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music

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soundbites club dates venues pop ten review this

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art review exhibitions

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film

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film review film clips flick chick film quiz showtimes

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COVER: DIANE SULLIVAN [DESIGN]

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Don’t Fear the Reaper Game review: Death Jr. BY DAVID THOMAS

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automotive homeworks spacefinder employment

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Towering Tragedy Theater review: The Guys BY ELISABETH CREAN

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<letters> ARTISTIC LICENSE I was stunned to read that BED management censored the painting done on their property [â&#x20AC;&#x153;Inside Track, September 28]. Apparently they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get it. One would hope that most art is passionately inspired. What could be more passionately inspiring than war and peace? Picassoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Guernicaâ&#x20AC;? comes to mind here. If they want only â&#x20AC;&#x153;pretty pictures,â&#x20AC;? they could hire a muralist and specify their order. But when next yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Art Hop arrives, they should decline participation. Carol Shea

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MISTAKEN ABOUT AIKEN U.S. Senator George Aiken did indeed advise Lyndon Johnson to â&#x20AC;&#x153;declare victory and get outâ&#x20AC;? of Vietnam. But he did so in 1966, not in 1968, as Peter Freyne had it in his Oct. 5 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Inside Trackâ&#x20AC;? column. The quote from his speech in the Senate made it into Bartlettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Familiar Quotations. Bold (not to mention wise and prescient) advice for 1966, given that popular opinion didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really swing dramatically against the war until the following year. Dana Cook

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REEL CHOICE? I am new to the Burlington area, and I wonder why all of the movie theaters (except for the Roxy) have the same movies? Is there no spirit of competition, or are they all TORONTO owned by the same people? They also donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stagger their CREAN CONGRATS times and I ended up one day at This letter is in response to 4:45 with no film expected to start Elisabeth Creanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s article on for at least two hours. (They had Chronic Fatigue Syndrome [â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sick all begun at 4:15 and 4:30.) and Tired,â&#x20AC;? September 14]. She is One policy held by all the film very brave and I am so glad to hear emporiums is charging too much that she is doing much better. I for snacks! Twenty centsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; worth of had mono in high school for 10 popcorn costs $4.50. And if a months, and then was diagnosed patron buys a drink too, it costs as with Chronic Fatigue after not getmuch as another movie ticket. I ting better. I was unable to do so know it is their only other means many things that typical teenagers to get money out of you, but it is want to do. I lost some friends way out of proportion. I would go over it because they did not underto the movies much more often if stand that I needed to sleep for 12 the prices of the movie and snacks hours a day. I have, in the recent were reduced. years, gotten better. I no longer 1x2-yogavt091405 9/13/05 10:32 AM Page 1 2x1.5-martins100604 10/7/04 Even though we have the have CFS, and feel myself growing

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SEVEN DAYS wants your rants and raves, in 250 words or fewer. Letters must respond to content in SEVEN DAYS. Include your full name, town and a daytime phone number, and send to: SEVEN DAYS, P.O. Box 1164, Burlington, VT 05402-1164. fax: 865-1015 email: letters@sevendaysvt.com

mention that we still donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a tsunami warning system for the East Coast, probably because we need a Big Disaster first. Must be. My God is a woman. Her name is Mother Nature, and she is pissed off at most humans carelessly scarring and polluting our once-beautiful planet. So please donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worry about Osama. Mother Nature is back. Mark Szymanski NORTH FERRISBURGH

PREVAILING WINDS Lester Brown [â&#x20AC;&#x153;Forecast: High and Dry,â&#x20AC;? September 28] offers a worthy warning on water. However, I

take issue with the characterization that he and others make of those opposing or otherwise raising questions about wind projects, especially those that would bring development into backcountry areas. Lester told Seven Days, with a chuckle, that such people are probably urbanite transplants interested in preserving pretty places. While this may be so, I also know of many people who a) support renewables, b) live the kind of rural lifestyle it will take to sustain the planet, and c) oppose industrial-scale wind development in remote mountainous regions. While such areas may be where the

wind is, in our region, areas such as East Haven in Vermont or Reddington in Maine also represent our best chance for protecting and restoring numerous ecological values â&#x20AC;&#x201D; including the water resource Lester Brown identifies as a top priority. As we consider energy development, we also have to return to the insight of E.F. Schumacher and the basic question he posed: Have you considered scale? Lester Brown is right to say that wind developers include many who welcome development in their own front yards. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s start with them. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not endanger the backcountry we hold

in trust and in common. Vermont and Maine and other rural states should adopt legislation that would ensure protection for our backyards and encourage renewables development as part of the developed, and not the undeveloped, landscape. Andrew Whittaker KIRBY

POPULATION PROBLEM Kudos to Pamela Polston for the story on eco-guru Lester Brown [â&#x20AC;&#x153;Forecast: High and Dry,â&#x20AC;? September 28] â&#x20AC;&#x201D; very flattering and generally well done. But there are two important points to note. First, comparing the oil crisis with the water crisis is sensational but wrong: Oil is depleted and converted to environmental pollution to global warming to flooding of all coastal metropolises. Water, by contrast, is recycled ad infinitum. There is only one water, a.k.a. the hydrosphere. The water in the hydrosphere will neither increase nor decrease, barring a cataclysmic, cosmic catastrophe. Therefore, all water â&#x20AC;&#x153;shortage,â&#x20AC;? like all politics, is local. There are droughts and floods and water

pollution, but taxing â&#x20AC;&#x153;whatever degrades natural resourcesâ&#x20AC;? is neither a solution nor the most politically unpopular solution. Second, the only real solution, and politically far more unpopular, is population control. Luckily, the Chinese have implemented this, and when they become the dominant superpower, hopefully they will succeed in implementing global population control to achieve an indefinitely sustainable global population. Medicine has lengthened the human lifespan and reduced infant mortality. Medicine has also developed contraception, vasectomy, tubal ligation and safe abortion, but a small, irrational fringe, called conservatives, have wrested the levers of the political machinery by manipulation and fraud, so that population control is not even discussed. Time to set aside oil crises and water shortages and other red herrings and address the real problem and its only possible solution. Peter Moss FAIRFAX

CORRECTIONS: The drawing for the Burlington Earth Clock that accompanied last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eyewitnessâ&#x20AC;? column was credited to Andrea Morgante. The image was actually the work of Diana Griffith. We apologize for the error. A letter to the editor last week claimed that a historical photo we ran with our September 21 theater review of Tom Crean was not him, but another Antarctic explorer, Ernest Joyce. Our original Crean caption was correct. The image we used was taken by Endurance photographer Frank Hurley in 1915. Joyce does not appear in any of Hurleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pictures, because he was not on the Endurance; he was laying down stores on the other side of Antarctica for Shackletonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s transcontinental trek that never took place.

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WINOOSKI — Commuters in Chittenden County know by now to avoid the construction zone around Winooski during rush hour — it can take 10 to 20 minutes to drive half a mile down Main Street and over the bridge to Burlington. Winooski’s new rotary, unveiled three weeks ago, was supposed to improve traffic flow. City Manager Gerry Myers insists that it will — he and his downtownredevelopment team just have to work out a few kinks first. On a walking tour of the innovative downtown project one recent afternoon, Myers pointed out only one lane is open so far around most of the giant oval. The second lane — and the public park in the center of the rotary — should be finished in time for

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the downtown’s completion ceremony in mid-November. That should speed things up. He admitted he still has some public education to do. Myers has been appearing on TV and before community groups to explain how to use a rotary. Rule number one: Always drive counterclockwise. “Don’t laugh,” he says. “People go the wrong way. I’ve observed it several times.” He also reminds drivers that people in the circle have the right of way. Standing on an asphalt island at the edge of the rotary, Myers points out multiple drivers who yield to let other motorists enter the circle. That’s not how it should work. He notes that’s the kind of behavior that causes traffic backups. “It will be faster once people start following the rules,” he says. And he points out that traffic is already faster than it’s been since construction started last fall. That’s true during most of the day, but not at the height of rush hour. Then, even practicing proper rotary etiquette doesn’t make much difference. Traffic often backs up along both sides of the bridge, and all the way around the rotary in the morning. Long lines form along Colchester and Riverside Avenues in the evening. Myers blames much of this on the traffic light on the Burlington side of the bridge. It creates a bottleneck that’s tough to clear. To fix the problem, the city of Burlington has to replace the mechanical traffic controller that powers the lights, which currently has only one setting. A new controller will have multiple settings for different times of the day. But Burlington Public Works engineer Justin Rabidoux says the new signal won’t be in place “until next construction season.” The device is part of the Riverside Avenue construction project, which, coincidentally, also got underway this year and has contributed to slowing commuters. “We’re aware of it,” says Rabidoux of the issue with the light. “We can and will make changes shortly.” Both Rabidoux and Myers say they’ve been communicating about the situation, and that the process is moving as quickly as possible. Too bad they can’t say the same about the traffic. m


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BARRE — Like FEMA to New Orleans, the horse trailer filled with crated canines came late. But for would-be doggie adopters in central Vermont last Sunday, it was better late than never. At the Barre Fish & Game Club, more than 70 men, women and children showed up at noon prepared to take home a pooch from a Louisiana shelter. Most of the 40-some expected animals had been “surrendered” by owners who had no way to care for them in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina; others were rescued strays. By the time the dogs reached Barre, they would have been in cages for more than 30 hours, moving northward to an unknown fate. In the large room lined with mounted antlers, stuffed animal heads and pelts, people milled about, sat at long tables or helped themselves to free snacks. While awaiting the transport’s scheduled 1 o’clock arrival, they listened attentively to representatives from the Central Vermont Humane Society, the receiving organization, and Project Starfish, the rescuers. “We’ve done transports before, but this is what you call a pooch clearinghouse,” suggested Dana Starr, business manager for CVHS. She then went on to caution the crowd about the possible physical and psychological condition of the animals, and the sensitive handling they might need. “Expect the unexpected,” she said. “These dogs have been through hell.”

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More than 70 men, women and children showed up prepared to take home a pooch from a Louisiana shelter. cost upwards of $500, Starr noted. “That’s why we need your generous donations today!” she encouraged cheerfully. She then introduced three thirtysomething women from Project Starfish, a nonprofit hastily formed less than a week after Katrina struck New Orleans. “I kept watching the news about all these people being evacuated and losing their homes, and didn’t hear anything about the animals,” said volunteer Heidi Poor, explaining her motivation to get involved. She joined project founders Kara Peterson and Cynthia Sweet in traveling to Louisiana and Mississippi to rescue animals. Now the women, all from the Boston area, are focused on moving pets from two shelters to willing recipients across the country. So far they have transported more than 500 dogs, as well as a handful of cats and one pig. As it turned out, the transport to Barre was five hours late, reportedly waylaid by torrential

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»news FROM THE DESK OF . . . Public libraries are all about recycling — how better to conserve resources than to circulate the same books among multiple readers? Now Burlington’s Fletcher Free Library is applying that principle to its physical infrastructure. On Monday, when workers demolished the 25-year-old, pre-computer-era circulation desk, they saved its solid oak components for use in a new desk. When that one is unveiled next month, it will not only be ergonomically engineered, but will improve access for children and people using wheelchairs. The desk will also have a third checkout station and a snazzy countertop of Vermont green marble. The $100,000 project, which comes on the heels of a $35,000 facelift for the men’s restroom, is part of the final phase of a $612,500 grant from the Freeman Foundation. Still to come: makeovers for the reference and children’s services desks; consolidated shelving for CDs, DVDs and videos; and lots of new furniture. The whole deal should be complete by the end of the year. Until then, expect a little noise. RUTH HOROWITZ

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foreign news that puts the administration in a bad light. “Absurd,” says the White House. But in Bob Woodward’s book, Plan of Attack, George W. explained his decision to launch the Iraq war by saying, “I was praying for strength to do the Lord’s will. I’m surely not going to justify war based upon God. Understand that. Nevertheless, in my case, I pray that I will be as good a messenger of His will as possible.” God needs a new messenger, eh? When we watch our TV news screens and see the violence and mayhem stirred up by religious extremists, we often feel a sense of relief that we don’t have similar fanatics running loose in the USA. Think again. Since the U.S. Supreme Court stopped the Florida presidential recount in 2000, religious extremists have been running the American government. The president says we invaded Afghanistan and Iraq because God told him to invade! God, known for his chattiness, probably also told George W. to gut environmentalprotection laws, oppose renewable energy, give millionaires two huge tax cuts, and appoint Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court. Why? Because it’s clear now that the God George W. has been listening to all these years is a pretty consistent God who obviously doesn’t give a damn. Deus Ex Machina? — Recent developments in Foggy Bottom signal the emergence of long-awaited cracks in the BornAgain Bush Castle. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, the king of sleaze, has been indicted and forced to step down as leader. In the Senate, Republican boss Tom Frist is facing two federal investigations for a suspicious financial windfall he recently enjoyed that resulted from his sale of stock held in a “blind trust,” just before the stock’s price fell dramatically. This all comes on the heels of the shameful White House response to Hurricane Katrina and the Vietnam flashback we’re experiencing called Iraq. As everyone knows, Vermonters do not have a Republican representative or senator in Congress whom they can contact. The top elected GOP official in Vermont is Gov. Jim Douglas. But Gov. Scissorhands, state chairman of the Bush re-election campaign in Vermont, is rarely challenged on his candidate’s performance. Given his party’s recent screw-ups, we dared raise the subject at last week’s presser. (By the way, this week’s gubernatorial ribbon-cutting is Wednesday in Royalton.) “Well,” replied Douglas, “there hasn’t been a determination yet, as far as I know, on the outcome of those situations. A House Majority Leader is, like any American, entitled to the presumption of innocence, and he has strongly asserted his. So we’ll see what happens. And the Senate majority leader has offered a response to the concerns expressed about the [stock] transaction, and we’ll see what the ethics committee says, so I don’t think we should prejudge them.” INSIDE TRACK >> 15A

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Certainly not. Even Al Capone was innocent until proven guilty. But despite the DeLay and Frist scandals, Vermont’s Republican governor will also have to walk a careful line on the subject of Mr. Bush as he seeks reelection in 2006. Given President Bush’s record-low approval rating in recent national polls, Douglas was asked if he’d still give Bush a high rating. “Well, the president’s job is not an easy one,” replied the governor. “He’s got a lot of criticism from the political world, and frankly, from the media,” said Douglas. “The president has a tough job,” continued the Guv, “and [there’s] all the scrutiny that goes with it. He’s certainly, I’m sure, doing his best.” That’s the scary part. But how would you rate him, we asked, if a pollster called? “I think under the difficult circumstances that he’s facing, he’s doing a good job,” answered Douglas. Well, that marks a noteworthy change. Vermont’s Republican governor used to say President Bush was doing a very good job. Different Viewpoint — On Saturday, October 29, former clergyman, state senator and Democratic Party Executive Director Scudder Parker of Montpelier will officially kick off his campaign to unseat Jim Douglas in 2006. If elected, he would be the first “Scudder” to become governor. We’ve had a Moses and an Isaac, a Mortimer and a Madeleine, but never a Scudder. If Scudder hopes to win, he will have to be a bit more talented than Jim Douglas’ last two Democratic victims. In 2002, Lt. Gov. Doug Racine lacked the required backbone, flip-flopping on environmental positions to satisfy the “business community.” In 2004, Burlington Mayor Peter Clavelle lacked focus and never developed a clear, concise message that blasted through Douglas’ well-greased armor. When asked this week to respond to the governor’s comments on President Bush, Parker jumped at the bait. “I am stunned,” replied Scudder, “that Jim Douglas would say he thinks George Bush is doing a good job. Is this his idea of leadership?” Apparently Parker, the exminister, is hearing from a different segment of Vermonters than has Douglas, the ex-WFAD radio jock. “I hear from Vermonters that they are increasingly worried about job security, health care, energy bills for driving to work and heating this winter,” said Parker. “And they are worrying about our soldiers in Iraq, and the losses we are suffering there with no end in sight.” “What is particularly alarming to me,” said the Democratic challenger, “is that many of the ‘difficult circumstances’ Mr. Bush faces are mostly of his own making, either by poor planning and administration, or by just doing the wrong thing. Does

Mr. Douglas believe in accountability?” Not sure at the moment. Shumlin Sees the Light — Officially, Peter Shumlin said he was dropping out of the race for the Democratic congressional nomination because of family and the desire to stay closer to home. Unofficially, make no mistake that Putney Pete saw the writing on the wall. Peter Welch has this one wired. Former Dean for America staffer Zephyr Teachout has been considering a bid, but with Shumlin out, she concedes the “one girl vs. two Petes” dynamic has changed. It’s highly unlikely Zephyr will run in what would be a hopeless chase. So it’s shaping up for a Democrat Peter Welch vs. Republican Martha Rainville final. But what about Progressive State Rep. David Zuckerman? Davy the Prog has a congressional campaign website but hasn’t formally jumped in. Our Democratic sources say he won’t. Zuckerman’s “candidacy,” they say, is merely a vehicle to promote a deal with the Democrats. First, he tried to get the Democrats to cave in on statewide Instant Runoff Voting. That went nowhere. Then he floated a deal under the terms of which Davy the Prog would stay out of the congressional race if Democrats stay out of the Lite-Gov’s race. That would pave the way for Progressive Anthony Pollina to finally have a decent shot at winning something. But it ain’t going to happen, folks. Independent Bernie Sanders, godfather of the Vermont Progressive Party without ever becoming a party member, has made it clear he will support the Democratic candidate for his seat, Peter Welch. Bernie and the Democrats have never been tighter. In return, the Democratic Party, both in Vermont and D.C., will not mess up Ol’ Bernardo’s clear shot at the U.S. Senate. Would Zuckerman go against the godfather’s wishes and campaign against Bernie’s chosen successor? “Bernie’s endorsement is not going to make or break whether I run,” Davy the Prog told us. Sure, whatever you say. But Pollina has much better name recognition, noted Zuckerman, than Democratic State Sen. Matt Dunne, who’s considering taking a shot at the Lite-Gov race. Even a few Democrats think Anthony’s earned the shot, but they’re not the ones running the party these days. Meanwhile, with Shummy out of the race, his campaign manager Kate O’Connor is out of a job. Ms. O’Connor says she’ll now have more time to devote to organizing the journals and notes she kept during HoHo’s presidential run. “I’ve been working on putting them in order just in case someday, someone wants to know the real story of the rise and fall of Dean for America!” said Kate. Bonne chance!

Where’s Bernie? — Look for a more moderate Bernie Sanders, folks, as he zeroes in on the big one: a seat in the U.S. Senate. With two conservative Republicans, Rich Tarrant and Brian Dubie, in the running to battle him, there’s no need for Bernie to play leftist radical in this one. In fact, “Inside Track” has learned that Ol’ Bernardo was attending a Tuesday fundraiser in his honor at the Cambridge, Massachusetts, home of Abby Rockefeller — yes, one of those Rockefellers. Locally, Sanders’ media event this week will be a talk to sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders at Edmunds Middle School. The only socialist in the U.S. Congress “will discuss nutrition and local agricultural issues with the students.” Viva la revolution! Media Notes — A couple Vermont news junkies did a double-take this week when they noticed the byline of veteran Montpeculiar Statehouse reporter Ross Sneyd on a fresh story out of New Orleans. In fact, it was the hot story of the week, an interview with the 64-year-old retired, black schoolteacher brutally beaten by three white New Orleans cops in the French Quarter. The bloody assault on Robert Davis was caught by an Associated Press video crew. The three cops have been charged and suspended. Of course, had the press not been there, they’d still be serving and protecting the citizens of New Orleans. Sneyd told “Inside Track” he’s in New Orleans working out of a temporary AP newsroom set up in the luxurious W Hotel in the French Quarter. He expects to be there for 10 days, “mostly editing, but when needed I’m getting thrown a few stories.” On Monday, Ross got thrown the beating story and interviewed the victim at the scene of the crime. Sure beats a Statehouse health-care hearing, eh? And, by the way, it’s Ross’ first visit to the Big Easy. “It’s a surreal city,” he writes in an email. “There is debris everywhere. And yet the central business district and the French Quarter, largely spared the flooding, are coming back to life. There are tourists in the French Quarter. There is electricity. There’s traffic. And yet, there is devastation. Two cars sit next to the hotel where I’m staying crushed beneath bricks that fell from the façade. Driving in from Baton Rouge, I saw houses blown off their foundations. Blue is the dominant color on roofs all over the city, the color of tarps covering them.” Other impressions of New Orleans? “A few more bars than Montpelier,” he replied, “and a lot more beads.” Mr. Sneyd is due back at his usual Capital City haunts sometime next week. m “Inside Track” is a weekly column that can also be read on www.sevendaysvt.com. To reach Peter Freyne, email freyne@sevendaysvt.com.

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Compassionate Responses Kim Sturla, who runs an animal sanctuary in Vacaville, Calif., traveled to Mississippi to rescue chickens from a poultry farm that had been badly damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Joining her were several employees of the Humane Society of the United States and an animal sanctuary volunteer from New York. After finding thousands of dead chickens, the group collected about 1000 live birds, which were taken to Texas and New York before ending up in sanctuaries and back yards. “The irony is, this disaster saved their lives,” Sturla said. • A Canadian search-and-rescue team reached a flooded New Orleans suburb to help save trapped residents five days before the U.S. military showed up, according to Louisiana state Sen. Walter Boasso. “They chartered a plane and flew down,” he said, noting that the 50member team from Vancouver, nearly 2200 miles away, beat both the Army and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to St. Bernard Parish, east of New Orleans. Boasso speculated that the government ignored smaller parishes, such as St. Bernard, to focus on New Orleans.

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She said she would keep â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s constantly interacting with other making music, though, and in 2004 she actors, being tortured and tormented,â&#x20AC;? and the NEBF were back, with concertos, Beagley says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The show climaxes with a arias and a cantata. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had a reception on major stage combat battle between zombies stage after each performance,â&#x20AC;? reports and a very small, ragtag band of humans Beth-Ann Betz, Moyseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s former assistant using makeshift weapons.â&#x20AC;? and a coordinator of the NEBF. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Seven weeks of rehearsal promise high a farewell. It was just a quiet way of perproduction values, and the walk-through forming for her.â&#x20AC;? set will bring the audience into the action. This year, Moyse has put down her â&#x20AC;&#x153;The situations are intense, and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re baton. Instead of the NEBF, a handful of right up in your faces,â&#x20AC;? says Beagley. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We Brattleboro arts organizations is hosting have a black maze that plays upon every Festival 05301, a monthlong series of music, sensory fear we could come up with. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pitch-black, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great deal of misdirecperformance, literary and visual-arts events. tion, things keep jumping out at you, you That hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stopped the Bach, though. no have idea whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on those walls youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re To honor Moyse, and satisfy audience touching, and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not sure whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s comappetite for the Baroque, Capital City Concerts is expanding its own abulous Staff â&#x20AC;˘ Rea popular all-Bach dâ&#x20AC;˘F son o o abl concert into a sF u eP o i c two-day affair, ric i l e es says flautist D Karen Kevra, who launched the Montpelier classical music series in 2000. 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hat would it be like to have a perfect memory — to be incapable of filtering one’s past through a haze of nostalgia? Worse, what would it be like to have a perfect memory and live in a country whose culture and institutions are based on a past that never was? That’s the premise of Bennington author Tony Eprile’s dazzlingly complex novel The Persistence of Memory, which appeared in paperback last July. (On its hardcover run, it was named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and received the Koret Jewish Book Award.) The novel’s hero, Paul Sweetbread, is an urban, Jewish South African who comes of age in the 1980s, during the last throes of apartheid. He’s gifted and cursed with a perfect memory, which makes it impossible for him to banish such painful images as his father’s suicide. It also makes him politically dangerous. In a country where schoolteachers try to convince children that white settlers never interbred with the African natives, Paul looks at the history books and sees otherwise. Unable to “learn the national dysmnesia, the art of rose-colored recall,” he soon realizes that only by forgetting can he become “a good son, a good South African.” The novel reaches its climax when Paul’s photographic memory makes him the most credible witness to an act of atrocity — one that’s based in fact. The Persistence of Memory reads like an autobiographical novel, surrounding us with the intimate sensory details of Paul’s childhood in a way reminiscent of Proust’s Remembrance of Things Past. But Eprile, who left South Africa when he was in his teens and came to the U.S. in 1970, isn’t Paul. Where Paul’s comfortable middle-class family isn’t politically aligned, Eprile’s was. His father edited the first multiracial newspaper in South Africa, and the family once hosted Nelson Mandela when he was a fugitive from the police. Writing the book, “I had to find ways to explain things I knew a lot about without getting overdidactic,” Eprile says. He dates the novel’s genesis to 1990, when events in South Africa made him feel “as if reality was running ahead of my imagination.” (The country officially ended apartheid that year and held its first democratic elections in 1994.) Returning from a visit to South Africa, Eprile read A.R. Luria’s The Mind of a Mnemonist, a nonfiction account of a man tormented by photographic memories. Thus Paul Sweetbread was born. “Having a character with a perfect memory allowed me to have a lot of fun with the book, exposing the absurdities of the cultural mythology that apartheid created,”

which Paul participates as a conscripted soldier. It’s a chapter of history with which few Americans are familiar. In 1974, as the U.S. emerged from Vietnam, South Africa became embroiled in a “Nam” of its own — Namibia, where it fought an extension of the Cold War against Soviet-backed Angolan liberation fighters with support from the C.I.A. U.N. intervention ended the conflict in 1989, but not all the young South Africans were ready to lay down their weapons. “They were told they were fighting Communism for survival and the future of the free world,” says Eprile, who talked to ex-soldiers as a journalist in the ’90s. “Then there’s an agreement out of nowhere that we’re ending it. It made them ask, what was the point to start with?” The book describes a massacre of disbanded African soldiers; Eprile says it’s based on several that took place during “nine days of ferocious fighting when the war was really over.” “One of the points I was trying to get across,” Eprile says, “is what [war] does to the people who fight. The public should be aware of what price those soldiers paid, for our indifference or our nationalism. Some of the young men of my generation were severely damaged by that war, and it hasn’t been acknowledged.” “It was very chilling to revise the novel and see the build-up toward the invasion of Iraq,” Eprile continues. “There are similarities. South Africans were promised that [the war] was going to be over in two weeks.” He notes that a large number of former South African defense force soldiers from the Namibia campaign have been employed in Iraq by security firms such as Blackwell.

When Paul appears before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the advocate for the opposition casts doubt on his crystal-clear memory of wartime events. Eprile says. “He can ask questions that are uncomfortable without his necessarily having a political stance to jump from.” How did Eprile create Paul’s childhood in such detail? “A lot of it comes from an early interest in nature and being a naturalist,” he says. “That attention to detail that naturalists engage in, I was interested in applying to fiction.” Though the book is “definitely not” autobiographical, Eprile acknowledges that “people who know me well have noticed certain patterns of thought that are mine” — such as Paul’s habit of digressing. Paul’s capacious, often rarefied vocabulary is Eprile’s too, he says — “I’ve had it as both a compliment and a complaint that people need to use the dictionary when they read the book.” One aspect of his protagonist’s experience that Eprile had to research was the “hidden war” in

The Persistence of Memory is riddled with paradoxes, which Eprile describes as his literary stock in trade. Paul’s dead father loved insects, yet made his fortune as an exterminator. One of the novel’s deepest insights is voiced by one of its most brutal characters — Paul’s commanding officer, the ruthless and charismatic Major Lyddie. In such a world of twists and turns, is it possible to know the truth? When Paul appears before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which held nonjudicial hearings in the early 1990s to unearth the dirty secrets of the apartheid era, the advocate for the opposition casts doubt on his crystal-clear memory of wartime events. “Nobody has cornered the market on truth,” the lawyer declares, in an Orwellian moment. “You believe your propaganda and I’ll believe mine.”

That cynicism resonates in today’s America, where a surprising majority of people claims to see small difference between news reporting and partisan propaganda. As Eprile shows, “reality-based” views were rare in apartheid-era South Africa. (As part of his army service, Paul learns to film carefully edited “documentaries” about the occupation.) But Eprile’s novel suggests that to deny the possibility of knowing the truth is to dodge personal engagement and responsibility. “I think that truth rises out of perspective, but it isn’t as relative as cultural relativists want to make out,” Eprile says. “If it’s all relative, you don’t have to take responsibility for your actions.” Eprile came to Vermont eight years ago to teach at Bennington; his wife’s family also lives in the area. Although his novel is a vivid evocation of the arid landscape of Africa, he’s taken well to colder climes, and says he appreciates Vermonters for their combination of “goodheartedness and a skeptical frame of mind.” One of Eprile’s ongoing literary projects is a novel about Rudyard Kipling’s four years in Dummerston, where he wrote The Jungle Book — an odd episode in the life of the most famous chronicler of the British Empire. “It raises issues of exile and the attractions Vermont holds for people from other countries,” Eprile says. While he’s writing that, maybe more Vermonters will check out Persistence — a sly, personable novel that ultimately packs a big punch, making the history of a country halfway across the world seem both real and close to home.

Crowded venues testified to the success of last month’s Burlington Literary Festival. But there are plenty more opportunities to see local authors in person. Archer Mayor, one of Vermont’s favorite mystery writers, will be at Kingdom Books in St. Johnsbury on October 17 at 4 pm. The visit coincides with the publication of Mayor’s newest Joe Gunther novel, St. Albans Fire. Instead of reading, Mayor will “mostly talk — about how he got the plot ideas for this one, where the research took place, how he feels about his characters,” says Kingdom Books co-owner Beth Kanell. “It’s always a great conversation when he’s here.” m


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all me a meat puppet, but I like my politics corporeal. Before the Internet, activism meant bodies in a room, arguing, scheming, flirting, drinking. Taking on a task, you made a commitment to people who could hold you accountable. The “movement” was a network of thousands of rooms, thousands of relationships. One commitment you made was, literally, to move your body out of the room and into the street, voices and fists poised for raising. It still thrills me to be on the barricades, inside a beast of many bodies. So I signed up to join United for Peace & Justice’s September 24 march on Washington to end the Iraq war. The papers might report a crowd a tenth its real size, the TV news give equal time to the 39 counter-demonstrators. The government would likely ignore us. (Leaving town, Dubya averred that everyone is entitled to his or her opinion.) But we would have an effect — a crucial one, now that fear and disaffection are the Bushies’ best weapons. If nothing else, a demonstration tells its participants they are not alone. The people united shall never be defeated. Solidarity forever. This knowledge enables them to make those slogans true. It can’t happen online. Howard Dean and MoveOn’s Eli Pariser claimed during the 2004 elections that they’d invented a virtual political community unlike any in history. When it came to mustering the teams and tabulating the canvassing sheets, though, live kids and union members did it the old-fashioned way. After the elections, I attended a MoveOn “meetup,” where little groups across the country watched a computer map light up with other meetups, then watched Eli talk, then voted on what to do next (repair voting machines? save the environment?).

MoveOn sends an email promo, you type in your name, press Send and, presto, you’ve fulfilled your civic duty. There was no way to discuss how to accomplish anything. Eli would get back to us. And from time to time, he drops me an email, to which I respond, or not. MoveOn turns out to be a communications tool, not a community. And in what community it does create, activism is like online dating. No hard feelings. As for the former cyber-candidate, he can still be found on the web, making wishy-washy statements for the Democratic Party. On September 24, I didn’t make it to Washington. My group, Take Back the Future — about 40 writers and artists from New York, my part-time home — boarded a reserved Amtrak car in Penn Station at 6 a.m., alongside a clutch of Queerleaders from Burlington. At 6:15 we budged — 10 yards — then backed up. Every half-hour after that, a conductor offered information, much of it contradictory, about faulty wires in the tunnel, repairs, consolidation of trains. Each dispatch ended with the assurance that we’d be on our way in 20 minutes. The Queerleaders took out their garbage-bag-plastic pom-poms and cheered (“U-G-L-I! They ugly. Uhn-uhn, they ugly! G-R-E-D! They greedy. . .”). Someone called Amtrak on her cell and learned that “Poli Psy” is a monthly column that can also be read on www.sevendaysvt.com. To reach Judith Levine, email levine@sevendaysvt.com.

a power line was down in New Jersey, halting all southbound travel. This was news to the conductor. A rumble was rising among us. Factions were arranging car rentals. Our affinity group, which in various incarnations had marched together for 30 years, needed to act. At 9, I stood on a seat and tried to quell rumors of a conspiracy any more sinister than the Republican Party’s to overthrow the U.S. government by privatizing it out of existence. By 9:10, we had consensus. The Amtrak people, through no fault of their own, couldn’t be trusted. More delays were inevitable. We’d reach D.C. in time to catch our train home. By 9:30, with our bagels wrapped and signs in English, Spanish and Arabic retrieved from the overhead racks, we had disembarked and started organizing. Some of us talked up the would-be protesters in the terminal. Others called the press. The Queerleaders ducked into phone booths and emerged with pink hair and pleated skirts. By 10, 60 marchers were on Seventh Avenue and 34th Street, chanting, “Money for trains, not for war!” Shoppers stopped, drivers honked. The New York Times sent its guy, NBC its gal. Writers

for The New Yorker and London’s TLS were on our train; they took out their notepads. That night, NBC gave us equal time with the 300,000 anti- and 39 pro-war marchers in Washington. Next day, the Times ran a photo of our signs and a quote to the effect of “Money for trains, not for war.” “Joining” MoveOn or another online activist group is like using an Apple computer or wearing Nike shoes — what brand manager Douglas Atkins calls “joining a brand.” The brand sends an email promo, you type in your name, press Send and, presto, you’ve fulfilled your civic duty. An auto-reply arrives, thanking you for your opinion — a receipt. The “community” is as big as a consumer demographic, and no bigger than an email box. Hannah Arendt wrote about the oikos, the forum in which speech becomes “deeds.” The web, we are told, is the forum of the future. But too often, online speech swallows itself; it can’t emerge as deed. In a train, a terminal or on the street, bodies meet to act. This form may seem to take us back from the future. But, on the ground, we can seize the day — to take back the future. m


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World-travelers and mountaineers are drawn to the Himalayan Mountains, some in search of adventure, others on a spiritual quest. simplicity and charm with bigger-than-life characters and metaphors, DJ seems like, well, a Tim Burton film. Nightmare Before Christmas, anyone? Seriously, look at DJ’s pal Stigmartha — the girl with holes in her hands that bleed when she’s nervous — and tell me that Burton is not this game’s godfather, illegitmate or not. Smith and Weston — the cojoined mad scientists? Meat Land, the beefflavored theme park? This game isn’t just influenced by Burton; it’s a veritable homage. Still, if you’re going to ape someone’s

oeuvre, it might as well be a kooky genius who tends to make interesting, if hollow, films. And what Death Jr. shows is that a style which can get stretched to translucent meaninglessness on the big screen goes down with a concentrated wallop on a screen the size of a couple of matchbooks. Resting on the playful darkness, wry graveyard humor and freak-show social commentary, DJ adds a pretty standard selection of action-adventure-game elements. When school chum Pandora tries to open a magic box, we can pretty much anticipate what comes next: evil unleashed, friends trapped in distinctive worlds and the scattering of valuable objects that we must collect. The levels feature the kind of visual variety that makes exploring amusing — like finding catacombs hidden under a drab suburban landscape and accessed beneath a BBQ grill. And the music pushes along the happy-go-lucky weirdness the game strives so hard to achieve. The only real trouble comes from the title’s ample hacking and bloodletting. Of course, it’s hard to argue the violence issue when the protagonist is Death’s little boy and the bad guys are quite literally demons. This problem isn’t narrative at all; it’s purely biomechanical. The action in the game gets quite intense, and while button-mashing has never fallen out of fashion for the true gamer, trying to keep up the necessary rhythm of mayhem for this title turns your hands into arthritic crustacean claws. In no time at all, DJ ends up with yet another colleague — you as Lobster Boy. Not that it matters much. DJ is still one of the best games yet for the PSP — a platform still trying to reach its potential. And as far as the lovable DJ himself, clearly his creators have big plans. You can already pick up plush DJ dolls and toys. The inevitability of Death, in this case, is that we will see more of him in the future. m


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ull Spectrum Warrior was the U.S. Army’s strategy to get the biggest bang for its training simulator buck. Unfortunately, it was the video-gaming industry that scored the win and the American taxpayers who took the hit. In the multibillion-dollar world of video games, simulated gunplay is about as old as it gets, and the “firstperson shooter” is the virtual blueprint for any number of video games. Likewise, in the drill-intensive world of the U.S. military, daily life is a constant dress rehearsal for actual warfare — at least, when it’s not involved in the real thing — and simulators have long been an essential tool in that training. So it was inevitable that war games and video games would eventually find one another, especially since they target the same demographics. On July 4, 2002, the Pentagon unveiled the video game America’s Army: The Official U.S. Army Game, online and in CD-ROM format.

website. “To all you newcomers to AA, this is the place to be!” Capitalizing on the game’s success, and recognizing that many recruits would rather play a video game than read an Army manual, the Pentagon set its sights on commissioning an even more effective and realistic video game/training tool for its troops. Full Spectrum Warrior — in which the Pentagon invested $4.4 million to help develop — was billed as “the most realistic portrayal of infantrylevel urban warfare, with unique tactical-action gameplay.” The product hit the streets in June 2004, but unlike America’s Army, it came with a price tag for civilians: $49.99. At first glance, FSW seemed to live up to the buzz that surrounded its predecessor. Experienced players say that, unlike a standard arcade game, FSW offers a more realistic version of combat’s violence — for example, it takes fewer bullets or hits of shrapnel to get killed, weapons run out of

for the game’s developers but left the Army with a sub-par training tool.” Earlier this year, Taxpayers released a report revealing how FSW failed to live up to its intended purpose as a realistic simulator of realworld urban-combat warfare. In 1999, the Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT), which is based at

National Training System Association, told Taxpayers that the game “represents a training tool of limited value.” Similarly, Lieutenant Colonel James Riley, chief of tactics at the Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia, and one of the primary overseers of the development of FSW, said the game was “incredibly

Though visually spectacular with excellent commercial viability, “Full Spectrum Warrior” was a less-thanstellar military training tool.

America’s Army was designed as a realistic simulation of what it’s like to enlist and train in the military. Players progress through a series of individual and team-building training scenarios that include the use of “real” military weapons and tactics, advancing through cooperative games-playing until they reach the level of Green Beret. America’s Army is free to anyone who is 13 or older. According to the official website, recruiters don’t have access to information about its users — unless they volunteer it. Needless to say, the game offers plenty of opportunities for players to learn more about the Army, including the location of the nearest enlistment office. The Defense Department hasn’t published any data on the effectiveness of America’s Army as a recruitment tool. But since the game’s release, nearly 6 million users have registered on its official website. America’s Army has since been updated at least 20 times and is ranked among the top five online computer games of all time. “Gaming is culture!” shouts a posting in the tournament section of the America’s Army

ammunition more quickly, and random acts of violence are punished. However, regular users also complain that it doesn’t allow player-to-player competition. And, after the game has been played through once, the computer’s tactic never changes, which lessens its replay value. Nevertheless, Full Spectrum Warrior has won more than two dozen awards from computer-gaming magazines, as well as a “four out of four” rating from Playboy magazine and “five out of five” from Maxxim. PC Gamer called it “an intense and demanding simulation of modern urban combat.” Globe Technology praised it as “a game without precursor and brimming with innovative game play.” And Gamers Mark described it as “intense, authentic, immersive, sometimes comical and most importantly, just a fun game.” “Comical?” “Just a fun game?” The U.S military isn’t supposed to be in the fun-and-games business — and not everyone is laughing. “The result,” according to the nonpartisan budgetwatchdog group Taxpayers for Common Sense, “was a best-selling video game that has become a cash cow

the University of Southern California, was created with the explicit purpose of building computer simulations of 21st-century warfare scenarios. According to the report, the Army awarded ICT a $45 million grant to develop various military projects, including FSW. The final product was released in 2004. Though visually spectacular with excellent commercial viability, it proved to be a less-than-stellar training tool from a military standpoint. Fred Lewis, a retired rear admiral in the U.S Navy and president of the

shallow” with a “very limited set of situational challenges to put the guys through.” That’s not all. Taxpayers also discovered that not only did the FSW project lack sufficient military oversight to make it a meaningful and useful training tool, but the contract with its private developers did little to ensure that taxpayers got the best possible return on their investment. Although the U.S. Army put up $4.4 million for the game’s development, the U.S. government has yet to receive reimbursement or royalties on


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that investment. The U.S. government even has to pay Microsoft an Xbox licensing fee for every copy of the game delivered. Despite such shortcomings, in November 2004 the Army awarded ICT another five-year, $100 million contract to come up with new virtual simulators. Among the ideas that were floated was an initiative to build a real-life “holodeck,” the ultra-realistic fantasy simulator that was regularly featured on “Star Trek: The Next Generation.” Dr. Harry Kloor, a NASA consultant and writer for “Star Trek,” told Taxpayers for Common Sense that the holodeck idea was a “fraud” that could never be built. Apart from the unrealistic expectations of computer games as realistic simulacrums of war, there is another unanswered question: What’s the value of training U.S. military personnel with tools that anyone in the world, including America’s enemies, can easily download with nothing more than a laptop computer? “They’re really just teamwork-building things,” explains Steve Bauman, editor-in-chief of Computer Games magazine of Richmond. (See related article, p.36A.) “They’re certainly not teaching you how to use weapons. They’ll be of no benefit to you in a real-world situation.” The real point of games like America’s Army and Full Spectrum Warrior, says Bauman, is their ability to “brand” young people on the idea of the U.S. Army, making it a regular part of their daily lives. That said, Bauman is also skeptical of video-games critics such as Colonel David Grossman, a psychologist and former Marine Corps “killologist,” who suggests that firstperson shooter games desensitize kids to violence and teach them to accept killing as normal. “I think there’s a disconnect there,” says Bauman. “Using his logic, playing NBA Live is training me to be an NBA player. And I’m thinking that’s not gonna happen.” Or, as Ben Hatfield, a digital media critic and computer artist in Missoula, Montana, puts it, “If the armed forces were advertising the life of a soldier being akin to videogame experiences, I would call that false advertising . . . The emotions in warfare situations cannot be simulated in a game with no real-life consequences.” Until, that is, the Army releases Full Spectrum PostTraumatic Stress Disorder. m

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First-Person Shooter on Church Street Turning on to Burlington’s new e-sports lounge

t’s 10:30 p.m. on a Friday night, the U.S. is at war with China, and I’m in the Marine Corps. Alpha Company has dropped me near an enemy bunker somewhere in a rural part of China. I STORY look out over the muzzle of my rifle at CATHY some trees on the bank of a river. All RESMER around me, soldiers run and fire their weapons. I hear them shouting. IMAGE I’m supposed to find and kill MATTHEW Chinese soldiers, but before I can even THORSEN figure out how to fire my gun, a sniper picks me off. I hear the bullets whizzing past and my own agonizing groan as I fall. Luckily, in 15 seconds I respawn for another go. Such is my halting entry into the virtual world of Battlefield 2, a firstperson-shooter videogame available at Algebars. Burlington’s new videogaming lounge opened on the second floor at 70 Church Street, near the corner of Bank, in mid-August. Algebars is not an arcade, like Pizza Putt; players don’t wield plastic toy guns surrounded by sirens and blinking lights. They sit quietly at minimally lit, glass tables before sleek, top-of-the-line Alienware PCs. It’s quiet, except for the sound generated by the lids of automated wastebaskets that open when someone walks by. The gaming stations are complete with ergonomically correct chairs — black, of course — miked headphones and titanium mousepads. Each of the 24 set-ups — clustered in circular pods of four — costs about $5000 a pop. The view of Church Street from the

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rounded second story windows is spectacular, as is the picture on the 50-inch, flat-screen plasma TV perpetually playing movies in the far corner. But those perks are no match for what’s on the smaller screens. Videogames like Doom III and World of Warcraft are so advanced they’re almost as visually compelling as movies. Software companies might spend $10 or $20 million developing one game, and hire teams of writers and artists, as well as programmers, to make them interesting. Thanks to the Internet, you and your friends can play together in an endlessly fascinating virtual world. Movies end; the action in these games can go on forever, and you get star billing. At $5 an hour for game time — less if you buy more hours in advance, more if you include a pizza or some caffeinated drinks — playing here seems like a sweet deal. To the gamers, anyway. Algebars is one of two gaming lounges in the Burlington area; the other, a utilitarian gaming and office center called Elite Online Access, is tucked away on Dorset Street in South Burlington. Gaming lounges haven’t exactly taken off in Vermont the way they have in places like Florida and Texas. The state is about 10 years behind the tech-savvy times. Gaming and gaming lounges are even more popular abroad. While it’s estimated that roughly half of Americans play videogames, they’re a national sport in South Korea, where 70 percent of the population has access to a broadband Internet connection. That country has

three cable-television channels that broadcast online gaming matches. Gamers there play in tournaments for up to $4.4 million in prize money. Construction is now underway on the world’s first e-sports arena, to be completed in 2008. Not that you need a stadium to play videogames. Most people access them on computers or Xboxes and PlayStations at home. But, as Algebars co-owner Lauran Burrell explains, “Most people don’t have the kind of computer you need to play these games well.” Burrell and her husband Ross are hoping that gaming in a clean, hip, urban environment might be more appealing to the area’s players, most of whom are between 18 and 30 years old; nationally, the average age of gamers is 30. The fortysomething husband-andwife entrepreneurs moved here from New Zealand five years ago. They opened Algebars — the name refers to a star in Lauran’s favorite constellation, Orion — because they thought this college town would appreciate an alcoholfree gaming hangout. Eventually, they hope to establish a chain. Both Burrells are computer geeks; in their commanding corner office, they also run the Global Business Dialogue, or GBDe; Ross is the executive director, Lauran communications director. The organization helps various companies, including Hitachi Ltd., Hewlett-Packard and Deutche Bank, navigate the changing

technological landscape. The Burrells’ work requires travel: In the last few years, they’ve been to Cairo, Taiwan and Kuala Lumpur. This week, they’re headed to Brussels. Neither of them has much spare time — Algebars is open from noon to midnight, seven days a week, and they’re usually there. But given the chance, they like to play some of the 40 games Algebars offers. In particular, Lauran likes World of Warcraft, or W.O.W., which debuted last November. W.O.W. — a Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game, or MMORPG — is a universe unto itself. Unlike Battlefield 2, which anyone can play, W.O.W. requires users to buy their own copies of the game, and pay a monthly fee for an account; you can’t just walk into Algebars and play it. To understand the game, you need to watch the trailer-like video that explains the back-story. Lauran uses her W.O.W. account to queue it up for me on one of the game terminals. I put on a pair of padded headphones, and listen to the deep-voiced narrator speaking over an epic score. Elaborate shots of the characters and maps of their imaginary homelands fade in and out on the screen. “The tenuous pact between the Horde and the Alliance has all but evaporated,” says the narrator, his voice full of chilling gravitas. “The drums of war have sounded once again.” W.O.W. is one of Algebars’ most popular games. Several of the 10 or so


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male customers this afternoon are playing it, as is Sydney Simoni, the 21-year-old woman with long, pink fingernails behind the front counter. Her undead warlock — a member of the Horde — is flying to Gadgetzan on a wyvern, which looks like a flying lion. It takes awhile to get there, so Simoni clicks onto another screen while she flies, and takes a payment for game time from Brian Whitney. The 18-year-old American Apparel employee is here for a

This kind of interaction bolsters the Burrells’ claims that videogaming — long stereotyped as a solitary pursuit — has actually become a very social activity. Players make connections online with people all over the world, and use games to develop real world and online relationships. The Burrells have some personal experience in this department; they met in an online chat room in 1996, when Lauran was a lawyer in Chicago. After a few months, she

Gaming addiction is also getting some long-overdue attention. Many of Algebars clients freely admit they have a problem. Brian Whitney refers to gaming as “my addiction,” in the same half-embarrassed, half-boasting way that college-age binge drinkers talk about theirs. He says he once played W.O.W. for 36 hours straight. Such sustained play can be dangerous — in August, a South Korean man collapsed and died after 50 hours of gaming; he was

Simoni’s undead warlock — a member of the Horde — is flying to Gadgetzan on a wyvern, which looks like a flying lion. Simoni clicks onto another screen while she flies. few hours before he heads to his second job. As they chat, Simoni reaches her destination, where she’s promptly attacked by an Alliance character whose screenname appears in red above his head; this is another actual person, playing somewhere else in the world, who has decided to attack her from behind. “That jerk,” says Simoni, as her warlock respawns. She flips through the list of her W.O.W. guild — her friends who also play — to see if anyone else she knows is online and can help her. As Whitney sits down at his computer, he asks Simoni who attacked her. “Some knight elf,” she replies. “I would come and help you,” he says, “but I have no interest in going to Gadgetzan.”

moved to New Zealand to live closer to Ross, and the two married in 1999. But the pastime’s detractors charge that videogames are too violent and often unsuitable for minors. Witness the recent Grand Theft Auto controversy, which inspired Senator Hilary Clinton to call a videogame-violence inquiry, and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to sign into law a bill criminalizing the sale of violent games to minors. Algebars carries GTA, but only allows gamers who are over 18 to play it. The Burrells have also created a parental consent form, downloadable from their website for underage customers who want to play games the industry rates T (for Teen) or M (for Mature).

DANCES WITH VIDEOS If you think all video gamers are corpulent couch potatoes, you ought to catch Elliot Levi playing Dance Dance Revolution at Pizza Putt in South Burlington. The wiry, 19-year-old Community College of Vermont student gets quite a workout. “I lost 70 pounds playing this game over the last two years,” he says on a recent Tuesday afternoon. The sweat is literally dripping from his chin. DDR requires more than just good eye-hand coordination; to win, players have to display fancy footwork as well. The arcade machines come equipped with a monitor, speakers and a dancing platform, which features eight lighted panels, four for each dancer. Players slip tokens into the coin slot, pick a song, then tap the appropriate arrows with their feet as the instructions scroll up the screen. The game, which debuted in Japan in 1998, has a worldwide following. There are DDR tournaments, and it’s registered as an official sport in Norway. The website ddrfreak.com serves as a fan hub in the U.S. Players can chat in forums, and find the nearest games with a machine locator — apparently there are five in Vermont. The music on DDR is usually fast and furious, and Levi seems to anticipate all the steps. He plays a lot, especially in the afternoons when the arcade is mostly empty. Today the only other customers are a couple of parents bouncing from the prize cranes to the skeeball machines with their young children, and two of Levi’s friends — Justin Goyette, 20, a CCV chum, and Anu Hedden, 19, a student at the University of Vermont. The three of them avoid the other video games here, but they’re all PC gamers and regulars at Algebars on Church Street. When Levi and Goyette compete in a two-player DDR game — to several techno songs, including “Burnin’ Down the Floor” — they hop and step so perfectly in sync that they might be auditioning for a boy band. But they probably would be offended by the comparison. Goyette looks more like a Phishhead, with his scraggly red beard, knit cap and Atari T-shirt over cargo shorts and Gravis sneakers. Levi could pass for a runner in his T-shirt, shorts and Nikes. His brown hair is darkened with sweat. After a few rounds, Goyette steps off the platform. “Ugh,” he groans, “I’m gonna pass out.” “Walk it off, walk it off,” coaches Levi, who hardly seems winded. He swigs water out of gallon jug with a Hawaiian Punch label, then completes an impressive freestyle round using all eight of the machine’s panels. “Getting better at it sort of scratches an itch for me,” he says afterward. So does he ever make it onto an actual dance floor? “Yeah,” Levi says, “about once a year at a techno club.” — C.R DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION TOURNAMENT Beginner: Friday, October 21; Advanced: Saturday, October 22. Best Western Conference Center, South Burlington. Info and times, www.bakuretsucon.org

the second man there to die this way. And Korean psychologists have warned that they’re treating many more cases of game addiction. This summer China announced new restrictions on gaming. After a few hours of play, gamers there will see a message that says, “You have entered unhealthy game time,” and the benefits they accrue in the game will begin to decrease. Amanda Crispel, assistant director of Champlain College’s EGames and Interactive Development Program, says addiction is a real problem, especially for American college kids. “It affects more students than I think most people realize,” she says. “It’s not just my gaming students. It’s just part of this culture, this generation.” Crispel says she has encouraged the

newly-formed gaming club on campus to hold a discussion about addiction. Learning how to shut the computer off is apparently an important part of students’ education. Crispel, 40, enjoys a little gaming herself. The former programmer, who worked for software company Broderbund, helped develop educational games such as Where in the World Is Carmen San Diego. She recently let her students introduce her to W.O.W. “I’m now a giant cow who’s a Druid,” she says. “It’s part of my role here,” she adds, somewhat sheepishly. For his part, Ross Burrell says he hasn’t noticed anyone at Algebars “shaking, or sort of rushing to get a computer,” he says. If he did see someone in a game-addled state, he wouldn’t hesitate to boot them. “Just like any other responsible vendor . . . we like people as customers, but we don’t need them that badly.” He says he hasn’t gotten any complaints from parents yet, except for the ones who don’t want to have to fill out consent forms. These fast-paced thrill-rides are alluring even to a PC-gaming newbie like me; I haven’t gotten hooked on a videogame since I had to plunk quarters into a machine to play one. I didn’t really know what I was doing when I played Battlefield 2 last week, but every new discovery seemed to compel me to keep playing and try again. Even when I got tired, I kept shooting, sometimes firing at my own soldiers, just to see what it was like to make a kill. When my screen went blank, and the computer told me my hour had expired, I was almost relieved. But I might go back for more. m


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Arcade Antiques Bob Volk’s vintage video games win “extra lives”

ob Volk is a lucky man. The 42-year-old Waltham resident is living a Gen-Xer dream: He has his own video games. No, not like Xbox and PlayStation 2, though he’s got both of those consoles kicking STORY around somewhere for his kids. I’m talkCATHY ing about vintage video games and pinRESMER ball machines — the kind I used to see in the arcade and fantasize about owning. IMAGE Volk, a laid-back, muscular guy, has MATTHEW 50 of them. He’s got Pac Man, Dig THORSEN Dug, Centipede and Tron. He’s got Moon Patrol, and Spy Hunter, Phoenix and Gorf. And he’s got a whole wall of pinball machines — from the Addams Family to the Simpsons — in the airy, high-ceilinged, second-floor living room of his custom-built log home. Most of the video machines are in a room on the first floor. The door bears a painted wooden sign that reads, aptly, “Arcade.” This probably doesn’t seem like a big deal to anybody old enough to remember the Kennedy assassination, or young enough not to remember the

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TV, positioned beneath a neon “Voodoo Lounge” sign, Carol chimes in, “It’s horrible to move these things.” Volk has downsized since then, apparently at his wife’s request. The couple opened an arcade in Vergennes for a year in the 1990s, and vended games in Burlington-area movie theaters from 1999 to 2003. But these days Volk’s collection is limited to what he’s got on display and in his garage. Last month, this impressive array of nostalgia inspired a cover story in GameRoom magazine, a national collectors’ publication. Volk’s spread includes more than just the games themselves — he’s also got scads of original game marquees, which he displays on the wall behind the pinball machines. It’s thrilling to see signs for Joust and Zaxxon. And a small, hand-held electronic game sits atop each of the pinball machines. Volk’s even got a DVD collection of 30 episodes of “Starcade,” a TV game

The tables are turned when I challenge Volk to Centipede. This was my game. first Challenger explosion, but to those of us who came of age in the 1980s, Volk’s collection is remarkable. These games are relics from a bygone era, and as anyone who tries to find them in arcades knows, they’re disappearing — even though people like me, and Volk, are still eager to play them. Not that video games like these were necessarily easy to find when we were younger. Sure, some of us had Atari or Collecovision or Commodore 64 hooked up to our TVs, but whatever we had paled in comparison to what could be found at the arcade. Those machines always had better graphics, better controllers and better background music. It was unheard of to have one at home. Only really wealthy or well-connected people owned video game machines. Or at least that’s what I thought growing up. Volk confirms that perception. The New Jersey native is a roofer who specializes in slate. In 1982, he saw a Mr. Do! game at a client’s house in New Jersey and was shocked. “People didn’t just have arcade games in their living rooms back then,” he remembers. He found out that his client’s brother was a vending distributor in New York. Volk worked out a deal to trade the roofing job for his first video game — Taito’s Elevator Action. He’s been collecting games ever since. He used to scan the classifieds in trade magazines in the mid-’80s. He once picked up several in good condition for just $50 each; today, some of them are worth thousands. At one point, Volk had 300 games. In the early years, before they finished their house in 1994, Volk and his wife Carol had to stash the machines in her parents’ basement and in a warehouse space he rented. “Room was definitely a problem,” he says. And space wasn’t the only issue. From a couch in front of a big-screen

show about video games. “I would pay dearly to have all the episodes,” he says. “Apparently the rights are sealed.” The part of the treasure trove that interests me most is downstairs, in Volk’s retro arcade. The low ceiling is fitted with black lights that bring out the carpet’s pattern of confetti and streamers. Walking into the room, I accidentally kick a fat bucket of tokens, plopped on the floor like a pot of gold. The games themselves are packed side by side, exactly as they would have been in the game parlors of my youth. When Volk turns on a few of them, their sound effects compete with each other in a soothing, familiar cacophony. The collector says he built this arcade because game parlors were important to him when he was a teenager. A preacher’s son, he never got into trouble or used drugs, and he longed for a place where he could goof off. He found arcades at “the perfect time,” he says. “I needed it badly.” Having the games at home brings back those memories and allows him to relax by “escaping into another world” for a few minutes. Volk points out one of his favorites — Ghosts and Goblins, from 1986. “I used to think it had awesome graphics,” he says. We both know that comparing this to today’s games is like comparing a tiny, fuzzy, black-and-white TV with 13 channels to a giant, flat-screen plasma set with 1300. I remember this game and ask him if we can play. The premise is that you’re a knight and you’re trying to get past these ghouls. In the first level, they pop out of the ground in a graveyard. You shoot swords at them. When you hit them, they explode in a blotch of blood. I get past the first couple of goblins, then one runs into me, and my armor disappears. My little bearded knight is

suddenly running along in his tightywhiteys. Then I get hit again and turn into a pile of bones. Darn. Volk zips right through that first level. He plays this game more often than most of the others. He doesn’t have much time to spend down here; he plays some of these machines only a couple times a year. In the second level, screaming banshees fly at Volk’s knight. “I hate these things,” he mutters as he shoots at them. He leans his whole body into the machine, and pokes the fire button as fast as he can. Eventually, I let him take my turns. I suck at this game, plus it’s much more fun to watch him play. But the tables are turned when I challenge him to Centipede. This was my game. Manufactured by Atari, Centipede appeared in 1980 and became wildly popular. It was also the first to be designed by a woman, according to the Killer List of Video Games at www.klov.com. Instead of a joystick, it features a track ball that you roll to control your gun, which roves within the bottom fifth of the screen. On each level, a centipede descends from the top. You have to shoot it, and avoid the spiders, fleas and scorpions that try to run into you. The game has a distinctive background soundtrack — an incessant bass beat that sounds like the pounding of tiny feet. I didn’t learn to play Centipede in an arcade; I practiced in a bar, when I was just 6. My dad’s friend Ronny had Centipede at his establishment in Detroit. I used to bum quarters from

the guys on the bar stools, who liked to watch me play. During the summer, I played video games with my older cousin Jimmy, and Centipede was the only game I ever won. Things have changed since then. Ronny’s bar is gone, and Jimmy died in a car crash in 1993. But I still love Centipede. I don’t get to play very often, but when I find a machine, I can sit in front of it for an hour. The game Volk and I play is close. He goes first and racks up 8000 points on his first guy. I stumble on my first couple turns — I try to get near the spider that drops down on you, because you get more points at close range. But he wipes me out twice before I can score much. Luckily, Volk has the same trouble later in the game. Eventually, I win, 36,548 to 33,138. “Great job!” says Volk. “You beat the arcade operator.” He says he’ll practice for next time. I’d say that, too, but I have nowhere to practice. Volk says arcade owners rarely carry vintage games, because they cost a lot to fix and won’t earn enough to pay back the investment. He notes that you can still find some of the older machines at Fun Spot, near Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire. Nowadays, Volk laments, arcades are full of redemption machines that give tickets and boring, first-personshooter knock-offs. The game parlors of the ’80s, with their simple but original machines, are pretty much gone. “It’s all faded away,” he says, standing amidst the flickering screens of his private collection. “It’s sad.” m


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16TH VERMONT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OCTOBER 13-16, 2005 BURLINGTON, VT. WWW.VTIFF.ORG


The 16th Vermont International Film Festival Socially Conscious Achievement Award goes to

VANESSA REDGRAVE Vanessa Redgrave is widely considered to be one of the finest actors of our time. Her extraordinary career has been marked by numerous stage and screen accolades, including an Oscar as best supporting actress for “Julia,”five Academy Award nominations, an Emmy Award for “Playing for Time”and a nomination for “Second Serve,” the Cannes Film Festival best actress award for “Morgan, A Suitable Case for Treatment”and “Isadora”and the Venice Film Festival award in 1996 for “Little Odessa.” Among her other numerous film credits are “A Man for All Seasons,” “Blowup,”“Camelot,”“The Devils,”“Agatha,”“Yanks,”“Young Catherine,”“The House of the Spirits,”“Howard’s End,”“A Month by the Lake”and “Mission Impossible.” Vanessa Redgrave is equally well known as a passionate activist in the cause of children and as an advocate of peace, tolerance and reconciliation. In June 1995, she was appointed UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. VIFF will present Russia/Chechnya: Voices of Dissent, Redgrave’s latest documentary as a producer, directed by her son Carlo Nero. Dr.Kassan Baiev, a trauma surgeon who worked through the long, bloody Russian-Chechen war will accept the Socially Conscious Achievement Award on behalf of Ms.Redgrave. Dr.Baiev received political asylum in the United States in 2000 and lives with his family near Boston, Massachusetts.Many human rights groups have honored him, including Human Rights Watch, Doctors Without Borders, Physicians for Human Rights, and Amnesty International. Dr. Baiev will also be signing his book “The Oath: A Surgeon Under Fire”. Screening of Russia/Chechnya: Voices of Dissent and presentation of the Award: October 15, 4:30 PM at Contois Auditorium.

ENVIRONMENT Being Caribou Canada, 2004, 72 min Environmentalist Leanne Allison and wildlife biologist Karsten Heuer follow a herd of caribou on foot across 1,500 kilometers of rugged Arctic tundra in an attempt to raise awareness of threats to the caribou’s survival. Saturday, October 15, 8:35 PM, Contois

The Crocodile River USA/Botswana/Zimbabwe/South Africa/Mozambique, 2004, 56 min Explores how crossing international borders and emotional boundaries enables two Americans and one African to find common ground. Sunday, October 16, 10:30 AM, Firehouse

Farming the Seas USA, 2004, 56 min From the indigenous tribes of British Columbia to the large-scale operations of multinational corporations, this documentary gathers perspectives from around the globe as it examines the problems and the promises of this emerging industry in a world running out of ocean fish stocks. Friday, October 14, 3:00 PM, Contois

The Future of Food

HUMAN RIGHTS & JUSTICE Born into Struggle South Africa, 2004, 74 min Rehad Desai examines his father Barney’s role as political activist during the struggle against South African apartheid, discovering remarkable similarities in his own role as activist and father. Friday , October 14, 4:35 PM, Contois

Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgystan Canada/Kyrgystan, 2004, 51 min Petr Lom investigates the shocking but common practice by which many Kyrgystany men,who cannot afford a dowry,may still obtain a wife. Saturday, October 15, 11:00 AM, Firehouse

Derailroaded

USA, 2003, 75 min Told through the eyes of her children, this film examines the case of Viola Liuzzo, the only white woman murdered in the civil rights movement. Sunday, October 16, 5:15 PM, Contois

No More Tears, Sister: Anatomy of Hope and Betrayal

USA, 2004, 77 min Director Kelly Duane explores the dramatic and lyrical story of David Brower’s unrelenting campaigns to protect and establish some of our most treasured national parks. Saturday, October 15, 4:15 PM, Firehouse

Canada, 2005, 81 min Set during the violent ethnic conflict that has enveloped Sri Lanka over decades, this documentary recreates the courageous and vibrant life of renowned human rights activist Dr. Rajani Thiranagama. Saturday, October 15,12:30 PM , Firehouse

One in Eight: Janice’s Journey

Oscar Argentina, 2004, 61 min A documentary depicting three years in the life of Buenos Aires cab driver Oscar Brahim, who spends his free time altering street advertisements using collage and painting techniques. Saturday, October 15, 7:00 PM, Contois Sunday, October 16, 4:30 PM, Firehouse

USA, 2005, 48 min An intimate portrait of Brooklyn homicide detective Vito Friscia, who battles trauma and chronic health issues caused by his recovery work sifting through toxic debris at Ground Zero and the Fresh Kills Landfill. Saturday, October 15, 2:55 PM, Contois Filmmaker present for a post-screening discussion.

Canada, 2005, 54 min United Nations’ HIV/AIDS envoy Stephen Lewis returns to Africa, where 30 million people are infected, and documents his incredible personal journey to persuade world opinion to focus on this humanitarian disaster. Sunday, October 16, 12 PM, Firehouse

Vendetta Song Canada, 2005, 52 min Young filmmaker Eylem Kaftan travels deep into Eastern Turkey to unravel the 30-year-old mystery of her aunt Guzide’s murder. Saturday, October 15, 9: 00 PM, Firehouse

All That I Can Be USA, 22 min This YO-TV (Youth Organizers Television) documentary offers insight into the lives of young people making their way in a society in which joining the military seems to be their best or only option. Sunday, October 16, 1:30 PM, Contois Filmmaker present for a post-screening discussion.

Autism is a World USA, 2004, 40 min Directed by Geraldine Wurzburg. An Academy Award® nominated documentary about Sue Rubin’s journey into her life with autism. Saturday, October 15, 1:00 PM, Merrill’s Roxy Filmmaker present for a post-screening discussion.

Azadi Australia, 2005, 20 min Ten-year-old Mansur and father, Amir, escape their oppressive Afghani homeland, only to encounter another kind of persecution upon arrival in Australia. Saturday, October 15, 7:45 PM, Merrill’s Roxy Filmmaker present for a post-screening discussion.

Visioning Tibet USA, 2004, 56 min A documentary depicting the work of American doctor Marc Liberman, who has dedicated his life to ending preventable blindness in Tibet. Sunday, October 16, 1:00 PM, Firehouse

Voices of Dissent: Activism & American Democracy USA, 2005, 42 min A documentary about defending our heritage of First Amendment rights and civil liberties against government attempts to repress democracy and our freedom to dissent. Sunday, October 16, 10:40 AM, Contois

WAR & PEACE Accidental Activist

After the Fog

Favela Rising USA, 2005, 80 min Through hip-hop music, the rhythms of the street, and Afro-Brazilian dance, former drug trafficker Anderson Sa rallies his community to war against the violent oppression enforced by teenage drug armies and sustained by corrupt police. Friday, October 14, 8: 30 PM , Merrill’s Roxy

The Peace Patriots USA, 2005, 78 min Narrated by Janeane Garofalo, this film follows a diverse group of New Englanders who opposed the U.S. invasion and military occupation of Iraq as they take part in vigils, marches, theater performances, and civil disobedience sit-ins to protest the war. Sunday, October 16, 11:50 AM, Contois Filmmaker present for a post-screening discussion.

Scared Sacred Canada, 2004, 104 min Filmmaker Velcrow Ripper sets out on a unique pilgrimage, visiting the “Ground Zeros” of the planet and asking if it’s possible to find hope in the darkest moments of human history. Saturday, October 15, 2:00 PM, Merrill’s Roxy

USA, 2004, 92 min For three weeks at the Seeds of Peace International Camp in Maine, ten extraordinary teenagers from around the world attempt to listen to opposing views, see beyond prejudices, and eventually respect each other as individuals. Friday, October 14, 10:00 AM, Contois

USA, 2003, 57 min Filmmaker Steve Alves’s flight from sprawl and search for community launches a ten-year investigation into the corrosive effects of chain stores on the American economy and culture. Saturday, October 15, 11:05 AM, Contois Filmmaker present for a post-screening discussion.

Vito After

The Value of Life: AIDS in Africa Revisited

Seeds

Talking to the Wall: The Story of an American Bargain

USA, 2005, 70 min One-man film crew Bill Kern captures the adventure, beauty, and serenity of trekking in the Himalayas, climaxing in a unique perspective of climbing Mount Everest. Saturday, October 15, 4:20 PM, Roxy Filmmaker present for a post-screening discussion.

SHORTS

Canada, 2004, 56 min Filmmakers Abbey Neidik and Irene Angelico follow three engaging young men who live with mental illness, capturing their emotional journeys through struggles for independence, acceptance, and a place to call home. Sunday, October 16, 5: 30 PM, Merrill’s Roxy Filmmakers present for a post-screening discussion.

USA, 2005, 58 min An array of combat veterans — from WWI to Iraq — discuss their experiences of war and its reverberations into their lives. Friday, October 14, 8:00 PM, Firehouse Filmmaker present for a post-screening discussion.

Home of the Brave

Top of the World

Unbreakable Minds

Hate Crime

HOMELAND: Four Portraits of Native Action

USA, 2003, 57 min A highly personal look at one woman’s fight against breast cancer that follows 33-year-old community organizer Janice Fine through her diagnosis,treatment,recovery,and search for answers to this growing epidemic in the United States. Saturday, October 15, 7:30 PM, Firehouse Filmmaker present for a post-screening discussion.

USA/Peru, 2005, 94 min Plagued by acts of terrorism, the nation of Peru is transformed from a democracy into a virtual dictatorship in a desperate search for security. The story has disturbing parallels to the current U.S. war on terror. Friday, October 14, 6:00 PM, Contois Filmmaker present for a post-screening discussion.

USA, 2005, 86 min Considers the fleeting notoriety and frustrating obscurity of Larry “Wild Man” Fischer, a deeply troubled eccentric whose unique brand of “outsider music” apparently generates equal measures of jeering derision, anxious dread, and genuine admiration. Saturday, October 15, 1:15 PM, Contois

USA, 2005, 106 min When Robbie Levinson’s partner becomes the victim of a horrific crime, he executes a desperate and dangerous plan to bring the perpetrator to justice, with no support from the authorities. Friday, October, 14, 6 PM, Merrill’s Roxy

Monumental

State of Fear

Spain, 2005, 85 min Portrayal of the conflict between the transnational Spanish company ENDESA and the indigenous Pehuenche-Mapuche people of Chile, whose ancestral land has been flooded by the construction of the world’s third biggest dam. Sunday, October 16 , 3: 30 PM , Merrill’s Roxy

USA, 2003, 63 min Kathryn Blume’s one-woman show tells the story of her experience as cofounder of the Lysistrata Project, the first worldwide theatrical event for peace. Sunday, October 16, 7:00 PM, Contois

USA, 2005, 89 min An in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly been filling grocery store shelves for the past decade. Friday, October 14, 1:00 PM, Contois

USA, 2004, 88 min The stories of Native American activists in four different communities who are fighting the new “Indian Wars”against huge energy companies and toxic polluters. Friday, October 14, 8:45 PM, Contois

Switch Off

Bust USA, 2005, 16 min Detective Sam O’Neil is reunited with his former protégé, Lieutenant Pete Fuselli, to interrogate the prime suspect in a Russian mob-related double homicide. Saturday, October 15, 8:15 PM, Contois Filmmaker present for a post-screening discussion.

Chavez Ravine: A Los Angeles Story USA, 2004, 24 min Cheech Marin narrates this documentary about the demolition of a 1950s Mexican-American village by the federal government to make way for the construction of Dodger stadium. Saturday, October 15, 6:30 PM, Contois

Cosmic Tree South Korea, 2003, 16 min A young boy living in a war-torn city keeps defective posters from the factory he works in and uses them to imagine a fantasy world inspired by an old folk tale. Saturday, October 15, 4:00 PM, Firehouse

Crimes of the Heart Australia, 2005, 8 min An innovative music video and documentary that generates awareness and exposes the horrors of child sexual abuse domestically and globally. Saturday, October 15, 12:15 PM , Firehouse Filmmaker present for a post-screening discussion.

Cycles of Repetition India, 2005, 3 min A series of vignettes document the repetitive nature of fiber-based handwork in India’s textile industry. Friday, October 14, 6:00 PM, Contois

Dual Injustice: Feminicide and Torture in Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua USA/Mexico, 2004, 17 min An investigation into the 2003 disappearance of Neyra Cervantes and the subsequent torture of her cousin David, who was forced to confess to her murder by local authorities. Friday, October 14, 4:15 PM, Contois

Global Focus: The New Environmentalists USA, 28 min Portraits of seven passionate environmental heroes who have put themselves between government powers and multinational corporate interests on behalf of the earth’s well-being. Friday, October 14, 2:30 PM, Contois

Heaven South Korea, 2004, 6 min In a confined dark space where no one can think or move spontaneously, a young girl dreams of artificial colors,deserted buildings,and uncontrollably fast entertainment rides. Saturday, October 15, 2:45 PM, Contois

Luna’s Dance Canada, 2005, 7 min This film depicts various forms of female energy expressed through individual women and the natural environment. Saturday, October 15, 10:00AM, Firehouse

Sir! No Sir! Russia/Chechnya: Voices of Dissent UK, 2005, 47 min A documentary that gets behind the Russian/Chechen conflict and explores, through voices of Russian dissidents, Chechen leaders and human rights campaigners, the oppressive and damaging policies of the current Russian administration. Saturday, October 16, 4:30 PM, Contois Post-screening discussion.

Seoul Train USA, 2004, 55 min A documentary on North Korean refugees who attempt to escape China using the “underground railroad,” the people who help, and the geopolitical forces that affect them. Sunday, October 16, 2: 40 PM , Firehouse

USA, 2005, 86 min An unprecedented investigation into the GI movement against the war in Vietnam, exploring its causes, consequences, and finally why it has been erased from the public memory. Thursday, October 13, 7:20 PM, Contois Sunday, October 16, 1:55 PM, Contois Filmmaker present for a post-screening discussion.

The Man and the Mountain Canada, 2004, 20 min Canadian Army soldier Francois Miller was sent to the Persian Gulf on a supply ship. One night, the crew members were woken by an alarm and given an anthrax vaccine that had never been tested.Thirteen years later, Miller tells the story of his fight for the recognition of the Gulf War syndrome. Sunday, October 16, 10:15 AM, Contois

Soraida, Woman of Palestine Canada/Palestine, 2005, 52 min A woman living in the occupied city of Ramallah struggles to reconcile the multiple facets of her identity — as a woman, a mother, and a committed Palestinian. Saturday, October 15, 10:00 AM, Firehouse

My Classic Life as an Artist: A Portrait of Larry Bissonnette USA, 2005, 21 min A Vermont-based autistic artist reflects on his years living in a closed institution for people labeled mentally retarded. Saturday, October 15, 3:00 PM, Firehouse Filmmaker present for a post-screening discussion.


Outright

hiddenroom

USA/ Canada, 2005, 28 min A blend of experimental and traditional documentary formats that raise controversial questions about the expectations of women, individual achievement, and gender identity. Sunday, October 16, 4:00 PM, Firehouse Filmmaker present for a post-screening discussion.

Directed by Karen McGregor, 8 min Experimental A mysterious place within us all is private and unseen and has a language all its own.

Sales Pitch Directed by Jerry Wood, 8 min Narrative A disturbing but comical look at a sales manager’s attempt to train two new employees.

“From a Parked Car,” My First Days on Junk Directed by Rob Koier, 5 min Music Video This music video for the local band My First Days on Junk features a distinct look at suburban nightlife.

A Cry for Help Parallel Worlds USA/ Canada, 2004, 7 min The abuse of the Iraqi prisoners by American soldiers moved this filmmaker to reexamine his own memories of working at a New York State mental hospital in the early 1970s. Sunday, October 16, 11:45 AM, Contois Filmmaker present for a post-screening discussion.

the Party Next Door USA, 2005, 12 min This documentary questions the place for capital punishment. Friday, October 14, 7:30 PM, Firehouse Filmmaker present for a post-screening discussion.

Plum Flower USA, 2005, 11 min A mother and father in 1948 China must decide the fate of their newborn baby girl. Sunday, October 16, 5:00 PM, Contois

Ride USA, 2005, 9 min A short experiment in beauty. Looking to find what might be missing. And how it might return. Friday, October 14, 8:30 PM, Contois Filmmaker present for a post-screening discussion.

Ride of the Mergansers USA, 2004, 11 min A rare look at the hooded merganser, whose ducklings must begin life in the wild only twenty-four hours after hatching. Sunday, October 16, 6: 45 PM , Contois

Directed by Michael Fisher, 9 min Narrative A caped teenage vigilante searches for a chance to be a hero.

The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Urinal Directed by Kevin Christopher, 16 min Narrative The tale of a hapless soul whose inability to perform the most basic of bodily functions leads him on an odyssey of terror, frustration, and excruciating bladder pressure.

Directed by Mark Pekar, 5 min Experimental An original American folk tale told in film and song.

The Singer Directed by Douglas Todd, 21 min Mocumentary Jerry is a man in his mid thirties with not a lot going for him; however, when he finds a unique way of expressing his discontent, it challenges the patience of those around him.

Snapdragon USA/Korea, 2005, 26 min A young Korean living illegally in America meets and falls in love with a Caucasian woman in an abusive marriage. Friday, October 14, 8: 00 PM, Merrill’s Roxy Sunday, October 16, 2:15 PM, Firehouse

Twitch USA, 10 min A young girl who has a conflicted relationship with her disabled mother begins to develop an irrational fear that the disability is contagious. Sunday, October 16, 5: 15 PM, Merrill’s Roxy

UNITED USA, 2004, 5 min This story-driven rap video features an inner-city kid who unifies the world to help him fight for his right to play basketball. Saturday, October 15, 11:00 AM, Contois

Winning the Peace Costa Rica, 2003, 18 min An Iraqi-American Marine returns to Iraq to redeem his place of birth, only to destroy the very people he hoped to save. Saturday, October 15, 4:00 PM, Merrill’s Roxy Filmmaker present for a post-screening discussion.

VERMONT FILMMAKERS SHOWCASE

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13 HIGHER GROUND, 7:30 PM The Clothing Line Directed by Alex Lukens and Nate Beaman, 7 min Narrative A film about the life of a dress.

Stone Rising: The Work of Dan Snow Directed by Camilla Rockwell, 57 min Documentary With playful devotion, a master of natural stone construction shares the challenge, mystery, and endless surprise of his craft.

Two Brothers’ Tavern

Directed by Meredith Holch, 30 min Animation Translucent tissue paper figures and colorful landscapes accompany the voices of refugees from Somalia, Sudan, Ivory Coast, Bosnia, and Tibet as they describe the realities of resettling in Vermont.

Directed by Josh Lind and Kevin Phillips, 28 min Narrative A young lever-pulling factory worker finds a reason to escape the tedious daily routine of manual labor after meeting a bright-eyed young lady who works at the factory across the street.

Gone Directed by Saskia Hagen Groom, 27 min Narrative The story of a woman haunted by decisions she made as a child, and a family trying to cope with the loss of their daughter, who has been missing for ten years.

11:30 AM: Dogsharks

CHAMPLAIN COLLEGE

2:00 PM Ubuntu Directed by Kenneth Peck, 18 min Documentary Born under apartheid in one of the poorest shantytowns in South Africa,Vermont grade-school teacher Mashobane Moruthane now dreams of helping his countrymen.

Bosnia, After Everything Directed by Gates Gooding and Aida Sehovic,59 min Documentary A look at the lives of youth in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina, combining personal testimonies with images of cultural and political realities.

Anansi Germany, 2002, 80 min. Directed by Fritz Baumann Out of desperate need,a group of West Africans risk the perilous journey to Germany. But their path to the promised land of satellite dishes and a better life is strewn with obstacles. Saturday, October 15, 6:00 PM, Merrill’s Roxy

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress 2002/China/France, 2002, 110 min. Directed by Dai Sijie. Adapted and directed by Dai Sijie from his international best-seller, this visually lush and emotionally poignant film is set in the early 1970s, during the latter stages of China’s Cultural Revolution. It tells the story of two city friends, the sons of “reactionary intellectuals,” who arrive in a backward mountain village for re-education through hard labor. Sunday, October 16, 7:15 PM, Merrill’s Roxy

Distant Lights Germany, 2003, 105 min. Directed by Hans-Christian Schmid With tender realism and humanity, Distant Lights captures the lives of people seeking their footing in a world of moral ambiguity. Thursday, October 13, 7:00 PM, Merrill’s Roxy

A collaboration of local colleges featuring upcoming filmmakers from:

Advisors: Joe Bookchin/Barry Snyder Coventry Chad Goyette Hollywood Premie David Metzger Constant State of Limbo Margie Obien Tuesday’s with Charlie Danielle Miller

Documentary Directed by Donna Thomas and Paul Garstki,100 min Lawyer Steven Wise wants the courts to grant legal personhood to chimpanzees.

We dedicate this program to the Gulf Coast victims of Hurricane Katrina.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13 HIGHER GROUND, 1:30-7:30 PM

BURLINGTON COLLEGE

A Legal Person

DISPLACED PERSONS

VT COLLEGE FILMMAKERS SHOWCASE

Directed by Dave Raizman and Jim Ritvo, 44 min Documentary This documentary explores the impact of hunger on Vermont communities and profiles the people who struggle to meet this essential need.

12:45 PM:

Films include: All That I Can Be, Accidental Activist, Russia/Chechnya: Voices of Dissent (post-screening discussion and Socially Conscious Achievement Award Ceremony), Sir! No Sir!, The Peace Patriots, Voices of Dissent: Activism & American Democracy

Directed by Anne Barbano and Jeff Farber, 40 min Documentary Families with autistic children try to figure out what the future holds in a world where there are still no universally accepted systems of treatment.

The Red Wagon: Facing Hunger

Directed by Emily Strattner, 67 min Narrative A high-school senior drops out and moves to Brattleboro to search for happiness.

Voices of Dissent highlights a series of films that look at the lives of people who, at pivotal points in history, have challenged the status quo and become voices of conscience for their time.

Presenting a gripping look at the life of refugees, physically displaced and existentially uprooted people. Although the political background or the sociopolitical motivation may vary from film to film, all titles tell stories of people from around the world whose possessions and identities have been taken away and who struggle to start over.

Living the Autism Maze

Collie-Rotweiler & the Hangaround Kid

Sponsored by Toward Freedom

5:30 PM: No Place Like Home

9:45 AM: Threads

Directed by Robert John Wurzburg, 6 min Animation An animated adaptation of stories from the popular Dogsharks book series for early readers.

VOICES OF DISSENT

Complementing this showcase will be a panel discussion with featured filmmakers who have chosen to present these voices of conscience and will reflect on the process of producing an activist documentary. Sunday, October 16, 3:30 PM, Contois

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, FIREHOUSE CENTER FOR VISUAL ARTS, 2 PM

Directed by Peter Huston, 11 min Documentary This film celebrates the dedication of the riders and volunteers of the Pan Massachusetts Challenge, a 200-mile bike ride that has funded unrestricted cancer research for the past twenty-five years.

SHOWCASES:

Directed by Seth Mobley, 16 min Narrative A bartender suffering from the passing of his older brother is entrenched in a risky routine of denial until the night his actions inadvertently trigger a vital moment of clarity.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14 FIREHOUSE CENTER FOR VISUAL ARTS

Directed by Vince Franke, 36 min Documentary Vince Franke’s Vermont history class at Harwood Union High School becomes a podium for residents to tell stories about six communities along Vermont’s oldest highway.

USA, 2004, 24 min Changes in the local and global economy threaten the livelihoods of three generations of shopkeepers and craftsmen living in a suburb of New York City. Sunday, October 16, 10:00 AM, Firehouse

Directed by Bill Kinzie, 12 min Call to Action This film asks students across college campuses to support fair trade coffee.

The World Outside Umbrella Man

Common Ground: The Stories of Waterbury to Warren

Rising Tide

3:30 PM: Fair Trade on Campus

Advisors: Karen Klove / Rob Williams Persuasive Andrew Ramsey The Walkers Sarah Barthel Ranch Jody Hartman Untitled King Sherra Feighner Brainstorm Masashi Yamazaki Nike: Treading Dangerously Molly McGill American Dream John Kadlik

MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE Advisor: Deb Ellis Max Paxon Woelber A Commons Experience Andres Arazoza The Flight Satoko Tomizawa Feelings Amanda Tavel The Patient of Dr. Rice Perry Blackshear Relief Nikki Sutton Mixed Emotions Marissa Burton

ST. MICHAEL’S COLLEGE Adviser: Jon Hyde Flea Diaries Nicki Manchisi The Critical Ingredient Luke Whyte Yoga POP! The Americanization of Yoga Abbie Corse & Erin Britt Culture Shock Stefan Botchev

UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT Advisors: Hilary Neroni / Andrea Grayson Adderall: A Growing Dependency Courtney Adamo & Angela M. Griziano Asleep at the Wheel Frank Sacchetti HomeGrown: The Farm-Chef Connection Zack Minot, Lindsay Tully & Alex McGuinness

Burlington College

MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE

The 3 Rooms of Melancholia Finland, 2004, 104 min. Directed by Pirjo Honkasalo This multiple award-winning documentary gives a searing examination of the unrelenting Chechen conflict, observed through the prisms of a Russian military boys’academy, a wartorn town and a children’s refugee camp. Saturday, October 15, 8:15 PM, Merrill’s Roxy Also included: Azadi, Born into Struggle, Seoul Train, Snapdragon

FOCUS ON LATIN AMERICA An extraordinary selection of films presenting lives of people struggling for democracy in Argentina, Brazil, Peru, and Chile. Films include: Chavez Ravine: A Los Angeles Story , Favela Rising, Oscar, State of Fear, Switch Off

WOMEN IN THE SPOTLIGHT With the support of EXPRESSIONS, Burlington, VT An eclectic showcase on women’s issues by women directors. Each film has been selected for its cinematic voice, uniquely female perspective and compelling storytelling. Films Include: Home of the Brave, Dual Injustice: Feminicide and Torture in Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua, Luna’s Dance, One in Eight: Janice’s Journey, No More Tears, Sister: Anatomy of Hope and Betrayal, Vendetta Song, Soraida, Woman of Palestine

HEALTH THROUGH THE LENS Focuses on important health issues: from autism through blindness in Tibet to a courageous journey of a woman battling breast cancer. Films Included: Derailroaded, Living the Autism Maze, The Man and the Mountain, My Classic Life as an Artist: A Portrait of Larry Bissonnette, One in Eight: Janice’s Journey, Parallel Worlds, Unbreakable Minds, The Value of Life: AIDS in Africa Revisited, Visioning Tibet, Vito After


Vermont International Film Festival

AT A GLANCE CONTOIS AUDITORIUM, CITY HALL

LORRAINE B. GOOD ROOM AT THE FIREHOUSE CENTER FOR VISUAL ARTS

CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS: MERRILL’S ROXY

n T H U R S D AY, O C T O B E R 1 3 T H 1:30 PM

7:00 PM

H OPENING NIGHT H AT HIGHER GROUND Winning the Peace (7:00 PM) Sir, No Sir ((filmmaker present)

1:30 PM: VT COLLEGE SHOWCASE 7:30 PM: VT FILMMAKERS SHOWCASE The Clothing Line; hiddenroom; Sales Pitch; From a Parked Car; A Cry for Help; The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Urinal; Umbrella Man; The Singer

Distant Lights (7:00 PM)

The Lintilhac Foundation

The Puffin Foundation

10 PM: OPENING NIGHT PARTY!

n F R I D AY, O C T O B E R 1 4 T H

WITH THE SUPPORT OF: VT FILMMAKERS SHOWCASE

9:30 AM Seeds (10:00 AM)

11:00 AM

9:45 AM: Threads; Common Ground: The Stories of Waterbury to Warren; The Red Wagon: Facing Hunger 11:30 AM: Dogsharks; Collie-Rotweiler & the Hangaround Kid

Future of Food (1:00 PM)

2:00 PM

Global Focus: The New Environmentalists, Farming the Seas (2:30 PM) Dual Injustice (4:15 PM) Born Into Struggle

12:45 PM: A Legal Person 2:00 PM: Ubuntu; Bosnia, After Everything 3:30 PM: Fair Trade on Campus; Stone Rising: The Work of Dan Snow; Two Brothers’ Tavern

6:00 PM

Cycles of Repetition, State of Fear (6:00 PM, filmmakers present)

5:30 PM: No Place Like Home; The World Outside; Gone

Hate Crime (6:00 PM)

8:00 PM

Ride (8:30 PM) Homeland

The Party Next Door (7:30PM) After the Fog

Snapdragon (8:00 PM, filmmaker present) Favela Rising

n S AT U R D AY, O C T O B E R 1 5 T H 10:00 AM United,Talking to the Wall (11:00 AM)

12:00 PM Derailroaded (1:15 PM)

2:00 PM

Ticket holders for the screening of Derailroaded,will receive 1/2 price tickets to PROJECT/OBJECT with Ike Willis and Napoleon Murphy Brock at Higher Ground,Saturday,10/15,9pm.

Heaven (2:45 PM) Vito After (filmmaker present)

4:00 PM

Luna’s Dance (10:00 AM); Soraida: Woman of Palestine; Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgystan Crimes of the Heart (12:15 PM); No More Tears; Sister: Anatomy of Hope and Betrayal Living the Autism Maze (2:00 PM); My Classic Life as an Artist: A Portrait of Larry Bissonnette

Russia/Chechnya: Voices of Dissent (4:30 PM) Presentation of Socially Conscious Award Chavez Ravine: A Los Angeles Story, Oscar (6:30 PM)

7:00 PM Bust (8:15 PM) Being Caribou

Autism is a World (1:00 PM,filmmaker present) Scared Sacred

Cosmic Tree (4:00 PM) Monumental

Winning the Peace (4:00 PM) Top of the World (filmmaker present)

AWARDS CEREMONY

Anansi (6:00 PM)

(6:00 PM, by invitation) One in Eight: Janice’s Journey (7:30 PM,filmmaker present) Vendetta Song

Azadi (7:45 PM) Three Rooms of Melancholia

n S U N D AY, O C T O B E R 1 6 T H 10:00 AM

The Man and the Mountain (10:00 AM) Voices of Dissent

12:00 PM

Parallel Worlds (11:45 AM) Peace Patriots (filmmaker present)

PASSES Passes on sale Wed, 10/5 thru Wed 10/12 from 4-6pm at 1 Main St. Lobby and at Contois Auditorium during the festival. Gold Pass - $100 All access to festival screenings. Invitation to Opening and Closing Night Parties, Awards Ceremony, Meet the Filmmakers and more! 20% discount at Leunig’s Bistro the weekend of the festival. You must show your pass to receive the discount. Free admission to PROJECT/OBJECT with Ike Willis and Napoleon Murphy Brock at Higher Ground, Saturday, 10/15, 9pm. Silver Pass - $60 Access to all screenings at the Firehouse and Contois. Student Silver Pass - $35 Group Discount for 10+ students- $25 each. Access to all screenings at the Firehouse and Contois Day Pass - $25 Access to screenings at the Firehouse and Contois for the day purchased. All pass holders must pick up a ticket at the box office for each screening 15 minutes prior to showtime (in order to have an accurate count for potential sell-outs).

Rising Tide (10:00 AM) Crocodile River

TICKETS

2:00 PM

4:00 PM

All That I Can Be (1:30 PM) Sir! No Sir (filmmakers present) Snapdragon (2:15 PM) Seoul Train

PANEL DISCUSSION: VOICES OF DISSENT (3:30 PM)

Outright (4:00 PM) Oscar

Plum Flower,Home of the Brave (5:00 PM)

H AWARDED FILMS H

Ride of the Mergansers (6:45 PM) Accidental Activist

(TBA, 6:00 PM)

6:00 PM

Tickets on sale 1/2 hour before the screenings the day of the show. Vermont College Filmmakers at Higher Ground $5 general/ FREE for students with valid ID

The Value of Life: AIDS in Africa (12:00 PM) Revisited; Visioning Tibet

H AWARDED FILMS H (TBA, 2:00 PM) Switch Off (3:30 PM)

Vermont Filmmakers Showcases at Higher Ground & Firehouse Center for Visual Arts $5 general/ $3 students Screenings (Contois, Firehouse and Merrill’s Roxy) $7 general/ $5 students

VENUES Twitch (5:15 PM) Unbreakable Minds (filmmaker present) Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (7:15 PM)

• Higher Ground is located at 1214 Williston Road, S. Burlington • Contois Auditorium is located in City Hall, 149 Church Street, Burlington • The Lorraine B. Good Room is located on level 2 of the Firehouse Center for Visual Arts, 135 Church Street, Burlington • Merrill’s Roxy Cinema is located at 222 College Street, Burlington


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When those pastimes were eclipsed by computer games, the magazine was sold and took the ungainly moniker, Computer Games Strategy Plus. The Strategy Plus was eventually dropped. Computer Games magazine still serves a niche market, but it’s a much larger one: the multibillion-dollar computer-gaming industry. Unlike console games, which are played on platforms such as Xbox and PlayStation, computer games run on higherend PCs equipped with video cards and faster processors. Whereas console machines only cost a couple hundred dollars, gaming computers start at around $1000. As a result, says Bauman, computer gamers tend to be slightly older — and thus, so are the readers of Computer Games. In fact, the magazine’s average reader is a 30-year-old male who is college-educated and fairly affluent. The independently owned magazine has a circulation of about 200,000, making it third among the big computer-games magazines in the country, behind PC Gamer and Computer Gaming World. Computer Games also has a decidedly more adult look and feel than its competitors. Whereas other gaming magazines tend to be more juvenile, male-oriented and “almost

Maxxim-like,” as Bauman puts it, “We try to make the magazine more accommodating to women, because women do play games, too.” Admittedly, Computer Games’ readership is still only 15 to 20 percent female, but Bauman believes it may be growing. Last month, for example, the magazine published a big feature on MMOs, or “massively multiplayer online” games, which involve thousands of players competing simultaneously via the Internet. Women seem to prefer MMOs, Bauman says, because typically they’re roleplaying games in which players create their own characters. “Most computer games are rooted in a fairly adolescent [world] of comic-book people and big-breasted women, and that puts a lot of women off,” Bauman says. “MMOs, typically, are a little more sensitive to those issues and let you create more realistic characters — or at least ones that better match your own perception of a hero — since you’re going to stare at this person for hours and hours.” Consider, for example, World of Warcraft, an enormously successful MMO. The game is purchased in a retail store and comes with a free, one-month subscription. Thereafter, a player >> 38A

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stand buyers — typically, males ages 16 to 25 — Bauman says, but it can’t come across as too juvenile or cartoonish, lest they put off adults who might feel ashamed to be seen reading it. One political issue Computer Games will cover is censorship. While “a lot of gamers are either liberal or conservative,” Bauman says, “they tend to become strangely libertarian when faced with all the games legislation.” This was particularly true after this year’s brouhaha about the “Hot Coffee” mod — a cyberporn mini-game discovered embedded within the popular video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The mature-rated video game was already much maligned for its graphic depictions of violence, drug use, prostitution and other antisocial behavior. Throwing digital porn

short on technobabble. Games are test-driven in a windowless conference room with three computers, including one with a state-of-the-art, widescreen monitor. Bauman loads a game called Half-Life 2, a first-person shooter with an ambiguous plot. It begins with a subway ride through a vaguely oppressive, dystopian city run by a race of quasi-benign aliens. “It’s phenomenal-looking and a great game,” Bauman explains, navigating virtual courtyards and sewer pipes depicted with ultra-vivid graphics. “Most people confuse quantity of story for depth or quality. This one doesn’t hammer you over the head with big narrative bits.” Bauman soon quits that game and loads another, called Painkiller, a mindless shoot-’emup action game in which you

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into the mix — albeit very primitive digital porn, Bauman notes — had politicians across the board, including Hillary Clinton, shrieking for new legislation that makes it illegal to sell M-rated games to minors. Needless to say, Computer Games and its readers were quick to weigh in on that frenzy. “It was some grandmother who bought the game for her 12-year-old,” Bauman recalls. “I’m sorry, but which part of M-rated — it clearly says ‘sex, drug use, and graphic violence’ — made you think this was appropriate as it was?” On the whole, Computer Games magazine is largely about entertainment and leisure time spent camped in front of a monitor. And in that realm, the magazine excels, with bright, colorful photos, a clean, readable layout and easily digestible articles that are long on info and

impale alien-ninja zombies with a wooden stake gun, all set to a riotous, heavy-metal soundtrack. “This is just complete carnage. It’s completely over-thetop and gloriously stupid,” says Bauman, his eyes transfixed on the screen. “But there’s something to be said for stupid.” Is this the dream job of all time for a computer-games junkie? “You’d think, although the reality is, like anything else, it becomes a job,” Bauman says, pausing the game. “The idea that we sit around all the time playing games is true sometimes. But most of the time we’re writing and editing articles, developing stories, and doing production stuff. “And then,” he adds, “we go home and play games, just like we would if we weren’t working here.” m


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n the immediate aftermath of September 11, Columbia University journalism professor Anne Nelson found two unusual ways to help her city process its grief. She helped a fire captain who had lost most of STORY his men craft the eulogies he found himELISABETH self unable to write. And then she penned CREAN a play based on what she had done, as a commission for a downtown theater nearIMAGE ly put out of business by its proximity to JORDAN Ground Zero. SILVERMAN When The Guys opened at Manhattan’s Flea Theater in December 2001, it was a Upcoming surprising success. According to Nelson, performances: “A play couldn’t cure anyone. But it could There is The Guys, bring people together in a dedicated space directed by always Veronica López, and allow them to experience emotion produced by together.” room for Catalyst Theatre Four years later, the need for commuchange. Company. nal catharsis has diminished. But as perWaterfront spectives on 9/11 become politicized, The Theatre, Guys serves as a searing reminder of the Burlington. October 13-15, raw pain experienced by those who lost 8 p.m; October 16, loved ones to sudden and horrifying 2 p.m. $14. deaths. The Catalyst Theatre production is sensitively staged by director Veronica López and well executed by her two-person cast. But the performance suffers from Prescription Eyewear • Sunglasses • Accessories the Waterfront Theatre’s troubling acoustical deficiencies. 107 Church Street • Burlington • 864.7146 The essence of the play is not about mourning, but about remembering. The 2x5-optical083105.indd 1 8/29/05 2:08:11 PM action takes place over the course of an afternoon, in the living room of a modest New York City apartment. Stricken fire captain Nick, who has lost eight men, has come to get assistance from writer Joan, a OUTDOOR SEATING • L AKE VIEWS friend of a friend. He is reluctant to drag her into his grief — after all, she hasn’t BURLINGTON’S ONLY TAPAS MENU lost anyone. But she is eager to do someBEST SUNSET VIEW IN TOWN thing to overcome her “crisis of marginality,” her sense of powerlessness in the face of her city’s tragedy. at the Wyndham Burlington Hotel Nick is angered by what people who didn’t know his men are saying about them: “I keep hearing all these speeches from the politicians on TV. The pictures in the paper. Hero this, hero that. I don’t even recognize them.” By gently prodding him to recall everyday firehouse stories, Joan helps Nick remember his fallen comrades as people — funny, flawed, full of life — rather than “plaster saints” or cardboard heroes. Nick talks, Joan writes, and together they develop affectionate and memorable portraits for the first four eulogies, which Nick practices on stage. Bill was the firehouse food critic. Jimmy was the eager “probie,” going to his first real fire on that fateful Tuesday morning. Patrick made Waldorf salad to take to church picnics. Barney, a gifted metalworker, “fixed something before we even defined the problem.” Mezzanine Level • bar: 4pm-midnight • Bistro 5pm-10pm As Joan draws Nick out, she is drawn 60 Battery Street, Burlington • 859-5013 in emotionally to the lives of men she www.wyndhamburlington.com

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never knew. During the play, her character steps to the side of the stage to ruminate via monologues. Her final speech is interwoven with Nick’s last eulogy, which he gives in full dress uniform. She is plaintive, demanding: “I want them back, just the way they were. I want them all back, together again.” The performances of Dennis McSorley, as Nick, and Sheila Collins, as Joan, were well matched. Both actors deftly built the emotional arcs of their characters through gradual accumulation of detail over the course of the play. McSorley was entirely believable as the New York City fire captain numbed by his staggering loss. The eight deaths leave Nick tormented, and McSorley effectively captured how Nick feels caught in a surreal limbo. He is preparing to eulogize friends he doesn’t really comprehend are dead, to speak at funerals where there will be photographs in place of bodies. As Joan gets Nick to open up, McSorley revealed flashes of the humor and passion that animated Nick before he was gripped with grief. McSorley delivered the eulogies with quiet strength, while showing Nick’s slight undercurrent of hesitance and nerves. The effect was so poignant that it was hard to remember this was a play, rather than an actual memorial service. Joan is a trickier role. She has to handle Nick gently, coaxing, cajoling, counseling and comforting him. In a performance that was initially understated but eventually quite moving, Collins subtly portrayed how Joan responds to the unpredictable contours of Nick’s emotional seismograph. Joan’s initial impulse to help Nick comes from a detached place, the abstract need to do good. By the time Joan reads the draft of Patrick’s eulogy aloud to Nick, Collins showed how the detachment has dissolved, and the abstract has become powerfully real. The play’s text unfortunately saddles Collins with some weak monologues, such as the overly expository opening speech recounting Joan’s backstory and the didactic scientific treatise on stress hormones and trauma. Here Nelson shows herself as a journalist and not a playwright. Collins struggled to give life to these stilted passages, but she delivered the anecdote-filled soliloquies with greater success. Director López deserves credit for a wealth of thoughtful detail that enhanced the storytelling. She gave music an important role in establishing mood. As the audience was settling in before the show, a recording of a dissonant and somewhat nerve-jangling Charles Ives piece, “Central Park in the Dark,” played in the background.


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Questionâ&#x20AC;? played, two spotlights shone ghostly trails up its face to echo the missing towers. Casey Coveyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lighting of the main action, which takes place in the late afternoon, had a distractingly wan tone. But the other effects he created worked well. Overhead pools of light focused intently on McSorley and Collins during their final speeches. McSorleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spot dimmed as he finished the eulogy, casting his facial features into shadow and leaving just the iconic image of the fire captainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

sucked into the rafters. In addition, street noise from outside occasionally penetrated the theater during the performance. Both Collins and McSorley seemed to enunciate and project well; the fault lay clearly with the architecture and not the actors. But the flawed acoustics damaged their performances. Lost words deprived dialogue of its significance, or robbed a joke of its punchline. When McSorley had to thunder to reflect his characterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s agitation, every word was audible. But it

By gently prodding him to recall everyday firehouse stories, Joan helps Nick remember his fallen comrades as people â&#x20AC;&#x201D; funny, flawed, full of life â&#x20AC;&#x201D; rather than â&#x20AC;&#x153;plaster saintsâ&#x20AC;? or cardboard heroes. Another impressive production element was the large rectangular weaving that rose behind the stage. Set designer Robert W. Wolff recreated a living room appropriate for a working writer â&#x20AC;&#x201D; not too spacious or stylish â&#x20AC;&#x201D; with a variety of places for the characters to interact. The beige tapestry served as a neutral backdrop during most of the action. But while â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Unanswered

uniform. Nick is no longer an individual, but a stoic symbol of those left behind. Even with all of these strengths, The Guys did suffer from the Waterfront Theatreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s acoustics, which fall somewhere on the spectrum between disappointing and disastrous. While the recorded music sounded fine, the actorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; voices often sounded hollow, as if both the volume and vibrancy were being

will be an artistic calamity if actors have to shout their way through every role just to make their voices heard on this stage. Despite the serious problem with the venue, The Guys is worth seeing. Its relevance transcends the historical setting. Connecting and remembering and trying to find a way to go on in the face of incomprehensible cruelty â&#x20AC;&#x201D; unfortunately, this theme will always be timely. m

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BUSY B. Local hip-hop guru, fashion entrepreneur and visual artist Fattie B. is back with a bunch of fresh goings-on. Now that age has slowed James Brown down a bit, we might as well give the “hardest-working man in showbiz” title to Fattie. First off, the über-productive MC and turntablist will join local sensations The Neighborhood at UVM’s Patrick Gymnasium on Thursday, October 13, at 8 p.m. They’ll be warming up for Philly hip-hop monsters The Roots — talk about your high-profile gigs. Kyle also has a brand new live band, sensibly called Fattie B. Live. “I wanted to return to the live music element, à la my Belizbeha days,” the rapper explains. Backing him up on stage will be powerhouse drummers Steve Hadeka of The Cush and Monoprix, and Caleb Bronz, ex of Voice. Dave “The Truth” Grippo will blow his magic horn, while DJ A-Dog scratches his wax. You can check them out Friday, October 14, at Club Metronome. That performance will also feature special guests, including talented hip-hoppers S.I.N., Manus and Benny Hollywood. Joining A-Dog on the decks will be reggae-rap DJs Russell and Selectah Meszenjah. Sounds like a party to me. You may recall me mentioning Fattie’s acrylic artwork in this very space not long ago. Well, he’s debuting a whole new batch the following night at 1/2 Lounge. Entitled “Ladies First,” the show will feature his latest eyecatching, urban-themed prints. The works will be on display for one month, with all pieces for sale on a first-come, first-served basis. Hey, wait — aren’t the ladies supposed to be first? Fattie has another reason to celebrate this month: Saturday, October 22, is the 10-year anniversary of the hottest dance party in Burlington. You guessed it — I’m talking about that sweaty, wayback boogiefest known as Retronome. The shindig will take over both Nectar’s and the ’Nome for a wild night of booze and booty-dancing. Retronome founder Craig Mitchell will join Fattie upstairs, while ’80s videos and tunes will rock those bodies downstairs. Many of you are probably aware that Mitchell moved to Boston not long ago. Be sure to swing by and give him a hellacious homecoming.

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Nashville, Tennessee. Austin, Texas. Chicago, Illinois. The Big Apple. What do these cities have in common besides tall buildings? Well, they’re all big-time music towns. None of ’em can hold a candle to New Orleans, however. Legitimately recognized as the birthplace of jazz, the Big Easy is home to more professional musicians per capita than nearly any other metropolis in America. While hurricane Katrina was devastating to all NOLA citizens, the city’s audio artisans were hit particularly hard. Losing your home is rough. Not having a place to play your music may be even rougher. This Tuesday, October 18, at Burlington’s Flynn MainStage, some of Vermont’s finest blues and jazz artists will come together to benefit Gulf Coast musicians who suffered losses in the catastrophe. Local titans such as the Ellen Powell Quartet, the Unknown Blues Band, the Sandra Wright Band, the Onion River Jazz Band, Tom Cleary & Friends, Tammy Fletcher, Little Joyce and Dave Grippo are all scheduled to appear. But that’s not all: New Orleans’ own horn kingpins The Rebirth Brass Band will light up the stage with their highpowered blues and jazz. Entitled “From Burlington to Bourbon Street,” the event will be hosted by George Thomas of Vermont Public Radio’s “Jazz in the Evening” and the Point FM’s “Global Jam.” The show kicks off at 7 p.m., with general admission tickets priced at $20. If you’re still craving more spicy sounds, pop on over to Nectar’s immediately following the Flynn show for a full set from Rebirth. These great performances might tide us over ’til next year’s Discover Jazz Fest.

Lambsbread, Roots of Creation and DJ Selectah Meszenjah, which takes place Friday, October 14, in Burlington’s Memorial Auditorium Annex. “We can no longer consider the homeless and the hungry just as people on the streets,” Hackney says. “We have to think of our neighbors who on a weekly, and often daily, basis have to decide whether to put food on the table or gas in their car.” The event was in the planning stages a few weeks before Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast; in light of the tragedy, hurricane relief will be included as part of the package. “This is going to be much more than just a musical concert,” Hackney explains. “It’s an event that will cast a spotlight on issues of hunger and homelessness, before, during and after the performances.” The show kicks off at 6 p.m. Admission is $10, or $8 with a nonperishable food item. Call 899-3787 for more information.

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:: northern OPEN MIKE, Monopole, 9 p.m. NC. TOM LESHINSKI (solo guitar), Chow! Bella, 6 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE WITH PAUL DOUSE, Overtime Saloon, 9 p.m. NC. JOE CRIBARI (singer-songwriter), Beeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Knees, 7:30 p.m. NC.

THU.13 :: burlington area SHANE HARDIMAN TRIO (jazz), Radio Bean, 7 p.m. NC, followed by ANTHONY SANTOR GROUP (jazz), 9 p.m. NC. QUEEN CITY ROCK (DJs), 135 Pearl, 10 p.m. NC. SIESTA BEATS (downtempo DJs), Miguelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Stowe Away, 10 p.m. NC. FRIENDS OF JOE WITH PAUL ASBELL (blues, jazz), Halvorsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 9 p.m. NC. ELLEN POWELL, & GEORGE VOLAND (jazz), Leunigâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 7 p.m. NC. TRINITY (Irish), RĂ­ RĂĄ Irish Pub, 5 p.m. NC, followed by LIVE BLUEGRASS, 10 p.m. NC. MERRIE AMSTERBURG, ANAIS MITCHELL (singer-songwriters), Firehouse Gallery, 7 p.m. $10. A-DOG PRESENTS, Red Square, 10 p.m. NC. JULIET MCVICKER (jazz vocals), 1/2 Lounge, 8 p.m. NC. BIG LEG EMMA, JEFF HIT JEFF COLLABORATION (folk, funk), Nectarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 10 p.m. NC. SUCKA BROWN, BRIXTON GUNS, MARLOW (funk, rock; CD release party), Club Metronome, 9:30 p.m. NC. TOP HAT ENTERTAINMENT DANCE PARTY (hip-hop, r&b DJs), Rasputinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 10 p.m. NC.

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BANG BANG WITH DJS JAH RED & DEMUS (reggae, reggaeton), Second Floor, 10 p.m. $5/NC. 18+ before 11 p.m. C-LOW (hip-hop DJ), Ruben James, 10 p.m. NC. STRAIGHT AHEAD JAZZ TRIO, Upper Deck Pub, Windjammer, 7 p.m. NC. THE ROOTS, THE NEIGHBORHOOD W. FATTIE B. (hip-hop), Patrick Gymnasium, UVM, 8 p.m. $20/30. AMOS LEE, MULTU (folk, soul, world, funk), Higher Ground Ballroom, 8 p.m. $14/16. AA. VT COLLEGE FILMMAKERS SHOWCASE OPENING NIGHT PARTY, Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, 7:30 p.m. $5/NC students. AA. KARAOKE, Genoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Karaoke Club, from 6 p.m. NC. SUPERSOUNDS DJ (dance party, game show), Lincoln Inn Tavern, 8 p.m. NC. KARAOKE WITH REX, Franny Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 9 p.m. NC.

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venues 411 After Dark Music Series at United Methodist Church, Rt. 7/ Seminary St., Middlebury, 388-0216. American Flatbread, 115 St. Paul St., Burlington, 861-2999. Ashleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Merchantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Row, Randolph, 728-9182. Backstage Pub, 60 Pearl St., Essex Jct., 878-5494. Backstreet, 17 Hudson St., St. Albans, 527-2400. Bad Girls CafĂŠ, Main St., Johnson, 635-7025. Ball & Chain CafĂŠ, 16 Park St., Brandon, 247-0050. Banana Winds CafĂŠ & Pub 1 Towne Marketplace, Essex Jct., 879-0752. Barre Opera House, 6 North Main St., Barre, 476-8188. Basin Harbor Club, 4800 Basin Harbor Drive, Vergennes, 1-800-622-4000. Bayside Pavilion, 13 Georgia Shore Rd., St. Albans, 524-0909. Beeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Knees, 82 Lower Main St., Morrisville, 888-7889. Beyond Infinity Upstairs, 43 Center St., Brandon, 247-5100. Black Bear Tavern & Grill, 205 Hastings Hill, St. Johnsbury, 748-1428. Black Door Bar & Bistro, 44 Main St., Montpelier, 223-7070. The Bobcat CafĂŠ, 5 Main St., Bristol, 453-3311. Borders Books & Music, 29 Church St., Burlington, 865-2711. Breakwater CafĂŠ, 1 King St., Burlington, 658-6276. The Brewski, Rt. 108, Jeffersonville, 644-6366. B.U. Emporium, 163 Porters Point Rd., Colchester, 658-4292. Bundy Center for the Arts, Rt. 100, Waitsfield, 496-4781. Capitol Grounds, 45 State St., Montpelier, 223-7800. Champlain Lanes Family Fun Center, 2630 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne, 985-2576. Charlemont Restaurant, #116, Rt. 100, Morrisville, 888-4242. ALIZAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S MISERY (rock), City Limits, Charlie Bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 1746 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-7355. 9 p.m. NC. Charlie Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 70 Main St., Montpelier, 223-6820. DJ CHARLIE (rock), Red Mill Restaurant, Chow! Bella, 28 N. Main St., St. Albans, 524-1405. 10:15 p.m. NC. City Limits, 14 Greene St., Vergennes, 877-6919. Club Metronome, 188 Main St., Burlington, 865-4563. Contois Auditorium, Burlington City Hall, 865-7166. Cuzzinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nightclub, 230 North Main St., Barre, 479-4344. VINCENT FLATT BLUES BAND, Charlie Eclipse Theater, 48 Carroll Rd., Waitsfield, 496-8913. Finkermanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Riverside Bar-B-Q, 188 River St., Montpelier, 229-2295. Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 10 p.m. NC. Finniganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pub, 205 College St., Burlington, 864-8209. MARK LEGRAND & HIS LOVESICK Flynn Center/FlynnSpace, 153 Main St., Burlington, 863-5966. BAND (country), Langdon St. CafĂŠ, Franny Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 733 Queen City Pk. Rd., Burlington, 863-2909. 9 p.m. Donations. Genoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Karaoke Club, 127 Porters Point Road, Colchester, 658-2160. KIP MEAKER & JEFF SALISBURY Giovanniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Trattoria, 15 Bridge St., Plattsburgh, 518-561-5856. Good Times CafĂŠ, Rt. 116, Hinesburg, 482-4444. (blues), Black Door Bar & Bistro, Great Falls Club, Frog Hollow Alley, Middlebury, 388-0239. 9:30 p.m. $3. Gustoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 28 Prospect St., Barre, 476-7919. TRU MYSTIC (dub reggae), Positive Pie Halvorsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Upstreet CafĂŠ, 16 Church St., Burlington, 658-0278. II, 10 p.m. $5. Hardwick Town House, 127 Church St., Hardwick, 456-8966. SWEET POTATO KINGS (blues), Purple Henryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pub, Holiday Inn, 1068 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 863-6361. Higher Ground, 1214 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 654-8888. Moon Pub, 7 p.m. $3. Inn at Baldwin Creek, 1868 N. Route 116, Bristol, 424-2432. TRACY GRAMMER (folk singer-songJPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pub, 139 Main St., Burlington, 658-6389. writer), Middle Earth, 8:30 p.m. $15. Jeffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Maine Seafood, 65 N. Main St., St. Albans, 524-6135. Kaceyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 31 Federal St., St. Albans, 524-9864. Lakeview Inn & Restaurant, 295 Breezy Ave., Greensboro, 533-2291. Langdon St. CafĂŠ, 4 Langdon St., Montpelier, 223-8667. PIANO BAR, Overtime Saloon, 7:30 p.m. Leunigâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 115 Church St., Burlington, 863-3759. NC. Lincoln Inn Tavern, 4 Park St., Essex Jct., 878-3309. MIKE ZSOLDAS, JIM DAVIDIAN, CLYDE Lionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Den Pub, Mountain Road, Jeffersonville, 644-5567. Localfolk Smokehouse, Jct. Rt. 100 & 17, Waitsfield, 496-5623. STATS (jazz), Chow! Bella, 8 p.m. NC. Mad River Unplugged at Valley Players Theater, Rt. 100, Waitsfield, BIG LEG EMMA (rock), Monopole, 9 496-8910. p.m. NC. Main St. Grill, 118 Main St., Montpelier, 223-3188. VIP LADIESâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; NIGHT WITH DJ SKIPPY Manhattan Pizza & Pub, 167 Main St., Burlington, 658-6776. (top 40, r&b, reggae), Tabu CafĂŠ & Matterhorn, 4969 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-8198. Pub, 19 East Allen St., Winooski, 655-0048. Nightclub, 9 p.m. NC. 18+. 2x1-tantra091405 9/9/05 3:04 PMMcKeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Page 1 Melting Pot CafĂŠ, Rt 2, East Montpelier, 223-1303. Mes Amis, 311 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-8512.

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Middle Earth Music Hall, Bradford, 222-4748. Miguelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Stowe Away, 68 Church St., Burlington, 651-5298. The Monkey House, 30 Main St., Winooski, 655-4563. Monopole, 7 Protection Ave., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-563-2222. Muddy Waters, 184 Main St., Burlington, 658-0466. Music Box, 147 Creek Rd., Craftsbury, 586-7533. Music Club, 110 Business Center Rd., Williamstown, 443-6106. Naked Turtle, 1 Dock St., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-566-6200 Nectarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 188 Main St., Burlington, 658-4771. 1/2, 136 1/2 Church St., Burlington, 865-0012. 135 Pearl St., Burlington, 863-2343. Opus Grill, 156 St. Paul St., Burlington, 651-0052. Orion Pub & Grill, Route 108, Jeffersonville, 644-8884. Overtime Saloon, 38 S. Main St., St. Albans, 524-0357. Paramount Theater, 30 Center St., Rutland, 775-0570. Parima, 185 Pearl St., Burlington, 864-7917. Park Place Tavern, 38 Park St., Essex Jct., 878-3015. Pickle Barrel Nightclub, Killington Rd., Killington, 422-3035. Phoenix Bar, Sugarbush Village, Warren, 583-2003. Pitcher Inn, 275 Main Street, Warren, 496-6350. Positive Pie, 69 Main St., Plainfield, 454-0133. Positive Pie II, 20 State St., Montpelier, 229-0453. Purple Moon Pub, Rt. 100, Waitsfield, 496-3422. Radio Bean, 8 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington, 660-9346. Rasputinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 163 Church St., Burlington, 864-9324. Red Mill Restaurant, Basin Harbor, Vergennes, 475-2311. Red Square, 136 Church St., Burlington, 859-8909. Rhapsody CafĂŠ, 28 Main St., Montpelier, 229-6112. Rhythm & Brews Coffeehouse, UVM, Burlington, 656-4211. Riley Rink, Rt. 7A North, Manchester, 362-0150. Ripton Community Coffee House, Rt. 125, 388-9782. RĂ­ RĂĄ Irish Pub, 123 Church St., Burlington, 860-9401. River Run Restaurant, 65 Main St., Plainfield, 454-1246. Riverwalk Records & The Howard Bean CafĂŠ, 30 State St., Montpelier, 223-3334. Roqueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Restaurante Mexicano & Cantina, 3 Main St., Burlington, 657-3377. Rozziâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lakeshore Tavern, 1072 West Lakeshore Dr., Colchester, 863-2342. Ruben James, 159 Main St., Burlington, 864-0744. Rusty Nail, Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-6245. Samiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Harmony Pub, 216 Rt. 7, Milton, 893-7267. Seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bistro at the Wyndham Hotel, 60 Battery Street, Burlington, 859-5013. Second Floor, 165 Church St., Burlington, 660-2088. Smugglerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Notch Inn, 55 Church St., Rt. 108, Jeffersonville, 644-6607. St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Club, 9 Central Ave., Burlington, 864-9778. Starry Night CafĂŠ, 5371 Rt. 7, Ferrisburgh, 877-6316. Stowehof Inn, Edson Hill Rd., Stowe, 253-9722. Sweetwaters, 118 Church St., Burlington, 864-9800. Tabu CafĂŠ & Nightclub, 14 Margaret St., Plattsburgh, 518-566-0666. 38 Main Street Pub, 38 Main St., Winooski, 655-0072. Three Mountain Lodge, Jeffersonville, 644-5736. Toscano CafĂŠ & Bistro, 27 Bridge St., Richmond, 434-3148. Trackside Tavern, 18 Malletts Bay Ave., Winooski, 655-9542. Three Mountain Lodge Restaurant, Smugglersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Notch Road, Rt. 108, Jeffersonville, 644-5736. Two Brothers Tavern, 86 Main St., Middlebury, 388-0002. 242 Main, Burlington, 862-2244. Upper Deck Pub at the Windjammer, 1076 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 862-6585. Vermont Pub & Brewery, 144 College St., Burlington, 865-0500. Village Tavern at Smugglersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Notch Inn, 55 Church St., Jeffersonville, 6446607. Waterbury Wings, 1 South Main St., Waterbury, 244-7827. 10/7/05 1x6-rustynail101205 Wine Bar at Wine Works, 133 St. Paul St., Burlington, 951-9463.

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reviewthis A compilation CD can be a blessing or a curse. While such discs provide an opportunity to sample a variety of performers, some are spotty at best. Back in the ’90s, local comps were ubiquitous; the trend seemed to peter out in the new millennium. By then, many had grown weary of these clubhouse congeries and their over-zealous executors. Still, a decent Vermont comp is cause for celebration, and Mondays At 10 PM is one such collection. This particular batch of tunes originally provided the soundtrack to filmmaker David Eaton’s cableaccess program “Zero Power Hour.” Compiled by dark-pop auteur Sean Altrui, Mondays is one of the best multi-artist releases I’ve heard in some time. Opener “Upstate in the Woods / Grown Up Out the Doyt” by Oblong Bahl kicks things off in quasicomical fashion. The tune’s lo-fi breakbeats, funky bass figure and raspy vocals come together in a tongue-in-cheek ode to redneck living. “Not much to do on a Saturday night / ’cept go down to the bevvie for to get some Coors Lite / Watch a little NASCAR, go to Denny’s for a bite / That’s right,” the lyrics proudly exclaim. Mark Knuffke’s pulsating electronic composition “Buell St.” threads organic instrumentation with computer sequencing in an enjoyably dusky romp. “So Green” is a lovely number by singer-songwriter Jenn Karson. With her maudlin guitar figures and lilting, girlish vocals, she comes across like a goth Suzanne Vega. Altrui’s serpentine “Remission” is nearly perfect, a shadow-pop blend of quavering guitars and tribal percussion. His evocative baritone has a lot in common with that of Doors front man Jim Morrison, a similarity Altrui exploits to stunning effect. UFO vs. Squirrel’s “13_V.S.A._1022” is an experimental groove track, replete with chiming bells and odd ring tones. An instrumental, the song’s post-rock vibe and left-field textures are similar to those of Chicago sound-blenders Tortoise. “King Fisher” by Joe Englert and Will Haslett doesn’t fare quite as well, however. An over-the-top prog extravaganza, the cut’s wanky keyboards would probably make Rick Wakeman blush. Picture This turn in a world-beat-inspired number, while bass whiz Aram Bedrosian drops some low-end theory on closing track “Thumpty Dumpty.” It’s great to hear such a strong batch of tunes from lesser-known local artists. And, unlike some collections, Mondays At 10 PM is thematically consistent and well sequenced. Check out the release party on Friday, October 14, at the E1 Studio Collective, 416 Pine St., in Burlington. ModQ-matchstick101205 10/10/05 11:14 AM Page 1 CASEY REA

(Self-released, CD) Straight out of what must be the most dilapidated backwoods shack in Middlebury comes spook-country psychos Crazyhearse. With their rotten hearts on their sleeves and tongues firmly in cheek, the band lives up to its oddball moniker. Comprising David Kloepfer on guitar and banjo, Shan Reil on bass and keys and Corey Many on the kit, Crazyhearse stomp their way through a series of swampy, deepfried rockers with as much subtlety as the town drunks and backwoods freaks they sing about. Fans of the morbid potty humor and vitriolic rock championed by Southern Culture on the Skids, Primus and Ween should be perfectly comfortable with Crazyhearse. No slouches in the raw talent department, the band members have loaded their debut with plenty of interesting turns and clever hooks. Although Crazyhearse’s forceful, guitar-driven sound is the main focus, occasionally they expand their sonic palette to include synth and fiddle. Title track “Pigman,” boasts swinging drums, a walking bass line and jangly electric guitar. An unlikely yarn about one man’s journey to deliver baked goods, the track describes a woodland creature “naked and tall with a head like a hog” that assails the protagonist. “Liquor Store Woman” finds the band belting a banjo-driven paean to their local liquor-store clerk with faux sentimentality. Elsewhere, Crazyhearse focus their idiosyncratic lyrics on the physiology of death — such as in the bouncy, Eastern European-styled “Rigor Mortis.” “Hillshire Love” is yet another love song, albeit about a long-lost bratwurst. “I miss that saturated burst / I walk the floor looking for the wurst,” they sing with surprising tenderness. While the band’s vocal delivery could give Primus a run for their money, it often tilts towards sheer imitation, such as on “Going Hunting.” The cut features a round of yodeling that sounds cribbed from Colonel Claypool himself. There’s nothing dainty about Crazyhearse’s tunes, but that doesn’t appear to be their aim. Overall, the band seems content to have some good ol’ shit-kicking fun. If you inhabit a similar space, Pigman is a sure shot. modq-StMikes101205

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<clubdates> TETON GRAVITY RESEARCH’S THE TANGERINE DREAM (ski & snowboard film), Higher Ground Ballroom, 7:30/ 10 p.m. $12/15. 18+. PROJECT/OBJECT WITH IKE WILLIS & NAPOLEON MURPHY BROCK, INSIDIOUS RAYS (Frank Zappa tribute, jamrock), Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, 9 p.m. $14/16. AA. KARAOKE, Geno’s Karaoke Club, from 3 p.m. NC. KARAOKE WITH REX, Franny O’s, 9 p.m. NC. FRACTURED (rock), Backstage Pub, 9 p.m. NC.

:: champlain valley SUPERSOUNDS DJ, Red Mill Restaurant, 10:15 p.m. NC. DANCE PARTY (DJ), City Limits, 9 p.m. NC.

:: central BIG BOSS SAUSAGE (eclectic rock), Charlie O’s, 9:30 p.m. NC. ABBY JENNE (rock singer-songwriter), Black Door Bar & Bistro, 9:30 p.m. $5. ROOTS FOUNDATION SOUND SYSTEM, Positive Pie II, 9:30 p.m. NC. GUA GUA (psychotropical), Langdon St. Café, 9 p.m. Donations. RUSTY ROMANCE (country & Western), Riverwalk Records & Howard Bean Café, 7 p.m. NC. BILLY CALDWELL (acoustic rock), Purple Moon Pub, 7 p.m. $3. NOBBY REED PROJECT (blues-rock), Middle Earth, 8:30 p.m. $8.

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TOUBAB KREWE (African, worldbeat), Caspian Lake Grange, Greensboro, 8 p.m. $10. FOUNDATION (rock ’n’ roll), Matterhorn, 9:30 p.m. NC.

SUN.16 :: burlington area OLD-TIME SESSIONS (traditional), Radio Bean, from 1 p.m. NC, followed by ANDREW MOROZ TRIO (jazz), 8:30 p.m. NC. DJ PRECIOUS (dance, house), 135 Pearl, 10 p.m. NC. OPEN BAND NIGHT, Nectar’s, 9 p.m. NC. SUNDAY NIGHT MASS (house, techno), Club Metronome, 10 p.m. NC. DAVE DOUGLASS (jazz, multi-media), Flynn MainStage, 7 p.m. $22/28. AA. DJS BIG DOG & DEMUS (reggae, dancehall), Ruben James, 10 p.m. NC. BOB MARLEY, GEORGE HAMM (comedy), Higher Ground Ballroom, 7:30/ 10 p.m. $15/17. 18+. KARAOKE, Geno’s Karaoke Club, from 6 p.m. NC. KARAOKE WITH PETER BOARDMAN, Backstage Pub, 9 p.m. NC. KARAOKE WITH BONNIE, Lincoln Inn Tavern, 9 p.m. NC.

:: champlain valley FRED BARNES JAZZ BRUNCH (piano), Two Brothers Tavern, 10:30 a.m. NC. TOM PAXTON (folk singer-songwriter), United Methodist Church, Middlebury, 7 p.m. $22/24. AA.

LUCID IMAGE (jam), Monopole, 9 p.m. :: central NC. PARKER SHPER TRIO (jazz), Langdon MIKE PELKEY (rock singer-songwriter), St. Café, 8 p.m. Donations. Overtime Saloon, 9 p.m. NC. ALL NIGHT DANCE PARTY WITH DJ :: northern TOXIC (hip-hop, top 40, house, regJOSH GOULD (jazz), Bee’s Knees, gae), Tabu Café & Nightclub, 5 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. NC. 4 a.m. NC. 18+. GRACE POTTER & THE NOCTURNALS SUPERSOUNDS DJ DANCE PARTY, Rusty (rock, soul, r&b), Dibden Center, Nail, 10 p.m. $5. Johnson State College, 7:30 p.m. EAMES BROTHERS (mtn. blues), Bee’s $12/15. AA. Knees, 7:30 p.m. NC. 2x1-Grannis091405 9/12/05 11:34 AM Page 1

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MON.17 :: burlington area OPEN MIKE, Radio Bean, 8 p.m. NC. DAVE GRIPPO FUNK BAND, Red Square, 10 p.m. NC. ELECTRIC RELAXATION WITH DJ FATTIE B. (downtempo), 1/2 Lounge, 10 p.m. NC. WRUV PRESENTS: DJ BLT, DJ CRE8 (hip-hop, eclectic), Nectar’s, 9:30 p.m. NC. DIERKS BENTLEY, CROSS CANADIAN RAGWEED (country), Higher Ground Ballroom, 8 p.m. $27/30. AA. Sold out. THE GREENCARDS (Americana), Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, 8 p.m. $10/12. AA.

:: northern OPEN MIKE, Sami’s Harmony Pub, 7 p.m. NC. JERRY LAVENE (jazz guitar), Chow! Bella, 6 p.m. NC.

NOLA MUSICIANS RELIEF FUND BENEFIT WITH BEN MACINTYRE, SWALE, LUKE ERIKSEN & JOHARI WINDOW (singer-songwriter, alt-rock, funk), Club Metronome, 10 p.m. $5 min. donation. FROM BURLINGTON TO BOURBON ST. WITH ELLEN POWELL, UNKNOWN BLUES BAND, TAMMY FLETCHER, REBIRTH JAZZ BAND & MORE (jazz, blues; hurricane relief benefit), Flynn MainStage, 7 p.m. $20. YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND (newgrass), Higher Ground Ballroom, 9 p.m. $20. AA.

:: champlain valley LADIES’ NIGHT, City Limits, 9 p.m. NC.

:: central DAVID KRAUS (acoustic classical & jazz guitar), Lounge at Main Street Grill, 7 p.m. NC. MIRIAM BERNARDO & JAIRO SEGURO (Latin), Langdon St. Café, 8:30 p.m. Donations.

GUA GUA (psychotropical), Radio Bean, 6 p.m. NC, followed by ANNA PARDENIK (old-time jazz), 9 p.m. NC, followed by HONKY-TONK SESSIONS, 10 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE, 135 Pearl, 8 p.m. NC. SONNY & PERLEY (international cabaret), Leunig’s, 7 p.m. NC. BASHMENT WITH DEMUS & SUPER K (reggae, dancehall), Red Square, 9 p.m. NC. COLIN CLARY (indie-pop), 1/2 Lounge, 9 p.m. NC. NOLA MUSICIANS RELIEF FUND BENEFIT WITH REBIRTH JAZZ BAND, POPEFINGER, TAMMY FLETCHER (jazz, funk, rock, r&b), Nectar’s, 9:30 p.m. $5 min. donation. 1X6-golfer 6/2/05 4:08 PM

:: champlain valley LADIES’ NIGHT, City Limits, 9 p.m. NC. DENISE FRANKE (singer-songwriter), Good Times Café, 8 p.m. $10.

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CHRIS LYON (singer-songwriter), Bee’s Knees, 7:30 p.m. NC.

DAN WOLF (singer-songwriter), Charlie O’s, 10 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE Langdon St. Café, 7 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE WITH BAD GRAMMAR, Middle Earth, 8:30 p.m. $3.

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MISSY BLY, FIRE THE CANNONS, THE HORSE (rock), club Metronome, 10 p.m. NC. BONNIE RAITT (rock, pop, r&b), Memorial Auditorium, 8 p.m. $50/57. OPEN MIKE WITH ANDY LUGO & DJ TRANSPLANTE, Manhattan Pizza & Pub, 10 p.m. NC. DAVE HARRISON’S STARSTRUCK KARAOKE, JP’s Pub, 10 p.m. NC. WRUV BENEFIT (DJ showcase), Second Floor, 9 p.m. $3/7. 18+ before 11 p.m. STS9, TOUBAB KREWE (electronic, jam, world), Higher Ground Ballroom, 8 p.m. $18/20. 18+. BEN TAYLOR BAND, LOWELL THOMPSON (rock singer-songwriters), Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, 8 p.m. $12/14. AA. OPEN MIKE, Geno’s Karaoke Club, from 8 p.m. NC.

:: burlington area IRISH SESSIONS, Radio Bean, 9 p.m. NC. PINE STREET JAZZ WITH MATT WRIGHT, Parima, 7 p.m. NC. TOP HAT KARAOKE, 135 Pearl, 9 p.m. NC. SONNY & PERLEY (international cabaret), Leunig’s, 7 p.m. NC. ATAVISTIC ENSEMBLE (jazz), Red Square, 8 p.m. NC, followed by MEMBERS ONLY WITH FATTIE B. (’80s DJ), 11 p.m. NC. GLAMORAMA PRESENTS: THE ELECTRO SERIES (DJs), 1/2 Lounge, 10 p.m. NC. EKIS, PULSE PROPHETS (worldbeat, rock, hip-hop, funk), Nectar’s, 9:30 p.m.1 NC. Page

:: northern OPEN MIKE, Monopole, 9 p.m. NC. TOM LESHINSKI (solo guitar), Chow! Bella, 6 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE WITH MIKE PELKEY, Overtime Saloon, 9 p.m. NC. BIG SPLINTER (mountain country, folkblues), Bee’s Knees, 7:30 p.m. NC.

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CALL TO ARTISTS VERGENNES STREET BANNER ART CONTEST: Artists of all ages from Addison, Ferrisburgh, Panton, Vergennes and Waltham are invited to produce their artistic visions of Vergennes; no more than two per submission. Forty designs will be displayed November 11-12; 8 to 10 will be selected for banner production. Deadline: October 27. See http://www.vergennes partnership.org for contest rules, or stop by the Bixby Library.

OPENINGS AIDA SEHOVIC: "Daily Chronicle," installation of coffee drawings. L/L Gallery, Living/ Learning Center, UVM, Burlington, 6564200. Reception October 13, 5-7 p.m. Through November 3. ROB PERRY: "Here Tomorrow," fine-art photography. Blue Moon Gallery, Vergennes, 877-9900. Reception October 15, 2-6 p.m. Through November 29. MARY AZARIAN: Woodcut prints by the Vermont illustrator, marking the publication of Here Comes Darrell; and CHARLOTTE POTOK: Ceramic goddess figures. Blinking Light Gallery, Plainfield, 454-0141. Receptions at the River Run Restaurant and Blinking Light, respectively, October 16, 35 p.m. Through October. MAUREEN O’CONNOR BURGESS: "The Color of Place," monoprints. Governor's Office, Pavilion Office Bldg., Montpelier, 828-0749. Reception October 18, 3-5 p.m. Through November 29.

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ARTWORK “Fabric of Life” by Sally Sweetland

PHOTO Marc Awodey

hile some artists seem to paint the same picture over and over again, perhaps trying to create a recognizable style, Waitsfield painter Sally Sweetland is aesthetically restless. Her exhibition of more than 30 oil-onlinen works at Stowe’s West Branch Gallery & Sculpture Park evidences a dazzling array of painterly approaches. The diversity of Sweetland’s show, entitled “Patches of Sunlight and Hope,” is at first a little jarring, but ultimately it reveals conceptual complexity, nods to art history and a full spectrum of beautifully composed hues. The cumulative effect of Sweetland’s paintings is as rich as the natural world to which they frequently refer. “Secret Waterfall,” dating from 1998, is the oldest piece in the show and clearly reveals Sweetland’s landscapist roots. Cloudy, coppery patches dance across the canvas, but the composition of naturalistic colors such as lush greens and blues suggest land and sky. Silvery gray and whites obliquely indicate Sweetland’s vaguely captured sky and stream. “Skipped Stones” appears to be

influenced by Monet’s “Water Lilies.” The 52-by-48-inch oil is a vertical Zshaped composition with a central ribbon of light values flanked by deep bends of highly saturated terre verte and ultramarine. Details in the painting are little more than gestural dabs and scumbling. “Secret Waterfall” and “Skipped Stones” imply water, but other paintings have no subject matter other than what Sweetland suggests with pigment. “Breakthrough Blue” includes abstractexpressionist, solidified paint drips and non-referential patches of cool color, from deep indigo to powdery turquoise, lilac and pale olive green. “Raindance” has a similar harmony, but a subtly defined, looped infinity symbol appears in the upper right. Sweetland’s introduction of readable figures in a few pieces is a departure from her more ethereal works. However, considering that she earned a Master’s degree in architecture from M.I.T., Sweetland’s tendency to transition from wholly abstract to somewhat concrete — from right brain to left brain, as it were — seems completely natural.

The softly defined squares of “Birthday Party” are sited on a latticework of lime-green, 30-degree diagonals, and are invaded by a block of creamy horizontal lines in the upper left of the painting. Many of the diagonal squares are seemingly stamped with concentric circles, a technique that doesn’t appear in any other works. Similarly, the warmly hued “Dance Floor” is the only painting here featuring extensive palette-knife work. In the 42-by-38-inch “Fabric of Life,” Sweetland successfully integrates a patchwork of techniques. Yellow drips appear in a stain-painted, purple square at the lower left of the painting. A few curved lines reminiscent of primitive pictoglyphs appear at the upper center. And nearly every hue found elsewhere in the show is reprised within this work. For an image in which Sweetland seems to gather all the threads of her aesthetic journey on a single canvas, the title “Fabric of Life” is apt. And the warm colors and poetic abstractions dominating this show justify its title, “Patches of Sunlight and Hope.” m

FAMILY DAY: Everyone is welcome to participate in activities in conjunction with current exhibits. Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, 253-8358. October 15, noon - 4 p.m.; West African dance and drumming workshop with Jeh Kulu 2-3:30 p.m. ‘A CASE FOR TUTANKHAMEN’S MURDER’: Dr. Bob Brier, an Egyptologist and host of The LearniNG Channel's "The Great Egyptians" series, presents a lecture on his research regarding the life and death of the world's most famous mummy. Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 656-0750. October 16, 3 p.m., followed by reception. $5/3. ‘GROUP OF SEVEN’ LECTURE: Dr. William Tortolano presents a slide lecture about Canadian landscape artists. Bryan Memorial Gallery, Jeffersonville, 644-5100. October 16, 3 p.m. ‘INVENTING A NEW ENGLAND LANDSCAPE’: History prof Dona Brown gives a lunchtime gallery talk in conjunction with a current exhibition. Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 656-0750. October 12, 12:15 p.m. ART ADVENTURES: Kids and families explore the visual arts in a variety of media. Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 6560750. Ages 6-8 October 12, 3:30-5 p.m.; ages 9-11 October 19 & 26, November 2, 9, 16 & 30. Family $35/45.

ONGOING :: burlington area MARCEL BEAUDIN: "Decades of Design," a survey of the Vermont architect's career, featuring photographs, plans, drawings, models, video and a site-specific installation. Firehouse Gallery, Burlington, 8657165. Through November 13.

ONGOING >> 54A PLEASE NOTE: Exhibitions are written by Pamela Polston; spotlights written by Marc Awodey. Listings are restricted to exhibits in truly public places; exceptions may be made at the discretion of the editor. Submit art exhibitions at www.sevendaysvt.com/art or send via email by Thursday at 5 p.m., including info phone number, to galleries@sevendaysvt.com.


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HALF AND HALF The cross-cultural influences in Pamela Smith’s paintings, made in Nepal on exotic papers, are the result of a cross-cultural lifestyle. Owner of the quirky Bristol shop Folk Heart, Smith divides her time almost equally between the Green Mountains and the Himalayas. Her exhibit, entitled “Double Happiness,” of 40 uniquely inspired figurative works is displayed at Tully & Marie’s Restaurant in Middlebury through the end of this month. Both the cuisine and the artwork are well worth seeking out.

MAGGIE STANDLEY: "Reclamation," recent LOIS FOLEY: Paintings, prints, drawings and paintings. Mezzanine Balcony and Pickering sketchbooks by the late Vermont artist. Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, Copley Consolidated, 208 Flynn Ave., 865-7211. October 16-31. Burlington, cope@burton.com. Through FATTIE B.: "Ladies First," acrylic paintings. 1/2 October 15. Lounge, Burlington, 865-0012. Through ‘ENVISIONED IN A PASTORAL SETTING’: The November 15. annual show features works in multiple ‘PEIRCE VS. PIERCE’: Oil paintings and mixed media by regional artists inspired by the media by Robin Peirce and photography by Vermont landscape. Coach Barn, Shelburne William Pierce. Second Floor, Burlington, Farms, 985-8498. Through October 16. 233-4652. Through November. NEIL CALLAHAN: "East Selma, Alabama: LISA LILLIBRIDGE & ELLIS GOVONI: "12 1/2 Forgotten America," photographs. Allen Hours, 14 Paintings," a mother-and-son House Art Gallery, 461 Main St., UVM, show to benefit COTS. Mirabelles, Burlington, 655-6300. Through October. Burlington, 658-3074. Through October. BARN TOUR ART SHOW: A group show of LYNN RUPE: "Urban Habitat," large-scale barn-related artworks in multiple media by acrylic paintings, Skyway Corridor; and local artists. Emile Gruppe Gallery, 22 Barber LARRY BRODER: "Morocco," color photoFarm Rd., Jericho, 899-3211. Through graphs, Gates 1 & 2. Burlington October 15. International Airport, 865-7166. Through DAVID GOODRICH: "Rural Intricacies," new November. Vermont landscapes in hand-printed JOHN WOLFE: "Metastasis," graphic works, silkscreens. Third Floor Gallery, CCV, digital images on canvas, assemblage and Burlington, 951-1252. Through November 11. video. Rose Street Artists' Co-op, Burlington, MASHA STERN: "Venice Series," black-and598-9600. Through October. white photography. Cynthea's Spa, JENNI MARONEY: "Third World Expressions," Burlington, 951-1252. Through October. photographs of Central America. Red MARJORIE RYERSON: Photographs of water Square, Burlington, 859-8909. Through from her book, Water Music. Burlington November 1. College Community Room, 862-9616. ‘MERRY & SCARY’: Masks and more from kids' Through October 15. drama program. Fletcher Room, Fletcher Free VIRGINIA MCNEICE & ARLEEN TARGAN: New Library, Burlington, 865-7211. Through paintings. Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery, October. Shelburne, 985-3848. Through October 18. KAREN L. CASPER: Architectural, floral and SARAH NEITH: "Cityscapes," paintings. landscape watercolors. Sneakers Bistro & Smokejacks, Burlington, 318-1107. Through Café, Winooski, 879-0054. Through October. October. ANNIE JORDAN: "Water," colored photography, JERRY GEIER: "Drum (and Prints)," a multimeDining Room; and ERIKA ROMING WHITE: dia presentation; and SUSAN SMEREKA: Acrylic paintings and mixed-media, Bar; and Monoprints. Flynndog, Burlington. Through KAREN BUNCH: Oil paintings, Solarium. October. Daily Planet, Burlington, 862-9647. Through AMANDA LAWRENCE & HEATHER HERNON: October. "Hostile Work Environment," a fabric-design SALLY LINDER: "Luminous People and Land," collaboration depicting experiences in the paintings of Diepsloot, Zandspruit and corporate world. Pursuit Gallery, Burlington, Soweto, South Africa. McCarthy Arts Center 862-3883. Through November 20. Gallery, St. Michael's College, Colchester, LESLIE HALL: "Support Thy Gems," a collec654-2536. Through November 3. tion of 150 gem sweaters and photographs. BRENDA PHILLIPS: Collages and paintings. 47Sanctuary, 47 Maple St., Burlington, 578Kolvoord Community Room, Brownell Library, 3061. Through October 21. Essex Junction, 878-6955. Through October. ‘CURTAIN UP! TEXTILES IN THE THEATER’: NVAA AUTUMN SHOW: Recent works by memThis dual exhibit features historical and conbers of the Northern Vermont Artist temporary costumes, fabrics, banners, drawAssociation. Union Station Gallery, ings and set designs from Vermont and Burlington, 893-6877. Through October 29. beyond. Shelburne Craft School Gallery on KATE DAVIS CALDWELL: "Hand Held," new the Green, 985-8438, and Amy E. Tarrant acrylic paintings. Doll-Anstadt Gallery, Gallery, Flynn Center, Burlington, 652-4505. Burlington, 864-3661. Through October. Both through October 29. ‘TOUCHING STONES: A RECIPROCAL RELABEN FINER: "Super Rock Fantastic," retro-rock TIONSHIP’: Jewelry by Burlington goldsmith political drawings with a twist. Studio STK, Jacob Albee; and LINDA JONES: Abstract Burlington, 657-3333. Saturdays noon - 4 oil paintings. Grannis Gallery, Burlington, p.m. or call for viewing, through October 15. 660-2032. Through October. 10/10/05 11:04 1x1-TBarlow101205 AM Page 1 2x1-vonbargens100505 9/29/05

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:: central ‘MADE IN PALESTINE’: Painting, sculpture, video, performance, textiles, ceramics and photography; the first comprehensive exhibition in the U.S. of contemporary artists from the West Bank, Gaza and parts of Israel. T.W. Wood Gallery, Montpelier, 299-4011. October 18 - November 20. MICHAEL T. JERMYN: Photographs of landscapes, portraits and still lifes. The Blue Daisy, Montpelier, 223-2077. Through October. ‘MOMENTA’: Twenty-three prints in traditional and experimental techniques were chosen for this juried show of regional artists. Two Rivers Printmaking Studio, White River Jct., 295-5901. Through November 7. KATIE FLINDALL: "My Season of Peace," watercolors and pen-and-ink works. Moon House Art Gallery, Waterbury, 882-1079. Through December 20. ROBYN PEIRCE: "Icons and Outlaws," acrylic paintings and mixed media. Shoe Horn, Montpelier, 223-5454. Through October. CHARLOTTE DURGIN: "Labyrinth Constructions," 23 fabric and multimedia works of the spiritual symbol. Milne Community Room, Aldrich Public Library, 476-7550, ext. 307. Through October 15. FALL MEMBERS’ EXHIBITION: A group show in multiple media by regional artists. Chaffee Art Center, Rutland, 775-0356. Through November 6. FACULTY EXHIBIT: Six artist-profs contribute works in multiple media for this annual

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show. Feick Arts Center, Green Mountain College, Poultney, 287-8310. Through October 22. JULIA BLACKBOURN: "The Color of Air," watercolors and pastel paintings. Tunbridge Public Library, 889-9404. Through November 14. SUSAN READ CRONIN: "Elephants and Nuts," bronze sculptures. Carving Studio and Sculpture Center Gallery, West Rutland, 4382097. Through October 30. SCULPTFEST05: More than 20 artists show their interpretations of the studio's postindustrial site along the theme "Approaching the Infinite" in this annual exhibition. Carving Studio & Sculpture Center, W. Rutland, 438-2097. Also, LESLIE FRY & LARS FISK: Sculptures in the gallery, 259 Marble St. Through October 29. WAYNE FAWBRUSH: "Up Close and Local: Scenes Around Plainfield," photographs of the natural environment. Blinking Light Gallery, Plainfield, 454-0141. Through October 18. ‘EVERYTHING’S RELATIVE’: Three sisters, Nina and Sari Gaby and Alix Gaby Mosieur, explore the creative gene with a multimedia exhibit. Chandler Gallery, Randolph, 276-3726. Through October 13. ROCK SOLID V: Stone sculptures and assemblages, and paintings, etchings and photographs celebrating the qualities of stone, by local artists, Main Gallery; and "Stone Art by Nature," Second Floor Gallery; and ALEXIS KYRIAK: "White Forest Hesitant Women," Third Floor Gallery. Studio Place Arts, Barre, 479-7069. Through October 29. JIM SHERIDAN: Photographs. Montpelier City Hall, 229-9271. Through October. GARY LONG: "Vermont Quarries in the Landscape," realist paintings by the British artist, inspired by a visit to Vermont and New York State. Vermont Granite Museum, Barre, 476-4605. Through October 15. DELIA ROBINSON: Paintings depicting land captured, escaped and recaptured. Vermont Supreme Court Lobby, Montpelier, 828-4784. Through October 14. SEVEN VERMONT SCULPTORS: New works by Willard Boepple, Chris Curtis, Patricia de Gogorza, Nancy Diefenbach, Lynn Newcomb, Tari Swenson and Judith Wrend. Sculpture Garden, Vermont Arts Council, Montpelier, 828-5422. Through May 2007.

:: northern GROUP ART SHOW: Paintings by Adam McCallister, Sumner Crenshaw and Jennifer Burton; mixed media by Paula McCullough; and photography by Shabnam Sadr. The Well, Jeffersonville, 644-6700. Through November 8.

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OUT OF AFRICA Stowe’s Helen Day Art Center has northern roots, but a current exhibit reaches south of the equator: “Impressions of Africa: Past and Present” is an important and compelling compendium of sub-Saharan art. Among the 100 sculptures, paintings and artfully crafted utilitarian objects — such as the Dogon ladder from Mali pictured here — are treasures representing some 2500 years in some of the world’s most fascinating cultures. PHOTO: MARC AWODEY

JOHN POTTER: "October Skies," oil paintings. Back Room Gallery, Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild, St. Johnsbury, 748-4699. Through November 18. CAROLYN WALTON: "New England Landscapes," paintings. Vermont Fine Art Gallery, Stowe, 253-9653. Through November. JOHN POTTER: "October Skies," oil paintings of landscape and light. Back Room Gallery, Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild, St. Johnsbury, 467-3701. Through November 18. JILL BARTHOPE: Forty landscape and still life paintings by the British artist. Clarke Galleries at Cold Comfort Farm, Stowe, 2537116. Through November 13. ‘ANIMALS AND LANDSCAPES: A PERSONAL VISION’: Artworks by self-taught artists Dot Kibbee, Merrill Densmore, James Nace, Lawrence Fogg, Dug Nap and Gayleen Aiken. GRACE Gallery, Old Firehouse, Hardwick, 4726857. Through November 23. AFRICAN ART: SCULPTURE & CULTURE: New and traditional pieces of art from Congo, Tanzania, Mali and Burkino Faso. Stowe Craft Design Center, 253-7677. Through December 15. JACK SABON: Paintings by the Athabascan Indian artist. Tegu Gallery, Morrisville, 8881261. Through November. LAUREE GROSS: "The Dalton Gang: Cowboys on the Range," black-and-white photographs of the history-loving Single Action Shooting Club of New Hampshire. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 751-8275. Through October 14. LISA FORSTER: "Fall Kaleidoscope," watercolor landscape paintings. Green Mountain Fine Art Gallery, Stowe, 253-1818. Through November 14. SALLY SWEETLAND: "Patches of Sunlight and Hope," abstract paintings, oil on linen. West

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Branch Gallery & Sculpture Park, Stowe, 2538943. Through October 29. ‘IMPRESSIONS OF AFRICA: PAST AND PRESENT’: More than 100 works of indigenous and contemporary Sub-Saharan art, from 500 BC to the present, Main Gallery. Also, 'THEN AND NOW SERIES': Peter Dreissigacker, paintings; Alan Stirt, turned wood bowls; and Elizabeth Billings, woven wall hangings, East Gallery. Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, 253-8358. Both through November 19. ‘SMALL PICTURE EXHIBITION’: The 8th annual members' show features juried works no larger than 16-by-20 inches. Bryan Memorial Gallery, Jeffersonville, 644-5100. Through November 20. ‘EXPOSED 2005!’: The annual outdoor sculpture exhibit features 21 artists, mostly from Vermont. Maps available at Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, 253-8358. Through October 15. ‘LAND & LIGHT LANDSCAPE EXHIBITION’: An annual invitational featuring regional artists in the landscape tradition. Bryan Memorial Gallery, Jeffersonville, 644-5100. Through December 18.

:: southern 49TH NATIONAL FALL OPEN EXHIBITION: Juried artists in multiple media from across the country, including Jurors' Choice Award winners Richard Brown, Thomas Torak and Terry Findeison in photography, painting and sculpture, respectively. Yester House, Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, 362-1405. Through October 23. ELLIOTT LANDY: "Woodstock Vision: The Spirit of a Generation," photographs of the 1960s at home and in concert, and art from the '60s and '70s by various artists, Elizabeth de

C. Wilson Museum, through October 18; also, works in mixed media by Jack HowardPotter, Merritt Schnipper and John Umplett, Sculpture Garden, through October 25. Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, 362-1405.

:: regional FRED WILSON: "So Much Trouble in the World, Believe It or Not," an installation rearranging items from the permanent collection, exploring truth and beauty while examining ideas of power, race and representation. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 603-646-2808. Through December 11. MARION WAGSCHAL: Paintings of the human figure by the Montréal artist. Burke Gallery, Plattsburgh State Art Museum, 518-5642474. Through November 13. ‘RIGHT UNDER THE SUN’: Landscapes of Provence, paintings from Classicism to Modernism (1750-1920), through January 8; and EDWIN HOLGATE: "Master of the Human Figure," paintings, drawings, prints and photographs by the late Canadian artist, through October 23. Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, 1-877-BEAUX-ARTS. ‘COLLECTANEA’: Objects from the permanent collection illustrate "the museum as hunter/gatherer," Gutman Gallery, through February; and "CELEBRATING TWENTY YEARS: GIFTS IN HONOR OF THE HOOD MUSEUM OF ART": Prints, paintings, ceramics and more enhancing the permanent collection, Second Floor Galleries, through December 11. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 603646-2426. m

Provence in Montreal VAN GOGH, CÉZANNE, RENOIR, MONET… From September 22, 2005 to January 8, 2006 “ONE OF THE SMARTEST AND MOST PLEASURABLE SHOWS OF THE YEAR” TIME MAGAZINE, R. LACAYO Open 7 days a week Monday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Half-price admission Wednesday evenings from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. 1-800-899-MUSE Free for children 12 years old or under.* * ACCOMPANIED BY THEIR PARENTS. NON-APPLICABLE FOR GROUPS.

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The exhibition is organized by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in partnership with the Musées de Marseille. Paul Cézanne, The Pigeon Tower at Bellevue (detail), about 1894-96, oil on canvas. The Cleveland Museum of Art, The James W. Corrigan Memorial. Photo © The Cleveland Museum of Art.


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“How?.. How to say I’m sorry, and yet, screw you?”

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BY CECIL ADAMS

ALL WORTHWHILE HUMAN KNOWLEDGE ILLUSTRATION: SLUG SIGNORINO

Dear Cecil, William Shakespeare was the greatest English-language writer of all time. I know this because everyone says so. Heck, I even read some Shakespeare back in high school. The hitch is simple — I don’t get it. Sure, Willy’s plays are timeless tales of love and revenge and whatnot. Lots of people die in them. These attributes are found all over the place, though. What makes Shakespeare’s work so much better literature than Tom Clancy’s? Mark, Pasadena, California Shakespeare versus Tom Clancy, eh? I admire you, Mark. You’re a bozo, but you’re a bozo with brass. What’s more, you raise a question that deserves an answer. Fact is, neglecting the handful of fey creatures who claim they grokked Shakespeare upon first hearing “to be or not to be,” few people get him right out of the box. The obstacle is his lofty language, much of which can only be grasped with footnotes, and sometimes not then. Because lofty language is also Shakespeare’s chief claim to glory — I agree, timeless tales and whatnot are a dime a dozen — we’ve got a problem. I don’t promise miracles, but if you’re willing to invest a few hours in a guy whose reputation has endured for more than 400 years, maybe you’ll get a glimpse of what makes Willy worth lending an ear. Shakespeare was one of the most inventive English stylists to hoist a quill, but for just that reason flirted with incomprehensibility even in his own day — a problem exacerbated at times by his, shall we say, occasional want of craft. Useful instruction on this point comes from the scholar Frank Kermode, who in Shakespeare’s Language (2000) discusses how puzzling audiences have always found the Bard: “It is simply inconceivable that anybody at the Globe [theater] . . .

could have followed every sentence of Coriolanus . . . There are passages, especially in some of the later plays, which continue to defeat learned ingenuity.” Kermode quotes Samuel Johnson: “[Shakespeare] now and then [gets] entangled with an unwieldy sentiment, which he cannot well express, and will not reject; he struggles with it for a while; and if it continues stubborn, comprises it in such words as occur, and leaves it to be disentangled by those who have more leisure to bestow upon it.” Kermode thinks that’s putting matters too strongly. I’m not so sure. Here’s an example from Richard III. The evil Richard (R3) says in earshot of the toosmart-for-his-own-good prince (P): So wise so young, they say do never live long. P: What say you, uncle? R3: I say, without characters, fame lives long. [Aside.] Thus, like the formal Vice, Iniquity, I moralize two meanings in one word. Richard is punning on characters, but the pun is cryptic. I’ve seen the two meanings of the word glossed as (1) letters/writing/history (i.e., fame endures without written records), and (2) people/the soon-to-die prince and his brother (i.e., with the boys dispatched, Richard’s fame will endure). While I don’t discount the underlying drama, it’s hard to believe many in the theater understood this labored bit of wordplay upon first hearing it. What’s more, the line doesn’t make much sense in the context of the play; Richard is trying to cover an ominous remark with one that, being mystifying, is even more ominous and thus likely to alarm the prince. I’m with Johnson — we’re talking unwieldy sentiments here or, in modern terms, witticisms that don’t work. So am I claiming Shakespeare’s a fraud? No, only that it can take some work to get past the sticky bits. My epiphany happened during my freshman year in college, when I took an introductory lit class with one of the great teachers, a fellow named Bergen Evans. One day Evans was lecturing on King Lear. After some buildup about the sense of despair in this play, he read the famous lines: “As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods; they kill us for their sport.” The last few words were said with a sort of quiet hiss. I suppose you had to be there. All I know is, I didn’t question Shakespeare’s genius after that. The professor being no longer available, the best I can suggest in your case is holing up with a good critical edition of King Lear — you might as well get Shakespeare with both barrels. Go at it with an open mind, and with any luck you’ll see what all the fuss is about. If not — well, not to be brutal, dear Mark, but the fault isn’t in Shakespeare. CECIL ADAMS

Is there something you need to get straight? Cecil Adams can deliver the Straight Dope on any topic. Write Cecil Adams at the Chicago Reader, 11 E. Illinois, Chicago, IL 60611, or email him at cecil@chireader.com.


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PREVIEWS

Two for the Money HHH

I THE ODDS COUPLE Pacino and McConaughey play a pair of fast-talking handicappers.

n this Glengarry Glen Ross-lite bit of business from director D.J. Caruso (Taking Lives) Al Pacino gives one of his patented, amped-up performances as the boss of a boilerroom operation that charges gamblers a percentage of winnings in exchange for expert betting advice offered over a telephone hotline. The script by Dan Gilroy never makes clear just how Pacino’s company ascertains what amounts its clients wager with bookies, and therefore what sums are due it, much less how the collection process works. I guess Pacino operates on the honor system. But lapses like this undercut the credibility and dramatic clout of Two for the Money. Caruso introduces us to a novel, tantalizing milieu and then proceeds to tell us almost nothing about it. Instead, we get a contest of Tinseltown charisma between two colorful, supercocky characters. Matthew McConaughey is a former star college quarterback whose career was cut short by a knee injury. At the start of the story he’s still dreaming of a comeback while working in Las Vegas as an oddsmaker for a small-time sports-betting outfit. He discovers his talent for this game is far more exceptional than his gridiron gifts. He knows the sport and the teams who play it inside out, and the result is an astounding 80 percent accuracy record. Again, it’s unclear how Pacino, thousands of miles away in Manhattan, would get wind of the 900-number wunderkind. After all, this is a profession in which low-level employees work in more or less seedy anonymity. For dramatic purposes, nonetheless, he is discovered and literally offered a ticket to the big time. McConaughey picks up the phone one day to find Pacino on the other end, claiming to own one of the largest sports-betting outfits in the country and inviting him to fly out and play for his team. A plane ticket and an envelope filled with cash have found their way to his desk drawer. From the moment McConaughey touches down in New York to begin his tutorship, this looks like extremely familiar ground. If you’ve seen City Hall, Devil’s Advocate, Donnie Brasco, Scent of a Woman or The Recruit, you can expect a sense of déjà vu to linger as Pacino takes yet another fresh-faced up-and-comer under his wing. Sporting a goatee and spouting flamboyant nuggets of

wisdom, the older man swiftly mentors the younger to the number-two slot in his organization, bypassing longtime, loyal employees. McConaughey’s hot streak continues and, with the stakes now far higher, he finds himself bringing in big bucks and attracting new clients. “I’m going to build an empire around you,” promises Pacino. He buys his protégé expensive suits, an expensive haircut and an expensive prostitute or two. He even gives him a new name, John Anthony, and puts him on the panel of his infomercialstyle weekly TV show. McConaughey’s Midwest-bred character gladly goes along for the ride, all glistening grin and gung-ho, gun-forhire swagger. Together they take the business to new heights, reeling in some of the heaviest hitters in the world. Think Charlie Sheen and Michael Douglas in Wall Street, only with louder, more manic monologues. But then the hot streak ends. And, once again, it’s not clear how much this has to do with the fact that McConaughey has grown arrogantly careless, or how much it’s simply a matter of math. Nor do we know whether Pacino and McConaughey are tacitly playing some sort of twisted, ante-upping mind game with one another. The older man is a reformed gambling addict and falls off the wagon when the younger starts picking reliable winners. He continues betting even after McConaughey’s streak has taken a turn for the sub-zero. Is one guy trying to help the other? Is the other determined to prove he doesn’t want anyone’s help? Either one of these guys as interesting as the writer and director of this picture seem to believe? The last question is the only one I can answer with certainty: No. Two for the Money has its rollicking moments and snappy lines, but even Pacino fails to make them more than a fleetingly juicy treat. This is a movie that desperately wishes David Mamet had written it. It wants to be Glengarry meets The Spanish Prisoner meets House of Games. But, given the limitations of Gilroy’s script, viewers will likely greet the film with only moderate enthusiasm. I’m willing to wager, in fact, that it’s not only long-forgotten by Oscar time but a hazy memory within weeks of its release. m

DOMINO: Keira Knightley, Mickey Rourke and Lucy Liu star in this biopic about Domino Harvey, the daughter of the great actor Laurence Harvey and a one-time model who made the curious career change to bounty hunter. Tony Scott directs. (120 min, R) DREAMER: INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY: Kurt Russell stars in the family-friendly saga of a famed trainer who sacrifices everything to save the injured horse his daughter hopes will race again. Dakota Fanning costars. John Gatins directs. (98 min, PG) ELIZABETHTOWN: From Cameron (Almost Famous) Crowe comes this romantic comedy about a troubled young man who flies home to attend his father’s funeral and makes a love connection with a quirky flight attendant along the way. Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst star. (133 min, PG-13) EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED: Actor Liev Schrieber makes his behind-thecamera debut with the big-screen version of the bestselling novel by Jonathan Safran Foer. Starring Elijah Wood and Eugene Hutz. (104 min, PG-13) LAST DAYS Michael Pitt stars in Gus Van Sant’s drama about the final days in the life of a fictional musician modeled after the late Kurt Cobain. With Lukas Haas and Asia Argento. (97 min, R) PROOF: Gwyneth Paltrow and Anthony Hopkins star in John Madden’s adaptation of David Auburn’s Pulitzer Prizewinning play about a father and a daughter who both happen to be mathematical geniuses. With Jake Gyllenhaal. (99 min, PG-13) SEX AND ZEN: Michael Mak directs this Chinese/Cantonese comic smash about a husband and wife whose outrageous escapades outside their union initially imperil it and then unexpectedly make it stronger. Starring Kent Cheng, Amy Yip and Isabella Chow. (99 min, R) THE FOG: Rupert (Stigmata) Wainwright directs this remake of the 1980 John Carpenter film. This time around, an old shipwreck causes a mysterious mist of evil to enshroud a small, unsuspecting town. With Tom Welling, Maggie Grace and Selma Blair. (100 min, PG-13) THE PRODIGAL SON: Yuen Biao plays a kung fu kid who discovers his father has been paying his opponents to lose when he’s beaten by an effeminate stranger. Lam Ching-Ying costars. Sammo Hung directs. (NR) THE VERMONT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: The 16th-annual festival presents nearly 100 motion pictures from around the world. Screenings are accompanied by panels and discussions.

SHORTS AN UNFINISHED LIFEHH Robert Redford, Morgan Freeman and Jennifer Lopez star in this Western with a heart, about a grieving father who rustles up new hope when the granddaughter he never knew he had comes to stay. (100 min, PG-13)

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H = refund, please HH = could’ve been worse, but not a lot HHH = has its moments; so-so HHHH = smarter than the average bear HHHHH = as good as it gets Ratings assigned to movies not reviewed by Rick Kisonak are courtesy of Metacritic.com, which averages scores given by the country’s most widely read reviewers (Rick included).


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BY SUSAN GREEN

SHORT TAKES ON THE REEL WORLD

World to Burlington

Vermont International Film Festival, various locations around Burlington, October 13-16. For more info, visit http://www. vtiff.org or call 660-2600.

America Radio host Janeane Garofalo, profiles New Englanders protesting the Iraqi invasion and occupation. It’s got music by the likes of Pete Seeger, Billy Bragg and Ani DiFranco. “Accidental Activist” is Kathryn Blume’s spirited monologue about her experience coordinating more than 1000 performances in 59 countries of Lysistrata, the ancient Greek pacifist play, on the same day in early March 2003. The Charlotte thespian’s endeavor took place three weeks before “Operation Shock and Awe” was launched. Peacham director Jay Craven’s After the Fog centers on interviews with combat veterans who have served during the last six decades. Sir! No Sir!, with some footage provided by Richmond archivist Roz Payne, is an opening-night selection that looks back at the 1960s movement of soldiers disillusioned by the Vietnam War. This cinematic gathering boasts the mantra “Images and Issues of Global Concern,” and on any given day is likely to encompass an exploration of worldly woes. On Friday, for example, State of Fear traces Peru’s descent from democracy to dictatorship. Born into Struggle tackles the battle against apartheid in South Africa. Homeland: Four Portraits of Native Action zeroes in on indigenous people threatened by energy companies and pollution. Although rare, uplifting material is in evidence. Monumental depicts the

late David Brower’s often-successful campaign to protect America’s national parks. “Oscar” takes a light-hearted approach to the true story of a Buenos Aires cab driver who adds his aesthetic commentaries to public advertising. Film subjects can be wide-ranging, yet strangely compatible: “No Place Like Home,” Hardwick resident Meredith Holch’s animation about refugees and asylum-seekers, seems to have a sort of cross-species kinship with “Ride of the Mergansers,” an account of ducklings that must adapt to the wild only 24 hours after they hatch. Similarly, “Chavez Ravine: A Los Angeles Story” recalls a California Mexican-American village uprooted by the federal government in the 1950s to make way for Dodger Stadium. Cheech Marin delivers the narration and Ry Cooder’s songs grace the soundtrack. Niagalova’s personal favorite, The 3 Rooms of Melancholia, also focuses on Chechnya. “This is an observation of orphans done in a very unorthodox style,” she says. “But it complements Vanessa Redgrave’s film, which is a more traditional, talking-

heads documentary.” Slated for Saturday evening at the Roxy, Melancholia is in the Displaced Persons showcase, which also incorporates Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, a saga of teenagers forced to live in a remote mountain region during the Cultural Revolution. This charming autobiographical tale — as much about the clash between backwardness and modernity as it is about political convictions — will close the fest on Sunday night. Vermont auteurs from the community at large and from local colleges are being spotlighted. Two dozen shorts by the latter demographic will unspool Thursday at Higher Ground in South Burlington. “The homegrown films are stronger, in general, than they were last year,” Niagalova notes. She’s surprised that as many as 20 out-of-state filmmakers will be in town for the autumn extravaganza. “There’s one guy coming all the way from Australia,” Niagalova says. “It’s an unusually large number for us. We must be doing something right.” m

“Flick Chick” is a weekly column that can also be read on www.sevendaysvt.com. To reach Susan Green, email flickchick@sevendaysvt.com.

fickle fannie BY DAVID DIEFENDORF

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This week, as always, the things Fannie likes (shown in CAPITAL letters) all follow a secret rule. Can you figure out what it is? NOTE: Fickle Fannie likes words. But each week she likes something different about them — how they’re spelled, how they sound, how they look, what they mean, or what’s inside them.

Rosemary’s baby began its life as a DEVILED EGG. A pilfered fur gives new meaning to “MINK STOLE.” Frozen GRAPES are delicious, bite-size popsicles. What would UK cuisine be without pork BUTTOCKS? Whatever happened to the Golden TOMATO Award? Portnoy’s preference went from liver to MODELING CLAY. Vegans who eat GROUND BEEF have awful seizures. MUSHROOMS are the places where grapes are trampled. Humpty would’ve been safer as a WATER BALLOON. E me with your Qs or comments (dd44art@aol.com). Difficulty rating for this puzzle: HARD AS CHARMIN. If you’re stuck, see the HINT on this page. If you cave, see the ANSWER on page 63A. So much for Fickle Fannie’s tastes this week. Next week she’ll have a whole new set of likes and dislikes.

FICKLE FANNIE HINT: This one isn’t hard.

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anessa Redgrave can’t make the 16th Vermont International Film Festival, but it features a lineup of powerful motion pictures on topics that are no doubt close to her heart. The annual Burlington event, which opens this Thursday, October 13, will give its Socially Conscious Achievement Award to the venerable British actress in absentia. She’s had to substitute her planned live appearance here with a videotaped message due to a scheduling conflict and health problems, according to fest executive director Mira Niagalova. Redgrave is represented by a documentary, Russia/Chechnya: Voices of Dissent, that she produced and her son directed. A Chechnyan human-rights activist, trauma surgeon Dr. Kassan Baiev, will accept the award on her behalf during the Saturday screening at City Hall Auditorium. Redgrave will miss a festival with 110 films of varying lengths, both nonfiction and narrative, from such far-flung places as Costa Rica, Argentina, India, South Korea and Kyrgystan by way of Canada. Out of about 300 potential entries, 60 were chosen for the three competition categories: Environment, Justice & Human Rights, and War & Peace. The last theme drew the most submissions, thanks to the increasingly grim conflict in Iraq. “It’s on everybody’s mind,” Niagalova suggests. The Peace Patriots, narrated by Air


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ETHAN ALLEN CINEMAS Ethan Allen Shopping Center, North Ave., Burlington, 863-6040. wednesday 12 — thursday 13 In Her Shoes 6:50, 9:15. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the WereRabbit 6:40, 8:40. March of the Penguins 7. Flightplan 7:20, 9:20. Just Like Heaven 8:50. friday 14 — thursday 20 *Elizabethtown 1:20 & 3:50 (Sat & Sun), 7, 9:20. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 1:10 & 3:20 (Sat & Sun), 6:40, 8:40. In Her Shoes 1 & 3:30 (Sat & Sun), 6:50, 9:15. March of the Penguins 1:20 & 3 (Sat & Sun), 7:05. Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride 8:50. Matinees Saturday and Sunday only. See www.merrilltheatres.net.

wednesday 12 — thursday 13 In Her Shoes 12:50, 3:40, 6:40, 9:30. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 12:45, 2:50, 5, 7:05, 9:10. Two for the Money 1:10, 4:05, 6:50, 9:35. Greatest Game Ever Played 1:15, 3:55, 6:30, 9:10. History of Violence 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 9:40. Serenity 1:20, 4, 6:45, 9:20. Into the Blue 1:35, 4:15, 7:15, 9:45. Oliver Twist 1. Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride 1:05, 3, 5:05, 7, 9:05. Flightplan 1:25, 4:10, 7:25, 9:50. Lord of War 3:45, 6:35. Oliver Twist 1. The Exorcism of Emily Rose 9:15. friday 14 — thursday 20 *The Fog 1:20, 4:05, 7:15, 9:45. *Domino 12:55, 3:45, 6:45, 9:30. *Elizabethtown 1:05, 3:50, 6:35, 9:20. *Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story 5 (Sun only). Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the WereRabbit 12:45, 2:50, 5, 7:05, 9:10. Greatest Game Ever Played 3:55, 6:30. History of Violence 1:25, 4:20, 7:10, 9:40. In Her Shoes 12:50, 3:40, 6:40, 9:25. Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride 1, 3, 5:05 (except Sun), 7. Flightplan 1:30, 4:15, 7:20, 9:50. Serenity 1:15, 9:15. Two for the Money 1:10, 4, 6:50, 9:35. Into the Blue 9:05. Times subject to change. See http://www.majestic10.com.

MARQUIS THEATER Main St., Middlebury, 388-4841. wednesday 12 — thursday 13 In Her Shoes 6:45, 9. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the WereRabbit 7, 8:45. friday 14 — thursday 20 In Her Shoes 1:30 (Sat, Sun & Thu), 6:45, 9. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 2:05 (Sat, Sun & Thu), 7, 8:45.

MERRILL’S ROXY CINEMA College Street, Burlington, 864-3456 wednesday 12— thursday 13 Two for the Money 1:35, 4:20, 6:40, 9:20. Thumbsucker 1:55, 4:15, 7:10, 9:30. Grizzly Man 4:30, 9:15. Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride 1:40, 3:20, 5, 7:20. The Constant Gardener 1:30, 4:05, 6:50, 9:25. An Unfinished Life 1:50, 4:10, 7:15, 9:35. The Aristocrats 9:40. Junebug 1:45, 7. friday 14 — thursday 20 *Proof 1:40, 4:25, 7, 9:15. *Everything is Illuminated 1:50, 4:10, 7:15, 9:35. *Vermont International Film Festival FriSun, see pull-out schedule, this issue. *Prodigal Son 12 midnight (Fri & Sat only). *Sex and Zen 12 midnight (Fri & Sat only). *Last Days 12 midnight (Fri & Sat only). The Constant Gardener 1:30, 4:05,

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Lots of cutting-edge choreographers shaped 20th-century dance, but Martha Graham was the mother of modern movement. Born in 1894, she founded the company that bears her name in 1926, and danced in it until age 75, creating 181 works over her long lifetime. Graham’s company is now headed by two dance divas who trained under her. Highlights of this weekend’s performance include “Appalachian Spring,” set to familiar music composed for Graham by Aaron Copeland in 1944, and “Errand Into the Maze,” a 1947 work with a 3-D set designed by landscape architect and sculptor Isamu Noguchi, of cocoon-lamp fame. A special film retrospective precedes the show.

THE LEGEND OF MARTHA GRAHAM Saturday, October 15, Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, Flynn Center, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 652-4500.

MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY Saturday, October 15, Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 8 p.m. $2640. Info, 863-5966.

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WED.12 music Also, see clubdates in Section A. ST. ANDREWS PIPES & DRUMS: Got kilt? This Scottish-style marching band welcomes new members to play bagpipes or percussion. St. James Episcopal Church, Essex Junction, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 879-7335. VERMONT GAY MENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CHORUS: The self-described â&#x20AC;&#x153;vocal minorityâ&#x20AC;? welcomes new members to a weekly rehearsal. Unitarian Church, Montpelier, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 633-3605. MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE ORCHESTRA: Cellist Dieuwke Davydov solos with the ensemble on Maz Bruchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kol Nidrei. Concert Hall, Middlebury College Center for the Arts, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433. BETHANY YARROW & RUFUS CAPPADOCIA: The daughter of Peter, Paul & Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Peter Yarrow mixes groove and jazz with traditional folk in a cello-and-voice duo. Borders, Burlington, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 865-2711.

**â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;FOREVER WILDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: Montana folksinger and backcountry traveler Walkinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Jim Stolz presents a multimedia show about the last wilderness areas in the country. Dana Auditorium, Middlebury College, 7 p.m. $10. Info, 443-5010. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;THE FOREIGNERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: Vermont Stage Company presents this comedy about a shy Englishman who masquerades as an exotic outsider while vacationing in rural Georgia. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $25. Info, 863-5966.

film â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;MY CLASSIC LIFE AS AN ARTISTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: This documentary portrays artist Larry Bissonnetteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s experience of autism. A discussion follows. Memorial Lounge, Waterman Building, UVM, Burlington, 3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3368. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;MURDERBALLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: This stereotype-smashing documentary chronicles the competitive world of paraplegic rugby. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $6.50. Info, 748-2600. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;WEST SIDE STORYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: In this 1961 film version of the smash Broadway musical, Romeo and Juliet is set in 20th-century New York City. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $7. Info, 603-646-2422.

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WRITING WORKSHOP: Memoirist Michael Barker and nature writer Ann B. Day discuss their routines and read from their works. Warren Public Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 496-3913. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;PATHWAYS TO PUBLISHINGâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: Randolph-based author and publisher Stephen Morris, founder of The Public Press, explains the technology thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s changing how books get printed. Pierson Library, Shelburne, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 985-5124. HISTORY & FICTION: Novelist Edward P. Jones discusses his own work, The Known World, in the context of German author Achim von Arnimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1817 novel, Die Kronenwachter. John Dewey Lounge, Old Mill Building, 1:30-3 p.m. Free. Info, 656-4200.

talks â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;THE TRUTH ABOUT 9/11â&#x20AC;&#x2122;: Christian theologian David Ray Griffin details why the Bush Administrationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s explanation of the national catastrophe doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hold water. Trinity Methodist Church, Montpelier, noon. Also at Campus Center Theater, Billings Student Center, UVM, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 450-0911. INVESTMENT FRAUD: John Cronin of the Vermont Securities Division warns consumers about financial scams. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;FREEDOM & SAFETYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: Law professor emeritus Richard Hesse explores tensions between civil liberties and national security. South Burlington Community Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 652-7076. MUSEUM SECRETS: Jon Mathewson, Collections Manager for the Henry Sheldon Museum, brings along some odd objects to describe the building behind-the-scenes. Lincoln Library, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 453-2665. SUGAR, SUGAR: Economics prof Richard Sicotte talks about the U.S. tariff-rate sugar quota and the origins of the Cuban Revolution. John Dewey Lounge, Old Mill Building, UVM, Burlington, 12:15 p.m. Free. Info, 656-1096.

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BOOK DISCUSSION: Readers step into Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith by Gina Nahai. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3403. FUN WITH WORDS: Tall-tale connoisseur Stan Burdick enlivens lunch hour with smile-inducing entertainment. South Burlington Community 1x3-champSkating100505 Library, noon. Free. Info, 652-7076.

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WED.12 << 05B HINESBURG PLAY GROUP: Little ones let loose in a fun, friendly, toy-filled atmosphere. Hinesburg Town Hall, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 453-3038. ‘MOVING & GROOVING’: Two- to 5-year-olds boogie down to rock ’n’ roll and world-beat music. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. FAMILY GYM: Crafts, games and toys keep kids age 6 and under busy at the YMCA, Burlington, 2:303:45 p.m. $5-8. Info, 862-9622. TEA TIME: Miniature railroad engineers ages 3 to 6 make a station stop for stories and snacks. YMCA, Burlington, 6-7:15 p.m. $10. Registration and info, 862-9622. PAJAMA STORYTIME: Little ones ages 3 and up get ready for bed with not-too-scary nighttime tales. Carpenter-Carse Library, Hinesburg, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 482-2878.

sport SENIOR EXERCISE: The 60-plus set benefits from stretches and strength training. Senior Community Center, The Pines, South Burlington, 2:30 p.m. $2. Info, 658-7477. QUECHEE GORGE TOUR: A naturalist with geological expertise leads hikers into Vermont’s version of the Grand Canyon. VINS Nature Center, Quechee, 2 p.m. $8. Info, 359-5000.

activism BURLINGTON PEACE VIGIL: Activists stand together in opposition to the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Top of Church Street, Burlington, 5-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2345. INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISTS: Marx-minded activists strategize about the labor, feminist and antiwar movements. Room 102, Lafayette Hall, UVM, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Child care and info, 318-3453. MERGER TASK FORCE: Residents and officials from Essex and Essex Junction work on a plan to combine the two towns. Lincoln Hall, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 878-1341.

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‘EUGENE DEBS & THE AMERICAN MOVEMENT’: Former Socialist VP candidate Mary Alice Herbert of Brattleboro talks politics after this film about the party’s history. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 223-0806. ‘THE MERCHANT OF VENICE’: Al Pacino portrays Shylock in this 2004 film version of Shakespeare’s controversial play. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $7. Info, 603-646-2422.

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JOE CITRO READING: The local author discusses the bizarre travel destinations detailed in his new book, Weird New England. The Book Rack & Children’s Pages, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 872-2627. BOOKER PRIZE WINNERS: Readers judge J.M. Coetzee’s novel The Life and Times of Michael K. Charlotte Library, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 425-3864. JOAN ALESHIRE: The local poet and Goddard College grad reads from her work Cloud Train, among other volumes. Briggs Carriage Bookstore, Brandon, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 247-0050. BOOK DISCUSSION: Readers of Howard Frank Mosher’s novel, A Stranger in the Kingdom, discuss its depiction of Vermont’s northeastern counties. South Burlington Senior Center, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 652-7076.

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‘LEND ME A TENOR’: See October 12, 2 & 7:30 p.m. ‘THE FOREIGNER’: See October 12. ‘THE GUYS’: Catalyst Theatre Company stages Anne Nelson’s reality-based play about the firemen who responded to 9/11. See review, this issue. Waterfront Theatre, Burlington, 8 p.m. $14. Info, 862-7469. ‘THE SEAGULL’: The Middlebury Community Players offer a new adaptation of Chekhov’s dramatic comedy about a flamboyantly self-centered actress and her family. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 8 p.m. $15. Info, 382-9992. ‘CYRANO’: The Weston Playhouse stages this adaptation of Edmond Rostand’s play about a bignosed romantic who successfully woos his friend’s lady-love. Weston Playhouse, 8 p.m. $27-46. Info, 824-5288. THE CAPITOL STEPS: Congressional staffers turned political punsters satirize powerful people in musical sketches based on current events. Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph, 7 p.m. $32. Info, 728-6464. STAND-UP NIGHT: Open mike, insert foot. Up-andcoming comedians take the stage to elicit laughs. 135 Pearl, Burlington, sign-up 8:30 p.m., show 9 p.m. $5. Info, 763-7313.

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES: John Campbell of the Vermont Ethics Network presents a new statewide form for sharing wishes about critical health care. Conference Room 2, Central Vermont Medical Center, Berlin, 4:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 371-4198. ‘THE NEOLITHIC WORLD’: In an illustrated talk about rock monuments in Britain, Ireland and France, historian Bob Manning asks who built Stonehenge and why. Knights of Columbus Hall, Barre, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 223-0455. HEALTH CARE TALK: Medical expert Michael Rousse describes what it takes to run a rural family practice. St. Johnsbury House, 1 p.m. $5. Info, 626-5135. BREAST CANCER AWARENESS: Women get fears off their chest by obtaining up-to-date info about disease detection and prevention. UVM Women’s Center, Burlington, noon - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 656-4637. CHEMISTRY COLLOQUIUM: UPenn prof Dennis Discher probes polymer vesicles. Room B112, Angell Building, UVM, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 656-2594. DEALING WITH SPYWARE: Technology expert Bob Butler describes how to protect your computer from unwanted programs. Waterbury Public Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 244-7036.

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WESTFORD STORYTIME: Kids ponder picture books and create crafts at the Westford Library, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 878-5639. DADS’ PLAYGROUP: Fathers and their offspring bond through fun and games. Family Center, Montpelier, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 828-8765. KIDS’ GARDEN TOUR: Young ones explore the world of plants on a walk around the Four Seasons Garden Center, Williston, 10 a.m. & 1 p.m. Free. Info, 658-2433. ‘LITTLE ROOTS’ STORYTIME: Kids gather in the garden to hear tales about plants, flowers and bugs. Four Seasons Garden Center, Williston, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 658-2433. BABY TIME: Little ones up to age 2 meet each other at the Pierson Library, Shelburne, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 985-5124. PRESCHOOL STORYTIME: Future readers aged 2-4 take in tales at the Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

sport QUECHEE GORGE TOUR: See October 12. BURLINGTON RUGBY CLUB: Women’s and men’s teams scrum for fun at Fort Ethan Allen Field, Colchester, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 233-0946.

activism BURLINGTON PEACE VIGIL: See October 12. TEEN ISSUES FORUM: Community members draft action plans for problems facing Vermont’s youth. Project Soar High School, St. Albans Bay, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 800-639-3351. RICHMOND PEACE VIGIL: Concerned citizens support U.S. troops while expressing hope for an end to Middle Eastern deployments. Bring a candle to the Congregational Church, Richmond, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 434-2053. DRINKING LIBERALLY: Bottoms-up democracy fuels discussion at a meeting of political progressives. American Flatbread, Burlington, 8-10 p.m. Free. Info, 267-237-7488.

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‘PREDATORS OF THE SKY’: Hawks, owls and other ‘PREDATORS OF THE SKY’: See October 12. CHOCOLATE-DIPPING DEMO: See October 12. live birds of prey are the focus of this nature showcase and talk. VINS Nature Center, Quechee, THE GREAT VERMONT CORN MAZE: See October 12. 11 a.m. and 1 & 3:30 p.m. $8. Info, 359-5000. FALL FOLIAGE BOOK SALE: See October 12. CHOCOLATE-DIPPING DEMO: Fans of cocoa-covered TROPICAL FISH CLUB OF BURLINGTON: confectionery see how it’s made at Laughing Moon Aquarium-catfish expert Lee Finley explains how Chocolates, Stowe, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 253-9591. to introduce newer species of this bewhiskered bottom-dweller. VFW, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. ESL GROUP: Non-native speakers learn English at Info, 372-8716. the Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211. INVENT VERMONT MEETING: Local inventors disCHESS GROUP: Beginner- and intermediate-level cuss how to drive Vermont’s creative economy. players strategize ways to put each other’s kings Burlington mayoral candidate Hinda Miller in check. South Burlington Community Library, 7 keynotes. Noble Lounge, Vermont College, Montpelier, 6-9 p.m. Free. Info, 879-7411. p.m. Free. Info, 652-7076. KNITTING POSSE: Needle-wielding crafters convene STRESS & ANXIETY: Seniors hear how to reduce the over good yarns. South Burlington Community emotional and physical impact of worrying. Ethan Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 652-7076. Allen Residence, Burlington, 9:15 a.m. Free. CABLE-ACCESS LAB: Viewers sift through the archive Reservations and info, 658-1573. of historical programming at Channel 17, BurlingCARDIAC CONFERENCE: Medical professionals learn ton, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 862-3966, ext. 16. about how diabetes affects heart health care. Vermont Cardiac Network, Vergennes, 8:30 a.m. THE GREAT VERMONT CORN MAZE: This 7-acre $45. Registration and info, 425-3936. maze of maize lures labyrinth lovers. Boudreau ‘MURDERBALL’: See October 12. Farm, Wheelock Road, Danville, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. CAMPUS & COMMUNITY MIXER: College faculty ANIMAL FEEDING: See October 12. VERMONT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: Four $8. Info, 748-1399. from Johnson State and CCV mingle with business BIRD FEEDING: See October 12. days of cinema put the focus on human rights leaders and citizens to talk about new classroom FALL FOLIAGE BOOK SALE: Info seekers and pleaSOUTH BURLINGTON LIBRARY STORYTIME: and environmentalism. See center pull-out and teaching methods. Base Lodge, Stearns Hall, sure readers peruse pageturners at the KelloggYoungsters ages 3 to 5 get together for easy lis“Flick Chick,” this issue. Various Burlington-area Johnson State College, 3-5 p.m. Free. HubbardNetwork101205 Library, Montpelier, 1010/10/05 a.m. - 8 p.m.11:38 AM locations tening at the South Burlington Library, 10 a.m. 2x2-VT Page and 1 prices, 7:30 p.m. - midnight. Info, and info, 635-1257. Reservations Free. Info, 223-3338. Info, 660-2600. 1x4-keys 6/2/05 Free. 3:27 PM652-7080. Page2x4-UVMPsych041305 1 7/29/05 3:42 PM Page 1

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TOASTMASTERS CLUB: Amateur orators sharpen their speaking skills before a supportive audience. McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 872-0135. TURNING POINT OPEN HOUSE: Local luminaries dedicate a safe and substance-free environment to individuals recovering from alcohol and drug abuse. 61 Main Street, Burlington, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 861-3150.

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words ‘WHY HISTORICAL FICTION?’: Children’s author Katherine Paterson of Bridge to Terabithia fame talks about tackling social-justice issues in her recent fact-based books. North Lounge, Billings Student Center, UVM, Burlington, 5 p.m. Free. Info, 656-4389.

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music Also, see clubdates in Section A. PIANO RECITAL: Acclaimed pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard performs Maurice Ravel’s Gaspard de la Nuit, among other works. Concert Hall, Middlebury College Center for the Arts, 8 p.m. $12. Info, 443-6433. RICHARD RUANE & FRIENDS: The organizer of the Ripton Community Coffee House concerts convenes his own eclectic folk show. Briggs Carriage Bookstore, Brandon, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 247-0050. ASTERIA: Soprano Syvia Rhyne and tenor and luteplayer Eric Redlinger sing courtly love songs from the late middle ages — in French. McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2536. ACCORDION CONCERT: Squeezebox player Terri Conti solos on popular tunes. Global Markets Café & Grill, Burlington, 8 p.m. Donations. Info, 863-3210.

dance BALLROOM DANCE SOCIAL: Singles and couples of all ages learn ballroom, swing and Latin dancing. Jazzercize Studio, Williston, 7 p.m. $10. Info, 862-2207. BURLINGTON CONTRA DANCE: Queen City dancers take direction from caller Mark Sustic, with highstepping sounds from Sarah Blair and Colin McCaffrey. St. Anthony’s Church Hall, Burlington, 8 p.m. $7. Info, 434-2446.

COLUMBUS DAY ETHICS: A panel of faculty and staff discuss Christopher Columbus’ legacy, and whether or not society should celebrate it. Vermont Room, Alliot Student Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, noon. Free. Info, 654-2536. FRONT-PORCH HISTORY TALK: University of South Carolina history prof Paul Johnson describes the legendary waterfall jumps of early-1800s daredevil Sam Patch. International Commons Building, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2536. ARCHITECTURE TALK: Professor Lisa Schrenk reviews the structures on display at an international fair in Aichi, Japan. Chaplin Hall Gallery, Norwich University, Northfield, noon. Free. Info, 485-2620. ‘BROTHERS IN DRAMA’ SERIES: Music theorist Stan Greenberg, director of several Lyric Theater productions, compares the Verdi and Shakespeare versions of the character Falstaff. Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, coffee 1:30 p.m., talk 2 p.m. $5. Info, 660-7192. ‘THE POST-CIVIL WAR LOST CAUSE’: UVM history prof Kevin Thornton explores the 1890s-era image of Confederates. Godnick Adult Center, Rutland, 1:30 p.m. $5. Info, 775-1132. ECOLOGY TALK: Bog biologist Jill Bubier of Mt. Holyoke College discusses the global-warming role of peatlands — which store one-third of the world’s soil carbon. Center for Northern Studies, Sterling College, Wolcott, 7 p.m. Free. Registration and info, 888-4331.

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ANIMAL FEEDING: See October 12. BIRD FEEDING: See October 12. WATERBURY STORYTIME: See October 12, for chil‘LEND ME A TENOR’: See October 12. dren ages 3-5. ‘THE FOREIGNER’: See October 12, $28. SOUTH BURLINGTON LIBRARY STORYTIME: See ‘THE GUYS’: See October 13. October 13. ‘THE SEAGULL’: See October 13. ‘MUSIC WITH ROBERT AND GIGI’: Kids sing along ‘CYRANO’: See October 13. with Robert Resnik and his fiddle-playing friend ‘G-CITY MONOLOGUES’: In this Firefly Productions Gigi Weisman. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, play by Keefe Healey, four fringe characters tell 11 a.m. Free. Registration and info, 865-7216. their own stories about an urban scandal. 135 MONTPELIER STORYTIME: Small readers hear Pearl, Burlington, 8 p.m. $20. Info, 644-2542. engine-driven tales at the Montpelier Firehouse, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. ‘KIDS’ KNIGHT OUT’: Ages 5-10 enjoy an evening of movies, swimming, food and more at Ross VERMONT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: See Sports Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 5October 13, 9:30 a.m. - 10 p.m. 9 p.m. $10-15. Registration & info, 654-2721. ‘BROKEN FLOWERS’: In Jim Jarmusch’s latest film, SONGS & STORIES: Kids of all ages join guitarist Bill Murray stars as a pathological womanizer who Matthew Witten for folk songs and funny tales. deals with his past by tracking down his exes. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10-10:45 a.m. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955. $6.50. Info, 748-2600. TEEN MOVIE: The romantic comedy I.Q. pairs Einstein’s brainy niece with a garage mechanic. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955. 1x4-Savoy101205 2x1-citymarket101205.pdf 10/11/05 10:48:59 AM

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SENIOR EXERCISE: See October 12, 10 a.m. QUECHEE GORGE TOUR: See October 12.

MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY: Twenty-four dancers carve the air with compelling choreography from this group’s 80-year repertory. See calendar spotlight. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 8 p.m. $26-40. Info, 863-5966. ‘OF THE WATER’: Acclaimed international choreographers Eiko and Koma dance with Bennington College students atop a painting created in Cambodia. Carving Studio & Sculpture Center, West Rutland, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 438-2097. GREEN MOUNTAIN STEPPERS: Square sets circle ’round with a helping hand from Barre caller Al Monty. Mater Christi School gym, Burlington, 6:30-10:30 p.m. $10-12. Info, 879-9350. CONTRA DANCE: Caller David Kaynor kicks back, and the Great Bear Trio provides traditional tunes. Capitol City Grange, Montpelier, 8 p.m. $7. Info, 744-6163. BARN DANCE: The Vermont Youth Conservation Corps hosts an apple-pie-augmented hoedown with a silent auction and music by jazzy bluegrass band The Mandolinquents. West Monitor Barn, Richmond, 7 p.m. $10. Info, 434-3969, ext. 10. ‘NATIONAL DANCE COMPANY OF LUBBERLAND’: Bread and Puppet offers a kaleidoscope of dance theater set in an allegorical country. New Building, Bread and Puppet Farm, Glover, 7 p.m. Donations. Info, 525-6972.

activism BURLINGTON PEACE VIGIL: See October 12.

etc ‘PREDATORS OF THE SKY’: See October 12. CHOCOLATE-DIPPING DEMO: See October 12. THE GREAT VERMONT CORN MAZE: See October 12. FALL FOLIAGE BOOK SALE: See October 12, 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. FARMERS’ MARKETS: Browse among open-air booths selling homegrown produce, baked goods and crafts. Volunteers Green, Richmond, 3-6:30 p.m. Info, 434-5273. Westford Green, 4-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-7405. Route 15, Hardwick, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 472-5584. TERTULIA LATINA: Latinoamericanos and other fluent Spanish speakers converse en español at Radio Bean, Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3440. READER MENTORSHIP TRAINING: Adult volunteers learn how to help nearby elementary school students in a weekly lunchtime read-aloud program. Flynn Elementary School, Burlington, noon - 1 p.m. Free. Registration and info, 660-4738. ROCKIN’ & ROASTIN’: The Starline Rhythm Boys pump up a pig roast and bonfire with honky-tonk two-stepping, then watch fireworks fly overhead. Vermont Granite Museum, Barre, 7:30-11 p.m. $10 for music only, $20 includes dinner. Reservations and info, 476-4605. ORCHID CLUB MEETING: Horticulture expert Steve Frowine tells flower fans how to maintain miniature orchids. Gardener’s Supply Company, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Registration and info, 660-3505. SKI & BOARD DROP-OFF: Downhill enthusiasts consign gently used items to help benefit a local nonprofit. Expo Center, Champlain Valley Exhibition, Essex Junction, 3-8 p.m. Free. Info, 654-5093.

drama ‘LEND ME A TENOR’: See October 12, 2 & 7:30 p.m. ‘THE FOREIGNER’: See October 12, 2 & 7:30 p.m. $23-28. ‘THE GUYS’: See October 13. ‘THE SEAGULL’: See October 13, 2 & 8 p.m. ‘CYRANO’: See October 13, 3 & 8 p.m. BOB MARLEY: The national-circuit comedian and Maine native deploys backwoods humor at the Barre Opera House, 8 p.m. $19. Info, 476-5648. ‘THE VOICES PROJECT’: After months of writing and development, Vermont teens stage an original musical based on their peers’ experiences. Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson State College, 7 p.m. $5. Info, 635-1476.

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SAT.15 music Also, see clubdates in Section A. CHIARA STRING QUARTET: Israeli clarinetist Alexander Fiterstein collaborates with the famous ensemble on Brahms’ Clarinet Quartet. Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph, 7:30 p.m. $20. Info, 728-6464. GRACE POTTER & THE NOCTURNALS: This youngand-funky, Vermont-based roots-rock band puts out nostalgic sounds at the UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $30. Info, 652-0777. **PIANO RECITAL: Russian keyboardist Irina Kataeva performs early 20th-century pieces by Prokofiev, Pasternak and Shostakovich. Concert Hall, Middlebury College Center for the Arts, 8 p.m. Donations. Info, 443-6433. TERRY KITCHEN: The Boston-based singer-songwriter cooks up contemporary folk. Borders, Burlington, 4-6 p.m. Free. Info, 865-2711.

VERMONT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: See October 13, 10 a.m. - 10 p.m. ‘BROKEN FLOWERS’: See October 14. ‘DISCOVERING LAKE CHAMPLAIN’: Vermont Public Television producer Edward Lalonde presents his nature documentary about the human history around Vermont’s largest lake. Mount Independence State Historic Site, Orwell, 1 p.m. Donations. Info, 759-2412. ‘THE LEGEND OF MARTHA GRAHAM’: Dance expert Rebecca Brooks introduces archival films highlighting the charismatic modern-dance choreographer’s work. See calendar spotlight. Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, Flynn Center, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 652-4500. THE KEYSTONE PROJECT: Prolific trumpeter-composer Dave Douglas and his sextet accompany four of Fatty Arbuckle’s silent-film comedy classics with original improv. See calendar spotlight. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. $26. Info, 603646-2422. 1x4-7road

‘THE BIG RED ONE: THE RECONSTRUCTION’: This version of iconoclastic director Samuel Fuller’s WWII infantry experiences restores footage cut from the original film. Dana Auditorium, Middlebury College, 3 & 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433. ‘THE EDUKATORS’: In this German film, a two-man movement to freak out the rich takes a revolutionary-turned-bourgeois-millionaire hostage. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 & 9:30 p.m. $7. Info, 603-646-2422.

art Also, see exhibitions in Section A. FAMILY DAY: Games and activities introduce all ages to African art, followed by a West African dance and drumming workshop. Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, noon - 3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 253-8358. ARTIST MARKET: Local artists show their stuff and offer original works for sale. Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts Plaza, Burlington, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Free. Info, 865-5356.

words GREEN MOUNTAIN BOOK AWARD KICK-OFF: Author M.T. Anderson reads from his young-adult novel, Feed, and discusses writing for teens. Barnes & Noble, South Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 864-8001.

talks TEACHING WITH PUPPETS: Artist Frank Gonzalez shows parents and educators how to engage kids of all ages. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10 a.m. - noon. Free. Info, 863-3403. ‘THE KEYSTONE PROJECT IN FOCUS’: Film studies prof Joanna Rapf and jazz trumpeter Dave Douglas discuss the life and times of silent cinema legend Fatty Arbuckle. See calendar spotlight. Faulkner Recital Hall, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. Free. Info, 603-646-2010. ORCHID TALK: Flower cultivator Steve Frowine talks about cinnamon- and chocolate-scented petals at a signing of his latest book, Fragrant Orchids. Gardener’s Supply Company, Burlington, signing 9:30 a.m. and 2 p.m., talk 1 p.m. Free. Registration and info, 660-3505. TERRARIUM TALK: Green thumbs learn how to plant a mini-garden under glass. Gardener’s Supply Company, Burlington, 11 a.m. - noon. Free. Registration and info, 660-3505.

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ANIMAL FEEDING: See October 12. BIRD FEEDING: See October 12. FAMILY GYM: See October 12, 12:15-2:15 p.m. ‘SATURDAY STORIES’: Librarians read from popular picture books at the Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 878-0313. BORDERS STORYTIME: Little bookworms listen to stories at Borders, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 865-2711. CHILDREN’S STORYTIME: Youngsters take in their favorite tales at the Book Rack & Children’s Pages, Essex, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 872-2627. BARNES & NOBLE STORYTIME: Kids ages 4 and up settle down for stories at Barnes & Noble, South Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 864-8001. WATERBURY STORYTIME: Preschoolers create art projects and read picture books. Waterbury Public Library, 10 a.m. Info, 2x4-JSC092105 9/19/05 5/26/05 1:02 PM Free. Page 1 244-7936.

CHEMISTRY MAGIC: A pair of beaker-wielding, solution-mixing scientists produces surprising results. ECHO Center, Burlington, 11 a.m. & 2 p.m. $5-9, half-price admission for kids in costume. Info, 864-1848. ‘WHISTLING PAST THE GRAVEYARD’: Storytelling pro Tom Stamp chills the spines of kids in grades K-5. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. JAMES WAKEFIELD RESCUE ROW: Youngsters pull longboats to the Burlington breakwater and back in honor of a late-19th-century lifesaver who did the same. Burlington Community Boathouse, 9:30 a.m. Free. Info, 475-2022.

sport QUECHEE GORGE TOUR: See October 12, noon & 2 p.m. NATURAL HISTORY HIKE: Environmental educator Suzanne Young leads an expedition into past purposes of local forest land. Meet at the Trail Around Middlebury parking lot, 9 a.m. Donations. Info, 388-1007. SIERRA CLUB HIKE: This moderate-to-strenuous trek up Jay Peak may yield a glimpse of the first snowfall. Call for meeting location, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 933-9690. FALL WORK DAY: Volunteers put on gloves and boots to haul brush from the Catamount Ski Trail. Bolton and Stowe areas, call for specific locations and times. Free. Info, 864-5794. OCTOBER HIKE: Outdoor enthusiasts breathe fresh air on a 12-mile trip along Bamforth Ridge to Camel’s Hump. Call for meeting location and time. Free. Info, 368-0626. WOODLAND ADVENTURE: Mollie Matteson, the deputy director of Forest Watch, leads a tour into the proposed Romance Mountain Wilderness Area. Call for meeting location, 10 a.m. Donations. Registration and info, 434-2388. ROUTE 125 HIKE: Leaf peepers keep their eyes open on an easy, 3-mile trip up the Robert Frost Interpretive Trail. Call for Hancock-area meeting location, 9 a.m. Free. Info, 223-1081. ‘LEAVE NO TRACE’ TRAINING: Backcountry travelers learn minimum-impact ethics on a two-day tour covering six miles of Camel’s Hump State Forest. Meet at the Green Mountain Club, Waterbury Center, 9 a.m. $68. Registration and info, 244-7037.

activism PEDESTRIAN SUMMIT: Burlington residents stand on their own two feet to document what walkers need from the city. Burlington City Hall Park, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7172. BURLINGTON GREENS MEET-UP: Can I get a witness? Green Party peeps offer info on how to become a Notary Public. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 355-5247.

etc ‘PREDATORS OF THE SKY’: See October 12. THE GREAT VERMONT CORN MAZE: See October 12. FALL FOLIAGE BOOK SALE: See October 12, 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. FARMERS’ MARKETS: See October 14, 60 State Street, Montpelier, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 685-4360. Burlington City Hall Park, 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 888-889-8188. Depot Park, Rutland, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Free. Info, 773-9380. 2:53 PM Page 1

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MONDAY 17 ‘MEET THE RAPTOR’: Learn about one of the resiFOOD AND WELLNESS EXPO: Hunger Mountain Codent birds of prey and its species, and find out op hosts health screenings and a tasting of over how it landed at the VINS Nature Center, 100 local and regional foods. Montpelier City Hall, Quechee, 10 a.m. $8. Info, 359-5000. 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Free. Info, 223-8004. FAMILY GAMES AFTERNOON: Parents and kids try MODEL HORSE SHOW: Hobbyists and collectors their luck at board and tile pursuits, including convene to show off scale reproductions of chess, go, pachisi and mahjongg. Lower Lobby, equines — elaborately painted. Champlain Valley Middlebury College Center for the Arts, 1 p.m. Exposition, Essex Junction, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free Free. Info, 443-6433. to watch. Info, 878-5112. JOHN DEWEY DAY: Bookish types make masks and ‘ENCHANTED FOREST’: A walk in the dark showcasparade down Church Street to honor the 19th-cenes mystical entertainers singing, dancing and tury Burlington native and educational philosospinning fire through short scenes. Hubbard Park, pher who championed hands-on learning. Meet at Montpelier, 4-8 p.m. $3-7. Info, 223-0980. HARVEST SUPPER: Two seatings let diners savor a Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, mask-making 10 cornucopia of seasonal goodies. Holy Family a.m., parade at noon. Free. Info, 865-7216. COSTUME SALE: Hopeful about your Halloween Parish Hall, Essex Junction, 5 & 5:45 p.m. $8. ensemble? Dartmouth’s Theater Department peddles Reservations and info, 878-8314. QUARRY TOUR: Minerologists explain why marble period costumes, vintage wear and one-of-a-kind rocks as a sculpting material. Omya’s Marble Quarry, outfits. Warner Bentley Theater and Rehearsal Middlebury, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Free. Info, 770-7267. Room, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, MT. PHILO HILL CLIMB: Members of the Sports Car N.H., 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free. Info, 603-646-2729. PRUNING WORKSHOP: Backyard branch-tenders get Club of Vermont make time-trial races up a steep tips on tools and techniques for trimming trees. State Park ascent. Mt. Philo Access Road, Charlotte, Barre Town Elementary School, 9 a.m. - noon. 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Free to watch. Info, 657-3896. $10. Registration and info, 223-2389, ext. 25. PAINT EXCHANGE: Chittenden Solid Waste District employees collect partially empty cans of house 4-H HORSE COUNCIL MEETING: Adult advisors paint for safe recycling. Vermont Paint, Williston, turn out to support young people who raise and 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Free. Info, 864-7868. show equines. UVM Extension Building, Berlin, 9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. Free. Info, 656-5418. QUILTING WORKSHOP: Cut, piece and tie a festive table runner with help from an avid seam-stitcher. Waterbury Senior Center, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Free, plus materials. Registration and info, 244-7036. SKI & BOARD CLUB SALE: Snow-hungry slope fiends swap gently used ski and ride equipment. Expo Center, Champlain Valley Exhibition, Essex Junction, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Free. Info, 654-5093. Also, see clubdates in Section A. **RELIEF BENEFIT: Mark LeGrand and His Lovesick GRACE POTTER & THE NOCTURNALS: See October Band, Planet Zydeco and other bands play bayou 15, Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson State beats to support musicians displaced by Hurricane College, 8 p.m. $20. Info, 635-1476. Katrina. Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 7 p.m. $15. VERMONT PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA: FourteenInfo, 603-448-0400. year-old pianist and composer Peter Asimov joins MASQUERADE BALL: Soul diva Tammy Fletcher the ensemble for his “Wedding Quintet” and a sings at a secret-identity dance and auction to Chopin piano concerto. Stowe High School auditosupport the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Wyndham rium, pre-concert talk 3 p.m., concert 3:30 p.m. Hotel, Burlington, 6 p.m. $40. Info, 264-5355. $15. Info, 476-8188. COMPUTER WORKSHOP: Electronics enthusiast AFTER DARK MUSIC SERIES: Folk icon Tom Paxton Alice Greig shows beginners how to gather basic brings a guitar and a generation of songwriting skills. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10skill to the United Methodist Church, Middlebury, 11 a.m. Free. Registration and info, 879-7576. 7 p.m. $24. Info, 388-0216. ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS: Vermont KIRTAN SINGING: Yoga students stretch vocal cords seniors gather to found a chapter of a national with chants in Sanskrit. Yoga Vermont, group committed to health care and social security Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 598-7711. issues. Old Labor Hall, Barre, registration 9 a.m., RICHARD DOWLING: The up-and-coming pianist proconvention 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Free. Info, 728-9623. claimed “especially impressive” by The New York HOME-BUYER WORKSHOP: First-time house shopTimes plays various works at the South Burlington pers learn what to look for, and how to finance a High School auditorium, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 652-7076. mortgage. Central Vermont Community Land Trust, Barre, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. $60. Registration and info, 476-4493, ext. 211. TAG, BOOK & PIE SALE: Hungry? Bored? Visitors ‘LEND ME A TENOR’: See October 12, 5 p.m. to this literary-culinary household bazaar load up ‘THE FOREIGNER’: See October 12, 2 p.m. $23. on edible and readable wares. Lincoln Library, 10 ‘THE GUYS’: See October 13, 2 p.m. a.m. - 4 p.m. Free. Info, 453-2665. ‘THE SEAGULL’: See October 13, 2 p.m. GPS WORKSHOP: Technophiles learn to use a global ‘G-CITY MONOLOGUES’: See October 14, The positioning system device to plot data onto a Smuggler’s Notch Inn, Jeffersonville, 9 p.m. topographical map. 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film VERMONT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: See October 13, 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. ‘BROKEN FLOWERS’: See October 14. THE KEYSTONE PROJECT: See October 15, Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 7 p.m. $22-28. Info, 863-5966. DARTMOUTH DOUBLE FEATURE: The French film Band of Outsiders plays on American gangster flicks, followed by the semi-historical shoot-’emup love story of Bonnie and Clyde. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 & 9 p.m. $7. Info, 603646-2422.

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talks ‘THE MURDER OF TUTANKHAMEN’: Mummy specialist and Learning Channel TV host Bob Brier dissects the gruesome history of Egypt’s most famous king. Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 3 p.m. $5. Info, 656-2090. ‘CANADA’S GROUP OF SEVEN’: A slideshow, eh? Art historian William Tortolano offers an illustrated overview of Canada’s famous septet of landscape painters. Bryan Memorial Gallery, Jeffersonville, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 644-5100. COOKING LECTURE: Michel LeBorgne, the French chef who helped found the New England Culinary Institute, explains how to make money from a chicken. NECI Campus, Montpelier, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 877-223-6324.

kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See October 12. BIRD FEEDING: See October 12. FAMILY GYM: See October 12, 10:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m. ‘HAIRY & SCARY SPIDERS’: Arachnophiles peek at photos of eight-legged insects from around the world, then craft their own creepy critters. ECHO Center, Burlington, 11 a.m. $5-9, half-price admission for kids in costume. Info, 864-1848. ‘BUGGING OUT’: Kids hear huge hissing cockroaches and peer into a tank of venemous centipedes, then make handy Halloween props. ECHO Center, Burlington, 2 p.m. $5-9, half-price admission for kids in costume. Info, 864-1848.

sport QUECHEE GORGE TOUR: See October 12, noon & 2 p.m. NATURE WALK: Wildlife enthusiasts explore the woods around the Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 2 p.m. $5. Info, 434-2167. TRIP LEADER TRAINING: Organizers who’d like to set up their own treks with the Green Mountain Club learn how on a 5-mile hike. Call for meeting location and time. Free. Info, 355-7181. MT. ABRAHAM HIKE: Climbers stretch their legs from the Lincoln Gap to this Green Mountain peak on a moderate, 4-mile trip. Call for meeting location, 9 a.m. Free. Info, 229-4737. UNDERHILL CENTER OUTING: Six-plus trails over six-plus miles makes for a challenging trip in as many hours. Call for Stevensville-area meeting location and time. Free. Info, 888-3375. MIDDLESEX HIKE: After a moderate ascent to White Rocks, would-be waltzers take in a free, outdoor dance lesson. Call for meeting location and time. Free. Info, 223-7035.

etc ‘PREDATORS OF THE SKY’: See October 12. THE GREAT VERMONT CORN MAZE: See October 12. ‘MEET THE RAPTOR’: See October 15. SKI & BOARD CLUB SALE: See October 15, sale 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., consignment pick-up 1-3 p.m. MT. PHILO HILL CLIMB: See October 15. HARVEST PICNIC: Promoters of Vermont independence and community-supported agriculture discuss “organic democracy” at a potluck with puppet shows, old-time music and farm-related politics. Intervale Community Farm, Burlington, 1-4 p.m. Free. Info, 658-2919. VEGAN POTLUCK: A cruelty-free meal carries the day after a screening of Food Without Fear, film about how food choices affect human health and the environment. Unitarian Church, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free, bring a vegan dish to share. Info, 8625630, ext. 24.

<calendar > MON.17 music Also, see clubdates in Section A. CHAMPLAIN ECHOES REHEARSAL: This women’s a cappella chorus welcomes new members for fourpart harmonies. The Pines Senior Center, South Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2700. SAMBATUCADA! REHEARSAL: Percussive people pound out carnival rhythms at an open meeting of this Brazilian-style community drumming troupe. Switchback Brewery, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 863-0532. AMATEUR MUSICIANS ORCHESTRA: Community players of all abilities and levels of experience practice pieces and welcome new members. South Burlington High School, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $6. Info, 985-9750.

dance ‘FOLK DANCE FROM OUR HEARTS’: Barefoot dancers trace simple patterns from Islamic, Christian and Jewish traditions. Montpelier Shambhala Center, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 454-8507.

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‘THE NEOLITHIC WORLD’: In an illustrated talk, historian Bob Manning asks who built Stonehenge and why. Old Baptist Church, Fairfax, 10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 868-7184.

kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See October 12. BIRD FEEDING: See October 12. WATERBURY STORYTIME: See October 12, for children ages 3-5. FAMILY GYM: See October 12. TEA TIME: See October 12, 1:15-2:30 p.m. FAMILY SING-ALONG: Parents and kids belt out fun, familiar favorites at the Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. BUBBIES, BABIES & BAGELS: A Jewish-themed playgroup for families of all backgrounds features intergenerational schmoozing and noshing. Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 864-0218, ext. 26. MUSICAL STORYTIME: Miniature melody-makers sing along at the Pierson Library, Shelburne, noon. Free. Info, 985-5124. HOMESCHOOLER ADVENTURES: Kids ages 6 to 9 who take classes on their own explore a new topic together using library resources. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 2 p.m. Free. Registration and info, 865-7216.

‘BROKEN FLOWERS’: See October 14. ‘A VIEW FROM HERE’: Students and faculty share their experiences in this documentary about depression on college campuses. A discussion follows at North Lounge, Billings Student Center, UVM, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3368. ‘THE EVOLUTION OF GOD’: This DVD screening documents a dialogue between spiritual teachers Andrew Cohen and Rev. Michael Beckwith. Common Room, Burlington College, 7 p.m. Donations. Info, 233-3934.

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Also, see exhibitions in Section A. COMMUNITY DARKROOM: See October 13. LIFE DRAWING SESSION: Creative types try a hand at sketching. Wolfe Kahn Building, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, 6-8 p.m. $7. Info, 635-1769.

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words LITERATURE LECTURE: UVM English prof emeritus Paul Eschholz discusses the Vermont verses of poet James Hayford. Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, coffee 1:30 p.m., talk 2 p.m. $5. Info, 660-7192. ‘INFLUENTIAL FIRST LADIES’: Readers ponder presidential wives after perusing Dearest Friend, Lynne Withey’s biography of Abigail Adams. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. CHILDREN’S AUTHORSHIP: Budding writers of kidfocused stories share support and ideas at the South Burlington Community Library, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Registration and info, 652-7080. ARCHER MAYOR: The Brattleboro-based mystery author reads from his new Joe Gunther thriller, St. Albans Fire. Kingdom Books, St. Johnsbury, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 748-5488. POETRY TALK: Community College of Vermont instructor Samn Stockwell discusses tragedy in post-WWII verse. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. BOOK DISCUSSION: Readers ponder the prodigious scope of the British Empire, as depicted in E.M. Forster’s A Passage to India and George Orwell’s Shooting the Elephant. Hornbeam Lounge, Wake Robin Retirement Community, Shelburne, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 985-9546.

talks STEPHEN MOORE: The senior economics writer for The Wall Street Journal and founder of the freemarket group Club for Growth explains his concept of “the ownership society.” International Commons Building, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2536. ‘THE ASSAULT ON JOURNALISM’: Jill Abramson, managing editor of The New York Times, discusses freedom of the press. See calendar spotlight. Twilight Hall, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-5131. MEDICAL SCIENCE LECTURE: Professor Wesley Sundquist of the University of Utah explains the biochemistry of HIV budding. Carpenter Auditorium, Given Building, UVM, Burlington, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 656-1108. GLOBALIZATION TALK: United Nations advisor Jagdish Bhagwati of Columbia University puts a human face on the global marketplace. Ira Allen Chapel, UVM, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free, but tickets required. Info, 656-2085. LINCOLN LECTURE SERIES: State Representatives Mike Fisher and David Sharpe give an update on discussions in Montpelier. Lincoln Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 453-2665.

SENIOR EXERCISE: See October 12, 10 a.m. QUECHEE GORGE TOUR: See October 12. HASH HOUSE HARRIERS: Nightcap, anyone? Lunar light and liquor help mad dashers see their way through a special course in honor of the full moon. Burlington City Hall Park, 6:30 p.m. $5. Info, 845-797-8190.

activism ‘PREDATORS OF THE SKY’: See October 12. CHOCOLATE-DIPPING DEMO: See October 12. THE GREAT VERMONT CORN MAZE: See October 12. FALL FOLIAGE BOOK SALE: See October 12. ‘MEMORY MONDAY’: Adults 55 and over take advantage of a free memory screening. University Health Center, Burlington, various times. Free. Registration and info, 847-9488. ENVIRONMENTAL EXPO: A consortium of Vermont companies and nonprofits promotes renewable energy, green businesses and more. Milano Ballroom, Norwich University, Northfield, 9 a.m. 6 p.m. $40. Registration and info, 485-2455. ‘MAGIC CARPET’ LUNCHEON: World travelers present their stories over an international meal. Montshire Museum, Norwich, 11 a.m. $14. Reservations and info, 603-643-4470.

TUE.18 music Also, see clubdates in Section A. **‘FROM BURLINGTON TO BOURBON STREET’: New Orleans greats Chip Wilson and the ReBirth Brass Band join local musicians Sandra Wright, Tammy Fletcher and the Unknown Blues Band at a special hurricane-benefit concert. Vermont Public Radio jazz host George Thomas emcees at the Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 7 p.m. $20. Info, 863-5966. YUVAL RON ENSEMBLE: This Middle Eastern group builds musical bridges between the Jewish, Christian and Muslim faiths. See calendar spotlight. Mead Chapel, Middlebury College, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 443-5210. ‘THE UNKNOWN ISLE’: Pianist Annemieke Spoelstra accompanies soprano Roxanne Vought on Romantic and Impressionist works by Claude Debussy, Gabriel Fauré and others. St. Paul’s Cathedral, Burlington, noon. Free. Info, 864-0471. WATERBURY COMMUNITY BAND: Local residents who can play an instrument rehearse tunes from oom-pah-pah to sis-boom-bah. Congregational Church, Waterbury, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 888-9327. GREEN MOUNTAIN CHORUS: Male music-makers rehearse barbershop singing and quartetting at St. Francis Xavier School, Winooski, 7-9:30 p.m. Free. Info, 655-2949. RUTLAND HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ BAND: Students syncopate popular tunes at the Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 775-0903. CASUAL FIASCO: The local five-member band trims down to three for an electric-acoustic jam-pop show. Starbucks, Church Street, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 651-9844.

dance LINE DANCING: Show off your fancy footwork at the Harvest Moon Banquet Room, Essex Junction, 6-9:30 p.m. $8.50. Info, 288-8044. SWING DANCING: Quick-footed folks learn and practice hep-cat rock steps at the Champlain Club, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $3. Info, 860-7501.

drama ‘OH, VICTORIA!’: In this one-woman show, Sarah Payne portrays Victoria Woodhull, a larger-thanlife “free love” advocate who ran for U.S. president in 1872. Howden Hall, Bristol, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 453-2888.

film ‘BROKEN FLOWERS’: See October 14. ‘WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU SEE A BLIND PERSON?’: This documentary illustrates two perspectives on sightlessness. A panel discussion follows about how blind people deal with offers of assistance. Memorial Lounge, Waterman Building, UVM, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3368. ‘THE FUTURE OF FOOD’: This powerful documentary questions the use of genetically modified organisms in America’s food supply. Unitarian Church, Barre, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 229-1977. ‘POSSIBLE LOVES’: This Brazilian film follows three separate versions of a future that might have been, over the course of 15 years. Room 13, Carpenter Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. Free. Info, 603-646-3991.

art Also, see exhibitions in Section A. FIGURE DRAWING: Pencil holders sketch the human form. Chaffee Art Center, Rutland, 6-8 p.m. $7. Info, 775-0356.

words ARCHER MAYOR: See October 17, The Galaxy Bookshop, Hardwick, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 472-5533. BURLINGTON WRITERS’ GROUP: Bring pencil, paper and the will to be inspired to the Daily Planet, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 758-2287. BOOK DISCUSSION: Readers of The Professor’s House by Willa Cather discuss myths about the American West — and how they affect people who travel there. Enosburg Public Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 933-4375. HOWARD FRANK MOSHER: The Northeast Kingdom-based author pitches his baseball-driven book, Waiting for Teddy Williams. St. Albans Free Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 524-6835.

talks VERMONT HISTORY SERIES: Librarian Paul Carnahan leads a tour through Montpelier’s past, via period photographs. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. COMMUNITY MEDICAL SCHOOL: Endocrinologist Dr. John Leahy discusses diabetes — how it happens, why it’s so prevalent, and how to prevent it. Carpenter Auditorium, Given Medical Building, UVM, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Registration and info, 847-2886. ‘TRAVELS IN RUSSIA’: Norman and Dorothy Gnagey show slides from their tundra-rich trip to Siberia. Deborah Rawson Memorial Public Library, Jericho, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 899-4962. ALZHEIMER’S & DEMENTIA: Lori Wright of the Visiting Nurses Association addresses common changes that occur with these two diseases. Ethan Allen Residence, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. $8. Registration and info, 658-1573. WELLNESS LECTURE: A panel discussion examines the benefits and drawbacks of alternative medicine. Ellsworth Room, Johnson State College, 78:30 p.m. Free. Info, 635-2356. ‘EXPLORING MONGOLIA’: Local adventurer Spencer Taylor offers an illustrated talk about yurts, shamanism and Mongolia’s transition to democracy. Outdoor Gear Exchange, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 860-0190.

kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See October 12. BIRD FEEDING: See October 12. BROWNELL LIBRARY STORYTIME: See October 12. Toddlers take their turns with tales first, 9:109:30 a.m. SOUTH BURLINGTON LIBRARY STORYTIME: See October 13, for babies and toddlers up to age 3. ‘MUSIC WITH ROBERT AND GIGI’: See October 14. TODDLER-AND-UNDER STORYTIME: Wee ones up to age 3 open their ears to songs and stories. South Burlington Community Library, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 652-7080. Also at the Carpenter-Carse Library, Hinesburg, 9 a.m. Free. Info, 482-2878.


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ECHO STORYTIME: Young explorers discover the wonders of the natural world through books and imaginative play. ECHO Center, Burlington, 11 a.m. $6-9. Info, 864-1848. NECI READS: Student chefs read mouthwatering stories about crunchy fall apples, then cook tasty treats with the fruit. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955. LITKIDS: School-aged readers take in literary classics at the Waterbury Public Library, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 244-7936.

‘CINDERELLA MAN’: This biopic dramatizes the Depression-era comeback of impoverished boxer Jim Braddock. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $7. Info, 603-646-2422.

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BURLINGTON PEACE VIGIL: See October 12. MORAN PLANT PUBLIC FORUM: Burlington citizens offer their two cents about what should be done with the waterfront’s Moran Generating Plant. Burlington High School Auditorium, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7144.

BOOK DISCUSSION: Wanna-be know-it-alls absorb Bill Bryson’s A Short History of Nearly Everything. Waterbury Public Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 244-7036. PLAY DISCUSSION: Readers of Cyrano de Bergerac, Edmund Rostand’s comic romance about a “nosy” love entanglement, compare the printed page to the stage. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211. DAVID BUDBILL: The poet known for his shakuhachi skills reads from his recent collection, While We’ve Still Got Feet. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581.

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‘PREDATORS OF THE SKY’: See October 12. CHOCOLATE-DIPPING DEMO: See October 12. THE GREAT VERMONT CORN MAZE: See October 12. FARMERS’ MARKET: See October 14, Depot Park, Rutland, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Free. Info, 773-9380. PAUSE CAFÉ: Novice and fluent French speakers brush up on their linguistics — en français. Borders Café, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 655-1346. SIGN LANGUAGE WORKSHOP: American Sign Language instructor David Krueger discusses deaf culture and gives pointers on nonverbal communication. Marsh Lounge, Billings Student Center, UVM, Burlington, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3368. GREEN MOUNTAIN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: Potential home ownership partners learn about how to qualify for this nonprofit housing program. H.O. Wheeler School Cafeteria, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 872-8726. SMALL BUSINESS NETWORKING: Business owners rub elbows over dinner while hearing about how to develop their companies. College Hall, Vermont College, 5 p.m. $15. Reservations and info, 479-1053. SMALL BUSINESS SAFETY: Vermont managers learn how to implement injury-prevention programs to help their companies stay competitive. Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce, Burlington, 9-11:30 a.m. Free. Registration and info, 863-3489, ext. 200. NORTH WINDS TOASTMASTERS: Speechmakers practice public oratory and leadership-building skills. Conference Room, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Berlin, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 883-2313.

SOCIAL JUSTICE LECTURE: Dartmouth College professor emeritus John Lamperti describes the life and times of Salvadorean activist Enrique Alvarez Córdova. Hoehl Welcome Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2536. ‘ISLAM: OUR SHARED DESTINY’: Professor Victor Ehly of Vermont College offers a positive frame of reference for understanding America’s fastest growing religion. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 1-3 p.m. $5. Info, 456-1040. ‘URBAN ETHNIC NEIGHBORHOODS’: Harvard ethnography professor William Julius Wilson discusses the roots of racial tensions in cities. Campus Center Theater, Billings Student Center, UVM, Burlington, 5 p.m. Free. Info, 656-1266. ‘SPRIGHTLY STEPS’: Musician and local historian Adam Boyce talks about Vermont’s contra and square-dancing traditions. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955. VIETNAM WAR LECTURE: A historian explains the causes and effects of U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia. Wake Robin Retirement Community, Shelburne, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5107. POLITICAL HISTORY TALK: Trial lawyer John Burgess describes the long-running struggle between “secret government” and American liberty. Room 207, Bentley Hall, Johnson State College, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 635-2356.

QUECHEE GORGE TOUR: See October 12. BURLINGTON RUGBY CLUB: See October 13.

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WED.19 music Also, see clubdates in Section A. ST. ANDREWS PIPES & DRUMS: See October 12. VERMONT GAY MEN’S CHORUS: See October 12. RICHARD DOWLING: See October 16, Concert Hall, Middlebury College Center for the Arts, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433. DOYLE DYKES: The Tennessee-based acoustic guitarist and frequent Grand Ole Opry quest picks strings at Advance Music, Burlington, 7 p.m. $5. Info, 863-8652.

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kids WESTFORD PLAYGROUP: See October 12. PRESCHOOL STORYTIME: See October 12. ANIMAL FEEDING: See October 12. BIRD FEEDING: See October 12. BARNES & NOBLE STORYTIME: See October 12. BROWNELL LIBRARY STORYTIME: See October 12. WATERBURY STORYTIME: See October 12. HINESBURG PLAY GROUP: See October 12. ‘MOVING & GROOVING’: See October 12. TEA TIME: See October 12. PAJAMA STORYTIME: Little ones ages 3 and up get ready for bed with not-too-scary nighttime tales. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-0313.

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BURLINGTON PEACE VIGIL: See October 12. INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISTS: See October 12. MERGER TASK FORCE: See October 12, Town Office Meeting Room, Essex. MORAN PLANT PUBLIC FORUM: See October 18, Champlain School gymnasium, Burlington, 7 p.m.

‘BROKEN FLOWERS’: See October 14. ‘IF I CAN’T DO IT’: This documentary portrays a cranky and courageous disabled man who pushes for independence. Room 501, Waterman Building, UVM, Burlington, noon. Free. Info, 656-7990.

Middle Eastern music isn’t just Arabesque flourishes. The geographic area toward the sunrise side of the Mediterranean contains many different musical traditions from cultures that are often in conflict. Since 1999, oud player Yuval Ron has tried to harmonize this discord, tuning his lute-like instrument to a special group dedicated to promoting understanding of Middle Eastern religions and folkways. Alternating languages accentuate the group’s multicultural angle. The U.S.-based Yuval Ron Ensemble gathers Arabic, Jewish Israeli and Christian Armenian performers in a concert featuring sacred and folkloric music from Andalusia, the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia, building audible bridges between strife-ridden societies. Hear, hear.

YUVAL RON ENSEMBLE Tuesday, October 18, Mead Chapel, Middlebury College, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 443-5210. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/yuval5

SENIOR EXERCISE: See October 12. QUECHEE GORGE TOUR: See October 12. UVM MEN’S SOCCER: The Catamounts spring into action against Boston University on Centennial Field, UVM, Burlington, 2-4 p.m. $4. Info, 656-3131.

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‘SALSALINA’ PRACTICE: See October 12.

‘LEND ME A TENOR’: See October 12. ‘THE FOREIGNER’: See October 12. ‘CYRANO’: See October 13, Castleton State College Performing Arts Center, 7:30 p.m. $15. Info, 468-1119. ABRAHAM LINCOLN PORTRAYAL: Historian and actor Michael Fox Kennedy takes on the president’s persona, describing his life in his own words. Pratt Hall, Montgomery, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 326-4869.

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etc ‘PREDATORS OF THE SKY’: See October 12. CHOCOLATE-DIPPING DEMO: See October 12. ESL GROUP: See October 12. CHESS GROUP: See October 12. KNITTING POSSE: See October 12. THE GREAT VERMONT CORN MAZE: See October 12. GARDENING TALK: See October 12. Landscape lovers learn how to protect shrubs and trees through the winter. CABLE-ACCESS LAB: Want to be on TV? Citizens peruse archives and learn how to produce their own shows. Channel 17, Burlington, 6-9 p.m. Free. Info, 862-3966, ext. 16.

NUTRITION WORKSHOP: Patients beginning cancer treatment get pointers on healthy eating. Mountain View Medical Building, Central Vermont Medical Center, Berlin, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 223-6196. ENGLISH CONVERSATION: Students learning English as a second language chat informally to improve their speaking skills. South Burlington Community Library, 1 p.m. Free. Registration and info, 652-7080. DISABILITY MENTORING SYMPOSIUM: Students and job-seekers with disabilities sign up for hands-on career exploration through job-shadowing. Memorial Lounge, Waterman Building, UVM, Burlington, 9 a.m. - noon. Free. Info, 656-3368. MENTAL HEALTH WORKSHOP: Experts on depression in parents and children consider how both situations affect family life. John Dewey Lounge, Old Mill Building, UVM, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3368. ‘SAFE ON MY OWN’: The American Red Cross shows kids how to be self-reliant, independent and aware in public places— and shows parents how to help this happen. South Burlington Community Library, 7 p.m. Free. Registration and info, 652-7076.

HOME & GARDEN PARTY: A craft and gift sale supports fire department necessities. St. Albans Town Fire Station, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 524-5283. WOMEN BUSINESS OWNERS NETWORK: Company heads hear how to protect against identity theft over breakfast, then learn about the trajectory to financial success over lunch. Sheraton Hotel, South Burlington, breakfast 8 a.m., $14, lunch 11:30 a.m., $17. Reservations and info, 363-9266. SMOKING CESSATION WORKSHOP: Quitters band together for mutual support during nicotine transition. Community Health Center of Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 860-6309, ext. 191. ‘MAC USERS UNITE!’: Apple enthusiasts gather for their monthly meeting. Gailer School, Shelburne, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 864-1985. LOIS MCCLURE HOMECOMING PARTY: Traditional maritime band Atlantic Crossing welcomes the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum’s canal schooner back from its Manhattan tour. Perkins Pier, Bulington, 4-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 475-2022. m


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ARIES (March 21-April 19): California’s San Joaquin Valley has the worst air in the state, and as a result, 12 percent of the kids who live there have asthma. The terrible pollution stems largely from burned fossil fuels trapped between the mountain ranges that surround the valley. Ironically, the smog often hides the mountains from view. Some environmentalists have made that a symbol of what they hope to accomplish as they strive to purify the air. “Fifteen years from now,” one activist told the San Francisco Chronicle, “I have faith that I’ll see the mountains.” Let this be a metaphor for the work you have ahead of you, Aries. Banish what’s obscuring your sight of the big picture.

TAURUS

(April 20-May 20): “Life would be a lot less boring if there was a fight to pick.” So mused the narrator of a show about rival monkey groups on cable TV’s “Animal Planet.” The moment I heard this, my psychic sensors went on red alert and the image of a lethargic bull popped into my mind’s eye. “Uhoh,” I thought. “I bet this is a theme I should warn my Taurus readers about.” Checking the astrological aspects, I had my hunch confirmed. And so I am asking you not to seek an exit from your doldrums by throwing your weight around in a china store or in a crowded room full of sensitive egos. Have a little patience, and your healthy, lusty appetites will soon return, rescuing you from the need to spark an entertaining ruckus.

GEMINI

(May 21-June 20): There’s not enough time to do all the things you want to do. You’re constantly rushing to get to places at an appointed hour or to complete a certain task by a deadline. Part of you hates the regimen of doing the same thing at the same hour every day, and part of you hates living your life by schedules set by other people. In short, Gemini, you have an embattled relationship with time. Can anything be done about it? A little. You’re now in a phase when it’s possible to make modest progress. To get in the mood, I suggest you conduct a ritual to

empower yourself. For instance, you could buy a cheap battery-operated alarm clock, take it into a natural place where the rhythms of nature surround you, and smash the clock with a hammer.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Your assignment, my fellow Cancerian, is to meditate every day on the following lines of poetry by L. S. Asekoff: “There’s a hole/ in my left shoe/ stuffed with a page/ of Aristotle’s Essay/ on Morals/ which contains/ a grammatical error/ in the first line.” Every secret you need to discover in the coming week can be obtained by holding that image in your mind’s eye and letting it work its magic on you. Clues to your biggest question can be found in the same way.

LEO

(July 23-Aug. 22): British actor John Gielgud was considered one of the greatest Shakespearean actors of the 20th century. He also won an Oscar for his supporting role in the film Arthur. He once said, “People like to hear me say ‘shit’ in my gorgeous voice.” You Leos are likely to have encounters with experiences like that in the coming week. Vulgarity and elegance may arrive wrapped in the same package. Expensive wizardry may use cheap effects. High-quality performances might deliver base emotions. None of these mixed messages will cause you problems as long as you’re discriminating enough to separate the dross from the essence.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In America’s presidential election of 2000, Al Gore received 543,816 more votes than George W. Bush, the candidate who was declared the new commanderin-chief. I foresee the potential for a comparable event occurring in your life soon. An apparent loser may, by some technicality or twist of fate, become the winner. A stronger, more popular option could be eclipsed by a second choice. There’s a 50-50 chance you can prevent this aberration from coming to pass, but only if you act quickly and with unshakable integrity as you take a fierce stand for what’s fair and just.

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LIBRA

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Columnist L.M. Boyd told the story of Mark Gubin, a photographer whose business was located near Milwaukee’s airport. A lover of pranks, Gubin decorated his roof with a giant sign that read “Welcome to Cleveland.” Countless passengers arriving in Milwaukee by plane were amused and confused by the greeting. I suspect that a similar event will occur in your life this week, Libra. As you arrive at your new destination, you’ll get signals that lead you to believe you’re not where you thought you were. Ignore the misdirection.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): To an optimist, the glass is half-full. A pessimist says the glass is half-empty. But in the eyes of an engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be. For the foreseeable future, Scorpio, it makes perfect sense for you to think like an engineer. Resist all temptations to be either an optimist or a pessimist. Purge any reflex you have to indulge in hope or fear. Instead, maintain a neutral, objective attitude as you try to see things exactly as they are, then make a calm, reasonable response.

SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): British physician Joseph Lister (1827-1912) was a pioneer of antiseptic surgery. He even built an unwieldy machine called the donkey engine to spray steamy disinfectant on patients he operated on. His most famous patient was Queen Victoria, whose armpit had an abscess that he healed. She rewarded him with the royal title of baronet, which is like a knighthood except that it can be passed on to one’s heirs. I bring this up, Sagittarius, because there’s a good chance you’ll receive an opportunity comparable to Lister’s. One of your talents could be called on by an unexpected source — maybe even a higher power or VIP. If you do well, you’ll get a long-lasting reward.

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19): My friend Glenn suffered a thumb injury while playing softball a few years back. Though it eventually healed, the scar tissue made the thumb less

mobile than it had been before. Three weeks ago, he got stung by a bee in the exact spot where the original wound occurred. It swelled up for a couple days, then receded. Since then, he has enjoyed a dramatic upgrade in the thumb’s freedom of movement. I predict a comparable scenario for you in the coming days, Capricorn. A fresh booboo won’t last long, and — wonder of wonders — it will ameliorate an old booboo.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): When I traveled from San Francisco to Amsterdam with Maureen some years ago, we arrived at our hotel in a state of radical sleep deprivation. The concierge told us our room wasn’t quite ready, and suggested we go kill some time at a nearby tourist attraction. We took his advice, walking a few blocks to the History of Torture Museum. There we found devices like the Judas Cradle, the Heretic’s Fork and the Chair of Spikes. Being horrified and grossed out helped keep us semiawake, which was good, but we kept nodding off and dreaming of being tortured, which wasn’t so fun. And yet soon we were back at the hotel, safe and sound, catching up on our lost rest. I predict that in the coming week, Aquarius, you will have a series of experiences with an uncanny similarity to ours.

PISCES

(Feb. 19-March 20): In her book Women Who Run With the Wolves, Clarissa Pinkola Estes suggests that we all need to periodically go cheerfully and enthusiastically out of our minds. Make sure, she says, that at least one part of you always remains untamed, uncategorizable and unsubjugated by routine. Be adamant in your determination to stay intimately connected to all that’s inexplicable and mysterious about your life. At the same time, though, Estes believes you need to keep your unusual urges clear and ordered. Discipline your wildness, in other words, and never let it degenerate into thoughtless chaos. It’s especially important for you to act on all these principles in the coming weeks.

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astrology WANT A BETTER LIFE? Individual Astrology lessons begin in October. $25 per lesson. Info, call John Morden, 802-655-9113. Want a better love life? Need a better job? Astrology tells you how. Call John Morden, expert astrologer and teacher, 30 years experience.

bartending PROFESSIONAL TRAINING: Day, evening and weekend courses. Various locations. Info, 888-4DRINKS or bartendingschool. com. Get certified to make a mean martini, margarita, Manhattan or mai tai.

body KEEP THAT SPRING IN YOUR SPINE: Saturdays, October 15 through November 11, 10:30 a.m. - noon. Somawork Wellness Center, Suite 6, Middlebury. $10 per class, $35 for 4-class series. Info, 802-453-4943. Combining two powerful tools, Kundalini Yoga and Rolf Movement Integration, Certified Rolfer Robert Rex will guide you through dynamic exercises to develop core strength, maintain flexibility in your trunk and spine, and improve your posture, energy and spinal health.

business BUSINESS FOR THE BODY WORKER: Sunday, October 23, 30 and November 6. The Vermont Institute of Massage Therapy. Info, 802-862-1111. Come earn your CECs and hone your business skills. Topics covered will be marketing, tax returns, ethics and much more. JUMPSTART YOUR ENTREPRENEUR WORKSHOP: Saturday, October 29, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Shelburne. $49 before October 15. After, $69. 10% of proceeds go Vermont Food Bank. Info. 985-8644 or jumpstart workshop@gmavt.net or visit www.jump startyourentrepreneur.com. Workshop for aspiring entrepreneurs wanting to explore their business ideas. Address obstacles to business goals and develop a detailed plan for ramping up your entrepreneurial dream.

clay FIREHOUSE EDUCATION CLAY AND CRAFT STUDIO, ALTERING THROWN FORMS, IN SHAPE AND IN TEXTURE WITH KATE GOETZ: Sunday, December 4, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Clay and Craft Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. Info, 865-7166 or visit www.BurlingtonCityArts.com. This short workshop will focus on taking thrown forms and altering them on or off the wheel, either by changing the shape, by applying texture or both. Although the wheel will be the vehicle by which the forms in this workshop are created, much of the information in this class may be valuable to handbuilders as well, since many of these techniques can be applied in either context. Both demonstration and hands-on time will be applied.

communication TWO OFFERINGS FOR BETTER INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION: Saturday, October 15, 9-11:30 a.m. Workshop focusing on communicating with family members: children, aging parents or other family members. Also three Tuesdays, 6:30-8 p.m., October 4, 11, 18. Course focusing on learning and practicing basic skills for better interpersonal communication. Offered by Demeter Resolutions, llc, Burlington. The workshop is $45 per person and the course is $125 per person (group and family rates are available for both). Info, 864-0624, DemeterResolve@aol.com (please put “class” or “workshop” in the subject line) or visit www.DemeterResolutions.com.

computers COMPUTER WORKSHOPS: Microsoft Word, Internet Exploration, Email Basics with Yahoo! Mail and Protect Your Computer (AntiVirus/Spyware Class), October 1 through November 19. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington. Pre-registration is required. $3 suggested donation per workshop. Free Wednesday Open Labs, too. Info, visit the library, call the Reference Desk, 802-865-7217 or visit the Computer Center page on our website at www. fletcherfree.org. Designed for beginning users. HANDS-ON COMPUTER CLASSES AT CVU HIGH SCHOOL IN HINESBURG: MS Word Basics, four Tuesdays, starting October 11, 56:15 p.m. $45. MS Word: Holiday Letters and Mailings, two Wednesdays, November 2 and 9 or Tuesdays, November 29 and December 6, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $25. Keyboarding Basics, six Thursdays, starting October 13, 6-7:15 p.m. $40. MS Excel Basics, four Tuesdays, starting October 11, 7-8:15 p.m. $50. MS Excel Banking, two Wednesdays, starting November 30, 7:15-8:45 p.m. $25. MS Excel Pain-free Algebra, two Thursdays, starting October 20, 7:15-8:45 p.m. $25. MS Excel Up, four Mondays, starting November 7, 7-8:15 p.m. $45. Computer Use Tutorial, three-five

Tuesdays, starting October 11, 4:30-5:45 p.m. or 6:30-7:45 p.m. $15-$25. Organizing My Computer, Thursday, October 13, 7:15-8:45 p.m. $15. MS Publisher, two Mondays, starting November 7, 7:15-8:45 p.m. $25. Internet’s Greatest Hits, two Wednesdays, starting October 12, 5:30-7 p.m. $25. Website Design, four Mondays, starting October 10, 7:15-8:45 p.m. or four Thursdays, starting November 17, 5:30-7 p.m. $55. MS PowerPoint, two Thursdays, starting November 3, 5:30-7 p.m. $25. Online Resumes, two Wednesdays, starting November 9, 5:30-7 p.m. $40. WebQuests, three Wednesdays, starting November 30, 5:30-7 p.m. $50. Inspiration, Wednesday, October 26, 5-6:30 p.m. $20. KIDspiration, Wednesday, November 2, 5-6:30 p.m. $20. Info, 802-482-7194 or visit www.cvuhs.org and click on Access to CVU. Senior Discount 65+ and free gift to carpooling driver. Ten minutes from Exit 12.

craft CRAFT CLASSES AT CVU HIGH SCHOOL IN HINESBURG: Rug Hooking for Beginners, five Thursdays beginning October 20, 6-8 p.m. $75. Rug Hooking Design - The Basics with Kathleen Patten, five Wednesdays beginning October 12, 6:30-8 p.m. $65. Knitting for Beginners, eight Thursdays beginning October 13, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $85. Cake Decorating I (Wilton), four Tuesdays beginning October 11, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $70. Cake Decorating II, four Tuesdays beginning November 8, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $70. Cake Decorating III, four Thursdays beginning October 20, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $70. Quilting for Beginners, five Thursdays beginning October 13, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $65. Sewing for Beginners - Afternoon, five Tuesdays beginning October 11, 4-6 p.m. $70. Sewing for Beginners – Evening, eight Mondays beginning October 10, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $95. Rustic Furniture - Adult Chair, two Wednesdays beginning October 12, 6-8 p.m. $95. Rustic Furniture - Child’s Chair, two Wednesdays beginning October 26, 6-8 p.m. $65. Rustic Garlic Braider’s Stool/Table, two Wednesdays beginning November 9, 6-8 p.m. $55. Flower Arranging - Fresh Fall Basket Center Piece with Kris Engstrom, Wednesday October 26, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $45. Access classes start week of October 10. Info, 802-482-7194 or visit www.cvuhs.org and click on Access to CVU. Senior discount 65+ and free gift to carpooling driver. Ten minutes from Exit 12. HERBAL ART AND HOLIDAY GIFTS: Saturday, October 22, 9 a.m. - noon. Weed Farm, Lincoln. $20. Info, 802-453-7395, weedfarm@gmavt.net or visit www.weed farm.com.

creativity PERSONAL COLOR WORKSHOP, FACILITATED BY JUNE PLANKEY: Saturday, October 22, 9 a.m. - noon. $125. Info, 802655-1641. Find your true colors, includes individual color charting. SIMPLIFY YOUR WARDROBE, FACILITATED BY JUNE PLANKEY: Saturday, October 29, 9 a.m. - noon. $125. Info, 802-655-1641. Find your personal style to build a core wardrobe and arrange your closet. SOUL COLLAGE: Two upcoming workshops. Stirring the Cauldron of the Soul, Saturday, October 29, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Bringing Light into the Impending Darkness, November 19, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Burlington. $75 workshop fee, includes materials and lunch. Info, contact Doris, 802-660-9710, dejadams@ adelphia.net or Holly, 802-922-1425, hwr@ gmavt.net. Join us for a fun, intuitive collage process that deepens one’s understanding of the soul, parts of our personalities and our guides. No artistic abilities required, leave inner critics at home.

dance AFRO-LATIN DANCE CLASSES WITH CORNELL “SUGARFOOT” COLEY: Wednesday, October 12, 6:30-8 p.m. Union Elementary School gym, Montpelier. Thursday, October 13, 10:30 a.m. - noon. Montpelier Grange Hall on Rt. 12 (Northfield St.). Friday, October 14, 5:30-7 p.m. Memorial Auditorium Loft, Burlington. $12 per class. Discount for pre-registration of multiple classes. Call by October 12 to register. Info, 802-454-4662. Drop-ins welcome. Follow the African Diaspora to Brazil, Cuba and the United States through the rhythm of drums and dance. Cornell leads audiences of all ages through dances of various origins and cultures, supported by ensemble drumming. BURLINGTON BALLROOM DANCE CLASSES WITH FIRST STEP DANCE: Thursdays, November 3-17, only three-weeks, 6-10 p.m. Rhythm I: Rumba, Cha Cha and Merengue, Tuesdays, November 1-22, 6-7 p.m. Smooth I: Waltz, Foxtrot and Tango,


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YOUR GUIDE TO MIND, BODY & SPIRIT 7-8 p.m. Smooth II: more Waltz Foxtrot and Tango, 8-9 p.m. Rhythm II: more Rumba and Cha Cha, beginning Bolero, 9-10 p.m. The Champlain Club, 20 Crowley St. $40/ person per three week class. Info, 802-5986757 or visit www.FirstStepDance.com. No partner necessary to attend class! DANCE CLASSES AT CVU HIGH SCHOOL IN HINESBURG: Big Band Bash for Beginners with Kym Reid Taylor, five Tuesdays, beginning October 11, 7:30-8:30 p.m. $50. Big Band Bash II - The Next Steps with Kym Reid Taylor, three Tuesdays, beginning November 15, 7:30-8:30 p.m $30. Latin Dance – Introduction, with Kym Reid Taylor, eight Thursdays beginning October 13, 7:308:30 p.m. $75. Appalachian-Style Clogging by Green Mountain Cloggers, six Thursdays, beginning October 13, 6:10-7:10 p.m. $50. Hip-Hop with Kym, eight Thursdays, beginning October 13, 4:30-5:15 p.m. $80 adults, $70 students. Move and Groove for 2-4-yearolds, eight Tuesdays, beginning October 11, 4:30-5:15 p.m. $85. Info, 802-482-7194 or visit www.cvuhs.org and click on Access to CVU. Senior Discount 65+ and free gift to carpooling driver. Ten minutes from Exit 12. DANCE STUDIO SALSALINA: Salsa classes: Nightclub-style, group and private, four levels. Mondays, Wednesdays (walk-in on Wednesdays only at 6 p.m.) and Saturdays (children’s lessons, pre-registration required). Argentine Tango every other Friday, 7 p.m., walk-ins welcome. Social dancing with DJ Raul, once a month, call for date. Monthly membership, $35 or $55, $10 for individual classes, $5 for socials. 266 Pine St., Burlington. Info, contact Victoria, 598-1077 or info@salsalina.com. No dance experience or partner necessary, just the desire to have fun! You can drop in at any time and prepare for an enjoyable workout! MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY MASTER CLASS: Teen and adult. Saturday, October 15, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Chase Dance Studio at the Flynn Center, Burlington. $25. Info, 802-652-4548, flynnarts@flynn center.org or visit www.flynncenter.org. A member of the iconic Martha Graham Dance Company, recognized as the oldest modern dance company in the world and a national treasure, leads this intermediate exploration of Graham technique, a style founded in communication through movement. ST. ALBANS BALLROOM DANCE CLASSES WITH FIRST STEP DANCE: Tuesdays, November 1-22, 6-9 p.m. Rhythm I: Rumba, Cha Cha and Merengue, 6-7 p.m. Smooth I: Waltz, Foxtrot and Tango, 7-8 p.m. Smooth II: more Waltz Foxtrot and Tango, 8-9 p.m.The Ballet School and Dance Arts, 119 Fairfield Hill Rd. $40/person per four week class. Info, 802-598-6757 or visit www.First StepDance.com. No partner necessary to attend class!

drumming BURLINGTON TAIKO CLASSES: Kids’ Beginning Class, Tuesdays, 4:30-5:20 p.m. Sixweek session beginning September 6. $42. Six-week session beginning October 18. $42. Kids’ Advanced Beginners Class, Mondays, 3:15-4 p.m. Six-week session beginning September 12. $42. Six-week session beginning October 24, with no class on October 31. $42. Adult Beginning Class, Tuesdays, 5:30-6:20 p.m. Six-week session beginning September 6. $48. Six-week session beginning October 18. $48. Adult Advanced Beginners Class, Mondays, 5:30-6:50 p.m. Six-week session beginning September 12. $48. Six-week session beginning October 24, with no class on October 31. $48. Adult Intermediate Class, Mondays, 7-8:20 p.m. Six-week session beginning September 12. $48. Six-week session beginning October 24, with no class on October 31. $48. Info, 658-0658 or 872-0494 or email classes@ burlingtontaiko.org. Walk-ins are welcome. CONGAS AND DJEMBES: Beginning Conga Classes, Wednesdays, 5:30-6:50 p.m. Sixweek session beginning September 7. $60. Six-week session beginning October 19. $60. Beginning Djembe Classes, Wednesdays, 7-8:20 p.m. Six-week session beginning September 7. $60. Six-week session beginning October 19. $60. Info, Stuart Paton, 658-0658 or 872-0494 classes@ burlingtontaiko.org. Walk-ins are welcome.

empowerment CLASSES AT CVU HIGH SCHOOL IN HINESBURG: Guitar for Beginners, six Thursday afternoons, 4-5:15 p.m. $75. Baby Sitting Class by Red Cross instructor, Tuesday, November 1 and Thursday, November 3, 3:30-6:30 p.m. $50. Herbal Pet Care, three Thursdays, beginning October 20, 6-7:15 p.m. $30. Wild in Vermont, Thursday, December 1, 6:30-7:30 p.m. $10 donation. Backyard Astronomy, two Wednesdays, October 26 and November 2, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $15.

Complete Financial Management Workshop, four Wednesdays, beginning October 12, 67:30 p.m. $50. Writers’ Workshop with Mark Aiken, four Mondays, beginning October 10, 6-7:30 p.m. $40. Green Living – Creating a Cleaner Home by Amy Todisco, November 8, 7-8:30 p.m. $15. Water Quality Testing, two Thursdays, beginning October 13, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $30. Is Race Real? From Colorblindness to “Colortalk”: A Socratic Seminar with Denise Dunbar, three Wednesdays, beginning October 19, 6-8:30 p.m. Donation requested. Info, 802-482-7194 or visit www.cvuhs.org and click on Access to CVU. Senior discount 65+ and free gift to carpooling driver. Ten minutes from Exit 12.

energy AURA PHOTOS AND INTERPRETATIONS: Saturday, October 22, noon - 3 p.m. Spirit Dancer Books & Gifts. 20 min. sessions, $23. Please prepay. Info, 802-660-8060. Come see your Aura and Chakras. Includes photo and interpretation. SPIRITUAL CALCULUS WITH JIM GOTMAN: Thursday, October 20, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Purple Shutter Herbs. $10. Info, 865-HERB or psherbs@sover.net. Spiritual Calculus is a way of charting the energy that each of us is born with. Working with the five outer most planets, the participant will discover the energy they have and thus know where their strengths and weaknesses lie. Unlike traditional astrology, this method looks at the base energy of an individual. Bring only your birth date and an open mind to discover some of the whys of your life. Jim is an active dowser.

fiber & surface design NEEDLE FELTING, INSTRUCTED BY SHARI MCMAHON: Saturday, November 5, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Shelburne Craft School. $48, materials included. Info, 985-3648 or visit www.shelburnecraftschool.org. Needle (or punch) felting is a process originally developed for making commercial felt fabric. Large beds of steel needles are moved in and out of the loose wool fiber to create sheets of densely matted material. Modern day felt artists have adopted and modified the technique as a method for creating threedimensional forms and dolls. Join us for a class on this technique. You will have the opportunity to create a 3-d figure (human, animal or otherwise).

healing TUNING FORKS AS SOUND HEALING TOOLS, AN INTRODUCTION: Thursday, October 27, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Spirit Dancer Books & Gifts. $20, prepaid by October 24. Info, 802-660-8060. In this experiential class, learn how sound and vibration can act as an organizing force within the body to promote health and well-being. The concepts of frequency, resonance and entrainment will be introduced and techniques will be presented. Presented by Carol von Rohr.

healing arts HAND TALES, IN THE NAME OF LOVE: Wednesday, October 26, 7-8 p.m. Spirit Dancer Books & Gifts. Free. Info, 802-6608060. Join us for this presentation in which you will learn how your hands contain the indelible keys to attracting and growing healthy relationships. Presented by Janet Savage. Individual Hand Analysis available, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. 20 min/$25, double sessions available, please prepay.

health INTRODUCTION TO THE OPTION PROCESS: October 18, 6-8 p.m. The Phoenix Center, 35 King St., Burlington. $25. Info, 802-233-4044 or visit http://jayrobinson@ gmavt.net. All unhappiness is optional! How can this be? Come and find out. A two-hour workshop covering principles developed at the Option Institute. Over the years, thousands of people from all over the world have used these principles to heal their relationships, to improve their lives at work, to lose weight and to transform their lives. NOURISHMENT FOR THE BODY AND SOUL: Saturday, November 5, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. The Vermont Institute of Massage Therapy. Info, 802-862-1111. What keeps us healthy, happy and vibrant? Come find out at our Nourishment for the Body and Soul class.

herbs CORDIALS AND LIQUEURS WITH LAURA BROWN: Tuesday, October 18, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Purple Shutter Herbs. $5. Info, 865-HERB or psherbs@sover.net. The Fun Herbal Basics classes were designed to be simple and straightforward, with no frills. Class taught by Laura Brown, proprietor of Purple Shutter Herbs. This class will focus on the making of cordials and liqueurs. Using only the finest ingredients, you’ll learn the secrets of the ancients. A little sipping and lots of fun. HERBAL PET CARE WITH KELLEY ROBIE: Wednesday, October 19, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Purple Shutter Herbs. $15. Info, 865-HERB or psherbs@sover.net. When your pets get sick, do you often wonder what you can be doing for them? Together, we’ll examine a holistic approach to taking care of your pets. Topics will include natural diet, herb therapies, supplementation, common ailments and flower essences for your animal companion. You’ll make a flower essence remedy especially designed for your pet’s emotional needs! Kelley has a degree in Animal Science from UVM and has her own line of animal flower essences and medicinals.

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language LANGUAGE CLASSES AT CVU HIGH SCHOOL IN HINESBURG: Italian for Travelers, eight Wednesdays, beginning October 12, 6-7:30 p.m. $95. Spanish for Travelers, eight Wednesdays, beginning October 12, 5:30-7 p.m. $95. Spanish for Beginners, eight Tuesdays, beginning October 11, 6-8 p.m. $95. Conversational French, eight Mondays, beginning October 10, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $95. French for Beginners, six Thursdays, beginning October 13, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $95. A Taste of American Sign Language with David Krueger, four Thursdays, beginning October 13, 3:50-4:50 p.m. $45. French Fun for 4 and 5-year-olds, six Tuesdays, beginning October 11, 3:30-4:15 p.m. $85. Info, 802-482-7194 or visit www.cvuhs.org and click on Access to CVU. Senior discount 65+ and free gift to carpooling driver. Ten minutes from Exit 12. LEARN THE FRENCH NEXT DOOR: Tutoring and private lessons and small groups. Info, 802-310-3805. Learn it here, enjoy it in Montréal!

864-9985; 4068 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne, 425-5764; 9 Wilson Rd., Middlebury, 4538155. Info, SaBomNimAllen@aol.com or visit www.MooGongDo.com. Moo Gong Do is a traditional Korean martial art emphasizing personal development and strength of character in a safe and controlled environment. Come learn about yourself and the elements of Earth, Water, Fire, Wind and Spirit. Learn to find and lead a balanced life. A great family activity! (Weapons, Instructor, and Self-Defense programs also available.) With over 20 certified instructors, you will be sure to get a great deal of personal attention. MOY YAT KUNG FU: For info on classes in Burlington, call 324-7702 or visit www.kung fuvt.com. The Ving Tsun style was founded by a Buddhist nun and made famous by Bruce Lee. Ving Tsun, pronounced wing chun, is based in relaxation but is best known for being a highly effective system of self-defense. VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Monday through Friday, 7-8:30 p.m. and Saturdays, 10 a.m. The “Punch Line” Boxing Class, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6-7 p.m. Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 4 Howard St., A-8, Burlington. First class free. Info, 660-4072 or visit wwww.bjjusa. com. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a complete martial arts system based on leverage (provides a greater advantage and effect on a much larger opponent) and technique (fundamentals of dominant body position to use the technique to overcome size and strength). Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu enhances balance, flexibility, strength, cardio-respiratory fitness and builds personal courage and self-confidence. Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu offers Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Self-Defense classes (all levels), Boxing and NHB programs available. Brazilian Head Instructor with over 30 years of experience (5-Time Brazilian Champion - Rio de Janeiro), certified under Carlson Gracie. Positive and safe environment. Effective and easy-to-learn techniques that could save your life. Accept no imitations.

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martial arts AIKIDO OF CHAMPLAIN VALLEY: Adult introductory classes begin on Tuesday, October 4, 5:30 p.m. and Thursdays, 5:30 p.m. Please watch a class before enrolling. Morning, day and evening classes for adults, seven days a week. Children’s classes, ages 7-12, Saturdays, 9:30-10:30 a.m. and Wednesdays, 4-5 p.m. Muso Shinden Ryu Iaido (the traditional art of sword drawing), Tuesdays, 4-5 p.m. and Fridays, 5-6:30 p.m. Zazen (Zen meditation, free and open to the general public), Tuesdays, 8-8:45 p.m. Aikido of Champlain Valley, 257 Pine St., Burlington. Info, 951-8900 or www. aikidovt.org. This traditional Japanese martial art emphasizes circular, flowing movements and pinning and throwing techniques. Visitors are always welcome to watch aikido classes. Please call if you would like to observe an iaido class. BLUE WAVE TAEKWONDO: The benefits of a traditional martial art, with the excitement of a modern sport. Adult, family and children’s classes available, Monday through Thursday evenings and Saturdays for beginners, advanced and competitive students. 182 Main St., Burlington, next to Muddy Waters. Student and family discounts available, all new students receive a free uniform. Info, 658-3359 or email info@ bluewavetkd.com or visit www.bluewavetkd. com. Sixth Degree Black Belt and former national team member Gordon White puts over 20 years of experience to use teaching the exciting martial art and Olympic sport of Taekwondo. Proper body mechanics and Taekwondo technique are emphasized during plyometric, technical and cardio training sessions to improve flexibility, strength and overall fitness. MARTIAL WAY SELF-DEFENSE CENTER: Day and evening classes for adults. Afternoon and Saturday classes for children. Group and private lessons. Colchester. Free introductory class. Info, 893-8893. Kempo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Arnis and Wing Chun Kung Fu. One minute off I-89 at Exit 17. MOO GONG DO: Free Introductory classes, Monday-Friday, 5:30 p.m. or 6:30 p.m., or Saturday, 8:30 a.m. or 10 a.m. Classes open to all ages. Four convenient locations: 13 Susie Wilson Rd., Essex, 879-6763; 142 W. Twin Oaks Terrace, South Burlington,

CARING FOR CLIENTS WITH CANCER, SIMPLE STEPS TO SAFE, EFFECTIVE MASSAGE THERAPY WITH TRACY WALTON: Friday, November 4 through Sunday, November 6, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m., with one-hour break for lunch each day. Touchstone Healing Arts, 205 Dorset St., South Burlington. $425. Discounted tuition, $380 if paid in full by October 7. Info, 802658-7715 or visit www.touchstonehealingarts. com. This course is approved for 2.4 CEUs. This intensive course combines the art of science and touch to create safe, effective massage sessions for clients with cancer, in cancer treatment and with cancer histories. A balanced approach to learning blends lecture, spirited discussions and hands-on work with volunteer clients with cancer. Massage therapists from varied backgrounds and massage settings leave with tools that continue to support them in their work: sample client intake forms, physician information, permission materials and numerous articles on massage research. NCMBT CREDITS: A variety of classes available for continuing education. The Vermont Institute of Massage Therapy. Info, 802-862-1111.

meditation AMMACHI’S IAM MEDITATION: October 22 and 23. Free, must do both days. Info, 802425-5554 or a_eure@msn.com. Born out of Ammachi’s (Hugging Saint) divine inspiration, the Integrated Amrita Meditation Technique, when practiced with dedication is designed to bring about an integration of body, mind, intellect and heart. SHAMBHALA BUDDHIST MEDITATION: Open to the public, Mondays through Thursdays, 6-7 p.m. and Sundays, 9 a.m. - noon. The Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 South Winooski, corner of King St. Free. Info, 802-658-6795 or visit www.burlingtonshambhalactr.org.The Burlington Shambhala Center offers meditation as a path to discovering gentleness and wisdom. The Shambhala Cafe meets the first Saturday morning of each month, November 5, for meditation and discussions, 9-11:30 a.m.

movement MOVEMENT AS METAPHOR WITH SARA MCMAHON: Saturdays, October 29 and November 12, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Hoehl Studio Lab at the Flynn Center, Burlington. $35 for one, $65 for both. Info, 802-6524548, email flynnarts@flynncenter.org or visit www.flynncenter.org. These workshops utilize principles of Bartenieff fundamentals, movement studies and body-mind centering to explore the psychology of movement as it relates to creative expression. Come prepared to move, draw and write. Different materials will be covered in each workshop.

music DRUMMING WORKSHOP WITH SO PERCUSSION GROUP: Thursday, November 17, 7-8:30 p.m. Hoehl Studio Lab at the Flynn Center, Burlington. $20, teen and adult. Info, 802-652-4548, email flynnarts@ flynncenter.org or visit www.flynncenter.org. The exciting, new music ensemble, So Percussion, leads a workshop that uses West African rhythms to explore concepts from Steve Reich’s minimalist masterpiece Drumming, which So will perform on the MainStage. Open to intermediate musicians with percussion experience. Please bring your own percussion instrument(s). Call to inquire about renting Flynn instruments.

workshop, students will learn how to create unique, rich, blue images from their own black-and-white negatives using an early photographic process called the cyanotype, or “blue print.” Students will learn how to prepare a large negative that will be placed on chemical-coated watercolor paper and then left out in the sun or in a UV light box to expose. FIREHOUSE EDUCATION COMMUNITY DARKROOM, POLAROID IMAGE AND EMULSION TRANSFER: Saturday, November 12, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts, 135 Church St., Burlington. Info, 8657166 or visit www.BurlingtonCityArts.com. In this workshop, students will create unique prints using their own 35 mm slides with Polaroid film and watercolor paper. Experienced instructors will instruct students in the art and technique of this medium through demonstrations and hands-on sessions. This crossover art form offers an opportunity for unique, creative expression and experimentation. Students should bring 20 slides and their own lunch.

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painting PASTEL PAINTING THE HARVEST IN STILL LIFE, INSTRUCTED BY ROBERT K. CARSTEN, P.S.A.: Saturday, November 5, 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Shelburne Craft School. Class meets at the Gallery Studio, 54 Falls Rd. Members $80, nonmembers $90. Info, 985-3648 or visit www.shelburnecraftschool. org. The harvest still life is a centuries old tradition in European and American art. It has taken many forms and has contributed significantly to the advancement and popularity of still life painting. Come and celebrate the earth’s agricultural and wild bounty! Robert will be your guide in learning more about this subject and the class will use compositional and painterly techniques garnered from this rich tradition to create your own pastel Harvest still life, abundant in lavish colors, refined tones, unusual forms and textures. All levels welcome. REVERSE PAINTING ON GLASS, INSTRUCTED BY LIZA COWAN: Saturday and Sunday, November 12–13, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Shelburne Craft School. Members $140, nonmembers $150. Materials included. Info, 985-3648 or visit www.shelburnecraftschool. org. All levels welcome. In this two-day workshop you will create your own unique paintings using acrylic paint and an old window. You will learn to think “in reverse” so that the window itself will be the frame of your painting. This technique is easy and fun and has huge potential to express your unique vision. Glass is transparent and begs to be used to copy whatever lies under or behind it, so even if you think you can’t draw, you can feel comfortable using this method.

photography DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY AND DIGITAL SOFTWARE AT CVUHS IN HINESBURG: Digital Cameras for Non-Digital Folks, three Thursdays, starting October 13, 5:30-7 p.m. or three Tuesdays, starting November 8, 7:15-8:45 p.m. $55. Use a Digital Camera, two Mondays, starting October 10, 5:30-7 p.m. or two Thursdays, starting November 3, 7:15-8:45 p.m. $40. Enhance Digital Photographs, two Mondays, starting October 24, 5:30-7 p.m. or two Thursdays, starting November 17, 7:15-8:45 p.m. $40. Create Digital Compositions, two Mondays, starting November 7, 5:30-7 p.m. or two Thursdays, starting December 8, 7:15-8:45 p.m. $40. Digital Presentation Series, three Mondays, starting November 28, 5:30-7 p.m. $30. Adobe PS Elements Basics, four Wednesdays, starting October 12, 7:15-8:45 p.m. $75. Phun with Photoshop, five Tuesdays, starting October 11, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $50. Info, 802-482-7194 or visit www.cvuhs.org and click on Access to CVU. Senior discount 65+ and free gift to carpooling driver. Ten minutes from Exit 12. FIREHOUSE EDUCATION COMMUNITY DARKROOM, LITH PRINTED NEGATIVES AND CYANOTYPES WITH DAN LOVELL: Saturday, October 15, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts, 135 Church St., Burlington. Info, 865-7166 or visit www.BurlingtonCityArts.com. In this

CORE STUDIO: Burlington’s premier Pilates Studio has grown and now offers even more! Our ongoing mat and Xercizer bed program options include private sessions, monthly Passports and drop-in rates for group sessions. In our newly expanded space discover The Rolfing Studio and Thai-Yoga Massage Therapy, both of which allow you to work one-on-one with our certified specialists to reshape and restore your body back into its natural alignment. Core Studio now offers small and intimate yoga classes suitable for all levels and abilities to discover and develop your practice. Our expanded schedule now includes small group Hybrid Spinning/ Pilates, PowerSculpt and Spinning with core strengthening and stretching series. Free consultation and introductory mat class still offered at our convenient waterfront location in downtown Burlington. Info, 862-8686 or visit www.corestudioburlington.com. Familiarize yourself with our open, welcoming studio, our professional certified instructors and our energizing, newly expanded, “green” atmosphere. PILATES SPACE, A SPACE FOR INTELLIGENT MOVEMENT: Come experience our beautiful, light-filled studio, expert teachers and welcoming atmosphere. We offer Pilates, Anusara-inspired Yoga, Physical Therapy and Gyrotonic® to people of all ages and levels of fitness who want to look good, feel good and experience the freedom of a healthy body. Conveniently located in Burlington at 208 Flynn Ave. (across from the antique shops, near Oakledge Park). Want to learn more about Pilates? Call to sign up for a free introduction. We offer intro sessions Saturdays, 10:30 a.m. or we can arrange a time to fit your schedule. Info, 802-863-9900 or visit www.pilatesspace.net. Member of the Pilates Method Alliance, an organization dedicated to establishing certification requirements and continuing education standards for Pilates professionals.

printmaking FIREHOUSE EDUCATION PRINT STUDIO 250, ALTERED BOOKS, WITH HEATHER NEAL: Saturday, November 5, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Print Studio 250, 250 Main St., Burlington. Info, 802-865-7166 or visit www.Burl ingtonCityArts.com. Altered books and artists’ books are becoming an increasingly popular art form. An altered book is any existing book that has been used as a blank canvas. Students will combine text, collage, sewing and painting within the framework of an existing old book to transform it into a highly original and personal expression of art. Purely playful as well as conceptual, this class is sure to attract multimedia enthusiasts and book artists alike!

reiki FALL REIKI CLASSES: Reiki Level I, October 8 or November 12. $150. Reiki Level II, October 29. $200. All classes are from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. at Healing In Common, Shelburne. Info, Cindy Fulton, Reiki Master/Teacher, 802-482-7206. Learn this powerful, hands-on energy work technique in a small group setting. This ancient healing art can lower stress, decrease pain, enhance the immune system and speed up recovery time. Give yourself and those you love the gift of Reiki. LOOKING FOR REIKI: Next class, October 22. The Vermont Institute of Massage Therapy. Info, 802-862-1111. We teach all levels as well as providing sessions. Get Reiki, get CECs.

religion HEBREW READING CRASH COURSE: Classes meet on Wednesdays, November 2, 9, 16, 30 and December 7, 4-5 p.m. 188 North Prospect St., Burlington. This course is free and open to the public. Info, call Sarah Klionsky, 802-864-0218, ext. 26 or visit www.ohavizedek.com. Opening their doors to all members of the community, Ohavi Zedek Synagogue will be one of 1000 Jewish institutions across the continent to host Read Hebrew America. Led by OZ’s Community and Education Development Director, Sarah Klionsky, the five-week Hebrew Reading Crash Course will focus on teaching the Hebrew alphabet and basic reading skills to teens and adults with little background in Hebrew.

self-help PERSONAL GROWTH, THE ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE WORKSHOP: October 27-30. Plainfield, New Hampshire, near Lebanon. $525. Accommodations are available. Info, Brenda Damaziak, 603-445-2124, comander @sover.net or visit www.ee.org. The Essential Experience Workshop is a context of support for exploring your life. Experiential exercises provide opportunities for you to ask and answer the important questions in your life.

spirituality DIVINE CONNECTION AND STEPPING INTO YOUR PURPOSE: Lindy Sayward, M.Div. D.Min., Natural Healer, Spiritual Counselor, Saturday, October 29, 11 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Spirit Dancer Books & Gifts. $45 prepaid by October 26. Info, 802-660-8060. Spiritual assistance to create a new life with confidence and greater well-being. Lindy brings an integrated spirituality of Oneness and will share her gifts of intuitive wisdom and healing. EVOLUTIONARY ENLIGHTENMENT: Monday, October 17, 7-9 p.m. Burlington College, Community Room. $5, suggested. Info, 899-3554 or http://wie.org or http://andrewcohen.org. Video presentation followed by group discussion. Join Andrew Cohen, spiritual teacher and founder of What is Enlightenment? magazine and Rev. Michael Beckwith, founder and spiritual director of the Agape International Spiritual Center, in this public dialogue presented by Voices from the Edge Speaker Series in April 2005, as they ask us to consider: What if the future of God literally depends on us, in real time, now? OCTOBER TRIJANG BUDDHIST INSTITUTE, NORTH AMERICAN SEAT OF HIS HOLINESS KYABJE TRIJANG CHOCKTRUL RINPOCHE: Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life, October 29, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., with concurrent children’s program. Lamrim Path to Enlightenment, October 8 and October 22, 2-4:30 p.m. Tibetan Language classes, every Sunday in October and November, 2-3 p.m. Tibetan Buddhism for Beginning Practitioners, October 15, 2-4:30 p.m. Ceremonial Chanting, Wednesdays and Saturdays, 10-10:45 a.m. Open for meditation until noon. Northfield Trijang Buddhist Institute, 210 Morning Star Lane. Info, 802-485-4140, tbi@together.net or visit www.trijangbuddhistinstitute.org.

well-being CLASSES AT CVU HIGH SCHOOL IN HINESBURG: Four Pilates classes, eight Tuesdays or Thursdays beginning October 11 or 13, 5:20 p.m. or 6:20 p.m. $80 each. Strength Training, eight Wednesdays, beginning October 12, 6-7 p.m. $95. Yoga (Kripalu), eight Thursday afternoons with Theora Ward, beginning October 13, 4:30-5:45 p.m. $70. Yoga, eight Thursday evenings with Theora Ward, beginning October 13, 6-7:15 p.m. $70. Yoga for Men with Laura Wisniewski, eight Tuesdays, beginning October 11, 6:307:30 p.m. $70. Juggling for three Tuesdays, beginning October 11, 6:30-7:45 p.m. $30. Juggling for three more Tuesdays, beginning November 1, 6:30-7:45 p.m. $30. Living Tobacco Free, four Thursdays, beginning October 20, 6-7:15 p.m. Free. Mending the Little Heartaches with Richard Andreson, four Wednesdays, beginning October 12, 7-8 p.m. $40. Healthy Lifestyles, 12-week Weight Management Program, Tuesdays beginning October 11, 3:30-5 p.m. $193. Great Meals and other food offerings begin in October, check online. Info, 802-482-7194 or visit www.cvuhs.org and click on Access to CVU. Senior discount 65+ and free gift to carpooling driver. Ten minutes from Exit 12.


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wood WOOD TURNING, INSTRUCTED BY RALPH TURSINI: Saturday and Sunday, November 19-20, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Shelburne Craft School. Members $200, nonmembers $225. Materials, $30. Info, 985-3648 or www. shelburnecraftschool.org. Here’s a chance to learn how to turn a bowl from green material or refine skills you may already have. This will be a hands-on workshop and will cover areas including: material selection and preparation, lathe safety, operation and chucking techniques, bowl gouge use and sharpening, bowl design considerations and finishing and drying techniques. The workshop requires no previous experience and because it is limited to no more than four participants there will be plenty of individualized attention.

writing FIREHOUSE EDUCATION, THE WRITE PLACE, GETTING PUBLISHED: BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER WITH MARC ESTRIN: Sunday, November 6, 2-5 p.m. Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts, 135 Church St., Burlington. Info, 865-7166 or visit www.Bur lingtonCityArts.com. During this workshop, professional writer Marc Estrin will share and relate what he has learned making the journey to what may seem a far country: deciding to self-publish or seek a publisher, searching for agents, houses and editors, contracts, rewrites, cover art and the difficult business of marketing. Students will be encouraged to ask specific questions about their own work. FIREHOUSE EDUCATION THE WRITE PLACE, READING FOR AN AUDIENCE WITH HALEY RICE: Monday, November 7, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts, 135 Church St., Burlington. Info, 865-7166 or visit www.Burlington CityArts.com. You know your story is good, but how about your reading style? If you’re missing the powerful reaction you deserve when you read your work, then this workshop is for you. Actress Haley Rice will take students through the basics of dramatizing a reading and encourage students to practice these skills by the end of the evening. This workshop can be for writers who would like to read their own works (even if you suffer from stage fright) or for others interested in dramatic readings for the public. WRITING WORKSHP, TELL IT LIKE IT IS, WRITING FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE: Wednesdays, October 19 through November 23, 6-8 p.m. $120/six-week workshop. Private manuscript critique/editing also available. South Burlington. Info, 802-6582462 or marciatrahan@hotmail.com. Marcia Trahan holds an MFA in Writing and Literature from Bennington College. She teaches

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yoga BEECHER HILL YOGA: Daytime and evening classes, weekdays and the third Sunday morning of each month. Hinesburg. Info, 802-482-3191 or visit beecherhillyoga.com. Develop strength, flexibility and well-being through movement, breath and awareness. Group classes and private instruction. Yoga Massage and Therapeutic Yoga by appointment. BIKRAM YOGA: Ongoing daily classes for all levels. 257 Pine St., Burlington. Info, 651-8979. A heated studio facilitates deep stretching and detoxifying. BRISTOL YOGA: Daily Astanga Yoga classes for all levels. Special workshops and classes for beginners, intermediate series and meditation. Private individual and group classes available by appointment. Old High School, Bristol. $12 drop-in, $100 for ten classes, or $100 monthly pass. Info, 482-5547 or www.bristolyoga.com. This classical form of yoga incorporates balance, strength and flexibility to steady the mind, strengthen the body and free the soul. BURLINGTON YOGA: Iyengar, Beginner, Kripalu, Flow, Restorative, Kundalini, Beginner Mens, Prenatal, Postnatal and Partner Yoga. Burlington Yoga, 156 St. Paul St., Burlington. $12/hour, $14 for 90 minutes. $120 for 10-class card. $145 for unlimited

monthly membership. Info, 658-9642 or info@burlingtonyoga.com. Burlington Yoga provides a supportive, focused atmosphere for students at all levels to develop and nourish their individual practice. Beginners welcome to all classes. Drop in any time. COPPER CRANE YOGA: Classes, workshops and series: Vinyasa I (Anusara-inspired), Vinyasa II, Kripalu, Iyengar-inspired, Beginner/Therapeutics, Meditation and Kirtan. Six-week Men’s Yoga, six-week Teen Yoga, eight-week Fundamentals (Anusarainspired), Jivamukti workshops. Individual and custom group sessions and Thai Yoga Bodywork sessions by appointment. 229 Main St., Vergennes. Info, 802-877-3663, info@coppercraneyoga.com or visit www. coppercraneyoga.com. Copper Crane provides compassionate teaching to nourish the spirit and unite the body and mind. Be yourself here. KUNDALINI YOGA: Morning and evening classes available. Drop in anytime! Info, 310-2523. Balance the chakras, mind, body, emotions and soul with exercise, breath work, mantra and meditation. Expand your awareness and excel to your highest potential. Certified Kundalini Yoga teacher and Reiki Master, Sarab Kaur, at your service! SPIRIT OF YOGA RETREAT: At Sky Meadow, Northeast Kingdom. November 11-13. Yoga with Lori Flammer. $250. Info, 802-324-1737 or visit www.sattvayoga.net. Restorative Yoga, Wednesdays, 5-7 p.m. $15. Advanced Series, Tuesdays, 6:30-8 p.m. $12. Classes in the North End of Burlington. YOGA VERMONT: Daily classes, open to all levels. Astanga, Vinyasa, Jivamukti, Kripalu, Gentle Hatha, Sivananda, Restorative, Prenatal, Postnatal, and Baby Yoga. Register for our six-week Introduction to Kripalu Yoga, Mondays, October 10 through November 14 with Emily Garrett, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Six-week Introduction to Astanga Yoga, Tuesdays, October 11 through November 15 with Jessica Petraska, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Chace Mill, Burlington. $12 drop-in, 10 classes/$100. Month pass $120. Info, 660-9718 or visit www.yogavermont.com. Explore a variety of yoga styles with experienced and passionate instructors in three beautiful, spacious studios on the Winooski River. Classes seven days a week, open to all levels. >

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energy A BALANCED ENERGY SYSTEM = health and wellbeing. Specializing in Reiki, BodyTalk, Brennan-style chakra and aura balancing. Nationally certified w/extensive training and experience. Cindy Fulton, MA. 802-482-7206, Shelburne.

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‘05 BURTON AK 3L Vent jacket and matching 3L Vent pants. Great shape! Save a ton and look fly this year at the mountain! $150. 802-233-2386. 18’ LOUIS PICARD CANOE from Huron Village, Quebec. Wood interior. Canvas exterior. Wide bottom w/keel, great on big lakes. Used once. $499. 603837-9703. 2 PORTABLE 110V clothes dryer, $150 each. Portable D/W, $200. Pick up and cash only in Warren. 802-583-2619. 43” SONY TV w/TV span. $500. 570-498-4213. 6’X4’ DRAFTING TABLE set on a 4’x6”x3’ metal file cabinet w/10 drawers. Asking $200, negotiable. Call Rhonda, 802658-8678. ATRIUM DOOR: 9’5”, three lites of glass w/internal grids. Center unit is operable. $350/OBO. 802893-6319.

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BASS AMP: Peavey Basic 60. $125. Hard case for bass guitar, $35. 802-856-9679. BINOCULARS: 7x35mm extra wide angle: 680 ft at 1000 yds. Rubber eye cups, hard case w/ shoulder strap. $8/OBO. 802860-7506, Burlington. BIOSHIELD nontoxic paint. 1gallon, white, never opened. $35. Please call 802-899-2973. BURTON ‘05 Lon boots. Stay warm, look fly and save money this season. $50. 802-233-2386. BURTON 53 twin snowboard with bindings. Barely used. $200. 802-233-6479. BURTON SNOWBOARD, 2004. Cruzer 145 w/freestyle bindings, got pregnant, never used. $175. 802-865-9642. CANON EOS Digital Rebel 18-55 mm lens, complete kit. Used one year, excellent condition. 28-200 Tamron lens incl.! $425. Call 802-355-6177. CANON EOS ELAN IIE: 35 mm camera, eye controlled focus, 2870 mm ultrasonic lens. Incl. Canon Speedlite 540EZ highspeed flash attachment. $350/ OBO. Call Andy, 802-355-6177. CHAMPION JUICER: For the juicing enthusiast. New retails for $250, used and in great shape, recent new blade, $120. Call Kevin, 802-865-5111. COMPLETE CAR STEREO SYSTEM: (4) Boston Acoustic speakers, 10 inch sub in bandpass Box, Kenwood amp, Alpine AM/FM/CD/MP3/XM player. Asking $350. 802-343-5773. DARK WOOD: 2-drawer file cabinet from Staples. Paid $100, asking $50. Very new condition. Call 802-893-6291. DEHUMIDIFIERS: 2 newer Kenmores. Paid $200, asking $75. Older model asking $35. Both run great. Call 802893-6291. DISCOUNTED GROW gear. Two 1000 HPS w/vented hoods and used bulbs (220). One 250 MH. Two blowers, 265, 465. Call 802338-0771. DYNASTAR 4x4 Big w/Diamir Freeride randonee binding. Good condition. $400/OBO. Bryan, 802-233-4460 or cbbryan@ yahoo.com. FISCHER COUNTRY Crown cross-country skis w/Salomon bindings. Brand New, got pregnant. $85. 802-865-9642. FOUR SNOWBOARDS w/bindings, high quality, used only one season, cool colors and designs, $200-$500 each/OBO. Worth more. Call for sizes, 802-3739241, Burlington. GARAGE DOOR OPENER: Older but works great w/remote. $40. 802-355-3425. GE TURNTABLE MICROWAVE: 1-year old. Powerful, countertop size. Has wood and steel stand w/built-in wine rack. $50/both or $35 microwave only. 802999-5054. GENERATOR: Yamaha 2600W, $1200 new, only $750, used 40 hours. Mike, 864-2080. GLENWOOD PARLOR cast iron wood stove: Very good condition. Terrific heater, nickel-plated trim, a real beauty, have pictures. $600. 802-524-5057, call before 8:30 p.m.

HOT TUB: 5 person, $1500. 4225x60x16 Nokian Hakkapelittas, 5000 miles, $400. On 2003 Imp. wheels. New Genie Garage door opener $75. 802-872-8534. KENMORE 4-BURNER electric kitchen stove, oven cleaner, hardly used. $150. Stainless steel double kitchen sink, faucets. $40. 802-244-5339. KENMORE REFRIGERATOR: 1994 side-by-side, white. Working water and ice maker. Manual and installation directions avail. $150, you pick up. rswebb@globalnetisp.net. KENMORE WASHER & DRYER: Bought Thanksgiving 2004. Moving, must sell by 10/20. $500 for both, you move. Have all booklets, protective coating on controls. Email iceblue north@gmail.com. KID’S KELTY stroller/backpack combo. Lightly used. $125. New, $170. 802-865-9642. LADIES’ 14 K gold, diamond and emerald cluster ring. Estate jewelry. Appraised at $875. Newly cleaned and restored. Make offer or call to see! 603852-0024. LEATHER JACKET: Black, great condition. $50 Kevin, 658-2339. MATTRESS: chemical-free, 100% organic rubber latex. Organic wool/cotton covering. Full size. New, by Lifekind Products. The best! W/box spring $1500, w/o box spring $1100. Moving, must sell. 802-849-6831. MATTRESSES: King Mattress set incl. box, mattress pads and metal frame. Originally paid $1300, asking $200/OBO. Reshma, 802862-2898. MICROPHONE: Shure SM58. Practically new. $95. Will trade for compressor. Eric, 802864-7480. ORIENTAL RUG: Great shape. Maroon and tan. Beautiful, unusually intricate pattern. 4years old. Paid $450. Will sell for $60/firm. Call 802-999-5054, anytime. PHOTOCOPIER: Canon NP410Z. Excellent working order, reduces and enlarges, complete w/base cabinet. $50. Call 802-658-0075. PHOTOGRAPHY PAPER: Seamless backdrop paper. Dull aluminum. 107”x36’. Barely used. $25, in box. Roll of acetate, 36”x50’. $10. Call 802-999-5054, anytime. REFRIGERATOR: 17-cubic ft. Works fine. FREE. 802-355-3425. REFRIGERATOR and gas dryer. $150/OBO for dryer, works great. $250/OBO for fridge, great condition. Winooski, you pick up. 802-655-6876, before 10 p.m. ROSSIGNOL BINDINGS: 2005 Axial 140t plate bindings. Brand new, still in box! Best binding Rossi made last season! Sold for $350 +. Asking $220/OBO. 585269-9936. RUG: 8’x11’, traditional oriental style, navy, cream, burgundy, polypropylene, fringed. $45/OBO. 802-860-7506, Burlington. RUG: 8x11, burgundy rug, modern design. Brand new, never been used. Bought last week on sale for $300. Clashes with my walls. Will sell for $200. Please call 802-338-0251. SALOMON DRIVER 155 snowboard, brand new, $250. 804690-8658.

SALOMON SCREAM EXTRA HOT: 175, pilot system binding S912. $500. 802-578-1710. SNOWBLOWER: Troybilt, 21”, 4hp, electric or manual start. Like new, asking $250. Call 802893-6291. SONY PSP w/Tony Hawk remix. $150. Call 802-233-2386. SPEAKER BOX: Custom Bandpass box with two 12” W3 JL audio speakers and MTX Audio 2150 amp, 300w. Asking $500. Call Dave, 914-589-6654. TAPPAN all-gas range. White, great working condition. Great for deer camp or home. $125. Call Susan, 802-878-2472. THULE SKI RACKS: Two sets in good to fair condition. 1050/12. $20-$15. 660-3724. TORO SNOW BLOWER attachment, model 79360, chains and weights. $310. 802-899-2131. TREADMILL: NordicTrack A2050. Less than 1-year-old. Used very little, in great condition. Folds up for storage. Paid $950, asking $700. 802-864-2472. TREK LIQUID 20: Full suspension. Awesome bike. Perfect condition. One owner. $900/OBO. Call 240-676-0131. TV SANYO: 19-inch w/remote and manual, nice. $60/OBO. Burlington, 802-373-9241. TYPEWRITER: Electronic, Brother Compactronic 333, portable w/case, manual, extra ribbon, liftoff tapes, $12/OBO. 802-860-7506, Burlington. USED SKIS: 3 pairs. Two pairs of 1999 Salomon 1080s, 161, 169. Asking $250 each. One pair of 2000 Rossignol Viper skis, 171. Asking $300. All with Salomon 850 bindings. $700 for package. Call 914-589-6654, Dave. WEDDING DRESS: 16, beaded, white satin, short sleeve, off shoulder, v-waist, med. train. Worn once. Paid $700 + tax. Asking $250/OBO. Call 802899-4511. WINTER GEAR: Ski boots, snowboard boots, helmet, goggles, mittens. 802-373-9241, Burlington.

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CHILD CARE SWAP: Mother seeks child care Wednesdays, 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. for 6month old. In return, will care for your child, 9 hours weekly. 802-434-6650. CHILD CARE WANTED for a wonderful four-year-old in our Burlington home, Mon./Tues./ Wed. afternoons, 2:30-5:30 p.m. range. Reliable transportation a +. Please call 802-660-0453, evenings. INFANT CARE in your home or mine. Part-time definitely preferred (2 or 3 days a week). Warm, caring, loves children. Retired teacher (2003). Good refs. avail. Central VT area. 802-229-4066. NANNY: Seeking experienced caregiver for infant in Burlington home. Part-time, beginning in November, full-time beginning in January. Call Laura or Rich, 802-863-9774.

NANNY-SHARE: Couple in Burlington’s South End seeks another family to nanny-share, starting in January. Our daughter will be 4-months old. Open to full and part-time arrangements. Please email Jean at jean@ alumni.middlebury.edu. NATIONALLY-ACCREDITED early childhood program has openings for ages 24-months to 12-years. Open Mondays-Fridays, 7 a.m. 5 p.m. East Montpelier. Call 802479-0875.

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NANNY/HOUSEKEEPER: In Shelburne. Responsible, trustworthy, organized individual wanted. 15-20 hours/week. Cleaning, laundry, meal prep. and transport for 13-year-old. Afternoons preferred, but schedule can be flexible. Start immediately. $10/hour. Please call 802-660-9867. THOROUGH, SAFE, efficient house cleaning. We know our stuff. Environmentally sound practice. Call Monica, 802-3880527 or Diane, 802-658-7458.

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MT. MANSFIELD Unitarian Universalist Fellowship - A Liberal Spiritual Community. PO Box 150, Jericho, VT 05465. Phone, 899-5335. Website, www.mmuuf.org. We gather at 9:30 a.m. at the Jericho Elementary School on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of September through June for worship, reflection, growth and support. All are welcome.

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IN-HOUSE COMPUTERS: All aspects of computer management by a trained, experienced technician. Super service, all house calls $60/hour or contracts avail. Many references! 1x2-recycleNorth070605 John, 802-355-9471.

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2 IBM LAPTOPS: X31 and X40, Win 2000 pro and XP. Both in excellent condition with wireless capability. Check out the IBM site before you call. 802-578-8940. MAC IBOOK: New hard drive, Tiger OSX. $400. 802-324-0772. MACINTOSH LC11: Monitor, printer, Pen drive, HP printer, Visioneer scanner, new CD rom drive. Dick, 518-946-2232. WEBSITE business and software for sale. $50. Call 802-578-1162.

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SOLID GOLD exotic dancer. #1 for fun. Featuring girls gone wild for your next birthday or bachelor party or fun-on-one. 802658-1464. New talent welcome.

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CASH: Immediate cash for structured settlements, annuities, law suits, inheritances, mortgage notes and cash flows. J.G. Wentworth, 800-794-7310. (AAN CAN)

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MOVING BOXES: Enough to pack a large house. Used once. Orig. $250. Now free! Middlebury area. Chris, 802-388-2017.

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BED FRAME: Metal, for king mattress with 2-piece box spring. $15. Call 802-238-0625, evenings. BURLINGTON FUTON Co. Visco Deluxe full-size futon and wood frame. Used less than 6 months, great condition. $200 for both. 802-899-2973. COFFEE TABLE, wooden, brown, good condition. $15. Kevin, 658-2339. DAYBED: Pine wood frame/oak finish. Comes with two twin-size mattresses including one for pull-out bed. Great condition, but must sell. 802-999-5692. DOUBLE FUTON w/couch frame that turns into a bed. $40. 802244-5339. FILENE’S ENTERTAINMENT center: Black paint, country style. 36”x36” opening for TV. Paid $600 new, asking $350. Call 893-6291. Sellers moving! FREE antique sofa. Fair shape. Art deco-ish w/wood carving. Wine colored. You pick up, Richmond. 802-434-7357. FUTON: Black metal frame w/brand-new burgundy mattress. $100/OBO. Call with any questions, 802-310-1536. KITCHEN UNIT, wooden w/stainless steel top surface, 4 drawers and storage shelf underneath. $100. Kevin, 658-2339. LARGE SOFA: Must sell, no room for it! Off-white, good condition, very comfy. $100/OBO. Photo avail. 802-849-2363 or dhelfrich@surfglobal.net. LIVING ROOM SET: Couch, loveseat, chair and ottoman, solid green, very good condition. 2K new, asking $1200. Kevin, 658-2339. MATCHING COUCH, love seat and chair, dining room table w/6 chairs, entertainment center, coffee table/end table and 6drawer dresser. All items in good condition. Please call John, 802879-0062. OAK DESK: Custom made, solid oak. 3 drawers, 2 file drawers. Email for pictures, kikster71 @hotmail.com. $90/OBO. 864-2912. WATERBED FRAME, king-size, dark pine, bookcase headboard, 6 drawers, 2 side pads asking $90. Call evenings. 878-5516.

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HOW WOULD YOU like to sing weekly with the fabulous choral director, singer and teacher, Roger Grow? Phone 802-4790114, for more details.

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1964 RARE HAMMOND CHORD ORGAN! Super cool retro-sound. 32 keys + chord buttons to left. Various instrument settings, violin, cello, etc. Built-in vibrato and reverb. $1500/OBO. Must sell! 518-566-0680. BASS GEAR: Eminence Magnum 15” speaker in ported cab w/tweeter, 600 watt capacity. Loud and fat sound. $295. 802863-4205. EPIPHONE ACOUSTIC guitar. Vintage 1960s epiphone Parlor acoustic guitar. Grand Auditorium neck. In excellent condition. $800/OBO. Please email betsyrose46@hotmail.com. GUITAR: Gibson ES335-style Ibanez AS73 sunburst finish w/hardshell case, as new $350. 802-877-3893. PEAVY 5150 combo amp, mint condition. Must sell. $450/OBO. Leave message, 802-345-9205. PIANO: 1937 Baby Grand piano for sale to good home. $2000. Beautiful details, good sound. 802-999-7848. PIANO: Winter Spinnet, in good condition. You move. $400. 802658-4580. ROGUE MANDOLIN: $75/OBO. Great for student or beginner. 734-476-4915. ROLAND JC-77 GUITAR AMP: 80 watts, 2-10” speakers, excellent clean sound w/chorus and reverb. Just the thing for jazz guitar or keyboard. With cover & casters, in very good condition, all functions work perfectly. $275. 802-482-4612. VINTAGE DEAN MARKLEY: RM80-DR, 80 watt guitar combo amp, channel switching, superb tone. 802-877-3893.

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BASS GUITAR LESSONS w/Aram Bedrosian. All levels welcome! Years of teaching experience. Gordon Stone band, Concentric, former Advance Guitar Summit winner. Convenient Pine St. location. 802-598-8861, www. arambedrosian.com. FUN PIANO LESSONS for all ages. Experienced teacher of children and adults. Versatile performer. Deep love of music. Andric Severance, 310-6042. GUITAR: Berklee graduate with classical background offers lessons in guitar, theory and ear training. Individualized, step-bystep approach. I enjoy teaching all ages/styles/levels. Call Rick Belford, 864-7195. GUITAR INSTRUCTION: All styles/levels. Emphasis on developing strong technique, thorough musicianship, personal style. Paul Asbell (Unknown Blues Band, Kilimanjaro, Sneakers Jazz Band, etc.), 862-7696, www.paulasbell.com. MUSIC LESSONS w/trained multi-instrumentalist (keyboards, guitars). $30/hour, free consultation. If you are interested in developing true musicianship, please call 802-951-1966 and leave a message. PIANO AND/OR IMPROVISATION: Lessons in theory, harmony and improvisation for all instrumentalists and vocalists. All ages! Beginning through advanced concepts taught with clarity and patience. Questions? Call Shane Hardiman, 279-8859, Winooski. hipkeys@lycos.com. SAXOPHONE LESSONS: All ages, especially for beginners and advanced beginners. Tailored to the individual, combination of discipline and fun. After school hours avail. Emily Ryan, 802864-3268.

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COSMIC HILL project recording studio. 30-years experience. $40/hour. Moretown. 496-3166. DJ SERVICE, LOTUS ENTERTAINMENT. More info, email Lotusdj@mailup.net or call 802233-0964. Catering to all musical tastes!

WHICH STUDIO? The one with huge rooms, Pro Tools HD3, Yamaha Grand Piano and tons more! The professional studio. Egan Media Studios. www.egan media.com.

4 musicians avail. EXPERIENCED BASS player looking for band. Call 518-3359640.

4 musicians wanted COMPOSER LOOKING for musicians. Piano, violin and viola for small recording project. Ability to read music required. Interested? Call Ben, 603-986-6502. ESTABLISHED METAL band is looking for new vocalist. Thrash/death-style. Experience preferred. New album in early 2006. Call Mark, 802-318-1086. ESTABLISHED WEDDING/ EVENT band is seeking a sax player with strong vocal ability to add to its current lineup. Call Brad for more info, 802-899-2142. LOOKING TO START A ROCK, punk-rock band in the style of Green Day and Sum 41. Under the age of 28. Needed are: 2 guitarists, bass player and drummer who are capable of back-up vocals and writing original music. If interested, call Kyle at 802-485-6429. PIGPEN LOOKING FOR Jerrys, Phils, Billys, Brents and more for winter jamming and to expand the Blues for Breakfast musician list. Horns too! 802-434-4947. WANTED LEAD SINGER for rock band. Classic and newer rock. Influence: Three Doors Down, Stone Temple Pilot and much more. 802-288-1528.

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BEAUTIFUL, LOVING, 3-year old female St. Bernard up for adoption. Spayed, all shots up to date, 113 lbs. and very pretty! 802-496-7475. MINIATURE HORSES: Pretty, red and white Pinto filly w/two blue eyes. Born 5/25/05. AMHA/AMHR. Very sweet and mellow. $1300/OBO. Bay colt w/star. Born 6/7/05. AMHR. Loves people. Leads and crossties. Will make a great driving or companion horse. $950/OBO. 802-893-2690. PUPPY.COM: Thousands of purebred puppies avail. for shipment nationwide. Browse hundreds of AKC-recognized breed profiles with photos to find the perfect puppy. (AAN CAN) SIBERIAN HUSKY: Energetic 4year-old male pure-bred Siberian needs a good home w/lots of love to give. Gets along well w/other dogs and older children but not other animals. $150 w/accoutrements. Serious inquires only. Please call Ashley, 802-734-8053 and leave a message. TURTLE: Rio Grande red-eared slider. Healthy and cheerful. 20 gal. tank, filter, heater, habitat, food. Going to college, so he needs a good home. $100/OBO. 802-443-3774, leave message.

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ASPIRING FEMALE MODELS WANTED to work w/fashion photographer in exchange for portfolio, experience. Contact David, 373-1912, email rusldp@juno.com or visit www.rusldp.com. Great opportunity for beginners.

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MATH TUTORING For bright, unconventional thinkers. Understand it your own way! Experienced tutor, especially skilled w/graphing, will help you w/ algebra, geometry or calculus. $35/hour. Call Doug, 802734-1721. TUTOR AVAIL. for AP Biology, Biology, Chemistry. Experienced, refs. If your child needs help or needs to be challenged, call 802-482-3086.

WRITING TUTOR/EDITOR at your service! Experience teaching college level composition, poetry, fiction, business writing and developmental ENG courses. Contact Sarab Kaur, 310-2523.

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ANTIQUES: Furniture, postcards, pottery, cameras, toys, medical tools, lab glass, photographs, slide rules, license plates and silver. Anything unusual or unique. Cash paid. Call Dave at 802-859-8966.

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NOTICE OF TAX SALE The resident and nonresident owners, lienholders and mortgagees of Lands in the City of Burlington, in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont, are hereby notified that the real estate taxes assessed by such City for fiscal year(s), 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005 and the Vacant Building Ordinance fees and charges for the fiscal year(s) 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 remain, either in whole or in part, unpaid and delinquent on the following described lands and premises in the City of Burlington, to wit: Owner of Record: Craig S. Lesage. Property Address: 33-35 Lafountain St. Tax Account/Map Lot Number: # 044-1-207-000. Deed recorded at: Vol. 597, pg. 69, on July 23, 1998. Reference may be had to said deed for a more particular description of said lands and premises, as the same appears in the Land Records of the City of Burlington. And so much of the lands will be sold at public auction Conference Room 12, City Hall, 149 Church St., Burlington, Vermont 05401 on October 31, 2005 at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon, as shall be requisite to discharge said taxes, fees and costs together with costs and other fees allowed by law, unless the same be previously paid or otherwise resolved. Dated at the City of Burlington in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont this 23rd day of September, 2005. Brendan Keleher Chief Administrative Officer Burlington, Vermont

PUBLIC HEARING SOUTH BURLINGTON DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD The South Burlington Development Review Board will hold a public hearing at the South Burlington City Hall Conference Room, 575 Dorset Street, South Burlington, Vermont on Tuesday, November 1, 2005, at 7:30 P.M. to consider the following: 1. Preliminary plat application #SD-05-83 and final plat application #SD-05-84 of the University of Vermont to construct a 600’ x 275’ athletic track, 14,930 sq. ft. located in South Burlington, 147 Spear Street. Copies of the application are available for public inspection at the South Burlington City Hall. John Dinklage, Chairman South Burlington Development Review Board October 12, 2005 PUBLIC NOTICE Vermont Agency of Natural Resources Department of Environmental Conservation Solid Waste Management Program Notice of Application and Issuance of Draft Recertification Saputo Cheese USA, Inc.

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HOUSE SIT: Reliable, responsible, NS will assure your home and property are safe and secure. Refs. Call 802-434-2191. INTERNET SERVICES: Professional web hosting, applications, e-commerce, databases, encryption and custom websites for businesses, campaigns, organizations, and nonprofits. www.GMNet.net, 802264-4851. MR. B’S HOUSE/PET SITTING: Mr. Formerly Pet Sitting Plus. Great refs, reasonable rates. Call Robert, 802-655-1787. NORTHERN LITTLE LIGHTS, registered childcare, organic food, arts & crafts, dance, ages 3-6. Near Bagel Bakery, So. Burlington. Lauren, 802860-7204.

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Public notice is hereby provided that on March 9, 2005, an application for recertification has been received by the Agency of Natural Resources Residuals Management Program (“Agency”) and has been determined to conform with the Vermont Solid Waste Management Rules (effective October 15, 2004) (“Rules”). The Facility includes a storage tank and lined lagoon used to store the biosolids and use of a contactor to dewater the biosolids using a mobile dewatering unit. The application was processed in accordance with 10 V.S.A. Sections 6601 et seq., and the Rules. In accordance with Section 6-305(b)(3) of the Rules, notice is hereby provided that: (A) the Secretary has reviewed the application in accordance with the provisions of Section 6305(b) and has determined that the application complies with the rules; (B) a draft certification based on the application has been developed; and (C) a final certification is intended to be issued on Oct. 26, 2005 without convening a public informational meeting unless a written request for a public informational meeting and extension of the public comment period, signed by at least twenty five (25) residents from the Town of Hinesburg, by the Hinesburg Select Board or Hinesburg Planning Commission, by the Chittenden Solid Waste District, or the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission, or by an adjoining landowner or resident, is received by the Secretary no later than fourteen (14) days after the date of the latest newspaper publication.

Copies of the application for Certification, a summary Fact Sheet and the Draft Certification are available for public inspection during normal business hours at the offices of the Hinesburg Town Clerk and the Vermont Residuals Management Program (802-241-3831). Written public comments regarding the Fact Sheet and Draft Certification are being solicited by the Agency and must be received by 4:30 pm on Oct. 26, 2005. The Agency will hold a public informational meeting if a written request is received during the public comment period from the individuals or public bodies listed in paragraph C. Questions or written comments should be addressed to: Cathy Jamieson, Vermont Residuals Management Program, 103 South Main Street, Waterbury, Vermont 05671-0405 (Telephone: 241-3831), or send by Facsimile to (802)241-2596, or by e-mail to cathy.jamieson@state.vt.us.

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DON’T SEE A SUPPORT group here that meets your needs? Call Vermont 211, a program of United Ways of Vermont. Within Vermont, 866-652-4636 (tollfree) or from outside of Vermont, 802-652-4636. Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. 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.

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7D LEGALS/SUPPORTGROUPS NW VT GAY AND LESBIAN Foster and Adoptive Parent Support Group: 6-8 p.m. The third Thursday of each month, starting October 20 through May, 2006. Casey Family Services, 46 Main St., Winooski. 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 child care inquires. More info, www.aaware.org. BIPOLAR SUPPORT GROUP open to new members. Meets downtown. Our goal is to become healthy and happy. For info, call Gerhard at 951-2543. SUPPORT GROUP FOR MOTHERS OF CHILDREN WHO HAVED SURVIVED CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE: The Women’s Rape Crisis Center in conjunction with Family Connection Center offers a free, confidential, ten-week support group, beginning at the end of September. Info, 802864-0555. PARTNERS OF CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE SURVIVORS. Meet 4th Monday of month. R.U.1.2? Center, 34 Elmwood Ave., 6:30-8 p.m. Call Timberly, 310-3889 or email missmorpheus1@yahoo.com for more info. ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE and Dementia support group. Held the last Tuesday of every month at Birchwood Terrace, Burlington. Info, contact Stefanie Catella, 863-6384. WEEKLY SMOKING CESSATION support group: Small groups. Caring atmosphere. Stop smoking in just 21 days using natural, proven, safe methods. No unhealthy drugs. Call 264-1924. WEEKLY WEIGHT-LOSS support group: Small groups. Caring atmosphere. Get great results using natural, proven, safe methods. No unhealthy dieting. Call 264-1924. 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. ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SUPPORT GROUP: Daily except Sundays, 1-2 p.m. Focus is on mutual support and coping skills. 300 Flynn Ave. Info, 865-6138. WOMEN’S EMOTIONS ANONYMOUS GROUP: Fridays, 6-7 p.m. at the Boys & Girls Club, 62 Oak St., Burlington. Info, 899-4906. MALE SUPPORT GROUP: For men who have survived sexual violence. This group will provide a safe, encouraging space for survivors of sexual assault to share their stories with other men. Offered by the Women’s Rape Crisis Center. Info, 802864-0555 or the 24-hour hotline, 802-863-1236. PARENTING GROUP: 6-week group for people parenting children of all ages now forming. Please call RiverValley Associates for more information. 651-7520.

HAIR PULLERS SUPPORT GROUP: The Vermont TTM Support Group is a new support group for adult pullers (18+) affected by trichotillomania (chronic hair pulling) as well as parents of pullers. This will be a supportive, safe, comfortable and confidential environment. Meets on the 4th Monday of every month, 6-7:30 p.m. First Unitarian Universalist Society, 152 Pearl St., Burlington. Info, 453-3688 or vermont_ttmout reach@yahoo.com. DEPERSONALIZATION AND DEREALIZATION: If you suffer from either of these trance states, please call Todd, 864-4285. THE WOMEN’S RAPE CRISIS CENTER is offering a free, confidential 10-week support group for mothers of children who have survived sexual abuse. Thursdays, 5:30-7 p.m. Info, 864-0555. THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY EAST CHAPTER 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, 482-5319. The meetings are for parents, grandparents and adult siblings who have experienced the death of a child at any age from any cause. HEPATITIS C SUPPORT GROUP for those who have H-C, their family members and friends. 2nd Thursday of each month, 6:307:30 p.m. McClure MultiGenerational Center, 241 N. Winooski Ave. Burlington. Info, 802355-8936. DIABETES EDUCATION and Support Group of Chittenden County meets the third Thursday of every month at the Williston Federated Church, 6:30-8 p.m. We often have guest speakers. Info, 847-2278. CHADD is a support organization for children and adults with AD/HD. Every second Wednesday of the month. Champlain College, Global Technology Building, Maple St., Room 217, Burlington, VT. MOOD DISORDER SUPPORT GROUP: Every Monday, 4:30-6 p.m. Pastor United Church. Info, contact Lorraine, 485-4934. 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. AUTISM: Free support group for parents of children with autism. First Monday of each month, 7-9 p.m., 600 Blair Park Rd., Suite 240, Williston. Info, 660-7240 or visit http://health.groups. yahoo.com/group/AutismSupport Daily/. VT PARENTS OF FOOD ALLERGY CHILDREN EMAIL SUPPORT TEAM: Info, contact MaryKay Hill, www.VTPFAC.com or call 802-373-0351.

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MIXED GENDER COMING OUT SUPPORT GROUP: Every 2nd and 4th Thursday, 6:30 p.m. Cofacilitated 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?. ARE YOU A PARTNER OR close ally of a transgender or transsexual person? We have a support group designed for your unique needs. The second Wednesday of every month at 6 p.m. R.U.1.2? Community Center, 34 Elmwood Ave., Burlington. Info, 860-7812. 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? Check out this group meeting at R.U.1.2? 60+ SUPPORT GROUP: Ongoing weekly support group for men and women over the age of 60. Share your strengths and struggles with this particular stage of life. We have fun! Facilitated by Barbara L. Kester, Ph.D. 657-3668. MOOD DISORDER SUPPORT GROUP: First group meeting, Monday, November 8, 4:15-6 p.m., Northfield United Church, Main St. Info, 485-4934 or email suppgrp@yahoo.com. TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) Chapter meeting, St. Francis Xavier School, Winooski. Sundays, 6 p.m. weigh-in, 6:307:30 p.m. meeting. Info, call Fred or Bennye, 655-3317 or Patricia, 658-6904. INTERESTED IN WRITING for children? Support and critique group meets monthly. Call Anne, 861-6000 or anne@booksbyme.us. 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, 8624516, or visit www.together.net/ ~cvana. Held in Burlington, South Burlington and Colchester. For more information, call 8608388 or toll-free, 1-866-9725266. SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE: Support group for those who have lost a loved one to suicide. Meets the 2nd Wednesday of every month at the Holiday Inn in South Burlington, (1068 Williston Rd.), from 6-7:30 p.m. For more information, please contact Cory Gould, 223-4111 or cgould1136@earthlink.net. Sponsored by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention-VT. SEX AND LOVE ADDICTS ANONYMOUS: 12-step recovery group. Do you have a problem with sex or relationships? We can help. Sunday meetings, 78:30 p.m. Men call Sandy, 8635708. Women call Valerie, 802233-3447. SUICIDE SURVIVORS GROUP: Survivors and their families meet monthly for mutual support in the Burlington area, 6-7 p.m. Call for location, 223-4111.

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 every other week in Burlington to share experiences, challenges, laughs, resources. Want more information? Write addpartner@ yahoo.com. WEDNESDAYS CIRCLE: A Transpersonal support group, every Wed., 6 p.m., Innerharmony Community Wellness Center, Rt. 100N, Rochester, VT. 767-6092. A sharing circle focusing on personal growth, transformation, spirituality and healing, led by Jim Dodds. DECLUTTERS 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 child care provided. All groups are free and confidential. Please call Amy at 247-5460 for more information. WOMEN CHANGING: A continuous educational support group for women who are interested in changing patterns in their lives. Wednesdays-ongoing. 12:30-2 p.m. Call Angie at AWARE in Hardwick, 472-6463. SUPPORT GROUP FOR WOMEN who have experienced intimate partner abuse, facilitated by Battered Women’s Services and Shelter of Washington County. Please call 1-877-543-9498 for more info. AHOY BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS: Join our support group where the focus is on living, not on the disease. We are a team of dragon boaters. Learn all about this paddle sport and its healthgiving, life-affirming qualities. Any age. No athletic experience needed. Call Linda at 802-4344423 or email: dragonheartver mont@gmavt.net or go to: www.dragonheartvermont.org. NAKED IN VERMONT: The premier Nudist/Skinnydipper organization in Vermont offering information library, message board, chat room, yahoo group, and more. (ALL FREE) Visit www.nakedinvermont.com. SCLERODERMA FOUNDATION New England: Info, Blythe Leonard, 878-0732 or atblythel@aol.com. OLDER WOMEN EXERCISING TOGETHER: For motivation to do what’s necessary. Call Anne, 861-6000. ALS (LOU GEHRIG’S DISEASE) monthly support group: For patients, caregivers and loved ones who are living or have lived with ALS. Third Thursday of the month, 1-3 p.m. Jim’s House, 1266 Creamery Rd., Williston. Info and directions, 802-862-8882 or vt@alsanne.org.

South Burlington to St. Albans: Commute, ride or drive. 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., Mon-Fri. Please ref #41101. Colchester to Burlington: Downtown commute, ride wanted. 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Mon-Fri. Please ref #41107. Waterbury to Essex Junction: Commute, drive or ride. 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m., Mon-Fri. Please ref #41111. Montpelier to Waterbury: Looking to share the commute Sat-Wed, 6:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. Please ref #142250. Hyde Park/Morrisville to Montpelier: Looking to share the commute Mon-Fri, 8:30 a.m. 5 p.m. Please ref #142257. Northfield to Montpelier: Looking for ride Mon-Fri, 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Please ref # 142261.

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AL-ANON: Thursdays, 12:301:30 p.m. at the AWARE office, 88 High St., Hardwick. Info, 472-6463. WOMEN IN TRANSITION: Join a support/social group for women who are separated or divorced. The goal is to form a circle of friends for support and social activities. If interested email Katherine at MKR27609@aol.com. SMART RECOVERY: Wellgrounded researched approaches to changing addictive behaviors. Alternative to 12 Step Groups. Fridays, 5:30 p.m., 82 Winooski Ave., Burlington (above the City Market). Info, contact Bob, 4254058 or email carmody@madriv er.com. BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION of Vermont: Daytime support group meets the second Thursday of each month at the Fanny Allen Hospital in Colchester, from 12-2 p.m. For more info, contact Polly Erickson at 847-6941. METHADONE ANONYMOUS: A medication-assisted recovery support group. Tuesdays, 7-8 p.m. The Alano Club. Directions: Rt. 15 Fort Ethan Allen entrance, Barnes Ave., third right on to Hegeman Ave., #74 on left. All are welcome. TRANS PARTNERS support group: Meet and talk w/other partners of transgendered/transsexual people. The second Friday of every month. R.U.1.2? Community Center, 6 p.m. 860RU12. HARD-OF-HEARING support group: I’m starting a support group for adults who have a hearing loss that affects the quality of their work/family/social life. Let’s share personal experiences and knowledge of hearing-aid technology. Marlene, 865-9781. SKINNYDIPPERS UNITE! Visit Vermont Au Naturel. Join other naturists and like-minded people for support, discussions and more! www.vermontaunaturel.com. PARENTS TOGETHER support groups: Would you like to talk and share ideas with other parents about the joys and challenges of children? Support groups for all parents. Desireah, 796-3119. MENTAL ILLNESSES: The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill holds support meetings for the families and friends of the mentally ill at Howard Center, corner of Flynn and Pine. Second and fourth Tuesdays of every month at 7 p.m. Park in Pine St. lot and walk down ramp. 862-6683 for info. NONCUSTODIAL SUPPORT group for parents. Contact Bill Bagdon, 434-6495. ARE YOU UNABLE TO get out of debt? Do you spend more than you earn? Is it a problem for you? Get help at Debtor’s Anonymous. Wednesdays, 7:308:30 p.m. The Alano Club, 74 Hegeman Ave., Fort Ethan Allen, Colchester. Contact Valerie P. at 324-7847.

Barre to GMCR Waterbury: Looking for a ride Thurs, Fri and Sat, 5 a.m. - 5 p.m. shift. Please ref #142294. Montpelier to Taft Corners Williston: Looking to share the ride Mon-Fri, 8 a.m - 5 p.m. Please ref #142296. Barre to Colchester: Looking to share the commute Mon-Fri, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Please ref #142305. Montpelier to Waterbury: Looking for a ride Mon-Fri, 7:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Please re f#142311.

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BRAIN INJURY: Open to people who sustained a brain injury, their caregivers and family. Expert speakers often scheduled. 1st Wed. of every month, 6-8 p.m. Fanny Allen Campus, Colchester. Call Barb Winters, 434-7244. LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, Transgender, Queer and Questioning: Support groups for survivors of partner violence, sexual violence and bias/hate crimes. Free and confidential. SafeSpace, 863-0003 or 866869-7341 (toll-free). MENTAL HEALTH RECOVERY group: support and education for people with psychiatric challenges. Joan, 865-6135. FAMILY/FRIENDS OF THOSE suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia: second Monday of the month, 4-5 p.m. The Arbors. 985-8600. SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL violence: Form contacts and discuss ways to begin healing. Women’s Rape Crisis Center, Burlington. Free. Info, 864-0555. DIVORCED PEOPLE: If you are separated, thinking of separating, in the process of divorce, or just divorced, I’m thinking about starting a loose group where such people can talk, whine, have some fun, and maybe even get together. Perhaps there is life after him or her. If interested email Bob at bberman @ttiglobal.com or call/lv msg. at 802-388-0779. WIDOWS & WIDOWERS: Looking for persons interested in forming a support group for activities in the Burlington area. Info, 656-3280. “HELLENBACH” CANCER support: Every other Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. Middlebury. Call to verify meeting place. Info, 3886107. People living with cancer and their caretakers convene for support. DEBTORS SUPPORT GROUP: Mondays, 6-7:15 p.m. united Methodist Church, 21 Buell St., Burlington. Wednesdays, 7-8 a.m., Scrumptious Café, 139 North Champlain St., Burlington. Saturdays, 10-11:30 a.m., The Storefront, 12 North St., Burlington. Info, call Brenda 658-9278.. BURLINGTON MEN’S GROUP: Ongoing Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 877-3742. Area men are invited to join this weekly group for varied discussions and drumming. PROSTATE CANCER: The second and fourth Tuesday of the month, 5 p.m. Board Room of Fanny Allen Hospital, Colchester. Info, 800-639-1888. This “manto-man” support group deals with disease. OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS: Daily meetings in various locations. Free. Info, 863-2655. Overeaters get support in addressing their problem. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Daily meetings in various locations. Free. Info, 860-8382. Want to overcome a drinking problem? Take the first step of 12 and join a group in your area.

Stowe to Burlington: Looking to share the commute, Mon-Fri, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Please ref # 142313. Montpelier to Williston: Looking to share the commute Mon-Fri, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Please ref #142315. Barre to Cabot Hosiery, Northfield: Looking to share the commute, 2nd shift, Mon-Fri. Please ref #142317. Orange to IBM Essex: Looking for a carpool for D1 or D2 shift. Please ref #142324.


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4 automotive $500 POLICE IMPOUNDS. Cars from $500! Tax repos, US Marshall and IRS sales! Cars, trucks, SUVs. Toyotas, Hondas, Chevys and more! For listings, 1-800-8206515, ext. 1105. (AAN CAN) ACURA INTEGRA, 1991: 140 K, many years left, very reliable, good condition. $1200. 802872-9776. ACURA INTEGRA, 1992: Red, 174 K, needs head work, mounted Hakkapeliittaa snow tires on factory alloys, extra pair of alloys. Buy it for parts or fix. You tow. $650/OBO. 802343-5773. ACURA INTEGRA, 1997: 55 K. $5000. 802-865-1795. ACURA LEGEND LS, 1992: Good condition, auto, heated seats, cruise, black w/black leather, new parts, good mpg, high miles w/lots left, central VT. Beth, 802-765-9624. ACURA MDX, 2001: AWD, loaded, original owner, great condition, 53 K, roof rack, Nokian snows. $22,800/OBO. 802-578-9597. BMW 318i, 1997: 96 K, leather interior, power sun roof, 5speed, power everything, traction control, 4 new winter tires, new brakes, minor crack in windshield on passenger side. $7900. Angela, 802-310-6719 CELEBRITY WAGON 1990: 150 K miles, needs work. $400/OBO. Call after 1 p.m. 893-2529. CHEVROLET CAVALIER, 2004: Sedan, 4-door, orange, auto, FWD, A/C, power steering/windows/locks, CD. 25,215 K. Best price, $9400. Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212. CHEVY CAVALIER, 1997: Black, 2-door coupe. 5-speed manual. 1x2-Shearer042005 5/3/05 120 K. Single CD. Runs great. Well maintained. Clean interior. New AS tires. Motivated seller. $1850/OBO. 802-598-1759.

Pontiac u Cadillac Hummer www. shearerpontiac.com Local: 802-658-1212 Toll-free: 800-545-8907 1030 Shelburne Rd. So. Burlington FORD PROBE GT, 1995: Sleek, black sports car. Loaded, top-ofthe-line transmission, flawless body, brand name rims, tires. Batmobile headlights. 2.5 liter, V6, impaired rod. $750/OBO. 802-655-2466. FREE CAR to loving home. Saab 900S, 1989. Lots of good parts: alternator, alloy rims, more. You remove. Call 802-233-3220. GRAND PRIX COUPE, 1994: V6, 110 K miles, 28 mpg, excellent winter car, runs well, has rust. Comes w/many spare parts. $1100. (802)872-8728. HONDA ACCORD EX, 1995: Auto, 4-door, 133 K, dark green, A/C, power, moon roof, CD, very reliable. $2950. 802-999-9687. HONDA ACCORD EX, 1999: 5speed, keyless entry, moon roof, 35 mpg. Excellent car in excellent condition. 90 K. $7500. 802-229-2608. HONDA ACCORD LX, 1987: 79 K miles, auto, 4-door, CD/stereo, A/C, power windows/locks, good condition, runs great. $2000/ OBO. 802-578-8542 or 802864-5657. HONDA ACCORD LX, 1997: 2door, high (highway) mileage. Blue Book, $5325. 4-studded Nokian tires. $4100/firm. 802355-7346. IMPREZA, 1995: Coupe, AWD, auto, 142 K, extra set of snows, used 1 season, CD, AM/FM. $1850. 802-388-3663. ISUZU I-MARK, 1988: Automatic 51 K miles. 33 mpg! Runs great! Excellent shape. www.mikelannen.com for photos & details. Mike, 802-310-3464 for a test drive!

Pontiac u Cadillac Hummer www. shearerpontiac.com Local: 802-658-1212 Toll-free: 800-545-8907 1030 Shelburne Rd. So. Burlington JEEP CHEROKEE SPORT, 1998: 4x4, well maintained, great condition, 90 K hwy. miles. A/C, tow pkg., red. $5950/OBO. 802899-2314 days or 802-434-4982 (7-9 eves & wknds). JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO, 1988: AWD, power everything, infinity gold sound system, new Nokia tires, AM/FM/ Casette/CD. White exterior/gray Interior. Excellent condition. 98K miles. $7200. 802-899-4891. JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LTD, 1995: Excellent condition, 130 K. Silver w/leather, V8, 4WD, tow, CD, Infinity sound w/remote, tinted rear, no rust. $6000. Call Matt, 802-578-7766. NISSAN ALTIMA, 2002: Silver/black interior. 62,500, very clean, excellent condition, snows/streets. $9850. Call 802899-4263. NISSAN MAXIMA SE, 1994: Excellent shape. 130 K. Dark green w/tan interior. New inspection/tires/oil. Sun roof, power windows/locks, cruise, tilt. Sweet stereo system w/satellite. $3200. 802999-5054. OLDSMOBILE DELTA 88 CON8:46 AM Page 1 VERTIBLE, 1975: 88 K original miles. Many new parts. Well maintained, needs minor tinkering. $5500. 802-658-0302. PONTIAC BONNEVILLE SLE, 2005: Sedan, 4-door, gray, auto, FWD, A/C, power steering/windows/locks, cruise, leather, CD. 10,217 K. Best price, $19,717. Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212. PONTIAC G6, 2005: Sedan, 4door, gray, V6, auto, FWD, A/C, power steering/windows/locks, cruise, multi-CD. 21,038 K. Best price, $18,625. Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212. PONTIAC GRAND AM, 1999: AM/FM/cassette, V6, NS car. Power everything, good tires. $3400/OBO. Bethany, 802353-7229. PONTIAC GRAND PRIX, 2004: Sedan, 4-door, green, auto, FWD, power steering/windows/locks, cruise, CD. 30,973 K. Best price, $13,773. Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212. PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GT, 2004: Sedan, 4-door, maroon, auto, FWD, A/C, power steering/windows/locks, cruise, CD, sun roof. 16,421 K. Best price, $15,985. Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212. PONTIAC VIBE SPORT, 2005: wagon, 4-door, red, auto, FWD. 15,200 miles, AC, power steering/windows/locks, AM/FM/CD, air bags. $14,980. Call Shearer Pontiac, 802-658-1212. SAAB, 1985: Red, 3-door, 131 K, extra mounted tires, Oregon car. $400. 802-434-3004. SUBARU IMPREZA, 1993: AWD, power everything, 176 K, great winter car. $1950/OBO. 802899-2973. SUBARU IMPREZA WRX, 2002: Blue, manual, 43,800 miles. 6-CD changer, turbo gauge pack, power locks/alarm/windows, fog lights, Thule ski rack. Two sets of wheels incl. 16’ stock wheels w/gislaved studded snow tires (used 1 winter) and 17” fitipaldi wheels. $17,500. 802-233-6582. SUBARU LEGACY, 1993: AWD, wagon, 90 K, standard, CD, inspected through 10/06. Asking $1800/OBO. 802-373-3764. SUBARU LEGACY BRIGHTON, 1995: 4x4 station wagon. 167 K. White, 5-speed, cold A/C, driven daily, well maintained. Has four summer tires installed comes with 4 like new Nokia Hakkapeliittaa tires on rims. $1750. 802-999-1530.

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SUBARU LEGACY L, 1999: Anniversary Edition, manual, AWD, wagon, 105 K, safe, reliable, great condition, needs trans., clutch. Nokia NWR and studded snows. $4500/OBO. 914388-0644. SUBARU OUTBACK, 1998: Forest green, 99 K, 5-speed. Superb AWD winter driving vehicle! Winter package (very comfy). Roof rack/bike rack/Thule ski box incl. New timing belt. Good running condition. Heading to the mountains this winter? Nothing beats a Suby in the snow. $4900, below blue book. Call 802-233-0334. SUBARU OUTBACK, 1998: Limited edition, 1998, 74 K miles. Excellent condition. All goodies minus sunroof. Just serviced. $9200/firm. 802-8659257 (evening) or 288-3516 (day). SUBARU WAGON, 1995: AWD, Yakima bike rack, A/C, 5-speed manual, CD, some rust, good runner! 26 mpg. $1100. 802893-6716. TOYOTA CAMRY, 1992: Runs great. 210 K. Inspected, new timing belt. Needs some minor work. $500. 802-434-2602. TOYOTA CAMRY, 1998: 103 K, $4499. Fully loaded, excellent condition. All records. Fuel-efficient, great winter car. Kirsten, 802-658-3234. TOYOTA TACOMA, 1996: 4WD, 2.7, 4 cyl. high output, 5 speed. Runs great, looks good. High mileage, little rust. $4000/OBO. 802-793-5706. VOLKSWAGEN JETTA, 1994: Recently fixed up. $1500. 802310-9051. VOLVO 240, 1991: Great student car! Sedan, 136 K, summer/winter tires. Reliable and safe transportation. AlMartin serviced and maintained. $2600/firm. Please call 802985-9261. VOLVO 240 DL, 1988: Wagon, dark blue, high miles, some rust, OK interior, great engine. Loved this car, must sell! $1000/OBO. 518-566-0680. VOLVO 760, 1987: Sedan. Gold w/nice after-market gold MSW wheels. Looks nice, drives nice. Runs well, new brakes. Has Nokia winter tires on it. Black leather interior. Needs a little TLC but in good overall shape. No rust. Asking $1200/OBO. Call 802683-8002. VW BEETLE, 1977: Nice restoration project or parts car. Must sell ASAP. Folks, I do not want to part-out this fixable classic. I need space for other toys. I was driving it this summer. $400/OBO. 802-586-9918. VW BIODIESEL RABBIT, 1981: Low mileage, one owner, no rust, Southern car. Drive anywhere, beautiful, 45-50 mpg. $3800/OBO. Other diesels avail. soon. 802-586-9918. VW GOLF, 1999: 108 K, mostly highway. 4-door, manual, A/C, stereo w/CD. Metallic dark blue. Well-maintained, reliable car, no rust. $5000/OBO. Call 802-8625903 for a test drive. VW JETTA TDI GL, 2004: Turbo diesel, 5-speed, dealer serviced, sythnetic oil changes every 5 K, mid 40s mpg, fast, fun, frugal. $17,800. 802-426-3889. VW JETTA WOLFSBERG EDITION, 1988: Great condition, runs super, lots of character. Just think, in less than 3 years it’ll be a classic! Its name is Rudy but that’s negotiable. The best word to describe this car is kick ass. 802-999-8917. VW PASSAT, 1999: 1.8L turbo, 75 K. Premium sound and Thule roof rack. New winter tires. $8800. 802-233-2386. VW PASSAT WAGON, 1994: Dark green, manual 5-speed, inspected, good condition in and out, 6-cyl, 22-25 mpg, 140 K, moon roof, AM/FM/cassette, A/C. $1900. 802-779-2837. VW PASSAT WAGON, 2001: 5speed, 1.8L, power windows/ locks, 6-disc changer, roof racks, Hauk snows, only used one season, 53 K. Asking $11,200. 802879-3932.

VW SUPER BEETLE, 1972: Dressed like a bug. Classic dark green w/sun roof. Engine and drive train in great condition. $1000. Call 802-475-2944, after 6 p.m. VW SUPER BEETLE, 1974: Marina blue, all original, always garaged & no salt driving. A real collector’s item. $8200. 603837-9703.

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CHEVROLET S-10, 1995: 5speed manual, 4-cyl., 2WD, 98 K, black, good condition, runs great, just inspected, great fiberglass cap on the back w/sliding windows incl. $1500/OBO. Call 802-863-6238. CHEVROLET S10, 1994: Needs work, great for parts. $350. Call 802-372-9544. CHEVY SILVERADO, 1997: 3door extended cab, auto, 4WD, alloy wheels, 138 K. $8000. 802985-1445. FORD RANGER, 1997: 4x4 pickup truck. Great for winter. Power locks/doors. Bed cover. 6-CD changer. 100 K. Great shape! $4500 neg. a bit. nick@videopi geon.com or 802-318-1440. MAZDA PICKUP, 1993: Standard, 86 K mi., CD, maroon. $3500/OBO. Kelly, 802-5786967. TOYOTA TACOMA, 2004: X-cab, SR5, 29 K, black, V6 auto, 6speaker CD/cassette, A/C, cruise, ABS, alloy wheels. $17,995. 802324-1492.

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CHEVROLET G30 CARGO VAN: 1-ton, 1986, 350 V8, auto, 97K miles, brand-new tires, runs great, $1500. 802-355-2608. CHEVY ASTRO CARGO VAN, 1989: Asking $300/OBO. Please call Ann, 802-233-2332. DODGE VAN, 1996: Full-size, equipped w/wheelchair lift. Seats 7. Excellent condition throughout. 55 K. Carfax certified. $7500. 802-879-1204. FORD ECONOLINE CLUB WAGON, 1991: 130 K, V8, great condition, luxury interior, great gig van, can be converted to work van, needs radio. $925/OBO. 802-343-8443 or 802-864-8223, ask for Ray T.

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HARLEY DAVIDSON DYNA, 1994: Wide glide w/custom paint, windshield, leather saddle bags, new tires and high performance Screamin’ Eagle package. 23 K. $8250. Call Bob, 802862-5778. HARLEY DAVIDSON SPORTSER CUSTOM, 1999: $1000 off! Windshield and many extras. Last chance, I don’t want to store it! 802-644-1960. YAMAHA ZUMA: 49 cc scooter. 70 mpg. Has been ridden only 150 miles! Asking $1175. 802324-1372.

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16’ HOBIE CAT Catamaran sailboat w/trailer. Everything incl., ready to sail. Sails are like new, hulls in great shape. $1500. 802-769-9219. BAYLINER CAPRI, 1987: 17’ fiberglass, Force motor, 85 hp. Includes trailer and tube. $1900/OBO. 570-498-4213.

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CHEVY BLAZER LT, 1995: 4x4 black ext 4-door leather, all power, A/C, runs like new. Winter/summer tires mounted. $1300/OBO. 802-878-5704. FORD BRONCO, 1994: 185 K miles, only in Vermont for 2 years, so very little rust. Good condition, new tires. $3000/OBO. 802-598-6089. GMC ENVOY, 2002: Sport utility, 4-door, blue, 6-cyl., A/C, power steering/windows/locks, cruise, CD. 34,357 miles. Best price, $17,845. Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212.

GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO, 1995: Black w/excellent paint. 4WD, leather, many options. Original owner. Clean and runs well. 114 K. Asking $5000. Call 802-578-8388. HONDA PASSPORT, 1998: 100 K, green/gray, new brakes, great winter car, very reliable. Asking $8500/OBO. Call 802-434-2448 or 774-271-0641. ISUZU TROOPER, 1997: 4x4, white, auto, V6, loaded, Southern car, no rust. 105 K. New tires/brakes/starter. Great car. $5500. 802-849-9713. JEEP CHEROKEE SPORT, 1993: 120 K, standard, white, 6-cylinder engine, BF Goodrich all-terrain tires in good condition. Cruise, power locks/doors, tinted windows, alloy wheels. Well maintained, all repairs documented, clean interior, shiny paint. Great car! $2500. 802233-6582. JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO, 2005: 4-door, black, auto, 4WD, A/C, power steering/windows/locks, cruise, CD, ABS, roof rack. 26,631 K. Best price, $20,960. Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212. KIA SPORTAGE, 2000: 4WD, 4door, hitch, AM/FM/CD, power windows/locks, 110 K. $2500. Call evenings, 802-372-9163. LAND ROVER DISCOVERY SE7, 2001: Loaded, leather, jumper seats, running boards, roof rack, 6CD, AWD, dual moonroofs, new Nokia tires Garage kept, excellent condition. $15,800. 802899-4891. NISSAN PATHFINDER, 1993: Red, 180K miles, very reliable, runs great, 5-speed, 4-wheel drive. $500/OBO. Inspected through October. 802-863-9014. NISSAN PATHFINDER, 1995: Good condition, 189 K, original owner, front-wheel drive, leather interior, power windows/locks, 1x2-Shearer042005 5/3/05 A/C, sunroof, CD/cassette, four Vermont winters, snow tires included. $3000/OBO. 802-3182807.

Pontiac u Cadillac Hummer www. shearerpontiac.com Local: 802-658-1212 Toll-free: 800-545-8907 1030 Shelburne Rd. So. Burlington PONTIAC AZTEK SPORT UTILITY, 2003: 4-door, white, auto, FWD, A/C, power steering/windows/locks, cruise, CD, ABS. 26,275 K. Best price, $13,205. Call Shearer Pontiac, 802-6581212. SATURN VUE SPORT UTILITY, 2002: 4-door, orange, auto, AWD, A/C, power steering/windows/locks, cruise, CD. 42,187 K. Best price, $13,807. Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212. TOYOTA LANDCRUISER, 1993: Dark green, auto, AWD, A/C, CD, power roof. 115 K. Mechanically sound, great shape. $6900. 802777-3038.

4 auto parts 4 HAKKA 2 205/70/15 studded snow tires, one season, $195. 4 Michelin Arctic Alpin 205/70/15, $95. 802-922-4740. 4 NOKIAN HAKKAPELIITTAA SUV snows, studded, used only 4 months, excellent condition. P265 70/R16. Fits trucks/SUVs. New, $600. Asking $200 for all four. Call 253-0870, leave message. Stowe. 4 SNOW TIRES: 215/55/17 Bridgestone Blizzaks, used one winter. Fit Nissan Maxima. Paid $600. $300/OBO. 802-878-9339. BRAND-NEW FUEL TANK for 1983-84 Ford Ranger 4x4. Under cab, 114” wheel base, rubber filler. 2” opening for sending unit. $30 ($99 retail). 802-3883320.

CHROME WHEEL COVERS: Brand new! $6/each. Call after 1 p.m. 893-2529. HAKKAPELIITTA NOKIAN snow tires mounted on aluminum alloy rims. Size 225/70R16. Rims in mint condition, fit Toyota Highlander. $500 for all/OBO. 802-223-8160. MICHELIN ALL-SEASON 4-metric, 175/70/R13. Like new. $30 each. Call after 1 p.m., 802893-2529. NOKIAN STUDDED snow tires, 265/65 R17, 4-months of use. Paid $850, asking $500. 802434-4462. PONTIAC GRAND AM, 2004, TAIL LIGHTS: Complete units, brand new in box, Paid $375. Will sell for $200. Call 802-8653357 or 802-355-7380. TIRES: Cooper Weathermaster 15” winter tires on Subaru rims. Excellent condition. Asking $300. 13” summer tires on rims. Good tread, for Subaru Loyale. Asking $80. 802-767-4838. VW DIESEL PARTS: 1.6 engines, TDI pump and turbo, tons of early model VW Rabbit diesel parts. Call w/specifics. 802-5869918. WINTER TIRES: March 2005 Goodyear Ultra Grip Ice. Tires size P205/60R15. MSRP $450. Asking $300. Used on Toyota Corolla for 2 months. Call 802279-2142.

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DODGE GRAND CARAVAN ES, 1996: Loaded, 3.8L, 4-door, 4 bucket seats, seats 7. Privacy glass, A/C, rear climate control, no rust, clean. Very reliable. 110 K. $4500. 802-864-6437. KIA SEDONA, 2002: Minivan, fully loaded. All power windows locks and doors. Leather interior. Low mileage. Hakkapeliitta tires. Sell due to company vehicle. 8:46 AM802-878-8752. Page 1 $11,250. PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER, 1999: 82 K, blue, V6. Loaded, incl. AC, dual sliding doors, privacy glass, roof rack and snow tires. Seats 7. Great condition. $6000. 802-862-5984. PONTIAC MONTANA, 2003: Extended minivan, 4-door, red, V6, auto, FWD, A/C, power steering/windows/locks, cruise, CD. 34,413 K. Best price, $15,435. Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212. PONTIAC MONTANA EXTENDED MINIVAN, 2005: 4-door, silver, auto, FWD, 7-passenger, A/C, power steering/windows/locks, cruise, CD, ABS. 21,102 K. Best price, $17,337. Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212.

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NS/pets. $425/mo. + utils. 845-216-6665. BURLINGTON: Avail. immed. 1 bedroom in 3-bedroom, apt. Responsible grad student/prof. preferred. W/D in basement, offstreet parking, close to downtown. $381/mo. + utils. 802660-0467. BURLINGTON: Available 11/01. Housemate wanted for S. Willard 802.846.4646 2-bedroom apt. w/deck, carport, www.KimNegron.com 1.5 bathroom and onsite laundry. No pets. $430/mo. + 1/2 BURLINGTON: Victorian-style security deposit + half utilities. duplex 1900 sq. ft. Owner-occu802-658-3112. pied duplex is an excellent BURLINGTON: Downtown. rental investment property or a Mature feminist woman/female great home/office. 2 blocks from couple for sunny, cooperative, the lake/Church St. 3-4 car clean, beautiful house and gardriveway, private backyard. den. No messes, smoking, pets. $259,000. 802-425-2274 or 802$450/mo. +. Call 802-860-6828. 238-7028 or visit www.picket BURLINGTON: Furnished room fencepreview.com. in 2-bedroom, 1-bath condo. CHARLOTTE: Direct Adirondack Quiet, nice, w/kitchen use, W/D views. Private 3-bedroom + den and parking. Incl. utils. F/Grad. saltbox on 15 acres. Wood plank NS/ND/pets. 11/1. $475/mo. floors, beam ceilings, fireplace, 802-865-6810. wood stove, exps. brick. Large BURLINGTON: Large, furnished eat-in-kitchen, dining room, bedroom, New North End, attached 2-car garage. 30’x15’. Walk-in closet. On bike $599,000. 802-425-2931 or visit path/bus line. 1.5 miles to www.locatedesign.com. 1113 downtown. $125/week incl. all. Dorset St. 802-864-3412, leave message. COLCHESTER: Mallets Bay, endBURLINGTON: New North End, unit, 2-bedroom, 1.5-baths, 2 prof. women seeking 3rd attached garage, wooded setroommate for spacious apt. ting. Updated 2004-5. Walk to $310/mo. + heat/elec. Off-street bay. $205,000. Open House parking, free laundry, close prox10/15, 10/16, 2-6 p.m. 118-4 1x1-mortgage-022305 9/12/05 4:18 PM Page imity to bus route! Please 1call 802-862-8031. Woodbine. 802-863-0003. NS/pets. www.geocities.com/elementalsBURLINGTON: Quiet, responsiforge. ble F to share beautiful, very spacious apt. in South End. Bedroom plus office/studio Free avail. Porches, W/D, many Pre-Approval! extras. NS/pets. $500/mo. +. Must see! 802-658-8488. Mark R. Chaffee BURLINGTON: Responsible, (802) 658-5599 x11 gay-friendly housemate needed to share 3-bedroom home. W/D, parking, on bus line, close to downtown. $425/mo. + dep. + FAIRFAX: Just listed. Large, 1/3 utils. Avail. 10/15. 802sunny, 3-bedroom Cape, on 3 658-0302. acres. Private lot at end of culBURLINGTON: Share 2-bedde-sac. 15 min. to IBM or 30 to room, 2-bath, downtown waterBurlington. Country living at its front condo in luxury building. best. $265,000. Lafayette Real Rent incl. all plus garage parkEstate. 802-233-2335. ing. 802-253-6410. MILTON: 1840s Classic PostCOLCHESTER: Basement apt. 2and-beam farmhouse. 2600 sq. small rooms to rent together. ft. 4-bedroom, 3-bath, 3.1 acres, $450/mo. + dep. Incl. cable + scenic road. Totally restored. heat, W/D. 802-864-9876. Open house, October 15, 10 a.m. DUXBURY/WATERBURY: 3-bed- 1 p.m. $398,000. Call to see room house, very private and today, motivated sellers! 802quiet, views. Looking for a 893-6291. housemate. Pet probably OK. SOUTH BURLINGTON: 802-244-1361. $355,000. 4-bedroom 3.5-bath, ESSEX JUNCTION: Roommate 2200+ sq. ft. Colonial. Large wanted immediately. Clean 2corner lot, eat-in kitchen, family bedroom, W/D. $450/mo. + 1/2 room w/gas fireplace, formal utils. No pets. 802-578-3771. dining room/living room. HINESBURG: Beautiful lake Beautiful new master suite house. Responsible, easy-going, w/custom tile. Move-in condispirited individual to share 2tion. New roof 11/04. Call 802bedroom house on Lake 658-5845 for appointment or Iroquois. W/D, no dogs. visit www.geocities.com/sweet$450/mo. + 1/2 utils. Avail. pea91899/house_pics.html for 11/1. 802-482-2901. more photos HINESBURG: Looking for NS SOUTH HERO: 4.3 private hillroommate to share my Hinesburg top acres. Panoramic mounhome w/great views. $550/mo. tain/lake views, sunny, private, + utilities, M/F. Option for couquiet cont cape. 3-bedroom, 2ple to share finished basement. bath, cathedral knotty pine ceil$725/mo. 802-233-0074. ing/French doors to deck. 2-car JERICHO: Great pvt. place. 25 gar w/storage. Woodstove. min. drive to Burlington. Storage building/playhouse. Looking for kind, clean & $439,000. Call 802-372-6051. responsible individual. $350/mo. + 1/2 utils. Call to inquire, 8622212 or 899-3244.

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MILTON: Cheerful, “green” housemate to share renovated farmhouse with naturalist/writer. $400/mo. + utils. 10 min. to I89, Exit 17. Some work exchange possible. NS, please. Laurie, 802-893-1845. SHELBURNE: Sunny, charming 500 sq. ft. room, 1/2 bath. Living/dining & kitchen, deck and garden. Fireplace, cable/Internet/computer desk available. W/D, NS/pets. Professionals/grad students only. $600/mo.+. 355-3004. SOUTH BURLINGTON: Beautiful 2-bedroom condo. Pool, tennis, bike path, great x-country skiing/snowshoe. Parking, W/D, trash, snow removal incl. NS/pets. $650/mo. + utils. Now avail. 802-598-3920. SOUTH BURLINGTON: Enjoy life and company with others sharing elegant 4-bedroom Spear St. home. 3-acres, gardening, workshop. Majestic Adirondack/ lake views. Seeking mix of males/females, 35-65. 802-8643330 or rickhubbard.org. SOUTH BURLINGTON: Looking for a responsible housemate to share home off Shelburne Rd. W/D, pool, hot tub, storage, parking, yard. Avail. now. $450/mo. and $475/mo. + utils. 802-865-9627. SOUTH BURLINGTON: Progressive, prof/grad, easygoing, NS, for spacious 3-bedroom, 3-bath townhouse w/respectful, friendly M and F (39, 41) and cat. Rural feel, woods/bike path but 10 min. to Church St./UVM. $490/mo. + 1/3 incl. D/W, W/D, high-speed Internet, parking, yard, deck, pool/tennis/gardens. Removal of snow/trash/recycling. Your own bath and shared workspace. Pets negotiable. 802863-5376. SOUTH BURLINGTON: Queen City Park. Responsible, prof. housemate wanted to share cottage near lake/bike path. W/D. Avail. 11/1 or sooner. $509/mo. + utils. 802-951-1131. SOUTH BURLINGTON: Share brand-new 2-bedroom, 2-bath condo w/quiet, clean F prof. $700/mo. heat incl. 802865-8353. SOUTH HERO: 2 mature profs. to share large house, furnished bedrooms. NS/pets. $400/mo. + utils. Avail. mid-October. Call 802-372-5402 for details. SOUTH HERO: Looking for a queer-friendly F roommate to share my great house in the woods. Lake access, very private, 30 min. to Burlington, 2 cats and a big dog in residence, NS. $500/mo. utils. incl. Call 802372-3402. UNDERHILL: Mature, quiet, clean, responsible, cat-friendly NS to share farmhouse. Refs. + credit check + lease + dep. $395/mo. incl. heat/utils. 802899-3542. WINOOSKI: Seeking students/ young prof. to share large, fully furnished 5-bedroom house. All utils. incl. 2.5-bath, laundry, parking, garbage/snow removal, large yard. Close to SMC/UVM/ IBM/FAHC/Champlain College. On bus line. No pets. $600/mo. + dep. 802-863-9612.

4 housing for rent ADIRONDACKS: A-frame, 1.5 hours from Burlington. 2-bedroom, wood stove and oil heat, beautiful, very rural valley. Avail. 11/1. $425/mo. plus utils. 518-585-2269. BOLTON VALLEY: Slope side condo. 1-bedroom. $825/mo. Year lease. Rent to own option. 802-899-4828. BRISTOL: New efficiency, 25 mins. to South Burlington. $500/mo., incl. cable/heat/elec. Call 802-453-5954. BURLINGTON: 1-bedroom apt. Glassed-in porch, off-street parking. $800/mo. Call 802356-1848. BURLINGTON: 1-bedroom, North Willard St. Completely renovated. A must see! $750/mo. + utils. No pets, parking. Call before 802-863-9656, before 7 p.m.

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BRISTOL VILLAGE: Main St. 400 sq. ft. ground floor, ideal for professional or retail use, high-speed Internet. Incl. heat/elec., off-street parking. $400/mo. Call leasing agent, 802-453-5841. BURLINGTON: Nice, open office in professional building. 475 sq. ft. Conference room, parking. 802-862-1148, ext. 102.

BURLINGTON: Retail/office space in up and coming area. Approx. 1200 sq. ft. Gas heat, parking, large front window. 802-862-1148, ext. 102. BURLINGTON: Waterfront. Distinctive and unique office/ retail space. Environmentally friendly and affordable. Main Street Landing, Melinda Moulton, 802-864-7999. www.mainstreetlanding.com.

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BURLINGTON: 2-bedroom condo, pool, tennis, carport, 2 mins. to bike path/lake, 1 cat ok. W/D, D/W. $1050/mo. 802849-9354. BURLINGTON: 2-bedroom, near hospital, parking, storage. $875/mo. +. No dogs. 802862-4007. BURLINGTON: 2-bedroom on South Willard. Sunny, hdwd, laundry. parking, coin 9/13/05 9:14 AM $970/mo. Page 1 + utils. No dogs. Avail. now. 802-862-1148, ext. 102. BURLINGTON: 3-5 bedroom apt. near UVM. Economical gas heat, parking, lease. Avail. now. $1600/mo. 802-878-3595. BURLINGTON: 3-bedroom, 1 large bath, very spacious, onsite laundry, on bus line, parking, gas heat, no pets. $1075/ mo. Avail 11/1. 802-864-9966. BURLINGTON: 3-bedroom duplex. Great South End neighborhood, good condition, garage, hdwd. 1000 sq. ft. W/D. NS/pets. $1150/mo. Avail. 11/1 or 11/15. Diane 114 Hayward St. 802-864-1677. Moffatt BURLINGTON: 3-bedroom house for rent, 1600 sq. ft, garage, yard, nice quiet family neighborhood, previously owner occupied, updated nicely, W/D, D/W. Call Diane at Comes w/window A/C for sum802-764-6000 ext. 238 mer. Avail. 11/1. $1800/mo. or Toll Free at Pets OK! 802-343-8194. 866-535-5390 ext. 238 BURLINGTON: 88 Archibald St. 2-bedroom, 1st-floor apt. Gas www.libertyquestmortgage.com heat, parking, no dogs. BURLINGTON: 2-bedroom, 1 $725/mo. + dep. + utils. Call large bath, very spacious, on802-862-5778. site laundry, on bus line, gas BURLINGTON: A furnished stuheat, no pets. $850/mo. Avail. dio apt. in New North End. 11/1. Please call 802-864-9966. NS/pets. Lease. W/D use. BURLINGTON: 2-bedroom apt. $695/mo. incl. utils. 862-2551. New carpets/bathroom/paint. BURLINGTON: Adjacent to hosGas heat, parking, walk to pital. Off-street parking, free downtown. Pets considered. on-site W/D. NS. $875/mo. + $825/mo. + utils. 802-272-5520. utils. Avail. 11/1. Contact Jake, 802-233-1207 or jperkinson@ adelphia.net.

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BURLINGTON: Avail. now. 540 St. Paul St. Medium 3-bedroom. Laundry, storage, porch. Medium 3-bedroom condo, 1.5 baths laundry. Large 3-bedroom, basement. $1050/mo. No dogs. 802-862-7467. BURLINGTON: Bissonette Properties. 1, 2, 3 and 4-bedroom apts for rent. Burlington/ Winooski-area. MILTON: 1840s Classic Post-andAvail. immediately. $575beam farmhouse. 2600 sq. ft. 4-bed$1300/mo. 864-4449. room, 3-bath, 3.1 acres, scenic road. BURLINGTON: Clean, upstairs Totally restored. Open house, 2-bedroom apt. off-street pkg., October 15, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. utils. not incl. $850/mo. + 4:48 PM Call Page 1 today, Yourhousehere 5/3/05 10:25 Page 1Ave. Call for $398,000. to see motidep.AM 71 Intervale vated sellers! 802-893-6291. appt. 802-355-3723 or 802355-3724. BURLINGTON: Colchester Ave. Avail 10/15 or sooner. 1-bedroom. $605/mo. Parking, coinop W/D, storage, No dogs. Neville Companies, Inc. 802660-3481, ext. 1021. www.nevil leco.com/residence. BURLINGTON: Downtown, 2-3 bedroom, fully carpeted, W/D, D/W, off-street parking, private back deck, basement, pets OK. Contact Brian, 802YOUR HOUSE HERE: Advertise your 355-1008. FOR SALE BY OWNER, $35/week for 25 words and photo or $60/2 weeks. BURLINGTON: Downtown, Contact Katherine 802-864-5684 historic Vermont House, 1-bedclassified@sevendaysvt.com room w/central A/C. Pets OK. floorPMlaundry. 10:25 AM Page 1 M.Chaffee-091405 9/12/05 2nd 3:19 Page$950/mo. 1 1 incl. hot water. 802-864-0799 or handymandanvt@hotmail.com. BURLINGTON: Downtown, new construction, 2-bedroom, 1-bath starting at $1000/mo. Incl. one off-street pkg. space, water, sewer, W/D hookup. Eva, 802-862-8203 x 2 for rental app. BURLINGTON: Downtown, newly remodeled 3-bedroom, BURLINGTON: 1939 colonial 2 2.5-bath, $1500/mo. Incl. one blocks from University. Immaculate off-street pkg. space, water, 3 bedroom home on private landsewer, W/D hookup. Eva, 802scaped lot. Features fireplace, cen862-8203 x 2. tral air, hardwood floors, plaster BURLINGTON: Downtown stuwalls and walk-up attic. Office/den dio apt. Great location, very w/separate entrance connects to clean. Incl. parking. Walk to via screened breezeway. main MalletsBay050405 5/3/05 10:30 AM Page No 1 pets. 9:19 AMhouse Page 1 hospital/downtown. 352 Pearl St. $499,900. Mark 802-777-3038. $600/mo. 802-238-5382 or mrc9@aol.com BURLINGTON: Freshly painted 3-bedroom condo. W/D, D/W incl. Pool and garage. Heat/water incl. $1500/mo. +. 802-598-3214. BURLINGTON: High-quality, recently renovated, spacious and clean 2-bedroom apt. on Germain St. Highly-responsive owner next door boasts wood floors, 2-bath, spiral staircase, private front and rear porches, gas everything. New appliances incl. W/D and more. $1200/mo. + utils. Call Kai, 802-338-0430. No pets. MALLETTS BAY: Spectacular 5000 sq. ft. home on two private acres BURLINGTON: Lake front with 350 ft. of westerly view w/boat launch access! 2-bedlakefront. For details: room, 2-bath, large living www.mallettsbaylakefront.com. area, W/D, covered porch. Avail. now. $1200/mo. 802846-9568. BURLINGTON: Lakefront w/boat launch access. 3-bedroom, 2-bath, W/D hook-ups, hdwd, deck, large yard. Avail. now. $1200/mo. 802-8469568. BURLINGTON: Large 2-bedroom apt. Newly carpeted and painted. Heat/hot water incl. Full bath, parking, garbage/snow removal. Front deck, no pets. $1200/mo. + dep. 802-863-9612. BURLINGTON: Large 2-bedroom, great location, new kitchen, new paint. Avail. 11/1. $1350/mo. 802-2333672. BURLINGTON: Large 3-bedroom, newly renovated, wood floors, large, new porch. Avail. now. $1040/mo. +. Also, Burlington, 4+ bedroom, new renovation, hdwd, W/D hookups, 2nd-floor. Avail 11/1. $1400/mo. Both Old North End, off-street parking. Section 8 OK and pets neg. 802-893-0000. BURLINGTON: Large 4-bedroom house, 1.5-bath, hookups, cellar, parking, no dogs. $1500/mo. +. 802-862-4007.

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SOUTH BURLINGTON: $355,000. 4BURLINGTON: Victorian-style bedroom 3.5-bath, 2200+ sq. ft. duplex 1900 sq. ft. owner-occupied Colonial. Large corner lot, eat-in duplex is an excellent rental investkitchen, family room w/gas fireplace, ment property or a great home/ formal dining room/living room. office. 2 blocks from the lake/ Beautiful new master suite w/custom Church St. 3-4 car driveway, private tile. New roof 11/04. Call 802-658SoHero-100505 10/3/05 backyard.11:53 $259,000.AM 802-425-2274 burlington-Tom-092105 9/20/05 Page 1 5845 for appointment or visit or 802-238-7028 or visit www.picket www.geocities. com/sweetpea91899/ fencepreview.com. house_pics.html for more photos.

BURLINGTON: Victorian duplex in desirable South Hill Section. Both units: 2-bedroom, 1-bath, high ceilings, abundant light. Upper unit: 940 sq. ft. + attic, tastefully renovated, all new kitchen. Lower unit: burlington-david-101205 1030 sq. ft. + basement. Detached garage. $382,000. 802-660-2909. www.picketfencepreview.com.

SOUTH HERO: 4.3 private hilltop acres. Panoramic mountain/lake views, sunny, private, quiet Cont Cape. 3-bedroom, 2-bath, Cathedral knotty pine ceiling/French doors to deck. 2-car gar5:19 w/storage. WoodYourhousehere 5/3/05 10/10/05 PM Page stove. Storage building/playhouse. $439,000. Call 802-372-6051.

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ADDISON: Amazing 3300 sq. ft., three-floor cathedral ceiling "lighthouse" home with 1100 sq. ft. wrap-around deck overlooking Lake Champlain/ Adirondack Mountains. Beach/lake access. $425,000. Bill and Shari, 759-2985.

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BURLINGTON: Ledgewood 2BURLINGTON: The most stunbedroom apt. Very clean. W/D, ning views in Burlington await tennis/pool. Nice kitchen, you in this most rare of rental great location. 802-598-1013. opportunities. 4-bedroom house on Lakeview Terrace BURLINGTON: Mill St. Avail w/small garage, hdwd and now. $1050/mo. incl. hot more. www.lakeviewtr.com. water. 3-bedroom, dog OK $1750/mo., price reduced. Call w/ref, WD hook-ups. Neville 802-863-9111. Companies, Inc. 802-660BURLINGTON: Unique house. 3481, ext. 1021. 2400 sq. ft. 3-4 bedroom, 2.5www.nevilleco.com/residence. bath, Hill Section. Quiet culBURLINGTON: Move right in! 1x1-mortgage-022305 9/12/05 PM garden, Page W/D, 1 de-sac,4:18 beautiful Sunny 1-bedroom apt. Sun off-street parking, walk to porch. Close to downtown/university. 11/1. downtown/UVM. $800/mo. $1800/mo. Call 802-734-7449. incl. heat. 802-863-6777. BURLINGTON: Upper College St. 1-bedroom, freshly painted. Free Pre-Approval! Incl. hot water/parking. Avail. now. $800/mo. 802-985-5598. BURLINGTON: Upper Maple Mark R.Chaffee St. 1-bedroom. Incl. heat/hot (802) 658-5599 x11 water/parking. Avail. 11/1. $850/mo. 802-985-5598. BURLINGTON: Walking disBURLINGTON: New North End. tance to UVM/FAHC/down3-4 bedroom. Incl. garage, town! Furnished 2-bedroom W/D. $1300/mo. + utils. 802w/tons of natural light, 12’ 578-8608. ceilings, hdwd, D/W, W/D, gas heat, off-street parking. Avail. BURLINGTON: North Ave. 10/15-5/30. $1200/mo. 802Spacious 2-bedroom w/dining 846-9568. room, gas heat, porch, parking. Avail. 11/1. $850/mo. +. BURLINGTON: Walking dis802-878-3953. tance to UVM/FAHC/downtown! Furnished 2-bedroom, BURLINGTON: Pearl Street. 1.5-bath w/lake views, D/W, Huge, sunny, 2nd floor, 2-bedW/D, fireplace, large yard, 1room, great location. Avail. car garage. Avail. 11/1. now. Rick, 802-864-3430. $1700/mo. 802-846-9568. BURLINGTON: Riverwatch CHARLOTTE: Large 1-bedCondo- 2-bedroom, heat incl., room, living room and kitchen, parking, pool, new appliances, beautiful views, 15 min. from W/D, partially furnished. Avail. Burlington. $950/mo. + heat. 12/1, $1150/mo. 802-524NS, please. Call 425-2304 for 7627. more info. BURLINGTON: South End. COLCHESTER: 2-3 bedroom, 2Avail. immed. 2-bedroom, bath. 8 miles to downtown heat, hot water, trash removal. Burlington. Lake views, 1.5NS/pets. Lease, deposit. acres, large deck, newly reno$850/mo. 802-864-9314. vated, W/D. Avail. 11/1. BURLINGTON: South End. $1350/mo. Aviva, 802-233Large 2-bedroom unit 4915. w/garage. Gas heat. Avail. COLCHESTER: 2-bedroom now. NS/pets. $975/mo. + duplex, w/2-car garage, next utils. Call 846-7849. to St. Michael’s, near Dunkin BURLINGTON: Spacious 2Donuts, W/D hookups, NS/ bedroom townhouse, 3-level, pets. $950/mo. + utils. 8022.5 bath, private bath in each 864-1533. BR, W/D, storage, 2-car COLCHESTER: 2-bedroom lake garage. Walk to downtown, cottage, deck, big lawn, 10 waterfront, UVM, FAHC. NS, minutes to Burlington. Avail. pets considered. $1350/mo. + now. $1050/mo. 10-month util. 802-734-3629. lease. 802-865-9159. BURLINGTON: Sunny, spaCOLCHESTER: Beautiful Cape! cious, 2-bedroom condo in 4-bedroom, 2-bath, gourmet Victorian, almost downtown. kitchen w/heated center 2-private porches, off-street island, W/D hookups, D/W, gas parking. Avail. now or 11/1. fireplace, hdwd, 2-car garage, $1150/mo. +. No dogs. 802deck. Avail. now. $1700/mo. 860-4641. 802-846-9568.

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Spacious Local experience you can trust 2x2-BCLT-Lafountain081705 9/12/05 6:01 PM Page 1 w/deck, green space, attached garage, W/D. A little larger than 121 Park Ave. most, off Spear St., near Williston, VT Stonehedge. $1350/mo. Shortterm possible. Call Mike, 802802-764-6000 Toll Free: 866-535-5390 BURLINGTON LAFOUNTAIN STREET HOME: Come see 655-3377, ext. 256. this spacious and charming 5-bed, 1-bath Colonial SOUTH BURLINGTON: 2-bedwww.libertyquestmortgage.com room, 2-bath, 2-enclosed parkhome.This home is located in the Old North End with WINOOSKI: 1-bedroom apt. ing spaces, fully applianced approx. 1,520 sq. ft. of living space and a large walkw/private entrance, off-street with W/D. $1200/mo. heat/hot out basement. Features include an enclosed porch, a parking. Avail. 11/1. $695/mo. water incl. Call Lee, 802-655WANTED: Small cabin/house for large fenced-in back yard, and energy-efficient gas incl. heat. 802-355-2218 or 3333, ext. 249. rent in rural area for university heat. Home is on the bus line and within walking dis802-860-1172. SOUTH BURLINGTON: 22 Twin field studies project. For more tance to parks, schools, and downtown Burlington. WINOOSKI: 2-bedroom, 1-bath Oaks. 2-bedroom, 1-bath, car info, call 718-564-5174. Purchase Price: $195,000 apt., yard, parking, D/W, W/D port, gas heat, $950/mo. + - 80,500 * grant for income-eligible buyers hookups, water/trash incl. Near utils. Call Keeley, 802-846-9551. downtown. $900/mo. 1st, last + SOUTH BURLINGTON: Just $ 114,500 ** Amount needed to finance dep. 802-655-6876. renovated 2-room apt. (1-bedFAYSTON: Wooded 1-acre buildwww.getahome.org WINOOSKI: 2-bedroom, 1st floor, room and large living room) and ing lot in desirable, mature subnice Hood St. location, pkg. and full bath. W/D, garage, private Call Brandy 864-2620 division. Excellent, accessible yard. $800/mo. + utils. + entrance. Entrance to kitchen location between Sugarbush and deposit. No dogs. 802-318-1804. upstairs in nice owner occupied Mt. Ellen and near Mad River COLCHESTER: Lovely 2-bedroom JOHNSON: 2-bedroom house WINOOSKI: 2-bedroom, dogs house. Beautiful, large private Glen. $82,500. Owner, 802flat, yard, parking, huge storage and 1-bedroom apt. on 300-acre negotiable, clean, hdwd, new yard, gardens, woods, near bike 456-8850. shed. Pets OK. Avail. immediateestate. Avail. now through April. windows, 2 porches, tub shower, path/bus. Simply furnished or MIDDLESEX: 10.5 wooded acres ly. $1050/mo. Call Eric, 802Southern exposure, panoramic dining room, off-street parking unfurnished. NS/pets. Avail. on private road, cleared lot, 350 363-8776. views, ponds, hiking/ski trails. for 2. Avail. 11/1. $950/mo. 11/1. $500/mo. or $400/mo., ft. driveway, buried electric to 25 min. to Stowe/Smuggs. Apt., COLCHESTER: Waterfront 802-233-1556. northernproper Mon.-Fri. 802-862-4153. GFCI outlets on site. Buried $700/mo. incl. everything. w/sandy beach and gorgeous ty@together.net. SOUTH BURLINGTON: Queen phone conduit, perk tested, seaHouse, $1300/mo. + utils. 802sunsets! 2-bedroom, 3-bath, WINOOSKI: 2-bedroom house, City Park, 2-bedroom house, 2sonal brook, possible pond and 635-7889. floor-to-ceiling windows, W/D, 1x1-mortgage-022305 4:18 PM Page recently renovated, W/D, 1D/W, car garage, full basement. W/D,9/12/05 views w/clearing. Close to D/W, fireplace, pets negotiable. MONTPELIER: Large 2-bedroom parking, pets negotiable. Avail. gas fireplace. Beach, mooring, Montpelier and I89. 2 miles to Avail. 11/1-5/31. 802-846along the river, wood floors, 11/1. $950/mo. 802-578-5830. Red Rocks Park. NS. $1300/mo. Rumney Elementary. Liz or Jim, 9568. laundry hookup, D/W. NS/pets. + utils. Avail 11/1. 425-2910. WINOOSKI: 2-bedroom w/2 802-229-1295. $725/mo. + utils + refs + dep. + ESSEX: 146 Sandhill Rd. Lovely porches, hdwd, tub shower, new credit check. 802-862-7843. wooded setting. Convenient to appliances, upstairs in duplex. Free IBM. Modern, spacious 2-bedMORETOWN RIVER HOUSE: Off-street parking for 2, dogs Pre-Approval! room, $750/mo. 3-bedroom, $1600/mo. 4+ bedrooms, gas negotiable. NS. Avail. 10/1. $850/mo. Both have large yard, heat, new appliances, recently Mark R.Chaffee $850/mo. 802-233-1556. gas heat, on-site laundry, rubrenovated, fieldstone fireplace, I’m on top of WINOOSKI: 3-bedroom, 2(802) 658-5599 x11 bish, ample parking. Call large living room, great views of great room w/hdwd, porches, the real estate Parkside Properties, 802-229the Mad River, 2-bath, 2-acre lot, small fenced-in back yard. Great 0004. yard and garden. 802-496-3980. market every apt. for dogs. Gas stove and ESSEX CENTER: 3-5 bedroom MORETOWN: River view, large SOUTH HERO: Lakefront, furheat. $900/mo. Avail. 11/1. day to find house for rent. 1.5-bath. Large deck, unique 1-bedroom apt. nished house, 3+bedroom, 2802-434-8504. yard. Off-street parking. Gas w/loft, beam ceilings, very the home you bath, beach, dock and mooring. WINOOSKI: 3-bedroom condo. heat. Convenient location. light, yard, garden, gas heat. want. Spectacular views, sunsets. 20 $1200/mo. + utils, incl. washer, $800/mo. 802-496-3980. On bus route. $1750/mo. Call min. to Burlington. NS. Pets pets negotiable. Avail. 11/1. 802-879-1064. NORTH FERRISBURGH: 846•9580 negotiable. Avail. 11/1-6/1. 802-578-1702. Charming Country 3-bedroom ESSEX JUNCTION: Main St. 2$1000/mo. + utils. 802-434WINOOSKI: 82 Malletts Bay home. Beautiful grounds, open bedroom, downstairs, 1-bath, 6470. Ave. 1-bedroom. Clean, updated, floor plan. $1300/ mo. 802-425garage, pets OK. $825/mo. Call SOUTH HERO: Private home on new gas heat & appliances, tile, 4433 or 802-425-2862 ext. 2. Coburn & Feeley, 802-864-5200, Coldwell Banker Hickok & Boardman 7-acres w/750 feet of lakeshore. hdwd, very efficient, off-street ext. 229. RICHMOND: 2-bedroom, downBoat mooring, adjacent to 100 parking. $700/mo. +. No dogs. welcomehomevermont town. NS/pets. Heat incl. W/D ESSEX JUNCTION: Wrisley conserved acres. 2+ bedrooms. Cat OK. 802-373-4123. downstairs. $800/mo. Avail. Court. Avail. 11/1 or sooner. 2$1225/mo. + utils. Lease & WINOOSKI: Avail. 11/1, beautiKIM NEGRON, your mortgage 11/1. Call 802-343-2102. floors, 2-3 bedroom condo. deposit. 802-899-2080. ful large 2-bedroom w/character, professional. Call for a free pre$1000/mo. + condo fees. Car RICHMOND: Newly renovated. STOWE: 2-bedroom apt. Located wood floors, W/D, 3-season approval. CTX Mortgage, 802-864port, storage, D/W, W/D, fireNice 2-bedroom. Incl. parking, in great location on River Rd. glass porch, off st. parking, 4646 or www.KimNegron.com. place. 508-740-9522. gas heat, lawn care, garbage Avail. immediately. 6-month or quiet street, NS/pets, LIBERTYQUEST is Vermont’s and snow removal. $1100/mo. FAIRFAX: Clean 2.5-bedroom 1-year lease. $5000 for winter $1000/mo. + utils.& deposit. choice for mortgage lending. Our You pay elec. and cable. Lease second floor apt. in village setseason or $750/mo. for 1-year 802-310-9426. low rates will save you thoureq. 802-434-7636. ting, W/D, owner-occupied lease, + utils. Pets OK. NS. Call WINOOSKI: Avail. now. sands. Let us put our experience building. NS. Pets negotiable. RICHMOND VILLAGE: 1-bed802-343-2102 Renovated, medium-size, 2-bedto work for you. 802-764-6000, Avail. 10/16. $950/mo. incl. all. room apt. Bright, cheerful and STOWE: Ski chalet. Cute Aroom, full bath, gas, pkg., no LibertyQuestmortgage.com. Lease + dep. 802-849-9808. newly renovated. Avail. 11/1. frame w/loft for sleeping, locatpets. $860/mo. 802-862-7467. THINKING ABOUT selling your Year lease. Cats OK. $750/mo. JEFFERSONVILLE: Bright, spaed in secluded area, for rent for WINOOSKI: Great, large 2-bedhome? Find out what it’s worth! 802-363-8704. cious 2-bedroom apt. $750/mo. winter season for year lease. room recently remodeled apt. Call Debbi Burton today at 655incl. heat. 802-644-5303. RICHMOND VILLAGE: Located on River Rd. Avail. Wood floors, W/D, gas fireplace, 9229 for a free market analysis. Apartment for rent. Large, funky JERICHO: 1-bedroom apt. on 5 11/1. Pets OK, NS. Call 802large yard, private. NS. $1100/ Visit us at www.debbiburton.com. 1-bedroom. Avail. 12/1. W/D, acres. $750/mo. incl. utils. Pets 343-2102. $5000 for winter seamo. + utilities. 425-2910. cable, parking. NS/dogs. negotiable. 802-310-7287. son, 6-months or $750/mo. for WINOOSKI: Large, renovated 4$625/mo. + utils. 802-434JERICHO: 2-bedroom, 2-bath. 1-year lease, + utils. 6 bedroom, 2-bath. Avail. now. 7357. 1200 sq. ft. Quiet location, 1$1800/mo. Call Anne or Brian, car garage. $1000/mo. + utils. 802-660-3026. Refs. No pets. Avail. 10/15. Call Tom, 862-9700, ext. 12. Selling fast!!

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BURLINGTON: 3 rooms avail. Large, larger and largest. Perfect location, walk to river, parks, Intervale, UVM. W/D, nice kitchen, off-street parking, huge yard. $450-$550/mo. + 1/3 utils. NS. 802-310-7176. BURLINGTON: 343 College St. $450/mo. incl. utils. Avail. 11/1. Quiet environment in a shared house. 802-658-3965. BURLINGTON: Room avail. 11/1 in quiet, updated 3-bedroom house on Park St. w/yard, porch, hdwd, W/D, mo.-to-mo. lease. No pets. $550/mo. + 1/3 utils. 352-219-3546. BURLINGTON: Unique house, near UVM, gas heat. $400/mo. Avail. now. 802-878-3595. SOUTH BURLINGTON: Close to everything. Two adjacent rooms, private bath, W/D. $600/mo. + 1/3 utils. Secluded backyard. Avail. immediately. 802862-8860. SOUTH BURLINGTON: Come live with us. Room for rent in 2bedroom townhouse off of Shelburne Rd. $475/mo. + utils. Has on-site W/D, porch, parking, yard, spacious living room and kitchen. Must see Avail. now! 802-558-9629. SOUTH BURLINGTON: Room avail. 11/1 in partially furnished 2-bedroom, 1.5-bath condo. W/D, clean, conveniently located. $550/mo. + 1/2 utils. Please call 802-316-9818. WEEKLY AND NIGHTLY LODGING: European-style and equipped. Kitchen use, cable TV, great ambiance, on bus route. $175-$225/weekly. Maggie’s Inn, 324-7388, 324-3291, or ivanland@aol.com.

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ESSEX JUNCTION: Winter storage. Cars, pickups, boats, RVs. Champlain Valley Exposition. Info, call 802-878-5545 or email spetrie@cvfair.com. WARREN: Winter storage space avail. for small cars. November through April. 802-496-7111.

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I’M YOUR KNIGHT IN SHINING ARMOR: 43 YO DWPM, NS, in shape, hiker, camper, cyclist, canoeist. ISO caring, sharing, sincere S or DWPF, NS, 35-45 YO, for committed LTR. I will never stop believing in the magic of love! 9133

ATTRACTIVE 23 YO SWM, 5’7, 150 LBS., brown hair, green eyes, in very good shape, looking for an attractive SWF, 1827 YO, in Burlington to have fun w/and explore further friendship possibilities. 8942

SWM, 42 YO, LOOKING FOR A LAID-BACK SF, 35-42 YO who is into reading nonfiction, outdoor activities, is physically fit and being equal. Let’s hang out together and get to know one another. 9203

SWM, 25 YO, 6’, CURLY, BROWN HAIR. Enjoys computers, books, music, hiking, fine dining, philosophy. Have a great job, nice apartment. I’m agreeable, intelligent, open-minded, witty and carefree. ISO pretty SF w/a sharp mind. 9131

26 YO AMERICAN-MAKE, STRONG ENGINE, fine-tuned response, nice paint. Looking for a passenger. Must have nice bumper! 8933

ZOOM, ZOOM, ZOOM! LET’S MOTORCYCLE upon the roads less traveled. SPM, financially, emotionally secure, college grad., active and fit. ISO SF, 33-43 YO to share meaningful conversation, fine wine, swimming, hiking, scuba diving, trips to Montréal, your interests, possible LTR. 9198 BLUE-COLLAR GUY, WHITE-COLLAR MIND. SWM, 36 YO, 5’10, stocky, 250 lbs. Brown hair, blue/green eyes. ISO F between 26-42 YO, that is intelligent, easygoing and romantic. For companionship, possible LTR. 9197 WM, 37 YO, 190 LBS., 5’11, SEEKING F. I’m a romantic at heart. I like movies, snuggling and long walks in the park. Looking for romance and candlelight dinners out or, even better, at home. 9196

SWM, 42 YO, 6’, 200 LBS. INTELLIGENT, handsome, sensitive, etc. Who are you? Does your heart sing? Your laughter, I want to look into your eyes, wonder and giggle and praise life. Laugh w/me. 9289

SWM LOOKING FOR SWF, 30-50 YO WHO enjoys a lot of TLC. I love to walk, cuddle, dance. Trustworthy, honest, no head games. Seeking SWF w/same interests who loves to be pampered. 9194

WHIPS, CHAINS AND LEATHER: ISO women who are into the same and will try anything once. I’m single, 5’5, 135 lbs. Have toys to please you. Anyone interested, just call and leave number. Will answer all calls. 9285

SM, NS, MID-AGED, 5’9, 150 LBS., LIKE jazz, poetry, nature hiking, running, children, drawing, folk guitar, books, art, writing, photography, philosophy, woodworking, warm conversations, romantic times. Seeks a caring, open-minded, relaxed, NS woman. Respect, honesty and warm friendship for a foundation. 9192

OPTIMISTIC, SWEET AND RESPONSIBLE SWM, 42 YO, 5’11”. Kids OK. Love to be romantic. Want to know more? Try me. 9284 ACTIVE, HAPPY, DWPF, 49 YO, ENJOYS kayaking, riding, hike, alpine and Nordic skiing, movies, fine dining, cooking, reading, travel, home repair, biking, kids, dogs, conversation. Looking for someone to hang out with and do stuff. 9232 40 YO DWM, SEEKING F, 21-40 YO FOR friendship or LTR. Love to go for walks, movies, dinner or just cuddling. Love children. Get back to me and let’s see what can happen. 9225 WANTED: EX-PORN STAR OR WANNABE. In-shape 45 YO SM looking for same. Not bald. D/D-free, you be, too. LTR desired. No fatties. Skiers a +. Romantic gentleman at your disposal. Life is too short. 9214

36 YO, SEXY, ESTABLISHED, FAITHFUL, fit DWM, 5’8” seeks friendship for adventurous outdoor activities. You: 23-36 YO, sexy, sharing, caring, pleasing, teasing, faithful, like getting dirty twisting sheets or playing. Must enjoy some time w/young son if considering LTR. 9190 SWM, 38 YO, HANDSOME M LOOKING TO meet a nice lady between 24-42 YO for LTR. Start out as friends and then see. I am 5’7, 165 lbs., blue eyes, brown hair. 9150 31 YO SWM, 6’, BROWN HAIR, BROWN eyes, musician. Looking for SWF, 21-35 YO for fun, movies, biking, etc. I’m easygoing and romantic. Leave message if interested. 9140

ATTRACTIVE, ARTISTIC, TOLERANT, BIGhearted, sexy, well-traveled, 40s, European DPM, financially/emotionally secure ISO trustful, intellectually and spiritually stimulating relationship w/attractive, independent, open-minded Asian woman. No head games. 9114 ME: GOOD-LOOKING 21 YO SWM WHO IS spontaneous, caring, loves movies, books, hip-hop concerts, traveling and import tuning. Holla back. 9110 SEARCHING FOR A HEART: DWM, LOW 50s, 5’9, 150 lbs., youthful, open-minded, desirable and adventurous. Recreational biker, hiker, boater, skier. Love travel, music and movies. Seeking someone to share laughter and fun times. 9109 BIG, TALL, HANDSOME HUNK, 6’1, 230 lbs., good build, athletic, enjoy the outdoors, bicycling, swimming, hiking and sun bathing. Ready to open the windows of my heart to a warm, caring and sensitive F w/same interests. Let’s talk. 9108 SWPM, 55 YO FIT, FULL-TIME LOVER OF life, part-time father, tie-dyed-in thehemp hippie, happy, hardworking, humane, sense of humor, art, beauty, wonder, sensitive, sensual, soul searching, sunlit, wind riding, China Cat Sunflower. ISO similar someone else. 9104 ENJOY LIFE TOGETHER! DWM, YOUNG, 42 YO, smoker, seeks slender to averagebuilt woman, 30-52 YO, who enjoys classic rock, dancing, good food and drink, camping, Nascar, sports, Jacuzzi, movies and can be as affectionate as me. 9100 IN TERMS OF MEETING SOMEONE; KINDness, sincerity, honesty and an open mind are important to me. I would love to find someone who likes romantic moments and cuddling. It would be a bonus if they also liked to dance. 9029 HANDSOME SWM, 21 YO, 6’1, SHORT, dark-brown hair/blue eyes, student/single dorm. ISO a sweet, 18-23 YO F, attractive, communication skills/expressive, constructive. Own transport/late nights. 9014

SPM, 37 YO, FIT, ARTICULATE, GOODlooking and stable, seeking SF, 25-37 YO 1 fun, games, conversation and possible for LTR. I love to play, talk, touch, listen and ride anything w/two wheels. Let’s talk! 8929

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1-888-420-BABE 1-900-288-3388 1-473-444-2311 SWPM, 35 YO, 6’1”, 165 LBS., HONEST, caring, open-minded. Loves traveling, Asian culture/food, cats, walks, outdoors or staying home, movies and much more. ISO honest, Caring, open and healthminded SAF for friendship or LTR. Let’s enjoy life together. 8923 ATTRACTIVE, FIT, 33 YO PSWM, 6’1, brown hair/eyes, part redneck, part indie rocker, ISO kind, attractive, down-toearth, open-minded F, 27-35 YO, who likes laughing, traveling, good conversation and who isn’t terrified at the thought of staying in on a Friday w/a good movie and take-out. 8921 FINDING NEVERLAND: PETER PAN DESperately seeking Wendy. SWM, 50s, 5’6, seeks cute, sexy, hot, younger woman to help find Neverland and live happily ever after. 8917 FALLING THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS. 43 YO M w/creative abundance and questionable ambition, offers himself totally to natural beauty who can make time stop. Explore trust, boundaries and the delicate human condition w/humor and presence. DTB T-shirt optional. 8915 SEEKING WOMAN TO DANCE UNDER THE starlight on the rock. 185 YO private farm, sunflower silhouettes, organic gardens, chickens. Restoration to period in progress. Be alive, be slender, perchance BI, I am. Yearn to share my peace in Eden. 8912

SKI, SNOWSHOE, HIKE W/HONEST, FIT, humorous, intelligent, financially secure SPM. Seeking adventurous, active, funloving SF, 35-45 YO to share meaningful conversation, fine wine, traveling, dining out and home-cooked meals w/romantic, confident animal lover. Friendship first, possible LTR. 8909 SWM, 43 YO, GOOD-LOOKING, SEEKING a woman who is as tired of being alone as I am. You are 37-48 YO and must enjoy an old-fashioned, one-woman guy and lots of cuddling. 8908

women > women ARE YOU SINGLE? HAVE A SINGLE GAL pal? Looking to make new friends or (gasp) date? We are two warm, intelligent, fun-loving dyke buddies who love meeting new people but hate the bar scene. Imagine - a blind double date! 9398 SHIPS IN THE NIGHT LOOKING FOR LOVE. SGWF, 40s. ISO LTR w/someone whose heart melts when being seduced. I have first-class taste for life and women. Are you demure and a lady? Adventures await. 9380 INTELLIGENT, FUNNY, CARING, HONEST, did I mention attractive? Professional, seeking pretty much the same. Don’t forget sexy. If you have a butch-y side, but are not butch-obssessed, give me a call. Looking to get to know someone w/some fun on the side. 9224 35 YO LOOKING TO SPEND TIME W/A new friend who is authentic and complements my interests. Travel, leisurely strolls, movies, simple, thought-provoking discussions and more. ND, NS, NA, no games, honesty a must. Not currently looking for relationship. 9124

men > men 23 YO SGM, 5’ 11, 155 LBS., STUDENT, attractive and slim, seeking SGM or BIM, 18-25 YO and attractive for sexual encounters w/no commitment, can be very discreet, new to the area and looking for some fun! 9413 FIT, MATURE 60 YO +, HIGHLY CHARGED, versatile, experienced, endowed, culture and nature lover. Burlington area. Looking to share good times in/out of doors. What’s your taste? Why not give it a try? 9382 55 YO BEAR SEEKS CUT M W/ORAL FIXation for give-and-take get-togethers. St. Albans area. Age, race unimportant. 9322

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>> PLACE ONE FOR FREE GM NEEDING AUTUMN IN VT AND NOT to modulate into thin air. Who cares, you ask? Maybe me. Write me a letter or leave me a message, I need companionship, the modality of living in VT, as is, with fall foliage about to appear before our very eyes. 9309 AM ISO TOP M, 21-45 YO. MUST BE IN good shape, discreet, not overweight, not fem. Burlington area only. W/B/LM a +. 9305 M COMPANION WANTED: GWM, 32 YO, good-looking, average build. Seeking someone, 18-40 YO only, for casual dating. Like to go to the movies, bowling, out to eat or watching movies at home. 9283 LOOKING FOR HOT GUYS UNDER 25 YO who want complete servicing on demand. No reciprocation necessary. Just kick back and relax. I’m attractive, 32 YO and love to please. I’ve got the place. I’m discreet. Hell, I’ll even drive! 9282

ISO GM, WHO IS EXPERIENCED OR VERSAtile, for long-lasting, raw affection. Potential for a real relationship if we get along. Queer-acting or S-acting, all are welcome. 9036 GWM, 33 YO, ATTRACTIVE, CLEAN AND eager seeking clean, attractive, S/BI/curious/MA guys in need of discreet encounters. I can host, am D/D-free and very discreet. Call now, I’m ready! 9034 ARE YOU A BIM OR EXPERIMENTING S who wants discreet relief from a receptive M? Or, do you want to go slow w/friendship first? Your choice. Call me. Southern Addison County. 9007

bi seeking ? CURIOUS MA 37 YO BIM SEEKS SAME for fun. Any age. NS, D/D-free. Southern Addison County. Let’s explore together. 9421

LET THE PROFESSOR TEACH YOU HOW TO love and be wanted. I am a good-looking GBM, early 40s, 155 lbs., 5’9, professional. ISO LTR. Into M who have a social-justice orientation. 9226

MABIF LOOKING FOR DOMINANT BIF. I’ve been bad and need a spanking. Will you punish me? Willing to please. You: discreet, fun and love being in control. Call, I promise you will not be disappointed. 9320

BIWM, 40S, LOOKING FOR COLLEGE GUY who would like a weekend getaway to study and relax in country home. Hot tub available. No drugs/smokers. Call w/name and number. 9191

A SWEET BLONDE IN CENTRAL VT AREA looking for F, 25-45 YO for fun and frolic. Must be outgoing, flexible and at least average shape. Big boobs a +. No games, single guys or CU, please. 9311

60 YO, 6’5, 240 LBS., SEEKS SIMILAR FOR LTR. I enjoy dining out, quiet nights together. Give me a call. You will not be disappointed. 9188

BIWDM ISO MIDDLE-AGED M FOR DISCREET encounters. Can travel or entertain. Day or evenings. 9306

BIWM, 40 YO, WELL-EDUCATED AND well-hung. New to this game, but excited. If interested in a great time of fun and friendship, please call. You won’t be disappointed. All ages and races, please feel free to call. Thanks. 9146 26 YO SGM, CHISELED BODY, GOOD-LOOKing, seeking SGM for fun, games, conversation and possible LTR. Love to play, talk and touch. Let’s talk! 9137 FIT, MASCULINE, OUTDOORSY GUY LOOKing for playmates. 40s, hairy, hippie guy seeking younger buds. Whether out biking in the woods, on the motorcycle or naked and sweaty, I’m open-minded for whatever. Into facial hair, active guys, 420friendly. 9042

LOOKING FOR A SPECIAL FRIEND THAT likes to go out yet can have fun at home alone and likes to have sex a lot. Be honest, D/D-free. If you’re looking for a discreet good time, give me a call. 9235 BIM, 31 YO, LOOKING FOR SHE-MALE for erotic, full-body massage. Let me work my fingers in and out. Lingerie a must. No LTR, see where it goes! 9212 BIM SEEKING STABLE BOYFRIEND OR girlfriend. I’m hot, sexy, playful and wild in bed, but I’m also a mess. Take me to bed, get to know me and you’ll fall in love w/me. 9041 27 YO BIF LOOKING FOR BIF I CAN HOLD close during a scary movie. Someone I can go on a hike w/and enjoy the sunset w/and the stars that follow. 8947 DOES YOUR WIFE RESPECT YOUR HAIRY chest like you really need? 5’9, 43 YO, 175 lbs., 7+, brown/blue, good-looking. Wants one rugged dude to worship. Hot, private, discreet. Camp south of Burlington. 8911

just friends DO YOU LOVE THE OUTDOORS? I AM A 30-something SWM interested in making friends w/other M/F who enjoy hiking, backcountry/XC skiing, winter hiking, snowshoeing and nature observation. The snow will be here before we know it! 9400 40-SOMETHING YO M SEEKS COFFEE AND conversation companions of any gender, age or background. I live in Chittenden County but am able to use some gasoline to get caffeine if you live elsewhere. Respond to box. 9371 IN 1950 I CAME HERE AS A BABY GIRL and now I’m wondering, where are all the “boys” who like Celtic music, dancing, coffee-shop conversations, gentle walks in the woods and through city streets? 9234

couples seeking... MACU LOOKING FOR BIF FOR SOME FUN. Would like long-term friendship, not just a one-time thing, 9375 SWM 50S ISO FEMALES OR COUPLES FOR adult fun, can film, clean and discreet. 9321 WANTED: CU, WOMEN AND SELECT M FOR the premier swing event of the year! Will be hosted in Burlington area in November. Please call to respond to reserve your spot. A few spots will be available for select SM. 9189 PIERMONT, N.H.: FOR ADULT FUN. AGE/ race not important. Can entertain in our home. Cleanliness and discretion very important. 9105 NEW YORK STATE: CU SEEKING BF FOR adult fun. This will be our first time. A + if you are first-timer. Some experience OK. Any race or age. All calls will be answered. Please be discreet, young children. 9101 DOMINANT M W/SUBMISSIVE F SEEKS submissive for same. My girl begs, now it’s her turn to crack the whip. What a nice guy I am! You be: polite, safe and good-looking, too. 9002 CU SEEKING F FOR ADULT FUN. MUST BE clean and discreet. Contact us, we’re for real. 8924

men seeking... 31 YO M LOOKING FOR BI OR BI-CURIOUS F w/nice, sexy body. Do you like to show off your body? Interested in exploring sexually? Let’s hook up. 9425

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WELL ENDOWED? 8” OR LONGER? You’re my M! 50 YO SBIM will appreciate you the way you deserve. Montpelier area is best, but will gladly travel further. I am extremely discreet and will respect your needs. 9418 SUBMISSIVE 35 YO, 165 LBS., CD ISO dominant 40-50 YO M for fun or possible LTR. You can dress me up in whatever you desire. I won’t disappoint. 9381 40 YO MAWM, ATTRACTIVE, FIT, WELL endowed, generous, orally talented. Love to give, never receive. ISO orally talented F, 18-35 YO. Give a little, get a lot. Looks unimportant. Nice butt a +. 9370 THIS SUGAR DADDY AWAITS YOUR CALL, so let the fun and games begin. Time is wasting, give me a call. All calls answered. 9295 SWM, 42 YO, 165 LBS., VERY SWEET and friendly. Looking for F for massage exchange once or twice/month. No money or sex. Trust established first, then clothing-optional. Honesty and integrity a must. Like to wear a Speedo. Attractive, slender to medium desired. 9294 PASSIONATE FIREMAN ISO HOT, PASSIONate, sexy F needing a volunteer, long-hose fireman w/experience, to extinguish her raging, hot fire. Emergency service can be obtained by calling this ad number. No drugs or head games. 9291 JUST FOR FUN: ISO F (S) TO ENTERTAIN. Amateur, wannabe M stripper will perform for you if you have a good sense of humor and a fun attitude. Fantasy fulfillment. You/me above average. Call. 9286 HEALTHY, FIT AND GOOD-LOOKING. 33 YO. Seeking F w/like qualities for excellent sex. No strings. Let’s explore each other. 9236 OPEN-MINDED 25 YO M, GOOD-LOOKING, fun, seeking CU, F, M, to watch for pleasure, maybe more. Serious inquires only. Let’s talk. 9199 SM, LATE 30S, LOOKS MUCH YOUNGER, athletic, handsome, sexy and hot body, well-endowed, D/D-free, very experienced, seeks to sexually satisfy married or single F. If your fantasy is no strings, intense sexual encounters w/a hot guy, call me. 9103 SUBMISSIVE, PANTY-WEARING BOTTOMboy, 40 YO, thin. ISO top M, CDs, for some fun. Be 18-50 YO, clean and healthy. 9008 WPM ISO S/MA/DWPF. SEEKING ROMANtic friendship w/real lady, long-legged, small-busted, needing loving, personal attention. Don’t be shy, it’s my first time, too. No commitment desired now. Let’s meet soon for casual conversation and values. 9004

SWM, 30S, 5’10”, 150 LBS. W/A PASsionate, wild side. Not rich, but I work. ISO uninhibited, submissive F. Race unimportant. Let’s talk about likes/dislikes. 9003 SWM, 50 YO, LOOKS YOUNGER, SEEKS Asian girls, 18-30 YO for casual, discreet fun. Must be petite. Looking for the perfect woman. Call, you won’t be sorry. 8916 GOOD-LOOKING SBM LOOKING TO MEET one F, 25-50 YO. Life can be so much fun. Some strings or no strings. 8914

i spy NOW I SPY AN ANGEL IN THE SKY, GIRLS falling from heaven. You were 40’ above the beach and so cool! Please let me buy you dinner. One hour of your time. You made my day! 9424 I SPY A CUTE THEATER GIRL FROM Clinton. She has a nice butt that is built in, she has a great smile, from the C/Wall w/style. We’re gonna party in New Year like sin. 9423 TARZAN: KISS ME UNDER THE STREET lights and in the middle of busy streets and our secret will be safe forever. 9422 10/5, IN LINE AT CITY MARKET. WE were in our pajamas. You were buying flowers, for yourself. Can we pick a green pepper bouquet for you some day? 9420 10/3, CHURCH ST. YOU: ESCHER TATTOO, black hair and scarf. I was the guy sitting on the bench w/a friend. You walked by and I felt like we were on the verge of an introduction and perhaps more. Interested? 9417 RHAPSODY, MONTPELIER, 10/4. YOU: petite cutie, no rings, wonderful smile w/a $26 take-away order, credit-card machine very slow. You checked out art on way out. Me: bicycle helmet and bottle of ice tea. I am single, sane, secure and smitten by your smile. I hope you might care to share some sushi with me sometime. You can never have too many books, too many friends or too much chocolate. Hey, you never know! 9416 BINKY: I’M SO GLAD YOU STUMBLED INTO my house, fell off my bed and got stuck between it and the wall. You make my stomach hurt - for real. 9415 BEN & JERRY’S ICE CREAM DELIVERY man, looking for Atwater in Middlebury on 9/30. Instead, you found us and made our day w/your gift! We’d love to give you directions any time! Many thanks! 9414

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MONTPELIER: WE SPIED YOU, HEATHER, at Charlie O’s, in early August. You bought us drinks, provided us w/a nightcap, but then you missed the after party. We want to return the favor. 9412 I SPY A FELLOW EARTH PRIME SHOPPER in the Borders Cafe. You: red-checked shirt, eating a plain bagel w/cream cheese. Me: leaning over the railing above you and reading the same comic. Will you be my super hero? 9411 TO THE SEXIEST COWBOY I’VE EVER SEEN. You are my dream come true. I am so lucky to have you. You deserve the entire ocean and the happiness it brings to you. I hope to give endlessly. 9409 BERLIN ST., MONTPELIER, 9/28, 3:20 p.m. I spied a pretty little lady in a blue and gray Toyota turning on to Main St. I was in the big green truck. We made eye contact and smiled. How about dinner? 9408 TO THE WONDERFUL M WHO OFFERED ME an extra ticket to Leo Kottke and Mike Gorden on 10/25. I would love to experience the music and dance with you. 9407 SAW YOU AT ART HELPS W/GREEN SHIRT. Then on 10/4, outside Homeport. You: white shirt and glasses, blue jeans, petite w/flowing, dark hair w/orangeish at the bottom, green Frisbee. I had bag, black T and tattoos. I wish I wasn’t shy, you’re the most beautiful person I have ever seen. 9405 BERLIN WAL-MART, 9/17: BATHROOM aisle. You: brown hair, nice eyes, jeans w/paint. Me: long, dark, curly hair, green shirt, black glasses. I said, “too much choice.” Wish we could talk more. 9404 I SPY STEVE THE DRYWALL GUY. YOUR humor and kindness are intoxicating. We met at FAHC in the elevator. Coffee or night cap possible? 9403

I SPY A STATUESQUE MIDWESTERN blonde who’s been traveling around this country and finally landed in VT. You seem like the type of lady I love to love. Could I take you out for hot soup while you’re in town? 9390 TO THE PETITE BRUNETTE HONEY AT RJ’S last Thursday who talked about my ‘big secret’ while waiting for the bathroom. Just ask and you can take it for a test drive. 9388 TONY! PICK UP THE PHONE ALREADY! Miss you! 9387 OGE: WE WERE CHECKING OUT STUFF sacks and you were heading to France for 2 weeks. Hope you’re back safe and would like to share travel tales over some Lapsang Souchong? 9386

I SPY A PRIUS, AND ANOTHER, AND another. I’d love to meet some or all of you and talk, travel and mingle. Maybe even start a club, there is no limit. 9372

HALLIE AND SARA: YOU WERE OUR sirens. Our journey on the Long Trail was nicely touched by our brief meeting. Hope you made it out in time. Thanks for the Nag Champa. Namaste. 9296

9/24, FAHC. THANKS, CHRIS AND JERRY, two EMTs that made an evening at the ER entertaining! Me: young blonde w/chest pains. Jerry, you said your week hadn’t been great. Hoping to change that. Still need a date? 9318

BEAUTIFUL, BLONDE, BLUE-EYED Russian girl, Uncommon Grounds, 9/18. We exchanged glances. You light me up. Let’s meet and talk. 9288

9/28, CHURCH ST., IN FRONT OF NECI. You: red sweater, black backpack, long, dark hair, walking w/male friend. Me: sitting on bench reading, overheard your lament. Your 4-year wait is over. Have a good day! 9317 9/27, SPEEDER & EARL’S, PINE ST. Cute, athletic Plainfield woman studying for EMT in the sun. Wanted to talk w/you more but had a meeting. Care to rendezvous for an outdoor activity? 9315

TO THE SEXY HOWARD CENTER SUB GONE driver to just gone. I used to see you around Pearls but you’ve gone domestic on me. Why don’t you ditch that old lady and get me up to speed? 9399

I SPY A GOOD FRIEND RETURNING HOME from a long hike. Burlington has missed your smiling face. Welcome back, Jess! 9313

EMPIRE STRIKES OUT: MONTPELIER RALLY. I suggested your sign had multiple meanings. Want to meet up? We can ponder Darth Vader’s childrearing and the demise of that New York team. I’d love to see your warm smile again. 9394 9/30, TO THE LOVELY BRUNETTE SPORTing the self-promoting red T-shirt. Yes, you. I think brunettes are hot right now, too. I wish you had been the high bidder. Can I take you out on a date anyway? 9393 TO THE FOXY, FAXING AMBER-REDHEAD. You should stop by some other evening. 9392 DO YOU FIT THE CAR? I-89 NORTH bound, 10/2. If so, call me! You have an intriguing smile that melted me to the point of waving my phone number on a piece of paper at you. 9391

I SPY MARK, THE CUTE REDHEAD AT 135 Pearl. I liked you. You seemed different than all the others. Not your cup of tea? Could have been something magical. I’ll sing a song for you! 9298

WHERE IS MY DUNKIN DONUTS STALKER? I miss your sweet smile! 9379

SUNSET ROCK, 9/27: YOU HAVE A BLACK dog named Bella and a kind spirit. I had the black Lab and my friend’s son offered you the stick. Take the dogs for a hike sometime? 9401

10/1 AT 1/2: SOME GUY IN A RED SHIRT. My two friends and I were having drinks outside for my birthday and you paid for a bunch of them. We tried to find out who you were, but you were gone. 9395

SMC GIRL FROM SARATOGA: MY DOG and I met you and your parents on Church St., 9/23. Jake wants to know if you’ll go on a hike w/us sometime. He’s got lots more hugs to give. 9299

TO MY MARY: I SPY YOU AT WATERFRONT Video all the way from Chicago. I miss our nights of Fat Albert and Queen. My hair is growing longer, hopefully to your liking. 9297

SWEETER THAN JELLY, HOTTER THAN butter, more magical than the harvest moon suspended over Knight’s. You never cease to amaze me! Divine grace is needed to thank you for the gifts you bestow! 9314

TO THE PERFECTLY ADORABLE CURLYhaired topo geek. We only met once, but you stole my heart. You’re just marvelous. I heard it through the grapevine that you and golfer guy are through. Give me a chance? 9396

9/22, 11 P.M., MAPLEFIELDS, ESSEX. You asked me about skydiving and said I intimidated you. Apparently I was intimidated, too, because I didn’t ask for your number. Second chance? 9301

I SPY A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY w/jaw-dropping blue eyes and long, brown hair at Mirabelles’ front counter. Maybe some morning I can serve you breakfast in bed, like you serve me. 9312 YOU: DARK, CURLY-HAIRED DJ AT RED Square. Me: shorty w/a big smile. Caught your eye outside. Maybe you could throw me a beat sometime? 9310 MOST AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL BLUE-EYED brunette walking across Pearl and N. Winooski Ave. w/cream-colored skirt and a pair of the hottest brown cowgirl boots ever! I was the blue-eyed boy in the black SUV waiting at the light. Would enjoy the presence of your face around more often. Hmmm? 9308 MELISSA: THANKS FOR ANSWERING ALL of my silly banking questions! I’ve run out of excuses to see you, but I still owe you a favor. Want to talk about something other than money? 9304 SQUIRREL NEST: I MISS YOU. YOUR trampoline was disappointing, but you more than made up for its lack of bounce. 9303 TO THE P.Y.T. IN MUDDY WATERS, 9/24. You need some T.L.C. I’ll take you there. 9302

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Respite Community Support Person: Looking for an enthusiastic and energetic individual to provide respite for a developmentally disabled young man living in the Hinesburg area. This man can enjoy many physical activities within the community. Communication and some personal care support required. Excellent reimbursement for meaningful work.

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Howard Center for Human Services Community Support Clinician: Full-time position available to support persons with psychiatric disabilities in Chittenden County. Work as part of a multi disciplinary team providing creative problem solving, advocacy, resource development, case management, counseling and crisis support. Direct services to clients, families and the community. BA or Master’s degree in human services field and experience with persons with serious and persistent mental disorders preferred. Please submit resumes to:

Do great things for yourself by helping your community! AmeriCorps® Resident Services Coordinator position at the Rockingham Area Community Land Trust. Exciting full-time service opportunity. Assess resident needs for services, develop services advisory committee, and work to ensure everimproving and vital resident services and empowerment. $11,900 living allowance and $4725 upon successful completion of service period. Other benefits include health insurance, child care, possible loan forbearance and training opportunities. 11-month service term. Cover letter and resume to: lobrien@vermontel.net or Operations Manager 24 Park Street Springfield, VT 05156. Review of applications begins immediately. EOE

Thomas Paquette LICSW 300 Flynn Avenue Burlington, VT 05401 Individuals with disabilities encouraged to apply. EOE/TTY.

Champlain Valley Head Start COUNTY SUPERVISOR (Addison): Responsibilities include: staff supervision and training; review and analysis of curriculum, lesson plans, individualizations and child outcomes assessment information; drafting plans for enhancing classroom and home-based preschool services; conducting file reviews, and classroom and home visit observations; facilitating recruitment and enrollment activities; management of program budgets, facilities, materials and equipment; facilitating community and collaborative partnerships, accreditation and licensing projects. Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education, Special Education, or related education field; 3 to 5 years relevant work experience; supervision experience. Demonstrated knowledge, understanding and experience in: developmentally appropriate early childhood practice; child outcome assessment; child behavior management; curriculum planning, development and implementation. Successful applicants must have excellent verbal and written communication skills; skills in documentation and record-keeping; proficiency in MS Word, Excel, email and Internet; exceptional organizational skills, attention to detail, and customer service skills. Must be energetic, positive, mature, professional, diplomatic, motivated, and have a “can-do, extra-mile” attitude. 40 hrs/week, approx. 43 weeks/year. Starting wage $16.25 per hour. Excellent benefits. A commitment to social justice and to working with families with limited financial resources is necessary. Clean driving record and access to reliable transportation required. Must demonstrate physical ability to carry out required tasks. People of color, and from diverse cultural groups, especially encouraged to apply. Equal Opportunity Employer. Please submit resume, cover letter and three work references. Applications must be received by Friday, Oct. 28. No phone calls, please. Applications may be sent by mail (to address below), fax (802-658-0983) or email: pbehrman@cvoeo.org.

Champlain Valley Head Start Search Committee — County Supervisor 431 Pine Street, Burlington, VT 05401

Vermont Land Trust Interested in working for a successful nonprofit to conserve Vermont’s productive landscape? Qualifications for the following positions include: desire to work flexibly as part of a collaborative team, confidence to take initiative and work in a self-directed fashion, and general understanding of and interest in land conservation. We hope to hear from individuals who are detail-oriented, adept with computers and technology, and relate well with people to fill the following full-time positions. Development Position in Montpelier for a hands-on fundraiser to support and advance the public profile and revenue of VLT. The ideal candidate will have knowledge of and demonstrated success in the many aspects of fundraising. Responsibilities include developing and implementing fundraising strategy and the enlistment of annual and major gifts. We are seeking someone experienced in creating and improving fundraising systems and databases; excellent writing and public speaking abilities; interpersonal and public relations skills. Familiarity with Raiser’s Edge preferred. Ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree and three to five years fundraising experience. ** Conservation and Stewardship Assistant in Richmond for a person adept at multi tasking to provide administrative, clerical and technical support. Duties include preparing and disseminating outreach materials, screening inquires, database management, creating GIS maps, organizing meetings and special events, and assisting with grant applications and budgets. Clerical work includes purchasing, reception/telephone, correspondence, copying, filing and mail. Experience with ArcView essential and digital photography preferred. Ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree in a natural resource field, and two to three years of office or project management experience. ** Conservation Field Assistant in Richmond for a person who is skilled at balancing field and office responsibilities, to work with owners of conserved land and be responsible for documenting and visiting conserved properties. Specific duties include conducting site work to prepare documentation reports and maps; monitoring the status of easements; and providing assistance to owners of conserved property. Experience with ArcView essential, and the ability to interpret real estate and legal documents preferred. Ideal candidate will have agriculture background, Bachelor’s degree, and two to three years of land conservation experience. Salary: $25,200. Positions will remain open until filled. **Salary to be determined based on experience. All positions include a comprehensive benefit package.

TO APPLY, SEND RESUME AND COVER LETTER TO: Search Committee Vermont Land Trust 8 Bailey Avenue, Montpelier, VT 05602 Please indicate position of interest. For more information and job description, visit www.vlt.org


employment@sevendaysvt.com | SEVEN DAYS | october 12-19, 2005 | 7D Classifieds 33B

EMPLOYMENT Graphic Designer To produce ads for monthly publication in fast-paced environment. Candidates must be proficient in Quark and Photoshop and have an eye for detail. Knowledge of Illustrator and Word a plus. Company benefits include 100% medical, two weeks vacation to start and 401k plan after one year of employment. Solid and stable work environment. Please apply by email to: fredb@morganhorse.com or mail Fred Braden AMHA 122 Bostwick Rd., Shelburne, VT 05482. No phone calls, please.

Howard Community Services A Division of the Howard Center for Human Services 102 S. Winooski Ave. Burlington, VT 05401 www.HowardCenter.org

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Looking for dynamic individual to be an integral part of a case management team that coordinates services for adults with developmental disabilities M-F. Candidate should be a team player and self-starter. Experience working with people with developmental disabilities preferred. Knowledge and experience in the areas of legal risk and DBT a plus. Full-time and requires minimum Bachelor’s degree in related field. Two to three years related experience preferred. Send resumes to Brian Gilbar or email BrianG@HowardCenter.org GUEST SERVICE ATTENDANTS Cortina Inn and Resort is a year-round resort hotel in Killington, Vermont. Seeking full-time staff and some interns for seasonal positions. Send resumes to:

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TRAINING SPECIALIST

Looking for an individual to provide community supports to an energetic and social female who enjoys swimming, biking and walking. She needs someone to assist her with her part-time job and physical therapy. Applicant should have a sense of humor and ability to set clear boundaries. M-F from 9:30-1:30, some flexibility in hours. Send resumes to Sheila Spencer or email SheilaS@HowardCenter.org.

SPECIALIZED COMMUNITY SUPPORT WORKER

Seeking dedicated and dependable individuals for positions to provide support to people with developmental disabilities in the community. Successful candidates will possess enthusiasm, commitment, flexibility and an ability to work within a team. Knowledge and experience of legal issues and DBT a plus. Submit resume and cover letter to Brian Gilbar or email at BrianG@HowardCenter.org.

PARK&SHUTTLE Burlington International Airport

Cashier/Valet Parkers Now hiring full-time 4pm - 12am. Part-time weekends 4pm - 12am also available. Clean driving record required.

Come in person weekdays 8am - 4pm 481 White St., So. Burlington, VT 05407

RESIDENTIAL INSTRUCTOR

This position offers a conscientious, detail- & team-oriented individual the chance to work with a funloving and energetic team of staff providing residential support and training to six developmentally disabled adults in basic living, vocational, social and community activities. Responsibilities also include personal care and household duties. Overnight hours during the week that provide extra shift differential payment. Send resumes to Lisa Marien or email LisaMA@HowardCenter.org.

TRAINING SPECIALIST

Dynamic team seeking 20 hours of afternoon community support for an active, fun loving, 30something gentleman. The perfect candidate would have a love of adventure and the outdoors. Bachelor’s degree in Social Services or related field, plus 2 years experience preferred. Send resumes to Jessica Fox Keller, or email to Jessicaf@HowardCenter.org.

SPECIALIZED COMMUNITY SUPPORT WORKER

Ideal for grad students, Nursing students or night owls. Two awake part-time overnight positions working with 5-year-old boy and family in Burlington area. This position supports his comfort and safety by assisting with repositioning, personal care and medical needs, and offers a shift differential payment. Send resume to Jolene Lovejoy at HCS, 102 So. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont 05401.

RESIDENTIAL INSTRUCTOR

Applicants must have exceptional crisis management skills and be experienced in working with adolescents with developmental and psychiatric disabilities in this part-time position. Excellent opportunity to work with adolescents with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Attachment difficulties, while receiving clinical supervision, participation in staff meetings, and working as part of a dynamic and skilled team. Weekend hours required and transportation of clients required. Send cover letters and resumes to Mark Margolis, MA or call 802- 860-3579 for more information. All positions listed above require a valid driver’s license and reliable transportation and offer excellent training, team support, benefits and compensation.

SPECIALIZED COMMUNITY SUPPORT WORKER

Individual needed to provide skilled community support to a 20-year-old woman on a part-time basis (10 hours/week) T&F after school. She enjoys bike riding, video games, bowling and racecars. Experience with developmental disabilities and behavioral challenges preferred. Valid driver’s license and dependable transportation required. Send resumes to Stephanie Favero or email at Stephanief@HowardCenter.org.

SPECIALIZED COMMUNITY SUPPORT WORKER

Seeking flexible, dependable, self-motivated, and creative individual to provide 15-hours/ week of community support in a variety of outdoor recreational and vocational settings for 29-year-old male. Successful candidates will possess an enthusiastic desire to work with a committed and dedicated support team as well as the necessary skills to compassionately practice therapeutic behavioral interventions. Please send resume and cover letter to Jim Hessler or email jimhe@HowardCenter.org.

PART-TIME SHARED LIVING PROVIDER NEEDED

Shared Living Provider/Support Worker needed for a very engaging and bright 19-year-old high school student. He has many interests including a very diverse taste in music and theater. He uses a computer to help him communicate since he is non-verbal and uses a wheelchair and needs assistance with personal care, although very little lifting is involved. He has his own van that goes with him wherever he goes so a valid driver’s license is required. This is an excellent and well-paying opportunity to work with this very likeable young man. Your home does not need to be wheelchair accessible but should have the capacity to become so. Please contact Kristin at 802-652-2146 for more information about this excellent opportunity.

***EOE/TTY Individuals with disabilities encouraged to apply ***


34B | october 12-19, 2005 | SEVEN DAYS | employment@sevendaysvt.com

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Zoning Administrator

We are accepting applications at Stowe’s only preferred Hotel & Resort.

The Town of Waitsfield is seeking a Zoning Administrator to oversee administration of Zoning and Subdivision Regulations. The Zoning Administrator will process applications; assist the Planning Commission and Board of Adjustment with application reviews, special projects, research and planning; prepare board agendas, minutes and decisions; issue permits; maintain records; and initiate zoning enforcement. The ideal candidate should have experience working with the general public and must be able to work effectively with elected and appointed Town officials. The ability to provide assistance to applicants and maintain good public relations is particularly important. Candidates must also demonstrate good organizational abilities, possess strong verbal and written communication skills and have experience or interest in the field of planning and zoning. Salary commensurate with experience. Send resume and cover letter to:

Waitsfield Town Office 9 Bridge Street, Waitsfield, VT 05673 or call 496-2218 for more information. EOE

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Developmental Services Respite Worker Lamoille County Mental Health has two vacant positions for respite workers to provide services to person individuals with developmental disabilities. One of the two positions requires involvement in after-school activities like sports and theater. Hours in both positions vary. Send resume and cover letter to Valerie LeGrand.

Team Leader Operational Care Worker Experienced housekeeper — member of the Care Home core staff. Works as a team member to ensure safety for clients and staff. Contributes toward establishing and maintaining respectful and dignified atmosphere for clients and helps maintain home to meet standards for licensing. Ability to order supplies, maintain inventory and keep within a budget. Qualifications: AS degree with housekeeping experience required. Call Leslie Slingerland at 888-7323.

Residential Substitute Workers Ongoing need at both group home and Copley House. Work as needed. Applicants must be willing to do awake overnights and weekend hours. Interested persons contact Lynn McDermott at 635-7174 or Leslie Slingerland at 888-7323.

Intake Therapist LCMH Children’s Program seeks a qualified professional with strong diagnostic and clinical assessment skills to ensure a comprehensive intake and assessment is provided to all clients entering services. The candidate should possess a strong commitment to promoting family stability, self-advocacy and independence and achieving these outcomes through collaborative relationships with partner agencies and schools. Master’s degree in mental health counseling, social work, psychology or equivalent required.

Developmental Homes if interested call Amy Richardson at 888-5513 ext. 143. Seeking a transitional developmental home to assist woman in her 30s with two young children in becoming more independent. If you have two extra bedrooms in your home or an attached apartment, consider helping this family gain the skills needed to live independently. Tax-free stipend, room and board, and training provided. Developmental home for a woman in her early 70s. Home must be handicapped-accessible and in Lamoille County. A wonderful opportunity for the right person who is able to work as part of a team with a willingness to open your home and heart. Tax-free stipend, room and board, and training provided.

Lamoille County Mental Health Services, Inc. 520 Washington Highway Morrisville, VT 05661 Lamoille County Mental Health Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer


employment@sevendaysvt.com | SEVEN DAYS | october 12-19, 2005 | 7D Classifieds 35B

EMPLOYMENT Since 1977, Burton Snowboards has been driven to create the best snowboarding equipment in the world. We believe in a strong work ethic and are committed to working as a team to achieve our goals and can truly say this is appreciated by everyone in the company.

S TAT E O F V E R M O N T For the people…the place… the possibilities.

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The Department of is seeking three new functional experts to compliment Department ofHealth Tourism and Marketing their current program leaders in the development and implementation of a Tell Vermont’s story to the world. Experienced professional systematic approach (Blueprint) to managing Chronic Disease. Self sought to lead the Department of Tourism & Marketing’s Management (Ref. #21347): Serve as expert on individual behavior change that public and trade relations efforts. Responsible for all media focuses on adopting healthy behaviors and making informed health care relations in-state and out-of-state; press release development; decisions. Provider Practice and Health Systems (Ref. #21346): Collaborate pitching targeted story ideas totoregional and national media; with and lead health program leaders focus their work on improving the development of press trips and itineraries; management delivery of health care services, health insurance and clinical practicesof and media contactoflists; andBlueprint supportpolicies. for Vermont’s international implementation consistent Community (Ref. #21360): Montpelier Full-Time. Apply public relation Collaborate closelyinitiatives. with department leaders–inExempt, improving the health of Vermont’s communities through community activation, of coalition by resume, writing samples and a minimum threedevelopment, references creating changeCommissioner, and support services that assist residents in to Sybilenvironmental Chicoine, Deputy 6 Baldwin Street, adopting and maintaining healthy lifestyles. Montpelier, VT 05633. Application Deadline: 10/10/03. Log onto www.vermontpersonnel.org job description. For more information contactfor Ellen Thompson (802)951-1215 or ethomps@vdh.state.vt.us. Burlington – Three, full-time positions. Open until filled.

This position assembles and ships packages. Responsibilities include assembling, wrapping and/or packaging materials in envelopes, boxes or other containers; stamping, typing or writing addresses on packaged materials; handling and recording that packages are shipped correctly by mail, common carrier or courier service. Requisitions and stores materials to maintain stock. Qualified candidates will be organized, have strong computer skills, and the ability to frequently lift and move up to 50 pounds. One to two years shipping experience preferred. Position runs through February.

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To place an employment ad call Michelle Brown 865-1020 x 21 BUS DRIVERS — Drivers needed immediately for Chittenden South Supervisory Union. Great starting salary and benefits. Field trips and athletic trips available. Guarantee of hours per week. We will train qualified personnel. Call Ken Martin at 482-7120 for more details. CSSU INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TECHNICIAN — Position Summary: To set up, maintain, troubleshoot, do minor repairs of computers and computer networks in the school, and support the Network Administrator in the areas of infrastructure and user management. Responsibilities to include: Computer set-up, maintenance and inventory. Diagnose hardware problems; work with vendor tech support. Support the Network Administrator in management of the school network, including switches, printers, and network connectivity and user accounts. Preferred Qualifications: Bachelors, Associate’s or Vocational/Technical degree in Computer Science or equivalent certifications in PCs and networks. Must be proficient with Windows XP operating system, Microsoft Office, software installation, printer installation and support and networks infrastructure. Please apply online to www.schoolspring.com. Full job description available online.

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ESSENTIAL EARLY EDUCATION — One-on-One Assistant Charlotte Central School is currently looking for a part-time Essential Early Education 1:1 Assistant (T/W/Th from 7:30 a.m.–1 p.m.). This position is a school-year position for an individual interested in gaining valuable experience and training in a supportive environment with competitive pay and benefits. Please mail or email your resume to Charlotte Central School, attn: Kathie Wagner, 408 Hinesburg Road, Charlotte, VT 05445 or kwagner@cssu.org. For more information, call 425-2771, ext. 156.


36B | october 12-19, 2005 | SEVEN DAYS | employment@sevendaysvt.com

7D CLASSIFIEDSEMPLOYMENT basicEparts Great little company …Growing…

Looking for a career and not just a job, then please read on. We are wholesale distributors of Electronic Components located in Charlotte. With over 26 years of experience in the industry, we have a solid foundation that we continue to build on. We are looking for energetic, self-motivated individuals with a passion for excellence to join us. If you fit the following: • Minimum 3 years work experience. • Good work ethics; professional and punctual. • Comfortable working in a computer-based environment. • Organized and able to comply with set procedures. • Able to work under pressure with minimum supervision. • Good interpersonal skills. • Team player - enjoy being part of a growing team. • Not shy to work hard and play hard. We want to meet you.

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Creative Services Group Director

Description: Fuse is seeking a Director for our Creative Services Group. The individual in this position is responsible for profitable operation of the agency’s Creative work in the Creative Services Group. This includes overseeing the group’s business, directing, developing and supervising Creative Services client and Fuse projects, group human resource management (hire, supervision, coaching and training of staff), senior level client relations and leading or assisting in group new business activities. Fuse Creative Services Group provides the following services: • Graphic design website and interactive media development • Packaging / POP development • Video production • Advertising development [as opposed to planning and purchasing, etc.] • Photo shoot management

Warehouse Supervisor: Minimum 3 years experience in similar capacity essential. Familiar with all aspects of warehousing including: pick, pack and shipments. Highly organized with good housekeeping initiative. Able to function independently.

Education and Experience: Bachelor’s degree in design, advertising, marketing, or related field preferred. 5+ years of relevant Creative Services experience. 3+ years of work in action / adventure sports / youth culture-related business.

Salesperson: We also are interviewing to add another telephone salesperson. Protected accounts, some cold calls, some “fall in your lap” calls. We sell semiconductors and component parts to factories.

The individual must have experience planning, managing and supervising detailed creative services initiatives and client management. The individual will work in Fuse’s Burlington, Vermont, office. Please send resume and cover letter to:

Call 425-5800 for appointment to interview www.basiceparts.com

Home Provider Support team is looking for a family or single woman to share their home in Franklin County with a woman who has a developmental disability and has been diagnosed with dementia. She enjoys music, visiting, church, her cat and socializing. Our goal is to assist her in remaining an active member of her community. NCSS will provide training, respite, stipend and support. Home Providers will work closely with Services Coordinator and other team members to support this individual. Please contact Louise Beaudoin at 524-6555 ext. 622 for more information.

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Resolution, Inc., an e-commerce customer care and fulfillment services company is currently seeking the following positions:

CUSTOMER CARE CENTER SALES REPS Sales reps needed on night shift to answer inbound calls for nationally recognized clients. Position requires maximizing sales opportunities through up selling and cross selling, providing an excellent customer experience, and entering orders in a fast paced environment. Ideal candidates will be sales focused and have good

Medical Transcriptionist Typist needed for Medical Transcription, correspondence, etc. Must be a team player, accurate, efficient and have excellent spelling and grammar skills. 20 hours per week, flexible daytime hours. Typing 50+ wpm. Microsoft Office for Windows and Transcription skills required. Medical terminology is a plus. Send cover letter and resume to the address below.

computer and typing skills. Reliability and a positive attitude required. Positions are available in the evening and weekends with the possibility of full-time status. Bonus & performance based incentive program. If you have what we are looking for please call 877-447-4253 or mail resume.

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Child Care Referral Specialist Join a dynamic team working to support families using childcare in our community. Rewarding work connecting families to registered and licensed child care providers, educating parents on how to identify a high-quality childcare program, and helping to recruit and support child care providers. BA in Early Childhood Education, Human Development or related field, or a combination of education and experience with comparable knowledge and skills. Send cover letter and resume to address below by October 21.

Intensive Residential Support Staff NCSS is seeking an individual to work with a young man in his early twenties and a female in her late thirties with behavioral challenges. The applicant will need to bring positive energy to provide support with daily activities. Must have a valid driver’s license and good driving record, as supports will take place in the community, as well as in residence. Must have excellent communications skills. Applicants must be reliable and able to work both independently and in a collaborative team environment. Looking to fill evening and overnight shifts with above individuals and/or in agency therapeutic residences. Please send cover letter and resume to address below.

HR Dept., 107 Fisher Pond Road, St. Albans, VT 05478 •E.O.E. Visit our website for a complete listing of our job opportunites: www.ncssinc.org

Full time, part time and on-call positions available in our fast-paced Distribution Center. Flexible hours on 1st & 2nd shifts needed in our Assembly, Pick/Pack, Inventory, Receiving, and Returns departments. Dependability and attention to detail is a must. Strong organizational skills and the ability to work cooperatively in a team environment necessary. Resolution, Inc. offers competitive wages and a full benefits package for full-time employees. Please send cover letter & resume to or fill out an application at: Attn: D.C. Team Resolution, Inc. 19 Gregory Drive South Burlington, VT 05403 ATTN: Manager B2B / B2E E-Mail: jobs@resodirect.com


employment@sevendaysvt.com | SEVEN DAYS | october 12-19, 2005 | 7D Classifieds 37B

EMPLOYMENT

Associate Accountant

HOWARD CENTER FOR HUMAN SERVICES COORDINATOR - PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT PROGRAM

General Growth Properties, Inc., one of the nation’s largest owner/managers of regional shopping centers, has an excellent opportunity in our Burlington Town Center, Burlington, Vermont, management office.

If you are an organized, motivated individual who has 3-5 years experience in supervising clinical staff, administration and a familiarity with behavioral treatment plans, we want you to coordinate our intensive residential treatment program for adults who are considered to have major mental illness and substance use disorders. Master’s level clinician, VT license-eligible. Resumes by October 31.

This position is responsible for the timely and accurate completion of all accounts receivables and payables; collection of rents and tenant sales data; assisting with the assembly of monthly financial reports as well as performing special accounting projects as required. An Associate’s degree with 16 hours of college-level accounting and 3 years accounting experience as well as excellent communication skills and the ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment is required. Intermediate skills in Excel, Microsoft Word and JD Edwards software is preferred.

RESIDENTIAL COUNSELOR

Compassionate, self-directed individual needed to provide on-site support and household management in an innovative community care home in Burlington for adults considered to have major mental illness and substance use disorders. Excellent benefits. BA required and human service experience preferred. Resumes by October. 21.

If your background matches our qualifications, please send your resume with salary history to: General Growth Properties, Inc.

SUBSTITUTE RESIDENTIAL WORKER

Individuals who are responsible and compassionate needed to work in our residential programs with adults who are considered to have mental illness and substance use disorders. Flexible shifts – day, evening, sleep and awake overnights. Reply to:

Lis Mickenberg Howard Center For Human Services 300 Flynn Avenue Burlington, VT 05401

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49 Church Street, Suite 1000, Burlington, VT 05401 Fax: 802-658-0181, email: Dan.Latcheran@generalgrowth.com

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Resolution, Inc., an e-commerce customer care and fulfillment services company, is currently seeking the following positions in our Wholesale Services Department:

To place an employment ad call Michelle Brown 865-1020 x 21

Cabot Creamery has been making history since 1919 and it continues to lead the way today as the premier cheesemaker in the Northeast. Our 1800 farmer-owners count on us to make their milk into the best cheese and dairy products possible. We’re counting on you!

SUPPLY CHAIN ANALYST We have an immediate full-time opening for an entry-level professional to work with our Supply Chain manager on various projects. These projects are focused on data management and synchronization within our systems and our trading partner systems. The successful candidate will possess excellent written, math, organizational and communication skills. The applicant will need to be extremely proficient in Excel and adaptable to new computer interfaces. Experience with bar code formats and AS400 a plus. This person will work with: production, customer service, shipping and accounting. Strong interpersonal skills and focus on detail are important. A Bachelor’s degree in Business and one or more years of analytical work experience required. Some air travel is necessary.

WHOLESALE SERVICES CLERK I Highly organized & detail-oriented individual needed for this entry-level position to perform a high volume of data entry and various clerical support to the wholesale services team. This position requires basic proficiency skills with computer applications and a high level of accuracy. Must possess strong interpersonal skills with co-workers, customers and clients alike. Office experience with data entry preferred.

WHOLESALE SERVICE AGENT II If you enjoy helping people, communicate well in writing and over the phone, and are a team player, we have a terrific opportunity for you! Our clients are leading media publishers and the successful candidate will be providing sales support for fulfillment of orders from educators and educational institutions worldwide. You will be a self-starter with a track record of excellent customer service experience and organizational skills. Strong attention to detail, accuracy, and the ability multitask and to complete tasks both expediently as well as in conformance with both client and customer requirements are necessary. Customer service and computer applications experience required.

This position will be based at our Montpelier Administrative Offices. Cabot offers an excellent benefit package and a competitive starting salary. Please send resume to:

Human Resources Department, Cabot Creamery One Home Farm Way, Montpelier, VT 05602 Phone: (802) 229-9361 x2101 • Fax: (802) 563-2263 Email: nadams@cabotcheese.com

Resolution, Inc., offers competitive wages and a full benefits package for full-time employees. Please send cover letter & resume to or fill out an application at: Resolution, Inc. 19 Gregory Drive South Burlington, VT 05403 ATTN: Manager B2B / B2E Email: jobs@resodirect.com


38B | october 12-19, 2005 | SEVEN DAYS | employment@sevendaysvt.com

7D CLASSIFIEDSEMPLOYMENT POSITION OPENING Oversee daily and long-term facilities, maintenance and custodial needs with a small staff in an educational setting. Must be motivated, positive and efficient; have ability to timely assess, organize, schedule and facilitate work. Ability to self-perform manual work, as well as supervise and motivate staff in order to maintain a respectable facility. Performs timely purchasing to retain adequate inventory,anticipating needs; requests work and vehicle quotes; maintains good communication with all areas that you provide support. Pay commensurate with experience. Benefits, including vacation and sick time. Send resume to:

Don't miss out. Opportunity doesn't knock every day you know!

Seven Days Employment Attn: PR. PO Box 1164, Burlington, VT 05402

SEVEN DAYS

NATIONAL GARDENING ASSOCIATION Connecting People, Plants and the Environment.

PHP Programmer and Information Systems Generalist — Seeking a full-time candidate with a background in PHP programming and web services hosting and development in LINUX and Windows environments. Desired traits include strong organizational skills, personable communication, strong commitment to follow through, background in systems administration, experience in maintenance and deployment of web-based and email-based processes, design, implementation and migration of organized systems architecture.

Youth Education Specialist — Seeking a full-time candidate with a background in youth education and horticulture to manage a national school garden program and assist in development of educational materials. Desired traits include strong organizational skills, personable communication, strong commitment to follow through, background in curriculum development, experience in extension services and applied teaching and training experience. Master’s in horticultural science preferred.

Visit www.garden.org/jobs for more information and instructions on how to apply.

The Baird Center for Children and Families A Division of the Howard Center for Human Services

PROFESSIONAL PARENTING The Baird Center is looking for a couple that is interested in changing their lifestyle and location to include caring for two children. The position includes a house provided by the Baird Center and a generous stipend. Being a professional parent means providing a supportive home environment, helping the youth develop a variety of skills, and being a positive role model for the children. You will be part of a dynamic team with plenty of supervision and support. Ideally this couple will be looking to view this as their primary work and their other obligations outside this work will be minimal.

WEEKEND FOSTER CARE The Baird Center is also seeking individuals who are available to care for children in their homes on the weekends. Approval process includes interviews, background checks and a home inspection. Successful candidates will demonstrate commitment, enthusiasm and willingness to work in a cooperative and supportive team effort.

Call Aimee Upchurch 652-2178 The Baird Center for Children and Families 1138 Pine Street Burlington, VT 05401 bairdjobs@howardcenter.org www.howardcenter.org EOE/TTY * Individuals with disabilities encouraged to apply.

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Cabot Creamery has been making history since 1919 and it continues to lead the way today as the premier cheesemaker in the Northeast. Our 1800 farmer-owners count on us to make their milk into the best cheese and dairy products possible. We’re counting on you!

HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATOR Are you looking for a new challenge in a fun and team-oriented work environment? We have an immediate opening for a full-time position that will be based in Cabot, Vermont. The successful applicant must possess a minimum of two or more years of experience in a Human Resources environment. Strong personal computer applications experience is required – MS Word, Excel, and H.R. software. Knowledge of HR laws and reporting is required. Recruiting, worker’s compensation and benefits exposure is required. Other skills required include organizational and communication skills, the ability to protect confidentiality, and attention to detail. Must be able to prioritize while working on multiple projects simultaneously. A positive and professional team attitude while working effectively with others in all departments is necessary. HR Generalist exposure is highly desirable. Cabot offers a competitive starting wage and excellent benefits package. Please send resume and cover letter to:

Human Resources Department, Cabot Creamery One Home Farm Way, Montpelier, VT 05602 Phone: (802) 229-9361 x2101 • Fax: (802) 563-2263 Email: nadams@cabotcheese.com


employment@sevendaysvt.com | SEVEN DAYS | october 12-19, 2005 | 7D Classifieds 39B

MANAGER/ASSOCIATE

EMPLOYMENT

New

Natural Food Market

in Shelburne seeks supplement manager/associate. Experience preferred. Part-/Full-time. Weekends. Email resume to: TJproductions@earthlink.net or call 985-1088.

Diesel Mechanics for truck dealership. 4-day work week - 4 days on, 3 off. Up to 4 weeks vacation, 401k, health insurance, dental insurance available. Monthly incentives, tool allowance. Sign-on bonus of $500. Very competitive pay. Experience on diesel trucks a must. Contact Steve Root at:

802-655-1000

Community & Residential Support Staff: Provide support to an engaging, fun and active developmentally disabled young woman in her community and home in Burlington area. We are looking for individuals who are enthusiastic, flexible and willing to work as part of a team. Experience working with challenging behaviors helpful. Flexible scheduling.

PREP COOK/LINE COOK, lunch full and part-time. Must be flexible. Experience necessary. Stop by and fill out an application.

213 College Street, Burlington, 865-2800

CARING PEOPLE NEEDED We are looking for friendly, cheerful and dependable people to assist the elderly. Nonmedical companionship, meal preparation, light housekeeping, errands and other homemaker activities. No heavy lifting. We have flexible, part-time, day, evening, weekend and overnight shifts available in Chittenden, Addison, Lamoille and Franklin Counties.

CALL: (802) 860-8205

Excellent reimbursement, great learning opportunity and meaningful work.

If interested, call Tammy at (802) 864-9181 or email tamazonvt@yahoo.com.

Is expanding its staff of: We are growing and looking for friendly, enthusiastic people to join our team!

Retail Sales Clerks & Tour Guides

Cooks, Hosts, Servers and Bartenders

750 Pine Street • Burlington, VT 05401

Contact GM Bob Scott for an interview.

Seeking passionate chocolate lovers who enjoy working with the public and have a flair for merchandising. No experience necessary, but prior retail experience a plus. Part-time positions available in our Burlington & Waterbury stores. Stop by to complete an application or send resume to Gary Coffey.

Fax: 802-864-1806 www.lakechamplainchocolates.com

Information Technician Coffee Analysts is seeking an IT professional to manage and improve our information system and the surrounding business system. Applicants must be proficient in Microsoft Excel, Access & Visual Basic. Knowledge of other relational database management systems is desirable and project management experience (at academic or career level) is required. The ideal candidate’s qualities include creativity, attention to detail and the desire to stay current with new technology. We offer a competitive salary, benefits package, a casual work environment and the potential for the position to grow as the company expands in size and scope. We are looking for immediate availability. Interest in coffee is useful but not necessary. Please send resume to: Coffee Enterprises 286 College Street, Burlington, VT 05401 Email: info@coffee-ent.com Phone: (802)865-4480 Fax: (802)865-3364

Our increasing sales are expanding your earning potential. Experienced servers and bartenders preferred. • Flexible hours for scheduling • 401-K • Health & Dental Insurance plan • Vacation and Sick pay • Pre-employment drug testing required.

Ground Round • 1633 Williston Road S. Burlington • 802-862-1122 • www.nineplatt.com EOE

& WINE SELLERS

LATEST GREATEST TOP TEN REASONS: 10. 9. 8. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1.

Add cheese monger to your resume. Looks impressive. Get to work with Jackson on Saturdays. Have three days off every week and do whatever you want. Steve really really promises to shape up or else … Save BIG with our 25% employee discount. Learn which kind of cheese Virginia likes best. Exercise your smile muscles (and a few others too). Dabble in the endless world of wine. Become Vermont’s first Powerball Winner – ask Steve for details . . . Join us just in time for our 14th Anniversary Sale.

The real deal is: Join our hard-working, fun staff. Serve our terrific customers. Enjoy full-time pay with 3 days off per week, plus benefits. Apply in person.

Cheese Traders and Wine Sellers 1186 Williston Road, South Burlington, VT 05403


40B | october 12-19, 2005 | SEVEN DAYS | employment@sevendaysvt.com

7D CLASSIFIEDSEMPLOYMENT Accountant

CALL CENTER SUPERVISOR

Full-charge accountant wanted for dynamic, Burlington nonprofit. Ideal candidate will be flexible, eager for change and challenge, with strong analytic skills; preferably degreed. Responsible for all aspects of the organization’s accounting system, cash receipts processing, payables, payroll and financial statement preparation. Reply in confidence to:

Experienced Telemarketers

Hire-on bonuses! Looking for a fun part-time job? This could be the job for you! Hourly rate + commission + bonuses + hire-on bonus.

Call Stacey at 802-862-0623.

Wallace W. Tapia, P.C. P.O. Box 5777, Burlington, VT 05402-5777 or wtapia@wwtapiapc.com.

Full-time or part-time, flexible hours, competitive pay, positive work environment.

Call Jill or Adam at 985-2596.

MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN FOR RENTAL PROPERTIES Flexible part-time (with some full-time weeks)

Seeking dependable and highly motivated individual. Ability to lift 50 lbs. or more. Must have own transportation and tools. Mechanical skills, electrical and plumbing knowledge a plus. Some weekends required. Send resume/letter of interest to: Redstone Apartments, 500 South Prospect Street Burlington, VT 05401

WAITSTAFF, BARTENDER & LINE COOK

Come work with an active community-based organization. The Central Vermont Community Land Trust creates and sustains safe, decent and affordable housing and builds strong and diverse communities. CVCLT seeks a full-time AmeriCorps service position as HOUSING COORDINATOR starting immediately and ending 8/31/06. $11,900 stipend, $4725 education award, health benefits and diverse training opportunities.

The Fairfield Inn by Marriott Colchester is looking for reliable, hardworking and enthusiastic individuals to join our team. We currently have openings for full and part-time: • Front Desk Associates • Night Auditor • Breakfast Host • Room Attendants • Facilities A flexible schedule is a must. Please apply in person at:

For details: (802) 476-4493, ext. 200 or email blorentzen@cvclt.org EOE

RECEPTIONIST As Receptionist, you will represent the front line of our expanding company, Triosyn Corp. (www.triosyn.com). This position will be responsible for the management of all incoming domestic and international calls, the daily support of senior management and their travel schedules, tracking of employees, and inter-office transfers. You will also be responsible for a number of administrative duties, including ordering all office supplies, maintenance of office equipment, meeting preparations and the support of international and domestic shipping. Qualified candidates will have a minimum of an Associate’s degree and 2 years front desk/receptionist experience in a fast-paced environment. Must have good judgment, excellent communication and organizational skills, and work well in a team setting. Excellent compensation and benefits offered. To apply, please send cover letter with salary requirements and resume to:

jobs@triosyn.com or fax to (802)658-2681.

84 South Park Drive Colchester, VT 05446 (802) 655-1400

PRODUCTION PLANNER Lane Press is currently looking for a Production Planner who, using estimates, time standards, delivery commitments and other data, will prepare, schedule and track work for our internal and external customers. Our Production Planner will assign time to internal plant equipment and orchestrate staffing requirements necessary to complete any and all jobs to our customer’s specifications. The ability to handle multiple priorities in a fast-paced production environment while remaining attentive to detail is needed. Experience in windows-based software programs (specifically Microsoft Excel) is necessary. Analytical ability and excellent verbal and written communication skills are required. Related degree or applicable experience highly preferred. We offer an extensive benefit package including medical and dental insurance, disability coverage, paid vacation, holidays, matching 401(k) and much more. If you are interested in applying for this position, please forward your resume or stop by and fill out an employment application at:

Lane Press 87 Meadowland Drive South Burlington, VT 05403 EOE

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

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Come join Vermont’s innovative energy efficiency organization! We’re a nonprofit organization dedicated to saving energy and improving our environment. We’re looking for energetic, enthusiastic individuals with a commitment to improving the environment to join our team. All of our positions require exemplary written and oral communication skills, including superior proficiency with word processing, spreadsheet and database software, strong interpersonal skills, the ability to handle multiple tasks and competing priorities, and proven ability to be organized, detailoriented and accurate. EOE.

SENIOR APPLICATIONS DEVELOPER AND DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR

Work as part of our IT team to specify, design, develop, and support databases and database applications. Requirements: 3 years experience designing and administering SQL based commercial database system, and 7 years experience developing database applications. Experience with OO programming techniques, MS Access, SQL, at least one SQL Programming Language required. Oracle & Delphi and VBA experience preferred. Please email cover letter and resume by 10/25 (Applications received after this date will not be considered) to:

resume@veic.org or mail to: VEIC Recruitment 255 South Champlain Street, Suite 7 Burlington, VT 05401 EOE

Center on Disability and Community Inclusion, University of Vermont. Position is full-time, grant-funded – continuation beyond August ,  contingent upon future funding. Work with Vermont’s Part C Early Intervention Services of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Assist the Part C Director in all areas related to provision of effective early intervention services, services integration and collaboration, implementation of ongoing program improvement process, and support to regional Host Agencies carrying out Part C Early Intervention Services. Minimum requirement is a Master’s degree. Knowledge and experience in early intervention services with infants and toddlers and related child development and family support services required. Apply online: www.uvmjobs.com reference job # or send letter, vita and  references by October ,  to: Jane Ross-Allen, Program Associate, UVM Center on Disability and Community Inclusion Mann Hall rd Floor  Colchester Avenue, Burlington, VT - The University of Vermont is an Affirmative Action Equal Opportunity Employer


employment@sevendaysvt.com | SEVEN DAYS | october 12-19, 2005 | 7D Classifieds 41B

EMPLOYMENT Pie in the Sky, St. Albans, is actively seeking highly energetic people for the following positions:

MAINTENANCE WORKER

Hand-stretched Pizza Makers, Sandwich Artisans, and Early Morning Baker/Prep Person.

Part-time employment. Maintenance Worker for 12-15 hours per week. Duties will include outside lawn care, inside maintenance, plowing and snow blowing. Applicant must be able to do some lifting and have a license. Experience driving a truck with a snowplow will be helpful. If interested, applications will be accepted starting October 10th. Call 863-6835 and ask for Brian for an appointment.

Must enjoy the pubic, have lots of energy and enjoy a team atmosphere. Have fun, eat well and enjoy a flexible schedule. Apply in person at, Highgate Commons or call outside of mealtime for more information, 802-524-5442.

Part-Time Substitute Teachers needed for YMCA early childhood programs. Flexible hours and complimentary use of fitness facility. Call Didi Harris:

864-6436 • EOE

The Charlotte Children’s Center is seeking part-time, on-call substitute teachers. We serve children ages six weeks through six years. Subs should be flexible, strong communicators, creative and energetic. Please call Kristin at:

802-425-3328

WOODWORKING Co., seeks

ESTIMATOR Established Manufacturer of

Custom Boardroom Furniture www.wallgoldfinger.com

Position involves coordinating a wide range of project estimating for custom furniture manufacturer. 8 yrs experience in high end cabinet making, excellent communication and organizational skills. Competitive salary/benefit package. Send resume to:

Long-term Substitute MATH TEACHER

Williamstown Middle High School November 1 to December 16, 2005. For grades 9-12. Knowledge of integrated math programs at the High School level required. Must possess or be eligible for appropriate Vermont licensure. Send cover letter, resume, three letters of reference, transcripts and certification documents to:

NATURAL FOODS COOK

Looking for proven food service experience and a passion for learning and teaching others. Knowledge of natural foods necessary. Looking for innovative and creative cook with a desire to gain responsibility.

KITCHEN ASSISTANTS

Attend to customer needs, ability to multi task and pay attention to details with friendly and outgoing personality. Kitchen experience, food prep, and knowledge of natural foods a plus but will train motivated candidates.

Email resume to Laura Slavin c/o lauraslavin@hotmail.com or call 388-7276.

To apply, please send resume and cover letter, including the best time (day/evening) to call, Attn. Chris to:

email: bedstoresalesjob@att.net fax to: (802) 865-5065. The Bed Store is an equal opportunity employer. Discretion regarding your current employer is absolutely assured.

Orange North Supervisory Union 111 Brush Hill Road Williamstown, VT 05679 E.O.E.

LIKE MUSIC?

Estimator, Wall/Goldfinger, Inc. 7 Belknap St., Suite 3, Northfield, VT 05663 Email: wg@wallgoldfinger.com

Part-time and full-time positions available with benefits.

Two (2) full-time Sales Associates. No sales experience necessary - if you enjoy helping people, believe in rest and relaxation, and seek a fun, relaxed, no-pressure atmosphere, this job is for you. We will train the right people. We offer an above-average salary, individual and store commission incentives, full benefits and a 5-day work week (Saturday and one Sunday per month required).

� Need to make more than $500 a week? � Like waking up late? � Better things to do on the weekend besides work? � Do people say you're too loud?

If you said yes to ALL the above, then you are the person I'm looking for! No experience necessary, we'll train the right people! Call me today and start making some serious money! Faint of heart need not call. Immediate positions in a high-energy sales environment. No door-to-door here. Air conditioning/heat provided free of charge. Full benefits and management opportunity.

Call today for a personal interview,

802-652-9629 EOE

Winter Job Fair 2005-06 Winter is just around the corner, and we’ll be skiing and riding before you know it! We have openings for jobs in many departments on the mountain. Are you interested in working in a fun environment with great people, and skiing & riding the best in the East for FREE…then head for Stowe Mountain Resort’s winter job fair! Currently interviewing for: • Daycare staff • Food & Beverage – cooks, cashiers, wait staff • Front Desk/Reservations/Guest Services • Ski & Snowboard School • Information Center Agents • Mountain Operations - Lifts, Parking, Ticket Checkers • Rent & Repair Staff • Ski Patrol • Snowmakers & Groomers • Retail Sales Associates • Ticket Sales When:

Where:

Saturday October 15th, 10 am–2 pm Saturday, November 5th, 10 am–2 pm Mansfield Base Lodge

Bring your resume and 2 written work references. You will have the opportunity to meet and interview with hiring managers. Stowe Mountain Resort - Human Resources 5781 Mountain Road, Stowe, VT 05672 802-253-3541 www.stowe.com


42B | october 12-19, 2005 | SEVEN DAYS | employment@sevendaysvt.com

7D CLASSIFIEDSEMPLOYMENT Job Fair! October 15 from 9-3 at the Sports Center

Project Leader needed!

HIRING IN ALL POSITIONS! If you excel at customer service please apply. Season’s Pass/benefits for all employees www.boltonvalley.com hr@boltonvalley.com or 434-6848

Motivated, organized, personable individual needed to coordinate exciting Career Start project for youth with disabilities in Chittenden County. Full-time AmeriCorps position – opportunity to make a difference. Send resume and cover letter by 10/21 to:

Linking Learning to Life 52 Institute Road Burlington, VT 05401 or contact Rich at 951-8850

STAFF COORDINATOR

THE CHITTENDEN CENTER METHADONE PROGRAM

30 to 37.5 hours per week. Part-time substitute interventionists required to assist in providing a secure and positive environment in the clinic. Some weekends, holidays and as needed. SEE HCHS WEBSITE FOR DETAILS: Http://www.howardcenter.org/jobs Please send your resume, cover letter and three references to: Marne Stothart, Associate Director The Chittenden Center, Room 1420 1 South Prospect St., Burlington, VT 05401

Full-time position with benefits. Great hourly wage. Must be hardworking, fast and willing to take instruction. Experience a plus but will train the right candidate. See Chef Aaron Millon in the Windjammer Kitchen. Bring resume and great attitude. The Windjammer Hospitality Group 1076 Williston Road, South Burlington, VT 05403

HOWARD CENTER FOR HUMAN SERVICES TEMPORARY INTERVENTIONIST

PUB COOK

LIHTC PROPERTY MANAGER Burlington Community Land Trust is seeking an Experienced Property Manager. Must have knowledge and experience working with the LIHTC program. Excellent salary and benefits. Commitment to providing housing for low to moderate-income people.

Individuals with disabilities encouraged to apply. EEO/TTY

Vermont’s largest provider of non-medical services and home care for seniors is seeking an organized and outgoing person to coordinate the staffing of our clients’ schedules. Interaction with our CAREGivers requires exceptional communication and organization skills. Candidates need to enjoy working in a fastpaced, team-oriented environment. Scheduling/staffing experience preferred. Please email resume, cover letter and salary requirements to: patrice.thabault@homeinstead.com No phone calls, please.

Please call G.Beck at (802) 862-6244.

The Burlington Children’s Space is Hiring! We are seeking: An experienced, thoughtful individual to provide individual assistance to a preschooler in need of physical supports at Burlington Children’s Space. Part-time hours Tuesday, 12-5pm, Thursday, 8am-12pm. Potential for more hours at the child’s home. Experience with special needs preferred, references required. A unique individual for a unique cook/aide position. This person will complete weekly grocery shopping, prepare lunch in our busy Head Start Preschool classroom, and help out in our Infant, Toddler and Preschool classrooms in the afternoons. Hours are 10am-5:30pm Monday through Friday. Applicants must have a high school diploma, some kitchen know-how and some experience with young children. Familiarity with Head Start and access to reliable transportation preferred! Please email resumes to:

Erinn Simon, esimon@burlingtonchildrensspace.org Positions are open until filled, but don’t wait because we’re great! EOE

Institute for Sustainable Communities Montpelier, Vermont

ACCOUNTING MANAGER The Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC), an independent, non profit organization working internationally and in the U.S., is looking for a dedicated and energetic accounting manager to join our Vermont-based finance team. The Manager’s primary responsibility is to ensure financial accountability and minimize financial risk. S/he is responsible for quarterly and annual closings, preparing annual audits, and other accounting functions. The ideal candidate will have an undergraduate degree in accounting or business with accounting courses; 5 years senior-level accounting experience, preferably in a non profit environment; general ledger accounting software; knowledge of GAAP and federal reporting; and USAID and/or A-133. Deadline: October 28, 2005. Job description at www.iscvt.org. Interested applicants should send a cover letter and resume to: ccarpenter@iscvt.org or fax: 802-229-2919. ISC is an equal opportunity employer.

Join our growing team of software professionals, located in Montpelier, who are developing and installing a dynamic, new software product for life science laboratories.

Software Engineer Position Degree in computer programming with minimum two years experience in software design and development. Ability to understand complex applications. Excellent understanding of programming principles and data structures. Familiar with HTML, XML, XSL, Java, JavaScript, and VB. Familiar with Oracle or SQL server. Good writing and verbal skills.

Software Tester Position Experience in testing, can create and execute test plans. Technical experience in configuring test servers. Maintain focus, document findings, and provide meticulous, verbal and written detail in an active work environment. Can-do attitude. MS Suite knowledge. Please email resume and cover letter to our HR department at:

hr@gmlogic.com

has immediate openings for:

MEDICAL ASSISTANT (MA/LPN) • Experience required, some training provided • Competitive salary and benefits • Computer proficient, personable, team player

Contact Mistie at 865-3655 or fax CV to 865-3626


employment@sevendaysvt.com | SEVEN DAYS | october 12-19, 2005 | 7D Classifieds 43B

EMPLOYMENT Winooski Family Health Medical Office is looking for a

RN or LPN Experience preferred. Full benefits, great working environment. Join our health care team. send resume to:

Super dynamic, self-motivated, outgoing, Burlington

Mkting. Mgr. & Dr.’s Asst.

Your best bet.

SEVEN DAYS

wanted. $12/hr. plus bonuses. Resume to: jlarson@sover.net.

32E Malletts Bay Ave. Winooski,VT 05404

LAMOILLE AMBULANCE SERVICE

802-655-4422

Burlington operations

Dinosaur Daycare is searching for some special people to join our team. If you have a sense of humor, lots of patience, enjoy singing, dancing, painting and large motor play, then we have the job for you! Join us and have some fun! Competitive pay and benefits.

Please call 878-8799.

is seeking

“Never continue in a job you don’t enjoy. If you’re happy in what you are doing, you’ll like yourself, you’ll have inner peace. And if you have that, along with physical health, you will have had more success than you could possibly have imagined.” - Johnny Carson

EMTs to fill both full and part-time openings. Pay starts at $10.50/hour for EMT-Bs and $11.00/hour for EMT-Is. Clean driving record.

SEVEN DAYSEMPLOYMENT

Call 800-639-2082.

DISTRIBUTOR/SALES REP: Local, established delivery route. We pay the most! Part-time. Every other Friday. If you’re motivated by exc. $, are 21+ and have a vehicle, call 1-800-950-4227 for full info. DRIVER NEEDED: Parttime, 2-3 evenings/week, must have clean driving record and good customer service skills. For info. call Peggy, 802878-9116 or email resume to peggym@kinneydrugs .com. DRIVERS, ZPIZZA at Shelburne Commons. 4:30-9:30 p.m. $6.50/hour + gas and tips. Must have own car and insurance. Call 802343-4397. EXHIBIT DESIGN FIRM seeks entry-level design associate. Emphasis on web and graphic design computer skills. Macintosh shop. Located in Monkton. Email eric@ shadowsandlight.com. FEMALE DANCERS NEEDED: $500 sign-on bonus if hired, ask for details. If you like parties and money, this is for you. Call 802-355-7380 days, or 802-865-3357 evenings.

FULL-TIME JOB: Pressing position avail. at New York Cleaners in Colchester, just across the Heineberg Bridge. Will train. Call Dan, 802-8644167 for more info. EOE. FULL-TIME YOUNG TODDLER TEACHER wanted for licensed child-care center. Education and/or experience a must. Call Sarah, 802-655-9400, ext. 218. GULLIVERS DOGGIE DAYCARE now hiring! Athletic, hardworking individuals. AM and afternoon hours, desk and outside. Apply in person. Rte. 59, Industrial Ave., Williston. JANITORIAL: Supervisor for housekeepers need for part-time, early morning positions for an upscale retail store. Must have a clean police report. EOE. Outsource Partners, 1866-529-2095, ext. 4. LOOKING FOR MANAGER for new coffee/wine bar in Winooski, beginning mid-November. Please contact 802-238-3971. MODELS: All types for life drawing and painting class. $15/hour. Tuesdays, starting October 25, 9 a.m. - noon. Shelburne. Call Adair, 802-985-5475.

PROGRAM ASSISTANT The Biomass Energy Resource Center (BERC), a national nonprofit located in Montpelier, is currently seeking a junior level Program Assistant. BERC works in the renewable energy field to promote and facilitate the use of biomass in a variety of applications. This position requires outstanding skills in data collection, analysis, feasibility studies, market research, report writing and presentation. Expertise in Word, Excel and PowerPoint is essential, as well as excellent interpersonal, writing and communication skills and the ability to function effectively as a team player.This candidate must have a background and/or education in engineering and/or environmental science. Overall flexibility, self-motivation and a sense of humor are desirable. Please send cover letter, resume and three references to: Biomass Energy Resource Center, ATTN: HR Committee, P.O. Box 1611, Montpelier,VT 05601.

employment: CAREGIVER for Burlington male quad. Tuesday & Thursday overnights. $10/hour, EOE. Call HomeShare Vermont, 802-865-4153 for application or visit www.HomeShare Vermont.org. CASHIERS, ZPIZZA at Shelburne Commons. 4-10 p.m. $8.50/hour to start. Looking for hardworking, outgoing people who like to have fun! Call 802343-4397. CENTRAL VERMONT Community Land Trust seeks a part-time (20 hours per week, flexible schedule) receptionist for our NeighborWorks® Homeownership Center. Duties include answering the phone, greeting customers, registering customers for workshops and other light administrative duties. We’re looking for a friendly, detail-oriented and organized person who enjoys working with the public. Please send a cover letter and resume to jhyslop@cvclt.org or CVCLT, 107 North Main St., Barre, VT 05641. EOE DANCERS WANTED to perform at bachelor parties, birthdays and private parties. No experience necessary. 802-658-1464.

OFFICE MANAGER for small video production company. 15 hours a week, flexible schedule. Light bookkeeping, marketing, MAC OS X, some graphic skills. Good pay. Call 802-862-2024. PIZZA DELIVERY DRIVERS wanted for new Burlington restaurant delivery service. Great part-time job! Create your own hours. Paid daily. Must have own car. Cell, 802-578-1162 or 802863-TOGO. PRESCHOOL TEACHER NEEDED: Part-time, Shelburne-area. 802-5780584. SANDWICH MAKER: We’re looking for selfmotivated individuals for our Williston shop. Parttime hours are available. Stop by and fill out an application. 5689 Williston Rd., Williston, VT 05495. SEEKING AN experienced carpenter for mall building company. Refs. req. Call Tom, A.W. Clark Jr. & Son, Inc., 802-496-3030. TODDLER TEAM TEACHER and long-term preschool substitute teacher. For more information please call Crystal, 802-434-3891. VALET PARKING attendants needed, full-time, days, Monday through Friday at Central Vermont Medical Center. Call 877398-7275.

Part-time After-School Assistants For YMCA after-school programs in Williston, Richmond and Georgia. 15-20 hours/week. Must have experience with school-age children. Y membership and training opportunities. Call Julie at 862-9622.

Customer Service The YMCA is looking for people to serve our members and guests in a fast-paced, friendly environment. Candidates must be able to work flexible shifts, have solid computer skills, and like working with people. Membership benefit included. Please send cover letter, resume, 3 references to dlarocque@gbymca.org or come in and fill out an application. No phone calls, please. • EOE

FT Accountant/Office Manager wanted to provide complete accounting and finance support to a dynamic, growing magazine. A/P, A/R, G/L, monthly close, financial reporting, payroll interface. Magazine experience preferred. Strong analytic skills and accounting degree required. Proficiency with MS Excel, MS Word and accounting software. Competitive salary and health benefits. Submit resume and cover letter with salary history to:

paul@eatingwell.com


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