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THE LAST WEEK IN REVIEW

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That’s how many cats two New York women were keeping in their two vehicles when they were stopped in Bennington, according to a Monday article in the Bennington Banner.

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Debate Season “into the gutter” by raising questions about Last Thursday, the candidates for secretary Gibbs’ recent car crash. Condos, a former of state and state auditor squared off in two South Burlington city councilor, chided debates at Burlington City Hall. Seven Days columnist Shay Totten and staff writer Ken Gibbs for suggesting that towns provide the state with annual municipal audits. “Clearly Picard moderated the contests, which drew my opponent doesn’t a couple dozen interested understand local spectators. More viewers State auditor Tom Salmon government, and has watched the debate live and Ken Picard on Channel 17, or online. never served in local government,” Condos quipped.

The graphic we used to promote Watch both debates the debate showed a pair in their entirety at www.cctv.org, or of boxing view the transcript gloves, but the canof the live blog, which is linked from our election coverdidates didn’t deliver many age page at sevendaysvt.com. We asked blows, especially not in the live blog participants to vote in several auditor’s debate. unscientific polls. Besides judging who won the debate, they also weighed in Secretary of state candion the question “Is the duration of this dates Republican Jason debate the longest you’ve ever spent Gibbs and Democrat Jim thinking about the office of auditor? Be Condos mixed it up a bit. honest.” One hundred percent of the Gibbs charged that Condos respondents answered “yes.” was dragging the campaign

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10/8: Shay Totten previews the Burlington Young Professionals Group’s gubernatorial candidate forum.

10/11: Longtime Vermont political reporter Daniel Barlow leaves his press hat behind to be VBSR’s new public-policy head.

10/12: Miguel’s on Main isn’t quite “authentic” Mexican fare, but it’s still some of the best in the area.

10/12: Alice Levitt demonstrates how to make duck confit in the latest “Bite Club TV.”

Autumn leaves may be worth crashing for, but campaign papers blowing around the car? Note to fenderbending secretary of state candidate Jim Condos: Get office supplies.

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Montpelier High canceled the homecoming dance because of concerns about a sexually explicit movement style dubbed “grinding.” That’s what they call it now.

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Peter Shumlin nixed a television ad in which his opponent, Brian Dubie, grows a nose like Pinocchio’s.

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“Attack of the Rural Robots” by Kirk Kardashian (10/22/08): Seven Days’ second Tech Issue featured this profile of Advanced Animations, a robotics company in Stockbridge, that supplies animated figures to Universal Studios and Tokyo Disneyland. Find it by searching “Advanced Animations” on sevendaysvt.com.

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3. “Friending Politics” by Andy Bromage.

What’s behind the sudden uptick in youngprofessionals groups in Vermont?

4. “Fair Game: Policing the Politicians” by Shay Totten. Is the Vermont Department of Public Safety playing political favorites when it comes to releasing embarrassing videos of politicians’ traffic stops?

5. “At the Altar” by Alice Levitt. Burlington’s Church & Main finally opens its doors in the old Smokejacks spot.

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LAWN SIGNS ARE ILLEGAL

[Re: “WTF: Why Do 21st-Century Political Campaigns Still Rely on Lawn Signs?” September 29] Scene: Outside a Vermont polling place.

Date: Election night Pollster: Excuse me, ma’am?

Voter: Yes? Pollster: We’re conducting an exit poll. Who did you vote for in the gubernatorial race?

Voter: Mr. Dubie got my vote.

Pollster: May I ask what influenced you to vote for this candidate?

Voter: Of course. He did a real nice job blanketing my town with his little signs next to the roads. And I think he chose a nice shade of green for his background color.

Pollster: Ahh, thank you.

C’mon, do we really think these signs work just because candidates use them?

Let’s give ourselves a little more credit than that. Not only do these signs detract from the natural beauty of our communities, but the majority are illegal (http:// vermont-elections.org/elections1/po litical_signs.html). Funny, our politicians can make the laws; they just don’t find it convenient to follow them.

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Let’s all thank Judith Levine for keeping the discussion about the use of Tasers

by Vermont’s law enforcement where it needs to be: front and center [“Poli Psy,” September 29]. Thomas Szasz, professor of psychiatry emeritus at the SUNY Health Science Center in Syracuse, once wrote, “Coercion is the threat or use of force to compel the other’s submission. If it is legally authorized, we call it ‘law enforcement’; if it is not, we call it ‘crime.’”

Despite the fact that public policy and departmental procedures restrict Taser use to situations where it can be an alternative to more lethal force — a firearm — to subdue dangerous suspects, police officers continue to employ Tasers as a means of coercion, and to gain compliance from nonaggressive individuals. One recent Barre City case Levine did not mention involved a mentally ill person who was seeking help at the time that he was Tasered and arrested by Barre City Police. A judge quickly dismissed the case.

Public Safety Commissioner Tom Tremblay, who has recently requested 250 Tasers for use by the state police, is on record saying that he believes “punishment is an important part of the state’s response to crime” — punishment, FEEDBACK

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•All the winners had a chance to respond, including Shumlin, who shrugged it off: “That’s just people who are probably mad at me for killing a bill or two,” he told reporter andy bromage. “The nature of my job is that you give people bad news.” amen.

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•We borrowed the survey concept from award-winning weeklies in Portland, Ore., and Minneapolis, Minn., and see its potential to be an informative, illuminating and — gasp — entertaining addition to our annual Statehouse coverage.

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• Should we have seen this coming, five months before the primary? How about: Should we have killed the survey, knowing the information contained therein might hurt Shumlin’s campaign?

Once we tallied the votes, we were damned if we published them, and damned if we didn’t. We chose to be transparent. Unlike the angry mob of partisan bloggers attacking us, Seven Days is not an arm of a political party.

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•The intention of the survey — published during a week devoted to government accessibility — was to ask elected officials to evaluate each other for the benefit of voters who rarely get to see them in action. That we were thwarted from delivering 100 of the 400 surveys to legislative

staff gave the story an ironic twist.

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Our inaugural legislative survey made its way back into the news last week because the Republican Governors association referenced it in fIle: TIM neWcOMb negative ads slamming democrat candidate Peter Shumlin. The senator pro tem was voted the “most ethically challenged” by the legislators, lobbyists and Statehouse staffers we polled earlier this year. a disappointing 30 — of 400 — completed the anonymous survey. although we went to great lengths to qualify the “results” when we published them last March, the attack ads — not surprisingly — have included none of those contextual disclaimers. critics, especially democrat operatives, are charging that it was irresponsible to publish findings from such a paltry sample, and that Seven Days deserves some blame for the way in which the Republicans are manipulating the information. To clarify:

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We see it all the time: Journalists have an idea and then write a story to support it, regardless of where the evidence actually leads. for all its irksome faults, Seven Days tends to be pretty evidence-based. and in the drowsy world of Vermont journalism, its reporters have the appearance of comparative vigor and tenacity.

So it was disappointing, this spring, to see a lengthy feature story flail and flop in devotion to a failed idea [“Survey Says...” March 17].

That idea — a poll of legislators et al. in Montpelier — must have sounded great when it was pitched in an editorial meeting, but when only about 30 of 400 surveys were returned, a responsible media outlet would have killed the story.

Why? because such a response rate ensures unscientific and therefore necessarily inaccurate and skewed results. but Seven Days

decided the idea mattered more than its effective execution, and the story ran.

I hadn’t thought much about this in a while, until this morning, when I heard Paula Routly on Vermont Public Radio. I guess I had imagined that Seven Days regarded this whole episode with some regret. but after listening to Routly, I now understand that Seven Days not only defends the story but is also 100 percent clueless about why anyone should be upset about it. Of course, dubie is using Seven Days’ vanity poll to score political points in his gubernatorial race against the “most ethically challenged” Shumlin — an entirely predictable outcome that Routly claimed to not see coming.

I don’t know what’s more depressing: that Seven Days published such an irresponsible and petty story, or that Paula Routly continues to believe her paper has done nothing wrong.

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by NASA. Find a complete schedule and a list of exhibitors in the program in the middle of this newspaper, or online at VErmoNt3.com.

Seven Days cofounded the Jam in 2008 to support our recruitment advertisers in the classified section.

Editorially, it gives our reporters an annual opportunity to contemplate how advances in technology affect our lives in Vermont.

In the 2010 Tech Issue, Ken Picard profiles the mysterious man behind VtEl, the little Springfield telecom company that just won $117 million in federal broadband loans and grants to hook up every last Vermonter to the Internet (page 32). Lauren Ober surveys the locAl mobilE-App landscape (page 30). Why are there so many tEch compANiES iN WiNooSki? Kevin J. Kelley is all over it (page 27). Even police are using social media now.

Andy Bromage examines the benefits and perils of tWEEtiNg About crimE (page 16).

In the food section, Carolyn Fox learns to cook by watching YoutubE ViDEoS (page 42), and Suzanne Podhaizer evaluates the pros and cons of anonymous oNliNE rEStAurANt rEViEWS (page 46). Columnist Judith Levine takes a contrarian view of the SprEAD of iNtErNEt AccESS, saying she’d rather have more farms than Farmville (page 24).

Bromage also aims to find out, “WTF is bioSciENcE, anyway?” (page 23).

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It’s a QR code. QR codes — the QR stands for “quick response” — are a lot like bar codes you see on products at the grocery store, except that they can be scanned by just about any smartphone with a camera. A QR code might look like a broken arcade game from the early ’80s, but a camera phone reads it as a web address, phone number or bit of contact information.

QR codes have been big in smartphone-happy countries such as Japan for a few years now, and are becoming increasingly popular in the U.S. as more people trade in their old cellphones for smartphones. You might have noticed a few QR codes have appeared in ads in our paper; there are two in the Vermont 3.0 Tech Jam program, from Northfield Savings Bank and WCAX-TV. Every smartphone operating system now has a variety of QR code scanners in its app store, both free and paid. Many of these apps also scan traditional bar codes and a variety of other proprietary codes, too. Try the QR Code Reader and Scanner for iPhone, Barcode Scanner for Android, or BeeTagg for BlackBerry.

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Daniel Freilich Says He Has the Medicine to Heal Washington

Vermont 3.0: A growing number of tech firms are getting wired in Winooski

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Vermont 3.0: We might not have statewide broadband access, but Vermont has plenty of mobile app developers

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Vermont 3.0: VTel’s Michel Guité promises to bring universal broadband access to rural Vermont. Can he deliver?

20 Artists Give the Iraq War the White Glove Treatment

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20 Short Takes on Film

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36 First-Rate Impression Architecture: Champlain College’s Perry Hall marries old with state-of-the-art new

A Puckish Vermonter Brings Her Hockey Obsession to the Stage

BY MEGAN JAMES

Open season on Vermont politics

BY SHAY TOT TEN

23 Whiskey Tango Foxtrot We just had to ask...

24 Poli Psy

On the public uses and abuses of emotion

BY JUDITH LEVINE

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Leftover food news

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Andrew Parker-Renga, Issue 4: Portraits; Cash is King, King of the Summer

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Food: Should online food culture give reporters and restaurateurs indigestion?

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Secretariat; It’s Kind of a Funny Story

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Oh, What a Knight It doesn’t come in the trappings of a metal canister, but Monty Python’s Spamalot still contains all the antics of the 1975 cult film on which it was based, from the Knights Who Say “Ni” to the killer rabbit. But this touring Broadway production is set to music, with such, um, revolutionary numbers as “The Song That Goes Like This.” Get bitten by Pythonesque humor in the show the New York Times calls “resplendently silly.”

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“Anyone who says we can do this without any pain isn’t telling the truth,” said Shumlin. “What we have to find is the balance between the pain that we can temporarily live with and the heartlessness that departs from Vermonters’ values of respect and dignity for our neighbors.”

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Vermont Yankee revealed last week that an on-site drinking-water well near the nuclear power plant in Vernon is enriched, er, contaminated with tritium.

It’s the first time tritium has found its way into an underground aquifer.

In conjunction with the state Department of Health, Entergy released the new tritium findings to the public late Friday afternoon — just hours before the start of a three-day weekend.

State regulators downplayed the findings — the very same regulators who laughed off the possibility that VY’s tritium could ever find its way into local drinking-water supplies.

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Sen. JOHN MCCAIN (R-AZ), the mavericky former presidential candidate, will stump for Republican LEN BRITTON next week in Vermont. Britton is trying to topple U.S Sen. PATRICK LEAHY (D-VT) in the fall election.

McCain will attend a 1:30 p.m. public rally in honor of Vermont’s military — active and veteran — on Tuesday at Atlantic Aviation. Later that day, McCain will headline a private fundraiser for Britton.

Though Britton has gained national attention for his clever TV ads, he hasn’t been able to translate that admiration into campaign cash.

“That has changed,” said BRADFORD BOYLES, a Britton spokesman. “The GOP is finally taking its notice.” In recent weeks, the state GOP has spent $25,000 on TV ads to bolster Britton’s chances.

Leahy and Britton will debate each other twice between now and November 2. Two other debates include all seven candidates. Leahy has balked at Britton’s request for more one-on-one matchups.

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Reporter Dan Barlow, one of three scribes at the Vermont Press Bureau, is leaving journalism for “greener” pastures.

The bureau provides legislative reportage for the Rutland Herald and the Barre-Montpelier Times Argus.

Starting October 25, he’ll be the public-policy manager for Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility.

Barlow replaces anDrea Cohen, who left the post to become the group’s executive director after will PaTTen retired.

Barlow’s departure comes just one week after the Herald and Times Argus put much of their online content behind a pay wall.

After one week, the number of paying customers is in the “low hundreds” and new subscribers are being added every day, notes roB miTChell, who is in charge of the e-transition. The number of people who signed up for a free trial or registered their print subscription for online access cracked 5000 on Saturday and continues to climb.

“That is well beyond our admittedly conservative projections,” said Mitchell.

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The day “Fair Game” hit the streets last week, Burlington attorney John FranCo sued Department of Public Safety Commissioner Thomas TremBlay in federal court. Franco is trying to force the state to release the roadside video of Auditor Tom salmon’s drunk-driving arrest.

Franco contends the Douglas administration is playing political favorites when it comes to releasing embarrassing state police dash-cam videos.

Tremblay released to WCAX a video of Democrat Peter Shumlin’s I-91 recent traffic stop, but refuses to give out the video of Republican Salmon’s stop.

Tremblay claims the reason is simple: Shumlin’s was a civil violation; Salmon’s was criminal.

Franco contends the Salmon video is an “initial arrest” record and therefore public. He’s also a longtime Progressive

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Pres. BaraCk oBama vetoed the bill, dubbed the Interstate Recognition of Notarizations Act, because housing advocates hated it. The act would have allowed banks to use interstate and electronic notarization, rather than local notary publics, to foreclose on homeowners. A national scandal has erupted in recent months about banks’ use of false notarizations in foreclosure proceedings.

In previous years, similar legislation passed by the House ended up dying in Leahy’s committee.

What was different this time? HuffPo reports that Leahy took up the bill after a national group representing notary publics brought it to his attention. The group recently published a book about Pres. Calvin CooliDge and invited Leahy to speak at its release party. He did.

Hmm. An unnamed Leahy spokeswoman told Huffington Post the senator supports the president’s veto. “Now that concerns have been raised, Congress should reexamine whether this bill might have an unintended impact on foreclosures in the future,” she said.

Is it too much to ask senators to read bills before they pass them — especially in an election year?

who donated $250 to Democrat Doug who is challenging Salmon this fall.

Coincidence?

Franco denied that his tape pursuit is political.

U.S. District Court Judge ChrisTina reiss will hear arguments on Franco’s case this Friday in federal court in Burlington.

In a debate last week, both major-party candidates for secretary of state said that a roadside DUI tape should probably be a public record.

Auditor Salmon weighed in, too, in a subsequent debate the same night.

Out of respect for his children, wife and family, Salmon said he would not voluntarily ask that the video be released. “I dealt with the issue in a straightforward manner at the time,” he said. hoFFer,

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ermonters favoring the deployment of a new generation of war planes at the Burlington airport will have trouble depicting one of their chief opponents as an unpatriotic wimp.

Roger Bourassa, a public face of the Stop the F-35 Coalition, has a red-whiteand-blue, star-spangled résumé that includes a three-year stint with the U.S. Marine Corps. He also served 13 years in the National Guard in Vermont, New York and Maine, and another 13 as an Air Force Academy liaison officer, retiring with the rank of lieutenant colonel.

Bourassa, 73, took part in the invasion of Lebanon in 1958 and flew wartime transport missions to Vietnam. With Donna, his wife of 49 years, Bourassa raised six children and was active in the Lutheran Church.

A native of Winooski, he grew up seeing and hearing National Guard aircraft soaring and screaming above his home. Those flights inspired Bourassa to become a military pilot himself, but he failed an eye exam and had to settle for a career as a navigator on a variety of fighter planes, including the F-89 Scorpion and F-101 Voodoo.

Those were defensive aircraft, Bourassa notes during an interview in his Colchester condo, where he still hears the boom of National Guard jets as they hurtle into the Vermont sky. The F-35, however, is “an attack plane,” Bourassa says, designed for use in what he calls the “imperialist wars” the United States is waging in Afghanistan and Iraq.

He’ll make those points at an October 13 forum at the Chamberlin School in South Burlington sponsored by the Stop

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the F-35 Coalition. The meeting is part of an effort to rally opposition to the possibility that two dozen stealth fighters will be stationed at BTV seven years from now.

Proponents of the basing plan, including all three members of Vermont’s congressional delegation, say the F-35s will help protect the country, generate jobs and ensure the continued mission of the Green Mountain Boys. Coalition activists living near the airport tend to argue against the deployment on environmental grounds, charging that it will produce unbearable noise pollution and foul Chittenden County’s air with benzene emissions. Others, such as Bourassa, see the F-35 primarily as an expression of a militaristic U.S. foreign policy.

Describing himself as “extremely patriotic,” the soft-spoken suburbanite explains, “My love of country is based on an America that is an example of democracy in the world, and I think we’re failing democratically today.” Bourassa echoes Dwight Eisenhower, the president under whom he served in Lebanon, in condemning a “military-industrial complex” that encourages aggressive U.S. behavior in the Middle East and beyond.

“Our foreign policy involves using military means so we can remain a very prosperous nation,” Bourassa says. “But we need to be concerned about the global climate and about the billions of people who are living on $2 a day. Our country shouldn’t be accumulating resources but sharing resources.”

A University of Vermont professor deserves some credit for shaping Bourassa’s worldview: Harold Schultz taught a course on American diplomatic history that deeply affected Bourassa 45 years ago. He had enrolled at UVM after leaving the Marine Corps and joined the Vermont National Guard while an undergraduate. Bourassa simultaneously became an opponent of the war in Vietnam, and he brought his antiwar advocacy to the U.S. Air Force Air Command and Staff College in Alabama, where he earned a master’s in international relations.

In keeping with his belief in the transformative power of education, Bourassa became a social studies teacher and later served as a high school principal in both Randolph and Winooski. He held the post of superintendent in the Orange Southwest, Colchester and Franklin

West supervisory districts for a total of 17 years.

Bourassa’s father was at least as influential as formal educators on the peace-loving patriot. Joseph Bourassa, born in Québec in 1905, migrated to Vermont as a boy and found work as a factory laborer in the American Woolen Mill in Winooski. Roger grew up speaking French and learned from his father to respect trade unions and the values behind Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal.

More recently, he supported the campaign of Barack Obama, but has grown “very disappointed” with the president’s performance, mainly because “his approach to the Middle East is so unbalanced.” Bourassa traveled last year to the West Bank and was teargassed during a demonstration against the Israeli occupation. He has also taken part in protests in Washington against the war in Iraq.

He’s now opposed to the “unwinnable war” in Afghanistan as well, even though he initially supported the U.S. invasion as a justified response to the terror attacks of 2001.

Bourassa’s active retirement is not devoted solely to the cause of peace. He’s a member of the Colchester Development Review Board and works with a local chapter of the AARP. Despite the political clout of the forces arrayed in support of the F-35s, Bourassa says he’s hopeful that the local deployment can still be prevented.

Much will depend on the conclusions of an environmental impact statement that the Air Force is preparing for scheduled release in January. The Air Force announced in July that BTV and Hill Air Force Base in Utah are the “preferred alternatives” for F-35 operations, but added that a final decision will not be made until the environmental assessment is completed.

“Vermont is really the last place that should be hosting this plane,” declares Jimmy Leas, an attorney active with the Stop the F-35 Coalition. Pointing to the efforts of Bourassa and other local peace advocates, Leas says the state’s strong antiwar sentiment can prevail over “this weapon of mass destruction.” m Roger Bourassa will speak at South Burlington’s Chamberlin School on Wednesday, October 13, 7 p.m., as part of a presentation entitled “The Impact of the F-35 on Our Community.” Info, 802-309-4824.

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“Jeffery [sic] Abkowitz of NH arrested on 09/17 after traveling here to meet what he believed to be a 14 yo female,” the tweet read.

Police also posted a link to the suspect’s Facebook page, where anyone could see Abkowitz’s picture and get salient details about his life: his relationship status, where he went to high school and college, and who his “friends” are.

As a policy, Brattleboro police don’t release mug shots of suspects who were just arrested, says Detective Erik Johnson — only of those with outstanding arrest warrants. But when the public asks for it, as it did with Abkowitz, police will provide links to a suspect’s pictures and public profiles on social networking sites, including Facebook, MySpace, Picasa and Photobucket.

In fact, the department currently has mug shots of 172 individuals with outstanding warrants on its own Facebook page. Until recently, Brattleboro PD also posted the photos on Flickr, but the photo-sharing site closed the account because mug shots violate its use policy, Johnson says.

“We’re not trying to be overly intrusive, but when people call and want information, we try to be as cooperative as possible,” Johnson adds.

Over the past year, some Vermont police agencies have begun using social networking websites such as Facebook and Twitter to fight crime and inform the public. The Vermont State Police and municipal departments in Burlington, Brattleboro and elsewhere are using the websites to blast out crime alerts, arrest logs, information about road closures — even job openings. The number of “followers” ranges from 144 for Brattleboro to more than 2000 for the state police Facebook page.

The technology is giving authorities a new way to go after fugitives and communicate with the public. It’s also

raising thorny questions about privacy and the presumption of innocence.

The names and birth dates of those arrested for crimes have always been publicly available at local courthouses.

Posting the information on Twitter just makes it easier to get. A typical tweet from @BrattleboroPD last week read, “Christine L. Kelly of East Dover, VT was arrested for DUI, Leaving the Scene of an Accident.”

The trend amounts to a “21st-century police blotter” that acts as a deterrent to would-be criminals, says Jonathan Rajewski, an assistant professor of computer and digital forensics at Champlain College and a member of the Vermont Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.

But the practice can also give the public easy access to more personal information about suspected criminals who haven’t yet been found guilty.

Although they’ve been using social networking for about a year, Brattleboro police currently have no formal policy governing use of the sites; whether tweets about arrested individuals link to a suspect’s online profile is left up to supervisory discretion.

“I’m not even sure that case would be adjudicated yet,” Rajewski says of the Abkowitz tweet. “This gentleman may have put his public profile up on Facebook anyway, so anyone could have found him. To me, people are innocent until proven guilty.”

For the most part, Brattleboro’s online policing targets individuals with outstanding warrants — often individuals who failed to appear for court hearings. The cops have tracked down a few suspects that way, including one man found through his band’s MySpace page.

“We logged on to our MySpace account and added them as a friend. We posted something to their wall saying they had a warrant,” Johnson says. “The next day, they removed the posting and blocked us as a friend. So we know they’re aware of the warrant.”

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offers for unsolved crimes and answers to recruitment questions posed by would-be troopers. The page is highly interactive, with state police responding to tips and employment queries. When a newspaper reported on October 6 that a body had been found in the woods outside Saratoga

“Thank you for the tip,” the state police responded. “We will pass on the information and link to our investigators.”

In Burlington, police are using an electronic messaging system called Nixle to broadcast traffic accidents, emergencies and crime alerts (including Amber alerts), as well as community news. More than 300 people have subscribed to the free service since Burlington PD launched it last November. Alerts are sent by text message or email and are cross-posted on the department’s Twitter feed, @BPDVT, which has 293 followers.

So far, Nixle has seen only modest action. In almost a year, police have posted 11 crime advisories, 11 traffic alerts and one community announcement for a self-defense class.

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updates on winter storm warnings, flooding and parking bans.

The BPD Twitter feed has seen even less action. Because of what Police Chief Mike Schirling calls a “technical glitch,” Nixle alerts weren’t showing up on Twitter for several months. The problem was fixed a few days ago.

“The only reason we use Twitter at all is that it allows folks to follow the Nixle broadcasts without the need to subscribe to another thing,” Schirling says. “Nixle has been the information mechanism of choice, not Twitter.”

Unlike their counterparts in Brattleboro, Burlington police can’t say whether Nixle and Twitter have led to any useful intelligence because they don’t track the origins of tips that way, the chief says.

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Springs, N.Y., a woman posted the story on the state police Facebook page.

“Just saw this in the Post-Star and wondered if there could be a link to the O’Hagan case,” the woman wrote, referring to the disappearance of 78-year-old Pat O’Hagan, the Sheffield woman whose body was discovered in the Vermont woods last week.

December in the parking garage next to Macy’s department store, police posted a surveillance photo of the suspect on Nixle. Likewise, a Nixle crime alert went out in May when thieves made off with a huge painting from the Courtyard by Marriott hotel on Cherry Street. More common over the past year have been

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Japanese research from 2008 backs this up, pointing to temperature change as the sole cause of crystal growth, with the rate of cooling influencing the crystal shapes.

I decided we should check this out. However, no way was I shelling out $179.95. No problem, said my assistants Una and Fierra. We’ll make some storm glasses of our own.

They researched stormglass recipes and ordered the appropriate chemicals and laboratory equipment. A hitch: Initially no scientific supply house would ship the goods to a private residence, doubtless seeing in the ominous-sounding chemicals the ingredients of a terrorist plot. Una eventually convinced one supplier to send the chemicals after producing her engineering license.

Toiling late one night at Straight Dope Labs, Una and Fierra made six storm glasses.

Each consisted of a big test tube filled with the precisely measured chemical mixture, then capped. At first the experiment looked like a bust — the storm glasses became opaque with massed crystals. But after a few days the initial crystal growth settled to the bottom of the tubes, leaving the liquid above clear. Thereafter new crystals would grow or diminish in response to … well, that’s what we meant to find out.

Every day for 12 weeks, Una and Fierra diligently recorded local weather conditions plus their observations of the crystals in each glass. Problems soon emerged. First, how do

you read crystals? Previous researchers’ descriptions were vague, but this much seemed plain: Clear liquid meant clear skies, while crystals or cloudiness meant precipitation, which we defined as rain. This gave us a couple simple tests: The storm glass was clear or it wasn’t; rain fell or it didn’t.

Next, what constitutes rain?

A sprinkle in the storm glass’ immediate vicinity? A thunderstorm the next town over? Una figured she’d err on the side of caution, counting a day as rainy if at least 0.01 inches of rain fell within a 20-mile radius. A final problem was that the glasses often disagreed. Example: One

day before a thunderstorm, half the glasses indicated clear skies and the other half showed rain.

In the end, accuracy for individual glasses ranged from 45 to 54 percent, for an average of 49 percent. I’ve got a penny in my pocket that can do as well as that.

Defenders of the storm glass may blame this poor showing on our simplistic scoring method. Suppose a storm glass develops crystals, indicating rain, and subsequently the weather is overcast and threatening but no rain actually falls.

Was the storm glass wrong?

To avoid such ambiguities, I had Una look strictly at days when it rained: Did the storm glasses show crystals or not? Result: 53 percent accuracy, with a range of 38 to 62 percent.

The glasses were more likely to predict rain when they were cooler or cooled off quickly. The latter could signify passage of a cold front, so it’s plausible that a storm glass might sometimes correctly predict deteriorating weather.

Una also reported that the crystals were pretty, if unexciting to watch. Personally, I’m sticking with the lava lamp.

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But the attack on Mary O’Neil is beneath you, and represents the worst in “alternative journalism.” Your story “The Preservation Police” [September 22] amounts to a personal attack on a devoutly dedicated public employee charged with enforcing rules created by several generations of policy makers.

And so, for doing her job ethically and professionally, by scrupulously following the zoning laws, she draws the ire of those who seek shortcuts, or who seek to enrich themselves while diminishing the community.

Aesthetics matter, and if we wish to maintain the architectural heritage that makes Burlington unique, then “zealots” like Mrs. O’Neil should be lauded, not lampooned. (The cover was particularly vicious, and wholly unnecessary.)

And it struck me as particularly odd that by your own admission, a small fraction of plans before the city are actually rejected; the overall tenor of the piece obviously and strongly suggests otherwise. Comments in support of Mrs. O’Neil, the “balance” in the story, were minimized, buried well into the jump, and a seeming afterthought that occupied roughly 25 percent of the overall material in your piece. That’s simply unfair reporting.

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n the very first day of the Iraq War, artist Cecelia Kane sketched a cartoonish but recognizable face in black marker on a white cotton glove. Below the face she wrote, in all caps: SADDAM — DEAD OR ALIVE? And on the glove’s five fingers she recorded the date: 3/20/03. It was a simple acknowledgment of a pivotal moment, but it became a ritual that she — and, later, nearly 200 contributing artists — would practice six days a week for the war’s next seven years.

The cumulative 2000-plus gloves, each representing a headline culled from the news of the day, are currently hanging in the Chaffee Art Center in Rutland. Kane calls it the “Hand to Hand Project.”

The visual impact is stunning, in part because of the venue: The Chaffee is housed in an 1896 Queen Anne Victorian with creaking floors, a grand staircase and the kind of maze-like floor plan that recalls an M.C. Escher print. The gloves are displayed chronologically, with each room holding a different year.

A thorough viewer might spot the glove from May 2, 2003, pinned to the wall of the first room. On it is a depiction of George W. Bush grinning and flashing a peace sign: BUSH DECLARES VICTORY. ALMOST. There are six more rooms to go.

Kane, an Atlanta artist with a Vermont connection — she’s an alum of Rutland’s Mount St. Joseph Academy and the University of Vermont — says she wanted simply to “witness this war.” She bore witness on white archivist gloves, she says, because we use our hands to

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hold and hit, and we use our fingers to count. The little hands connected her to the human side of war.

When her mother died in 1997, Kane kept finding pairs of kid gloves tucked away in the purses she’d left behind. “Some of them still had the shape of her hand: her knuckles, her wrinkles,” Kane says. “They were kind of like my mom. And I realized for some reason in the back of my mind that these gloves could be like little bodies, little stand-ins for humanity.”

After a show in Georgia that exhibited the first three years of gloves at the end of 2005, Kane nearly gave up. She just couldn’t do it anymore, she says. But the war was still going, and Kane’s artist friends insisted the project couldn’t end before it did. So they pitched in, each artist signing up for a week at a time.

SHORT TAKES ON FILM Vermont Film Fest Approaches Mark your calendars: The Vermont International Film Festival starts a week from Friday at Palace 9 cinemas in South Burlington. Now celebrating its first quartercentury, the “world’s oldest human rights and environmental film festival” kicks off 10 days of screenings with the Vermont premiere of Wretches & Jabberers, a road-movie documentary with a local angle. Director Gerardine Wurzburg, who made the Oscar-nominated short “Autism Is a World,” followed two Vermonters,

The project now includes 196 artists from nine countries and 18 states, including six from Vermont: Casey Blanchard, Fran Bull, Mary Crowley, Christine Holzschuh, Delia Robinson and Dayle Ann Stratton. Kane’s guidelines were loose: Pick one war-related headline for each day and incorporate it into a glove. If nothing was reported that day, make a glove to reflect that. Kane pulled her headlines exclusively from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, following the Georgia National Guard’s 48th Brigade.

But other artists looked to Internet sources, Al Jazeera English, National Public Radio and the New York Times.

Kane made an effort to stay objective, including both good and bad news.

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sheep. Another acknowledges the Iraqi children flown to America for surgeries they couldn’t get at home.

Still, most days, Kane admits, the news was beheadings and bombings.

“I am just deeply paying attention,” she says of the project. “It’s kind of a meditation, in some ways. I call it a rosary bead of witnessing each day.”

Raised Catholic, Kane has always been interested in ritual. Her mother taught her to count and pray, she says, practicing novenas, a series of nine prayers said for nine days, and walking the 14 Stations of the Cross during Lent.

“There’s something in Catholicism about holding an intention and a prayer and then doing it repetitively to get an answer,” Kane says. She hoped the repetition of her daily glove making — from which she abstained every Sunday — would offer an answer to the question on her mind: What is war?

That answer may be crammed onto the walls of the Chaffee, but Kane’s not entirely convinced.

“Somebody asked me, Well, what did you learn?” she says. “Well, I learned I could trust artists to do some good work, and that things are not black and white.”

When the U.S. combat operations in Iraq officially ended in September, Kane was relieved — for reasons as personal as they were political. After seven years of counting days on those white glove fingers, she’s exhausted. “I’m ready to end it,” Kane says. m “Hand to Hand: An Artist Collaboration Documenting Events of the Iraq War” by Cecelia Kane and 196 contributing artists, at the Chaffee Art Center in Rutland, through November 20.

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Her boyfriend was stunned. “What is that?” she recalls him asking. “You’ve got to record that!” He ran out to the truck and dug up a digital recorder. Walker doesn’t read or write music, so she just began singing into the little recorder. By the time she left Europe a few months later, she had an entire rock opera. It premieres at Montpelier’s CiTy HaLL arTs CenTer this weekend.

The show, directed by Walker and performed by CenTraL VermonT CommuniTy PLayers, is based on her romance with her partner, PJ de Groot. They met in Canada, where Walker had relocated from Montana, she says, to protest the war in Iraq. The two live apart now; various immigration issues have kept de Groot from joining Walker in Northfield.

On stage, their real-life love story goes something like this: Silky la Mouche, a small-time hockey player with big aspirations, is inspired by his girlfriend, Steamy, who has just discovered her own love of ice hockey, to try once more to make the big leagues. Steamy, an American artist struggling to make it in

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New York City, takes him up on his offer to join him in Europe. There, Silky isn’t just looking to make it on a professional hockey team but is also searching for the Dutch father he’s never met.

“It’s a personal growth story,” Walker says. “They start together in Europe, and then they break up and go their own ways … They love each other, they fight.

It’s got some tear-jerker moments.”

Oh, and all of this unfolds in song, dance and, yes, real skating on a faux ice floor.

From the moment Walker first picked up a hockey stick at age 35, five years ago in Europe with de Groot, she was obsessed. “I have never had so much fun doing anything in my life,” she says. “I came out of the rink, and I was driving home and just screaming to myself, That was so great!”

Walker has managed to stage an actual hockey game on her plastic polymer floor at Montpelier City Hall, and has choreographed dance numbers on skates with hockey sticks. One is called “Messier,” a song about New York Ranger Mark Messier, which the cast performs in full hockey gear.

When Walker moved back to the U.S. following the election of President Obama in 2008, she dug out the old digital recorder and got to work on her rock opera. She played the songs for Montpelier composer nanCy Taube, who agreed to orchestrate them for nine voices and five instruments.

From there, Walker, who had never written or directed a show before, bought a guide to directing and started calling theater and hockey people in the area. By last July she had found her cast, which includes Taryn noeLLe as Steamy and miCHeaL Henderson as Silky.

“It feels insane that this is real,” Walker says giddily. “Early on in the rehearsal process, hearing nine voices singing my songs … I got chills. Two of my brain cells rubbed together, and now this is really happening.” m

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“I just broke into song,” Walker says, and then sings, “Every day we pack and unpack everything that we own. Lord, give us a home!”

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Barbershop Punk chronicles a landmark Internet free-speech case. City of Borders visits Jerusalem’s only gay bar, where Israelis and Palestinians coexist.

Marwencol delves into the world of an outsider artist, and Picture Me explores the equally strange world of fashion models.

Plus, as always, VTIFF has local films, including a documentary about local biologist/author BernD heinrich and another about Freegans. Stay tuned for updates — and visit www.vtiff.org.

Savoy Basement Goes Arthouse Lounge It’s official — Montpelier’s savoy theater now has two screens, one in its spiffedup basement. “We’re just starting to show regular films down there every night,” says assistant manager eric reynolDs. Technically, those are digital presentations of films, he adds, since “we can’t fit film projectors in the basement.”

But the space can fit 50 people — or 49 spectators plus a bartender. They occupy 18 movable beanbag chairs with tables made of glass-topped film reels, 15 traditional theater seats, a handful of barstools and — to complete the loungelike atmosphere — a faux-leather couch.

Everyone has a view of the screen, which measures more than 100 inches diagonally and is accompanied by, says Reynolds, a “very impressive” sound system.

The setup may not be huge, but it gives the Savoy more versatility, says Reynolds; now the theater can program “films that in the past we didn’t have time to show.” This week, Cairo Time occupies the basement while Get Low is upstairs. Later this month, look for Fatih Akin’s Soul Kitchen and the acclaimed doc A Film Unfinished, which dissects a famous Nazi film about the Warsaw Ghetto to reveal its layers of propaganda.

In the future, says Reynolds, he and owner terrence youk may use the second screen for big-draw movies on weekends and devote it to special events and screenings on slower weekday nights.

“People have suggested things like mystery-movie night or a movie book club,” he says. An open mic night on Tuesdays is a strong possibility.

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He vows that “once you see the space, you’re going to want to spend time down there. It came out better than anyone expected.”

Follow the arthouse’s evolution at www.savoytheater.com.

Grassroots Film Screenings Sprout If you want to know what theaters are losing or gaining by going digital, stop by film historian Bruce Posner’s 2010 Ciné Salon film series, which starts at the Howe Library in Hanover, N.H. this Monday, October 18, at 7 p.m. This year’s theme is the “passing of film as film, that soon to be dead medium of creative expression used throughout the 20th century” — a transition Posner will illustrate by contrasting films projected from reels with standard-def DVDs. More info at www.thehowe.org.

Want to support Vermont’s grassroots film industry? This is the weekend to do it. On Friday, October 15, at 7 p.m., the Barnard Town Hall hosts a “musical fundraiser” for Green Blooded: Vermont at a Crossroad. Director teo Zagar describes it as a documentary “about the grassroots movement of people taking ownership over the production of our collective survival.” Rural Vermont is sponsoring the $12-15 event, which includes a teaser for the film, a Q&A, and music from Bow thayer & holy Plow.

Up north, local films take over the Hardwick Town Hall on Friday and Saturday. If you haven’t yet seen george wooDarD’s homespun period adventure The Summer of Walter Hacks — which is limited to festival screenings by rights issues — here’s your chance. It screens Saturday, October 16, at 8 p.m. for $6.

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’Shrooms aside, a more typical example of Vermont’s bioscience biz is Chroma Technology Corp. in Rockingham, which makes optical filters for microscopes that allow scientists to examine tissue closely for signs of cancer or other disease.

Chroma was started by Paul Millman, who came to Vermont after college seeking “hippies” and ended up founding a company that now employs 90 in Rockingham, Burlington and Germany.

What else do bioscience firms make?

Products such as software applications that work with microscopes to map neuron passages in the brain; and

diagnostic devices that help prevent heart attack, stroke and complications from diabetes, according to Golann. Also under the bioscience umbrella: companies that specialize in water testing and renewable energy, such as methane-fueled “cow power.”

If Vermont has any labs that handle dangerous pathogens or grow futuristic life-forms in Petri dishes, “nobody’s told me,” Golann says. “As far as I know, there’s no super-secret biological research being done.”

Bill Church, president of Green Mountain Antibodies in Burlington’s Chace Mill, offers another definition of bioscience: “the commercialization of life processes.”

For Church’s company, that means using a technology called cell fusion to make “small factories” that produce monoclonal antibodies, used in detecting everything from pregnancy to prostate cancer. Right now, Green Mountain Antibodies is working on developing “dipsticks” that will test for MRSA (an antibiotic-resistant staphylococcus infection) in hospital patients and toxicity in algae blooms.

Church notes that beer brewing and bread baking — both catalyzed by yeast — qualify as bioscience. So does livestock farming.

“Fermentation is a biological process,” says Church. “A cow is a biotechnology unit. Something goes in one end, [and] you take a product — milk — out the other end.”

“Biotechnology,” or biotech, is a term you hear less often these days. Bioscience has become the industry’s preferred term, a switch that Church says was by design.

“We wanted to get beyond the perception that we’re making mutant hot dogs — Frankenfood,” he explains.

“Biotech” is often associated with genetic engineering, drug companies and

megacorporations such as Monsanto.

Sensational experiments like Dr. Vacanti’s earmouse only serve to solidify that perception. The industry adopted “bioscience” to give its work “a more positive spin,” Church says.

Whatever you call it, the industry is booming in Vermont. Jobs are growing at seven times the state average — so fast that companies are having trouble finding qualified employees, Golann says.

And the jobs generally pay well.

While some firms, such as Green Mountain Antibodies, were spun off from the work of faculty at UVM or other colleges, the 90 firms in the Biosciences Alliance aren’t clustered around academic institutions. They’re spread across the state — in St. Johnsbury, Brattleboro, St. Albans and elsewhere, Golann notes.

In June, the Biosciences Alliance teamed up with the Vermont Technology Council to create an internship that has already placed nine high school and college students in Vermont bioscience firms. The alliance, which launched a new website on October 11, has a goal of working with educators to beef up math and science studies in public schools.

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or many people, the term “bioscience” might conjure images of weirdo experiments such as the so-called “earmouse,” a lab rodent with what looked like a human ear growing from its back.

The “ear” was actually grown from cow cartilage by Dr. Charles Vacanti in a University of Massachusetts laboratory and fashioned to resemble an ear. No human tissue was used, and the rodent’s hearing was not improved. But scientists saw promise in the experiment for human transplants, while animal-rights and antigenetics groups saw danger.

Vermont has a small but thriving bioscience industry, with companies making a range of medical devices and products.

Earmice are not among them.

The Vermont Biosciences Alliance has a membership of 90 companies, which in turn have a total of 1100 employees. The group’s president, University of Vermont School of Business Administration lecturer Bret Golann, says there’s no strict business definition of “bioscience” other than that a company’s work must involve “a biological process.”

Using that definition, Vermont bioscience runs the gamut from Winooski’s high-tech medical-device maker BioTek Instruments to Moonshine Mushrooms, an organic farm in Chester that cultivates shiitake mushrooms using brewery grain from Wolaver’s beer made at Otter Creek Brewing in Middlebury.

“He’s a chemical engineer who found ways to speed up the productivity and growth cycle of gourmet mushrooms and, apparently, improve the quality of them,” Golann says of Moonshine’s Edward Kiegle. “We’re not just about medicine by any stretch of the imagination. We take a very broad view of bioscience.”

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equivocal, on the subject. Seven years ago, a beeper salesman and cell-tower builder named Karl Rinker applied to the Hardwick Zoning Board of Adjustment to build a 199.5-foot telecommunications tower in a pasture abutting an organic farm and hundreds of acres of conserved land on Bridgman Hill, where I live.

Concerned about spoiling this rare place and endangering the health of neighbors and their livestock — but understanding the desire for cell service — a small group of local residents has fought to give Rinker what the ZBA granted: a 100-foot tower. Propagation studies show that a structure that height would work as well as one twice its size; in fact, a 57-foot “whip” is currently providing coverage to most of the town.

Most people in Hardwick believe cellphones will improve life in the town they love. But here’s the sad irony: The prospect of a spiffy, high-tech Hardwick has turned them against lower-tech Hardwick. As with all consumer products, the Next Big Thing has rendered the old thing despicable.

At the packed zoning board and Act 250 hearings, witness after witness portrayed Hardwick as a desert and Rinker as Moses, leading us to the Promised Land.

Charles Sartelle, whose family has lived in town for generations, predicted that his would be the last. “My children want to be part of the 21st century, and they cannot achieve that here,” he said.

He was sure they’d move somewhere else to enjoy the benefits of modernity.

David Shepard, whose father is leasing his land to Rinker, testified that his wife had a “recent disability” and needed a cellphone to contact him in case of emergency. Until such service was available, she’d be forced to stay at home.

Susan Cross, who worked on the town ambulance for 10 years, talked about the cell-less dead spots between Hardwick and Copley Hospital in Morrisville.

She did not say if any patient had been harmed as a result of these sputteringsout, but “even if only one life is saved by the tower,” she asserted, “it’s worth it.”

Cellphones would preserve families, liberate disabled women and save lives! In the face of these unassailable aims, those who pled for animal health or natural beauty were alarmists and Luddites.

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’m not going to wax hypocritical about the Good Old Days out here in the hinterlands, beyond the reach of reliable cell and broadband coverage.

Only a few years ago, our dial-up connection frequently threw in the towel in the middle of a download. A satellite dish didn’t work in rain or snow.

Verizon refused to hook up DSL because our house was too far from a switching station to guarantee highquality service. FairPoint, less concerned about high-quality service, connected us.

Now I can “chat” daily with a friend in England, buy a used bicycle from Florida — and, not least, earn a living far from my employers.

I won’t lie about my feelings. That is to say, hallelujah!

However. I work more and have to work faster, and since I’m perpetually available, I am expected to respond to email immediately, at any time.

Meanwhile, the phone doesn’t ring, and that makes me lonely. And when I take a bike ride, I pack a cellphone. I rarely leave it all behind.

As Vermont prepares to connect the “last mile” to broadband, you don’t hear a “however” anywhere. The Federal Communications Commission promises more efficient local government through “cloud computing,” extended distance learning and enhanced telemedicine.

Every political candidate touts more and better jobs through technology.

“Done properly, these projects will connect virtually all of Vermont’s homes, schools, hospitals and small businesses with each other and the world,” writes Essex-Orleans County Senator Vince Illuzzi in the Burlington Free Press. “It will bring us roaring into the 21st century and could be a model for all of rural America.

“Vermonters from every walk of life understand the negative consequences caused by the lack of universal, highquality, affordable broadband service in our state.”

He doesn’t mention any negative — or equivocal — consequences, as if small towns had nothing to lose by joining the global village.

As it happens, I’ve been in the middle of a dispute over communications technology that has me feeling, well,

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The town had been redefined as a has-been; now it was a socially divided has-been. Sandy Howard, the tower’s most impassioned proponent, circulated ad hominem attacks on board members.

“Take Back Hardwick” signs sprang up, signaling to flatlanders and bourgeois aesthetes to stop pushing their values on “real Vermonters.” And “real Vermonters” were no longer the conservers of the old, good-enough ways.

They had become the champions of “progress.”

Ask people if they want economic development, and they will almost always say yes. But the inconvenient truth is that much of what has kept Vermont’s economy — especially its tourist industry — healthy is underdevelopment: the endurance of that last sparsely populated mile.

Despite its reputation as the world capital of sustainable agriculture, Hardwick remains far from any airport and short on jobs; Main Street’s landlords rarely fill all the storefronts at the same time. You still can’t build a spec house here for less than the price of its potential sale, and that has kept development to a pace of one owner-built home at a time.

Republicans use all this as evidence of the need for streamlined building permits, computers in every classroom and a cell tower on every hill. Like Sartelle, politicians harp on an alleged outflow of young, educated and higherincome Vermonters. In reality, Vermont “Poli Psy” is a twice-monthly column by Judith Levine. Got a comment on this story? Contact levine@sevendaysvt.com.

these virtues developed in a clinic 60 miles from the nearest high-tech medical center. (I might add that forgoing those tests hasn’t hurt my health — and it sure doesn’t hurt the public health care bill.)

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Will broadband create good jobs?

Nobody knows. “We don’t know whether the wage rates go up or down just because broadband is available,” Northwestern University economist Shane Greenstein told National Public Radio. “We don’t know if the exit of businesses from rural areas increases or decreases when you have broadband. We don’t know whether you get growth. So, though we see examples, we don’t know

whether those stories generalize.”

In fact, broadband could eliminate some jobs. In an article on Daily Yonder, a news website published by the Center for Rural Strategies, Sharon Strover and Nick Muntean pointed out that New Deal rural electrification brought labor-saving innovations to farming — but it also saved farmers from hiring laborers, who had to migrate to the cities.

“The only unqualified winners were those national manufacturers of electrical equipment and appliances, such as General Electric and Westinghouse, whose profits were generally not returned to the localities in which they had been generated,” wrote Strover and Muntean, respectively, the director of the University of Texas Telecommunications and Information Policy Institute and a PhD student at the school.

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Broadband will bring development, no doubt — and with it, telecommuting, cross-country-skiing Boston stockbrokers and, yes, telecommuting, crosscountry-skiing New York writers like me.

If Sandy Howard manages to Take Back Hardwick, she may lose the Hardwick she wants to save.

What about rural life is worth saving?

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is among the country’s best-educated states, and IRS statistics show that the people moving into the state are richer than those moving out.

That’s economic development — also known as gentrification. And, as anyone who’s lived through it can attest, gentrification means more services and less crime, but also unaffordable housing and lots of restaurants where you can’t afford to eat and don’t feel welcome.

Gentrification is great if you want to sell your house and move.

Low or slowly changing property values, on the other hand, stabilize communities. Family farmers aren’t tempted to subdivide their land. A young family can buy a house not far from Grandma’s and attend the church they grew up in.

So, what about the claims for broadband?

Efficient local government? I believe this means laying off “redundant” workers in the town offices — not just steady taxpayers but the people through whom citizens connect to government and in whom the town’s fiscal and political history resides. Distance learning? Students schooled on screen rather than face to face (and teachers fired).

Telemedicine? It’s hard to argue with doctors being able to access records of medical tests or treatments done elsewhere. Still, I wonder if a computer in the office will distract my country doc from his excellent listening; whether he’ll grow less conservative about fancy tests and, as a result, lose the keenness of his diagnostic skills. It’s no accident

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home to a couple of marketing firms, Fuse and New Breed, that rely heavily on digital media.

And more white-collar techies may be on the way to Winooski.

The Vermont Energy Investment Corporation, currently housed in two buildings in Burlington, is being aggressively recruited to relocate its 165 employees to the Champlain Mill, says Scott Johnstone, director of the conservationfocused nonprofit. The mill is “one of the places we’ve been looking at,” Johnstone reports, noting that in a tepid economy,

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College students working in the school’s Emergent Media Center in the Champlain Mill have created a video game that the United Nations is using in its global campaign to halt violence against women.

The presence of long-established companies such as BioTek, a global leader in life-science instrumentation, along with frisky start-ups such as MyROW International, which designs and builds fiber-optic and wireless networks, gives Winooski’s tech sector diversity as well as density. The city is also

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f the apple could become synonymous with digital technology, then why not the onion? That’s onion as in the Onion City — Winooski, Vt. Tech companies and organizations have begun congregating in the 1.2-square-mile municipality’s redeveloped downtown and its two office/ industrial parks. In fact, the workingclass and immigrant-friendly city, often overshadowed by hip, high-end Burlington, might have the heaviest concentration of tech firms of any place in Vermont.

Sovernet Communications, a telecom company that built a warpspeed fiber ring in Winooski, bases 40 employees — including voice technicians, field service reps and call center operators — in a nondescript building on East Allen Street. CPA Site Solutions, which designs websites for accountants, racked up three-year sales growth of 223 percent from its offices on West Canal Street. Champlain

prospective tenants do have a host of options. He adds that Winooski Mayor Michael O’Brien has been persistently pushing downtown Winooski as a desirable destination for the green group.

Which is not to say that O’Brien and the city were aggressive in courting the tech businesses that have already set up shop in Winooski. O’Brien says Winooski is happy to have them, but that its one-person economic development unit lacks the firepower to conduct a focused recruitment drive.

So, why do so many of them come to town? Transportation, for starters — the Champlain Mill is on two bus routes that originate at the Chittenden County Transportation Authority’s Cherry Street terminal. Bike commuters from Burlington have a safe, direct pedal to Winooski via the paved path that runs along Riverside Avenue. Those transportation assets, along with drivers’ easy access to I-89 and Burlington International Airport, are cited again and again by tech execs in explaining why they chose Winooski.

“You do pay a bit of a tax in the form of commuting from downtown Burlington,” says BioTek CEO Briar Alpert, referring to parking fees in the Queen City and the crawl up its Main Street to the interstate.

Ann DeMarle, director of the Emergent Media Center, adds that Champlain College’s decision to base its advanced computer lab in the mill was strongly influenced by proximity to student housing in the Winooski Falls development and its connection,

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via shuttle bus, to the college’s main campus in Burlington. College officials are currently considering whether to keep the center in the mill or move it to a Champlain building under construction in Burlington. Declaring “I love this space,” DeMarle says she will lobby for staying put.

New Breed Marketing is situated a stroll down the hall from the media center on the mill’s third floor. That allows for convenient collaboration, DeMarle notes. She says New Breed and nearby Fuse, which specializes in youth marketing, talk with her when they’re searching for talent or want to get involved in projects like the UN game.

In general, however, Winooski’s tech companies don’t appear to have much contact with one another.

Alpert’s globe-spanning instrumentation firm, which now occupies 70,000 square feet of space in the Highland office park, doesn’t consult with Onion City businesses, he says, but adds that his employees do regularly travel less than a mile to UVM’s Laboratory for Clinical Biochemistry Research. That facility, with freezers holding 1.5 million biological samples, lies just across the border in Colchester off Route 7.

“We tend not to be connected to other tech companies,” says Susannah Noel, a spokesperson for CPA Site Solutions, which employs 17 web designers and support personnel. Tech firms also “don’t need a lot of flash,” Noel adds in

reference to Winooski’s comparative lack of upmarket eateries where potential clients can be wooed over lunch.

Tiny Thai on Main Street is a favorite takeout spot for her company’s desktop noshers, Noel notes.

Winooski does have an adequate number of restaurants, most local techies say. In general, “the downtown is getting nicer and nicer,” Alpert suggests, saying that as part of BioTek’s push for employee wellness, the company encourages its workers to walk, not drive, down Main Street for lunch and to use the YMCA on Malletts Bay Avenue or the health club in the Woolen Mill.

Brian Coppom, CEO of MyROW, can also walk to his West Canal Street office from his home in Winooski Falls. “It’s a fine place to live,” he says.

But there’s still almost nothing to attract diners or shoppers to the Winooski Falls project, more than three years after its developers began marketing retail space; Winooski Falls Market & Deli opened there last month, and a sign in the window across the street from the market announces that Opportunities Credit Union is coming in November.

Not even the presence of hundreds of college students living in Falls apartments or studying at the Community College of Vermont and Champlain’s Emergent Media Center has been able to attract retail shops. “There may have been expectations [on the part of the Massachusetts-based HallKeen

development company] that didn’t match the local market,” observes Mayor O’Brien. He says he’s mystified by the continued dearth of retail activity in Winooski Falls.

Across the street, along the river, the Champlain Mill also remains mostly untenanted. Once filled with shops and a popular restaurant (Waterworks), its repurposed interior is now eerily quiet. (It was a lunch at Waterworks in 2002 that so impressed Galen Dow with Winooski that he subsequently decided to base his New Breed Marketing start-up in the Onion City.)

An office in the mill leased by the Vermont Software Developers’ Alliance (vtSDA) currently contains only a few scattered chairs and looks as though it hasn’t been used in months. Messages left on the alliance’s phone go unanswered. The vtSDA’s vice president Tom Jaros says the nonprofit promoter of Vermont tech companies does remain active

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— in fact, it’s a key organizer and sponsor of the Vermont 3.0 Tech Jam this weekend in Burlington. But the organization doesn’t use its office as a gathering place, in part because of problems with the mill, he adds.

Jaros, along with vtSDA board president John Canning, complains heatedly about parking limits in the 945-space garage built as part of the Winooski Falls redevelopment. “We chose Winooski because we got a great deal on the rent and the mill was convenient and had plenty of free parking,” explains Canning, who also presides over Physician’s Computer Company, which makes software for

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pediatricians; PCC’s office, with its 48 employees, is situated on the first and second floors of the mill. “Since that time, the city has totally messed up the parking situation,” he adds, saying two-hour metering “makes it almost impossible for our members to park and attend our events.” The tightened restrictions “are driving people out of the city,” Canning says.

Jaros, who runs a mobile software development business out of his home in Essex, says he’s considering leasing space in the mill but is put off by the parking issue. Mayor O’Brien, for his part, acknowledges these frustrations and reports that the city will be “tweaking” its parking rules.

The attraction of the mill for a small tech firm, Jaros says, lies mainly in the cost of rent. Office space there is advertised at $11 to $15 per square foot — less than prime space in the heart of downtown Burlington, but actually similar to prices in the Maltex Building on Pine Street, a cluster point for some tech businesses. Rents are listed at only $5.50 a square foot in the Hillside office park that’s about 100 yards from the southbound entrance to I-89 and is the home of Sovernet Communications and another tech firm, Ideas Well Done, which designs consumer products.

Parking’s no problem there, reports Sovernet CEO Rich Kendall. “We like Winooski a lot,” he says, explaining “you don’t have to pay the prices of downtown Burlington but you’re just a few minutes away from downtown Burlington.”

BioTek’s Alpert also applauds the city’s building-permit process, which has been “very manageable and predictable” for his expanding company.

It’s partly for that reason, Alpert says, that BioTek has no plan to move from its home of 35 years. “We’re happy in Winooski,” he declares.

Winooski’s school system, meanwhile, continues to dim the city’s attractions — not so much for tech firms but for middle-class families. The local high school finished last in Chittenden County on a recent measurement of students’ proficiency in science. And results were shockingly poor for Winooski’s eighth graders: Only 4 percent were rated as science proficient.

That poses a huge marketing problem for a city trying to lure companies that require tech-adept workers. But for tech companies that want to give back to the community, it sounds more like a marketing opportunity. m

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reating software, and getting it at venues around Burlington. It will into the hands of consumers, list all the shows happening on a used to be an expensive propo- given day in Burlington, along with sition. Not just any tech geek cover and ticket prices and drink could crank out a video game, package it specials. and sell it. Only large gaming companies That Vermont programmers are had the marketing muscle to make that suddenly app-happy is no surprise happen. to Dev Jana, a game developer who With the rise of mobile comput- recently moved from Arizona to ing, that equation has changed. take a faculty position in Champlain Mobile applications, or apps, repre- College’s electronic game design prosent an egalitarian gram. Jana began ideal. Anyone with making mobile software developapps during ing skills and a good what he calls the idea can create and “iPhone app gold sell apps directly to rush of 2006,” and mobile device users VERMONT 3.0 he understands via outlets such as the fickle mobile TECH ISSUE Apple’s app store. As market. “I believe smartphones such as that our proximity the BlackBerry and to the northern the iPhone — as well border and eastas devices that run ern shore, coupled the Android operatwith Vermont’s ing system — become reputation for more widely used, quality and crethe market balloons ativity, puts us in a for crisp, clever and unique spot,” Jana useful apps. says.

As of September, UVM also the Apple store offered recognizes the more than 250,000 potential in this Ro be rt S napp, ass oci ate apps for its products, burgeoning field; prof essor of compu t e r science, UVM including the iPad and the university’s the iPod touch. That’s new Integrative up from 3000 apps in September 2008 Computing program, or iCompute, — a more than 8000 percent increase. focuses heavily on mobile technology.

In Vermont, we might not have uni- Currently, says associate professor of versal broadband access, but we have computer science Robert Snapp, there plenty of developers, both professional are four billion cellphones in the world and hobbyist, who have entered the but not nearly as many personal comapp arena. They’re making everything puters. But in the future, Snapp says, from birding guides to alien battle those basic cellphones will be replaced games and all that lies in between. by billions of smartphones, and they And there are more on the way will all use apps.

— nonprofit bicycle and pedestrian The goal of UVM’s iCompute proadvocacy organization Local Motion gram is to get students prepared for will soon launch an app for its web- that future. “There is an opportunity to based Trail Finder map program. reach a significant portion of the world University of Vermont researchers through these apps,” Snapp says. “We are developing an avalanche risk want [students] to make apps that are assessment app called Stabilitron. socially beneficial and not just shootAnd web developers Matt Sisson and ’em-up games.”

Chris Lei are creating an app for their Vermont app developers do both. new venture, Burlington Source, a Here’s a smattering of what some of website that aggregates music events them have to offer.

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We want [students] to make apps that are socially beneficial,

not just shoot’em-up games.

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Last Portal: Defense The goal of this iPhone app, developed by

Champlain College electronic game design faculty member Dev Jana, is to prevent the evil Kryl from taking over your home dimension.

One reviewer called it the “perfect iPhone game” for its simplicity and entertainment value. devjana.net

Sea Snake This game, which garnered an iTunes staff favorite pick

when it was released in 2009, is a play on classic snake games of yesteryear. Designed by Dev Jana, Sea Snake challenges users to add body segments to the snake while avoiding enemies, walls and the snake itself. devjana.net

Hexorcist This iPhone game, created by Dev Jana, “excites puzzleloving strategists with color mixing and touch-screen madness,” according to the online iTunes store. devjana.net

Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor

In 2009, this game, developed

by Randy Smith of Huntington’s Tiger Style Games, won just about every accolade a mobile app could win. It has been praised as one of iPhone’s “most beautiful games.” In it, you play a spider roaming around an abandoned Vermont-y mansion. Build webs and eat bugs surrounded by the artfully depicted ruins of the Bryce family estate. tigerstylegames.com

Doomsday Terminal “Lost” fans will love this game, created by

Essex Junction software developer Small Rock Software. The world is connected to a doomsday device. Players enter a deactivation code every 108 minutes to prevent a virtual catastrophe. Scores are automatically synched with other players around the world, so you can easily talk smack about who is the true savior of the world. smallrocksoftware.com

Sir Revs-a-Lot Defeat aliens with your trusty little car in this game by Small Rock Software. But be careful — running out of gas will cause a “cataclysmic chain reaction.” And we don’t want that happening, now, do we? smallrocksoftware.com

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This is one of many Audubon apps, including African Wildlife, Birds of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, and Bird of Central Park developed by Green Mountain Digital in Woodstock. Identify thousands of species of birds, butterflies, fish, insects and spiders, mammals, reptiles and amphibians, seashells, trees, and wildflowers, and then record your field experience. greenmountaindigital.com

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Wallpapers of Vermont Paul Moody, a Vermont photographer who

researches the design of collaboration and social software at IBM, created an app showcasing his nature, landscape and animal photography. But the app isn’t just a bunch of pretty pictures; it allows you to put contact information on your wallpaper so that if you ever lose your iPhone, it can be returned to you. wallpapersvermont.blogspot.com

Gesture Dial This app from Small Rock Software allows users to

maximize their mobile device’s touch screen when dialing the phone.

Create personal gestures — swipe straight down to dial Bobby, swipe in a curve to text Cindy — for each of your friends. smallrocksoftware.com

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FakeSpeare According to its creator, UVM student Galen Wilkerson,

FakeSpeare generates “fake” plays using the actual language of the bard himself. The app analyzes word-pair frequencies to generate something that looks like Shakespearean English using a “Markov Parody Generator” — software that uses a statistical modeling process developed by 19thcentury Russian mathematician Andrey Markov. cadagastudio.com

iPlummet What could be more calming than floating through endless

space? Nothing, according to Small Rock Software, which used advanced physics to create this app. It lets you watch five different rag dolls drift among magically generated orbs. Guide them on their journey using tilt and touch controls. smallrocksoftware.com

Brand Master This game, designed by Tom Jaros at Empower Mobility for Brandthropology, tests players’ ability to recognize the evolution of wellknown brand logos — Kodak, Bell and Ford, for example. It’s integrated with the social gaming network OpenFeint, so you can post your scores on the Internet. empowermobility.com

Fridge Magnets

From Essex Junction software developer Small Rock Software comes an iPhone version of the ubiquitous fridge magnets. Drag words around to create your own literary masterpieces — you know, just like Robert Frost did. smallrocksoftware.com

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This password manager created by Ascendo stores confidential information about credit cards, bank accounts, logins, etc. Synchronize between mobile devices and laptops and never get locked out of your accounts again. ascendo-inc.com

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This app from Green Mountain Digital in Woodstock is a fly fisherman’s dream. It provides casting lessons, video and animated knot instructions, a guide to the top trout flies, and updated fishing condition reports for more than 200 of the best fishing locations in North America. greenmountaindigital.com

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With Burlington-based Ascendo’s Spanish, French, German and Italian phrasebooks and dictionaries, you’ll never have to say “No comprende,” “Ne comprends pas,” “Nicht begreifen” or “Non capisco” again. The apps contain hundreds of thousands of entries with long definitions composed of context, part of speech, noun gender and multiple meanings for most keywords. ascendo-inc.com

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High Wireless Act VTel’s Michel Guité promises to bring universal broadband access to rural Vermont. Can he deliver?

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ermont Technical College was a fitting location for a techfocused town-hall-style meeting convened by Sen. Bernie Sanders late last month. The discussion centered on the future of high-speed Internet access, aka “broadband,” for the 84 Vermont communities — or one in five Vermont households — that don’t have it yet.

It would be an overstatement to call the crowd of roughly 200 Vermonters an angry mob. But many came to voice their displeasure with the federal government’s decision to award the largest slice of Vermont’s economic-stimulus pie destined for broadband — $117 million — to Springfield-based Vermont Telephone Company, or VTel. The target of their contempt: VTel’s owner and president, J. Michel Guité.

The largest and most vocal contingent? Loyal fans of East Central Vermont Community Fiber Network, or ECFiber, who were easily identifiable by their matching T-shirts. ECFiber, a partnership of 22 municipalities, also applied for stimulus money, with a proposal to run fiberoptic lines to every home and business in its service area. The USDA’s Rural Utilities Service (RUS) denied its application.

Some of the audience’s resentment stemmed from the fact that the money was awarded to a privately held corporation rather than to ECFiber, a publicly owned entity based on the Burlington Telecom model. In fact, ECFiber is led by former BT general manager Tim Nulty.

Other attendees challenged the viability of Guité’s proposal. He plans to deliver high-speed Internet service to hard-toreach areas using a combination of fiber — indisputably the industry gold standard for broadband delivery — and a new, cuttingedge technology called 4G LTE, or fourthgeneration “long-term-evolution” wireless.

To rural Vermonters who’ve been frustrated by years of unfulfilled promises of high-speed Internet connecting their homes and businesses, the mere mention of “wireless” likely conjured up images of Internet dead zones, weather interruptions, glacially slow connections and dropped cellphone calls. For those who’ve waited a long time to travel the information superhighway, it seemed as though Guité was offering them a ride in an Edsel.

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“I’m concerned that we’re essentially buying 8-track tapes for the entire state,” said John Fagan of Bethel.

Dr. Carol Boerner, an ophthalmic microsurgeon from Reading, explained that she needs to be able to stream 3-D video at home for her continuing education classes. “Wireless is of no use to me,” she complained.

Their scorn was shared by self-described experts in the field.

“This system will be obsolete the day it’s built because the demand for broadband is doubling every five years,” asserted Jack Bryar, a former telecom editor for Thomson Reuters news agency.

Stan Williams of Norwich, who identified himself as a former chief financial officer for a wireless phone company, described VTel’s proposal to use both fiber and wireless as “a stopgap at best.”

But Jonathan Adelstein, the former FCC commissioner who runs RUS, which awarded the stimulus grants, tried to assuage such fears. 4G wireless is “a real game changer” for Vermont, he asserted, “the most robust technology out there, bar none.

“You’re not getting some secondrate wireless,” Adelstein added. “This is as good a wireless as you can get in downtown Boston and New York City, and it may come here before it comes to many major cities in the United States.”

It was Guité who was on the hot seat,

doing his best to remain upbeat and diplomatic. As expected, Sanders held Guité’s feet to the fire and put him on the record as promising to deliver “affordable, universal broadband access” to “every unserved community in Vermont within three years.”

Starting price: $10 per month.

Guité had no sooner agreed to the terms than he started qualifying the complexities of providing high-speed Internet to every nook and cranny of the state.

“When we say, ‘everybody,’ we mean pretty much, functionally everybody,” Guité said, eliciting groans from the audience. “But life is complicated.”

Indeed. Even after a two-hour grilling, questions remained: Who is Guité, and what’s his track record at VTel? Can Vermonters trust him with nearly $117 million in taxpayer dollars? And can his small rural carrier, with just 20,000 phone lines in Greater Springfield, deliver on such a bold statewide promise when larger companies have failed to do so?

In short, will VTel become Vermont’s next FairPoint fiasco — or the success story that finally brings all of rural Vermont into the digital age?

The man with the plan

The VTel headquarters is a flat, white, one-story building sandwiched between Route 106 and the Black River in downtown Springfield. It could easily be mistaken for a community bank or a garden center.

Inside, it’s a serene, open-air work space with a cheery receptionist who answers the phone on the first ring. Beside her desk is an antique wooden barrel filled with local apples free for the taking.

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GLOSSARY OF TECH TERMS: CONNECTING THE HIGH-SPEED WHOZZITS WITH THE WIRELESS WHAT-NOW? “The Internet,” as Sen. Ted Stevens once explained to a Senate subcommittee in 2006, “is not a big truck you dump something on. It’s a series of tubes.”

While techies guffawed at the late senator’s antiquated analogy, Stevens wasn’t far off the mark. As the Vermont Rural Broadband Project explains on its website, the difference between dial-up and broadband is analogous to the difference between a 3/4-inch water pipe to the home and a 6-inch water main running beneath the street.

Still stumped by all the techno-jargon? Here’s a quick primer:

4G LTE: Short for fourth-generation, long-term-evolution wireless, it’s the newest and most cutting-edge form of wireless phone and Internet communication. Unlike 1G, which were the old analog cellphones that delivered data at a rate of 12 kilobits per second (Kbps) of data; 2G (500 Kbps); and 3G (1.5 megabits per second), 4G has been tested at speeds of 50 to 60 megabits per second. Critics say it’s never been deployed in the United States and still must obey the laws of physics — e.g., it cannot penetrate mountains, of which Vermont has one or two. Proponents counter that it’s what the world’s largest telecom companies are adopting.

Broadband: High-speed Internet access that’s always on, with near-instantaneous

access to the World Wide Web, email, instant messaging, video streaming, etc. Compared with dial-up service, which is typically carried over a copper phone line, broadband is faster and much more reliable. The FCC defines broadband as data flowing at a rate of at least 200 kilobits per second.

Dial-up: Remember the guttural screeching that once emanated from your hard drive while you waited minutes for your modem to connect? That was dial-up that carried data at 24 to 56 kilobits per second. The reason it sounds like a pterodactyl is that it’s a dinosaur technology that ought to be relegated to history museums.

DSL: A digital subscriber line, which uses existing phone lines to carry both telephone and data services. Though it’s 10 to 100 times faster than dial-up, it’s still considered laughably slow by anyone who uses a computer to put food on the table.

Fiber: No, not the kind your proctologist recommends. Short for fiber optic, it’s

indisputably the most advanced method for transmitting vast amounts of data, including phone, cable TV and Internet service. It works by carrying a series of light pulses over an optical glass strand. More costly to deploy and splice than copper wire, it’s the gold standard for broadband, capable of transmitting data at rates ranging from 1 megabit per second (Mbps) to well over 100 Mbps.

Fiber-to-the-home: Just like it sounds, it’s a method of delivering high-speed

telephone, cable and Internet service to residences using a single, bidirectional fiber-optic cable. While it provides the fastest and most robust broadband out there, it’s largely impractical in low-density areas where homes and businesses are few and far between.

Kilobit: 1000 bits of data. A unit for measuring bandwidth for data transmission.

Megabit: See above. This one is 1000 kilobits, or 1 million bits of data.

Satellite broadband: A form of high-speed (sort of) Internet access delivered via a satellite connection. Though it’s faster than dial-up and often the only option available in remote locales, satellite broadband has many disadvantages compared with landlines and wireless technologies. They include weather interruptions, “latency” — or the lag time for the signal to travel back and forth to a low-Earth orbit — and physical obstacles, such as trees, clouds and mountains.

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and still teaches there, is the son of the late William R. Hewlett, cofounder of HewlettPackard. Walter Hewlett’s name may be familiar because he chairs the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, a major underwriter of National Public Radio.

But Wall Street investors know Hewlett better as the HP board member who, in 2002, led a contentious but unsuccessful proxy fight against then-CEO — and current U.S. Senate candidate — Carly Fiorina when she proposed a controversial merger with Compaq.

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Wall Street, where he got a job as a telecom industry analyst at Salomon Brothers in 1972. Twenty years later, he started looking to buy his first company.

His partner at the time was businessman Walter Hewlett, whom he knew from his Stanford days. Together they put together a deal to buy a small, rural phone carrier in Vermont that was being sold off by GTE. On a shelf behind Guité’s desk is a nameplate that reads, “Walter Hewlett, music scholar” — an inside joke, he says.

Hewlett, who studied music at Stanford

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Wireless: In the telecom world, it’s a method of transmitting data without using wires, often in places where it’s technologically or economically unfeasible to run fiber or phone lines. Typically, signals are broadcast from a transmitter or cell tower fed by fiber-optic lines. Though wireless cannot transmit data at the same speeds as fiber, it has the advantage of being both mobile and cheaper to deploy.

What was VTel like when Guité and Hewlett looked at it in 1994? Guité recalls it was “like a nice Chevy with 55,000 miles on it. There was nothing wrong with it, but it was nothing fancy.”

At the time, VTel had only 17,500 lines and sold for $42 million. Initially, Hewlett and Guité tried to interest venture capitalists, but Wall Street investors wouldn’t bite. In fact, the VTel purchase was part of a much larger deal worth several hundred million dollars involving 18 properties in three states. Coincidentally, the entire deal was orchestrated by FairPoint in its preVermont days.

“GTE left us a good resource, and it also left us an awful lot of really good people,” Guité recalls. “The problem was, it was a very dreary culture.”

One of Guité’s first tasks, he says, was to renovate company headquarters, then a “concrete bunker.” More importantly, under his leadership — Hewlett’s interest in the company was largely bought out by the early 2000s — the company modernized rapidly. In 1994, VTel became the first telecom in Vermont to offer Internet service, smart payphones and fiber to the home. Today, VTel has more than 75 percent broadband penetration in its service area, one of the highest rates in the state.

Guité primarily considers VTel a Vermont company — its 1400-mile fiber network runs to public schools in Burlington, Montpelier, Rutland, Springfield and White River Junction, among other places. But its reach extends well beyond Vermont’s borders. VTel also owns fiber networks running to Boston, Montréal and New York City. Its customers include major institutions such as MIT, Dartmouth College and McGill University.

Recognizing that the future of telecom would require both fiber and mobile wireless technologies, about eight years ago Guité began buying up FCC wireless licenses around the state.

David O’Brien, commissioner of the Vermont Department of Public Service, describes that decision as “visionary” on Guité’s part.

“Michel’s been a real innovator,” O’Brien says. “He thinks big and he thinks long term.”

Bob Flint, executive director of the Springfield Regional Development Corporation, describes Guité as a leader who “puts his money where his mouth is.

“VTel is one of our strongest champions of economic development,” Flint says. “We’ve had ahead-of-the-curve broadband for years, pricing has never changed, and they’ve treated me very well as a customer.”

Glenn Cordner agrees. The CEO of Springfield Hospital and Springfield Medical Care Systems, a network of nine community health centers in Windsor County, says that his medical centers are

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I’m quickly greeted by Guité, a small, round man with short gray hair who speaks almost in a whisper. He’s sporting khakis, brown moccasins and a rumpled, blue, button-down shirt with the VTel logo over one pocket. On his wrist is a plastic, multicolored watch that a child might wear.

It’s not what one would expect from a former Wall-Street-analyst-turnedCEO with a second wife and a mansion in Greenwich, Conn. Over the last five years, Guité and his family have given about $80,000 to candidates of all political stripes, including Sanders, according to a recent report on VPR’s “Vermont Edition.”

But Guité doesn’t have his own office or even a walled-off cubicle — just a modest desk in one corner of the room.

It’s adorned with crayon drawings and photos of children of various ages I mistakenly assumed are his grandchildren.

He clarifies that his five kids range in age from 6 to 27, and there’s a sixth on the way. Evidently, Guité sees himself as much younger and more vigorous than his 65 years suggest.

Born in Montréal into a family of modest means, Guité was raised in English-speaking Nova Scotia. He put himself through college, while also supporting his mother and sister, by working as a bellhop for $135 a week at the HôtelMotel La Côte Surprise on Québec’s Gaspé Coast.

In college — at Dalhousie University in Halifax — Guité wrote for the student newspaper, the Dalhousie Gazette of Nova Scotia, the oldest college newspaper in North America. Upon graduation, he got a job in Montréal as a financial reporter with the Canadian Press. One day in 1967, his editor announced that he was going to Israel to fight in what came to be known as the Six Day War. Guité was promoted to financial editor.

Two years later, Guité came to the United States on a Ford Foundation grant to Stanford University. Later, he transferred to MIT, where he studied two-way interactive cable TV systems.

However, since Guité was duty-bound by his Ford Foundation grant to complete his degree at Stanford, he returned to the West Coast and got a PhD working on early applications of microwave technologies.

While still at MIT, Guité saw a flyer for a summer rental in Vermont. Eager to find a quiet place to complete his studies, Guité rented the place for $100 a month from Mrs. Richard Derby of Proctorsville. He soon discovered she was Ethel Carow Roosevelt Derby, Teddy Roosevelt’s daughter.

The deal required Guité to do some minor upkeep on the house that included daily dismantling of a nearby beaver dam.

Guité attributes his fondness for Vermont to his experiences during the two summers he rented from Derby.

After Stanford, Guité went to work on

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Guité, he says, has been “an exceptional community citizen” who’s provided “totally consistent and excellent” service to his facilities.

“You want to put your money in his hands because he’s a man with a mission,” Cordner says of Guité. “He will deliver results. I guarantee it.”

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Most Vermonters — outside Springfield — had never heard of Michel Guité before VTel’s whopping $116.8 million federal stimulus grant was announced earlier this year.

But he’d made news in early 2008 for trying to relocate the graves of a War of 1812 veteran and his two granddaughters on his 150-acre property in Hartland. As Guité told the Valley News at the time, the family plot was only 15 feet away from where he intended to build a house, and he feared the graves would disturb the “serenity” of the place.

Two family descendants and several historical groups opposed Guité’s petition. But after a six-month legal battle, a Vermont court ruled in his favor. Judge Joanne Ertel noted in her decision that she “finds it difficult to fathom his persistence in the face of such widespread and heartfelt opposition. It’s hard to imagine introducing yourself to a community with an action that the community finds abhorrent.”

Such “persistence” hasn’t won Guité many friends in Vermont’s labor community, either. Mike Spillane, business manager of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 2326, says his union walked away from VTel’s union employees because, as he puts it, Guité threatened to “put me in the poorhouse in court.

“Michel Guité is a very headstrong individual,” Spillane adds. “In all the years I’ve dealt with him through union contract negotiations, he’s never once spoken to me. He only speaks through his lawyer.

I have nothing good to say about him.”

Spillane also wonders how VTel would be able to handle a major power outage, such as the ice storm of 1998, with just 70 employees on staff.

On occasion, Guité has gotten his wires crossed with state regulators. As the Valley News reported last month, in 1997 VTel got in trouble with DPS for using revenues generated by ratepayers for, among other things, artwork and leisure travel. That case resulted in a $750,000 refund to VTel customers.

Nevertheless, O’Brien and others at DPS report that VTel has had an “excellent” consumer track record in recent years.

Based on such indicators as customer-service complaints, outages and the speed of restored service, DPS spokesperson Steve

Wark describes VTel as one of the best telecom companies in the state.

But customer service is not a substitute for connectivity. Not everyone buys Guité’s assurances that VTel can provide fast, cheap and reliable broadband service to every farmhouse, henhouse and outhouse in the state.

Is VTel’s plan for deploying a combination of fiber and 4G wireless technologies a workable solution for rural Vermont?

Tim Nulty, ECFiber’s project director, doesn’t think so. In his recent editorial on the website Vtdigger.org — which failed to identify Nulty’s connection to ECFiber — Nulty described 4G LTE wireless service

as “roughly equivalent to DSL” and “far inferior” to what fiber delivers.

Nulty likens 4G LTE wireless to “an experimental drug” and accuses Guité and VTel of using rural Vermont as their “guinea pig” for an “unproven” technology they wouldn’t “inflict” on their own subscribers. “Fiber,” Nulty concludes, “is the CHEAPEST way to get UNIVERSAL coverage.”

Not so, according to other telecom experts who don’t have an ax to grind. Tom Evslin, Vermont’s former “technology czar,” told Sanders recently that wiring Vermont with 100 percent fiber would cost about $1 billion — or one-seventh of the total stimu-

TELJET’S HIGH-FIBER DIET: THE BIGGEST BROADBAND PROVIDER IN VERMONT YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF Burlington Telecom gets all the press — and that’s just fine with Greg Kelly, founder, president and CEO of TelJet. Kelly doesn’t feel the need to advertise that he operates one of the largest fiber-optic networks in Vermont and New Hampshire. Commercial and institutional users in need of premium fiber-optic broadband know where to find him: at the company’s brand new headquarters and data center in Williston.

Although it’s small as tech companies go — just 10 employees — TelJet is serving some of the biggest and most technology-dependent organizations in the state: Middlebury College, the University of Vermont, Champlain College, St. Michael’s College, Fletcher Allen Health Care, Vermont Public Radio and Vermont Public Television.

Its progress is impressive, considering that TelJet didn’t even exist a decade ago. Kelly dropped out of college in 1983 to start his first company, selling phone systems. He stayed in the telecom business for many years and founded several other firms, including one, CatchTV, that developed patented technology that links a TV viewer to the Internet.

In February 2000, after a two-year gig as chief information officer for the nascent Oxygen network, Kelly found himself unemployed and living in Vermont. He realized there was money to be made buying and selling the “high-tech junk” being unloaded by companies that had jumped into the deregulated telecom industry and went broke. Kelly describes the opportunity as “the biggest fire sale this nation has ever seen.”

He quickly started buying up the stuff for “pennies on the dollar,” including warehouses full of electronics, conduits and fiber-optic cables. In 2002, Kelly joined with partners Douglas Hyde and David Storandt to form TelJet. The name, which sounds like a commuter airline, was itself something of an afterthought. It was the only telecom-sounding domain name that wasn’t being used by another company.

TelJet started by buying its own utility rights of way and offering redundant, backup fiber networks to large institutions in the event their primary networks went down. And that’s exactly what happened. Clients began switching their broadband service to the smaller but more reliable company.

TelJet, which also applied for federal stimulus money but was denied, offers only fiber-to-the-premises technology, no wireless or antiquated copper lines, Kelly explains.

“What we’re really focused on is efficiency,” he says. “It’s all about how you build it, going that extra mile to build in quality.”

For example, TelJet runs most of its fiber lines underground to reduce maintenance costs and improve reliability. And, because TelJet doesn’t try to offer service to every part of the state and doesn’t serve residential users, it only goes where it’s economically feasible to do so.

Kelly emphasizes that his company is about more than providing basic high-speed broadband.

For example, he’s been working on technology to transmit live performances from Burlington’s Flynn Center for the Performing Arts and the Elley-Long Music Center directly into Fletcher Allen Health Care for patients to watch on unused cable channels. Similarly, he envisions helping VPT offer a live cooking show from the New England Culinary Institute; he says his company has the technological expertise to pull it off.

Vermont’s broadband landscape is still “like the Wild West,” says Kelly. And, while his company continues to invest in an ever-expanding fiber network, he admits it remains to be seen what other new technologies, including 4G LTE wireless, will mean for underserved areas of the state.

“The technology is constantly changing,” Kelly says. “We’re just hanging on for the ride.”

— K .P. TelJet will be exhibiting at the Vermont 3.0 Tech Jam, Friday, October 15, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and Saturday, October 16, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., at Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center in Burlington. Greg Kelly will be interviewed during the CEO Speaker Series on Saturday.

lus money dedicated to expanding rural broadband in the entire country.

Brian Coppom is CEO of MyROW International, a Winooski-based consulting firm that serves the telecom and electric utilities industries. Coppom agrees that fiber is the gold standard for broadband, “but not for every application and not when it doesn’t make good business sense.” 4G LTE, he asserts, is “a great alternative.”

Coppom disagrees with Nulty’s claim that 4G wireless won’t deliver video as promised. As he explains, video typically streams at a rate of between 3 megabits per second — say, for a mobile device — and 20 megabits per second for a large flat-screen TV. The latest tests of 4G done by Verizon Wireless delivered speeds of 50 to 60 megabits per second, Coppom says. Even if VTel delivers at half that rate, he believes, it’ll be fast enough for most Vermonters.

“Will you get fiber capacity with a wireless link? No,” Coppom says. “But you’ll get enough. I firmly believe that.”

MyROW’s president and chief technology officer, John Ferry, agrees. As a telecom expert who claims he’s run “tens of thousands of miles of fiber” in his career, Ferry asserts that deploying 4G LTE in sparsely populated regions, especially for “last-mile delivery,” makes a lot of sense, both technologically and economically.

“Look at AT&T, Vodafone, Verizon Wireless. These are some of the biggest companies in the world, and their bet is on 4G,” he adds. “They’ve put billions into R&D so that we didn’t have to in Vermont.

We’re getting the finished product.”

4G wireless has other benefits fiber doesn’t, Ferry adds: It’ll enable Vermont electric utilities to upgrade to smart-grid technologies such as smart metering, which can be read remotely and track individual home and business usage. It’ll also be a boon to Vermont’s mobile capabilities, which are less than optimal in vast parts of the state. In fact, Guité plans to build as many as 10 new cell towers to accomplish his goal.

4G wireless, Ferry concludes, is not the “experimental drug” Nulty makes it out to be — but “the great equalizer” between rural and urban areas.

“Are there challenges? Of course there are,” Coppom agrees. “But challenges are opportunities. I think there are a lot of synergies here that make sense for Vermont.”

And what does Guité himself say? In person, he vacillates between expressing humility in the face of the task before him, and a stubborn defiance of those who say he’s trying to do what can’t be done.

He’s critical of detractors such as Nulty, whom he describes as part of “a class of Mandarin bureaucrats whose job it is to say how bad things are.

“We have the phone customers to make the fiber-to-the-home piece work, and we’ve got the wireless licenses to make the wireless piece work,” Guité concludes.

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Stepping the other way brings you into the restored first floor of the home and its opulent double parlor. Matching gray marble fireplaces mirror each other from opposite wood-paneled walls; period chandeliers are enhanced with state-of-the-art recessed lighting; stately wood trim frames every arch and doorway. Even the original brass door hinges are intricate works of craftsmanship.

Placed throughout these and two more meticulously restored rooms — a library and a conference room — is an intriguing display of Vermontiana, culled by the college’s librarians from a collection of maps, postcards, crocks and memorabilia donated by Burlington businessman Lance Llewellyn.

The house is an elegant first stop on what is intended to be an impressive tour for prospective students and their

parents. Visitors move on to a presentation hall in the south wing — the one with that upswept roofline — and may explore the north wing and second floor of the house, both of which contain administrative offices designed so that every employee looks out a window.

The ground level provides services for current students. Back-lawn paths lead down to a restored, slate-roofed barn whose original wide floorboards now support computer workstations for the Division of Communication and Creative Media. The last stop is the old caretaker’s cottage, which was moved from its original location south of the house. (A small stone patio preserves its footprint.)

“This was designed to make a good first impression,” Mease understates at tour’s end.

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Ron Wanamaker of Wanamaker Restoration in Burlington led the restoration team along with his wife, Amy Mentes. He says the house was actually in pretty good shape when work started in May 2009. It had had only four owners in 150 years; the last family, the Cannons, sold it to the college in 2004.

The biggest challenge, Wanamaker says, was restoring the windows to LEED specifications. (The building is slated to receive a LEED — Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design — platinum rating for its green design.) Not only did the team return the windows to working order and build storm windows for each one, but “we had to have them

tions — including the roofline, most of the square footage and some elaborately parqueted floors — made by the house’s second owners, John and Nellie Flynn, who lived there from 1913 to 1940. The front landscaping was influenced by Nellie Flynn, a leading botanist in her day whose collection of 22,700 plant and flower varieties is held at UVM. “There’s no ‘original’ in buildings that have been lived in for 150 years,” quips the 58-year-old architect. Nevertheless, Carroon and her crew, along with Engelberth Construction of Burlington and a host of local subcontractors, were careful not to “restore” anything for which there was no historical evidence.

With the help of Mary O’Neil, a preservation specialist in Burlington’s planning and zoning office whom Carroon describes as “just wonderful,” Carroon was able to access key documents.

Some old insurance maps, for example, showed the footprint of a porch on the south front, which Goody Clancy then rebuilt. And “the house clearly had a cupola,” Carroon says, “but we never

snug enough to pass the blower door test,” says Wanamaker. “It was nerve wracking.”

“If I could clone Ron and his team and take them to every project, I would,” Carroon says appreciatively.

That would include quite a roster of projects: The architect has led the restoration and greening of nearly a dozen national historic landmarks, including the architecturally iconic Trinity Church in Boston’s Back Bay. For her sustainability-enhanced preservation work, Carroon was named a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects — a group of about 2000 highly regarded architects, out of a registered 60,000 or so in the country, who can put “FAIA” after their names.

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describe it, the construction team drilled two wells beside the building down 565 and 725 feet to a large aquifer that sits below lake level. Pumps draw the water — which remains at 52 degrees all year — through a closedpipe loop past a heat exchanger, where its temperature is transferred to water in another closed-pipe loop running through the building. (The closed loops prevent adulteration of the aquifer.) Thirty-five strategically located coil-and-fan units, or heat pumps, blow the moderate-temperature air into the building. On the coldest days, electric heat will provide a boost.

“The building will have very, very low energy use,” declares Carroon, who used geothermal wells in several previous projects, including Trinity Church and three Harvard University buildings. According to Christina Erickson, the college’s sustainability coordinator, software development students are currently designing an interactive “dashboard” for the building that will display energy-usage measurements in real time.

Perry Hall’s impending LEED platinum designation reflects only part of its sustainable design. Like most preservation architects, Carroon finds the U.S. Green Building Council’s rating system weighted toward new construction and less rewarding of building reuse than are other rating systems — even though, as Erickson puts it, “Building more is not better if we’re really talking about our greenhousegas emissions.” “[LEED] is still very much consumption based, and consumption is the problem that got us here in the first place,” Carroon says. The system also doesn’t reward durability — “thinking through the service life of a building,” as she puts it — though that was one of her main concerns with Perry Hall. By using exterior steel supports, including two X-shaped lateral braces designed in collaboration with Burlington-based Engineering Ventures, Carroon eliminated the need for interior columns, allowing the building’s spaces to be reconfigured for different purposes 50 or 100 years from now.

Carroon also considered all-wood construction, but balked when she learned the wood would be coming from Vancouver instead of Vermont. And she looked into both solar and wind power.

A wind turbine would have had to be too tall — and therefore too expensive — to be worthwhile, and solar panels are still, in her opinion, “not terribly affordable or effective.” But both options can be added as they become more sophisticated, she says.

All of this came at a price, of course: The building itself cost $12 million, and that doesn’t include the landscaping and barn and cottage renovations.

Mease says the college took out a $12 million tax-exempt bond, and another $3 million came from its ongoing capital campaign, called “Vision. Innovation.

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Carroon can’t credit Champlain enough for that vision. “It’s unusual to find a client who is as visionary as Champlain,” she says more than once.

And, while city residents who live near the college tend to view its expansion with a wary eye, they generally appreciate the institution’s commitment to historically respectful renovations.

If it’s true, as Carroon claims, that “the stats on visiting students are that they decide within the first 15 minutes — I call it karmic shopping,” then Champlain’s millions may prove to be money well spent. m

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— Victrola and all. wife of negligible At one end, a windowless door opens economic means whose children can’t onto a fire-escape landing; at the other stand her. Wandrey is utterly convincing end stands a dining-room set. A far wall is beat for beat, and she brings a shrewd adorned with neon lights that suggest the physicality to a character defined by neighborhood’s night spots. The effect is her poise, striking the grande dame’s Exclusively at: at once confining and inviting — an im- parlor poses in ways that subtly betray portant quality for the play’s only setting. her decline. With a simple slump of her Amid this homey clutter, Amanda shoulders, she projects abject defeat.

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of success — but Wiggins’ performance blends enthusiasm and empathy in a way that inspires hope for what he might bring this broken family. Might.

A decade into the 21st century, we may think we’re not gullible enough to expect salvation from a smooth-talking stranger — except, of course, on the national political stage. Still, The Glass Menagerie should prove compelling to contemporary audiences, even uncomfortably so, for the critical gaze it turns back on them. The play raises the kinds of questions that earned another notable postwar drama, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, a Pulitzer Prize in 1949. Are we players or pawns in this game we call the American Dream? Is family a sanctuary or a snare on the road to prosperity?

Coincidentally, the Weston Playhouse’s laudable production of Death of a Salesman played the Flynn MainStage during the opening weekend of VSC’s Glass Menagerie. A comparison of the two plays is apt here, and not just because they both feature a delusional parent spurring progeny on to success while denying his or her own dysfunction.

More to the point, each work testifies to the cruel world’s hand in forging flawed characters. We can forgive these parents their methods, but we can’t forget the pressures bearing down on the homes they struggle to maintain. We can’t forget those pressures because we feel them acutely today.

Rightfully, then, the American theater esteems Williams and Miller for their unflinching portraits of American Dreamers hanging on for dear life. With its current production of The Glass Menagerie, VSC earns praise for the worthy caretaking of an American classic. m

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refreshingly plainspoken stance, telling the tale truthfully, he alleges, but “in the pleasant disguise of illusion.” The actor’s avoidance of grandiosity helps him slip smoothly into the domestic scenes back behind the fourth wall. His interactions with his mother and sister are nicely modulated; he shows a full range of responses to Amanda’s intrusions, mustering justifiable rage but also more tempered emotions, bemusement as much as belligerence. Tom’s fondness for Laura is clear, although this relationship, too, is colored by his doubts about whether their shared existence — or his own life — can improve its present course.

As shy sister Laura, whose cherished collection of glass animals gives the play its title, Walsh plays the shrinking violet to sympathetic effect — in sharp contrast to her spirited brother and mother.

Afflicted with a physical condition that causes her to limp slightly, Laura moves through the house like a cipher. The angst of having failed to meet her mother’s socialite expectations is written in Walsh’s downcast eyes and in surreptitious activities we learn Laura has undertaken outside the home to palliate her mother’s disappointment. Walsh’s portrayal conveys a resignation to spinsterhood. But something in her vacant gaze hints at a wellspring of emotional pain beneath her physical limitations.

Laura’s seeming last shot at companionship outside her circle of miniature glass pals arrives in the person of Jim, Tom’s coworker at the Continental Shoe warehouse. Played with backslapping ebullience by Benjamin Wiggins, Jim embodies an optimism that’s in short supply among the Wingfields and, most important, a confidence to seize the day. When he shows up to dine with the Wingfields, not knowing Tom has arranged the meeting to introduce him to Laura, his presence reminds the family that some people forge ahead while others remain stuck in the past, or in each other’s way. Jim’s head may be in the clouds — he has determined that public-speaking ability is the secret

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baked brownies. I folded laundry.

I drank a glass of water. And then there was nothing left for me to do but walk into my kitchen and face the raw chicken sitting on the counter.

Or, rather, roast it.

My cooking instructor didn’t notice my uneasiness. I’m normally at home in the kitchen, but I usually limit my culinary adventures to my preferred food groups: breakfast and dessert. Banana bread, apple cake, popovers ... piece of cake.

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y digital cooking classes started a few months ago when I was hands deep in flour, rolling out pie dough.

The cold butter clumps were flattening into little pockets that I hoped would make a light and flaky crust for my cherry pie. Having sliced the dough into straight, even strips, I paused. Must I literally weave the delicate

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blocked the action as he pushed butter and thyme beneath the chicken’s skin.

There was zero explanation to go with an image of the trussed bird, cinched in a knot I was sure only Boy Scouts could replicate. Murphy’s whirlwind, twominute-and-54-second video ended with a dumbfounding fun fact: “A chicken once had its head cut off and survived over 18 months, headless.” Bon appétit?

I thought not.

Next, I happened on a soft-spoken, older-sounding gentleman going by the handle “foodwishes.” I felt an immediate

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Now, as an infrequent meat eater and a squeamish person in general, I couldn’t help but cringe as my teacher explained we’d be shoving an herbed compound butter under the chicken’s skin. I was sure I’d rather be spreading that on a baguette.

Nevertheless, I followed along as the instructor whipped up the compound butter. Simple zesting, mincing and stirring soon yielded me a fresh, chive-flecked concoction with a strong garlic-lemon kick. Then my guide began explaining how to twist and tuck the bird’s wings underneath its body to prevent dryness.

I looked at my own chicken, resting in the roasting pan, and flipped it over. And over again. Why didn’t this thing come with a “This side up” label?

I sighed, washed my hands and walked over to my laptop. I was in over my head ... but at least there’s a pause button when you’re learning to cook from YouTube.

pieces for the pictureperfect lattice crust I had in mind? There had to be an easier way.

Without a second thought, I hopped on the computer — causing a minor explosion of flour dust that settled on my keyboard — and clicked on the first video that appeared when I searched “how to make a lattice pie crust” on YouTube.

A Pillsbury representative unrolled pie dough from a can and explained how to crisscross the lines of dough starting from the middle of the pie. Ohh. Well, that made sense. About an hour later, a lovely golden pie with a proper lattice weave was cooling on the counter, and a toasted-butter scent wafted through the apartment.

I was intrigued: What other techniques could I learn through my laptop?

The ’Tube was like the culinary classes I couldn’t afford; it succeeded where TV cooking shows failed — on the strength of those crucial pause and replay buttons.

spouts tips about grilling the perfect steak. Thomas Keller is dying to let me in on how to clean mushrooms.

It’s a digital world, even in the kitchen.

All I had to do was press play.

But finding the right teacher to guide me in the ways of roast chicken was trickier than I’d anticipated. Antony Worrall Thompson, a British celebrity chef I’d never heard of, seemed confident and knowledgeable, and his accent was charming. But I was insulted when he began by suggesting I remove the chicken from the plastic container: “That tends to melt if it goes in the oven,” he explained. No, really? With the world (or at least the World Wide Web) at my fingertips, surely I didn’t have to put up with a chef who talked down to me.

Chef and restaurateur Marc Murphy seemed rushed and mildly annoyed at me from the get-go, but perhaps that was just the zippy editing. His hands

connection with him when he declared a silicone spatula one of his “favorite alltime kitchen tools” — mine, too! Like me, he seemed to have genuine fun zesting a lemon. Plus, his “ultimate roast chicken” looked perfectly brown and tender. I was in.

It was strange cooking with “foodwishes” — “one of the web’s top video recipe producers and online culinary instructors,” boasts his YouTube profile — because he didn’t have a face. Or, at least, it never appeared in the video.

The most I saw of him were his hands, which seemed quite capable as they slid the compound butter under the skin — “smoosh it and smash it and pat it,” he narrated. I cackled when he joked that perhaps he “was enjoying that a little too much.” I couldn’t remember the last time I’d gotten a chuckle out of a recipe.

I still felt fairly icked out as I shoved two lemon halves and some chives down the cavity — did my chicken feel violated?

I whispered an apology as I hoisted it up by a leg to sprinkle it liberally with

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Salt’s own graham crackers and marshmallows, and “Pop Tarts” in flavors such as lemon curd and apple compote. Among the sweet and savory scones will be ones featuring Serrano ham and piquillo pepper.

Queen City residents can pick up the same snacks every other Saturday after the buRlIngton WIntER FaRmERs maRkEt opens in Memorial Auditorium on November 6.

In December, Podhaizer and Green will debut a small dinner menu, which will rotate weekly but always include handmade pasta and braises. Savory soufflés, one of Green’s specialties, can also be expected on the bill of fare. Look for popovers stuffed with unlikely fillings, including duck confit. Prix-fixe meals will include composed cheese plates with condiments tailored to the curds.

At a restaurant called Salt, the seasoning naturally gets pride of place. Each table will boast a selection, including Maine sea salt and smoked salt. “We like salted desserts,” says Podhaizer. Her salami-and-smoked-paprika truffles will find a home at her restaurant, along with salted caramels.

Diners can accompany the dishes with a line of artisan cocktails. “I prefer savory cocktails,” Podhaizer says, “so I’ll be playing around with ingredients like preserved lemons, herbs and spices to make things that actually get you hungry for dinner, instead of something that’s sticky and sweet and satiating.”

After four years at Seven Days, Podhaizer notes that the career switch will allow her to participate in the food scene instead of observing it. “I’m really happy to be an advocate for the local food movement and work with farmers who grow such wonderful produce,” she says.

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Food writers know how to dish out criticism, but a local one is about to have the tables turned. On November 1, suzannE PoDhaIzER will leave her job as Seven Days food editor. If all goes well, the reviews will start coming when her new Montpelier restaurant, salt, opens just a few weeks later in mid-November.

According to Podhaizer, the opportunity to open her own business arrived in the form of kismet — literally.

Podhaizer recently interviewed kIsmEt owner CRystal maDERIa about her localvore café’s imminent move to the spot left unoccupied when Restaurant Phoebe closed in July.

Podhaizer and her chef-husband, Dan gREEn, saw the cozy café space as the perfect spot to open the kind of restaurant they always hoped to find in their own dining-out experiences.

What can guests expect at this food writer’s restaurant? Creative interpretations of classic dishes and techniques, made from scratch using local products and the best tastes from around the world, Podhaizer says. Green spent the summer laboring at JERICho sEttlERs’ FaRm, from which he’ll source some of Salt’s products. In return, the restaurant will supply prepared food to Jericho Settlers’ winter CSA. Salt will initially open for lunch, then add dinner in December. The midday meal will include quiches and soups, including sherried chestnut-mushroom, and a potato and kale potage with housemade chorizo. Afternoon strollers can sample espresso, coffee and a wide range of snacks, such as popcorn flavored with local cheeses, s’mores crafted from

Internet access and site revenue enable her to work from home, in between raising chickens, whipping up batches of ice cream, and pickling and preserving excess from her garden.

When she and Roberto launched the BlogRoll, Campus says, “We never expected it would become what it has become.” Right idea, right time...

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The Foodie BlogRoll is Vermont based, but you’d never deduce it from a browse of the popular site, which aggregates links to 9188 food-centric blogs devoted to everything from Pakistani cuisine to restaurant-quality home cooking on a budget. The slick site, which also features ads, contests and giveaways, has approximately 30,000 visitors each month.

In the right-hand column, a photo of a crowned woman with rosy cheeks is labeled the “Leftover Queen.” Text identifies her as “Foodie BlogRoll founder and manager” JEnn DIPIazza CamPus. Click on her smiling face and you’re transported to Hyde Park, where Campus and her husband, RobERto, relocated in April. After three years living in St. Augustine, Fla., Campus says, they “couldn’t take the heat.” Having enjoyed a previous stint in Vermont, they decided to move back and bring their blossoming web business, which takes in revenue via ads and contests and serves as Jenn Campus’ full-time job.

The writer’s affection for her tiny new Lamoille County hometown shows in her writing. On October 11, Campus blogged an “ode” to Hyde Park’s aPPlEChEEk FaRm, as well as recipes for duck with olives and preserved plum tart. Previous posts recap a charity event put on by magIC hat and boloCo in Burlington, and a visit to bIstRo sauCE in Shelburne.

But mostly Campus fills her blog with recipes and stories about growing and preparing healthy whole foods without breaking the bank. “It challenges me to learn new things in the

kitchen. It’s like putting myself through my own version of culinary school,” she says.

The Foodie BlogRoll, established two and a half years ago, was an offshoot of Campus’ efforts to spread the word about her own site. “I was looking for tips and ways to network with

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Begin by making the compound butter. Zest the lemon and add it to the butter, along with the chives and garlic. add 1 teaspoon of both salt and pepper. Stir and set aside. place the chicken in a large roasting pan. Twist the wings backward and tuck the tips underneath the bird to prevent burning. Use your fingers or a narrow spatula to lift the chicken’s skin gently from its back — don’t remove it; just make space to add the compound butter. Slide the butter evenly under the skin on both sides of the chicken’s spine.

Season the cavity with a big pinch of both salt and pepper. Halve the lemon and squeeze the juice into the cavity, then place each half inside the bird. Tie the legs tightly together in a double knot.

Drizzle the bird with olive oil on all sides, using your hands to rub it evenly around.

Liberally season on all sides with salt and pepper. put the bird in the oven for about 45 minutes; remove it and brush the liquids from the pan over the top of the chicken with a pastry brush. Continue baking for another 10 to 15 minutes, until it’s evenly browned and at an internal temperature of about 165 degrees.

Remove it and let it rest for about 10 minutes before carving.

Digital Dishes « p.42 salt and pepper. Before I knew it, the legs were tied with some string I hoped wouldn’t catch fire in the oven, and my bird was ready to roast.

An hour later, it was back on the counter, browned and reclining in a bath of lemony juices. My boyfriend and I were dying to eat ... but first I had to conquer carving. I could think of no one better to turn to than the French Culinary Institute’s master chef Marc Bauer, who assured me in his thick accent that, with a sharp knife and some pressure, my bird wouldn’t fly away as I sliced.

I imitated his movements with my biggest knife as we chiseled out each drumstick; I couldn’t find the oyster but was too hungry to care. I took a wild guess on where to slice down the middle of the bird to remove each chicken breast, and, miraculously, found the bone and used the knife to pull the meat cleanly off. After that, I deemed myself a master of carving and hacked away at will — my hands were too occupied to man the keyboard, anyway.

Once the chicken was plated and the white wine poured, I couldn’t help but agree with “foodwishes,” who called the outside of the chicken “perfectly crispy.”

Better still, the inside meat was soft and tender, and the bites were packed with chives and the lingering trace of lemons ... I couldn’t be sure, but I suspected this was the taste of success.

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atisfied with my first experiment, I proceeded to the next item on the list of things I’d always wanted to cook but was afraid to tackle alone: caramel sauce.

Researching video recipes didn’t calm my fears: Every clip warned me about the dangers of crystallization — basically, ending up with rock candy.

Though it was tempting to learn from two twentysomething girls who didn’t hesitate to throw vanilla and booze into the batch, I decided to go with chef Michael Montgomery of the Culinary School of the Rockies. I liked his laidback approach, which didn’t even call for stirring until the end. Plus, he was ruggedly handsome — an unexpected perk, I now saw, of taking lessons from a person rather than a cookbook page.

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From there, it was a simple matter of swirling the pan around on high heat until the mixture boiled into dark, syrupy amber. The next step was the

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Nice apts. Walk to net. stores, skiing/hiking Burlington Single room, Hill Section, on bus line.

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Burlington Downtown On the park w/ magnificent views of lake. Lg. 2nd-floor 1-BR, HDWD, efficient windows & heating. Off-street parking. $895/mo. NS/ pets. 802-476-4071.

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Avail. Oct. 15. Lg. 1-BR, great shape.

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S. Burlington: Chic 3-BR Chickadee Circle at Heatherfield: Gorgeous former model unit, 2.5-BA, granite/

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Grand Isle: East Shore No. 5-BR, 2.5-BA, 3000+ sq.ft. Built 2004. Chefs kitchen, cherry floors, cathedral ceilings, master suite w/ balcony.

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Riverwatch Heat Incl. $1100/mo., all appliances, W/D in unit. BR has lg. closet.

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Fairfax Cape on 2.2 Acres Rounds Rd.: Nicely maintained 3-BR w/ office, 2-BA, 2-car garage, great kitchen, huge deck, lots of light, screened porch. Nov. 1; 12-16 mos. $1400/mo.

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Spacious, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath townhome built in 1899. Hardwood floors, many updates, storage space, your own washer & dryer! 2 off street parking spots. Excellent condition! $165,000.

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Electric Hot Water Heaters (2) 40 gal. highly efficient Bradford White heaters. New on 6/1/2010. $450/each.

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Woman’s Wool Dress Coat Vintage camel, button & belt waist style, lined, w/ matching plaid scarf; midcalf, excellent condition! 802-9991053, $25. Suitable for older youth. Size 8. mck10708@yahoo.com.

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802-999-1053. $25.

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881-6462.

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3-drawer buffet: 62 x 19 x 32.5. Thomasville, solid pecan, very good condition. $300/OBO. mck10708@yahoo.com, 802-999-1053.

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Info: 802-859-8966.

Buying Diamonds & Gold Buying fine-quality diamonds of 1-8 carats.

Also purchasing gold.

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802-343-3936.

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or subcriteria at issue, why a hearing is required and what additional evidence will be presented at the hearing. Any hearing request by an adjoining property owner or other interested person must include a petition for party status. Prior to submitting a request for a hearing, please contact the district coordinator at the telephone number listed below for more information. Prior to convening a hearing, the District Commission must determine that substantive issues requiring a hearing have been raised. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law will not be prepared unless the Commission holds a public hearing.

Should a hearing be held on this project and you have a disability for which you are going to need accommodation, please notify us by October 26, 2010.

ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001-6092 On September 28, 2010, Catamount/Bolton Valley Water & Sewer, LLC and Mountain Operations and Development, LLC, filed application #4C0436-34 for a Project generally described as: improvements to the existing public water supply system with a change of source water and new connections.

The Project is located on Bolton Valley Access Road in the Town of Bolton, Vermont.

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

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

No hearing will be held unless, on or before October 26, 2010, a party notifies the District Commission of an issue or issues requiring the presentation of evidence at a hearing or the commission sets the matter for hearing on its own motion. Any hearing request shall be in writing to the address below, shall state the criteria

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

Dated in Essex Junction, Vermont, this 4th day of October, 2010.

By /s/Peter E. Keibel Peter E. Keibel

Natural Resources Board District #4 Coordinator 111 West Street Essex Junction, VT 05452

T/ 802-879-5658 E/ peter.keibel@state. vt.us ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001-6092 On September 30, 2010, The Miller Realty Group, LLP, filed application #4C1040R-3A for a Project generally described as: the addition of 55 parking spaces and associated lighting. The Project is located on Marshall Avenue in the Town of Williston, Vermont.

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

Copies of the application and proposed permit are available for review at the Williston Municipal Office, Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission

located at 110 West Canal Street, Winooski, and the office listed below.

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

No hearing will be held unless, on or before October 26, 2010,, a party notifies the District Commission of an issue or issues requiring the presentation of evidence at a hearing or the commission sets the matter for hearing on its own motion. Any hearing request shall be in writing to the address below, shall state the criteria or subcriteria at issue, why a hearing is required and what additional evidence will be presented at the hearing. Any hearing request by an adjoining property owner or other interested person must include a petition for party status. Prior to submitting a request for a hearing, please contact the district coordinator at the telephone number listed below for more information. Prior to convening a hearing, the District Commission must determine that substantive issues requiring a hearing have been raised. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law will not be prepared unless the Commission holds a public hearing.

Should a hearing be held on this project and you have a disability for which you are going to need accommodation, please notify us by October 26, 2010.

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

Dated in Essex Junction, Vermont, this 5th day of October 2010.

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

ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION 10 V.S.A., SECTIONS 6001 - 6092 On October 1, 2010, Town of Milton Library filed application #4C0619-10 for a project generally described as The construction of a 6,500 sf addition to the Town library, including connection to the municipal sewer system.

The Project is located in the municipal building at 43 Bombardier Road in the Town of Milton, VT. The District 4 Environmental Commission will review this application under Act 250 Rule 51 — Minor Applications.

Copies of the application and proposed permit are available for review at the Milton Town Office, Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission located at 110 West Canal Street, Suite 202, Winooski, and the office listed below.

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

No hearing will be held unless, on or before October 25, 2010, a party notifies the District Commission of an issue or issues requiring the presentation of evidence at a hearing or the commission sets the matter for hearing on its own motion. Any hearing request shall be in writing to the address below, shall state the criteria or subcriteria at issue, why a hearing is required and what additional evidence will be presented at the hearing. Any hearing request by an adjoining property owner or other interested person must include a petition for party status. Prior to submitting a request for a hearing, please contact the district coordinator at the telephone number listed below for more information. Prior to convening a hearing, the District Commission must determine that substantive issues requiring a hearing have been raised. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law will not be prepared unless the Commission holds a public hearing.

Should a hearing be held on this project and you have a disability for which you are going to need accommodation, please notify us by October 25, 2010.

sevendaysvt.com/classifieds Parties entitled to participate are the Municipality, the Municipal Planning Commission, the Regional Planning Commission, affected state agencies, and adjoining property owners and other persons to the extent they have a particularized interest that may be affected by the proposed project under the 10 criteria.

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

Dated at Essex Junction, Vermont this 6th day of October, 2010.

By /s/ Stephanie H. Monaghan Stephanie H. Monaghan Natural Resources Board District #4 Coordinator 111 West Street Essex Junction, VT 05452 T/ 802-879-5662 E/ stephanie.monaghan@state.vt.us ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION 10 V.S.A., SECTIONS 6001 - 6092 On September 24, 2010, Vermont Information Processing, Snake Alley LLC, Grouse Point LLC (Howard Aiken) filed application # 4C0757-4A for a project generally described as

Plans may be viewed in the Planning and Zoning Office, (City Hall, 149 Church Street, Burlington), between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

Parties entitled to participate are the Municipality, the Municipal Planning Commission, the Regional Planning Commission, affected state agencies, and adjoining property owners and other persons to the extent they have a particularized interest that may be affected by the proposed project under the 10 criteria.

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

Participation in the DRB proceeding is a prerequisite to the right to take any subsequent appeal.

Dated at Essex Junction, Vermont this 29th day of September, 2010.

The City of Winooski wishes to sell the old Public Library property at 19 East Spring Street, Winooski. Interested parties may inquire about the property and examine it during business hours by contacting Mr. J. Ladd, at 802 655 6410, extension 20 or jladd@onioncity.com.

By /s/Stephanie H. Monaghan Stephanie H. Monaghan Natural Resources Board District #4 Coordinator 111 West Street Essex Junction, VT 05452 T/ 802-879-5662 E/ stephanie.monaghan@state.vt.us

This may not be the final order in which items will be heard. Please view final Agenda, at www.ci.burlington.vt.us/ planning/drb or office notice board, one week before the hearing for the order in which items will be heard.

Request for Bids to Purchase Real Estate

Interested parties should submit their offer to purchase the property before 4:00 PM, November 11, 2010, by hand or US mail to: The City of Winooski, City Hall, 27 West Allen Street, Winooski, VT 05404; Attn: J. Ladd – Library.

The City intends to accept the offer which best benefits the City. The City of Winooski reserves the right to accept or reject any offer, for any reason, as it deems in the best interest of the City.

STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT Chittenden Unit

CIVIL DIVISION Docket No. S0384-09 CnC CitiFinancial, Inc., Plaintiff v.

Daniel J. Place And Occupants residing at 51 Pinecrest Drive, Essex Junction, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE

By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by CitiFinancial, Inc. to Daniel J. Place dated June 26, 2008 and recorded in Volume 752, Page 730 of the Land Records of the Town of Essex Junction, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 10:30 A.M. on November 2, 2010, at 51 Pinecrest Drive, Essex Junction, Vermont all and singular the premises described

in said mortgage: To Wit: Being the same fee simple property conveyed by Warranty Deed from Denis H. Place and Lynn M. Place (f/k/a Lynn M. Villemaire) to Daniel J. Place, single, dated 03/05/1999, recorded on 03/09/1999 in Book 405, Page 482 in Chittenden County Records, State of VT. Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing.

Proof of financing for the balance of the purchase to be provided at the time of sale. The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of Essex Junction.

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

Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Lobe & Fortin, 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306, South Burlington, VT 05403, 802 6609000.

DATED at South Burlington, Vermont this 28th day of September, 2010.

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

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Take notice that on the 21st day of October 2010 Vermont Moving & Storage, Inc. will hold a public sale of the following goods: House hold goods and personal belongs owned stored for: Debbie Swaim, last known address, St. Albans, VT $641.00 Jim Carroll, aka Kingdom Venture, last known address, Jericho Center, VT $658.00 The terms of the sale are final payment in full by cash or credit card. items will be sold in “as is condition” with no warranties expressed or implied.

Any person claiming the rights to these goods must pay the amount necessary to satisfy the storage cost list above.

Please contact Jennifer at 802-655-6683 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

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The Vermont Judicial TOWN OF UNDERHILL PLANNING Bureau Waiver Penalty COMMISSION Panel will hold a public NOTICE OF PUBLIC meeting at the White River Jct. courthouse at HEARINGS 10:00 a.m. on Friday, OcThe Underhill Planning tober 29, 2010. The purpose of the meeting is to Commission hereby provides notice of public receive comments and hearings to be held purestablish waiver penalsuant to 24 VSA §§4441 ties pursuant to 4 V.S.A. and 4442 for the pur§ 1102(d). All interested pose of hearing public persons are welcome comments concerning to attend. Agenda: (1) the proposed Town of consideration of waiver Underhill Land Use and penalties for employers Development Regulawho violate stop-work tions. Public hearings orders issued by the are scheduled for Commissioner of the Wednesday, November Department of Labor 3, 2010 and Wednesday, pursuant to 21 V.S.A. § November 10, 2010.

692; (2) consideration Both hearings will be of waiver penalties for held at 7:00 PM upstairs motor vehicle operators passing vulnerable users in the Underhill Town Hall at 12 Pleasant Valley in violation of 23 V.S.A. Road in Underhill, VT. §§ 1033 and 1039; (3) consideration of waiver penalties for persons The Planning Comwho interfere with mission’s draft of the guide dogs in violation proposed Town of of 13 V.S.A. § 355(d); (4) Underhill Land Use and consideration of waiver Development Regulapenalty for motorboat tions is intended to muffling devices pursuupdate and replace the ant to 23 VSA §3309; existing “Town of Underand (5) other busihill Zoning Regulations” ness as necessary and and the existing “Town appropriate. Written of Underhill Subdivision comments may be filed Calcoku Regulations.” The generprior to the meeting.

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An offer must include a schematic design for retrofit of the building; a brief narrative of the proposed use; a plan for adequate parking, and a purchase price.

Interested parties must demonstrate experience and financial capacity to achieve their proposal.

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No hearing will be held unless, on or before Friday, October 22, 2010, a party notifies the District Commission of

The Burlington Development Review Board will hold a public hearing on Wednesday November 3, 2010 at 5:00 p.m. in Contois Auditorium, City Hall to consider the following applications: 1. 11-0137CA; 24 Russell Street (RM, Ward 2) Elizabeth Evelti Appeal of administrative denial to replace wood clapboard siding with fiber cement clapboard siding.

2. 10-0749CA/MA; 11891193 North Avenue (NAC, Ward 4) Eric Farrell Amend 10-0749CA/MA to add fourth story to approved residential building and increase residential units from 24 to 47. No change to footprint.

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

Copies of the application and proposed permit are available for review at the Colchester Town Office, Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission located at 110 West Canal Street, Suite 202, Winooski, and the office listed below.

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

Should a hearing be held on this project and you have a disability for which you are going to need accommodation, please notify us by Friday, October 22, 2010.

BURLINGTON DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD Wednesday November 3, 2010 PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

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Changes to the existing parking area for Vermont Information Processing, including reducing parking on Lot A-5 from 50 to 36 spaces, constructing 74 spaces on adjacent undeveloped Lot A-4, and adding parking islands and lighting. The Project is located on Lots A-4 and A-5 of Water Tower Hill in the Town of Colchester, VT.

an issue or issues requiring the presentation of evidence at a hearing or the commission sets the matter for hearing on its own motion. Any hearing request shall be in writing to the address below, shall state the criteria or subcriteria at issue, why a hearing is required and what additional evidence will be presented at the hearing. Any hearing request by an adjoining property owner or other interested person must include a petition for party status. Prior to submitting a request for a hearing, please contact the district coordinator at the telephone number listed below for more information. Prior to convening a hearing, the District Commission must determine that substantive issues requiring a hearing have been raised. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law will not be prepared unless the Commission holds a public hearing.

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3. Integrate land use and development regulations, including zoning, flood hazard, site plan and subdivision regulations, into one comprehensive document to promote coordinated and expedited municipal review of land development.

4. Address new statutory (Chapter 117) requirements.

Proposed regulations will affect all properties in town.

Table of Contents for the proposed Land Use and Development Regulations:

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Article 1: Authority & Purpose Article 2: Zoning Districts Article 3: General Regulations Article 4: Specific Use Standards Article 5: Development Review Article 6: Flood Hazard Area Regulations Article 7: Subdivision Review Article 8: Subdivision Review Standards Article 9: Planned Unit Development Article 10: Administration & Enforcement Article 11: Definitions Copies of the full text of the proposed Land Use and Development Regulations are available at the Underhill Town Hall located at 12 Pleasant Valley Road in Underhill, VT and electronically at the Town of Underhill website at www.underhillvt.gov

DON’T SEE A SUPPORT group here that meets your needs? Call Vermont 2-1-1, a program of United Way of Vermont.

Within Vermont, dial 2-11 or 866-652-4636 (toll free) or from outside of Vermont, 802-652-4636, 24/7.

CENTRAL VERMONT PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP Next meeting will be on Wednesday, Oct. 20, in Conference Room #2 at the Central Vermont Medical Center, 6-7:45 p.m. Guest speaker Dr.

Bernie Noe, N.D., of the Green Mountain Natural Health in Montpelier will discuss nutritional supplements, dietary modifications, herbal medicines and how they impact cancer risk and the treatment of prostate cancer from a naturopathic physician’s point of view. Paul Irons, 461-6222 or Jennifer Blacklock, American Cancer Society, toll free at 1-866-466-0626 (press 3 at greeting, ext. 6308).

NAMI CONNECTION (National Alliance on Mental Illness) NAMI Connection Recovery Support Group for individuals living with mental illnesses. Call Tammy at 1-800-6396480 or email us at connections@namivt.org BENNINGTON: Every Tuesday, 1-2:30 p.m., United Couseling Service, 316 Dewey St., CTR Center (Community Rehabilitation and Treatment). BURLINGTON: Every Thursday, 4-5:30 p.m., St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral, 2 Cherry Street. ESSEX JUNCTION: 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month, 2-3:30 p.m., Congregational Church, 39 Main Street. HARTFORD: 2nd and 4th Friday 4-5:30 p.m., Hartford Library.

Call Barbara Austin, 802-457-1512. MONTPELIER: 1st and 3rd Thursdays, 6-7:30 p.m., Kellogg-Hubbard Library, East Montpelier Room (basement). NEWPORT: 2nd and 4th Tuesday, 6-7:30 p.m. Medical Arts Building (attached to North Country Hospital), 2nd floor conference room. RANDOLPH: Every 2nd and 4th Wednesday, 5-6:30 p.m., United Church, 18 N. Main Street. BATTLEBORO: Call for details.

EATING DISORDERS SUPPORT GROUP This is a therapist-facilitated, drop-in support group for women with eating disorders. Women over 18 only please. This group will be held every other Wednesday from 5:30-7 p.m. beginning Oct. 20. Free. Vermont Center for Yoga & Therapy, 364 Dorset St., Suite 204, So. Burlington. 802-658-9440.

CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP This group offers support to those caring for loved ones with memory loss due to dementia. The group meets the second and fourth Thursday of the month from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at The Converse Home, 272 Church St, Burlington.

For more info call: 802862-0401.

CHITTENDEN FAMILIES TOGETHER MEETING Wednesday, Sept. 29, 5:30-7 p.m. Vermont Family Network Conference Room, 600 Blair Park Rd. #240, Williston.

Deb Lisi-Baker, Associate Director of the UVM Center on Disability and Community Inclusion (CDCI) will lead a discussion about the challenges for families of adults who do not receive supports or financial assistance.

Focus is on concerns of families with high school youth and adults who have developmental disabilities. Jan Hancock, 802-876-5315 ext. 215. jan.hancock@vtfn.org, www.vermontfamilynetwork.org.

MAN-TO-MAN CHAMPLAIN VALLEY PROSTATE CANCER Support group meets 6-8 p.m., 2nd Tuesday of each month at the Hope Lodge at the UVM/FAHC campus. 1-800-ACS2345.

VEGGIE SUPPORT GROUP Want To Feel Supported On Your Vegetarian/Vegan Journey?

Want more info. on Healthy Veggy Diets?

Want to share and socialize at Veggy Potlucks, and more, in the greater Burlington Area? This is your opportunity to join with other like-minded folks. veggy4life@gmail. com, 802-658-4991.

CODEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS Meets on Sundays from 12-1 p.m. at the Turning Point Center, 191 Bank St., Burlington. This is a fellowship of men and women that meet and review the 12 steps of CODA, read stories from the CODA anonymous big book and share their experiences, strengths and hopes as we support each other.

Open to everyone. Info: Larry, WLTRS@aol.com, 802-658-9994 or Jeff, JCDANIS@Burlingtontelecom.net, 802-8633674. For directions, call the Turning Point Center at 802-861-3150.

TRANS GUY’S GROUP Every fourth Monday, RU12? Community Center, 34 Elmwood Ave, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m.

This is a social and support group specifically for trans men. This informal, peer-facilitated group welcomes maleidentified people at any stage of transition. As this is currently a closed group, please contact the center to sign up: thecenter@ru12.org or 860-RU12.

PARTNERS OF TRANS GUYS Partners and Spouses of Trans Guys.

Every third Thursday, 6:30-8 p.m. This peerled group is a space where the partners and spouses of trans guys can meet to talk, share thoughts and give each other support. Please let Kara know you’re coming at 860-7812.

TRANS GUYS OVER 35 Every second Wednesday of the month from 6-8 p.m., Trans Guys over 35 will meet to discuss issues, shared and individual, and get support from other guys. For more info contact Kara at kara@ru12.org.

TRANS SUPPORT GROUP Every first and third Wednesday, RU12? Community Center, 34 Elmwood Ave., Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m.

This peer-led, informal group is open to all trans people and to any discussion topics raised. It is a respectful and confidential space for socializing, support and discussion. Contact thecenter@ru12.org for more information.

LGBTQ VIOLENCE SURVIVORS SafeSpace offers peer-led support groups for survivors of relationship violence, dating violence, emotional violence or hate violence. These groups give survivors a safe and supportive environment to tell their stories, share information, and offer and receive support.

Please call Ann or Brenda at 863-0003 if you are interested in joining one of these groups or for more information.

MALE SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE SafeSpace is offering a peer-led support group for maleidentified survivors of relationship violence, dating violence, emotional violence or hate violence. This group will meet in Burlington at the RU12? Community Center and will be facilitated by Damian.

Support groups give survivors a safe and supportive environment to tell their stories, share information, and offer and receive support. Please contact SafeSpace if you are interested in joining this group, 802-863-0003.

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

Free 4-week Quit Smoking Groups are being offered through the VT Quit Network Fletcher Allen Quit in Person program in your community. Free Nicotine Replacement products are available for program participants. For more

information or to register, call 847-6541 or wellness@vtmednet.org. For ongoing statewide class schedules, contact the VT Quit Network at www. vtquitnetwork.org.

BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP Learn how to cope with grief, with the intention of receiving and offering support to each other. The group is informal and includes personal sharing of our grief experiences.

Open to anyone who has experienced the death of a loved one. There is no fee. Meets every other week Mondays, 6-8 p.m. at the Central Vermont Home Health & Hospice, Barre. 802-223-1878, www.cvhhh.org.

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

Meets the first Monday of every month in the Healthy Living Learning Center. For more information contact Carrie Shamel at carrie. shamel@gmail.com. www.llleus.org/state/ vermont/html.

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

ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS, ACA is a 12-Step program for people that grew up in alcoholic or dysfunctional homes. We meet in a mutually respectful, safe environment and acknowledge our common experiences. We discover how childhood affected us in the past and influences us in the present.

Tuesdays, 5:30-7 p.m., St. Paul’s Cathedral, 2 Cherry St., Burlington.

For info contact Emily at 802-922-6609, emily@ intrapersonalcoaching. com.

SEEKING ACTIVE RETIREES/50+ To form a social group. Snowshoeing, theater, biking, hiking, kayaking, etc. Please call 802-864-0604. Lv. msg. if no answer.

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS (NA) Drug Problem? We Can Help.

If you think you have a problem with drugs, including alcohol, give yourself a break. Narcotics Anonymous is a fellowship for individuals who have a desire to recover from the disease of addiction. NA offers a practical and proven

way to live and enjoy life without the use of drugs.

To find an NA Meeting near you in Vermont or Northern New York, please go to www.cvana. org/Meetinglist.pdf or call our 24-hour, toll free, confidential number, (866) 580-8718 or (802) 862-4516. For more information about NA, please go to http://www. na.org/?ID=ips-index and click on “>Is NA for Me? CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME SUPPORT GROUP AND FIBROMYALGIA SUPPORT GROUP 1-3 p.m., every third Thursday at The Bagel Cafe, Ethan Allen Shopping Center, N. Ave., Burlington. Please call or visit website for location information, www. vtcfids.org or call 1-800296-1445 or 802-6604817 (Helaine “Lainey” Rappaport).

ARE YOU HAVING PROBLEMS with debt?

Do you spend more than you earn? Get help at Debtor’s Anonymous plus Business Debtor’s Annonymous. Saturdays 10-11:30 a.m. & Wednesdays 5:30-6:30, 45 Clark St., Burlington. Contact Brenda at 338-1170.

IS FOOD A PROBLEM FOR YOU? Do you eat when you’re not hungry?

Do you go on eating binges for no apparent reason? Is your weight affecting the way you live your life? Call Overeaters Anonymous, 863-2655.

GIRL POWER Learn about your inner power through meditation, sacred space, healing energy modalities.

Connect and attune to empower & enlighten, expand your sense of awareness, network with others your age, find peer support within this on-going monthly group.

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

Ages 12-18. First Sat of each month at 4 p.m. at Moonlight Gift Shoppe, Rt. 7, Milton. To reserve space call Michele, 802893-9966, moonlightgiftshoppe@yahoo.com.

CIRCLE OF PARENTS support group meeting in Rutland Monday evenings. Snacks and childcare provided. Meeting is free and confidential. For more info. call Heather at 802-498-0608 or 1-800-children. Meetings Tuesday evenings in Barre. For more info. call Cindy at 802-229-5724 or 1-800-children.

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

SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE SUPPORT GROUP Meets the 1st Wednesday of each month from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Comfort Inn, 5 Dorset St., S. Burlington, VT. There is no fee.

This is open to anyone who has lost someone to suicide. For more info, call 802-479-9450, or ljlivendale@yahoo.com.

BURDENS WEIGHTING YOU DOWN? Unemployed, homeless, in need of direction? We are people just like you and have found the answer to all of the above problems. We meet every Wednesday evening from 7-9 p.m. at the Imani Center 293 N Winooski Ave. Please call 802-343-2027.

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS (OA) Meetings in Barre occur every Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday 6-7 p.m. at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, 39 Washington St. Info: 863-2655. Meetings in Johnson occur every Sunday 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Johnson Municipal Building, Route 15 (just west of the bridge).

Info: Debbie Y., 8885958. Meeting in Montpelier occur every Friday 12-1 p.m. at Bethany Church, 115 Main St. Info: Carol, 223-5793. Meetings in Morrisville occur every Friday 12-1 p.m. at the First Congregational Church, 85 Upper Main St. Contacts: Anne, 888-2356 or Debbie Y., 888-5958.

SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE (SOS) Hospice Volunteer Services (HVS) of Addison County and the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention (AFSP) will collaborate to sponsor a monthly ongoing support group for people who have lost someone by suicide.

The group will meet the 1st Wed. of each month from 6-7:30 p.m. These free peer support groups will be held at Hospice Volunteer Services at the Marbleworks in Middlebury, and co-

facilitated by professional representatives from HVS and AFSP, both suicide survivors. For more information and to register call HVS at 388-4111.

A NEW PERSPECTIVE A peer support group for people working through the combination of mental health and substance abuse issues. Wednesdays at the Turning Point Center, 5-6 p.m. The group will be facilitated and will be built around a weekly video followed by a group discussions. Some of the topics will include: Addictions and mental illness, recovery stories, dealing with stress, understanding personality problems, emotions.

191 Bank St., Burlington.

802-861-3150.

BEREAVED PARENTS & SIBLINGS SUPPORT GROUP of the Compassionate Friends meets on the third Tuesday of each month, 7-9 p.m. at 277 Blair Park Rd., Williston. Info, 660-8797.

The meetings are for parents, grandparents and adult siblings who have experienced the death of a child at any age from any cause.

NEED A HUG? New support group starting. Would you like to explore personal intimacy in a safe environment? This is accomplished by using touch for expressing and receiving tenderness. This is platonic and personal boundaries are respected. Day, time and location TBA. Jeff 310-4903 email iiyog@ aol.com.

COED SINGLES GROUP Ages 50-65, forming for friendship and fun.

Chittenden County area.

Activities to include weeknight/weekend dinner, bowling, hikes, snow shoeing, movies, etc. If interested email Myra at csbnc27609@aol.com.

ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND RELATED DEMENTIA’S SUPPORT GROUP Held monthly at The Arbors at Shelburne.

For info. or to register, contact Nicole at 802985-8600.

WOMEN’S RAPE CRISIS CENTER Will be starting a free, confidential 10week support group for adult female survivors of sexual violence. Please call 864-0555 ext. 20 for information.

LIVING SINGLE SUPPORT GROUP This course is a follow-up to the Divorce Recovery course that is offered at Essex Alliance Church. If you’ve been through the Divorce Care Class, you have an opportunity to continue to grow, heal,

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Call Sue Farris for more information at 802-7340695.

SUICIDE SURVIVORS SUPPORT GROUP For those who have lost a friend or loved one through suicide. Location: Maple Leaf Clinic, 167 North Main Street, Wallingford, 802-4463577. 6:30-8:00 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month.

GLAFF Gay and lesbian adoptive and foster families.

GLAFF provides support, education, resources and strategies to help maintain and strengthen gay and lesbian foster and adoptive families in northwestern VT. Open to all GLBTQ foster and adoptive parents and their children. Food, childcare provided. The group meets on the 1st Thursday of each month.

Call Mike at 655-6688 to get more information and to register.

ARE YOU OR SOMEONE YOU LOVE BATTLING MULTIPLE MYELOMA? Support meetings are held on the third Tuesday of every month from 5-6:30 p.m. at Hope Lodge on East Avenue, Burlington. For more information call Kay Cromie at 655-9136 or email kgcromey@aol.com.

SUPPORT FOR THOSE WHO HAVE LOVED ONES WITH TERMINAL ILLNESS Group forming for family members and loved ones of people with terminal illness.

The group will have a spiritual base. We will offer each other support by listening, as well as share creative ways to explore feelings of grief and loss through writing, prayer, etc. Please contact Holly, hollyh@ pshift.com.

AL-ANON Family group 12-step.

Thursdays, 12:20-1:20 p.m. Call AWARE at 802472-6463 for information and to register.

Free of charge. 88 High Street, Hardwick.

BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF VERMONT Montpelier daytime support group meets first and third Thursday of the month at the Unitarian Church “ramp entrance” from 1:30-2:30 p.m. Montpelier evening support group meets the first Tuesday of each month at Vermont Protection and Advocacy, 141 Main St., Suite 7, in conference room #2 from 6-8 p.m. Colchester evening support group meets the first Wednesday of each month at the Fanny Allen Hospital in the ground floor boardroom from 6-8 p.m. Middlebury support group on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at the Patricia Hannaford Career Center. Call our helpline at 1-877-856-1772.

FORMING A NEW GROUP focused on recovery/ management of addictions, compulsions and their resulting imbalances on our lives. Alternative or supplement to traditional 12-step programs. Are you having trouble moderating

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Requires a commitment to improving your health and the ability to maintain a nonjudgmental atmosphere. Let’s discover how our struggles relate and help each other work on strategies to find balance. Contact Michelle at 802-399-6575 or recoveryourbalance@ gmail.com.

LAKE CHAMPLAIN MEN’S RESOURCE CENTER MEN’S DROP-IN SUPPORT GROUP All men welcome, weekly group w/cofacilitators.

Open discussion format.

Varied topics including: relationships, work, parenting, personal growth, healing. Confidential, nonjudgmental. Open to all ethnicities, religions and sexual orientations. Joseph’s House, 113 Elmwood Ave. Every Thursday, 7-9 p.m. More info: call Chris 434-4830.

LYME DISEASE Are you interested in forming a group? Please call Susan at 899-2713.

HIV SUPPORT GROUP This is a facilitated HIV/ AIDS support group that aims to foster a greater sense of community, self-acceptance and personal growth. We are a group of survivors and, with all of our experience, will help you understand and enjoy what positive living has to offer. Friday @ 7 p.m. in the white building behind the Universal Unitarian Church. For more info call Alton @ 310-6094.

SHOPLIFTERS SUPPORT GROUP Self-help support group now forming in the capital area for persons who would like to meet regularly for mutual support. This new group would meet biweekly at a time and place to be decided to discuss our issues, struggles and ways of staying out of trouble.

We’ll likely use some of Terry Shulman’s work as a focus for some of our discussions. Please call Tina at 802-763-8800 or email at Tmarie267201968@cs.com

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STARTING A WOMEN’S GROUP Ages 45+, to meet weekly for lunch and other activities such as walking, book discussions, museum visits, matinees, etc.

Email Katherine at MKR27609@aol.com.

MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE/DYSAUTONOMIA Group forming for information sharing purposes. Please call 863-3153.

EATING DISORDERS PARENTAL SUPPORT GROUP for parents of children with or at risk of anorexia or bulimia.

Meetings 7-9 p.m., third Wednesday of each month at the Covenant Community Church, Rt. 15, Essex Center. We focus on being a resource and providing reference points for old and new ED parents. More information, call Peter at 802-899-2554.

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Chapter Meeting.

Bethany Church, 115 Main Street, Montpelier.

Wednesdays, 5:15-6:15 p.m. For info call Linda at 476-8345.

ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE and Dementia support group. Held the last Tuesday of every month at Birchwood Terrace, Burlington. Info, contact Stefanie Catella, 8636384.

BEREAVED PARENT SUPPORT GROUP Every first Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m. in Enosburg Falls, 10 Market Place, Main St. Parents, grandparents and adult siblings are welcomed. The hope is to begin a Compassionate Friends Chapter in the area. Info, please call Priscilla at 933-7749.

FAMILY AND FRIENDS SUPPORT GROUP If someone in your family or one of your friends is in an abusive relationship, this new support group is designed especially for you. Info, call Women Helping Battered Women, 658-1996.

WOMEN HELPING BATTERED WOMEN offers free, confidential educational support

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groups for women who have fled, are fleeing, or are still living in a world where intimate partner violence is present.

WHBW offers a variety of groups to meet the diverse needs of women and children in this community. Info, 658-1996.

VT PARENTS OF FOOD ALLERGY CHILDREN EMAIL SUPPORT TEAM Info, contact MaryKay Hill, 802-373-0351.

TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) Chapter meeting, St. Francis Xavier School, Winooski. Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. weigh-in, 7-8 p.m. meeting. Info, call Fred or Bennye, 655-3317, or Patricia, 658-6904.

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS is a group of recovering addicts who live without the use of drugs. It costs nothing to join. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using.

Info, 862-4516, or visit www.cvana.org. Held in Burlington.

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EXPERIENCED GRANTS ADMINISTRATOR Qualifications:

* college degree * at least two years experience with grant administration * Knowledge of grants and grant administration systems, project management systems, budgets, data collection and evaluation * Experience with group facilitation

* Excellent oral and written communication skills * Proficient in use of Word and Excel * Knowledge of effective substance-abuse-prevention strategies is preferred

Half-time Office Manager

managing client database; keeping programs organized and supplied; publishing quarterly client newsletter; coordinating volunteers; some additional database and other administrative support. Knowledge of HIV/AIDS and experience working nonjudgmentally with diverse populations are ideal.

Please submit a cover letter and resume to patty@tomypath.com by October 29.

Half-time position scheduled Mon.-Thurs. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., based in Burlington. Salary range: $12,500-$13,500; optional prorated health and dental insurance; excellent benefits. All those looking for challenging role that directly impacts HIV/AIDS in Vermont, please apply.

* Experience with fundraising and organizational sustainability

Send cover letter and resume by October 27, 2010, to:

Part time, 15-20 hrs./week. competitive compensation based on experience. nonbenefited, grant-funded position. funding is secure until october 2016. some local and statewide travel required. Will be required to attend three national weeklong trainings out of state.

Please send cover letter, resume and three references by Monday, october 25 to our coordinator Mariah sanderson by email at mariah@burlingtonpartnership.org, or by mail to Burlington Partnership for a Healthy Community, PO Box 1353, Burlington, VT 05402.

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Dynamic Montpelier, Vt.-based and a work-site wellness start-up seeks Account Manager.

Responsibilities will include managing day-to-day client to enhance this reputation. Both positions require a highly relationships, implementation motivated individual to provide phone and email support to Lodging of new accounts, handling Companies, Activity Providers and Central Reservation Agents. A “2nd level” service calls and complete knowledge of Microsoft Office, strong communication solving account-level issues. skills and attention to detail are a must. Travel and/or technology The position requires a highindustry experience helpful. energy team player who can Additionally, the Customer advocate for client internally Service Manager position and identify potential for requires a demonstrated ability business growth. Candidates to manage a team. must be computer literate and Please email resume to: willing to learn complex webjobs@inntopia.com. based software and business office applications. Individual must demonstrate excellent 4:25:27 PMproject management skills, 4t-Inntopia-101310.indd 1 10/11/10 3:41:48 PM and be organized, detailoriented and able to multitask.

Bachelor’s or commensurate for HIV SerVIceS Program experience required; sales or customer service experience Vermont CARES seeks a self-directed and detail-focused preferred. Part time, starts at individual to join our dynamic working environment. We 20 hours per week, potential are looking for a highly motivated and organized extrovert for flexible work schedule and to coordinate HIV services data, reporting and assistance. full-time work in the future.

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Union Street Media is a web development company located in Burlington, Vt.

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HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGER We are currently recruiting for a strong Health Information Manager. The Health Information Manager is directly responsible for overseeing the agency’s electronic medical record; facilitating future implementation phases; preparing the Agency for health information exchange; as well as serving as the privacy officer for Northwestern Counseling. Candidate must have a good working knowledge of the state and federal regulations of health information management, resources, objectives and priorities, as well as billing practices. This position has the authority and responsibility of supervising and managing the operations of the medical records department. This includes ensuring the medical records and coding are complete and accurate; transcription; releases of information; ensuring processing of records is within appropriate time frames and conforms to state and federal regulations, as well as our CARF accreditation. Requirements for this position include: bachelor’s degree from four-year college or university, five years of health care practice leadership, three years related experience in medical records management in a healthcare practice, and one or two years related experience in billing and/or coding in a health care practice. RHIT or RHIA certification preferred.

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and energy harvesting technologies. Our industry is poised for significant growth and we are seeking talented individuals for two full time positions on our award winning team. We offer an outstanding benefits package (full health, gym membership, simple IRA+) and are an EOE.

Web Developer Primary responsibilities include the design, development, SEO, and day-to-day maintenance of company website. The ideal candidate will have 2+ years experience with web development, strong understanding of best practices for modern web development including HTML, ASP, CSS, JavaScript, and Ajax, excellent coding ability with a willingness to learn new technologies and to work on new media and online marketing initiatives.

Software Engineer The successful candidate with work with a diverse team of engineers to architect, develop, and maintain a highly scalable and data intensive web application. Required experience and skills include 5+ years of software development experience, strong understanding of best practices for server scalability, reliability & security, excellent coding ability with drive to learn new technologies.

Learn more about our company and our team at the Vermont Tech Jam on October 15 & 16 at the Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center.

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The APF is headquartered in Baltimore, Md., but its management team works virtually from all parts of the country. The position requires significant nonprofit financial management skills, program quality improvement understanding and skills, ability to manage a team of top-flight managers, and an evident passion for the mission of the organization.

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SSTA, a local not-for-profit, is looking to add more dynamos to our team. We are currently looking to hire a full-time dispatcher, full-time customer service rep and full- and parttime drivers.

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Vermont Adult Learning, a nonprofit statewide provider of adult education and literacy services, seeks an organized and outgoing individual to provide administrative assistance at the Learning Center located in Rutland, Vt. This part-time position offers excellent benefits, including medical, dental, retirement, long-term disability, life insurance and generous, flexible paid time off. Equal Opportunity Employer Visit our website, www.vtadultlearning.org, for more information.

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Engage, cultivate, solicit and steward alumni, parents and friends to ensure a strong base of ongoing financial support through deferred3v-SSTA-dispatcher101310.indd gifts. The Director will serve as the liaison to the University’s older constituency base, the Old Guard, and coordinates all 50th and Old Guard reunion initiatives and organizes its fundraising program.

UNIFORMED NIGHT BARRACKS AND RESIDENCE LIFE SUPERVISOR

Provide night / weekend monitoring and walking supervision of an array of 10 barracks and residence halls housing approximately 1800 students. Work with Corps of Cadets and Residence Life student leaders in providing a safe and respectful environment for cadets and residential, traditional students.

CLIENT SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE Seeking full-time, outgoing, personable and organized person for busy, fast-paced financial aid office for customer service, reception, general office support, data entry, file maintenance and state grant processing.

Please visit our website, www.norwich.edu/jobs, for further information and details on how to apply for these and other great jobs.

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

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Experience the independence and satisfaction of one-to-one patient care in a supportive, flexible and professional environment. Work individually with patients in their homes providing them with skills that will help to maintain their lifestyle. These positions offer a personally and professionally rewarding way to share your knowledge and have a direct hand in a patient’s quality of life at home!

Qualifications include a current Vermont Physical Therapy license and a minimum of two years of experience preferably within a rehabilitation program.

Vermont Commons School seeks an experienced Development Director to oversee various campaigns, including the Annual Fund and Capital Giving drives, locate sources of funding, develop relationships with potential donors, as well as steward and soliciting major contributors. Must have experience managing a capital campaign and strong written and verbal communication skills.

No phone calls, please; email allison@ vermontcommons.org for further information.

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Full-time Community Health RN Qualifications include prior experience in a medical-surgical environment and a current Vermont license.

Full-time Hospice RN Hospice and/or palliative care is strongly preferred. VT RN license with two years of nursing experience.

Please visit our website at www.achhh.org and apply directly online. Or, please send your resume to cpaquette@achhh.org or to ACHHH, Human Resources; PO Box 754, Middlebury, VT 05753.

Fax your resume to (802) 388-6126 or drop by for an application and interview.

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is seeking to fill several positions at our Second Spring Community Recovery Residence located in Williamstown, Vt.

Evening Nurse ~ one full-time evening nursing position to provide professional nursing services to residents who would generally receive services in a hospital environment, including providing direct nursing services as needed, overseeing provision of care in line with treatment plans, administering medications as prescribed and providing appropriate documentation. The shift for this position is from 3 – 11 p.m.

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Dedicated, experienced education and relevant experience and/ or an occupational therapist degree may be considered.

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Valid driver’s license, excellent driving record and safe, To apply, send resume and cover letter We are looking for insured vehicle also required. All positions offer competitive to hr@vergennesoperahouse.org. someone with a passion wages ~ benefit eligible positions offer a flexible benefits and Open until filled. for food who takes pride time-off package. If desired, flexible benefit dollars may be in their work. Must have solid , converted to additional compensation. knowledge of kitchen with the ability to lead, train and work with others in the kitchen Part-time Applications may be made to: serving over 60 residents three meals a day, working under the Food Service2v-VergennesOpera-101310.indd 1 10/11/10 4:21:01 PM Lori Schober, Second Spring Manager. Must be patient and respectful to an elderly population. Year118 Clark Rd. round, full-time position with benefits. Four-day workweek with some Williamstown, VT 05679 weekends. Competitive salary and good opportunity for the right person. needed for local RequiRements: Must pass background record checks. Must pass preOr via email to distribution company. employment physical. Good personal hygiene and good physical health.

Lori Schober at: The ideal candidate will loris@cscorp.org

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Events Manager

Cook

Merchandiser

Prep Cook /Dishwasher

Looking for a reliable, fun, person to work long, hard hours standing in a kitchen preparing our meals with our chef, assisting our dishwasher.

Prep of salads, prep of upcoming meal, washing dishes, assisting chief and other facilities as needed.

RequiRments: reliablity, reliable transportation, ability to work well independently as well as with others, ability to take direction from others.

Standing during entire shift, good physical health. Shift hours will vary from day to day, weekends and holidays will be required. If you are hired, you will be required to wait for background checks to clear.

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have some previous sales and/or customer service experience.

Early morning hours are required. Ability to work independently is a must.

Good driving history and people skills are critical.

Approximately 20 hours a week.

EOE

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We are expanding our So. Burlington office.

Top producers deserve top pay. $11/hour guaranteed after training. $15-$20/hour realistic with weekly bonus program.

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ionwide fundraising If you want to becomrewarded for your hard pany, is seeking work, is where you belong! viduals to staffthen ourthis South Burlington, VT office.

The best part of sales is that you have the ability to give your-

selfWe a raise based on how hard you work. We offer an excellent offer: income potential with a weekly bonus structure.

and part-time positions National fundraising company needs two individuals to join 2-9 pm, NO WEEKENDS our sales team. These are permanent positions, not seasonal. per week after training + bonus program Established customer roducers -making $600-$850 perbase week Paid vacation after one ompany benefits including 401K,year - Group life, vision and dental plans available al & dental Management advancement for achievers perience -necessary Monday-Friday, noon-9 p.m. Occasional Sundays. We are gement opportunity

looking for two highly motivated, career-minded people with

good communication skills. Experience helpful but will train oking for highly motivated, the right candidates. er-oriented people with good Part-time shifts available, too. unication skills.

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EAT, DRINK AND WRITE ALL ABOUT IT We are looking for motivated, responsible individuals. Must be able to work independently, possess a positive attitude, be capable of lifting up to 50 lbs. and have a clean driving record. We offer a competitive wage along with excellent benefits.

Apply in person or online at: Farrell Vending Services, Inc.

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Seven Days is looking for a staff food writer with proven journalistic experience, creative flair and extensive knowledge of the Vermont food industry — restaurants, producers and agriculture issues.

The position involves originating, writing and assigning food features and reviews; contributing to a weekly food-news column and blog; planning and writing the editorial content of 7 Nights, the dining and nightlife guide; and planning/ coordinating Seven Days’ annual Vermont Restaurant Week and other food events.

Send writing samples and a cover letter via email to foodwriter@ sevendaysvt.com, or snail mail to Food Writer, Seven Days, P.O. Box 1164, Burlington, VT 05402.

No phone calls, please.

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Dental Assistant

3:00–5:30 PM

CALL CENTER: Customer Sales & Service 128 Intervale Road Burlington, VT 05401 For more info, call 660-4611 Wednesdays, October 13 & 20

Are you interested in expanding your horizons in the dentistry field?

Are you a team player with a great attitude?

Do you thrive in a diverse, fast-paced environment with an emphasis on excellent patient care?

Then our office is for you.

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Current radiology license required. Competitive salary and excellent benefits.

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South Burlington School District

Autism Specialist

Sou t h Bu r li ngton high School Seeking an experienced Autism Specialist with excellent communication skills to lead a team at South Burlington High School. This licensed special educator must have training and experience with evidence-based practices to support students with significant autism at the high school level. This is a dynamic team in need of an organized, skilled and collaborative leader.

Please send questions to: Joanne Godek at jgodek@sbschools.net.

Director of Facilities

Sou t h Bu r li ngton School DiSt r ic t Qualified candidates will have demonstrated knowledge of current cleaning and building maintenance; effective organizational, interpersonal and communication skills; three to five years of supervisory experience; and demonstrated experience in building operations. Interested applicants may forward their resume and three current references to: Diane Kinnon, Human Resource Department, South Burlington School District, 550 Dorset St., So. Burlington, VT 05403, or apply at www.sbschools.net. E O E

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Teachers needed at our Essex location.

Must have experience, education and a sense of humor. Starting pay $12/hour (based on experience and education).

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Addison Central Supervisory Union/ Middlebury Union Middle School

Help Desk Position Do you enjoy helping people with computer issues?

Do you have a solid understanding of Macs and Computer Networks?

Are you able to be proactive at addressing user needs?

Middlebury Union Middle School and ACSU has a help desk position for 20 hours a week to support staff and students in the use of technology in the classroom. We are looking for a dedicated, self-motivated Mac expert with good communication skills.

The primary job responsibility will be addressing help tickets within the school - i.e. trouble with a printer, wireless connection issues, misplaced files, etc. Additionally, the person would be a go-to support person for teachers running technology-intense lessons.

While the schedule would be fixed, we are flexible around the scheduling needs of the right candidate. The job will be 20 hours per full school week, from the date of hire to mid-June at $20 per hour.

Hours would be reduced on weeks with a school vacation.

Benefits are not included.

Apply by sending a letter of interest, resume and three current reference letters to: Wm. Lee Sease, Superintendent Addison Central Supervisory Union 49 Charles Avenue, Middlebury, Vermont 05753.

EOE Position open until filled.

We are a high-volume, fast-paced, community-oriented restaurant searching for an energetic, upbeat, detail-oriented and experienced Front of House Manager. A candidate for this job must be able to lead, motivate and communicate firmly and fairly with our staff. Sincere interactions with our guests leading to the delivery of excellent customer service are a major part of this job. Professionalism and solid judgment paired with an honest sense of fun and goodwill are key. Ability to maintain high standards and even temperament under pressure is a must. In addition to management of lunch and dinner shifts, responsibilities include end-of-shift cash-outs and nightly closing duties. The position includes nights and weekends.

Benefits include health insurance and paid vacation time. If you have relevant restaurant experience and the personality traits listed above, please forward your resumes and references to: tracy@flatbreadhearth.com.

No phone calls, please.

Full-time Publicity Professional

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#033823 The University of Vermont’s Learning Cooperative seeks a full-time Tutor Coordinator to fill a 10-month position. This position coordinates the Subject-area Tutoring and Supplemental Instruction programs. Hires, trains and supervisors over 150 peer tutors. Manages payroll and scheduling systems.

Responsible for collaborating on the creation of cooperative and group learning opportunities.

The individual in this position must demonstrate a commitment to multiculturalism and inclusion.

Some evening and weekend hours are required. The University is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the institution.

Applicants are encouraged to include in their cover letter information about how they will further this goal.

Please apply online at www.uvmjobs.com.

Front of House Manager

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Write, post, tweet, research and hustle for exciting clients. From industries like book publishing and renewable energy firms to nonprofits and political campaigns, we want a multitasking, super-organized, articulate hard worker who can work as part of a team. MS Office Applications and/or MAC skills a must.

This is a full-time, just above entry-level position, not for the faint of heart. We are a fast-paced, supportive environment with a “getit-done” attitude.

Qualifications: College graduate, three to five years experience in one or more of the following areas: communications, writing, campaigning, advocacy, promotion. Well-read, creative person who follows political issues, can roll with the office punches and can keep the pace in a fast-moving campaign environment.

Competitive salary and benefits. Please send resume immediately to:

Kevin Ellis, Kimbell Sherman Ellis resumes@ksefocus.com

Part-time Legislative/Regulatory Analyst Support Our 50-state legislative and regulatory analysts need help. This is a part-time government affairs

research position. Superb organization, writing, analytical and people skills required. A strong work ethic and proficiency in MS Office applications are a must.

If you are interested in government affairs, can work up to 20 hours a week, and are willing to learn and grow, this job could be right for you. The position could become full time. Please send resume

by October 22, 2010 to:

Jennifer Estivill, Kimbell Sherman Ellis resumes@ksefocus.com Please – no phone calls. EOE

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Church Caretaker Part time

PRODUCT PLANNING & PURCHASING COORDINATOR.

Well-organized analytical individual with outstanding spreadsheet Two evening and/or skills will be responsible for developing product sales forecasts weekend shifts per week. michelle@sevendaysvt.com to integrate with on-hand inventory and recommend seasonal purchase quantities. Monitors sell through and recommends Duties include cleaning, product for promotions and “push lists” in both the catalog/web event setup and greeting and wholesale channels. Also responsible for negotiating pricing NEWSPAPER and purchasing of all inventoried items, NY017105B 10/13 including follow up such the public. SEVEN Must DAYS be able to as order confirmations, on-time delivery of goods, invoice approvals, MAMILLER 3.83 x 7” shovel snow from steps, returns to and credits from suppliers. Two years in supply analysis jb/rv 2 ACCHRS0 and planning required.

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Addison Central Supervisory Union Please see our website for Middlebury Union High School a complete job description: Terry is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Please submit resume and cover letter to: www.uusociety.org.

Human Resources Network Manager Send resumes to: Terry Precision Cycling 47 Maple Street, Burlington, VT 05401 david@uusociety.org.

OR email: hr@terrybicycles.com Addison Central Supervisory Union is seeking a network manager to maintain the computers for Middlebury Union High School.

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Send cover letter, resume and three references to: Deb@KidsontheBlockVermont.org.

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SEVEN DAYS

The candidate will be responsible for 10 servers and 250 desktops.

The ideal candidate will be able to quickly respond to requests for the repair of individual machines, and the installation and configuration of software that directly meets staff needs. The candidate must have both interpersonal communication skills and patience working with staff and students to meet their technology needs.

Applicants must possess: • Bachelor’s degree in a technology-related field • One or more related Microsoft Certifications • High degree of experience using Windows XP and 7 in a Windows • 2003/2008 Server environment • Experience with Active Directory, Group Policy, Symantec Endpoint Protection and Imaging • Experience working within a high school setting • Experience repairing, maintaining and building images for PCs • Experience mentoring users in software usage • Ability to carry up to 50 pounds Apply by sending a letter of interest, resume and three current reference letters to: Wm. Lee Sease, Superintendent Addison Central Supervisory Union 49 Charles Avenue, Middlebury, Vermont 05753

WANTED

Our Artifactory is seeking dependable, creative, outgoing persons with an affinity for exquisite elixirs and an aptitude for pleasing the populace to occupy two some-time positions throughout the winter months that will develop into more extensive hours during the summer. Duties include: guiding tours, general retail functions, serving samples and educating about elixirs.

Availability on weekends, holidays and evenings is an inescapable imperative, as is an achievement of at least 21 years of life experience.

Desperately seeking individuals who have previous beer-serving experience and general beer knowledge and/or public speaking/acting experience.

Send resume and cover letter to vtjobs@ independentbrewers.com.

EOE Position open until filled.

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Unilever works to create a better future every day.

We help people feel good, look good and get more out of life with brands and services that are good for them and good for others. We are currently seeking the following position for our St. Albans, VT location:

Maintenance Supervisor/ Ammonia Refrigeration Qualified Candidates must posses: • B.S. in Engineering (Mechanical/Chemical Engineering preferred) and at least 3 years supervisory experience • AAS in an Engineering/ Maintenance field and 7 years supervisory experience • At least 3 years Manufacturing experience (preferable in food/dairy/frozen foods/ice cream) • At least 5 years ammonia refrigeration experience and demonstrated knowledge of IIAR standards • Knowledge of regulatory codes sufficient to ensure compliance with industry and company standards.

Employment is subject to verification of pre-employment drug-screening results, and background investigation.

To apply, log on to www.unileverusa-careers.com or call 1-888-775-0389 and reference Req. #29068.

Unilever is an EEO/AA Employer.

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Associate Economist Economic & Policy Resources is seeking a motivated individual to join our team full time in the position of Associate Economist. This position involves working in a team environment to conduct the Company’s economic research and public policy consulting practice. The company’s practice includes project work across the U.S. in economic development, impact analysis, housing and litigation economics. Duties include: interacting with clients to understand and interpret their needs, research, building economic and financial models to meet client needs, undertaking statistical analyses and interpreting results, using spreadsheets and other statistical-impact assessment software, policy analysis, and drafting of written technical memos-reports. This position requires attention to detail and ability to work with other team members toward common deadlines and goals on multiple projects.

Applicants should have a graduate degree in economics or a closely related field. Prior working knowledge of macroand microeconomics, fundamentals of input-output analysis, sound research methods, statistical-financial analysis and knowledge of common economic data series is preferred.

Reply by submitting a resume and reference list by mail to P.O. Box 1660, Williston, VT 05495-1660, or email info@epreconomics.com. Please insert “Economist” in the subject heading if responding by email.

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Closet Crafters, Inc. has an immediate opening for a part-time installer/ technician. Good pay, great work environment, will lead to full time for the right individual. Carpentry background helpful. Please send a resume to closetcrafters@comcast.net or mail to 446 Shunpike Rd., Williston, VT 05495.

DIRECTOR OF NURSING SERVICES

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DNS needed for newest 64bed skilled-nursing facility in Vermont. Franklin County Rehab has a 20-private-room rehab unit and 44 long-term-care beds. RN-BSN plus five years nursing experience, two years supervisory experience. Work experience in medical rehab a plus. Please send resume to Franklin County Rehab Center, 110 Fairfax Rd., Saint Albans, VT 05478, or email kgladden@ franklincountyrehab.com. www.franklincountyrehab.com

Staff Accountant Addison County Home Health and Hospice, a not-for-profit home health care agency, is seeking a full-time staff accountant to work 32-40 hours per week.

Responsibilities include account reconciliations, monthly journal entries, grant reporting, financial analyses and accounts payable processing.

The role also assists the CFO with the annual budget, financial audit work, and other projects as assigned.

Qualified candidates should possess a degree in accounting and at least two years of experience.

Quality Assurance Assistant/ Mechanical Audit This position is responsible for auditing all documentation submitted by clinicians, particularly visit sheets and flow sheets, completing a mechanical audit on all patient records at the time of each service discharge. Team player needed due to interaction with staff on a consistent basis to assure that deficiencies in audits are addressed effectively and efficiently, as well locating clinical documentation that coincides with billing records.

Associate’s degree preferred with a familiarity of home health care systems. Experience with quality assurance a plus.

We are Vermont’s leading furniture retailer, and we have an opening for a sales professional in two of our locations. You must be a team player and have a customer-first attitude.

Attention to detail is a must, with weekend hours involved. Our top salespeople are making $50,000+ in a tough economy, and our business is growing.

If you are interested in joining a professional sales team, and we do mean team, email your resume to: dwhitaker@furniturevt. com, or mail to Julie Lusignan, 320 Pioneer Dr., Williston, VT 05495.

Please visit our website at www.achhh.org and apply directly online.

Or, please send your resume to ssherman@achhh.org or to ACHHH, Human Resources; PO Box 754, Middlebury, VT 05753.

Part-time Night Auditor Quality Inn in Shelburne is hiring.

Competitive pay, experience required.

Please apply in person at Quality Inn, 2572 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne, and bring references.

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Tobacco Program Chief Vermont Department of Health

Be a Leader in One of the Top “Winnable Battles” in Public Health!

The Tobacco Chief is the primary leader of Vermont’s comprehensive Tobacco Control efforts.

The Tobacco Control Program is tasked with preventing youth smoking: reducing adult smoking; reducing secondhand smoke exposure; media counter marketing; and enforcement efforts. The of Health program seeks toDepartment reach special populations that are Division of Mental Health disproportionately affected by tobacco.

The Division of Mental Health is currently seeking dynamic individuals to fill exciting opportunities in a transforming mental health system.

The Tobacco Control Chief works with a highly knowledgeable staff, the Tobacco Review Board, community partners, nonprofit organizations and leaders within the Agency of Human Services to achieve program goals. The position manages multi-millionMENTAL HEALTH ACUTE CARE MANAGER contracts grants toof adults over organizations; Youdollar will coordinate admissions andand continued-stay reviews with 20 serious mental health conditions, as well as children and adolescents admitted to acute mental health inpatient settings. Provide case consultation funding from the Centers for Disease Control; and a staff and care review of clients admitted to acute mental health inpatient settings (and Medicaid reimbursed clients in general hospitals), including consultation and coordination with Vermont State Hospital and general of six; and is part of the Division of Health Promotion hospitals, designated agency emergency services, and adult and/or children's services treatment teams.

Prefer master's degree in aPrevention mental health relatedManagement field, and currently licensed as a mental health professional. and Disease Team.

Reference posting #22811. Burlington – Full-Time. Open until filled.

MENTAL HEALTH ACUTE CARE PROGRAM CHIEF You will lead and manage the acute care team, which is responsible for the statewide coordination and support of psychiatric inpatient services and mental health emergency services; and oversee the emergency 10/11/10 4:17:03 PM psychiatric programs and quality of care in local hospitals designated to provide involuntary care, identifying and developing opportunities to improve the continuity of care between inpatient and community settings.

You should have considerable knowledge of mental illness and the community, and inpatient treatment of psychiatric disability. Prefer master's degree. Reference posting #22749. Burlington – Full-Time. Open until filled.

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The ideal candidate will have strong writing and verbal communication skills, knowledge of contract/grant management, supervisory experience, and demonstrated collaboration and leadership capability. A good sense of humor is always welcome!

INTEGRATE TREATMENT PROGRAM EVALUATOR

MENTAL HEALTH QUALITY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR Join a dynamic and active team of mental health professionals in the quality management oversight of mental health initiatives at the state level. Collaborate with a variety of state and local service stakeholders to promote, enhance, and implement mental health services and plan for improving the quality and effectiveness of care and treatment. You will participate in consultation site visits, program reviews, and clinical care reviews to assess quality of care and opportunities for system improvement. Prefer experience in Medicaid auditing and billing, and an understanding of co-occurring disorders and integrated treatment. Reference posting #22770.

Burlington – Full-Time. Open until filled.

Be a part of a dynamic team coordinating a new initiative to improve integrated services for individuals with co-occurring disorders served in substance abuse and mental health programs. You will provide professional level policy and program development, and program implementation and evaluation work for the Department of Health Divisions of Mental Health and Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs (ADAP). Prefer master's degree in social work, psychology, counseling, or rehabilitation counseling and a certified or licensed alcohol and drug abuse counselor. Reference posting #22489. Burlington – Full-Time.

Open until filled.

This is a full-time position located in downtown Burlington, with routine travel to Waterbury, Williston and other Vermont locations. Some out-of-state travel may be required.

DATA ANALYST AND INFORMATION COORDINATOR You will provide program level support for all DMH information and business reporting needs. Work with stakeholders to ensure data integrity, and develop and manage ad hoc reports using a variety of reporting and analysis tools. You will design software programs (i.e. ACCESS) capable of organizing and analyzing monthly service information and generate ad hoc evaluative reports from multiple sources. You should have sound statistical, analytical, and computer skills, as well as good communication skills, and a sense of humor.

Reference posting #22859. Burlington – Full-Time. Open until filled.

Deadline for application is 11/15/2010.

For information, contact Garry Schaedel, Division Director, at 802-863-7269.

ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT COORDINATOR If you are interested in coordinating people and multiple tasks, join our team as an office manager and supervisor of administrative support. We are seeking a versatile, detail-oriented individual who will thrive on helping our office run smoothly and efficiently. Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, and Access highly desirable. Good communication and interpersonal skills a must. Reference posting #22862. Burlington – Full-Time. Open until filled.

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

The State of Vermont is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

The State of Vermont is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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Seasonal Tax Preparers Gallagher, Flynn & Company, LLP is in need of one to two seasonal tax preparers in both our South Burlington, VT and Hanover, N.H. offices. The ideal candidates will have previous 1040 tax preparation experience, but we are also willing to train. Strong computer skills are a must. This is a temporary seasonal position with no benefits. This is an ideal opportunity for someone looking to work 30 - 40 hours per week from mid-January to mid-April.

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

All interested must be very understanding of children and their needs. Some daycare experience/knowledge is required.

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

NCSS Inc., 107 Fisher Pond Rd., St. Albans, VT 05478. hr@ncssinc.org

interested candidates should fax, email or mail their resume in confidence (no phone calls, please) to: Jennifer Jeffrey Gallagher, Flynn & Company, LLP 55 Community drive, Suite 401 South Burlington, VT 05403 Fax: (802) 651-7305 email: jjeffrey@gfc.com

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We require a bachelor’s degree in design/interactive, design/ emerging media or related field; 3+ years of interactive design experience in an agency setting; expert proficiency with applicable design and management software. Youth culture and/or action sports experience is highly desirable.

Do You Have a Green THumb anD a Silver TonGue? Join the team at Gardener’s Supply Company! We work hard AND offer a fun place to work with summer bocce games, BBQs, ping-pong tournaments, employee garden plots and much more! We also offer strong cultural values, competitive wages and outstanding benefits (including a tremendous discount on plants & product!).

Copywriter We’re searching for an individual who has several years’ experience writing advertising and direct marketing selling copy. The Copywriter is responsible for writing copy that invites gardeners to develop a lasting relationship with the Gardener’s Supply brand, through benefit-driven selling and how-to copy that acknowledges the needs and desires of expert and novice gardeners. The Copywriter translates Gardener’s Supply’s product innovation, and its enthusiasm for earth-friendly gardening into strong merchandising and marketing stories.

Successful copy will drive campaign response and product sales. The copywriter will be adept at writing for print catalog, website, and e-mail. Gardening experience is extremely desirable.

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Vermont Public Television is seeking a Membership Manager to plan, coordinate and implement VPT’s general membership activities including direct mail, telemarketing, internet fundraising and sustainer’s circle. Duties include analyzing membership data, including campaign results and donor file, creating annual membership plan and goals, and creating and administering annual membership budgets. Also, managing viewer services staff to ensure the implementation and adherence to customer service policies and procedures.

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Dining Services Aide to assist in the preparation and serving of meals in a polite, safe and sanitary manner.

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Vermont will never be California or Texas. There are not a lot of Mexicans here, therefore not a lot of authentic Mexican food. Or, for that matter, any authentic Mexican food.

I still get misty when I drive down Shelburne Road and remember the earthy, sesame-speckled mole prepared by a real live Oaxacan at the late, great La Carreta. But that era is over. I must sate myself with food prepared by gringos, and when I do, my choice is MIguEl’s on MaIn...

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Pour the sugar into your heaviest, tallest saucepan. Gently pour in the water, making sure not to splash the sugar up on the sides of the pan. Don’t mix; the sugar will absorb the water on its own. Wet your fingers and run them along the inside of the pan, making sure no stray grains of sugar remain that could cause the mixture to crystallize on boiling.

Put the pan over high heat and let it boil down into a bubbling syrup. When it begins to turn amber, start carefully swirling the pan on the burner to make sure the syrup heats evenly. Don’t stir. Let the syrup turn dark amber (or the color of caramel you’re looking for); it should just be beginning to smoke. turn off the heat and remove from the burner. slowly pour in the heavy cream — be prepared for violent bubbling. carefully swirl the pan for a minute or two, making sure the cream evenly incorporates. return to low heat for three to five minutes, now using a whisk to stir until the bubbling settles down. remove from heat and pour into a bowl to cool fully and thicken before serving.

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Luckily, Alton Brown came to my rescue. Sort of. First, he confused the hell out of me by insisting I add corn syrup and cream of tartar to fend off crystallization — which I stubbornly ignored, because I’d already got that part down. I also skipped using a candy thermometer, which every other video pronounced unnecessary. But Alton did advise me to boil the sugar until it began smoking, which would let it develop a more complex flavor. And the trick to getting it thick?

Simply continue to boil for three to five minutes after adding the cream.

Batch two was a vast improvement.

It was darker and fuller bodied, with a nutty, buttery quality that made me want to down it by the spoonful. When I took a slice of apple for a test dip, it emerged with a smooth, thick coating of caramel.

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Bites and Bytes Should online food culture give reporters and restaurateurs indigestion?

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hen you put more than 200 chefs, butchers, bartend1068 Williston Rd, S. Burlington ers and food writers in the (802)419-6200 same room to discuss big SUNDAY-FRIDAY issues, things can get kind of heated. Two Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner weekends ago at the Chefs Collaborative 6:30 AM-10 PM National Summit in Boston, which focused on issues of sustainability, a couple SATURDAY of flare-ups resulted.

Breakfast 6:30-11 AM • Dinner 5-10 PM Chef Jasper White, famed for his seafood cookery, slammed the Monterey 12v-harpers041410.indd 1 4/9/10 9:20:29 AM Bay Aquarium’s guide to sustainable seafood, noting that fishermen can lose their jobs when their catches end up R E S TA U R A N T on its “avoid” list. In a panel on “defining farm-to-table,” audience members jumped on the moderator, Bon Appétit Lunch Specials editor-in-chief Barbara Fairchild (who is Sushi Roll $3.99 soon to leave the magazine), because her Veggie Rolls $2.99 publication isn’t political enough.

At the session on “the future of food Specializing in Vietnamese media,” the mood was more introspective than sassy. But, while it may not have and Thai cuisine. had the most boisterous participants, this panel got to the heart of the crucial Open for Lunch & Dinner issue for anyone who writes professionally about food — and for their readers.

Full menu available Like many journalists, food writers onlineat www.7nvt.com are losing their jobs as print publications trim their budgets. With so many Downtown Burlington people willing to share their opinions, Lower Church St • 859-9998 recipes and reviews for free on the web, the prospects of achieving a livable wage in the field seem slim. And, some might ask, should they be? Does the world still 12v-vietnamrestaurant091510.indd 1 9/8/10 2:43:08 PM need professional food writing?

At the Chefs Collaborative panel, Corie Brown, cofounder and manager of the online Zester Daily, said her business is exploring a new way of paying for online content. There, writers are compensated based on an algorithm that takes into account how many readers click on an article and how long they American Bistro Fare spend reading it. Will it work? Nobody with an emphasis on seasonal products seemed sure.

As the panelists talked about the need & local flavors for a new payment model for journalists, Private Catering Available somebody brought up the topic of the Tuesday Night is BBQ Night untimely end of Gourmet. Some saw it as a sign that the era of old-school food ~ Chef Owned & Operated ~ journalism was over. And that’s when 4 Park Street, Essex Jct • 316-3883 other people in the audience got a little Reservations accepted by phone. riled up. The magazine didn’t “fail,” one Open for dinner Tuesday-Saturday. woman said vehemently. It was given the www.beltedcowvt.com ax by the big cheeses, and for the wrong Gift Certificates Available reasons, she implied.

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These days, whenever a print publication goes under, it brings up some big, existential questions. And with reason. Food reporting used to serve well-defined needs. Newspapers published recipes and tidbits geared toward homemakers, plus reviews of nearby restaurants. Serious food magazines helped aficionados delve more deeply into classic techniques and gustatory tourism.

Digital media shook everything up.

Now that anybody can visit a site such as Yelp or Urbanspoon and comment on his or her dining experience, do restaurant critics still matter? When a quick Google search will turn up any recipe a home cook desires, is there a point in keeping newspaper food writers on staff?

Now, food writing is being churned out by engineers exploring culinary chemical reactions, dissatisfied office workers cooking their troubles away and fashionistas who treat ingredients like sculpture. Their musings are available on websites and blogs; on YouTube, along with cooking demos (see p. 42); and even in 140-character tweets.

Then there are the restaurant rating sites, which allow everybody to play Craig Claiborne for a day. Did you think the tuna was overcooked or the filet underseasoned? You can dish and hundreds, even millions, of people will eat it up.

But without the transparency of newspaper critics, who are bound by journalistic ethics to pay for their own meals and use their real names on stories, online commentators can be cruel under a veil of anonymity. They can also be “sock puppets,” posting glowing reviews because they’re on a restaurant’s payroll.

Do amateur critics spell the end of traditional restaurant reviewing?

Tony O’Rourke, a local food lover who regularly posts reviews on the 7 Nights site as well as on Chowhound, doesn’t think so. He believes “the web complements traditional food journalism.

The upside of the web is … the ease of obtaining specific details.” When O’Rourke travels to new cities, for example, Chowhound has helped him to discover some “real gems” he wouldn’t otherwise have visited.

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Sam Palmisano, Why post on chef-owner of the web if nobody Pulcinella’s in South wants to shell out Burlington, has for your labor? For experienced both one thing, it’s fun effects of online to watch fellow ratings firsthand. netizens react to Send & receive neighborhood news at: “Online media is your ideas. “When 12h-frontporch-locallygrown.indd 1 10/11/10 3:14:42 PM a double-edged you write a piece sword,” he says. in a magazine, SAm PAlmiSANo, “The fact of the sometimes you feel Pu lciNEll A’S, matter is, it’s good like it’s going out Sou th Bu rliNgtoN because it gets you into the void,” says lots of exposure; it’s Estabrook. Politics good because people can do research of the Plate, which is now published on about your restaurant and link to your the Atlantic’s website as well as his own, website and look at the menu.” often inspires impassioned reactions.

But, he says, having the power to “It’s great to see [readers] discussing rate a restaurant online may cause some things … it’s amazing how far and wide customers to leave with a gripe rather things can spread,” he says. than asking for a manager. “I believe it’s Estabrook also likes having a blog my job to handle customer complaints because it’s “sort of a home for the stuff 15 Center St., Burlington before [patrons] walk out the door,” he I write,” he says. He has a book coming (just off Church Street) i D says. out soon, and having a website helps ls dailyplanet15.com • 862-9647 a c lo reservations online or by phone When a customer assures her server with promotions. Explains Estabrook: “ W h e re t h e everything is just dandy, then posts a “I want to let people know I’m still 8h-DailyPlanet101310.indd 1 10/7/10 12:15:24 PM scathing comment on a website, the op- around.” portunity to make amends is lost. “If you I ask Estabrook whether he believes don’t voice your opinion [while you’re at Gourmet’s demise had anything to do a restaurant],” says Palmisano, “I don’t with the encroachment of digital media. feel you have a right to go online and Not a bit, he says. “Our readership was at brutalize it.” an all-time high,” he asserts. “Newsstand Of course, a restaurateur might make sales were good.” the same complaint about professional What did the magazine in? “It was critics. But at least then, he or she knows mismanagement,” Estabrook says. “We whom to blame. lost our advertisers.” Food & Wine, he Between well-paid food writers and points out, is still “full of ads.”

Contemporary anonymous commenters, there’s a vast Is there really room out there for all and expanding field of people who air kinds of food media? No doubt about ameriCan Cuisine their opinions for low or no pay over the one thing: For food-loving readers who web. Barry Estabrook of Vergennes, who appreciate both the accountability of was a contributing editor at the now-de- traditional media and the expansiveness Open 5pm -10pm funct Gourmet, thinks there’s room out of web-based writing, this is actually a Closed Tuesdays there for both old and new approaches. golden age. If those readers can find it in Asked about the best food writing their hearts to dig deep and pay for exaround, he points to the New York Times ceptional online content — and to keep Reservations appreciated and the Washington Post, as well as to supporting businesses that advertise in 899-2223 sites such as Grist ... the Ethicurean and print media — maybe the industry can 30 Vermont Route 15, Jericho Civil Eats. But, he acknowledges, most keep cooking. m

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Cutting Loose Serious scholars of silent film have undoubtedly marveled at the sweeping skyscrapers, workers’ underworld and ancient catacombs of Fritz Lang’s 1927 Metropolis.. But it’s nothing compared to this year’s restored version by the FriedrichWilhelm-Murnau-Foundation, which pieces together the German Expressionist milestone that was drastically shortened for commercial potential after its debut. The 2008 discovery of an early print in a private Argentinean collection supplies another 25 minutes that sometimes “comprise whole subplots that were lopped off in their entirety,” according to an essay in the 2010 TCM Classic Film Festival catalogue. With this painstaking revival, “Metropolis can finally be seen as Lang originally intended it,” says the Wall Street Journal.. The Alloy Orchestra (pictured), an acclaimed three-piece ensemble formed in 1990, provide custom accompaniment at a special Hop screening.

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Gone With the Wind Coming across a mole or a rat in your basement is one thing; on the stage is a different matter. The anthropomorphic characters of Scottish writer Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows, Willows published in 1908, have lasting appeal: “We can sort of see ourselves in each of these characters,” explains director Eileen Corcoran. She was inspired to piece together the Little City Players’ original adaptation after hearing the tag line for Lake Champlain Maritime Museum’s Small Boat Festival — “Messing About in Boats,” a phrase taken from Grahame’s novel.

The LCP production sticks to the tale’s classic feel, with a storybook-style set design that features an actual rowboat crossing the stage, and costumes with subtle animal traits. (Badger, for example, sports a tweed jacket and gray-striped hair.) Revisit these childhood friends at the Vergennes Opera House this week.

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Be Quiet When British proofreader Charlie Baker takes a weekend getaway to a fishing lodge in rural Georgia, less sightseeing ensues than fullon hilarity. In the Marble Valley Players’ production of American playwright Larry Shue’s The Foreigner,, the introverted protagonist masquerades as an exotic, non-English-speaking stranger to avoid talking to anyone — only to become the confidante of everyone from a spoiled heiress to a scheming county property inspector. Director Gary Thompson, who’s been involved with MVP productions for 25 years, was attracted to the romp because “There’s enough sad stuff going on in the world,” he explains, noting the play is sure to bring on the belly laughs. “It just gets funnier and funnier as we go along” in rehearsals, he says. Take a seat and learn what it means to be a good listener.

‘THE FOREIGNER’ Friday, October 15, through Saturday, October 16, 8 p.m., and Sunday, October 17, 2 p.m., at Town Hall Theater in West Rutland. View website for future dates through October 23. $12. Info, 775-0903. www.marblevalleyplayersvt.org

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rayola may look at the drawings of Harold and the Purple Crayon’s kid protagonist and see only the color — “purple pizzazz,” they’d identify it — but audience members are more apt to get lost in the story. It’s not hard to; the plot, based on the picture books of children’s author Crockett Johnson, follows an imaginative young boy as he draws himself into an enchanted garden, a circus tent and more. Harold’s journeys — composed of “simple lines to illustrate sweet stories,” notes NPR — get an extra dose of magic from traveling nonprofit arts organization Enchantment Theatre Company. Life-sized puppets, masked actors and large-scale digital animation translate the tales from the page to the stage. And you don’t still have to play with crayons to go. ETC’s productions “mix mime and dance into a stylized ballet of color and sound that entrances both the kids and their adult companions,” says Philadelphia Weekly.

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Burlington Business & Professional Women Dinner Meeting: Paul Thabault, a manager of the American Cancer Society Hope Lodge, Lois McClure-Bee Tabakin building, presents over an evening meal. Best Western Windjammer Inn & Conference Center, South Burlington, 5:30-8 p.m. $25. Info, 238-6110, burlingtonbpw@gmail.com.

Sunday, October 17, 3 p.m., at Flynn MainStage in Burlington. $15-19. Info, 863-5966. www.flynntix.org

Networking Luncheon for Vermont Healers: Area herbalists, health practitioners, educators and others receive advice from Mindful Business Development’s Jason Pugliese on defining their business vision. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 598-9206.

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Sunday, October 17, 1:30-2:30 p.m., at Flynn MainStage in Burlington. $15 per child and accompanying parent or caregiver. Info, 652-4548.

‘Harold and the Purple Crayon’: Flynn Student Matinée Sunday, October 18, 9:30 a.m., and noon, at Flynn MainStage in Burlington. $8.50. Info, 652-4548.

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Winooski Coalition for a Safe and Peaceful Community: Neighbors and local businesses help create a thriving Onion City by planning community events, sharing resources, networking and more.

O’Brien Community Center, Winooski, 3:30-4:45 p.m. Free. Info, 655-1392, ext.10.

dance Classic Jazz Dance: Choreographer Danny Buraczeski helps intermediate and advanced dancers move to the pulse of great jazz rhythms and lines. Space is limited; preregister. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 6 p.m. $20. Info, 863-5966.

Rhythm of the Dance: Acclaimed Irish dancers, musicians and singers share the culture of their country in this world-traveling show featuring a live band. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 8 p.m. $22.

50-29.50. Info, 775-0903.

Burnham Knitters: Yarn unfurls into purls at a chat-and-craft session. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 879-7576.

film Festival du Nouveau Cinéma: A longstanding big-screen affair boasts a lineup of independent flicks from around the world. Various locations, Montréal, 9 a.m.-11 p.m. Various prices. Info, 514-282-0004, infolettre@nouveaucinema.ca.

‘Flipped’: Rob Reiner’s 2010 romantic comedy proves opposites attract as two drastically different eighth graders deal with their feelings. Cinema 1, Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 1:30 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m. $4-7. Info, 748-2600.

LGBTQ Immigration Movie Night: Film buffs view Lisa Bell’s “Excluded” before discussing the LGBTQ experience in countries outside of the United States. R.U.1.2? Community Center, Winooski, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 860-7812.

‘North by Northwest’: The Reel to Reel Series continues with a screening of Hitchcock’s 1959 suspense flick about mistaken identity. Amnesty Room, Angell College Center, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 518-565-0145.

‘Sin Nombre’: A young Honduran teen comes up against unexpected roadblocks as she tries to make her way to the U.S. in Cary Fukunaga’s 2009 drama. Part of the Violence in Latin America Film Series. Yokum Lecture Hall, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7 p.m. Free. Info, 518-565-0145.

‘The Extra Man’: A dreamer moves to New York City to catch his big break as a writer, but forges an unlikely bond with his much older escort roommate instead in this offbeat comedy by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini. Cinema 2, Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 1:30 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m. $4-7. Info, 748-2600.

‘Tokyo!’: A trio of directors contributed to this three-part drama of Tokyo-set tales that explore isolation and transformation. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603-646-2422.

food & drink Apple Butter & Canning: Plump up your pantry by adding jars of preserved fruits made in this how-to workshop. Preregister. The Chubby Muffin, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 861-9700.

Knit Night: Crafty needleworkers (crocheters, too) share their talents and company as they give yarn a makeover. Phoenix Books, Essex, 6-8 p.m. Free.

Info, 872-7111.

Enosburg Falls Farmers Market: A morethan-20-year-old bazaar offers herbs, jellies, vegetables and just-baked goodies in the heart of the village. Lincoln Park, Enosburg Falls, 3-6 p.m. Free.

Info, 933-4503 or 933-6623.

fairs & festivals Monkton Creates: Exhibitions, film screenings, pie contests, live music, dance events and arts celebrations raise funds for the East Monkton Church Association and the Monkton Boro Schoolhouse restoration project. Various locations, Monkton, 7-9 p.m. Info, 453-3795, monkton.talk@gmail.com.

Lamoille Valley Year-Round Farmers Artisan Market: Farmers and food producers fill Vermonters’ totes with local and organic dining options, including eggs, cider, seeds and cow cheeses.

River Arts Center, Morrisville, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 888-1261.

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Middlebury Farmers Market: Crafts, cheeses, breads and veggies vie for spots in shoppers’ totes.

The Marbleworks, Middlebury, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 388-0178, middleburyfm@yahoo.com.

Sun to Cheese Tours: Visitors take a behindthe-scenes look at dairy farming and cheesemaking as they observe raw milk turning into farmhouse cheddar. Preregister. Shelburne Farms, 2-4 p.m. $15 includes a block of cheese. Info, 985-8686.

health & fitness Community Clinic: A holistic health center’s naturopathic physicians and therapists offer a wide range of services at no cost. Vermont Integrative Medicine, Montpelier, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 229-2635.

kids Babytime: Crawling tots and their parents gather for playtime and sharing. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m.-noon Free. Info, 6583659.

‘Bird Is the Word’: Kids connect with nature in this science café about everything avian held by North Branch Nature Center’s youth birding program coordinator Larry Clarfeld. Black Door Bar & Bistro, Montpelier, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 828-0196.

Homeschool Wednesdays: Out-ofclassroom learners ages 6 to 12 explore museum exhibits while learning about Vermont’s early inhabitants, the Abenaki. Preregister.

Vermont History Museum, Montpelier, 1-3 p.m.

Regular museum admission, $3-5; free for children under 5. Info, 828-2180.

Peter the Music Man: Educator Peter Alsen lets preschoolers try out various instruments at a fun intro to music theory. Colchester Meeting House, 12:30-1 p.m. Free. Info, 878-0313.

Power Play Demonstration: Bright students learn about electricity, wind turbines and energy choices with an educator. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 12:30 p.m. Regular admission, $8.5010.50; free for kids 2 and under. Info, 877-324-6386.

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Preschool Discovery Program: In “Bugged by the Cold,” kids ages 3 to 5 figure out where insects go after the first frost. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 10-11:30 a.m. $5. Info, 229-6206.

music Hinesburg Community Band Rehearsals: New members are welcome as the community group polishes its pieces. Room 163, Champlain Valley Union High School, Hinesburg, 7:15-9 p.m.

Free. Info, 482-3010, rufpat@yahoo.com.

Phineas Gage: A local foursome busts out “music for happy brains.” Big Picture Theater & Café, Waitsfield, 7 p.m. $5 suggested cover. Info, 496-8994.

outdoors Corn Maze: Walkers navigate a labyrinth of 12 acres of organic corn. Boyden Farm, Cambridge, 8 a.m.-7 p.m. $5-7; free for kids 2 and under. Info, 644-5974.

Mystery in the Corn Maze: Sleuths play “Farm Scene Investigation” as they wander between 10-foot-tall stalks searching for clues to solve a whodunit. Sam Mazza’s Family Farm, Colchester, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. $5-7; $20 per family of four. Info, 655-3440.

The Great Vermont Corn Maze: Weather permitting, an 8.5-acre maze of maize lures labyrinth lovers outstanding in their field. Last person will be admitted at 3 p.m. Boudreau Farm, Danville, 10 a.m. $9-12; free for ages 4 and under. Info, 748-1399, info@vermontcornmaze.com.

politics People’s Forum: Incumbents and candidates discuss their plans for health care, children and the

economy. Rutland Free Library, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 522-2230.

Vermont House Debate: Democratic challenger Sarah Buxton and Republican incumbent David Ainsworth reflect on the issues at stake in the general election race for the Vermont House seat representing Royalton and Tunbridge. Chase Community Center, Vermont Law School, South Royalton, 12:45-2 p.m. Free. Info, 831-1333, sjefferson@vermontlaw.edu.

talks Alyssa Nathanson: The Vermont coordinator of the Healthy Food in Health Care initiative presents a plan for linking hospitals with nutritious, local eats. Noble Lounge, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, 1 p.m. $20-40 membership to Osher Lifelong Learning Institute programs, or $5 donation. Info, 454-4675, ataplow@vtlink.net.

Helene Lang: Whodunit? British author Agatha Christie offers insight into her famous detective novels in this living-history presentation by a retired UVM professor of literature and literacy. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 11:30 a.m. Free.

Info, 398-2019.

Jimmy Chin: As part of the 2010 Never Stop Exploring Speak Series, a renowned climber and adventure photographer revisits an 18-day ascent up Mount Meru before a Q&A. VIP reception benefiting the UVM Outing Club, 6 p.m. Higher Ground, South Burlington, 7 p.m. Free on firstcome, first-served basis; $8 for guaranteed seats; $20 for VIP reception. Info, 970-259-3555.

Mark Stoler: A military historian and UVM professor emeritus sparks a conversation about “The Dual System: Militias to Armies.” Community Room, Burlington College, 6:15 p.m. Free. Info, 862-9616.

Osher Lifelong Learning Lecture: A slideshow lecture, “From Whistler to Warhol,” by artist and art historian Bob Manning is a visual romp through impressionism, cubism, surrealism, pop art and more. Town & Country Resort, Stowe, 1:30-3 p.m. $5. Info, 253-9011.

‘The Alchemy of the Rosicrucians: Summary’: A PowerPoint show illuminates the Gnostic perspective on the “Alchemical Wedding of Christian Rosycross.” 6 Fairfield Hill Road, St. Albans, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 524-9706, vermont@ goldenrosycross.org.

theater ‘Amadeus’: Northern Stage presents this Tony Award-winning thriller about the rivalry between young musical genius Mozart and composer Antonio Salieri. Briggs Opera House, White River Junction, 7:30 p.m. $10-58. Info, 291-9009, ext. 13.

‘The Glass Menagerie’: Vermont Stage Company returns to its inaugural show (produced in 1994), Tennessee Williams’ memory piece about family promises and loyalty. See review, this issue.

FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $24.30-32.50.

Info, 863-5966.

words Book Discussion Series: ‘Never-Setting Sun’: Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart inspires bookworms to consider the complexities of colonialism.

South Hero Community Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 372-6209.

‘How Writers Do It: A Fiction Workshop’: Wordsmiths analyze passages of fiction from different eras before experimenting with point of view, voice and structure. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7217.

Laurie Levinger: The author of What War? shares testimonies about the Guatemalan Civil War before a Q&A session. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

‘Prophetic Odyssey’: What happened after Moses died? A study group peruses the prophetic

writings to quench its thirst for knowledge. Temple Sinai, South Burlington, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 862-5125.

‘You Come, Too’: Spend fall lingering on the cultivated lines of selected British poets through readings and discussion. Vermont Humanities Council, Montpelier, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 262-2626, ext. 304.

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Vermont Consultants Network Meeting: Biz kids swap marketing tips and tricks relating to “the big pitch” in a presentation by Fifth Element Associates’ Joe Candido. Network Performance, South Burlington, 8 a.m. Free if it’s your first time, $15 for nonmembers. Info, 373-8379.

Vermont Venture Network: Presentations by Butternut Mountain Farm’s David Marvin and Super Sized Cycles’ Joan Denizot kick off a networking meeting. Hilton Hotel, Burlington, 8 p.m. $15 for nonmembers. Info, 658-7830.

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AARP Safe Driver Course: Motor vehicle operators ages 50 and up take a quick trip to the classroom — with no tests and no grades! — for a how-to refresher. Preregister. Trinity Episcopal Church, Shelburne, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. $12-14. Info, 372-8511.

Chess Club: Checkmate! Board-game players try to attack the king with sly strategies. Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 7 p.m. $2-3.

Info, 363-5803.

Historic Tours: See WED.13, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

Retirement Track Series: An interactive, three-part series caters to workers who’ll be retiring in the next 10 to 15 years, covering topics such as finances and Social Security. New England Federal Credit Union, Williston, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 879-8790.

fairs & festivals Monkton Creates: See WED.13, 7-9 p.m.

film ‘Caramel’: Cinephiles screen Nadine Labaki’s 2007 romantic comedy about females living in Beirut as part of the Gender and Women’s Studies Film Series. Krinovitz Recital Hall, Hawkins Hall, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 518-564-3002.

Festival du Nouveau Cinéma: See WED.13, 9 a.m.-11 p.m.

‘Flipped’: See WED.13, 7 p.m.

food & drink Lake Willoughby Farmers & Artisan Market: Performances by local musicians join produce, eggs, lemonade, gemstone jewelry, sun catchers and more to lure buyers throughout the warm months. Long Pond Road, Westmore, 3-7 p.m.

Free. Info, 525-8842.

Winooski Farmers Market: Area growers and bakers offer their soil-grown and homemade wealth for shoppers to bring home. Champlain Mill, Winooski, 3:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 734-6175, wfm@ winooskidowntown.com.

health & fitness Ujjayi Pranayama: Yogis concentrate on breathing in a healing exercise led by Rob Gold of River’s Grace Yoga. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-8004, ext. 202, info@ hungermountain.com.

kids Homeschool Science Program: Independent learners ages 8 and up are full of hot air in this hands-on workshop about hot-air balloons.

Preregister. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

Lego Club: Future engineers, urban planners and pirates sharpen their skills with a big bucket of building blocks. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 3:30-5 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

Lightbulb Lab: Bright thinkers ages 2 to 8 sharpen their skills with problem-solving and math activities. Preregister. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

Music With Peter: Preschoolers up to age 5 bust out song and dance moves. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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

Info, 453-2366.

music ‘Guitar Masters’: Acclaimed musicians Eric Johnson, Andy McKee and Peppino D’Agostino play it up solo, and then as a trio for the first time.

Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 7:30 p.m. $28-38. Info, 603-448-0400.

outdoors Corn Maze: See WED.13, 8 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Mystery in the Corn Maze: See WED.13, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

The Great Vermont Corn Maze: See WED.13, 10 a.m.

politics People’s Forum: WED.13, Brattleboro Union High School, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 522-2230.

talks Forrest Holzapfel: A Marlboro-based photographer and historian dishes on the role of the village photographer in 19th-century Vermont — and how to continue the tradition. Drury Gallery, Marlboro College, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 257-9293.

Lunch & Learn Series: Vermont Information Center’s Penny Libercent maps out a route to Vermont’s state parks and greatest attractions.

O’Brien Community Center, Winooski, noon-1 p.m.

Free; lunch is included. Info, 655-1392.

Simone Schweber: Sen. Bernie Sanders offers opening remarks before the University of Wisconsin-Madison professor examines “Controversies and Consistencies in Holocaust Education: A Review of Research on Teaching.”

Livak Room, Davis Center, UVM, Burlington, 8 p.m.

Free. Info, 656-3131.

theater ‘A Disappearing Number’: Catamount Arts Center: Add it up: The Complicite company’s groundbreaking work explores the universality of math in a live broadcast from England’s National Theatre. Theater 2, Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $10-23. Info, 748-2600.

‘A Disappearing Number’: Loew Auditorium: See above listing. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $10-20. Info, 603-646-2422.

‘Amadeus’: See WED.13, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

‘No Exit/Huis Clos’: Theatre Mosaic Mond presents Jean-Paul Sartre’s existentialist work about human relationships and hell. Performances rotate between English and the original French dialogue; check website for schedule. Off Center for the Dramatic Arts, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $13-18 for

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‘The peRMiT’: The Middlebury Community Players revive Dutton Smith Sr. and Ernie Stires’ 1972 Middlebury-set musical about a new town bridge, just in time for the opening of the town’s Cross Street Bridge. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 8 p.m. $17. Info, 382-9222.

‘MuRdeR MySTeRieS Live!’: Part dinner theater, part scavenger hunt, this realistic whodunit transforms guests into detectives. Wilson Castle, Proctor, 6:30-10:30 p.m. $30; must be 18 or older.

Info, 773-3284.

‘The Wind in The WiLLoWS’: Kenneth Grahame’s children’s lit lights up the stage as Mole, Rat, Badger and Toad embark on adventures in this production by the Little City Players. See calendar spotlight. Vergennes Opera House, 8 p.m. $6-12.

Info, 877-6737.

‘TWeLve anGRy JuRoRS’: The Valley Players examine the nature of democracy and the duties of American citizenship in this courtroom drama.

Valley Players Theater, Waitsfield, 8 p.m. $12. Info, 583-1674.

words aRcheR MayoR: The author of a Vermont-based mystery series starring detective Joe Gunther previews his latest novel, Red Herring. Briggs Carriage Bookstore, Brandon, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 247-0050.

Book diScuSSion: In the “New England Uncovered” reading series, bookworms delve into Russell Banks’ Affliction. Fairfax Community Library, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 849-2420.

JaMeS TaBoR: The author of Blind Descent, a story about finding the deepest cave on Earth, briefs listeners on its plot in a slide-show presentation. Big Picture Theater & Café, Waitsfield, 7 p.m.

Donations accepted. Info, 496-8994. kevin MacneiL BRoWn: New England’s landscapes come alive in the author’s Thomas Dedman’s Northern Journey, which he shares in a reading and book discussion. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

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dance aRGenTinean TanGo: Shoulders back, chin up! With or without partners, dancers of all abilities strut to bandoneón riffs in a self-guided practice session. Salsalina Studio, Burlington, 7:30-10 p.m. $5. Info, 598-1077.

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FiLM pRevieW & BeneFiT conceRT: The producers of the forthcoming film Green Blooded:

‘paRTy FoR The cuRe’: A raffle and bake sale round out a dance soirée benefiting Making Strides Against Breast Cancer. Eagles Club, South Burlington, 7-11 p.m. $5-10; free for children 5 and under; cash bar. Info, 334-2277.

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TeacheR appRenTiceShip pRoGRaM aLuMni MixeR: Folks interested in pursuing careers in education learn about the Vermont Department of Education-approved program through a speech, food and mingling. Coach Barn at Shelburne Farms, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 734-5344, mrsjoannascott@ yahoo.com.

Reserved: Adults $30, Students and Seniors $25 Media Sponsor:

TeRTuLia LaTina: Latino Americanos and other fluent Spanish speakers converse en español.

Radio Bean, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3440.

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haRdWick FaLL FiLM FeSTivaL: Four independent Vermont filmmakers screen their works before discussion. Catch Nora Jacobson’s My Mother’s Early Lovers, John O’Brien’s Man With a Plan, Meredith Holch’s “Neighbors,” and George Woodard and Gerianne Smart’s The Summer of Walter Hacks.

Town Hall, Hardwick, 8 p.m. $6 per film; $18 for series. Info, 456-8708.

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‘Joan RiveRS: a piece oF WoRk’: This 2010 documentary catches up with the comedian at age 76, revealing the struggles and triumphs of her longstanding career. Discussion follows with the directors. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7:30 p.m. $5-12. Info, 603-646-2422.

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BeeR TaSTinG: Suds connoisseurs crack open seasonal microbrews.

Steeple Market, Fairfax, 4-6 p.m.

Free. Info, 849-6872.

Our cozy urban spaces can accommodate small groups or large parties of up to 180 people.

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cheLSea FaRMeRS MaRkeT: A 35-year-old town-green tradition supplies shoppers with meat, cheese, vegetables, fine crafts and weekly entertainment. North Common, Chelsea, 3-6:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 685-7726, chelseacommunitymarket@gmail. com.

Five coRneRS FaRMeRS MaRkeT: Farmers share the bounty of the growing season at an open-air exchange. Lincoln Place, Essex Junction, 3:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 879-6701 or 355-3143, essexcommunityfarmersmarket@yahoo.com.

‘FoodWayS FRidayS’: Historic recipes get a revival as folks learn how heirloom garden veggies become seasonal dishes in the farmhouse kitchen.

Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m.-5p.m. $3-12. Info, 457-2355.

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inTeRnaTionaL FoLk dancinG: Ben Bergstein and Louise Brill organize people into choreographed patterns from around the world. North End Studio, Burlington, 8-10 p.m. $5. Info, 5401020 or 233-3144.

pTo TaG SaLe: Sales of household goods, toys and clothing support Sustainable Living Initiatives Motivating Youth. Orchard School, South Burlington, 3-7 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3395.

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enGLiSh counTRy dance: Those keen on Jane Austen’s favorite pastime make rural rounds to solo piano tunes by Joyce Crouch. Elley-Long Music Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 7-9:30 p.m. $5-8; bring finger food to share. Info, 899-2378.

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veRMonT 3.0 Tech JaM: Fifty-plus area businesses and entrepreneurs showcase successful start-ups on the cutting edge of cool. Expect exhibits, job opportunities, video games and career tips. See www.vermont3. com for a full schedule. Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Free. Info, 864-5684.

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In celebration of Django Reinhardt’s 100th birthday, guitar virtuoso Frank Vignola has assembled a topnotch quintet for a searing tribute to this gypsy jazz legend.

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haunTed MuSeuM: Ghosts, ghouls and historical figures cause family-friendly, spine-tingling terror.

Old Base Museum Campus, Battle of Plattsburgh Association, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 6-10 p.m. $2-4. Info, 518-566-1814.

‘The GLaSS MenaGeRie’: See WED.13, 7:30 p.m.

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‘SLaM: The hockey Rock opeRa’: Central Vermont Community Players premiere a locally penned musical about the search for home within the world of semiprofessional hockey. See “State of the Arts,” this issue. Montpelier City Hall Auditorium, Montpelier, 8 p.m. $15-20. Info, 2490414, info@slamthehockeyrockopera.com.

Vermont at a Crossroads screen a teaser between Americana-bluegrass sets by Bow Thayer and Holy Plow. Town Hall, Barnard, 7 p.m. $12-15. Info, 234-9125.

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Hawkins Hall, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 518-564-2243.

of Orpheus. Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 8 p.m. $10-20. Info, 518-523-2512.

Hardwick Farmers Market: A burgeoning culinary community celebrates local ag with fresh produce and handcrafted goods. Route 15 West, Hardwick, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 533-2337, hardwickfarmersmarket@gmail.com.

Calloway Taxi: Winding through jazz arrangements, pop-rock tunes and seasonal favorites, the a cappella ensemble from Burlington also introduces original works. Brown Dog Books & Gifts, Hinesburg, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 482-5189.

‘No Exit/Huis Clos’: See THU.14, 7:30 p.m.

Hartland Farmers Market: Everything from freshly grown produce to specialty food abounds at outdoor stands highlighting the local plenitude.

Hartland Public Library, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 4362500, hartlandfarmersmarket@gmail.com.

Counterpoint: A vocal ensemble moves from the works of Italy’s Carlo Gesualdo to England’s John Dowland in “Parallel Lines: Choral Gems by Unlikely Contemporaries.” Grace Congregational Church, Rutland, 7:30 p.m. $5-20; free for kids under 5. Info, 540-1784.

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Lyndonville Farmers Market: Ripe fruits and veggies highlight an outdoor sale of locally grown eats. Bandstand Park, Lyndonville, 3-7 p.m. Free.

Info, 533-7455, lyndonfarmersmarket@gmail.com.

Richmond Farmers Market: Live music entertains fresh-food browsers at a melody-centered market connecting farmers and cooks. Special activities include a performance by the Heather Morris Dancers and a Halloween costume parade.

Volunteers Green, Richmond, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 434-5273.

Victor Wooten: The bass guitar innovator and member of Béla Fleck and the Flecktones performs solo. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 8 p.m. $19.5029.50, plus tax. Info, 775-0903.

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Mingus Repertory Ensembles: Student Matinée: The 14-piece Mingus Big Band, 11-piece Mingus Orchestra and seven-piece Mingus Dynasty express the power of jazz in combination to choreography by Danny Buraczeski. For grades 3 to 12.

Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 11 a.m. $8.50. Info, 863-5966.

Science and Stories: Harvest-themed tales and investigations examine everything from foliage to the season’s bounty. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 11 a.m. Regular admission, $8.50-10.50; free for kids 2 and under. Info, 877-324-6386.

Amanda Eldridge: Albert D. Lawton School’s social studies teacher outlines her experiences in Haiti one month after January’s earthquake.

Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 878-6955.

David Carkeet: The author and essayist opens up about “Titanic Anachronisms: How to Blunder in Italian and Why I Can’t Remember What ‘Valetudinarian’ Means.” Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2 p.m. $5 donation. Info, 864-3516.

Harry Gray: A California Institute of Technology professor of chemistry introduces listeners to a campaign recruiting students for a “solar army” battling global warming. Cheray Science Hall, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 1:15 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2536.

‘Live After Five With Sue Mingus’: Flynn artistic director Arnie Malina strikes up an open conversation with the bestselling author and Charles Mingus’ widow in advance of a Mingus Repertory Ensembles performance. Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, Flynn Center, Burlington, 5:30 p.m. Free; cash bar.

Info, 863-5966.

Panel Discussion: Toss the books and turn on the boob tube: Three professors of film, media and television mull over the historical, artistic and cultural implications of TV. Room 003, Kalkin Hall, UVM, Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3131.

Success by Six Playgroup & Storytime: Stories, activities and snacks amuse youngsters.

Bent Northrop Memorial Library, Fairfield, 9:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 827-3945, bentnorthrop@ gmail.com.

Rip Keller: A true jack of all trades — he’s a pianist, singer, motivational speaker and TV-program creator — offers thoughts on “Both Sides of the Coin: The Creative Process and Marketing the Work.” River Arts Center, Morrisville, 6:30 p.m. $5 donation.

Info, 888-1261.

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‘Beethoven Fridays’: The composer’s Les Adieux sonata is the subject of Dr. Karen Becker’s lecture and musical performance. Krinovitz Recital Hall,

‘Amadeus’: See WED.13, 7:30 p.m.

‘Eurydice’: Saranac Lake’s Pendragon Theatre puts a comic spin on the Greek myth

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‘The Permit’: See THU.14, 8 p.m.

‘The Sound of Music’: Pentangle Players sing of raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, among other things, in the classic Rodgers & Hammerstein musical. Town Hall Theatre, Woodstock, 7:30 p.m. $12-18; $75 for gala dinner and show. Info, 457-3981.

‘The Wind in the Willows’: See THU.14, 8 p.m.

‘Twelve Angry Jurors’: See THU.14, 8 p.m.

words Brown Bag Book Club: Readers gab about Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca at lunch time. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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education ‘Experience Waldorf Early Education’: Parents and would-be students get a taste of the campus inside and out. Explore the classrooms, the yards and the orchards while learning about the curriculum. Preregister. Orchard Valley Waldorf School, East Montpelier, 10 a.m.-noon Free. Info, 456-7400.

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The Logger: One-man entertainer Rusty DeWees puts on a variety show of music, comedy and acting. Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 7:30 p.m. $20. Info, 603-448-0400.

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Harry Potter Fan Club: Muggles wax on about the wizarding world in anticipation of the next movie. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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‘The Hobbit’: Rutland Youth Theatre actors in grades K through 12 stir the imagination with the precursor to Tolkien’s Ring stories. Rutland Intermediate School, 7 p.m. $5-8. Info, 558-4177.

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Comics Club: Doodlers, writers and readers alike have fun with the funnies. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 3:30-5 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

The Great Vermont Corn Maze: See WED.13, 10 a.m.

‘The Glass Menagerie’: See WED.13, 7:30 p.m.

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‘Charlotte’s Web’: Theatreworks USA presents E.B. White’s treasured tale of a helpful spider.

Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 9:30 a.m. & 12:30 p.m. $6. Info, 728-9878.

Mystery in the Corn Maze: See WED.13, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.

‘The Foreigner’: An introverted Englishman pretends he doesn’t speak the language on a getaway to the American South, only to become privy to a boatload of secrets in Larry Shue’s witty romp, presented by the Marble Valley Players. See calendar spotlight. Town Hall Theater, West Rutland, 8 p.m. $12. Info, 775-0903.

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Corn Maze: See WED.13, 8 a.m.-7 p.m.

‘SLaM: The Hockey Rock Opera’: See THU.14, 8 p.m.

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‘Walk for Safety’: White Cane Safety Day, which celebrates the achievements of blind and visually impaired individuals, brings about a supportive walk to City Hall. Asa Bloomer Building, Rutland, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 786-5822.

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PossumHaw: Mandolin, banjo, guitar and bass thread through evocative bluegrass arrangements by this Vermont band. Michele Fay opens. Old Brick Church, Williston, 7-9:30 p.m. $8-10. Info, 764-1141.

Westford Farmers Market: Purveyors of produce and other edibles take a stand at outdoor stalls. Westford Common, 3:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 370-4077, info@westfordfarmersmarketvt.org.

Vermont Yoga Festival: Yogis rock deep breathing, stretching and strengthening exercises through Vinyasa, Anusara, Svaroopa, Kripalu and other classes. Check www.vermontyogafestival. com for schedule. Proceeds benefit local charities.

Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, 1-9:30 p.m. $15 per workshop; one- to three-day passes available. Info, 479-4142.

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Green Mountain Chamber Players & Carol Wincenc: The celebrated flutist contributes to a program with violinists Kevin Lawrence and David Russell, violist Sheila Browne, and cellist Brooks Whitehouse. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $20-25. Info, 656-4455.

Solo Ballroom Dance: Exercise seekers learn basic dance-floor steps in a fun movement exploration. Space is limited; preregister. Studio 58, Suite 236, Chace Mill, Burlington, 10:30 a.m. $10. Info, 865-6815.

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A Tour of Two Country Estates: Not to the manor born? You can still take a good long look inside on these detailed tours of Shelburne House and the Brick House at Shelburne Museum.

Preregister. Shelburne Farms, 1-4 p.m. $35-40.

Info, 985-3346, ext. 3346 or 3145, brickhouse@ shelburnemuseum.org.

‘Bone Appétit’ Wine Tasting & Auction: Live music, sleight-of-hand entertainment by Christopher McBride, appetizers and drinks make for a doggone good time benefiting the Humane Society of Chittenden County.

St. Paul’s Cathedral, Burlington, 6-9 p.m. $50. Info, 862-0135, ext. 15.

Book Sale: Gently used books, videos and DVDs are twice as nice the second — or third — time around. South Burlington Community Library, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

Free. Info, 652-7080.

ei s Poet’s Night: Writers flock to an open ma n reading of sonnets, haikus, (very) short prose French Roundtable: and more. Outer Space Café, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free.

Speakers at various skill levels order Info, 864-6106. café during an open practice session. Briggs Carriage Bookstore, Brandon, 9:30 a.m. Free. Info, 247-0050.

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‘Choices in Sculpting’: Don’t let your 3-D art turn into ruins: Instructor Chelsea Lindner considers various sculpting media and structural necessities.

Artists’ Mediums, Williston, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 879-1236.

business Vermont 3.0 Tech Jam: See FRI.15, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

dance Classic Jazz Dance: See WED.13, 11 a.m.

Dance Show: Vermont-based artists unveil their works-in-progress, including an improvisational piece by Montpelier Movement Collective, and solo works by Stephanie Overton and Emily Sweeney.

Contemporary Dance & Fitness Studio, Montpelier, 7 p.m. $1-10 donation; no one is turned away for lack of funds. Info, 229-4676.

Green Mountain Chapter of USA Dance: Dancers work their ballroom, Latin and swing moves in open dancing. A foxtrot lesson from 7-8:30 p.m. heats things up. ElleyLong Music Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 7-11 p.m. $6-12.

Info, 223-2234.

Guest Artist Workshop Series: Ellen Smith-Ahern introduces students to contemporary techniques and movement material for collaborative dances. Space is limited; call to preregister. Contemporary Dance & Fitness Studio, Montpelier, 10 a.m.-noon $36; $18 for dropins. Info, 229-4676.

Haunted Museum: See FRI.15, 5-10 p.m.

Historic Tours: See WED.13, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

LGBTQ Apple Picking: Queer families and friends meet up for cider donuts, orchard strolls and fruit gathering. Shelburne Orchards, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 860-7812, kara@ru12.org.

Latin American Dinner & Dance Party: An annual party of feasting and footwork benefits the UVM Coffee Communities Fund. Coach Barn at Shelburne Farms, 5:30 p.m. $20-25. Info, 655-9739, mgeorgeo@uvm.edu.

Middlebury Marble Quarry Open House: Guided bus tours into the quarry offer glimpses of rock and mineral collecting; large trucks and loaders; Shelley Snyder’s Traveling Rock Show; a 24-foot-long mural, and more. Final bus departs into the quarry at 3 p.m. Omya Middlebury Quarry Road, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 770-7217.

PTO Tag Sale: See FRI.15, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.

Waterfront Walking Tour: Preservation Burlington takes history and architecture buffs on a two-hour tour of the industrial history of the Queen City’s waterfront. Meet at the visitor’s center at the bottom of College Street. Waterfront Park, Burlington, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. $10. Info, 522-8259, info@ preservationburlington.org.

‘Weed Dating’: Singles “meet cute” at this speeddating spinoff for farm and food enthusiasts, centering on apple picking and mingling. Preregister.

Shelburne Orchards, 2-5 p.m. Donations accepted.

Info, 434-4122, info@nofavt.org.

Wood-Carving Demo: Visitors avid about avians see trees being whittled into models of various bird species. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 1-2 p.m. Free with regular admission, $3-6. Info, 434-2167.

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fairs & festivals Autumn Harvest Fest: Pumpkins leave the patch at this outdoor arts-and-crafts affair featuring wagon rides, a bouncy house, live tunes and seasonal treats. Starr Farm Nursing Center, Burlington, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 658-6717.

Monkton Creates: See WED.13, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

Storytelling Festival: Regional musicians and historians impart nautical tales and songs of the lake to listeners of all ages. Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Vergennes, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $6-10; free for ages 5 and under. Info, 475-2022.

Welsh Harvest Festival: A roaring bonfire caps a day of haunted barn tours, horse-drawn hay rides, scarecrow making, acoustic music and traditional Welsh food. Cerridwen Farm and the Griswold Library lawn; rain location, the Gorge in Withey Hall. Green Mountain College, Poultney, 4 p.m. Info, 287-8926.

film ‘Big Flicks at the Paramount’: A revived theater works its way through the most popular films of all time, such as this week’s do-re-mi songfest, The Sound of Music. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 1:30 p.m. & 7 p.m. $4-6. Info, 775-0903.

Festival du Nouveau Cinéma: See WED.13, 9 a.m.-11 p.m.

Hardwick Fall Film Festival: See FRI.15, 4 p.m., 6 p.m., 8 p.m.

Home Movie Day: Amateur filmmakers share homemade flicks on the big screen. Howe Library, Hanover, N.H., 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 603-6434120.

The Complete ‘Metropolis’: A restored version of Fritz Lang’s German-expressionist masterpiece gets a custom-made score from the Alloy Orchestra. See calendar spotlight. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $5-12. Info, 603-646-2422.

‘Winter’s Bone’: A teen girl must track down her drug-dealing dad in order to save her family’s house in Debra Granik’s 2010 drama. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 6:30 p.m. & 8:45 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603-646-2422.

Burlington Farmers Market: Sixty-two vendors sell everything from fresh fruits and vegetables to ethnic cuisine to pottery to artisan cheese. Burlington City Hall Park, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m.

Free. Info, 310-5172, info@burlingtonfarmersmarket.org.

Cabot Historical Society’s Apple Pie Festival: Fruit pies go head-to-head for top accolades, and games and a craft fair break up the feasting. Cabot High School, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Free.

Info, 563-3396.

Chicken Pie Supper: Diners fuel up on hearty dishes. Call for reservations. First Baptist Church, Burlington, 6 p.m. $5-10. Info, 864-6515.

Cornwall Chicken Pie Supper: Locally grown free-range birds grace the table at a feast of fall

Middlebury Farmers Market: See WED.13, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Mount Tom Farmers Market: Twenty-five purveyors of garden-fresh crops, pasta, herbs and spices set up shop for the morning. Mount Tom, Woodstock, 9:30 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 763-8617.

Northwest Farmers Market: Stock up on local, seasonal produce, garden plants, canned goods and handmade crafts. Local artists Karen Day-Vath, Paule Gingras, Meta Strick and Clair Dunn display original prints, paintings and mixed-media for Art in the Park. Taylor Park, St. Albans, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Free. Info, 373-5821.

Norwich Farmers Market: Neighbors discover fruits, veggies and other riches of the land, not to mention baked goods, handmade crafts and local entertainment. Next to Fogg’s Hardware & Building Supply and the Bike Hub. Route 5 South, Norwich, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 384-7447.

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

music Benefit Concert: Rockabilly bluegrass by the Starline Rhythm Boys supports Bike Recycle Vermont. Refreshments and silent auction, 6 p.m.; concert, 7 p.m. Shelburne Town Hall, 6 p.m. $20-25; half price for ages 15 and under, and seniors. Info, 861-2700, ext. 1, adele@localmotion.org.

Burlington Chamber Orchestra Season Opening Concert: Principal cellist John Dunlop revives Zoltán Kodály’s haunting Adagio in a program also featuring works by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Frank Bridge and Franz Joseph Haydn.

UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 8 p.m. $8-25. Info, 893-4082.

Counterpoint: See FRI.15, Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 7:30 p.m. $10-20.

Info, 728-6464.

Jack Herranen: A member of the Ninth Ward Conspiracy performs old labor tunes and original songs. Unitarian Church, Burlington, 7-9 p.m.

Donations accepted. Info, 540-2541.

Pancake Breakfast: Short stacks with all the toppings lure early risers to the table. Proceeds benefit Making Strides Against Breast Cancer. St. Jude Catholic Church, Hinesburg, 8 a.m.-noon. $35; by donation for kids 3 and under. Info, 482-2290.

New York Staff Band: A 34-piece brass band performs to benefit the Learning Zone, an afterschool program created by the Salvation Army and Champlain College’s Division of Education & Human Studies. North Avenue Alliance Church, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 863-5966, chuck.bongiorno@ use.salvationarmy.org.

Randolph Farmers Market: Open-air stalls boast crops straight from the soil, prepared foods, farm products and tchotchkes. Central Street, Randolph, 9 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 728-9123.

Recorder Playing Group: Musicians produce early folk and baroque melodies. Presto Music Store, South Burlington, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 658-0030, info@prestomusic.net.

Rutland County Farmers Market: Downtown strollers find high-quality fruits and veggies, mushrooms, fresh-cut flowers, sweet baked goods and artisan crafts within arms’ reach. Depot Park, Rutland, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 773-4813.

‘Singing Together’ Community Pageant: American folk singer Pete Seeger’s music and message inspire group song. Local talents Colin McCaffrey, Tom MacKenzie, Lewis Franco and Pitz Quattrone lend a hand. Plainfield Town Hall, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 454-1461 or 223-1242.

Silent Auction of Cookbooks: A one-time only farmers market leads into heated bidding on culinary tomes of local and general interest. Proceeds benefit the Russell Memorial Library. Monkton Fire Station, 2-5 p.m. Free. Info, 453-4471.

‘Truckload & Ginger Jack & Carboy Saturday’: Apple pickers emerge from the trees to sample fruity recipes. Shelburne Orchards, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. Info, 985-2753.

Waitsfield Farmers Market: Local bands enliven an outdoor outlet for homegrown herbs, flowers and fruits, and handmade breads, cheeses and syrups. Mad River Green, Waitsfield, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 472-8027.

health & fitness Complementary & Alternative Health Care Conference: Workshops and presentations, including a keynote lecture by Dr. Josephine Briggs, educate attendees on acupuncture, massage, stress reduction, chiropractic care and more at this conference sponsored by Sen. Bernie Sanders. Judd Hall, Vermont Technical College, Randolph Center, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 800-339-9834.

‘Elder Dance’: An open dance floor and the promise of improved mood, balance and mobility beckon folks ages 50 and up. Space is limited; preregister.

Studio 58, Suite 236, Chace Mill, Burlington, 9:30 a.m. $10. Info, 865-6815.

Vermont Yoga Festival: See FRI.15, 7:30 a.m.8 p.m.

Zumba Class: A high-energy dance-fitness exercise helps support the Inclusion Fusion dance class.

Gymnasium, Essex High School, Essex Junction, 9-11 a.m. $20. Info, 879-8302.

Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra: The ensemble’s fall concert, “The Beauty of Bel Canto,” showcases arias and duets by award-winning soloists Ashley Bahri and Wendy Buzby. Preconcert talk at 7:10 p.m. Fuller Hall, St. Johnsbury Academy, 7:30 p.m. $5-15. Info, 748-2600.

outdoors Autumn Wagon Ride Weekend: Colorful foliage accents narrated horse-drawn hay rides. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Regular admission, $3-12. Info, 457-2355.

Bird Walk: Avian admirers scope out wetlands, swamps and grasslands along the banks of the Otter Creek River for migrating sparrows and waterfowl. Preregister. Pomainville Wildlife Management Area, Pittsford, 8:30 a.m. Free. Info, 863-2436, gmas@greenmountainaudubon.org.

Corn Maze: See WED.13, 8 a.m.-7 p.m.

Mystery in the Corn Maze: See WED.13, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.

The Great Vermont Corn Maze: See WED.13, 10 a.m.

Vermont Trail Symposium: Nature enthusiasts, builders and land managers gain a better understanding of developing trail systems through workshops, presentations, and hiking, canoeing and biking outings. Northwoods Stewardship Center, East Charleston, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. $30-35. Info, 498-4506, walter@northernforestcanoetrail.org.

talks Brian Lindner: On the 66th anniversary of Vermont’s most famous air disaster, the historian revisits the crash and rescue of a World War II bomber on Camel’s Hump. Vermont Ski Museum, Stowe, 7 p.m. Free; $3 suggested donation. Info, 253-9911.

Clifford Mullen: Archival research by this Revolutionary War reenactor fuels a retelling of Green Mountain Boy Seth Warner’s military career.

Mount Independence State Historic Site, Orwell, 1-3 p.m. $5; free for kids under 14. Info, 948-2000.

‘The Values Opportunity’: Guest speaker Russ Gaskin gives a rundown of the major social innovations of the last 20 years, and what made them successful.

Manor Lounge, Goddard College, Plainfield, 3:45-5:15 p.m. Free. Info, 322-1617.

Vincent E. Feeney: The author of Finnigans, Slaters and Stonepeggers: A History of the Irish in Vermont educates on the influx of Irish immigrants in the mid-1800s.

Greensboro Free Library, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 533-7192.

theater ‘Amadeus’: See WED.13, 7:30 p.m.

‘Eurydice’: See FRI.15, 8 p.m.

Mingus Repertory Ensembles: The 14-piece Mingus Big Band, 11-piece Mingus Orchestra and seven-piece Mingus Dynasty express the power of jazz in combination with choreography by Danny Buraczeski. Free preperformance lecture, 6:30 p.m., at Amy E. Tarrant Gallery. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 8 p.m. $25-41. Info, 863-5966.

‘No Exit/Huis Clos’: See THU.14, 4 p.m. & 6:30 p.m.

‘Oh! O. Henry!’: Actor Eric Foxman breathes life into four short-story masterpieces by this celebrated writer. Proceeds benefit the school. Lake Champlain Waldorf School, Shelburne, 7-9 p.m. $1015 donation. Info, 985-2827.

‘SLaM: The Hockey Rock Opera’: See THU.14, 8 p.m.

‘The Foreigner’: See FRI.15, 8 p.m.

‘The Glass Menagerie’: See WED.13, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

‘The Hobbit’: See FRI.15, 7 p.m.

The Logger: See FRI.15, 7:30 p.m.

‘The Permit’: See THU.14, 8 p.m.

‘The Sound of Music’: See FRI.15, 7:30 p.m.

‘The Wind in the Willows’: See THU.14, 8 p.m.

‘Twelve Angry Jurors’: See THU.14, 8 p.m.

words Criminal Class Press: Three contributors to the literary magazine — Gint Aras, Bill Hillmann and Behnam Riahi — share boundary-pushing works with an age 18-and-up crowd. Revolution, White River Junction, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 295-6487.

‘RealityFix’: Comedian Jason P. Lorber emcees a story slam, where participants spin true, 5-minute tales about eating to win favor with the judges: the audience. North End Studio, Burlington, 8-9:30 p.m. $5. Info, 863-6713, jasonplorber@gmail.com.

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Chicken Pie Supper & Silent Auction: Potatoes, squash, homemade pies and other harvest staples accompany bidding on local items.

Wesley United Methodist Church, Waterbury, 5-6:30 p.m. $5-10. Info, 244-7423.

Medicinal Roots Workshop: Herbal education coordinator Cristi Nunziata shares recipes for traditional root beer and pickled burdock, while pointing out the health benefits of edible roots.

Preregister. City Market, Burlington, noon-1 p.m.

Free. Info, 861-9700.

Volleyball Tri-Match: Spike! SUNY Plattsburgh’s team starts a volley with Paul Smith’s College and Johnson State College team members.

Memorial Hall Gymnasium, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 11 a.m. & 3 p.m. Free. Info, 518-564-4244.

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Celebrate Vermont Brewing Day: Brewery representatives talk about their suds and eightpiece German horn band Inseldudler perform in the lounge at 3:30 p.m. Ten percent of the proceeds from 25 local beers on tap benefit the Vermont Food Bank. Two Brothers Tavern, Middlebury, 11 a.m.

Cost of drinks. Info, 388-0002.

Enosburg Falls Farmers Market: See WED.13, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

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Family Activity Day: An outdoor investigation of trees in autumn draws nature lovers of all ages.

North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 10-11:30 a.m. $5 per adult; free for kids. Info, 229-6206.

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Capital City Farmers Market: Fresh produce, perennials, seedlings, home-baked foods and handmade crafts lure local buyers throughout the growing season. 60 State Street, Montpelier, 9 a.m.1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-2958, manager@montpelierfarmersmarket.com.

‘Eat to Heat’: Warm and toasty soups, stews, homemade desserts and breads help folks heat up for the harvest season. Unity Church of Vermont, Essex Junction, 4 p.m. $7 per person; $15 per family. Info, 383-8429.

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community ‘Making Strides Against Breast Cancer’: Outdoor exercisers sign up to participate in a noncompetitive, five-mile walk to help fight the most common cancer among women. Registration begins at 11 a.m.; rolling start at 1 p.m. Dorset Park, South Burlington, 11 a.m. Donations. Info, 800-227-2345.

dance Israeli Dance: A performance by Boston-based folk-dance band Rakiya precedes traditional circle or line dancing. Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, music, 2-4 p.m.; dancing, 4-6 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 864-0218, ext. 21. cou

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French Conversation Group: Novice and fluent French speakers brush up on their linguistics — en français. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-5088.

Historic Tours: See WED.13, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

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Planting Hope’s Annual Celebration: An organization serving communities in Nicaragua and the U.S. through educational opportunities, grassroots initiatives and cultural exchanges reports on the year’s accomplishments at a “Heritage Day” program with a speech and folkloric dancing.

Unitarian Church, Montpelier, 3-6 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 778-0344.

‘Positive Thinking’: Zap negative messages in a workshop with psychotherapist Rus Devorah Wallen about wielding optimism to improve health, wealth and happiness. Preregister. Chabad of Vermont, Burlington, 11:30 a.m. $10-18 includes brunch. Info, 658-7612, zeesy@chabadvt.org.

‘Raising Our Sails’: Lake Champlain Community Sailing Center drops anchor for a season wrap-up of music and light fare. Proceeds benefit the center.

Coach Barn at Shelburne Farms, 4:30-8:30 p.m. $45; cash bar. Info, 864-2499.

film Festival du Nouveau Cinéma: See WED.13, 9 a.m.-11 p.m.

‘The Killer Inside Me’: Casey Affleck plays a charming deputy sheriff with a murderous streak in Michael Winterbottom’s dark thriller. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603-646-2422.

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food & drink All-You-Can-Eat Breakfast: Blueberry pancakes galore join plates piled high with honey-cured ham, scrambled eggs and other early morning fare. Knights of Columbus, St. Albans, 8 a.m.-noon. $3-6; $18 per family. Info, 524-4750.

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Community Breakfast: Neighbors gather to devour the first meal of the day. Seatings at 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Grace Methodist Church, Essex Junction, 8:30 a.m. Donations accepted. Info, 878-8071.

South Burlington Farmers Market: Growers and producers parcel out the fruits of the soil to folks looking to buy local. Healthy Living, South Burlington, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2569.

Stowe Farmers Market: Preserves, produce and other provender attract fans of local food. Red Barn Shops Field, Stowe, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Free.

Info, 472-8027 or 498-4734, info@stowevtfarmersmarket.com.

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‘What’s Cooking in West Rutland’ Tasting Supper: The town’s Polish, Irish, French and Italian heritage adds ethnic flair to a spread of area delicacies, including pierogi, golabki, spanakopita and lasagna. Proceeds benefit the Friends of the Town Hall Restoration Fund. Cafeteria. West Rutland Town Hall, 5 p.m. $5-10. Info, 438-2204.

Mystery in the Corn Maze: See WED.13, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

health & fitness ‘Alzheimer’s Walk to Remember’: Participants battle the incurable disease by raising funds for the Alzheimer’s Disease Assistance Center. Field House. SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., Registration, noon; walk, 1 p.m. Donations accepted.

Info, 518-564-3371.

Vermont Yoga Festival: See FRI.15, 8:45 a.m.-4 p.m.

kids Cooking With Kids: Little ones savor the orchard’s harvest through apple-based crafts and culinary projects, such as dried apple rings and homemade applesauce. Preregister.

City Market, Burlington, 10-11:30 a.m.

Free. Info, 861-9700.

‘Harold and the Purple Crayon’: Enchantment Theatre Company creates magic results with puppetry, masks, music, dance and a digital background of real-time drawings. See calendar spotlight. Recommended for ages 4 to 8.

Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 3 p.m. $15-19. Info, 863-5966.

‘Harold and the Purple Crayon’: Family Show Workshop: Little ones explore the ideas and art forms they’ll see onstage in Enchantment Theatre Company’s production, and then meet the artists after the show. See calendar spotlight.

Space is limited; preregister. For ages 5 to 9. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 1:30-2:30 p.m. $15 per child and accompanying parent or caregiver. Info, 652-4548.

‘Sundays for Fledglings’: Youngsters go avian crazy in hiking, acting, writing or exploring activities. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 2-2:45 p.m. Free with museum admission, $3-6. Info, 434-2167.

‘Terrific Tractors’: Little ones become farmer for the day as they check out heavy-lifting vehicles and climb aboard John Deere rides. Shelburne Farms, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Regular admission, $5-8. Info, 985-8686.

music ‘A Celebration of the Music of Wayne Shorter’: Trumpet player and UVM faculty member Ray Vega and his quintet let loose jazz airs in honor of the famous American saxophonist and composer. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 3-4:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 656-3040.

Angela Easterling: A South Carolina-based Americana songstress interweaves original works with the classic tunes that shape her melodies.

South Burlington Community Library, 2-3 p.m. Free.

Info, 652-7080.

Counterpoint: See FRI.15, Recital Hall, McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 4 p.m. $5-20; free for kids under 5. Info, 540-1784.

Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra: See SAT.16. Preconcert talk at 3:10 p.m. Barre Opera House, 3:30 p.m. $5-15. Info, 476-8188.

Waterbury Community Band Benefit Concert: Marches, show tunes and other band favorites support the Waterbury Good Neighbor Fund, an initiative providing emergency financial assistance to community members in need.

Waterbury Congregational Church, 3:30 p.m.

Donations accepted. Info, 888-4977, waterburycommunityband@yahoo.com.

Autumn Wagon Ride Weekend: See SAT.16, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Corn Maze: See WED.13, 8 a.m.-7 p.m.

The Great Vermont Corn Maze: See WED.13, 10 a.m.

Vermont Trail Symposium: See SAT.16, 9 a.m.1 p.m.

politics People’s Forum: See WED.13, VFW Post, Morrisville, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 522-2230.

sport 5K Walk/Run for Ellie: An afternoon jaunt around town benefits a local sixth grader recently diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia pre-B. Check-in, noon. Vergennes Union Elementary School, 1 p.m. $10-20; $40 per family. Info, 877-3761, 5kforellie@gmail.com.

talks Jane Williamson: Rokeby Museum’s director sheds light on Ferrisburgh resident Thomas Robinson and his descendants in “One Family, Four Generations, 200 Years.” Ethan Allen Homestead, Burlington, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 865-4556.

294 North Winooski Ave., Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free.

Info, 540-2567, growingmoney@cvoeo.org.

film ‘Coral Sky’: The premiere of Phish’s new, live concert DVD benefits the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf. Merrill’s Roxy Cinemas, Burlington, 9 p.m. $8.

Info, 864-4742.

Festival du Nouveau Cinéma: See WED.13, 9 a.m.-11 p.m.

‘Manual for Building Dysfunctional Males: And How to Make Repairs’: Dr. Thomas Keith debuts a rough cut of his film about the narrow definition of manhood, a result of conditioned violence, apathy, sexism, homophobia and more. Livak Room, Davis Center, UVM, Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 656-3340.

‘One-Sixth of the World’: Dziga Vertov’s 1926 documentary provides sweeping views of the vast Soviet Empire. Howe Library, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 643-4120.

‘Persepolis’: Vincent Paronnaud’s 2007 animated French film charts one girl’s coming of age during the Iranian Revolution. Room 208, Yokum Lecture Hall, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7 p.m. Free. Info, 518-565-0145.

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‘Amadeus’: See WED.13, 5 p.m.

‘Menu for the Future’: A community discussion group considers food from cultural, economic, ecological, health and social standpoints. KelloggHubbard Library, Montpelier, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

‘No Exit/Huis Clos’: See THU.14, 4 p.m. & 6:30 p.m.

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Political Leaf Peeping: Bread and Puppet Theater celebrates fall foliage with dancing, stilts, puppetry and sourdough-rye sustenance. Bread and Puppet Theater, Glover, 3 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 525-3031.

Community Clinic: See WED.13, 5:30-8:30 p.m.

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‘SLaM: The Hockey Rock Opera’: See THU.14, 2 p.m.

‘The Foreigner’: See FRI.15, 2 p.m.

‘The Glass Menagerie’: See WED.13, 2 p.m.

‘The Hobbit’: See FRI.15, 2 p.m.

‘The Permit’: See THU.14, 2 p.m.

‘The Wind in the Willows’: See THU.14, 2 p.m.

words Poetry Open Mic: Scribes speak in stanzas of their own creation. The Block Gallery, Winooski, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 373-5150.

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‘Alignment & Centering Boot Camp’: Isadora Snapp oversees an informal ballet class that draws influences from modern and hip-hop dance forms.

Contemporary Dance & Fitness Studio, Montpelier, 4-5:30 p.m. $15. Info, 229-4676.

environment ‘The Sustainability of Vermont’s Electrical Future’: Green Mountain Power’s Robert Dostis, Washington Electric Cooperative’s Avram Patt and other panelists consider the feasibility of expanding our renewable energy resources. Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 434-2462.

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‘Spend Smart’: Vermonters learn savvy skills for stretching bucks and managing money. Preregister.

Aura Healing Clinic: People receive treatment for and feedback about their personal energy fields.

Golden Sun Healing Center, South Burlington, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 922-9090.

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

kids Halloween Story Time: Kids decked out in pajamas or costumes are in for a treat, not a trick: Abby Klein oversees an evening of stories, crafts and bedtime snacks. Preregister. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 876-7147.

‘Harold and the Purple Crayon’: Flynn Student Matinée: Enchantment Theatre Company creates magic results with puppetry, masks, music, dance and a digital background of real-time drawings. For preschoolers to second graders. See calendar spotlight. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 9:30 a.m. & noon. $8.50. Info, 652-4548.

Journaling/Scrapbooking: Glue, paper, scissors, shoot! Students pick up new techniques for craft projects. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 3:30-5 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

Music With Mia: Tots form a circle for a special story hour with some sing-along tunes. Meet in the JCPenney Court. University Mall, South Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 863-1066, ext. 11.

Music With Peter: See THU.14, 10:45 a.m.

Toddler Story Hour: Words jump off pages and into little ones’ imaginations. Lawrence Memorial Library, Bristol, 10:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 453-2366.

music Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Rehearsals: New and established members of the nonprofit community orchestra fiddle around in a jam session at

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Mystery in the Corn Maze: See WED.13, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. the Great VerMont Corn Maze: See WED.13, 10 a.m.

politics LoCaL representatiVe Debate: Gubernatorial and local representatives address the issues in this debate moderated by the Valley Reporter. Big Picture Theater & Café, Waitsfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 496-8994. peopLe’s ForuM: See WED.13, Mary Johnson Children’s Center, Middlebury, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 522-2230.

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

Co-eD DoDGebaLL: Players break a sweat chucking and side-stepping foam balls at this friendly competition. Cool off over a beer after the games.

Chamberlin School, South Burlington, 7-8 p.m. $5 for drop-in players; $30 for the season. Info, 598-8539.

talks Jane WiLLiaMson: Rokeby Museum’s director recaps the history of the underground railroad. Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2 p.m. $5 donation. Info, 864-3516.

John niCoLetti: The author of Violence Goes to College: The Authoritative Guide to Prevention and Intervention addresses threat assessment and more to help keep the university safe. Alumni Conference Room, Angell College Center, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 518-5650145.

stuart rosenFeLD: In “The Economic Potential of Creative Enterprises and Companies,” the founder of Regional Technology Strategies looks at arts and culture in economic terms. Haybarn Gallery, Goddard College, Plainfield, 1:15-3 p.m.

Free. Info, 322-1617.

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‘shape anD share LiFe stories’: Prompts trigger true tales, which are crafted into compelling narratives and read aloud. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

WoMen in aCtion DanCe tour: Seven Nicaraguan students perform traditional dancing to marimba music. Elementary School gym, Bellows Free Academy, Fairfax, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 849-2420.

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education open house: Prospective grad students connect with program directors for clinical psychology, education, theology and pastoral ministry, and more. Hoehl Welcome Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 4-6 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2251, graduate@smcvt.edu.

environment VeC enVironMentaL expo: The Vermont Environmental Consortium offers workshops and lectures for folks to learn more about the “greening” of the state’s economy. McCardell Bicentennial Hall, Middlebury, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. $25-60. Info, 262-2166.

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CoMMunity potLuCk: Recycle fiends come together for shared dishes, conversation and a screening of “The Story of Stuff,” an environmental short. Brewster Pierce Memorial School, Huntington, 6-8 p.m. Free; bring your own plates and utensils. Info, 872-8100, ext. 234. retireMent traCk series: See THU.14, 5:307 p.m.

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FestiVaL Du nouVeau CinéMa: See WED.13, 9 a.m.-11 p.m. ‘kniGhts oF the MystiC MoVie CLub’: B-movies and other “schlockbusters” with a “loose-cannon” theme hit the medium-sized screen. Main Street Museum, White River Junction, 8:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 356-2776.

Storytelling Festival Very Merry Theatre 1pm Classic theater by young actors Sat Oct 16 Atlantic Crossing & Art Cohn 3pm Canal Canaries Noon

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‘the uninViteD’: Lewis Allen’s 1944 horror film about two siblings who unknowingly move into a haunted house was singled out by Martin Scorsese as one of the scariest movies of all time. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603-646-2422.

‘WaLtz With bashir’: Israeli director Ari Folman explores his half-forgotten war experiences in this award-winning animated documentary. Yokum Lecture Hall, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7 p.m. Free.

Info, 518-565-0145.

food & drink Johnson FarMers Market: A street emporium bursts with local agricultural products, ranging from produce to herbs to fresh-baked bread. Main Street, Johnson, 3:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1682. oLD north enD FarMers Market: Local farmers sell the fruits of their fields, and their labor. H.O. Wheeler Elementary School, Burlington, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 324-3073.

health & fitness CoMMunity MeDiCaL sChooL: UVM College of Medicine and Fletcher Allen Health Care’s Dr. Roger Knakal offers wisdom for getting well soon in “The Road to Recovery: Bouncing Back From Injury With Rehabilitation.” Carpenter Auditorium, Given Medical Building, UVM, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 847-2886. hatha yoGa CLass: Mat posers learn gentle stretching and relaxation exercises from instructor Betty Molnar. Space is limited; call ahead.

Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 5:15-6:15 p.m. Free. Info, 879-7576.

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thoMas sayers eLLis: Poems flow freely as the American writer delivers a reading. Krinovitz Recital Hall, Hawkins Hall, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 8 p.m. Free. Info, 518-565-0145.

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MarJorie CaDy MeMoriaL Writers Group: Budding wordsmiths improve their craft through “homework” assignments, creative exercises and sharing. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 10 a.m.noon. Free. Info, 388-2926, cpotter935@comcast. net.

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‘kitChen tabLe storyteLLinG’: Life experiences take a central role in everyday tales that can just as easily be told in front of a crowd as over supper.

Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 12:302:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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LunDy banCroFt: The author of Why Does He Do That? and The Batterer as Parent speaks on supporting mothers and children as they overcome domestic violence. Noble Lounge, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 877-5439498.

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6 one-act comedies Performances Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8:00 PM Sundays at 2:00 PM October 20 through October 31 Stowe Town Hall Theatre, 67 Main Street www.stowetheatre.com • 802-253-3961

Tickets $12, $6 kids 8 & under

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dr. Vandana sHiVa: The widely published environmental and human-rights activist expresses her support for participatory action in an address for the environmental-studies major. McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 654-2536, lgagne@smctvt.edu.

LaugHter yoga: What’s so funny? Giggles burst out as gentle aerobic exercise and yogic breathing meet unconditional laughter to enhance physical, emotional, and spiritual health and wellbeing. Miller Community and Recreation Center, Burlington, 9-10 a.m. Free. Info, 355-5129.

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pHysicaL tHerapy consuLtations: Those suffering from an injury or chronic pain get free guidance from Ted Lamb of Essential Physical Therapy and Pilates. Preregister. Contemporary Dance & Fitness Studio, Montpelier, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 229-4676.

kids ‘craftacuLar tuesdays’: From origami animals to recycled picture frames, creative kids get caught up in low-tech projects. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 3:30-5 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. ‘faLL into stories’: Preschoolers learn about winged wonders through bird tales, crafts, nature walks and more. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 10:30-11 a.m. Free with regular admission, $3-6. Info, 434-2167.

prescHooL story time: Songs, tales and crafts with a “Who Knows: Exploring Science and Numbers” theme captivate kiddos. Fairfax Community Library, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-1941.

Diagnostic assessment and treatment consisting of a light therapy box or cognitive-behavioral “talk” therapy will be offered at no charge.

science and stories: See FRI.15, 11 a.m.

Eligible participants will be compensated up to $470 for completing study-related questionnaires & interviews.

Volunteers, 18 or over, please call (802) 656-9890

Seasonality Treatment Program, Psychology Dept, University of Vermont, Burlington.

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story Hour: Tales and picture books catch the attention of little tykes. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. ‘stroLLer stroLLing’: Babies take a ride as families meet and mingle along the recreation path. Community Park, Fairfax, 9:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-1941.

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noontime concert series: John and Barbara Metz present two cello classics and an Argentinean masterpiece over the lunch hour. St. Paul’s Cathedral, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 864-0471.

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Waterbury community band reHearsaLs: Musicians are welcome to join the band in playing marches, swing medleys and Broadway faves at this open practice session. Waterbury Congregational Church, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 8884977, info@waterburycommunityband.org.

outdoors corn maze: See WED.13, 8 a.m.-7 p.m. mystery in tHe corn maze: See WED.13, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. tHe great Vermont corn maze: See WED.13, 10 a.m.

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politics peopLe’s forum: See WED.13, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Bennington, 6:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 522-2230.

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HomeopatHy for moms: Mothers-to-be and new mamas learn about gentle, supportive healing methods. Eastern View Integrative Medicine, South Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. $5 donations for Homeopaths Without Borders. Info, vthomeopath@mac.com.

frosty & friends tHerapy dogs: Young readers share their favorite texts with friendly pooches.

Preregister. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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‘amadeus’: See WED.13, 7:30 p.m. met LiVe in Hd: toWn HaLL tHeater: Bryn Terfel stars in the Metropolitan Opera’s high-def broadcast of Wagner’s Das Rheingold. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 7 p.m. $22. Info, 388-1436. monty pytHon’s ‘spamaLot’: King Arthur and his knights are up against everything from killer rabbits to mocking Frenchmen as they seek the Holy Grail in this Tony Award-winning musical.

Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $45-65.

Info, 863-5966.

words nationaL day on Writing: A host of authors — including Elise Guyette, Christine Caswell and Caroline Eisner — participate in daylong presentations celebrating the importance of writing. Silver Maple Ballroom, Davis Center, UVM, Burlington, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free. Info, 860-306-7976 . sy montgomery & HoWard mansfieLd: The husband-and-wife writers present their very different books: Birdology and Turn and Jump: How Time and Place Fell Apart, respectively. Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 229-0774.

Writers’ maratHon: Pen-and-paper scribblers keep up a steady stream of shared original work. Brennan’s Pub & Bistro, Davis Center, UVM, Burlington, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 860-306-7976.

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KeLLey marKeting meeting: Marketing, advertising, communications, social media and design professionals brainstorm help for local nonprofits over breakfast. Room 217, Ireland Building, Champlain College, Burlington, 7:45-9 a.m. Free.

Info, 865-6495.

environment debate on nucLear energy: Former WCAX-TV news director Marselis Parsons moderates an exchange between the American Nuclear Society’s Howard Shaffer III and Public Citizen’s Tyson Slocum about the pros and cons of nuclear power.

Casella Theater, Castleton State College, 7 p.m.

Free; ticket required. Info, 468-1119.

etc. burnHam Knitters: See WED.13, 6-8 p.m. ‘creating a financiaL future’: Folks with basic money management under control learn how to build long-term wealth in the Growing Money Program’s course about mutual funds, Roth IRAs, APYs and more. Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free.

Info, 540-2567, growingmoney@cvoeo.org. ‘maximizing your credit’: High school and college kids gain an understanding of building and maintaining a strong credit score. Preregistration preferred. VSAC Building, Winooski, 6-7:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 800-642-3177. ‘redesigning your driVeWay’: The Chittenden County Stream Team holds a workshop about adjusting parking spots to reduce storm-water

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Rug Hooking & knitting CiRCle: Experienced and novice needleworkers present their looped creations, swap ideas and indulge in textile camaraderie. Briggs Carriage Bookstore, Brandon, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 247-0050.

SCRabble Club: Adults spell it out while raking in the points for clever combinations. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

film ‘DR. StRangelove oR: How i leaRneD to Stop woRRying anD love tHe bomb’: Peter Sellers stars in this 1964 Stanley Kubrick classic about the start of a nuclear holocaust. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603-646-2422.

FeStival Du nouveau Cinéma: See WED.13, 9 a.m.-11 p.m. ‘gRave oF tHe FiReFlieS’: Two young siblings try to survive World War II on their own in Isao Takahata’s 1988 animated Japanese drama. Room 208, Yokum Lecture Hall, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7 p.m. Free. Info, 518-565-0145.

food & drink enoSbuRg FallS FaRmeRS maRket: See WED.13, 3-6 p.m. gluten-FRee SeRieS: Who needs wheat, barley or rye? Attendees whip up two gluten-free appetizers over diet discussion. Preregister. City Market, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 861-9700. gRowing CulinaRy muSHRoomS: Gardeners soak up tips from Vermush’s Eric Swanson about fostering gourmet fungi at home. Preregister. City Market, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 861-9700. lamoille valley yeaR-RounD FaRmeRS aRtiSan maRket: See WED.13, 3-6:30 p.m.

kids babytime: See WED.13, 10:30 a.m.-noon. peteR tHe muSiC man: See WED.13, 12:30-1 p.m. poweR play DemonStRation: See WED.13, 12:30 p.m.

HineSbuRg Community banD ReHeaRSalS: See WED.13, 7:15-9 p.m. linDa RaDtke: The musician gives a costumed rundown of major state benchmarks in “Vermont History Through Song.” Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 3884095.

outdoors mySteRy in tHe CoRn maze: See WED.13, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. tHe gReat veRmont CoRn maze: See WED.13, 10 a.m.

people’S FoRum: See WED.13, North Country Career Center, Newport, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 522-2230.

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theater ‘all in tHe timing’: Stowe Theatre Guild presents David Ives’ collection of six one-act comedies containing life themes about love and philosophy.

Town Hall Theatre, Akeley Memorial Building, Stowe, 8 p.m. $10. Info, 253-3961, tickets@stowetheatre.com. ‘amaDeuS’: See WED.13, 7:30 p.m. ‘tHe glaSS menageRie’: See WED.13, 7:30 p.m.

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words book DiSCuSSion SeRieS: ‘wHat a CHaRaCteR’: Willa Cather’s My Ántonia provides ample discussion for attentive readers. Norwich Public Library, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 296-2191. gaStRonomy book DiSCuSSion: Bookworms devour Diana Abu-Jaber’s mouth-watering novel Crescent before group discussion. Hartland Public Library, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 436-2473.

‘How wRiteRS Do it: a FiCtion woRkSHop’: See WED.13, 6-8 p.m. poetRy ReaDing: Lorrie and Barry Goldensohn, Baron Wormser and Jane Shore lift antiwar poetry off of the page. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581.

SuSanmaRie HaRRington: The director of Writing in the Disciplines and professor of English explores “Creative Conversational Writing: Alternative Assignments to Help Students Learn.” Bailey/Howe Library, UVM, Burlington, noon-1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3131. tanya lee Stone: The Vermont author of The Good, the Bad and the Barbie draws conclusions about what the iconic doll represents about girlhood in America. Flying Pig Bookstore, Shelburne, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 9853999. veRmont ReaDS book DiSCuSSion: Bibliophiles sink their teeth into Katherine Paterson’s The Day of the Pelican. Our Lady of Providence, Winooski, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 264-4816. m

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bekaH manDell: This member of the Vermont Workers’ Center explores grassroots organizational strategies in the context of the Health Care Is a Human Right campaign. Manor Oak Room, Goddard College, Plainfield, 2:15-3:45 p.m. Free.

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animals PROPER PUPPY PUPPY SOCIALS: 9-10 a.m. Cost: $85/8 weeks. Location: Bow Meow Pet Grooming Boutique, 26 Susie Wilson Rd., Essex Jct. Info: The Proper Puppy, Lynn Roberge, 802881-5151, lmroberge22@yahoo.com.

These fun classes with canine trainer Lynn Roberge are specially designed for puppies 8 wks. to 1 yr., depending on breed and size. Focusing on developing good social skills with people and other dogs, exposure to new experiences, relationship building and manners. Most importantly, it’s all off leash! First puppy groom is free!

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DAILY PRACTICES FOR BODY, MIND, SPIRIT WELLNESS W/ THERAPEUTICGRADE ESSENTIAL OILS: Oct. 21, 6-7:30 p.m. Location: Moonlight Gift Shoppe, Rte. 7, Midtown Plaza, Milton.

Info: 802-318-5199, heavenscents4you@yahoo.com. Come learn how you can benefit from the healing qualities of therapeutic-grade essential oils

art ART CLASSES IN HINESBURG AT CVU HIGH SCHOOL: 165 fall offerings for all ages. Full descriptions at www.cvuhs. org. Look for Access, Community Education link. Senior discount 65+. Location: CVU High School, 10 min. from exit 12, Hinesburg. Info: 802-482-7194. 2 Watercolor classes with Ginny Joyner, Pastel Portraits, Drawing for Beginners, Painting With Water Soluble Oils, Printmaking, Calligraphy, Photography as Art. Darkroom Use. Culinary arts: Onenight, hands-on classes where you eat well! Thai Cuisine, Vietnamese Specialties, Turkish, Colombian Specialties, Indian, Mile-High Pies, Chicken Parm Classico, Risotto Demystified, Pasta Bene, Italian Cookies, Halloween Cookies, Cheese Making-Chevre/Feta From Goat’s Milk, Mozzarella/Ricotta From Cow’s Milk.

SAT. WORKSHOPS FOR ADULTS: Oct. 16-Dec. 18, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Weekly on Sat., Sun. Cost: $25/sampler class. Location: Davis Studio Gallery, 404 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Davis Studio, Teresa Davis, 802-425-2700, info@davisstudiovt.com, http:// davisstudiovt.com/adult_workshops. html. Try a sampler class at Davis Studio: Painting With Tissue, Acrylic Painting for Beginners, Quilt Square Potholders, Decorative Painting Techniques, Creative Cupcakes, Mosaic Trivets, Handmade Holiday Cards, and Functional Origami. Saturdays at 10 a.m., $25 per class. Register online at www.davisstudiovt.com.

WATERCOLOR I W/ LISA BEACH: Oct. 16, 10-4 p.m. Cost: $120/class, 10% discount avail. for members & early

WATERCOLOR II W/ ROBERT O’BRIEN: Oct. 23, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $120/ class. Location: Helen Day Art Center, Stowe. Info: 802-253-8358, www. helenday.com. Learn to paint the beautiful fall landscape with renowned watercolorist Robert O’Brien.

The class will begin with a demonstration by the instructor, who will explain his technique for capturing the essence of the subject in a short amount of time. Students will then paint for the duration of the class followed by a critique.

ayurveda AYURVEDIC FALL WORKSHOP SERIES: CLEANSE & REJUVENATION: Oct. 27-Nov. 10, 5:30-7 p.m., Weekly on Wednesday. Location: Vermont Center for Yoga and Therapy, 364 Dorset Street, Suite 204, South Burlington. Info: Carmen MaronWalker, 802-658-9440. During this 3-week workshop, you will be supported through a 7 day Ayurvedic cleanse. Workshops will explore the fundamentals of Ayurveda, examine how Ayurveda supports optimum health, and understand how this medical system applies to you. For more information: www.vtcyt.com.

body BODY & MIND CLASSES IN HINESBURG AT CVU HIGH SCHOOL: 165 fall offerings for all ages. Full descriptions at www.cvuhs.org. Look for Access, Community Education link. Senior discount 65+. Location: CVU High School, 10 min. from exit 12, Hinesburg. Info: 802-482-7194.

Core Strength with Caroline Perkins, Tuesday and Thursday; Weight Training with Stuart Offer; Zumba (3 choices); Yoga (4 choices); Swing or Ballroom with Terry Bouricius; Salsa; Hip-Hop; Appalachian Clogging; Jazzercise; Clawhammer Banjo; Voice-Overs; Guitar (3 levels); Beg. Piano; Piano: Return to Keyboard; Creative Dance (4-7-year olds); Herbal Manicure; Herbs: Winter Health; Facial; Mastering Sugar for Life; and Juggling. Low cost, excellent instructors, guaranteed. Materials included.

bodywork ORTHO-BIONOMY: ENERGETICS: Oct. 30-31, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Cost: $275/class; $250 if paid by Oct. 8 ($50 nonrefundable deposit). 16 CEUs. Location: Touchstone Healing Arts , Burlington.

Info: Dianne Swafford, 802-734-1121, swaffordperson@hotmail.com. This class is designed to help participants access energetic perception in themselves and in their clients; to learn how to make contact without necessarily engaging physically. Techniques will be presented that monitor and acknowledge relationships among energetic, emotional and physical levels and that demonstrate how energetic shifts can affect changes in physical patterns.

burlington city arts CLAY: CLASSIC ITALIAN TILE DECORATION: Nov. 15-Dec. 13, 6-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Monday.

Cost: $125/$112.50 BCA members.

Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. The traditional Italian style of tile painting, known as Majolica, has long been admired for its exquisite and unique designs. Create your own tiles with an instructor who studied this art form at Studio Giambo in Florence, Italy. Learn about glazing techniques, mixing stains, design transfer, composition and brush handling while making your own tiles and bowls. Cost includes use of open studio hours for class work. Supplies included!

CLAY: PARENT & CHILD WHEEL ALL AGES: Nov. 6-Dec. 11, 10-11:30 a.m.

Cost: $150/nonmember pair, $135/ BCA member pair. Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. This five-week class will introduce young and younger alike to working with clay using the potter’s wheel while having a memorable experience with your child. Students will practice basic wheel-working techniques and will also be introduced to handle making, trimming and glazing while making vases, bowls and mugs. Parents and children will each use their own wheel.

Parents are expected to help monitor their child. All clay, tools, glazes and firings are included.

CLAY: RAKU FIRING WORKSHOP: Nov. 14, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost: $75/$67.50 BCA members. Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington.

Raku is the most exciting and fulfilling firing process, which involves removing glowing pots from a red-hot kiln.

Participants will learn various raku

techniques including naked raku, rosehair, crackling and bright metallic lusters. Workshop will include glazing instruction, firing as well as demos on creating great forms of raku.

DESIGN: ADOBE IN-DESIGN: Nov. 8-Dec. 13, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Mon. Cost: $185/nonmembers; $166.50/BCA members. Location: Firehouse Center’s Digital Media Lab, Burlington. This class will give you the basics and help you become proficient at using this powerful layout program.

Students will explore a variety of software techniques and create projects suited to their own interests. This class is suited for beginners who are interested in furthering their design software skills. This class will be taught on a Mac with InDesign CS4.

JEWELRY: PRECIOUS METAL CLAY: Nov. 9-Dec. 14, 6-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Tue. Cost: $175/nonmembers; $157.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington.

Precious Metal Clay (PMC) is a composite of 90% fine silver and 10% water and organic binder. It can be shaped just like any other kind of clay and when fired burns out the binder leaving a solid silver piece. Students will create several pieces.

PHOTO: DIGITAL WORKFLOW: Nov. 3-Dec. 15, 6-9 p.m., Weekly on Wed. Cost: $250/class; $225/BCA members. Location: LL Classroom (Digital Media Lab), Burlington. Prerequisite: Intro Film/Digital SLR Camera or equivalent experience. Upload, organize, edit and print your digital photographs in this comprehensive class using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.

The class will cover importing images, using RAW files, organization, fine-tuning tone and contrast, color and white balance adjustments, and archival printing on our Epson 3880 printer. Limit: 6.

PHOTO: LIGHTING TECHNIQUES: Nov. 18-Dec. 16, 6-9 p.m., Weekly on Thu. Cost: $125/nonmembers, $112.50/ members. Location: Firehouse Center Digital Media Lab, Burlington.

Prerequisite: Intro Film/Digital SLR Camera or equivalent experience.

Learn the basics of photographic lighting and gain more creative control over your images in this four-session workshop. Portrait lighting, fill flash and use of studio lights/soft boxes will be covered, as well as white balance control and other camera techniques.

CLAY BASICS W/ CHRIS TOWNSEND: Weekly on Tuesdays, Nov. 2, 9, 16, 30, Dec. 7, 14. 6-9 p.m. Cost: $275.

Location: Helen Day Art Center, Stowe. Info: 802-253-8358, www. helenday.com. Learn how to center clay and make small vessels such as cups, bowls and vases. Become proficient at throwing basic shapes so that later you will be able to sue these skills to create more complex forms later. Basic glazing techniques and an introduction to the kiln will also be discussed.

computers EXCEL BASICS: Nov. 8-29, 7-8:15 p.m., Weekly on Mon. Cost: $50/ class. Location: CVU High School, 10 min. from exit 12, Burlington. Info: 802-482-7194, www.cvuhs.org. Learn how to use the MS Excel spreadsheet program so you can organize your own projects. This is a great introduction to Excel or for those with very limited use of the program. Students will master data entry, formatting, mouse operations, keyboard shortcuts and basic menu selection. Activities will be designed to enhance class demonstrations and prepare students for other at-home or business projects.

Instructor: Tony Galle. Limit: 15. Senior discount 65+.

GOOGLE SKETCHUP: Nov. 4-25, 7-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Thu. Cost: $60/ class. Location: CVU High School, 10 min. from exit 12, Hinesburg. Info: 802-482-7194, www.cvuhs.org. Use Google’s free 3-D modeling program to create your own projects or to integrate with Google Earth. Class will demonstrate how to use the tools necessary to build from scratch or work with existing models. Personal attention available as you practice creating projects in class. Discover ways to share your work with others.

Instructor: Tony Galle. Limit: 15. Senior Discounts 65+.

craft CRAFT CLASSES IN HINESBURG AT CVU HIGH SCHOOL: 165 fall offerings for all ages. Full descriptions at www.cvuhs.org. Look for Access, Community Education link. Senior discount 65+. Location: CVU High School, 10 min. from exit 12, Hinesburg. Info: 802-482-7194. Wheel Throwing and Hand Building Clay, Platters and Bowls, Tile Making, Woodworking,

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PRINT: INTRO TO WOODCUT: Nov. 9-Dec. 14, 6-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Tue. Cost: $150/nonmembers; $135/BCA members. Location: BCA Print Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. Discover the unique process of woodblock printing during this introductory class.

Learn how to create a composition appropriate for carving and reproduce your image through a series of prints onto paper or cloth. This is a great technique for card making, posters and fine-art prints. Cost includes use of open studio hours for class work.

Call 802-865-7166 for info or register online at BurlingtonCityArts.com.

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PHOTOSHOP: BEYOND THE BASICS: Nov. 2-Dec. 14, 6-9 p.m., Weekly on Tues. Cost: $250/class; $225/ BCA members. Location: Firehouse Center’s Digital Media Lab, Burlington.

Prerequisite: Adobe Photoshop Basics or equivalent experience. Gain confidence with advanced Photoshop skills in this six-week class. Advanced retouching, manipulating multiple images, creating actions, panoramas, selective contrast and much more will be covered, as well as printing on various archival papers on our Epson 3880 printer.

St., Burlington. Join Frog Hollow printmaker Daryl Storrs in this exciting two-day workshop. Students will learn to make a multi-block color linocut print, explore the visual language of mark making with cutting tools, as well as the basics of paper tearing and inking. No previous experience necessary. To see Daryl’s work, visit her website at www.darylstorrs. com. Limit: 8.

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5 ELEMENTS AROMATHERAPY: Sat., Oct. 23, 6-9 p.m.; Sun., Oct. 24, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Cost: $165/incl. class, booklet & a self-customized blend; space is limited! Prepayment required. Location: Lunaroma Aromatic Apothecary, 463 St. Paul St., Burlington. Info: Lunaroma Aromatic Apothecary, Leyla Bringas, 802-951-9714, Leyla@Lunaroma.com, Lunaroma.com. During this class we will explore the five elements and develop an understanding of how to use essential oils for deficient or excess in any given element. Essential oils will be covered based upon their manifestation of yin/yang energy, their corresponding element, and their ability to strengthen the will, Qienergy, Shen (the mind) and physical health/well-being of the body.

and leave feeling refreshed, balanced and ready to take your next steps in this beautiful journey. Free class and sampling of oils for which a donation of $5 would be appreciated. Presenter: Anne Cameron.

registration. Location: Helen Day Art Center, 5 School St., Stowe. Info: 802-253-8358, www.helenday.com.

Capture the brilliant colors of the autumn foliage with award-winning local artist Lisa Beach. There will be an emphasis on creating a well-designed and interesting composition. Lisa will demonstrate her process of painting and then students will work on their own followed by a critique.

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creativity INTRODUCTION TO WORKING W/ SYMBOLS: Oct. 23-24, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Cost: $75/incl. snacks and lunch both days. Location: 55 Clover Ln., Waterbury. Info: Sue, 802-244-7909.

Learn how to recognize, interpret and work with the images that form the basis of art, creativity and your dream life in this workshop created by students’ requests. Led by Dr. Sue Mehrtens, teacher and author.

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BALLROOM DANCE CLASSES:Location: The Champlain Club, Burlington. Info: First Step Dance, 802-598-6757, kevin@firststepdance.com, www.FirstStepDance. com. Beginning classes repeat each month, and intermediate classes vary from month to month. As with all of our programs, everyone is encouraged to attend, and no partner is necessary.

Come alone, or come with friends, but come out and dance!

BALLROOM DANCE CLASSES SPONSORED BY THE MONTPELIER REC. DEPT: Weekly on Tue., Oct. 19-Nov. 9.

Swing: 5:30-6:45 p.m. Waltz: 6:45-8 p.m. Cost: $48/person or $90/couple for Monpelier residents $57/per person or $108/couple for nonresidents.

Cost includes 4 classes in either dance. Location: Union Elementary School Gym, Montpelier. Info: 802-223-2921, elabd@comcast.net.

Teaching beginning to intermediate figures. Singles welcome, no experience necessary. Instructors Samir and Eleni Elabd. Please call 802-225-8699 to register.

BURLINGTON’S BEST SALSA: DAVID LARSON & SOUTH END STUDIO: Burlington’s newest (& nicest) place to dance. Next class series begins Oct. 21. Thu. nights, 7-8 p.m. Basic Salsa.

A great way to meet new people & get started. 8-9 p.m. Intermediate Level 1. Incredible ladies styling & some cool turning combinations w/ Shannon. All classes run on a 4-week series. Location: South End Studio, 696 Pine St., near Lake Champlain Chocolates, just behind New World Tortilla, Burlington. Info: Sabrina, 802-540-0044, www.southendstudiovt.com. Come check us out Oct. 14 for our third Open Studio Salsa Dance Party, 7-10 p.m.! Why take lessons from us? “Thanks David and Shannon for starting Salsa classes at South End Studio. This studio is just the best. You and Shannon make it a lot of fun and easy to learn. It’s nice to have a choice when to take salsa lessons now.

Welcome back.” -Laura S., salsa lover.

DANCE STUDIO SALSALINA:Cost: $13/class. Location: 266 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Victoria, 802-598-

1077, info@salsalina.com. Salsa classes, nightclub-style. One-onone, group and private, four levels.

Beginner walk-in classes, Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Argentinean Tango class and social, Fridays, 7:30 p.m., walk-ins welcome. No dance experience, partner or preregistration required, just the desire to have fun! Drop in any time and prepare for an enjoyable workout!

JAZZ DANCE W/ KAREN AMIRAULT: Sep. 14-Dec. 8, 6:35-7:45 p.m., Weekly on Wed. Cost: $15/single class; $56/4; $78/6; $144/12. Location: South End Studio, 696 Pine St., enter in the back, Burlington. Info: South End Studio, 802-540-0044, southendstudiovtcom. Jazz: From Broadway to Hip-Hop is a fun, high-energy workout with influences from swing, Broadway and musical comedy to hip-hop, African and break, for teens and adults.

Structured to benefit beginning dancers as well as those with previous training. Dress comfortably and bring clean-soled sneakers. (Kids class on Tuesdays.)

LEARN TO SWING DANCE:Cost: $60/6-week series ($50 for students/ seniors). Location: Champlain Club, 20 Crowley St., Burlington. Info: www. lindyvermont.com, 802-860-7501.

Great fun, exercise and socializing, with fabulous music. Learn in a welcoming and lighthearted environment. Classes start every six weeks: Tuesdays for beginners; Wednesdays for upper levels. Instructors: Shirley McAdam and Chris Nickl.

MODERN DANCE CLASS: Join Ellen Smith Ahern’s Tues. 7 p.m., or Stephanie Overton’s Fri. 5:30.

Cost: $15/w/ 4-class card. Location: Burlington Dances, 1 Mill St. (Chace Mill, top floor) #372, Burlington. Info: Burlington Dances, Lucille Dyer, 802863-3369, info@BurlingtonDances. com, BurlingtonDances.com.

Transform your movement arts and yourself from within in modern dance classes with Ellen Smith Ahern and Stephanie Overton. Get technical in Pilates Reformer, ballet and Bartenieff and Laban Movement Analysis with Lucille Dyer, join Pilates Mat/Yoga Fusion classes with Julie PeoplesClark. Make the world a better place, and dance!

MODERN LYRICAL DANCE SESSION: 4-week session, Oct. 25-Nov. 18, Mon. & Thu., 4-5:15 p.m. Cost: $110/8 1.25-hr. classes for ages 14+. Location: Burlington Dances, 1 Mill St., next to the Winooski River Falls at Chace Mill, top floor, suite 372, Burlington. Info: Burlington Dances, Lucille Dyer, 802863-3369, Info@BurlingtonDances. com, BurlingtonDances.com. Inspired by nature, music, art and human emotions, students discover how modern dance can become an outlet for expression. We will explore space, time, rhythm and the dancer’s own creativity through modern techniques such as contraction and release, fall and recovery, barre, and center floor exercises. Beginning and intermediate welcome!

drawing FIGURE DRAWING W/ MARIE LEPRE’GRABON: Thu., Oct. 28, Nov. 4, 11, 18, Dec. 2, 9, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $145/series. Location: Helen Day Art

Center, Stowe. Info: 802-253-8358, www.helenday.com. Drawing the figure from nude models is a great way to develop both drawing and observational skills. Use a variety of drawing media including pencil, charcoal and ink to investigate the use of line, value, texture, perspective, composition and space in the development of descriptive drawing. No previous drawing experience is necessary.

empowerment EMPOWERMENT CLASSES IN HINESBURG AT CVU HIGH SCHOOL: 165 fall offerings for all ages. Full descriptions at www.cvuhs.org. Look for Access, Community Education link. Senior discount 65+. Location: CVU High School, 10 min. from exit 12, Hinesburg. Info: 802-482-7194.

Lose Weight-Feel Great, Perfumery, Genealogy, Beekeeping, Fly Fishing, Writing Quality Fiction, Memoir Writing, Wild Plant ID, Seed Saving, How Thoughts Work, Islam and the Western World with Chris O’Donnell, Donner Party Story, Winter Camping, Solar Energy 101, Bio Fuels 101, Energy=R We?, Cinema Club, The Toddler Years, Fathers & Children Together Group, Bridge-2 levels, Grief Etiquette, Suburban Homesteading 101, Goal Setting and Dreamboarding.

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family GENEALOGY: TRACING YOUR FAMILY TREE W/ ED MCGUIRE: Oct. 18-Nov. 8, 7-8:30 p.m. Cost: $50/class. Location: CVU High School, 10 min. from exit 12, Burlington. Info: 802-482-7194, www.cvuhs.org. Covers how to start, where to look for resources, as well as record keeping, software, websites and lots more. Hands-on work on own family tree with genealogists from the Vermont French-Canadian Genealogy Society. Examples will focus on English, Irish and French-Canadian immigrants to New England, but all techniques transferable to all nationalities. Full descriptions online.

feldenkrais FELDENKRAIS: Weekly on Wed., 7-8 p.m. Cost: $12/class. Location: Touchstone Healing Arts, 187 St. Paul St., Burlington. Info: Uwe Mester, 802735-3770, uwemester@gmx.net. Try it out! First class is free! Feldenkrais is a learning method based on movement.

Discover where and how you hold tension everywhere in yourself. Calm your mind, increase your self-knowledge.

Reduce and eliminate back and neck pain. For further information and complete class schedule please visit www.vermontfeldenkrais.com.

fiber & surface design HANDSPINNING W/ A DROP SPINDLE: Oct. 28, Cost: $15/class w/ $10 material fee paid to instructor. Location: Grand Isle Art Works Gallery, 259 Rte. 2, Grand Isle. Info: Grand Isle Art Works, Ellen Thompson, 802-3784591, info@grandisleartworks.com, www.grandisleartworks.com. Learn how to use a drop spindle to create beautiful handspun yarns with Jim Holzschuh. This ancient technique allows you to spin anywhere. Jim will discuss and demonstrate both spinning and plying. Participants will need to bring a drop spindle or can borrow or purchase one of Jim’s hand-turned spindles.

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jazz history and play illustrative examples. Questions are welcome and are answered with verbal and musical examples of technique and improvisation.

Senior discount 65+. Location: CVU High School, 10 min. from exit 12, Hinesburg. Info: 802-482-7194.

Beginner French, Conversational Immersion French with Laure Angel, Beginning Spanish (2 levels), Conversational Spanish, Italian for Travelers, Beginning Mandarin (2 levels). Low cost, hands on, excellent instructors, limited class size, guaranteed. Materials included with few exceptions.

FORZA SAMURAI SWORD WORKOUT: Mondays, 7-8 p.m.; Thursdays, 6-7 p.m.; Fridays, 9-10 a.m. Cost: $10/1-hr. class. Location: North End Studio, 294 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington.

Info: Tweak Your Physique, Stephanie Shohet, 802-578-9243, Steph@ forzavt.com, forzavt.com. FORZA is an intense group fitness class appropriate for teens and adults of all abilities. Build muscle, burn calories, LEARN SPANISH & OPEN NEW develop focus, vent frustrations and DOORS:Location: Spanish in boost self-esteem while using a sword Waterbury Center, Waterbury Center. to practice the skills of the samurai Info: Spanish in Waterbury Center, warrior. No martial arts experience spanishparavos@ 1x1-FlynnPerfArts093009.indd 1 9/28/09 3:32:51 802-585-1025, PM necessary. Find forzavt on Facebook gmail.com, www.spanishwaterSTAINED GLASS W/ NATASHA BOGAR: for more information. burycenter.com. Improve your Weekly on Wednesdays, Nov. 3, 10, 17, opportunities in a changing world. We Dec. 1, 8. 6-9 p.m. Cost: $245. Location: provide high-quality, affordable inHelen Day Art Center, Stowe. Info: struction in the Spanish language for 802-253-8358, www.helenday.com. adults, teens and children. Learn from MUMMENSCHANZ FAMILY Learn the old world art of stained glass. a native speaker via small classes, PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP: Ages Creating a simple first project will help individual instruction or student 6-10: Wed., Oct. 27; 6-7 p.m. Cost: you learn the techniques of cutting tutoring. See our website for complete $15/1 child w/ accompanying parent glass, the Tiffany method of copper information, or contact us for details. or caregiver. Location: Flynn Center, foiling, soldering and finishing touches.

Burlington. Info: 802-652-4548, flynDesign, color and composition will also narts@flynncenter.org. Coming to see be covered. Deadline for registrations is: Mummenschanz at the Flynn? Enrich Friday, Oct. 15. your child’s experience of the perforAIKIDO: Adult introductory classes mance in an exploratory workshop meet on Tue. & Thu. at 6:45 p.m. led by FlynnArts faculty. Together, Classes for adults, children (ages you and your child play with the ideas 5-12) & teenagers meet 7 days/week.

BATH FIZZIES W/ LAURA BROWN: Oct. and art forms you’ll see on stage, and Location: Aikido of Champlain Valley, 17, 2-3 p.m. Cost: $5/1-hr. mini workthen head behind the scenes after the 257 Pine St. (across from Conant shop. Location: Purple Shutter Herbs, show to meet the artists and see how Metal and Light), Burlington. Info: 7 W. Canal St., Winooski. Info: Purple they worked their magic! Backstage 802-951-8900, burlingtonaikido.org.

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Aikido is a dynamic Japanese martial 802-865-4372, info@purpleshutter. art that promotes physical and mental PHYSICAL IMPROVISATION W/ THE com, purpleshutter.com. Effervescent harmony through the use of breathREDUCED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY: little balls filled with scent and sound ing exercises, aerobic conditioning, Adults & teens: Sat., Oct. 23; 11 a.m.promoting cleanliness and fun is the circular movements, and pinning and 12:30 p.m. Cost: $20/class. Location: quintessential description of bath throwing techniques. We also teach Flynn Center, Burlington. Info: 802fizzies! They are easy to make and sword/staff arts and knife defense.

652-4548, flynnarts@flynncenter.org. make wonderful gifts. This class is The Samurai Youth Program provides Join the “bad boys of abridgement” as open to all ages: Kids are encouraged scholarships for children and teenagthey help you release your imaginato attend (parents are free, if just ers, ages 7-17. tion and develop confidence in your assisting). creative choices! Participants are AIKIDO: Tues.-Fri., 6-7:30 p.m.; WISDOM OF THE HERBS SCHOOL: encouraged to use various improvisaSaturdays, 9-10 a.m.; & Sundays, Open house Sat., Oct. 23, 1-3:30 p.m., tions, exercises, and a sense of play to 10-11:30 a.m. Visitors are always at the Rhapsody Cafe, 28 Main St., harness their creative potential and welcome. Location: Vermont Aikido, Montpelier. Dates for our 2011 Wild find their own expressive range of 274 N. Winooski Ave. (2nd floor), Edible spring & summer terms, & for voice and body.

Burlington. Info: Vermont Aikido, the 8-weekend Wisdom of the Herbs 802-862-9785, www.vermontaikido.

DANNY BURACZESKI JAZZ DANCE 2011, can be found on our website; org. Vermont Aikido adult introductory MASTERCLASS: Adults & Teens; we are currently interviewing. Plan classes will be offered October 19 Session 1: Wednesday, Oct. 13, 6 p.m. ahead & apply now for VSAC nondethrough November 9, on consecuSession 2: Sat. Oct. 16, 11 a.m. Cost: gree grants for 2011 programs while tive Tuesday evenings. Class time: $20/workshop, $35/both. Location: funds are plentiful. Location: Wisdom 6-7:30 p.m. (dojo doors open at 5:30 Flynn Center, Burlington. Info: 802of the Herbs School, Woodbury. p.m.). Intro class fee of $60 includes 652-4548, flynnarts@flynncenter.

Info: 802-456-8122, annie@wisuniform. Please contact the dojo org. Choreographer Danny Buraczeski domoftheherbsschool.com, www. with questions about the class or to expanded and redefined jazz dance in wisdomoftheherbsschool.com. Earth preregister.

America and gave us a choreographic skills for changing times. Experiential language capable of communication, VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU: programs embracing local, wild, edible innovation, and depth. This workshop Mon.-Fri., 6-9 p.m., & Sat., 10 a.m. and medicinal plants, food as first for intermediate and advanced 1st class is free. Location: Vermont medicine, sustainable living skills, and dancers explores his distinct style, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 55 Leroy Rd., the inner journey. Annie McCleary, physicalizing the pulse of an eclectic Williston. Info: 802-660-4072, Julio@ director, and George Lisi, naturalist. range of great jazz music and emphabjjusa.com, www.bjjusa.comsizing rhythm, isolations, broken lines, Classes for men, women and children. and swing.

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HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON: Oct. 17, 1:30-2:30 p.m. Cost: $15.

Location: Flynn Center, Burlington.

Info: 802-652-4548, flynnarts@flynncenter.org. Coming to see Harold and the Purple Crayon at the Flynn? Enrich your child’s experience of the performance in an exploratory workshop led by FlynnArts faculty. Together, you and your child play with the ideas and art forms you’ll see on stage, and then head behind the scenes after the show to meet the artists and see how they worked their magic! Ages 5-9.

PIANO MASTERCLASS W/ CHUCHO VALDES & THE AFRO-CUBAN MESSENGERS: Intermediate/advanced adults & teens: Mon., Oct. 25; 11 a.m.-noon. Cost: $15/class.

Location: Flynn Center, Burlington.

Info: 802-652-4548, flynnarts@ flynncenter.org. In this interactive workshop, jazz master Chucho Valdes and his band discuss Afro-Cuban

LISTEN TO YOUR HEART AND RELAX: Fri. mornings, Oct. 22, Oct. 29; 9:0010:30. Cost: $30/both mornings open to all ages & nonmembers. Location: Charlotte Senior Center, 212 Ferry Rd., Charlotte. Info: Susan Fitzgerald, 802434-5201, susanfitzgeraldtralee@ eircom.net, TherainbowLight.com.

Discover the power of positive emotion through listening with your heart.

We will explore different ways that can produce a deep state of relaxation to rebalance ourselves on many levels.

Tools like music and poetry help us to use and enhance our own natural ability to feel happy and well.

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flexibility, balance, coordination and cardio-respiratory fitness. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training builds and helps to instill courage and self-confidence. We offer a legitimate Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu martial arts program in a friendly, safe and positive environment. Accept no imitations. Learn from one of the world’s best, Julio “Foca” Fernandez, CBJJ and IBJJF certified 6th Degree Black Belt, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructor under Carlson Gracie Sr., teaching in Vermont, born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil! A 5-time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu National Featherweight Champion and 3-time Rio de Janeiro State Champion, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

massage CLINICAL MASSAGE (EVENINGS): Oct. 26-Aug. 30, 5-9 p.m., Weekly on Tuesday, Thursday. Cost: $5,500/600hour education program. Location:

class photos + more info online SEVENDAYSVT.COM/CLASSES Clinical Massage therapy certificate, 132 North Main St., St. Albans. Info: Bodysoul Spa & School, Hope Bockus, 802-524-9005, bodysoulmassage@ comcast.net, www.bodysoulmassageschool.comStarting Oct. 26, at BodySoul Spa & School, Tuesday & Thursday evenings. Graduate August 2011 with a certificate in clinical massage therapy.

Many financial aid options this year & internship. For a list of course offerings and electives you can add to your course, go to www.bodysoulmassageschool.com.

Advanced Thai Massage: Jan. 9-15, Cost: $1,300/lodging, food, 44 class hours. Location: Ojo del Mar, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Info: Thai Massage & Bodywork, Christopher Ray, 906-226-8899, chrisray1111@ yahoo.com, www.thaimassagebodywork.com. Learn advanced, therapeutic Thai massage techniques and rejuvenate on the beaches of Costa Rica! Practice assessing bodies, sensing energetic blocks, using the breath, working deeply and therapeutically, and minimizing physical effort.

Effectively use your feet, knees, elbows and body weight. Come play and enhance your massage practice!

Massage training in Portugal: Classes are Monday to Friday with occasional weekend practice sessions.

Cost: $11,500/520 hour program and accommodation. Location: Green Mountain Institute Portugal Program, 360 Lamb Rd ( Vermont office), North Bennington (Vermont campus).

Info: Green Mountain Institute for Integrative Therapy, Michael Jamieson, 802-442-3886, info@ internationalbodywork.com, info@ internationalbodywork.com. Learn Massage and Bodywork by a beautiful beach in southern portugal. 500 hour certification program. Holistic. Small group. Hands-on. Focus on presence and quality of touch. 18th year. We teach massage in an environment where people can change and grow.

Our students go on to become extraordinary practitioners.

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pilates ALL Wellness:Location: 208 Flynn Ave., Studio 3A (across from the antique shops, before Oakledge Park), Burlington. Info: 802-863-9900, www.allwellnessvt.com. We encourage all ages, all bodies and all abilities to discover greater ease and enjoyment in life by integrating Pilates, physical therapy, yoga and nutrition.

Come experience our welcoming atmosphere, skillful, caring instructors and light-filled studio. Join us for a free introduction to the reformer, every Saturday at 10:30 a.m. and the first Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m.: Just call and reserve your spot!

Absolute Pilates: Affordable pricing; friendly atmosphere; quality NYC certified instruction. Location: Absolute Pilates, 3060 Williston Rd., Suite 6, S. Burlington. Info: 802-310-2614, www.absolutepilates. com. Experience the empowering Pilates method of body conditioning and get toned and stretched. Offering small-group mat classes; combo Tower/Reformer equipment classes (four participants); private and semiprivate equipment sessions. New class! Combo Tower/Reformer, Monday & Thursday at noon.

POTTERY CLASSES: TWITCHELL HILL POTTERY:Location: Twitchell Hill Pottery, New Haven. Info: 802545-2476. A beautiful studio in New Haven, Vt. Private and group lessons on the potter’s wheel. Classes for children and adults, beginners and advanced students. For more info call or email Shelly Doyle: 802-545-2476, shelbeth@msn.com.

printmaking Japanese Woodblock Printing w/ Alex Angio: Oct. 30-Nov. 20, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Weekly on Saturday. Cost: $255. Location: Helen Day Art Center, Stowe. Info: 802-253-8358, www. helenday.com. Learn the basic techniques in the Japanese tradition of woodblock printing with water-based pigments. This tradition is associated with the earliest lessons of design and color from the Ukiyo-e masters. All aspects of the process will be introduced including use of carving tools, wood preparation, color registration and had printing. Deadline for registration is: Friday, Oct. 15.

psychotherapy MOVING OUT OF DEPRESSION: 9 Saturdays, Oct. 9-Dec. 18, 9:30-10:45 a.m. Cost: $100/9 classes. Location: Luanne Sberna, 1 Mill St., Suite 312, Chace Mill, Burlington. Info: Luanne Sberna, 802-863-9775, Luannesberna@aol.com. Awaken body, mind & spirit from the immobility of depression. Chase the winter blues away. Using dance & movement, we will invigorate body & mind, integrating thought, feeling, sensation & action. No previous dance experience needed. Free your expressive inner self! The instructor, Luanne Sberna, is a registered dance-movement therapist.

reiki REIKI (Usui) LEVEL 1:Cost: $195/Sat., Oct. 30, 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Location: Rising Sun Healing Center, 35 King St., #7, Burlington. Info: Chris Hanna, 802-881-1866, chris@risingsunhealing.com, www.risingsunhealing.com.

Learn this powerful hands-on-healing art for healing and personal growth and be able to give Reiki energy to yourself and others by the end of the class. Plenty of in-class practice time.

Learn the history of Reiki and ethics of a Reiki practitioner. Individual classes available. Member Vermont Reiki Association.

Welding and Brazing for Sculpture:Location: CVU High School, 10 min. from exit 12, Hinesburg. Info: 802-482-7194, www. cvuhs.org. Thursdays, Nov. 11-Dec. 9, 6-8:30 p.m. Begin or increase your skills in brazing or welding for sculpture. Join Bruce, a metal sculptor himself, in this skills acquisition designed class. Practice materials supplied as well as all consumables (approximately$40 as part of fee).

Instructor: Bruce Hathaway. $165.

Limit: 10. Welding for Beginners meets Tuesdays, Nov. 9-Dec. 14. $195. All materials included. Full descriptions online. Look for Access, Community Education link. Senior Discount 65+.

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Decorative Artistry for your Home w/ Candy Weston: Thu., Nov. 4-Dec. 9 (no class Nov. 25), 5:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $155/members, $185/ nonmembers. Location: Shelburne Art Center, Shelburne. Info: 802-9853648, www.shelburneartcenter.org.

Learn a variety of exciting finishes for your home. Discuss how to choose and mix color for glazing. Striping and stenciling will be addressed to ensure you get beautiful results every time with these techniques. A gorgeous plaster sample will be created to allow you to create your own backsplash and more. If you want to emphasize focal points in your home, and set it apart from all the rest, this class is for you!

Intro to Shamanic Journeying: Oct. 24, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Cost: $50/5-hour class. Location: Shaman’s Flame Stowe office, Stowe. Info: Shaman’s Flame, Peter Clark & Sarah Finlay, 802-253-7846, peterclark13@ gmail.com, www.shamansflame. com. Experiential workshop includes shamanic cosmology, shamanic journeying. Meet spirit guides, find your Seat of Power and begin to walk the path of self-empowerment. Learn about divination and basic forms of shamanic healing. Discover the great relevance of this ancient spiritual practice. Expand your consciousness, learn of integrative spiritual healing.

shelburne art center The secret Keeper & Angels & Demons w/ Michael DeMeng: Sat., Oct. 16, &/or Sun., Oct. 17, 10-4 p.m.

Cost: $160/members, $180/nonmembers, $25/materials + materials list. Location: Shelburne Art Center, Shelburne. Info: 802-985-3648, www. shelburneartcenter.org. Explore a variety of assemblage, collage and painting techniques to create these magical little worlds. Are you locking away a secret or keeping something sacred safe? Angels & Demons: Actually, what this class is about is playing with busted toys and reinventing them.

Gather up those Barbies, GI Joes or wedding figurines, because we’re going to dismantle and reassemble them with a variety of found objects into rather nontraditional angels and demons. You will learn a variety of processes involving assemblage and collage, as well as an extensive amount of painting techniques.

Macro Photography w/ Carl Rubino: Sat., Oct. 23, 9-5 p.m., & Sun., Oct. 24, 9-4 p.m. Cost: $165/members, $195/nonmembers. Location: Shelburne Art Center, Shelburne Art Center. Info: 802-985-3648, www. shelburneartcenter.org. Focus on techniques and equipment needed for shots ranging from close-up (flowers, rain droplets) to extreme close-up, or macro photography, which reproduces an image at life size; create abstract images as washes or layers of color.

Beautiful renderings of natural and man-made objects. Lecture, demonstration, slide shows as well as firsthand experience through shooting will be covered.

Beginning Acrylic Painting w/ Adam Baisley: Oct. 28-Dec. 9, 6-9 p.m., Weekly on Thu. Cost: $195/ members, $230/nonmembers.

Location: Shelburne Art Center, Shelburne. Info: 802-985-3648, www.

tai chi Snake Style Tai Chi Chuan: Beginner classes Sat. mornings & Wed. evenings. Call to view a class. Location: BAO TAK FAI TAI CHI INSTITUTE, 100 Church St., Burlington. Info: 802-864-7902, www. iptaichi.org. The Yang Snake Style is a dynamic tai chi method that mobilizes the spine while stretching and strengthening the core body muscles.

Practicing this ancient martial art increases strength, flexibility, vitality, peace of mind and martial skill.

Yang-Style Tai Chi: Beginning Oct. 6. Beginner’s class, Wed., 5:30-6:50 p.m. $125 for 8 classes. All levels on Sat., 8:15-9:45 a.m. $16/class.

Monthly: $60/1 class per week, $115/2 classes per week. 3 calendar mos.: $160/1 class per week, $275/2 classes per week. Cost: $16/single class, $160/3 calendar mos. Location: Touchstone Healing Arts, 187 St. Paul St. #5, Burlington. Info: 802-3186238. Tai Chi is a slow-moving martial art that combines deep breathing and graceful movements to produce the valuable effects of relaxation, improved concentration, improved balance, a decrease in blood pressure and ease in the symptoms of fibromyalgia. Brought to you by Vermont Tai Chi Academy and Healing Center.

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women Get Your Feminine On!: Oct. 16, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Cost: $75/incl. snacks, drinks & lunch. Location: Morrisville, Vermont. Info: Sara, 802-888-3802, info@getyourfeminineon.com.

Explore aspects of the Divine Feminine in your life through movement, dance, spontaneous writing, guided meditation and quiet reflection in nature, in a

cozy cabin in the woods of Morrisville.

Call to register and for directions.

yoga Deep Yoga Stretch & Dance: Sat., Oct. 23, noon-4:00 p.m. Cost: $55/4hr. intensive w/ a mid-session break (some snacks provided). Location: Burlington Dances, 1 Mill St. (Winooski River Falls, Chace Mill, top floor), suite 372, Burlington. Info: Burlington Dances, Burlington Dances, 802-8633369, info@BurlingtonDances.com, BurlingtonDances.com. Discover your dancing self through the practice of meditation and rich, satisfying breath leading to slow, deep yoga stretches.

Open to fluidity and grace in the body, and celebrate in movement. With an active practice awareness arts, Annelies Smith helps students to experience being present and alive in their bodies.

Drop-in Yoga: Every Fri., this fall, 12-1:30 p.m. Location: Vermont Center for Yoga and Therapy, S. Burlington.

Info: Vermont Center for Yoga and Therapy , 802-658-9440, vtcyt.com.

Move. Breathe. Strengthen. Relax. A Vajra-inspired class with Deb Sherrer, CYT, MA, that focuses on alignment, breath-informed movement, mindfulness and in-depth poses to enhance strength, flexibility and grounding.

Leave class with a greater sense of well-being and relaxation. All levels welcome.

EVOLUTION YOGA: Daily yoga classes for all levels from $5-$14, conveniently located in Burlington. 10-class cards and unlimited memberships available for discounted rates. Mon.Fri. @ 4:30 p.m., class is only $5!.

Location: Evolution Yoga, Burlington.

Info: 802-864-9642, yoga@evolutionvt.com, www.evolutionvt.com.

Evolution’s certified teachers are skilled with students ranging from beginner-advanced. We offer classes in Vinyasa, Anusara-inspired, Kripalu, and Iyengar yoga. Babies/kids classes also available! Prepare for birth and strengthen postpartum with pre/ postnatal yoga, and check out our thriving massage practice. Participate in our community blog: evolutionvt. com/evoblog.

Genesis Yoga w/ Robin Lawson: Oct. 3-Nov. 7, 9-10:15 a.m., Weekly on Sun. By donation. Location: South End Studio, 696 Pine St., Burlington.

Info: Robin, 802-233-6783, www. southendstudiovt.com. Genesis Yoga is an exploration of consciousness and the soul’s journey back to God. It emphasizes spiritual teaching combined with prayer, meditation, movement and sound. We examine Eastern and Western spiritual philosophies in light of emerging scientific discoveries to gain new perspectives on the universal truths of being.

Yoga for Recovery: Sep. 7-Dec. 28, 7-9 p.m., Weekly on Tuesday. Cost: $14/1.5-hour drop-in class ($12 for 10-class pass). Location: Burlington Yoga, 215 College St., Burlington. Info: Loving River Healing Arts, Katherine A. Kelley. MA, LADC, 802-343-5790, katherinekelley@burlingtontelecom. net, www.lovingriver.com. You’ll have the opportunity to learn and practice coordinating breath and movement with mindful awareness in a playful, safe community for the purpose of healing from the effects of trauma and addiction. Each session ends with a guided relaxation. No prior yoga experience necessary. All levels of yoga experience welcome. m

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Usui Reiki, 1st Degree: Oct. 24, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $175/6-hr. class.

Location: VT Center for Energy Medicine, Shelburne. Info: VT Center for Energy Medicine, Cindy Fulton Carse, 802-985-9580, cindy@energymedicinevt.com, www.energymedicinevt. com. Learn Reiki, an ancient healing art that facilitates health on all levels (body, mind and spirit). This gentle, healing tool can lower stress, decrease pain, enhance the immune system and

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shelburneartcenter.org. Drawing inspiration from photographs, still life, nature, abstracts and famous artists, students will learn to produce their own individual masterpieces using acrylic paints and learning different techniques including layering and texturing.

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Natural Bodies Pilates : Burlington Dances: Come dance w/ us! & book your sessions for classical Pilates & Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analysis. Location: Natural Bodies Pilates at Burlington Dances, Chace Mill, 1 Mill St., top floor, 372, Burlington. Info: 802-8633369, lucille@naturalbodiespilates. com, NaturalBodiesPilates.com.

Professional actors, dancers and Olympic athletes benefit from Movement Analysis and stay fit with Pilates exercise, and now you can, too!

You’ll get that feeling of deep internal strength with whole-body workouts that leave you feeling surprisingly relaxed, flexible and more expressive of who you truly are.

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Learn Mindfulness Meditation: Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m., all programs free of charge. Location: Exquisite Mind Studio, 88 King St., Burlington.

Info: Exquisite Mind, Arnie Kozak, 802-660-8043, drkozak@exquisitemind.com, exquisitemind.com. Learn to meditate and participate in ongoing mindfulness meditation practice community at the new Exquisite Mind Studio. Nonsectarian Buddhistbased mindfulness meditation.

No-fee instructions, weekly practice sessions and monthly retreats. Free weekly introductory program. Read the blog at www.blog.beliefnet.com/ mindfulnessmatters.

Suburban Homesteading 101: Homestead Planning, Monday, Oct. 25, 6-8 p.m. Vegetable Gardens, Monday, Nov. 1, 6-8 p.m. Backyard Chickens and Bees, Monday, Nov. 8, 6-8 p.m. Cost: $20/night, or $15/night for 2 or more classes. Senior discount 65+. Location: CVU High School, 10 min. from exit 12, Hinesburg. Info: 802-482-7194, www.cvuhs.org.

Explore the trends and realities of Suburban Homesteading with Markey Read and Tim King. Small yard or some acreage, understand how to use the resources you have right now!

Topics covered; planning a suburban homestead, vegetable gardens, backyard chickens, beekeeping, and how to sell some of the bounty. Markey & Tim have been experimenting and creating their own homestead for 10+ years and produce a significant portion of their own food. Full descriptions online. Look for Access, Community Education link.

The Pilates Den:Location: The Pilates Den, Williston. Info: The Pilates Den, 802-318-6378, Shannon@ pilatesden.com, www.pilatesden. com. Experience the benefits of the Pilates method of exercise with certified, seasoned instructor Shannon Lashua, at the Pilates Den in Williston.

Small-group mat classes as well as private and semiprivate sessions utilizing the Reformer, Cadillac and Wunda Chair are all offered in a cozy, relaxing atmosphere. Learn how to move more efficiently while increasing strength, flexibility and well-being.

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LEARN TO MEDITATE: Meditation instruction available Sunday mornings, 9 a.m.-12 p.m., or by appointment.

The Shambhala Cafe meets the first Saturday of each month for meditation and discussions, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.

An Open House occurs every third Wednesday evening of each month, 7-9 p.m., which includes an intro to the center, a short dharma talk and socializing. Location: Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 So. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 802-658-6795, www.burlingtonshambhalactr.org.

Through the practice of sitting still and following your breath as it goes out and dissolves, you are connecting with your heart. By simply letting yourself be, as you are, you develop genuine sympathy toward yourself.

The Burlington Shambhala Center offers meditation as a path to discovering gentleness and wisdom.

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hat happens in between sets at your favorite local club? Usually, very little.

You catch up with friends, sip beverages, maybe go outside to have a smoke. It’s likely you don’t even notice the iPod mix drifting through the PA. Sometimes a killer track hits, but usually it’s filler. Or worse. Maybe you get bored and decide to go check out another show across town.

It doesn’t have to be that way.

Meet Brian Nagle. Over the past two years, the man who rocks two turntables and a laptop as DJ Disco Phantom has been omnipresent at the hippest shows around. His task? To connect the aural dots between local bands and the indie-pop gold that MSR Presents and Angioplasty Media have been importing to plate the walls of Metronome and The Monkey House: the Tallest Man on

Earth, Twin Sister, Happy Birthday, the Morning Benders, the Ruby Suns, Phantogram, Here We Go Magic and more.

When Disco Phantom is spinning, you may still grab an IPA at the bar and catch up with friends, but chances are your ears are a little more tuned in, your head nods more than usual, and little questions seep into your conversations.

“What’s this mashup with the vocals from ‘Lisztomania’?” ... “This track is great. Do you know what it is?” ... “Who’s the DJ?” “I love when people ask me, ‘Oh, what was that last one?’ And you tell them about it and they go look it up and get it,” Nagle says on a recent morning over coffee. “People are really expecting just hip-hop and dance music and stuff like that, and it’s fun to see people light up and go, ‘Oh my God, you’re playing Wilco.’ To me, that’s what it’s all about.

I feel like there’s a right song for every mood and moment.”

That’s a good feeling to have when your workweek looks like Nagle’s.

“I’ll play noise shows with Toby Aronson and Snake in the Garden and those guys, and then I’ll play with the Smittens, which is the most ultimate poppy stuff ever,” Nagle says, his pace building with excitement. “Then I’ll go and play with Rough Francis or Blue Button and then play a real dance night ... To me, that’s what a real DJ should be. You should be good enough that it doesn’t matter who the band is.”

Nagle started out in a radio DJ booth.

He spent all eight years of high school and college selecting music on the air.

But during his senior year at St. Michael’s College he had a revelation.

“I was going out in Burlington and — I don’t want to hate on any DJs — not really hearing any music I’d really like to be hearing.”

In February 2008, Nagle bought turntables and started woodshedding. His first gigs were at house parties around St. Mike’s. He was living in Burlington in the summer of 2008 when he received a call from some friends at Nectar’s.

“They had a headliner who canceled — it happened two or three times within a couple months — and they were, like, ‘Do you want to come down and fill in?’” Nagle remembers. “Those were my first shows playing out and playing live. That fall I realized that was something I really wanted to do and got more serious with practicing.”

In the spring of 2009, Matt Rogers, who now owns MSR Presents, was hatching a plan to create his own promotion company. He knew from the beginning that he wanted Nagle to be part of it.

“I remember hanging at his apartment and he was messing around with his gear and I was really impressed both with his ability as a DJ and also the wide variety of stuff he was spinning,” Rogers explains over email. “It was just one of those things where we were, like, ‘I’m trying to make it as a promoter and you’re trying to make it as a DJ, so let’s team up and make it happen.’”

And that’s what they did. Nagle started playing at MSR shows supporting local and national bands and was eventually asked to do the same for Angioplasty Media, run by Nick Mavodones and Paddy Reagan. He became such a fixture at The Monkey House that the club offered him his own residency on Wednesday nights, which he dubbed Beat Vision.

He collaborates with Mavodones and Reagan to book local acts one week and nationals the next.

Beat Vision keeps things eclectic: It’s hosted a 7-inch release party for Burlington’s woozy synth-pop auteurs tooth ache., booked the Californian duo Mates of State, and invited in DJs from local agency Okay Okay Creative. On October 13, San Francisco’s Little Teeth will play with experimental psych act Expo ’70 and local noise man Toby Aronson.

Though Nagle can now select records nearly any night of the week, one of his favorite projects hands the privilege over to listeners.

More Manual, Less Digital: Record Club happens at Radio Bean every other Saturday. To take part, all you have to do is bring some of your favorite vinyl LPs to the Bean and hand them over to Nagle. He’ll work them into a continuous, afternoon-length mix while you hang out, enjoy an afternoon brew and talk shop with other record aficionados.

It’s an idea he originally pitched to some friends at the Queen City Social Club, the events and party wing of WOMMLP The Radiator.

“Record Club, to me, is really fun because I’m playing a DJ set of other people’s music,” he says. “Even though it’s completely random people bringing in random records, it actually works out as an amazing mix sometimes.”

For a guy who’s only been on the Burlington music scene for a few years, Nagle is impressively busy. In a short time, he’s been able to carve out a niche for himself that seems almost obvious in hindsight.

And while he is seen most often between his turntables, the glow of his Apple laptop shining on his face as he searches for the best tracks to play, Nagle also runs merch tables, hangs posters around town, promotes shows on Facebook and talks up anyone who will listen.

“Diving in and really being a part of the music scene is really fun and rewarding right now,” he says. “It’s the best job.

It’s the most fun, amazing thing in the world, because you get to hang out with your friends, have a beer, play music ...

It’s, like, Are you kidding me? You’re actually paying me to do this?”

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Oh, and I whipped up a pretty decent feature story in last week’s edition. Maybe you saw it? The one in which I interview Mos motherflippin’ def, bitches! Ahem.

So, yeah. A ton of hype. In fact, maybe too much.

(Please hold while I feverishly wring my hands trying to come up with a diplomatic way of phrasing this next bit.)

merch table was a mountain of T-shirts and records. Higher Ground felt less like a rock club than a movie set. Weird.

Rough Francis tore through a typically excellent set, whetting the audience’s collective appetite for Death — BTW, there is not a more exciting hard-rock drummer in Burlington than RF’s urian hackney right now. Period.

Holy hell, that kid can play.

Finally, Death took the stage. They dove right in, unleashing a few choice classics from …For the Whole World to See. And it sounded

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… great, actually. But then things took a turn south.

Like, to Jamaica.

The remainder of the evening felt more like a retrospective of the Hackneys’ projects since Death than a celebration of the band we all came to see.

They marched through one laMbsbread number after another, sporadically tossing in a few tunes from their old Christian-rock outfit the 4th MoveMent and, every once

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This gives me no pleasure to write, but the show was disappointing.

I arrived in time to catch the tail end of the opening set by local punk rockers folk heroes, who were ragged, energetic and fun. And very, very loud.

During an intermission, waiting for rough francis to take the stage, I began to take stock of the unusual surroundings. An enormous camera and boom arm — like, 15 or 20 feet tall — dominated the room.

Uniformed film crew milled around with expensivelooking gear. The band’s

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I don’t recall any local show in recent memory as hotly anticipated or inflated with hype as the reunited trio’s debut VT date.

There was all manner of Facebook pimping and Twitter … um, tweeting preceding the show. There were several local radio interviews with the band.

There was a preshow press conference at 242 Main.

There was even a television commercial advertising not only the gig but a forthcoming documentary film about Death directed by local filmmaker Jeff howlett.

in a while, a Death song. By the time they got around to playing “Politicians in My Eyes,” my excitement had been carried away in the trade winds.

I left feeling disheartened and a little duped — a sentiment echoed by a number of folks on the way out the door. Nothing against Lambsbread, who really are a solid reggae band and certainly part of the larger story. But we came to see Death, and, unfortunately, that’s not really what we got.

Maybe it’s because I fell so head over heels in love with Death’s story.

Maybe it’s because I, too, bought into all the hype, and my expectations were unreasonably lofty. Or maybe I just wanted the show to be more than it really was, which was simply the epilogue to a fantastic story 35 years in the making, the coming full circle of three marvelous, visionary musicians and a celebration of their wondrously talented and loving family. And, just maybe, contrary to the crowing of certain folks in the blogosphere and other social-media outlets postshow, the evening was supposed to be less about “making history” and more about appreciating it.

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gooD tiMEs CaFé: Bread & Bones (folk), 8 p.m., Free.

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

on tHE risE bakEry: Open Bluegrass session, 7:30 p.m., Free.

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

Club MEtronoME: 4Word Productions and Halogen Records present 1982 with staik selektah and Termanology (hip-hop), 9 p.m., $7/10.

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

PariMa aCoustiC loungE: Burgundy Thursdays with Joe Adler, John smythe, Adam Reczek (singersongwriters), 8:30 p.m., $3.

northern

PariMa Main stagE: Barika, cuddle magic (world music), 10 p.m., $7.

burlington area

Franny o’s: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., Free.

Silver

HigHEr grounD ballrooM: Jimmy chin: A mountain called meru (film), 7 p.m., $8/20. AA.

Surfer,

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

& Other

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

Vaporizers

ManHattan Pizza & Pub: Open mic with Andy Lugo, 10 p.m., Free. tHE MonkEy HousE: Beat Vision with DJ Disco Phantom (eclectic DJ), 9 p.m., $1. Beat Vision with DJ Disco Phantom, Little Teeth, Expo 70, Toby Aronson (experimental), 9 p.m., $1.

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nECtar’s: sorry for Partying Tour with the Brew, Kinetix, Roster mccabe (rock), 9 p.m., $10/12. 18+.

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

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rED squarE: coba stella (electro-acoustic), 7 p.m., Free. DJ cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., Free.

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sHElburnE stEakHousE & saloon: carol Ann Jones (country), 8 p.m., Free.

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central

blaCk Door bar anD bistro: science café (discussion), 6 p.m., Free.

CHarliE o’s: Brett Hughes (country), 10 p.m., Free.

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grEEn Mountain tavErn: Open mic with John Lackard, 9 p.m., Free. langDon strEEt CaFé: Adrien and the Fine Print (indie rock), 9 p.m., Donations. midnight special: The Young Republic (indie rock), 10:30 p.m., Donations.

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

bEE’s knEEs: Danny Ricky cole (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m., Donations. tHE brEWski: comedy Night with Andie Bryan (standup), 7:30 p.m., Free. tHE sHED rEstaurant & brEWEry: The Gabe Jarrett Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., Free.

regional

raDio bEan: Jazz sessions (jazz), 6 p.m., Free. shane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 8 p.m., Free. Anthony santor Group (jazz), 11 p.m., $3. rasPutin’s: 101 Thursdays with Pres & DJ Dan (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free/$5. 18+. rED squarE: selector Dubee (reggae), 6 p.m., Free.

A-Dog Presents (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free. rED squarE bluE rooM: DJ cre8 (house), 9 p.m., Free.

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

tHE skinny PanCakE: sarah Blacker (singersongwriter), 8 p.m., $5 donation.

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1/2 loungE: DJ Kanga presents: Keepin’ it Real (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free. baCkstagE Pub: Open mic with Jess & Jeff, 8 p.m., Free.

Club MEtronoME: msR Presents: Free Energy, Foxy shazam, Hollerado (indie, glam), 8 p.m., $14.

18+.

Franny o’s: Balance DJ & Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free. tHE grEEn rooM: DJ Fattie B (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

Halvorson’s uPstrEEt CaFé: Friends of Joe with mark Lamphier (jazz), 7 p.m., Free. lEunig’s bistro & CaFé: mike martin & Geoff Kim (jazz), 7 p.m., Free. liFt: Get LiFTed with DJs Nastee & Dakota (hip-hop), 9 p.m., Free. nECtar’s: Bluegrass Thursdays with Jatoba, 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+. nigHtCraWlErs: Karaoke with steve Leclair, 7 p.m., Free.

grEEn Mountain tavErn: Thirsty Thursday Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free. langDon strEEt CaFé: The Bucktails (honkytonk), 6 p.m., Donations. The Woes (eclectic), 8:30 p.m., Donations.

champlain valley

51 Main: Adrien and the Fine Print, the Young Republic (rock), 9 p.m., Free. on tHE risE bakEry: Open mic, 7 p.m., Free. tWo brotHErs tavErn: DJ Dizzle (Top 40), 10 p.m., Free.

northern

bEE’s knEEs: Zach duPont (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m., Donations. tHE brEWski: The Noisy Neighbors (rock), 8 p.m., Free. tHE Hub PizzEria & Pub: Live Jazz, 7 p.m., Free.

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MonoPolE DoWnstairs: Gary Peacock (singersongwriter), 10 p.m., Free. olivE riDlEy’s: Karaoke with Ben Bright and Ashley Kollar, 6 p.m., Free. Therapy Thursdays with DJ NYcE (Top 40), 10:30 p.m., Free.

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Club MEtronoME: No Diggity: Return to the ’90s (’90s dance party), 9 p.m., $5.

HigHEr grounD sHoWCasE loungE: Twiddle, moses & the Electric co. (jam), 8:30 p.m., $12/14.

AA. JP’s Pub: Dave Harrison’s starstruck Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free.

Marriott Harbor loungE: Dave Grippo (jazz), 8 p.m., Free.

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tHE MonkEy HousE: cash is King, the Grift, Dank Funk (rock), 9 p.m., $5.

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nECtar’s: Good Gravy music series: TBA, 5 p.m., Free. seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., Free. Pulse Prophets, ila mawana (reggae), 9 p.m., $5. nigHtCraWlErs: sideshow Bob (rock), 9 p.m., Free. onE PEPPEr grill: Kevin Greenblott and seth Whittier (singer-songwriters), 7 p.m., Free.

into a singular, beautiful artistic vision. At times intimate, at others wild and unruly, the

PariMa aCoustiC loungE: Rusty Belle, Wiley Dobbs (bluegrass, Americana), 8 p.m., $5.

band is truly greater even than the sum of its numerous parts. They’ll make two VT stops

Park PlaCE tavErn: in Kahootz (rock), 9:30 p.m., Free.

this week: Thursday at the Parima Main Stage with barika, and Friday at the Langdon Street Café in Montpelier with kissyFaCE.

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UNDbites favorite childhood movies, an underappreciated sequel to The Wizard of Oz, Return to Oz — which stars a very young FAIRUZA BALK as DOROTHY GALE and holds up surprisingly well some 25 years after it was made.

And three, well, they’re just a really fun little band, blending rowdy, vaudeville-esque old-time and dusty Americana into a woozy, boozy jumble.

They’ll make three VT appearances this week: Friday at the Main Street Museum in White River Junction, Saturday at Charlie O’s in Montpelier and Sunday at Burlington’s Radio Bean.

• Band Name of the Week: SPLIT TONGUE CROW. I’m saving my personal favorite BNOTW for last. It’s a relatively new local group featuring members of late, great Queen City altcountry darlings WILL. Will and my own late, greatdepending-on-whom-youask-thanks-mom altcountry outfit — though we always preferred the term “poontwang” — the MIDDLE EIGHT were scene contemporaries back in the day. So take this recommendation with the appropriate degree of salt.

But I’m delighted that DAVE ANDERSON, MATT MARRO, EOIN NOONAN and JEREMY WOODS are making music together again — and new face

Patience Lawton

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• Deerhunter, Halcyon Digest • Mark Ronson & the Business Intl., Record Collection • Lost in the Trees, All Alone in an Empty House • Trampled By Turtles, Palomino • Solomon Burke, I Almost Lost My Mind (Rest in peace, Big Soul.)

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CARA WHITE adds an elegant touch on backing vocals, to boot. Welcome back, guys.

See you this Saturday at the Monkey House?

• Nectar’s is getting a lot of mileage out of residencies lately, which is pretty cool, especially when said residencies involve organfunk duo RAY PACZKOWSKI and RUSS LAWTON, who take over the club every Tuesday for the rest of the month. But that’s not all. Lawton’s daughter PATIENCE will handle opening duties for each show, as well.

• Speaking of family matters, I’m pleased to report that the popular Family Night jam sessions are back on the schedule at Club Metronome after a summer hiatus. If you’ve never been, picture an open mic on steroids, or maybe hallucinogens. Er, or maybe just show up some Monday night with an instrument and rock on out.

• If you missed the big 7D-curated local music showcase at Nectar’s last month, you missed an excellent set from local songwriter ZACK DUPONT and his band STACKED. Shame on you. Make it up to them this Saturday when they

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regional tour. No word yet on the collective’s plans post-Pardenik. But if you’re a regular column reader, you know she’ll be missed. In the meantime, you have two chances to catch the band this week: Friday at Montpelier’s Black Door Bar and Bistro and Tuesday at Parima in Burlington.

• Band Name of the Week: THE SKETTIES. OK, so we actually have a three-way tie for BNOTW. Entrant number one is a curious little psych-rock outfit out of Lancaster, Pa., the Sketties. Sonically, these cats are all over the place.

They mine elements of dark, druggy 1960s psychedelia but have a keen ear toward modern rock — and maybe even a nod or two (ironic?) toward nü metal. Really.

Should be an interesting evening at Manhattan Pizza & Pub this Saturday.

• Band Name of the Week: TIK TOK. BNOTW number two gets a nod for three reasons. One, they’re from my original hometown of Providence, R.I., and I’m hoping that by mentioning them here they might bring me some Little Rhodie delicacies such as Autocrat coffee syrup, Del’s Lemonade or an Awful Awful. Two, their name is a reference to a robot from one of my

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NIGHTCRAWLERS: Funk Collection (funk), 9 p.m., Free.

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RASPUTIN’S: DJ ZJ (hip-hop), 10 p.m., $3.

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RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB: DJ Johnny Utah (Top 40), 10 p.m., Free.

RUBEN JAMES: DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 10:30 p.m., Free.

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SLIDE BROOK LODGE & TAVERN: PMP (reggae), 9 p.m., Free.

CITY LIMITS: Exit Only (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN: Tractor (rock), 10 p.m., $3.

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BEE’S KNEES: Broken String (bluegrass), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

THE BREWSKI: The Cop Outs (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

THE HUB PIZZERIA & PUB: Cal Stanton (blues), 9:30 p.m., Free.

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RIMROCKS MOUNTAIN TAVERN: Friday Night Frequencies with DJ Rekkon (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

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CLUB METRONOME: Retronome (’80s dance party), 10 p.m., $5.

FRANNY O’S: Balance DJ & Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free.

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Stephen Kellogg & the Sixers, the Small Ponds & Roy Jay (alt-country), 8 p.m., $15/18. AA. JP’S PUB: Dave Harrison’s Starstruck Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free.

TUPELO MUSIC HALL: Acoustic Alchemy (acoustic), 8 p.m., $35. AA.

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ON THE RISE BAKERY: Joe Fiedler (jazz), 7:30 p.m., Free.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN: Inseldudler (German horn), 3:30 p.m., Free. DJ Benno & DJ Dube (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

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TABU CAFÉ & NIGHTCLUB: All Night Dance Party with DJ Toxic (Top 40), 5 p.m., Free.

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It’s common among the young and prodigiously gifted that emotional maturity is slower to develop than natural abilities. With a series of increasingly promising EPs released over the last few years, local songwriter Andrew Parker-Renga has offered listeners an enlightening glimpse into his growth as an artist. The most recent such snapshot, last year’s Issue 3: Emily, though flawed, suggested Parker-Renga was mere steps away from putting it all together and corralling his considerable gifts. And his newest recording, Issue 4: Portraits, is proof positive that he has done just that. It is a finely honed, artistically savvy collection that should propel the singer into the upper echelon of local songwriting talent.

After a short, sweet instrumental intro track, the EP gets under way in earnest with “Portrait.” Light ripples of acoustic guitar swirl gently above deep, ringing tones. Parker-Renga reintroduces himself as an uncommonly blessed vocalist, delivering hushed tones with tactful restraint. Perhaps the most unfortunate failing from the Berklee-trained singer’s earlier work was a tendency to favor ornate vocal bluster when a lighter approach was more prudent. He suffers no such folly here; this performance is measured and cool, though still compelling and emotionally charged.

“Sun” is next. Parker-Renga’s delivery here is fragile but bristles with an undercurrent of angst. APR has an obvious affinity for Omahabased indie giant Conor Oberst, and his performance bears that out. However, the song rises above mere hero worship in a way the material on Emily did not.

Particularly on the song’s achingly

Her interplay with McCrea during the song’s last verses are an especially nice touch.

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“Black Bird” is a searching, melancholy ballad, elevated by Ben Lively’s graceful violin and still more lovely vocal accents from Durfee.

The title track is a swooning album highlight, evoking the romance of hazy summer evenings and sun-soaked drives over country roads.

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“Drawn Dead” is a smoldering charmer. Keyboardist Peter Krag frames APR’s gusty musings with sly organ lines that shimmer against purposefully driving acoustic guitar. Here the singer unchains himself and indulges his elite vocal chops. The effect, especially given the previous calculated restraint, is eminently satisfying.

The EP closes on “Twenty-Five.”

In less capable — or perhaps younger — hands, the tune would veer close to gushy, romantic schmaltz. But the elegance and vulnerability of APR’s delivery and simple, straightforward wordplay prevent the tune from devolving into contrived melodrama. It’s a fine end to a command performance from a local songwriter finally in full control of his substantial talents.

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The Block Gallery: Open mic, 1:30 p.m., Free. cluB MeTronoMe: Black to the Future: An R&B Experience (r&b), 10 p.m., Free. hiGher Ground BallrooM: OK Go, company of Thieves, Eytan & the Embassy (rock), 8 p.m., $15.

AA. The Monkey house: Off With Their Heads, Folk Heroes (indie), 9 p.m., Free. necTar’s: mi Yard Reggae night with Big Dog & Demus, 9 p.m., Free. radio Bean: E.s. Guthrie (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., Free. Jack Herranen (singer-songwriter), 8:15 p.m., Free. Tik Tok & Jo Robin (indie), 9:15 p.m., Free.

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Bee’s knees: steve Hartmann (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

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PariMa Main sTaGe: Jazzed up mondays (jazz), 7 p.m., Free (18+).

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radio Bean: Open mic, 8 p.m., Free. red square: Hype ‘Em (hip-hop), 11 p.m., Free. rozzi’s lakeshore Tavern: Trivia night, 8 p.m., Free.

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The Monkey house: Hip-Hop Open mic with Dakota, 10 p.m., Free.

MonTy’s old Brick Tavern: Open mic night, 6 p.m., Free. necTar’s: Ray and Russ, patience (singersongwriter, funk), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+.

PariMa Main sTaGe: Vermont Joy parade (suspender fusion), 9 p.m., $5. radio Bean: Linda Bassick and Dave nerback (acoustic), 8:15 p.m., Free. Honky-Tonk sessions (honky-tonk), 10 p.m., $3. red square: upsetta international with super K (reggae), 8 p.m., Free.

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charlie o’s: Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free. lanGdon sTreeT café: Roy Johnstone and steve sharratt (celtic), 7:30 p.m., Donations. nini & Ben (acoustic), 9:30 p.m., Donations.

Main sTreeT Grill & Bar: mark LeGrand (country), 7 p.m., Free.

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red square: Husbands AKA (ska), 8 p.m., Free.DJ cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., Free.

51 Main: Quizz night (trivia), 7 p.m., Free.

shelBurne sTeakhouse & saloon: carol Ann Jones (country), 8 p.m., Free.

Two BroThers Tavern: monster Hits Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free.

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northern

Bee’s knees: John smythe (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

The huB Pizzeria & PuB: Dale and Darcy (acoustic), 9 p.m., Free.

Parker Pie co.: DJ Two Tone (eclectic DJ), 8 p.m., Free.

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ManhaTTan Pizza & PuB: Open mic with Andy Lugo, 10 p.m., Free.

The Monkey house: Beat Vision with DJ Disco phantom (eclectic DJ), 9 p.m., $1. necTar’s: Kelly Ravin (roots), 7 p.m., Free. pmp cD Release (reggae), 9 p.m., $5.

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charlie o’s: Abby Jenne (rock), 8 p.m., Free.

Green MounTain Tavern: Open mic with John Lackard, 9 p.m., Free. lanGdon sTreeT café: carrie charon (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., Donations. Emily White (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., Donations. The Just Desserts (world music), 9 p.m., Donations.

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ciTy liMiTs: Karaoke with Let it Rock Entertainment, 9 p.m., Free. on The rise Bakery: John Daly (singersongwriter), 7:30 p.m., Free.

Two BroThers Tavern: Open mic night, 9 p.m., Free.

northern

Bee’s knees: Faerie God Brothers (folk), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

The Brewski: comedy night with Andie Bryan (standup), 7:30 p.m., Free.

The shed resTauranT & Brewery: Eames Brothers Band (mountain blues), 7 p.m., Free.

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t the PHOTOSTOP gallery in White River Junction, bowls, flowers and bottles appear to fall through some of the scroll-like panels in Olivia Parker’s photography exhibit, “Still and Not So Still Life.” The objects’ choreographed tumble is a peculiar convergence of motion and stasis, and the panels represent the culmination of a series that explores the nature of stillness.

Parker, a photographer from coastal Massachusetts, has works in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, among others. The 21 included in her Vermont show mix straightforward photography and digitally collaged images; all were completed over the past year.

Parker’s inspiration for this series comes from 17th-century Dutch, Flemish and Spanish still-life paintings of fruit, flowers and symbolic objects brightly painted against dark backgrounds. She contends in her artist’s statement, “[Still life’s] persistence has to do with its proximity to the most basic concerns of human life: food, shelter, sex and accompanying life and growth, and death.”

Seventeenth-century painters used still life to show off their virtuosity and to communicate moralizing messages.

The importance of humility and the temporality of earthly life — compared with presumably eternal life in heaven — were common themes. Parker plays on these conventions, inviting viewers to relish the beauty of each object while

Physicians of Philadelphia’s Mütter Museum, which collects 19th-century medical oddities. In “Vanitas,” the jar sits on a thin slab of weathered stone. A piece of metal flashing splashed with cadmium red perches in the upper left corner, like a paper clip on a dossier.

Below the redstreaked stone slab, an ivory gauge etched with numbers and markings hovers in black space. The gauge’s armlike pointer holds a red thread with a bronze drop at the end that seems to ground and stabilize the composition. Parker’s use of red unifies the formal elements in the piece into a calm kind of map and simultaneously suggests a violent underlying “Not So Still Life” diptych narrative. Each graphic element — composition, color, form and texture — invites the hinting at deeper, though not necessarviewer’s eye to roam over the picture and ily moral, narratives.

Vanitas is a particular genre of still- inspect each curious crevice.

Parker uses hyperreal resolution life painting that warns of the dangers of vanity. In Parker’s “Vanitas — The to draw viewers deep into her works Murderer’s Brain” the convolutions of a and to suspend their disbelief. The arthuman brain, suspended in a clear glass ist shoots her images with a full-frame jar, are almost hyperreal. The artist pho- sensor digital camera. In other words, tographed the organ at the College of a very good one. Yet, for all their flaw-

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Through October 29 at Vermont Photo Space Gallery in Essex Junction. Info, 777-3686.

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‘ALZHEIMER’S: FORGETTING PIECE BY PIECE’: An exhibit of 52 contemporary quilted works that offer poignant tribute to victims of the disease, organized by the Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative; and audio recordings of stories from elders, in conjunction with Vermont Public Radio and The StoryCorps Memory Loss Initiative. Also, ‘CIRCUS DAY IN AMERICA’: A multimedia exhibit celebrating the art and experience of the American circus, circa 1870-1950; ‘JAY HALL CONNAWAY: A RESTLESS NATURE’: A retrospective of the 20th-century New England landscape painter; ‘ALL FIRED UP: SIX CERAMIC ARTISTS FROM VERMONT’: Unique artist-designed installations by a half dozen of the region’s finest ceramicists; ‘EMBELLISHMENTS: THE ART OF THE CRAZY QUILT’: Extraordinary examples from the permanent collection that

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2010 ART’S ALIVE FESTIVAL WINNERS EXHIBITION: Works by John Young (first place); Wendy James (second); and Kathleen McGuffin (third and Moulton-Steele Emerging Artist Award); and Elizabeth Cleary (Roberto Fitzgerald Award).

Through October 31 at Union Station in Burlington.

Info, 310-3211.

ADAM DEVARNEY: Mixed-media collage paintings that unite the natural and urban worlds and comment on issues of social relevance, curated by SEABA. Also, the artist offers his first-ever limitededition print. Through November 30 at Speeder & Earl’s (Pine Street) in Burlington. Info, 859-9222.

‘AFTER DARK’: Images by local and international photographers that depict nighttime scenes.

have never been publicly exhibited; ‘UPON A PAINTED OCEAN: AMERICAN MARINE PAINTINGS’: Fine works from the permanent collection; ‘TALLY-HO! THE ART AND CULTURE OF THE FOX HUNT’: Artwork, film footage and artifacts from the heyday of the sport in America; ‘THE ART OF OGDEN PLEISSNER: A RETROSPECTIVE FROM THE COLLECTION’: More than 30 rarely seen oils, watercolors and drypoints; ‘GOOD FENCES: VERMONT STONE WALLS’: An outdoor exhibit exploring the medium’s history, variety and materials; and ‘WARREN KIMBLE’S AMERICA’: Favorite works from the country’s best-known contemporary folk artist.

Through October 24 at Shelburne Museum. Info, 985-3346.

‘ANSEL ADAMS AND EDWARD BURTYNSKY: CONSTRUCTED LANDSCAPES’: The centerpiece exhibit of the season features more than 60 images by the renowned photographer of the American

lessness, Parker’s works should not be seen as simply a “wowee-look-at-thatresolution” exercise. Her photographic sleight-of-hand is every bit as powerful as her camera.

In “Two Peonies,” a work hung in the back room of the gallery, the white blossoms fairly burst with satiny petals, their powdery stamens multiple shades of yellow. The flowers hang over the edge of the recurrent stone slab, which in this piece sports a horse petroglyph and a small dark hole. Two tiny white threads disappear into the hole’s inky depths, heightening the sense of mystery in the piece. Above the frilled petals of the peonies, a window shape looms out of the black background, its rectangle flooded with sunrise colors. The piece feels roomlike; the stone platform, flowers and enigmatic symbols suggest a kind of altar. Like 17th-century still lifes, this work evokes both awe at the beauty of the rendered objects and a desire to decipher their meanings.

Parker’s works reinvigorate the form and concept of still life while exposing the paradox of contemporary digital photography. She participates in the fevered innovations of the digital medium — the hunger for ever more pixels — while masterfully harnessing the equally sophisticated techniques available to manipulate images. The resulting photographs leave the viewer dazzled at the convergence of illusion and reality.

— AMY RAHN

“Still and Not So Still Life,” photographs

by Olivia Parker, PHOTOSTOP, White River Junction. Through October 30. Info, 698-0320.

wilderness and the contemporary Canadian photographer who focuses on human impact in the natural world. Through October 24 at Shelburne Museum. Info, 985-3346.

ART HOP GROUP EXHIBIT: Sixteen local artists show two-dimensional works in oil, watercolor and acrylic, as well as wall-hung sculpture, in celebration of the newly expanded, 15,000-squarefoot showroom. Through October 15 at Burlington Furniture Company. Info, 860-4972.

ART HOP GROUP SHOW: SUBARU-HYUNDAI: Paintings and photography on two levels. Through December 30 at Burlington Subaru. Info, 859-9222.

ART HOP GROUP SHOW: VCAM/RETN: Photographs, paintings and mixed-media artworks. Through November 30 at VCAM Studio in Burlington. Info, 859-9222.

Art ShowS ‘Art At the CoACh BArn’: The 23rd annual exhibition brings together works by Vermont’s finest artists in a broad range of media and styles.

Through october 24 at Coach barn at shelburne Farms. info, 985-0328.

CArl ruBino: “peeling paint and little puddles,” abstract closeup and macro color photographs of the two themes. Through october 30 at shelburne Art Center. info, 518-946-7302.

ClArk russell: The burlington artist presents new abstract sculptures in aluminum and stainless-steel industrial cutouts. Through october 15 at Jager Di paola Kemp Design in burlington. info, 864-5884.

DAviD WAnDer: “wolloch passover haggadah portfolio,” images and illustrations created in memory of the holocaust, a donation from norbert wolloch (class of ‘71) to the uVM special Collections library. Through october 15 at Center for Cultural pluralism, social Justice gallery, uVM, in burlington. info, 656-1145.

DiCk Brunelle: “Abstract explorations,” paintings in watercolor and acrylic. Through october 30 at Mirabelles in burlington. info, 864-0989. eBen ernstof: neo-op drawings, curated by seAbA. Through november 30 at pine street Deli in burlington. info, 859-9222. ethAn AzAriAn & MelissA knight: new paintings and fabric collages, respectively, by the husband-and-wife artists. Through october 31 at Rose street Artists’ Co-op in burlington. info, 454-8087. frAnk gonzAlez: works in mixed media inspired by the educator and philosopher John Dewey.

Through october 30 at Fletcher Free library in burlington. info, 865-7211. gAil sAlzMAn: “immersion,” recent abstracted, luminous oil paintings dealing with water in all its guises. Through october 26 at Furchgott sourdiffe gallery in shelburne. info, 985-3848. ‘hues of AutuMn’: Members of the association in the surrounding region show works in a variety that depict the coming season. Through october 15 at Adirondack Art Association gallery in essex. info, 518-963-8309.

JAnet vAn fleet & eMiko sAWArAgi gilBert: “All Aboard,” an installation of “train” cars created from found materials; and “Cornucopia,” installation of found, manipulated branches, respectively.

Through october 31 at Flynndog in burlington.

Jon gregg: Recent works on paper in oil stick with mixed media by the founder of the Vermont studio Center. open saturdays, during Mainstage shows and by appointment. Through December 31 at Amy e. Tarrant gallery, Flynn Center in burlington. info, 652-4505.

lynn rupe: “urban habitat,” paintings that depict wild animals in city environments. Through october 31 at The block gallery in winooski. info, 373-5150.

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The green bean Art gallery at Capitol grounds in Montpelier seeks artists for one-month shows in 2011. booking on a first-come, first-served basis.

Art must be professionally presented and customer friendly (no nudes or politics, please). send examples and inquiries to: artwhirled23@yahoo.com.

Deadline: December 1.

CrAfters WAnteD for 3rD AnnuAl ‘holiDAy shoWCAse & CrAft fAir’ to be held at bFA Fairfax school on saturday, november 20.

Deadline for space reservation and payment is october 15. please contact sarah at 782-6874 for details.

tAlks & events BCA Art MArket: local artists and crafters sell their wares at this burlington City Arts-sponsored open-air bazaar every weekend, weather permitting. saturday, october 16, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m., burlington City hall park. info, 865-7166. ‘frienDs BeAring gifts’: An exhibit celebrating 40 years of acquisitions for the permanent collection purchased by Friends of the Art Museum, and featuring 40 diverse objects, from an ancient Chinese mirror to paintings by modern masters.

Through December 12 at Middlebury College Museum of Art. A gala celebration for Friends of the Art Museum and guests, including food, drink, music, entertainment and tours through the exhibit. saturday, october 16, 7-10 p.m. info, 443-5007. Tickets available for purchase until october 11 at the box office, by phone at 443-6433, or online at go.middlebury.edu/tickets. hiDDen treAsures Art sAle: local artists donate paintings, photographs and small sculptures to a silent auction to benefit the

‘Christo AnD JeAnneClAuDe’: “The Tom golden Collection,” a nationally touring exhibit featuring drawings, prints, photographs and collages that trace the careers of the husband-andwife installation artists and convey the monumentality of their process and their work. Through December 18 at Fleming Museum, uVM in burlington. Reception: Thursday, october 14, 5:30-7 p.m. info, 656-0750. ‘shADoWs of the sAMurAi’: Armor, swords, prints, masks and other artifacts representing Japanese warrior traditions. october 14 through May 11 at Fleming Museum, uVM in burlington. Reception: Thursday, october 14, 5:307:30 p.m. info, 656-0750.

‘MetAls/MAteriAls/ Culture’: students in uVM’s seminar in museum anthropology curated this exhibit composed of tools, weapons, artwork and currency from different cultures and crafted in brass, silver and copper. Through December 18 at Fleming Museum, uVM in burlington. Reception: Thursday, october 14, 5:30-7:30 p.m. info, 656-0750.

Denis versWeyvelD & JuDith rey: “shelter:Dwelling: house:home,” mixed-media artworks that explore the psychological and spiritual components of the places we call home. Through october 29 at Vermont Arts Council spotlight gallery in Montpelier.

Reception: Friday, october 15, 4-7 p.m. info, 828-5423.

Collin o’neil: “indigenous Closeups,” photographs featuring a Tibetan yak-herding tribe and peruvians in the Andes. Through october 31 at The green bean Art gallery at Capitol grounds in Montpelier.

Reception: Friday, october 15, 5-7 p.m. info, artwhirled23@ yahoo.com.

‘AlMost utopiA: in seArCh of the gooD life in MiD-Century AMeriCA’: historic photographs, text and audio from the Vermont

verMont WAterColor soCiety: A members’ exhibit juried by Vermont watercolorist susan wahlrab celebrates the organization’s 15th year. october 15 through november 21 at helen Day Art Center in stowe. info, 253-8358.An artists’ tour for gallery members is followed by a public reception: Friday, october 15, 5-8 p.m.

Jen Berger & Jon turner: “stages of Conflict,” artworks 16t-nido101310.indd 1 that speak to war; and MArk hAge: palestinian children’s responses to the war in gaza. october 15 through 19 at green Door studio in burlington.

Reception: Friday, october 15, 5:30-7:30 p.m. info, 999-7788.

MiChAel DeMeng: Assemblages about the evolutions and revolutions of existence. Through november 20 at shelburne Art Center.

Reception: Friday, october 15, 5-7 p.m. info, 578-5763.

JoAn Morris: “Merging Continuums,” Japanesestyle dyed textiles and precious-metal monoprints.

Through november 21 at bigTown gallery in Rochester.

Reception: saturday, october 16, 4-7 p.m. info, 767-9670.

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Through november 20 at October 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30 northeast Kingdom Artisans guild backroom gallery in Tickets $10 in advance at st. Johnsbury. Reception: NightmareVermont.org, saturday, october 16, 5-7 p.m.

FYE or Higher Ground info, 748-0158.

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elizABeth Allen: “Color and light,” oil landscape and still-life paintings. october 14 through november 21 at emile A. gruppe gallery in Jericho.

Reception: sunday, october 17, 3-5 p.m. info, 899-3211.

Tickets $12 at the door based on availability.

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Through november 14. at Claire’s Restaurant & bar in hardwick. Reception: Monday, october 18, 4-6 p.m. info, 472-7053.

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MArJorie krAMer: oil-onlinen paintings and recent work. october 18 through november 6 at Julian scott Memorial gallery, Johnson state College. Reception: wednesday, october 20, 2:30-4 p.m. info, 635-1469.

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linDA e. Jones: “sticks and stones,” constructions, paintings, digital prints and installation in mixed media explore the concepts of life from decay and shelter from the rubble. Through october 31 at 215 College gallery in burlington. info, 863-3662.

Art on MAin in Bristol seeks new exhibitors in variety of media for holidays or beyond. no 2-D, please. Jury october 30, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Application: www.artonmain. net/forms.html.

‘sAMurAi iMAginAries: JApAnese WArriors in populAr MeMory’: erik esselstrom, associate professor in the Department of history, gives a lunchtime talk in conjunction with a current exhibit. wednesday, october 20, 12:15-1:30 p.m., Fleming Museum, uVM, burlington. info, 656-0750.

Folklife Center that capture back-to-the-landers and their homesteads. Through november 12 at Vermont statehouse in Montpelier.

Reception: Friday, october 15, 4-7 p.m. info, 828-0749.

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JonAthAn hArris: “inner landscapes,” multimedia work by the shelburne native that exposes human emotion on massive and intimate scales, and blurs the boundaries of anthropology, software development, complex systems analysis, graphic design and storytelling. Through october 23 at Firehouse gallery in burlington. info, 865-7165.

AnnuAl stuDent Art shoW: students at the center exhibit paintings, prints, photography, junk-to-funk, pottery and more. Friday, october 15, 7-9 p.m.; saturday, october 16, 1-4 p.m., seminary Art Center, waterbury Center. info, 253-8790.

100-year-old library’s building fund. bidding starts at $10. saturday, october 16, 3-4:30 p.m., Morristown Centennial library, Morrisville. info, 888-4374.

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JiM DuvAl & Justin Atherton: halloweeninspired paintings, prints and drawings. Through october 31 at Red square in burlington. info, 318-2438.

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Rodney: The One Horse in a One Horse Town

Jon Chad teaches at the Center for Cartoon Studies and draws children’s books and comics on his off time.

Jon just finished a book for the FBI and his children’s book about science is due out next winter.

To see more work and to read the serialization of Jon’s new graphic novel, Bikeman, please visit jonchad.com.

“Drawn and Paneled” is a collaboration between Seven Da ys and the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, featuring works by past and present students. These pages are archived at sevendaysvt.com/center-for-cartoon-studies. For more info, visit CCS online at www.cartoonstudies.org.

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Makasi siriwayo: Illustrations and photography.

Through November 30 at Speaking Volumes in Burlington. Info, 540-0107.

Mark Chaney: “Guiding Light,” images of “collected light” using Tritography, a blending of more than one digital image. Through October 31 at The Skinny Pancake in Burlington. Info, 304-1024.

Mary FranCes o’Donnell: “Reflections,” color images by the Montréal-based photographer.

Through October 29 at Living/Learning Center, UVM in Burlington. Info, 656-7787.

MiChael strauss: Recent high-chroma landscapes in acrylic and ink. Through October 31 at Barnes & Noble in South Burlington. Info, 865-2329.

MilDreD Beltré: Prints and drawings based on the idea of the schematic. Through October 22 at Colburn Gallery in Burlington. Info, 656-2014. niCholas heilig: “Oil & Water,” pen-and-ink drawings inspired by the BP oil spill and illustrating violence and upheaval. Through October 31 at The Daily Planet in Burlington. Info, 862-9647. niCholas heilig: “Liquid Lines,” traditional and digital paintings that explore the beauty of aqueous forms. Through October 31 at The Green Room in Burlington. Info, 651-9669.

PaM Pezzullo & BoB gasPeretti: The quilter and master furniture maker combine their wares in a bedroom vignette. Through October 31 at Frog Hollow in Burlington. Info, 863-6458. raChel kahn-Fogel: “Inside Out,” intensely colored paintings filled with objects of incongruous size and proportion. Through October 30 at Livak Room, Davis Center, UVM in Burlington. Info, 656-8937. shanley triggs: “Barns of Vermont,” watercolor paintings. Through October 31 at Penny Cluse Cafe in Burlington. Info, 893-1006. tarrah krajnak: “Inch of Dust,” a photographic installation utilizing appropriated images of Peruvians to explore and challenge how photography is used to characterize ethnicity and archive its meaning. Through December 11 in the Second Floor Gallery, Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts in Burlington. Info, 865-7165.

tiM Brookes: “The Endangered Alphabet Project,” wood carvings that address the issue of disappearing languages. Through October 18 at Fletcher Free Library in Burlington. Info, 865-7211.

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alena BotaniCa: Through October 31 at Center Bakery in Waterbury Center. Info, 244-7500.

aMze eMMons & raChel gross: Abstract images in silk-screen and woodblock-relief prints.

Through October 31 at Two Rivers Printmaking Studio in White River Junction. Info, 295-5901.

BarBara leBer: “Trees & Birds,” acrylic paintings on board. Through October 31 at Red Hen Bakery & Café in Middlesex. Info, 223-0352.

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heather ritChie: Whimsical, colorful paintings in mixed media inspired by animals. Through October 15 at Tulsi Tea Room in Montpelier. Info, 223-0043. joan FeieraBenD: “Portraits in Two Visual Languages,” abstract oil paintings and realistic pastel drawings. Through November 19 at Tunbridge Public Library in Tunbridge Village. Info, 889-9404. katie o’rourke: “Layers,” abstract acrylic paintings. Through October 31 at The Shoe Horn at Onion River in Montpelier. Info, 223-5454. linDa Maney & Missy storrow: Works in water media on paper and canvas. Through October 30 at Kellogg-Hubbard Library in Montpelier. Info, 223-3338.

‘MeMories oF worlD war ii’: Photographs from the archives of the Associated Press, a touring exhibit composed of 126 historic images. Through October 15 at Sullivan Museum & History Center, Norwich University in Northfield. Info, 485-2448. noah singh: “Sunshine State Forecast: Floridian Predictions,” similar yet contradictory forms in etched bones, assembled bits of everyday objects and performance. Through October 31 at Main Street Museum in White River Junction. Info, 295-6370. olivia Parker: “Still and Not So Still Life,” photographs of ephemeral constructions that explore the possibilities of light by the renowned photographer. Through October 30 at PHOTOSTOP in White River Junction. Info, 698-0320.

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Peter Miller: “France in the 1950s,” featuring black-and-white images from the photographer’s Paris street scenes and Margaux Vendange wine harvest series. Through November 2 at Peter Miller Photography Gallery in Colbyville. Info, 244-5339.

PlainFielD historiCal soCiety Photo exhiBit: “Images of the Past,” 50 photographs of historic Plainfield, 1880-1940. Through October 31 at Plainfield Community Center. Info, 371-7239.

‘Que sera, hartlanD?’: Works in a broad variety of media by local artists that address human relationships with the environment. Through October 30 at Hartland Public Library. Info, 436-2473. ‘roCk soliD’: The tenth annual group exhibit features figurative carvings, abstract forms and assemblages as well as paintings that depict the qualities of stone, Main Floor Gallery; axel stohlBerg: “Little Stories,” paintings, Second Floor Gallery; and jane PinCus: “Tell Me a Story,” paintings, Third Floor Gallery. Through November 6 at Studio Place Arts in Barre. Info, 479-7069. stellan wollMan & arthur williaMs: Oil paintings on canvas and board of New England landscapes and still lifes by the local artists.

Through October 31 at Big Picture Theater & Café in Waitsfield. Info, 496-8994. ‘the lanD-the art-the artist’: Part of the “State of Craft Showcase Events” honoring the 20th anniversary of the Vermont Craft Council, this exhibit features works by seven of the state’s finest crafters: George Ainley (Windsor chairs); Susan Langley (woven baskets); Chris Sherwin (glass); Truddi Greene (quilts); Susan Leader (pottery); Cheryl Flett (fiber art); and Don Heurerman (wood carving). Through October 31 at Gallery at the Vault in Springfield. Info, 885-7111.

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

elizaBeth nelson: “In Between,” new oil and mixed-media paintings that depict intersections in the natural world. Through October 29 at Vermont Supreme Court Lobby in Montpelier. Info, 828-0749.

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‘all For one’: A group exhibit featuring works in a variety of media by artists from Vermont, New Hampshire and beyond. Through November 1 at Nuance Gallery in Windsor. Info, 299-1801.

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

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

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‘The Shadow’: The juried group show features works on the theme of the shadow in art. Through October 24 at T.W. Wood Gallery in Montpelier. Info, 828-8743.

VaneSSa wrighT: “The Literary Horse: When Legends Come to Life,” a photography exhibit of horses and riders paired with quotations from some of the world’s greatest books. Through October 16 at Waterbury Public Library. Info, 244-7036.

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‘our peepS’: The museum’s first community art show presents photography, paintings, illustration and digital art by local artists. Through October 31 at Birds of Vermont Museum in Huntington. Info, 434-2167. paT Todd: “Art in My Lifetime,” boldly colored pastels depicting scenes from the natural world. Through October 16 at The Art House in Middlebury. Info, 458-0464.

SCoTT & Kelly FunK: New photographs celebrating the sights, lights and feeling of fall. Hours by chance or appointment. Through November 24 at Gallery 160 in Richmond. Info, 434-6434.

‘arT & The garden’: Two-dimensional work by Alena Botanica, Tessa Izenour and Rob Perry.

Through October 31 at Rocky Dale Gardens in Bristol. Info, 453-2782.

SCulpTFeST 2010: The annual outdoor exhibit features works in marble by Frank Anjo, Carlos Dorrien, Don Ramey, Rick Rothrock and Nora Valdez. Through October 24 at Carving Studio and Sculpture Center in West Rutland. Info, 438-2097.

BreTT SimiSon: “In Vermont,” black-and-white landscape photographs from an upcoming monograph documenting the state’s scenery, seasons and culture. Through October 31 at Carol’s Hungry Mind Café in Middlebury. Info, 349-0072.

‘SomeThing wiCKed’: The We Art Women Arts Collective captures the spirit of Halloween and Day of the Dead in a variety of media. Through October 31 at Studio V in Vergennes. Info, 349-2214.

Cameron SChmiTz: “Moving Still,” photographs based on chance and place that appear to be painterly abstractions. Through January 1 at Inn at Baldwin Creek & Mary’s Restaurant in Bristol. Info, 870-7006.

CynThia guild Kling & John h. ClarKe: “Forest & Field,” oil paintings and wood sculptures, respectively, by the Starksboro artists. Through November 15 at Art on Main in Bristol. Info, 453-4032. eriC nelSon: “365: An Idea and the Reality,” composed of miniature sculptures carved from a 2-by-2-by-4-inch block of mahogany and completed one a day for a year; and “Three Years Passing,” photography involving the artist’s observations of pattern in the natural and constructed world. Through November 7 at Jackson Gallery, Town Hall Theater in Middlebury. Info, 382-9222. eriKa SChmidT: “Astral Projection,” collages that explore open space and silence, influenced by Eastern philosophy and Indian mysticism. October 18 through November 23 at Christine Price Gallery, Castleton State College. Info, 468-1266.

‘ForeVer FiBer’: Stitched, woven and dyed wall hangings, baskets, felt sculptures, wearable art and more by fiber artists Deb Allen, Marsha Chase, Karen Henderson, Martha Loving, M.J. Russell and Tamara Wight. Through November 13 at Creative Space Gallery in Vergennes. Info, 877-3850.

‘Free range: animalS in arT’: Artworks befitting the theme by Cynthia Kirkwood, Carolyn Letvin, Linda Reynolds, Hannah Sessions, Brett Simison and others. Also, Janis Sanders: The featured artist of the month shows bold, bright sea- and landscapes. Through November 7 at Edgewater Gallery in Middlebury. Info, 458-0098. ‘laKe Champlain Through The lenS’: The museum’s annual juried photography show features views of the lake in all its glory by both amateur and professional photographers. Visitors are invited to submit their votes for a People’s Choice Award. Through October 18 at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum in Vergennes. Info, 475-2022. liza myerS: “Starry Night Sunflower Moonlit Vista,” a 4-by-16-foot mural hanging on the outside of the gallery as part of the Brandon Artists Guild Sunflower Power summer exhibit. Through October 31 at Liza Myers Gallery in Brandon. Info, 247-5229. medana gaBBard & gaBrielle mCdermiT: “Country Nostalgia,” figurative folk works, and “Of Earth and Sky: Reflections on a Pastoral Landscape,” paintings, respectively. Through October 31 at Brandon Artists’ Guild. Info, 247-4956. ‘moVing imageS: Works of photography and video art from the permanent collection, including photographs by pioneering time-lapse photographer Eadweard Muybridge. Through December 12 at Middlebury College Museum of Art. Info, 443-5007.

SuSannah draKe: The Cameron Visiting Artist and architect in a multidisciplinary design firm exhibits images of recent public projects. October 14 through 28 at Johnson Memorial Building, Middlebury College. Info, 443-3168.

‘The hale STreeT gang’: Large-scale blackand-white photographs of Randolph-area seniors

by Jack Rowell accompany an audio version of memoirs they’ve been writing during a two-year project led by Sara Tucker. Through December 18 at Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury. Info, 388-4964.

‘The hand To hand proJeCT’: Cecelia Kane, working with nearly 200 artists, chronicled the events of the Iraq War since its inception in March 2003 until the declared end of the combat mission, on August 31 this year, with an installation of white cotton gloves, upon which were painted each day’s news headlines (except Sundays). Through November 20 at Chaffee Art Center in Rutland.

Info, 775-0356.

‘The naTure oF wood’: An exhibit of locally crafted furniture by Vermont woodworkers, 1790 to the present. A pair of Vermont cherry end tables by contemporary craftsman Dale Helms, on view at the museum, will be raffled in a benefit for the Sheldon.

Raffle closes October 29. Through October 23 at Sheldon Museum in Middlebury. Info, 388-2117. warren KimBle: Contemporary abstracted paintings from the artist’s “Let the Sun Shine” and “Widows of War” collections. Through December 31 at The Gallery at Brandon Music. Info, 465-4071.

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ann young: Paintings of landscapes, portraits, interior scenes and subways in rich colors and conveying a sense of mystery. Through November 7 at Bee’s Knees in Morrisville. Info, 586-8078. ann young: “People and Places,” oil paintings and sculpture. Through October 15 at White Water Gallery in East Hardwick. Info, 563-2037. ‘auTumn in VermonT’: Meryl Lebowitz, Robert F. Aiken and Elisabeth Wooden exhibit paintings that depict the state’s foliage-season glory. Through October 31 at Vermont Fine Art Gallery in Stowe.

Info, 253-9653. axel STohlBerg: Paintings and drawings of local barns. Through October 31 at Townsend Gallery at Black Cap Coffee in Stowe. Info, 839-8818.

Carrie Bagalio: “Inner Landscape,” oil paintings that depict the “everyday” of the youth generation.

Through October 31 at The Art Gallery in Stowe.

Info, 253-6007.

CreaTiVe wood CarVing & SCulpTure Show: Wendy Lichtensteiger, George Peterson, Michael Bauermeister and Scott Crocker show works in wood, from small spirit figures to human-size open vessels. Through October 16 at Stowe Craft & Design. Info, 253-2305. ‘expoSed! 2010’: UVM sculpture professor Meg McDevitt curates the annual outdoor sculpture

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rolF anderson: “Sweden: Going Home,” photographs, artwork and text exploring the artist’s Swedish ancestry. Through October 29 in Brown Library at Sterling College in Craftsbury Common. Info, 326-4799.

‘InspIred by nature’: One hundred paintings of Vermont landscape, created on Nature Conservancy preserves, honor that organization’s 50th anniversary. Through October 31 at Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville. Info, 644-5100.

‘We share our World’: An exhibit about former refugees from Bhutan, Burma, Iraq and Somalia now living in Vermont includes photographs, interviews, info about countries of origin and interactive features. Through October 16 at Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson State College.

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54th natIonal Fall open exhIbItIon: The center’s most prestigious show of the year features more than 200 juried works of art in a variety of media by artists from around the country. Through November 14 at Southern Vermont Arts Center in Manchester. Info, 362-1405.

rIta blItt: “Passionate Artist, Passionate Gesture,” abstract drawings and sculpture by the New York artist. Through October 30 at Green + Blue Gallery in Stowe. Info, 253-6798.

‘state oF craFt’: An exhibit of works in various media by Vermont’s master crafters in the studio craft movement, 1960-2010. Through October 31 at Bennington Museum. Info, 447-1571.

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

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isney endeavors to make a quick buck off the fastest horse in history with Secretariat, a by-thenumbers bit of inspirational mythmaking from director Randall Wallace.

While the film is guaranteed to finish in the money, it’s a curiously empty and unconvincing creation.

Many reviewers have noted that the picture appears to have been crafted in the mold of last year’s megahit The Blind Side, and it’s easy to see where they’re coming from. It’s clearly conceived with conservative Christian audiences in mind. The movie opens with a biblical quote, prominently features gospel music and tells the story of a family so square they make the Cleavers look like spouse-swapping swingers.

Diane Lane stars as Penny Chenery, the well-to-do Denver housewife and mother of four who inherited a Virginia horse farm from her even wealthier father (Scott Glenn) and, to the surprise of her husband (Dylan Walsh) and young children, pretty much relocated to the estate to oversee the birth raising and training of an animal she had a hunch would become the greatest racehorse ever.

The script by Mike Rich fails adequately to explain her powers of equine prognostica-

tion and glosses over the domestic repercussions of her all but abandoning her family.

The makers of the film are far more interested in framing their tale as a triumph against the odds and a testament to the power of faith. An attempt is made, for example, to convince the viewer that Lane breaks down old-boys’-club barriers to enter the world of high-stakes racing. Yet her character never encounters resistance of any real significance. She’s white, rich, Southern and owns a stable full of thoroughbreds. For the most part she’s treated like Virginia royalty, as far as I can see.

And, wow, what a laughable attempt at comic relief is provided by John Malkovich in the role of transplanted French Canadian trainer Lucien Laurin. The film portrays virtually all non-Americans as goofballs or louts. Laurin is a clown savant in garish plaid hats and outlandish duds. In contrast to the insightful trainer played by Chris Cooper in 2003’s infinitely superior Seabiscuit, Laurin utters barely a word of racehorse wisdom.

Only once, near the film’s conclusion, does he say anything remotely indicating he possesses specialized knowledge of the species.

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It’s Kind of a Funny Story ★★★

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n It’s Kind of a Funny Story, a stressedout teen spends five days in a mental hospital and decides he wants to be an artist instead of a business guy like his dad. Yes, that was a spoiler. But has a book or movie like this one ever ended with the sensitive hero rejecting the bohemian life and leaping into the rat race? That would be a funny story.

Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, who adapted Ned Vizzini’s young-adult novel and directed, are not filmmakers who usually traffic in crowd-pleasing clichés. They deserved the acclaim they earned for Half Nelson, one of the least compromising studies of depression and addiction on film.

It’s Kind of a Funny Story is also about depression, but without the hard edges. The most one can say for the film is that it lacks the self-importance of similarly themed Garden State and offers a showcase for the acting of comedian Zach Galifianakis. In short, it’s kind of an OK movie — and, as heartwarming comedies set in mental hospitals go, remarkably inoffensive.

Keir Gilchrist plays Craig, a high-achieving New York high schooler so hamstrung by anxiety over his future that he’s begun

AMAZING RACE The action on the track is exciting enough, but virtually everything else in Wallace’s latest will leave you wishing for the finish line.

in that Secretariat won the Triple Crown in 1973, the first horse to do so in a quartercentury. Several of his speed records remain unbroken. He was a great animal. He deserved a movie portrait every bit as great. This isn’t it.

This is a picture that plays fast and loose with the facts, attempts to suggest inspirational barrier busting where there was none, and is rife with xenophobia. (Besides portraying Laurin like a buffoon who wandered in off the set of a Jerry Lewis comedy, it depicts Secretariat’s chief rival’s owner, Pancho Martin — whose actual first name was Frank — as a swarthy, arrogant blowhard and stages confrontational press conferences that never took place.) In addition, it provides stun-

ningly little insight into the world of racing.

The races themselves are exciting because Secretariat had a habit of coming out of the gate in low gear and gradually accelerating past the pack.

They’re not filmed with any particular panache, however; the techniques devised to put the viewer in the midst of the hustle and bustle in Seabiscuit outshine any devised by Wallace. And, apart from the race sequences, forget it. The movie’s staggeringly short on layered, believable characters and long on lazy plotting and cornball dialogue. Way too zealous, as well, with the Christianity card. Last time I checked, Jesus didn’t play the ponies.

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dreaming of suicide. He wants help from a human being, not just another Zoloft prescription, so — having apparently never seen One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest — he checks himself into an institution.

With the teen ward temporarily closed, Craig finds himself spending his obligatory five-day commitment with the adult population, including long termers such as Galifianakis’ seemingly laid-back Bobby, who quickly becomes his adult guide and informal therapist. Probably the movie’s best insight is that solid advice can come from someone who’s seriously fucked up. And Bobby is, as we gradually discover in scenes that make the most of Galifianakis’ talent for the slow burn.

Gilchrist is just fine, with the stony-faced quality one often sees in real teens — as if they’re prisoners captured in enemy (adult) territory. When we travel inside his head, the movie explodes into hyperreal sequences in the same ADD-friendly, web-video-inspired style we’ve been seeing in youth-oriented films such as Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and Easy A. Entertaining as these bits are, they aren’t enough to distract us from the thin and fa-

MENTAL MENTOR Galifianakis plays a fellow patient who offers Gilchrist unorthodox therapy.

miliar storyline, especially when Craig gets to know Noelle (Emma Roberts), a cute, likeaged cutter who just happens to be institutionalized with him. In real life, the scars on her face would spell scary underlying issues.

Here, they just seem to be accessories.

It’s Kind of a Funny Story occasionally brushes up against cold realities; we get a hint of deep sadness in Craig’s flashback to his pre-9/11 childhood, and again in Galifianakis’ most intense scene. When it comes time to offer counter-affirmations, though, Boden and Fleck return to the Hollywood coming-of-age blueprint. Give the kid a creative calling and a girl, and he’ll be fine.

Just once, I wish someone would show

these sensitive teens something like last Sunday’s episode of “Mad Men,” in which Don Draper discovered his ex selling her paintings to support her heroin habit. Not to suggest all artists are junkies — just that the pursuits that look relaxing to a kid beleaguered by fellowship apps and standardized tests can be pretty stressful when you try to make a living at them. The high-speed competitiveness of modern life is a problem too big to be solved by a few days chilling with folks who’ve dropped out of the race, but you wouldn’t know it from this movie.

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1, 3:45, 6:45, 9:25. case 39 1:30, 4:15, 7, 9:30. Let me In 1:45, 4:30, 7:10, 9:35.

The Social Network 1:15, 4, 6:45, 9:40. Legend of the Guardians: The owls of Ga’Hoole (3-D) 12:30, 2:45, 5, 7:15, 9:25. You Again 12:40, 5, 7:20. The town 1:10, 4, 7, 9:35. Easy A 3, 9:40. friday 15 — thursday 21 *Jackass 3D (3-D) 1, 3:10, 5:15, 7:20, 9:30. *Red 1:30, 4:15, 6:50, 9:20. Life As We Know It 1:20, 4:10, 6:50, 9:30. Secretariat 1, 3:45, 6:45, 9:25. Let me In 7:10, 9:35. The Social Network 1:15, 4, 6:45, 9:40. Legend of the Guardians: The owls of Ga’Hoole (3-D) 12:30, 2:45, 5, 7:15, 9:25. The town 1:10, 4, 7, 9:35. Easy A 12:50, 3, 5.

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Secretariat 12:50, 3:45, 6:30, 9:10. my Soul to take (3-D) 4:20, 7:10, 9:40. The Social Network 12:55, 4, 6:55, 9:35.

Wall Street: money Never Sleeps 3:30, 6:20, 9:20.

Legend of the Guardians: The owls of Ga’Hoole (3-D) 1:10, 3:40, 6:10. The town 1:05, 3:50, 6:40, 9:30. Alpha and omega (3-D) 1:20. Easy A 1:35, 4:05, 6:35 (Mon, Wed & Thu only), 7:15 (Fri-Sun only). Resident Evil: Afterlife (3-D) 8:45 (Mon, Wed & Thu only), 9:30 (Fri-Sun only). ***See website for details.

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Secretariat 10:30 a.m. (Thu only), 1:05, 4:05, 6:40, 9:10.

Let me In 1:30, 4:10, 7:05, 9:35. The Social Network 1:15, 4, 6:55, 9:30. Legend of the Guardians: The owls of Ga’Hoole 1:20, 3:30. Wall Street: money Never Sleeps 12:55, 3:40, 6:30, 9:20. You Again 1:25, 9:05. Easy A 3:55, 6:50. The town 1, 3:45, 6:35, 9:15. cairo time 6:25, 8:30. friday 15 — thursday 21 ***A Prairie Home companion With Garrison Keillor Thu only: 8. *Jackass 3D (2-D) 1:40, 4:20, 7:05, 9:40. *Never Let me Go 1:20, 3:45, 6:50, 9:25. *Red 10:30 a.m. (Thu only), 1, 3:35, 6:45, 9:20. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 10:30 a.m. (Thu only), 1:35, 4:15, 6:45, 9:15. Let me In 1:30, 4:10, 7, 9:35. Life As We Know It 1:10, 3:55, 6:35, 9:05 (except Thu).

Secretariat 1:05, 4:05, 6:40, 9:10. The Social Network 1:15, 4, 6:55, 9:30. Wall Street: money Never Sleeps 12:55, 3:40, 6:30 (except Thu), 9:20. ***See website for details.

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tHE SociAl NEtWoRKHHH Director David Fincher and writer Aaron Sorkin retell the story of Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg), the college kid who invented Facebook and became richer than most of us put together. With Justin Timberlake, Andrew Garfield and Rashida Jones. (120 min, PG-13.

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When a man walked into a bank in Watsonville, Calif., announced he had a bomb and demanded $2,000 to pay his friend’s rent, the manager advised him to apply for a loan instead.

She asked him to sit and wait while she went to get the loan paperwork but called police, who arrested Mark Smith, 59. (Santa Cruz Sentinel) Seattle police identified Larry Shawn Taylor, 18, as the man who robbed two women at gunpoint, after the victims described the robber as a short, black man with deformed ears who had “MOB” shaved into one side of his hair and “GET MONEY” on the other, and “GET” tattooed on his right hand and “MONEY” on his left. Detectives used their database to match the tattoos to Taylor, who was apprehended after an officer stopped a car for reckless driving and recognized him by his ears and tattoos. (KOMO News)

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Russia’s finance minister announced his ministry was doubling the cigarette tax to boost the economy and encouraged citizens to do their patriotic duty by smoking more. “If you smoke a pack of cigarettes, that means you are giving more to help solve social problems such as boosting demographics, developing other social services and upholding birth rates,” Alexei Kudrin said. “Those who smoke are doing more to help the state.” (CBS News) Romanian lawmakers seeking new sources of revenue proposed taxing witches. The measure, drafted by senators Alin Popoviciu and Cristi Dugulescue of the ruling Democratic Liberal Party, would require witches and fortunetellers to produce receipts and also hold them liable for wrong predictions. After the Senate voted down the proposal, Popoviciu claimed the senators were afraid of being cursed. (Associated Press)

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As soon as competitive eater Joey “Jaws” Chestnut, 26, won Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest at New York’s Coney Island by downing 54 wieners in 10 minutes, six-time champion Takeru “The Tsunami” Kobayashi, 32, tried to rush the stage. He had skipped the contest because he refused to sign a contract

with Major League Eating so he could be free to compete in contests sanctioned by other groups, but his manager, Yuki Nagura, explained Kobayashi just wanted “to prove that he was the real champion.” He wrestled with police, who arrested him while the crowd shouted, “Let him eat!

Let him eat!” After his release from jail the next day, Kobayashi said, “So now, I’m thinking about what I want to eat.” (Daily News) Russia’s Vladimir Ladyzhensky died during the finals of the Sauna World Championships in Heinola, Finland, after spending six minutes in temperatures of 230 degrees F. Ladyzhensky was trying to outlast five-time sauna champ Timo Kaukonen of Finland when judges noticed Ladyzhensky had collapsed.

They ordered both contestants pulled from the heat and suspended the event without naming a winner.

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When a masked intruder entered a house in Spartanburg, S.C., carrying what looked like a gun, homeowner Phillip Graham, 71, ran him off with a Swiffer WetJet in one hand and a plugged-in Dustbuster in the other.

Graham said he used the Swiffer on the suspect “like a cattle prod” and chased the suspect outside until the cord on the Dustbuster ran out.

He called 911, but sheriff’s deputies couldn’t locate the suspect. (Spartanburg Herald-Journal) Police said two armed men broke into a home in Chester, Pa., tied up one man and robbed another before the 43-year-old woman of the house chased them away with a broom.

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Richard Junkins rolled up to a parking space in his Ford Mustang to find Ross Campbell standing in the spot holding his 3-year-old son and refusing to budge, according to police in Athens, Ga. “Junkins, after an exchange of words, continued pulling in the space” and hit the man and the child, causing both to land on Junkins’ hood, police official Hilda Sorrow said. Junkins was arrested, and Campbell declined to explain why he wouldn’t move from the parking spot. (Atlanta JournalConstitution)

REAL free will astrology by rob brezsny october 14-20

aries (March 21-april 19): Until recently, no cricket had ever been observed pollinating a flower. all the evidence showed, in fact, that crickets don’t help flowers — they devour them. Then one night last January on the island of reunion in the indian ocean, researchers discovered that the species known as the raspy cricket was responsible for pollinating wild orchids. They even caught the magic act on film. i regard this turn of events as akin to an upcoming development in your life: someone or something that you’ve never thought of as a fertilizing force for you will become one. taUrUs (april 20-May 20): My date and i decided to go see the film You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger. as we entered the theater, we passed a short, elderly Chinese woman in a brown uniform. she was bent over sweeping the floor. suddenly she stood up straight, looked me in the eye and extended her left hand toward me.

Confused, i reached out toward her. she quickly pressed something in my hand, then returned to her sweeping. as i walked on, i unrolled the small paper scroll she had given me. it read, “tell your taurus readers they should be alert for helpful messages coming from sources they would usually ignore or neglect.” i’m doing what she suggested. gemiNi (May 21-June 20): of all the signs in

the zodiac, you are currently the best at carrying out the following activities: gliding, flowing, leaping, skipping, twirling, undulating, reverberating, galloping and rub-a-dub-dubbing. i suspect that you will also excel at rumbling, romping, rollicking, cavorting and zip-a-dap-doodling. if all goes well, gemini — which is to say you show how much you love your body and throw off any inhibitions you might have about celebrating your instinctual nature — then you will be at the low end of the scale in performing these activities: shuffling, drooping, mumbling, wallowing, pigeonholing and pussyfooting.

caNcer (June 21-July 22): a reader wrote to

leo (July 23-aug. 22): Helping your fellow humans can literally enhance your strength. a Harvard study (tinyurl.com/beextranice) proved that people who did good deeds or even visualized themselves doing good deeds had increased physical endurance and willpower.

Unfortunately, the study showed that those who harbor nefarious intentions are also able to draw on extra fortitude. in other words, you can boost your energy by either being compassionate or evil. i highly recommend the former over the latter, leo, especially now that you’re entering a phase when it makes a lot of spiritual sense to build your courage, vigor and tonicity.

Virgo (aug. 23-sept. 22): “The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease,” said French philosopher Voltaire. With this in mind, let’s evaluate your current discomfort. From what i can tell, healing forces beyond your control and outside of your awareness are going to be working their mojo to chip away at your problem. but it will still be wise for you to occupy yourself in activities that you think will expedite the fix. Doing so will minimize your anxieties, allowing nature to do what it does best. scorPio (oct. 23-nov. 21): Time magazine

created a list of the 50 worst inventions. included among the most terrible creations that human ingenuity has ever come up with are plastic grocery bags, subprime mortgages, hydrogenated oils and pop-up ads. now let’s switch our attention to your personal equivalents of these monstrosities. to climax the atonement phase of your own astrological cycle, i recommend that you do the following: 1. identify the three worst ideas you have taken seriously during the past decade. 2. Carry out one formal action to correct or make amends for the consequences of each bad idea. 3. really, truly forgive yourself as best as you can.

one world to another in carefree devotion. 7. exhaust the primitive. 8. generate the free brain.

9. Forego no succulent filth. 10. Verify the irrational. 11. acquire a sublime reputation. 12. Make one monster at least. 13. Multiply all opinions. 14. inhabit everyone.

Libra

(sept. 23-oct. 22)

Usually you specialize in having a light touch. You’d rather nudge than push. Nimble harmony is more interesting to you than brute force. You prefer your influence on people to be appreciated, not begrudgingly respected. And I certainly don’t want you to forsake any of those inclinations. But I would love to see you add a dash of aggressiveness and a pinch of vehemence to your repertoire in the coming week. I’d be thrilled if you raised your voice a bit and gesticulated more vigorously and projected your confidence with an elevated intensity. According to my reading of the astrological omens, your refined approach will benefit from a dose of subliminal thunder.

sagittariUs (nov. 22-Dec. 21): For your

assignment this week, i have borrowed from a list of suggestions offered by sagittarius poet Kenneth Patchen in his book The Journal of Albion Moonlight. Feel free to improvise as you carry out at least three. 1. Discourage all traces of shame. 2. bear no cross. 3. extend all boundaries. 4. blush perpetually in gaping innocence. 5. burrow beneath the subconscious. 6. Pass from

caPricorN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): among google searches starting with the phrase “who is,” the top-rated is “god,” while “satan” is a distant 10th. running ahead of satan but behind god are lady gaga and Justin bieber. if i were you, Capricorn, i wouldn’t be google-searching any bigger-than-life entities like those four in the coming week. The characters you need to research are nondivine, noncelebrity types who might bring interesting influences into your life — people who would have a direct influence on your access to resources and on your ability to call forth the best from yourself. aQUariUs (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): explorers found a 30,000-year-old carved stone artifact in a german cave and brought it to the University of tubingen for study. experts there determined that it had a dual purpose for the ancient humans who made it. Phallic-shaped with rings around one end, it was obviously a sex toy. but other markings indicated it was also used to start fires by striking it against flints. i’d like to make this power object your symbol of the week, aquarius. you’re in a phase when you should be alert for ways to mix business with pleasure and practicality with adventure.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): you’re not exceptionally scared of the dark, Pisces, but sometimes you seem to be intimidated by the light. you can summon the spunky courage to go crawling on your hands and knees through dank tunnels and spooky caves in quest of treasure that’s covered in primordial goo, but you may play hard to get when you’re offered the chance to unburden yourself of your cares in wide-open spaces. What’s up with that? Don’t get me wrong: i’m proud of your capacity to wrestle with the shadows in the land of the lost; i’m gratified by your willingness to work your karma to the bone. but i would also love you to get a share of rejuvenating rest and ease now and then. Do you think you could manage to have it both ways? i do.

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Cancerians of the 20th century, Helen Keller: “life is either a daring adventure or nothing. security does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.” Moral of the story: it’s a ripe time for you to rise up and refute the people in your life who think you’re a brooding wallflower.

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Tall, witty blonde OK, let’s try this for like a week. My friends can’t understand why I’m single.

I think it’s because relationships are a lot of hard work. I want something that comes easy; if it comes easy then it’s right. I want someone to be my last call of the day & the first one in the morning.

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Hey, I’m just going to go for it, because why not? Life is short. I’m a pretty independent person but love being around others. I believe that everyone should do exactly what they want & no one should interfere w/ other people’s dreams or desires. I love to laugh, eat good food, create, be outside & have a blast always. mellow, 20,l, #119210 Let’s go hiking!

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I’m an intelligent, creative, artistic woman. I am looking for someone who is intelligent, social, confident & outgoing. I would like to meet someone who likes to have fun & try new things.

I am interested in meeting someone w/ a good sense of humor & a kind heart. HoneyTipped, 28,l, #118827 A first time for everything I am a sensitive, thoughtful but playful, lover of the outdoors & animals who seeks a fun-loving playmate for friendship & possibly more. I love art, music, philosophical conversations, sunsets, skinny dipping, sex & a great wine. You choose the order. I’m easygoing, kind & I live for a good laugh, but never at anyone’s expense; especially yours.

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Creative, honest, determined I’m just looking for someone new in life to go on adventures w/ around Vermont & wherever else we may end up. Bassplayer23, 23,l, #119159 Eccentric/professional/ fashionable boy toy During the day I do corporate video & graphic design work. Standard 8-5, but it pays well & can be creatively rewarding. At night I’m a musician & I run a small record label called Mars Pyramid. I love films, from foreign,

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Hi, My children tell me that I look50 and act 40. If true, this would be the result of good genes, a healthy diet and lots of physical activity.

I am young for my age mentally and physically. I have bicycle legs and thighs, strong arms, a sharp mind, good attitude and, I’ve been told, not hard to look at. Best of all I don’t take any medications, don’t have high blood pressure, I’m not diabetic, my cholesterol is 169 and I’m virile. Let’s face it. How many men at 40 can say that? IMLAC 70,l, #118802 FROM HIS ONLINE PROFILE: Two books everyone should read are: Rasselas and The Source.

Enjoying the road less traveled Great used car. Medium miles, great engine, likes off road. Fuel efficient. Body in excellent condition. Fun, sporty, great sound system. This is the last car you’ll ever need! smile4you, 35,l, #119190 Country without a cause Creative mind looking for a good time.

FriendOfTheDevil, 21,l, #119186 Handsome Lonely Sweetheart Self-employed renaissance man w/ a lot of love to share seeking a younger (20-40) lover for an impulsive romance, long-time relationship, or something in between. I’m fit, smart, rugged, artistic, down to earth; love to read, ride, write, ski, play, work, talk, kiss, cook, garden, think. You are youthful, romantic, independent, sexy, intelligent, passionate, earthy & you respond to this ad. Really_Real, 57,l, #119181 what’s out there Just got a new job & moved to the area.

I know a couple people up here, but I’d like to meet some people outside of my current friend circle. There’s no way I can explain myself. I feel like I act different around certain people, so just get to know me; can’t hurt to try. soccerstar, 21,l, #119175 Independent, kind, mostly content I will make it brief. Though I am mostly happy on my own, I miss companionship, intimacy & affection.

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homebody but like to go out & have fun once in a while. jakob31, 40,l, #119165 In search of perfect woman To appreciate my sense of humor & appetite for fun. Must have beautiful eyes & a flirtatious smile, an uncorrupted whimsical heart, charming wit & bottomless compassion. No pressure. futuresight, 26,l, #119023 ALL YOU WOULD EVER NEED Well, I’m 27, 5’10, about 138 lbs., dark complected, thin build. I am the submissive type; I will do just about what it takes to please. I am a homebody looking for love. Some of my interests are cars, computers & vintage audio equipment. Please, only those who are looking for a serious relationship. Will send pic upon request. BOYPRINCE, 27, #118869 work hard play hard Independent, fun guy, new to town, looking for friends & fun! Like all things outdoors, especially sun, swimming, boating, tennis, walking, skiing. Believe in making the most of the week & the weekend. Travel a lot, but like to return home to have friends over & cook, party & live! simpatico, 41, u,l, #118826

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Living life to the fullest New to all of this. Caring, passionate, headstrong, and loving myself & life right now! MamaHen, 29,l, #118390

sweetheart I am an honest girl w/ a big heart. I help anybody I can. I am passionate, love

More than a profile I’m deeply honest, have a gigantic sense of humor and joie de vivre. I think a lot, I feel very deeply, I’m intense and expressive.I value integrity & courage.

Personal ads are impossibly small boxes in which to express who an individual is. I don’t expect you to fit in this box either. azubi2life, 29,l, #116460

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Confident, contended, country lady So... Let’s see.... I am a home grown Vermont girl with an active social life.

I’m easily satisfied with making a home cooked meal with friends on a Friday night, drinking wine, and playing a game of scrabble but also do enjoy a night full of spontaneous adventures that creates randomness and giggles. snowdaze, 32, u,l, #111102

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she comes in colors everywhere Just how delightful am I? That is for you to decide. But I can say this: I’m a rainbow. fortunateone, 48,l, #111829

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seeking sensuality, passion & adventure I am in an open relationship. This ad is for myself. If you want to join my partner & I, well, that is for another day. Picnic & making out in the woods? Dancing?

Candles & wine? Strip club? Crosswords?

Celebrating at the summit? I am adventurous & know what I like. Looking for a woman seeking companionship & more. sunflowergrrl, 23,l, #119067

The Man You Have Not Met I can be summed up in one word: dependable. I have met every life challenge w/ courage, intelligence & determination. I have an optimistic, caring personality & a great sense of humor that leans toward playful sarcasm w/ a touch of naughtiness.

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Caring, passionate, generous My name is Samuel & according to the Bible it means “a gift from God”. If you happen to be interested in my mother’s blessing, I look forward to bringing endless joy to your life. Samzey, 26,l, #119170

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Total Goober & Completely Cool I’m smart, funny, sexy in my librarian sort of way, a great cook, fit, playful, compassionate & big fan of a nap well taken & a joke well told. I’m looking for someone who likes people (including himself & me), is smart, kind, quickwitted, joyful, and loves playing, cooking, laughing & running around outside.

Does this sound like you? Lemme know. IrresistibleFun, 39,l, #115304

i want you I love having a good time & realize life is too short not to enjoy it. I like to think of myself as a fun, smart, easygoing, NONDRAMATIC girl. I love spending time w/ my friends but also enjoy a quiet night at home. I like hiking, horseback riding, swimming & skiing. Lydian6801, 25,l, #119187

to try different things like shopping & having nights of relaxing, going to parties & just having a good time. Don’t like drama. petitegirl, 41,l, #119076

Fun-Loving Motorcycling Goofball Hi, I am a hardworking, fun-loving guy.

I am self-employed & my business takes up a lot of time, but when I am not working I like spending time w/ friends, going out for dinner & a movie, or just staying in to watch a rental & eating some good takeout. BikeFun, 35,l, #119199

working on landscaping/gardening at home. Like to hang w/ my family & will go out w/ buds once in a while. I may send you a picture if you ask. Tferd, 46, #118249

well endowed & focused on your pleasure. bonfire, 50,l, #119182 a little fun Just moved to the area. Looking to meet some new people & have a little fun. soccerguy, 28,l, #119185

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tall, skinny hottie I’m looking for someone to hang out with. I’m interested in getting to know FLVTGUY who moved to Vermont a month ago, but willing to meet others, ages 18-32. Sorry, not looking any older than 32; just the way I was brought up. I love to go swimming, for long late-night walks, dancing, fishing & much more. shybutsexy, 22, #118943

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Tired of dreaming Want to try the les route, discreetly.

Dreamed of it for ages & now it’s time to try. So many fantasies of what I can do to you & you to me. timetotry, 50, #119188 Let’s get curious together Looking for a woman or couple (if the fit is right) to play in a way I’ve never tried before but always wanted to.

Have a family & a career, so discretion a must. Looking for a new, fun adventure.

Send me a message & we’ll see where it leads. tanqueraygirl, 43, #119021

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Sexy, Natural, Intuitive Girl I’m a clean, smart, outgoing girl looking to experiment w/ other girls for the first time. I’d also love to see what the men out there can offer. I’m confident in bed & love to know where I can make improvements. I’m flirty & VERY sexually charged, so I need someone who can keep up w/ me. optimisticloving, 20,l, #119017 playful attractive sweetheart I am a fun, playful & high-spirited woman, and at the same time intimate & quiet. I am looking to connect w/ a man who can share & enjoy life w/ me! codybabe, 28, #119015

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Adding some more fun would be even more fulfilling. I would be more than happy to send you photos, but I don’t have the equipment for it. I could send pictures through cell/text. I don’t think I would disappoint you. kk, 38, #118822

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Looking for a BIF to have some discreet encounters w/ myself & my sexy, dark, Italian man. Both of us are fit & sensual & want to bring in a third for fun only. Bewtifulgrl, 25,l, #118980 seeking outdoor orgasm In 17th-century French literature moustaches were a symbol of sexual prowess. Seeking an impressively moustachioed manual laborer for back-door sexploration, public rooftop rendezvous, and/or general chainsaw play. Fatties need not respond.

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Purrrrr By day I am nothing if not appropriate/ professional. By shadow of gloaming, I can be all things feral. I carry within the dark rider of need which wants to lengthen/loosen under the skillful attention of one who would bend me to their desire. I am willful & have a strength of body/soul that necessitates equal strength of character. I long for the woman who possesses surety of self, razor-sharp wit & biting intellect to assuage my recent bout of vanilla.

I need to ease into things but am wanting you to: Tie me up, tie me down, be my fingersmith, let me service you, unfetter through flagellation & release a river of tears to dance diamonds down my chest for you. Titillate & tickle me w/ words, skate the ice cool rim of boundaries & explore the geography of the flesh w/ me. Mkitty, 36,l, #118816 Heteroflexible Domme looking to explore I am interested in exploring my interest in women. I would love to find a couple who would be interested in exploring w/ me. I tend to be a very protective person & take my responsibilities as a Domme seriously. I enjoy flogging, bondage, role play, service, being pampered & leather.

I am mid-20s, average looking, w/ a few extra pounds. shywhitelily, 26, #109252

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outdoors, music, dinners, travel, great sex I’m a single guy looking to meet an interesting, open-minded & fun-loving woman. I’m a professional who loves to travel, play in the outdoors & live life to its fullest. I’d love to meet up for coffee or dinner to see if there’s a spark. musicguy, 43, #119211 Daddy spanks & more Want to be cared for, held & dressed to the nines? Spanking & exquisite care & pampering for an adventurous chatty girl. Orpheus, 49, #119206 Mature man seeks younger I’m a 49 y.o. horny guy who prefers my women younger (18+). I feel like the old buck trying to bag the young, enticing doe. There’s something really mouthwatering about age-gap relationships; they are HOT! So if you’re into older men, then I want to hear from you. lookn4u, 49, #119204 My Balls are yours Seeing lady or even better a group of ladies to cross dress in front of. I like my balls on a leash & enjoy pleasing ladies. I would like to try light CBT & love being watched. Watchme, 45, #119202 Girlfriend Experience Hi! Come over to my house & play!

You’re 18-35, any size, pretty & sexy, Earth mama or Barbie or something in between. No heavy trips. Come visit (or host) & we can have a drink, talk, flirt, hug, kiss, seduce & have memorable sex. I’m strong, fit, clean, good looking, experienced, skilled,

Try New Things I’m a college student, I’m adventurous, clean, funny, playful & like to please.

I’m just looking to try new things & have a good time; nothing too serious. letsmakeadeal, 21,l, #114543 spontaneous generous sexual I’m looking for some NSA fun.

Message me if you are, too. I’d like to get down & dirty w/ the right girl.

DownToPOund, 20,l, #119167 College Man Just looking around; age not a factor, body not a factor. BigMac, 21,l, #119147

Fun Master I’m a Dom, looking for a sub to play, not 24/7. Just to have someone for a few hours playtime on occasion. I like ass play, bondage & outdoor fun. I am always safe & secure & I can host. I am a well-educated WM, bald & somewhat overweight. Sub can be up to 225 lbs. FlatlanderNEK, 45, #119097 Happy to Be Here I tell ya’, it’s rough out there. Life gets messy & as much as I like to make a mess every now & then, I’d love to find someone to help lighten each others’ loads now & again, and just enjoy this thing, whatever it is. Beingthere, 25,l, #119078

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I like to push you to the edge, to see how bad I can be before you will take control & show me that you can handle me. I do like to be naughty, to be the slut, but I also can be aggressive sexually when I want to be. Rapture, 40, u, #114811 FROM HER ONLINE PROFILE: Great sex calls for lots of...

Trust and communication. Sense of adventure but also knowing your and your partner’s limitations. hungry man seeking discreet lover Love to find a new friend who loves to love. Need discreet love due to disabled wife. So much to give, so little opportunity. woodslover, 57, #119120 Well This Should Be Fun...

I’m a full-time employee, transplanted to VT last year & have had plenty of time to think about what fantasies I want to materialize. If you’re not looking for anything long term, just fun & being spoiled, treated like a princess in public & anything you want to be in the bedroom, then I’ve got plenty of energy to burn. Jacks_29, 24,l, #118463 Public Risquee Play!

Hi, I am a fun-loving, laid-back guy. I am decent looking, not a supermodel man, but not a pig, either. I am looking for preferably a college girl who wants an older guy & is willing to explore her wild, fun side & exhibitionist desires.

I love to erotically play in public. The possibilities are endless, but always exhibitionist! igotskill69, 40,l, #119112 Looking For Stockings Looking for a woman who likes to dress in heels & stockings & show off her legs. nylonsman, 47, #119107 looking for fun Young, athletic, looking for someone very curvy for some great, casual fun. btownguy1, 22, #119106 VT BOY I’m easygoing, down for almost anything. I work out a lot & am just looking for some fun.

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educated, loving married couple looking for similarly matched couples & highly select singles. We are looking for what is only possible w/ 3 or more; we do not want the same w/ somebody different. Cleanliness, by all definitions, is of the utmost importance! Deviants, 32, #113556 BBW wanted, 3-way relationship We are a couple looking for a BBW for a LTR. We have always loved the feel & taste of a woman w/ a little bit more to love. We have experienced the FMF & would like to make it permanent. No 1-night stands. We are looking to share our lives, hearts & home w/ another F. lookingfor3forever, 32,l, #119184 Sexual Adventure We’re a married couple looking for sexual fun. We’re looking for a woman (20-28) to join us in the bedroom. M is 26, 6’1, stocky w/ much to offer. F is 25, curvy, but she will blow your mind. We’re looking for fun, safe, clean, D/D free as we are. Come join us. Let’s spark the fire of passion. 2for1special, 26, #115341 Couple looking for another woman She is 27 & he is 29, looking for a woman to join in for extra fun. We are looking for discreet encounters from time to time.

He is stocky but very clean cut, blonde hair, blue eyes. She is smaller, brown hair, hazel eyes. Must be disease free & discreet. We can host. Located in central Vermont. sxybarrecpl, 29, #113991

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Dub is a Weapon Dancer Saw you shaking your beautiful hips at the Dub Is a Weapon show on Friday. I couldn’t stop staring. I offered to buy you a drink & told you that your necklace looked like porcupine quills. I loved your style & would like to see more of it. Up for coffee or tea sometime? When: Friday, October 8, 2010. Where: Nectar’s.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #908120 Missing M. & M. Best bartenders ever! Now the Ground is gone, I hope both of you (brunette & blonde) goddesses are tending elsewhere. Would love to be a loyal customer again! M.: Can’t believe you closed just to avoid dinner w/ me!

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Really bored now; need to write a nice letter to your new boss! When: Friday, October 1, 2010. Where: the GR. You: Woman. Me: Man. u #908119 YOu are gluten-free scone Hey, R, it’s me, C. Wanna hang out? When: Wednesday, October 6, 2010. Where: Chili’s. You: Woman. Me: Man. #908117

you for making me your princess, knowing my favorite flowers, chocolate fixes, ticklish kisses & telling me what colors to wear together. I’m glad my Carhartt & summer-dress sides don’t scare you away :) When: Wednesday, October 6, 2010. Where: Bern Gallery.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #908112 Ruby It was good seeing you today. I wanted to talk more w/ you the other day, too,

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You: Man. Me: Woman. #908106 I spy you being you...

Walking on the beach, sitting on the rocks & dancing down the causeway at night. You float as you move, beaming w/ peace & joy in your soul.

I am honored to witness such magic!

When: Monday, October 4, 2010.

Where: I see you without looking.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #908105 The awaited weekly encounter Maybe it is better to live w/ your fantasy than to risk a less passionate reality.

You make me walk on air & smile like a child w/ only a few friendly words in passing. I would not dare ask for any more, for you may have nothing more to offer me... When: Saturday, October 2, 2010. Where: Williston.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #908104 Kinney’s Pharmacy counter water spill Mesmerizing blonde girl cleaning the water by the pharmacy. I really wish I had a mop as I’d have cleaned up that spill for you! You’ve helped me before. I always leave dreaming what it’d be like to take you to dinner.

Something about you takes me away. Please make my dream come true! When: Monday, October 4, 2010. Where: Kinney’s pharmacy.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #908103 Feisty RedHead I remember seeing you along the waterfront a couple weeks ago & you took my breath away. You: very pale, freckles, w/ blue eyes & lovely red hair.

I remember seeing a mermaid tattoo on your arm. You seem like one of a kind, and I would love to get to know you. When: Wednesday, September 15, 2010. Where: waterfront. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #908102

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O’Brien’s Store, Friday a.m.

Hey, saw you walking around O’Brien’s on Friday a.m., carrying your child.

We had a lot of good eye contact & it was a nice way for me to start a rainy day. Just thought I’d let you know. When: Friday, October 1, 2010.

Where: Williston O’Brien’s store.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #908092

Your guide to love and lust...

mistress maeve Dear Mistress Maeve,

My wife and I have been married for a good long while now, and the sex is and has always been great. But lately it seems like my stamina ... well, that my stamina is not so great. I suppose, like any guy, there have always been times when I was a little quick to orgasm, but this is depressing. My wife hasn’t mentioned it as a problem (we just improvise), but I feel like my body is robbing me of most of the fun.

What’s a guy to do?

Signed,

Dear Quick,

Cut to the Quick

SEVEN DAYS

Long-lasting love,

10.13.10-10.20.10

Most men will experience periods of rapid ejaculation during their sexual lifetimes, so don’t worry — you’re not broken, and you will likely get your old groove back.

In the meantime, the key is not letting a few misfires spiral into more anxiety-ridden performance issues. You seem to be open to communicating about the issue and to have a supportive partner, so why not get her involved?

When you’re having intercourse and feel yourself about to climax, pull out and pay your partner some attention until your urge to release subsides.

Repeat this exercise until you’re both satisfied — it’ll add excitement to your normal routine, and you will train your body to rebuild its stamina. You might also try wearing a condom to prolong your lovemaking. Some men report that condoms specifically made for anal sex are thicker and more durable, reducing sensation just enough to make you last longer.

One final note: Stay away from desensitizing creams. They’re made with anesthetic and can easily transfer to your wife’s vulva. I’d rather run a fully pleasurable, all-natural sprint than a lackluster, artificially induced marathon.

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Note-Jotting Brunette Visits Planet You sat by the taps, Planet, Friday, around 9. You wore an emerald dress & bits of big city & jotted into a notebook. I stole glances; you returned a few (bar corner, glasses, cutie on a date? brown hair, lean). Let’s meet for a glass but we had to go. I looked forward to of something. You can tell me what You: at the bar w/ date? Me: at a table the days we used to work together 1x3-cbhb-personals-alt.indd 1 to talk to 6/14/10 you jotted down as you waited for w/ friends. You walked in on a guy in the if it only meant I got you. 2:39:13 PM me, or not. When: Friday, September bathroom. It made me chuckle. Saw you I wish we had when we were still 24, 2010. Where: Daily Planet. You: sneaking a peak when we were leaving. working together. If you ever wanna Woman. Me: Man. u #908116 Maybe next time you won’t have to talk, I’m all ears. When: Tuesday, steal looks. When: Sunday, October 3, October 5, 2010. Where: grocery store.

Ethics in our Biological 2010. Where: the Reservoir, Waterbury.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #908110 Chemistry?

You: Woman. Me: Man. #908101 It’s your bright blue eyes, the freckles on Montpelier post office 2006 Photography Supporter your cheeks, the way your hair falls & the Four years ago, after meeting through way we catch eyes from week to week.

Will you find this yourself or will 7Days, I saw you in front of the post It’s been a year now & somehow I still someone have to point you in the office in Montpelier. You drove to a feel the same. There’s something special right direction? Thanks for the field & we had a cup of coffee. I said about you, girl, that I’m dying to see. So Holga. You’re lovely. When: Friday, this would be a beautiful place for sometime, if you get the chance, take a September 24, 2010. Where: at North. a house with a nice big porch. Four walk w/ me? When: Thursday, October You: Man. Me: Woman. #908100 years later, I am having coffee on 7, 2010. Where: Saint Michael’s campus. your porch, where that field was. gardengirl VT & DRINK You: Woman. Me: Man. #908115 When: Saturday, November 4, 2006.

Gardengirl: The object of your desire Where: Montpelier post office. i love you honey dick moved out of Burlington quite awhile You: Man. Me: Woman. #908108 I love you on the deck in the rain, in the ago (tall, blond, tribal ink on forearm, tent & maybe on the plane? I love you same reason not to go out to bars). i made you toast :) on the couch on break. Baby, you can I passed along your I Spy but he is You asked how my morning had been; have me until I ache. When: Thursday, in the eastern 413 area code now. nobody asks that! Never been happier October 7, 2010. Where: everywhere.

When: Friday, October 1, 2010. Where: to make someone toast. You smiled, You: Man. Me: Woman. #908114 I Spy ad, Aug. & Oct. repeat. You: told me it was the best toast you’d Woman. Me: Woman. #908097 had in your life. Serious statement!

VGA Cable Cord Maybe you have not had much toast Cute girl at Price Chopper You’re adorable & no luck, my TV will :) Where’d my guts go? Why couldn’t not connect to such thing. Guess I’ll You were in the produce section I say, “Shall I give thee digits?” Made have to get a new TV before I can make when we first exchanged looks, then my day & biked away. When: Sunday, this whole thing work. Thanks for your met a few more times throughout October 3, 2010. Where: Swift St., S. help. I’ll be returning the cord in the the store. You were blonde w/ black Burly!. You: Man. Me: Woman. #908107 next few days. Is there a good time leggings & a long, grey top. I had a to catch you leaving work for a coffee green jacket w/ flannel underneath.

You do Crosswords, I Sudoku or something? When: Wednesday, When: Saturday, October 2, 2010.

You have a girlfriend & I can only October 6, 2010. Where: Best Buy. Where: Price Chopper Shelburne Rd. imagine how amazing she must be You: Man. Me: Woman. #908113 You: Woman. Me: Man. #908096 to deserve a guy like you. I am the persistent girl who mumbles & smiles JK at Bern Stowe Craft & Design Gal at everything. You are a man w/ wit Hi, best friend/lover/snuggler I was hosting leaf peepers who came & curiosity. Your Zen is infectious & I extraordinaire. You light me up! Thank into your store. I commented on the miss not seeing you every day. If you

dug Nap prints & told an anecdote about my silly yellow dog, who goes pee-pee on everything. Me: red jacket, brown hair, sending big smiles your way. You: medium blonde-brown hair, killer smile, artsy fartsy necklace, duh. Can I steal you away from tourist central? When: Saturday, October 2, 2010. Where: Stowe Craft & Design.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #908095