over and on the classification of the negative Both years, Sullivan & Powers noted each of us can make a critical difference. cash, resulting in a significant reduction that BT has “no controls or procedures immediately.

“Dan scott asked us in our meeting in the City’s General Fund balance.” in place to monitor and document comScary stuff. Who wrote it? None other pliance” with the CPG. This despite the if we could keep this quiet, and we said that we couldn’t — that it would be in our than the alleged loan, er, lone gunman fact that BT has a full-time compliance budgets, and I would turn over a copy himself: CAO Leopold. officer.

Glad to know someone was paying atof the note if anyone asked,” recalled Who Knew What When?

Fraser. tention and speaking up. Too bad no one As a result of the public outrage, the As city councilors and residents continue was listening. city will post city council material online. to sort through the Burlington Telecom It’s also reviewing its policy regarding mess, a couple of questions keep coming The Fix Is In back: How did the “loan” approval go Two separate committees formed to adexecutive sessions.

In Burlington, the paper trail is not unnoticed? And what did people know dress the Burlington Telecom financial fiasco will start meeting next week. as easy to follow, and that has fostered and when did they know it?

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Profits at the parent company of the Burlington Free Press — Gannett Co., Inc. — fell 53 percent in the third quarter, marked by a 28 percent drop in ad sales in the company’s publishing division.

Despite the declines, GCI still made a profit thanks to layoffs, falling newsprint prices and other cost-cutting efforts.

The nation’s largest newspaper chain earned $73.8 million, or 31 cents per share. That’s about half what it earned a year earlier: $158.1 million, or 69 cents per share.

In the coming months, Gannett will roll out new efforts to save money: It will implement self-service obituary notices and will consolidate all ad production at two sites: Des Moines, Ia., and Indianapolis, Ind. Though still profitable today, the company’s future looks increasingly bleak as the circulation of daily papers continues to plummet.

As of March 31, 2002, the Free Press had a weekday circulation of less than 45,000, and 50,000 on Sundays. The most recent Audit Bureau of Circulation report puts their weekday circ at 33,489 copies weekdays and 42,180 on Sundays.

That bad news came in the same week the Freeps published a letter to the editor advocating that people take hunters out into the woods and shoot them. The oversight incurred the wrath of hunters nationwide.

The paper issued a public apology and pulled the letter from its website.

But they may have connected with a new demographic in the process: militant, gun-toting vegans.

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One committee, chaired by Councilor Karen Paul (I-Ward 6), will craft the rules for an audit of BT’s finances and operations. The other, chaired by Councilor Joan Shannon (D-Ward 5), will look at BT’s governance structure.

At their Monday council meeting, councilors are expected to take up a resolution making public all the relevant correspondence between the Kiss administration and its lawyers.

That could answer lingering questions about whether the city rebuffed legal advice to disclose CPG violations a year ago.

City attorneys said they advised the administration last November to bring the violation to the attention of the Public Service Board. The administration agreed to do so, but only when it also could offer a financing remedy.

That remedy never materialized.

Those same attorneys then told the mayor directly in April that they needed to immediately correct the situation.

Finally, in May, attorney Joe Mcneil said he brought the issue to the attention of City Council President Bill Keogh, and outlined the need to present the city’s case to the Public Service Board.

At last week’s five-hour city council meeting, Councilor ed adrian (D-Ward 1) wondered aloud whether the legal team encouraged the administration between November and April to come clean on the CPG violations.

He and other councilors asked to see all legal correspondence. They got the packets on Friday. At next week’s council meeting, Adrian and others will urge fellow councilors to vote to make the files public.

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SEVEN DAYS: Why did Congress create the United States Sentencing Commission in 1984?

William Sessions: The commission was the product of negotiations between liberals and conservatives to reduce or eliminate the disparity in sentencing [for federal crimes]. A number of studies had indicated if you were being sentenced in Alabama, for instance, you were receiving a totally different sentence than if you were sentenced in New York.

More than that, people would say that the sentence you received in a multi-judge district would depend on the luck of the draw.

Some judges would impose probationary sentences while other judges would impose very significant prison sentences. Senators Kennedy and Thurmond were basically the authors of the act.

SD: You were appointed to the commission by President Clinton in 1999, served

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he Vermont judge who ruled in favor of the Sierra Club in a landmark auto emissions case is going to head up the United States Sentencing Commission.

President Barack Obama nominated William K. Sessions III, 62, for the plum judiciary job in April. After a delay — thought to be payback for Obama’s nomination of Sonia Sotomayor — the full U.S. Senate finally confirmed Sessions at the end of October.

A Middlebury grad, Sessions went to law school in D.C. but returned to Vermont in 1973 to clerk for Judge Hilton Dier in Addison County District Court. He worked as a public defender, in private practice and as an adjunct professor at Vermont Law School before President Clinton appointed him to serve as judge on the U.S. District Court in Burlington in 1995. Since 2002, he’s been chief judge in the court where Vermont’s federal cases are tried.

Sessions has issued a number of controversial rulings from his bench above the Burlington post office. In the United States v. Donald Fell — a murder in which the perpetrator brought a Vermont woman across state lines to kill her — he found the death penalty unconstitutional because of sentencing procedures. In 2007, he allowed Vermont to adopt fuel-economy standards set by the State of California in a challenge to federal preemption law.

Sessions has served as vice chair of the U.S. Sentencing Commission since 1999, but as chairman he will have considerable power over the body’s agenda. That means Sessions will be instrumental in deciding what constitutes a crime and how long an offender goes to jail for committing one. It extends way beyond medical marijuana. Seven Days caught up with Sessions at Middlebury College, where he was giving a presentation on federal preemption and environmental law.

JUSTICE

WHEN YOU MAKE A DECISION ABOUT SOMEBODY’S

HUMAN LIBERTY,

THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT. J UD GE W I L L I A M S ES S I O N S as vice chair during the Bush years and were elevated to chair by President Obama. Does the USSC have a discernible political bias, and have you seen it change over time?

WS: It doesn’t have a political bias. In fact, it’s one of the few significant organizations that works in a totally nonpartisan way. There are seven commissioners: three from one party, three from the other party and the chair to be selected by the president. As long as I’ve been on the commission, we have tried to work by consensus, and that’s been extraordinarily successful. For 10 years, we’ve dealt with a lot of controversial issues. Eventually, we come close to consensus on virtually everything.

SD: How do changes in the sentencing guidelines come about?

WS: We propose a list of guideline changes prior to May 1st of each year. We send Congress a list of changes to the guidelines.

Congress has six months to reject those proposals; if they don’t reject them, they become

law. It has happened only two times in history that Congress has rejected our proposals.

SD: What are the commission’s strengths?

WS: One generally thinks of sentencing as being the responsibility of the judge. That’s not true. All three branches of government have an interest in sentencing policy. Congress has an interest because it determines the penalties that are attributable to crimes, and the president, through the Department of Justice, has an interest in what penalties are imposed. The sentencing commission meets at the junction of those three branches of government, and we try to reflect in the guideline system the interests and input of all three branches.

Second, we have a whole set of factors that judges should consider before imposing sentence. When you make a decision about somebody’s human liberty, there are a lot of things you have to think about. In some ways, the guidelines reflect the norms of the public

— this is what the public expects in regard to these particular offenses, with, of course, exceptions based on the individual characteristics of the defendant.

The other advantage is that it reduces disparity. We have a system that sets ranges of penalties that are applied nationwide. If you are going into court in Arizona, you are being sentenced the same as someone going into court in Indiana.

SD: Originally, the sentencing commission established mandatory minimum sentences and mandatory guidelines for sentencing. The mandatory guidelines were found unconstitutional in 2005, but the minimums still exist. Do they create a problem for judges?

WS: Guidelines are now advisory, but Congress has the power to impose mandatory minimum sentences. Congress says that if you are charged with crack cocaine and your offense involved 5 or more grams, then your mandatory minimum sentence must be at least five years. The corresponding mandatory minimum five years for powder cocaine is 500 grams. That’s where the 100:1 ratio comes into play. That’s what Congress is dealing with at this point, trying to reduce or eliminate the disparity between crack and powder.

Judges do not have the power to impose a sentence below those minimums. There may be circumstances in which a judge will want to impose a sentence below the mandatory minimum. The sentencing commission has, in the past, written reports opposing mandatory-minimum sentences. The latest report was 1991. Congress has just passed a law, which will be asking the sentencing commission to write a full report on mandatory minimum sentences that must be submitted within one year.

SD: What are the greatest challenges facing the commission at the moment?

WS: The difficulty is always in balancing the input of the various branches of government.

That’s a continuing concern and responsibility that we have.

If you’re talking about specific issues facing the commission, probably the crack versus powder disparity is one of big concern.

The commission proposed to Congress a few years ago that the 100:1 ratio be addressed and that the ratio should be no greater than 20:1 and that there should be no increase in penalties for powder cocaine. That has not been accomplished to date.

But two years ago, the commission, on its own, chose to reduce penalties for crack cocaine by two levels on the [sentencing guideline] table. That translates to, on average, two years. And then we decided to apply those reduced penalties retroactively. We went back into the prisons … people who had been SESSIONS

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itizens of Morristown are still reeling from allegations that a local schoolteacher sexually abused two of his male students over a period of five years. The charges against Shaun Bryer have also focused a spotlight on the state agency charged with investigating such matters. School officials brought their concerns about Bryer to the attention of the Vermont Department for Children and Families, but their concerns didn’t trigger a formal investigation.

Some child-welfare advocates are suggesting the Bryer case is symptomatic of a larger problem at DCF — namely, that it lacks the resources to investigate all the reports of abuse and neglect it receives. In fact, according to a national report, Vermont has the lowest rate of child-abuse-and-neglect investigations of any state in the country.

In a federal report published by the Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Vermont’s rate of investigating child maltreatment was 21 percent in 2007, compared to the national average of 62 percent. More recent statistics show that Vermont’s rate of investigations has improved to 32 percent but is still roughly half the national average.

One staffer in a central Vermont youth advocacy organization said that such figures are consistent with what she’s heard locally from her staff for years.

This worker, who asked not to be identified because her agency receives DCF funding, referred to “one hair-raising tale after another” of kids reporting abuse or neglect but those reports not getting investigated because they “didn’t meet DCF criteria.”

DCF Commissioner Steve Dale cautioned against reading too much into the numbers at a Justice for Children conference held last week in Montpelier. He explained that Vermont reports its incoming abuse calls differently than other states, noting that DCF acknowledges the total number of calls it receives, regardless of whether they’re duplicates, hypothetical inquiries or allegations completely unworthy of further investigation. “It’s not until after you get into a phone call that you know whether someone’s calling you with an actual report” of abuse or neglect, he said.

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In the last year, Montpelier-based Prevent Child Abuse Vermont has seen nearly double the demand for its family support services and nurturing-parent classes, with requests outstripping the organization’s available resources.

How is DCF responding to the growing problem? Dale pointed out that his agency has investigated 40 percent more abuse and neglect cases this year than last. One reason for the uptick, according to the commissioner, is that in September 2008 DCF switched to a centralized intake system.

Instead of 12 different district offices fielding abuse and neglect calls and providing different answers depending upon who answered the phone, a single, statewide call center now does the job, providing more consistent and standardized responses.

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ollowing last year’s run of her play Dreamtime — a fictional drama based on the 2001 murders of Dartmouth professors Half and Suzanne Zantop by Chelsea teens James Parker and Robert Tulloch — Vermont playwright MAURA CAMPBELL returns with another original work inspired by troubled youth.

In Rosalee Was Here, which is being produced by GREEN CANDLE THEATRE COMPANY, the eponymous character is a 13-year-old girl, played by high schooler LIZ GILBERT of Middlesex. Rosalee Darien’s criminal past mandates that she be closely supervised at all times on school grounds.

Responsibility for this supervision rests with a paraprofessional assigned to her case, Molly, played by TRACEY GIRDICH, and with school principal Mr. Holiday, played by DENNIS MCSORLEY. These three actors constitute the cast in a play that, like Dreamtime, strives to illuminate something deeper than the conflict that brings them together.

Campbell notes that Rosalee’s transgression defines each character’s role in an institutional structure, but the real work of rehabilitating — or simply restraining — her forces them to forge real interpersonal connections. “We all know that there has to be

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a certain rigidity, or an organization can’t function,” Campbell says. “That is what we see in the story, how that inflexibility is so damaging. If people don’t find ways to bend these rules, the people break.”

If experience is the best teacher, for Girdich and McSorley, it’s also a mixed blessing. Offstage, Girdich works in the child-care field with expertise in crisis intervention. In playing Molly, she says, “The biggest challenge is to not do my job … Molly is not a trained professional. I have to take that away and yet somehow be an influence.”

Likewise, McSorley says playing his part entails suppressing some of his best instincts as an educator. He taught for 24 years in New York City schools and spent 19 of them in special education, where, he says, he “banged heads with principals and mainstream teachers to fight for my kids.” McSorley’s familiarity with the dramatic terrain of hard-luck schools and hard-case students served him well at his Rosalee audition, landing him a part initially scripted for a female character.

Fighting for the kid at the center of this play entails a fair amount of fighting with her.

As Rosalee discloses, she’s a complicated individual with a knack for complicating others’ lives — one who’s been diagnosed with pathological aggression, borderline personality disorder, attachment disorder and attention

did,” Campbell says. “It’s about how she has been treated and how these three characters together find a way out of this mess.”

As the play’s title suggests, even a girl who has fallen through the cracks deserves to be recognized. “There are lots of people in this world who have had a bad time,” Campbell adds. “Their experience is still meaningful.”  Rosalee Was Here, written and directed by Maura Campbell, produced

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deficit disorder. Despite her awareness of her problems, Rosalee is unrelenting in manipulating her mentor. She’s also unwilling to own up to the sordid crime she committed two years earlier.

Although Gilbert says she finds little common ground with Rosalee, she nevertheless displays a skilled actor’s ability to turn the charm on and off abruptly and convincingly. Her impressive singing voice suggests a quality of goodness buried beneath her character’s hard exterior.

Directing Rosalee Was Here for the first time, Campbell says she’s also done some soul searching. (Others directed the play at the New York Fringe Festival in 2008 and at Virginia’s Studio Roanoke in June 2009.)

The staging at Outer Space Café will employ video projections to evoke the larger world of the story and live music to enhance the mood.

These production choices, Campbell hopes, will foster a sense of the intimacy of the characters’ relationships — the real subject of the play, in her view.

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YRIC THEATRE has earned a reputation over the past 35 years for serving up family-friendly entertainment. The company’s new show, a raunchy romp about male nudity and shifting gender roles, should prove no exception.

The Full Monty tells the tuneful and timely story of six men who have been laid off from a steelworks in Buffalo, N.Y. (The original steel town in the 1997 movie was Sheffield, England.) Depressed and bored, they decide

to try to make money by staging a strip show modeled on a Chippendales performance their wives and girlfriends eagerly paid $50 to attend. But these blue-collar beer guzzlers are more clunky than hunky. How are they going to entice an audience?

Well, the Chippendales dancers left their G-strings on, so this bashful but desperate troupe promises to go one less: the full Monty.

Lyric producer ERIN EVARTS knows the

show’s risqué content may make some potential ticket buyers hesitant. But she’s confident its feisty theme and funny, affecting plot will appeal to even the most traditional tastes.

“Anyone who gives it a chance will appreciate the show’s values,” Evarts assures. “These guys are doing all they can to save their homes and their families.”

Certain staging “precautions” have been taken, as well, notes STEVE KENDALL, who plays the part of the pot-bellied Dave Bukatinski.

For example, Lyric’s version drops fewer of the f-bombs that peppered the STOWE THEATRE GUILD production of Monty this summer.

But most of the actors are still a bit nervous about showing off what they’ve got on the Flynn MainStage for 1400 pairs of ogling eyes.

“Put me on a podium to give a speech before a crowd of 10,000, and I’m fine,” says KYLE DODSON, director of Champlain College’s Center for Service & Civic Engagement. “But ask me to do something like this in front of a crowd of even five, and I’m like, Oh, my God…” Dodson, cast in the role of Noah “Horse” Simmons (a “big black man”), describes any

kind of acting as his “area of least comfort.”

He does have prior stage experience, however, having played Dodo the Clown in a sixth-grade pantomime.

TIM MAYNES, an English teacher at Vergennes Union High School, confesses to having been “really anxious” before stepping on stage in Stowe in the role of the geeky Malcolm, which he’s reprising at the Flynn.

“I changed a lot through that experience,” Maynes says. “It made me more comfortable with my body.”

Kendall, a Morrisville banker who also appeared in Stowe’s Monty, says the actors draw inspiration from parallels between the characters’ situation and their own. In each case, amateurs are trying to muster the courage to take off their clothes in front of a howling audience. By the time the musical reaches its rousing final number, “Let It Go,” the actors, like the men they play, are empowered to go all the way.

“I had a guy call me in my office after seeing

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Now Sullivan’s book, retitled Saving Cinnamon, has become a hardcover from St. Martin’s Press. Last Sunday, Cinnamon’s story appeared on Fox News. Sullivan’s agent has sold rights to publish the book in Australia and New Zealand, and the author is working on possible spin-offs — a version for kids, perhaps even a film.

In a phone interview, 47-year-old Sullivan says, “The book’s story parallels the story of finding Cinnamon — setting out to do something that was very improbable.”

When it came to getting her book deal, she elaborates, “I did anything and everything I could think of. I didn’t take no for an answer.” Sullivan took the risk of turning down one publisher’s offer and holding out for a better one. She called up “big-name agents” directly and consulted with “a well-known Vermont author” whose connections eventually helped her get representation at New York’s Trident Media Group.

While Sullivan says Saving Cinnamon is “not a ton different” from the self-published version that’s been selling at local stores such as Pet Food Warehouse, it does contain color photos and an update on the dog who somehow made it out of a war zone.

Sullivan writes moving tributes to farflung helpers in the quest, such as Yulia Ten, founder of the Animal Welfare Society of Kyrgyzstan.

A volunteer rescuer herself and founder of a fundraising partnership called New Hope for Animals, Sullivan notes that there are “three more rescues in Cinnamon’s household now: Elvis, Holly and Pete. They all have their place in the pack. Cinnamon is still hunting her critters in the yard.” And, she concludes, as “Cinnamon’s amazing journey continues, I’m on my own amazing journey.”

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people in a high-intensity situation,” Cutler says.

He and the other five men, interviewed following a four-hour Sunday rehearsal at the NEW ENGLAND BALLET CONSERVATORY on Shelburne Road, said they drew closer through an early October gathering at Freeman’s home in Stowe. “It started off almost as a caricature of a hard-core macho bonding thing,” Dodson recalls. “We were playing pool and poker and drinking beer.”

Soon, though, the scene shifted. “We actually spent most of the evening talking about our kids and our relationships,” Cutler adds. “We were sharing our feelings.” 

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the Stowe production,” recalls Kendall, who played the flabby Bukatinski there as well.

“He said, ‘You’re my hero and a hero to every middle-aged guy who’s not exactly buff.’”

The six men are also summoning strength from one another. “Relationships are the reason I do community theater,” says Kendall, whose parents performed with Lyric as well.

“I wouldn’t have met most of these guys if it weren’t for this show.”

They don’t have much in common, workwise. In addition to a college administrator, a banker and a high school teacher, the core male cast includes a restaurant manager (MATT PARISI), a biologist-drummer (RAY CUTLER) and the production manager of Precision Switch Design in Stowe (ERIK FREEMAN).

And they’re certainly not doing it for the money. None of the 20 performers or the eight members of the artistic team or the dozens of crew workers are being paid for a time commitment that can exceed 200 hours. “It’s adequate compensation to tell a good story and to be part of a great group of

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by the other. When you look at the object with both eyes, the brain blends the two views together.

You see more of what’s behind the object, making it seem smaller.

Result: Binocular vision is slimming, monocular the opposite.

There are ways to compensate for the fattening effect of the camera. One is to use a telephoto lens when shooting portraits. Step back from the subject and zoom in — parallax, and thus the addition of pounds, diminishes with distance. (I knew a photographer who swore by the rule “Never use a lens whose focal length, in millimeters, is less than the weight of the woman.” Sexist thought? No doubt. Just saying it’s a guideline you might want to keep in mind.)

If you don’t have a telephoto lens but you do have digital photoediting software, you can still step back when taking portraits and crop out the extra background later on the computer. If you’re on the other side of the camera, here’s some advice: Watch out for amateur photographers who feel they need to have the subject fill the frame. They’ll tend to take

portraits from 3 feet away, making it appear that your face has been painted on a balloon.

You say you’ve figured out how to compensate for the 10 pounds added by the camera, but your subject is 20 pounds overweight? Still not a problem. There are other ways to make people look slimmer:

• “Short lighting” can make a broad face look thinner.

The subject turns one side of his or her face toward the camera and the photographer shines a studio light on the other side. Bright lighting on only half the face tends to elongate it.

• Dress your subject in black and put him against a dark background, thereby concealing excessive circumference.

• Have the subject turn at an angle to the camera, creating a narrower silhouette.

• Let’s not forget those vertical stripes.

• Get Mister Chubs to lay off the chimichangas. Not a terribly practical hint on the day of the photo shoot, but in the long run more likely to do him some good.

Dear cecil, How much nutrition do you get from eating corn? I know the day after I eat corn, what appear to be full kernels are released back into the wild.

Does everyone have this condition?

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t’s not just you, my friend. A lot of us have had occasion to think, as one thinks of certain relationships: corn is just passing through. A corn kernel has a tough outer hull that’s about 90 percent crude fiber and none too digestible. However, the human body’s capabilities include an amazing process that enables us

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to get the most out of stubborn foods. It’s called chewing. Thus exposed, the inside of the kernel is loaded with nutritionally useful stuff — starch, sugar, protein and oil. Think of the hull as a wrapper around a natural candy bar.

Even if you don’t chew it enough, corn probably still does you some good. My assistant Una calculates that at most 10 percent of corn’s bulk is truly indigestible.

We’re assuming, of course, that your digestive juices manage to breach the hull, and I’m sure not going to say they don’t. To be on the safe side, though, listen to Unca Cecil: sit up straight, get lots of fresh air, and chew your food.

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o question there’s an element of denial here.

Since you’re not looking at yourself most of the time, it’s easy to maintain a self-image reflecting the svelte physique you had 10 years ago, as opposed to the corpulent wreck you’ve become. But that’s not the whole story. For reasons having to do with optics and the way your brain works, the camera can, in fact, make you look heavier than you are.

The main difference between a camera’s view of the world and yours is that the camera has a single “eye,” whereas you have two. That subtly changes the way things look. Here’s an experiment.

Pose a round object in front of a varied background — a coffee cup in front of the computer monitor worked well enough for me. From a distance of 2 or 3 feet, look at the object alternately with both eyes, then one. You’ll notice that, seen with one eye, the object looms larger in your field of vision, and obscures more of what’s behind it. It seems bigger and bulgier. In other words, it looks fat.

To find out why, look at the object first with your right eye, then your left. Notice the familiar shift in perspective known as parallax — background features hidden from one eye can be seen

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I nearly wiped out about three cars as I dialed up Tamika. While driving, I can safely consume a drippy sandwich as I listen to the Red Sox and keep an eye out for fares. But I should be arrested for making cellphone calls in traffic.

Honestly, I’m a menace.

“Hello, there, I’m trying to reach Tamika. I’m a local cab driver.”

“Yes, this is Tamika. How can I help you?” The woman had a syrupy, Southern voice, probably African American.

“Oh, great. I’m driving a girl to your salon. She told me you were on East Webb. I’m just not familiar with that street.”

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main thoroughfares in town.”

“Sorry, I just don’t know it. Where are you in relation to, say, Church Street?”

“Well, there is no Church Street.

There’s North Church Street or South Church Street.”

Okeydokey, I thought, this woman is a total flake. “I’ll tell you what,” I suggested. “My customer said you were right near the police station. Could you meet us there in, say, 15 minutes?”

“Meet you there?” Her exasperation was evident. I suppose mine had been, too. “I’ll have to leave the shop, but, sure — I’ll be there in 15.”

I scooped up Celine and, on the way into town, told her the plan. I’ve been driving this delightful girl since she was a freshman. A senior this year, she is a slightly built young woman with large, soulful eyes. I’ve found her pretty unflappable, a quality that might come in handy the way this trip was shaping up.

“Jernigan, I’m so sorry to put you through all this,” she said. “I just needed to find a place that knows how to cut my hair.”

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I need to get to a hair appointment downtown.”

I recognized the quiet voice — slightly accented and almost musical. This regular customer was an international student from Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

“Hey, Celine — is that you?”

“Yes, it is. Can you drive me? I’m at my dorm — Pontigny.”

“Sure thing, I’ll be right over. Where am I taking you, exactly?”

“The woman said her salon was on East Webb Street.”

“Celine, I’ve been doing this over 25 years, and I don’t think Burlington has a ‘Webb Street,’ east or otherwise.”

“That’s what the woman said. She said it was right near the police station.”

“How about this?” I proposed. “I’m shooting up to St. Mike’s to get you right now, but could you give me her phone number, and I’ll call her myself to get good directions?”

“That would be great,” Celine said, with a sigh of relief. She gave me the number along with the woman’s name — Tamika.

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I glanced out my window down North Avenue. No sirens, not an ambulance in sight. “The Burlington Police station,” I repeated, like an idiot.

“Sweet Jesus,” Tamika said. “Yes, the police station. Burlington. North Carolina.”

I dropped the phone. “Celine,” I said, aghast, “I think this woman is nuts. She just said she was in North Carolina.”

I could see a light switch on above my customer’s head. “Oh, Lord,” she said sheepishly, “I Googled this salon. I’m sure I put in ‘Burlington, Vermont,’ but maybe something screwed up.”

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“OK, I’ll pick you up at 8:15 tonight, but I gotta run. I got another call coming in.”

I clicked off the one customer, scowling at my infernal cellphone. I could say that I have a love/hate relationship with technology, but hate/hate is more on the mark. No matter how many times I try it, the call-waiting maneuver escapes me. In the relentless race of 21st-century life, I’m way behind and out of breath, with no realistic hope of ever catching up.

I pushed a few buttons, more or less at random.

“Hello, hello? Do you need a taxi?”

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very morning, Tim Twinam fires up the computers in the corner of his log cabin in Williston and searches for lost souls.

From a desktop in his Vermont country home, the bushy-haired Englishman scans his website for messages from religious captives — members of a reclusive and vindictive sect who are desperate to escape, and ex-members scarred from their experiences inside.

Most days, he’s simply moderating discussion boards where those who have left the religion swap stories and post messages looking for estranged family members they haven’t seen in years.

Every so often, though, someone pushes the site’s “emergency button.” When that happens, a message is beamed to Twinam’s cellphone and a sort of rescue operation goes into action. Within minutes, he can contact a network of 131 so-called “helpers” positioned in 11 countries who are prepared to offer shelter, money and legal assistance to any escapee.

For four years, Twinam has dared to expose the secrets of the Exclusive Brethren, a fundamentalist Christian sect with some 43,000 worldwide followers, on his website Peebs.net. Raised among the Brethren in 1960s England, Twinam today runs what has become an online sanctuary for traumatized ex-Brethren and a portal through which those trapped inside can get out.

Now, that sanctuary is imperiled by a lawsuit the Exclusive Brethren have brought against Twinam and his wife, Sallie — an action that could shut down Peebs.net and cut off a lifeline to distressed followers, Twinam says. The Brethren are suing the Twinams for copyright infringement in Vermont federal court, claiming that Peebs.net illegally obtained Brethrenowned sermons and letters with the intent of publishing them online.

The Twinams maintain they don’t have the documents. They are defending themselves using a relatively new Vermont law — an anti-SLAPP (“strategic lawsuit against public participation”) statute — that is meant to protect citizens from frivolous lawsuits whose sole purpose is to silence critics by drawing them into costly court battles.

Two attempts to settle the case have so far failed to produce a resolution. With a third settlement conference set for late

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November, the eyes of Brethren around the world are watching Vermont to see how the fate of the Twinams will influence their own lives.

The Exclusive Brethren practice the “doctrine of separation” to shield themselves from what they see as the “evils” of modern society. Brethren aren’t allowed to live, eat or socialize with nonbelievers, and university education is strictly forbidden.

The Internet is regarded as a “pipeline of filth,” and TV, radio and cellphones are viewed as instruments of the devil. Until very recently, the Brethren strictly banned followers from using any of these.

Brethren women are expected to wear their skirts and hair long and raise the children. When they do work, it’s mostly in secretarial positions at Brethren-owned companies. Men, who wear blue pants and open-collared shirts, work in light industry and other professions that minimize contact with the outside world.

“You ever see the film The Village?” asks Twinam. “It’s a very similar structure to that. You’re inside. If you go outside, it’s dangerous. There will be dragons.”

When someone leaves the Exclusive Brethren, either voluntarily or through excommunication, they are cut off from family and friends who remain inside, a process known as being “withdrawn from.”

Ex-members are even prevented from learning about the birth, death or marriage of a loved one who remains in the community.

Twinam’s family was withdrawn from in 1970, when he was 15, and he’s spent his adult years battling the demons that linger from what he says was a strange and restrictive upbringing. A software developer by profession, he created Peebs.net to connect lost Brethren, educate the public about the sect and offer assistance to anyone in need of urgent help.

For three years, Twinam operated Peebs.net anonymously from his home. But the Brethren believed he was behind the site after somehow tracing an IP address associated with Peebs.net to Vermont, where they knew Twinam resided. The

sect pursued him in Canadian court, bringing an unsuccessful legal action meant to out Twinam as the webmaster.

In 2007, the Exclusive Brethren finally caught up with him. Their publishing arm, Bible and Gospel Trust (BGT), sued Tim and Sallie Twinam in Vermont for copyright infringement. The Brethren have hired a powerful international law firm with offices in Washington, D.C., and are seeking monetary damages that the Twinams say could wipe them out.

Brethren lawyers claim their sole interest is in protecting copyrighted property and collecting whatever monetary damages the court deems fair — not snuffing out a network of defectors. The Twinams view the Brethren’s suit as a baseless attempt to silence a critic, disguised as a legitimate legal claim.

“We don’t wish the death of the Exclusive Brethren,” Tim Twinam says.

“We’re not after that. We’re after the ability of families to talk.”

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im and Sallie Twinam live in a log cabin surrounded by woods at the end of a long gravel driveway in Williston. A

night, Twinam recalls his upbringing among the Exclusive Brethren and the events that put him in their crosshairs.

Twinam was 8 years old when he first tasted the bitterness of growing up Brethren. The sect’s world leader issued an edict that banned owning pets, and Twinam’s cat, Tippy — a skinny black feline with white socks — was immediately put to sleep.

The doctrine of separation isolated Twinam from his public-school classmates, not one of whom was Brethren.

“That was rough, because I wasn’t allowed to eat with them,” he says. “I wasn’t allowed to stay in class for sexual education.

If a TV came out, I had to leave. I would eat with my grandparents — walk a mile to have lunch — and return to school.”

Radio and television were banned, so Twinam grew up one of the few English teenagers of the ’60s not swept up in Beatlemania. He broke the rules, though, secretly reading the music newspaper Melody Maker and learning everything he could about what became his favorite band, The Moody Blues, without ever hearing their music.

Excommunication was rampant in those days, Twinam remembers, and even the slightest hint of disloyalty was met with harsh punishment. Twinam’s family was caught in the fervor and withdrawn from when his father, Laurence, spoke

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nlike the Church of Latter Day Saints, Scientology and other religions that make it hard for members to leave, the Exclusive Brethren remain virtually unknown to many in the United States.

The sect has established assemblies in Boston, Montréal, New York, Texas and North Dakota, though precisely how many members live in the U.S. is unclear. Twinam

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too bluntly at a Brethren assembly meeting.

“Dad got up to give a word — that’s what they called it — a scripture reading,” says Twinam, who was 15 at the time. “He spoke about Peter walking on the water and what happened when he took his eyes away from Jesus and he sank. And he said, Brethren, who are we looking at?”

Laurence Twinam’s implication was not lost on the crowd: Worship earthly Brethren leaders instead of the Lord and you, too, will sink. The Twinams were shunned and ultimately excommunicated.

May for being gay. My parents abruptly threw me out of their house a few days ago. I turned up on their doorstep to request items that had been left behind, and was refused access. My parents argued about whether I was allowed to say goodbye to my 9-year-old sister, and eventually my father grudgingly conceded. However, when I asked if I could hug her one last time, he refused point-blank and held her arms behind her back so that she couldn’t move — she was sobbing her heart out. Unspeakably cruel.

“This is the primary reason we do what we do — the personal stories,” says Sallie Twinam. “If you buck the system or choose to leave, you lose your family, your home, your business. If you’re a child, your parents will hold your bank account hostage.

It’s the same story over and over again.”

The Twinams share the work of moderating Peebs.net, logging dozens of hours a week at the keyboard and on the phone when they’re not at their regular jobs.

(Tim Twinam works days at Union Street Media, a Burlington web-design firm; Sallie Twinam is a Red Cross supervisor.)

Peebs.net also hosts “Memorial Pages” dedicated to Exclusive Brethren who were driven to suicide. One of the more shocking cases is that of David Beech, a closet smoker (which is forbidden) who was caught by his wife and reported to Brethren leaders. Beech was excommunicated — cut off from his wife and children — and descended into depression. Late one night in December 1983, Beech drove to the railroad line behind his home, laid his head on the tracks and waited for the train to come.

“He haunts me,” Sallie Twinam says of Beech, her voice lowering to a whisper.

“He says to me: Sal, when you’re discouraged, when you feel like giving up, please remember me. Please remember what you’re doing is so important.”

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“Suddenly, I discovered why I am who I am,” Twinam says.

“I’ve been diagnosed with [attention deficit disorder] stemming from post-traumatic stress.

I started to understand about my life, why I’d been a little bit different.”

The website connected long-lost friends and relatives for seven years before, in 2004, it was shut down and hundreds of ex-Brethren who had met there were once again torn apart. The Exclusive Brethren brought a defamation lawsuit against the site’s owner, Dick Wyman, in Minnesota federal court. Wyman agreed to shut down the site and transfer ownership to the Brethren in exchange for $10,000 and a promise by sect Tim and Sallie Twinam, at their home leaders to help Wyman in Williston, display the voluminous reconnect with his eslawsuit against them. tranged mother.

Twinam had no intention of picking up where Wyman left off until he learned that California had just Tim Twinam pursued a career in compassed a law permitting puter programming and software develop- anonymous registration of web domains. ment and quickly proved a natural. He met So Twinam registered Peebs.net in Los Sallie in 1995 as an Internet pen pal, and Angeles and launched the site in 2004. the two married the following year. They (“Peeb” refers to Plymouth Brethren, moved to Sallie’s native Vermont, bought a or P.B., and is the nickname Exclusive house, and rode the tech bubble to riches Brethren give themselves.) He set up before it burst in 2000. a public guestbook and members-only Twinam says he never thought much forums where former Brethren, vetted for about his upbringing until, in 1998, he dis- authenticity, could connect. covered a website, ExclusiveBrethren.net, Ex-Brethren flocked to the new webdevoted to reconnecting former followers. site, filling it with heartbreaking confesThe stories Twinam read there — of broken sionals, such as this one by Craig Hoyle of families, shattered lives and people driven New Zealand: to despair — dredged up long-buried I’m 20, and I was thrown out of the memories.

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The movement was founded in 1827 by “The relaxing of restrictions is a posiJohn Nelson Darby, an Anglican minister tive step,” Bachelard says. “But to me the from Ireland who separated from the es- restriction on contact with your family is tablished church because he saw it as too the most damaging.” enamored of worldly things. He founded That rule shows no signs of relaxing. a chapel in Plymouth, England, and drew followers who became known as Plymouth he Twinams’ legal defense will test one of Vermont’s newest Brethren.

The Brethren’s history is marked by a legal protections for citizens, the series of bitter splits, power struggles and anti-SLAPP statute. rigid sets of rules governing all aspects of SLAPP is designed to intimidate and siwork and family life. One of the first splits lence critics by saddling them with a costly occurred in 1848 when followers divided legal defense. The goal of the lawsuit isn’t into the Open Brethren, in which indi- to win but to squeeze defendants finanvidual assemblies are autonomous, and cially until they abandon their criticism.

Exclusive Brethren, in which assemblies The Twinams say the Brethren’s lawanswer to a strong, centralized leadership. suit is a classic SLAPP case, and they have Michael Bachelard, an investigative invoked Vermont’s 3-year-old anti-SLAPP reporter for the Australian newspaper The statute in their defense.

Age, wrote an eye-popping account of the Theirs is the first anti-SLAPP case to sect’s strange and secretive practices in come before a Vermont court. If successa 2008 book titled Behind the Exclusive ful, it will be the first time anyone in the Brethren.

Second Circuit (covering federal courts Bachelard writes that, through “unfo- in all of New York and New England) has cused eyes,” the Brethren could look like won a case based on the law, which exists the ideal human society. They possess a in various versions in 26 states.

“What they are really after is to try to strong family ethic, guarantee cradle-tograve welfare, run low-fee private schools, shut Tim and Sallie up,” says the couple’s lawyer, Ron Shems of boast an unemployment Burlington. “I see this as rate of almost zero, and Shut down the site or we offer large sums of seed will bleed you dry.” capital to fund entrepreThe Brethren’s lawsuit neurial Brethren. claims Peebs.net downEven Tim Twinam loaded two copyrighted admits that Brethren memtexts from ex-member bership has its privileges.

Dick Wyman’s old site, “You can travel anywhere ExclusiveBrethren.net, in the world and find a RoN ShEmS , At toRN E Y Brethren family to welcome foR thE t wiNAmS and in doing so violated the terms of Wyman’s settleyou in,” he says.

But in the end, Bachelard portrays ment, an illegal act known as “tortious Brethren leaders as paranoid and vin- interference.”

The texts in question are an address dictive individuals who rail against the “filth” of the modern world while using its from Exclusive Bretheren Bruce D. Hales, systems of commerce and government to and a letter from a follower whose wife earn billions for Brethren-run companies. was caught in bed with a previous world The Brethren no longer recruit new leader, a scandal that caused the biggest members from the outside world, but split in the Exclusive Brethren’s history.

Twinam claims he never downloaded rather encourage families to have lots of children. So it’s easy to see why Peebs.net that material and never knowingly inter— which openly encourages disillusioned fered with the Wyman settlement. After Brethren to leave the sect — would present Dick Wyman’s site was shut down, Twinam says, he discovered much of its contents a threat.

In a phone interview from Melbourne, were available at the Web Archive Project, Bachelard says he fully suspects Brethren a public site that searches for and copies leaders read Peebs.net and says the impact material of interest from the Internet.

Twinam admits to copying the Wyman of the site cannot be overstated.

“He’s using a tool that is incredibly site’s guestbook and reposting it on Peebs. powerful,” Bachelard says. “I’ve heard net, but says he completely rewrote its many times the story that people come source code so as to render it a new web out and are separated from family and feel page. Besides, Twinam argues, the writings completely alone in the world, until they of ex-Brethren posted on the guestbook come across this website and feel commu- legally belong to those who wrote them, not the Brethren. nity again.”

The Brethren don’t believe Twinam’s The Brethren have recently shown some signs of loosening their rules, al- story. Lawyers note that he made numerlowing members to own cellphones and ous posts on Peebs.net saying he had the use email (but no web surfing) and digital cameras. But Bachelard says the most MighT v. SiTE » p.24

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he violates his legal obligations, and that is why we have this current litigation.”

Twinam’s misrepresentations of his relationship to Peebs.net could prove a fatal weakness in his case, but his lawyer isn’t worried.

“I don’t think it hurts him,” Ron Shems says. “Unfortunately, it’s typical of a SLAPP suit, where you have someone who really can’t afford a lawyer who tries to do what they think a lawyer does. When you’re trying to do professional work you’re not trained for, you can’t be blamed for that.”

On the surface, Tim and Sallie Twinam don’t appear all that worried about the lawsuit, either. Tim cheerily calls the Brethren’s action “flimsy as a piece of paper,” based on copyright infringement that couldn’t possibly have happened because “nothing was ever published.”

But deeper down, the cracks start to show. The Twinams know what’s at stake.

Not so much for themselves, they say — they’re content with life in their cabin by the woods, and years of psychotherapy have slain most of the demons of Tim’s childhood. But, the couple say, they’re concerned about the thousands of exBrethren searching for answers and lost loved ones every day on Peebs.net.

The Twinams know how devastating it would be to lose that repository of names, contacts and personal histories. What gives them hope is their belief that the floodgates are already open. The secret is out, and they believe any attempt to control the message in the Internet age is doomed to fail. Brethren are finding each other online, if not from home computers, then during furtive forays to Internet cafés.

“You can’t stop it,” Tim Twinam says.

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entire Wyman website and would make it available.

“We have ALL the material from the Wyman era and will be re-publishing it soon,” reads one such post. “You can’t keep Truth undercover too long. And it has a habit of resurfacing!”

The Brethren argue those posts amount to a confession, though Twinam says he was simply goading sect leaders with misleading statements. Meanwhile, the Brethren are using Twinam’s initial attempts to evade the lawsuit to attack his credibility, hoping a jury will dismiss any testimony he might give as not believable.

When the Brethren first sued Twinam, he denied being the owner of Peebs.net.

Twinam told the judge he provided technical assistance to the site when called on but did not own the domain.

Twinam stuck to that story for a whole year while he fended off the lawsuit without the assistance of lawyers and ignored court-ordered discovery deadlines. When the judge finally compelled Twinam to answer the Brethren’s discovery questions, he was forced to come clean and admit he was, in fact, the site’s owner.

The Brethren pounced, and are now using Twinam’s fib as a lynchpin of their case. Because they cannot prove that Twinam in fact downloaded their texts (which never appeared on his site), painting him as a liar may be their best chance for victory.

Twinam now admits that, after he was served with the lawsuit, he switched the domain registration for Peebs.net to his wife’s name so he could honestly say he didn’t own it when questioned under oath.

That’s why Sallie Twinam is being sued as well.

“He even considered putting the domain name in his cat’s name,” Brethren lawyers write in court papers. “Twinam used all of these lies and ‘ruses’ in an effort to get rid of BGT’s lawsuit.”

“He’s been completely lying to the court and to us,” says attorney Matthew Kirtland, a partner at the international firm Fulbright & Jaworski, which represents the Brethren. “Lying in a court proceeding is very serious, as lying generally is very serious morally. The judicial system does not work when people lie.”

Kirtland insists the Brethren aren’t trying to shut down Peebs.net, but won’t discuss what monetary damages the sect wants or how it has been financially harmed by the alleged copyright infringement.

He refers to his court filings, which say the Brethren’s claims have “nothing to do with chilling or curtailing any legitimate, protected speech of the Twinams.” Asked about the Brethren’s motives, the only thing Kirtland will add is, “[Bible and Gospel Trust’s] position is that it does not care what Tim Twinam does except to the extent that

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localmatters Sessions « p.14 sentenced pursuant to the guidelines were eligible to be re-sentenced with the muchreduced penalty. As many as 18,000 to 20,000 people have had their sentences reduced.

SD: Your commission will meet next week to prioritize issues for the upcoming year. What issues are likely to be on the agenda?

WS: For instance, crack cocaine and powder cocaine is a possible issue. There’s a careeroffender guideline — it’s a heightened penalty if you’re convicted of a number of previous drug or violent offenses. There’s a guideline on armed career criminals that needs review. There are a growing number of cases dealing with immigration and illegal reentry into the country — people who are deported and come back are subject to criminal penalties. People complain about the severity of the drug penalties all across the board. These are the kinds of issues we’re likely to take up.

SD: Is the commission responsive to changing social values and mores?

I think the commission tries to be responsive to law-enforcement concerns in particular.

Let’s say all of a sudden a new drug is introduced into a community. We clearly need to respond to that by establishing a guideline structure. If society, through its representatives in Congress, thinks that there is a

particular emergency, they try to pass laws to increase penalties for those offenses, and we try to be responsive to direction from Congress.

One example is Ecstasy. We did this massive study of the chemical qualities, the dangers of the drug, its impact on local communities, and then made a decision as to what would be the appropriate penalties.

SD: We’ve talked about drugs. What about other types of crimes?

WS: You have bank-robbery convictions.

There’s fraud. We increased the penalties for white-collar offenses very dramatically since I’ve been on the commission. They were fairly low. Prior to Enron, the commission had done a whole series of studies and increased the penalties for those whitecollar offenses. And then Enron happened and Congress responded with much more increased penalties and urged us to increase penalties more, which we did. To that extent, we found ourselves responsive to Congress and public concern.

So then there’s a lot of immigration. We have implemented a number of guidelines to dramatically increase the penalties for terrorism. There are issues in regard to child pornography and child exploitation — they’re very dangerous crimes, and we have very stiff penalties for those offenses. The other major area is firearms — felons in possession of firearms or use of firearms in connection with drug transactions. m

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Today, Borden said, the state can conduct a family assessment to determine the level of risk facing the child. Obviously, if there are allegations of sexual abuse, the case is automatically investigated for possible criminal prosecution. But in other cases where the offense isn’t egregious and/or the child isn’t at high risk for further harm, the department has greater latitude for dealing with the complaint.

Borden suggests that this approach is far less costly and time consuming and better serves the interest of both the parent and the child.

Linda Johnson of Prevent Child Abuse Vermont agrees. She sees DCF’s move away from an adversarial approach as a huge improvement — whether it means giving families parenting classes, childcare support, mental health counseling or substance abuse referrals.

“If you have a family that’s under so much stress that people are worried about their children, then let’s just help that family,” Johnson said, “instead of playing cops and robbers with them and

only staying involved if we can prove something against them in court.”

But Vermont families aren’t the only ones feeling more stressed out lately. State employees working at DCF are themselves struggling to do their jobs with fewer people and resources — a situation that, Dale admitted last week, has resulted in “more wear and tear” on his staff.

Ironically, Dale told the Stowe Reporter last month that recent budget cuts to his department “had nothing to do with” his department’s handling of the Bryer case, and that DCF “has not been compromised” by budget reductions.

But in an October 2 memo to all DCF employees, Dale sounded a very different note. In it, he outlined how the efforts to reduce personnel expenses in order to achieve the Douglas administration’s goal of $7 million in personnel savings have been taking a toll on his department.

“In making this plan, we have continued our goal of minimizing the impact on direct services to vulnerable Vermonters,” Dale wrote. “Even with this goal in mind, we are now at a point where any reductions — even outside of the direct service arena — impact the ability of the department to function smoothly. We will see compromises in responsiveness and performance in many areas.”

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While both states share ownership of the bridge, maintaining the span is ultimately New York’s responsibility. It is Vermont’s obligation to keep up the bridge at Rouses Point, the other car crossing jointly owned by the two states.

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and community affairs at the Vermont Agency of Transportation. The transportation authorities reasoned that, since the ferry companies would see a spike in ridership under these conditions, they wouldn’t mind accepting a reduced fare. Matot will receive $7 for every passenger he ferries across the lake.

Matot isn’t thrilled about the deal. He says he feels like an afterthought in the two governments’ negotiations.

But he is still committed to providing a service to people who need it. “What can you do?” he asks. “It’s an emergency right now.”

The crew emphasizes that the stress commuters are experiencing doesn’t keep them from being appreciative.

Everyone affected by the bridge’s untimely closing seems to have become more neighborly. Matot can’t say enough about how good people have been to him during these past few weeks.

At around 4 a.m., lines of cars start forming on the New York side of the ferry route. They’re filled with rural folks who find jobs where they can get them, even when that means traveling to the neighboring state. Many work in Middlebury or Vergennes — a commute of no more than an hour each way when the bridge is open. Since it’s not, their best option is to wait in line for the Fort Ti to pick them up and shepherd them across the depths.

But at least these people waiting patiently for Jon Porter, the captain of the Addie B., can be thankful they still have their jobs. Some tell stories of Crown Point Bridge users who lost their employment either because they couldn’t make it to work on time, or their employers were forced to scale back. Matot says he’s heard so many tales of sorrow caused by the bridge closing, he just has to shake his head. The trickle-down effect has been intense.

Linda Devino is one of those people who lost her job. During the eightminute ferry crossing, Devino’s husband, Ed, explains that she worked at West Addison General Store on Route 17, but when business ground to a halt, the owners had to let her go. There is

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The ferry matches its bucolic, picture-postcard surroundings. Around the barge are folksy, hand-lettered signs warning passengers to watch their children. A box full of maple syrup is for sale on the starboard side of the deck.

Matot is a dyed-in-the-wool apple farmer who runs an orchard in Shoreham. His shaggy brown hair is topped with a bright red cap advertising the ferry he operates.

He spits tobacco into a plastic bottle while he waits inside the cabin during the crossing. Outside on the deck, he jaws with drivers as they sit in their vehicles. Dogs making the brief journey can count on Matot for a biscuit.

Matot bought the ferry, which can hold 18 cars, in April thinking it would be a nice little side business. “And it was fun for the first five and a half months,” he laments. “Then it was like stepping into a nightmare.”

When the bridge closed, Matot’s whole life changed. He now wakes well before 4 a.m. to get ready to transport people by 5. He’s lucky if he makes it home before 8 p.m. on weeknights. He rarely sees his 8-year-old daughter. At night, he tosses and turns. His wife, Alison, a schoolteacher in Addison, told him she recently caught him directing traffic in his sleep. The upside of all of this? He and Alison never fight because they never see each other, Matot says wryly.

When the two states’ transportation authorities closed the bridge — a more vital corridor than anyone imagined — they approached Matot and asked him to extend both his hours of operation and the ferry’s seasonal run. Normally

by November 1, the ferry would have been dry-docked at Larrabee’s Point, waiting for the following May. That’s not all that’s changed. A oneway trip on the Fort Ti ferry used to cost $8. Now all Lake Champlain ferry crossings are free — a measure taken to mitigate the financial impact of the bridge closing on commuters. Vermont and New York agreed to subsidize the ferries, and Matot and the lake’s other ferry operator, Lake Champlain Transportation Company, are providing their services at a discount, says John Zicconi, director of planning, outreach

15 Ticonderoga town supervisor, visits Matot. He’s come to see how the ferry and her crew are holding up. no longer any traffic on Route 17, which Dedrick’s perspective on the situaleads right to the bridge, and the area tion is unique. Every day, he says, resifeels deserted. “Walking down 17, it’s like dents call to tell him they got laid off, a ghost town,” Devino says. or their business is dying, or they can’t Lorraine Franklin owns that general afford the extra childcare they need with store where Devino’s wife used to work. the longer commute. He’s heard from a She has watched her business plummet few people who left their homes and by 70 percent. The general store relied rented apartments on the Vermont side primarily on bridge traffic — people who so they wouldn’t lose their jobs. Others would stop in for gas or a drink on their are having trouble making their dialysis way to or from work. Now, Franklin says, or cancer treatments because they can’t locals just come in to help her out. They get to the other side of the lake. A handfeel bad for her. ful of people have taken matters into Despite the their own hands burden of shutby crossing in www.middlebury.net/tiferry tling 700 cars kayaks or canoes. across the lake Not surprisingly, Got a comment on this story or a daily — up from transportation suggestion for another one? Contact about 100 before authorities advise Lauren Ober at lauren@sevendaysvt.com. the closing — against this.

Matot and his Dedrick, who crew maintain their sense of humor. is scheduled to leave his supervisor posiInside the tug’s cabin, Matot, deckhand tion in two weeks, says worries about his Terry Norris and 71-year-old Porter, fellow townspeople keep him up at night. who has been the ferry’s captain for 43 He knows there is little he can do to help years, poke fun at each other and marvel them. “It just tears your heart right out at how screwy this bridge situation ap- of your body,” Dedrick says. “Quality of pears to be. life has dropped drastically.”

Matot grabs a short brown wig and The two states’ transportation eggs on Porter, whom the guys call Pops, authorities assure that finding viable to put it on. Apparently, one of the ferry alternatives to the bridge is a top priorregulars bought the wig for the balding ity. During community meetings, those captain at a yard sale. Porter, a slight affected by the closure have insisted that fellow with a white chin-strap beard, re- a solution be sited within the Crown lents and plops the wig on his head. The Point-Chimney Point corridor. “We need men have a laugh at Porter’s expense to establish something quickly,” agrees before they exit the cabin and help the Zicconi of the VAOT. “We need to get as vehicles disembark. close to the bridge as possible.”

Later on Friday, Bob Dedrick, the Currently, the two states are

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investigating the prospect of a ferry service that would cross at nearly the same point as the bridge. This will take time, Zicconi says, since it will require the building of new docks and roadways linking traffic to the current routes.

In the longer term, the states are looking at building a temporary twolane bridge, but that would take at least three months to construct. It would not be able to carry the 3500 cars a day the current bridge did before it closed, but it would be a better fix than riding the Fort

Ti ferry 20 miles away or driving hours out of the way.

For now, the best option for people in Essex County, N.Y., and Addison County, Vt., is Matot and his ferry.

His job is punishing, but certainly not thankless. The Thermoses of coffee and the bags of treats suggest his community efforts have not gone unnoticed.

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However, since the LACE Community Kitchen was not included in the article, I’d like to take this opportunity to let your readers know about us.

LACE — the Local Agricultural Community Exchange — is centrally located in downtown Barre, and has a number of communitybuilding and economic- development initiatives that are designed to “lace” together people, farms and food. Our Community Kitchen is a licensed processing facility, and even as we are getting fully equipped, we have five producers who utilize our kitchen regularly, and we can accommodate many more. Our kitchen is an appropriate facility for those just barely starting out, or who are further along in their business development.

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Thanks to Ken Picard for his profile of my book and an indirect debate between me and Bill McKibben on consumption and the environment [“Room to Consume,” October 7]. Overall, the article did a good job of balancing the coverage, but at the end it seemed to give “the last word” to Bill without giving me a chance to respond. There seemed to be an acknowledgment by Bill that we should indeed think at a global level but only with “ideas and images.” My basic point is that we have to think of livelihoods, given constraint of ecosystems and demography — I wish ideas and images alone could feed people and improve development indicators.

There is not a single example of a country that has been able to develop without global trade. Even insular economies like Cuba that many of my friends on the Left often champion could not be functional without trade. Of course, we need to keep the pressure on corporations to ensure that trade is fair, but to valorize insularity is a bad idea both for the environment and for the economy.

Regarding Walmart’s impact on local employment, there are many methodological challenges to studying this issue due to issues of “endogeneity” — the chicken and egg problem. Does Walmart reduce wages, or does Walmart move to communities where wages are declining in any case? Studies are all over the map on this matter, and if you look at the global perspective, jobs with such multinationals overall increase (perhaps more in the developing world where they are most imminently needed and where there are fewer social safety nets). The bottom line is that, as responsible environmentalists, we need to be pragmatic about our decisions not just in terms of our local community, but as planetary citizens in a world full of misery and discontent. Let’s work toward the common goal of a better world that is not threatened by technological progress but helps to harness innovation efficiently toward solving our environmental and economic challenges.

As for E.F. Schumacher’s book Small Is Beautiful that one reader suggested to me for reading — I have indeed read the book in detail and his vision has value in cases where there is relatively low population

and inequality (which is not the case in our world). Also, I would suggest that the readers advert the subtitle of his book: “economics as if people mattered.” Indeed, that is what I am aiming for as well: “Economics and Environmentalism as if People Mattered.”

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whatever the workout du jour is now. Forza isn’t a martial art, nor does it pretend to be. It’s a fitness class that works on cardio, muscle building and coordination. After a few sessions, you may feel fully capable of slicing and dicing an opponent, however unlikely that situation may be.

Forza was developed three years ago by an Italian woman named Ilaria Montagnani. The program has been around nationally for a few years, popular at exclusive gyms such as Equinox and Crunch, but since Vermont doesn’t have those, it didn’t make its way to the state until Shohet found it.

The 37-year-old Colchester mother of two might seem an unlikely candidate to teach a fitness class involving swords, albeit wooden ones. While Shohet did become a certified personal trainer years ago, she set aside that career when getting clients in a state short on gym rats proved difficult.

Stephanie Shohet Now, during the day, Shohet works as a bookkeeper at a convenience store and occasionally staffs the

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f samurai warriors existed today, Stephanie Shohet would definitely make the cut. She has the swords, the fearless attitude and a pair of ripping biceps that make her seem far more menacing than she is. All she needs is a topknot and an elaborate suit of armor, and she’d be all set.

But we live in the 21st century, and the samurai class in Japan was abolished almost 140 years ago. These warriors no longer lance disrespectful commoners and enemies alike with their forged steel katanas. So the best Shohet can do is play at being a samurai, and get fit while doing it. She’s Vermont’s only certified instructor of Forza, which takes elements of samurai swordsmanship and turns them into an hour-long, deltoidburning workout.

Not long ago, I spied one of Shohet’s fliers, which feature a photo of her in a samurai pose wearing a black and red headband emblazoned with the word “Warrior.” I was intrigued by the idea of learning how to wield a sword, even if it was just a cheap wooden one. I mean, who doesn’t want to play at stabbing people? I saw Kill Bill; I can imagine how thrilling it would be to run someone through with a cold sliver of steel.

The problem is, I hate group fitness classes. I can hardly stifle my laughter as people bounce around in front of the studio mirror to bad electronica jams.

And I’m barely coordinated enough to follow the instructor. In the few such classes I have taken, it’s a miracle I never pitched myself headlong into the mirror.

But the fact that Forza is about swords somehow overrode my disdain for the likes of Jazzercise, Zumba, Tai-Bo and

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She is also a caretaker for special-needs children.

When Shohet discovered Forza, it was like she had found her true calling.

She bought every DVD Montagnani made, determined to get as sculpted as the Italian, whose back is a rippling column of muscle. “I saw her back, and I was like, I want that that,” Shohet says. “I threw myself into Forza.”

The sword workout has been life changing for Shohet. She stands straighter and exudes confidence.

It has helped her focus better, she says. She can’t say enough about the program — and not just because she teaches it. “I carry myself differently now,” she says.

In short, Shohet has become an apostle of Forza — and her devotion is endearingly evident in her efforts to get the word out. She’s posted fliers like the one I saw all over Burlington.

Shohet has yet to make any money from her passion — the $10 fee she charges for her twice-weekly classes goes to rent the space at the North End Studio.

While the classes’ numbers aren’t huge yet, a handful of loyal students keeps her motivated, she says.

Shohet bills the class as “so much bang for your buck.” And after suffering for nearly an hour during one of her Forza classes last week, I would agree with that assessment.

The North End Studio is a multiuse space that smells of incense and is covered in Eastern-style wall hangings. At the beginning of class, Shohet removes her hoodie to reveal two full arms of tattoos, the newest of which depicts a woman swinging a samurai sword.

Under a dinner-plate-sized design of a flying Pegasus on her chest are pecs the size of pork tenderloins. The ink alone is enough to make Shohet intimidating, but the added muscle mass makes her someone you wouldn’t want to mess with.

The class begins with a few basic moves — half cuts and full cuts to the rhythm of techno music. Shohet reminds the seven of us to use our backs to lift the sword, not our arms. Right now, I’m lucky if I can keep the 2-and-a-half-foot, 5-pound sword in my hands without it flying off and impaling my neighbor.

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Swinging a sword doesn’t seem all that hard until you’ve done it nine or 10 or 70 times in a row. Then it starts to hurt. Bad. Shohet reminds us that a little burning is good. Ten minutes in and I feel like someone lit a match inside my deltoids. “I wouldn’t want to waste your time,” Shohet shouts as she swings her sword. “You’ll thank me someday.”

Shohet’s brown ponytail sweeps across her shoulders as she demonstrates proper slashing technique. In Forza, it’s all about your core. Your trunk is what makes the sword stop and start, not your

Ben Bergstein, who runs the North End Studio, knows that to be true. When he began taking Shohet’s class in March, he was inflexible and out of shape, he says. After the first few classes, he was so sore he could barely get out of bed.

Now he looks like a samurai, minus the ornate helmet and body armor. “It’s really made a difference,” Bergstein says.

“I’m an absolute believer in this thing.”

Three-quarters of the way through the class, all I can think about is how sore I will be the next day. Sure enough, the following morning I feel like I got

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arms. But when you have abs like limp noodles, this is a little challenging.

Soon Shohet is adding squats, lunges and pivots to the sequence. And here is where I get lost. Thankfully, there are other people in the class who haven’t a clue. Half of us are flinging our swords around like spazzes, while the others look like they could do some serious damage.

As the class progresses, Shohet bellows affirmations meant to inspire us.

“You can do it. Just be a machine.” “Just swing those arms. It’ll be over in no time.” “The wider your shoulders are, the more narrow your hips will look.”

The class laughs through its collective pain.

During a water break, new student Angela Fortier dabs the sweat from her brow and tries to catch her breath. “My arms are like Jell-O,” she says. A Forza regular assures her it’ll get easier.

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As Birdsey reveals, that paper pushing is a mere warm-up for the logistical challenges that follow. It’s easy to promise to have a suitable building, but much harder to find one, especially in a small town like Ripton.

It’s also easy to promise to have teachers and books, but much harder to get anything more than a box of donated “outof-date encyclopedias, history textbooks, and tattered, marked-up copies of Crime and Punishment and Lord of the Flies,” Birdsey writes. And you can assume you’ll have an eager crop of students, but it takes something akin to a political e s s e x s h o p p e s & c i n e m a campaign to persuade parents to entrust FACTORY OUTLETS their kids to an institution with zero track record.

As his book attests, it all worked out for Birdsey, 44, and the North Branch School. Now a nonprofit, it has 27 students in seventh through ninth grades and three full-time teachers. They’re ensconced behind a grove of trees in a 21 ESSEX WAY, ESSEX JUNCTION, VT WWW.ESSEXSHOPPES.COM | 802.878.2851 schoolhouse with shiny concrete floors

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give my children — my gift to them and to the future,” he writes.

The ideas expressed at that first Ripton meeting reminded Birdsey of Paideia, he says, where parents were always hanging around the school, and students called the teachers by their first names. At the middle school, in particular, the classes met at circular tables so the students could face one another.

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Ripton Community House in November 2000. The parents and teachers who met there agreed that they were satisfied with Ripton Elementary School, which had about 60 students, but they weren’t crazy about sending their kids to the regional middle school in Middlebury.

They thought a smaller community middle school — one that felt more like a family — would be a better transition to high school.

their parents, and that they can learn who they are by engaging openly with their peers. “That’s what I wanted to bring here,” Birdsey explains on a recent afternoon in his book-lined classroom, “a school where the kids were talking to each other and listening to each other all the time.”

But he didn’t come to Vermont with the plan to start a school. Birdsey was raised in Atlanta, where he attended Paideia himself, from third through 12th, and then went to Middlebury College.

Later, while teaching back in Atlanta, he spent five summers earning a master’s degree from Middlebury’s Bread tAl Bir D S E Y, N o r t h B r A N c h S c ho o l Loaf School of English.

Birdsey relocated to Birdsey was invited to the meeting Vermont in 1998; his two sons are now because he had taught kids that age ages 11 and 14. They’re both at the North for 10 years at the independent Paideia Branch School this year.

School in Atlanta, which was estabBy January 2001, he had become lished in the early 1970s by a group of the headmaster of the yet-nonexistent parents who sought a more informal school. Over the next eight months, and individualized curriculum for their he signed up 10 students. Among them children. Birdsey also had two small were a boy who couldn’t read or write, boys. The stay-at-home dad believed a girl with extreme anxiety, and another that “a school, created from my hands girl who had been “homeschooled, halfand heart, was the greatest thing I could schooled, or unschooled and had spent

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and walls made of Homasote, where the students’ artwork and writing are tacked up for all to see. There are separate rooms for humanities (Birdsey’s area), math and science, and the basement holds the art department. Outside, a flagstone patio opens on a soccer field nestled against the forest. Tuition is $8000 per year, with a little financial aid available.

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This group gathered in a rented farmhouse, transforming the living room into a classroom. With the addition of a wheelchair ramp, fire alarm and exit signs, the house met zoning regulations — and just in time, too: The town issued the certificate of occupancy on the first day of school. Still, “it was pitifully gloomy,” Birdsey writes, “dark, cramped, with only one window on the north side of the house … In the living room, our two plastic tables sat danger-

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Hoping to score some supplies on the cheap, Birdsey and the science teacher, Eric Warren, paid $500 to subscribe to a “seconds” supply and equipment club, which entered members into a lottery for tools and equipment. “When the first box came,” Birdsey writes, “Eric and I ripped into it like greedy children under a Christmas tree. Out came a box of 1000 extra-small latex gloves … seven spare bicycle tires … and a diverse collection of nuts, bolts and washers, none of which connected to any other.”

But the school was more than a ramshackle building near the North Branch River outfitted with makeshift equipment. What Birdsey recalls is the chemistry among the students and their ability to loosen up and start talking. Richly remembered scenes in the book describe those first days, and moments from the rest of the year.

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As the school year wore on, two more students joined the class, meeting Birdsey’s goal of 12 — Chairman Mao’s perfect number for learning, he notes.

The new additions gave the school some momentum and helped convince the other 10 students it was a place with TH something to offer, Birdsey recalls.

In the fall of the second year, he was notified that the rented farmhouse’s septic system wasn’t big enough to accommodate a school. Luckily, a piece of land just down the road from the elementary school came up for sale.

North Branch borrowed money to buy it and erect a new building, using beams salvaged from an old farmhouse. They moved in at the beginning of 2003.

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He got encouragement from local resident and author Bill McKibben, whose daughter attended the school, and who reviewed two drafts before Birdsey submitted his manuscript to publishers.

Birdsey cherishes that first year of discovery and experimentation, and believes that institutions tend to get ossified over time. “I once had a colleague who said, ‘Tal, we should be burning this school down every 12 years,’” he recalls.

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e’re a nation of individuals. With tastes and lives as varied as the tasty treats on offer, sometimes we just don’t want to share dessert. Enter the cupcake. The fun-sized confection has been gaining popularity ever since “Sex and the City” glamorized digging into the childhood treat at Magnolia Bakery. That spot in NYC got another push when Andy Samberg and Chris Parnell of “Saturday Night Live” threatened to “hit up Magnolia and mack on some cupcakes” in their 2005 viral video “Lazy Sunday.”

By 2006, cupcakes were so trendy they had already spawned a backlash, leading Time magazine’s Joel Stein to assure readers, “There’s nothing inherently wrong with the cupcake. Just like there’s nothing inherently wrong in the Koran.” While campaigning for president the following year, Hillary Clinton offered on Letterman, “Each year on my birthday everyone gets a cupcake.”

The cupcake is big business as an icon, too.

Last week on Etsy.com, a search for the word elicited 21,801 results, from 20-cent gift tags to a $3200 mirror designed to make the viewer’s face appear in a giant, sparkly blob of frosting.

Of course, trends tend to arrive a little later in the 802. Some may even think a state known for its health consciousness is no place for a frivolous mini-dessert craze. Think again.

While northern Vermont has no equivalent of Magnolia Bakery, cupcakes have quietly made inroads on the traditional cake market. Amy Spalding of South Burlington-based Angel’s Cakes specializes in wedding cakes, but she

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They appear to thrive on the Internet, too. Local cupcake cognoscenti are prone to selling their wares online — with mouth-watering photos, of course — and chronicling their baking experi-

full-time employee at South Burlington’s Dynapower Corporation says she “didn’t really learn how to bake” until she started making cupcakes. But the novelty of working on new flavors kept her going, she adds. Right now, My Little Cupcake’s ever-growing menu boasts 40 varieties.

Trudell’s favorite: “Maple walnut bacon.

People either get it or they don’t. They either make the face like ‘that’s gross,’ or they’re intrigued and excited about it.”

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Both Lowell and Trudell are members of the Martha Stewart Cupcakes Club, an international online group of 70 dessert bloggers who once a month bake the same recipe, blog about it and compare notes.

Members can also post their pictures on the club’s Flickr page. “People really become obsessed with baking,” says Lowell. She recalls a fellow blogger who led a countdown to the unveiling of her new pink Kitchen Aid mixer, crowing about the appliance, “I have a new baby, get ready to meet her!”

In the past month alone, Lowell has been asked to make cupcakes for a wedding — she surrounded the traditional white cake with an arrangement of minis resembling sunflowers — and a surprise 60th birthday party for a maple

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ments on blogs. Michelle Trudell, owner of the Westford home-kitchen startup My Little Cupcake, first got interested in decorating mini-cakes after reading a feature on the subject in Martha Stewart Living. Then she discovered a blog called Cupcakes Take the Cake, run by Rachel Kramer Bussel, who has a day job as a noted erotica writer and sex columnist.

That “got me totally addicted to everything cupcake,” says Trudell, who now admits to sleeping in cupcake pajamas and sporting cupcake jewelry.

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Preparation for the Williston Farmers Market alone takes about 10 hours each week.

It was through their mutual cupcake admiration that Trudell met Suzanne Lowell of Hinesburg, who runs a catering company called Let Them Eat Cake.

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Fans of ElEMEnts in St. Johnsbury had a scare recently after catching sight of the restaurant in a local real estate flyer. Never fear, says co-owner kEIth ChaMBErlaIn. Though he confirms that the contemporary American eatery “has been quietly on the market for two years now,” Chamberlain assures that the team — which also includes his wife, Florence, and Kate and Martin Bertolini — wants to pass it on rather than close it.

For three of its four owners, Chamberlain points out, the restaurant is a second job — and a busy one (he is still booking parties as far as a year in advance).

Chamberlain hopes Elements’ new owners will have more time to devote to expanding the business, which could mean following through on his plans to sell prepared food and Chef Ryan O’Malley’s sourdough, and to build the weekend nightclub scene.

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Now he has a new one on his résumé: Vermont ice cream maker.

Last year the actor spent the day in Waterbury developing his own flavor at the BEn & JErry’s factory for “Stephen Fry in America,” a program that premieres on vpt on November 3 at 9 p.m.

According to Ben & Jerry’s grand poobah of PR sEan GrEEnWooD, “Stephen brought a touch of sophistication to our Vermont way of business.”

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Cyrus Guernsey Pringle left this mortal coil in 1911. His namesake, a Vermont-grown bread from rED hEn BakInG Co., began shipping to stores and restaurants this October 23.

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Flack milks a herd of American Milking Devons, raises grass-fed beef and pork, and harvests medicinal herbs for tinctures. But he’s known best for his Flack Family Farm organic, fermented vegetables, which are sold at food co-ops around the region.

Making sauerkraut, kimchi or, on this October day, the daikon mix is laborious.

Each cabbage and radish is hand-cut before it is shredded. Once it’s shredded, it’s dumped in a vat with handfuls of ginger and Celtic sea salt, mixed by hand and pounded with a 2-and-a-halffoot maplewood pestle to release the vegetables’ juices.

Since Flack is making 8 tons of the fermented vegetables this year, it’s impossible for him to manage it all, even with the help of Zay and his other two employees. So Flack does what people used to do when they needed help with harvesting or processing — he asks his neighbors. But nowadays, “neighbor” is a broad term.

Every year since he began making the fermented vegetables, Flack has solicited volunteers to help with the production by word of mouth, on the Internet and at local food events. Those who show up get to learn how to make

food their own sauerkraut and kimchi, and Flack meets his production demands.

Volunteers who put in a full day of work — generally 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. — leave with a five-gallon bucket of fermented vegetables they helped make.

It’s a good trade-off for volunteers Bauer and Teuscher, who drove up from Shoreham to learn the lacto-fermenting process from the master. Both say they’ve known about Flack’s volunteer

to us,” Flack says. “Our neighbors turned out to be the best teachers and helpers.”

At the moment, the best helpers are the cadre of volunteers assisting Flack with his production. After slicing daikon, Bauer and Teuscher head down to the basement, where Nick Geilen is waiting to teach them how to pound the mixture. Gypsy folk music blares as Geilen throws handfuls of chunky, gray sea salt and ground ginger into big, blue

challenge; they come for the community. Niederer, of Fairfield, decided to help out as a way to meet other people.

“I was always yapping about how there was no community up here anymore. So I figured I better do something about it rather than yakking about it,” Niederer says as she runs daikon through the Robot Coupe.

Had Carrie Kittell-Mitchell, of Sheldon, never volunteered at the Flack

potatoes, cooked carrots and onions, steak, cucumber salad, the daikon mix and some late-season watermelon. The only thing that Flack didn’t grow or raise was the brown rice. That spurred a conversation about the politics of local eating and the contemporary agricultural system.

Flack is a slight man with a reddish, wind-whipped face and hands gnarled from years of work. His funky green glasses are more hipster than farmer.

He sits at the head of the table looking sagacious, dispensing wisdom gained during his 33 years spent farming and living in a rural community.

He sounds off about the link between the degraded agricultural system and the growing national health crisis.

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Jefferson and draws parallels between the ancient Roman war economy and our current industrial farm complex.

The assembled eat and listen to Flack, rapt. It’s easy to see what draws the volunteers to the farm. Working there offers a chance to learn a new skill, commune with others, participate in the rural economy and absorb the teachings of a man who seems to have it all figured out.

As soon as lunch is over, the workers pile their dishes around the kitchen sink and head back out to the porch to chop cabbage or trudge down to the basement to mash the daikon mix. Zay and Flack’s dogs, Pico and Buster, who have been lounging in the front yard, are happy the crew has returned. They wag their tails and sniff around the compost buckets, more interested in their human companions than the spicy vegetables.

The shredders hum and the conversation resumes. The pile of cabbages in the bed of the truck grows smaller as another day on the farm steadily marches toward completion. m

Volunteers who put in a full day of work — generally 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. — leave with a five-gallon bucket of fermented vegetables they helped make.

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farm, she probably never would have come in contact with someone like Zay, a 23-year-old nonconformist and selfdescribed traveler who, with Geilen, is renovating a cabin not far from Flack’s property. But as Zay cuts cabbage, his hands stained purple from the juice, he talks with Kittell-Mitchell about his plans for the cabin. Kittell-Mitchell, a youthful-looking grandmother, frets over whether Zay will be warm enough there during the long Vermont winter.

Kittell-Mitchell grew up on a dairy farm; though her family still operates a sugarbush, she misses this kind of camaraderie. The good conversation makes the work go quickly and reminds her of what she loves about rural Vermont. “It was just a calling to be here,” she says.

“You meet such interesting people.”

Flack takes his job of fostering community one step further and feeds all his volunteers a hearty lunch around his own kitchen table. Nearly all of the food comes from the farm and is cooked by the always-smiling Zay. On a recent production day, volunteers noshed on roasted

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barrels of purple and white cabbage and daikon. The piquant tang of fermenting cabbage is heavy in the air.

Geilen tells Teuscher to grab some rubber kitchen gloves and start mixing the ingredients into a slaw. Once the barrel’s contents are sufficiently blended, each woman takes a wooden pestle, which she’s instructed to mash into the vegetables. The pestle is cudgel-like and slightly intimidating.

Geilen, a stonemason by trade, explains that the daikon mix requires less pounding than sauerkraut to release its juices. Bauer and Teuscher raise their pestles and plunge them into the mix, over and over again. “It’s definitely a workout,” says Bauer, who works at Champlain Orchards and is no stranger to physical labor.

Making lacto-fermented vegetables is no more complicated than that. The vegetables ferment in their juices for six weeks and are then transferred to jars and housed in cold storage. The product can last on the shelf for up to two years.

But volunteers don’t come for the

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Flack recognizes that when volunteers leave the farm with the skills to reproduce his process in their own kitchens, he’s essentially losing customers. But it’s part of spreading the gospel of lacto-fermentation. “We meet a lot of people, and we spread the idea that you can be in charge of a lot yourself,” Flack says. “I’m sending away a customer, but the real effect is, you build community.

You educate people and you educate yourself.”

Flack, who has a PhD in zoology and botany, came to the farm in 1976 after working for six years in New Zealand protecting rare birds. That experience inspired him to enter the farming fray.

He chose Vermont because of its biodiversity and its reputation for being a live-and-let-live type of place, he says.

While he built his house, his family lived in lean-tos and tents. They were unconventional, but in the mid-1970s, Flack recalls, such eccentricities were embraced. “People were very receptive

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“It’s so simple,” Lowell says.

“It’s almost like an assembly line.

You have your bags and tips and drop the frosting: bloop, bloop, bloop. I find it way easier than layering cakes and doing tiers.” Trudell agrees, calling work on the three-tiered cake she made for a coworker last year “so monotonous.”

While cupcake batter is identical to that of a sheet cake, decorating the tiny treats is more than half the fun. “I really, really try to make them look really nice,” says Trudell. “I have this level that I want them to look as good as they taste.”

This is evident in each strawberry cut to minuscule proportions and every perfectly placed chocolate shaving on her bite-sized Neapolitan Dynamites — marble cakes with strawberry buttercream that tastes like the berry’s very essence. Trudell’s other quirky varieties include Hot Chocolate and Donuts — a milk chocolate cupcake with marshmallow frosting and homemade mini-donut on top — and Strawberry Daiquiri, composed of strawberry-, lime- and rum-flavored cake topped with lime butter cream. She makes several vegan versions, so even butter banners can bite into a teeny-tiny margarita or carrot cake delicacy.

A delicate Euro whimsy is evident in the confections of Pam McCarthy, the primary cupcake baker at Cosmic Bakery and Café, the St. Albans business she owns with her sons Brian and Mike. As a child, McCarthy spent time in Denmark with her mother’s cousins, who owned a bakery — as her own parents later would. Now she decorates her “substantially sized” cupcakes on evenings and weekends when she’s not busy handling field services for the state Agency of Human Services.

In the springtime, those pastries may be frosted to resemble bunnies and chicks; last week, McCarthy’s creations looked like witch’s hats and pumpkins.

At one wedding this summer, she personally shaved Callebaut chocolate curls for a slew of snowball-like, whitechocolate-frosted cupcakes. These were paired with mini Strawberry Torte Towers, cupcakes split and filled with fruit from Black River Produce and Thompson Dairy whipped cream, which McCarthy touts as “just fabulous, very high in butter fat.”

After long hours at her stressful day job, McCarthy sees her cupcakes as a way to “just play. Doing the design piece is really a lot of fun for me,” she says. Sharing baking duties with her grown sons — a “very rewarding” setup,

she says — she’s crafted other shrunken desserts: miniature apple pies, cheese cakes and mousses.

Cosmic Bakery and Café also sells fullscale cakes, candies, cinnamon rolls, sandwiches and soups.

But there’s just something about cupcakes. (Recently, one customer picked up 20 at once.) The ease of experimenting with tiny confections encourages customers to submit feedback and requests: Like Trudell and Lowell, the McCarthys maintain a Facebook page for that purpose. “We ask about particular flavors they’d like to see,” McCarthy explains. “It gives you a barometer.”

Trudell attributes the popularity of her cupcakes to “the cute factor” and ease of use: “You don’t have to share, and you can just walk around with one, which you can’t do with a piece of cake.”

Lowell reels off the usual explanations for the cupcake trend — “They’re fun, they’re cute, they’re easy, they’re bitesized” — but she also notes the dangerous allure of that single serving: “People who are on a diet will say, ‘What’s a little cupcake going to hurt me? It’s not like a piece of cake.’” A single cupcake is also a cheaper alternative to a shareable dessert (Trudell’s treats are $1.25 apiece).

But Spalding warns that, in bulk, the smaller bites are “not the budget option.”

Whether you consider them a gateway drug or edible art, cupcakes aren’t disappearing anytime soon: They’re an eye-catching staple in the display cases not just of Cosmic, but of other local bakeries such as Mirabelles and Klingers in Burlington. All that’s missing is a brickand-mortar Vermont cupcake store.

Would such an establishment attract the lines of customers that Magnolia Bakery and the glorious Crumbs do in New York? Spalding, who is closing Angel’s Cakes at the end of the wedding season, says she once considered opening such a store herself. “There is a place for it,” she says. “I wouldn’t be surprised if someone did do it and had a lot of success.”

Who might that person be? Perhaps a current part-time cupcake crafter like Trudell. “I’ve done some research,” says the baker. “I think you’d have to have a perfect location. If it were on Church Street it could be huge.” With any luck, lazy Sundays in Burlington could get a lot sweeter.  Got a comment on this story or a suggestion for another one? Contact Alice Levitt at alice@sevendaysvt.com.

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W/D hookups. $875/mo. Alburgh, Vt., beautiful through Thursdays 3 BR w/ HDWD & + utils. Refs., lease, dep. from 6 p.m. to bedtime MILTON: SPACIOUS wall-to-wall carpet, NS/pets. Avail. Nov. 15. w/ help if needed COLONIAL gas fireplace, fully Info: 802-425-2391. until 6 a.m. Winter Valley View: Short applianced, W/D. 2.5 maintenance of path & term! 3 BRs, 2.5 BAs, BAs, 1-car attached FURNISHED S. BURL. small dog care. Option updated kitchen, FLAT garage, finished for paid weekend master suite, huge Ground floor, 2-BR/2-BA basement. $1000/mo., caregiving. Must bonus room w/ vaulted avail. Dec. 1. Quiet incl. heat/HW. 3 avail. be flexible, patient, ceiling, indoor heated setting.Fully equipped Info: 802-372-3148. dependable w/ interest pool! Avail. now - spring kitchen, bamboo floors, in elders. NS. Pets on 2010. $2000/mo. Info: glassed-in porch, HOMESHARE approval. If gentleman Coldwell Banker Hickok OPPORTUNITY brick patio, woods, moves, apt. will become & Boardman, Kaitlyn Richmond area: Active, flower beds, bird feeder. a rental. Steep dirt road Dorey, 802-846-9568, congenial elderly man Off-street parking. can be a challenge in rentals@hickokandwinter. X-C trails. Info: boardman.com, www.

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802-888-2211 utils. Avail. Oct. 15. Pets JERICHO OK. Info: 802-343Lg. 2-BR, W/D, lots of 4820.

TO: Allison Davis closet space. Heat/HW COMPANY: Seven Daysincl. $975/mo. Avail.

NEW 1classified/display BR W/ MOUNTAIN VIEWS PHONE: 802-865-1020 x22 Nov. 1. Info: 802-338Great. New kitchen w/ 7403.

Inspection & Registration @ 2PM breakfast bar. Claw-foot TODAY’S DATE: 10/29/09 23 & 24 Hillview Terr., Hinesburg, VT JERICHO tub. HDWD throughout.

3-BR DUPLEX 1 car. $1150/mo. incl.

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IBM. $1350/mo. + utils.

Homes. Move-in condition! Apply for a lease at SIZE OF AD: 2.3” NS/pets.

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COZY WINOOSKI HOME

Maintenance free living on Lake Champlain. 2-BR, 2.5-BA, 1400 sq.ft. Garage.

Great views. Near bike path w/ beach access. Fireplace, deck, tennis, pool. Amazing sunsets year round. $278,999.

802-734-6770.

Cozy two bedroom, one bath farm style house with lots of charm. Many recent updates including new wood floors, wood-stove and updated bathroom.

Deep back yard. A must see! $175,000. Motivated seller! For info contact Matt, 802-881-2811.

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8h-wollenmill-110409.indd 1$2000/mo. Now; 6 QUIET 2 BR, 2 BA + mos. or 1 year. Info: OFFICE Coldwell Banker Hickok Burlington. Well main& Boardman, Kaitlyn tained, energy efficient, Dorey, 802-846-9568, spacious, HDWD, spiral rentals@hickokandstaircase, private front/ boardman.com, www. back porch, perennial HickokandBoardman. gardens, full basement, com.

W/D. Avail. now. $1250/ mo. + utils. 1-yr. lease.

S. BURLINGTON Info: 802-338-0430, TOWNHOME germainstreetapt@ Lg., 3000 sq.ft., yahoo.com, germainlocated on bike path w/ streetapartment. in minutes to schools, shutterfly.com. shopping, Vermont National CC, airport.

RICHMOND 3+-BR, 2-BA This customized home HOUSE incl. 2-car garage, 4 BRs, Rural, lg. LR/DR, eat-in 3.5 BAs w/ Jacuzzi tub kitchen, mud room, in master BA, central air, half finished basement, gas fireplace, natural wood heat, views, gas heat. Built-in bookgarden space, Avail. cases in 1st-floor LR, Dec. 1. $1200. Info: private deck, gourmet 802-434-4245. custom kitchen w/ granite countertops.

RICHMOND VILLAGE Avail. Dec. $2250/mo.

Furnished sm. 1-BR. NS/ Info: 802-985-1234, pets. Parking, lease. gkdavids1@myfairpoint.

Credit/ref. check. Please net. lv. msg. Info: 802-4343238.

S. HERO: AWESOME VIEWS! RICHMOND VILLAGE Sandbar Heights: 2 Sm. 2-BR, unfurnished.

BRs, 2 BAs, granite NS/pets. Parking. countertops, jetted tub, Lease. Credit/ref. check. fireplace, woodstove, Please lv. msg. Info: phenomenal lake/ 802-434-3238. mountain views. Dogs welcomed! Now thru S. BURL: REMODELED spring 2010; $1300/ CAPE mo. Info: Coldwell Lindenwood Dr: 3-BR, Banker Hickok & 2-BA, awesome Cape Boardman, Kaitlyn Cod w/ 1608 sq.ft., Dorey, 802-846-9568, huge fenced-in yard, rentals@hickokandHDWD, new kitchen, boardman.com, www.

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SHOREHAM 3-BR, 2-BA Overlooking/on Lake Champlain, lg. deck (14’x32’), dock, storage shed. 42 mi. from Burlington. $1000/mo. + utils. Pets neg. Refs, dep. Avail. immed. Info: 802-453-3351.

SO. END/BURL. 2-BR CARPORT Oakledge: quiet, lightfilled, cathedral ceiling, lg./open living/dining area, balcony, storage, pool, tennis, garden, 1 min. to lake/189, 1 pet OK. Avail. Dec. 1. $1125/ mo. Info: 765-418-6151.

SUNNY SPACIOUS DUPLEX Townhouse. Beautifully remodeled. New: full kitchen, maple floors, windows. Updated BA, W/D, walk-in closets, front/back porch, fenced-in backyard.

Pets negotiable. Walk to lake, shops, bikepath, parks. Tree-lined quiet street. Owner-occupied, well cared-for property. $1400/mo. Credit/ref req. Avail. Nov. 1-15.

Info: Cyndi Warwick, 802-540-0247.

VERGENNES 2 BR Quiet, off-street parking, yard, W/D hookups. $795/mo. + $550 deposit, incl.

heat, water. floor.

11/2/09 2nd 4:58:37 PM Avail. now, no dogs. Call 655-1474.

VERGENNES APT. FOR RENT 1 BR, upstairs, near downtown, off-street parking. Trash removal, snow plowing incl.

NS. $635/mo. + utils., deposit. 985-5478, evenings.

WILLISTON: END UNIT Westview Circle: Townhouse, 2 BRs, 1.5 BAs, office. Newer carpeting, appliances!

Back deck, 1 garage.

Avail. Dec. 1; 1 year+.

No pets. $1400/mo.

Info: Coldwell Banker Hickok and Boardman Realty, Kaitlyn Dorey, 802-846-9568, rentals@hickokandboardman.com, www.

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WINOOSKI Clean, quiet 1-BR apt. w/ private side entrance.

Off-street parking for 1 car. No dogs. Avail. Dec. 1. $875/mo. incl. heat.

Info: 802-355-2219 or 802-355-2218.

WINOOSKI Downtown, 1-BR, gas heat, off-street parking, 1 cat OK. $700/ mo. + $700 sec. dep.

Info: 802-655-1220, 802-343-9315.

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EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968 and similar Vermont statutes which make it illegal to advertise any preference, limitations, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, handicap, presence of minor children in the family or receipt of public assistance, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or a discrimination. The newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate, which is in violation of the

housing ads: $20 (25 words) legals: 42¢/word buy this stuff: free online services: $12 (25 words) Winooski 1-BR, full BA, on-site W/D, gas heat/HW, wireless Internet provided, great neighborhood (near Landry Park). NS/ pets, currently avail. $750/mo. + dep. Info: 802-864-9966.

Winooski Studio unit, 3/4-BA, on-site W/D, gas heat/HW. Wireless Internet provided, great neighborhood (near Landry Park). NS/ pets. Currently avail. $650/mo. + dep. Info: 802-864-9966.

Winooski Beautiful 2 br You will be proud to call this completely renovated townhouse

11/2/09 12:25:56 PM law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings, advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. Any home seeker who feels her or she has encountered discrimination should contact: HUD Office of Fair Housing 10 Causeway St., Boston, MA 02222-1092 (617) 565-5309 — OR — Vermont Human Rights Commission 135 State St., Drawer 33 Montpelier, VT 05633-6301 800-416-2010 Fax: 802-828-2480

display service ads: $25/$45 homeworks: $30 (40 words, photo) fsbos: $45 (2 weeks, 30 words, photo) jobs: michelle@sevendaysvt.com, 865-1020 x21

home! 3-season porch, new bamboo floors & carpet, huge kitchen w/ tons of cabinets, W/D hookups. Lg. BRs. Private backyard.

Off-street parking.

Evan, 598-1444.

For Sale Essex Jct. Townhouse Rent to own this 3-4 BR. 3000 sq.ft. No bank qualifying/no credit check. $8970+$2400/ mo. (incl. taxes/ association dues). Visit my website for details & photos. Info: Micklus Enterprises, llc, Tony Micklus, 802-893-0456, vthousebuyer.com.

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

Wolcott House/ Waterfall Vermont classic.

1860s. Year round/ paved road. Rocking chair porch, stone patio, stately ledges.

Unique. 30 min. to Vermont Studio Center,

Johnson State College, Sterling College; 45 min. to Goddard College, Montpelier, Union Institute, New England Culinary Institute, Stowe skiing; 10 min. to Lake Elmore; 90 min. to Burlington. 2 BR, 1 full BA. Virtual tour at Realtor.com; MLS #2906792. Jane Barbour, Barbour Realty, 802-371-7639, 802-888-5444.

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(AAN CAN) Charlotte Female wanted for west village apt. Pets negotiable. Avail. now. $800/mo. Incl. parking, W/D, Internet/ cable, all utils. (except phone). Dep. req. Donna, 425-4168, lv. msg.

Downtown Burlington 2 spaces for rent. Avail. immed. $500/mo. for 1-BR, $700/mo. for 1-BR + private BA & LR. Shared kitchen &

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DR. Parking, W/D. Info: 802-399-2217.

Hinesburg Share 2-BR. $500/ mo. incl. heat, HW & electric. W/D. Pets welcome. Info: Kimberly, 802-343-4605.

New North End Burlington Seeking responsible housemate. Apt. is near grocery, bus line, bike path, beach. Off-street parking. Backyard. $525/mo. incl. heat.

Avail. Dec. 1. Info: 802862-8137, seanmcdog@ comcast.net.

BURLINGTON CITY NEIGHBORHOODS Available Now. Newly remodeled studios, one and two-bedroom flats/townhouses located in Burlington’s Old North End. Conveniently located on the bus line, close to downtown, heat and hot water included in some cases. Pets allowed. Rents start at $660.00 & up, income limits may apply.

For more details call 861-7372 or go to wwww.getahome.org/rent-a-home

Sunny, Quiet Condo Share Professional male sharing 2 BR, fully season or $550/wk. furnished, in Hinesburg OR rent Winnebago at w/ professional male/ 244CHT-PM_Callahan-01_AD_7D.indd 16t-cht102809.indd 1 $300/ my house for female. In quiet, mo. power incl. Info: country setting, W/D, 802-453-3457.

DW, wireless, cable TV, HDWD throughout, 20 mins. to Burlington. $550/mo. + share utils.

Avail. immediately.

NS/pets. Refs. Info: 802-310-0864.

4000 sq.ft. Shop w/ offices. Lg. commercial space, reception area, private office, 2 Land for Deer BAs, 12’ garage door.

Season Shop space 3150 sq.ft., 30’ Winnebago + carpeted office space. mountain for lease for 855 sq.ft. of mezzanine deer season. $1000/ storage. Info: MWB

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Awesome Country Store Sweet. Be your own boss! Option to live & work here & let the business pay your living expenses. Turnkey business in prime country location. Info: 802-343-5694.

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Professional office space, 700 sq.ft., incl.

3 lg. offices, off-street parking for 2-3 vehicles, shared BA, signage, great location, walk to Church St., schools. $1100/mo. + heat. Info: 802-862-2006.

Church St. Marketplace 2nd floor, “Good Stuff, great location.” Info: 802-922-8518.

Main Street Landing On Burlington’s waterfront has affordable office & retail space. Dynamic environment w/ progressive & forwardthinking businesses.

Mainstreetlanding.com, click on space avail.

Private Office Space Ideal space for MH/ LICSW therapists &/ or massage therapists.

Parking avail. $275/mo. incl. phone/computer/ utils. Looking for someone to share the space.

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Retail Space for Rent 800 sq.ft. Avail. Nov. 1. $750/mo. 207 Flynn Ave. Info: Dave, 802-859-8966.

S. Burlington office space 750 sq.ft. office on Swift St. near Shelburne Rd., lg. room w/ small office. Rent incl. parking & utils. $725/mo.

Info: Patrick Waters, 802-425-3258. dance studios for rent Beautiful, for dance, Pilates, yoga, etc.

Different sizes. As low as $15/hr. Sprung floor, central location, ample parking. Call 878-9831.

Services Green Cleaning Service Having guests & gatherings this holiday season? Let Clean Spaces do your holiday cleaning!

We use all-natural products that are safe for people, pets, the environment. Please call for a free estimate.

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Biz Opps EARN $75-$200 HOUR Media makeup artist training. Ads, TV, film, fashion. 1 week class.

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ODD JOBS YOU BETCHA Pressure washing/ painting, fascia & trim (install, replace, repair), windows/doors, roof repairs, gutters (clean, repair), fences & decks (new, repair) + much more. Free estimates.

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Appliances/ Tools/Parts 4 tire rims + 2 snow tires Good winter tires. Size is 185/70R14; price for all is $125. Info: 802-879-3873.

Moving/ Home/Garden Hauling “Honey-Do” For all of those jobs your honey can’t get to. Small or large, home or office, 24-hr. service. A division of SS Contracting. Call Scott Sasso today! Local, reliable, honest. Info: 802-310-6926.

FireWood for sale 2.5 cords. Seasoned, very dry wood. $450.

Info: 802-859-0901.

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Young, mature adult male offering to drive your car to Colorado or surrounding states w/in the month of Nov. Refer to online publication or contact. Info: Jesse Hunt, 720-220-7563.

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Vericomposter Cisar 5-tray worm composter that I am not using.

Made from recycled plastic. Instructions & red wiggler worms incl. Asking $85. Info: 802-651-9773.

Clothing/ Jewelry 18k diamond ring Engagement.

VonBargen handcarved.45 cts. Center diamond w/ side diamonds. Photos, appraisal report avail. via email. Sacrificing for $400. Get engaged this Christmas!

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MISSING/TAKEN From a home in S. Burlington: Ruby & diamond gold ring.

Sizable reward. Please call 802-343-0345.

Electronics AT&T CELL Pay as you go, 4 mos. old. Info: Richard Rivard, 802-503-6858, puffin50@comcast.net.

Brand New Belkin Router Wireless. Asking $80/ OBO. Here is a link to what it looks like: http:// catalog.belkin.com/ IWCatProductPage. process?Product_ Id=459640. Info: 802-488-4598.

Get Dish Free Installation $19.99/mo. HBO & Showtime free! Over 50 HD channels free!

Lowest prices, no equipment to buy! Call now for full details.

(AAN CAN) Info: 877238-8413.

Free Stuff Blue Recliner Good condition, comfortable. 1 catch: kids knocked it over, now it won’t un-recline.

W/ elbow grease it can be fixed. I just don’t have time. Info: Linnie Miller, 802-497-0006.

Is Your House Haunted?

Let us check it out for free. The Vermont Spirit Detective Agency: “The Private Eye For Those Who’ve Died.” Contact: vermontspirits@gmail. com. Info: Matthew Borden, 802-881-1171, bigbigdeal3@aol.com.

Freezer for sale Upright. Used approximately 1 year.

New $400, asking $200.

Info: Brock Johnson, 802-999-8754.

NEW PLATFORM BED VT MADE Solid maple/birch, avail. in all sizes. Twin, $299. Full, $449. Queen, $499. King, $699.

Save on new mattress w/ purchase of bed.

Delivery & setup avail.

Info: Goodnight Moon Mattresses & Furniture, 802-872-0949, www. goodnightmoonvt.com.

Garage/Estate Sales Great items for sale!

2 bike helmets, $5.

Hockey helmet, $15. 3 pair of skis (Rossi Rebel 177; Head GS Team 140, Vokl AC4 170), $60, $75, $85. Roof ski box, $0. Area rug (maroon/ gold multi pattern), $25. Rechargeable grass trimmer, $15.

Desktop Dell computer, $75. Jane Fonda step exercise system (new), $10. Floor polisher, $25. Image 510 weight machine system, $399. Full-size wood office desk, $50.

Contemporary chrome sofa table, $15. “Eileen Grey” contemporary side table, $10. 2 oak nesting tables, $10.

Metal tripod floor lamp, $25. High-back wicker swivel/rocker chair w/ cushions & ottoman, $50. Sage green area rug, $25. Lg. desk chair, $25. 2 6’ oak bookcases, $30/ea. 2 desk chairs, $15/ea. 39” Panasonic TV, $75. Boom box w/ 2 tape decks, $20.

Small credenza (hutch), $20. Telescope, $75.

Drill press, $15. 5’ bookcase (dark wood), $5. Hanging rope chair, $45. Leather wine bottle holder, $5. White wood & paper room divider, $5. Info: Michael Checkoff, 802-2793808.

LeapFrog Imagine Desk $40 Interactive talk & sing coloring book. Teaches letters, phonics, vocabulary. Barely used, avail. w/ instruction manual. Info: 678-6428169.

Toy Robosapien $50 Brand new in box, never used. Robosapien and Mini-Robosapien.

Dynamic robotics, 67 programmable functions, fluid biomechanical motion, awesome sounds, robo-speech & lights.

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Vtech Little Smart $35 Explore My School.

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Pets American Bobtail Cat Long haired. 11 y.o. male, neutered, acrobatic, avail. to good home.

Very active, has had 1 owner for 10 years.

OK around some dogs.

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CHINESE SHAR-PEI PUPS Beautiful, wrinkled.

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Email for pictures.

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Maltese Female, playful, potty trained, shot update.

Info: Sarah Ryan, 802-657-3233, sarah. rn33@yahoo.com. chi chis ready Dec. 6 Dark brown, tan, white, black & white. A great Christmas present for the loved ones, papers & shots provided. Info: Darryl Dawson, 804926-3881, triplednice@ hotmail.com.

Saris Guardian 2-Bike Rack Anti-sways & holddowns easily adjust. 6 straps w/ heavy-duty metal spring buckles & rubber-coated hooks.

Independent folding arms & legs for compact storage. Info: 418473-4103, www.saris. com/p-216-guardian-2bike.aspx.

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, 802-8598966.

Cash For Records & Stereos LPs, 45 RPMs, stereos, concert posters, music memorabilia, instruments. Convenient drop-offs in Montpelier (State St.) & Burlington (corner of Church & Bank). Buy/sell/ trade. Info: Burlington Records & Riverwalk Records, 802-2233334, saiddone@ hotmail.com, www.

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We Buy Vintage Clothes We buy, sell, trade vintage clothing, jewelry, kitschy decor from the 1980s & earlier. Contact the Getup Vintage, locations in Montpelier & Burlington. Info: The Getup Vintage Clothing, 802-279-5942, jeff@ thegetup.com, www. thegetupvintage.etsy. com.

Bands/ Musicians Guitarist Looking For Band 23, w/ gigging & touring experience, looking for project w/ professional attitude & vision. Experienced in reggae & funk styles, lead & rhythm, not into “jamming.”

OPEN MIC Sat., Nov. 7, 8:00 pm.

Want $50? Just perform Mason Williams, Classical Gas, note for note. Got what it takes, pilgrim? Info: Banana Winds Cafe & Pub, Essex Jct., 802-879-0752.

For Sale Fender 5 str. J-bass/ amp High-quality, durable guitar, 1 chip in white paint. B-dec-30 practice amp w/ instructional features. $650. Info: Gregory Hall, gregory. hall@uvm.edu.

Ibanez AK95 HollowBody JazzGuitar. Brand new condition, only played a couple times. W/ hardshell case. Asking $500. Info: 802-8640719.

Mapex Drum Set W/ crash cymbals, hi-hat, ride cymbal, stands, double-kick pedal incl. Excellent condition, $350/OBO. Call & lv. msg. anytime.

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Guitar School of Vermont “Not your usual music instruction.” Attention from multiple teachers, fundamentals, theory, technique, composition.

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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: 802-862-7696, www. paulasbell.com.

Music Lessons Piano, guitar, bass, voice, theory, composition, songwriting. All ages, levels, styles.

25 yrs. exp. Friendly, individualized lessons in S. Burlington. Info: 802-864-7740, eromail13@gmail.com.

Instruction Andy’s Mountain Music Affordable, accessible instruction in guitar, mandolin, banjo, more.

All ages/skill levels/ interests! Supportive, professional teacher offering references, results, convenient scheduling 7 days a week. Info: Andy Greene, 802-658-2462, guitboy75@hotmail. com, www.andysmountainmusic.com.

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Drum Lessons Have fun while achieving your goals as a drummer! Experienced, professional & active drummer seeks students of all ages, styles & abilities for 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.

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Guitar Instruction Berklee grad. w/25 years teaching experience offers lessons in guitar, music theory & ear training.

Individualized, stepby-step approach. All ages/styles/levels. Info: Belford Guitar Studio, Rick Belford, 802864-7195, rickbelf@ myfairpoint.net, www. rickbelford.com.

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The following traffic regulations are hereby enacted by the Public Works Commission as amendments to Chapter 20 Motor Vehicles & Traffic, and the City of Burlington’s Code of Ordinances: Sec. 20-39. Speed limit generally. (a) As Written

(c) As Written (d) No motor vehicle shall be operated upon any of the following streets at any time at a rate of speed greater than thirty (30) miles per hour, and suitable signs stating this speed limit shall be conspicuously posted on such streets: (1) through (42) As Written

(e) As Written (f) As Written (g) As Written Adopted this 9th day of September 2009 by the Board of Public Works Commissioners: Attest Norman Baldwin, P.E.

Assistant DirectorTechnical Services

street designated as “residential parking.”

Adopted 9/09/2009; Published 11/4/2009; Effective 11/25/2009.

(a) Streets designated for residential parking at all times include:

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(39) On the west side of Colchester Avenue between 406 Colchester Avenue and Chase Street.

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. 9. Fifteen-Minute Parking. (a) No person shall park a vehicle longer than fifteen (15) minutes, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m., Sundays and holidays excepted, in the following areas:

(b) As Written (c) As Written (d) As Written (e) As Written (f) As Written (g) As Written Adopted this 9th day of September 2009 by the Board of Public Works Commissioners: Attest Norman Baldwin, P.E. Assistant DirectorTechnical Services Adopted 9/9/2009; Published 11/4/2009; Effective 11/25/2009.

(1) through (126) As Written

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(b) No person shall park any vehicle, at any time, longer than 15 minutes at the following locations:

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(1) though (21) As Written

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:

(22) [Reserved.] In the space in front of 88 King Street.

(23) through (28) As Written Adopted this 9th day of September 2009 by the Board of Public Works Commissioners: Attest Norman Baldwin, P.E. Assistant DirectorTechnical Services Adopted 9/9/2009; Published 11/4/2009; Effective 11/25/2009.

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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. 27. No parking except with resident parking permit.

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

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Sec. 7. No-Parking Areas.

No person shall park any vehicle at any time in the following locations: (1) through (271) As Written (272) [Reserved.] On the east side of North Avenue, beginning at Institute Road and continuing north for 250 feet.

(273) through (503) As Written Adopted this 9th day of September 2009 by the Board of Public Works Commissioners: Attest Norman Baldwin, P.E. Assistant DirectorTechnical Services Adopted 9/9/2009; Published 11/4/2009; Effective 11/25/2009.

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– either attached forth in the document provide shared parking detached - be located attached hereto. g and maneuvering areas aswhich practicable, particularly within the interior. areas can serve Adopted date: closer to the front propproperties 10/26/2009; Published erty line than a principal *Material stricken out be neighboring g the perimeter may counted towards the total to the extent they are simultaneously shall be date: 11/4/2009; residential structure, deleted. strongly encouraged.

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Burlington Comprehensive Development Ordinance PROPOSED ZA-09-08 (Parking lot 30% shading requirement ) As recommended by the Planning Commission for City Council adoption

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Section 6.2.2 (I): Parking and Circulation Section 6.2.2 (l) Parking and Circulation: To the extent possible, parking should be placed at the side or rear of the lot and screened from view from surrounding properties and adjacent public rights of ways.

Any off-street parking occupying street level frontage in a Downtown Mixed Use District shall be setback from the edge of the front property line in order to provide space for active pedestrianoriented uses. Where street-level parking is provided within an existing structure, the cars shall be screened from the sidewalk and the area shall be activated with landscaping, public art, or other design amenities. Parking areas of more than 20 spaces

Parking shall be laid out to provide ease in maneuvering of vehicles and so that vehicles do not have to back out onto city streets.

Dimensions of spaces shall at a minimum meet the requirements as provided in Article 8. The perimeter of all parking areas shall be designed with anchored curb stops, landscaping, or other such physical barriers to prevent vehicles from encroaching into adjacent green spaces.

Surface parking and maneuvering areas should be shaded in an effort to reduce their effect on the local microclimate, air quality, and stormwater runoff with an objective of shading at least 30% of the parking lot. Parking areas greater than 720sf (48 parking spaces) shall include a minimum of 1 shade trees per 4 parking spaces of with a minimum caliper size of 2.5”-3” at planting. and canopies sufficient to shade a minimum of 30% of the cars and/ or impervious surface to reduce the effect on the local microclimate.

Such shade trees should be of a species appropriate for such planting environments and expected to provide a mature canopy of no less than 25-feet in diameter. New trees should be distributed throughout the parking area so as to provide shade to as much of the parking and maneuvering areas as practicable, particularly within the interior. Existing trees

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residential structure and oriented to the street (i.e. the garage doors face the street) the following standards shall apply: 1. Except as provided in subsections 2 and 3 below, a street-facing garage wall should constitute no more than 30% of the length of the street-facing façade of the entire structure, and shall not exceed 30-feet or 35% whichever is less.

2. Where the streetfacing façade of the entire structure is less than 35 feet long, the street-facing garage wall may be allowed up to but not exceeding 14 feet long in order to allow for a single garage bay.

3. Enclosed space originally designed and constructed as a garage for vehicular parking but converted to living space may

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13-9, 13-11, 13-13, 13-14, 13-16 through 13-18, 13-20 through 13-22, 13-31, 13-32, 13-34, 13-35, 13-38 through 13-41, 13-43, 13-44, 1346 and 13-55 through 13-60 thereof; and by adding new Sections 13-5, 13-21, 13-22, and 13-47 thereto to read as follows: Sec. 13-1. Fire Code adopted. As written.

Sec. 13-2. Placing rubbish and other waste within inner fire district prohibited. As written.

Sec. 13-3. Outside fires prohibited. Fires prohibited. (a) No person shall build an outside fire, open or contained in an incinerator, fireplace or other receptacle, or permit the same to remain burning at any time in the city without obtaining a written permit from

(b) Each day’s violation of these provisions shall constitute a separate offense, and any person who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not more than twentyfive dollars ($25.00) for the first conviction not more than fifty dollars ($50.00) for the second conviction, and not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the third conviction.

No person shall build an outside fire, open or contained in an incinerator, fireplace or other receptacle, or permit the same to remain burning at any time in the city without obtaining a written permit from the chief of the fire department, a deputy chief or one of the fire wardens of the city, except upon the terms and conditions of

COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE Street-Facing Garage Wall Design Standards

(d) Where interconnected smoke detectors exist, the CO detection shall be interconnected as well, such that a CO alarm will meet current audibility requirements as adopted in NFPA 72 for smoke alarms. (e) If a smoke detector is disconnected or disabled, that fact shall create a rebuttable presumption that the adult occupants of the dwelling unit were responsible for the act of disconnecting or disabling the smoke alarm.

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Sec. 6.2.2 Review Standards, (h) Building Location and Orientation: ….Accessory buildings shall be located in such a way so as to be

whether for overnight or for a longer term, condominiums, multiple unit dwelling, and other occupancies in which there are rooms or spaces in which sleeping is permittedexcluding. Such installation shall be in the vicinity of the sleeping areas and on every floor of the dwelling, installed in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions and state law. All newly installed carbon monoxide alarms (detectors) in one and two family dwellings, multiple unit dwellings, lodging or rooming houses, hotels and dormitories, or other buildings in which people sleep, shall be directly wired to a nondedicated electrical branch circuit for the building and by battery.

Carbon monoxide detectors currently installed in existing one-two family dwellings shall be permitted to be powered by any approved source until the end of their service life (5 years from date of installation for CO detectors).

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That the Comprehensive Development Ordinance of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Burlington be and hereby is amended by amending Section 6.2.2(h) thereof as set forth in the document attached hereto.

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street-facing garage wall containing garage doors shall .indd be set1 back zoning#2 a minimum of 25’ from the front property line to prevent parked vehicles from blocking the public sidewalk. Where a garage is not oriented towards the street (i.e. the garage doors face the rear or side of the property), the streetfacing garage wall shall have windows or doors or other features that break-up the mass into smaller elements, and be blended with the character of the residential portion of the structure.

Where a garage is attached to a principal single-family or duplex

be converted back to enclosed vehicular parking provided there is no expansion of the building footprint necessary to complete the conversion.

Adopted date: 10/26/2009; Published date: 11/4/2009; Effective date: 11/25/2009.

FIRE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION Chapter 13 Revisions That Chapter 13, Fire Protection and Prevention, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Burlington be and hereby is amended by amending Sections 13-3, 13-4, 13-6 through

the chief of the fire department, a deputy chief or one of the fire wardens of the city, nor except upon the terms and conditions of such permit. Provided, that nothing herein contained is meant to conflict in any manner with state statutes governing this subject.

Provided further, that this section shall not be applicable to those campfires which are regulated by the park department or to residential outside cooking units. No person shall build or attempt to build any type of fire, to any building, vehicle or structure, except within the standards adopted by section 13-1.

such permit.

Sec. 13-4. Carbon 11/2/09 2:48:19 PM monoxide (CO) detectors. (a) Each and every dwelling, rooming house, dwelling unit or rooming unit let to another for occupancy shall meet the following requirements for Carbon Monoxide (CO) detectors/alarms: Carbon monoxide detectors which are UL 2034 listed or approved by a nationally recognized independent testing laboratory shall be installed in all existing buildings in which people sleep, including where people rent accommodations

(f) No requirement of this section shall preclude the application of other more restrictive smoke alarm requirements which may pertain to the property, including, but not limited to, requested time of sales inspections pursuant to state law.

Sec. 13-5. Reserved Smoke detectors. (a) Each and every dwelling, rooming house, dwelling unit or rooming unit used for occupancy shall meet the following requirements for smoke detectors/alarms.

(1) Smoke detectors/

classifieds alarms shall be installed in the following, areas: (A)_ In every sleeping room or area; (B) Outside every sleeping room or area in the immediate vicinity of the sleeping room or area; and (C) On all levels of the dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming house, or rooming unit, including basements but excluding crawl spaces and unfinished attics.

(D) Notwithstanding the above installation locations, detectors/ alarms shall not be located within kitchens or garages or in other spaces where temperatures can fall below forty (40) degrees F (four (4) degrees C) or exceed one hundred (100) degrees F (thirtyeight (38) degrees C).

Detectors/alarms shall not, unless specifically listed for the application, be located closer than three (3) feet (0.9 m) horizontally from: (i) The door to a kitchen. (ii) The door to a bathroom containing a tub or shower. (iii) The supply registers of a forced air heating or cooling system, and outside of the airflow from those registers.

dwelling units or rooming units not covered by (a) shall have a smoke detector/alarm installed in compliance to the Vermont Fire and Building Safety Code. Such smoke detectors/alarms shall be approved or listed by a nationally recognized testing or listing agency for the purposes for which they are intended. (c ) If a smoke detector is disconnected or disabled, that fact shall create a rebuttable presumption that the adult occupants of the dwelling unit were responsible for the act of disconnecting or disabling the smoke detector. (d) No requirement of this section shall preclude the application of other more restrictive smoke detector requirements which may pertain to the property, including but not limited to, time of sale requirements pursuant to state law.

Sec. 13-6. Obedience to orders at fire or other emergency required; only authorized persons to give orders. (a) All firemen firefighters and citizens shall be required to obey the orders and directions of the officers in command at a fire or other emergency and to render their services if ordered to do so by him.

(3) Smoke detectors/ alarms within each dwelling unit or rooming unit shall be interconnected so that the sensing of smoke by one detector sounds the alarms of all detectors within that dwelling unit or rooming unit.

No person, while present at any fire or other emergency, shall willfully or unnecessarily recklessly inhibit operations, make outcries or other loud noises, or be guilty of disorderly conduct, or promote or encourage disorderly conduct in others.

(b) All other dwellings, rooming houses,

No emergency equipment belonging to the fire department shall be taken from the city at any time, except for the purpose of having the same repaired; provided, however, that in case of a fire or other emergency in a neighboring town or city, the chief engineer or designee with the consent of the mayor, or in case he cannot be

Sec. 13-10. Reward for information resulting in conviction of persons burning property.

As written.

Sec. 13-11. Examination of hydrants, fireplugs; maintenance. (a) The superintendent of the city water department director of the department of public works shall examine the hydrants and fireplugs belonging to the city from time to time annually and keep them in working order at all times, except when shut off for repairs; and shall cause all defects therein to be repaired without delay. (b) The director of the department of public works shall conduct NFPA compliant flow tests on the city hydrant system every three years and provide a written copy of the test results to the fire department. (c) The director of the department of public

(e) The director of the department of public works shall ensure that all newly installed pipes be flushed and provide the property owner and the fire department with a flush and test report following the installation of municipal water pipes.

Sec. 13-12. Opening hydrant or fireplug.

As written.

Sec. 13-13. Obstructions to fire protection systems, fire department connections, stopcocks or hydrants.

No person shall, by means of a tree, lumber, brick or building material of any kind, or other article of hindrance, obstruct the access to any stopcock or hydrant connected with any water pipe within any street, alley or public place. (a) No person shall tamper with or, by means of a vehicle, tree, landscaping, lumber, brick or building material of any kind, or other article of hindrance, obstruct the access to fire protection systems or hydrants connected with any water pipe within any street, alley or public place. Access to fire department connections or hydrants is defined as a six foot circle around the device and a six foot wide continuous path to the center of the public way, with the hydrant or fire protection system being the at center of this six foot path. (b) No person shall disable any fire protection system, fire department connection or fire hydrant.

Sec. 13-14. False alarms prohibited; penalty.

No person shall give or cause to be given a false alarm of fire or other emergency. Not

Sec. 13-15. Person reporting fire to give name and address.

As written.

Sec. 13-16. Removal of fire/life safety hazard. (a) The chief engineer or any fire warden designee shall direct the owner or occupant of any building or premises to abate any unsafe condition, move to a place of safety, any unsafe or combustible materials which in his or her opinion shall expose the building or the surrounding or adjacent buildings or property to unnecessary hazard.

The chief engineer or designee may also direct an owner or occupant to clear away from his building or premises debris or other materials resulting from fire, windstorm or other catastrophe within a reasonable time after the occurrence of such fire, storm or catastrophe. (b) The chief engineer or designee may request the immediate assistance of any city inspector, or engineer to aid in the abating or mitigating of any unsafe condition. These officials shall respond in an expeditious manner when called.

Sec. 13-17. Authority to order temporary discontinuance of use of heating device, furnace, oil burner, boiler, flue or chimney; inspections; appeals. (a) The chief engineer of the fire department, or designee may direct the owner or occupant of any building or

premises in the city to discontinue, temporarily, the use of a heating device, furnace, oil burner, boiler, flue or chimney which the engineer or fire warden said official shall deem unsafe to be used. (b) When such order has been given, the building inspector and the inspector of plumbing shall be notified and they shall at once examine the premises in question and order the owner or user of such heating device, furnace, oil burner, boiler, flue or chimney to make such alterations or repairs of the same as the inspectors shall deem necessary for protection against fires, carbon monoxide, and other harmful gases.

When the required alteration is made to the acceptance of the building inspector and inspector of plumbing, they shall permit the owner or user of the heating device, furnace, oil burner, boiler, flue or chimney to resume use of the same. (c) Any person feeling aggrieved by the action of the inspector in determining whether an alteration or repair should be made, may appeal in writing to the board of public works commissioners aldermen, who may make such order concerning the premises to the inspectors as the board shall deem wise; but pending such an appeal the owner or user of said heating device, furnace, oil burner, boiler, flue or chimney shall not resume the use of the same.

Sec. 13-18. Performance of work by official.

If any person shall neglect or refuse to comply with or obey a lawful order of the chief engineer of the fire department or of a fire warden, or designee, such official may, in their discretion, after the expiration of twenty-four (24) hours, do the work required by such order or cause the same to be done. The expense therefore with full costs may be recovered of from the person so neglecting or refusing, in a suit brought in the name of the city against such person for labor performed and materials furnished;. All expenses, fees, costs or charges assessed pursuant to this section

shall also be a tax lien upon the real estate pursuant to 32 VSA section 5061 so long as the lien is recorded in the office where the land records are kept but after said chief engineer or fire warden official shall commence the work required by said order, such person shall not be liable to the additional penalty provided in section 13-20.

Sec. 13-19. Enforcement of chapter.

As written.

Sec. 13-20. Penalty Penalties. (a) Civil Offense Any person, firm or corporation violating Any violation of any of the provisions of the Fire Code adopted in section 13-1, or any of the provisions of this chapter not specified in subsections (b) or (c)or failing to comply with any lawful order issued by a fire official shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) and not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) punishable as a civil offense and subject to a civil penalty of $250.00, with a waiver penalty of $125.00. Each day that any violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense. In addition to any fine imposed, the court shall order, as part of sentence, abatement of the conditions or infractions giving rise to the violation(s) of the code.

The chief engineer, any chief officer, fire marshal, assistant fire marshal, fire inspector, fire warden, or any law enforcement officer may issue a municipal complaint for a violation of this chapter. (b) The sections of this chapter listed below shall be civil offenses subject to a civil penalty of from fifty dollars ($50.00) to five hundred dollars ($500.00). The waiver penalty for purposes of the municipal complaint (civil ticket) shall be fifty dollars ($50.00).

Each dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s violation shall be deemed a separate offense. The following sections shall be civil violations: Section 13.2, section 13.3, section 13.12 and section 13.46. The fire marshal, assistant fire marshal, public information officer, the fire inspector and any

law enforcement officer may issue a municipal complaint for a violation of this chapter. (b) Criminal Offense The following violations shall be misdemeanors punishable by a fine of $500: (1) Willful and malicious violations of section 13-3(a), (2) Failing to correct any violation of the adopted fire code ordered to be corrected, (3) Committing the same offense within a 12 month period, (4) Any violation which poses a threat to life safety or prevents access or use of a building or premise.

A threat to life safety includes but is not limited to: obstructing or tampering with the fire protection systems or life safety features of any building or outdoor assembly of persons, (5) Willfully failing to maintain a fire protection system, (6) Harassing, or interfering with any member of the fire department in the performance of their duties, (7) Violations of 13-56 and 13-57: the person responsible shall also be liable for the cost of repairs or replacement of damaged property and shall be responsible for the cost to the city from the response to the alarm.

Each day that any violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense. In addition to the fine, the court shall order, as part of sentence, abatement of the conditions or infractions giving rise to the violation(s) of the code. (c) Serious Criminal Offense The following violations shall be misdemeanors punishable by a fine of $500 and imprisonment for up to one year: (1) Willful and malicious violations of section 13-3(a) where the building, structure, or vehicle is occupied, (2) Any violation of the adopted fire code or ordinances which causes injury to other person(s),

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5) Smoke detectors/ alarms shall be properly installed and shall be maintained in good working condition.

Sec. 13-8. Equipment not to be taken outside city; exception.

No person not a member of the city council, fire department or police department shall, without the authority of an officer of one of such departments, enter upon any part of a street, lane or alley roped off, barricaded or plainly designated by the officers of any of such departments in any way for the use of the fire department in extinguishing a fire or abating other emergencies. For the protection of persons attending a fire or other emergency, no person not a member of one of such departments shall enter on foot or with any animal or vehicle upon a street adjacent to a fire or other emergency within the block where and while such fire or other emergency is in progress.

(d) The director of the department of public works shall ensure that all water pipes are installed and maintained properly in accordance with State Law and the adopted codes and standards.

withstanding the provisions of Section 13-20 of this Chapter, any person who shall give or cause to be given a false alarm of fire or other emergency shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon a first conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment for a term not to exceed one (1) year. Upon conviction of any succeeding violation of this section, such person shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars ($200.00) or more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment for a term not to exceed one (1) year.

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(4) Smoke detectors/ alarms shall be approved or listed by a nationally recognize testing or listing agency for the purposes for which they are intended and conform with the requirements of the Vermont Fire and Building Safety Code.

Sec. 13-7. Disorderly conduct at fires or other emergencies

Sec. 13-9. Entry in area near fire or other emergency restricted.

works shall ensure that all underground water pipes installed after the effective date of this ordinance are sized adequately to support a future fire sprinkler system in the occupancy to which they are attached.

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(b) As written.

found, with the consent of one (1) of the fire commissioners, may order not more than one-half (1/2) of the fire apparatus of the city, accompanied by not more than one-half (1/2) of the members of the fire department on duty, to be taken to the town or city for the purpose assisting in extinguishing a fire or providing aid in an emergency.

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(2) Smoke detectors/alarms shall receive their operating power from the building electrical system but shall also receive power from a battery when the building electrical system power is interrupted.

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(3) Willfully or recklessly posing a serious threat to life safety. A serious threat to life safety includes but is not limited to: causing a non-permitted smoke condition or noxious odor in a public building, blocked means of egress, overcrowding, starting a fire in or near an outdoor assembly of persons, illegal use of pyrotechnics or explosives, disabling the fire protection systems or life safety features of any building or outdoor assembly of persons.

(4) Violations of section 13-6, 13-7, or 13-13(b).

(5) Physically assaults any fire official.

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Each day that any violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense. In addition to the fine, the court shall order, as part of sentence, abatement of the conditions or infractions giving rise to the violation(s) of the code. (d) All expenses, fees, costs or charges assessed pursuant to this section shall also be a tax lien upon the real estate pursuant to 32 VSA section 5061 so long as the lien is recorded in the office where the land records are kept.

Sec. 13-21 Reserved.

Suspension/revocation of permits and stop work orders The Fire Marshal’s Office may suspend permits, issue a stop work order and/or order a property vacated where a threat to public safety or other exigent circumstance exists. Such permits may be revoked and future permits denied when a person, firm or corporation is convicted of multiple violations of the fire code, ordinances, or otherwise demonstrates a pattern of incompetence. The failure to stop work when so ordered shall be a violation punishable pursuant to 13-20 (c) Sec. 13-22. Reserved.

Inspections.

(a) General Fire Inspections

conduct of the whole department;

General fire inspections of public buildings shall be conducted at regular intervals by any person duly authorized by the chief engineer.

(c) Report to the building inspector and other appropriate officials all violations of any ordinance or fire prevention and building safety code, establishing fire districts, and regulate ing the construction of buildings with regard to fire protection systems; and

(b) Violation Notices Upon finding any violation, a written notice will be provided to the property or business owner or their designee, and a reasonable amount of time shall be provided for the violations to be corrected. Nothing in this section shall preclude the authority having jurisdiction from issuing civil municipal complaints, seeking criminal charges, or initiating other legal actions as allowed under other sections of this ordinance. (c) Reinspection Fees.

There is no charge for the initial inspection or the first re-inspection.

If the owner fails to correct the violations in the time allotted in the notice, the owner shall be responsible for a re-inspection fee of seventy dollars ($75.00) for the second and any subsequent re- inspections, due and payable at the beginning of the second or subsequent re-inspection. Until all fees are paid, the violations shall not be considered abated , and are subject to further penalties or legal action. Failure to pay the re-inspection fees in the time required is a violation punishable under section 13-20 (a).

Secs 13-23 — 13-30.

Reserved.

DIVISION 1. GENERALLY Sec. 13-31. Powers and duties of chief engineer or designee generally.

The chief engineer, subject to the direction of the fire commissioners, shall: (a) Have the supervision, care and control of all equipment belonging to or used for the purposes of the fire department, and, in case of fire, of all hydrants. After the use of a hydrant he the chief engineer or designee shall immediately report such use to the superintendent of the water department director of the department of public works; (b) Be responsible for the discipline, good order and proper

(d) Perform such other duties as may be required of him.

Sec. 13-32. Powers of chief engineer or designee during fires.

During the continuance of any fire or other emergency, the chief engineer or designee: (a) through (g) As written. (h) Take other such actions necessary to protect life and property.

Sec. 13-33.

Appointment of deputy chief engineer.

As written.

Sec. 13-34. Powers and duties of deputies.

The deputy chief engineers shall have and exercise the powers of a fire warden in making the inspections required in this chapter, shall exercise all the powers needed to perform the functions assigned by the chief engineer and shall report their findings to the chief engineer.

Sec. 13-35. Number of deputies.

There shall be only one (1) deputy chief engineer appointed for each ward of the city.

USec. 13-36. Term of deputies.

As written.

Sec. 13-37. Revocation of appointment.

As written.

Sec. 13-38. Fire wardens appointed.

The city council shall annually, on the first Monday in June, appoint one (1) or more fire wardens, not exceeding ten (10) in number, who shall be subject to the order and direction of the chief engineer of the fire department.

The chief engineer or any member of the paid fire department may be appointed as fire warden. The chief

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engineer shall appoint a sufficient number of fire wardens necessary to perform the functions of this chapter.

Sec. 13-39. Wardens to make inspections of buildings.

The fire wardens chief engineer, or designee shall make a careful inspection of all buildings and premises within the city and they shall at once, on the application of any trustworthy person or at the request of the chief engineer or of the mayor, inspect any building or premises situated in either fire districts and complained of as being unsafe or hazardous, or containing unsafe or combustible material.

Sec. 13-40. Wardens to be permitted entry into premises.

For the purposes of inspecting buildings, the chief engineer or any chief officer, fire marshal, assistant fire marshal, fire inspector, fire warden or designee may at all reasonable times have access to and enter into any and all premises and buildings in the city.

Sec. 13-41. Refusal to permit entry.

No person shall refuse to allow the chief engineer his deputy or a fire warden, or designee to enter upon or into his premises or buildings for the purposes provided in this chapter, or attempt to prevent the inspection required by this chapter, or obstruct such official in carrying out the provisions of this chapter. If required, a fire warden or deputy the chief engineer, or designee when making an inspection shall show the owner or person in charge of such buildings or premises his appointment.

Sec. 13-42. Taking property of fire department prohibited.

As written.

Sec. 13-43. Funds for relief of sick or disabled firemen firefighters.

All money received by gift or retained by the city or by a company in the fire department for fines and forfeitures imposed upon members of the department for violation of the regulations, rules and orders of the department shall be appropriated for the relief of sick and disabled members, in good standing, of

the fire department; provided such sickness or disability was caused while in the line of duty.

Sec. 13-44. Authority having jurisdiction defined.

For the purposes of this ordinance, “authority having jurisdiction,” as defined in the NFPA 1 Fire Prevention Code shall mean and include the city fire marshall, chief engineer, chief code enforcement officer, fire wardens chief engineer, city fire marshal, assistant fire marshal, fire wardens, fire inspector, chief code enforcement officer or their designees.

Sec. 13-45. Appeals.

As written.

Sec. 13-46. Occupant load certificate. (a) Annual inspection.

On an annual basis, the fire marshal’s office shall be required to inspect each place of assembly in the city to determine the maximum number of occupants that should be permitted at each location as determined by the capacity and egress requirements of the city building, fire protection and life safety codes.

For purposes of this section, a place of assembly is defined as a room or space, including all connected rooms or space with a common means of egress, accommodating fifty (50) or more individuals for social or amusement purposes or for the consumption of food and drink. Places of assembly which are used exclusively as places of worship or education shall be inspected during the initial occupancy inspection, if there is a change of use, there is a physical change which effects the maximum permissible occupancy, or there is a change in the adopted codes which requires an inspection. (b) Posting of certificate. When all violations have been corrected and all fees paid in full, each place of assembly shall receive a certificate from the fire marshal’s office stating the maximum number of occupants permitted at the site by the fire code. The business and/or property owner shall be responsible for installing the certificate in a conspicuous public location at the site and shall be responsible for the proper maintenance

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The Occupancy Load Certificate shall become effective on the date of issuance and remain in effect until June 30, of the following year. (c) Fee. An biannual fee of two hundred forty dollars ($240.00) one hundred forty-four $144.00 shall be charged to each place of assembly by the fire department for the cost of the inspection and certificate program.

Occupancy load certificates issued during the billing cycle of July 1 to June 30 shall be pro-rated at a rate of $12.00 per month.

Physical changes within an assembly that change affect the posted occupancy rating shall require a new inspection and if appropriate shall require the issuance of a new certificate.

The issuance of a new certificate and shall require a new pro-rated fee to be paid for the months that the new certificate will be in effect. All fees shall be due prior to issuance of each certificate.

The fee shall be due on July 1, 2001, and biannual basis annually on the first day of July thereafter. Places of assembly which are used exclusively as places of worship or education shall be exempt from the occupancy load certificate fee. (d) Temporary Certificate. Provided all fees are paid and the place of assembly is making satisfactory progress toward correction of all violations, a temporary conditional certificate of occupancy may be issued for a period of up to ninety days at the discretion of the fire marshal’s office.

The conditions under which this temporary certificate is valid shall be printed on the certificate and visible to the occupants in a conspicuous public location at the site.

Sec. 13-47 Reserved.

Special events/ festivals. (a) The promoter of any special event or festival shall comply with the adopted fire codes, maintain adequate fire lanes, and have the fire marshal approve the location and size of all fire lanes, booths, stages, and other structures and equipment. The Burlington fire department is charged with sole responsibility of providing fire protection

and EMS coverage for such events in the city.

The fire department may modify these requirements based on the promoter’s history of compliance with the requirements of the adopted fire codes and adherence to the requirements of the codes and the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) Fire Protection Handbook. (b) Any special event or festival with an attendance of 1,000 persons or more shall be required to provide Burlington fire/EMS personnel specially and exclusively assigned to the event. The promoter of the event(s) shall be responsible for the cost of this additional coverage, which shall be at a rate of $35/ hr for each person.

A minimum of two firefighter/EMTs shall be hired for a minimum of 3 hours. The number of firefighters/EMTs and the time required for staffing shall be set by the fire department based on an assessment of the event and the location, weather, time, traffic impact, availability of alcohol, history of the event, or other identifiable safety factors, taking into account the requirements of the adopted fire codes and the SFPE Fire Protection Handbook.

The promoter shall secure a signed staffing agreement with the fire department special events coordinator not less than seven work days prior to the event.

DIVISION 2.

PROTECTION, PREVENTION, ALARM SYSTEMS, AND PERMITS Sec. 13-51. Compliance with codes required.

As written.

Sec. 13-52. Master fire alarm box.

As written.

Sec. 13-53. Permission required to connect to municipal system.

As written.

Sec. 13-54. Installation and maintenance.

As written.

Sec. 13-55. Fire alarm system malfunction. (a) Defined. As written. (b) Penalty. A charge of sixty dollars ($60.00) shall be imposed for a false alarm due to a system malfunction as

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a first offense, seventyfive dollars ($75.00) as a second offense and one hundred dollars ($100.00) as a third offense. Additional offenses shall each increase by a one hundred dollar ($100.00) penalty. Response Fee. A response charge of $500 shall be imposed for a false alarm due to a system malfunction.

Failure to pay the fee shall be a civil offense punishable pursuant to 13-20(a) Sec. 13-56. Damage to fire alarm boxes fire protection systems, fire department connections, or hydrants. (a) Prohibited. No person shall destroy, deface or in any way damage any fire alarm box or any part thereof so as to prevent or delay its proper or timely use. fire protection systems, fire department connections or hydrants. (b) Penalty. A violation of this section shall be a criminal offense and shall be punishable by a fine of two hundred dollars ($200.00) and the person responsible shall also be liable for the cost of repairs or replacement of the damaged property.

Sec. 13-57. Intentional false alarms.

Any intentional misuse of a fire alarm box that results in a false fire alarm from that property to the city fire alarm system shall be a violation of this division and will result in criminal prosecution of the person(s) committing the offense or aiding or abetting in the offense. In addition, the property owner may be held responsible for the costs to the city from the response to such alarm and/or for a penalty of one hundred dollars ($100.00). No person shall intentionally cause a false alarm or aid and abet the same. Any intentional misuse of a fire alarm box that results in a false fire alarm from a that property to the city fire alarm system shall be a violation of this division.

Sec. 13-58. Annual fee.

An annual fee shall be charged to the property owner in the amount of four hundred fifty dollars ($450.00) for each master box connected to the municipal fire alarm system. This charge will be assessed and collected annually,

classifieds due in pro rata amount upon the effective date of this division and the first day of July thereafter. An administrative charge and/or interest shall be assessed for payments not received within thirty (30) days of the invoice from the department. Service calls by the fire marshal during normal working hours shall be included in this charge. Failure to pay the annual fees in the time required is a violation punishable under section 13-20 (a).

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Sec. 13-59. Plans, permits and fees.

(2) In existing elevator banks, the stretcher compliant elevator(s) shall be marked by a 3” retro-reflective star of life on the latch side of the elevator lobby door frame.

(a) Submission. Plans for fire prevention, protection, and alarm systems shall be submitted to the fire marshal for approval prior to any work being done. The fire marshal shall have up to thirty (30) days to review plans, make inspections, and issue a permit for the system, which may upon notification to the applicant be extended.

Plans may be approved, rejected or be required to be amended. No plan shall be approved or permit issued unless all fees have been paid and satisfied. Plans shall be submitted in both paper and electronic formats (PDF).

Balance of section as written.

Sec. 13-60. Knox Boxes and standard keys.

(b) As written. (c) As written. (d) As written.

The following standards shall be met on all elevators installed or permitted after the

Division III RADIO COVERAGE IN BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Sec. 13-63. Reserved.

General. (a) Except as otherwise provided, no person or organization shall maintain, own, erect or construct any building or structure which is used for commercial, multifamily, or institutional use or any part thereof or cause the same to

(d) The frequency range which must be supported shall be 460.62 MHz from the trunked system communications base stations, and the public safety radio communications base stations.

(a) Initial Tests. Officials of the fire department or their designees shall perform initial tests. A certificate of occupancy shall not be issued to any new structure if the building fails to comply with this section. (b). Annual Tests. Fire department personnel or their designees shall thereafter conduct annual tests.

Sec.13-65. Reserved.

Amplification systems allowed. (a) Buildings and structures which cannot independently support the required level of radio coverage shall be equipped with any of the following in order to achieve the required adequate radio coverage: a radiating cable system or an internal multiple antenna system with or without FCC typeaccepted signal booster amplifiers as needed. If any part of the installed system or systems contains an electrically powered component, the system shall be capable of operating on an independent battery and/or generator system for a period of at least twelve hours without external power input. Any battery

(c) In the event that a signal booster is employed it shall be fully encased within a dust and water resistant case.

for an exemption to this chapter. Such application shall be in writing and shall be accompanied by whatever documentary evidence is necessary to prove the hardship. Any financial information regarding operation of the facility which is submitted in support of such hardship exemption shall be maintained as confidential upon submission to the city, to the fullest extent allowed by law.

Sec.13-66. Reserved.

Field testing.

Sec. 13-68. Reserved.

Enforcement.

The fire department, after providing reasonable notice to the owner or his representative, shall have the right to enter onto the property to conduct field testing to be certain the required level of radio coverage is present.

(a) Violation of this chapter shall be subject to the general penalty provisions of this code.

(b) The installation of equipment as indicated above cannot be detrimental to the operation of the public safety radio system.

Sec.13-67. Reserved.

Exemptions. (a) Single-family and twofamily dwellings. This division shall not apply to single-family and two-family dwellings not put to commercial or institutional use.

For purposes of this chapter, basements, parking structures and stairwells are included in the definition of “all parts of a building” but elevators may be excluded. (b) Hardship. The owner of any building in existence prior to the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter, if confronted with a financial hardship which makes it impractical or impossible to bring the facility into compliance, may apply to the fire commission

Table 1 - DELIVERED AUDIO QUALITY DEFINITIONS DAQ Delivered Subjective Performance Description Audio Quality

(b) In addition to penalties, the city attorney shall be authorized to seek injunctive relief as appropriate to bring buildings into compliance with this provision. (c) Owners of record of buildings in existence on or before the effective date of the ordinance, and/or owners of record of structures for which building permits have been issued at such time, shall be notified of any deficiency found through testing conducted pursuant to this division and ordered to correct the deficiency. Such notice shall be made in writing and be personally served or delivered via certified mail. The order shall allow no longer than three years from the notification date to install an approved system which meets the requirements of this division. *Material stricken out deleted. **Material underlined added.

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Unusable, speech present but unreadable.

Adopted date: 10/26/2009; Published date: 11/4/2009; Effective date: 11/25/2009.

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Speech understandable with repetition only rarely required. Some noise/distortion.

On October 16, 2009, Independent Wireless One Leased Realty Corp. and Saint Michael’s College, filed application #4C0320-24 for a project generally described as:

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the installation of 9 antennas on 5 existing buildings in a Distributed Antenna System (“DAS”)at the

St. Michael’s North Campus. Remote units communication cabinets (4’ x 1’ x 1’) will be located within existing utility closets in each building and connected to the antennas with small diameter coaxial cables.

The remote units will be connected via fiber optic cables to the host unit on the main campus. The antennas are: 1) Receiving Building (Bldg. #41): install two panel antennas (18.9” x 12.13” x 2.99”) flush mounted on the existing chimney, painted to match chimney and mounted no higher than top (36’ agl); 2) Storage/ Recycling Building (Bldg. #45): install two panel antennas (18.9” x 12.13” x 2.99”) flush mounted on the existing chimney, painted to match chimney and mounted no higher than top (43’ agl); 3) Sloane Art Center (Bldg. #48): install two panel antennas (18.9” x 12.13” x 2.99”) flush mounted on the side of the building (top of antenna 34’ agl) and painted to match the facade; 4) Ethan Allen Apartments 103 Building (Bldg. #40): install one antennas (18.9” x 12.13” x 2.99”) pole mounted to the building extending no more than 8’ above the roof peak (top of antenna 28’ agl) with antennas concealed in a fiberglass tube and 5) Old Post Office (Bldg. #41): install two antennas (18.9” x 12.13” x 2.99”) pole mounted to the building extending no more than 8’ above the roof peak (top of antenna 25’ agl) with antennas concealed in a fiberglass tube. The project is located on the St. Michael’s North Campus off Ethan Allen Avenue and Barnes Avenue in the Town of Colchester.

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 Colchester Municipal Office, Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission located at 110 West Canal Street, Winooski, and the office listed below.

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

Database,” selecting “Entire Database,” and entering the case number above.

No hearing will be held unless, on or before November 17, 2009, 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 November 17, 2009.

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

Dated in Essex Junction, Vermont, this 26th day of October 2009.

By /s/Peter E. Keibel Peter E. Keibel Natural Resources Board District #4 Coordinator 111 West Street Essex Junction, VT 05452 T/ 802-879-5658 E/ peter.keibel@state. vt.us

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Sec 13-61. Reserved Elevators.

As written.

(c).Channel Performance Criterion (CPC). CPC is the minimum performance level in a faded channel, per TSB-88, clause 4.2. TSB-88 is a “Telecommunications Systems Bulletin” published by the TIA, Telecommunications Industry Association.

The performance level is rated using “Delivered Audio Quality.” Industry standard DAQ definitions are shown in Table 1. 2. DAQ level of 3 is the minimum performance level which shall be attainable by public safety radio systems in ninety-five percent of the area of each floor of a building subject to this chapter.

Sec.13- 64. Reserved.

Testing.

system employed shall automatically recharge in the presence of an external power input.

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(f) Existing fire alarm control panel and remote annunciator access keys shall be converted to this standard within one year of the effective date of this ordinance during the required annual test and inspection by a third party on the owners behest.

Sec. 13-62. Tent permits and fees.

(b) For purposes of this section, adequate radio coverage shall include all of the following: A. A minimum signal strength of -101 dBm available in ninety-five percent of the area of each floor of the building when transmitted from the public safety radio communications system; and B. A minimum signal strength of -101 dBm received at the public safety radio communications system when transmitted from ninety-five percent of the area of each floor of the building, via portable radio with public safety microphone.

(e) The fire department may alter necessary frequencies or signal strengths due to changes in technical specification for public safety radio requirements. In such event, any frequency changes shall be reported to the city council and approved as amendments to this chapter as soon as is practicable.

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(e) All new fire alarm control panels shall be keyed with a standard Cat 30 key. Where a Cat 30 key is not practical, such as in an annunciator panel, an A135 key shall be used in its place.

(3) Elevator Standards Keys All new and existing elevator firefighter access/ override keys shall be to the state standard elevator bypass key.

Existing elevators shall be converted to this standard within one year of the effective date of this ordinance.

be done which fails to support adequate radio coverage to the fire department.

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(a) As written.

(1) Dimension: All new elevator installations shall comply with the applicable elevator code adopted by the State of Vermont.

Not withstanding the applicable code adopted by the State, elevators shall have minimum interior finished dimensions of eight feet by four feet and have an unrestricted door opening of not less than four feet.

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ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001-6092 On October 23, 2009, the Town of Colchester, filed applications #4C0192-2; 4C0261-3; 4C0735-4 and 4C09366 for a project generally described as:

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the construction of approximately one mile of a 10-foot wide multiuse path from Porters Point Road to Church Road along Holy Cross Road and a 5-foot wide sidewalk on Church Road. The project is located in the Town of Colchester, 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 Colchester Municipal Office, Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission located at 110 West Canal Street, Winooski, and the office listed below.

The application and proposed permits 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 (4C0192-2) above.

No hearing will be held unless, on or before November 17, 2009, 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 November 17, 2009.

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

Dated in Essex Junction, Vermont, this 27th day of October, 2009.

By /s/ Peter E. Keibel Peter E. Keibel Natural Resources Board District #4 Coordinator 111 West Street Essex Junction, VT 05452 T/ 802-879-5658 E/ peter.keibel@state. vt.us ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION 10 V.S.A., SECTIONS 6001 - 6092 On October 16, 2009, O’Brien Fay South LLC filed application # 4C1222 for a project generally described as The creation of a four lot subdivision including three residential lots and one deferred undeveloped lot. Lots 1-3 will contain individual on-site wastewater and potable water supply systems. The Permittee shall not construct improvements on Lots 1-3 without a permit amendment. The project is located along Tarbox Road, near the intersection of Route 117 and Barber Farm Road in the Town of Jericho, Vermont.

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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 Jericho Town Office, Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission located at 110 West Canal Street, Suite 202, Winooski, and the office listed below. The application and proposed permit may also be viewed on the Natural Resources Board’s web site (www. nrb.state.vt.us/lup) by clicking on “Act 250 Database” and entering the case number above.

No hearing will be held unless, on or before Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 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 Tuesday, November 17, 2009.

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

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

Dated at Essex Junction, Vermont this 22nd day of October, 2009.

By /s/Stephanie H. Monaghan Stephanie H. Monaghan Natural Resources Board District #4 Coordinator 111 West Street Essex Junction, VT 05452 T/ 802-879-5662 E/ stephanie. monaghan@state.vt.us STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO. S1266-07 CnC Aurora Loan Services, LLC, Plaintiff v.

Armel K. Mends-Cole, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for CTX Mortgage Company, LLC And Occupants residing at 152 Lamplite Lane, Williston, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by CTX Mortgage Company, LLC to Armel K. Mends-Cole dated September 14, 2006 and recorded in Volume 409, Page 465 of the Land Records of the Town of Williston, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 9:30 A.M. on November 20, 2009, at 152 Lamplite Lane, Williston, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Armel K. Mends-Cole by Warranty Deed Dated September 14, 2006 and Recorded September 18, 2006 in Volume 409 at Page 463 in the Land Records of the Town of Williston.

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the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. Proof of financing for the balance of the purchase to be provided at the time of sale. The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of Williston.

Gretchen Andrea Sprigg Wisehart by Quitclaim Deed of Delbert E. Wisehart, Jr., said deed dated the even date herewith and to be made of record in the City of Burlington Land Records.

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.

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

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

Aurora Loan Services, LLC By: Joshua B. Lobe, Esq. Lobe & Fortin, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306 South Burlington, VT 05403 STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO. S0716-08 CnC Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Plaintiff v.

Delbert F. Wisehart, Jr., Gretchen Andrea Sprigg Wisehart And Occupants residing at 62 Cottage Grove, Burlington, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by CTX Mortgage Company, LLC to Delbert F. Wisehart, Jr. dated May 17, 2004 and recorded in Volume 872, Page 79 of the Land Records of the Town of Burlington, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 9:15 A.M. on November 11, 2009, at 62 Cottage Grove, Burlington, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Delbert E. Wisehart, Jr., and

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

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

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. By: Joshua B. Lobe, Esq. Lobe & Fortin, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306 South Burlington, VT 05403 STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO. S1269-08 CnC Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Carrington Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-NC4 AssetBacked Pass-Through Certificates, Plaintiff v.

Michael J. Kidder, Chase Bank USA, N.A. And Occupants residing at 274 Cobbleview Drive, Colchester, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Old Merchants Mortgage, Inc. dba OOMB Mortgage to Michael J. Kidder dated March 18, 2005 and recorded in Volume 521, Page 462 of the Land Records of the Town of Colchester, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said

mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 10:00 A.M. on November 11, 2009, at 274 Cobbleview Drive, Colchester, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Kelly A. Robertson and Colby Robertson

by Quit-Claim Deed of Kelly A. Robertson, formerly known as Kelly A. Bushey dated February 24, 2003 of record at Volume 433, Pages 81-82 of the Land Records of the Town of Colchester Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. Proof of financing for the balance of the purchase to be provided at the time of sale. The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of Colchester.

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

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

Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee By: Joshua B. Lobe, Esq. Lobe & Fortin, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306 South Burlington, VT 05403 STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO. S1348-08 CnC GMAC Mortgage, LLC, Plaintiff v.

Michael J. Goguen And Occupants residing at 169 Killarney Drive, Burlington, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power

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by GMAC Mortgage, LLC to Michael J. Goguen dated October 6, 2006 and recorded in Volume 978, Page 599 of the Land Records of the Town of Burlington, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 12:15 P.M. on November 20, 2009, at 169 Killarney Drive, Burlington, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: BEING ALL AND THE SAME LAND AND PREMISES CONVEYED TO JOSEPH J. MACKEY AND CARLENE B. MACKEY BY WARRANTY DEED OF GEORGE E. BAILEY AND LAUREN M. BAILEY DATED 7/12/1977 AND OF RECORD IN BOOK 246, PAGE 155 OF THE CITYOF BURLINGTON LAND RECORDS. Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. Proof of financing for the balance of the purchase to be provided at the time of sale. The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of Burlington.

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

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

GMAC Mortgage, LLC By: Joshua B. Lobe, Esq. Lobe & Fortin, PLC30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306 South Burlington, VT 05403 STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO. S1379-08 CnC HSBC Bank USA, National Association as trustee for the holders of Deutsche ALT-B Securities

classifieds Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2006-A B4 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Plaintiff v.

Rasim Redzic, Jasmina Redzic, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for American Brokers Conduit And Occupants residing at 58 Lori Lane, Burlington, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given

by American Brokers Conduit to Rasim Redzic dated May 19, 2006 and recorded in Volume 960, Page 539 of the Land Records of the Town of Burlington, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 11:45 A.M. on November 20, 2009, at 58 Lori Lane, Burlington, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit:

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IndyMac Federal Bank, F.S.B.,

By: Joshua B. Lobe, Esq. Lobe & Fortin, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306 South Burlington, VT 05403

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Penelope Paquette, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Quicken Loans, Inc., Maples Homeowners Association And Occupants residing at 209 Pearl Street, Unit 1, Essex, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given

by Quicken Loans, Inc. to Penelope Paquette dated February 24, 2006 and recorded in Volume 680, Page 418 of the Land Records of the Town of Essex, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 10:15 A.M. on November 20, 2009, at 209 Pearl Street, Unit 1, Essex, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Michael L. Clark and Kathy R. Clark by Warranty Deed of Gerald P. Roy dated January 18, 2005 and recorded in Volume 638 at Pages 515-516 of the Town of Essex Land Records.

STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO. S1638-08 CnC HSBC BANK USA, National Association, as Trustee for PHH 2007-2, Plaintiff v.

Thomas W. Carpenter, Susan Carpenter And Occupants residing at 282-284 West Main Street, Richmond, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given

by Century 21 (R) to Thomas W. Carpenter dated December 29, 2006 and recorded in Volume 175, Page 615 of the Land Records of the Town of Richmond, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 8:45 A.M. on November 20, 2009, at 282-284 West Main Street, Richmond, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Thomas W. Carpenter and Susan Carpenter by Quitclaim Deed of Thomas W. Carpenter dated November 23, 1992 and recorded in Volume 82, Page 84 of the Land Records of the Town of Richmond.

HSBC Bank USA, National Association

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Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid

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.

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

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

HSBC BANK USA, National Association, as Trustee By: Joshua B. Lobe, Esq. Lobe & Fortin, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306 South Burlington, VT 05403 STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO. S1623-08 CnC Wells Fargo, N.A.,

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

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

Wells Fargo, N.A. By: Joshua B. Lobe, Esq. Lobe & Fortin, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306

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Adam M. Viens, Mary L. Viens And Occupants residing at 45 Streeter Brook Road, Milton, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by LibertyQuest Financial, Inc. to Adam M. Viens dated April 14, 2006 and recorded in Volume 329, Page 771 of the Land Records of the Town of Milton, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 1:00 P.M. on November 20, 2009, at 45 Streeter Brook Road, Milton, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Adam M.

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

GIRL POWER: Learn about your inner power through meditation, sacred space, healing energy modalities. Connect and attune to empower & enlighten, expand your sense of awareness,

network with others your age, find peer support within this ongoing monthly group.

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

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

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

THE ADDISON COUNTY CHAPTER OF THE COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS (TCF), will hold its regular meeting this Monday, November 2, at 7 p.m. at the Hospice Volunteer 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. Info: Nancy Merolle at 388-6837, or Claire Groleau at 388-9603 CHITTENDEN FAMILIES TOGETHER MEETING: Wednesday, Oct. 28, 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Vermont Family Network Conference Room, 600 Blair Park Rd. #240, Williston.

Focus is on concerns of families who have high school youth and adult members who have developmental disabilities. Contact: Jan Hancock, 876-5315 ext. 215, jan.hancock@ vtfn.org.

ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS, ACA is a 12-Step program for people that grew up in alcoholic or dysfunctional homes. We meet in a mutually respectful, safe environment and acknowledge our common experiences. We discover how childhood affected us in the past and influences us in the present. Tuesdays, 5:30-7 p.m., St. Paul’s Cathedral, 2 Cherry St., Burlington. 802-9226609, not2bforgot10@ yahoo.com.

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

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

Meetings Tuesday evenings in Barre. For more info. call Cindy

at 802-229-5724 or 1-800-children.

ALS (LOU GEHRIG’S DISEASE) This support group functions as a community and educational group. We provide coffee, soda and snacks and are open to PALS, caregivers, family members and those who are interested in learning more about ALS. Our group meets the second Thursday of each month from 1-3 p.m. at “Jim’s House”, 1266 Old Creamery Rd., Williston, VT. Hosted by Pete and Alphonsine Crevier, facilitated by Liza Martel, LICSW, Patient Care Coordinator for the ALS Association here in Vermont. The next group meeting will be September 10, 2009, and the following month, October 8, 2009. 223-7638 for more information.

AMERICAN LUNG ASSOC. FREEDOM FROM SMOKING CLASSES: Sept. 10 - Oct. 29, Thursday, 5:30-7 p.m. $35 for workbook & CD. Limited Financial Assistance is avail.

Turning Point Center, 191 Bank St., Burlington (above Climb High).

Registration required at 865-2452.

NAMI CONNECTION PEER RECOVERY: Support groups meeting weekly: Burlington, Thursdays 4-5:30 p.m., St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral, 2 Cherry Street. Randolph, Wednesdays 5-6:30 p.m., United Church, 18 N.Main Street. Call Janeen, 1-802-371-7677.

Bennington, Tuesdays 6-7:30 p.m., St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 200 Pleasant Street. NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness), connectionvt@myfairpoint. net, 1-800-639-6480 SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE SUPPORT GROUP Meets the 1st Wednesday of each month from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Comfort Inn, 5 Dorset St., S. Burlington, VT. There is no fee. This is open to anyone who has lost someone to suicide. For more info, call 802-4799450, or ljlivendale@ yahoo.com.

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

We are people just like you and have found the answer to all of the

above problems. We meet every Wednesday evening from 7-9 p.m. at the Imani Center 293 N Winooski Ave. Please call 802-343-2027.

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS (OA) Meetings in Barre occur every Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday 6-7 p.m. at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, 39 Washington St. Info: 863-2655. Meetings in Johnson occur every Sunday 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Johnson Municipal Building, Route 15 (just west of the bridge). Info: Debbie Y., 888-5958. Meeting in Montpelier occur every Friday 12-1 p.m. at Bethany Church, 115 Main St. Info: Carol, 223-5793. Meetings in Morrisville occur every Friday 12-1 p.m. at the First Congregational Church, 85 Upper Main St. Contacts: Anne, 888-2356 or Debbie Y., 888-5958.

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

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

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

802-861-3150. For more information about codependence, see www.coda.org and click on “Am I Codependent?” tA NEW PERSPECTIVE A peer support group for people working through the combination of mental health and substance abuse issues. Wednesdays

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

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

Viens and Mary L. Viens

by Warranty Deed of Edward E. Fuller and Lynn M. Fuller (f/k/a Lynn M. Williams) Dated April 14, 2006 and Recorded April 14, 2006 in Book 329, Page 768 of the Town of Milton Land Records.

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

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unhealthy romantic relationship? We can help. Call Valerie, 802-825-4643.

at the Turning Point Center, 5-6 p.m. The group will be facilitated and will be built around a weekly video followed by a group discussions.

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

LUPUS SUPPORT GROUP Last support group meeting for the summer meets June 17, 6:30-8 p.m. at the Howard Center, 1138 Pine St., Burlington. Facilitator: Coleen Lillie. Call 802-488-6663 for more details.

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BEREAVED PARENTS & SIBLINGS SUPPORT GROUP of the Compassionate Friends meets on the third Tuesday of each month, 7-9 p.m. at the Christ Church Presbyterian, 400 Redstone Campus, UVM. Info, 660-8797.

The meetings are for parents, grandparents and adult siblings who have experienced the death of a child at any age from any cause.

NEED A HUG? New support group starting. Would you like to explore personal intimacy in a safe environment?

This is accomplished by using touch for expressing and receiving tenderness.

This is platonic and personal boundaries are respected. Day, time and location TBA. Jeff 310-4903 email iiyog@ aol.com.

COED SINGLES GROUP Ages 50-65, forming for friendship and fun.

Chittenden County area. Activities to include weeknight/ weekend dinner, bowling, hikes, snow shoeing, movies, etc. If interested email Myra at csbnc27609@aol. com.

SEX AND LOVE ADDICTS ANONYMOUS 12-step group. Women only. Do you have problems with your relationships? Are you unable to leave an

ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND RELATED DEMENTIA’S SUPPORT GROUP Held monthly at The Arbors at Shelburne.

For info. or to register, contact Nicole at 802-985-8600.

MENOPAUSE SUPPORT GROUP FOR WOMEN Meets Sundays, 4-6 p.m. & Thursdays, 6:30-8 p.m. 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.

CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME SUPPORT GROUP: 1-3 p.m., every third Thursday at the Burlington Police Station on Battery St. in the new Community Room. Please call or visit website for location information, www.vtcfids.org or call 1-800-296-1445 or 802-660-4817 (Helaine “Lainey” Rappaport).

WOMEN’S RAPE CRISES CENTER Will be starting a free, confidential 10-week support group for adult female survivors of sexual violence. Please call 864-555 ext. 19 for information.

LIVING SINGLE SUPPORT GROUP This course is a follow-up to the Divorce Recovery course that is offered at Essex Alliance Church. If you’ve been through the Divorce Care Class, you have an opportunity to continue to grow, heal, rebuild, and start again. Call Sue Farris for more information at 802-734-0695.

SUICIDE SURVIVORS SUPPORT GROUP For those who have lost a friend or loved one through suicide.

Location: Maple Leaf Clinic, 167 North Main Street, Wallingford, 802-446-3577.

6:30-8:00 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month.

GLAFF Gay and lesbian adoptive and foster families. GLAFF provides support, education, resources and strategies to

help maintain and strengthen gay and lesbian foster and adoptive families in northwestern VT. Open to all GLBTQ foster and adoptive parents and their children. Food, childcare provided. The group meets on the 1st Thursday of each month. Call Mike at 655-6688 to get more information and to register.

MS SUPPORT GROUP A support group for people with multiple sclerosis and their caregivers. Sponsored by the Vermont Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Join others who have MS to discuss concerns, ask questions, share information and get support. Meets the first and third Wednesday of the month from 6-7:30 p.m. in Williston.

For more information contact Michele at 862-4085 and leave a message.

POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD) SUPPORT GROUP FOR WOMEN The National Alliance on Mental Illness of Champlain Valley (NAMI: CV) is offering a free PTSD Support Group for Women on Thursdays from 12:30-2 p.m. The group focuses on both support and education about PTSD. Meetings are held at the NAMI office at 14 Healey Avenue, Suite D, Plattsburgh. For more information or to register, call NAMI: CV at 561-2685.

ARE YOU OR SOMEONE YOU LOVE BATTLING MULTIPLE MYELOMA? Support meetings are held on the third Tuesday of every month from 5-6:30 p.m. at Hope Lodge on East Avenue, Burlington. For more information call Kay Cromie at 655-9136 or email kgcromey@ aol.com.

SUPPORT FOR THOSE WHO HAVE LOVED ONES WITH TERMINAL ILLNESS Group forming for family members and loved ones of people with terminal illness.

The group will have a spiritual base. We will offer each other support by listening, as well as share creative ways to explore feelings of grief and loss through writing, prayer, etc.

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OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS (OA) Tues., Thurs. & Sun., 6-7 p.m. in Barre.

Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, 39 Washington St., Barre, VT (parking in back of church/please use back entrance). Meetings are FREE and anonymous.

For more info please call 802-863-2655.

AL-ANON Family group 12-step.

Thursdays, 12:20-1:20 p.m. Call AWARE at 802-472-6463 for information and to register. Free of charge. 88 High Street, Hardwick.

“WOMEN CHANGING” An educational support group on changing unhealthy patterns for survivors of domestic and/or sexual violence.

Tuesdays, 6-7:15 p.m.

Ongoing. Join us any time! Childcare reimbursable. Ask about Survivors of Incest Anonymous and Overeaters Anonymous.

Call AWARE at 802-4726463 for information and to register. Free of charge. 88 High Street, Hardwick.

BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF VERMONT: Montpelier daytime support group meets first and third Thursday of the month at the Unitarian Church “ramp entrance” from 1:302:30 p.m. Montpelier evening support group meets the first Tuesday of each month at Vermont Protection and Advocacy, 141 Main St., Suite 7, in conference room #2 from 6-8 p.m.

Colchester evening support group meets the first Wednesday of each month at the Fanny Allen Hospital in the ground floor boardroom from 6-8 p.m. Middlebury support group on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at the Patricia Hannaford Career Center. Call our helpline at 1-877-856-1772.

FORMING A NEW GROUP focused on recovery/ management of addictions, compulsions and their resulting imbalances on our lives.

Alternative or supplement to traditional 12-step programs. Are you having trouble moderating alcohol?

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Food? Drugs? Computer games? Requires a commitment to improving your health

and the ability to maintain a nonjudgmental atmosphere.

Let’s discover how our struggles relate and help each other work on strategies to find balance. Contact Michelle at 802-399-6575 or recoveryourbalance@ gmail.com.

LAKE CHAMPLAIN MEN’S RESOURCE CENTER MEN’S DROPIN SUPPORT GROUP All men welcome, weekly group w/cofacilitators. Open discussion format. Varied topics including: relationships, work, parenting, personal growth, healing. Confidential, nonjudgmental. Open to all ethnicities, religions and sexual orientations. Joseph’s House, 113 Elmwood Ave. Every Thursday, 7-9 p.m. More info: call Chris 434-4830.

CHITTENDEN COUNTY PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP will meet every second Tues, 6-8 p.m. at Fanny Allen Hospital, lower level in the Board Room.

ARE YOU HAVING PROBLEMS with debt? Do you spend more than you earn? Get help at Debtor’s Anonymous plus Business Debtor’s Annonymous. Mondays, 7-8 p.m. First United Methodist Church, North Winooski Ave., Burlington. Contact Valerie at 825-4643.

LYME DISEASE Are you interested in forming a group? Please call Susan at 899-2713.

HIV SUPPORT GROUP This is a facilitated HIV/ AIDS support group that aims to foster a greater sense of community, self-acceptance and personal growth. We are a group of survivors and, with all of our experience, will help you understand and enjoy what positive living has to offer. Friday @ 7 p.m. in the white building behind the Universal Unitarian Church. For more info call Alton @ 310-6094.

SHOPLIFTERS SUPPORT GROUP Self-help support group now forming in the capital area for persons who would like to meet regularly for mutual support. This new group would meet biweekly at a time and place to be decided to discuss our issues, struggles and ways of staying out of trouble. We’ll likely use some of Terry Shulman’s

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MAN-TO-MAN CHAMPLAIN VALLEY PROSTATE CANCER: Support group meets 5 p.m., 2nd Tuesday of each month in the board room of Fanny Allen Hospital, Colchester. 1-800-ACS2345.

MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE/ DYSAUTONOMIA: Group forming for information sharing purposes. Please call 863-3153.

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Chapter Meeting. Bethany Church, 115 Main Street, Montpelier.

Wednesdays, 5:15-6:15 p.m. For info call Linda at 476-8345.

BEREAVED PARENT SUPPORT GROUP: Every first Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m. in Enosburg Falls, 10 Market Place, Main St. Parents, grandparents and adult siblings are welcomed. The hope is to begin a Compassionate Friends Chapter in the area.

Info, please call Priscilla at 933-7749.

EATING DISORDERS PARENTAL SUPPORT GROUP for parents of children with or at risk of anorexia or bulimia.

Meetings 7-9 p.m., third Wednesday of each month at the Covenant Community Church, Rt. 15, Essex Center.

We focus on being a resource and providing reference points for old and new ED parents.

More information, call Peter at 802-899-2554.

OCD SUPPORT GROUP/ THERAPY GROUP: Come share your experience, get support from those who have been there, learn about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and how to reduce its symptoms.

Therapist facilitated.

Weekly meetings, 802-343-8114.

AUTISM: Free support group for parents and caregivers of children with ASD. Montpelier, 2nd Sunday of the month, 3-5 p.m. at the Family Center.

Call Jessica, 249-7961, for childcare inquires.

More info, www.aaware. org.

ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE and Dementia support group. Held the last Tuesday of every month at Birchwood Terrace, Burlington.

Info, contact Stefanie Catella, 863-6384.

FAMILY AND FRIENDS SUPPORT GROUP: If someone in your family or one of your friends is in an abusive relationship, this new support group is designed especially for you. Info, call Women Helping Battered Women, 658-1996.

DEPERSONALIZATION AND DEREALIZATION: If you suffer from either of these trance states, please call Todd, 864-4285.

WOMEN HELPING BATTERED WOMEN offers free, confidential educational support groups for women who have fled, are fleeing, or are still living in a world where intimate partner violence is present. WHBW offers a variety of groups to meet the diverse needs of women and children in this community. Info, 658-1996.

VT PARENTS OF FOOD ALLERGY CHILDREN EMAIL SUPPORT TEAM: Info, contact MaryKay Hill, 802-373-0351.

MIXED GENDER COMING OUT SUPPORT GROUP: Every 2nd and 4th Thursday, 6:30 p.m.

Co-facilitated by supportive peers and mental-health professionals and open to all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning adults age 23 and up. Check out this group meeting at R.U.1.2?.

TRANS SOCIAL AND SUPPORT GROUP: First Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. Looking for peer support among other transgendered folks?

Need a safe space to relax and be yourself?

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TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) Chapter meeting, St. Francis Xavier School, Winooski.

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Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. weigh-in, 7-8 p.m. meeting. Info, call Fred or Bennye, 655-3317, or Patricia, 658-6904.

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS is a group of recovering addicts who live without the use of drugs. It costs nothing to join. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using.

Info, 862-4516, or visit www.cvana.org. Held in Burlington.

SEX AND LOVE ADDICTS ANONYMOUS: 12-step recovery group. Do you have a problem with sex or relationships? We can help. Sunday meetings, 7-8:30 p.m. Call Sandy, 863-5708.

SMOKING CESSATION GROUP: Willing to kick the habit?

This free, five-week program helps quitters to follow through.

Community Health Center of Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 864-6309.

DOES YOUR PARTNER/ SPOUSE HAVE AD/HD (Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder)?

Support group meets in Burlington to share experiences, challenges, laughs, resources. Want more information?

Write addpartner@ yahoo.com.

WEDNESDAYS CIRCLE: A Transpersonal support group, every Wed., 6 p.m., Innerharmony Community Wellness Center, Rt. 100N, Rochester, VT. 7676092. A sharing circle focusing on personal growth, transformation, spirituality and healing, led by Jim Dodds.

DECLUTTER’S SUPPORT GROUP: Are you ready to make improvements but find it overwhelming? Maybe 2 or 3 of us can get together to help each simplify. 453-3612.

PARENTS TOGETHER: Support group will be meeting in Rutland on Monday evenings. Snacks and childcare provided. All groups are free and confidential. Please call 1-800-CHILDREN for more information.

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Regional law firm with offices in VT and NH is seeking a detail-oriented, motivated individual to join our support team in Burlington, VT. Duties will involve updating library resources, preparing files for storage and providing back-up receptionist support and other clerical assistance. The hours for this part-time position are 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday through Friday. Ideal candidates will have some previous professional office experience and proficiency in Word and Excel.

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Manage all computerized systems that support activity related to student receivable accounts. Collaborate with systemwide offices to ensure accurate billing and accounting for student accounts. Develop and evaluate policies and procedures to support enhanced student operations. Ensure accuracy of all billing information and provide support and training to business office staff as needed. Successful applications will have a bachelor’s degree in accounting, business or finance, plus two to four years of experience; broad base knowledge and skills related to accounting, billing functions and accounting principles; an ability to work collaboratively with staff in remote locations; Datatel Colleague and student billing experience desirable.

Position requires some travel to locations throughout the state. Complete job description available at www.vsc.edu.

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St. Joseph’s Residential Care Home has an immediate opening for a

Part-time Administrative Assistant Bookkeeper

Full-time Return House Case Manager: $24,000, Sunday –Thursday evenings. Return House is a residential transitional living program for 18 to 22-year-old men returning to Barre from jail. Case Manager will assist in providing 24/7 supervision of the residence, and provide individual assistance to 3-4 residents. This includes helping young men establish goals, coordination with other service providers, helping young men stay on track with treatment, employment, and educational services, and providing support. The Case Manager must be a good communicator, have excellent interpersonal skills and clear personal boundaries, and must place an emphasis on building trusting relationships while maintaining house rules and regulations. Submit cover letter and resume to Jill Remby, Washington County Youth Service Bureau/Boys & Girls Club, P. O. Box 627, Montpelier, VT 05601.

20-hours per week

This position requires experience working in an office environment answering phones, writing professional letters, and performing bookkeeping and purchasing functions.

A high degree of confidentiality is required, as well as the ability to interact with a variety of personalities including the residents of the home and their family members as well as other staff.

The successful candidate must be very detail oriented, organized, reliable, dependable and professional. Must be able to work independently, prioritize work tasks and function in a setting with frequent interruptions. A minimum of 2 years of relevant experience is required. Proficiency with Microsoft Office and email is required. The candidate should share the vision, mission and values of the home. Competitive wages and a supportive work environment.

Full-time Cityscape Activity Specialists: $24,000 each. The Cityscape Afterschool Program serves Barre City Middle

School students through a variety of afterschool, vacation week, and summer programs that promote academic achievement, health, fitness and wellbeing. Specialists will plan and facilitate youth activities, conduct community outreach, and gather data for reports.

Candidates must be creative and have strong organization and communication skills. The ability to work in a team and to follow program procedures and requirements is essential. Submit cover letter and resume to Georgie Stapleton, Washington County Youth Service Bureau/Boys & Girls Club, P. O. Box 627, Montpelier, VT 05601.

If interested, please send resumes to danderson@vermontcatholic.org or mail to David Anderson, St. Joseph’s Residential Care Home 243 N. Prospect St., Burlington, VT 05401.

(802) 864-0264 EEO

3-day Teen Center Assistant: $14,400. This 60% position will assist the Basement Teen Center Coordinator in all aspects of program operation, including planning and implementing activities, keeping records, supervising drop-in time, and more. Candidates must be creative and have strong organization and communication skills. The ability to work in a team and to follow program procedures and requirements is essential. Submit cover letter and resume to Georgie Stapleton, Washington County Youth Service Bureau/Boys & Girls Club, P. O. Box 627, Montpelier, VT 05601.

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Senior Program Officer – Climate & Environment

ISC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Institute for Sustainable Communities is seeking a Senior Program Officer to support the implementation of its climate and energy programs in China. The person in this position will be based in Montpelier, VT and will be the primary person working on the community-based elements of ISC’s two programs in China. Exceptional research, analytical, communications and project management skills are required. Qualified applicants will have extensive experience with communitybased action to increase energy efficiency and reduce climate pollution.

Experience in China – including language skills and understanding of local climate- and energy-related challenges and opportunities strongly preferred. See www.iscvt.org for more details. Email cover letter and resume by November 16 to bsmoren@iscvt.org.

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SHELBURNE MUSEUM

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OUTPATIENT THERAPIST

seeks qualified applicants for the following year round position:

BUILDING CARE TECHNICIAN/ CARPENTER Please view job description at www.shelburnemuseum.org

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Are you interested in being part of a group that includes a supportive team of therapists, coverage of your after-hours emergencies and efficient billing staff? We are currently seeking a full-time therapist who is a generalist and interested in working with children, adolescents, adults and families. Specialization with children also desirable. Experience with substance abuse, DBT and group treatment preferred. The ideal candidate will be an MSW/LICSW. Willing to consider other licensure. This fulltime position has an excellent benefits package. Some evening hours required. Our clinic is located close to Interstate 89 and is a short commute from Burlington and surrounding areas. The ideal candidate may qualify for the National Health Services Federal loan forgiveness program, which is substantial.

HR Dept., 107 Fisher Pond Road, St. Albans, VT 05478. EOE

Visit our website for position details and a complete listing of our job opportunities: www.ncssinc.org.

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Bookkeeper

Travel Consultants/Agents

QuickBooks experience required, fast-paced environment.

Send resume/letter: DJM & Associates, Inc. 441 Water Circle, Ste. 200 Colchester, VT 05446

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

Part/full-time. Will train.

Call Phyllis 802-343-0331.

BARTENDER:

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Banana Winds Cafe & Pub, Essex Junction. Friday & Saturday nights. Minimum one (1) year current experience, VT Dept. of Liquor Control training.

Call 802-879-0752.

JPMorgan Chase

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openings in our South Burlington office.

Positions available: Supervisors, Team Leaders and Data Key Entry Specialists.

Visit our website to view job descriptions, requirements and schedules, and to apply online. Qualified candidates will be contacted for a phone interview. www.jpmorganchase.com/careers

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new jobs posted daily!

Looking for mechanic and mechanics helper to add to team for growing dealership in heavy-duty market. Pay based on training and experience. Tools & CDL preferred.

Guaranteed 40 hrs. per week with benefits & paid vacation.

Cobble Hill Trailer Sales PO Box 836 Milton, VT 05468 info@cobblehilltrailersales.com

Job Fair

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We have openings for the following position: Internet Marketer For more information visit our website: www.unionstreetmedia.com/jobs Union Street Media is a web development company located in Burlington, VT.

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11/2/09 12:57:22 PM seeks an experienced to provide support services for folks who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless in getting and/or keeping permanent housing. This is a contracted temporary 1 year position. BA plus case management experience in a nonprofit agency desired. SHI will consider equivalent case management experience in lieu of a degree.

Please send resumes to: Linda Ryan, 20 Kingman St., St. Albans, VT 05478, (802) 373-6505 | lindaryan3@comcast.net.

october 24th & November 7th

Hundreds of positions! Here are just a few: Snowmakers Ticket Agents Parking Attendants Ski Instructors Snowboard Instructors Assistant Lift Supervisor

To apply: Please email your resume, cover letter and three references to jobs@unionstreetmedia.com.

No phone calls, please.

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Bolton Valley Base Lodge • 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Chefs Line Cooks Housekeepers Front Desk Supervisor Lift Mechanic Lift Operators

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ALL employees get complimentary skiing and riding, resort discounts and more!

Ski it! ride it! Love it! www.boltonvalley.com | 802-434-6810 | hr@boltonvalley.com

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Veteran’s Day Career Fair November 10, 2009 9 am - 1 pm Location: Holiday Inn 1068 Williston Rd. South Burlington Open to the general public, and free of charge.

Bring your resume and meet with 31 area employers.

Resume reviews, workshops.

Hosted by your veteran employment representatives, State of Vermont.

Our main concern Make more thanisa connecting living.

Make a difference. skilled and qualified job seekers with employment opportunities that local companies have to offer.

The right job can open opportunities for you to grow, excel, and reach your full potential. Working for the State of Vermont allows you the freedom and creativity to use your skills and enthusiasm in an enormous array of disciplines to keep this one of the best states in the country to live and work.

The work is not only challenging and fulfilling, it’s rewarding on many levels — both professionally and socially. And with our outstanding benefits package, designed to meet your health and financial needs, you’ll have the flexibility to be able to manage your work/life balance, leaving you time to enjoy all that comes with living in Vermont. Bring us your drive, ambition, and initiative, and we’ll put them to work for you.

Chaplain to CVPH Medical Center

Addison County Home Health & Hospice is looking for interested clinical staff for the following full-time positions:

RN Nurse Educator 10/19/09 1:20:39 PM

CVPH seeks a special person to fill its brand-new parttime Chaplain position. The Chaplain will be a vital contributing member of the interdisciplinary healthcare team assisting with faith issues in the healing process; providing crisis intervention with the patients, families and staff making spiritual assessments; acting as an ambassador to the hospital and community; having responsibility for in-service training that focuses on providing spiritual care; and overseeing volunteers who participate in the hospital-wide spiritual care program.

To be considered for this rewarding position, candidates are required to possess at the minimum a Theology related bachelor's, and a master's from an Assoc. Theol.

Schools accredited school is preferred. First level of Clinical Pastoral Education is preferred with ability to obtain within two (2) years required.

CVPH is an excellent, 350-bed health care facility staffed by talented and dedicated physicians and employees, offering a broad range of inpatient and outpatient services.

At CVPH we value respect, quality, trust, accountability, teamwork, communications, compassion and service.

Human Resources CVPH Medical Center 75 Beekman St., Plattsburgh, NY 12901 800-562-7301 hr@cvph.org www.cvph.org EOE

This RN will provide both patient and direct-care staff education and new orientation within the Medicaid Waiver program; provide skilled in-home patient assessments and education; direct supervision of department Scheduler.

Qualified candidate should be a licensed RN in Vermont, have a minimum of two years experience, possess a collaborative approach to teaching and a desire to educate and motivate clinicians and direct patient care staff.

Full Time Community Health Nurses An extremely rewarding nursing experience working within the community in our patient homes providing them with your highquality multi-skilled experience. This an opportunity for you to function independently within a supportive team environment.

You must hold a valid VT nursing license and have a minimum of two years medical-surgical experience. These nursing positions are responsible for a caseload.

Physical Therapist Experience the independence and satisfaction of one-toone patient care in a supportive, flexible and professional environment. Work individually with patients in their homes providing them with skills that will help to maintain their lifestyle.

Qualifications include a current Vermont Physical Therapy license and a minimum of two years of experience preferably within an adult rehabilitation program.

Send resume to: Cpaquette@achhh.org or directly to ACHHH, P.O. Box 754, Middlebury, VT 05753.

The State of Vermont is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

www.vermontjoblink.com

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Leaps & Bounds is looking for motivated, flexible team players to join our growing childcare team at our Essex and Williston locations. Must have experience, education and a sense of humor! Pay based on education and experience.

Developmental Services Specialized community Support Worker • 19-year-old woman needs 20 hours of support on Monday thru Fridays, 1:30 to 5:30. This high school student enjoys art projects, an active lifestyle, and is working on building and maintaining healthy relationships. Best match is a peer-age woman who is patient and able to set boundaries while allowing her own space. Pick up in Essex and drop off in Winooski. Benefit’s eligible.

Contact Krista at 802-879-2021 or kristalacroix@yahoo.com.

• Very active 16-year-old girl needs 20 hours of after school support in Winooski area. She enjoys being outside, playing soccer and hiking, animals, and attending social activities. Ideal candidate is an unflappable female who is both patient and positive. Schedule is 2:30 till 6:30, Monday thru Fridays.

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Mental Health and Substance Abuse

Programmer/analyst – Full-time Chancellor’s office – Waterbury, Vt

northern lightS program coordinator HowardCenter seeks an energetic leader for the Northern Lights Program, transitional housing for women returning from prison. Oversee all organizational aspects including staffing, funding, interagency collaboration, and program development. Work directly with reentering women as they build a safe and healthy life in the community. Must have excellent clinical, organizational and supervisory skills; Experience working with women on issues of substance abuse, trauma, mental health, parenting, domestic violence and family dynamics; Experience working in a residential setting; desire to find new solutions to issues related to criminal justice system and barriers to success; masters of social work, equivalent degree or equivalent work experience.

Be a part of this collaborative team that includes Vermont Works for Women, Mercy Connections Inc, Burlington Housing Authority, Vermont Children’s Aid Society and Vermont Department of Corrections.

For more information or full job description contact Cara Gleason at carag@howardcenter.org or 802-324-0628.

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Solve college/system problems and apply computer technology to meet the needs of the Vermont State Colleges. This entry level position in a challenging work environment will develop programming skills using Datatel’s Envision programming language, SQL, Unibasic, MS SharePoint and more. Participate in large and small systems development projects. Work closely with other programmers, system analysts and college administrative offices to implement, maintain and support systems solutions.

Successful applicants will have a bachelor’s degree in computer science or other appropriate discipline; an understanding of the Systems Development Life Cycle, Boolean algebra, and structured systems design and programming; proven ability to write program code; excellent analytical skills, strong planning, organizational and administrative skills; and the ability to deal effectively with a wide range of end users. Experience with Microsoft SharePoint software a plus.

Send letter of application, resume and a list of 3 references to programmingjobs@vsc.edu or Systems Administrator, Vermont State Colleges, PO Box 359, Waterbury, VT 05676

HowardCenter is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Minorities, people of color and persons with disabilities encouraged to apply. EOE/TTY. We offer competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package to qualified employees.

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• SEEKING COMPASSIONATE HOME PROVIDER for active, fun-loving, 23-year-old male who enjoys music and the outdoors. The ideal candidate(s) would be a couple or a single male with no children in the household. Individual(s) would be able to maintain clear boundaries, eager to learn and develop new skills, and able to work as part of a dynamic team. Compensation of $30,000 tax-free stipend includes respite plus staff support. Please contact Jill Lehman at (802) 488-6500 if interested.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Reporting to the Board of Directors, the Executive Director serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the corporation and is charged with external and community relations, fund development, strategic planning, and artistic and programmatic policy, as well as operational, financial, and administrative management.

• SPORTS AFICIONADO roommate sought for 44-year-old man with developmental disabilities in his Winooski apartment. This guy has a great sense of humor, loves MLB and NFL, country music, and good movies. Ideal match would provide support with day-to-day activities, medications, and meal prep. Personal care required. Trevor Ashe, (802) 488-6593.

QUalIFICaTIOns: The ideal candidate will have senior experience in leading a dynamic arts organization, a minimum of seven years of not-for-profit arts venue management, and a university degree in arts, humanities or business management or equivalent experience in facility management and administration.

• GENEROUS STIPEND OFFERED to couple or single person to provide home for a female client working on independent life skills. Loves movies, shopping, card games, and trying new things. She uses public transportation & cabs, but requires supervision when in the community. Client has 20 hours a week community and work support. Ideal home is outside Burlington City limits with no children. Leigh Martin, (802) 488-6520.

The Executive Director must be a strategic thinker and a relationship builder: someone who maintains a high professional profile. He/She will have demonstrated leadership in fund-raising with superior analytical, financial, and organizational credentials. Other necessary characteristics include a passion for the performing arts and arts education, political savvy and diplomacy, exceptional oral and written communication skills, a track record in building community participation and partnership, and the ability to deal humanely and wisely with a broad spectrum of personalities.

• DOWNTOWN BURLINGTON HOME sought for a creative young woman who loves to read, anime and gaming. She enjoys her job and various outdoor activities such as sailing, kayaking and biking. Ideal candidate is a single female, possibly a grad student, who maintains a quiet home. Generous stipend and team support provided for the right person. Mark Prior, (802) 488-6500.

Interested candidates are invited to submit a letter of interest, resume, and list of references by Friday, January 15, 2010 in confidence to: Margaret Genovese, senior Partner GEnOVEsE, VanDERHOOF & assOCIaTEs 77 Carlton street, suite 1103, Toronto, On, Canada M5B 2J7 416/340-2762; Fax: 416/340-6276 gvasearch@gmail.com

Above opportunities provide generous tax-free stipend, ongoing training and team support, and in most cases, respite budget, and room and board payment.

Please contact Marisa Hamilton (802) 488-6751.

For additional information see: www.flynncenter.org, www.genovesevanderhoof.com.

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11/2/09 3:13:56 PM Burlington Area Shared Living Opportunities Immediate Needs

HowardCenter is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Minorities, people of color and persons with disabilities encouraged to apply. EOE/TTY. We offer competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package to qualified employees.

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HomesHare Homeshare opportunity Opportunity Richmond Area ricHmond area

JOB OPPORTUNITIES!

Active, congenial elderly man with memory problems needs couple to live in nice attached apartment in country, available mid-late November. Rent-free in exchange for assistance Sundays (starting 9 PM) through Thursdays from 6 PM to bedtime, with help if needed until 6 AM. Winter maintenance of path, and small dog care.

Option for paid weekend caregiving. Must be flexible, patient, dependable, with interest in elders. Nonsmokers.

Pets on approval. If gentleman moves, apartment will become a rental. Steep dirt road can be a challenge in winter. X-C trails. 802-434-6667.

Furniture Delivery/Warehouse Persons needed immediately. Full-time.

Experience prefered. Professional appearance.

Salary & benefits.

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At Modern Design

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Landscapers

Director of Family Support

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Immediate opening for year-round employment. Must have commercial plowing and mowing experience. Must have valid driver’s license, be self-motivated with exceptional attention to detail.

Washington County Mental health serviCes

Apply in person at: Modern Design, 2915 Shelburne Road, Shelburne, VT

11/2/09 4:13:40 PM

Will colead a family support team in their work providing information, support and resources to families of Community-Based Case manager children and adults with special needs, Full-time w/ benefits. Seeking a recovery-oriented mental health clinician to individuals and professionals. Content provide case management services to persons with serious mental illness. This is expertise needed in medical service systems, developmental disabilities, peer an outreach-based position that includes counseling, service coordination, skills support and promoting family leadership opportunities. Will provide grant teaching and advocacy. We are interested in hiring a client-centered, enthusiastic clinician with a good sense of humor. Bachelor’s or master’s degree in related field management, budget oversight, staff training and support, and collaborate with Certified Massage Therapist with a minimum of one-year experience working with persons with mental illness.1x1-NoelProperty-102809.indd 1 10/26/09 2:30:45 PM partners in the community around disability issues. Proven leadership, comneeded for busy membership massage clinic. Open 7 days a week: Motivated, organized individual able to multitask. Supervision toward mental day, evening & weekend shifts available. Duties: Perform consecutive munication skills, supervisory experience, experience working with families and health licensure provided.

50-minute, high-quality sessions designed to meet our clients’ knowledge of disability-related issues necessary; parental experience desirable. individual needs. Required: Certification, must carry liability insurPlease send resumes to: ance, experience with Swedish and deep tissue massage (additional Should also be grounded in the principles of family-centered care and committed modalities preferred), must be customer-service oriented, able to Personnel department to improving the lives of children and adults with disabilities and their families. work flexible days & hours, and have reliable transportation. CompetiWashington County mental Health services, inc. tive pay with bonuses and tips; flexible schedule; steady clientele.

Bachelor’s degree preferred.

Po Box 647 Please send cover letter, resume to Holly.Brooks@vtfn.org or HR, montpelier, Vt 05601 Celebrating 40 years of service to our community Vermont Family Network, 600 Blair Park, Suite 240, Williston, VT 05495.

Send resumes to amy.johnston@massageenvy.com.

802-338-9058 Colchester

RegisteredNurse-

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11/2/09 Busy Burlington law firm seeking a2x2-VTFamilyNetwork110409.indd 1 11/2/09 2:45:44 PM part-time legal secretary. Secretarial CENTRAL VERMONT ADULT experience preferred. Duties include BASIC EDUCATION, Inc. drafting documents, assistance with ~~~Local Partnerships in Learning~~~ answering the phones, scheduling meetings, filing, dictation. Word and Serving Washington, Orange and Lamoille Counties for forty years WordPerfect proficient. www.cvabe.org

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Inpatient Psychiatry

Central Vermont Medical Center is seeking a qualified candidate to Interested applicants please email join our multidisciplinary team on your resume and cover letter to our state-of-the-art Inpatient llb@mc-fitz.com.

Psychiatric Unit. Our excellent nurse/patient ratios and focus on quality care 1x1-Mccormick110409.indd 1 11/2/09 2:21:06 PM contribute to an exceptional working environment.

NURSE

We currently have a Part time opening available on the night shift 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, and a generous flexible benefit program. Current VT RN license required.

We also have other Registered Nurse opportunities available on our Medical/ Surgical Unit, Endoscopy, Nurse Resources, Women’s & Children’s and ICU. For more information, or to submit an electronic application, please visit our website at www.cvmc.org or contact Sarah Harris, Recruiter at (802)371-5910

Nurse needed for work at a private residential care facility in Winooski. Experience with elder care a plus. The right candidate will be compassionate but professional. If you are tired of the rat race call Dorothy at 655-2395.

5:21:29 PM

Fundraiser Are you an effective salesperson convinced of the value of your product? Do you have heart, energy and determination for conveying how critical education is to a healthy community?

CVABE, a community-based education nonprofit, is seeking the person who can generate increasing levels of financial support for continuing local literacy instruction for the men and women of central Vermont.

Responsibilities include leadership and direct action in all aspects of fundraising. Applicants must demonstrate skill and experience in the areas of public relations, research, proposal writing, planning, collaboration and database management. Selection will be based on evidence of a successful track record by the candidate of donor identification, cultivation, solicitation, and meeting fundraising targets.

Please submit cover letter, resume, list of references and supporting materials by November 9, 2009 to: Executive Team Central Vermont Adult Basic Education 46 Washington Street, Suite 100, Barre, VT 05641

Equal Opportunity Employer

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attention recruiters:

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Revision Eyewear is a recognized world leader in eye protection performance within the military and markets worldwide.

The New School of Montpelier is a small, independent school serving unique children and youth.

We are hiring for these full-time positions: Director, Quality Quality Control Technicians (All Shifts) HR Generalist (Recruitment) E-Business Marketing Coordinator Process & Automation Engineer Process/Materials Engineers Product Manager Buyer Lab Technician Facilities Supervisor Order Services Specialist

We are recruiting Student Supervisors to join our diverse staff of 40.

Sales Pro

Please check our website www.revisioneyewear.com for a complete listing of job opportunities. Please respond via email to Careers@revisioneyewear.com with resume and salary requirements to: Revision Eyewear 7 Corporate Drive Essex Junction, VT 05452 ATTN: HR

Candidates must have a bachelor’s degree or five years experience after high school and a valid driver’s license with a reliable vehicle.

Revision Eyewear is an equal opportunity employer.

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Nurse PractitioNer or PhysiciaN’s assistaNt

Criminal record checks will be conducted for final candidates.

Submit a resume by November 20, 2009 to:

The New School of Montpelier 11 West Street Montpelier, VT 05602 or email to suel@the-new-school.net.

EOE

Porter Medical Center, a community hospital located in Middlebury, VT, is seeking a part-time, 40-hour-per-twoweek-pay-period, mid-level provider to work in our 14,000visit-per-year Emergency Department in collaboration with 24/7 physician coverage. Emergency Medicine experience preferred but not required. Qualified candidates must have current Vermont licensure as a Nurse Practitioner or 1x4-NewSchool-110409.indd Physician Assistant.

Porter Medical Center offers a competitive compensation and benefits package as well as the opportunity to join a hospital in a picturesque setting with a collegial staff that prides itself in delivering outstanding care to the patients we serve.

If you are interested in joining our team, please contact David Fuller, Human Resources Manager, 802-388-8887, or by email at dfuller@portermedical.org.

For more information on Porter Hospital please visit our website at www.portermedical.org.

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Now hiring:

Student Supervisors help students develop positive relationships, trust, and the academic, social and communication skills necessary to be successful www.earthturbines.com/hiring in life; monitor students’ emotional states and implements behavioral 94 Harvest Lane strategies; accompany Williston, VT 05495 students to class, employment and community activities and assist students 2x2-earthturb-102809.indd 1 10/26/09 5:06:57 PM with academic work.

Temporary: Assembly Team Members on First Shift (8:00a.m.4:30p.m.) at $10.00 per hour and paid holidays, with an opportunity to become full-time.

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The Executive Director will work with the Board of Directors to ensure that the organization’s financial security, management of staff, volunteers & health care programs are implemented in an exemplary manner.

Candidates must have excellent written & oral communication skills; be effective public speakers; be good listeners & demonstrate management and leadership skills. Knowledge of basic community health care principles & best practices is desirable.

Qualifications: 2 years experience in direct delivery of community-based health care, working collaboratively with intramural committees & being responsible to a board of directors, managing a nonprofit organization, & partnering with key stakeholders in the community. A bachelor’s degree in nursing, social work, public or business administration, psychology, or a related fi eld is strongly preferred, as is experience in nonprofit management. Experience with Word, Excel, Publisher, PowerPoint, & Quickbooks is a must.

Duties include, but are not limited to: • Staff Manages a highly dedicated & resourceful team that conducts the day to day operations that include case management, nursing care, outreach clinics, & administrative duties.

Women Helping Battered Women is hiring EmErgEncy SErvicE AdvocAtES for 12-40 hrs/ wk to support women & children in shelter & to answer our 24-hr. hotline. Exp. working in residential settings preferred. Shifts from 5-9 p.m. & 9 p.m.-9 a.m. on wkday & wkend eves & 9 a.m.–5 p.m. on wkend days. Full job description can be found at www.whbw.org.

Resume & cover letter by 11/20/09 to WHBW, P.O. Box 1535, Burlington, VT 05402, or whbw@whbw.org. EOE.

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Community Health Services of Addison County, also known as the Open Door Clinic, is seeking an experienced leader with passion & vision to improve the lives of persons who are uninsured & face signifi cant barriers to accessing health care. The successful candidate will build on the strengths & mission of the organization in the areas of education, outreach, support, referral & advocacy.

11/2/09 5:17:16 PM

• Volunteers Increasing volunteer pool, training, & coordinating activities of volunteers that provide direct patient care services in the office and at various venues within the community.

• Strategic Goals & Objectives Working closely with the Board of Directors, including monthly board meetings, to guide & manage the organization to achieve goals & objectives in support of the mission.

• Budget Working with the Board Treasurer, develop an annual budget; identify & secure funding sources; manage activities in accordance with the budget; prepare reports as requested by the treasurer, board &/or funding sources.

• Advocacy Advocate on behalf of persons & their families living with limited access or barriers to health care by means of: working one-on-one with local & state legislators, participating in conferences, & working with other health care partners in the community.

• Communications & Public Relations Preparing news releases, promotional messages, advertisements, & articles to keep patients, the media & community partners aware of health care activities & events.

Competitive salary & benefits provided. Please send cover letter, in confidence, along with resume to opendoorclinic1@myfairpoint.net, or fax 802-388-4498. No phone calls please.

follow us on twitter @sevendaysjobs, subscribe to rSS or check postings on your phone at m.sevendaysvt.com

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Licensed Psychotherapist & Full-Time Clinician

The Adams Center for Mind and Body, LLC, is expanding its practice to accommodate its client growth.

We have one immediate opening for a licensed psychotherapist and full-time clinician with at least three years of experience post licensure.

We would prefer individuals with some experience working with eating disorders and an interest in working on a multidisciplinary team. Interested candidates with skills in EMDR level two, hypnosis, expressive arts and other mind/body psychotherapies, please send resume to: Suzanne N. Adams, MA The Adams Center for Mind and Body, LLC 1233 Shelburne Road, Pierson House D-2 South Burlington, VT 05403.

The Adams Center for Mind and Body is an outpatient psychotherapy practice specializing in traditional and alternative therapies.

www.theadamscenter.com Phone: 802-859-1577 • Fax: 802-859-1571

Prevent Child Abuse vermont

Full Charge Bookkeeper/ Business Manager.

Familiarity with nonprofit accounting principles, double-entry fund accounting and accrual basis accounting is required. Position requires budget creation and management, cash flow management and report generation and analysis. Data entry and evaluation skills needed. Strong written and verbal communication skills necessary. Ability to meet deadlines, prioritize and handle multiple tasks.

Excellent computer skills required with working knowledge of accounting software preferred. Reports directly to the Executive Director.

Position open until filled.

Send cover letter, resume and 3 references to:

searCh, po Box 829, Montpelier VT 05601, or pcavt@pcavt.org.

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Consider joining the dedicated team at COTS, and help to make a difference!

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

RECORDING SECRETARY

is seeking a

EOE

Essex Town School Board seeks a recording secretary to attend meetings twice a month and transcribe minutes for public availability within five days of meeting. Hourly wage is $15-$20.

Apply at SchoolSpring.com and be sure to include three letters of reference.

Licensed Psychotherapist Space available in well-established women‘s practice on Burlington waterfront. Beautiful suite with kitchen. Parking included.

CornerStone Psychotherapy 802-651-7508

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Bertek Systems, a VT printing manufacturer, is currently taking applications for EXPERIENCED PRESS OPERATORS: Flexo, Offset & UV Letterpress.

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recruiting?

Interested candidates should send a resume to:

CONTACT MICHELLE: 865-1020 x21

Bertek Systems 133 Bryce Boulevard Fairfax, VT 05454 Attn: Human Resources or email Amy at akimball@berteksystems.com.

We currently have the following position openings…….

michelle@sevendaysvt.com

Family Case manager – Full and HalF Time

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We are seeking Case Managers to provide a full range of direct services to homeless families as they transition into housing. The successful candidates will exhibit a willingness to learn and to work with a range of clients including individuals with mental health, medical, substance abuse and employment issues. Previous experience with homeless population, crisis intervention and housing is desirable.

BSW or a Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline plus relevant work experience are required. We have both a full- and half-time positions open.

To be considered for these positions please send cover letter and resume to: Jobs@cotsonline.org.

11/2/09 2:59:55 PM

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CVCAC, Inc., a nonprofit social service located in central Vermont employing 200+ employees, seeks a full-time, 40-hoursper-week Human Resources Assistant. The HR Assistant will direct and assist a wide range of HR functions including recruitment, compensation, personnel records, HRIS, benefit administration and general administrative functions.

The ideal candidate will have extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office software, excellent organizational, verbal and written skills, and an associates degree in a business related field is preferred. We offer a generous benefit package including health, dental, life, disability, 401(k), vacation, holidays and more.

Submit a letter of interest and resume postmarked by November 13, 2009, to:

COTS Human Resources PO Box 1616 Burlington, VT 05402-1616 EOE,TTY relay 1-800-545-3323

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Human Resources Assistant

Central Vermont Community Action Council, Inc. Human Resources 195 US Route 302-Berlin Barre, VT 05641 cvcachr@cvcac.org Equal Opportunity Employer

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All winners will also be eligible to win a Control 4 home automation system and installation from Creative Sound in Williston. A $2,000 value!

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Hell and

THU 11/05

Back

SWISS & DESSERT FONDUE Jim Osborn - original acoustic STEAK FRITES SWEET & SAVORY CREPES

Blue FoxFRI 11/06

Laura Cortese & The Forest Fires Friday 01/04: urban/Indie/acoustic

First Friday Art Hop

Saturday 01/05:

“Post-Walk Event”

SAT 11/07

Saturday 01/05:- folk/rock/blues/acoustic Megan Callahan

Jenny Schneider & Friends

SEVENDAYSVT.COM

www.skinnypancake.com On the corner of Lake and College Street

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11.04.09-11.11.09

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Saturday 12/28:

Blue Fox A chat with Squirrel Nut Zippers Friday 01/04: founder First Jimbo Mathus Friday Art Hop

BY D AN BO“Post-Walk LLES Event”

Saturday 12/28:

(802) 540-0188 www.skinnypancake.com (802) On the corner of Lake and College540-0188 Street

IMAGE COURTESY OF SQUIRREL NUT ZIPPERS

(All shows start at 9:003:05:54 PM 11/2/09 unless otherwise noted)

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SWISS & DESSERT FONDUE STEAK FRITES SWEET & SAVORY CREPES

S

Jenny Schneider & Friends

quirrel Nut Zippers exploded into the mainstream in 1996 with the hit single “Hell,” from their platinumselling album Hot. The tune was, well, devilishly catchy. And despite a distinctive calypso feel, it thrust the band to the forefront of the late ’90s swing revival alongside contemporaries Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Royal Crown Revue and Cherry Poppin’ Daddies. If only SNZ actually played swing.

Squirrel Nut Zippers perform with Busted Brix this Tuesday, November 10, at the Higher Ground Ballroom, 8 p.m. $20/23. AA

11/2/09 3:16:46 PM

Squirrel Nut Zippers went on hiatus in 2000, reemerging for a run of tour dates in 2007. Now touring on the strength of an acclaimed new live album, Lost at Sea, the band appears to be back for the foreseeable future, and have hinted at plans for a new album of original material.

In advance of Squirrel Nut Zippers’ Higher Ground Ballroom performance, Seven Days chatted on the phone with cofounder Jimbo Mathus, who was on the road somewhere in Mississippi.

SEVEN DAYS: You returned from hiatus in 2007 and toured a little bit. But it seems like the band is really back now, with an extensive tour and the release of a new live album. Why get back together when you did?

JIMBO MATHUS: I think we were just curious as to how it would sound with so much distance between then and now. It was such an intense project initially and we just needed a break. So I think we were

all just curious how it would sound to get back together.

SD: I don’t know. Maybe not to that degree or on that scale.

SD: When you first really broke out, you were kinda lumped into the swing revival that was happening at the time. Did you feel that was accurate?

JM: Not so … We put ourselves together in Chapel Hill, N.C. and we were the only ones doing anything like that around there. Then, once we went out to the West Coast, we saw there were a bunch of groups doing more of the swing sound. But we never really were swing. I mean, our hit was calypso. So I really always thought of us more as a vaudeville act.

We can’t play swing, I don’t think. But it was just weird, because everything sort of came out at the same time. It was strange timing.

That was one reason we quit, actually. It just seemed ridiculous. We would be at a theater or a club and the week after us would be a string orchestra of some stripe. And the week before us would be some sort of quasiswing thing, and it just seemed silly.

JM: It was all dinosaurs running in circles.

SD: Well, everything is cyclical. So you never know.

JM: You never know.

SD: It never really seemed like a good description to me.

JM: I think it’s just more a matter of timing.

It just so happened there were other groups out there doing more actual swing-type music. But I think we broke the trail, if I’m not mistaken, as far as more commercial success for a lot of those groups — Brian Setzer Orchestra probably excluded. I think he was doing pretty good right around the same time we came out. But it was just more one of those cosmic calendar-type events, you know? Things happen. But I don’t think we’ll ever see that again, do you?

SD: Andrew Bird was actually a member of the band for a while, right?

JM: Yes. He’s an honorary member now.

Katharine [Whalen] found him playing fiddle for a Celtic singer at a hippie festival in North Carolina, up in the mountains, and brought him back to the tent. And he basically joined our band right then.

SD: It must be cool to see him have as much success as he’s had.

JM: Yes. I’ve been so proud of him. It’s great to see him do what he’s been doing and see him grow. I mean, I was one of his early mentors, you know? As was Katharine. I’m very, very happy for him. He’s a wonderful friend and a great collaborator. There are a lot of songs I couldn’t have done without him.

SD: Tell me a little bit about the new live album.

JM: The band just sounds so much different.

The songs are from our whole catalog, even the single we did on Merge [Roasted Right, 1997], Hot, Bedlam Ballroom, even the Christmas record. So we do stuff from all of our releases. Some of those records we made in the mid- and early 1990s. So we’ve all progressed as musicians and we sound a lot better, more mature. The songs are reenergized and rearranged. It sounds really cool, and we wanted to capture that while we had it. 

music

To

Hell and

THU 11/05

Back

SWISS & DESSERT FONDUE Jim Osborn - original acoustic STEAK FRITES SWEET & SAVORY CREPES

Blue FoxFRI 11/06

Laura Cortese & The Forest Fires Friday 01/04: urban/Indie/acoustic

First Friday Art Hop

Saturday 01/05:

“Post-Walk Event”

SAT 11/07

Saturday 01/05:- folk/rock/blues/acoustic Megan Callahan

Jenny Schneider & Friends

SEVENDAYSVT.COM

www.skinnypancake.com On the corner of Lake and College Street

40 MUSIC

SEVEN DAYS

11.04.09-11.11.09

12v-skinnypancake110409.indd 1

Saturday 12/28:

Blue Fox A chat with Squirrel Nut Zippers Friday 01/04: founder First Jimbo Mathus Friday Art Hop

BY D AN BO“Post-Walk LLES Event”

Saturday 12/28:

(802) 540-0188 www.skinnypancake.com (802) On the corner of Lake and College540-0188 Street

IMAGE COURTESY OF SQUIRREL NUT ZIPPERS

(All shows start at 9:003:05:54 PM 11/2/09 unless otherwise noted)

12v-nectrars110409.indd 1

SWISS & DESSERT FONDUE STEAK FRITES SWEET & SAVORY CREPES

S

Jenny Schneider & Friends

quirrel Nut Zippers exploded into the mainstream in 1996 with the hit single “Hell,” from their platinumselling album Hot. The tune was, well, devilishly catchy. And despite a distinctive calypso feel, it thrust the band to the forefront of the late ’90s swing revival alongside contemporaries Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Royal Crown Revue and Cherry Poppin’ Daddies. If only SNZ actually played swing.

Squirrel Nut Zippers perform with Busted Brix this Tuesday, November 10, at the Higher Ground Ballroom, 8 p.m. $20/23. AA

11/2/09 3:16:46 PM

Squirrel Nut Zippers went on hiatus in 2000, reemerging for a run of tour dates in 2007. Now touring on the strength of an acclaimed new live album, Lost at Sea, the band appears to be back for the foreseeable future, and have hinted at plans for a new album of original material.

In advance of Squirrel Nut Zippers’ Higher Ground Ballroom performance, Seven Days chatted on the phone with cofounder Jimbo Mathus, who was on the road somewhere in Mississippi.

SEVEN DAYS: You returned from hiatus in 2007 and toured a little bit. But it seems like the band is really back now, with an extensive tour and the release of a new live album. Why get back together when you did?

JIMBO MATHUS: I think we were just curious as to how it would sound with so much distance between then and now. It was such an intense project initially and we just needed a break. So I think we were

all just curious how it would sound to get back together.

SD: I don’t know. Maybe not to that degree or on that scale.

SD: When you first really broke out, you were kinda lumped into the swing revival that was happening at the time. Did you feel that was accurate?

JM: Not so … We put ourselves together in Chapel Hill, N.C. and we were the only ones doing anything like that around there. Then, once we went out to the West Coast, we saw there were a bunch of groups doing more of the swing sound. But we never really were swing. I mean, our hit was calypso. So I really always thought of us more as a vaudeville act.

We can’t play swing, I don’t think. But it was just weird, because everything sort of came out at the same time. It was strange timing.

That was one reason we quit, actually. It just seemed ridiculous. We would be at a theater or a club and the week after us would be a string orchestra of some stripe. And the week before us would be some sort of quasiswing thing, and it just seemed silly.

JM: It was all dinosaurs running in circles.

SD: Well, everything is cyclical. So you never know.

JM: You never know.

SD: It never really seemed like a good description to me.

JM: I think it’s just more a matter of timing.

It just so happened there were other groups out there doing more actual swing-type music. But I think we broke the trail, if I’m not mistaken, as far as more commercial success for a lot of those groups — Brian Setzer Orchestra probably excluded. I think he was doing pretty good right around the same time we came out. But it was just more one of those cosmic calendar-type events, you know? Things happen. But I don’t think we’ll ever see that again, do you?

SD: Andrew Bird was actually a member of the band for a while, right?

JM: Yes. He’s an honorary member now.

Katharine [Whalen] found him playing fiddle for a Celtic singer at a hippie festival in North Carolina, up in the mountains, and brought him back to the tent. And he basically joined our band right then.

SD: It must be cool to see him have as much success as he’s had.

JM: Yes. I’ve been so proud of him. It’s great to see him do what he’s been doing and see him grow. I mean, I was one of his early mentors, you know? As was Katharine. I’m very, very happy for him. He’s a wonderful friend and a great collaborator. There are a lot of songs I couldn’t have done without him.

SD: Tell me a little bit about the new live album.

JM: The band just sounds so much different.

The songs are from our whole catalog, even the single we did on Merge [Roasted Right, 1997], Hot, Bedlam Ballroom, even the Christmas record. So we do stuff from all of our releases. Some of those records we made in the mid- and early 1990s. So we’ve all progressed as musicians and we sound a lot better, more mature. The songs are reenergized and rearranged. It sounds really cool, and we wanted to capture that while we had it. 

cLUB DAtES NA: not avail. AA: all ages. Nc: no cover.

WED.04

burlington area

Club MEtronoME: rough francis, DJ Disco phantom (rock), 9 p.m., $6. 18+.

HigHEr grounD ballrooM: Lotus, The Egg (live electronica), 9 p.m., $16/18. AA. HigHEr grounD SHoWCaSE loungE: Advance Music Acoustic Singer-Songwriter Search (singersongwriters), 7 p.m., free. lEunig’S biStro & Café: Will patton (jazz), 7 p.m., free. lift: DJ Capsule’s Comme Ci (house), 9 p.m., free.

ManHattan Pizza & Pub: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 10 p.m., free. nECtar’S: True School Wednesday with Nastee & A-Dog (hip-hop), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+. raDio bEan: Ensemble V (jazz), 7:30 p.m., free.

Irish Sessions, 9 p.m., free. rED SquarE: Gordon Stone Band (bluegrass), 8 p.m., free. DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., free.

central

langDon StrEEt Café: Blue Gold: World Water Wars (film), 6 p.m., Donations. WTf Wednesday: Chillin’ with Lillie, 8 p.m., free.

SliDE brook loDgE & tavErn: Open Jam, 9 p.m., free.

champlain valley

City liMitS: Karaoke with Balance Entertainment, 9 p.m., free. on tHE riSE bakEry: Open Blues Session, 7:30 p.m., free. tWo brotHErS tavErn: Open Mic Night, 9 p.m., free.

northern

bEE’S knEES: Jim Charonko (blues), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

regional

MonoPolE: Open Mic, 8 p.m., free. olivE riDlEy’S: Adirondack Jazz Orchestra, 8 p.m., free.

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BALLROOM • SHOWCASE LOUNGE

burlington area

1/2 loungE: Jah red (Latin soul), 7 p.m., free.

Thunder with Atlantic Connection (house), 10 p.m., free. franny o’S: Balance DJ & Karaoke, 9 p.m., free. grEEn rooM: DJ francise (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

HigHEr grounD SHoWCaSE loungE: Straylight run, Dangerous Summer, Moving Mountains, Brian Bonz, Dave Melillo (rock), 7:30 p.m., $12/14. AA. lEunig’S biStro & Café: Ellen powell & friends (jazz), 7 p.m., free. tHE MonkEy HouSE: Osage Orange, The Mumlers, The fisherman Three (indie-folk), 9 p.m., $5. nigHtCraWlErS: Karaoke with Steve LeClair, 7 p.m., free.

PariMa Main StagE: Jah red (salsa), 9:30 p.m., $3. raDio bEan: Jazz Sessions (jazz), 6 p.m., free.

Shane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 8 p.m., free. Anthony Santor Group (jazz), 11 p.m., $3. raSPutin’S: 101 Thursdays with pres & DJ Dan (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free/$5. 18+. rED SquarE: A-Dog presents (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free. rí rá iriSH Pub: Dueling pianos, 9 p.m., free. tHE SCuffEr StEak & alE HouSE: pJ Davidian Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., free. tHE Skinny PanCakE: Jim Osborn (singersongwriter), 8 p.m., $5 donation.

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1/2 loungE: Cool Breezers with Tricky pat & Luis Calderin (eclectic), 5 p.m., free. Kip Meaker (blues), 7 p.m., free. Cribwell & Goodspeed (hooligan disco), 10 p.m., free. baCkStagE Pub: Karaoke with Steve, 9 p.m., free.

Club MEtronoME: Blues & Lasers (rock), 9 p.m., $7. franny o’S: Nomad (rock), 9:30 p.m., free. grEEn rooM: DJ fattie B (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

HigHEr grounD ballrooM: Quadra, Mister french, Sideshow Bob (rock), 8 p.m., $12/15. AA. HigHEr grounD SHoWCaSE loungE: first friday with Emily White, DJ precious, DJ Llu (singersongwriter, house), 8 p.m., $5/10. AA. JP’S Pub: Dave Harrison’s Starstruck Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

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Game of Chance

Playing the lottery is a risky business. Sure, blowing a couple bucks on the occasional scratch ticket is essentially harmless. But if you’re not careful, the danger is always there to become addicted, which can lead to a lifetime of near poverty, near toothlessness and an unhealthy amount of time spent in gas stations buying tickets and praying for that elusive big score — which you would then, of course, use to buy more tickets and maybe a Twisted Tea tall boy or three.

Further graying the picture is the everpresent threat of having the crap kicked out of you by someone who wandered into the store to pick up a half-gallon of milk and is getting really tired of the process taking 20 minutes because you’re holding up the freakin’ line trying to choose between Big Money Maker and High Roller. Like it really freakin’ matters, anyway, because you’re just going to lose, and if you don’t just buy your damn ticket and get the hell out of my way so I can pay for my milk and finish watching “Top Chef,” I might just cram this Hood 2% up your … ahem. Excuse me. Where was I? Oh, right. The lottery. Bad stuff. Please play responsibly.

Of course, the reason the lottery is so popular is because gambling is fun. As a culture, we gamble on anything and everything under the sun. Sports, politics, reality TV, celebrity deaths, you name it. If it exists, the chances are good that someone has figured out a way to wager money on it — I’d put the odds at like, 3-to-2. But what about music?

If gambling on the arts seems counterintuitive, that’s because it is. It is really difficult to quantify artistic endeavors, save for “Star Search”-style competition.

But that doesn’t mean we can’t try.

This Saturday, the Monkey House in Winooski hosts the “Rock Lotto,” presented by local licensing outfit Matchless Music.

Here’s the gist: Saturday morning, dozens of musicians are split up by instrument — drums, guitar, bass, vox, etc. — and placed into bands completely at random. Each group is then given the day to come up with a four-song, 20-minute set consisting of one cover and three originals. The bands will reconvene at the Monkey House later that evening to

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rock your socks off. Sounds like fun, right?

Right.

The best part is that all the proceeds from the show will benefit the Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program. The second best part is that the payoff is the potential for hearing some really cool new music.

But there’s a risk, too. It’s entirely possible — likely, even — that one or more of the impromptu bands will totally suck. And there’s the rub. Though watching an onstage train wreck is kind of a guilty pleasure, right? Plus, gambling on which bands will rock and which ones won’t could make for a lively betting pool. Not that I would ever condone such activities.

Musicians interested in participating can contact Matchless founder BEN JASTATT at rocklottovermont@gmail.com.

In a weird cosmic coincidence, the next morning an email popped up in my inbox from Tournet, outlining everything B&L have been up to in the last few months. And it seems they’ve been busy.

In addition to appearing at Gathering of the Vibes and FloydFest this summer, the band has been hard at work on a followup to last year’s self-titled debut. Tournet claims the new effort — which is reportedly in the mastering phase at the moment — represents a far more collaborative effort among band members BENNY YURCO, STEVE SHARON, JOHN ROGONE and MATT BURR. Tournet writes that initially he had a hard time relinquishing creative control over the group, but that the results were worth it.

He goes on to say that B&L feels more like a “real band” than merely his pet project.

This Friday, Blues and Lasers make a welcome return to live performance at Club Metronome. Although they won’t have the disc in hand at the show, they will play the album in its entirety.

What’s Goin’ Down?

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Today Is Your Birthday

It’s hard to believe, but Radio Bean turns 9 years old this weekend. They just grow up so fast, don’t they?

As per usual, this Saturday the cozy coffeehouse will celebrate in grand style with an all-day birthday bash featuring just about every kickass band in town. And if you think I’m joking about that last bit, you’ve obviously never been to the party. I dare you to name a good B-town band that isn’t playing.

The fun gets underway at 8 a.m. But don’t let the early start time dissuade you from attending. The coffee is free flowing — emphasis on “free” — all day long.

Laser Tag

Last week as I was grabbing my daily caffeine reload at Speeder & Earl’s on Pine Street, a reader approached me outside of the café and asked if I knew what was going on with NOCTURNALS’ guitarist SCOTT TOURNET’s side project BLUES AND LASERS, because they hadn’t heard anything from the band in a while. Funny enough, neither had I.

The ongoing fight between Israel and Palestine is one of the more disturbing — and confusing — conflicts in the world.

Opinions on the subject vary widely and are passionately held. This is a music column, and I’m by no means a political pundit, so I’ll withhold my view except to say that in matters of war, I tend to side with BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD: Nobody’s right if everybody’s wrong.

Anyway, this Sunday at the Unitarian Church of Montpelier, a slew of excellent local musicians will gather to raise awareness of the current battle over the Gaza Strip, as well as to raise money to aid the resistance against Israel. Slated to appear are ANAÏS MITCHELL, ATLANTIC CROSSING, BLACK SEA QUARTET, INNER FIRE DISTRICT, PARIAH BEAT, ROXANNE VOUGHT AND RANDALL PIERCE, and YONATAN SHAPIRO.

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Moving on to lighter matters, it’s time for yet another benefit show mention because, well, this is SoundBites and that’s kinda how we roll. Plus, you can’t spell fundraiser without f-u-n, right? Anyway, this Saturday, Bristol’s Holley Hall will host the Bristol Stomp, a concert to benefit WCLX, “the Album Station,” which recently ceased traditional broadcasting operations due to a skirmish with its landlord but continues to stream online. Rockin’ for rockin’s sake are THE NOBBY REED PROJECT, SHELLHOUSE, DEEP FREYED and some as-yet-unannounced special guests.

242 Main is hardly known as a bastion of hip-hop. But that changes this Saturday as BURNTMD’s GTD Entertainment hosts an epic throwdown celebrating the entirety of hip-hop culture in VT entitled “The 4 Elements of Hip-Hop.” The show features performances by a veritable who’s who from the 802 scene, including NASTEE, HABIT THE PROFESSIONAL MC, COLBY STILTZ, WOOGMATIC, B HONEST — just to name a few — as well as breakdancing shenanigans from THE RHYTHM RIDERZ crew and live graffiti demonstrations.

And that’s what’s up.

This just in: THE HEAVY have canceled their Wednesday, November 4, show at Club Metronome, which blows cuz those guys rock. On the bright side, openers ROUGH FRANCIS and DJ DISCO PHANTOM will appear as scheduled and promise to “make it worth your while” to attend, while hinting at the possibility of public nudity. Really. 

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Gone Fishin’ Rupa Marya is the embodiment of contrast. As a physician by day, she deals with the realities of life and death on a daily basis. As the leader of

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songwriter blends myriad worldly influences with distinctly American pop sensibilities.

Her singular sonic aesthetic is both celebratory and elegiac. Touring behind her latest album for Charlotte imprint Cumbancha, Este Mundo [see review on page 44], the band swings through Vermont this Monday for an intimate show at Burlington’s Parima Main Stage. frI.06

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Black door Bar & BisTro: Gravel (jazz), 9:30 p.m., $5. charlie o’s: The pubcrawlers (Celtic punk), 10 p.m., free. gusTo’s: Crash Girl (rock), 9 p.m., free. langdon sTreeT café: Concrete rivals (surf), 9 p.m., Donations.

The reservoir resTauranT & TaP rooM: rise Up Sound (reggae), 9:30 p.m., free. slide Brook lodge & Tavern: ray & russ (funk), 9 p.m., free.

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51 Main: robert Wuagnuex (singer-songwriter), 9 p.m., free.

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The Monkey house: Villanelles, power Owl, pC Worship (indie), 9 p.m., $5.

Muddy WaTers: The Eames Brothers (mountain blues), 9 p.m., free. necTar’s: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., free. Blues for Breakfast (Grateful Dead tribute), 9 p.m., $5. nighTcraWlers: phil ’n’ the Blanks (rock), 9 p.m., free. old shed Bar & grill: The Boomflowers (rock), 9:30 p.m., free.

PariMa Main sTage: Jeh Kulu Dance & Drum festival party (African drums), 10 p.m., free. radio Bean: Sarah Jane Wilson (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free. Adam Waxman (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., free. Cabinet of Natural Curiosities (indie), 9:30 p.m., free. The fifth Business (indie), 11:30 p.m., free. rasPuTin’s: DJ ZJ (hip-hop), 10 p.m., $3. red square: perry Nunn (singer-songwriter), 6 p.m., free. Greyspoke (jam), 9 p.m., $3. Nastee (hip-hop), 11:30 p.m., $3.

rí rá irish PuB: DJ Johnny Utah (Top 40), 10 p.m., free.

The skinny Pancake: Laura Cortese & the forest fires (indie-folk), 9 p.m., $5 donation.

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Saturday, Nov. 7 Local musicians meet at 10AM, randomly divide into five bands, write a 20 minute set of music during the day, and play it for you at 10PM!

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THURSDAY 11.5 THIRSTY THURSDAY WITH DJ CODY RICE

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FRIDAY 11.6 CLUBLAND WITH DJ cRAIGmITCHELL (House/Techno/Dance/ Mash-Up) 9pm-2am 21+

SATURDAY 11.7 SPYCE SATURDAY WITH DJ ZJ AND FRAN C.

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Rupa and the April Fishes, Este Mundo (CUMBANCHA, CD)

Rupa and the April Fishes are a study in multiplicity. But they come by it honestly. Born to Indian parents in California and raised in southern France, front woman Rupa Marya has been reconciling seemingly divergent cultural influences her whole life. That her unique worldview has directly informed her approach to music is evident in the sprawling sounds found on her band’s latest work, the appropriately titled Este Mundo (This World) released on Charlotte-based label Cumbancha.

Este Mundo opens like a cabaret show with the moody intro track “(La Frontera),” which acts almost as an overture, offering glimpses of the multitudinous bounty of styles to come.

The slinky, gypsy-flavored “C’est Moi” is next and introduces the album’s running — and most powerful — theme. A doctor at a San Francisco hospital by day, Rupa is fascinated by the fragility of life, the unyielding inevitability of death and the frail beauty inherent in both. Here she croons in French — the multilingual songwriter rarely sings in English. But listeners will hardly need the translation accompanying the lyrics in the album’s liner notes to understand her meaning. Her subdued, almost fractured tones would be gorgeously expressive even in pig Latin.

Though Este Mundo will undoubtedly be filed under “world” music in most retail outlets, the disc exhibits a distinct Western pop bent, hinted at on the band’s Cumbancha debut eXtraOrdinary Rendition, and more fully realized here.

“La Linea” employs a simmering reggae groove, contrasted by soaring fiddle runs and sprightly accordion dalliances. “Culpa De La Luna” features traditional ska heat and an unabashedly pop-a-licious hook at the chorus. “Trouble” is a sly, jazzy tune — sung in English — evoking smoke-filled hothouses and back-alley clubs.

While Rupa’s poppier moments are fun, cleverly crafted and may prove more universally accessible to wider audiences, she and her April Fishes are still at their

most engaging in more artistically dramatic moments. For example, the jaw-dropping transition from elegiac ballad to scorching klezmer on “La Rose.” Or the sprawling, cinematic wonder that is “L’éléphant.”

With Este Mundo, Rupa and the April Fishes have crafted a record that could — and should — appeal to a wide cross-section of listeners, not merely those with an affinity for “world” music. That in itself is a feat.

But what’s more impressive is how they’ve done it: by blurring lines between cultural influences without sacrificing the qualities that make each so unique. Or, in other words, by proving that “this world” is really just one world.

Catch Rupa and the April Fishes at Parima’s Main Stage this Monday.

DAN BOLLES

Indecent Exposure, Sleazy (ALL BY OURSELVES RECORDS, DIGITAL DOWNLOAD)

On their MySpace page, local rock outfit Indecent Exposure brazenly claim their latest album, Sleazy, sounds like “nothing you’ve ever heard before.” As if that statement weren’t fraught with enough foolhardy bravado, they challenge skeptics a step further with this perilous line: “Deal with it.”

Them’s fightin’ words.

Does Sleazy live up to its lofty billing?

Of course not. Rather, it sounds like a bunch of things you’ve heard many, many times before. Overproduced and underconceived, the disc’s 10 tracks read like a checklist of every malady that has plagued rock music in the last decade. Frat guy rap-rock? Yup. Cheesy pseudo-metal? Hoo boy. Half-assed hard rock electronica? And how! Sadly, the list goes on and on.

“Teen Age Love” opens promisingly enough with a wall of screaming guitar crunch. Guitarist Jim Tye’s lead riff is virile and muscular. Unfortunately, the tune — as the rest of the album — goes limp as soon as he starts singing/rapping. And it’s completely flaccid by the time he chimes in with a series of embarrassingly sloppy DJ cuts. Picture “Walk This Way” by Aerosmith and Run DMC, if reimagined by Vanilla Ice and Korn, and you’re on the right (wrong?) track.

Heather Tye handles vocal duties on the next cut, “Nothing Nothing,” and infuses some much-needed angst and grit into the proceedings. Though she struggles with pitch — or maybe because she does — her performance is believable. And while the band’s generic folly behind her is at best predictable — and, at worst, shamelessly derivative — it’s still the finest cut of the bunch. Unfortunately, it is followed by the very worst.

Over Matrix-y, Chemical Brothers-lite electro-metal, Jim Tye uncorks a painfully awkward rap barely worthy of an Education Connection TV commercial. I defy you not to snicker when he earnestly growls, “Come on, come on. Get up, get up. Yeah!” after each chorus like a “South Park” parody of Metallica’s James Hatfield.

The remainder of the album is … jeez, can we just talk about something else?

Even I’m feeling a little queasy here.

The bottom line is this: If you’ve tuned into a modern rock radio station in the last 10 years — hardly bastions of originality to begin with — you’ve heard what Sleazy has to offer. And you’ve heard it done much better.

Then again, maybe I’ve got it all wrong. Maybe the album is a lark, a pointed barb at pop culture, and Indecent Exposure are the greatest satirists since Oscar freaking Wilde. In that case, Sleazy might be the most brilliant local album released in years … deal with it.

Sleazy is available via numerous online retailers, including iTunes and CD Baby.

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City Limits: Top Hat Entertainment Dance Party (Top 40), 9 p.m., Free.

On the Rise Bakery: Red Hot Juba (cosmic Americana), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

Two Brothers Tavern: DJ Jam Man (Top 40), 10 p.m., Free.

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northern

Bee’s Knees: Mark LeGrand & Sarah Munro (country), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

The Hub Pizzeria & Pub: Blind Dog Sound System (reggae), 9:30 p.m., Free.

JD’s Pub: Live Music, 9:30 p.m., $3.

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

Mother McRees (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

Monopole Downstairs: Gary Peacock (singersongwriter), 5 p.m., Free.

Olive Ridley’s: Sirsy (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

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comforting glow. Similarly, San Francisco’s The Mumlers (pictured) can at first appear a confounding hodgepodge of sound.

But given a chance to untangle their unwieldy sonic strands, the sextet ultimately reveals a sparkling radiance both familiar and mysterious. This Thursday, the group lights up the Monkey House with local indie folks Osage Orange and The Fishermen Three.

champlain valley

51 Main: Eamon Fogerty (singer-songwriter), 9 p.m., Free.

City Limits: Dance Party with DJ Earl (DJ), 9 p.m., Free.

HOLLEY HALL: The Bristol Stomp (rock), 7 p.m. $10.

AA. Pickle Barrel Nightclub: Fasttimes (’80s dance party), 9 p.m., $5.

Two Brothers Tavern: Rick Redington & the Luv (rock), 10 p.m., $3.

northern

Bee’s Knees: Broken String (old-time), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

Piecasso: Karaoke Championship with John Wilson & Danger Dave, 9:30 p.m., Free.

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Monopole: Positive Mental Trip (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

Olive Ridley’s: Mike & the Monsters (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

Tabu Café and Nightclub: All Night Dance Party with DJ Toxic (DJ), 5 p.m., Free.

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1/2 Lounge: Funhouse with DJ Rob Douglas, Moonflower & Friends (eclectic DJs), 7 p.m., Free.

Backstage Pub: Karaoke with Pete, 9 p.m., Free.

Franny O’s: Balance DJ & Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free.

Connect to m.sevendaysvt.com on any web-enabled cellphone for free, up-tothe-minute shows & events, plus other nearby restaurants, movies and more.

8 p.m., $15/18.

Radio Bean: Open Mic, 8 p.m., Free.

Red Square: Myra Flynn (neo-soul), 8 p.m., Free.

Hype ‘Em (hip-hop), 11 p.m., Free.

Rozzi’s Lakeshore Tavern: Trivia Night, 8 p.m., Free.

Ruben James: Why Not Monday? with Dakota (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

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Bee’s Knees: Motel Brothers (blues), 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: Heal-In Sessions with Reverence & Nickel B (reggae), 10 p.m., Free.

Club Metronome: Open Mic Night with Mikey P of Elephantbear, 9 p.m., Free.

Higher Ground Ballroom: Brother Ali, Evidence, Toki Wright (hip-hop), 9 p.m., $13/15. AA. Higher Ground Showcase Lounge: Comedy Open Mic (standup), 8:30 p.m., Free. 14+.

Nectar’s: Ray & Russ Duo (rock), 9 p.m., Free/$5.

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Positive Pie 2: Kufui (drum’n’bass), 10 p.m., $5.

The Reservoir Restaurant & Tap Room: Adam King (singer-songwriter), 9:30 p.m., Free.

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Green Room: Envy with DJs Phillip Malcomb & Ceebs (house), 10 p.m., Free.

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AA. Higher Ground Showcase Lounge: Rave for Darfur with DJ Russell (mashup), 8 p.m., $15/18. AA. JP’s Pub: Dave Harrison’s Starstruck Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free.

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The Monkey House: Matchless Music presents Rock Lotto (rock), 9 p.m., $5.

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Nightcrawlers: Shakedown (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

Radio Bean: Radio Bean’s 9th Birthday Bash, 8 a.m., Free.

Rasputin’s: Nastee (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

Red Square: DJ A-Dog (hip-hop), 11:30 p.m., $3.

Rí Rá Irish Pub: Polyester (‘70s & ‘80s dance party), 10 p.m., Free.

The Skinny Pancake: Megan Callahan (folk), 9 p.m., $5 donation.

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ost musicians can only dream of being awarded a Grammy one day. So what happens to the lucky few who earn one for a debut album, like singer-songwriter Shawn Colvin? The Texas-based artist, of Steady On fame, raised the bar even higher.

Since that 1989 success, she’s continued the winning streak with eight acclaimed recordings of what the Associated Press calls “smart, literate folk-pop,” and picked up a Grammy for Record of the Year and Song of the Year for “Sunny Came Home” along the way.

Pretty impressive, no? Even more exciting: You can catch this songbird live in Barre on Friday. With a recent release of live tunes under her belt and a memoir in the works, she’ll keep spectators on the edge of their seats to see what she conjures up next.

SHAWN COLVIN Friday, November 6, 8 p.m., at Barre Opera House. $10-34.

Info, 476-8188. www.barreoperahouse.org

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Still Smiling

ome things are too good to let slip away. That’s what the six musicians of the Bluegrass Gospel Project figured when they played a memorable Burlington show in 2001. Needless to say, these bluegrassAmericana acoustic-playing Northeasterners kept the ball rolling, and they’re back in Burlington with one of their annual concerts benefiting Volunteer Vermont.

For the eighth year, the band proves it’s “a force to be reckoned with onstage,” as Vermont Life says, to support this nonprofit group that sends high schoolers down South each spring for community work. In fiddle player Gene White Jr.’s mind, VV is “the ‘poster child’ for grassroots social justice and community building.” He also notes that “the music soars” when BGP play for a cause. Go ahead, hear what he means.

hank-you gifts can range from flowers to baked goods to appreciative cards. But will a big ol’ basketful of jokes suffice? That’s OK by Burlington comic Tracie Spencer, whom you may recognize as the farceur often donning a wedding dress. After her daughter had a positive experience at the Vermont Children’s Hospital, Spencer felt she owed the place some love. The staff “checked on us constantly, and we felt like we were in great hands,” she says. She whipped up a comedy show, now in its second year, to benefit the Fletcher Allen establishment. Local yuksters Oliver Barkley and Jason P. Lorber join in the standup laugh fest, bringing polished quips from collective gigs at the Flynn, the Higher Ground Comedy Battle and even NBC’s “Last Comic Standing.” Get ready for a belly laugh — but remember to say “thanks.”

BLUEGRASS GOSPEL PROJECT Friday, November 6, 7:30-9:30 p.m., at the Unitarian Church in Burlington. $20. Info, 863-5966. www. bluegrassgospelproject.com

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“Fashions from the ’60s are a little more compact,” he explains — not to mention that the peaceand-love era is a “fun visual period to draw from.” Does time travel affect the message of this comedy of manners, which revolves around rumors and backstabbing and throws in a healthy dose of mistaken identity? Surprisingly, not so much. “Treachery and gossip (unfortunately) never go out of style,” opines Harrigan. And as for the ’60s setting — well, a play first performed in 1777 can’t get more mod than that.

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FaMIly OrIgaMI nIght: Aya Itagaki, an expert in the ancient Japanese art of paper folding, directs folks in delicate creasing techniques. Fairlee Public Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 333-4716.

IntErnshIP & carEEr FaIr: Job- and experienceseekers get introductions to businesspeople in their fields. Redcay Hall, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7 p.m. Free. Info, 518-564-3095.

OPEn MIc nIght: Local poets, musicians, singers, storytellers and comics unearth hidden talents and step into the limelight. Phoenix Books, Essex, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 872-7111.

‘PlauDEraBEnD’: Conversationalists with a basic knowledge of the German language put their skills to use over dinner. Lake-View Restaurant, South Burlington, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 862-3100 or 863-5036. rOtary cluB OF EssEX: Rotarians help build goodwill and peace as they organize service goals at weekly social meetings. Nonmembers are welcome to attend. The Essex, Essex Junction, 12:10-1:30 p.m. $15 for members; free to drop in.

Info, 233-3612. rug hOOKIng & KnIttIng: Experienced and novice needle workers present their looped creations, swap ideas and indulge in textile camaraderie.

Briggs Carriage Bookstore, Brandon, 6:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 247-0050. ‘sPEnD sMart’: Vermonters learn savvy skills for stretching bucks. Vermont Adult Learning, St. Albans, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 540-2567.

‘BEFOrE nIght Falls’: This award-winning film takes an episodic look at the life of Cuban poet and novelist Reinaldo Arenas. Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 6 p.m. Regular admission, $3-5. Info, 656-2090.

‘garBagE! thE rEvOlutIOn starts at hOME’: Audiences embark on filmmaker Andrew Nisker’s “trash odyssey” as they watch one American family keep their trash in their garage for three months to understand the impact of waste. Essex Free Library, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 872-8111.

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‘craWlIng In FrOM thE cOlD’: Little ones ages 3 to 5 prepare for chilly weather by learning about animal hibernation through songs and stories.

North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 10-11:30 a.m. $5. Info, 229-6206.

‘FOurth & FIFth graDErs rEaD’: Youth don reading glasses for a brand-new fiction group and discussion of their favorite lit genres. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4:15-5 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

‘MOvIng & grOOvIng WIth chrIstInE’: Young ones jam out to rock ‘n’ roll and world-beat tunes.

Recommended for ages 2 to 5, but all are welcome.

Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free.

Info, 865-7216.

OPEn JaM: Twelve- to 19-year-old developing musicians rock out on their instruments (or borrowed ones) at a group improv session. The Hub Teen Center & Skatepark, Bristol, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 453-3678.

PEtEr thE MusIc Man: Educator Peter Alsen lets kids ages 3 to 5 try out various instruments at a fun intro to music theory. Colchester Meeting House, 12:30-1 p.m. Free. Info, 878-0313. ‘tEEns rEaD’: Middle schoolers chat about the books that keep them flipping page after page.

Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 5-5:45 p.m. Free.

Info, 865-7216. ‘thErE Was an OlD laDy WhO sWallOWED a Bat’: Preschoolers read rhyming stories and chart out the plots in sequence cards before snack time.

Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 9-10:30 a.m. $3-5. Info, 4572355.

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chOral cOncErt: The Catamount Singers compile tunes from Vienna to New York City, illustrating the evolution of styles from “classic classical” to “classic Broadway” in “From the Danube to the Hudson.”

UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3040.

anDrEW Buchanan: The history professor examines how the exploratory missions of Samuel de Champlain and Henry Hudson paved the way for a turbulent military history in the Champlain-Hudson borderland. Memorial Lounge, Waterman Building, UVM, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 654-7980.

BIll laDaBOuchE: This racing enthusiast and author of To Beat the Beaver steers listeners through the history of stock car racing in the northeast.

Milton Historical Museum, 7:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 893-7387, miltonhistorical@ yahoo.com.

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Dr. Ian nEWtOn: The bird ecology and biogeography expert questions the human impact on the survival of migratory fliers. Moore Hall, Room B03.

Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. Free. Info, 359-5001, ext. 219.

Dr. lEslEy-ann DuPIgny-gIrOuX: Vermont’s state climatologist pinpoints the local impact of global climate change. Room 203, Bentley Hall, Johnson State College, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1247.

Dr. Paul KIvEl: In “No One Left Out: Addressing Marginality and Privilege in the Classroom and on Campus,” this social justice educator and activist explores racism and diversity. Alliot Student Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 11:45 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Free. Info, 654-2536.

FranK Bryan: Why has no president been ranked as “great” since 1952? The UVM professor considers this surprising statistic in “The Impossible Presidency.” Rutland Free Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 773-1860.

Ilan stavans: CANCELED. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3388.

JaMEs a. W. hEFFErnan: Find out what personal and literary experiences led Charles Dickens to create Pip, the protagonist of Great Expectations, with this Dartmouth English prof. Goodrich Memorial Library, Newport, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 334-7902.

JaMEs BullarD & DOuglas BrOOKs: A retired ferry boat captain and master boat maker use historic photos and images to illustrate their seaworthy lecture, “Linking Lives: The 200-Year History and Role of Sail Ferries on Lake Champlain.”

Northwoods Inn, Lake Placid, N.Y., 6 p.m. Free. Info, 518-524-0959.

KEnnEth c. DavIs: A bestselling historian brings to light a “hidden history” too often left out of American textbooks in “Don’t Know Much About History (and Literature!).” Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 3884095.

Martha lang: A world traveler describes the breathtaking sights on her trip to Beijing over a PowerPoint presentation and display of souvenirs.

Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 878-6955.

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‘suMMEr hOurs’: Three estranged siblings must come to terms with their past and embrace the future as they sort through their dead mother’s 19th-century art collection. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603-646-2576.

MEDItatIOn class: Folks seeking enlightenment learn the fundamentals of Buddhism and attempt to reach a higher state of consciousness at this in-depth class led by the Venerable Amy Miller.

Milarepa Center, Barnet, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 633-4136.

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‘sOMErs tOWn’: When two new-to-London teens — one a runaway, the other a Polish immigrant — form an unlikely friendship, it’s only a matter of time before others get in their way. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 1:30 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m. $6.50. Info, 748-2600.

‘IntrO tO nutrItIOn rEsPOnsE tEstIng’: Expose the underlying causes of common health concerns through this noninvasive analysis — and learn what to chow down for your body to heal itself. Healthy Living, South Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2569.

JEnnIFEr hartsWIcK: The soulful Sheffield native shows off her powerhouse vocals with her group and the Lyndon Institute Jazz Band. Alumni Auditorium, Lyndon Institute, Lyndon Center, 7 p.m. $5-10. Info, 626-0165.

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‘crOnIEa DE una Fuga (chrOnIclE OF an EscaPE)’: As part of the Contemporary Argentine Film Series, Spanish speakers (and subtitle readers) settle down for Adrian Caetano’s film about the kidnapping of a soccer player by the government.

Room 200, Yokum Lecture Hall, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7 p.m. Free. Info, 518-564-3095.

‘acuPuncturE & chInEsE MEDIcInE’: Folks looking to prevent illness tap into ancient wisdom through methods such as herbal therapy, cupping and moxibustion. Preregister. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 223-8004, ext. 202, info@hungermountain.com.

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Peter Saccio: Noting that only Hamlet, of all of Shakespeare’s protagonists, had a specified college education, this Dartmouth professor ponders what value education held to a prince in his situation. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291.

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ron PowerS: The Pulitzer Prize winner reads excerpts from Edward Kennedy’s memoir, True Compass, and shares anecdotes and impressions of the late senator. Congregational Church, Norwich, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 649-1184.

Scott Darling: A Vermont Fish and Wildlife biologist details why nocturnal flying mammals help maintain a healthy environment in “The Secret Life of Bats.” Preregister. Pierson Library, Shelburne, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 985-5129.

Scott ruSSell SanDerS: Can we switch from a culture of consumption to one of caretaking? The author considers the viability of a shift toward sustainability in A Conservationist Manifesto. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

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‘Parallel liveS’: In skits taking place from the dawn of man to today, actors Catherine Doherty and Kathryn Markey tackle everything from health food to gender roles in a rowdy laugh-fest. Briggs Opera House, White River Junction, 7:30 p.m. $2568. Info, 296-7000, boxoffice@northernstage.org. ‘the School for ScanDal’: Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s classic 18th-century “comedy of manners” is transported into the swingin’ 1960s in a style that director Peter Harrigan describes as “Amadeus meets Austin Powers.” See calendar spotlight.

FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free; tickets required.

Info, 654-2621.

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Paul Kivel: An interactive chat led by this educator-activist investigates what students can do to build an inclusive and fair campus, community and society. McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2536.

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aDult BooK grouP: Readers peruse pages of Sandra Dallas’ Tallgrass before swapping opinions and hunches. Lincoln Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 453-2665.

BooK DiScuSSion SerieS: revenge: Readers get caught up in this passionate and provocative human emotion by poring over selected stories of André Dubus. South Burlington Community Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-0283.

‘MeMoraBle MeMoirS’ BooK DiScuSSion: Readers exchange thoughts on Russell Baker’s life journey as presented in Growing Up. Bradford Public Library, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 222-4536, bradfordpubliclibrary@gmail.com.

‘ProPhetic oDySSey’: What happened after Moses died? A study group peruses the prophetic writings to quench its thirst for knowledge. Temple Sinai, South Burlington, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 862-5125.

Steve rinella: The author of American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon draws parallels between his adventures hunting wild buffalo in Alaska and the animal’s natural history. Withey Hall, Green Mountain College, Poultney, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 287-8926.

BuSineSS oPen StuDio: Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility members tour the new visitors’ center and consider how they can implement the building’s green features in their own businesses. Preregister. Green Mountain Club Headquarters, Waterbury Center, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 862-8347, info@vbsr.org. ‘eSoPS & BuSineSS SucceSSion: a cloSer looK’: Those somewhat familiar with employee stock ownership plans learn about financing possibilities and the steps to take toward a transaction with attorney Steve Magowan and Rick Gile, founder of Kalow Technologies. Preregister.

Department of Economic, Housing and Community Development, Montpelier, 2:30-5 p.m. Free. Info, 861-6611.

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argentine tango leSSonS: It takes two to tango, but no partner is necessary to learn this vibrant style of movement, which originated in Buenos Aires and Montevideo. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 4:30-6:30 p.m. $10. Info, 723-4014.

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School oPen houSe: Parents of kids in preschool through grade 3 consider a public ed alternative.

International Children’s School, South Burlington, 5:45-7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-3344.

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‘BriDge BaSicS’: Bronze Life Master Louise Acker provides beginners with an overview of bidding, play and defense in this mentally engaging card game. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 6:30-8 p.m.

Free. Info, 388-4095. ‘creating a financial future’: Lacking an emergency fund? Jump on it — along with household savings, a retirement account and a mutual fund — in this long-term savings class. Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 540-2567. ‘free Stuff on the weB’: Instructor Warner White leads an exploration of the Internet’s hidden treasures, which include freebie office suites, recipes, software, games, books and more. Champlain Senior Center, McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, 9:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. $10. Info, 658-3585.

Service & nonProfit fair: Internship and job seekers meet businesses and nonprofits that need extra hands. Alliot Student Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2536.

‘Service DayS’: Senior citizens are treated to complimentary haircuts, health and computer information, auto winter safety checks and more

by Essex technical program students. Center for Technology, Essex Junction, arrive between 9:30 and 10:45 a.m. Free; bring a nonperishable food item donation. Info, 879-8152.

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‘anything can Be aniMateD’: Clips of in-motion paper cutouts in Three Inventors, copy machines in Ode to a Copy Machine and sand in Bitz Butz demonstrate that the illusion of movement can be applied to even the unlikeliest of suspects. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603-646-2576.

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‘cineMania’ french filM feStival: A lineup of 30 film premieres celebrates the best of francophone cinema. Centre Cinéma Impérial, Montréal, 9 a.m. - midnight. $8.50-10.50 per film; $49 per festival pass. Info, 514-878-0082.

Burlington BuSineSS aSSociation Meeting: Biz kids get tips on how to green up their initiatives. Preregister. McClure Lobby. Fletcher Allen Hospital, Burlington, 7:30-9 a.m. Free for members; $10 for nonmembers. Info, 863-1175.

‘DeaD ringerS’: In this 1988 psychological horror film by David Cronenberg, Jeremy Irons plays two roles as identical twin gynecologists who are masters of seduction and deception. Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts, Burlington, 7 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 865-7166.

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‘EntrE nous Et nullE Part (BEtwEEn us & nowhErE)’: Filmmaker Anh Minh Turong’s French comedy explores the road, the mind and the spirit as it chronicles a journey from Canada to North Dakota. North End Studio, Burlington, 8 p.m.

Donations accepted. Info, 863-6713.

long-rangE Planning committEE oPEn mEEting: Lincoln Library frequenters comb through the community hub’s services and programs with a fine tooth, suggesting improvements and pointing out strengths. Burnham Hall, Lincoln, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 453-3803.

‘somErs town’: See WED.04, 7 p.m.

‘thE climatE ProjEct sliDE show’: Presenter George Hoguet, trained by Al Gore, goes into the nitty-gritty of how environmental change is already affecting millions around the globe. Hoehl Welcome Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2536.

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BovE’s lunchEon: Seniors enjoy spaghetti and meatballs, Italian bread and ice cream at a special catered midday feast. Champlain Senior Center, McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, 12 p.m. $5. Info, 658-3585.

BaBysitting classEs: Responsible adolescents ages 10 to 15 pick up the basics of caring for younger children. Lincoln Library, 3:30-5:30 p.m. $7 for workbook. Info, 453-2665.

DaDs & KiDs PlaygrouP: Youngsters up to age 5 and their male grown-ups connect over a complimentary dinner and group playtime. Family Center of Washington County, Montpelier, 6-7:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 262-3292, ext. 115, fcwcdads@yahoo.com.

Family sing-along: Tots ages 5 and under and their parents gather to belt out familiar nursery rhymes. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

PrEschool story hour: Picture books captivate early bookworms. Lawrence Memorial Library, Bristol, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 453-2366. ‘slEEPy hollow’: Can schoolmaster Ichabod Crane win Katrina Van Tassel’s heart, or will the Headless Horseman overtake him in the graveyard?

Find out his fate in this kids’ musical production.

Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 7 p.m. $5-7.

Info, 518-523-2512.

‘Don giovanni’: High-caliber voices come to the cinema through this classic production of Mozart’s famous opera. Theatergoers catch a broadcast of it as it was performed starring Christopher Maltman and Erwin Schrott at the 2008 Salzburg Festival.

Merrill’s Roxy Cinema, Burlington, 6 p.m. $18-20.

Info, 864-3456.

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Paul KivEl: This social justice activist advises student affairs professionals in “Stepping Up as Allies for Safety, Healing, Liberation and Justice.” Alliot Student Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2536.

wEst aFrican DancE & Drum FEstival: Burlington’s Jeh Kulu explores the continent’s movement and music with showings of Duniya Lahnee (Peace in the World) and traditional song and dance performances. Four days of classes take place at Memorial Auditorium and Burlington City Hall Auditorium. Burlington City Hall Auditorium, 5:30-8:45 p.m. Show tickets are $15-17; see specific class costs and a full schedule online at www. jehkulu.org. Info, 859-1802.

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allison stangEr: The Middlebury prof and author of One Nation Under Contract gives the downlow on an important political trend: the privatization of American foreign policy. Valley Players Theater, Waitsfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 496-2111.

DyaD communication: Got something to say?

Speak and listen in this back-and-forth night of contemplative conversation. Parlor Room, Bethany Church, Montpelier, 6:15-8:45 p.m. $5. Info, 5225855, info@vibrance.us. oPEn mic night: Wordsmiths of all trades — songwriting, poetry, theater and more — contribute their audible expressions. The Hub Teen Center & Skatepark, Bristol, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 453-3678.

Playwriting with tim crouch: Join the cocreator of England in exercises that jump start the creative writing process. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 4-6 p.m. $20. Info, 652-4548.

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argEntinEan tango: Shoulders back, chin up!

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

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‘Barn Bash’: Live music by Close to Nowhere provides a bright mood for ski and board movies on a big screen, dancing and 16t-windridge110419.indd 1 an array of food. Family hour from 5 to 6 p.m.; adult admission from 6 to 11 p.m. Boyden Farm, Cambridge, 5-11 p.m. $320; cash bar. Info, 864-6363.

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lEaguE oF local historical sociEtiEs mEEting: In “A Place for the Past in the Present,” members of Vermont’s 195 societies explore the challenges of “house museums” with keynote speaker and heritage tourism expert William Hosley. Two breakout sessions let participants choose from a variety of afternoon workshops. St. Albans Historical Museum, St. Albans, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. $35-50 includes breakfast and lunch. Info, 479-8522. ‘sErvicE Days’: See THU.05, 9:30 a.m. sPanish convErsation hour: Language aficionados welcome in el fin de semana with a group chat. Rhapsody Natural Foods Café, Montpelier, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 223-1242.

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sPanish-English convErsation grouP: ¿Que pasa? Learn more about fellow Spanish speakers 16t-oldspokes102809.indd 1 at this group foreign tongue foray. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

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

film

‘cinEmania’ FrEnch Film FEstival: See THU.05, 9 a.m. - midnight.

food & drink

‘amazing thanKsgiving siDE DishEs’: Apron wearers update a traditional turkey day menu by practicing two lip-smackin’ main course accompaniments. Healthy Living, South Burlington, 4-6:30 p.m. $15. Info, 863-2569.

health & fitness

‘hErBs For athlEtEs’: Active people find natural solutions to internal and external afflictions, such as sore muscles, inflammation and injury. Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, Montpelier, 6-8 p.m. $10-12. Info, 224-7100, info@vtherbcenter.org.

kids

‘clicK, clacK, moo: cows that tyPE’: Bovines put their demands in black and white in an hourlong musical adaptation of Doreen Cronin’s picture book. Akeley Memorial Building, Stowe, 7 p.m. $10.

Info, 253-3961, info@stowetheatre.com. ‘slEEPy hollow’: See THU.05, 7 p.m. ‘so you thinK you can Draw comics?’: Fifth through eighth graders wield pen and paper to sketch out story strips and exchange ideas.

Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 3-5 p.m.

Free. Info, 846-7517. ‘storiEs & craFts’: Kids ages 3 and up fashion creations based on storytime books. Preregister.

South Burlington Community Library, 10 a.m. Free.

Info, 652-7080.

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KElly moorE: The musician provides an overview of issues of global hunger and disaster relief, as well as an introduction to how Music for Mankind, Inc., is aiding humanitarian organizations through benefit concerts. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

‘trojan womEn’: Euripedes’ classic Greek tragedy gets a modern update in Nicholas Rudall’s adaptation, performed by Johnson State College students.

Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson State College, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1476.

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chittEnDEn county historical sociEty: Folks brush up on their local history by hearing musicians Robert Resnik and Marty Morrissey’s “The Story of Our Vermont in Song.” Winooski Senior Center, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 425-2634.

‘thE school For scanDal’: See WED.04, 7 p.m.

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allEn wilDEr: The Brookfield Historical Society member describes the traditional tools and techniques used to extract ice the old-fashioned way in “Saws, Tongs and Cold: The History of Ice Harvesting.” Sullivan Museum & History Center, Norwich University, Northfield, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 485-2448.

‘tartuFFE’: This con man comedy debuted before King Louis XIV in 1664 and is still one of the most frequently performed plays “precisely because the things they found funny in the 17th century, we still find funny today,” says director Dr. John Shout. Hartman Theatre, Myers Fine Arts Building, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. $8-10. Info, 518-564-2243.

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‘ParallEl livEs’: See WED.04, 7:30 p.m.

30th annual craFt Fair: Seventy-eight crafters adorn tables with only handmade and homeRTE SY baked items. National Life Building, OF JA NE Montpelier, 4:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 229-3228.

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‘BaBiEs & moms’: Family members bond through stories, nursery rhymes and songs with peers.

South Burlington Community Library, 10:30-11 a.m.

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English country DancE: Those keen on Jane Austen’s favorite pastime make rural rounds to piano sounds by Aaron Marcus. Elley-Long Music Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $5-8; bring finger food to share. Info, 899-2378.

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hErBs & suPPlEmEnts: Registered nurse Felicia Foster shares her bounty of knowledge about the right way to introduce vitamins and more into a daily diet. Healthy Living, South Burlington, 5:306:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2569.

‘momiX: rEmiX’: The worldrenowned company of athletic dancers led

by Vermont native Moses Pendleton scrambles its best choreography and fantastical performances from over the years into one overthe-top package. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $35-45. Info, 863-5966.

Ballroom DancE social: Singles and couples of all ages learn ballroom, swing and Latin dancing.

Jazzercize Studio, Williston, 7-10 p.m. $10-14. Info, 862-2269.

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‘Tales ‘Round the World’: Stories spanning the globe keep young readers hanging on to every word. Lawrence Memorial Library, Bristol, 3:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 453-2366.

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Anaïs Mitchell & Josh Brooks: Two Vermont natives — one an indie singer-songwriter, the other a folk-rock, Americana master — play to benefit the Otter Creek Child Center. Unitarian Universalist Society, Middlebury, 7:30 p.m. $25. Info, 388-9688.

Bluegrass Gospel Project: Tunes from their newest recording, The Blue Morpho, join old favorites at this benefit concert for Volunteer Vermont. See calendar spotlight. Unitarian Church, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $20. Info, 863-5966.

Champlain Philharmonic Orchestra: Solo pianist Diana Fanning adds her notes into the mix of a full-bodied rendition of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. Vergennes Opera House, 7:30 p.m. $10-12.

Info, 877-8737.

Destiny Africa Children’s Choir: Orphaned Ugandan children on their first U.S. tour share soulful traditional and contemporary song and dance selections to drum beats. North Avenue Alliance Church, Burlington, 7 p.m.

Donations accepted for Kampala Children’s Centre. Info, 6830099 or 683-9636.

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by Musical America as a young artist to watch, this 24-year-old pianist has a repertoire ranging from Ravel to Brahms to Rachmaninoff.

UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $25-30. Info, 656-4455.

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Dr. Darlene Olsen: The Norwich University mathematician simplifies the genetic data that causes hereditary disease in “Statistical Genetics and DNA Microarray Data Analysis.” Cheray Science Hall, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 4 p.m. Free.

Info, 654-2536.

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‘Comedy for a Cause’: Local comics Oliver Barkley, Jason P. Lorber and Tracie Spencer cause explosive laughter at this stand-up show to benefit the Vermont Children’s Hospital. See calendar spotlight. For ages 18 and up. Sheraton Hotel, South Burlington, 8 p.m. $10-15. Info, 863-5966.

‘England’: This underground British hit explores the heart and soul of an empire. Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. & 8:30 p.m. $2428. Info, 863-5966.

‘Murder at the Company Party’: The Brandon Town Players’ annual whodunit will keep audiences on their toes at future career functions. South Station Restaurant, Rutland, 6 p.m. $35 includes dinner. Info, 345-3033 or 247-6584.

‘Parallel Lives’: See WED.04, 7 p.m.

‘Passion’: “Dancer-illusionists” of the internationally known company Momix blend rt es y theater, circus, athleticism and dance o in an emotional performance matched with a powerful score.

Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 7:30 p.m. $30-50. Info, 603448-0400.

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Andrew Perchlik: The executive director of Renewable Energy Vermont summarizes recent developments in generating power from natural resources. Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2-3 p.m. $5. Info, 864-3516.

Tim McCreight: The world-renowned jeweler, designer and writer reflects on what lessons his work has to offer in “What My Hands Have Taught Me.” Wilson 219, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 6 p.m. Free. Info, 603-646-3226.

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Paul Kivel: In You Call This a Democracy? the author-activist spreads knowledge about human rights and uprooting racism at the Peace and Justice Center’s annual meeting. Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, meeting begins at 6:30 p.m.; talk begins at 7:30.

Free. Info, 863-2345, ext. 9.

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The Derek Trucks Band: The youngest guitarist to ever make Rolling Stone’s “100 Best Guitar Players” list and his group take a progressive approach to roots music. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 8 p.m. $27.50-42.50. Info, 775-0903.

Tartan Ball: A haggis ceremony, performance by the St. Andrew’s Highland Dancers and music by the St. Andrew’s Pipe Band and Brigadoons provide a “wee bit o’ Scotland” for lighthearted dancing.

Doubletree Hotel, South Burlington, 5 p.m. $18-50 includes dinner. Info, 849-6996.

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Shawn Colvin: The winner of a Best Contemporary Folk Grammy for her 1989 debut shares songs from her eight-album career.

See calendar spotlight. Barre Opera House, 8 p.m. $10-34. Info, 476-8188.

Kim Greenwood: The water scientist and policy advocate of the Vermont Natural Resources Council looks ahead to the future of H20 in “Water: The Next Great Crisis?” Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 1:30 p.m. $5. Info, 748-2600.

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Pavel Haas Quartet: The internationally award-winning string ensemble breathes fresh life into pieces by Britten, Dvořák and more. A preconcert lecture on the 90year history of Middlebury’s performing arts series begins at 7:15 p.m. Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. $6-24. Info, 443-3168.

Partner Dance Showcase: Local dancers pull fast moves in foxtrots, cha-cha medleys, hustles, English country dancing and more to benefit Camp Ta-Kum-Ta, a camp for Vermont kids who have experienced cancer. Alumni Auditorium, Champlain College, Burlington, 7-10 p.m. $20-25.

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Mark LaVoie: The master blues harmonica player gets the audience grooving to the free reed wind instrument. The Art House, Middlebury, 8:30-10:30 p.m. $10. Info, 458-0464.

‘Great Trips’: Trip leaders from the Burlington section of the Green Mountain Club take viewers to the crests of Mt. Hood, Granite Peak, Vermont mountains and Glacier National Park in a slideshow presentation. Doubletree Hotel, South Burlington, 6-9 p.m. $5 donation; cash bar. Info, 658-0250, gmcevents@hotmail.com.

‘Rosalee Was Here’: This production, penned by Burlington playwright Maura Campbell, takes a comic and crazy look at what happens when children are treated as criminals. Outer Space, Burlington, 9 p.m. $20. Info, 863-5966.

‘Tartuffe’: See THU.05, 7:30 p.m.

‘The School for Scandal’: See WED.04, 7 p.m.

‘Trojan Women’: See THU.05, 7 p.m.

West African Dance & Drum Festival: See THU.05, 1:30-8:45 p.m.

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‘Addition Subtraction Ball’: Charitable folks dust off their formal wear for a dance party to ditties by The Starline Rhythm Boys at this benefit for the Vermont Foodbank and Champlain Elementary School. Preregister. Sheraton Hotel, South Burlington, 7:30-11 p.m. $25; cash bar. Info, 578-9451.

Montpelier Contra Dance: Lisa Sieverts calls the steps as folks in soft-soled shoes move to fiddle, bass and guitar sounds by The Rhythm Method String Band. Capital City Grange, Montpelier, 8 p.m. $8. Info, 744-6163.

education

Lake Champlain Waldorf School Open House: Prospective early childhood, grade school and high school students explore the facilities, sit in on sample class lessons and speak to teachers.

Lake Champlain Waldorf Schools, Shelburne, 9 a.m.

- 12 p.m. Free. Info, 985-2827, ext. 12.

SAXON HILL School Open House: Teachers and member families are on hand to answer questions and guide newbies around Vermont’s first parent-cooperative preschool. Saxon Hill Cooperative School, Jericho, 9:30-11:30 a.m.

Free. Info, 899-3455, registrar@saxonhillschool.org.

environment

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

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30th Annual Craft Fair: See FRI.06, 10 a.m. 4 p.m.

Annual Craft Show: More than 75 artisans peddle their handmade goods alongside freshly baked pies, books and other novelties. Williston Central School, 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free. Info, 872-8452.

‘Bid & Boogie’: The Tammy Fletcher Band sparks a festive mood for dancing and food, followed by more than 100 silent auction items to benefit the Spring Hill School on its 25th anniversary. Gate House, Sugarbush Resort, Warren, 7 p.m. - midnight $20-23. Info, 496-2869.

‘Cozy Nook Craft Fair & Bake Sale’: More than 25 crafters and artisans display charming novelties, including jewlery, pottery, Ukrainian eggs and more. Essex Free Library, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Free. Info, 879-0313.

Earth Spirit Conference: International speakers strive for peace and harmony in “Conscious Living in a Sacred World,” with full-day talks on Saturday and workshops on Sunday. All Souls Interfaith Gathering, Shelburne, 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. $100. Info, 922-7507.

Empty Bowl Dinner: A simple homemade meal feeds 72 diners and raises funds for two area food shelves. United Methodist Church, Middlebury, 6 p.m. $25 for bowl and dinner. Info, 388-7276.

Final Cut Pro Open Lab: Apprentice film editors complete three tracks of exercises as a VCAM staff member answers questions and lends a hand. VCAM Studio, Burlington, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 651-9692.

‘Fire By Friction’: Field instructor Max Drieger helps folks spark flames as he teaches this basic survival skill. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 1-3 p.m. $10-12. Info, 229-6206.

Home Energy Savings Workshop: Conservation professionals suggest low-cost weatherization measures to reduce wasted power.

People’s Trust Company, St. Albans, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Free. Info, 877-274-7431.

Mah Jongg Workshop: Learn the intricacies of the Chinese tile game with Hinesburg experts before taking a stab at it. Carpenter-Carse Library, Hinesburg, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 482-2878.

Memorial Service for John Tucker: Folks pay their respects to and share stories of the longtime civil rights champion. Unitarian Church, Burlington, 3-5 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2345, ext. 3.

Nordic Ski Swap: Cross-country equipment, snowshoes, sleds and ice skates find new homes.

Onion River Sports, Montpelier, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Free.

Info, 229-9409.

Ski & Snowboard Sale: New and used winter gear, including snowshoeing and hockey equipment, finds new ownership in this fundraiser for Cochran’s Ski Area’s youth racing program. Camel’s Hump Middle School, Richmond, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Free. Info, 425-2665.

VCAM Access Orientation: Video production hounds get an overview of facilities, policies and procedures. VCAM Studio, Burlington, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 651-9692.

film

‘Che’ Part One: Steven Soderbergh’s epic directorial effort charts the efforts of Che Guevara to free Cuba from a corrupt dictatorship. Catch the first part of this 2008 biopic starring Benicio del Toro.

Dana Auditorium, Sunderland Language Center, Middlebury College, 3 p.m. & 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433.

‘Cinemania’ French Film Festival: See THU.05, 9 a.m. - midnight.

‘Séraphine’: Famous German art collector Wilhelm Uhde risks becoming a laughingstock when he takes his cleaning lady — who, he’s discovered, is a talented painter — under his wing. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 6:30 & 9 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603-6462576.

food & drink

Greek Pastry Sale & Dinner: Break out the baklava and pass the dolmades! Home-baked treats crown this daylong, sit-down-or-take-out meal. Greek Orthodox Church Community Center, Burlington, sale 10 a.m.; dinner 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 862-2155.

Middlebury Winter Farmers Market: Area growers, cheesemakers, bakers and craftspeople collaborate to offer year-round “eat local” options.

Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Free.

Info, 388-1436.

‘Moveable Feast’: Folks start the night with appetizers and live music before heading to Vermont Interfaith Action for dinner and dessert. Proceeds support VIA’s efforts. Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. $30. Info, 651-8889.

‘Viva Las Artes’ Mexican Dinner: The former owners of Tomatillos Restaurant cook up a storm for this evening of music, dancing and good eats to benefit River Arts. River Arts Center, Morrisville, 6-10 p.m. $50; cash bar. Info, 888-1261.

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Annual Food & Wellness Expo: Individuals boost their immune system by sampling natural and local foods and consulting with practitioners of alternative medicines. Lost Nation Theater, Montpelier, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Free. Info, 223-8000, info@hungermountain.com.

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Mat Pilates Class: Angela Smith of Classic Form Pilates introduces folks to ab-toning, musclestrengthening floor exercises before blending up revitalizing smoothies for all. Healthy Living, South Burlington, 1:30-3 p.m. $15. Info, 863-2569.

ZuMba Class: A high-energy, Latin dance-infused aerobic workout raises funds for 17 disabled Vermont children to receive specially fitted tricycles. Sign-in begins at 9 a.m. Higher Ground, South Burlington, 9:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. $25 walk-in or $60 sponsorship. Info, 656-3203.

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‘CliCk, ClaCk, Moo: Cows that tyPe’: See FRI.06, 2 p.m. & 4 p.m.

‘FanCy nanCy Party’: Girls ages 6 to 8 craft dolls of the fun protagonist from Jane O’Connor’s children’s book, before sitting down to sandwiches and punch. South Burlington Community Library, 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 652-7080. ‘read to a dog’: Stories form a bond between young readers and Deali, a Pembroke corgi from Therapy Dogs of Vermont. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 1-2 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. ‘rising star’ auditions: Talented teens hope to wow judges with their skills in order to score a performance slot at First Night Burlington. University Mall, South Burlington, 3-7 p.m. Free. Info, 8636005, info@firstnightburlington.com. saturday stories: Picture books bring tall tales to life for youngsters. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-0313. ‘sleePy hollow’: See THU.05, 2 p.m. ‘suPer sCienCe day!’: Young paleontologists make deductions about the history of rocks and fossils. Montshire Museum of Science, Norwich, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Regular admission, $1012. Info, 649-2200.

music

40th arMy national guard band: In celebration of John Philip Sousa’s 1912 visit to the opera house, the band plays patriotic American faves.

Enosburg Opera House, Enosburg Falls, 7 p.m. Free; tickets required. Info, 933-6171.

ChaMPlain PhilharMoniC orChestra: Solo pianist Diana Fanning adds her notes into the mix of a full-bodied rendition of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 7:30 p.m. $10-12. Info, 382-9222.

eleva ChaMber Players: Central Vermont’s professional chamber orchestra performs works by John Rutter, Sir Hubert Parry, Peter Warlock and more in “Brilliant! An Inspiring Evening of English String Music.” Congregational Church, Waterbury, 7:30 p.m. $18-20. Info, 244-8354.

outdoors

bird-Monitoring walk: Participants of all ages scour the skies for a glimpse of passing migrants, lingering breeders and overwintering birds on the property. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 7 a.m. Free. Info, 229-6206. dead Creek walk: Shoreline strollers seek out snow geese and other migratory waterfowl, as well as local raptors. Meet at the viewing area on Route 17, Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area, Vergennes, 9 a.m. Free. Info, 658-8505, gmas@ greenmountainaudubon.org. wagon ride weekend: Colorful foliage accents narrated horse-drawn hay rides. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. $3-11. Info, 457-2355.

sport

roller derby bout: The Green Mountain Derby Dames defend their flat-track turf against the Boston Roller Derby B-Party.

Partial proceeds benefit Vermont Cares.

Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 6 p.m. $12-15. Info, 922-7316.

talks

dean laCey: The professor of government draws on data collected by Dartmouth students and faculty during the 2008 election campaign to explore why both parties failed to win the key social groups they targeted. Alumni Hall, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 10-11 a.m. Free.

Info, 603-646-9159.

theater

‘england’: See FRI.06, 6:30 p.m. & 8:30 p.m.

Met live in hd: CataMount arts Center: Opera singer Maria Guleghina stars as a ruthless Chinese princess in the high-def broadcast of the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Puccini’s last work, Turandot. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 1 p.m. $20-22. Info, 748-2600.

Met live in hd: loew auditoriuM: Opera singer Maria Guleghina stars as a ruthless Chinese princess in the high-def broadcast of the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Puccini’s last work, Turandot. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1 p.m. $25. Info, 603-646-2422.

Met live in hd: PalaCe 9: Opera singer Maria Guleghina stars as a ruthless Chinese princess in the high-def broadcast of the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Puccini’s last work, Turandot. Palace Cinema 9, South Burlington, 1 p.m. $20-24. Info, 660-9300.

Met live in hd: town hall theater: Opera singer Maria Guleghina stars as a ruthless Chinese princess in the high-def broadcast of the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Puccini’s last work, Turandot. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 1 p.m. $22. Info, 382-9222.

‘Parallel lives’: See WED.04, 7:30 p.m. ‘rosalee was here’: See FRI.06, 8 p.m. ‘tartuFFe’: See THU.05, 7:30 p.m. ‘the sChool For sCandal’: See WED.04, 7 p.m. ‘troJan woMen’: See THU.05, 7 p.m. west aFriCan danCe & druM Festival: See THU.05, 10 a.m. - 10 p.m.

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Catherine Frank & Margaret holden: The authors of A Kayaker’s Guide to Lake Champlain give paddlers of all levels the scoop on choice shorelines, bird watching, diving and hiking. Brown Dog Books & Gifts, Hinesburg, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 482-5189. katherine & John Paterson: The Barre husband-wife duo read pages from their individual works, including The Day of the Pelican and Roberto’s Trip to the Top. Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 229-0774.

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‘riding the road to reCovery: strengthening your business to lead the way’: Glean tips for balancing business success with a healthy life at the Women Business Owners Network’s fall conference. Dr. Jean Harvey-Berino, author of The Eating Well Diet Cookbook, guest speaks. The Essex, Essex Junction, 1-10 p.m. $199219 for full weekend. Info, 363-9266.

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dance

uPPer valley international Folk danCing: Individuals of all ages and experience levels form the steps of line, circle and couples dances from Europe, Scandinavia and the Mediterranean. Tracy Hall, Norwich, 3-6 p.m. $8; $4 for first-timers and students. Info, 436-2151.

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antiques Market: Treasure hunters find bargains amid antlers. Early buying begins at 7:30 a.m.; regular admission is 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Elks Club, Montpelier, 7:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. $2-5. Info, 751-6138.

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Pause CaFé: Novice and fluent French speakers brush up on their linguistics — en français. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-5088. russian-english Conversation grouP: Multilingual chatterboxes become more familiar with the most widely spoken Slavic language.

Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 2:30-4 p.m. Free.

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Jesse Cook: In his latest recording, this Juno Award-winning guitarist traces rumba flamenco back to its Cuban roots. Town Hall Theatre, Woodstock, 7:30 p.m. $25-30. Info, 457-3981.

the world is not Flat: Transatlantic traveling duo Chris Faroe and Roxanne captivate listeners with worldly folk tunes. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 879-7576.

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di wu & burlington ChaMber orChestra: The 24-year-old Van Cliburn finalist charms listeners with her mastery of the ivory keys as she plays with a local ensemble. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $20-25. Info, 656-4455.

the MiChele Fay band: Vermont inspires the band’s traditional, swing and bluegrass tunes, enhanced with rich female harmonies. United Church of Underhill, 7 p.m. $5-8. Info, 899-3302.

‘Murder at the CoMPany Party’: See FRI.06, 6 p.m.

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arioso ChaMber enseMble: Voices, strings and piano notes carry tunes by Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn, Handel, Monteverdi and more.

Unitarian Church, Montpelier, 8 p.m. $10-15 donation. Info, 223-2712.

lissa sChneCkenburger: This fiddler and singersongwriter follows a community open mic. Ripton Community Coffee House, 7:30 p.m. $3-8. Info, 388-9782.

‘Mini Mud’ variety show: Eighty-eight teens and tots share their talents at a scaled-down stage event honoring youthful flair. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 7 p.m. $8-15. Info, 728-6464, tickets@ chandler-arts.org.

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Info, 443-6433.

Joel Fan: This pianist pronounced “superb” by the Boston Globe works the hammers and strings to produce traditional classics and works from cultures around the world. South Congregational Church, St. Johnsbury, 7:30 p.m. $6-16. Info, 7488012 or 626-9204.

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Tropical Fish & aquaTic planT aucTion: Rare swimmers and saltwater fauna become the center of attention at this bid-off for underwater treasures. Preview at 11 a.m.; auction starts at noon.

VFW Post, Burlington, 12 p.m. Free. Info, 372-8716.

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‘Beyond The Veil: perspecTiVes From The muslim World’: Cinema fans catch a film about the culture of Afghanistan before thought-provoking group discussion at this weekly series. Cabot Science Building, Room 85, Norwich University, Northfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 485-2080.

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‘ForesT oF Bliss’: Through this documentary filmed between two sunrises, viewers get a glimpse of a cross-cultural perspective on death and dying. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7:30 p.m. $5-7.

Info, 603-646-2576. ‘home across lands’: Audiences experience the struggles and triumphs of refugees who resettle in America through this 2008 doc, followed by a talk about those who made Vermont their home. Livak Room, Davis Center, UVM, Burlington, 4-6 p.m. $15 suggested donation. Info, 338-4633.

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‘cinemania’ French Film FesTiVal: See THU.05, 9 a.m. - midnight.

‘napoléon’s oBsession: quesT For egypT’: This 52-minute film chronicles young Bonaparte’s failed efforts in conquering Egypt. Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 3 p.m. Regular admission, $3-5. Info, 656-2090.

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‘moVe your mind To The posiTiVe’: Buddhist nun Amy Miller imparts wisdom on meditation for folks seeking self-transformation. Preregister.

Milarepa Center, Barnet, 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Donations accepted; lunch included. Info, 6334136. resToraTiVe reiki yoga: In this gentle exercise, often called the “Yoga of Nondoing,” folks use bolsters and supports to stretch out into rejuvenating positions. Blossoming Lotus Yoga Studio, East Johnson, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. $25. Info, 730-4440.

kids

‘click, clack, moo: coWs ThaT Type’: See FRI.06, 2 p.m. ‘read To a dog’: See SAT.07, 1-2 p.m.

music

arioso chamBer ensemBle: Voices, strings and piano notes carry tunes by Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn, Handel, Monteverdi and more.

Bethany Church, Montpelier, 4 p.m. $10-15 donation. Info, 223-2712.

kauFmann-graTkoWski-de Joode Trio: Piano, clarinet, alto saxophone and bass combine in riveting sound textures and improvisations by this Dutch group. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7 p.m. $14-18.

Info, 863-5966. susan Tedeschi: The applauded American blues and soul artist introduces audiences to her newest album, Back to the River. Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 7:30 p.m. $30-50. Info, 603-448-0400.

VermonT Wind ensemBle: Conductor D. Thomas Toner guides musicians through Alfred Reed’s Hounds of Spring, Erik Nielsen’s On the Quiet Side, Johan de Meij’s Aquarium and more. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3040.

outdoors

Wagon ride Weekend: See SAT.07, 10 a.m. 3:30 p.m.

talks

‘magicians WiThouT Borders’: Tom Verner and Janet Fredericks use slides, stories and a bit of magic to describe their travels through the refugee camps and orphanages of Iran, Liberia, Sierra Leone and other parts of the world. Lincoln Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 453-2665.

theater

meT liVe in hd: loeW audiTorium: See SAT.07, 1 p.m. ‘parallel liVes’: See WED.04, 5 p.m. ‘rosalee Was here’: See FRI.06, 8 p.m.

‘TarTuFFe’: See THU.05, 2 p.m.

WesT aFrican dance & drum FesTiVal: See THU.05, 10 a.m. - 8:30 p.m.

words

‘passages’: Local wordsmith Anne Potter spins short stories, poetry and plays with sign language interpretation. Sandglass Theater, Putney, 4 p.m. $8. Info, 387-4051.

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‘riding The road To recoVery: sTrengThening your Business To lead The Way’: See SUN.08, 8 a.m. - 9 p.m.

dance

aFro-cariBBean dance class: Penelope Newcomb leads high-energy, imaginative dances for all skill levels, derived from Cuba, Haiti and Brazil, to the beat of live drums. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 5-6:30 p.m. $10. Info, 723-4014.

‘concerT For gaza’: Anaïs Mitchell, Atlantic Crossing, Black Sea Quartet and three other bands strum their tunes to raise money for resistance and aid for the Gaza strip. Unitarian Church, Montpelier, 6 p.m. $10-25. Info, 355-5241. darTmouTh college gospel choir: A 90-member choir passes powerful old and new songs of love, faith and inspiration along to listeners’ ears. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 2 p.m. & 5 p.m. $5-14.

Info, 603-646-2422. eleVa chamBer players: Central Vermont’s professional chamber orchestra performs works by John Rutter, Sir Hubert Parry, Peter Warlock and more in “Brilliant! An Inspiring Evening of English String Music.” First Congregational Church, Barre, 3 p.m. $18-20. Info, 244-8354.

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‘Keys to Credit’: Money makers tackle the confusing world of credit by absorbing the basics.

Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 540-2567.

‘Our Stories: Past, Present & Future’: Adults consider ways that personal narratives celebrate accomplishments and dreams. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 878-4918.

film

‘Cinemania’ French Film Festival: See THU.05, 9 a.m. - midnight ‘Wedding Crashers’: Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn play lifelong buddies who have tapped into the perfect place to pick up women — that is, until dropping by uninvited catches up with them.

Dana Auditorium, Sunderland Language Center, Middlebury College, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

food & drink

‘Chai With Iris Gage’: A tea expert differentiates the qualities of black, green and herbal blends as folks sip the tasty drink that can improve digestion, boost immune functions and more. Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, Montpelier, 6-8 p.m. $1012. Info, 224-7100, info@vtherbcenter.org.

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Herbal Salves: Community herbalist Dana L. Woodruff guides folks in the creation of infused oils and lip balm, as well as a first aid salve for a community health project. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-8004, ext.

202, info@hungermountain.com.

‘Matter of Balance’: Older adults conquer the fear of falling by learning to adjust their home environments to eliminate risk factors and increase strength through physical activity. Champlain Senior Center, McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 847-2278.

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‘Library Learning Adventures for Homeschoolers’: Out-of-classroom learners ages 6 to 12 find mental stimulation in this parent-led cooperative enrichment group. Parental participation required. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 1-2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 862-7216.

Hinesburg Artist Series: In Accord, the South County Chorus and the Hinesburg Community Band present a choral program with works by Vivaldi, Haydn and Dillworth, along with an instrumental lineup including pieces by John Philip Sousa, Jay Bocook and more. Auditorium, Champlain Valley Union High School, Hinesburg, 7:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 482-3010.

Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Rehearsal: Bows make vibrations on stringed instruments as the orchestra tunes up its tunes in practice sessions. New members welcome. Show up at 6 p.m. for a jam session. Capital City Grange, Montpelier, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 877-343-3531, info@vtfiddle orchestra.org.

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Adult Co-ed Dodgeball League: Amateur players duck out of the path of soaring spheres in this fun team tournament. Gymnasium. Union Elementary School, Montpelier, 8-9 p.m. $15. Info, 225-8691.

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Hannah Ringham: The British performer and England cast member elaborates on the role of the audience in nontraditional theater. Preregister. Top of the Hop. Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 603-646-2422.

Judy Dow: A member of the Vermont Commission for Native American Affairs breaks down how the 1925 to 1936 Eugenics Survey of Vermont created a major interruption in the state’s Native American culture. Historical Society Parsonage, Colchester Village, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 658-3706.

Tim Crouch: The British playwright and performer explores creative ways to engage young people with theater. Preregister. Wilson 301, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 4 p.m. Free. Info, 603646-2422.

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Bill Congleton: The sly magician pulls tricks out of his hat before a seasonal luncheon. Champlain Senior Center, McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, 11 a.m. $3 donation for lunch. Info, 658-3585.

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‘Music With Mia’: Tots form a circle for a special story hour with some sing-along tunes. Meet in the JCPenney Court. University Mall, South Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 863-1066, ext. 11.

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Rotten Sneaker Contest: Stinky-shoed kids ages 6 to 15 compete for the honor of most putrid footwear. Montpelier Recreation Department, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 225-8691.

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Champlain Echoes Open Rehearsals: The women’s barbershop quartet shows off its four-part vocals and directs a lively group sing-along. All females of all ages can participate in this practice for a holiday benefit concert for Camp Ta-Kum-Ta. Pines Senior Living Community, South Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 598-2447.

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VBSR Fall Conference: Rebecca Adamson of First Peoples Worldwide and Lisa Lorimer of Vermont Bread Company highlight the Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility’s annual seminar. Equinox Country Club, Manchester, 7:30 a.m. 5 p.m. $50-115. Info, 862-8347, info@vbsr.org.

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Line Dance Class: Movers in parallel lines match basic steps and patterns to all types of tunes.

Jazzercize Studio, Williston, 7-9 p.m. $10. Info, 658-0096.

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‘Cinemania’ French Film Festival: See THU.05, 9 a.m. - midnight ‘Garbage! The Revolution Starts at Home’: See WED.04, Miller Community and Recreation Center, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 8728111.

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Regional Food Summit: The Sustainable Agriculture Council and the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund gather input on farms, food production and food security from participants for the Farm to Plate Initiative’s 10-year plan to build a more robust local food system. American Legion, White River Junction, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 828-1121.

Southern Vermont Food Summit: The state’s foodies and businesses interested in promoting culinary tourism explore America’s food culture by tuning in for a sequence of guest speakers. Preregister.

Hermitage Inn, West Dover, 10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. $25 includes lunch. Info, 464-8092.

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Laughter Yoga: What’s so funny? Giggles burst out as gentle aerobic exercise and yogic breathing meet unconditional laughter to enhance physical, emotional and spiritual health and well-being.

Miller Community and Recreation Center, Burlington, 9-10 a.m. Free. Info, 355-5129.

‘Light of the Path’: Folks explore “Teachings and Mindfulness for Everyday Life” with instructors Amy Miller and Jeff Garnette through meditation and exercise. Milarepa Center, Barnet, 6:30-8 p.m.

Donations accepted. Info, 633-4136.

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Creative Tuesdays with Frank Gonzalez: Artists of all ages bring old newspaper to create puppets, masks and other dramatic papier-mâché.

Kids under 10 must be accompanied by an adult.

Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3-5 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

Dance Class: Four-year-olds cut a rug to upbeat tunes. Contemporary Dance & Fitness Studio, Montpelier, 3-3:45 p.m. $10. Info, 229-4676.

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Dartmouth Wind Symphony: New conductor Matthew Marsit leads the ensemble in an eclectic program full of British compositions, including Ralph Vaughan Williams’ English Folk Song Suite and Gustav Holst’s Mars. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $6-14. Info, 603-6462422.

Green Mountain Chorus: Men who like to sing learn four-part harmonies at an open meeting of this all-guy barbershop group. St. Francis Xavier School, Winooski, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 864-5439, w1sj@arrl.net.

Vermont Civil War Songbook: Singer and researcher Linda Radtke dons a period costume to share seldom-heard soldier songs such as “Grafted into the Army” and “‘Neath the Pines of Vermont.”

Crossett Brook Middle School, Duxbury, 7 p.m. Free.

Info, 748-6048.

Waterbury Community Band Rehearsals: Brass and wind musicians join the band in playing marches, swing medleys and Broadway faves at this open practice session. Waterbury Congregational Church, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 8884977, waterburycommunityband@yahoo.com.

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Amanda Kuhnert: The personal historian explains the importance of life-story recording through the spoken word in “Oral History in the 21st Century.” Richmond Free Library, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 371-9777.

Behind-the-Scenes Discussion: ‘Road’: Cast and crew members join director Richard Romagnoli in a chat about their upcoming production over lunch.

Seeler Studio Theatre, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 12:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 443-6433.

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‘England’: See FRI.06, Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 6 p.m. & 8 p.m. $20.

Info, 603-646-2422.

‘Parallel Lives’: See WED.04, 7:30 p.m.

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Richard Wiswall: Veggie lovers learn to pump up vegetable production and turn a profit with advice from the author of The Organic Farmer’s Business Handbook. Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 229-0774.

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‘Button-Up Vermont Workshop’: Residents learn to lock in heat and lower fuel costs through simple home improvements. Town Hall, Chelsea, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 685-3121.

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‘Dialogue & Desserts’: Townspeople dig into sweet treats and deep discussion about topics affecting the community, including language, family and legal matters. R.U.1.2? Community Center, Burlington, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 860-7812.

‘Spend Smart’: Vermonters learn savvy skills for stretching bucks. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 12-2 p.m.

Free. Info, 540-2567.

Storytime: Youngsters ages 1 to 3 gather for songs, finger plays, puppets and stories.

Preregister. South Burlington Community Library, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 652-7080.

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Afro-Brazilian Percussion Class: Community band Sambatucada teaches the pulsating rhythms of samba, samba reggae, baião and maracatu.

Switchback Brewery, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 343-7107.

UVM Student Government Association Senate: Student body representatives address onand off-campus topics of the moment. Anyone can attend or voice concerns. Livak Room, Davis Center, UVM, Burlington, 7-10 p.m. Free. Info, 656-2053.

Radio Amateurs of Northern Vermont: Radio hams tune into equipment maintenance, operation and building techniques at a monthly meeting.

O’Brien Civic Center, South Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free.

Info, 8796589, w1sj@ arrl.net.

Story Hour: Tales and picture books catch the attention of little tykes. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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Pause Café: Novice and fluent French speakers brush up on their linguistics — en français. Borders Books & Music, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 864-5088.

‘Music with Robert Resnik’: The host of a weekly folk and world music show on VPR explores tunes with music lovers of all ages. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

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‘Mondays with Megan’: Preschoolers ages 2 to 5 expand their imaginations through storytelling, songs and rhymes. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 2-2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

Vermont Reads Book Discussion: Lit fans relish thoughtful talk about Julie Otsuka’s When the Emperor Was Divine, about a Japanese American family placed in an internment camp in World War II. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

‘Exploring the Path to Enlightenment’: Fill your head with facts about Tibetan Buddhism while filling your body with a sense of peace in this meditation and discussion series. Milarepa Center, Barnet, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 633-4136.

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‘Deepening Our Spirituality’: Folks focus on faith in the context of community, worship, music and more in this monthly discussion group. All Souls Interfaith Gathering, Shelburne, 7-8 p.m.

Free. Info, 985-3819. embrOiDererS’ guilD meeting: Needle workers check out the sewing projects of their peers, and get a little stitching done in the process. Pines Senior Living Community, South Burlington, 9:30 a.m. Free. Info, 879-0198. italian COnverSatiOn grOup: Parla Italiano?

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

Knit night: Crafty needle workers (crocheters, too) share their talents and company as they give yarn a makeover. Phoenix Books, Essex, 6-8 p.m.

Free. Info, 872-7111. mah JOngg WOrKShOp: Learn the intricacies of the Chinese tile game with Hinesburg experts before taking a stab at it. Carpenter-Carse Library, Hinesburg, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 482-2878. rOtary Club Of eSSex: Rotarians help build goodwill and peace as they organize service goals at weekly social meetings. Nonmembers are welcome to attend. The Essex, Essex Junction, 12:10-1:30 p.m. $15 for members; free to drop in.

Info, 233-3612.

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‘Cinemania’ frenCh film feStival: A lineup of 30 film premieres celebrates the best of francophone cinema. Centre Cinéma Impérial, Montréal,

9 a.m. - midnight $8.50-10.50 per film; $49 per festival pass. Info, 514-878-0082.

bread snack. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 9-10:30 a.m. $3-5. Info, 457-2355.

‘DraCula’: Can Mina Seward be saved from the Count’s efforts to make her one of the undead?

Discover her fate in the original 1931 horror film.

Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603-6462576.

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‘the eDge Of never’: This coming-of-age documentary about a group of skiers who tackle the world’s most dangerous mountains was written and directed by St. Michael’s grad Bill Kerig. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $10-20. Info, 863-5966.

linDa raDtKe: The musician gives a costumed rundown of major state benchmarks in “Vermont History Through Song” with pianist John Lincoln. Ellsworth Room. Greater Hartford United Church of Christ, White River Junction, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 295-2123.

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met live in hD: palaCe 9: Opera singer Violeta Urmana stars as the enslaved Ethiopian princess in the high-def broadcast of the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Verdi’s tragic story Aida. Palace Cinema 9, South Burlington, 6:30 p.m. $20-24. Info, 660-9300. ‘parallel liveS’: In skits taking place from the dawn of man to today, actors Catherine Doherty and Kathryn Markey tackle everything from health food to gender roles in a rowdy laugh-fest. Briggs Opera House, White River Junction, 7:30 p.m. $2568. Info, 296-7000, boxoffice@northernstage.org.

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‘thirSt’: A priest turns into a vampire, but this 2009 horror film also explores passion and an illicit love affair. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8:25 p.m. $5-7.

Info, 603-646-2576.

marK StOler: The historian looks into why George C. Marshall — a man who was, at different times, Army Chief of Staff, Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense — is generally considered our greatest soldier-statesman since George Washington. St. Albans Historical Museum, 11 a.m.

Free. Info, 524-3447.

‘xxy’: Spanish speakers (and subtitle readers) immerse themselves in Lucía Puenzo’s film about a 15-year-old hermaphrodite whose parents must come to terms with her medical condition. Yokum Lecture Hall, Room 200, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7 p.m. Free. Info, 518-564-3095.

peter hamlin: The faculty member of the music department explores how to find your groove in “Sources of Musical Inspiration from Across the Curriculum.” Room 103. Hillcrest Environmental Center, Middlebury College, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433.

‘prOphetiC ODySSey’: What happened after Moses died? A study group peruses the prophetic writings to quench its thirst for knowledge. Temple Sinai, South Burlington, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 862-5125.

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‘mOving & grOOving With ChriStine’: Young ones jam out to rock ‘n’ roll and world-beat tunes.

Recommended for ages 2 to 5, but all are welcome.

Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free.

Info, 865-7216.

‘englanD’: This underground British hit explores the heart and soul of an empire. Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 6 p.m. & 8 p.m. $20. Info, 603-646-2422.

peter the muSiC man: Educator Peter Alsen lets kids ages 3 to 5 try out various instruments at a fun intro to music theory. Colchester Meeting House, 12:30-1 p.m. Free. Info, 878-0313.

gaStrOnOmy bOOK DiSCuSSiOn: Nicole Mones’ mouth-watering novel The Last Chinese Chef gives readers tantalizing thoughts to sink their teeth into. South Hero Community Library, 7 p.m. Free.

Info, 372-6209.

vinCent e. feeney: The author of Finnigans, Slaters and Stonepeggers: A History of the Irish in Vermont recounts tales of notable Irish Americans in the Green Mountain State over the years.

Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581. m

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BALLROOM DANCE CLASSES: Location: The Champlain Club, Burlington. Info: First Step Dance, 802-598-6757, www.

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acting VIOLA SPOLIN VERMONT WORKSHOP: Nov. 14-15, 10 a.m.

Cost: $200 /two days, includes snacks and lunch. Location: Vergennes Opera House, 120 Main St., Vergennes. Info: c/o Otter Creek Used Books, Barbara Harding, 802-388-3241, ottercreekbooks@gmail.com.

Mary Ann Brandt leads two-day workshop based on works/ philosophy of Viola Spolin, originator of Theater Games, basis of improvisation theater and author of “Theater Games for the Classroom” and “Theater Game File,” and others. Great for theater, educators and others.

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building TINY HOUSE BUILDING WORKSHOP: Nov. 14-15, 8 a.m. 4 p.m. Location: Monkton. Info: 802-933-6103, VTtinyhouse. com. As a team we will frame and sheathe a 16’x12’ building.

Learn about tools, process, techniques and vocabulary for absolute beginners looking to learn basic carpentry. Check out Eva Solberger’s Stuck in VT video on Tiny Houses, www.youtube. com/watch?v=5VV2MBoZMM&fmt=18.

dance ARGENTINE TANGO FOR BEGINNERS: Nov. 11 - Dec. 16, 7:15-8:15 p.m., 5 Wednesdays (not including November 25).

Cost: $14 /class or $60/5 classes.

Location: North End Studio, 294 N. Winooski Ave., Suite 116B, Burlington. Info: A Queen City Tango Event, Elizabeth Seyler, 802-318-4959, www.queencity tango.org. Improvise, express yourself, collaborate, laugh.

Tango is a joyful danced conversation, and if you can walk, you can tango. Instructor Elizabeth Seyler holds a PhD in dance and welcomes all ages and abilities in her playful, engaging classes. No partner necessary. Wear socks or shoes with hard soles.

drumming BURLINGTON TAIKO CLASSES: Location: Taiko Space (across from Outer Space Deli), 208 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Info: Burlington Taiko, 802-9994255, classes@burlingtontaiko. org, www.burlingtontaiko.com.

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Tuesdays - Kids, 4:30-5:20 p.m., $54/7 weeks. Adults 5:30-6:20 p.m., $61/7 weeks. Sessions begin 9/8 & 11/3. Advanced Beginner/ Ensemble class meets weekly on Mondays at 5:30-6:50 p.m.,

MAPPING YOUR INT. LANDSCAPE: Nov. 18 & 23, 6:30-9 p.m. Cost: $40. Location: 55 Clover Lane, Waterbury. Info: Kathy, 802-879-3379.Safari through your inner islands, mountains, bogs and deserts.

Images, metaphors, myths and symbols will be used to illuminate your journey through life.

Led by Kathy Rude, teacher and writer.

RETURNING TO OUR SENSES: Nov. 9, 7-9 p.m. Cost: $10.

Location: 55 Clover Lane, Waterbury. Info: Sue Mehrtens, 802-244-7909.A workshop exploring how simple, inviting, nonthreatening experiments in attending to our sensations can lead to intuitive insights not available via thought or feeling.

Find a new connection with your own natural intelligence and vitality in this evening of gentle exploration. Led by Dr. Michael Atkinson, teacher and speaker.

health FELDENKRAIS: Weekly on Wednesday, 7-8 p.m. Cost: $12 /class. Location: Touchstone Healing Arts, 187 St. Paul St., Burlington. Info: Uwe Mester, 802-735-3770, uwemester@gmx. net, www.vermontfeldenkrais. com. The Feldenkrais Method is a form of somatic education that uses gentle movement and directed attention to increase your range of motion, and improve your flexibility and coordination. Feldenkrais is beneficial for

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THEATER TRAINING: Nov. 21, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Cost: $20. Location: Flynn Center, Burlington. Info: FlynnArts, 802-652-4548, flynn arts@flynncenter.org.Training w/ Double Edge Theatre. This creative workshop explores 1x1-FlynnPerfArts093009.indd 1 9/28/09 3:32:51 PM performance imagery and dramaturgy. Physical training, large 2010 VT MASTER GARDENER objects, evocative props, and the COURSE: Feb. 2 - Apr. 27, creations of other artists provide 6-9 p.m. Cost: $315 /course departure points for the shapplus cost of book. Noncredit ing of a theatrical vision. Wear course. Location: Bennington, comfortable clothing and bring Brattleboro, Johnson, Lyndon, objects or clothing to include in Montpelier, Middlebury, the creative process. No experiNewport, Randolph Center, ence necessary. Open to teens Rutland, Springfield, St. Albans, and adults.

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Monthly gift bag drawings to be held – November 17, 18 and 19 • 3 Turkeys to be given away on November 17, 18 and 19 Super Bingo (Sunday, Nov 22) First Session – Warm-ups at 1:15 and Regular games at 2:00 - $400 games – Adm. $40 includes 18 cards, Set of Warm-ups and a packet of Specials – Three Mystery players will play FREE! - $1000 Jackpot - $599 Pulltabs sold both sessions. Second session to follow with regular admission prices and $200 regular game payouts. Sponsored by Humane Society of Chittenden County.

Veteran’s Day (Nov. 11) —All Veteran’s Receive FREE Admission We are open on Thanksgiving Evening for a Regular Session of Bingo!

KIDS OPEN HOUSE WEEK: Location: Flynn Center, Burlington. Info: FlynnArts, 802652-4548, flynnarts@flynncenter.org. Kids drop in on classes for free all week to get a feel for teachers and programs. Choose from Parent/Child Music Making (Mon. & Tue.: 9:30), Creative Dance & Drama for ages 3-4 (Wed.: 1:15), Creative Drama for K-1 (Mon.: 3:30) or Gr. 2-3 (Wed.: 3:30), Creative Dance for Gr. K-1 (Wed.: 3:15) or Gr. 2-5 (Thu.: 3:15), Acting/Improv/Broadway for Gr. 4-6 (Mon.: 4:45), Jazz Combos for Gr. 5-12 (Tues.: 3:45, 5:20 or 7:00), African Dance for Gr. 1-5 (Fri.: 3:30), or Fantasy Ballet for Gr. K-1 (Sat.: 9:00).

PLAYWRITING W/ TIM CROUCH: Nov. 5, 4-6 p.m. Cost: $20. Location: Flynn Center, Burlington. Info: FlynnArts, 802-652-4548, flynnarts@ flynncenter.org.Explore exercises designed for novices and experienced writers alike that will jumpstart you, as you trust your instincts and make discoveries in the moment rather than overintellectualizing the process.

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LEARN TO SWING DANCE: Dec. 1 - Jan. 12, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Weekly on Tuesday. Cost: $60 /6-week series. Location: Champlain Club, 20 Crowley St., Burlington. Info: 802-860-7501, vermontswings. com. Swing Dance/Lindy Hop Basics: Tuesdays, December 1-January 12, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Learn to dance in a fun and lighthearted environment. Beginning level; no experience required; no partner needed; includes free Vermont Swings practice session immediately following. Levels II & III on Wednesdays. Taught by Shirley McAdam and Chris Nickl.

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ART CLASSES, ADULTS AND KIDS: Draw & Sketch w/ Graphite and Charcoal for Adults meets weekly starting Oct. 21 on Mondays, 6-8 p.m. & Wednesdays, 9-11 a.m. After School Drawing and Painting meets Tuesdays & Thursdays from 3:15-5:15 p.m. Still Life Class/Session w/ model meets Fridays, 9-11 a.m. Kids Saturday Art Class meets Saturdays, 10 a.m. - noon. Cost: $150 /5-class card, $250 for 10-class card.

Location: AO! Glass Studio Arentzen & Ohlander, 404 Pine St., Burlington. Info: AO! Arentzen & Ohlander, Tove Ohlander, 802-540-0223, toverich@mac.com, www.aoglass.com.

Discover this Swedish-American, creative & friendly art studio in a great area of town. Art classes in an inspiring noncompetitive

environment. Beginners and advanced are welcome. Warm drinks and snack available at all classes. More online. Signup on Snow Folk Release Day, Nov. 7 and get a 10% discount.

DANCE STUDIO SALSALINA:.

Cost: $13 /class. Location: 266 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Victoria, 802-598-1077, info@ salsalina.com.Salsa classes, nightclub-style. One-on-one, group and private, four levels.

Beginner walk-in classes, Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Argentinean Tango class and social, Fridays, 7:30 p.m., walk-ins welcome. No dance experience, partner or preregistration required, just the desire to have fun! Drop in any time and prepare for an enjoyable workout!

$61/7 weeks beginning 9/7 & 11/2. Beginning taiko classes in Montpelier! Wednesdays, 7:008:20 p.m., $90/6 weeks beginning 9/9 & 11/4 includes drum rental at AllTogetherNow. In Richmond on Thursdays, call for times and location. Djembe classes in Montpelier, Wednesdays, 5:00-6:20 p.m., $90/6 weeks beginning 9/9 & 11/4 includes drum rental at Lamb Abbey (www.thelambabbey.com). Gift certificates are available. For a full schedule of classes or more info, go online or email.

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LIP BALMS: A MINI WORKSHOP: Nov. 11, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Cost: $5/1-hour hands-on experience. Location: Purple Shutter Herbs, 7 W. Canal St., Winooski.

Info: Purple Shutter Herbs, 802-865-4372, psherbs@sover. net, www.purpleshutter.com.

Everybody uses & loses them, so learn to make your own.

Join Laura where together we’ll make all natural lip balms. Each person will take home their own creations. This class is open to all ages - kids are encouraged to attend (parents are free, if just assisting). Great fun!

WISDOM OF THE HERBS SCHOOL: Open House, Sat., Dec. 5, 1-4 p.m., at Rhapsody Cafe, 28 Main St., Montpelier. Programs: Wisdom of the Herbs: Eight-month Certification Program beginning May 15, 2010. Wild Edibles: Enhancing Local Food Security, beginning May 9, 2010. VSAC nondegree grants avail. to qualifying applicants; apply now. Location: Wisdom of the Herbs School, Woodbury. Info: Annie McCleary, Director, 802-456-8122, annie@ wisdomoftheherbsschool.com, www.WisdomOfTheHerbsSchool. 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, Burlington, Mad River Valley, Stowe, Montpelier. Info: 802496-7859, yvescomprere@ yahoo.com.Communication and vocabulary enrichment, some grammar review. Fun and useful.

Taught by Yves Compere, French native.

SPANISH LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION: Location: Spanish in Waterbury Center, Waterbury Center. Info: Spanish in Waterbury Center, 802-659-4181, spanishparavos@ gmail.com, www.spanish waterburycenter.com. We provide high-quality, reasonably priced instruction tailored to your needs. Learn from a

native speaker in adult classes at multiple levels, private group or individual instruction and tutoring. Yes, we do lessons for children, and they love it! See our website for complete information or contact us for details.

martial arts AIKIDO CLASSES: Classes for adults 7 days a week; beginners are always welcome. The Samurai Youth Program offers scholarships for children and teenagers, ages 8-18. Location: Aikido of Champlain Valley, 257 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Aikido of Champlain Valley, 802-9518900, aikidovt.org. Aikido is a Japanese martial art that employs dynamic, circular movements and a philosophy that promotes the harmonious resolution of conflict.

It is perhaps the only traditional form that truly integrates the intensity of karate with the soft power and relaxed movements of internal tai chi forms. Please visit and watch a class - visitors are always welcome! More information, including our class schedule, is available on our website.

AIKIDO CLASSES: Location: Vermont Aikido, 274 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 802-8629785, www.vermontaikido.org.

Vermont Aikido Adult Beginners class starts Wednesday, October 20, 6-7 p.m. Fee of $60 includes four consecutive Wednesdays of instruction, practice gi and belt.

You are welcome to come and observe a class ahead of time, and please feel free to contact the dojo with questions regarding the introductory course. Regular dojo classes: Tues.-Fri., 6-7:30 p.m., and Sun., 10-11:30 a.m.

CH’UAN FA KAJUKENBO KUNG FU: Sunday, 4-5 p.m., adult classes. Tues/Thurs., 4-5 p.m., kids classes. Classes ongoing. Cost: $10 /drop-in, first class free. Location: North End Studio, 294 North Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 802-355-1841, VPAL.typepad.com. Wing Tao Mobility Arts, Sifu Stacy Jolles and Sibok Nina Beck are offering classes in this traditional, yet modern system of martial arts. Incorporates elements of Chinese Kung Fu, Okinawan Kenpo, Japenese Judo/Jujitsu, and Korean Tang Soo Do. Develop a strong, flexible body, keeping harmony of mind and spirit engaged.

VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIUJITSU: Monday-Friday, 6-9 p.m. and Saturdays, 10 a.m. Location: Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 55 Leroy Road, Williston. Info: 802-660-4072, 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 JiuJitsu 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 INTRODUCTION TO ZEN: Sat., Nov. 7, 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Cost: $55 /all-day workshop, lunch incl. Location: Vermont Zen Center, 480 Thomas Rd., Shelburne. Info: Vermont Zen Center, 802-985-9746, vermont zen.org/workshops.html. The workshop is conducted by an ordained Zen Buddhist teacher and focuses on the theory and meditation practices of Zen Buddhism. Preregistration required. Call for more info, or register online.

LEARN TO MEDITATE: Meditation instruction available Sunday mornings, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m., or by appointment. The Shambhala Cafe meets the first Saturday of each month for

meditation and discussions, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. An Open House occurs every third Wednesday evening of each month, 7-9 p.m., which includes an intro to the center, a short dharma talk and socializing. Location: Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 So. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 802-658-6795, www.burlingtonshambhalactr.org. Through the practice of sitting still and following your breath as it goes out and dissolves, you are connecting with your heart. By simply letting yourself be, as you are, you develop genuine sympathy toward yourself. The Burlington Shambhala Center offers meditation as a path to discovering gentleness and wisdom.

pilates ABSOLUTE PILATES: Absolute Pilates teaches the authentic Pilates method of body conditioning with a contempory twist. We offer affordable, invigorating group mat classes and private equipment sessions tailored to your needs and goals.

Location: Exercise America, 12 Gregory Drive, Suite 1, South Burlington. Info: 802-310-2614, 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.

Visit our website for pricing, class times and specials.

ALL WELLNESS, LLC:. Many package/pricing options to suit your budget. Please call for pricing details. Location: 208 Flynn Ave. (across from the antique shops, near Oakledge Park), Burlington. Info: 802-863-9900, www.pilatesspace.net. We encourage all ages, all bodies and all abilities to discover greater ease and enjoyment in life by integrating Pilates, Physical Therapy, Yoga and Health Counseling services. Come experience our welcoming atmosphere, skillful, caring instructors and light-filled studio. First mat class is free! Also, please join us for a free introduction to the

reformer, the first Tuesday of every month at 6:30 - just call to sign up.

NATURAL BODIES PILATES: For a healthy body, mind and spirit, discover the difference that natural core strength makes for you in your life. See our full schedule of classes online, and call for special rates on packages and class cards. Call for a free half-hour consultation to come in, see the studio and find out how to get started.

Location: Natural Bodies Pilates, 49 Heineberg Dr. (Rte. 127, 5 minutes from Burlington’s waterfront), Colchester. Info: 802-863-3369, Lucille@ NaturalBodiesPilates.com, NaturalBodiesPilates.com. Basic to advanced, students develop natural core strength, flexibility and body-mind awareness in this pleasant, professional, relaxing studio. Join any combination of Pilates Reformer and Mat classes, Natural Body Movement and Elements of Ballet. Enjoy the feeling of coordination, balance and flowing movement in small classes and private sessions.

pregnancy IT’S CONCEIVABLE/FERTILITY: Location: Champlain Hypnosis, 1 Kennedy Drive, L8, S. Burlington.

Info: Champlain Hypnosis, 802-999-6444, www.champlainhypnosis.com. Hypnofertility, a program that supports the entire fertility process (naturally or medically assisted) can help.

Recent studies by Dr. Levitas in the Journal of Fertility and Sterility indicate that infertile women utilizing hypnosis techniques with IVF have double the conception rate as compared to IVF alone. Read more at our website.

reiki REIKI CLASSES:. Cost: $175 /8-hour class. Location: Rising Sun Healing Center, 35 King St., #7, Burlington. Info: Chris Hanna, 802-881-1866, chris@ risingsunhealing.com, www. risingsunhealing.com. Usui Reiki Level 1: Sat., Nov. 14, 9:30-5:30, $175. Learn this powerful, handson healing art and be able to

give Reiki to yourself and others.

Level 2: Sat., Dec. 12, 9:30-5:30, $195. Learn to give distant Reiki.

Class supplement: Thurs., Nov. 19 and Dec. 17, 5:30-8:30, $55 each session. Member VRA.

shamanism HEALING TOXIC THOUGHTS: Nov. 8, 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Cost: $75 /scholarships avail. based on number of participants. Location: TBD, call for information. Info: 802-2537846, sarah@emergingvt.com.

Find your seat of power, work with transcendent universal guides and learn to live in a more expanded reality. Through the ancient practice of Shamanic journeying develop your ability to know what you need and how to let go of the beliefs that hold you back. Led by Shamanic counselor and practitioner Sarah Finlay.

tai chi SNAKE STYLE TAI CHI CHUAN: Beginner classes Sat. mornings & Wed. evenings. Call to view a class. Location: BAO TAK FAI TAI CHI INSTITUTE, 100 Church St., Burlington. Info: 802-8647902, 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.

women LIVING YOUR LIFE RETREAT: Nov. 13-14,. Cost: $125 /incl. room, meals, retreat materials. Location: Bishop Booth Conference Center, Burlington.

Info: 802-864-0624, www. demeterresolutions.com.

Explore the different aspects of your life, relationships, activities, spirituality, etc. through writing, art, collage, and simple peace and quiet, and discover where and who you are and want to be. Space is limited to 6 participants. Anthe Demeter Athas, Retreat director.

yoga EVOLUTION YOGA: Daily yoga classes for all levels, conveniently located in Burlington.

Cost: $14 /10-class cards and unlimited memberships available for discounted rates. Mon., Wed., Fri. 4:30 p.m. classes are sliding scale $5-$10. Location: Evolution Yoga, Burlington. Info: 802-864-9642, www.evolution vt.com. Our staff of all certified teachers are skilled with beginners as well as students wanting to refine their practice. Vinyasa, Anusara-inspired, Kripalu, Iyengar and babies/kids classes available. Prepare for birth and strengthen postpartum with pre-/postnatal yoga. Participate in our community blog: evolutionvt.com/evoblog. 

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n Neal Rantoul’s photographs, corduroy hills of tawny wheat slink into the horizon, all curving texture under the western sky. This landscape is Rantoul’s muse. The accomplished and meticulous photographer has returned time and time again to this farmland near rural Pullman, Wash., since it first beguiled him in 1993. His exhibition “Wheat, An American Series,” at the newly opened PHOTOSTOP Gallery in White River Junction, features pictures taken in the fall of 2008 and spring of 2009.

The landscape alternately appears in endless stretches of gold or emerald green. In the spacious white-and-dark-gray gallery, these richly textured hillsides almost purr; smooth photographic surfaces mix with fiber-arts sensuousness to luscious effect.

Rantoul began photographing this land more than a decade ago with an 8-by-10inch film camera, positioning himself along dusty farm roads. These days he’s using digital and shooting from above as well as on the ground. Rantoul’s aerial photographs of wheat mid-harvest are among his most enticing. In “Wheat 5,” tracks of the harvested grain make lacy patterns in the landscape.

The movement of these swaths follows the contours of the hillsides and the farmer’s yen. Seen from above, the topography flattens out, making the meditative patterns more prominent and mysterious. Each pale line of cut wheat seems another stitch in a rippling bolt of velvet.

With his precisely focused, composed and printed images, Rantoul is a photographer’s photographer. In the stark elegance of the PHOTOSTOP Gallery, it would be easy to peg him as a strict formalist concerned only with the perfection of the image, but he’s too enamored of the landscape to fit that description. A sense of place burns in each printed grain of wheat. In his works, farm-

ers spin their silvery webs through the landscape, and Rantoul’s lens “reads” the swirling lines as if they were poems.

This exhibition is Rantoul’s first for the PHOTOSTOP Gallery. Located in the Tip Top Building, an arts center that also houses Two Rivers Printmaking Studio and other creative businesses, the gallery opened in September. Owner Lia Rothstein selected Rantoul’s works for the inaugural show after

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‘EGYPTOMANIA’: Art and artifacts resulting from the West’s fascination with all things Egyptian. In the Wilbur Room. Through December 18 at Fleming Museum, UVM in Burlington. Info, 656-0750.

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‘ART FROM HOME: A PERSONAL JOURNEY’: Works in multiple media by homebound artists, sponsored by the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf and CarShare Vermont. Through November 15 at CarShare Vermont in Burlington. Info, 861-2340.

BRETT SIMISON: Color and black-and-white photographs of the historic Morgan Horse Farm in Weybridge, Vt. Through November 12 at National Morgan Horse Museum in Shelburne. Info, 349-0072.

‘CUBAN ARTISTS’ BOOKS AND PRINTS: 1985-2008’: Handmade books, maquettes for unpublished projects, prints and printed objects reflect life in Cuba over the past two decades as experienced by the young artists and writers of Ediciones Vigia, a collaborative press. Through November 25 at Fleming Museum, UVM, in Burlington. Info, 656-0750.

EAST JOHNSON PLEIN AIR CLUB: Landscape paintings by members of the Vermont art club.

Through November 30 at Red Square in Burlington.

Info, 318-2438.

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IN HIS WORKS, FARMERS SPIN THEIR SILVERY WEBS THROUGH THE LANDSCAPE, AND RANTOUL’S LENS “READS” Images from “Wheat” series

meeting him at the Photographic Resource Center in Boston. She felt his work would “set the standard of excellence and seriousness” she intends for her gallery, Rothstein writes in an email. With two adjoining rooms as well as classroom and darkroom areas, PHOTOSTOP is all clean functionality, which suits Rothstein’s purpose. “I decided

ESSEX ART LEAGUE GROUP SHOW: Original artworks by Lynn Powers, Joan Smith, Jackie Call and Pat Kennedy. Through December 31 at Essex Town Offices. Info, 862-3014.

FRED G HILL: “A Trip to the Badlands & Other Recent Photographs,” 50 images by the Burlington photographer in the Pickering Room. Through November 30 at Fletcher Free Library in Burlington.

Info, 864-4385.

‘HOOKED IN THE GREEN MOUNTAINS XIV’: The annual exhibition of new work by members of the Green Mountain Rug Hooking Guild, in the Round Barn. November 7 through 15 at Shelburne Museum. Info, 985-3346.

‘INTERRUPTED LIFE: INCARCERATED MOTHERS IN THE UNITED STATES’: A touring exhibit with eight

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THE SWIRLING LINES AS IF THEY WERE POEMS. to create a place where people could look at, share and learn about photography,” she says. Such spaces are especially needed in the age of digital photography, she suggests, when “so many images never make it off a memory card or personal computer.”

Rothstein hopes to support her fledgling gallery by selling artwork — there were two sales at the Rantoul opening — offering classes and workshops, and eventually sponsoring some juried shows. While she chose highly polished landscape images to launch the venue, she wants to use PHOTOSTOP as a catalyst for discussing the current and future state of photography. “I want to present a variety of photography shows, everything from interactive video to traditional film and (now) digital photography,” Rothstein explains.

A photographer for 30 years, Rothstein is saddened by the recent closings of photography shops and studios in the area. “We’re the

only photography or photo-based-work gallery in the Upper Valley region,” she notes.

She’s optimistic that her long history and deep ties to the community will help PHOTOSTOP thrive.

With an opening-night turnout of about 200 people, the community certainly responded. Following the reception and a lively “Conversation with the Artist” event the next day, Neal Rantoul is also feeling positive. “My sense of the photography/arts community in [White River Junction] is that it is very strong,” he reckons, “and starved for just what PHOTOSTOP represents.” 

installations that examine the lives of affected women and children as well as the policies and politics of imprisonment in the U.S. Curated by historian Rickie Solinger, director of WAKEUP/ Arts in New York. November 9 through 20 at Davis Center, UVM in Burlington. Info, 238-7994.

KIMBERLEE FORNEY: Funky acrylic paintings exploring music, cows and nature. Through November 30 at The Green Room in Burlington.

Info, 310-9159.

JANE SANDBERG & MARY PACIFICI: “November: Full of Color,” watercolors and mixed media “from the funky to the sublime.” Through November 30 at Brownell Library in Essex Junction. Info, 899-2964.

JESS GRAHAM: “Sleeping Late & Other Indulgences,” oil and mixed-media paintings with a patterned, kinetic line quality and autumn palette.

Through November 30 at Boloco in Burlington. Info, 595-1328.

KAREN M. GEIGER: “Everyday Myths,” mixed-media paintings that explore the fables created in daily life. Through December 20 at CCV Burlington Pearl Gallery. Info, 652-2081.

ART LISTINGS AND SPOTLIGHTS ARE WRITTEN BY PAMELA POLSTON. LISTINGS ARE RESTRICTED TO ART SHOWS IN TRULY PUBLIC PLACES; EXCEPTIONS MAY BE MADE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE EDITOR.

AMY RAHN ”Wheat, An American Series,” photographs by Neal Rantoul.

PHOTOSTOP Gallery, White River Junction.

Through November 21.

MAGGIE LAKE: “Vermont Botanical,” preserved, framed plant specimens and giclée prints.

Through November 30 at Healthy Living in South Burlington. Info, 387-2474.

‘MEDICINE & MORTALITY’: Linda E. Jones, Sasanqua Link and Nathaniel Price contribute works in multiple media that focus on the tools, procedures and detritus of medical interventions on the body. Through December 12 at Firehouse Gallery in Burlington. Info, 865-7165.

‘NAPOLÉON ON THE NILE: SOLDIERS, ARTISTS AND THE REDISCOVERY OF EGYPT’: Thirty large, detailed, engraved illustrations from the 23-volume Description de l’Égypte, a study of ancient and modern Egypt initiated under the reign of General Napoléon Bonaparte, this exhibition explores nearly every aspect of the north African country

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Call to artists Flash art ComPetitioN: Venus Tattoos announces a flash art competition for area artists. The winner will receive his/her design tattooed free of charge. Entrants will receive 5 percent commission if their designs are chosen for application.

Pieces must be no larger than 8.5 x 11 inches, and entrants must be at least 18 years of age. Deadline: December 1. Submit original flash art pieces along with a $20 entry fee to Venus Tattoos, PO Box 95, East Montpelier, VT 05651.

Juried PhotograPhy exhibit: PhotoPlace Gallery call for submissions: Animal Magnetism. Send your birds, bees, lions, tigers and bears. Juror: John Willis, founder of In-Sight Photography. Deadline: December 7. Info: 802-989-2359, www.vtphotoworkplace.com members’ art show & sale: Our annual show opens galleries to all our members. Not a member?

Become one! Contact HDAC for further information. Submission deadline: November 20. Info: www. helenday.com.

talKs & eveNts ‘the global eCoNomy oF musiC iN egyPt aNd the aNCieNt Near east’: This lunchtime lecture by John Franklin, assistant professor of classics at UVM, is in conjunction with current exhibit “Napoléon on the Nile.”

Wednesday, November 4, 12:151:30 p.m., Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington. Info, 656-0750.

miltoN artists’ guild aNNual holiday art show: Local artists offer up affordable oil, acrylic and watercolor paintings, pen-and-ink and pencil drawings, collages, photography, prints, cards, jewelry and more for art lovers and gift givers. Saturday, November 7, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., Milton Grange. Info, 893-1208.

‘NaPoléoN’s obsessioN: quest For egyPt’: Film in conjunction with a current exhibit. Sunday, November 8, 3-4:30 p.m., Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington. Info, 656-0570.

‘NaPoléoN’s egyPt: iNvadiNg the middle east’: Juan Cole, a history prof from the University of Michigan, gives this talk in conjunction with current exhibit “Napoléon on the Nile.” Wednesday, November 11, 6-7:30 p.m., Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington. Info, 656-0750.

reCePtioNs ‘darFur/darFur’: A fabric photo print exhibition by internationally acclaimed photojournalists, depicting the killing of more than 400,000 individuals and the continued struggles of those living in that war-torn region of Sudan. Through November 14 at Davis Center, UVM in Burlington. Reception: Wednesday, November 4, 8-10 p.m. Info, www. darfurdarfur.org sheel gardNer aNaNd: “Vermont Memories,” original realist paintings and prints. Through November 26 at Governor’s Office Gallery in Montpelier. Reception: Thursday, November 5, 3-5 p.m.

Info, 828-0749.

November 2009 Featured artists: Works in multiple media

by Tess Beemer, Helen Kyle, Lyna Lou Nordstrom and Becky Wright.

November 5 through 30 at Artist in Residence Cooperative Gallery in Enosburg Falls. Reception:

and underscores the resulting passion in the West for all things Egyptian. Also included are paintings and drawings influenced by the book’s publication, letters and documents from the time of Napoléon’s contact with Egypt, and other artifacts. Through December 18 at the Fleming Museum, UVM, in Burlington. Info, 656-0750.

‘maKe art, rePeat’: New work

by Christy Mitchell, Ashley Roark and Greg Mamczak that explores the theme of repetition. Through November 30 at Soda Plant Artist Cooperative Environment in Burlington. Reception: Friday, November 6, 5-9 p.m. Info, 578-2512.

brett simisoN: Color and black-and-white photographs of the historic Morgan Horse Farm in Weybridge, Vt. Through November 12 at National Morgan Horse Museum in Shelburne. Reception: Friday, November 6, 5-7 p.m. Info, 349-0072.

JohN douglas: A multimedia exhibit by the Burlington photographer/activist/filmmaker.

November 6 through December 1 at Burlington College. Reception: Friday, November 6, 6-8 p.m. Info, 862-9616. ‘iN studio/taNgeNt’: Works by adult artists with disabilities and autism spectrum disorder, who have participated in workshops at the League Treatment Center led by visiting artist Marshall Harmon; also paintings, silk-screen prints and photographs by Harmon and coworkers/artists Matt Murphy and Susan Metrican. November 6 through December 6 at Jager DiPaola Kemp Design in Burlington.

Reception: Friday, November 6, 6-9 p.m. Info, 864-5884. ‘the word show’: Works from Vermont artists Axel Stohlberg, Roger Coleman, Winnie Looby, Sharon Webster, Aluan Arguelles, Jon Michael Turner, Drew Cameon, PK Ellis and Maggie Standley, who combine text with images in a variety of media, including painting, sculpture, assemblage, prints, collages and more.

November 6 through January 3 at Flynndog in Burlington. Reception: Friday, November 6, 6-8 p.m. Info, 363-4746.

Peter Fried & Carol NortoN: “The Still Moment,” a shared exhibit of oil paintings. November 6 through 29 at 215 College Gallery in Burlington. Reception: Friday, November 6, 5-8 p.m. Info, 658-2943. adam devarNey & shauN boyCe: Illustrative mixed-media paintings/drawings of sailboats; and graphic designs that investigate geometry, spatial layering and transparency, respectively.

Through November 30 at Sapa Tea and Coffee in Burlington.

Reception: Friday, November 6, 6-8 p.m. Info, 318-4888. oriaNa shaPliN: Neotraditional bust sculptures, plaster-cast from live models. Through November 30 at Designhaus in Burlington.

December 31 at ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain in Burlington. Info, 864-1848.

NiCole KirCher: The Newport artist shows her mixed-media works at this brand-new jewelry store. Through December 31 at Vintage Jewelers in Burlington. Info, 862-2233.

Phoebe stoNe: Twenty new oil paintings and pastels by the Vermont artist and author. Through November 14 at Speaking Volumes in Burlington.

Info, 540-0107.

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elleN Powell: The longtime jazz bassist adds fine-art photography16t-hirchack.indd 1 to her résumé with this exhibit of images that document her walks by the lake and local parks with her dog. Through November 30, Fletcher Room, Fletcher Free Library, in Burlington. Reception: Saturday, November 7, 2:30-5:30 p.m. Info, 865-7211. straFFord artworKs: “New Works, New Calendar,” paintings, prints, photographs and sculpture by a dozen local artists who share ideas and exhibits. November 8 through January 9 at Tunbridge Public Library. Reception: Sunday, November 8, 2-4 p.m., Tunbridge Central School. Info, 889-9404.

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Call Sarah Carpenter at 802-338-5657 ‘the PlaCe you haNg your hat’: Works in multiple media or go to www.gayweddings-vt.com focused on the theme of “home” by 10 artists from Burlington, New York and Philadelphia. November 8 through December 6 at Borough16t-revsarahcarpenter100709.indd 1 10/7/09 1:31:17 PM Gallery & Studio in Burlington.

Reception features short stories presented by Stephen Orloske and live music by vocalist Gregory Alexander: Sunday, November 8, 6-9 p.m. Info, 782-1675.

Kelly gorham: “The Stones Have Memories: an exploration of Berlin’s Cold War landmarks,” black-and-white photographs in 30-by-40-inch archival prints by the Montana-based photographer.

November 9 through December 1 at 7444 Gallery in Saranac Lake, N.Y. Reception: Monday, November 9, 6-8 p.m. Info, 518-282-4743. ‘the vietNam war: a reFleCtioN’: Closing ceremony and Veterans Day commemoration at The Pain House in Northfield: Wednesday, November 11, 12-4 p.m.

Info, 485-4297 sarah Norsworthy: Multilayered, multimedia paintings grounded in place and narrative in the artist’s personal life. Through January 1 at Winding Brook Bistro in Johnson. Reception: Wednesday, November 11, 4-6 p.m. Info, 635-9950.

rayChel severaNCe: “You Rascal, You,” photographs celebrating exuberant youth. Through December 12 at Firehouse Center Community Darkroom in Burlington. Info, 865-7166. ‘small PiCtures show’: Original works by members of the Essex Art League. Through November 30 at Burnham Memorial Library in Colchester. Info, 862-3014.

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Ned Castle: “Indigenous Expressions,” black-andwhite photographs of regional native identities, defined from the perspective of the subjects, with archival pigments on fine-art paper. Through

art resourCe assoCiatioN aNNual show: Works in multiple media by members of this central Vermont organization. Through December 20 at T.W. Wood Gallery in Montpelier. Reception: Thursday, November 5, 5-7 p.m. Info, 828-8754.

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November First Friday art walK: More than 30 galleries and other art venues stay open late to welcome pedestrian art viewers around downtown at this monthly event. Friday, November 6, 5-8 p.m., various locations, Burlington.

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‘the New Flesh’: dead riNgers: This film by David Cronenberg, originator of the venereal horror genre, is the second in a series shown in conjunction with current exhibit “Medicine & Mortality.”

Rated R. Thursday, November 5, 7-9 p.m., Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts, Burlington. Info, 865-7165.

‘teChNiques oF Pastel PaiNtiNg’: Shirley Reid Thompson of North Ferrisburgh will discuss materials, paper choices and pastel techniques to members of the Essex Art League. Thursday, November 5, 9-11 a.m., First Congregational Church Essex, Essex Junction. Info, 862-3014.

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‘Crazy aCres’: Fourteen contemporary artists pay homage to their former teacher and mentor, the late New York/ Vermont abstract expressionist painter James Gahagan. Through November 21 at Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson State College in Johnson. A gallery talk about works in the current exhibit: Thursday, November 5, 3-4 p.m.

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in a serious way. They relate to the formal beauty but also to the content.”

Kolb’s subtle approach proves exquisitely successful in a series of iceberg paintings she completed during and after a two-week visit to Newfoundland in the spring of 2008.

Inspired by a Labrador coastal scene by William Bradford (18231892) that she saw at the Wadsworth AthKathleen Kolb enaeum in Hartford, Conn., Kolb decided to drive 700 miles to glimpse some icebergs “while I still had the chance.”

Viewers of these achingly majestic images at the Jackson Gallery won’t immediately think, Oh, God, global warming is going to melt them all. But that’s the implication of what Kolb has created. “It will come across to anyone who’s open to understanding,” she says. “My hope is that the integrity of the beauty will carry the message.”

Kolb’s icebergs are also revelatory because of the way in which they were painted.

She usually works in her studio from photographs she’s taken, but a couple of the iceberg portraits were done en plein air. She says she had to hurry to finish the larger of the oils, entitled “Two Grounded Icebergs,” she says — it was starting to rain, and her traveling companion was getting hungry. As a result, her brushwork here has the very looseness Kolb says she yearns to achieve. It makes the whiteness of the ice shimmer and glisten, giving this painting more personality than is generally evident in her work.

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athleen Kolb’s hilltop studio in Lincoln is as meticulously arranged and as drenched in daylight as are her proficient paintings of pastoral Vermont.

There’s nothing unkempt about her workspace or her work.

Kolb’s consummate control results in realistic yet rhapsodic landscapes that can fetch five-figure prices at the Clarke Galleries in Stowe and the David Findlay Galleries in Manhattan. Her sharp eye and sure-handed execution have earned Kolb, 55, a place among the few Vermont artists who earn a living solely from their art. And yet her steady style and exacting technique have left her feeling frustrated.

“I wish I could let go a little,” Kolb confesses during a tour of her current exhibit at the Jackson Gallery in Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater. “I do get pretty attached to details. There’s this critic in my head that’s always saying, ‘Clean it up, clean it up!’ And when I look at a finished piece, I see parts that I wish I could have done better.

“But looking at the later work of some artists, I see there’s hope for me to loosen up,” Kolb adds with a bemused smile.

The couple of dozen oils and watercolors in Middlebury have a photographic quality that makes them seem effortless as well as flawless. And it’s true that Kolb typically turns out one of her midsized paintings in just a couple of weeks. The creative process doesn’t unfurl easily, however.

“The experience of making a painting is like rolling a rock up a hill,” she explains.

“We’re going to make it, we’re going to make it, I keep telling myself. It’s also sort of like a drama. You’re going through a struggle with the hope of coming to a resolution.”

Kolb infuses her compositions with a subtle emotional content that makes them powerful and not merely pretty. Her rendering of light lends a melancholy mood to many of her farmstead scenes, which seldom contain human figures. Some of the influences she cites — the 19th-century American luminist Sanford Gifford, for example — can readily be detected in her radiant landscapes, but it takes some contemplative viewing to see what Kolb means when she also pays homage to Edward Hopper (1882-1967) “for his moody, architectural qualities.”

Walking home from Catholic elementary school in Cleveland, Kolb was entranced, she recalls, by “the poignancy of late afternoon light.” Daylight is on the wane in many of her paintings. A scene of rural Vermont may appear timeless, but it’s actually as finite as the moment it depicts.

Like a good writer, this accomplished artist knows it’s better to show than to tell.

Kolb is not trying to make a statement; she’s painting a picture for an audience to consider. About fine art, including her own, she says, “People need it, and they respond to it

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know and love a landscape to paint it well.

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The Middlebury show also features a single large-scale drawing that calls attention to Kolb’s superb draftsmanship and lays bare the geometric structure that undergirds many of her paintings.

“Taut Hitch” shows a portion of a winch that’s lifting a chained and buckled

log. But it’s really a black-and-white study of mechanical and organic shapes. Kolb drew it with charcoal she had made herself to “feel connected with a human artistic activity that’s been going on for millennia,” she explains.

Logging in Vermont is the subject of a few other works in this show that demonstrates Kolb’s thematic as well as aesthetic range.

She doesn’t only paint rural idylls; she also shows workers using heavy machinery to wrest a living from a rugged land. But, with the exception of the icebergs, Kolb stays focused on the environment in which she has lived for the past 35 years.

She moved to the Northeast Kingdom after graduating from the Rhode Island School of Design, accompanying her husband-to-be on a mid-’70s back-to-the-land quest. Kolb laughs as she recalls the zeitgeist of that era, noting, “We came really close to living in a geodesic dome.” The couple remained in the Greensboro area for 13 years, producing a daughter and a son, before moving to Cornwall. The marriage eventually ended, but Kolb’s love for the Vermont countryside has endured.

A woman with many interests and an easy conversational manner, she speaks excitedly about the writer Barry Lopez’s emphasis on “being true to a place.” Kolb says she strives to present “enough truth about Vermont landscapes to mirror people’s inner landscapes.”

“You have to know and love a landscape to paint it well,” she adds. “And, while it’s fine to travel and to paint an unfamiliar place, I do it with trepidation.”

So did she succeed in being truthful about Newfoundland and its icebergs?

“It would take a person from there to know whether I’ve done it or not,” Kolb replies.

In her studio, with its wide-angle view of Mount Abraham and complementary Lincoln Mountain, Kolb is completing a watercolor of a Newfoundland cove with houses reflected in bright blue water. Her brushes are neatly stored in white Plexiglas boxes that line one wall. Off to another side, potted geraniums appear to be thriving in the afternoon sun. Kolb reveals some of the jazz CDs she plays while painting, and speaks of the poetry — Mary Oliver, Jane Kenyon, Robert Frost — she reads during breaks from her easel.

It’s a tranquil scene — perfectly balanced between nature and art. m

Kathleen Kolb, “Ice, Water, Mountains: A Changing Landscape,” Jackson Gallery, Town Hall Theater in Middlebury. Through November 17. Info, 382-9222.

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iSabel weinger nielSen: “Photographs From Down the Road & Beyond,” pictures of Vermont by the Northfield artist. November 5 through 29 at Blinking Light Gallery in Plainfield. Info, 454-0141.

valerie hird: “The Maiden Voyages Project: The Diaries of Five Women,” the translation from text to images of four women from the Middle East and the Vermont-based artist, making the lives of real women of varying cultures and backgrounds accessible. Through January 2 at Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, Flynn Center in Burlington. Info, 652-4500.

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Rick Zand: Photographs by the local artist.

Through November 30 at The Green Bean Art Gallery at Capitol Grounds in Montpelier. Info, artwhirled23@yahoo.com.

‘Rock Solid’: The ninth annual exhibit includes figurative carvings, abstract forms, stone assemblages and paintings revealing the beautiful qualities of stone, Main Floor Gallery; Lauren Bulakowski: paintings and drawings, Second Floor Gallery; and Jeanne Bisson: “Nature Under Construction,” mixed media, Third Floor Gallery.

Through November 7 at Studio Place Arts in Barre.

Info, 479-7069.

Steven Goodman & Wendy JameS: “A Splash of Color,” photos and paintings that use color sparingly but to dramatic effect; James’ black-and-white photomontages are also on view.

Through November 15 at The Lazy Pear Gallery in Montpelier. Info, 223-7680. t. Wendelken: Found object assemblages.

Through November 30 at Montpelier City Hall. Info, 610-220-6112. ‘the vietnam WaR: a Reflection’: Photographs, equipment, artifacts and memory books of Vermonters killed in the Vietnam War, and other memorabilia make up this historic exhibit. Through November 11 at The Pain House in Northfield. Info, 485-4297. victoR Salvo: “Gunk Holing,” underwater photographs that take the viewer under Cape Cod docks and follows marine life along Vermont waterways. Through November 30 at Big Picture Theater & Café in Waitsfield. Info, 496-8994.

‘Wood ShoW’: Sculpture, painting and assemblage by seven regional artists using the medium in a variety of contemporary ways. Through November 22 at BigTown Gallery in Rochester. Info, 767-9670.

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BaRBaRa PeaRlman: Sculptural works in mixed media. Through January 3 at Gallery in-the-Field in Brandon. Info, 247-0125. cReative SPace GRouP ShoW: The new community gallery and gathering venue opens its doors with an exhibition of works that celebrate

the Vermont landscape by eight Vermont artists.

Through November 14 at Creative Space Gallery in Vergennes. Info, info@creativespacegallery.org. heidi laGue: Bold, new abstract paintings by the Montgomery-based artist. The exhibit will also showcase work by Vermont artists Bethany Farrell, Steve Clark, Sean Callahan and Sally Clark.

Through November 15 at Studio V in Vergennes.

Info, 877-6524. kathleen kolB: “Ice, Water, Mountains: A Changing Landscape,” oil and watercolor paintings by the Vermont artist. Through November 17 at Jackson Gallery, Town Hall Theater in Middlebury.

Info, 382-9222. neil RaPPaPoRt: “After Attica,” photographic portraits of inmates, 1971-74, taken at a maximumsecurity prison in Comstock, N.Y., in reaction to the bloody uprising at Attica. Through December 4 at Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury. Info, 388-4964.

‘PiecinG it toGetheR’: Paintings and crafts by Jess Graham and textiles and quilts by Sarah O. Green. Through November 13 at Art on Main in Bristol. Info, 453-4032.

‘PRintS and PReJudice: WoodcutS and aRtifactS of the ameRican civil WaR’: Art and material culture featuring 70 original woodcuts from Harper’s Weekly and Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper reveal the excitement and the sacrifices of the war. Through December 13 at Middlebury College Museum of Art. Info, 443-5007.

‘ReflectionS’: Forty-four images by photographers from around the country whose work shows the ways the titular concept can be expressed.

Through November 7 at PhotoPlace Gallery in Middlebury. Info, 989-2359.

Royce dendleR: “Ozone Replenishment,” new work in a variety of media, including collage, fabricated metal, melted plastic and digital imagery. Through January 12 at Terasem Movement Foundation Office & Galleria in Bristol.

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Ruth hamilton: “The Heart of Land,” landscapes from northern England and Vermont, as well as figurative works. Through November 30 at The Gallery at Brandon Music. Info, 465-4071.

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‘tHe art of action’: A touring exhibit of works

by Vermont artists that depict the state’s future; a project of the Vermont Arts Council and Lyman Orton. Through November 15 at Chaffee Art Center in Rutland. Info, 775-0356. ‘tHe art of Devotion’: Panel paintings and sculptures from 15th-century Renaissance Italy bring together 15 works from 10 different collections to address themes such as artistic training and technique, patronage, function and conservation. Through December 13 at Middlebury College Museum of Art. Info, 443-5007. ‘tHe lanDScape re-imagineD’: Painting, drawing, glass and digital imaging and other artworks by students of art prof Jim Butler. November 10 through 19 at Johnson Memorial Building, Middlebury College. Info, 443-6433.

Milton Artists’ Guild 5th Annual Holiday Art Show

Jack Sabon: Realist landscapes by the Athabascan Indian native of Alaska. Through November 30 at Vermont Fine Art Gallery in Stowe.

Info, 253-9653. liz kauffman: New abstract paintings by the resident staff artist at the Vermont Studio Center that explore harmony and tension in color and form. Through November 28 at Helen Day Art Center in Stowe. Info, 253-8358. peter miller: Landscape works by the Vermont painter in the newly opened gallery, which also features furniture by woodworking students and professionals, and works by local fine artists. Through January 9 at Wharfin Gallery at Vermont Woodworking School in Fairfax. Info, 849-2045. ‘tHe relentleSS eye’: Open-call submissions of “instantaneous expression” cellphone photography from all over the globe, juried by internationally recognized photographer Eirik Johnson, as well as works by invited artists Christopher Greene, Gabrielle Russomagno, Shawn Rocco, Sean Capone, Joshua Davis and Wafaa Bilal make up this groundbreaking show curated by HDAC exhibitions director Odin Cathcart. Through November 28 at Helen Day Art Center in Stowe.

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‘to life! a celebration of vermont JewiSH women’: Oral histories, portraits by Vermont photographer Karen Pike, archival images and artworks by female Jews in the state culminate the Vermont Jewish Women’s History Project directed

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Through November 8 at The Brick Box Gallery, Paramount Theatre in Rutland.

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‘forever Spring’: Watercolor, pastel, graphite and oil works by Sandra MacLeod and ceramic miniatures, mobiles, collages and handmade cards

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abStract exHibit: Works in various media by Harriet Wood, Janet Van Fleet, Maggie Neale, Cheryl Betz, Kathy Stark, Alex Bottinelli, Lois Eby, Jeff Way and Paul Gruler. Through November 27 at The Art House Gallery in Craftsbury Common. Info, 586-2545.

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‘Super 50: Halloween exHibit’: In conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the Rutland Halloween Parade, this exhibit pays tribute to both the parade and Tom Fagan, who introduced the superhero theme that immersed Rutland into the world of comic books. On display are comic books featuring the parade, memorabilia from past years and Fagan’s own Batman costume. Through November 22 at Chaffee Art Center in Rutland. Info, 775-0356.

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While it does reveal a performer in apparent fine spirits and good shape, the film is hardly a portrait of a visionary glimpsed “in the feverish grips of pure creativity” (Honeycutt) or “a spirit embodied by music” (Roger Ebert). No new music is created; Jackson’s dance moves are familiar; he deliberately saves his voice during run-throughs, so there are no soaring vocals. On only one or two numbers — “Beat It,” for example — does he attempt to match the energy of his backup band.

You have to wonder how ho-hum the other hundred-plus hours of footage must

have been for Ortega to devote as much time as he does to kitschy short videos he intended to intersperse throughout the live show.

A particularly hokey one, set to “Smooth Criminal,” inserts a fedora-sporting Jackson into vintage black-and-white footage and features a machine-gun shoot-out between the singer and Humphrey Bogart. This is the kind of thing we expect to see in Billy Crystal’s Oscars opening montage, not in the King of Pop’s triumphant return from selfimposed exile.

Bottom line: The spectacle Jackson was preparing might well have given him the appropriate note on which to close his long, controversial career. However, I think even die-hard fans will concur this isn’t it.

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OFF THE WALL Even die-hard fans are unlikely to find this intermittently diverting curiosity the thriller they were expecting.

The pictures share a number of similarities. Both shed light on the creative process of hugely influential artists. Both take the viewer behind the scenes as the artists rehearse for upcoming London concerts. In both cases, though for dramatically different reasons, those concerts never took place.

The differences between the movies underscore the ways in which This Is It fails to satisfy; the degree to which it amounts not to a significant artistic record but to an intermittently diverting curiosity. For one thing, The Beatles were still creatively active at the time of filming. The cameras caught them in the act of making some of their final music — imagining immortal songs, bar by bar, into existence. Jackson, by contrast, was merely prepping a greatest-hits revue.

Shot at Los Angeles’ Staples Center between April and June of this year, the footage documents rehearsals for the performer’s planned 50-show farewell extravaganza at London’s O2 Arena. Following his death on June 25, insiders quickly saw the value of the 120-plus hours of high-def video. While the rest of us were waiting for toxicology results to come in, members of Jackson’s camp

cientific studies have told us two things about optimists. First, they’re more apt to delude themselves than pessimists. Second, they’re also more likely to succeed.

The Men Who Stare at Goats is a film that sets out to mine the comic potential of the power of positive thinking. What if a visionary optimist with a history of psychedelic drug use (Jeff Bridges) got the ear of the U.S. Army brass and convinced them the best way to win wars was to train peaceful, “shamanic” warriors with psychic powers?

What if they believed him?

Goats derives from the nonfiction book of the same name by British journalist Jon Ronson, who toured the world researching what critic Janet Maslin calls “the more sinister aspect of out-of-the-box military thinking.” Among the stories he uncovered was that of Lieutenant Colonel Jim Channon — the basis for Bridges’ character — whose plan for a New Age-inspired “First Earth Battalion” within the armed forces was never realized.

At least, not officially. In this fictional adaptation of the book, Ewan McGregor plays a small-time Midwestern reporter who runs across an apparent crackpot (Stephen Root) with grandiose claims that the army trained him in psychic warfare, such as killing animals with a glare (hence the title). McGregor is skeptical, but when he heads to Iraq to cover the 2003 invasion, he meets a myste-

project thoughts, view remote locations or kill with a touch.

Not that Cassady isn’t a formidable fellow — he is, more by dint of conviction than anything else. He’s a master of the pratfall followed by “I meant to do that” — a classic optimist, and someone you want on your side in a fight.

For a bit, as the undercover soldier and the reporter traipse around the desert on a mission that Cassady EDI MIND FREAK himself admits he doesn’t Clooney endeavors to understand, Goats feels like convince McGregor he has superpowers a superior twist on the in Heslov’s comedy. old Beatty-Hoffman clunker Ishtar. Then the filmmakers run out of ideas, and it gets as boring as the actual Ishtar.

Much of the film is conrious contractor (George Clooney) who tells him the New Earth Army is quite real — and sumed by flashbacks to the rise and fall of Project Jedi. These sequences offer incinot dead.

With this loopy premise and a first-rate dental pleasures: Clooney in a terrible fake cast that knows how to have fun, director moustache; Kevin Spacey as a petulant riGrant Heslov (who wrote Good Night, and val psychic with a falsetto spirit medium.

Good Luck) and writer Peter Straughan have But the satire of military self-delusion produced a murky-looking, meandering never deepens or gains real resonance. Part movie that only occasionally qualifies as a of the problem is that McGregor’s character — who also narrates the film — doesn’t comedy. Still, it’s got its share of good bits.

Most of those come courtesy of Clooney, evolve much beyond playing straight man who plays Lyn Cassady, a star graduate of to Clooney.

He’s miscast, too. Sure, there’s a metaBridges’ secret Jedi mind control program.

(Yes, they call themselves Jedis.) When joke when McGregor, all wide-eyed innoMcGregor asks him, “So you have superpow- cence, asks Clooney, “What’s a Jedi?” as if ers?” Cassady replies, “That’s correct,” as if he hadn’t played one in three godawful Star Wars prequels. But when you find yourself confirming he had eggs for breakfast.

Using his manly terseness to hilarious laughing more at an actor’s filmography than effect, Clooney plays the character as a red- at his character, you know you’re watching blooded American hero who simply chooses the ultimate shaggy-goat story. to ignore the abundant evidence that he can’t M A R G O T HA R R I S O N

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Among the folks weighing in on free enterprise in his latest doc is Vermont’s own Sen. Bernie Sanders. (120 min, R. Big Picture, Roxy)

cloUDY WitH A cHANcE oF mEAtBAllSHHH1/2 The beloved children’s picture book about a land where it rains food gets the big-screen treatment with a little help from animators at Sony Pictures and a voice cast including Bill Hader, Andy Samberg and Tracy Morgan. Can you believe Lorne Michaels didn’t cook this up? Chris Miller and Phil Lord direct. (81 min, PG. Big Picture, Bijou, Essex, Majestic)

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wednesday 4 — thursday 5 Amelia 6:30, 9. michael Jackson’s This Is It 6:30, 9. cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant 6:30.

Zombieland 9. Where the Wild Things Are 6:30, 9. couples Retreat 6:30, 9. friday 6 — thursday 12 *The men Who Stare at Goats 1:30 (Sat & Sun), 6:30, 9. Paranormal Activity 1:30 (Sat & Sun), 6:30, 9. Amelia 1:30 (Sat & Sun), 6:30, 9. michael Jackson’s This Is It 1:30 (Sat & Sun), 6:30, 9.

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wednesday 4 — thursday 5 michael Jackson’s This Is It 12, 2:30, 5, 7:30, 10. Astro Boy 12:30, 2:30, 4:30, 6:30, 8:30. cloudy With a chance of meatballs (3-D) 1:15, 3:15, 5:15, 7:15, 9:15. couples Retreat 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:50. Law Abiding

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Paranormal Activity 12:15, 2:10, 4:05, 6, 8, 10. Saw VI 1, 3:10, 5:20, 7:30, 9:40.

Where the Wild Things Are 12:50, 3, 5:10, 7:20, 9:20. friday 6 — thursday 12 *Disney’s A christmas carol (3-D) 12:45, 3, 5:15, 7:30, 9:45. *The Box 12:20, 2:45, 5:10, 7:35, 10. *The Fourth Kind 12:30, 2:45, 5, 7:20, 9:40. *The men Who Stare at Goats 12, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10. Astro Boy 4:30. cloudy With a chance of meatballs (3-D) 12:40, 2:35. couples Retreat 12:15, 7:25, 9:50. Law Abiding citizen 7:10, 9:40. michael Jackson’s This Is It 12, 2:30, 5, 7:30, 10.

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wednesday 4 — thursday 5 michael Jackson’s This Is It (digital) 1, 4, 7, 9:35.

Paranormal Activity 12:55, 3, 5, 7:15, 9:40. Astro Boy 1:05, 3:20, 6:25, 8:45. Saw VI 1:20, 3:50, 7:05, 9:40. cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant 1:10, 3:40, 6:50, 9:25. Law Abiding citizen 1:15, 4:10, 6:40, 9:20. Where the Wild Things Are 12:40, 2:55, 5:05, 7:25, 9:35. The Stepfather 9:10. couples Retreat 12:50, 3:30, 6:30, 9. The Invention of Lying 6:35. Zombieland 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 9:30. cloudy With a chance of meatballs (in 3-D) 12:45, 2:50. friday 6 — thursday 12 *Disney’s A christmas carol (3-D) 12:40, 1:30, 2:50, 3:50, 5, 6:15, 7:15, 8:30, 9:30 (Fri & Sat). *The Box 1:20, 4:10, 6:50, 9:25. *The Fourth Kind 1:40, 4:20, 7:05, 9:40. michael Jackson’s This Is It (digital) 1, 4, 7, 9:35.

Paranormal Activity 1:45, 4:30, 7:20, 9:40. cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant 3:10, 6:25. Law Abiding citizen 3:30, 9.

Where the Wild Things Are 1:10, 3:40, 6:40, 9:10. Saw VI 8:50. couples Retreat 12:50, 6:30. Astro Boy 12:55.

Zombieland 7:10, 9:20. cloudy With a chance of meatballs (in 3-D) 1:05, 3:20.

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The Way We Get By 1:25, 6:10, 8:50. Where the Wild Things Are 12:45, 2:55, 5:05, 7:15, 9:25. Yoo Hoo, mrs. Goldberg 1:30, 3:45, 6:45, 8:45.

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friday 6 — thursday 12 ***The metropolitan opera Presents turandot Live in HD 1 (Sat). ***The metropolitan opera Presents an Encore of Aida in HD 1 (Thu), 6:30 (Wed). ***Race Across the Sky Encore 8 (Thu). *Disney’s A christmas carol 10:30 a.m. (Thu), 1:15, 3:35, 6:45, 9:05. *The men Who Stare at Goats 10:30 a.m. (Thu), 1:30, 3:55, 6:50, 9:15. *Paris 3:25, 6:25, 9:10. *The Box 1:05, 3:40, 6:55, 9:25. *The Fourth Kind 1:50, 4:15, 7, 9:20. couples Retreat 3:50, 8:40 (except Wed). michael Jackson’s This Is It 1, 3:30, 6:30, 9. Paranormal Activity 1:45 & 4:20 (except Sat & Thu), 7:05, 9:30. The Way We Get By 1:35, 8:45 (except Thu). Where the Wild Things Are 1:40, 4, 6:35 (except Thu). Yoo Hoo, mrs. Goldberg 1:20, 6:40 (except Wed).

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Whip It 2:30 & 4:40 (Sat & Sun), 7 (all week), 9:10 (Fri-Sun). Where the Wild Things Are 2:30 (Sat & Sun), 7 (Fri-Sun). couples Retreat 4:30 (Sat & Sun), 7 (Mon-Thu), 9:10 (Fri-Sun).

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FooD, iNc.HHHH Robert Kenner serves up this eye-opening exposé of the modern American food industry, featuring interviews with experts such as Eric Schlosser and Michael Pollan. Barf bags strongly recommended. (94 min, PG)

WHERE tHE WilD tHiNGS AREHHHH Spike Jonze directs this adaptation of the beloved Maurice Sendak classic about a little boy who comes to rule a kingdom of furry, unpredictable creatures.

Cowritten by Jonze and Dave Eggers. Featuring Max Records, Catherine Keener, James Gandolfini and Paul Dano. (94 min, PG. Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Palace, Roxy, Stowe, Welden) WHip itHHH1/2 Drew Barrymore makes her directorial debut with the story of a small-town good girl (Ellen Page) who puts on skates and gets addicted to the rowdy world of roller derby. With Marcia Gay Harden, Kristen Wiig, Juliette Lewis and Barrymore. (110 min, PG-13. Stowe) Yoo-Hoo, mRS. GolDBERGHHH1/2 Aviva Kempner chronicles the inexplicably little-known story of Gertrude Berg, a first-generation Jewish-American with no media experience who became one of the most famous entertainers of her time on both radio and television and is credited with having invented the family sitcom. (92 min, NR. Palace) ZomBiElANDHHH1/2 What is it about fighting zombies in an apocalyptic wasteland that speaks to our 21st-century condition? Woody Harrelson plays a seasoned destroyer of the walking dead who takes young Jesse Eisenberg under his wing in this horror comedy from director Ruben Fleischer.

With Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin. (87 min, R. Big Picture, Capitol, Majestic, Roxy)

G.i. JoE: tHE RiSE oF coBRAHH1/2 You know the world has changed when a Hasbro production is considered a motion picture with a pedigree, but so it is, thanks to the toy maker’s collaboration with Paramount on the megasuccessful Transformers franchise. This time around, the companies partner on an action-adventure about an elite soldier and his outfit, who battle a shadowy organization bent on plunging the world into chaos. Channing Tatum, Rachel Nichols, Ray Park, Brendan Fraser, Dennis Quaid and Joseph Gordon-Levitt star. Stephen (The Mummy) Sommers directs. (118 min, PG-13) i loVE YoU, BEtH coopERH1/2 Chris (Home Alone) Columbus directs this comedy in which a nerdy high school brainiac declares his love for the hottest girl in his school while delivering his graduation speech, only to find her at his front door later that night. With Hayden Panettiere, Lauren London and Paul Rust. (102 min, PG-13) Not FoRGottENHH1/2 Simon Baker plays a family man in a Texas border town who has to confront secrets from his past after his daughter goes missing in this thriller from director Dror Soref. With Paz Vega and Claire Forlani. (100 min, R) tHE tAKiNG oF pElHAm 1 2 3HH1/2 Tony (Man on Fire) Scott reteams with Denzel Washington for this remake of the ’70s thriller about a Manhattan subway dispatcher forced to deal with the hijacking of one of his trains by a criminal mastermind threatening to execute its passengers unless a massive ransom is delivered. With John Travolta, John Turturro, and Luis Guzman.

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NEWS QUIRKs by roland sweet Curses, Foiled Again

A man told police he was eating hot dogs in a park in Worcester, Mass., when another man approached, lifted up his shirt to show what appeared to be a handgun, grabbed one of the hot dogs, and began eating it.

“In doing so,” police Officer Joseph Francese noted in his report, “mustard spilled onto the suspect’s shirt.” According to the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, police identified Antonio J. Judd, 35, as their suspect after spotting him wearing the shirt with the telltale mustard stain. Judd pleaded guilty to larceny.

Welsh police said Dean Gardener, 19, and Jason Fender, 22, attacked two men walking along a Swansea street in wigs, short skirts and high heels.

The victims turned out to be cage fighters, who promptly punched their attackers to the ground and walked off. The Daily Mail said police identified Gardener and Fender from closed-circuit television footage of the incident. “You know it cannot have been a good night,” defense attorney Mark Davies told the newspaper, “when you get into a fight with two cross-dressing men.”

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Issuing a Challenge to Bioengineers

Growing demand for chicken wings has given rise to “boneless wings,” fashioned from skinless boneless chicken breasts, which are now cheaper than wings. As recently as May 2008, skinless boneless breasts sold for 57 cents more than wings, but in seven of the past 11 months, wholesale wing prices have topped breast prices, according to the Agriculture Department. The New York Times reported that most experts expect wing prices to continue to rise at least until the Super Bowl in February.

Noting the days of cheap wings might be gone forever, Adam J. Scott, a founder of the Atlantabased chain Wing Zone, told the Times, “If they can figure out how to grow chicken with four wings, we’d be in really great shape.”

Torture Rock

The government used rock music to torment terror suspects and coerce confessions at the U.S. Naval base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, according to recently declassified documents obtained by the National Security Archives, a research division of George Washington University. Among the artists whose music was played at ear-splitting levels to “create futility” with uncooperative detainees are AC/ DC, Marilyn Manson, Neil Diamond, Tupac Shakur, Limp

Bizkit, Christine Aguilera, the Bee Gees, Nine Inch Nails and Rage Against the Machine.

Also included was Barney the Dinosaur’s theme song. The Washington Times reported that some of the musicians are banding together with the National Campaign to Close Guantanamo to protest the use of their songs to torture detainees, expressing outrage that the music was used without their knowledge.

complaint filed in Waukesha County Circuit Court, a bartender searching the phone for Klein’s name or number found seven pornographic images of children that had been downloaded to the phone. He called police, who arrested Klein when he returned to the bar. They searched his home computer and found between 300 and 400 child pornography images, leading to felony charges.

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Aaron R. Klein, 24, couldn’t pay his $57.75 tab at a bar in Brookfield, Wis., so he left his cellphone as collateral and said he’d come back the next day to settle up. After Klein left, according to a criminal

When sheriff’s Deputy Kristin Rozycki stopped a vehicle for speeding in Erie County, N.Y., she found Michael G. Spagnola, 38, sitting in the back seat insisting that he had not been driving. Suspicious because he was the only occupant, Rozycki

determined that Spagnola was the driver and had climbed into the back seat to avoid a ticket, a conclusion that Spagnola later confirmed, leading to a charge of driving while intoxicated.

Not-So-Funny Money

Federal authorities charged Rickey A. Kempter, 50, with counterfeiting money they said he intended to use to pay an exotic dancer for a private session at a motel in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Court documents show Kempter and the dancer took a taxi to the motel, where Kempter asked the driver to hold a roll of $50 bills. The driver “noticed the money was ‘funny looking’ and that several of the $50 Federal Reserve notes were not cut evenly” and “had the same serial numbers.”

The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reported that when investigators questioned Kempter, he admitted making the 24 bills on a printer at his home and explained he wanted to “front like the money was there” to pay for the dance.

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Paul Romero and Brandy Romero pleaded guilty in October in Evangeline Parish, La., to trading their cockatoo and $175 to Donna Greenwell for two children she was caring for. Authorities suspended the couple’s five-year prison sentences in exchange for their testimony against Greenwell, who prosecutors said “instigated” the transfer in February when she responded to the

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our anti-role model — the person you should be the opposite of — is the Scorpio warrior U.S. General George Patton, also known as “Old Blood and Guts.” He once said, “Practically everyone but myself is a pusillanimous son of a bitch.” That’s an attitude you should especially avoid in the coming weeks, since your success will depend on you seeing the best in people — even if they sometimes don’t seem to warrant it. P.S. It may be OK to think of yourself as “Old Blood and Guts” if and only if you dedicate your ferocity to the service of smart love and ingenious collaboration.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): There was a time when wetlands were considered dismal and unproductive. At best they were thought to be a waste of space, and at worst stinky breeding grounds for insect pests. For over 200 years, many marshes, bogs and swamps were filled with dirt, and transformed into places suitable for farms, houses and recreational areas. But all that has changed in the last 30 years. Science has rehabilitated the reputation of wetlands, showing how crucial they are. They clean toxins from water, help control floods and soil erosion, and are home to more biological diversity than any other ecosystem. The coming weeks would be an excellent time for you to make a comparable conversion, Aries. Something you once demeaned or underestimated could become an inspirational catalyst.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In the coming

week, you will have the potential to articulate what has never been spoken before and to name truths that everyone has been avoiding. Uncoincidentally, you may also be able to hear what you’ve never been able to hear up until now and tune in to truths you’ve been oblivious to. As you might imagine, Taurus, you must fully activate both of these capacities in order for either to function at its best.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Nature’s rhythm

is cyclical. Everything alive waxes and wanes.

If you’re smart, you honor that flow by periodically letting parts of your world wither or go to sleep. If you’re not so smart, you set yourself up for needless pain by indulging in the delusion that you can enjoy uninterrupted growth. According to my reading of the astrological omens, Gemini, this is your time to explore the creative possibilities of ebbing and slackening. Ask yourself the following question, which I’ve borrowed from the Jungian author Clarissa Pinkola Estes: “What must I allow to die today in order to generate more life tomorrow?”

CANCER

(June 21-July 22): Pregnant women sometimes have unusual cravings. From the fourth to sixth month of her daughter’s gestation period, for example, my friend Marta was on occasion beset by the longing to eat toothpaste. I’ve known other women who fantasized about nibbling on mud, coffee grounds and chalk. Fortunately, they all resisted the urge, which is what health practitioners recommend. Instead they tried to figure out if their bodies were trying to tell them about some legitimate deficiency of vitamins or minerals. I offer this to you as a metaphor to keep in mind.

As your own special creation ripens, you may experience odd desires. Don’t necessarily take them at face value.

Dennis LeRoy Anderson, 62, pleaded guilty in October to DWI charges resulting from hitting a parked vehicle last August in Proctor, Minn., while driving a motorized La-Z-Boy chair. Anderson claimed he was driving the chair without incident until a woman jumped on it and knocked it off course.

The Duluth News Tribune reported that Anderson had to forfeit the chair — powered by a converted lawnmower with a Briggs & Stratton engine, and equipped with a stereo, cup holders and other custom options —to Proctor police, who plan to auction it with other forfeited items.

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free will astrology by rob brezsny SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): It might be tempting to turn your home into a womb-like sanctuary and explore the mysteries of doing absolutely nothing while clad in your pajamas. And frankly, this might be a good idea. After the risks you’ve taken to reach out to the other side, after the bridges you’ve built in the midst of the storms, after the skirmishes you’ve fought in the Gossip Wars, you have every right to retreat and get your homebody persona humming at a higher vibration. So I say: Be meticulously leisurely as you celebrate the deep pleasures of self-care.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Hey Rob: I was

having trouble finishing my novel — typical writer’s block. So I sidetracked myself into making silly creative projects — papiermâché chickens, masks made out of junk mail, collages incorporating bottle caps and dryer lint. I can’t say any of it is ‘art,’ but I feel creative again and my house is full of colorful stuff I whipped up myself. If you wait to be perfect, I concluded, you’ll never make anything. I tried something I knew I’d be bad at, so failure didn’t matter. Now I’m branching out with my inadequacy — not waiting for Mr. Perfect but having a beer with Joe Flawed, forgetting to be right all the time, admitting that I haven’t a clue.

I’ve become smilingly, brilliantly dumb.

-Inappropriate Virgo.” Dear Inappropriate: Congrats! You’re doing exactly what I want to advise all Virgos everywhere to try.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): At a yard sale today,

I paid a dollar for a stained, pocket-sized horoscope book with many of its pages missing.

The reason I made such an odd investment is that it had a forecast for Libra for the first part of November 2009, and this forecast struck me as even more useful than the horoscope I had composed for you. As a public service, I’m providing it here. “The graceful dragonfly lives for just a few months. But a sequoia tree’s time on earth can last 2000 years. In the same way, some bonds, some creations, some worlds, endure for a mere blink in eternity, while others are destined to outfox the ravages of time. What will be the lifespan of the dream you recently hatched, Libra? It is time to decide and take action.”

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Congratulations, Sagittarius! Free Will Astrology’s Task Force on Creative Suffering has confirmed that your current dilemmas are exceptionally interesting and useful.

You have demonstrated an impressive talent for getting embroiled in riddles that promise to bring out your dormant reserves of vitality and ingenuity. The dumfounding questions you’ve been wrestling with are high-caliber tests that have drawn you closer to the heart of the reasons you’re here on Earth. Take full advantage of this beautiful mess, my dear. Chaos this fertile is hard to come by.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): When Dante was 9 years old, long before he became one of Italy’s supreme poets, he fell in love with Beatrice, an 8-year-old girl he met at a May Day party. They never had a close relationship. In the years after their initial encounter, they met infrequently, and both eventually married other people. But Beatrice played a crucial role throughout Dante’s life, although she died at the age of 24. She was not just his muse, but also his “beatitude, the destroyer of all vices and the queen of virtue, salvation.” Dante even wrote her into his Divine Comedy in the role of a guide. Is there any person or influence in your life equivalent to Beatrice? Any once-upon-a-time blessing that might be ready to give you the fullness of the gifts it has been waiting all this time to deliver?

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I would love it if you could find a sword that could cut itself. Or a fire that could burn itself. Or some water you could wash. But even if you can conjure the magic to attract an experience that simply resembles one of those marvelous paradoxes, it would set in motion a series of epiphanies that would liberate you from an inferior paradox — a confusing absurdity that is not worthy of you and that has been draining your life force.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The planets are

aligned in such a way that suggests you may be able to experience an orgasm solely by meditating. This rare cosmic alignment also means that it’s conceivable you could generate money or attract new resources by following your holy bliss, or that you might stumble upon the tricky treasure you’ve been looking for in all the wrong places. But I can’t say for sure that you will actually be able to capitalize on any of these remarkable opportunities. It will depend on whether you can more fully express one of the skills that is your birthright as a Pisces: being wild and disciplined at the same time.

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In LTR, but he is willing to share. Like to please, love to be worshipped. sexgoddess, 38, l, #114852

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Ready To Mingle 20 y.o. student looking for a good time! Plus sized, but I know how to use my best Ass-sets. Looking for discreet fun, nothing serious, nothing too kinky, but willing to try anything once. A_Little_Fun, 20, #115643 Experienced, confident, woman.

Dominant MF looking for open-minded, attractive BIM to help keep me hot during the cold winter months. I seek discreet, playful nights at home in the hot tub or in front of the fire.

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Looking for a playmate In a nutshell: I’m bi, currently in a polyamorous relationship & looking to find a playmate for sexy slumber parties. bcakes, 28, l, #115544

dying for a great girl So new to being BI, but honest & excited. Would love & appreciate intelligent, open, self-aware, confident girl. I’m shy initially, but likely a few great local beers would help. finallyfindingout, 27, l, #114679 Bi-curious I am an adult woman looking for a first-time feminine excursion.

Nothing serious, just sexual & experimental. Discretion a must.

Shhh... MoonWoman, 52, #114351 Horny lady seeking sexual adventures 40 y.o. F in a completely nonsexual marriage. I have not felt sexually satisfied in many years & have not been able to unleash my passion unto a deserving partner. I am ready to meet

dancing lover Hi there. I’m looking for a casual relationship w/ another woman.

I’m bisexual & do have a boyfriend.

He has nothing to do with this. I’ve been w/ a couple of women but am pretty unexperienced. I’m hoping for someone who can show me the ropes; is dominant, likes to make the first move & is a bit rough. adorned_woman, 21, l, #115531 Fun-loving wife seeks adventures I am a curvy woman looking for a fun time w/ another woman. SERIOUS people only. Friends first ... let’s go w/ the flow, please. I’m real - are you? Wants2Try, 24, l, #115341

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Looking to experience new things, and will try almost anything once.

I love my body & love being naked w/ others. You think you got what I need and are up for an amazing time? Lanalust19, 20, l, #115324 tired of whipping it alone Yes, I’m sexually frustrated & in need of a little fun, intimacy & good sex! Would prefer a woman who’s into friendship

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I am D/D free, looking for same. Age & looks not too important, just a simple desire to please & be pleased. Your place only. sex_starved, 40, #114629 bbw blonde needs playmate/s I’m looking for another woman to playful,fun encounters with and is willing to have sex with me and my man when he is in town. I’m a blonde,green eyed, BBW, I am triple D girl. Some of the things I enjoy to be done to me are biting,licking,sucking,blindf olding,tying up; I will provide pics of me if asked. 2for1, 36, u, #114458 Looking for pleasurable fun I am bi-curious. Looking to meet up w/ a SM, other women, and find another couple for my friend & I to play with. Would also like to be watched. WildOrchid, 41, l, #114276

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player got game Ecstatic exploration ... everything can be sensual. Especially interested in exploring role play w/ Fs who are imaginative & fun loving; mind being most sensual organ. I am a professional, educated M, fit both Apollonian & Dionysian... darwin, 48, #115756 Fangs, Claws & Tall Boots I like long nails & sharp teeth, tall boots & kilts, long coats & corsets, silk scarves & leather, pirates, adventurers, mad scientists & the creatures of the night. I’m looking for someone who likes what I like & is looking to play in the dark, but who also plays well w/ others. Piratical, 31, #115751 Tongue Looking for spontaneous woman or couple (gender up to you) for discreet & intimate play at your location.

D/D free & expect same. Am safe & sane. Tongue, 54, #115749 young & hung for nsa I’m 20 & into a lot sexually. Looking for NSA semi-regular, age doesn’t matter, but older women are a plus.

Just looking to have some fun; love oral & can do it for hours. Hit me up. wellhung20, 20, l, #115747 great sex wanted Looking for women 45 & above who still love great sex. You must discreet. It will be all about you. wanted_great_sex, 41, #115732 Like nothing else 22 y.o. M college student looking for anything at this point. If you want something discreet or a relationship, I can make it happen. Come highly recommended. Tegu282, 22, #115723 Won’tdisappoint323 I’m looking for a good girl who isn’t afraid to be bad. Or just a bad girl. Tired of going downtown to come home to the same thing; drunk encounters w/ no meaning. Want to get involved w/ different women or same women who

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Your average Joe professional who seeks some discreet sexual encounters.

Experienced & have been active for a quite some time and have enjoyed. I believe in some chemistry for things to really get heated. I hope to meet lots of horny ladies & couples who need some personal attention, and I can provide! hungryman, 39, l, #111885 Looking for some fun Young college guy looking for some fun.

Don’t really have time for a relationship but love sex. Into just about anything & willing to try new things. We can go out for drinks & see where the night goes, or just cut out all that & get right to it. Vtguy513, 22, #115704

as your sincerity & enthusiasm. harleybob2001, 39, l, #109903 ISO Female Belly Dancer 1001 romantic nights, SWPM seeks scintillating belly dancer to produce magical mutual fantasies. What secret delights await the Sultan’s favorite? Her Zills work would put sirenic legerdemain into our LTR. KnightTemplar, 53, u, #107078

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WannaBLicked Curious woman in relationship w/ longtime boyfriend wants experience w/ a woman. Looking for just play time so boyfriend can watch & participate, and woman needs to be discreet. Looking4SomeExcitement, 25, l, #115696 Hot Couple Looking for Woman We are a young engaged couple (he is 26 & I am 23), and we are looking

Kink of the week: Fangs, Claws & Tall Boots I like long nails & sharp teeth, tall boots & kilts, long coats & corsets, silk scarves & leather, pirates, adventurers, mad scientists & the creatures of the night. I’m looking for someone who likes what I like & is looking to play in the dark, but who also plays well w/ others. Piratical, 31, #115751 FROM HIS ONLINE PROFILE: Kinks: blindfolds, bondage, boots, corsets, handcuffs/shackles, latex, leather, PVC, roleplaying, switch, toys, vinyl.

Bored in bed Seeking discreet encounters for adventure. I’m a dedicated husband who needs more. Very adventurous and interested in new experiences.

Your place or middle ground.

Boredathome, 39, #109471 Halloween Sub Mission 2009 F submissive needed for Burlington Halloween celebration, perhaps beyond.

Escort your creative & attractive dom on a holiday blast through the city.

Thrills & chills guaranteed! Apply in person. Immediate training, evenings through 10/30. Permanent position available. 115681, 36, l, #115681 loving soft touching caring I’m not looking to settle down. I just want to feel the warm pulsing body of a caring person looking to connect to intertwine w/ hot, fast breathing, touching, feeling. DEEZIE, 44, #115679 Respectfully Adventurous White picket fence PMM who would like some adventure. Hoping to find an ongoing friendship w/ the right woman that could develop into a long-term romantic friendship w/ some kink.

Not looking to leave my situation or to disturb yours, but I wouldn’t mind starting a few grass fires here & there. mysirlancelot, 28, #115619 Seeking playmates, lovers & friends I’m an attractive, fit SWM, 5’7, 154 wellbuilt lbs. who looks & acts (especially in bed) quite a bit younger than I really am. I’m D/D-free(been tested & have proof); you be, too. I’m EXTREMELY kinky & into anything but pain. I’m seeking women or couples. Your age & looks are not quite as important

for a young woman b/t 22-30 for some fun. Also, we expect you to be disease free. Your pictures will get our pictures. We are looking to have someone join us as soon as possible.

HotcoupleWants3SOME, 23, #115680 Sexy, sensual couple Seeking like-minded F to share fun, sexual experiences. He has done this before, she has not but is excited to explore the possibilities. We are fit, professional & very discreet. Come explore w/ us... chrryblssm64, 45, #115510 sexy, young & chill Hi! I’m 24 and in a loving relationship w/ an awesome guy who is hot & sexy & all I could ever want in a man. But I love beautiful women, too! I am looking for a fun & sexy girl w/ a relaxed attitude for in & out of the bedroom fun w/ both of us. polyplay, 24, l, #115460 Two To Titillate & Tease We are an attractive couple; him - older, she - younger. Looking for light fun w/ like-minded individuals or couples. Variety is the spice. dynamicduo, 39, l, #115379 Wild Rides & Good Times We’re a comfortable couple looking for a M or F third, or another couple to explore new possiblities & just have a relaxed good time. We’re both new at this but very open minded. Can’t wait to hear from you! WildRidz, 19, #115323

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Talk Nerdy to Me! You were at Nightmare Vermont w/ your friend & you were wearing a lovely outfit, topped with a hat covered in pins. “Talk nerdy to me” caught my eyes & I wanted to talk nerdy to you. I said, “Nice hat,” as I walked by & you thanked me. Let’s chat sometime - I think we’d have a lot to talk about. When: Saturday, October 31, 2009. Where: Nightmare Vermont.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #906572 the 3 (lady) musketeers Three lady musketeers disembarking a black SUV en route to the hardware store in Jeffersonville. I was on a motorcycle as you smiled so brightly in my direction. Of the 3, you had less height than the others. Are a single swords(girl)? Perhaps we could do some swashbucking together if you are. It was indeed a lovely smile. When: Friday, October 30, 2009. Where: Jeffersonville.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #906569 Rocket Jay I spy 2 peeps sitting at a table at the Wayside, 7 months ago. The woman is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen or been with. I am sorry that I have never spied on you before.

Chance When: Sunday, April 12, 2009.

Where: Wayside restaurant. You: Woman. Me: Man. u #906568

thanks for the direction Me: driving a green Jeep, running late for the closing on my house.

You: a volunteer cutie downtown. I just cannot thank you enough - the directions were perfect just like your smile. Single? When: Tuesday, October 27, 2009. Where: down in town.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #906559 Sweet Chunks Hi, Sweetie. Thanks for being so giving and I’m really glad you are in my life.

Let’s have a great winter getting to know each other better. You are one hot mama. When: Thursday, October 29, 2009. Where: on the farm. You: Woman. Me: Man. #906558 Rocking the pit at GWAR You: petite, dark hair, tank top, beautiful eyes, in front of me during a video.

Me: shaved head, T-shirt, ripped jeans, spastic, energized, screaming “ggwwwwwaaaAAARRRR!” Seemed to be a good vibe? Wasn’t sure about red shirt dude so I let it slide. Things got intense.

Couldn’t find you later. If you dig heavy music, I’d love to rock out sometime :) When: Tuesday, October 27, 2009.

Where: frontish right side of the pit.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #906557 Red Square, last Thursday I spy a female bartender, shorter, black hair (Rachel?). When you’re not searching I Spy, one could easily get lost in your eyes ... and now, you’ve finally been spied! :) When: Thursday, October 22, 2009. Where: Red Square.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #906555

FRESH OUT OF JAIL! I noticed you outside the Chittenden jail on 10/5. You have a petite build, beautiful dark eyes, brown hair that fell just below your shoulders, a killer smile, and you were wearing a black & gray plaid shirt. You were gorgeous.

I instantly knew I had to meet you.

Trying to simplify my life, but for you would be willing to complicate things.

RIBBIE When: Monday, October 5, 2009. Where: Chittenden jail. You: Woman. Me: Man. u #906549 Johnson Woolen Mills Just spoke with Lil at Johnson Woolen Mills & am delighted to find that I can get the hooded field coat in Adirondack plaid. The local merchant only stocks navy & spruce green. There’s a Lil in my family, in spirit. Her passing years ago was profound. I will remember her now, too, while zipping up my new coat!

Thanks. When: Monday, October 26, 2009. Where: Montana outlet store.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #906548 CIty Market, Egyptian Musk October 15. You: alluring. Me: from a small town. I was curious if that was you who had the perfume on.

You said maybe it was the guy in the bulk food section...lol. Can we meet for coffee? When: Thursday, October 15, 2009. Where: City Market. You: Woman. Me: Man. #906546 Beautiful blonde from DDC I see you out dancing next to me either at Soulive, Red Square & even Metropolis. Your eyes & smile captivate me every time our gaze crosses. I don’t think I could ever express how special you are. Even if you did enter my life at a very confusing time for me. Can I take you to dinner some night? When: Saturday, October 17,

mistress maeve Dear Mistress,

I’m a guy. I like sex (perhaps even more than the average guy). So here’s my question: While I can’t envision being happy in a long-term relationship without a healthy diet of good sex, I’ve found that leaping into sexual activity too early in a relationship can — if the sex is really good — put one or both people into a state of blissful desire that can make everything seem exceptionally swell, even if other forms of compatibility may be lacking.

At the same time, dating too long without makin’ some moves can have its own drawbacks — you might become very fond of someone, only to find out you’re not cut out for bliss in bed.

I’m at a point in life where I want a lasting relationship, but I don’t want to wait too long to have sex with a potential partner. Where’s the happy medium?

Signed,

Dear Mate,

First Date Mate

While it’s important to know whether you’re compatible when it comes to communication, values and goals, it’s also important to know if you click in the bedroom. Couples “come together” there to reconnect in the most intimate of ways — and the chemistry has to exist.

That said, if you’re looking for a lasting relationship, you would be wise to keep it in your pants for at least a few fact-finding dates. (Forget movies or loud bars where you can’t get to know each other in a meaningful way.) If you’re still craving her after a number of dates, you’re cleared to move it to the bedroom — that is, if she’s willing to go with you.

And just because you’re not having sex doesn’t mean you can’t discover clues to your potential chemistry. Kissing, if given the chance, is an incredibly erotic and telling way to explore each other intimately without doing the deed. If your tongues are compatible, chances are your naughty bits will be, too.

Need advice?

Patiently,

Email me at mistress@sevendaysvt.com or share your own advice on my blog at sevendaysvt.com/blogs

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Bob’s Sunoco Waterbury Me: black Ford ZX2 getting my tires looked at on Tuesday, 10/26, 9:30ish a.m. You: drove in to get gas, older white Jeep making noise. I looked up & smiled, our eyes locked several times while you were pumping gas. Do we know each other? If not, would you like to? When: Tuesday, October 27, 2009.

Where: Bob’s Sunoco, Waterbury.

You: Man. Me: Woman. u #906564

hey now Waiting in line at the movies just the other Sunday, you were alone? Wearing black pants & white jacket, blond hair. Me w/ the usual crew. Being solo has its perks, but how about a date someday? Bet you don’t read I Spies; worth a shot though! ;) When: Sunday, October 25, 2009. Where: Cineplex 9. You: Woman. Me: Man. #906560

Walking down upper North St. You: girl laughing at the poor German Shepherd pup I almost hit. Tall brunette w/ some neon green on your backpack. Me, black Audi on my way up the hill around 12:45ish. I would love to chat it up w/ you. Coffee, lunch, whatever? When: Tuesday, October 27, 2009. Where: upper North St. You: Woman. Me: Man. u #906550

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def just/only happy It has been such an amazing journey ... If you were to ever find this I Spy, I hope it finds you happy & smiling. Wishing you all the best, my friend! When: Friday, October 30, 2009. Where: Waterbury.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #906565

Belle, mes pluies du coeur I see you through mist and rain, across town divides, and in the company of wolves. Each hint of your scent and act of noir pull me closer. You are with me always, Belle, stepping out of shadows to bathe naked in the sunshine of a love so strong. You are a beautiful, haunting place, my love. When: Friday, October 30, 2009. Where: Through Fog & Rain.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #906561

Blast From the Past “My mother is Japanese...” child riddle on a roof in SF back in 1987. Have you moved to VT yet? Might I have seen you sitting behind me & my son? Silly me, I should have said something, but I wasn’t sure if it was you. Me, all bundled up. You, still good looking. Would love to talk to you! When: Friday, October 23, 2009. Where: Rutland football game.

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Eagle Eye Intense, passionate & secretive. I’ll be at the magical meadow, solemnly awaiting your emerald embrace. If you want to see me, I, too, you. Black has never been so pretty. When: Sunday, October 25, 2009. Where: Granville.

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Spied lovely brunette waiting to get a drink at the bar. You asked if I was in line & I said, “No, go right ahead.” We locked eyes as you walked away. Shall we meet again this Thursday, same time, same place? When: Thursday, October 22, 2009. Where: McKee’s Pub, Winooski.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #906542

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Muddy Waters Behind The Counter I have seen you working behind the counter on Friday nights. I always order tea. You have curly hair and a cute smile. Are you single? When: Friday, October 30, 2009. Where: Muddy Waters, Burlington. You: Man. Me: Woman. #906566

Price Chopper Tues. Night You were at the customer service desk. We talked about VT & CT drivers. I’m interested in continuing that conversation. Care to meet for coffee? When: Tuesday, October 27, 2009. Where: Price Chopper.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #906562

Lincoln Gap Trailhead Helpers To the couple who helped my friend & me when my flat tire would not come off: Thank you! People often assume there are so many bad people in this world - but clearly this isn’t always true! The 2 of you took time off from your hike on the LT to help a stranger in need. Thanks! When: Monday, October 26, 2009. Where: Lincoln Gap N/S trailhead. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #906553

2009. Where: Higher Ground/Soulive.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #906544

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not just a bus ride Look out! I have to say you have the professional hot business look down.

We shared a bus in Burlington this week. Black vest & skirt w/ black sunglasses, I was seated across from you w/ tan jacket, white shirt & orange hat. The fragrance was a temporary one way ticket to outer space. Can’t get you out of my mind. Let’s chat.

When: Tuesday, October 27, 2009.

Where: bus route in Burlington.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #906567

missed you today And you missed some good cupcakes. Hope you are feeling better. When: Friday, October 30, 2009. Where: everywhere. You: Man. Me: Woman. #906563

Montpelier dunkin’ donuts 10/28 Very cute National Guard soldier picking up coffee & breakfast for his crew, you said because you finished the run in time! Had a fun time chatting w/ you. Let me know if you want to chat some more! When: Wednesday, October 28, 2009.

Where: Montpelier Dunkin’ Donuts.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #906554

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