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The courts have overruled yet another legal challenge to Burlington’s Champlain Parkway project. Decades after it was conceived, it’s still moving ... slowly.
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[Re “A Boutique Hotel Proposed for Winooski’s Roundabout,” July 23]: I’m not against the hotel, though I would heartily welcome a modest grocery. If the parking is solved — preferably underneath the hotel — it might actually give another reason (in the form of tax profits to the state) to improve pedestrian traffic safety (as would a grocery). Thankfully, the state is already planning to do work to modify the roundabout and, basically, put in place the engineers’ original design. Winooski is a vibrant and eclectic area. Anyone who avoids it is probably doing a service to those of us who go there to enjoy all it has to offer. Mel Allen WINOOSKI
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The Rise of the MicroDairy: A Longtime Dairyman Thinks Big — By Going Small
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In 1984, inspired by a Social Distortion show, high school pals Dexter Holland and Greg Kriesel formed the Offspring. Thirty years later, the punk rockers are still at it. The California-based musicians hit up the Lake Champlain Maritime Festival with bandmates Pete Parada and Kevin John “Noodles” Wasserman as part of their Summer Nationals tour.
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finds herself working for one candidate and overseeing another — all while she tries to direct the paper’s election-year coverage. Soon after her colleagues filed to run, Dunbar wrote an editorial with the headline, “We Will Do Our Best,” to assure her readers that the two candidates would play no role in the paper’s political reporting. “We know that no matter what we do this summer and fall, there will be people who think we are giving our colleagues extra attention or some kind of breaks,” she wrote. But, she argued, “the last time around, we were much harder on Mr. Braithwaite than we were on his opponent, the incumbent, Vince Illuzzi.” According to Dunbar, Braithwaite’s candidacy is easier to navigate than Lefebvre’s, because the former rarely comes to the office anymore and contributes only the occasional arts review. If she uncovered a damning story about him, boss Dunbar says, “We’d just do it — and I think he would expect nothing less.”
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To deal with Lefebvre, who now works 30 hours a week for the paper, she’s reassigned him to cover the courts and barred him from writing about his own district. “In a perfect world, I would probably take a leave, but the Chronicle can’t pay me [for a leave] and I need an income,” Lefebvre says. “But I’d also like to point out: It’s a citizen’s legislature, and I don’t think reporters should be excluded. We all have conflicts that we have to address, and I just don’t see it as an insurmountable problem.” Dunbar agrees, noting that state law requires employers to let their employees serve in the legislature. “We can’t say no,” she says. “Supposing Paul gets elected, we have to hold his job for him. He’s a working journalist. It’s the law.” Mickey Smith, the News & Citizen reporter, says he’s not worried about conflicts arising, because his paper keeps it hyper-local. “We’re very limited in what we cover for politics,” he says. “I’ll go take a picture someplace. I’ll show up at an event where [politicians] are there. But we don’t have a Montpelier beat or anything.” Last time he ran, Smith says, his editors “treated me just like everybody else.”
What’ll he do if he wins this time around and finds himself in Montpelier four months of the year? “We haven’t figured that out exactly,” he says. “It might be easier for me to cover sports in the evening.” Does his opponent, the House speaker, have any concerns about the local press covering and running against him? “I think that’s an issue that he has to figure out on his own,” Shap Smith says. “I’m looking forward to a robust discussion of the issues. I’ve known Mickey since we rode the bus together growing up, so I think he definitely knows the town as well as anybody.”
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As he seeks to depose Chittenden County Sheriff KEVIN MCLAUGHLIN in this month’s Democratic primary, challenger ED CAFFERTY is drawing attention to the number of women serving as officers in the department: zero. “I really don’t know why the present sheriff has no women deputy sheriffs, but I think it’s wrong, and I will make hiring women a top priority,” Cafferty says. Compared to other Vermont lawenforcement agencies, the dearth of women in the Chittenden County Sheriff ’s Department seems unusual. Though the office employs two women in part-time civilian positions, all 21 deputies are men. In the Vermont State Police, 12 percent of its 321 officers are women, while 15 percent of the Burlington Police Department’s 98 officers are women. In the state Department of Corrections, the percentage of women officers ranges from 7 percent to 36 percent, depending on the facility, and averages out to 16 percent of the 526-member force. McLaughlin, who’s served as sheriff since 1987, says gender diversity is important to him — but because his department has such low turnover, he rarely has the chance to hire more women. Before December, when his last female deputy retired, it had been five years since his department had a vacancy. McLaughlin also says he prefers to hire those who have already been certified by the Vermont Police Academy, a qualification that can further limit the number of women seeking the job. “It’s who you have applying and what you have for applicants — and the pool for male and female is not that great,” he says. But according to Vermont Commission on Women executive director CARY BROWN, “When women are underrepresented, it’s not enough to just open the door and say, ‘Women are welcome.’ You have to actively
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The good news for Sen. Jeanette White (D-Windham) is that her seatmate and nemesis, Sen. PeteR GalbRaith (D-Windham), isn’t running for reelection. “I am glad he won’t be in the seat beside me, if I’m back up there,” she says. “I think he was disruptive to the system.” The bad news for the Putney Democrat is that the race to replace Galbraith in the two-member district has drawn several top-notch candidates to this month’s Democratic primary — and any one of them could end up toppling White herself. “I’m not taking anything for granted at all,” she says. Though White struggles to identify specific achievements during her 12 years in office, she’s hoping voters value her experience, which she says will come in handy during next session’s fight over single-payer financing. “My knowledge of the process, the system, how it works and the relationships I’ve built allow me to work with other people to get things done,” says White, who works for the Brattleboro Housing Authority. “I think that counts for a lot.” But White isn’t the only one playing the experience card. Townsend Democrat RoGeR allbee has a résumé longer than most. The former U.S. House Agriculture Committee staffer for then-congressman Jim JeffoRds went on to serve as former governor Jim douGlas’ secretary of agriculture and currently serves as CEO of Townsend’s Grace Cottage Hospital. “What differentiates me?” he says. “I guess my knowledge of Vermont, my knowledge of its people and my experience.” Allbee, whose family has lived in the area since the 18th century, is a known
quantity in the district’s West River Valley towns — and he’s won Galbraith’s endorsement. “He’s somebody who has enough experience, who’s prepared to stand up to the special interests,” Galbraith says, before taking a swipe at White, who he battled over campaign-finance reform. “[Allbee] doesn’t think, as Jeanette does, that Vermont lobbyists are virtuous creatures, unlike the ones in Washington, who are just there to provide advice to legislators.” Working against Allbee in Vermont’s most liberal Senate district are his Republican roots. When he ran unsuccessfully for the House in 2004, he did so on the GOP ticket, though he now says he was always a “liberal Republican.” “The party of George Aiken is not the party that exists today,” he says. becca balint isn’t so sure about Allbee’s ideological leanings. “I wonder how comfortable Roger is in this race, because primary voters tend to be pretty far to the left,” she says. For a first-time candidate, Balint is making an impressive run — a result, perhaps, of her work with the Democratic training group, Emerge Vermont. Last month, the Brattleboro resident far outraised her rivals, taking in more than $10,171. A freelance columnist for the Brattleboro Reformer, former teacher and mother of two young children, Balint says she’s focused on addressing rising rates of poverty and supporting the middle class. “As someone who is an educator and whose children are currently in the system, I think I have a different perspective on where we’ve been and where we’re going,” she says. Like all those in the Democratic primary, Balint calls herself a “big supporter of single-payer.” But the candidate with the best credentials on that issue might be Putney’s Joan boWman, who serves as a navigator for Vermont Health Connect. “I’m running for the Senate because I want to be part of the work that’s going to be done on the financing piece of singlepayer,” she says. “I’m fully committed to universal health care.” Bowman would also be fully committed to serving. Though she’d be paid as a part-time legislator, she says she’d serve as a “full-time senator.” “I want to set up an office so there’s ongoing constituent services here,” she says. Bowman has lived in Vermont only since 2010, but her work as a navigator and former field organizer for the Vermont Democratic Party has introduced her to plenty of Windham County voters. “I just got very integrated,” she says. The two Democrats who rack up the most votes will face Liberty Union candidates aaRon diamondstone of Marlboro and JeRRy levy of Brattleboro, as well as independent maRy hasson of Brattleboro, in the general election. m
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n public, Cheryl Hanna was bright, poised and confident. On WCAX and other broadcast media, the Vermont Law School professor adeptly translated dense legal decisions. On campus, she was a beloved figure many regarded as an inspiring role model. But none of that immunized her from slipping into a severe depression in May. It was, according to her husband, Paul Henninge, a “very fast, very spiraling” downward slope. “When she entered this most recent bout of depression — which in my 12 years, I’d never seen anything like this with her — I kept asking her to be patient,” he remembered Monday. Hanna sought help — through her general practitioner and a therapist. In late July, she agreed to be admitted to Fletcher Allen Health Care, her husband said. But she found herself “stuck” in the emergency room for a few days because there was no room in Shepardson, the building that holds the hospital’s psychiatric floors, Henninge said. Such waits have been common in Vermont due to a lack of psychiatric facilities, acknowledged Fletcher Allen spokesman Mike Noble. On any given day last month, he said, three to 15 people statewide were waiting for beds. Hanna headed home for her 48th birthday — July 22 — then returned to Fletcher Allen when a spot finally opened in Shepardson. “She did not like being there,” Henninge said. “She was worried about the stigma associated with that and how it may have an effect on her career.” She wanted to go home, and staff decided to release her on Friday, July 25, for the weekend. The next day, Saturday, Hanna left the house for a while, ostensibly to attend a yoga class. In fact, Henninge learned later from police investigators, she went to a local firearms shop and purchased a handgun. On Sunday, Henninge was among the volunteers setting up for the annual Summer Greek Food Festival — an annual event Hanna had always enjoyed. He stopped home to check on his wife. That morning, he’d urged her to come to the festival; she had told him she didn’t want to get out of bed. Her sister, who had come in from Chicago to help, had gone for a “quick shop.” When Henninge didn’t find his wife, he and his sister-in-law began searching. Ultimately, she found Hanna in the basement, wounded, as a result of a selfinflicted gunshot. That was the official cause of death. Hanna and Henninge had two children together. News of Hanna’s death generated an outpouring of grief — and public accolades from friends, elected officials, and students and staff at the law school. Many recalled her generous nature and her interest in women’s legal issues. Mourners packed the University of Vermont’s Ira Allen Chapel for Hanna’s Greek Orthodox funeral last Friday.
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On a legacy webpage set up by VLS, JoEllen Tarallo-Falk, executive director colleagues and students described her of the Center for Health & Learning in as a personable, approachable and Brattleboro, which coordinates suicidebeloved professor, and commented on prevention efforts in Vermont. Hanna’s dedication to women’s issues Men kill themselves more frequently and her command of the law. than women by a four-to-one ratio, ac“A week before my midterm exams, cording to state statistics, and the most during my second semester of my 1L common method is using firearms. A year, my computer crashed,” wrote national group recently reported that Hermise Pierre. “Prof. Vermont had more gun Hanna offered to let me fatalities than vehicular borrow her extra laptop. Not deaths in 2011; most of the only did I use it for my midgun deaths were suicides. terms but for the remaining Henninge said he had no semester. Thank you for all guns in the house, and is not that you have done for me a “gun guy.” and the students at VLS. We “It’s kind of freaky how will miss your smile, sense easy it was for her to get that of humor and outgoing gun,” he said of his wife’s personality.” weapons purchase. On Monday, Henninge, Ann Braden, the leader who works as an industrial of Gun Sense Vermont, PAuL HEnning E designer, spoke to Seven said that gun shops do perDays in his downtown form background checks in Burlington office about his wife’s life Vermont. However, she said, the state and death. “I think if there’s any lesson has submitted few people to the federal that needs to be considered it’s that the list of those who can be barred for pursubject of depression needs to be kind of chasing a gun for psychiatric reasons, put more out in the light of day,” he said. and they do not include people who “I’ve been told by so many people have been voluntarily hospitalized — — people you would never believe this only those found or adjudicated to be a to be true, and people who I come into threat to themselves or others. daily interaction with — of parental suiAlexander Potter, also from the cides in their family,” he said. “I never Center for Health & Learning, has heard of these things until now because been researching a suicide-prevention of the taboo surrounding the issue, and idea that is already in place in New that sense of shame that is associated Hampshire. Some gun stores there with it.” voluntarily display posters promoting Hanna’s struggle is a common one suicide-hotline numbers and distribute in Vermont. The state’s suicide rate is literature that describes where to get higher than the national rate, health of- help. He said local mental-health officials acknowledged in 2012 in a Youth ficials are reviewing his proposal for Suicide Prevention Platform. Last year, possible adoption in Vermont. 108 people in Vermont took their own Hanna’s death could start a number lives. of conversations: about ready access to “Somebody’s dying of suicide every guns, about the stigma still attached to four days. That’s pretty astounding,” seeking help for a mental health problem, said Mary Moulton, executive director and about the ongoing lack of readily of Washington County Mental Health available psychiatric beds in Vermont. Services. “I’m happy to talk,” Henninge said She cautioned against drawing par- in his office. “But I want to make sure allels between cases. Every individual, it brings forward the awareness of the every story, is unique, she said. “Suicide disease of depression … She got caught reaches all socioeconomic groups, and in this strange, dark place, where she the emotional pain does not exclude couldn’t see, and where she was sufferanyone.” ing so much.” m “This has a staggering impact on small communities in a rural state,” said Contact: matthew@sevendaysvt.com
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o big or get out: That’s the conventional wisdom that has been driving the dairy industry in recent decades. Plenty of Vermont farmers have chosen the second option. As commodity milk prices have yo-yoed between record highs and crushing lows, mid-size dairies in particular have felt the squeeze. In the last decade alone, the total number of Vermont dairy farms dropped from 1,433 to 993, according to the Vermont Agency of Agriculture. But not all of the surviving operations are large ones, milking thousands of cows. In fact, a growing percentage of Vermont’s remaining milk farms are small. Between 2007 and 2012, the number of dairy farms with fewer than 10 cows increased by more than 30 percent to 217, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture That’s almost one quarter of Vermont’s dairy farms. Small dairy herd numbers are on the rise nationally as well. In Royalton, one longtime dairyman is singing the praises of this new model — the so-called “micro-dairy” — and supplying its practitioners with the equipment they need. “At one point I had a farm with 250 head of cows, and I didn’t enjoy it,” said Steven Judge, who has been milking the animals for more than 50 years. Today, he keeps a tiny herd of four Jersey cows on his small, hilly Royalton farmstead. Judge runs Bob-White Systems, a company that invented a small-scale pasteurizer designed for processing milk on farms. But the mini-pastuerizer comes with a hefty price tag: $70,000. So Judge is diversifying, brokering the purchase of bulk tanks, butter churns and other milking equipment specifically designed for micro-dairies. “I really appreciate small-scale agriculture that is scaled to meet the needs of a community,” Judge said. “I like to see cows in people’s backyards.” The idea behind Bob-White is to put farmers in charge of their own destinies. That means being able to pasteurize — the process of heating milk to kill most of the possible pathogens, protect against disease and slow spoilage caused by microbial growth — on-site instead of shipping milk to a big processor, where it is combined with milk from other farms and eventually pasteurized and homogenized. Marketing its products
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directly to consumers allows a microdairy to command higher prices. In July, Judge may have solved another problem for small dairy operations: His farm hosts the only private lab in Vermont certified by the Food and Drug Administration to test the safety and quality of raw milk being sold by farmers. Under Vermont law, farmers selling more than 87.5 gallons of raw milk each week must have their milk tested monthly. Prior to Bob-White’s recent FDA certification, that required driving samples to the state lab in Burlington. Why the growing interest in small dairies? “A lot of folks see it as part of a diversified business plan,” said Andrea Stander, the director of the farm advocacy group Rural Vermont. Manure enriches soil. Byproducts from milk processing, like whey, can be used to feed pigs or fertilize cropland. It’s hard for Vermont to compete against California or the Midwest in commercial dairy production, said Stander, but the state excels in other ways. “One of the things we do really well in Vermont is grow grass,” she said. “We have the climate for it, we have the history for it. A small-scale, grass-based
dairy has real potential to be economically viable as part of a diversified farming system.” When he started dreaming about designing his own small-scale pasteurizer, Judge applied some of the same thinking that guided an earlier enterprise with similar goals. In the early 1990s he founded Vermont Milk Producers and created the Vermont Family Farms brand of milk. The goal was to market milk under a Vermont label, and pay farmers more than they would otherwise earn in commercial production. He ultimately sold the label to a larger dairy co-op, St. Albans Cooperative Creamery. The St. Albans co-op passed the brand off to Hood, and eventually the label disappeared. His new project puts dairy science back in the hands of farmers. Judge’s pasteurization device, called the LiLi (short for low imput, low impact) was initially plagued with problems. The first prototype — which Judge said he and his engineers tested extensively — couldn’t pass FDA approval. Consultant Amy Shollenberger stepped in to help Bob-White navigate the regulatory landscape, and said she
quickly realized that the food-safety and production rules around dairy processing were designed with bigger operations in mind. “They had to figure out how to work within the rules at this tiny little scale,” said Shollenberger. Cornwall businessman Bruce Hiland, who has known Judge for years, said Judge faced an uphill battle when it came to bringing the LiLi to market. “Steve has done a remarkable job of fighting his way through the established order to come up with, in this case, a really imaginative, creative, effective device that will help small family farms,” said Hiland. By offering “gentler” pasteurization than some larger-scale equipment, Judge claims the LiLi better preserves the taste of fresh milk. “The flavor of milk is every bit as complex as wine, but it’s been forgotten and ignored,” said Judge. But getting the LiLi onto farms has been tough, given the price tag. The model that eventually earned that stamp of approval required significant, costly engineering changes — including a larger pump and heat exchanger, more
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largest raw milk dairy. Harris said the proximity to a major urban center made the business economically viable, but she and her family wanted to live in a more rural setting. They sold the business last year, and moved to Tunbridge to start Mountain Home Farm. Harris said she knew a raw milk business wouldn’t sustain the family in the more remote location, so she and Reiss began making cultured butter, ricotta cheese and other lightly processed dairy products from eight cows. They bought a butter churn from Bob-White Systems. “It was the only one I could find anywhere in the country, and here I’m 12 miles from his shop,” she said. She noted that Judge has made the micro-dairy industry JudgE a lot more accessible since the time she and Reiss started the Family Cow 10 years ago. At that time, they couldn’t find a small bulk tank anywhere in the United States, and had to import one — for roughly $5,000 — from Europe. Harris’ choice to remain small was a complicated one. On one hand, she said, it’s incredibly difficult to make a microdairy work financially. Even something as simple as buying a small supply of labels for her milk products is difficult; suppliers are used to dealing in truckloads, she said, not boutique quantities. But she likes having total control over her herd and her product, and having a hand in every step of production. “I think it takes a pretty special situation to make it profitable, to make it work,” she said — and Mountain Home Farm isn’t yet at that point. Harris and Reiss are exploring other ways to derive income from their farm, including sustainable forestry. “You aren’t going to send your kids to college and vacation in Europe on a micro-dairy,” Judge agreed. “It’s a supplemental income.” For now, Judge is still mulling over the problem of the LiLi and trying to design a pasteurizer that costs less and will still earn FDA approval. All a pasteurizer needs to do, he pointed out, is heat milk to 161 degrees Fahrenheit and hold it at that temperature for 15 seconds. “Why should a machine that is capable of doing that cost more than a new BMW?” he asked. “It doesn’t make sense.” m
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expensive valves and programmable computer controls. “It exists to enforce regulations, not to encourage innovation,” Judge said of the Food and Drug Administration in an email. “I don’t blame the FDA, I just found the lack of an established and predictable review process to be extremely frustrating and expensive.” Bob-White has sold exactly one of the LiLi machines, to Back to the Future Farm in Westtown, NY. Farmers Lee and Rose Hubbert and Mike O’Dell bottle whole and chocolate milk from a herd of 50 Jersey and Holstein cows. They sell milk under their own label locally and plan to expand to New York City markets later this month. Rose Hubbert said the farmers investiST EvE gated other pasteurization systems and found the LiLi operated much faster. That’s crucial for processing the 300 gallons a day they milk from their herd. “I think it’s going to pay off in no time at all, to be honest with you,” said Hubbert. “We’re selling a lot more milk than we had ever dreamed of.” The LiLi’s rocky and expensive start prompted Judge to explore other revenue streams for Bob-White Systems. That’s why he began selling dairy equipment specifically for small producers. On a recent afternoon at his modest Royalton office, he pointed out milk pails, cream separators and cleaning supplies. Judge also began importing smallscale bulk tanks — the stainless steel vats into which fresh milk is pumped and stored. At the time, he said, the smallest tanks available in the U.S. had a capacity of 600 gallons. Working first with a facility in Slovenia, then with one in Greece, he began selling bulk tanks with capacities between 15 and 90 gallons. “Everybody thought I was crazy to try to sell these little bulk tanks,” said Judge, noting it was the same reaction he got when he decided to build a milking barn for four cows. He estimates Bob-White Systems has sold roughly 250 tanks, ranging in cost from roughly $2,400 to $4,400, to micro-dairies around the country. One of Judge’s customers is Lindsay Harris, a dairy farmer in Tunbridge. Harris and her husband, Evan Reiss, cut their teeth as raw milk farmers at the Family Cow Farmstand in Hinesburg, where at the time they were the state’s
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Vermont’s Shaken-Baby Expert Warns of More Child Abuse
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fter 35 years as a Burlington pediatrician and a University of Vermont medical school professor, Dr. Joseph Hagan fields a lot of daily phone calls — from current and former students, fellow doctors, and other health care providers who seek his advice on difficult and complex cases. But when the call is from a state’s attorney or police officer, usually it’s too late to help save the patient. Hagan, 63, is Vermont’s resident expert on abusive head trauma (AHT), more commonly known as “shaken baby syndrome.” In 2009, the American Academy of Pediatrics adopted the more inclusive term in recognition that many of the serious injuries that infants and toddlers suffer at the hands of adults aren’t caused by shaking alone. Gripping, squeezing, slamming or wrenching their small bodies can also result in permanent injury or death. So far this year, physical abuse has allegedly claimed the lives of at least three young children in what Chittenden County State’s Attorney T.J. Donovan described last week as an “unprecedented run” of child fatalities. A fourth death, that of a 4-week-old Burlington infant, was referred to criminal investigators last Thursday, the same day Hagan spoke with Seven Days. The state routinely contacts Hagan to help determine precisely what caused a child’s death. But Hagan, who has a contract with the state to help investigate these tragic situations, says other, equally serious cases of abusive head trauma have occurred in Vermont this year that haven’t gotten any press coverage. Some have left kids in a permanent vegetative state or with lifelong, debilitating conditions such as cerebral palsy, blindness, learning disabilities or seizure disorders . But without a death or criminal charges — which can be very difficult to prove in a court of law — the public never learns about them. Essex County State’s Attorney Vince Illuzzi says he’s working with Hagan on a case right now in which a young child was left permanently disabled by an abuser. But because it involves a CHINS — a child in need of care or supervision — petition, which by law is confidential, neither Hagan nor Illuzzi could discuss any details. Illuzzi warned it’s not an isolated case. “If you looked at the numbers of
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these cases statewide, you’d probably be surprised,” he said. “Even in small counties there are kids physically or sexually assaulted, and people never learn of it because no charges were brought.” That’s one reason Attorney General Bill Sorrell called on state lawmakers last week to scale back some of the privacy protections on cases referred to the Department for Children and Families. Critics have accused the agency of dropping the ball in two recent child-abuse deaths. The families of Dezirae Sheldon of Poultney and Peighton Geraw of
Winooski were both known to the agency. Hagan said that while he agrees with the outcry for more public discussion and scrutiny of child-abuse cases, he’s “a bit troubled” by the attorney general’s campaign for greater access to DCF files and family court cases, fearing the state will adopt an all-or-nothing approach to privacy. Clearly, when something horrendous happens to a child, he said, the decision whether to return that child to his or her parent becomes very difficult. But he’s not convinced that making cases
more public will make that decision any easier. One problem, he explained, is that it is often difficult to determine exactly what happened or even pinpoint the mechanism of injury. Recently, Hagan fielded a phone call from an emergency room physician about an “odd-looking burn” on a child, as Hagan described it. Although the burn didn’t fit the normal pattern for an accidental injury, he said, it didn’t fit the usual profile for child abuse either. Ultimately, the injury was deemed accidental, which explains why Hagan can’t provide more details. Had that case been open to public scrutiny, he pointed out, a lot of needless harm might have come to both the child and parent. “You can get on the child-abuse registry for having abused someone simply because DCF said you did,” Hagan said. “You can have your child taken into state custody based on the ‘preponderance of evidence.’ But you’re only going to get charged if it’s likely to hold up before a jury beyond a reasonable doubt.” Hagan offered another pragmatic concern: When a child-abuse case goes public, so does the name of the victim. “If it’s a 6-year-old whose case becomes part of the public discourse, does the kid now have to change schools?” he asked. “I think there are a lot of unintended consequences we need to think about. What are we going to get by making it more public? That’s what I’m not clear on yet.” State’s Attorney Illuzzi said he would support increased public disclosure on a “case-per-case basis.” Hagan, a native of the Washington, D.C. area, first developed an interest in child-abuse prevention back in the mid-1970s, while he was still a resident at the University of Vermont College of Medicine. He joined the faculty there in 1979. “I realized … that these cases make me incredibly angry,” Hagan recalled. “But I also realized that in order to be an effective pediatrician,” that reaction “was not going to serve me well, so I began to study it.” Hagan’s interest predates the term “shaken baby syndrome,” which didn’t appear in medical literature until 1984. It wasn’t until the late 1980s and early ’90s that pediatricians began to fully grasp the effects of abusive head trauma,
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where the brain sloshes back and forth inside the skull like a bag of water, breaking blood vessels, causing swelling and killing neurons. For nearly three decades, Hagan has been on the front line of abuse prevention in Vermont. In the mid-1980s, he helped the state develop its regulations governing infant medical neglect. Soon thereafter, he was hired to be the state’s medical consultant on large and complex child-abuse cases; these days he fields about four to six such cases each year. For the last 19 years, Hagan has also volunteered to either chair or cochair DCF’s citizens advisory committee, which reviews all known instances of serious child abuse. While Hagan acknowledged the recent cluster of “horrendous cases” this year, he pointed out that the problem of AHT isn’t a new one. In general, it often happens to children before age 1; infants between three and four months are at the highest risk. That’s when babies typically cry the most, he said, which can trigger a sudden, violent outburst on the part of a parent. Are there typical perpetrators of AHT? Interestingly, Hagan said that in his experience, the problem cuts across all socioeconomic lines, just like alcoholism and opiate abuse. And, contrary to popular opinion, he said, most offenders aren’t mentally ill, alcoholics or drug addicts, though those problems can predispose a parent to abusing a child. As he put it, “It’s very important that we not take the view that it’s ‘those people.’” Typically, he explained, there are three factors that coalesce into a “perfect storm” for AHT. First, parents may be predisposed to abusive behavior, perhaps because they, too, were raised in abusive households or are managing chronic stressors in their lives such as a bad marriage, a substance problem or employment difficulties. Second, Hagan said there’s usually some “provocative” behavior on the part of the child, such as a tantrum, an uninterrupted bout of crying or defiant behavior by an older child. Finally, Hagan said there’s usually an “inciting event” such as a lost paycheck
or a job dismissal that finally pushes the parent over the edge. Why does it seem that Vermont is experiencing a spike in both the frequency and seriousness of these cases? Hagan suggested that one underlying cause may be “toxic stress” — that is, strong, frequent and prolonged adversity caused by persistent poverty, substance abuse, food insecurity and violence in the home that can actually alter the functioning of the brain by causing neurons to not divide or grow. Researchers now believe that this effect can last not just for one lifetime, but even change the way people’s DNA functions over multiple generations in a process called epigenetics. “It’s very difficult to change the epigenetics once it happens,” Hagan 7 DAYS AD JULY23 3d said. “So now we have this multigenerational experience that’s very hard to break.” Is epigenetics, like global warming, payback for bad practices over the past century? “Maybe,” Hagan suggested. If so, he said, addressing the problem will take more than just hiring a few more DCF investigators and social workers. It’ll take more “inputs upstream to prevent those needs down the road.” Hagan said he isn’t sure whether Vermont can muster the “enormous political will and heavy investment” that would require, especially for gains that may not be seen for a generation. But after 34 years of practicing medicine, he’s not giving up. Hagan likened this campaign against toxic stress to that of childhood nutrition, then later mass immunization, which helped launch the field of pediatrics more than a century ago. Nowadays, he said, pediatricians have begun asking parents not just about their children’s health but also about what else is happening in the household. Years ago, the doctor’s question, “How are you all doing?” was merely a conversational icebreaker. Today, it could save a life. m
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Malberge C. Bessery, 100, died peacefully at home on Friday, August 1, 2014, surrounded by her loving family. Mae was born on October 23, 1913, the daughter of Joseph and Clara Poirier. She was the last surviving member of her family of seven girls and one boy born into the Joseph Poirier family. She married Edward Bessery and had two children: her son, Raymond, who predeceased her in 1974, and his wife, Linda Bessery Larow, and a daughter, Katherine Lavallee. She and her husband started Ed’s Market on Williston Road in the 1950s. It was the first supermarket in the area. After her husband passed, she worked at Fletcher Allen Hospital for a number of years, as well as for the priests at Fairholt. She was very active in the Catholic Church. She was a member of the Catholic Daughters, Lady of Fatima and the Ladies of Lebanon. Mae really loved life. She liked to go out and listen to music, and dance with her friends. She enjoyed traveling. She especially loved to visit with all of her grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. Her grandchildren are Tod Bessery, and wife Elaine, Laurel Cobb and husband Jefferson, Lesley Bessery, Michael Bessette and Raymond Bessette. Her great-grandchildren are Christopher and Eric
Bessery; Ella, Ava and Iris Cobb; Emily, Cameron, Kai and Koa Yee; Taylor and Bryce Bessette; and Chanelle and Beau Bessette. She had several nieces and nephews she was extremely close to, especially Laura, Shirley and Marie. We would like to thank the caregivers at Pillsbury Manor for the loving care she received from them for the past few years. Visiting hours were held on Tuesday, August 5, 2014, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the LaVigne Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 132 Main Street, Winooski. A mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Wednesday, August 6, at 10 a.m. at St. John Vianney Church in South Burlington. Interment will follow at Resurrection Park Cemetery. Condolences may be shared with the family online at lavignefuneralhome. com. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Camp Ta-Kum-Ta’s Swimming Pool Campaign: http://leisureworldpool.kintera.org or Camp Ta-Kum-Ta, PO Box 459, South Hero, VT 05486.
Cheryl Hanna BURLINGTON, 1966-2014
Our family is devastated by the untimely death of our beloved Cheryl Hanna, loving wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend and mentor to so many. She was 48. Cheryl was a force of nature. She was compassionate and thoughtful, sweet and funny, brilliant and an inspiration to so many.
Cheryl was cherished by our family — by our children, parents, siblings, extended family and friends who have become family in the community of Vermont and beyond. Our lives are forever changed as we grieve the loss of our beautiful Cheryl. On behalf of our family, we send love to all who know our grief and who endeavor to sustain her shinning. Cheryl was born in Detroit, Mich. in the late 1960s into a large and loving Christian Palestinian family. She grew up in a working-class neighborhood with a determined single mother who said that one day she would attend Harvard or Yale universities. She received her BA degree in sociology and anthropology, magna cum laude, from Kalamazoo College and her JD degree, cum laude, from Harvard University. Upon graduation, she served on the 1992 Clinton-Gore campaign and then as an assistant state’s attorney in Baltimore before joining the Vermont Law School faculty in 1994. She also was visiting professor at the University of CaliforniaHastings College of the Law and at Seattle University School of Law. While we mourn the loss of a very special woman, we also celebrate her remarkable life and hope that it serves as an example to all to reach out to the less fortunate and to serve a cause greater than ourselves. For those who may ask what they can do to honor Cheryl, we have a simple request: Honor her example of selflessness and community service and her commitment to mentor and encourage young people. In her public life, Cheryl was known as a compassionate advocate for people without voices; in her private life, she cherished her family. We are thankful to the many people who have reached out to us and have shared their prayers for her. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made in her memory to Women Helping Battered Women, PO Box 1535, Burlington, VT 05402.
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1923-2014, WINOOSKI Thelma L. LaRocque, 91, a longtime resident of Winooski, Vt., died Tuesday, July 29, 2014, surrounded by loving family at the Vermont Respite House in Williston following a long illness. Thelma was born in Burlington, Vt. on February 24, 1923, the daughter of William T. and Lottie (Flood) Bessette. She was married to David LaRocque, who predeceased her on December 17, 1980. Thelma was employed for over 20 years as a seamstress at Maternities Inc. in Burlington and at Elco Dress Company in Holyoke, Mass. She enjoyed spending time with family, especially with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and all of her family and friends at Chick’s Market, where she was known as “Sunshine.” Thelma is survived by three children and their spouses: Linda and Julio Vela, Michael and Debbie LaRocque, and Pamela and Albert “Sonny” Vezina; four grandchildren: Tracy Goble and husband Terry, Christina Insinga and husband Michael, Matthew Vela, and Ricky LaRocque; four greatgrandchildren: Samantha LaRocque and her companion Asmir, Joshua Vela, Grace Vela, and Caroline Insinga; and several nieces, nephews, extended family and friends. She was predeceased by five brothers, Carl, Robert, Gordon and Delbert Bessette and Donald Thompson. Thelma’s family wish to offer their sincere thanks to the entire staff at the Vermont Respite House for their love, care and compassion. They
will remember her for her kisses and jokes. Visiting hours will be on Saturday, August 9, 2014 from 10 a.m. to noon with funeral services beginning at noon at the LaVigne Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 132 Main Street, Winooski. Interment will follow at Lakeview Cemetery in Burlington. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the Vermont Respite House, 99 Allen Brook Lane, Williston, VT 05495. Condolences can be shared with the family online at lavignefuneralhome.com.
Victoria Pawlaczyk
1989-2014, BURLINGTON Victoria Pawlaczyk, 25, went to be with the Lord unexpectedly on Monday, July 28, 2014, after a lifelong struggle with diabetes and its complications. Victoria was born in Burlington, Vt. on January 28, 1989. She went to Georgia Elementary School and the Garvin School in Williston. Victoria was dearly loved by her family and friends. Friends were always important to her, and she was always so happy that we had such a large family with our adopted family and biological ones. She had a heart of gold and especially loved all children. We miss her deeply. We know she is
now with God and in a beautiful place where she is not suffering anymore. She is survived by her parents, Lynn and Jeffrey Case; her husband, Kabangi “John” Mbayu; her siblings, Matthew Pawlaczyk and Ashley (Dion) Pawlaczyk, James Pawlaczyk, Hayley (Case) and Kyle Boles, Thomas Case, Wyatt Case, Christopher Case, and Alexander Case; her grandparents Ted and Ellen Pawlaczyk, Rod and Joan Case, and Alice Millette; her uncle, Joe Pawlaczyk; and her nieces, Lillian Pawlaczyk and Chloe Boles. She was predeceased by her grandparents Debra Shepard and Michael Millette; and her greatgrandparents, Margaret and George Carroll, Sophie and Stanley Pawlaczyk, Rachael and Edward Shepard, and Leon Millette. Visitation was on Friday, August 1, 2014, from 5 to 8 p.m. at LaVigne Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 132 Main St., Winooski, Vt. A Mass of Christian Burial was on Saturday, August 2, 2014, at St. John Vianney Catholic Church, 160 Hinesburg Rd, South Burlington, VT 05403. Donations to assist the family can be made to Lynn Case. Online condolences may be shared with the family at lavignefuneralhome.com.
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his past weekend, a group of avid modern architecture fans gathered in Vermont for an unprecedented event: a tour of the state’s signature modern buildings. Enthusiasts of an era that lasted, at least in Vermont, from the 1940s through the ’70s, these are folks who refer casually to iconic architects “Lou Kahn” and “Ed Barnes” as if they were old friends. (That’s Louis Kahn and Edward Larrabee Barnes to the rest of us.) They The Pyramid House by David Sellers talk about bay spans and volumes of space and Le Corbusier’s influence. So what were they doing in architecturally vernacular Vermont? It turns out there’s plenty to see here — and Marie Sorensen, the programming coordinator for the Boston-based group that sponsored the event, Docomomo New England, was determined to fit in as much as possible. In two 10-hour days, the group of 15 to 32 visited Frank Lloyd Wright protégé Allan Gelbin’s houses in Norwich; Peter Eisenman’s House II in Hardwick; Olympic team Roots beret for the occaDavid Sellers, John Mallery and stusion; and Norwich University architecdents’ Goddard College buildings in tural history professor Timothy Parker. Plainfield; two churches and three Parker led viewings of Burlington’s two houses, including one by the late Dan markedly different but contemporaneous Kiley, in Burlington; more Sellers cre- (1977) churches, Burlington Associates’ ations in Warren; and two Eliot Noyes (now TruexCullins’) Cathedral Church of ski houses in Killington. This itinerary St. Paul and Edward Larrabee Barnes’ required driving the width and breadth Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. of the state and through its mountainous Vermonters made up the majority middle. of attendees. Some had gotten word The New England chapter of the through AIA Vermont, including arinternational organizachitecture critic and tion Docomomo (which Vermont Law School stands for “documentaprofessor Donald Kreis. tion and conservation of Stained-glass artist Chris the modern movement”) Jeffrey from Barre and holds most of its tours Stowe architect Richard and events in the Boston also attended. Stibolt area, though it did make Among a smattering of a recent trip to Maine. Its geographical outliers, first foray into Vermont North Carolina State attracted a small Boston University graphic crowd that included ardesign professor Martha D avid Sellers chitect Fred Noyes, who Scotford came because served as guide at the her daughter, the noted 1960 and ’62 Killington houses designed design critic Alexandra Lange, had recby his father, Eliot. The later one was ommended the tour. built as the family ski house while Fred Also, Scotford admitted, the opporwas in high school, and he continues to tunity to wander through Eisenman’s use it. white sculpture of a house, designed The other guides were Vermont state in 1969, was hard to pass up. “It’s not architectural historian Devin Colman, every day you get into a Peter Eisenman who arranged most of the destinations; house,” she commented during a picnic a genial Sellers, sporting a 2002 U.S. lunch behind the Newbury Village Store.
A home should take at least a year to reveal itself.
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Eliot Noyes’ family ski house
Two Bostonians made the drive up to isolated Hardwick solely to see Eisenman’s House II. A 3-D grid-oriented puzzle of mathematically determined masses and voids, House II might be seen as an extreme result of the modern movement. The international phenomenon, with origins in Germany’s experimental Bauhaus of the 1920s and ’30s, is often characterized as architecture shorn of historical referents to express a kind of pure beauty through function and form. Eisenman’s method was so pure he insisted on rectangular floor cutouts on the second level wide enough for an adult to fall through to the first floor. (The first owners, who had a toddler, inserted metal grates against the architect’s wishes.) Peering down through a grate, Colman joked, “Don’t question the theory. The theory said there had to be a void here.” “He’s very rigorous to the diagram,” commented Noyes about Eisenman, who at 81 still teaches architectural theory at Yale. “The idea is more important to him than the livability.” In the end, though, Noyes was surprised by the built version of Eisenman’s notoriously complicated plans. “I like it better than I thought I would,” he admitted. (Perhaps someone will like House II well enough to buy it; its current owners,
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who lovingly restored it to its original state in 2002, put it on the market a few years ago for $2.8 million and recently reduced the price to $1.3 million.) But if House II was one extreme, it seemed like every stop on the tour explored another. The trip covered such a wide range of architecture that modernism felt more like a collection of eclectic approaches than a movement. Gelbin’s houses, with their rooms’ projecting dividers between wall and ceiling — a kind of continuous overhead shelf banding each room and hiding THISlink PAGE lights — SCAN are a direct to Wright’s designs emphasizing the horizontal line. WITH LAYAR Meanwhile, the lines of Sellers’ creationsSEE are, asPAGE he put 5it, intentionally “wacky” — a word not many architects lay claim to with such delight. “A home should take at least a year to reveal itself. There should be mystery to it,” declared the cofounder of the 1960s design/build movement. During that era, Sellers and his fellow disenchanted Yale architectural students set out for Vermont’s Mad River Valley to become DIY builders. The tour viewed two of Sellers’
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boring buildings there are in the world,” he pointed out. By comparison with Sellers’ creations (excepting the elegant, high-end Pitcher Inn in Warren), the buildings of “high” modernism on the tour seemed downright sober. These included a 1965 house Take addiTional by the still-practicing native Vermont % architect Marcel Beaudin, now 85, who attended lectures by Eliot Noyes at Pratt SALE ITEMS Institute; a 1956 one by Dan Kiley, designed before he made his name as the 20th century’s preeminent landscape architect; another designed in 1941 by Ruth and Bill Freeman, two principals in the Burlington firm FreeMan French [and, yup, still free.] astonishing jewelry, artful clothing & sumptuous accessories FreeMan at a time when women architects were extremely rare; and the two Noyes houses. There is, indeed, zero mystery to the uninterrupted sweep of the Noyes Sun 12-5 sat 10-6 family ski home’s shed-roof beams mon & tues 10-6 wed-fri 10-7 through the wall of sliding glass doors 658-4050 • 115 college st, burlington to the cantilevered deck outside. “You can read the whole thing,” Fred Noyes noted, seated on his fam8v-marilyns080614.indd 1 8/1/14 8v-free-colors.indd 12:57 PM 1 6/5/12 ily’s original Knoll couches after having graciously served tour-goers tea, cheese and crackers. His father ran the department of industrial design for the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and designed the corporate look of Now through September 7 IBM, among other innovations. Not all the elder Noyes’ projects were successful in his son’s eyes. The other Noyes house, called the Ohly House, has a wall of plate-glass windows oriented toward the mountain view, while its shed roof, pitched toward an adjacent wall, draws the eye in a competing direction. “It’s a little disorienting for me,” Noyes commented. Returning to his car after the tour, Don Kreis also felt slightly overwhelmed. “This is a bit like drinking from a fire hose, at the end of these two days,” he quipped. “And we haven’t even seen everything,” he added, citing Bennington College’s modernist structures and the Edward Durell Stonedesigned campus of Landmark College in Putney, among other places the group One Montshire Road, Norwich VT could have visited. 802-649-2200 www.montshire.org Who knew Vermont was a trove of modern architecture? m
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Prickly Mountain houses above Warren and their culmination, Archie Bunker. That’s a 2002 no-holds-barred, poured-concrete house with a pool that one has to experience to believe. (You can; it’s available to rent for up to eight people at $700 per night on vrbo. com.) The Bunker and its ’60s ancestors surprise with another staircase, improbable cubby or quirky detail at each turn. Doors come in every shape but rectangular. At Goddard, Sellers’ painting studio was so personalized that students nicknamed each plywood truss holding up the floors, according to Tunbridge designer ThornTon haysleTT, who researched the buildings for a Norwich University class. “Is it architecture, or is it art?” Sorensen, the principal of Sorensen Partners in Boston, wondered aloud about the three Goddard buildings. They are eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places but have been mothballed for 12 years following the college’s switch to lowresidency education. Filled with abandoned student art, they show the strain of deferred maintenance. Colman opined of the buildings, “They’re in this weird gray area of experimentation, art, design, architecture and concepts of living spaces.” Worth saving? Of course. “Think how many
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ive years ago, in the attic of the call-to-artists in the digital age. “We’ve White River Junction public been bombarded with submissions,” library, around 25 cinephiles says Haehnel, acknowledging the blessattended the first Shredder Film ing and the curse of taking to the web. “I’ve had to turn people away.” Festival. It was about as DIY as film A week before the festival, entries are events get: five films displayed on a bedsheet with a half-broken projector. still trickling in. Even though Shredder’s purview is The festival director’s mother served limited to short works homemade cookies and made by young film and a fruit plate. video makers, Haehnel This week, in the and his co-organizers renovated, 325-seat have received a wide auditorium of Hartford variety of submisHigh School, the signifisions: animated and cantly larger Shredder live action, foreign Film Festival will celand domestic. The ebrate its fifth anniverone-night festival will sary with an expanded showcase 15 films (acslate of international Ja ke Haehnel tually videos, since they films, a panel of judges aren’t projected on film; and live skits featuring a Haehnel cheerfully admits to the misnoguy in a “bear-gorilla” costume. What happened in the interim? In mer) whose common thread is that their short, festival director Jake Haehnel, 22, makers are students or recent graduates. “We wanted to open this year’s decided to solicit submissions using withoutabox.com, the website that festival … as a ‘gateway’ festival,” says has come to be the means of film-fest Haehnel, who regrets that the phrase
I enjoy the art of telling a story.
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“student film” carries a stigma. “We want to allow people to show their films to complete strangers in a large audience. They can also attend a festival and see films that are more highly acclaimed and think, This is where I’m going and this is what I can strive to be.” Haehnel and coprogrammer Niko Pearson, a recent graduate of Champlain College, have been making videos together since their high school days in Hartford. Haehnel describes their youthful work as “Jackass-type, 30-second-to-three-minute” projects, many of which featured bike and skateboard stunts. They called their informal group the Shredders, and the name stuck, even when they moved on to make what Haehnel calls “more serious films.” “I enjoy the art of telling a story,” he says. “Film just happens to be the medium that I enjoy the most.” The fest’s lineup includes three projects made by the original Shredders, but they’ll screen out of competition. The virtues of the other submissions will be weighed by a panel of judges: Vermont
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filmmakers Nora Jacobson and Bess Dartmouth College professor of psychology John Pfister and Haehnel’s father, Alan, who teaches English and theater at Hanover High School. Haehnel raves about some of those submissions, including “As It Used to Be,” a four-minute French film that was produced during a 48-hour film slam. O’Brien,
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very moment of every day, there are TVs playing in my head,” says Hinesburg bodypaint artist Sean Avram. “I gotta look around to see which one I want to watch.” The genial Avram, 39, who co-owns HyperFocus Art with his wife, Jana, is referring to the ADHD diagnosis he received a few years ago. Even though he can make light of his condition, he acknowledges that it defines who he is. More than once in conversation with Seven Days, Avram also refers to his ADHD as “the source of my superpowers.” A former cable-access host in his native London, Ontario, Avram remarks, “I’m a good artist and a good onstage guy because I can make connections really quickly.” Those superpowers appear to have made an impression on the producers of the new GSN reality show “Skin Wars,” on which Avram is a contestant. HyperFocus Art — under whose umbrella Avram operates both a studio and the “Awesome Shop” cart on Burlington’s Church Street, paints airbrush murals and hires himself out as a magician and face painter — reflects
his many artistic interests. “I’ll paint anything on anything,” he says. About 10 years ago, though, Avram’s artistic restlessness led him to bodypainting, and there the restlessness came to a halt. “I’ve never had an interest that’s lasted that long,” he says; hence the name of his company. He tells of being at a convention and watching Nick and Brian Wolfe, legends in the bodypainting world, create a detailed work of body art in just three minutes. “I thought, I don’t know what’s happening here, but I’m going to do that for the rest of my life.” Body painting is now Avram’s ticket to greater renown. “Skin Wars,” which premieres this week on GSN, pits Avram and nine other bodypaint artists against one another; one artist is eliminated in each episode. The show is hosted by actress-model Rebecca Romijn, who’s been a bodypainted Sports Illustrated swimsuit model and the ceruleanskinned shape-shifter Mystique in the X-Men films. The show’s judges include bodypainter Robin Slonina and realityshow stalwart RuPaul. By phone from Los Angeles, Jill
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Goularte, the show’s cocreator and executive producer, says she found Avram when he submitted a tryout video. “His passion for this art is unbelievable, [and] his detail is amazing to us,” she says. “Both [cocreator Michael Levitt] and I were so impressed with …
his quirky personality. And he’s never at a loss for words. He sets his standards so high. He’s an incredible professional.” Though currently bound by a nondisclosure agreement, Avram is able to discuss “Skin Wars” in general terms. He was awed by the “challenges” dreamed up to test contestants’ skills. “I’ve been in the industry quite a bit and have been exposed to a lot of people and a lot of ideas. [The challenges] surprised me,” he says. Avram admits that he was initially somewhat skeptical about the show. “You figure: reality shows — canned drama, unrealistic situations,” he says. “But everything in that show is about us as artists, about achieving our potential, about bringing bodypainting to the mainstream.” That last item is a tall order. You won’t find bodypainted works in the Louvre, and airbrushed art carries the whiff of the carnival midway. Avram says that achieving legitimacy for his art is “the number one constant struggle. We still get people asking us to work for free. But now I’m on GSN, so I think that’s pretty good.”
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Film He also praises “Another Life,” about an unexpectedly violent family reunion; and the Italian film “Margerita,” which concerns a young pickpocket. Why the live skits with a guy in an animal costume? “We wanted something that would further separate Shredder Film Festival from the rest,” Haehnel explains. “So this year, we’re kind of
theming the festival on our first official Shredder short film.” That film, “Apple Simple,” is about a weird beast that chases a young boy. Both boy and beast will be present at the fest, greeting patrons and roaming amiably through the audience. Haehnel is hopeful that the festival will break even but acknowledges the possibility of taking a loss. He has secured some sponsorships from local businesses, but most are in the form of food donations for the wrap party. In the spirit of cinematic camaraderie, the organizers of the annual White RiveR indie Festival, also focused on film, did donate money to Shredder. While Haehnel is grateful for those contributions, he says the festival is going to need funding to grow. Toward that end, Shredder’s organizers are pursuing nonprofit status; they expect to complete that process in time for next year’s festival. m
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Jana, also a bodypainter as well as her husband’s main model, says she often fields calls from people who ask if she and Sean can “volunteer their time” for an event. “Well, that means we have to turn down a gig where someone else will pay me. This is our business; it’s how we pay our bills.” When the Avrams meet Seven Days at Burlington’s Orange Leaf (where one of Avram’s murals adorns a wall), Jana is wearing a wild-colored shirt that Sean has airbrushed; he estimates its cost at $60. “Why is that an intimidating price?” he asks. “This is a custom order!” Airbrushing T-shirts is one thing; applying pigment to the naked bodies of perfect strangers is another. Does he ever feel uncomfortable in the intimate relationships that his art demands? “The first time [I painted someone],” Avram says, “I thought, Oh, man, I gotta paint her boobs now! Now, I’m just slapping on the base coat and thinking, Oh, wait, I have to introduce myself. It might be the first time they’ve found someone on the internet and gotten
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n 1989, when longtime Sheffield resident Galway KInnell was appointed poet laureate of Vermont — or “state poet,” as he preferred — by then-governor MadeleIne KunIn, he was the first to hold that title since Robert Frost. The position, which he had until 1993, is just one of the scads of awards, fellowships and appointments he has garnered throughout his career. Kinnell taught at more than 10 institutions, most recently New York University, and published more than 10 volumes of poetry, including translations of Rainer Maria Rilke and others. He has received almost every honor that can be bestowed upon a writer: a Fulbright Fellowships, two Guggenheim Fellowship, the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize, an NEA Fellowship and a MacArthur Fellowship. On Thursday, August 7, Kinnell, now 87, will receive yet another tribute as the Vermont Statehouse hosts “Celebration of a Life in Poetry” in his honor. The public is invited to hear Kinnell’s poems read by some of his accomplished colleagues — Michael Collier, Mark Doty, Jody GladdInG, Edward Hirsch, Marie Howe, MaJor JacKson, Sharon Olds and ellen Bryant VoIGt — in the grand forum of Vermont’s legislative hall. A reception will follow in the Cedar Creek Room. The Kinnell celebration is the brainchild of lIsa Von Kann, who put the event together with support from
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Dear Cecil,
Why does placing strands of any material in an enclosed space (as thin as a gold chain in a jewelry box or as thick as a heavy rope in the bed of a pickup truck) almost inevitably result in a tangle of knots? Are the strands engaged in some sort of secret orgy? Is this proof of chaos theory? Or string theory? Or chaotic string theory? Shonda, Québec
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shorter the string, the lower the odds — duh, but bear with me. (c) A simple way of reducing the length of a string is to connect the free ends (i.e., making a loop) while it’s in an unknotted, unagitated state, thereby both taking the troublesome ends out of play and effectively cutting the length in half. (d) Experiments indicate that, for string lengths up to two meters, looping likewise cuts the odds of tangling in half. 10. Cynics will now object: Any birdbrain knows the way to prevent a rope, cord, etc., from tangling is to coil it and then cinch the coils (or, per Raymer and Smith, put the coiled rope in a small container) before storage. True, but the world is full of birdbrains. If all they learn is to connect the ends before tossing the string in the box (which, in the case of Christmas lights, merely means plugging one end into the other), they’ll reduce their problems by … well, maybe not half. (A string of Christmas lights is typically longer than two meters.) But a lot.
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string ends are then joined together, so that the knot may be preserved and studied. 3. In the real world, in contrast, the string ends usually are loose. As one of the aforesaid mavericks puts it, the knots typically form in “a randomly agitated length of free-ended rope.” The goal isn’t to preserve the knots but to make them go away, or prevent them from forming in the first place. 4. Recognizing that knot classification — defining, in rigorous mathematical terms, exactly what kind of mess you’ve got there — is hardly the top priority of anyone contemplating a snarled extension cord, a few upstarts have taken a stab at investigating knot formation. For example, physicists Dorian Raymer and Douglas Smith, in “Spontaneous Knotting of an Agitated String” (2007), report on a series of experiments in which ropes of varying length were tumbled at varying speeds in boxes of varying size for varying lengths of time. As
opposite — the smaller the box, the better the odds the string would get wedged against the sides and remain untangled. 8. Enter engineering professor Robert Matthews of Aston University, UK. We at the Straight Dope have had no contact with Bob beyond reading a paper of his we found online called “The Spontaneous Knotting Problem: Are Loops the Answer?” Nonetheless, we state unequivocally: This is our kind of guy. 9. In his paper, from which much of the information in (1) through (3) above was drawn, Matthews tactfully acknowledges that scientific scrutiny of knots and knotting has been pretty useless, and pointedly says his goal is to identify ways to reduce knotting. He offers the following propositions: (a) The longer the string, the closer the odds of tangling get to certainty — in other words, knotting is a fundamental law of the universe. (b) The CARAMAN
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simple question, no? The answer, however, is a bit of a snarl. Patience, we’ll get this untangled soon enough. 1. To a scientist or engineer, knots and tangles are of nontrivial interest. The hours you waste untangling necklaces and Christmas lights is the least of it. A knot can reduce a rope’s strength by up to 50 percent. A tangle in a strand of genetic material can lead to transcription errors and a three- or fourfold spike in mutations. A knot in the umbilical cord can result in fetal injury or death. 2. You might suppose mathematics would offer some insight. You’d be wrong. Knot theory, it’s true, has been the object of keen interest for more than a century. However, except for a few mavericks, knot theorists have defined their field to exclude all items of practical relevance. The classic mathematical knot is a closed loop — that is, the knot having been tied, the
you’ll appreciate, Shonda, this is a fair approximation of the real-world situation you describe. 5. At first glance the results don’t seem particularly illuminating: “Complex knots often form within seconds,” Raymer and Smith write. In other news, sun rises in east, pope Catholic. 6. On closer examination, things get more interesting: “Above a critical string length, the probability … of knotting at first increased sharply with length but then saturated below 100 percent.” In other words, the longer the string, the more likely it was to get tangled. But — and this is the point of importance — it didn’t always get tangled. 7. Key insight: Although “numerical studies of confined random walks” (to oversimplify, analyses of the propensity of a simulated randomly turning string to form knots) suggest the more confined the space, the greater the likelihood of knotting, Raymer and Smith’s realworld experiments found the
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my self-regulating mechanism had worn thin.
“Thank God, dude. So glad to catch a white man. I’m so sick of all these black cabdrivers. Could you take me to the Winooski circle?” Except he didn’t use the word “black,” which would be offensive enough; he used the N-word. I was about to speak when he added, “You know what I mean? I hate their fuckin’ attitudes. I’m not a racist, though.” At the start of my shift I might have handled this differently, but after 14 hours behind the wheel, a couple of hundred miles of city driving and dozens of rowdy customers, my self-regulating mechanism had worn thin. “Do me a favor, man. OK? Don’t embarrass yourself, or me, by throwing in ‘I’m not a racist.’ Just be fucking honest. Could you do that?” “OK, I am a racist, then,” he conceded. “But you know what I’m talking about, right? These fucking Africans, or African Americans — whatever. Their attitude sucks, right?” “Actually, I don’t know what you’re talking about. If somebody is being an asshole, they’re being an asshole. It has nothing to do with their race or the color of their skin. There’s something seriously wrong with your
thinking. I mean, c’mon, man – it’s two thousand fucking fourteen.” The guy relaxed in his seat. I was far more worked up than he was. But his brand of casual, “old-boy” racism makes me slightly insane, and it’s only grown worse with age. I take it personally. Those black cabdrivers — and the Middle Easterners, Southeast Asians, white guys and all the others — I feel like they’re my brothers. So when a customer talks like this Winooski guy, I experience it as an attack on my family. It’s not a moral stance or thought-out position; it’s a visceral thing. We hooked a right onto Pearl Street, which turns into Colchester Avenue at East Avenue, the crest of the long downhill. We passed the ballpark and the Ethan Allen monument where our quintessential Vermont hero either is or is not buried. “Get Down Tonight” by KC and the Sunshine Band began to play on the radio. My customer said, “This is the only disco band I like.” “Yeah, I feel the same way,” I said, resisting the temptation to note that the group was half black and half white through most of its lineups over the years. “Didja catch them when they played the Essex Fair maybe 10 years ago?” “As a matter of fact, I did. They were awesome.” And here’s the thing: What was I going to do? Hate this guy? Exactly what does that accomplish? It would only add to the quotient of hatred already dragging down this world. I said what I said, and he will either change his warped beliefs someday or he won’t. Maybe it’ll take a dozen interactions with other people like the one we just had, and then, one day, a lightbulb will go off. As the writer George Saunders noted, “We’re asleep most of the time, but we can wake up.” God knows, I’m sure trying to. m
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hat was up with that freaking guy? I mean, why does he have to talk like that?” I had four Jersey girls in my cab, visiting Burlington for the annual Vermont Brewers Festival. The one sitting directly behind me was ranting about a guy she’d run into at a downtown bar. “He’s not black!” she continued, her indignation rising. “Does he not realize that? So why is he talking in, like, Ebonics? It’s, like, completely lame.” “Well, you know,” I began, amused by this woman’s passion about the issue, “some white guys are entirely wrapped up in black music and language, and so —” “Don’t get me wrong,” she said, cutting me off. “I teach in a school system that’s primarily black. I got nothing but respect for African American culture, but, c’mon, for God’s sake.” At this point, her friends were laughing out loud. All of them were attractive, and glammed up beyond the Burlington norm — heavy makeup, elaborate hair, short skirts. Having spent my formative years within shouting distance of New Jersey, I appreciated the audacious expressive energy. Though if I had my druthers — and I do — I generally prefer the more subtle charms of Vermont girls. “Angela, honey,” my seatmate said, “we all got your friggin’ point. So perhaps it’s time to let it go. You’re really getting a little nuts about it.” “I’m just saying,” Angela replied. She, too, began to laugh — at herself, which signaled she was indeed ready to move on. Every year since the brew fest’s inception more than 20 years ago, its crowds have grown larger and more boisterous. This year was no exception, with the frenzied activity reaching crazy dimensions. I’m not complaining — far from it. It’s great for business, and the Burlington police are adept at maintaining social order amid the lunacy. On Saturday, the festival’s second day, I put my cab into action at about 2:00, and never stopped rolling until 4:00 the following morning. That is one long shift even
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Burlington cabs do more than deliver drunk college kids back to their dorms and shuttle tourists to and from the airport. They also ferry dialysis patients to their appointments, take recovering addicts to the methadone clinic and drive homeless and special-needs children to school. Benways was unique in that it had a fleet of vehicles equipped to carry people in wheelchairs. It used to provide 1,000
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hen Burlington’s biggest taxi company, Benways, closed last month, city officials worried over the sudden loss of cabs and expressed hope that smaller companies would pick up the slack. They may get more than they bargained for. Several weeks ago, a car with a pink mustache adorning its grill, the signature of the Lyft ride-sharing service, was spotted in Burlington. Ads for Uber drivers started popping up in Facebook feeds. A man showed up in town and began handing out business cards and air fresheners, telling cabbies about an app called ZabKab that could change the way they operate. Digital transportation services, in which customers use e-hailing apps to locate drivers, have been gaining popularity — and causing consternation among cabbies and regulators worldwide. During the last few weeks, they’ve been testing the waters in the Queen City. Burlington, meanwhile, is taking another look at its taxi ordinance, which was revamped just three years ago. One very big problem persists: Taxi oversight falls to airport staff, leaving the city with virtually no way of enforcing the ordinance, according to Jeff Munger, chair of the airport commission and the taxi appeals panel. “Anyone can put a magnetic sign on a vehicle as a taxi, operate in the city and never get caught,” he warned the city council in a letter. Cab drivers confirm they regularly see unlicensed operators driving downtown. Burlington’s city attorney says the administration is very close to proposing a fix, which would require city council approval. But before the city starts enforcing the rules for traditional taxis, legal staff are now figuring out whether those regulations even apply to companies like Uber — and what to do if they don’t. Meanwhile, a homegrown company that sprang from Benways’ ashes and has been supplying rides the old-fashioned way is testing the limits of Burlington’s current law.
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rides a month to elderly and disabled people through the nonprofit Special Service Transportation Agency, according to SSTA director Murray Benner. “I was panic-stricken when I read in the paper they were going to close,” said Donna Rickson, who has relied on Benways for the better part of a decade. Rickson, 72, walks with a cane and can’t make it from her house on North Avenue to the nearest bus stop. So when Cathy Robar, who worked as a Benways dispatcher for about 36 years, was coaxed into starting a new transportation service just two days after Benways closed, “she made a very nervous lady calm down,” Rickson said. Within weeks, the new company, Big Brother Security Programs, went from zero vehicles to 13, including several with wheelchair capacity. “Everybody was freaking and tweaking,” is how Robar describes the reaction when Benways closed. Robar’s brother, Paul, had run the company for more than three decades. When he
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died suddenly three years ago, his wife, Wanda, took the reins. “It was the high cost of everything” — and the fact that her husband wasn’t around anymore — that prompted her to shutter the business, Wanda Robar said, declining to go into greater detail. Cathy Robar’s business partner is Shelley Palmer, a former bail bondsman and frequent Libertarian and Tea Party political candidate. Big Brother is currently headquartered in the living room of Robar’s doublewide trailer in Colchester. (Palmer once planned to start a privatized house-arrest business, a monitoring system that lets offenders finish their sentences at home, and didn’t want to waste time registering the new venture as a corporation; hence the repurposed name.) Like Benways, Big Brother is a family affair. On a recent workday, Robar’s husband, Richard, squatted in the driveway, tinkering intently on a used bus. Her son, Kevin, left to take a customer to Price
Chopper while his fiancée handled the phones. Robar’s other son, Rob, works as a dispatcher. Big Brother has picked up a big portion of Benways’ business, according to Cathy Robar, and is already busy ferrying customers to and from dialysis appointments, nursing homes, hospitals and school programs. But unlike its predecessor, Big Brother’s owners claim the company doesn’t have to abide by the city’s taxi laws. The difference, they say, is that customers have to sign a membership contract. Once they’ve done that, they can call Big Brother for a ride like they would any taxi company — but as a private car service. “There’s a gray area and we happened to fill that void,” Kevin Robar said. Taxi regulators see it as black and white. The ordinance explicitly states that it applies to both taxis and contract vehicles and, according to Isaac Trombley, who runs the taxi administration office at the airport, there’s no doubt
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“It’s a very, very robust ordinance in which can vary, and drivers and passencomparison to some of our other ordi- gers can rate each other. nances that are very bare bones,” said From protests in Europe to the creCity Attorney Eileen Blackwood. Case ation of a political action committee in in point: Taxi drivers must wear collared Illinois, cab drivers are fighting these shirts, and sweatpants are prohibited. digital companies, arguing that they The industry has since cleaned up con- should be subject to the same licensing siderably, according to Richards, who requirements and fare rates as tradihelped craft the law. tional taxis. But it’s not perfect. Despite the recent Munger of the airport pink-mustache sightcommission warned the ing, Katie Dally, a Lyft council about problems spokesperson, said the enforcing the law in company has “not made December. any plans to launch in Under the current Burlington at this time.” system, in which airWhen Uber spokesport staff is expected man Taylor Bennett was to police the industry, asked about the compadowntown Burlington ny’s ads for Burlington remains the “Wild drivers, he responded, West,” Munger said “At this stage we are in an interview last really just testing the week. Police Chief viability of the market.” Mike Schirling said (The company offers his officers do license several services, but in checks and respond to Burlington it is specificomplaints “from time cally soliciting drivers to time” but downtown for UberX, which enforcement “falls into relies on “everyday” this unusual gray area.” cars rather than luxury And, he adds, “We alvehicles.) ready have too many That said, Bennett calls.” also reported that “The bottom line response to the ads is, there’s no enforcereflects “quite a bit of ment,” declared airport demand.” According commissioner Bill to Kaitlin Durkosh, Keogh last week. “It’s another Uber spokesJ e f f Mu n g e r time for something to person, thousands of happen. While this is residents in the greater dragging on, the public is at risk.” Burlington area have downloaded What’s taking so long? Actually en- Uber’s app. Durkosh also noted that the forcing the rules will cost money, and app does well in college towns. the city attorney is still trying to pin ZabKab, too, is merely exploring the down that figure. “We have been trying market, according to Martin Heikel, to make sure that we have real numbers cofounder of the New York-based comas we evaluate moving at least pieces of pany that created it. Like Uber and Lyft, the taxi process into different city de- the fledgling app connects drivers and partments,” Blackwood said. passengers via smartphone, with one Like the airport commissioners, key difference: It markets its product to Green Cab’s owner is eager for the city licensed taxi drivers rather than threatto decide “who’s running the show.” ening to displace them. “This is a big-boy town now. It’s not As with both of its digital competijust a little hamlet in the woods,” Herrick tors, though, the technology eliminates said. “The taxi industry has grown in the need for a dispatcher, which Heikel [Burlington] to the point where it needs described as an outdated way of ar[enforcement].” ranging for rides. “One of the reasons From Keogh’s perspective, the “po- Benways didn’t sell, I suspect, is there tential influx of electronically connected really wasn’t a market for their comtaxi cab services” makes the situation all pany … Many of these companies have the more urgent. become antiquated and haven’t entered Known as e-hailing apps, Uber and the digital world,” Heikel said. Lyft are the largest of the taxi-like rideCity officials admit they’re just getting share services. People sign up to chauf- up to speed on these new technologies. feur passengers in their personal cars, connecting with them via smartphone. Fare Treatment » p.35 The companies take a cut of the fares,
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Big Brother isn’t the only company to scoop up Benways’ business. Charlie Herrick, who owns Green Cab, is gradually adding cars. He currently has 12 and expects to buy as many as five more. Quik Cab is beefing up its fleet from 12 to 15, and Dunwright is expanding from four to six cars. Even so, cabs are hard to come by these days. “Since [Benways] closed, it’s been a nightmare,” said Matt Canning of Hotel Vermont. “We had our CEO drive a guest to a business meeting this morning.” To complicate matters, the imminent return of college students will lead to a spike in demand — further pressuring the depleted fleet.
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it “speaks directly to the service they are providing.” “If they are going to be a taxi-car driver or provide that type of service in the city of Burlington, they have to follow the same rules as everybody else,” airport director Gene Richards added. “There is no special designation for them.” No enforcement action has been planned, but Trombley confirmed last week that “it’s at the top of our list to discuss.” Palmer is unperturbed. “We’ll probably get cited and go to court, which is a good thing,” he said. “We’ll curb-stomp them.” The voluble entrepreneur doesn’t shy from fights with regulators. In a case that ended in the Supreme Court in 2000, he ultimately lost his bail bondsman license for profiting from selling a house and vehicle his clients put up as collateral. Despite shelling out roughly $150,000 in legal fees, Palmer says, “There isn’t anything I wouldn’t do the same.”
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Matt Kelsh, 70, is the owner and sole driver of Majak Taxi, a company he’s run since 2001. Prior to that, he drove for Benways for about seven years. He’s friendly and happy to chat, welcoming Seven Days into his idling minivan. Like every cab company that dispatches vehicles to the airport, Majak pays an annual $500 per-vehicle fee for the privilege of queuing up in the waiting area. Kelsh says the surcharge is a worthwhile expense. “I like this clientele,” he says. Paying for airport privileges “offers an opportunity, generally, to get different places than you might ordinarily get working for a fleet company.” The downside is that airport taxis live and die by the volume of air traffic at BTV. When bad weather cancels flights — and Kelsh estimates that this year’s winter weather cut air traffic by 25 percent — taxis take a hit, too.
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ang around the taxi stand at Burlington International Airport and you’ll observe a slow-moving parade of modest sedans and minivans, each adorned with a simple appliqué logo. As their cars inch forward to collect just-arrived travelers, the cabbies chat, smoke and josh with each other, pausing only to dash off for a sandwich from the Aviation Deli on Airport Drive. It’s a convivial scene. Most of the drivers are male and have a cartographer’s grasp of local roads. Ethnically, though, they’re quite diverse, hailing from Morocco, Ethiopia, Iraq, Tibet and other countries; several are lifelong Vermonters. Similarly varied are the cabbies’ opinions about the taxi business in Burlington since Benways closed its doors last month. Some see it as an opportunity to expand their small companies. Others are worried about the future of the local livery business, as web-based car services such as Uber and Lyft set their sights on Vermont. Seven of them took time to tell us about the fare trade.
Still, Kelsh will take the airport any day over the downtown bar scene. “I don’t have too much interest in hanging around with drunks all night,” he says with a laugh. “Having them throw up in my car is not high on my list.” Much of Majak’s business comes from what he calls “steady Freddies,” for whom calling a cab means calling Kelsh. Partly for this reason, he hasn’t noticed a big uptick in business since Benways shut down. “I’ve had a few phone inquiries, and some of them have come from referrals from Benways drivers,” he says. “But for the most part it wasn’t an overwhelming thing.” Kelsh figures that some of the bigger local taxi services — he names Green Cab, Dunwright and Quik Cab — are “the ones who are probably going to benefit the most.” Over the last eight years, Kelsh says, he’s seen a major increase in the number of independent taxi companies at the airport, a fact he attributes to the overall economic recession rather than to the departure of Benways. During every economic downturn, Kelsh says, “You’ll see an increase in the number of
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taxi drivers around town. There’s a real simple reason: It’s an easy way to employ yourself while other employment opportunities are rather diminished.”
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Driver, Blazer Transportation
Many of Vermont’s airport taxi companies are one-man shows, but a few of them operate modest fleets. At any given moment, you’ll find at least a couple of Blazer Transportation vehicles in the queue. The Burlington company employs 10 drivers, all of whom pilot gleaming-white SUVs; it offers, among other flat-rate packages, a $65 shuttle between BTV and Stowe. Blazer’s website — which is somewhat of a rarity in the Burlington taxi business — boasts that its meter rate is the “cheapest around.” Robert Burnor, 56, of Waterbury, has been driving for Blazer “off and on for about 15 years.” Before that, like so many other veteran drivers, he worked for both Yellow Cab and Benways. Though he’s a part-time driver, Burnor says he’ll go where the fares ask him to — he once slogged his way in a snowstorm from
Vermont to downtown Philadelphia, earning a $100 tip on that $800 fare. Burnor says unequivocally that Blazer’s business has improved since Benways called it quits. Requests for rides to and from the airport are up, he says, as are “city calls.” “We’re kind of picking up the slack,” he says, estimating that business has doubled since June. Burnor points to another, less measurable change in that brief period of time. “People are more polite compared to what they used to be,” he claims. His theory is that Benways drivers had a tendency to be rude, and the company’s still-extant Yelp reviews appear to confirm that. Now that passengers no longer encounter those drivers, Burnor claims, manners have improved all around. It’s an unsubstantiated claim, but one echoed by at least one other driver, Burnor’s young colleague, who was also waiting at the airport for a fare. Another Burnor observation: Benways’ cabs used to occupy a lot of prime downtown parking spaces. With their cabs out of the picture, he says, negotiating downtown streets and parking
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Business is booming.
It’s fantastic.
Youness Jamil Owner-driver, Star Cab
Youness Jamil’s amiable demeanor suggests he has experience with customer relations, a fact borne out when he relates his backstory. In his native Morocco, the 43-year-old was a tour guide of historic sites. Upon arriving in Vermont, Jamil found work as an IT professional, but, in 2008, rejoined what is effectively an arm of the hospitality industry by founding Star Cab. He enjoys introducing visitors to his adoptive home. “We used to have four employees, but now I am a one-man show,” he says with a laugh. He says he had a few drivers
Mesfin Tessema Owner-driver, Abbey Taxi
When he’s not in the airport queue, Mesfin Tessema works a job at IBM — and has since 1999. A native of Ethiopia, he refers to his part-time driving gig as a “secondary job” to help pay the mortgage. He owns Abbey Taxi and its sole car, but just a month ago hired his first employee. Like many other local drivers, Tessema has a connection to Benways. He worked there, he says, “to see if I could become a taxi driver.” He stayed three weeks. After learning the business and the local geography, he decided to go it alone. Unlike a lot of other cabbies, however, Tessema bears no ill will toward Benways. “I feel so bad for the owner when I saw that she’d closed,” he says. Tessema claims the company’s closure hasn’t boosted his business, since, as an airport regular, he never really
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the nation — processed 94,430,785 passengers. Eshete says it’s not uncommon to work the airport shift all day long and only pick up five or six fares, at “eight or 10 dollars” a pop. If most of those fares wind up being shorter rather than longer, more lucrative hauls, the day’s profits take a hit. Razor-thin margins are a way of life for independent cabbies in the Burlington area.
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Like several other drivers who spoke to Seven Days, Eshete says he prefers the airport gig to plying his trade downtown, and he views the $500 fee as a worthwhile investment. “If you go downtown right now, it’s very hard to get to the corner, you know?” he says. He prefers to line up at the airport and take his chances scoring a longer-distance fare, even if that means waiting for an hour or two. Still, too much waiting around, Eshete admits, can add up to a major liability. BTV is a small airport with a relatively You ness Ja mil modest passenger volume. According to Caroline O’Reilly, senior manager of communications and marketing for Airports Council International-North America, BTV ranks 94th among U.S. airports for passenger volume; in 2013 it processed 1,182,539 travelers. By comparison, in the same year, Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport — the busiest airport in
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Back in his home country of Ethiopia, Addisu Eshete ran a drivers’ training school. When he arrived in Vermont in 2007, he went through a few short-term jobs before once again finding vehicular employment. Eshete is now the owner of and sole driver for Bella Taxi, which he incorporated in 2008. Several of his countrymen have followed him into the business. Eshete doesn’t think the local taxi business has changed much since he founded Bella, though he does acknowledge a small increase in business since Benways closed. “Maybe the lines move a little faster now,” he says, referring to the queue at the airport. Like many other sole owner-operators, Eshete depends on a small group of consistent customers who call him when they need a lift. He estimates that he has about 15 or 20 such regulars, and he’ll work even on his one day off to meet their transportation needs.
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areas is easier. “Now that they’re gone, we got a place to sit,” he says.
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who proved unreliable. Despite that recent reduction, he says, “Business is booming. It’s fantastic.” Star receives many calls, Jamil says, from hotel guests, tourists and steady customers — enough that he’s seriously considering adding another vehicle or two. He’d maintain a presence at the airport, Jamil explained, while stationing Star’s second vehicle in the downtown area. “So when I’m really far away, I can call the other driver to pick up my business,” he says. “You know, cover all the bases … But finding a good driver is always a challenge.” With his tech background, Jamil clearly understands the importance of creating a favorable online impression; he speaks proudly of his website, and of his company’s presence on Google and Yelp. He’s surprised that so few of the smaller local cab companies can boast the same. “They don’t want to pay for advertisements, but it’s worth the money,” he says. Jamil doesn’t seem to miss Benways much. He says some of the company’s cabs weren’t clean and the drivers were “sluggish” and unhelpful. But, he says, “We really need more cabs here.” Even the recent proliferation of independent taxi companies, Jamil says, has not been sufficient to handle passenger demand, especially when festivals or other major events happen in town. Is there room in Burlington’s market for even more taxi companies? Jamil responds without hesitation: “Oh, definitely.”
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Stanley Barnes has been driving a Vermont cab for more than half of his 80 years — 49, to be exact. More than one other cabbie referred to him as an authority on Burlington’s taxi business. He’s BTV’s gravel-voiced, cab-driving éminence grise, and he remembers when the fare from Burlington to Essex Junction was just 85 cents. “I tried retiring last September,” Barnes says. “My retirement lasted 12
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competed with the larger company for the downtown market. His biggest worry is that Uber and its ilk might set up shop in Burlington. “That’s a very scary thing,” Tessema says, though he admits he’s not as knowledgeable about the potential competitor as he should be. With his IBM job taking the majority of his working hours, Tessema knows that at least he has an “out,” which is not the case with every local cabbie. Plenty of IBM workers these days are looking for an out, too.
days, ’cause I got sick of watching ‘The Price Is Right.’” Barnes is somewhat unusual, though, in that he drives on a contract basis. He used to own his own cab, but at the moment he drives for J.J. Transit, a small outfit affiliated with Everywhere Taxi of Vermont. He achieves a certain degree of independence by leasing his cab from
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J.J. and sticking to the airport run, which permits him enough free time to “play the horses” and visit casinos. (He once took a fare all the way to Washington, D.C., but calls the trip a bust because he lost much of his earnings in Atlantic City on the drive back.) Barnes currently maintains a regular, nine-to-five workday, and he likes it that
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Iraq-born Farkad Abdulrazak, 27, is younger than most of the taxi drivers who spend their days at Burlington International. And he’s web-savvy. He changed his company’s name from Ali Baba Taxi because “89 Taxi” yielded more favorable returns in Google searches. In the coming months, he plans to do more online marketing and to add vehicles and staff to what is now a three-car, three-driver operation. 89 Taxi bills itself as airport-to-airport conveyance, but Abdulrazak only pays the $500 annual airport fee for one car to sit in the line at BTV. The company’s website suggests the other cars are running regular routes to Manchester-Boston Regional Airport in New Hampshire and New
York’s Stewart International and Maine’s Augusta State airports, among others. Abdulrazak isn’t daunted by the emergence of such companies as Uber and Lyft. Rather, he looks forward to joining forces with them. “When the right time comes, we can work with them. Why not?” he says. About Uber, he says, “I think it’s going to be fair to everybody. Whoever’s closer gets the call.” Another potential advantage in working with Uber: He won’t get stiffed anymore — a pretty significant problem, according to Abdulrazak. He believes working on contract for Uber, which requires payment online, will minimize some of the risk in his business. Abdulrazak thinks that Burlington’s taxis could be better regulated. He believes that the ease with which “anyone” can become a cab driver here has splintered and destabilized the industry — a situation exacerbated by the closing of Benways. But Abdulrazak doesn’t seem worried — after all, he says, 89 Taxi’s business has increased 50 percent since the demise of Benways. “The market will fix these issues,” he says. m Contact: ethan@sevendaysvt.com
Fare Treatment « p.31 “There’s going to be a little bit of a learning curve to understand how they are working,” said City Council President Joan Shannon. After a concerned taxi driver brought the issue to her attention early last week, Shannon asked the city attorney to determine whether Burlington’s taxi ordinance applies to companies such as Uber. “I’m not assuming we would take the approach of banning Uber,” Shannon said, but “I don’t want them falling outside of our regulatory structure.” Blackwood’s initial reaction was that the city’s taxi ordinance does not apply to a company like Uber, though she emphasized she hasn’t finished her review. Given that city leaders are already planning to revisit the taxi ordinance, “it’s an opportune time to deal with new technology,” Shannon said. If Uber does decide to launch in
Burlington, Bennett said, it will “absolutely” reach out to city officials — something it hasn’t done yet. The company may also have something to say about potential changes coming to the city’s taxi ordinance. “Part of that,” he continued, “is looking at the existing regulatory framework and where we can fit in and where we can modernize existing codes.” Don’t expect Queen City cab drivers to go along without a fight. Green Cab’s Herrick says letting in digital rideshare companies would create a Darwinian environment. “If they allow Lyft or UberX to come in and yet still require the taxi industry to have licensing and insurance and background checks, then there will be friction, and it will not last,” he said. “One or the other is going to win out.” m Contact: alicia@sevendaysvt.com
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t’s after hours on a recent afternoon at 190 Eastern Avenue in St. Johnsbury, and Kim Darling is corroding a plate of copper in ferric chloride. “You can feel this has been eaten away,” she tells a visitor, “and when we print, that area will be raised.” The printmaker and longtime teacher at St. Johnsbury Academy is at ease as she explains her art-making process, leading a visitor around Gatto Nero (Italian for “black cat”), the studio she and her husband, Bill Darling, have shared for seven years. The Darlings are primarily intaglio printmakers, though Kim has a strong sideline in drawing and painting. Intaglio is a method that involves making incisions in copper or zinc plates; the ink settles in the notches. The Darlings make their own plates, coated with wax and then corroded with solutions
for texture, and etch them with their finely detailed drawings of animals, architectural structures and figures. Their studio occupies the ground floor of a beautifully restored 1894 building that’s been home to printing presses for more than a century; it was the longtime site of commercial print shop Cowles Press and once housed the Caledonian-Record ’s press. But now the walls are adorned with the Darlings’ prints, drawings and paintings, and in one corner there’s a handsome wooden counter made by a local carpenter and lined with stools. There, Matthew Laughton, 32, a St. J native and longtime barista, mans a shiny new espresso machine. The Café at Gatto Nero, opened just this spring, is one more testament to the evolution of St. Johnsbury’s burgeoning arts community.
Laughton co-owns the café with Florian Rexhepi, a colleague of the Darlings at the Academy. The idea for the coffee shop came from Rexhepi, who missed the casual, creative café environments of his native Eastern Europe. “He felt like St. Johnsbury needed a community place, a place where people could just relax and sit for a while and have coffee and talk,” recalls Kim. “He felt that was missing from his life here, so he decided he had to build it!” The Darlings connected Rexhepi with Laughton, and they hit it off. “It all happened really quickly,” Kim says. The four friends anticipate that the combination of art and caffeine will encourage creative types to gather in the space. They’re already seeing signs of it. Just the other day, a pair of cartoonists from Hardwick holed up in the corner
for the afternoon to draw and write. The café is already making a small profit, attracting between 40 and 50 customers per day, Laughton says. That’s a higher volume than he was expecting in its first months. Of course, creative people need to be caffeinated — and Gatto Nero adds to the evidence that St. Johnsbury’s arts scene is on an upswing. The most urban hub of the Northeast Kingdom has always had a creative base guaranteed by its resident cultural institutions: the Fairbanks Museum, Catamount Arts, the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum and St. Johnsbury Academy. “There’s always been an arts interest in St. Johnsbury,” Kim stresses. “But it hasn’t always been very cohesive.” That seems to be changing. St. J’s quartet of arts powerhouses has in recent years made a concerted effort to pool its
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they found inspiration, too, in their community. Frequent travel during their vacations helped. The Darlings’ affiliation with Mason and the Art Students League accounts for the print shop’s most unexpected feature: an antique etching press that’s believed to be the first ever used in an American art school. “The whole Ashcan School printed on that press,” says Kim, referring to the early-20th-century artistic movement known for realistic depictions of New York’s poor neighborhoods. The press was reportedly ordered at the turn of the century by celebrated American etcher and printmaker Joseph Pennell, and then passed among his students over the years. Eventually, it fell into disrepair in a corner of the Art Students League, where it remained until the league’s director gave it to Bill Darling as payment for work he’d done. He repaired it, and when the Darlings moved to Vermont, the press came with them. FriE D It now sits in a corner of Gatto Nero and has been in constant use for years. When Bill Darling began teaching at the Academy in 1996, he introduced the school’s first etching classes and invited the students to use the historic press. At the Academy, the Darlings bring their classical training into the classroom, remembers former student Tara Goreau, now a professional muralist and arts educator in Burlington. “They want to keep a style of drawing alive that goes back to Michelangelo and the Renaissance, where you really look at the light and the form,” she says. “It’s drawn from the light, and much of modern art doesn’t really take that into consideration … The Darlings just wanted you to step back and really, really look at the form and move around it.” Goreau, 25, offers personal testimony to the expertise that the Darlings draw on to help revitalize St. Johnsbury. “There’s not a day goes by when I’m making art that I don’t look back at, like, that first year, when I was studying with them,” she says. “I don’t think I would be an artist if they didn’t teach me what they did.” m
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resources. In particular, the institutions are pushing an “arts campus” concept to encourage tourists and locals alike to visit the exhibits and partake of the programming. New energy has come to downtown St. J in various forms. Five years ago, musician Neko Case purchased the former Catamount Arts Center, which now houses Dylan’s Café, a restaurant with tasty — though pricey for the area — fare and an interior space hung with art, including a wall mural by Kim Darling. Case maintains a studio upstairs. New businesses such as Flex coworking office, Rollickers Bikes & Boards and the expanded Gatto Nero provide hubs for creative types of all ages. The Darlings, for their part, have been quietly creating professional art in St. Johnsbury since they first moved there more than 30 years ago from New York City. Since the mid’90s, they’ve taught art at St. Johnsbury Academy, where they founded the J oDY printmaking program and lead regular student trips to Italy. “They bring a level of excellence to the arts scene,” reflects Jody Fried, executive director of Catamount Arts. “They’re amazing artists, they’re beloved by their students, and they’re very focused on what they do. “The Darlings are professional artists,” he adds. “A lot of people who participate in the Art Center are participating at amateur and beginning levels; it’s very important to have all those levels in the community.” The Darlings met at the Art Students League of New York and first visited Vermont to paint in the summertime with their teacher, celebrated master painter Frank Mason. The idea of having their kids in a New York City public school in the 1980s, as Bill recalls, prompted their exodus, and they relocated to St. Johnsbury when their first child reached school age. The couple has raised eight children in the area; one of their daughters, Flo, has remained there to teach in the Academy’s art department with her parents. The transition from New York’s vibrant arts scene to the Northeast Kingdom, both Darlings admit, was not always easy. “For many of those years I thought we’d been sent to the gulag,” Bill jokes — though both say
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[N]ow the national anthem has started up […] And you wonder why some put their hand over their heart when the anthem is played and why some just put their hands behind their back and why you yourself put your hand over your heart when you’re not in the least inclined to show patriotism. You’re certainly not inclined to show patriotism by having troops go off to war, and you start wondering how strange it is to live in a world where so much of what other people do and what your government’s doing is something you wouldn’t do at all, and it makes the living you’re doing seem as if it isn’t living at all, at least not in the big sense, only in a small sense, in the way the goose you have at home lives, knowing only what’s in the immediate area, not thinking beyond the fox by the pond and the hawk up above. You wish you could think of the bigger picture sometimes, how to come up with a solution to poverty, the dilemma of thinning ozone, the inevitable threat of worldwide drought, and not always be concerned whether the swim towels you washed can come completely dry in a forty-minute cycle or do they need sixty. Not always concerned whether the swimsuit you bought online could have been purchased for less on a different site. Not always concerned that if you hadn’t let your daughter go to the public library a week ago during story time when all the preschoolers were entering the building, then she wouldn’t have caught a cold and had to miss three swim practices in a row, possibly causing her not to be at the height of her conditioning now. Not always concerned about the fact that Thomas never touches you, and that maybe it really doesn’t matter. Like you said, there’s no blame, there’s just the next morning with his body taking up your side of the bed, and you being pushed closer to the edge of the bed, where there’s a gap almost wide enough for your body to fall through, and if it did you’d hit cobwebs, dead flies, balls of dog hair, and books you started but never finished, and maybe you’d be sucked down even farther, into that void where the horrors of everyday life swim around in some primordial stew you could never pull yourself up and out of.
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he piece of toast Galen Dively hands me is not his best work. The conventional white-bread toast is supposed to have my smiling face emblazoned on it. I stare at it for a minute, not entirely sure what I’m looking at. I rotate it a couple of times. I hold it closer to my eyes, then farther away. Then, as if I’m looking at one of those Magic Eye posters with a sailboat or a lion hidden in some trippy, multicolored pattern, I can see it. Sort of. Dively, 49, is the founder of the Vermont Novelty Toaster Corporation. For the past four years, he’s made his living building and selling toasters that imprint various images on toast, such as pot leaves and peace symbols. But his most recent invention taps into modern culture’s increasing obsession with, well, itself: selfie toast. For $79.50, Dively and his four-person crew will take your favorite self-portrait and build you a toaster that allows you to munch on your own face every morning — or that of your dog, or Jesus. (Sorry, Deadheads, no Jerry toast yet, though Dively says he’s had informal discussions with the Garcia estate about licensing opportunities. In the meantime, you could ask Dively for a toaster that reproduces his own image, as he bears a striking resemblance to the late Grateful Dead front man. And yes, he drives an old Volkswagen microbus.) My toast makes me look kind of like I have mutton chops — a facial-hair choice I’ve long admired but never attempted. It also looks as though I might be exhaling a plume of smoke. But since Dively took a pic from my Facebook profile, where I’m pretty sure no such incriminating pics exist, the effect is more likely the result of a toaster rushed into production. That’s understandable: Dively has been in a major production crunch of late. About three weeks ago, CNN and FOX News picked up on the selfie toaster. Since then, Dively’s toasters have been covered by the Los Angeles Times, the UK’s Daily Mail, Time magazine, “The Today Show” and many other media outlets around the world. A recent story by reporter Gina Bullard at local CBS affiliate WCAX was picked up by the network and went national. Dively says he’s been making selfie toasters for about a year now, but “could count on two hands” the number of them he’d sold before the media blitz. In the past few weeks, he says, he’s received more than 400 orders, as the shop’s massive pile of toast slices bearing smiling faces and various symbols attests. So Dively can
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be excused for having hastily banged out mine the night before I show up at his St. Johnsbury office. Dively says he can crank out a selfie toaster in less than an hour. First, he loads a customer-submitted image into Photoshop and tweaks it for sharper contrast. He then creates a reverse silhouette of the image — think photo negative — and loads it into a program linked to a plasma cutter. The cutter carves a stencil into a small metal plate, which, once it’s been ground down and smoothed out, is inserted in front of the heating element of a toaster. The metal sections block heat from reaching the toast. Ideally, the resulting burn marks from the open spaces on the
stencil create the image. And, more often than not, it works. Bullard’s toast, for example, is a pretty accurate rendering of the reporter’s smiley visage. Ditto the toasts created for Al Roker and Matt Lauer of “The Today Show.” “You news people always just have to have your own toast for these stories,” Dively teases. Dively is a Pennsylvania native who went to college in Maryland. He says his only “real job” was working in a print shop for about a year, after which he quit to follow the Dead. During that time, he made his living — you guessed it — selling tie-dyed T-shirts, which he still does on the side, along with some custom picture framing.
“I’ve always been into graphic-design stuff,” he says. “But working a day job never really suited me. So I’ve always tried to find other ways to make money.” Dively lives with his wife and children in Walden in a house he built shortly after his marriage more than 20 years ago. He also owns rental property in Washington, D.C., which helps to supplement his income. Where did his breakfast-food brainstorm spring from? Dively says he got the idea for novelty toasters several years ago when he bought a Hello Kitty toaster as a gag gift for a friend. “I thought it was pretty neat,” he says of that device, which imprinted the Hello Kitty logo on toast. “Then I thought, I wanna put a pot leaf on a piece of toast.” And that’s exactly what he did. Dively connected with a Chinese company that builds novelty toasters and began selling pot-leaf and peace-symbol toasters. Next came Jesus toast, naturally. Jesus toast begat selfie toast. And Dively’s life profoundly changed. “I’ve been here about 18 hours a day for the last three weeks to keep up with the demand,” he says. When the media blitz started, he asked the local grocery store to order 20 extra loaves of bread per week. “I told them we were gonna need a lot of bread.” Until recently, Dively’s Chinese toaster connection handled most of his manufacturing, including producing the metal stencils. But when he purchased the plasma cutter, he was able to shift most of the operation to his St. J workshop and drastically reduce costs. “Given the volume we’re producing, it would have been impossible to do this any other way,” Dively says. “I mean, that’s just the backlog over there.” He points to a table crammed with boxes of selfie toasters awaiting shipment. Dively adds that he and his four employees are still streamlining the process of cranking out toasters on a larger scale, and they’ll likely add staff to handle the inevitable holiday rush. But if the mounting pressure of success is getting to him, you’d never know it. “It’s not like we’re curing cancer or anything,” Dively says, chuckling. “We’re making toast.” The ludicrousness of his latest venture is not lost on him. “It’s all really silly, of course. But I guess I’ve sort of tapped into people’s narcissistic love of themselves,” Dively says. “And toast.”
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and believe in herself, two actions difficult to dramatize but easy to sing about. The band includes music director Jono Mainelli on keyboards and versatile Teddy Weber on guitar, banjo and steel slide guitar. Mainelli’s arrangements give all five musicians a chance to stretch and shine through a variety of musical idioms. Jeanine Tesori’s music lacks hummable tunes, but she does create a nice range of musical textures. Several numbers have the soaring, emotional drive essential to musicals, while others quote gospel, dance hall and country music. Within the framework of musical comedy, Tesori nicely captures that turn-the-radio-dial feeling of traveling across the country. The standout singer in this production is Stephane Duret as Flick. In his solo “Let
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usical theater is all about keeping emotion aloft. In Violet, plot and character are incidental to a show that pares the story down to the bond formed between a young woman struggling with shame and two good-hearted traveling soldiers. The theme is accepting yourself as you are, and the title character shares pure feelings as she learns to believe in herself. It’s 1964 in the segregated South. Violet leaves her isolated home in the mountains of North Carolina to take a bus trip to Tulsa, Okla., in hopes that a faith healer will remove her facial scar. She was disfigured in a childhood accident when her father’s axe struck her as he was splitting wood. The book and lyrics by Brian Crawley are based on “The Ugliest Pilgrim,” a short story by Doris Betts. The musical debuted off-Broadway in 1997 and won a New York Drama Critics’ Circle award. It’s recently been revived and is currently running on Broadway. Crawley seems to be aiming at the nearly universal trouble women have in accepting their appearance, but making Violet foolish enough to crave a televangelist’s miracle trivializes the problem. Still, there are some nice parallels between Violet and the African American soldier she meets, both of whom are judged by their exteriors. In the production at the Skinner Barn, director Nick Corley stages the action with seating on three sides and a fivepiece band visible behind the playing space. Using a single small platform and a few chairs, Corley leaves most of the scenic details to our imagination. The vague allusions to place focus all attention on the performers. The script has an amorphous quality, as well. Crawley puts a younger version of the main character alongside the adult she’ll become. It allows him to show Violet’s memories and state of mind, a convention that becomes clear during two poker games that play out simultaneously: young Vi learning from her nononsense dad and adult Violet astounding two soldiers, Flick and Monty, with her prowess. Both soldiers will end up falling for her, scar and all. The triangle isn’t especially tense, and romance is almost as easy to obtain as a bus ticket. But before Violet can give in to it, she has to forget the past
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Peter Boynton handles the dual roles of Violet’s father and the Preacher. He’s especially affecting in the father’s apologetic solo to Violet. Corley stages the song with crystal-clear simplicity — just two people face to face — and Boynton sings with unflinching directness. The cast is filled out with able performers who populate Violet’s journey. Ann Harvey exudes bonhomie as a bus passenger and contributes some sultry singing as part of Memphis’ nightlife. Sydney McEwen belts out a mighty gospel solo but is primarily occupied with background roles. Clarise Fearn takes a turn as a radio singer, then likewise retreats. Crawley’s odd choice to hand off some feature singing to noncharacters is either the height of egalitarianism or an admission that there just isn’t much story to advance. With its dark-brown, weathered beams, the Skinner Barn is a charming place for theater, but it does pose some acoustical challenges. The live band can only soften its instruments so much, and the microphones on the performers can’t pick up all the nuances of the singers. The result is a truncated range of volume,
without the loud-to-soft contrasts that can give show tunes dramatic power. Worse, some listeners are likely to miss lyrics and dialogue altogether from time to time. The first thing we learn about Violet is that she lacks self-confidence. It’s not the easiest way to launch a character, even if it’s a central human dilemma. To make Violet interest us, Crawley cuts straight to musical conventions and gives her a rip-roaring opening number, “On My Way.” Crawley assigns his heroine all the spunk necessary to take a big, obviously life-changing journey, even though her central problem is supposed to be shame and self-doubt. Strictly speaking, Violet’s ability to get on the bus would seem to constitute her cure. But musicals encourage us to suspend petty analysis, and this one is a pleasant entertainment. m
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n a sunny Saturday in mid-July, a would-be customer approaches a farmstand at the Barre Farmers Market. He pauses and peruses the table spread with jars of honey and pamphlets about another product: raw milk. “Is this a co-op or something?” he asks, looking up, milk pamphlet in hand. “I think I wanna get into raw milk.” Susan and Ryan Hayes, owners of the Farm of Milk and Honey in Washington, stand with coolers at their feet holding jars of unprocessed milk, kept just above freezing in ice-water baths. These are not for sale. But the Hayeses are on-site taking advantage of a new law that went into effect on July 1; it permits farmers trafficking in raw, straight-from-the-cow milk to deliver their product to farmers markets for customer pickup. Previously, Tier II producers of raw milk (those hoping to sell more than 87.5 gallons per week) had to sell straight from the farm or deliver directly to customers’ homes. Before he can purchase any milk, Susan tells the man, he must visit the farm, according to state law. If he can make the trip this week, she explains, she can bring milk to next Saturday’s market for him. Or he can just buy it on the farm. “Huh,” he says, unconvinced. “I don’t know if I’ll be back next week.” Susan offers to deliver the milk to his house, once he completes the requisite visit. “My problem,” he says, “is that I’m in and out all the time.” The man adds that he’s trying to eat a diet suited to the local environment. And in Vermont, the environment is very much about dairy. As Susan wraps up the conversation, Ryan chats with another potential buyer, again explaining the state-mandated appointment during which consumers can judge the safety of the milk for themselves. “If all products were sold that way,” the woman tells Ryan, “I’d never buy anything.” Despite these difficulties, the Hayeses say they’re “choosing to celebrate the new legislation” allowing them market access. “We’ll take whatever we can get,” Susan says. The Farm of Milk and Honey is one of just four Tier II producers in the state. According to Andrea Stander, director of the farm advocacy group Rural Vermont, a handful of other dairies are working toward
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Tier II certification now that they’re allowed farmers market presence. Stander says the market-delivery law is a step in the right direction: “It’s putting raw milk out into the marketplace in a more regular way,” she says. “More people have the opportunity to know that raw milk is out there. It’s not easy [to get],” she adds, “but it is available.” A few days later, I meet Ryan Hayes in his barn. He’s readying to milk the first of his three cows. He cleans each of her teats with a sterile solution before attaching a suction milker and can. “Our milk only travels eight inches [from cow to cooler],” he says, rather than through tubing and into a holding tank, as at a conventional dairy. This procedure, Ryan says, minimizes contamination potential. After each milking, he cleans the milker with a scrub brush and resanitizes everything.
“We’ve been told that our milk is some of the cleanest around,” Ryan says, readying the next cow. The cow drops a well-timed cow-patty, splattering Ryan and everything else in range. “Some raw-milk farmers prefer to milk by hand,” he says, scooping poo into the gutter. “But that’s why we don’t. It happens.” A neighboring farmer saunters into a the barn. He’s come up the hill to borrow the hay elevator, which is upstairs in the loft. “What, you’ve got three cows you’re milking now?” he asks. “Yep,” Ryan replies, kneeling to wipe the cow’s udder with a clean rag. He dunks her teat in a sterile solution, then wipes her down again. A month ago, he explains, he bought two new Jerseys from a farm up north.
“Getting big,” the neighbor says, watching Ryan with a dubious look. He wanders back out to the barnyard. At conventional dairies, Ryan says, the extra cleaning he’s doing is unnecessary. “The difference between conventional milking and raw milk is that they’ll just put the milker on [right after a cow poops]. Because if you’re going to pasteurize it anyway…” But the cow he’s milking, a little Jersey named Papillon (nicknamed “Papi”), is short, so her udder hangs low to the ground — definitely in the splatter zone. “Some probably got on the teat,” Ryan says. After milking each cow, Ryan takes the can to the milk room and empties it into glass jars, then drops them into an icewater bath to cool. Milk stowed away, he walks to the field and cordons off an area for the day’s grazing. The cows eat an all-grass diet, and the Hayeses rotate them through various pastures to keep the grass healthy and strong, which in turn keeps the cows healthy and strong. “That’s the foundation for clean milk: healthy animals,” Ryan says. The Hayeses are new to full-time farming; they lived until recently in Williston, while Ryan worked in Burlington as a graphic designer. He also apprenticed for a year at the Family Cow Farmstand — Vermont’s first state-certified raw milk dairy, which has been operating in Hinesburg since 2008. When bringing a cow home proved more difficult than expected, the couple wondered if they could apply the Family Cow model outside Chittenden County. They leased a farm in Washington. At the Family Cow — where Kalyn Campbell says her 10 milking cows serve about 300 regular customers — business is profitable largely because the customers live nearby in Chittenden County. Campbell can deliver 60 percent of her milk with comparative ease, though she says her success also depends on farmstand sales. The farmstand is not far from the main road. It’s open 24 hours a day, seven days a week and operates on an honor system: Customers swing by, grab milk, meat, eggs and vegetables, and leave cash in the box. Campbell says she stocks more than just milk to make the stand a destination, “so people can come in and buy everything they need.” In effect, she’s bringing the
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grocery store to the farm, since she can’t sell her milk in stores. On the last Wednesday in July, Campbell makes her first appearance at the Slow Food Vermont Farmers Market in Burlington. Sandwiched between vendors offering samples of berries and cheese, she stands before a table with photos of the farm and literature on raw milk, drawing sidelong glances from passersby. “I probably won’t be back,” she says. Campbell acknowledges that the Family Cow’s success is rare in Vermont. When she bought the business in 2013, another farmer had been building the brand — and its loyal clientele — for more than five years. “I bought this business for quite a bit of money for that customer base,” she says. Lindsay Harris, who founded the Family Cow in 2008, moved to Tunbridge about a year ago. When she left Chittenden County, she says, she abandoned the idea of selling unprocessed milk, knowing it would be too difficult to reach customers in a rural area. Instead, Harris says, she refocused her business on making butter, bottled buttermilk and fresh ricotta cheese; she pasteurizes her milk on-farm in small batches. (For more details of Harris’ micro-pasteurization practice, see Kathryn Flagg’s story in Local Matters, this issue.) “For years we tried to figure out how to make raw milk work in a different location,” Harris says. “But we wanted to live in a more rural area. Any place that was good for the raw-milk business was near a larger population center.” The Hayeses struggle, high on a hill, miles from the nearest paved road. On a recent afternoon, Susan Hayes is driving her delivery truck. To deliver $72 worth of product, she makes a 75-mile loop. It takes several hours and about half a tank of gas, which she estimates rings up at about $30. Susan pulls up to a house in a quiet neighborhood near Vermont College of Fine Arts in Montpelier and stops the
with photos and magnets, places the milk on a rack, takes the empties from the counter and leaves. Back in the truck, Susan says, “Delivering milk is romantic and charming, and I love interacting with the customers, but they don’t need to see us every week … It’s just so inefficient.” So why do it? The Hayeses say they’re following the law to the letter as an experiment. “Until we try it this way,” Ryan says, “we won’t know if it’s viable.” Susan says she hopes that playing by the rules now — even if it means losing money — will give them a leg up when the raw milk issue comes up again in the legislature. “Then we can say, ‘Look, we did it just the way you told us to do it,’” and be able to offer real suggestions on improving the process, Susan explains. Meanwhile, Susan keeps her day job as an educational consultant in Williston and commutes three or four days a week. Ryan stays home and works the farm with their 4-year-old son. Harris admires their fortitude. “I applaud the Hayeses,” she says. “They are pretty ambitious. All that delivery is crazy. It’s so labor-intensive. Unless you’re delivering to somewhere in Burlington, it just doesn’t make sense; the burdens really add up.” “This is not profitable,” Ryan concedes. “That’s the crummy part.” But, he adds, “I’d say the benefits far outweigh the downfalls.” m Contact: hannah@sevendaysvt.com
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On May 31, the McCarthy family signed over their nearly 6-year-old Cosmic Bakery & Café to fellow St. Albans businessman DomENico “mimmo” SpANo. The owner of mimmo’S pizzEriA & rEStAurANt, with branches in St. Albans and Essex, and his wife, KAthY, will open
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Mimmo’s doesn’t serve. The other was to please his 10-year-old. “Bagels are his favorite meal. They’re his favorite breakfast,” the restaurateur says with a laugh. While completing a major renovation to the kitchen, Spano is working to perfect his bagel recipe. Much of his breakfast fare will consist of sandwiches served on the rounds or on homemade English muffins. Other morning pastries include muffins and scones. At lunch, the Round Table will serve classic American sandwich combos courtesy of Boar’s Head, as well as Italian meats such as prosciutto and capicola. Spano’s upbringing in Toritto, Italy, also informs his selection of coffee drinks incorporating VErmoNt coffEE compANY roasts. Spano says customers’ preferences will influence the menu, but he hopes to bring more Italian flair to the offerings as the bakery grows. He plans gradually to offer more cakes and pastries, perhaps including hard-to-find Italian specialties, and has considered bringing a baker from his hometown to train employees in St. Albans. But first, he’ll get the remodeling and the recipes just right. “I want everything to be first-class,” says Spano. With any luck, his latest endeavor will be as much a St. Albans staple as 19-year-old Mimmo’s.
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t’s 7 a.m., and the kitchen at Brewster River Pub & Brewery in Jeffersonville is buzzing. It’s been active since 3 a.m. — and not because someone had an early-morning craving for the restaurant’s teriyaki duck wings or house-brewed, smoked-cherry porter. A quick look around the kitchen clarifies matters: More than 400 bagels line practically every surface. Since winter, Brewster River Pub & Brewery has looked this way at least five mornings a week. It’s serving as the temporary kitchen for Mtn Seasons, a new bakery that applies the community-supported agriculture (CSA) model to bagels — a first in Vermont. Friends Jeff Silver, 45, and Diane Abruzzini, 27, who started Mtn Seasons earlier this year, plan to open their own bagelry across the street come ski season. The two live in twin apartments atop the former deli space they’re now renovating — just one of many strokes of serendipity that catalyzed Mtn Seasons’ quick rise. Though Silver and Abruzzini first met on the slopes of Smugglers’ Notch Resort, they continued to connect when she sold him produce in their respective day jobs — she as a farmer, he as a chef. But let’s make one thing clear: They’re not a couple. Even if “we fight like we’re in a relationship,” says Silver. Just last summer, the neighbors decided to launch a food business together. “I was kind of done working for other people,” Silver says. “I felt like I had enough experience and knowledge to do it for myself.” That past experience included working as a cook and a construction manager in his native Rye, N.Y., region. When Silver moved to Vermont in 2002, he started from the bottom again as a dishwasher at the Kitchen Table Bistro in Richmond, where
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he eventually worked his way up to running the grill station. The wiry, tattooed chef honed his baking skills in recent years at Jeffersonville’s Mix Café & Bakery, where he added uncommon flavor profiles to muffins and scones. Many of those flavors, such as a popular combination of crystallized ginger and Vermont Cranberry Company berries, have now found a new home inside Silver’s bagels. At this time last year, tall, slender Abruzzini was working on a small farm, supplying area restaurants and markets. The Maplewood, N.J., native came to farming as an anthropology major at Skidmore College. A field study on local agriculture turned into a summer job, which slowly morphed into a career. After graduating, Abruzzini moved to Vermont to work at the Intervale Community Farm. Later, she
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After a morning bake last week, Silver poached eggs to demonstrate a dish similar to one he’ll prepare at the future restaurant. He served the farm egg atop a toasted half bagel spread with Does’ Leap chèvre. Placed in a bowl carpeted with slivers of sautéed squash, the whole assemblage was showered with colorful kimchi. The bagels themselves are vegan, but most toppings and fillings are not. Silver and Abruzzini will serve meat in sandwiches at their bagelry, but for now they limit themselves to lox from Starbird Fish. The restaurant space below Silver and Abruzzini’s apartments is currently little more than a shell, but Silver is excited to take a guest on a tour. Two large windows, already framed, will give visitors a close-
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farmers’ surplus. “I was really worried I would have less access to veggies this year, but I had more than ever,” Abruzzini says. Garlicky kale is the bakery’s most popular flavor, but for the next few weeks, Silver and Abruzzini will give it a break to take advantage of seasonal produce that farmers need to unload. Most of the veggies have food miles low enough to brag about, hailing from Foote Brook or Three Crows or Knee Deep farms, the last two in Jeffersonville. Last week, farmers-market customers, CSA members and shoppers were treated to a new Mtn Seasons bagel made from puréed local zucchini and (nonlocal) dried dill. The latter distributed itself through the dough like a print on a fashionable dress. Foote Brook’s jalapeños were chopped fine and incorporated in another of Mtn Seasons’ typically chewy, fluffy bagels, which was topped with grated Parmesan. Using local products is key to the business’ principles; Silver stresses that he and Abruzzini hope to begin drying their own herbs for toppings such as Montréal spice and everything bagels. But maintaining excellent flavor is just as important. The pair is willing to compromise even less when it comes to how the bagels are served at farmers markets — and will be at their bagelry. Cream cheese comes from Franklin Foods in Enosburg Falls. The company’s bacteria-rich, yogurt-based variety appears in Mtn Seasons’ probiotic sandwich, combined with gingery homemade kimchi.
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Hiroshima Day Peace Vigil: Folks commemorate the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and call for the abolition of nuclear weapons worldwide. Meet at the corner of South Prospect and Main Streets. Various downtown locations, Burlington, 8-8:30 a.m. Free. Info, 658-1047.
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Kingdom Community Wind Tours: Folks learn about alternative energy sources on a visit to the 21-turbine wind farm. Kingdom Community Wind, Lowell, 10 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 744-6664. Middlebury College Observatory Open House: Sky gazers join Jonathan Kemp of Middlebury College's physics department to view Saturn, Mars and other celestial sights through state-of-the-art telescopes. Call to confirm. McCardell Bicentennial Hall, Middlebury College, 9-10:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-2266. Valley Night Featuring Greg Ryan: Locals gather for this weekly bash of craft ales, movies and live music. Big Picture Theater and Café, Waitsfield, 7:30-10 p.m. $5 suggested donation.
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Coffee Tasting: Tasters sip Counter Culture Coffee varieties, then make side-by-side comparisons of different regional blends. Maglianero Café, Burlington, noon. Free. Info, 617-331-1276, corey@ maglianero.com. Middlebury Farmers Market: Crafts, cheeses, breads, veggies and more vie for spots in shoppers' totes. The Marbleworks, Middlebury, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 673-4158. Newport Farmers Market: Pickles, meats, eggs, fruits, veggies, herbs and baked goods are a small sampling of the fresh fare supplied by area growers and producers. Causeway, Newport, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 274-8206. Pop-Up Gastronomy: A New England Terroir: Gourmands sample regional flavors at a multi-course al fresco feast, weather permitting. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 6 p.m. $65-75 includes dinner and a glass of each featured wine; preregister. Info, 877-324-6386. Slow Food Vermont Farmers Market: Foodies learn about the origins of local meats, produce and flowers at an assembly of 10 small-scale farmers and artisan food producers. Burlington City Hall Park, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, jess@hotelvt.com. Wednesday Wine Down: Oenophiles get over the midweek hump by pairing four varietals with samples from Lake Champlain Chocolates, Cabot Creamery and more. Drink, Burlington, 4:30 p.m. $12. Info, 860-9463, melissashahady@vtdrink.com. Williston Farmers Market: An open-air affair showcases prepared foods and unadorned produce. New England Federal Credit Union, Williston, 3:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, willistonfarmersmarket@ gmail.com.
Vermont Festival of the Arts: More than 100 events — ranging from pottery demos to worldclass music and everything in between — delight art lovers. See vermontartfest.com for details. Various Mad River Valley locations, 10 a.m. Prices vary. Info, 496-6682, info@vermontartfest.com.
Bridge Club: Strategic thinkers have fun with the popular card game. Burlington Bridge Club, Williston, 9:15 a.m. $6 includes refreshments. Info, 651-0700.
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'Black Canaries': Filmmaker Jesse Kreitzer hosts a screening of his short documentary inspired by a coal-mining folktale. The Savoy Theater, Montpelier, 6:30-8 p.m. Free; donations accepted. Info, 319333-8434, jesse.kreitzer@gmail.com. 'Monty Python Live (Mostly)': Fans of the British cult comedy are treated to a much-anticipated reunion of the original members, who take the stage at London's famed O2 arena. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 7:30 p.m. $17. Info, 775-0903.
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Montréal-Style Acro Yoga: Using partner and group work, Lori Flower guides participants through poses that combine acrobatics with therapeutic benefits. Yoga Mountain Center, Montpelier, 6:307:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 324-1737. R.I.P.P.E.D.: Resistance, intervals, power, plyometrics, endurance and diet define this high-intensity physical-fitness program. North End Studio A, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $10. Info, 578-9243.
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Champlain Islands Farmers Market: Baked items, preserves, meats and eggs sustain seekers of local goods. St. Rose of Lima Church, South Hero, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 434-4122.
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AUG.9-13 | THEATER Woodland Wonders What better way to stage A Midsummer Night’s Dream than amid summer’s lush landscapes? The Vermont Shakespeare Company agrees. Local thespians take advantage of this ideal setting with open-air performances of the Bard’s famed comedy. Brimming with wit and wordplay, the productions reflect VSC’s mission “to connect the beauty of our natural world to the magic of live theater.” Fastpaced, physical staging brings the adventures of lovers, actors and meddling fairies to life — including the mischievous Puck, who declares, “Lord, what fools these mortals be!”
‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ Saturday, August 9, and Sunday, August 10, 6 p.m., at Knight Point State Park in North Hero; Wednesday, August 13, 6 p.m., at Shelburne Museum. See website for future dates. $15-25. Info, 863-5966. vermontshakespeare.org
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The Palm Beach Daily News calls the St. Petersburg String Quartet “chamber music of the highest order.” Founding members violinist Alla Aranovskaya and cellist Leonid Shukayev join violist Boris Vayner and second violinist Luis Salazar Avila to create one of the world’s preeminent chamber ensembles. Touring extensively, the foursome counts stops at Carnegie Hall, esteemed international festivals and a fiveyear residency at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music among its many professional accolades. The Grammy Award nominees travel to the Northeast Kingdom, where they present a program of works by Béla Bartók, Alexander Borodin and Antonín Dvořák at the Summer Music From Greensboro concert series. courtesy of St. Petersburg String Quartet
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Once again, the hills are ringing at the Valley Stage Music Festival. Now in its ninth year, this daylong showcase of local and nationally recognized talent delivers toe-tapping grooves to audience members of all ages. Montpelier-based musician Katie Trautz kicks off the revelry with traditional Appalachian fiddle tunes. Following her lead, Cricket Blue, Crunchy Western Boys, Hot Flannel, the Defibulators and headliners the Deadly Gentlemen (pictured) take the stage. Powered by renewableenergy sources, this colossal concert blends bluegrass, country, rockabilly, punk and more.
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August 9-13 from 2:00-5:00 p.m. Open to members and the public at a cost of $50 per day.
Participant Piano Concerts August 12 & 13 at 7:30 pm
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General information: 802-223-3347 or adamant.org
QuarryWorks Theater Come Back, Little Sheba (classic drama)
August 7-10 & 14-17 Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday Matiness at 2:00 p.m. All QuarryWorks performances are free.
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AdvAnced ImprovIsAtIon technIques Workshop: Actors ages 12 and up hone their long-form improvisation. Prior acting experience required. Big Picture Theater, Waitsfield, 11 a.m.-noon. free. info, 496-6682. chAmp Week: Does the famed lake monster really exist? Kids and their caregivers investigate the local legend with interactive programs and activities. ECHo Lake Aquarium and science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Regular admission, $10.50-13.50; free for kids 2 and under. info, 877-324-6386. Flushed AWAy: Curious kiddos entering grades 2 through 5 walk to the Essex Junction wastewater treatment facility to learn about what happens to things we flush down the toilet. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 9:30-11 a.m. free; preregister. info, 878-6956.
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s'mores And storIes by the FIre: The young — and young at heart — join naturalist Kurt Valenta for sweet treats and tales of our natural history. Bring a blanket or chair. Milton Historical society, 7-8 p.m. free. info, 363-2598. teen debAtes: Quick thinkers in grades 8 and up bring ideas and opinions to a battle of the brains. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3-4 p.m. free. info, 878-6956.
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englIsh As A second lAnguAge clAss: Those with beginner English work to improve their vocabulary. Pickering Room, fletcher free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. free. info, 865-7211. germAn-englIsh conversAtIon group: Community members practice conversing auf Deutsch. Local History Room, fletcher free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. free. info, 865-7211.
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scrAg mountAIn musIc: Chamber musicians perform a six-song set penned from a swine's perspective in "Pig Dreams: scenes from the Life of sylvia." green Mountain girls farm, Northfield, farm supper, 5-6:30 p.m.; concert, 7 p.m. Donations, $5-20 for farm supper; preregister. info, 496-5997.
tempest: A hybrid of world-music f sC influences informs spirited Celtic rock. RA meet rockIn' ron the FrIendly gM C i o u Nt Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.y., 7:30 AiN M u s pIrAte: Aargh, matey! youngsters channel p.m. $10-15. info, 518-523-2512. the hooligans of the sea with music, games and activities. Buttered Noodles, Williston, 10-10:45 WednesdAy nIght lIve: Dan Liptak and greg a.m. free. info, 764-1810. Evans captivate music lovers with gypsy jazz. B-side Playground, Little River state Park, 'once on thIs IslAnd': A brave peasant girl Waterbury, 7 p.m. $2-3; free for kids 3 and under; unites people of different social backgrounds in call to confirm. info, 244-7103. this Broadway musical, presented by the Very Merry
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'vIolet': Cotton Wright plays a scarred young woman searching the country for a televangelist to heal her in this off-Broadway musical, presented by the skinner Barn troupe. skinner Barn Theater, Waitsfield, 8 p.m. $25. info, 496-4422.
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Authors At the AldrIch: Poet, essayist and translator David Hinton excerpts Hunger Mountain: A Field Guide to Mind and Landscape. A concert in Currier Park follows. Milne Community Room, Aldrich Library, Barre, 6 p.m. free. info, 476-7550. WrIters For recovery Workshop: Led by local author gary Miller and documentarian Bess o'Brien, attendees put pen to paper and explore addiction, recovery and familial relationships. turning Point Center, Burlington, pizza, 5:30-6 p.m.; workshop, 6-7:30 p.m. free; preregister. info, 861-3150, writersforrecovery@icloud.com.
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cArd mAkIng WIth kAren: Local crafter Karen McNall leads participants ages 10 and up in a creative session. Kids under 15 require an adult companion. fairfax Community Library, 5-8 p.m. Donations. info, 849-2420.
the good, the bAd And the reAlly, reAlly Itchy: Hikers learn to identify poison ivy, medicinal jewelweed and other local flora. Nature Center, Little River state Park, Waterbury, 4 p.m. $2-3; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. info, 244-7103.
'dAre to be squAre' squAre dAnce serIes: Jenny Monfore calls the steps to melodies by oldtime string band Kick ’em Jenny. American Legion Post 03, Montpelier, 7 p.m. $5. info, 793-4650.
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green mountAIn tAble tennIs club: PingPong players swing their paddles in singles and doubles matches. Knights of Columbus, Rutland, 6-9:30 p.m. free for first two sessions; $30 annual membership. info, 247-5913. Women's WednesdAy mountAIn rIdes: Beginner-to-intermediate pedalers cruise scenic routes. Mountain bikes suggested; helmets required. onion River sports, Montpelier, 5:30 p.m. free. info, 229-9409.
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JIm neWmAn & sArAh slAughter: The designbuild experts consider natural and man-made disasters in "The Built Environment and Resilient Communities." yestermorrow Design/Build school, Waitsfield, 7 p.m. free. info, 495-5545.
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'A chorus lIne': The legendary Broadway musical comes to life on the Weston Playhouse stage with show-stopping songs and jaw-dropping dances. Weston Playhouse, 2 p.m. $47-61. info, 824-5288. dorset theAtre FestIvAl: 'All In the tImIng': Brilliant language and wordplay inform themes of love and philosophy in six one-act comedies by award-winning playwright David ives. for ages 10 and up. Dorset Playhouse, 3 p.m. & 8 p.m. $20-59. info, 867-2223. 'rIng oF FIre: the musIc oF Johnny cAsh': More than a dozen classic hits by the Man in Black propel this saint Michael's Playhouse production about the iconic performer's humble beginnings and rise to stardom. McCarthy Arts Center, st. Michael's College, Colchester, 8 p.m. $37-46. info, 654-2617.
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FeAst & FIeld mArket & concert serIes: 'Art For chAnge': A pastoral party melds art and agriculture with local fare and music by Ben Barson and the Villalobos Brothers. Clark farm, Barnard, 4:30-9 p.m. free. info, 999-3391. summervAle: Locavores celebrate farms and farmers at a weekly event centered on food, brews, kids activities and live music. intervale Center, Burlington, 5:30-8 p.m. free; cost of food and drink. info, 660-0440. teA & FormAl gArdens tour: folks explore the inn and its cottage-style gardens, then sit down to a cup-and-saucer affair complete with sweets and savories. The inn at shelburne farms, 2:30-4:30 p.m. $18; preregister. info, 985-8442.
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FLETCHER ALLEN FARMERS MARKET: Locally sourced meats, vegetables, bakery items, breads and maple syrup give hospital employees and visitors the option to eat healthfully. Davis Concourse, Fletcher Allen Hospital, Burlington, 2:30-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 847-0797. JERICHO FARMERS MARKET: Passersby graze through locally grown veggies, pasture-raised meats, area wines and handmade crafts. Mills Riverside Park, Jericho, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 343-9778. MILTON FARMERS MARKET: Honey, jams and pies alike tempt seekers of produce, crafts and maple goodies. Hannaford Supermarket, Milton, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 893-1009. SUMMERVALE: INDOMITABLE SAUERKRAUT: City Market representatives teach foodies how to transform cabbage into this tangy treat at the weekly agricultural gathering. Intervale Center, Burlington, 5:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 861-9700.
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OPEN BRIDGE GAME: Players of varying experience levels put strategic skills to use. Vermont Room, Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4095. TRIVIA TAKEDOWN: Intellects test their knowledge of literature, science, history and pop culture. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6:30-8 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660.
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FORZA: THE SAMURAI SWORD WORKOUT: Students sculpt lean muscles and gain mental focus when performing basic strikes with wooden replicas of the weapon. North End Studio A, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $10. Info, 578-9243. GUIDED PARTNER THAI BODYWORK: Lori Flower of Karmic Connection shares basic techniques that create relaxation and personal connection. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 6:45-7:45 p.m. $8-10; preregister. Info, 223-8000, ext. 202.
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PRIDE CENTER OF VERMONT SENIOR WOMEN'S DISCUSSION GROUP: Female-identified members of the LGBTQ community consider topics of interest in a safe, comfortable setting. Pride Center of Vermont, Burlington, 3-5 p.m. Free. Info, 860-7812.
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'CONTEMPORARY KNIGHTS': Plaid Thursday Productions presents a pair of one-act plays by Lauren Stone that examine mental illness, suicide and the psychological aftermath of rape. The Freestanding Room, Montréal, 8 p.m. $8-10. Info, plaidthursdayproductions@gmail.com.
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CONCERTS ON THE BLUFF: Folk singer Roy Hurd takes the stage at the annual concert series. Bring a chair or blanket. Forrence Center, Clinton Community College, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 6 p.m. Free. Info, 518-562-4160.
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KA abound when the steel-drum YOGA IN THE MOUNTAINS: Yogis of RE NK band performs a brown-bag concert. R A JA all skill levels hit the mat for an open-air CIC Woodstock Village Green, noon-2 p.m. Free; practice of intuitive flow. Call for specific donations accepted. Info, 457-3981. location. East Johnson, 5-6:15 p.m. $15. Info, PASSING BRASS BAND: Old-time tunes entertain 279-6663. concertgoers. Bring a blanket or chair. Gazebo, Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 6:30 p.m. Free. kids Info, 426-3581. CHAMP WEEK: See WED.6. SCRAG MOUNTAIN MUSIC: See WED.6, Phantom CRAFTSBURY CHAMBER PLAYERS MINITheater, Edgcomb Barn, Warren, 8 p.m. Donations. CONCERTS: Little ones take in classical comInfo, 496-5997. positions with their adult companions. East SHELBURNE VINEYARD FIRST THURSDAYS Craftsbury Presbyterian Church, 2 p.m. Free. Info, CONCERT: The Beerworth Sisters perform whimsi800-639-3443. cal folk, country and classic rock to support the INSECT EXTRAVAGANZA: Let the metamorphosis Champlain Housing Trust. Shelburne Vineyard, 6 begin! Explorers ages 3 through 5 and their adult p.m. Free; cost of food and drink. Info, 985-8222. companions glide through the goldenrod in search SNOW FARM VINEYARD CONCERT SERIES: Live of six-legged critters. Meet at the Sugarhouse music by the grapevines makes for a rollicking Parking Area. Green Mountain Audubon Center, good time at this weekly shindig. Local libations Huntington, 9-10:30 a.m. $8-10 per adult/child and good eats complete the evening. Snow Farm pair; $4 per additional child; preregister. Info, Vineyard, South Hero, grounds open, 5 p.m.; con434-3068. cert, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free; cost of food and drink. JUNIOR RANGER PROGRAM: BECOME A Info, 372-9463. FORESTER: A hands-on exploration gives kiddos ages 6 through 12 the opportunity to earn outdoors a Junior Ranger badge. Meet at Carriage Barn MUSHROOMS DEMYSTIFIED: Fungi lovers learn Visitor Center. Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National about different varieties — fabulous and fearsome Historical Park, Woodstock, 2:30-4 p.m. Free. Info, alike — found throughout the park. Nature Center, 457-3368, ext. 22. Little River State Park, Waterbury, 11 a.m. $2-3; free LUNCH AT THE LIBRARY: The Burlington School for children ages 3 and under; preregister; call to Food Project puts on a healthy spread for kids ages confirm. Info, 244-7103. 18 and under. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington,
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Powerful toolS for CaregiverS: Wendy Bombard and Carrie Shamel of the VNA cover self-care topics relevant to those responsible for the medical needs of their family members. Grand Way Commons, South Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. $30 suggested donation; preregister. Info, 658-1900, ext. 3903.
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'the Caretaker': Harold Pinter's humorous, thought-provoking play examines the psychology behind power and corruption. Unadilla Theatre, Marshfield, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $10-20. Info, 456-8968. 'CarouSel': A romance between a carousel barker and a millworker costs them their jobs in this Rodgers & Hammerstein classic, presented by the Greensboro Arts Alliance & Residency. Town Hall Green, Greensboro, 7:30 p.m. $7.50-15. Info, 533-7487. dorSet theatre feStival: 'all in the tiMing': See WED.6, 8 p.m. 'greater tuna': Small-town antics produce big laughs in this comedy about the residents of Tuna, Texas. Depot Theatre, Westport, N.Y., 5 p.m. $29. Info, 518-962-4449. 'ring of fire: the MuSiC of Johnny CaSh': See WED.6. 'violet': See WED.6.
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ChelSea farMerS Market: A long-standing town-green tradition supplies shoppers with eggs, cheese, vegetables and fine crafts. North Common, Chelsea, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 685-9987.
laugh loCal CoMedy oPen MiC: Jokesters take advantage of a lighthearted atmosphere and perform brief material before a live audience. American Legion Post 03, Montpelier, registration, 7:30-8 p.m; open mic, 8 p.m. Donations. Info, 793-3884.
BallrooM & latin danCing: SaMBa: Samir Elabd leads choreographed steps for singles and couples. No partner or experience required. Jazzercize Studio, Williston, introductory lesson, 7-8 p.m.; dance, 8-10 p.m. $6-14. Info, 862-2269. queen City Contra danCe: Geordie Lynd, Roger Kahle and Dan Restivo dole out live tunes while Mary Wesley calls the steps. Shelburne Town Hall, beginners session, 7:45-8 p.m.; dance, 8-11 p.m. $8; free for kids under 12. Info, 371-9492 or 343-7165.
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aMeriCan red CroSS Blood drive: Healthy humans part with life-sustaining pints. Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 800-733-2767. CouPon queen darBy Mayville: Savvy savers swap and share circular clippings. Main Reading Room, Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956. herrMannS' royal liPizzan StallionS: The rare Austrian breed display feats of beauty and grace in an awe-inspiring show. Orleans County Fairgrounds, Barton, 5:30 p.m. $8-10; free for kids under 6. Info, 673-8204. queen City ghoStwalk: darkneSS fallS: Paranormal historian Thea Lewis highlights haunted happenings throughout Burlington. Meet at the steps 10 minutes before start time. Burlington City Hall Park, 8 p.m. $15; preregister. Info, 863-5966. Stowe antique & ClaSSiC Car Meet: Sweet ride! Auto enthusiasts hit the brakes for a display of more than 700 vintage vehicles, a giant flea market, and Saturday's parade and evening street dance. Nichols Field, Stowe, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. $8-10; free for kids 12 and under. Info, 862-1733. 'wonder' iCe CreaM SoCial: art Show & Movie: Folks spoon up frozen dairy treats while showcasing art, poetry or songs inspired by R.J. Palachio's acclaimed novel. A screening of I Am Sam follows. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.
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lake ChaMPlain MaritiMe feStival: See THU.7, 10 a.m.-11 p.m. MiCro feSt MuSiC feStival: Bio-dynamic farming lessons and shamanic teachings meet an allstar musical lineup at this unique festival featuring camping, kids activities and local vendors. Old King Farm, Benson, 2 p.m. Free; $40 VIP pass. Info, 7529495, dfcrew802@gmail.com.
five CornerS farMerS Market: From local meats to breads and wines, farmers share the bounty of the growing season. Lincoln Place, Essex Junction, 3:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 999-3249. foodwayS fridayS: Foodies revive historic recipes in the farmhouse kitchen using heirloom herbs and veggies. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $4-14; free for kids under 3. Info, 457-2355. friday night Cookout: A rambling brook provides the ideal setting for a rain-or-shine feast of grilled meats, seasonal salads and decadent desserts. Adamant Co-op, 5:30-7 p.m. $10. Info, 223-5760. hardwiCk farMerS Market: A burgeoning culinary community celebrates local ag with gardenfresh fare and handcrafted goods. Atkins Field, Hardwick, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 755-6349. lyndon farMerS Market: More than 20 vendors proffer a rotation of fresh veggies, meats, cheeses and more. Bandstand Park, Lyndonville, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 535-7528. riChMond farMerS Market: An open-air emporium connects farmers and fresh-food browsers. Volunteers Green, Richmond, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 999-7514. truCk StoP: Gourmet eats and local libations from mobile kitchens satisfy discerning palates. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 5-10 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 540-0406.
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avoid fallS with iMProved StaBility: A personal trainer demonstrates daily practices for seniors concerned about their balance. Pines Senior Living Community, South Burlington, 10-11 a.m. $56. Info, 658-7477. laughter yoga: Breathe, clap, chant and ... giggle! Participants decrease stress with this playful practice. Bring personal water. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 999-7373. yoga ConSult: Yogis looking to refine their practice get helpful tips. Fusion Studio Yoga & Body Therapy, Montpelier, 11 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 272-8923.
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newPort Skate Park Shred feSt: Skateboarders show off their moves at this fastpaced party complete with live music, food and vendors. Gardner Memorial Park, Newport, 4-10 p.m. Free. Info, 334-6345.
CheSS CluB: Checkmate! Players put their strategic skills to the test in a meeting of the minds. Adult supervision required for kids 8 and under. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.
verMont feStival of the artS: See WED.6.
droP-in Story tiMe: Picture books, finger plays and action rhymes captivate children of all ages. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.
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northeaSt regional CliMate JuStiCe gathering: Eco-minded folks convene for a weekend dedicated to transitioning away from unsustainable energy and embracing community-based economies. Wheelock Mountain Farm, Greensboro Bend, 1:30-10 p.m. $20-100 suggested donation. Info, 444-0350.
'SlingShot': Paul Lazarus presents an advance screening of his documentary about famed inventor Dean Kamen, whose latest project reimagines water purification for third-world countries. A Q&A follows. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $5-9. Info, 603-646-2422.
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BellowS fallS farMerS Market: Music enlivens a fresh-food marketplace with produce, meats, crafts and weekly workshops. Waypoint Center, Bellows Falls, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 463-2018.
dungeonS & dragonS: Imaginative XP earners in grades 6 and up exercise their problem-solving skills in battles and adventures. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956. faMily Movie: A garbage-collecting robot unwittingly changes the fate of humankind in Andrew Stanton's animated adventure Wall-E. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956. leMonade lounge-around: Books, blankets and sips of summertime's signature drink delight budding readers. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.
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THE LUNCHBOX SUMMER MEAL PROGRAM: See WED.6, Pavilion Park, Island Pond, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 334-2044. MUSIC WITH DEREK: Movers and groovers up to age 8 shake their sillies out to toe-tapping tunes. Buttered Noodles, Williston, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 764-1810. MUSIC WITH ROBERT: Music lovers of all ages join sing-alongs with Robert Resnik. Daycare programs welcome with one caregiver for every two children. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10:30-11 a.m. Free; groups must preregister. Info, 865-7216. 'ONCE ON THIS ISLAND': See WED.6, Staige Hill Farm, Charlotte, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 355-1451.
WATER STRIDERS I: Don your water shoes for an exploration of water power and the creatures that reside along the Stevenson Brook. Meet at the Nature Trail. Little River State Park, Waterbury, 1:30 p.m. $2-3; free for kids under 4; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103.
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HARPOON POINT TO POINT: Cyclists pedal 25-, 50- or 100-mile routes to hot showers, live music, beers and barbecue fare at the brewery. Proceeds benefit the Vermont Foodbank. See harpoonpointtopoint.com for details. Harpoon Brewery, Windsor, 7 a.m.-6 p.m. $50-80. Info, 617-574-9551, ext. 527.
TEENS RAID THE GARDEN: Harvested produce transforms into a tasty vegetarian lunch for foodies in grades 6 and up. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, noon-2 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.
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'WILLY WONKA JR.': BarnArts Summer Youth Theatre Institute seeks out the golden ticket in a stage adaptation of the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. Barnard Town Hall, 7 p.m. $10-12. Info, 332-6020.
'COSI FAN TUTTE': Participants in Middlebury College's German for Singers program perform Mozart's comedic opera auf Deutsch.Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, pre-performance lecture in English, 7:45 p.m. $15. Info, 382-9222.
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'THE DINING ROOM’: St. Johnsbury Players stage A.R. Gurney's comedy of manners, in which a series of families sit around the same table during different time periods. St. Johnsbury School, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $7-10. Info, 535-4896.
SPANISH CONVERSATION: Patty Penuel helps those comfortable with conversing en español access films, online learning tools and audio language instruction. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4095.
'THE CARETAKER': See THU.7, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
DORSET THEATRE FESTIVAL: 'ALL IN THE TIMING': See WED.6, 8 p.m. 'GREATER TUNA': See THU.7, 8 p.m.
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BACKWOODS PONDFEST: Bring your own tent for a weekend of campfire tunes from Lucid, the Blind Owl Band, Sophistafunk, Spiritual Rez and many others. Twin Ponds Campgrounds, Peru, N.Y., 2 p.m. $70-85. Info, 518-335-7911. BANJO DAN'S BLUEGRASS REVUE: An evening of stellar picking and singing highlights the talents of the Sky Blue Boys and Bob Amos & Catamount Crossing. Haskell Free Library & Opera House, Derby Line, 8 p.m. $18. Info, 748-2600. CITY HALL PARK LUNCHTIME PERFORMANCES: Old-time string band Kick ’em Jenny bring toetapping tunes to an open-air show. Burlington City Hall Park, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7166.
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'THE MIRACLE WORKER': Blind, deaf and mute since infancy, Helen Keller learns to communicate through her teacher, Annie Sullivan, in this Greensboro Arts Alliance & Residency production of William Gibson's Tony Award-winning play. Town Hall Green, Greensboro, 7:30 p.m. $7.50-15. Info, 533-7487.
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'NOTHING-IS-NOT-READY CIRCUS AND PAGEANT': The political and apolitical movements of the not-yet-existing upriser masses come to life in a passionate performance. Bread and Puppet Theater, Glover, 7:30 p.m. $10 suggested donation. Info, 525-3031.
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THE MAGIC OF BIRD MIGRATION: Avian enthusiasts learn how songbirds, shorebirds and other species travel thousands of miles each year with astounding accuracy. B-Side Playground, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 7 p.m. $2-3; free for children ages 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103.
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TRANSCONTINENTAL PIANO DUO: Pianists Elaine Greenfield and Janice Meyer Thompson present a program that opens with Beethoven and spans two centuries before concluding with Leonard Bernstein. United Church, Warren, 7:30 p.m. $20; free for kids and students. Info, 496-3865.
CARYN MIRRIAM-GOLDBERG: The former Kansas poet laureate excerpts Chasing Weather: Tornadoes, Tempests and Thunderous Skies in Word and Image. Photographs and videos by her collaborator, Stephen Locke, complete the evening. Haybarn Theatre, Goddard College, Plainfield, 7:15 p.m. Free. Info, 454-8311.
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SUMMER CARILLON SERIES: Giant bronze bells ring out as Charles Semowich performs a campus concert. Middlebury College, 5 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.
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communiTy yarD sale: More than 100 tables boast bargains on household items, clothing, books, collectibles and more. Proceeds benefit KidSafe Collaborative of Chittenden County. Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 863-9626.
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aBenaki & inDigenous PeoPles honoring Day: A celebration of Abenaki culture and history welcomes master beader Rhonda Besaw and other artisans, who demonstrate traditional crafts. A moose barbecue rounds out the day. Lyman Point Park, White River Junction, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free; bring a dish to share. Info, 295-2713. DerBy line communiTy Day & Village-WiDe yarD sale: Neighbors catch up at this daylong fête featuring live music, kids activities, an antique car show, Circus Smirkus performances and more. Fireworks at dusk cap off the revelry. Baxter Park, Derby Line, 10 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Free. Info, 873-3420. Walk For shelTer: Kids and their parents make strides for the Good Samaritan Haven. A barbecue follows. Barre City Elementary and Middle School, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. $15. Info, 522-4493.
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'sleePing BeauTy': Set to a Tchaikovsky score, the Atlantic City Ballet interprets this classic fairy tale about a princess' long slumber. Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 8 p.m. $15-20. Info, 518-523-2512.
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Winooski riVer clean-uP: Volunteers haul trash and debris from the waterway and its tributaries in an effort to return them to their natural states. Various locations statewide, 9 a.m.-noon. Free; preregister. Info, proquemore@americanrivers.org.
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ciVil War ghosT Walk: Folks wander the burial grounds, viewing marked graves of Civil War soldiers. Personal flashlight required. Mount Pleasant Cemetery, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Donations. Info, 424-1090. Dan BonFigli WooDy classic: BackyarD classic: Lawn games and DJed tunes pave the way for Zero Gravity and Citizen Cider brews, and a family-style dinner, courtesy of Fork In the Road. Burlington Tennis Club, South Burlington, 5-8 p.m. $50. Info, 862-6736. genealogy Day celeBraTion: Family-tree enthusiasts get amped up about ancestry and discover their roots at this annual event promoting lineage tracing. Charlotte Senior Center, noon-8 p.m. Free. Info, 425-4929. herrmanns' royal liPizzan sTallions: See FRI.8, 3 p.m. hoeDoWn shoWDoWn: Burgers from Black Watch Farm fuel folks for an afternoon of live music, raffles and carnival games. Proceeds benefit the Springfield Food Shelf. One Credit Union, Springfield, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Donations of nonperishable food items. Queen ciTy ghosTWalk: Darkness Falls: See FRI.8. singles nighT: Unattached adults get acquainted during a quirky Q&A session. Nutty Steph's, Middlesex, 8 p.m. $5; free for singles. Info, 229-2090.
sToWe anTiQue & classic car meeT: See FRI.8, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. & 7-10 p.m. uVm hisToric Tour: Professor emeritus William Averyt references architectural gems and notable personalities on a walk through campus. Meet at the Ira Allen statue. University Green, UVM, Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. Free; preregister at uvm. edu. Info, 656-8673.
fairs & festivals
arT in The Park FesTiVal: Fine art and handicrafts from juried artisans impress art lovers, who can also sample local fare, live music and kids activities. Main Street Park, Rutland, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Info, 775-0062. FesTiVal oF The arTs: Works by regional artists line the street and fill galleries at this annual celebration of creativity, complete with kids art activities, local eats and music. Main Street, Jeffersonville, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 633-2388. Jay FesT: More than 50 local vendors display arts and crafts at this family-friendly festival featuring a parade, kids activities, lawn games and live entertainment. Downtown Jay, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Info, 988-2996. lake chamPlain mariTime FesTiVal: See THU.7, 11 a.m.-11 p.m. VermonT FesTiVal oF The arTs: See WED.6.
food & drink
Barre Farmers markeT: Crafters, bakers and farmers share their goods. Vermont Granite Museum, Barre, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, barrefarmersmarket@gmail.com. BurlingTon Farmers markeT: More than 90 stands overflow with seasonal produce, flowers, artisan wares and prepared foods. Burlington City Hall Park, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 310-5172. BurlingTon FooD Tour: Locavores sample the Queen City's finest cuisine on a scrumptious stroll that stops at the Burlington Farmers Market and an area restaurant. East Shore Vineyard Tasting Room, Burlington, 12:30-3 p.m. $45. Info, 277-0180, burlingtonfoodtours@gmail.com. caleDonia Farmers markeT: Growers, crafters and entertainers gather weekly at outdoor stands centered on local eats. Pearl Street, St. Johnsbury, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 592-3088. caPiTal ciTy Farmers markeT: Meats and cheeses join farm-fresh produce, baked goods and locally made arts and crafts throughout the growing season. 60 State Street, Montpelier, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-2958. chamPlain islanDs Farmers markeT: See WED.6, St. Joseph's Church, Grand Isle, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 434-4122. chocolaTe TasTing: Sweets lovers tap into the nuances of sour, spicy, earthy and fruity flavors. Lake Champlain Chocolates Factory Store & Café, Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 448-5507. ham, BakeD Beans & salaD suPPer: Diners fill up on a buffet of spiral-cut ham, baked beans, broccoli salad and blueberry crisp. Vergennes United Methodist Church, 5-6:30 p.m. $4-8; takeout available. Info, 877-3150. miDDleBury Farmers markeT: See WED.6. mounT Tom Farmers markeT: Purveyors of garden-fresh crops, prepared foods and crafts set up shop for the morning. Parking lot, Mount Tom, Woodstock, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 457-2070. neWPorT Farmers markeT: See WED.6. norThWesT Farmers markeT: Foodies stock up on local produce, garden plants, canned goods and handmade crafts. Taylor Park, St. Albans, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 827-3157. norWich Farmers markeT: Neighbors discover fruits, veggies and other riches of the land offered alongside baked goods, handmade crafts and live entertainment. Route 5 South, Norwich, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 384-7447. PiTTsForD Farmers markeT: Homegrown produce complements maple products and artisan wares at this outdoor affair. Pittsford
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health & fitness
R.i.P.P.e.d.: See WED.6, 9-10 a.m. satuRday moRning Run/Walk: Amateur athletes set the pace at an informal weekly gettogether. Peak Performance, Williston, 8-9 a.m. Free. Info, 658-0949.
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beading extRaVaganza: CuFFs, Pins and headbands: Youngsters ages 6 through 11 adorn accessories under the guidance of local artist Megan Bisbee. Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, 9 a.m.noon. $25-35. Info, 253-8358. ChamP Week: See WED.6. make a model solaR system: Budding astronomers ages 6 and up grasp the magnitude of planetary happenings in a hands-on activity. Fairfax Community Library, 6:30-8 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 849-2420. PeaCe & JustiCe CenteR kids Club: euRoPe: Area kiddos get acquainted with European culture through stories, games, music and snacks. Peace & Justice Center, Burlington, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2345. satuRday stoRy time: Youngsters and their caregivers listen to entertaining tales. Phoenix Books (Burlington), 11 a.m. Free. Info, 448-3350. 'Willy Wonka JR.': See FRI.8, 2 p.m. & 7 p.m.
'ContemPoRaRy knights': See THU.7.
music
baCkWoods PondFest: See FRI.8, 11 a.m.
entRain: From rock and blues to ska, calypso and beyond, a multigenre medley spices up the Cooler in the Mountains concert series. Lawn games, a barbecue and a beer garden round out the day. Killington Grand Resort Hotel, 3:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 422-2105.
shantiClaiRe, thoughtCRime & ChakRa abuse: Regional bands push the limits of punk rock. North Country Food Co-op, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 6 p.m. $3-10 suggested donation. Info, 518-310-0659.
outdoors
biRd monitoRing Walk: Experienced birders lead a morning excursion in search of various species in their natural habitats. Green Mountain Audubon Center, Huntington, 7-9 a.m. Donations. Info, 434-3068. Family Paddling day: A hands-on paddling clinic sets the tone for a day featuring a guided canoe tour, a nature walk and barbecue fare. Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge, Swanton, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 496-2285, ext. 3. making tRaCks, seeing skins & skulls: Outdoorsy types search for signs of fur-bearing animals and make plaster-of-Paris track casts to take home. Nature Center, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 4 p.m. $2-3; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103. mushRooms demystiFied: See THU.7. RoCkin' the little RiVeR: Visitors explore a reforested encampment and discover how the Civilian Conservation Corps saved the Winooski Valley from flooded ruin. Meet at the Waterbury Dam Monument. Little River State Park, Waterbury, 11 a.m. $2-3; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103. steVenson bRookWalkeRs: See THU.7. sunset moonRise aquadVentuRe: See THU.7.
seminars
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'CaRousel': See THU.7, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. 'a ChoRus line': See WED.6, 7:30 p.m. & 2 p.m. 'Cosi Fan tutte': See FRI.8. ‘the dining Room’: See FRI.8. doRset theatRe FestiVal: 'all in the timing': See WED.6, 8 p.m. 'FoReVeR': neW yoRk theatRe WoRkshoP WoRk-in-PRogRess: Inspired by real-life experiences, award-winning playwright Dael Orlandersmith explores art, death and fame within Paris' Père Lachaise Cemetery, the final resting place of Marcel Proust, Jim Morrison and others. Warner Bentley Theater, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. $9-13. Info, 603-646-2422. 'gReateR tuna': See THU.7, 3 p.m. & 8 p.m.
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Village haRmony teen ensemble iii: David Oliver, Patty Cuyler and Bongani Magatyana direct vocalists in a program of international choral music. Weathersfield Meetinghouse, Perkinsville, 7:30 p.m. $5-10. Info, 263-5217.
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VeRmont PhilhaRmoniC oRChestRa summeR PoPs ConCeRt: Music director Lou Kosma conducts the ensemble in a program of popular and light classical favorites. Barre Opera House, 7:30 p.m. $5-15; $32 per family. Info, 476-8188.
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'THE HUNTERS': NEW YORK THEATRE WORKSHOP WORK-IN-PROGRESS: Twin brothers wrestle with a troubling question about their late Vietnamese grandfather in this drama from award-winning playwright Jen Silverman. Warner Bentley Theater, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 5 p.m. $9-13. Info, 603-646-2422. 'LA TRAVIATA': An Opera North production of Giuseppe Verdi's opera stars Angela Mortellaro as the famed heroine who struggles in love and health. Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 7:30 p.m. $3288. Info, 603-448-0400. 'A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM': The Vermont Shakespeare Company delivers an open-air production of the Bard's comedy about lovers, actors and meddling fairies. Bring a chair or blanket. See calendar spotlight. Knight Point State Park, North Hero, 6 p.m. $15-25; free for kids under 12 with ticketed adult. Info, 863-5966 or 877-874-1911. 'OTHELLO': See FRI.8. 'RING OF FIRE: THE MUSIC OF JOHNNY CASH': See WED.6, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. 'VIOLET': See WED.6.
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THE HISTORY GANG: The foursome revives the past in "A House Divided: Stories and Songs of the American Civil War." St. Albans Historical Museum, 7-9 p.m. $10 suggested donation. Info, 527-7933.
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MUSIC, ART & TEA: A mix of blues, folk, country and Caribbean rhythms by John and Marge Butterfield enliven an afternoon tea party featuring the paintings of Maurie Harrington and stained glass, pottery and jewelry by Jennifer Buckner. Fisk Farm Art Center, Isle La Motte, 1-5 p.m. Free. Info, info@ilmpt.org.
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STOWE ANTIQUE & CLASSIC CAR MEET: See FRI.8, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
fairs & festivals
ART IN THE PARK FESTIVAL: See SAT. 9. LAKE CHAMPLAIN MARITIME FESTIVAL: See THU.7, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. VERMONT FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS: See WED.6.
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MEXICAN COOKING CLASS: Home cooks learn how to prepare traditional tamales in a class taught entirely en español by Mexican native Josefa and facilitator Jessie Mazar of Huertas Vermont. McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. $5-10; preregister at citymarket. coop; limited space. Info, 861-9700.
COMMUNITY RESTORATIVE YOGA: Tisha Shull leads a gentle practice aimed at achieving mindbody harmony. Sangha Studio, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. Donations. Info, 448-4262. COMMUNITY VINYASA: Rose Bryant helps students align breath, intention and inner balance. Sangha Studio, Burlington, 12:45-1:45 p.m. Donations. Info, 448-4262. COMMUNITY YOGA: A blend of Vinyasa, Kundalini and other styles combines breath, movement, meditation and live music. Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, 9-10 a.m. $5 minimum donation. Info, 635-2727. YOGA ON CHURCH STREET: Yogis bring their own mat for a guided Hatha class benefiting Prevent Child Abuse Vermont. Meet on the top block by the fountain. Church Street Marketplace, Burlington, 9 a.m.noon. Donations. Info, 318-5570.
LOST BIG TREES: An arboreal adventure explores the history, ecology and future of the white pine, elm, hemlock and American chestnut. Meet at Carriage Barn Visitor Center. Marsh-BillingsRockefeller National Historical Park, Woodstock, 2-3:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 457-3368, ext. 22. MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT FULL MOON HIKE: Nature lovers watch the moon rise over Lake Champlain on an evening trek over moderate terrain, weather permitting. Headlamp or flashlight recommended. Niquette Bay State Park, Colchester, 7:15-9:15 p.m. $2-3; free for kids under 4; preregister. Info, 893-5210.
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DAN BONFIGLI WOODY CLASSIC: SUNDAY FUNDAY BASH: Tennis fans watch players swing wooden racquets in the semi-finals and finals of this competitive tournament benefitting the King Street Center. DJed tunes, kids activities, swimming and a farm-to-table brunch round out the family-friendly fun. Burlington Tennis Club, South Burlington, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $20 suggested donation per adult; cash bar. Info, 862-6736. SMUGGLERS' NOTCH TRAIL RACE SERIES: Runners of all ages go for gold on the resort's crosscountry trails. Proceeds benefit local charities. Donations of nonperishable goods and gently used sneakers accepted. Smugglers' Notch Resort, Jeffersonville, fun run, 9:30 a.m.; 4K and 8K, 10 a.m. $10-25; free for kids 7 and under. Info, 644-1173.
YOGIC SCIENCE: PRANAYAMA AND WOMEN'S PICKUP SOCCER: QuickMEDITATION: Mindfulness techfooted ladies of varying skill levels niques focus the senses and support F break a sweat while stringing together ST an asana practice. Proceeds benefit HY EP AP HE passes and making runs for the goal. For GR NM the Center for Mindful Learning. Sangha EA SE P H OT O ages 18 and up. Starr Farm Park, Burlington, Studio, Burlington, 2-3 p.m. Donations. Info, 6-8 p.m. $3. Info, 864-0123. 448-4262. O
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CIVIL WAR HOME FRONT WALKING TOUR: A stroll through a historic village offers folks a glimpse of the pivotal role Woodstock played in the Union war effort in Vermont. Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, Woodstock, 10:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. $4-8 adults; free for kids under 15; preregister. Info, 457-3368.
WINOOSKI FARMERS MARKET: Area growers and bakers offer ethnic eats, assorted produce and agricultural products. Champlain Mill Green, Winooski, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 413-446-4684.
VILLAGE HARMONY TEEN ENSEMBLE III: See SAT.9, Tinmouth Community Church, 7:30 p.m. $5-10. Info, 446-2928.
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TASTE OF THE VALLEY: Culinary creations from local restaurants and food producers anchor Vermont Festival of the Arts' signature event. Live music and a silent auction round out the evening. Lincoln Peak Village, Sugarbush Resort, Warren, 5-8 p.m. $50. Info, 496-6682.
VERMONT PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA SUMMER POPS CONCERT: See SAT.9, Moose Meadow Lodge, Duxbury, 4 p.m. $5-15.
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ISRAELI FOLK DANCING: All ages and skill levels convene for circle and line dances, which are taught, reviewed and prompted. No partner necessary, but clean, soft-soled shoes are required. Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $2; free first session. Info, 864-0218, ext. 21.
SWITCHBACK SUNDAY: Switchback brews, Dakin Farm samples and bluegrass tunes by Gold Town make for a rollicking pastoral party. Picnic Shelter, Mt. Philo State Park, Charlotte, noon-4 p.m. Regular admission, $2-3. Info, 425-2390.
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INTRO TO BELLY DANCE WORKSHOP: Beginners tap into the traditions of this sacred dance with basic posture and alignment alongside hip, belly, rib, chest and arm movements. 2 Wolves Holistic Center, Vergennes, 3-5 p.m. $24. Info, 870-0361.
SOUTH BURLINGTON FARMERS MARKET: Farmers, food vendors, artists and crafters set up booths in the parking lot. South Burlington High School, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 207-266-8766.
kids
CHAMP WEEK: See WED.6, 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. RUSSIAN PLAY TIME WITH NATASHA: Youngsters up to age 8 learn new words via rhymes, games, music, dance and a puppet show. Buttered Noodles, Williston, 11-11:45 a.m. Free. Info, 764-1810. SUNDAYS FOR FLEDGLINGS: From feathers and flying to art and zoology, junior birders ages 5 through 9 develop research and observation skills. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 2-3 p.m. Free with museum admission, $3.50-7; free for members; preregister. Info, 434-2167. 'WILLY WONKA JR.': See FRI.8, 2 p.m.
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BURLINGTON CONCERT BAND: Local musicians present a varied program of marches, old pop songs and other classics. Battery Park, Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, burlingtonvtconcertband@gmail. com. LAKE PLACID SINFONIETTA: Concert pianist Navah Perlman joins the professional orchestra in "Dedications," featuring Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2. Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. $15-20. Info, 518-523-2512. ROCHESTER CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY: Violinist David Greenberg, bassist Evan Premo, pianist Cynthia Huard and cellist Abby Newton accompany soprano Mary Bonhag in a mix of baroque and folk stylings. Federated Church, Rochester, 4 p.m. Donations. Info, 767-9234.
talks
LESLEY-ANN DUPIGNY-GIROUX: The local climatologist imparts her knowledge of floods, droughts and severe weather. Haybarn Theatre, Goddard College, Plainfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 454-8311.
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BREAD AND PUPPET 'COMMUNITY CIRCUS' REHEARSAL: Folks feast their eyes on the political theater work-in-progress. Bread and Puppet Theater, Glover, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 525-3031. 'A CHORUS LINE': See WED.6, 3 p.m. CIRCUS SMIRKUS BIG TOP TOUR: Dive in! Acrobatic adventures abound when performers ride the wave in "Anchors Away for Atlantis." Montpelier High School, 4 p.m. $14-22. Info, 533-7443. 'GREATER TUNA': See THU.7. 'A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM': See SAT.9. 'THE MIRACLE WORKER': See FRI.8. 'NOTHING-IS-NOT-READY CIRCUS AND PAGEANT': See FRI.8, 3 p.m. 'OTHELLO': See FRI.8, 2 p.m. ‘TO KNOW OR NOT TO KNOW: THAT HAS BEEN THE QUESTION’: Freudian psychotherapist and actor Ron Goldman presents a one-man show about the loss of his mother’s family in the Holocaust. Phantom Theater, Edgcomb Barn, Warren, 8 p.m. $15. Info, 496-5997. 'VIOLET': See WED.6.
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BIGTOWN SUMMER READING SERIES: Novelist Luis Alberto and poet Alan Shapiro share selected works with lit lovers. BigTown Gallery, Rochester, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 767-9670.
PAULA MARCOUX: The food historian and author of Cooking With Fire discusses and demonstrates international cooking techniques. A book signing follows. NECI on Main, Montpelier, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 229-0774.
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CLIMATE CARNIVAL BLOCK PARTY: Like-minded locals join Bread and Puppet Theater and the Rude Mechanical Orchestra for dancing and music in the name of locally controlled energy and a livable planet. Vermont Statehouse lawn, Montpelier, noon-3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 917-922-5430.
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AUTUMN'S ABUNDANT GARDEN DISPLAY: Master gardener Richard Dube presents ways to create eye-catching seasonal landscapes using variations of color, texture and form. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6-7:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5600.
fairs & festivals
VERMONT FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS: See WED.6.
food & drink
THE SUMMER-INSPIRED VEGETARIAN: Farmfresh ingredients shine when Jessica Bongard of Sweet Lime Cooking Studio prepares corn on the cob, zucchini fritters and watermelon gazpacho. McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. $5-10; preregister at citymarket.coop. Info, 861-9700.
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BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.6, 7 p.m. TRIVIA NIGHT: Teams of quick thinkers gather for a meeting of the minds. Lobby, Hotel Vermont, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 651-5012.
health & fitness
AVOID FALLS WITH IMPROVED STABILITY: See FRI.8. HERBAL CONSULTATIONS: Betzy Bancroft, Larken Bunce, Guido Masé and students from the Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism evaluate individual constitutions and health conditions. City Market/Onion River Co-op, Burlington, 4-8 p.m. Free; preregister at info@vtherbcenter.org; limited space. Info, 861-9757. MONDAY-NIGHT FUN RUN: Runners push past personal limits at this weekly outing. Peak Performance, Williston, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 658-0949. R.I.P.P.E.D.: See WED.6. WHAT IS FASCIA?: Certified structural integrator Irvin Eisenberg discusses how this underresearched connective tissue affects the body, then presents exercises for safer movement. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 5:30-7 p.m. $7-10; preregister. Info, 223-8000, ext. 202.
kids
ALICE IN NOODLELAND: Youngsters get acquainted over crafts and play while new parents and expectant mothers chat with maternity nurse and lactation consultant Alice Gonyar. Buttered Noodles, Williston, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 764-1810. FIZZ, BOOM, READ!: STORIES WITH MEGAN: Captivating tales entertain good listeners ages 3 through 6. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. TINKER TIME: What's inside an electric juicer? Inquisitive kiddos in grades 4 through 8 dismantle small appliances to discover how they work. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.
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AdvAnced SpAniSh LeSSonS: Proficient speakers work on mastering the language. Private residence, Burlington, 5 p.m. $20. Info, 324-1757.
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Bike cAre 101 for Women: A clinic for those who identify as women/trans/queer covers basic bike mechanics, maintenance and repair. Proceeds benefit Bike Recycle Vermont. Personal bicycle required. Bike Recycle Vermont, Burlington, 6:30-9:30 p.m. $75-200 suggested donation. Info, veronica@ oldspokeshome.com.
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cASpiAn mondAy muSic: Violinist Alexey Shabalin, violist Alex Vavilov, oboist Igor Leschishin and cellist Cynthia Forbes interpret works by Mozart, Dvorák and others. Caledonia Grange, East Hardwick, 8 p.m. $10-18; free for kids 18 and under. Info, caspianmondaymusic@gmail.com. SAmBAtucAdA! open reheArSAL: New faces are invited to pitch in as Burlington's samba streetpercussion band sharpens its tunes. Experience and instruments are not required. 8 Space Studio Collective, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 862-5017.
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vermont feStivAL of the ArtS: See WED.6. Winter in AuguSt ceLeBrAtion: A preseason street party recognizes area ski resorts' contributions to the regional economy with an evening of local eats and live entertainment. Merchants Row, Rutland, 5-8 p.m. $9-10. Info, 773-2747.
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knightS of the myStic movie cLuB: Cinema hounds screen campy flicks at this celebration of offbeat productions. Main Street Museum, White River Junction, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 356-2776. 'unmAnned: AmericA'S drone WArS': Robert Greenwald's documentary sheds light on the far-reaching consequences of drone warfare. Block Gallery & Coffeehouse, Winooski, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2345.
food & drink
heroeS of hopS: Fermentation fans sip local craft beer and mingle with brewers over Vermont-made snacks, cheeses and food products. Author Kim Werner rounds out the evening with a signing of FarmPlate Vermont Beer. The Pitcher Inn, Warren, 6-8:30 p.m. $30; preregister. Info, 496-3864.
'greAter tunA': See THU.7, 8 p.m.
JohnSon fArmerS mArket: From kale to handcrafted spoons, shoppers fill their totes at this open-air affair featuring meats, herbs, baked goods and dining areas. Johnson Village Green, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, johnsonfarmersmarket@gmail.com.
Jenny romAine & rAcheL SchrAgiS: The puppeteer and founding member of Great Small Works joins forces with the artist for an evening of thought-provoking theater. Haybarn Theatre, Goddard College, Plainfield, 7:15 p.m. Free. Info, 454-8311.
oLd north end fArmerS mArket: Locavores snatch up breads, juices, ethnic food and more from neighborhood vendors. Integrated Arts Academy, H.O. Wheeler Elementary School, Burlington, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 324-3073, oldnorthendfarmersmarket@gmail.com.
the met: Live in hd SerieS: Melding elements of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Tempest, a broadcast production of Enchanted Island features more than 30 compositions by Handel, Vivaldi and others. Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 7 p.m. $5-15. Info, 518-523-2512.
the pennyWiSe pAntry: On a tour of the store, shoppers create a custom template for keeping the kitchen stocked with affordable, nutritious eats. City Market/Onion River Co-op, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. Free; preregister at citymarket.coop; limited space. Info, 861-9700.
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rutLAnd county fArmerS mArket: See SAT.9, 2-6 p.m.
circuS SmirkuS Big top tour: See SUN.10, 2 p.m. & 7 p.m.
Book SALe: Thousands of gently-used titles enthrall bookworms. Proceeds benefit the library. Rutland Free Library, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Free. Info, 773-1860.
ShApe & ShAre Life StorieS: Prompts from Recille Hamrell trigger recollections of specific experiences, which are crafted into narratives and shared with the group. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.
dance
intro to triBAL BeLLy dAnce: Ancient traditions from diverse cultures define this moving meditation that celebrates creative energy. Comfortable clothing required. Sacred Mountain Studio, Burlington, 6:45 p.m. $12. Info, piper.c.emily@gmail. com.
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teA & formAL gArdenS tour: See THU.7.
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games
gAming for teenS & AduLtS: Tabletop games entertain players of all skill levels. Kids 13 and under require a legal guardian or parental permission to attend. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 5-7:45 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.
health & fitness
gentLe yogA With JiLL LAng: Students get their stretch on with the yoga certification candidate. Personal mat required. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. intro to yogA: Those new to the mat discover the benefits of aligning breath and body. Fusion Studio Yoga & Body Therapy, Montpelier, 4-5 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 272-8923. niA cLASS: Drawing from martial arts, dance arts and healing arts, a sensory-based movement practice inspires students to explore their potential. North End Studio A, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $13. Info, 863-6713. yogA With ALexAndrA: Rocking rhythms enliven a blend of Hatha, Vinyasa and Kundalini. Jenke Arts, Burlington, 4-5:15 p.m. $5 minimum donation. Info, 279-6663.
kids
creAtive tueSdAyS: Artists exercise their imaginations with recycled crafts. Kids under 10 must be accompanied by an adult. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10:30-11:45 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.
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Fresh From the Garden, Good Food For Kids: Adventurous eaters in grades 1 through 5 pull weeds and tend to plants, then help prepare dishes made with harvested veggies. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 9:30 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 878-6956.
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yoGa With danielle: Toddlers and preschoolers strike a pose, then share stories and songs. Buttered Noodles, Williston, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 764-1810.
language
BeGinner spanish lessons: Newcomers develop basic competency en español. Private residence, Burlington, 6 p.m. $20. Info, 324-1757.
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meet-the-artists BroWn BaG lunCh: Artistsin-residence chat about upcoming New York Theatre Workshop presentations in an informal setting. A Q&A follows. Warner Bentley Theater, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., noon. Free. Info, 603-646-3691.
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'a Chorus line': See WED.6, 7:30 p.m. CirCus smirKus BiG top tour: See SUN.10, 2 & 7 p.m. 'street sCene': More than 40 cast members bring the streets of 1930s New York City to life in a production of Kurt Weill's exploration of the European immigrant experience. Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 7:30 p.m. $25-35. Info, 603-448-0400.
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pause-CaFé FrenCh Conversation: French students of varying levels engage in dialogue en français. Panera Bread (Burlington), 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 363-2431.
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Blues For BreaKFast at tuesday niGht live: Blues rhythms enliven a pastoral party featuring good eats. Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Legion Field, Johnson, 6-8:30 p.m. Free; cost of food and drink. Info, 635-7826. Castleton summer ConCerts: Bursting with horns and percussion, the nine-piece Chad Hollister Band brings big sound to an outdoor show. Pavilion, Castleton State College, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 468-6039. the deadly Gentlemen: Jamgrass rhythms get audience members to their feet at the Songs at Mirror Lake Music Series. Mid's Park, Lake Placid, N.Y., 7 p.m. Free. Info, 518-524-4328. musiC in the parK: DJ Larry Brett doles out jukebox hop. Knight Point State Park, North Hero, 6:30 p.m. $5; free for kids under 12. Info, 372-8400. shape note sinG: Locals lend their voices to four-part harmonies at this weekly sing-along of early American music in the "fa-sol-la" tradition. Bread and Puppet Theater, Glover, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 525-3031. st. petersBurG strinG Quartet: The famed foursome interprets works by Bartók, Borodin and Dvořák as part of the Summer Music from Greensboro Concert Series. See calendar spotlight. United Church of Christ, Greensboro, 8 p.m. $20; free for kids under 18. Info, 533-2301.
community
laWn party & ChiCKen BarBeCue: A feast of grilled meats and all the fixings gives way to face painting, a magic show and sweet treats. Fried dough, anyone? Bristol Town Green, 5 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 453-2488.
education
toastmasters oF Greater BurlinGton: Locals looking to strengthen their speaking and leadership skills learn more. Holiday Inn, South Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 989-3250.
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KinGdom Community Wind tours: See WED.6. middleBury ColleGe oBservatory open house: See WED.6. teChnoloGy drop-in day: Library patrons navigate the new catalog system and download e-books and audiobooks. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4095.
fairs & festivals
vermont Festival oF the arts: See WED.6.
film
'northern Borders': Based on Howard Frank Mosher's eponymous novel, Jay Craven's latest film tells the story of a young boy sent to live on his grandparents' Vermont farm during the mid-1950s. Montgomery Town Hall, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $2-9. Info, 326-3113 or 357-4616.
food & drink
Champlain islands Farmers marKet: See WED.6.
seminars
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sports
middleBury Farmers marKet: See WED.6.
open-sourCe hardWare WorKshop: Tinkerers young and old learn about circuits and more when assembling kits from SparkFun electronics. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 388-4095.
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BooK disCussion Group: Readers chat about Andrew Solomon's Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity. Local History Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.
summer BuG WalKs: Insect lovers grab their nets for an outing aimed at catching, observing and releasing creepy crawlers. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 3:30-5 p.m. $3-5. Info, 229-6206.
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tuesday mountain rides: Bicyclists of all skill levels brush up on their technique while pedaling along local trails. Mountain bikes suggested; helmets required. Onion River Sports, Montpelier, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 229-9409.
FrenCh Conversation Group: Beginner-tointermediate speakers brush up on their language skills. Halvorson's Upstreet Café, Burlington, 4:306 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0195.
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moonlit CampFire: Youngsters and their adult companions share fireside stories and make s'mores before a visit from a live owl. Shelburne Farms, 7-9 p.m. $5-6; preregister. Info, 985-8686. story time in the nestlinGs nooK: Birdthemed tales prep preschoolers for crafts, music and nature activities. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free with regular admission, $3-6. Info, 434-2167.
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laWson's Finest dinner: Chef Sue Schickler pairs up with Sean Lawson of Lawson's Finest Liquids to host a four-course meal featuring gourmet fare and local craft brews. The Pitcher Inn, Sugarbush Valley, 6-9 p.m. $85; preregister. Info, 496-6350. neWport Farmers marKet: See WED.6. sloW Food vermont Farmers marKet: See WED.6.
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SUN TO CHEESE TOUR: Fromage lovers go behind the scenes and follow award-winning farmhouse cheddar from raw milk to finished product. Shelburne Farms, 1:30-3:30 p.m. $15 includes a block of cheese. Info, 985-8686. WEDNESDAY WINE DOWN: See WED.6. WILLISTON FARMERS MARKET: See WED.6. WINE TASTING: KEEPIN' IT REAL: Bourgogne rouge bottlings from Pierre Guillemot, Lucien Boillot and Régis Bouvier prove that a less-is-more approach to winemaking yields big flavors. Dedalus Wine Shop, Burlington, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-2368.
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MONTRÉAL-STYLE ACRO YOGA: See WED.6. R.I.P.P.E.D.: See WED.6.
kids
ADVANCED IMPROVISATION TECHNIQUES WORKSHOP: See WED.6. FIZZ, BOOM, READ! PARTY: Bookworms fête a summer of reading with music, prizes and watermelon. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. THE LUNCHBOX SUMMER MEAL PROGRAM: See WED.6. MEET ROCKIN' RON THE FRIENDLY PIRATE: See WED.6. SUMMER READING PARTY: No Strings Marionette Company presents Bully for the Three Big Pigs at this literary celebration honoring youngsters who devoured books outside of school. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 2-3:15 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-6956.
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ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE CLASS: See WED.6. INTERMEDIATE SPANISH LESSONS: See WED.6. INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE CLASS: See WED.6.
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COMMUNITY EVENINGS AT THE FARM: Lila Webb & the Cartwheels entertain picnickers with a mix of country, rockabilly and bluegrass. Shelburne Farms, gates open for picnicking, 5:30 p.m.; concert, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 985-9551.
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WEDNESDAY NIGHT LIVE: Cold Country Bluegrass dole out danceable tunes. B-Side Playground, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 7 p.m. $2-3; free for kids 3 and under; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103.
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BIKE COMMUTER WORKSHOP: Peter Burns of Local Motion shares practical tips for pedalpowered transportation in a hands-on presentation. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 6:30-7:45 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 434-3036, rfl@gmavt.net.
sports
GREEN MOUNTAIN TABLE TENNIS CLUB: See WED.6. THE VERMONT CHALLENGE: Cyclists pedal one-, three- or four-day rides along scenic routes throughout southern and central Vermont. See vtchallenge.com for details. Various locations statewide, Vermont, 9 a.m. $189-449. Info, info@ vtchallenge.com. WOMEN'S WEDNESDAY MOUNTAIN RIDES: See WED.6.
talks
HARTE CROW: The architectural historian presents "The Architects' Architect: Louis Kahn: From Yale to Bangladesh." Yestermorrow Design/Build School, Waitsfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 495-5545.
theater
'A CHORUS LINE': See WED.6.
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CIRCUS SMIRKUS BIG TOP TOUR: See SUN.10, 2 p.m. & 7 p.m. 'A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM': See SAT.9, Circus Lawn, Shelburne Museum, 6 p.m. $15-25; free for kids under 12 with ticketed adult. Info, 8635966 or 877-874-1911.
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'MY FAIR LADY': See FRI.8.
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AUTHORS AT THE ALDRICH: Mystery writer Jennifer McMahon excerpts The Winter People. A concert in Currier Park follows. Milne Community Room, Aldrich Library, Barre, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 476-7550. BREAD LOAF WRITERS' CONFERENCE READING SERIES: Acclaimed writers share works of various genres. See middlebury.edu for details. Bread Loaf Campus, Ripton, 8:15 p.m. Free; call to confirm. Info, 443-2700. WRITERS FOR RECOVERY WORKSHOP: See WED.6.
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CONCERTS ON THE BLUFF: Rick and the All-Star Ramblers bring western-swing tunes to the annual concert series. Bring a chair or blanket. Forrence Center, Clinton Community College, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 6 p.m. Free. Info, 518-562-4160.
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CITY HALL PARK LUNCHTIME PERFORMANCES: Singer-songwriters Kat Wright and Brett Hughes dazzle music lovers at an outdoor performance. Burlington City Hall Park, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7166.
THE PASSERI TRIO & TURIDAE: Classical and folk stylings shine at the Middlesex Summer Concert Series. Bring a lawn chair, blanket and picnic fare. Martha Pellerin & Andy Shapiro Memorial Bandstand; rain location: Rumney School gymnasium, Middlesex, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 272-4920 or 272-7578.
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ITALIAN CONVERSATION GROUP: Parla Italiano? A native speaker leads a language practice for all ages and abilities. Room 101, St. Edmund's Hall, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 899-3869.
JEAN ROHE & LIAM ROBINSON: Guitarist Judson Kimble and poet Lizzy Fox join the duo in American and Anglo-folk tunes. North End Studio A, Burlington, 8:30-10:30 p.m. $10. Info, 863-6713.
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YOUNG & FUN PERFORMANCE SERIES: 'HANSEL AND GRETEL': Seagle Music Colony introduces little ones to the opera through the classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale. Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 518-523-2512.
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CRAFTSBURY CHAMBER PLAYERS: World-class musicians explore classical compositions by Mozart, Antonín Dvořák and Inessa Zaretsky. UVM Recital Hall, Redstone Campus, Burlington, 8 p.m. $10-25; free for kids 12 and under. Info, 800-639-3443.
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art BEGINNER WATERCOLOR SEMINAR!: Want to try watercolor but too intimidated? Artist Ginny Joyner will guide you through the basics, from brushes and paper, washes, layering techniques, mixing color and composition to creating landscapes and florals! Ginny loves to teach beginner painters in a relaxed, nonjudgmental atmosphere with gentle but expert direction and advice. Sat. & Sun., Aug. 30 & 31, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. (w/ lunch break each day). Cost: $200/12hour seminar; incl. a beautiful panmaker palette with paint & brushes to keep & enough paper to use in class. Location: Ginny Joyner’s studio, Fort Ethan Allen, 504B Dalton Dr., Colchester. Info: Ginny Joyner, 655-0899, ginnyjoynervt@gmail.com, facebook.com/ ginnyjoynerstudio.
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astrology MIDSUMMER FULL MOON ASTROLOGY EVENT: In a large Zodiac circle we explore our birth charts in relation to current planetary cycles. For all levels of astrological knowledge. Please provide birth information in advance. Aug. 10, 6-9 p.m. Cost: $35/ person Location: Richmond Public Library, 201 Bridge St., Richmond. Info: Kelley Hunter, 456-1078, kellhunter@earthlink. net.
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Call 865-7166 for info or register online at burlingtoncityarts.org. Teacher bios are also available online. CLAY: REVISITING THE BOWL: Learn to promote balanced weight throughout your bowls, avoid bottom-heavy pieces, and get rid of the pesky learner’s curve or “shoulder” that is often found in this form. Leave the class with refined knowledge on how to arrive at the bowl shape you intended and learn the mechanics for making bowls for specific purposes or dishes.
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Instructor: Chris Vaughn. Sun., Sep. 14, 2-4 p.m. Cost: $25 / person; $22.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. DROP IN: LIFE DRAWING: This drop-in life drawing class is open to all levels and facilitated by local painter Glynnis Fawkes. Spend the evening with other artists drawing one of our experienced models. Please bring your own drawing materials and paper. No registration necessary. Weekly on Mon., Sep. 15-Dec. 15, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $8 / participant; $7/BCA members. Purchase a drop-in card & get the 6th visit free. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington. DESIGN: ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR: Learn the basics of Adobe Illustrator to lay out and design posters and other single-page documents. Students will explore a variety of software techniques and will create projects suited to their own interests. This class is suited for beginners who are interested in furthering their design software skills. No experience necessary. Instructor: Jeremy Smith. Weekly on Mon., Sep. 15-Oct. 27, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $205 /nonmembers; $184.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington.
coaching 30-DAY SELF-DISCOVERY COURSE: Explore your dreams and confront your fears at the HappyU Life Design School with Life & Energy Coach Theresa McCabe. Discover who you are, who you want to be, what motivates you and find the confidence to pursue your most fulfilling dreams! For teens, twentysomethings, college students and graduates. Starts Sun., Sep. 7. Teleclasses on Wed. at 8 p.m. Cost: $47 / guided self-discovery journal, 4 live weekly teleclasses, visualization exercises & inspirational emails. Location: Online at theresamccabe.com. Info: Theresa McCabe, 274-6671, theresa@ theresamccabe.com, theresamccabe.com.
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BEGINNER WHEEL THROWING: Instructor: Rik Rolla. This course is great for beginners who are looking to learn the fundamentals of basic wheel-throwing techniques. You will learn how to center, throw, trim and glaze. After crafting your pottery on the wheel, Rik will guide you to create finished pieces for the electric oxidation kiln. You will leave with several functional pieces. 8 Tue., 10 a.m.-noon, Sep. 16-Nov. 4. Cost: $270 / person (members: $211.50, nonmembers: $235, materials: $35). Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648. HAND-BUILDING: Instructor: Alex Costantino. Use of electric and gas kiln. This hand-building class will focus on creating sculptural and functional pieces using slabs, extrusions, solid building and coils. Students explore texture and surface using multiple techniques. If you already have an idea or some inspirational images (sculptural or functional), bring them to the first class. No previous handbuilding experience necessary. 8 Fri., 9:30 a.m.-noon, Sep. 19-Nov. 7. Cost: $335 /person (members: $261, nonmembers: $290, materials: $45). Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648.
INTRO TO WOODWORKING: Instructor: Rachel BrydolfHorwitz. A comprehensive introduction to woodworking, this course explores the basic principles of lumber selection, hand tool and machinery usage, milling, joinery and finishing. Students will build their own Shaker-style hall table, taking the project from blueprint through completion, learning to both organize and conceptualize a furniture project and gain familiarity with the woodshop environment. 10 Mon., 5:30-8:30 p.m., Sep. 22-Dec. 1 (no class Nov. 24). Cost: $520 /person (members: $391.50, nonmembers: $435, materials: $85). Location: Shelburne Craft School, Shelburne. Info: 985-3648. MAD SCIENTIST WORKSHOP: Instructor: John Brickles. Dr. Brickelstein presents “Mad Scientist Workshop, Daylight Edition.” Scientists will be building Steampunk-styled sculptures exploiting the versatility of Dr. Brickelstein’s trademark mochacolored stoneware clay. Vacuum tubes, valve handles, faux meter dials and more are included for you to incorporate into your scientific creation. No previous experience with clay or vacuum tubes is required. Sun., Oct. 19, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $105 /1-day workshop. Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648. METALS W/ MATT: ADV. JEWELRY: Instructor: Matthew Taylor. Come learn from Master Jeweler Matthew Taylor of Matthew Taylor Designs at the Shelburne Craft School. Projects may include setting a stone, wax carving, chain mail or other ideas. Prerequisite: Beginner Jewelry (students must already know sawing, filing, and soldering). 5 Tue., 5:30-8 p.m., Sep. 16-Oct. 14. Cost: $345 /person (members: $261, nonmembers: $290, materials: $55). Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648. NEW SHAPE: MIXED LEVEL: Instructor: Jules Polk. Breaking away from round. Are you tired of feeling like you are making the same-shaped pots over and over again? This class will take basic shapes thrown on the wheel and give you the handbuilding and finishing skills to make any shape you can think of! Prerequisite: Beginning wheel. 8 Sat., 10 a.m.-noon, Sep. 20-Nov. 8. Cost: $280 /person (members: $211.50, nonmembers: $235, materials: $45). Location: Shelburne Craft School, Shelburne. Info: 985-3648. WHEEL THROWING/INT.-ADV.: Instructor: Loretta Languet DiMario. Focusing on details and sharpening your skills as a
potter, Loretta will demonstrate how to incorporate stacking forms to gain added height and altering wet pottery adding rhythm and gesture. Loretta will also incorporate slips and various surface techniques exploring the world of surface design. 8 Wed., 5-8 p.m., Sep. 24-Nov. 12. Cost: $393 /person (members: $313.20, nonmembers: $348, materials: $45). Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648.
dance ARGENTINE TANGO FOR BEGINNERS: Tango is fancy walking, danced conversation, 3-D improvised art. Learn or review the basics in a warm, friendly environment. Class size limited to ensure plenty of individual attention. For adults with little or no tango experience. No partner required. Wear socks or clean shoes. Call/email to register by August 29. 2 Sat., Aug. 30 & Sep. 6, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Cost: $14 / person or $25/2 people (friends or couple) for 1 day; $28/person or $50/2 people for both days. Location: Champlain Club, 20 Crowley St., Burlington. Info: Elizabeth Seyler, 399-8934, elizabethmseyler@gmail. com, tangowise.com/ burlington-classes. DANCE STUDIO SALSALINA: Salsa classes, nightclub-style, on-one and on-two, group and private, four levels. Beginner walk-in classes, Wednesdays, 6 p.m. $13/person for one-hour class. No dance experience, partner or preregistration required, just the desire to have fun! Drop in any time and prepare for an enjoyable workout. Location: 266 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Victoria, 598-1077, info@ salsalina.com. DSANTOS VT SALSA: Experience the fun and excitement of Burlington’s eclectic dance community by learning salsa. Trained by world famous dancer Manuel Dos Santos, we teach you how to dance to the music and how to have a great time on the dance floor! There is no better time to start than now! Mon. evenings: beginner class, 7-8 p.m.: intermediate, 8:15-9:15 p.m. Cost: $10 /1-hr. class. Location: North End Studios, 294 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Tyler Crandall, 598-9204, crandalltyler@ hotmail.com, dsantosvt.com. LEARN TO DANCE W/ A PARTNER!: Come alone or come with friends, but come out and learn to dance! Beginning classes repeat each month, but intermediate classes vary from month to month. As with all of our programs, everyone is encouraged to attend, and no
partner is necessary. Private lessons also available. Cost: $50 /4week class. Location: Champlain Club, 20 Crowley St., Burlington. Info: First Step Dance, 598-6757, kevin@firststepdance.com, firststepdance.com.
design/build GOURD BANJO BUILDING WORKSHOP: Learn to build your own instrument from scratch and leave with your very own banjo! No woodworking experience necessary. At the end of the five-day workshop you will be holding a finished banjo and experience the unique satisfaction of playing an instrument you have built. Aug. 20-24, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $300 /person. Location: ReSOURCE WasteNotProducts, Burlington. Info: Paul Denison, 214-514-7718, banjoworkshop.wordpress.com.
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WISDOM OF THE HERBS SCHOOL: Memorial Celebration for the life of George Lisi, teacher at Wisdom of the Herbs School, will be held Saturday, Aug. 9, 11:15 a.m. at the Unitarian Church in Montpelier, followed by a potluck reception, all are welcome. Wild Edible and Medicinal Plant Walk with Annie McCleary, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. sliding scale to $10, please pre-register. If you are interested in attending our next Wisdom of the Herbs program, start date April 2015, and need financial assistance, check out the VSAC non-degree grant program and consider applying really soon to reserve your grant while their funds are abundant; if you decide not to attend Wisdom 2015, VSAC simply gives the grant to another person. Annie McCleary, director. Location: Wisdom of the Herbs School, Woodbury. Info: 456-8122, annie@ wisdomoftheherbsschool.com, wisdomoftheherbsschool.com.
ANNOUNCING SPANISH CLASSES: Join us for adult Spanish classes this fall. Our eighth year. Learn from a native speaker via small classes, individual instruction or student tutoring. You’ll always be participating and speaking. Lesson packages for travelers. Also lessons for young children; they love it! See our website or contact us for details. Beginning week of Sep. 8 for 10 weeks. Cost: $225 /10 classes of 90+ minutes each. Location: Spanish in Waterbury Center, Waterbury Center. Info: 585-1025, spanishparavos@gmail. com, spanishwaterburycenter.com.
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THERAPEUTIC MARIJUANA PROGRAM: Do I qualify for a Vermont registry card? Learn how to apply for your Therapeutic Marijuana Registry card. Classes are not sponsored or authorized by the Vermont Marijuana Registry or the State of Vermont or any state regulatory agency. The organizers are solely responsible for the information presented. Sat., Aug. 9 & 23, noon-1 p.m., followed by Q&A. Location: Peace and Justice Center meeting room,
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meditation EXPLORING MINDFULNESS: Join Nina La Rosa, trained mindfulness practice facilitator, for a 4-week introductory course at Exquisite Mind Studio. Learn to cultivate awareness of thoughts, feelings and sensory experiences and transform your experience of self and world. Please RSVP to nina@ninalarosa.com each week by noon. Beginners and experienced practitioners welcome. ninalarosa.com/ schedule. Every Thu. in Aug., 7-8 p.m.; beginners please come to 1st class. Optional online donation. Location: Exquisite Mind Studio, 88 King St., suite 101, Burlington. Info: Mindfulness for Mental Health, LLC, Nina La Rosa, 735-2265, nina@ninalarosa.com, ninalarosa.com/schedule. LEARN TO MEDITATE: 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. Shambhala Café (meditation and discussions) meets the first Saturday of each month, 9 a.m.-noon. An open house (intro to the center, short dharma talk and socializing) is held on the third Friday of each month, 7-9 p.m. Instruction: Sun. mornings, 9 a.m.-noon, or by appt. Sessions: Tue. & Thu., noon-1 p.m., & Mon.-Thu., 6-7 p.m. Location: Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 658-6795, burlingtonshambhalactr.org.
balance and coordination, ease tension, and wake up the mind. Mixedlevel class maximizes mentoring potential. Weekly on Mon. starting Sep. 8, 5-6 p.m. Cost: $120/12-week series. Location: Montpelier Shambhala Center, 64 Main St., Montpelier. Info: Ellie Hayes, 456-1983.
movement WTF IS FELDENKRAIS?: Come and find out about the Feldenkrais Method with a guild-certified teacher! Learn how you can increase flexibility without strain, encourage mind/body connections, and find something that is both relaxing and stimulating. Your first class is free; advance registration required. Weekly on Thu., 5:45-6:45 p.m. Cost: $10 /1-hour class. Location: Sacred Mountain Studio, 215 College St., Burlington. Info: Gillian Franks, 655-0950, gillian@gillianfranks. com, gillianfranks.com.
music TAIKO, DJEMBE & CONGAS!: Stuart Paton, cofounder and artistic director of Burlington Taiko Group, has devoted the past 25 years to performing and teaching taiko to children and adults here in the Burlington area and throughout New England. He is currently the primary instructor at the Burlington Taiko Space, and his teaching style integrates the best of what he experienced as a child growing up in Tokyo with many successful strategies in American education. Call or email for schedule. Location: Burlington Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., suite 3-G, Burlington & Lane Shops Community Room, 13 N. Franklin St., Montpelier. Info: Stuart Paton, 999-4255, spaton55@gmail.com, burlingtontaiko.org.
tai chi HWA YU TAI CHI/MONTPELIER: Green Dragon Stretches Its Claws. Learn this and other evocative movements in the Hwa Yu, an early form of Tai Chi in the Liuhebafa lineage. Regular practice can enhance physical and spiritual well-being, improve
SNAKE-STYLE TAI CHI CHUAN: 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. Beginner classes Sat. mornings & Wed. evenings. Call to view a class. Location: Bao Tak Fai Tai Chi Institute, 100 Church St., Burlington. Info: 864-7902, ipfamilytaichi.org. YANG-STYLE TAI CHI: The slow movements of tai chi help reduce blood pressure and increase balance and concentration. Come breathe with us and experience the joy of movement while increasing your ability to be inwardly still. Wed., 5:30 p.m., Sat., 8:30 a.m. $16/class, $60/mo., $160/3 mo. Location: Mindful Breath Tai Chi (formerly Vermont Tai Chi Academy and Healing Center), 180 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Info: 735-5465, janet@mindfulbreathtaichi.com, mindfulbreathtaichi.com.
water sports STANDUP PADDLEBOARDING: Get on board for a very fun and simple way to explore the lake and work your body head to toe. Instruction on paddle-handling and balance skills to get you moving your first time out. Learn why people love this Hawaiianrooted sport the first time they try it. Lessons offered daily. Cost: $30/person Location: Oakledge Park & Beach, end of Flynn Ave., a mile south of downtown along the bike path, Burlington. Info: Paddlesurf Champlain, 881-4905, jason@paddlesurfchamplain. com, paddlesurfchamplain.com.
yoga BURLINGTON HOT YOGA: TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT!: Offering creative, vinyasa-style yoga classes featuring practice in the Barkan and Prana Flow Method Hot Yoga in a 95-degree studio accompanied by eclectic music. Ahh, the heat on a cold day, a flowing practice, the cool stone meditation, a chilled orange scented towel to complete your spa yoga experience.
Get hot: 2-for-1 offer. $15. Go to hotyogaburlingtonvt.com. Location: North End Studio B, 294 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 999-9963. EVOLUTION YOGA: Evolution Yoga and Physical Therapy offers a variety of classes in a supportive atmosphere: Beginner, advanced, kids, babies, post- and pre-natal, community classes and workshops. Vinyasa, Kripalu, Core, Therapeutics and Alignment classes. Become part of our yoga community. You are welcome here. Cost: $15 /class, $130/class card, $5-10/community classes. Location: Evolution Yoga, 20 Kilburn St., Burlington. Info: 864-9642, evolutionvt.com. HONEST YOGA, THE ONLY DEDICATED HOT YOGA FLOW CENTER: Honest Yoga offers practice for all levels. Brand new beginners’ courses include two specialty classes per week for four weeks plus unlimited access to all classes. We have daily classes in Essentials, Flow and Core Flow with alignment constancy. We hold teacher trainings at the 200- and 500-hour levels. Daily classes & workshops. $25/new student 1st week unlimited, $15/class or $130/10-class card, $12/ class for student or senior or $100/10-class punch card. Location: Honest Yoga Center, 150 Dorset St., Blue Mall, next to Sport Shoe Center, S. Burlington. Info: 497-0136, honestyogastudio@gmail.com, honestyogacenter.com. YOGA ROOTS: Established in February 2013, Yoga Roots provides a full daily schedule of yoga classes for all ages and abilities. From Restorative to Heated Vinyasa Flow, Yoga Roots aims to clarify your mind, strengthen your body and ignite your joyful spirit! Coming up: Free Shelburne Beach Yoga, Aug. 10, 8-9 a.m.; Yoga in Nature Camp begins Aug. 18 for ages 5-9. Location: Yoga Roots, 6221 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne Green Business Park. Info: 985-0090, yogarootsvt.com.
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n 1994 the Offspring released their third album, Smash. That title turned out to be more accurate than anyone had anticipated. The album sold more than 16 million copies worldwide — a record for independent releases at the time. Chart-topping singles such as “Self Esteem” and “Come Out and Play” thrust the Southern California punk band into the international spotlight. Along with fellow SoCal punks Green Day, whose breakout, Grammy-winning album Dookie had been released just two months prior to Smash, the Offspring helped bring punk rock to the masses. Touring in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Smash, this Friday, August 8, the Offspring headline a show at Burlington’s Waterfront Park as part of the Lake Champlain Maritime Festival. Also on the bill are punk contemporaries Pennywise, Bad Religion and the Vandals, as well as a quartet of local punk acts: Get a Grip, As We Were, Better Things and Poxy. In advance of that show, Seven Days caught up with Offspring guitarist Kevin John Wasserman, aka Noodles, by phone to get his take on two decades of Smash. SEVEN DAYS: I just had to let you know, one of the first times I got drunk — I was maybe 16 — my friends and I repeatedly prank-called a local radio station by belligerently yelling the “la la la” intro to “Self Esteem.” KEVIN JOHN WASSERMAN: [Laughs] That’s awesome. SD: We certainly thought so. Not sure the DJ at 95XXX was as impressed. KJW: I bet. SD: Is it surreal to think Smash has been around for 20 years?
KJW: It’s weird and it’s hard to actually fathom what that means. So many of those songs have been with us the whole time, so it’s kind of like hanging out with an old friend. You don’t see the aging. So songs like “Self Esteem” and “Come Out and Play” still seem new, because we play them every night.
SD: Honestly, it kind of blew my mind to realize the album is that old. KJW: It’s funny. We’re playing with the Vandals, Pennywise and Bad Religion. These are bands we’ve been playing with for at least 20 years. We did a tour way back with the Vandals and it’s the same four guys. Brooks [Wackerman] was 17. He didn’t know how to drive yet. But it’s the same band and they’re doing the same stuff. It’s rad. SD: When Smash came out, the Offspring had been around for 10 years but were virtually unknown to mass audiences. Did you have any inkling the album would blow up the way it did? KJW: No way. Punk bands were never successful. Probably the biggest punk band at the time was the Ramones. And you hardly ever heard them on the radio. It never happened to punk bands, so we were not expecting it at all. We were hoping to do better than our second record, which sold about 40,000 copies worldwide. SD: Mission accomplished. Did you experience any backlash over your success from the punk scene? KJW: We had some punks, mostly young, elitist punks brand-new to the scene, calling us sellouts and stuff like that. We’d get kids coming to our shows claiming we were ruining punk rock. It’s, like, “Come on, man. Punk’s been around for 20 years already. It’s only a matter of time before someone says, ‘This music is great and deserves to be played.’” That’s the way we thought about it. SD: Someone had to be the punk band that broke into the mainstream, right? KJW: Exactly. Then there was the old guard of punks
SD: Why do you think the band has been able to stay relevant for so long? KJW: You know, we’re just four guys who like playing music together. And we’ve been doing it since we were teenagers. Punk rock showed us how to be ourselves. We sometimes fight like brothers, but we also have each other’s backs like brothers. We just have a good time doing what we do. SD: You’re at the point now where you’ve influenced a new generation of punk bands. Is that something you ever think about? KJW: We don’t take any credit for that. I’ve had young bands be flattering and say nice things about us. But we think back to the bands that inspired us — the Adolescents, the Ramones, the Dead Kennedys. Bands that never really got their full due. They might do really well in T-shirt sales but didn’t do as well as they should in the amount of radio play.
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SD: Where did the idea for “Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)” come from? KJW: I think Dexter [Holland, vocalist] was watching “Sally Jessy” or something, and there was some suburban, middle-class white kid acting like a very urban black kid. And you know he just learned that stuff from hip-hop records and started taking on the affectations. It was just kind of funny. Not that you can’t be a white kid and be urban. I think Eminem is pretty serious. But you’ve got these middle-class white kids talking about how hard they are and it’s, like, “Come on, man.” I just think it’s funny. They’re certainly not harming the world. And there have been times I’ve tried something that didn’t suit me, and I eventually gave up the affectation.
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In this space last week, I made the case that the Precipice was the single best showcase for local music Burlington has and urged you, dear readers, to attend. Much to my delight — and likely that of Radio Bean’s LEE ANDErSoN and JoE ADLEr — it was, and many of you did. As also noted last week, this year’s incarnation of the newly rebranded “charming Vermont music festival” was smaller than in previous years. But it’s safe to say Anderson and co. traded a little quantity for increased quality. I’d estimate I saw about 65 to 70 percent of the festival and didn’t see a bad, or even mediocre, set in the bunch. Even given that near universal excellence, there were some highlights, which I’ll run through now. I’m not sure if it’s possible for JAphY rYDEr to be underrated or overlooked. They’ve been around for more than 10 years, have long had a strong following and inspired one of my all-time-favorite genre descriptors: “porn prog.” The tag isn’t as fitting as it once was, but I can’t seem to stop using it. Yet for some reason, when I think about the best bands in Burlington, JR are rarely one of the first to jump to mind. They should be. Their Friday set was a master clinic on sinewy, sensuous grooves and intricate, cerebral compositions. Despite that heady and often scholarly approach, JR somehow manage never to fly above their listeners’ heads. Their stuff is still accessible and emotionally evocative
— in large part thanks to the sensitivity and skill with which bandleader and trumpeter wiLL ANDrEwS plays. I could listen to that guy play all night. Another Friday highlight was the full-band debut of pLAto EArS, the new project from mArk DALY, formerly of chAmbErLiN. When last I saw them, the band was essentially just Daly, a drummer and whole lot of looping and effects. Long story short, I came away underwhelmed then. But what a difference a band makes. Daly’s new material is a departure from the bAND of horSES-esque indie rock for which Chamberlin was best known. As Plato Ears, Daly fuses his indie roots with an R&B sound that bears some similarity to the likes of the wEEkND and miGuEL — go ahead and call it PBR&B, if you must. While it worked well on studio demos, Daly hadn’t quite figured out how best to translate that sound live. I’d say he’s done so. Flanked by JEr cooNS, Eric mAiEr and JoSh wEiNStEiN, Daly’s set was transcendent. I was watching with a certain well-known local guitarist, and we exchanged numerous excited glances throughout the PE set. “I can’t stop smiling,” he told me at one point. “And I really wanna join this band.” Agreed — at least on the smiling part. Saturday was equally impressive, if somewhat less well attended due to the near constant threat of rain — which
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AMERICAN FLATBREAD BURLINGTON HEARTH: Groove Is In the Hearth, 6 p.m., free. BREAKWATER CAFÉ: The X-Rays (rock), 6 p.m. HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Josh & Ryan featuring Sean & Josh (improv jazz), 7 p.m., free. JP'S PUB: Pub Quiz with Dave, 7 p.m., free. Karaoke with Melody, 10 p.m., free. LEUNIG'S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Queen City Hot Club (gypsy jazz), 7 p.m., free. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free. NECTAR'S: VT Comedy Club Presents: What a Joke! Comedy Open Mic (standup comedy), 7 p.m., free. The Edd, the Schwizz and Dwajhay (livetronica), 9:30 p.m., free/$5. 18+. RADIO BEAN: Laney Jones & the Lively Spirits (blues, bluegrass), 6 p.m., free. Ensemble V (jazz), 7 p.m., free. Irish Sessions, 9 p.m., free. RED SQUARE: The Rooks (rock), 7 p.m., free. DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Josh Panda's Acoustic Soul Night, 8 p.m., $5-10 donation.
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HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Leon Russell, Kat Wright & the Indomitable Soul Band (rock, soul), 7:30 p.m., $30/35. AA. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Chad Hollister (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free.
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BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Karl Miller (jazz), 6 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (MONTPELIER): Cajun Jam with Jay Ekis, Lee Blackwell, Alec Ellsworth and Katie Trautz, 6 p.m., $5-10 donation. SWEET MELISSA'S: Wine Down with D. Davis (acoustic), 5 p.m., free. Raphael Gualazzi Band (jazz), 7 p.m., free.
stowe/smuggs area THE BEE'S KNEES: Lefty Younger (folk), 7:30 p.m., free.
MOOG'S PLACE: Lesley Grant & Friends (country), 7:30 p.m., free. PIECASSO PIZZERIA & LOUNGE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.
middlebury area
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THE PARKER PIE CO.: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.
outside vermont
MONOPOLE: Open Mic, 10 p.m., free. NAKED TURTLE: Imperial Wednesdays with Run Home Jack (acoustic rock), 6 p.m., free. OLIVE RIDLEY'S: So You Want to Be A DJ?, 10 p.m., free.
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BREAKWATER CAFÉ: Mango Jam (zydeco), 6 p.m., free.
FINNIGAN'S PUB: Craig Mitchell (funk), 10 p.m., free.
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FRANNY O'S: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free. HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Half & Half Comedy (standup), 8 p.m., free. Wild Life (EDM), 9:30 p.m., free. The Harder They Come (house), 10:30 p.m., free.
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JUNIPER: Partic Carton and Gina Lord (acoustic), 8 p.m., free.
Grammy-nominated group is still going strong, touring regularly and consistently churning out bumping new jams.
NECTAR'S: Trivia Mania, 7 p.m., free. Bluegrass Thursday: the Tenderbellies, 9:30 p.m., $2/5. 18+.
Bless the Child and Self Portrait.
RADIO BEAN: Cody Sargent & Friends (jazz), 6:30 p.m., free. Shane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. Kat Wright & the Indomitable Soul Band (soul), 11:30 p.m., $5. RED SQUARE: Invisible Homes (rock), 7 p.m., free. D Jay Baron (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free. RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Cre8 (EDM), 10 p.m., free. RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB & WHISKEY ROOM: Mashtodon (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free. ZEN LOUNGE: Nappy Roots, Lynguistic Civilians, Bless the Child, Self Portrait (hip-hop), 8 p.m., $15.
chittenden county THE MONKEY HOUSE: REDadmiral (rock), 8:30 p.m., $5/10. 18+.
ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Nobby Reed Project (blues), 7 p.m., free. PENALTY BOX: Karaoke, 8 p.m., free.
barre/montpelier BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Mark Struhsacker (country), 6 p.m., donation.
CITY LIMITS: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.
CHARLIE O'S: Laney Jones (folk), 9 p.m., free.
TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.
NUTTY STEPH'S: Andric Severance (raucous piano), 7 p.m., free.
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SWEET MELISSA'S: Pizza Tapes with Matt Schrag & Zach Nugent (bluegrass), 8 p.m., free.
BAYSIDE PAVILION: Starline Rhythm Boys (rockabilly), 6:30 p.m., free.
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CLUB METRONOME: Umphrey's McGee Afterparty: the Nth Power (soul, funk), 10 p.m., $15/18.
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WHAMMY BAR: Michael Chorney and Brett Lanier (indie folk), 7 p.m., free.
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stowe/smuggs area
THE BEE'S KNEES: Fred Gillen Jr. (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m., donation. MOOG'S PLACE: Open Mic, 8 p.m., free. SUSHI YOSHI — (STOWE): Anthony Santor Trio (jazz), 4 p.m., free.
middlebury area
CITY LIMITS: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free. TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Summer Salsa Series with DJ Hector, 10 p.m., free.
champlain islands/northwest TWIGGS — AN AMERICAN GASTROPUB: Trivia & Wing Night, 7 p.m., free.
northeast kingdom THE PUB OUTBACK: Jay Natola (singer-songwriter), 8:30 p.m., free.
THE STAGE: Micah Carbonneau (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., free.
Bandstand: Bob Log III, the Wild Ones (rock), 8 p.m., $7. AA.
Co. (acoustic), 6 p.m., free. DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.
Fernandez & Friends (Latin jazz), 6 p.m., free.
BREAKWATER CAFÉ: Mr. French (rock), 6 p.m., free.
THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Hot Flannel (bluegrass), 8 p.m., $5-10 donation.
POSITIVE PIE (MONTPELIER): The Grift (rock), 10:30 p.m., $5.
CLUB METRONOME: "No Diggity" ’90s Night, 9 p.m., free/$5. HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Willionaire (Americana), 7 p.m., free. Bonjour Hi (trap), 10 p.m., free.
VERMONT PUB & BREWERY: Duke Aeroplane & the Wrong Numbers (swamp blues), 10 p.m., free.
JUNIPER: DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 9 p.m., free.
ZEN LOUNGE: Salsa Night with Jah Red, 8 p.m., $5. DJ Baron (hip-hop), 10 p.m., $5. Feel Good Friday with D Jay Baron (hip-hop), 11 p.m., $5. DJ Dakota & the VT Union (hip-hop, top 40), 11 p.m., $5.
THE LAUGH BAR AT DRINK: Comedy Showcase (standup comedy), 7 p.m., $7. NECTAR'S: Colby Dix (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free. American Babies, Haley Jane & the Primates, Great Western (jam, roots rock), 9 p.m., $5. RADIO BEAN: Kid's Music with Linda "Tickle Belly" Bassick & Friends, 11 a.m., free. Woman Sngwriter Collective (folk), 7 p.m., free. Kelly Spyglass (indie folk), 8 p.m., free. The Moon and You (Americana), 9 p.m., free. Colby Dix (singer-songwriter), 10:30 p.m., free. Lake Champlain Maritime Festival After Party, midnight, free.
outside vermont
RED SQUARE: The DuPont Brothers (indie folk), 5 p.m., free. After Funk (funk), 8 p.m., $5. DJ Craig Mitchell (house), 11 p.m., $5.
OLIVE RIDLEY'S: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.
RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Con Yay (EDM), 9 p.m., $5. DJ Joe Bermudez (EDM), midnight, $5.
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NAKED TURTLE: Turtle Thursdays with 95 XXX (top 40), 10 p.m., free.
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BACKSTAGE PUB: Karaoke with Jenny Red, 9 p.m., free. HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Strand of Oaks, Christopher Denny (indie folk), 9 p.m., $10/12. AA. THE MONKEY HOUSE: Ryan Fauber (singer-songwriter), 5 p.m., free/$5. 18+. Death Pesos (rock), 8:30 p.m., $5/10. 18+. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Loose Association (acoustic rock), 5 p.m., free. Justice (rock), 9 p.m., free. ON THE RISE BAKERY: Carter Glass Band (acoustic rock), 7:30 p.m., donation.
barre/montpelier BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Live Music, 6 p.m., donation.
SWEET MELISSA'S: Honky Tonk Happy Hour with Mark LeGrand, 5 p.m., free. Chris Robertson and the Socket Rockets (rockabilly), 9 p.m., NA. WHAMMY BAR: Golden Novak Duo (folk), 7 p.m., free.
stowe/smuggs area THE BEE'S KNEES: Karen Krajacic (folk), 7:30 p.m., donation.
MOOG'S PLACE: The Big Lonesome (Americana), 9 p.m., free. RUSTY NAIL BAR & GRILLE: Retrofit (’80s covers), 9 p.m., $6.
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51 MAIN AT THE BRIDGE: Raphael Gualazzi Band (jazz), 8 p.m., free. CITY LIMITS: City Limits Dance Party with Top Hat Entertainment (Top 40), 9:30 p.m., free. TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Arts Walk Happy Hour with Cooper & LaVoie (blues), 6 p.m., free. DJ Dizzle (house), 10 p.m., free.
upper valley
TUPELO MUSIC HALL: Ana Popovic (blues), 8 p.m., $30/35. AA.
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Fans of experimental lo-fi pop will want to head over to the Psychedelicatessen in Burlington’s Old North End this Saturday, August 9, as a slew of local solo acts throw themselves a little tour kickoff bash. The lineup includes CARING BABIES, WAX MICE, LIFEMUSIK MIT ANDRE and HARVEY BIGMAN. Last but not least, here’s a show that would likely fly way under the radar of even the most ardent local music fans. Mostly cuz it’s happening at a farmers market. In Barnard. (Raise your hand if
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you know where that is. Me neither.) Anyway, the Thursday, August 7, concert features a Mexican group called8v-positivepie080614.indd 1 8/5/14 the VILLALOBOS BROTHERS, who are pretty much rock stars in their home country and have graced some serious stages over the years, including Carnegie Hall and the Apollo. The band features three violin-playing brothers who fuse Mexican ranchera music with rock. And INCLUDING: VOLCANO, G-PEN, AND PAX they’re incredible. Also, the title of their latest record, Aliens of Extraordinary Ability, was taken from the name of the green card the brothers need to work and play in the US. Clever, no? So why are they playing a farmers market in a small Vermont town? You got me. Just be glad they are.
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Burlington’s Waterfront Park. This year that includes jam giants UMPHREY’S MCGEE on Thursday, August 7, a punkrock blowout with the OFFSPRING on Friday, August 8 — see the interview with Offspring guitarist NOODLES on page 66 — pop-Americana darlings the AVETT BROTHERS on Saturday, August 9, and blues monster BUDDY GUY on Sunday, August 10. But the LCMF is also a solid showcase for local talent at smaller stages along the waterfront. And, by the way, that part of the festival is free. This year’s slate includes GREGORY DOUGLASS and STEVE HARTMANN on Friday, August 8; the return of AARON FLINN’S SALAD DAYS and a showcase featuring a bunch of Bluebird Promotions bands on
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to a telephone, freeing up his limbs to rock both guitar and drums simultaneously. Sound odd? It is. It’s also a spectacular display of unconventional Delta blues and rock and roll that shakes the soul — and the booty. Catch him this Friday, August 8, as part of the Truckstop Bandstand at ArtsRiot in Burlington, with WILD ONES. FRI.8
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northeast kingdom PHAT KATS TAVERN: Milkbone (rock), 9:30 p.m., free.
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outside vermont
MONOPOLE DOWNSTAIRS: Happy Hour Tunes & Trivia with Gary Peacock, 5 p.m., free. NAKED TURTLE: The Cop Outs (rock), 10 p.m., $3.
HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Brett Hughes (Americana), 8 p.m., free. Disco Phantom (eclectic house), 10 p.m., free.
RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Raul (salsa), 6 p.m., free.
JP'S PUB: Karaoke with Megan, 10 p.m., free.
THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): TallGrass GetDown (bluegrass), 9 p.m., $5-10 donation.
JUNIPER: Bonjour Hi (house), 9 p.m., free. NECTAR'S: Jerryfest with Blues for Breakfast (Grateful Dead tribute), 9 p.m., $6.
CLUB METRONOME: Retronome with DJ Fattie B (’80s dance party), 9 p.m., free/$5. EL GATO CANTINA: DJ Hector (salsa), 10 p.m., free.
RED SQUARE: The Phreaks (Phish tribute), 7 p.m., $5.
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Mashtodon (hip-hop), 11 p.m., $5. DJ Stavros (EDM), 11 p.m., $5.
RADIO BEAN: Acoustic Brunch with Waves of Adrenaline, noon, free. Lobo Marino (tribal folk), 2:30 p.m., free. Mother Machine (folk rock), 5:30 p.m., free. Marisol Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., free. Jess Novak and Brian Golden (blues), 9 p.m., free. Tipsy Oxcart (rock), 10:30 p.m., free. Primate Fiasco (rock), midnight, free.
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FRANNY O'S: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.
RUBEN JAMES: Craig Mitchell (house), 10 p.m., free.
THE PSYCHEDELICATESSEN: Caring Babies, Wax Mice, Lifemusik mit Andre, Harvey Bigman (lo-fi pop), 9 p.m., donation. VERMONT PUB & BREWERY: Funkwagon (funk), 10 p.m., free. ZEN LOUNGE: Bethany Connor, Troy MIllette & Isaac French (singer-songwriters), 7 p.m., free. Luau Dance Party with DJ Stevie B, 10 p.m., $5. Electric Temple with DJ Atak (hip-hop, top 40), 10 p.m., $5. SAT.9
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Franklin County’s Near North formed from the discarded pieces of the now — defunct alt-country band Hell or High Water in, as the band puts it in their website bio, “a delicious haze of whiskeybreath and snowflakes.” Now a power trio, the band is set to release its second EP, On the Rafters. A follow-up to its 2012 debut EP, Get Loud, the record finds the group further shedding its previous dusty twang and honing in on a guitar-centric brand of driving alt-rock built on sturdy hooks and fiery riffs. The EP opens on “The Hots” and a searing guitar line that winks at You in Reverse-era Built to Spill. Guitarist and lead vocalist John Nicholls employs a similarly ethereal lyrical bent as BTS’ Doug Martsch. Nicholls’ vocal work, set over a driving burst of guitar and drums, is energetic and impassioned. “Tonight” begins as an anguished acoustic number about lost love. It’s pretty
and potent, with Nicholls’ gritty delivery increasing in intensity as the band follows suit, building to a fuzzed-out guitar apex before receding back to lilting acoustic guitar. The song explodes again at the finish, riding a heat-seeking, three-note guitar riff that evokes plenty of heartache despite its lean simplicity. Side A of the EP closes in suspect fashion with “Off to Be On.” Fueled by honky-tonk piano, the song is a jarring aesthetic change from the preceding guitar fuzz. It also presents Nicholls’ least effective vocal performance. Rather than the measured ferocity he displays on the previous cuts, here he’s too loose and often out of tune.
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Jazz singer Jody Albright has been cooing and crooning on local nightclub stages since the 1980s, often as a member of local hepcats collective Pine Street Jazz and with her own backing group, the aptly named Fabulous Band. Surprisingly, her recently released CD, An Intimate Evening, is actually her first. Composed of a mix of jazz and blues standards of both wide and narrow renown, and recorded live at a 2013 show at Burlington’s
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“Nobody Else But Me,” “Don’cha Go ’Way Mad” and “Meet Me With Your Black Drawers On.” But Albright is equally effective in more intimate, heartfelt moments, as on the ballads “You’re My Thrill,” “How Deep Is the Ocean” and “Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye.” Albright is certainly the star of the show, but An Intimate Evening is a worthy SCAN THIS PAGE YOUR listen also to check out her band, which TEXT WITH LAYAR features some of the area’s finest jazz HERE SEE PAGE 5 players. Geza Carr (drums) and John Rivers (bass) form an airtight rhythm section. Pianist Peter Krag tinkles the ivories with feather-light restraint. Greg Matses interjects sly guitar accents. And horn players George Voland (trombone) and Jake Whitesell (tenor sax) shine throughout. Still, Albright rightly remains the focus. Her interpretations of the works of George and Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter, Ray Charles and others — nearly all arranged by Dan Skea — don’t reinvent the canon of classic vocal jazz. But Albright doesn’t have to. It’s enough to have her simply lend her familiar voice to those beloved, time-tested tunes. An Intimate Evening by Jody Albright is available at cdbaby.com. Say you 6h-rustynail080614.indd 1 saw it in...
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FlynnSpace, Albright’s debut proves worth the wait. It almost feels unfair to call her new album a debut. Albright sings with all the elegance and technical savvy one would expect of a veteran jazz singer and experiences few, if any, of the youthful pitfalls common to debut efforts. That’s obviously in part due to her decades of experience. But perhaps equally important was her choice to record the album where she’s most comfortable: onstage. The record exudes vitality thanks to its live setting. Albright’s performance is not perfect. Her pitch wavers in moments, and sometimes she runs out of breath at the ends of phrases. But those minor — and infrequent — flaws add a humanizing charm. Combined with her band’s sensuous grooves and the frequent outbursts of audience applause, the album makes it easy to close your eyes and be transported to some smoky New York City jazz club. Albright’s alto is thin but pleasant, and her delivery has an agreeable, girlish quality that’s playful and light. This is evident on most of the record’s cuts, but particularly on lively numbers such as album opener “Don’t Set Me Free,” and
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chittenden county BACKSTAGE PUB: Little Bus (rock), 9 p.m., free. THE MONKEY HOUSE: Near North (rock), 8:30 p.m., free. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Aaron Flinn (acoustic rock), 5 p.m., free. Slant Sixx (rock), 9 p.m., free. VENUE: Saturday Night Mixdown with DJ Dakota & Jon Demus, 8 p.m., $5. 18+.
barre/montpelier
BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Irish Session, 2 p.m., donation. Kelly Spyglass (folk), 6 p.m., donation. CHARLIE O'S: The Caught Flies, DJ Jeffe (rockabilly), 10 p.m., free. NUTTY STEPH'S: Singles Party, 6 p.m., free. Mars 88 (sock hop rock), 10 p.m., free.
WHAMMY BAR: Pipers Den (folk), 7 p.m., free.
stowe/smuggs area THE BEE'S KNEES: Lobo Marino (tribal folk), 7:30 p.m., donation. MOOG'S PLACE: Live Music, 9 p.m., free. RUSTY NAIL BAR & GRILLE: Kat Wright & the Indomitable Soul Band (soul), 9 p.m., $6.
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THE RESERVOIR RESTAURANT & TAP ROOM: The Mangroves (rock), 10 p.m., free.
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51 MAIN AT THE BRIDGE: David Bain and Mimi Bain (roots), 8 p.m., free. CITY LIMITS: City Limits Dance Party with DJ Earl (top 40), 9:30 p.m., free. TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: John Daly Trio (folk rock), 6 p.m., free. Hamjob (rock), 10 p.m., $3.
upper valley
THREE BEAN CAFÉ: Conneely and Munnelly (Irish), 7:30 p.m., $17/20.
northeast kingdom THE PARKER PIE CO.: Raphael Gualazzi Band (jazz, pop), 8 p.m., $5.
THE STAGE: Tyler Chase (singersongwriter), 5:30 p.m., free. Hornbeam (rock), 8 p.m., free.
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NAKED TURTLE: Strange Brew (rock), 10 p.m., $3.
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BREAKWATER CAFÉ: Fattie B (hip-hop), 3 p.m., free.
Italian Stallion
Raphael Gualazzi
is a big deal in Europe, playing regularly to large crowds all
over the continent. He placed second in the prestigious Eurovision Song Contest in 2011. But the electrifying
HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Welcome to My Living Room with DJ Craig Mitchell (eclectic), 7 p.m., free. Pop Rap Dance Party (hip-hop R&B), 10 p.m., free.
Italian jazz-pop pianist and vocalist is still mostly unknown to American audiences. That could change as Gualazzi
THE LAUGH BAR AT DRINK: Comedy Open Mic (standup comedy), 8 p.m., free.
Montpelier; Thursday, August 7, at ArtsRiot in Burlington; Friday, August 8, at 51 Main in Middlebury; Saturday,
NECTAR'S: MI YARD Reggae Night with DJs Big Dog and Demus, 9 p.m., free.
12, at the Monkey House in Winooski.
tours the U.S. behind his signature 2011 album, Reality and Fantasy. This week, he plays a string of Vermont shows backed by local hepcats Gabe Jarrett, John Rivers and Steve Ferraris: Wednesday, August 6, at Sweet Melissa’s in August 9, at Parker Pie Co. in West Glover; Sunday, August 10, at Osteria Chiara in Norwich; and Tuesday, August
RADIO BEAN: Gypsy Jazz Brunch with Queen City Hot Club, 11 a.m., free. Blue-Tonk Sessions with Andrew Stearns (hillbilly jazz), 1:30 p.m., free. Jesse Hanson & the Foundation (roots pop), 4 p.m., free. Saige King (acoustic), 7 p.m., free. Buenos Diaz (blues), 8 p.m., free. Little Ugly (folk rock), 9 p.m., free. Hearts & Thieves (hard rock), 10:30 p.m., free. RED SQUARE: The Tenderbellies (bluegrass), 7 p.m., free. Baron Video (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Bluegrass Brunch Scramble, noon, $5-10 donation. Fat Laughs at the Skinny Pancake (improv comedy), 7 p.m., $3.
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VERMONT PUB & BREWERY: Joe Moore Trio (blues), 2 p.m., free.
chittenden county
Blue (indie folk), 7 p.m., free. Open Mic, 9 p.m., free.
BACKSTAGE PUB: Karaoke/ Open Mic, 8 p.m., free.
RED SQUARE: Mashtodon (hip-hop), 8 p.m., free.
HINESBURGH PUBLIC HOUSE: Sunday Jazz with George Voland, 4:30 p.m., free.
THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Kidz Music with Raphael, 11:30 a.m., $3 donation.
PENALTY BOX: Trivia With a Twist, 4 p.m., free.
chittenden county
barre/montpelier
BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Summit School Old Time Music Jam, noon, donation.
stowe/smuggs area THE BEE'S KNEES: Spider Roulette (gypsy jazz), 7:30 p.m., donation.
MON.11 burlington
CLUB METRONOME: Metal Monday: King Parrot, Vaporizer, Lord Silky, Abaddon, 9 p.m., $10. 18+. FRANNY O'S: Standup Comedy Cage Match, 8 p.m., free. HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Family Night (rock), 10:30 p.m., free. JP'S PUB: Dance Video Request Night with Melody, 10 p.m., free. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Karaoke with Funkwagon, 9 p.m., free. NECTAR'S: An Evening with Dead Relay (blues rock), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+. RADIO BEAN: Hailey Ward (singer-songwriter), 6 p.m., free. The DuPont Brothers, Cricket
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SWEET MELISSA'S: Andy Pitt, Jan Schultz & Penny (bluegrass), 5 p.m., free. The Big Lonesome (Americana), 9 p.m., free.
FRANNY O'S: Kyle Stevens Happiest Hour of Music (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free. Vermont's Next Star, 8 p.m., free.
THE MONKEY HOUSE: DIA, Tim Carr (singer-songwriters), 8:30 p.m., free/$5. 18+. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Open Mic with Wylie, 7 p.m., free.
stowe/smuggs area MOOG'S PLACE: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., free.
TUE.12
burlington
CLUB METRONOME: Dead Set with Cats Under the Stars (Grateful Dead tribute), 9 p.m., free/$5. HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Funkwagon's Tequila Project (funk), 10 p.m., free. LEUNIG'S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Cody Sargent Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., free. NECTAR'S: Mike Montrey Band, Dionysia (funk, roots rock), 9:30 p.m., free/$5. 18+. RADIO BEAN: Stephen Callahan Trio (jazz), 6 p.m., free. Kim & Chris (blues), 9 p.m., free. Honky Tonk Tuesday with Brett Hughes & Friends, 10 p.m., $3. RED SQUARE: Craig Mitchell (house), 10 p.m., free. ZEN LOUNGE: Karaoke with Emcee Callanova, 9 p.m., free.
chittenden county ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.
barre/montpelier CHARLIE O'S: Karaoke, 8 p.m., free.
SOUTH SIDE TAVERN: Open Mic with John Lackard, 9 p.m., free.
MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free. NECTAR'S: VT Comedy Club Presents: What a Joke! Comedy Open Mic (standup comedy), 7 p.m., free. The Edd, Revibe, Hobbz (livetronica), 9:30 p.m., free/$5. 18+. RADIO BEAN: Chris True
stowe/smuggs area
MOOG'S PLACE: Golden Novak Duo (acoustic), 5:30 p.m., free. Lesley Grant (country), 8 p.m., free.
PIECASSO PIZZERIA & LOUNGE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.
middlebury area
CITY LIMITS: Karaoke, 9 p.m., SCAN TH (Americana), THIS PAGE 7 p.m., free. Circus YOUR free. Mutt (foot-stompin' muttgrass), TEXT WITH LA WITH LAYAR 8 p.m., free. Irish Sessions, 9 TWO BROTHERS TAVERN HERE PAG SEE PAGE 5 p.m., free. LOUNGE & STAGE: Trivia Night,SEE 7 stowe/smuggs area SWEET MELISSA'S: NancySCAN & Lilly Smith (folk), 5 p.m., free.
THE BEE'S KNEES: Mother Machine (Franco-American folk rock), 7:30 p.m., donation.
RED SQUARE: Michael LouisSmith Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., free. DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., free.
MOOG'S PLACE: The Jason Wedlock Show (rock), 7:30 p.m., free.
THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Josh Panda's Acoustic Soul Night, 8 p.m., $5-10 donation.
middlebury area
TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Karaoke with Roots Entertainment, 9 p.m., free.
WED.13 burlington
AMERICAN FLATBREAD BURLINGTON HEARTH: Groove Is In the Hearth, 6 p.m., free. BREAKWATER CAFÉ: Shellhouse (rock), 6 p.m., free. HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Josh & Ryan featuring Sean & Josh (improv jazz), 7 p.m., free. Wild Life (EDM), 10 p.m., free. JP'S PUB: Pub Quiz with Dave, 7 p.m., free. Karaoke with Melody, 10 p.m., free. LEUNIG'S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Paul Asbell Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., free.
ZEN LOUNGE: Funkwagon (funk), 10 p.m., free.
chittenden county
THE MONKEY HOUSE: No Small Children, the Fatty Acids (rock), 8:30 p.m., $5/10. 18+. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Pine Street Jazz, 7 p.m., free. ON THE RISE BAKERY: Open Bluegrass Session, 7:30 p.m., free.
barre/montpelier
CHARLIE O'S: Zex (punk), 9 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (MONTPELIER): Cajun Jam with Jay Ekis, Lee Blackwell, Alec Ellsworth and Katie Trautz, 6 p.m., $5-10 donation. SWEET MELISSA'S: Wine Down with D. Davis (acoustic), 5 p.m., free. Steel Drums, 7 p.m., free.
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champlain islands/northwest BAYSIDE PAVILION: Starline Rhythm Boys (rockabilly), 6:30 p.m., free.
northeast kingdom THE PARKER PIE CO.: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.
THE STAGE: Perron Hill (singersongwriter), 6 p.m., free.
outside vermont
MONOPOLE: Open Mic, 10 p.m., free. NAKED TURTLE: Imperial Wednesdays with Run Home Jack (rock), 6 p.m., free. OLIVE RIDLEY'S: So You Want to Be A DJ?, 10 p.m., free. m
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very summer for the past 23 years, the “Exposed” outdoor sculpture exhibit has transformed the village of Stowe from a tourist town to … an artier tourist town. Whether visitors come specifically to see the artwork is impossible to determine, but Helen Day Art Center’s Rachel Moore — for the past four years the show’s curator — would like to think so. “People look forward to seeing it,” she says. “Our vision is to make it a destination.” While Stowe is home to a number of galleries, Moore posits, “Exposed” is “the only really visible display of work” in town. “Exposed” definitely merits a visit on its own, and — from the town’s point of view — so much the better because taking in all the sculptures could entail a walk or bike ride on the excellent rec path, browsing in the shops and dining at a downtown café. You’d think the town would be underwriting the exhibit for its tourism-enhancing value. Not true. But, Moore points out, “This year and last they’ve given more support surrounding safety” — meaning that town engineers pitched in to help secure and stabilize each sculptural site. Those are significant issues when it comes to public art. Moore acknowledges that in the past, “people have vandalized, tipped over and even stolen” works from the exhibit. That probably explains why more sculptures are sited along Main Street this year and fewer on the more secluded rec path. Moore concedes, too, that the current exhibit has fewer pieces than last year’s — 18 sculptures compared with 25 in 2013 — although the numbers have fluctuated over the years. The curator notes that she intentionally limited the selections to maximize the quality and the artists’ geographical proximity. “It’s an enormous expense to create, bring, install, maintain and de-install the work,” Moore says. “We can’t afford to offset all of that.” Helen Day’s funding comes primarily from individual donations; this year, Petra and Stephen Levin also underwrote “Exposed.” As Moore declares in the show’s accompanying catalog, “the sculptures in ‘Exposed’ are fewer in number [this year] but grander in scale.” She doesn’t necessarily refer to size; few pieces in this year’s selection are outstanding in that respect. Rather, Moore writes, “More than ever, the public art is a call to connect.” That’s true, for attentive viewers. While some of the sculptures are more assertive, such as the bright-red steel projectile/pyramid titled “Beginning” by Judith Wrend, or the amusingly interactive “Pendulum
REVIEW MORE THAN EVER, THE PUBLIC ART IS A CALL TO CONNECT.
“RUD” by Claire Ashley
RAC H E L M OORE
“Fractured Reflections” by Karolina Kawiaka
“Prophecy” by Gregory Bailey
example of environmental art — the kind that is left to return to nature — in this outdoor show. That’s a curious lack in an exhibit you would think might inspire sitespecific work à la Andy Goldsworthy. The only other piece in this year’s selection that invites viewers to step inside it is far from “natural”: Karolina Kawiaka’s “Fractured Reflections” is a tall, rectangular armature of metal with random panels of aluminum mirror. It suggests a remnant of modernist architecture with a side of Modigliani — and flashes of your own image. But, regardless of materials, art that can surround you affords a more visceral experience than do pieces you simply walk past. Enclosure — whether perceived as comforting or claustrophobic — is a powerful thing. Still, just looking can be rewarding, too. Claire Ashley’s “limppunklovejunk” and “RUD” are huge inflatables of spraypainted, PVC-coated canvas. Positioned atop the Helen Day’s porch roof and on the lawn, the two amoebic shapes look like they would galumph off into town if not held down with ropes. Ashley is successful in her goal to “create objects that engage in intellectual play.” Her pillowy forms incite joy. “Exposed” does offer serious fare, as well. Witness Gregory Bailey’s “Prophecy,” sited on Main Street. The cascading conical shapes look like bronze but turn out to be fiberglass painted with bronze powder. The artist’s theme, however, is still heavy: climate change. “Climate scientists have received a prophecy, via data-collecting devices, including satellites orbiting in the heavens,” Bailey writes. “Is it possible that we are ignoring a divine communication?” Yes, it is certainly possible. But until the climate apocalypse, we’ll continue to appreciate the messages of art.
Face” by Oliver Schemm, some of the most “connecting” pieces in this show are easy to miss. Case in point: Jodi Colella’s “Reliquary,” nestled in the branches of a tree on Main Street. This multipiece installation consists of “man-made objects composed into anthropomorphic bundles, each painted to simulate bronze statues,” writes the artist. Half a dozen balls of what might be yarn, fabric or rope rest in the tree’s main bough. Perched on a branch overhanging the sidewalk are several assemblages of household objects; pant legs dangling from one of them imply human presence. This entire collection seems like a memorial to domesticity, ordinary yet rich, and discovering it in a tree is a unique pleasure. Susie J. Gray’s “The Sheepfold,” made entirely of dried, woven willow branches, sits on a patch of grass between the gallery and Main Street. Inspired, Gray writes, by traditional woodland crafts of England, she created a three-sided “hurdle,” or fence, inside of which stands a single sheep. The whole thing is child-size, a scale that evokes a sense of playfulness even in grown-ups. Incidentally, Gray’s 2013 “Looking East, 6 Degrees North,” a cozy woven-willow enclosure along “Beginning” by Judith Wrend the rec path, is the only sculpture in “Exposed” to have been allowed to remain year-round. “The town loved it,” Moore explains. As such, the piece is the sole
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INFO “Exposed” outdoor sculpture show, Helen Day Art Center, Stowe. Through October 15. helenday.com SCAN THIS PAGE WITH LAYAR TO SEE MORE OF THE “EXPOSED” SCULPTURE EXHIBIT. SEE PAGE 9
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f BoNNIE AcKEr: “summer horizons,” a new
series of abstract landscapes by the Vermont artist. Reception: Friday, August 8, 5:30-7:30 p.m. August 8-september 12. info, 985-3848. Furchgott sourdiffe Gallery in shelburne. cHromodyNAmIcS: Multimedia installation by susan norton. Through August 31. info, 318-2438. Red square in Burlington. INAugurAl rEcEpTIoN AT SouTH gAllEry: The new gallery, operated by artists clark derbes and wylie Garcia inside RL photo, features artwork by more than 30 regional artists in a variety of mediums. August 7-september 1. info, 225-6148037. south Gallery in Burlington.
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f EmIly WHEElEr: “Raising Mother,” an exhibit of
photos, art and audio by a Goddard college student that features local women reflecting on motherhood. Reception: Friday, August 8, 4-8 p.m. August 8-31. info, 223-1431. Tulsi Tea Room in Montpelier.
f TuNBrIdgE group SHoW: pastel artwork by 10 upper Valley artists. Reception: Friday, August 8, 7-9 p.m. August 8-october 4. info, 889-9404. Tunbridge public Library.
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f EmIly mcmANAmy: “hitting the Mat,” a documentary exhibition featuring semiprofessional wrestlers in st. Albans, with photo, audio and video components. Reception: Friday, August 8, 5-8 p.m. August 8-october 4. info, 388-4964. Vermont Folklife center in Middlebury.
ArT EvENTS AlASdAIr THomSoN: “The identity collection,” presentations by the artist-in-residence about an ongoing marble wedding dress sculpture project. Artist talk: wednesday, August 6, 7 p.m. The carving studio & sculpture center Gallery, west Rutland, wednesday, August 6, 7 p.m. info, 438-2097.
‘WAlKINg IN THE FooTSTEpS oF mIcHElANgElo”: A talk by B. Amore, a founder of the carving studio, about the quarries, studios and independent sculptors of carrera, italy. The carving studio, west Rutland, wednesday, August 6, 5 p.m. info, 438-2097. ‘From SArcopHAgI To SAroccHI’: A talk on the history of italian sculpture by new york-based artist steve shaheen. The carving studio, west Rutland, Thu., August 7, 5 p.m. info, 438-2097.
‘ArT & HISTory oF pAINTEd ScrEENS’ WITH ElAINE EFF: The Morrill homestead features some of the most intricate and well-preserved historic painted screens in the country. elaine eff, the leading authority on landscape-painted window and door screens, talks about the work and signs copies of her new book, The Painted Screens of
JAcquES BurKE: paintings, sculpture and digitally enhanced photography from the Milton artist. mArEvA mIllArc: Abstract paintings in oil, acrylic, ink and mixed media. curated by seABA. Through August 31. info, 651-9692. VcAM studio in Burlington.
‘BrEAK IT! BuIld IT!’ guIdEd TourS: A curator’s tour of the do-it-yourself-themed art exhibit. BcA center, Burlington, saturday, August 9, noon-1 p.m. info, 865-7166. FESTIvAl oF THE ArTS: The cambridge Arts council presents the sixth annual outdoor arts festival, rain or shine, featuring works by local fine artists and crafters, food, and music. Main street, Jeffersonville, saturday, August 9, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. info, 633-2388.
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f AlExANdEr AlExEIEFF: original 1929 signed
lithographs by the Russian artist Alexander Alexeieff, exhibited with a looped screening of his 1930s animated pinboard films. co-curated by cecile starr and susan smereka. closing reception: Thursday, August 21, 7-10 p.m. Through August 26. info, 735-2542. new city Galerie in Burlington. ‘BEyoNd INSTrucTIoN’: selected artwork by Burlington city Arts clay, photography and printmaking instructors. Through september 13. info, 865-7166. ‘BrEAK IT! BuIld IT!’: works in varied mediums that embody a do-it-yourself spirit, by local and national artists. Through september 13. info, 865-5355. BcA center in Burlington. ‘BEyoNd mEASurE’: A group show curated by carleen Zimbalatti features more than a dozen artists who explore the role of geometry in their artistic processes. Through August 31. f BoB HoFFmAN: The world’s largest collection of hand-crafted harmonica cases in a variety of mediums. Reception: Friday, August 8, 5-8 p.m. Through August 31. info, 859-9222. seABA center in Burlington. cAmEroN ScHmITz: drawings and paintings by the Vermont artist. Through october 31. info, 865-7166. courtyard Marriott Burlington harbor. cArolyN croTTy: Artwork in a variety of mediums inspired by nature. curated by seABA. Through August 31. info, 862-9614. The pine street deli in Burlington. douglAS BIKlEN, AlISA dWorSKy & SuSAN oSgood: “solé,” a contemporary exhibit celebrating light and equilibrium: photographs by Biklen, prints and sculpture by dworsky and oil and gouache paintings by osgood. Through september 28. info, 865-7166. Vermont Metro Gallery, BcA center in Burlington. ErIN INglIS: “Marine Mycology,” colorful acrylic works that meld imagery from the sea with the flora and fauna of new england forests. Through August 30. info, 578-2512. The s.p.A.c.e. Gallery in Burlington. ‘From our mINdS ANd HEArTS’: Members of FoMAh, a community group of artists that met at a senior fitness class, show works in many mediums. Through August 29. info, 862-4584. st. paul’s cathedral in Burlington. grAzIEllA WEBEr-grASSI: “who’s past?,” new artwork made from antique portrait photography. Through August 31. info, 355-5418. Vintage inspired in Burlington. INNovATIoN cENTEr group SHoW: works by Anne cummings, Brian sylvester, James Vogler, Kari Meyer, Longina smolinski, Lyna Lou nordstorm and Gabe Tempesta on the first floor; cindy Griffith, holly hauser, Jason durocher, Kasy prendergast, Teresa davis and Tom Merwin on the second
JB WoodS: “walking in Vermont,” colorful photographs curated by seABA. Through August 31. info, 658-6016. speeder & earl’s: pine street, in Burlington.
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JoHANNE durocHEr yordAN: “Vintage inspiration,” artwork on vintage and handmade paper. Through August 30. info, 373-7544. studio 266 in Burlington. JulIE A. dAvIS: new works by the Vermont landscape painter. Through october 30. info, 862-1001. Left Bank home & Garden in Burlington. ‘poETry IN muSIc’: Vermont artists respond to the Lake champlain chamber Music Festival’s theme with artwork in many mediums. The exhibit features work by carol Macdonald, suzanne LeGault, Judith Rey, Barbara hoke, dennis Versweyveld, irene Lederer Lacroix and Lynn Rupe. Through August 31. info, 863-6458. Frog hollow Vermont state craft center in Burlington. rAcHEl HoopEr: “it’s electric,” digital prints made with mobile apps and public-domain images, in the maker space’s first art exhibition. Through August 30. Generator in Burlington. ‘rEFlEcTIoNS oF my lIFE’: photographs taken by adults from howardcenter developmental services in a class taught by dawn Miller. Through August 30. info, 865-7211. pickering Room, Fletcher Free Library, in Burlington.
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f ‘STrENgTH IN NumBErS’: Ten art educators from northern and central Vermont, who support each other’s work in bimonthly gatherings, exhibit works in a variety of mediums created over the past six months. closing reception: Friday, August 8v-CircusSmirkus080614.indd 1 29, 5-7 p.m. Through August 29. info, 363-4746. Flynndog in Burlington. TESSA HIll: whimsical wall sculptures that celebrate the bounty of Vermont’s foraging season. Through August 31. info, 861-2067. nunyuns Bakery & café in Burlington.
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WAyNE mIcHAud: Framed giclée prints of pet portraits by the award-winning Vermont painter. Through september 2. info, 658-6400. American Red cross in Burlington.
f ‘WEIrd ScIENcE’: Vermont visual artists present works that respond to the classic John hughes film. Reception: Friday, August 15, 6-8 p.m. Through August 30. info, 660-9005. Art’s Alive Gallery @ Main street Landing’s union station in Burlington.
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4TH ANNuAl JErIcHo plEIN AIr ExHIBITIoN: An exhibit of more than 75 landscape paintings created during the local plein air festival on July 19. Through August 10. info, 899-3211. emile A. Gruppe Gallery in Jericho. AmAlIA ElENA vErAllI & ANNE-mArIE lITTENBErg: “summer’s Bounty,” photographs of vegetables printed on high-gloss aluminum by the Vermont artists. Through August 31. info, 985-9511. Rustic Roots in shelburne. ArT For gIllETT poNd: Local artists exhibit and sell landscape paintings, photographs and other media to benefit a threatened pond. in cooperation with Friends of Gillett pond, a minimum of 25 percent of each work sold will be given to the Richmond Land Trust. Through August 31. info, 434-3036. Richmond Free Library. chiTTenden counTy shows
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STEpHEN SHAHEEN TAlK: A new york sculptor gives a talk on his classical marble-sculpture training in italy and how it influenced his work. The carving studio, west Rutland, Friday, August 8, 5 p.m. info, 438-2097.
BcA SummEr ArTIST mArKET: A juried market featuring handcrafted, original fine art and crafts by local artists. Burlington city hall park, saturdays, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. info, 865-7166.
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mIddlEBury ArTS WAlK: Venues around downtown and the Marble works district stay open late for art, music, food and fun at this monthly event. Flyer can be downloaded from middleburyartswalk. com. Friday, August 8, 5-7 p.m. info, 388-7951.
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‘FuTurE oF HopE’ FIlm ScrEENINg: The documentary film set in iceland follows individuals striving to change the world of consumerism. ArtsRiot, Burlington, wednesday, August 6, 7:30 p.m. info, 540-0406.
Baltimore: A New Folk Art Revealed. Justin Morrill homestead, strafford, saturday, August 9, 1-2:30 p.m. $10 adults; $5 under 14. info, 765-4288.
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nudity and strong social commentary, this exhibit is recommended for ages 18 and older. Reception: Friday, August 8, 5-7 p.m. Through August 10. Info, 777-3686. Darkroom Gallery in Essex Junction.
Carol NortoN: “Turning In/Turning Out,” multilayered, atmospheric oil paintings depicting natural scenes. Through August 30. Info, 985-8222. Shelburne Vineyard.
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ColiN BryNe: Multimedia works by the Burlington artist. Through September 30. Info, 658-2739. The ArtSpace at the Magic Hat Artifactory in South Burlington.
‘1864: SoMe SuFFer So MuCh’: With objects, photographs and ephemera, the exhibit examines surgeons who treated Civil War soldiers on battlefields and in three Vermont hospitals, and the history of post-tramautic stress disorder. Through December 31. arthur SChaller: “Billboard Buildings,” an exhibit of original collages by the Norwich University architecture professor. Through December 19. Info, 485-2183. Sullivan Museum & History Center, Norwich University in Northfield.
evelyN MCFarlaNe & StudeNtS: Oil paintings by the craft-school instructor and her students. Through August 28. Info, 985-3648. Shelburne Craft School. ‘iN a New light: FreNCh iMpreSSioNiSM arriveS iN aMeriCa’: Paintings by Monet, Manet, Degas and other French impressionist masters from the museum’s permanent collection. Through September 1. Info, 985-3346. Pizzagalli Center for Art and Education, Shelburne Museum.
‘al- MutaNaBBi Street StartS here’: A traveling group show of book art inspired by a 2007 car bombing in a historic book-selling district of Baghdad. Through October 13. Info, 454-8311. Eliot D. Pratt Library, Goddard College, in Plainfield.
‘like No other SCulpture Show oN earth’: Sculptures, sited outdoors, by Chris Thompson, Kevin Donegan, James Lentz, Leslie Fry, Caroline McAuliffe, Aimee Hertog, Gene Childers, Ruth Shafer, Susan Luss, Charles Bergen and SAW artists. Open Thursdays and Fridays 4-7:30 p.m. Through August 29. Info, 425-2152. Pizza on Earth in Charlotte.
aNdy NewMaN: An exhibit of portrait and landscape paintings. Through August 24. Info, 728-9878. Chandler Gallery in Randolph. diaNa Mara heNry: Black-and-white photographs of one-room schoolhouses in Vermont by the famed photojournalist, with text by Middlebury College sociology professor Margaret Nelson. Through October 15. Info, 828-2291. Vermont History Museum in Montpelier.
‘loCk, StoCk aNd Barrel’: The Terry Tyler collection of Vermont firearms includes 107 rare examples made between 1790 and 1900. Beach Gallery. ‘paiNtiNg a NatioN’: A showcase of the museum’s best 19th-century American paintings. Webb Gallery. ‘trail BlazerS: horSe-powered vehiCleS’: An exhibit of 19th-century carriages from the permanent collection that draws parallels to contemporary automotive culture. Round Barn. NaNCy Crow: “Seeking Beauty: Riffs on Repetition,” quilts by the acclaimed textile artist, who incorporates printmaking into her work. Hat and Fragrance Textile Gallery. patty yoder: “The Alphabet of Sheep,” whimsical rugs made with extraordinary, realistic sense of detail. Patty Yoder Gallery. Through October 31. Info, 985-3346. Shelburne Museum.
dJ Barry: The Middlesex artist shows his latest stencil-and-spray-paint works. Through August 31. Info, 225-6012. Sweet Melissa’s in Montpelier. JeFF daNziger: An exhibit of artwork by the nationally published cartoonist. Through August 31. Info, 223-3338. Kellogg-Hubbard Library in Montpelier. JohN MatuSz aNd aShley aNNe veSeliS: Metal sculptures and paintings, respectively. Through September 19. Info, 839-5349. gallery SIX in Montpelier. JohN SNell: “I Nearly Walked By,” abstract images from nature by the local photographer. Through September 26. Info, 828-0749. Governor’s Gallery in Montpelier.
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‘perilouS pigeoNS’: An exhibit of artworks honoring the now-extinct passenger pigeon. Through August 31. Info, 434-2167. Birds of Vermont Museum in Huntington.
f Spirit aNiMalz: Fourteen Vermont artists explore the diverse relationships between people and other creatures. Reception: Saturday, August 9, 4-8 p.m., with live music. Through August 31. Info, 438-2097. Burlington Beer Company in Williston. ‘warM SeaSoNS’: A group show in various mediums by Jericho artists, and nonresident artists whose work connects to the town. Through August 31. Info, 899-2974. Jericho Town Hall.
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his reactions to life experiences and places he’s encountered. In an exhibit at Studio Place Arts in Barre, the Vermont artist shows lively abstract works in six sets of six. In the series titled “Flotsam,” Brown paints interpretations of seedpods from mangrove trees washed up on shore. In “Color Study,” he explores the shape of barns in various hues. And in “Umbria, Remembered,” Brown captures the light he witnessed during travels in Italy. Through August 30. Pictured: “Newcomb’s Forge #6.”
Jyl eMerSoN: “Art in Animals,” representational paintings that express the artist’s connection to the natural world. Through August 30. Info, curator@ capitolgrounds.com. The Green Bean Visual Arts Gallery at Capitol Grounds in Montpelier. ‘State oF BeiNgS’: A multimedia group show of work inspired by humans and human-like beings, Main Floor Gallery. ray BrowN: Paintings in series by the Johnson artist, Third Floor Gallery. SaBriNa Fadial & phillip roBertSoN: New monoprints, Second Floor Gallery. Info, 479-7069. Studio Place Arts in Barre.
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Ray Brown Vivid blocks of color dominate Ray Brown’s paintings, reflecting
JoSh turk: Monochromatic, abstract impressionist prints by the Vermont artist. Through August 31. Info, 223-1981. The Cheshire Cat in Montpelier.
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Tamara WighT: “organic Form,” an exhibit of sculptural basketry. Through August 17. info, 728-1000. hartness Gallery, Vermont Technical College, in Randolph Center.
sundays, noon to 9 p.m. Through september 1. info, 496-6682. big Red barn Gallery at lareau Farm in waitsfield. erika laWlor sChmidT: “The Jazz series,” recent monoprints inspired by the American jazz era. Through August 24. info, 767-9670. bigTown Gallery in Rochester.
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‘Cape ann arTisTs in VermonT’: paintings by donald Allen mosher, Charles movalli, T.m. Nicholas and dale Ratcliff, inspired by Vermont landscapes. Through september 15. info, 253-1818. Green mountain Fine Art Gallery in stowe.
JaneT mCkenzie: “holiness and the Feminine spirit,” 15 paintings by the Northeast Kingdom artist modeled on women and people of color, two groups that have been underrepresented in Christian imagery. Thursdays through mondays; part of Vermont Festival of the Arts. Through August 31. info, 496-3065. waitsfield united Church of Christ.
elVira piedra: “To earth, From heaven,” photographic studies in three groups — the peony tree, landscape and water — created over 13 years by the lunenburg artist. eugenio leon: “innovate, inspire, Aspire,” works from the local mixed-media artist include upcycles in wood, acrylic and straw; garden sculptures made from recycled record albums, and more. Through August 29. info, 888-1261. River Arts Center in morrisville. ‘exposed’ ouTdoor sCulpTure exhibiTion: on the gallery lawn, along the recreation path and throughout downtown, curator Rachel moore has sited 20 outdoor sculptures in a variety of mediums. The 16 artists hail from New england, New york, Chicago and mexico City. in addition, writing by david budbill, Ariel henley and Jennifer Rickards appears on vinyl in store windows. Through october 15. ‘The appearanCe of ClariTy’: Artworks in black and white by louis Cameron, sharan elran, marietta hoferer, Jenny holzer, sarah horne, Chelsea martin, lynn Newcomb, Andreas Rentsch, suzy spence and Nan Tull. Guest-curated by Amy Rahn. Through August 31. info, 253-8358. helen day Art Center in stowe. frank Woods: Recent paintings of barns, abstract landscapes and kimonos by the montpelier artist. Through August 22. info, 461-5345. lamoille County Courthouse in hyde park. ‘in The sTudio WiTh mary bryan’: The gallery celebrates its 30th anniversary year with an exhibit of more than 100 paintings in tempera, watercolor, oil and collage by its namesake artist. Through september 7. info, 644-5100. bryan memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville.
‘landsCape TradiTions’: The new wing of the gallery presents contemporary landscape works by nine regional artists. Through January 1, 2015. Craig mooney & henry isaaCs: “distinctions between Color and light,” paintings of New england landscapes by the accomplished Vermont artists. Through August 9. info, 253-8943. west branch Gallery & sculpture park in stowe.
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‘1812 sTar-spangled naTion’: A traveling exhibit of 25 original oil paintings by contemporary artists, depicting nautical scenes from the war of 1812. Through september 29. info, 475-2022. lake Champlain maritime museum in Vergennes.
Photojournalist Emily McManamy captures
the sights and sounds of semiprofessional wrestlers in “Hitting the Mat,” a new exhibit at the Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury. “By day, the men and women of Slam All-Star Wrestling are carpenters, roofers and office workers, but by night they are a brotherhood of giants, heroes and villains,” she explains on her website. “A misfit bunch clad in spandex, feather boas and studded leather, the members of this small professional wrestling community entertain screaming crowds once a month on a humble stage at the Moose Lodge in St. Albans, Vermont.” McManamy’s career includes a long stint at the Burlington Free Press, where she won numerous awards. “Hitting the Mat” comprises video, photography and recorded interviews with the wrestlers. Through October 4, with an artist talk and opening reception on Friday, August 8, 5-8 p.m., at the Folklife Center’s Vision & Voice Gallery and Workspace. The pictured photograph is untitled.
mark boedges & fred sWan: “Vermont Artists,” an exhibit of landscape oil paintings. Through August 19. info, 253-7282. Robert paul Galleries in stowe. maTTheW Chaney: “unchained Art,” abstract oil pastel drawings selected from the local artist’s collection of more than 1,000 works. Through August 30. info, 888-1261. morrisville post office. nissa kauppila: Gouache and watercolor paintings by the south burlington artist. Through August 9. info, 253-8943. upstairs at west branch in stowe.
f ‘losT gardens of neW england’: An exhibit of historic drawings, watercolors, photographs and oil paintings that pay homage to the region’s rich gardening history; and contemporary outdoor sculptures by Norton latourelle and ethan bond-watts. Talk with gallery director bill brooks every wednesday, noon to 1 p.m., through August 6. Through August 11. info, 388-2117. henry sheldon museum of Vermont history in middlebury. peTer ThomashoW: “world of wonder,” the second in a series of exhibits on collecting, featuring collages and acquired pieces by the Vermont physician, artist and musician. Curated by Varujan boghosian. Through August 24. info, 767-9670. big Town Gallery in Rochester. middlebuRy AReA shows
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big red barn arT shoW: Two- and threedimensional fine art by more than 30 local artists, including paintings, monoprints and sculpture, as part of the Vermont Arts Festival. New pieces added throughout the month. open Thursdays to
lesTer anderson: A lifetime of travels informs 46 photographs by a lincoln resident now in his nineties. Through August 29. info, 453-3188. walkover Gallery & Concert Room in bristol.
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James blair: “being There,” an exhibit of photographs by a National Geographic photographer living in middlebury. Through August 16. info, 382-9222. Jackson Gallery, Town hall Theater in middlebury.
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f sebasTian sWeaTman: “line & space,” new abstract paintings taking off from the colors blue and brown. Reception and artist talk: Friday, August 15, 6-8 p.m. Through september 1. info, 279-0165. Gallery seb in stowe.
german arT exhibiT: The college celebrates its German language school with an exhibit of works by German artists from its permanent collection. info, 443-5258. marTin parr: “life’s a beach,” images by the u.K.-based photographer and magnum collective member renowned for capturing people in their comfort zones. Through August 10. info, 443-3168. middlebury College museum of Art.
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‘kiCk and glide: VermonT’s nordiC ski legaCy’: An exhibit celebrating all aspects of the sport, including classic and skate skiing, Nordic combined, biathlon, ski jumping, telemark, and back-country skiing. Through october 13. info, 253-9911. Vermont ski and snowboard museum in stowe.
peTer miller: large-format color images by the award-winning photographer and author of A lifetime of Vermont people, among other titles. Through August 31. info, 272-8851. peter miller photography Gallery in waterbury.
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Rachael Robinson elmeR: An exhibit of “Art Lovers New York” fine-art postcards, now 100 years old, by the late artist who was born at Rokeby. Through October 26. Info, 877-3406. Rokeby Museum in Ferrisburgh.
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f RoRy Jackson: “Growing Light,” local landscapes in oil by the Lincoln painter. One painting will be raffled to benefit the Trinity Yard School in Ghana, which Jackson founded in 2007. Through August 31. f susanne stRateR: “Shape, Pattern, Color,” a series of paintings that explore household motifs by the Montréal painter. Reception: Friday, August 8, 5-7 p.m. Through August 31. Info, 458-0098. Edgewater Gallery in Middlebury. ‘WoRld in youR hand’: Vivid macro floral photography by Cal Williams, and decorative majolica earthenware pottery by Leslie Koehler. Through August 17. Info, 453-4032. Art on Main in Bristol.
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caRolyn shattuck: “Speaking Volumes,” a sculptural exhibit featuring pop-ups, flexagons and other unique structures by the Rutland-based artist. Through August 16. Info, 468-1252. Castleton Downtown Gallery in Rutland.
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donna dodson: “Pillars of the Community,” sculptures inspired by ancient Egyptian art and Native American totem poles. Through August 24. Info, 438-2097. The Carving Studio & Sculpture Center Gallery in West Rutland.
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‘FloRal seductions’: A juried exhibit of more 70 sculptures, paintings, prints and photographs with a floral theme. Through August 24. Info, 431-0204. ‘the Roots oF Rock and Roll’: Artifacts from clothing to records to vintage turntables illustrate the early years of rock music, 1955 to 1964. Through
August 31. FRieda Post: “Nature’s Inspiration,” vivid contemporary paintings by the Vermont artist. Through August 31. Info, 247-4295. Compass Music and Arts Center in Brandon. Judith Reilly & Robin kent: “Inside Out,” fabric and mixed-media art by Reilly and painted wood assemblages by Kent. Through August 31. Info, 247-4956. Brandon Artists Guild. ‘silk & stone’: Stone sculptures by B. Amore, Eric Laxman and Florin Strejac; fiber art by Althea Bilodeau and Karen Henderson. Through September 12. Info, 775-0062. easteRn mountain mentoRing aRtists exhibit: Artwork by Mary Crowley, Christine Holzschuh, Lowell Klock, Ann McFarren, Karen Seward, Alice Sciore, Heather Shay, Christine Townsend and Betsy Moakley. Through August 31. Info, 775-0062. Chaffee Downtown Art Center in Rutland.
champlain islands/northwest alex costantino, baRb langevin & laRRy langlois: Pottery by Costantino and sterling silver jewelry by Langevin and Langlois. Through August 31. Info, 933-6403. Artist in Residence Cooperative Gallery in Enosburg Falls.
cold holloW sculPtuRe PaRk oPening: Sculptor David Stromeyer opens to the public his property on which 50 large-scale outdoor metal sculptures are sited. Free, self-guided tours Wednesdays through Saturdays, noon to 6 p.m. Visit website for directions. Through October 11. Info, 512-333-2119. Cold Hollow Sculpture Park in Enosburg Falls.
f ‘take a seat in the islands’: A community art project featuring benches painted by 19 artists and placed throughout the Champlain Islands. Silent Auction: Friday, August 15, 6 p.m., at the North Hero Community Hall. Through August 15. Info, 372-8400. Various Champlain Islands locations.
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billings Farm & mUseUm’s 28tH QUilt exHibition: A juried exhibit of quilts made exclusively by artists in Windsor County. Through September 12. Info, 457-2355. Billings Farm & Museum in Woodstock. carol lippman: “Theme and Variation,” multimedia prints that explore the environment through color, form and texture. Through August 30. Info, 295-5901. Two Rivers Printmaking Studio in White River Junction. ‘tHe Hale street gang: portraits in Writing’: Jack Rowell’s 12 black-and-white, larger-than-life photographs capture the elderly members of a Randolph writing group led by Sara Tucker. Info, 885-3061. pHilip godenscHWager: Cartoon imagery and interactive sculpture as social and political commentary. Through October 10. Info, 885-3061. The Great Hall in Springfield. ‘statUes oF liberty’: A sesquicentennial exhibit commemorates the 1864 signing, by Abraham Lincoln, of Congressman Justin Morrill’s Act creating a National Statuary Hall. On view are photographs and interpretive descriptions of the sculptures’ notable figures, including life-size images of the statues of Abraham Lincoln, Ethan Allen, Daniel Webster and Rosa Parks. Through October 13. Info, 765-4288. Justin Morrill Homestead in Strafford. W. david poWell & ben peberdy: New work by the collage artists juxtaposes iconic imagery of paraphernalia from different decades with unnatural objects. Through August 31. Info, 2950808. Scavenger Gallery in White River Junction.
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david macaUlay: “How Macaulay Works,” an exhibit of drawings by the renowned illustrator and MacArthur “genius,” including a large illustration called “How St. Johnsbury’s Water System Works.” Through September 30. Info, 748-2372. Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium in St. Johnsbury. ‘insectopia’: A group show with bugs made of copper, felt, papier-mâché and other materials. Through August 9. Info, 748-0158. Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild Backroom Gallery in St. Johnsbury. ‘tHe golden cage’: Photographs with audio interviews of Vermont migrant workers and dairy farmers. Through September 6. Info, 334-1966. MAC Center for the Arts Gallery in Newport. ‘tootHbrUsH’: From “twig to bristle,” an exhibit of artifacts and images detailing the history of this expedient item. Through December 31. The Museum of Everyday Life in Glover.
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‘evolving perspectives: HigHligHts From tHe aFrican art collection’: An exhibition of objects that marks the trajectory of the collection’s development and pays tribute to some of the people who shaped it. Through December 20. ‘tHe art oF Weapons’: Selections from the permanent African collection represent a variety of overlapping contexts, from combat to ceremony, regions and materials. Through December 21. allan HoUser: Five sculptures by one of the best-known Native American artists are installed outside the museum in the Maffei Arts Plaza, representing his 3-D work from 1986-1992. Through May 11, 2015. Info, 603-635-7423. enriQUe martínez celaya: “Burning as It Were a Lamp,” an installation of mirrors, paintings and sculpture by a celebrated Cuban American artist. Through August 10. Info, 603-646-2095. Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, in Hanover, N.H.
Designers Include Colleen Todd Jenna Baginski Abigail Feeney Zoë Crane Melaney Pettini Norah Senftleber Campbell And Megan Ellery Harkness Edith Langdell
‘FabUloUs Fabergé, JeWeller to tHe czars’: The most important collection outside of Russia includes some 240 precious decorative objects designed for czars Alexander III and Nicholas II by the jeweler Carl Fabergé. Through October 5. Info, 514-285-2000. ‘remarkable contemporary JeWellery’: Thirty Québec and international designers showcase works that illustrate new approaches and techniques to this wearable art form. Through November 30. Info, 514-285-1600. Montréal Museum of Fine Arts in Montreal, QC. m
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work that explores gender and sexuality. Please submit three images with title, dimensions, medium and price (if applicable), as well as a 200-word artist statement, to art@ru12.org. Deadline: August 11. More info at ru12. org. Pride Center of Vermont, Burlington. Info, 960-7812.
2 runway shows at 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. featuring new looks by local designers In the tent behind the Maltex Building 431 Pine Street, Burlington, $15 Food vendors, beer and wine available. Coordinator Wendy Farrell Hosts Nathan Hartswick & Natalie Miller DJ DJ Robbie J
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caspian arts groUp sHoW: “Individual Perspectives,” a group show in multiple mediums by more than a dozen artists including Victoria Blewer, Elizabeth Nelson and Marion Stenger. Through August 31. Info, 563-2037. White Water Gallery in East Hardwick.
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ben barnes: New landscape and still-life paintings by the Vermont artist. Through September 8. Info, 525-3366. The Parker Pie Co. in West Glover.
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‘road trip: america tHroUgH tHe WindsHield’: Photography and paintings by six contemporary artists examine how automobiles and roads altered the American landscape. ‘see tHe Usa in yoUr cHevrolet’: Six decades of vintage car advertisements. ‘spotligHt on small’: Small-scale artwork by five artists: boxes by Laura Christensen; paper collage by Adrienne Ginter; paintings by Elizabeth Sheppell; egg tempera paintings by Altoon Sultan and glass sculpture by Jen Violette. ‘yoUr space/Usa’: A “virtual road trip” featuring postcards, trivia and ephemera from all 50 states. andreW bordWin: “Deco Details,” silver gelatin prints of art deco architecture. Jessica park: “A World Transformed,” colorful, detailed architectural paintings by the Massachusetts artist, whose art is informed by her struggles with autism. Through October 26. Info, 257-0124. Brattleboro Museum & Art Center.
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‘Walk tHroUgH time’ grand opening celebration: The Isle La Motte Preservation Trust and Lake Champlain Land Trust open a unique, trail-side exhibit consisting of 71 colorfully illustrated panels that showcase 4.6 billion years of evolution. Includes ribbon-cutting ceremony, live music and refreshments. Through October 31. Info, linda@ilmpt.org. Goodsell Ridge Fossil Preserve in Isle La Motte.
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Boyhood ★★★★★
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t’s not every day you see something you don’t see every day. The day you experience writer-director Richard Linklater’s remarkable new work, I guarantee, will be one you won’t soon forget. It’s perhaps the most artful and audacious experiment in the history of film. How many real people actually have secret projects? Linklater did for 12 years, and the fact that he managed to keep his under wraps is just one of the many amazing things about Boyhood. Between 2001 and 2013, the filmmaker and his cast convened for a week each year to shoot, and the result is an unprecedented meditation on what it means to grow up in America at the dawn of the new millennium. What makes it unprecedented is that you literally watch newcomer Ellar Coltrane grow up. The movie opens with a shot of clouds drifting across the frame, then cuts to a closeup of a 5-year-old boy named Mason lying on the grass gazing up at them. It’s the perfect choice. Linklater knows every human being watching will have done that very thing as a child and will instantly form a connection to the character, one that will only deepen as events unfold.
Or, in Mason’s case, unravel. He learns the lesson of impermanence early. His family is already fractured. Ethan Hawke plays Mason Sr., just returned from Alaska and attempting to get back in the good graces of those he left behind — Mason, daughter Samantha (Linklater’s daughter, Lorelei) and ex-wife Olivia (Patricia Arquette) — with mixed results. The kids recognize Dad as one of their own. A musician who’s still hanging on to his dreams and his GTO, he’s a good guy. He just still has some growing up of his own to do. Arquette gives the performance of her career in the role of a working-class Texas woman who knows she’s shortchanged herself by marrying too young and is hellbent on finding the path to a second chance. “I was somebody’s daughter and then I was somebody’s fucking mother,” she fumes in one scene, wondering where her life went. Memorable moment follows memorable moment. There’s a quietly wrenching sequence after Olivia has announced the family is moving so she can go back to school. The children help her touch up the home, and Mason finds himself painting over his own scribbled height chart, erasing the traces of his having been there.
THIS BOY’S LIFE Linklater makes movie history by ingeniously chronicling 12 years of it in less than three hours.
YOUR SCAN THIS PAGE SCAN THIS PAGE TEXTswers. “We’re all just winging WITH LAYAR WITHThe LAYAR it,” Mason Sr. “Black Album” scene is genius, too. confi des at one point to his son. Knowing how much Mason loves the BeaHERE SEE PAGE 5 SEE PAGE 5 tles, his father creates a new album for him by combining solo tracks in such a way as to recapture the band’s pre-breakup magic. In little less than three hours, these characters live more than a decade of their lives and come out the other end different people to different degrees. By Hollywood standards, little happens. Nobody commits a crime. Nothing gets blown up. What we watch is infinitely more exciting. We watch life happen to characters with a time-lapse poignancy that no director has achieved before. Some of them are flawed and hopeless. Others are flawed and brave. A few are even wise enough to understand that there are way more questions than an-
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Guardians of the Galaxy ★★★★
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tried to write this review of Guardians of the Galaxy in my Adult Voice, but my inner 13-year-old kept butting in. My Adult Voice hoped to convince you, the adult reader, that this summer comicbook extravaganza is better than other summer comic-book extravaganzas because its hero cares less about the fate of a potentially universe-destroying MacGuffin than he does about safeguarding his vintage Walkman loaded with ’70s hits. My Adult Voice was all ready to point out that cowriter-director James Gunn helmed the cult favorite Slither and the clever, pitchdark superhero spoof Super. My Adult Voice had pithy things to say about Guardians’ good old-fashioned storytelling and character development and vividly realized CGI universe. But something tells me you won’t consider any of those sufficiently adult reasons for enjoying a movie that features the interstellar adventures of a talking raccoon. Not even in August. So, what the hell, let’s give the floor to my inner 13-year-old. Maybe you have one of those, too. So Guardians of the Galaxy is based on a 2008 reboot of a 1990 Marvel Comics series set in the 31st century (thanks, Wikipedia!). I never heard of that and don’t care. But my favorite things ever are Star Wars and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy books, and if you put those in a Cuisinart with a couple
SPACE ODD-YSSEY Yes, that’s a raccoon flying the starship.
of old issues of Mad magazine, you’d get this movie. The main guy, Peter Quill (Chris Pratt), was kidnapped from Earth by aliens when he was a kid (which was totally my fantasy in middle school), and he’s Blond Han Solo. He wears leather and flies a spaceship, all very sarcastically, and he calls himself StarLord. Anyway, one day “Star-Lord” pulls an Indiana Jones and steals an artifact, and suddenly the whole galaxy is after him! Everybody wants this gizmo that looks like a Fabergé egg, including a super-creepy guy with
a painted face (Lee Pace), a green-skinned warrior chick (Zoe Saldana), a raccoon bounty hunter (voiced by Bradley Cooper) and his sidekick, a tree named Groot (Vin Diesel). Yup, a tree. Now, I know you’re probably thinking this movie was made for 5-year-olds, but you wouldn’t want Rocket the talking raccoon within a football field of your kindergartner. He talks like an insult comic and has the cutest quivery whiskers, and I would totally hire him to track down a space criminal, or buy a stuffed-animal version of him to put on my
One could categorize the project as a backwards The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. It conveys a sense of cosmic awe that similarly tempts me to describe it as The Tree of Life minus dinosaurs. But the fact is that — filled with brilliant observations, bits of unassuming wisdom, and the horror and humor of it all — Boyhood is quite simply like no movie ever made. It’s no everyday masterpiece. RI C K KI S O N AK
Editor’s note: Boyhood is slated to open in Vermont on August 15.
REVIEWS pillow. I really believed he and the tree were best pals, and I worried about them when they were in danger. Which was, like, always. Because once our hero teams up with the raccoon, the tree, the warrior chick and a muscleman with an extreme literalism problem (Dave Bautista), the movie is wall-to-wall space fighting and space explosions and space wisecracks. It all happens about 100 times faster than the original Star Wars while taking itself about 1,000 times less seriously than the Star Wars prequels. And, while I could’ve cared less about the Fabergé egg and its threat to the galaxy, I did want Star-Lord’s “Awesome Mixtape” that he got from his dying mom to be OK. Plus, as he so eloquently puts it, the galaxy is always worth saving when you’re “one of the idiots who lives in it.” You know how some movies try so hard to have something for everybody — some spaceships, some explosions, some kissing, some laughs, some geeking out — that you end up feeling like you read a business guy’s spreadsheet instead of seeing a movie? Guardians of the Galaxy is not one of those movies. When I was 13 for real, I invented a highly complimentary term for things that were joyfully absurd, free-wheeling, snarky and silly all at once: bullwhacko. This movie earns it and then some. MARGO T HARRI S O N
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new in theaters tHe HUNDReD-Foot JoURNeY: The owner of an elite french restaurant (helen Mirren) can’t tolerate the advent of her new neighbor, a family-owned Indian eatery, in this drama from director lasse hallström (Safe Haven). with Om Puri and Manish dayal. (122 min, Pg. Essex, Majestic, Roxy) i oRigiNs: a molecular biologist (Michael Pitt) who studies the eye finds his antispiritual beliefs shaken by a romantic encounter in this sci-fi drama from writer-director Mike cahill (Another Earth). with Steven yeun, brit Marling and astrid bergès-frisbey. (107 min, R. Roxy) iNto tHe stoRm: One town experiences a ton of tornadoes in a single day in this piece of (we’re guessing) disaster porn directed by Steven Quale (Final Destination 5). with Richard armitage, Sarah wayne callies and Matt walsh. (89 min, Pg-13. bijou, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Paramount, Stowe, Sunset, welden) step Up All iN: Stars of the previous installments in the Step Up dance franchise generate tornadoes of fancy footwork as their characters battle for a prize in las Vegas. with Ryan guzman, briana Evigan and adam g. Sevani. trish Sie makes her feature directorial debut. (112 min, Pg-13. Essex, Majestic) teeNAge mUtANt NiNJA tURtles: director Jonathan liebesman (Wrath of the Titans) and producer Michael bay reboot the ’90s comic-based film series about four mutant brothers from the sewers who go up against an urban super-criminal. with Megan fox, will arnett, alan Ritchson and Johnny Knoxville. (101 min, Pg-13. bijou, capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Stowe, Sunset, welden)
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AND so it goes 1/2H Michael douglas plays a curmudgeonly realtor who seeks the help of neighbor diane Keaton when he’s saddled with a surprise granddaughter in this romantic comedy. with Sterling Jerins and annie Parisse. Rob Reiner directed. (94 min, Pg-13; reviewed by R.K. 7/30)
lUcYHHH Scarlett Johansson starts using the supposedly idle parts of her brain and becomes a butt-kicking superhuman in this Sf action thriller from writer-director luc besson. with Morgan freeman and Min-sik choi. (90 min, R; reviewed by M.h. 7/30)
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A most WANteD mANHHH1/2 The late Philip Seymour hoffman played a weary hamburg intelligence operative trying to recruit a young chechen Muslim to the antiterrorist cause in this adaptation of John le carré’s novel from director anton corbijn (The American). with grigoriy dobrygin and Rachel Mcadams. (122 min, R) plANes: FiRe AND RescUeHH1/2 In the sequel to disney’s surprise animated hit, the little plane that fulfilled his racing dreams finds himself working with an intrepid helicopter on a squad that battles wildfires. (83 min, Pg)
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HeRcUlesHH1/2 It’s time for another big-budget spectacular about the strongman of greek legend, this time played by dwayne Johnson. Ian McShane, John hurt and many other fine, paycheck-earning british actors costar. brett Ratner (Tower Heist) directed. (98 min, Pg-13)
iDAHHHH1/2 In communist Poland, a sheltered girl about to take vows at a convent (agata trzebokowska) makes a startling discovery about her family’s world war II past, in this black-and-white period drama from director Pawel Pawlikowski (My Summer of Love). (121 min, Pg-13)
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gUARDiANs oF tHe gAlAXYHHHH Make way for another Marvel comics film franchise, this one featuring chris Pratt as an interstellar rogue who assembles a rag-tag team to defeat a space tyrant. with Zoe Saldana, bradley cooper, dave bautista and Vin diesel. James gunn (Super) directed. (121 min, Pg-13; reviewed by M.h. 8/6)
AmeRicA: imAgiNe tHe WoRlD WitHoUt HeRH conservative commentator dinesh d’Souza follows up 2016: Obama’s America with this documentary that extols american exceptionalism. d’Souza wrote and directed with John Sullivan. (103 min, Pg-13)
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tHe gRAND seDUctioNHHH The residents of a down-and-out canadian town try to persuade a doctor (taylor Kitsch) to move in so they can attract a lucrative recycling plant in this comedy from director don McKellar (Childstar). with brendan gleeson and liane balaban. (113 min, Pg-13)
22 JUmp stReetHHHH1/2 In the comedy sequel, cops channing tatum and Jonah hill find themselves undercover at college. with Ice cube. Phil lord and christopher Miller returned as directors. (112 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 6/18)
cHeFHHHH1/2 foodie film alert! Jon favreau wrote, directed and starred in this comedy about a fine-dining chef who reinvents himself — and reconnects with his family — by opening a food truck. (115 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 5/28)
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get oN UpHHH1/2 chadwick boseman plays James brown in this biopic chronicling the musician’s rise from poverty to funk super-stardom, from director tate taylor (The Help). with nelsan Ellis, dan aykroyd and Viola davis. (138 min, Pg-13)
HoW to tRAiN YoUR DRAgoN 2HHH1/2 five years after the action of the first animated hit, a young Viking and his beloved dragon discover a cave holding a secret. with the voice talents of Jay baruchel, cate blanchett and gerard butler. dean deblois again directed. (102 min, Pg; reviewed by M.h. 6/18)
BegiN AgAiNHHH1/2 writer-director John carney (Once) returns with a new musical drama in which a heart-broken songwriter (Keira Knightley) and a producer who believes in her (Mark Ruffalo) team up to record an album on the streets of new york. (101 min, R; reviewed by M.h. 7/23)
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seX tApeHH A long-time couple (Jason Segel and Cameron Diaz) make a sex tape to spice up their marriage — only to find themselves on a madcap quest to get it off the internet. Jake Kasdan directed the comedy. With Rob Corddry, Ellie Kemper and Rob Lowe. (94 min, R) tAmmYHH Melissa McCarthy cowrote and stars in this comedy as a woman in crisis who finds herself on a road trip with her hard-to-handle grandma (Susan Sarandon). Ben Falcone directed. (96 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 7/9) tRANsFoRmeRs: AGe oF eXtiNctioN — The fourth film in the toy-based saga of giant shapeshifting anthropomorphized robots introduces a new human cast. Michael Bay again directed. (165 min, PG-13; reviewed by R.K. 7/2) WisH i WAs HeReHH Fans of Garden State crowdfunded Zach Braff’s follow-up (but not sequel), in which he plays a dad who finds himself at a crossroads when he’s forced by financial pressures to homeschool his kids. With Kate Hudson, Pierce Gagnon and Mandy Patinkin. (106 min, R)
DiveRGeNtHH1/2 In a future society where everyone is supposed to have just one dominant virtue, a teen discovers she possesses more than one personality trait. Shailene Woodley stars. (139 min, PG-13) GoD’s Not DeADH A college professor tries to force a devout student to deny the existence of God in this surprise hit. With Shane Harper, Kevin Sorbo and Dean Cain. Harold Cronk directed. (113 min, PG) NeeD FoR speeDHH The video game comes to the screen in this action flick starring Aaron Paul as an unjustly jailed street racer who tries to get his own back in a cross-country race. Scott Waugh directed. (130 min, PG-13) ocUlUsHHHH In this horror flick, a woman tries to prove that the murder for which her brother was convicted was actually committed by a killer mirror. Karen Gillan, Brenton Thwaites and Katee Sackhoff star. (105 min, R)
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Did you miss: authorS anonymouS This week in movies you missed: a movie that decisively answers the questions: Why has no one ever made a Christopher Guest-style mockumentary about aspiring novelists? With the number of self-published books mounting every year, isn’t this a phenomenon ripe for satire? Aren’t amateur writing groups at least as easy to mine for comedy as dog shows, folkies and community theater?
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This week i'm watching: Sukiyaki WeStern Django
One career ago, I was a professor of film studies. I gave that up to move to Vermont and write for Seven Days, but movies will always be my first love.
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JULY 16, 2014: Young circus performers take the stage around Vermont during Circus Smirkus’ annual Big Top Tour. Eva caught up with them in Essex Junction and donned a red nose for the day.
The western genre is a venerable one, capable of withstanding just about anything filmmakers can throw at it. But Takashi Miike's totally bananas Sukiyaki Western Django might throw a wrench into that notion.
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JULY 23, 2014: Twelve lush patches of flowers peek out from behind the cars in City Market’s parking lot, and Bonnie Acker tends them all. The Burlington resident has been cultivating the co-op’s colorful gardens for the past 22 years.
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NEWS QUIRKs by roland sweet Curses, Foiled Again
An armed woman entered a store in Oklahoma City and started beating clerk Lein Nguyen, 70, with her gun, demanding money. Police Sgt. Jennifer Wardlow said Nguyen responded by throwing cases of beer at the suspect, who fled emptyhanded. (Oklahoma City’s KOCO-TV) Security officers pursuing three shoplifters at a mall in Hanover, Md., caught two of the suspects, but the third fell into a drainage pond and drowned. The pond is filled with sediment and thick vegetation, which police said ensnared the man. Investigators recovered his body 20 feet underwater, along with stolen merchandise. (Baltimore’s WJZ-TV)
Board Games
When Texas Tech nixed a request by chess coach Susan Polgar for $1 million in funding, including a $250,000 salary for her and $150,000 for her husband (also a coach), 34 full and partial scholarships and $25,000 bonuses for tournament wins, the four-time women’s world champion resigned. She went to Webster University and won two straight Final Four chess titles, including this year’s. The St. Louis school spends $635,000 a year on its chess team, not counting scholarships for its 15 players, but Webster official Patrick Giblin explained that the school estimates free media coverage of its chess program exposes 85 million people a year to the university. He said paid advertising to reach the same audience would cost about $2.8 million. (Washington Post)
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Following the deaths of 16 Sherpa guides after an avalanche on Mount Everest, the Nepalese government agreed to hike the guides’ minimum insurance by 50 percent, to $20,000. (Reuters)
Deadly Devices
Australian authorities blamed an unapproved charger for electrocuting Sheryl Aldeguer, 28, who was “wearing headphones and holding her laptop” when she “was found dead with burns on her ears and chest,” according to New South Wales Fair Trading Commissioner Rod Stowe. Stowe said the charger didn’t comply with government safety standards. (Britain’s Register) Smartphones emit low-level electromagnetic radiation that lowers sperm mobility and viability, according to British researchers. They found that magnetic fields from the phones could be generating DNA damage because men carry their phones in their pants pockets, causing the temperature of the testes to rise enough to suppress and interfere with normal sperm production. (Time)
ing that yogurt is “more healthy than some other things” and shouldn’t be taxed. The proposal to which the former mayor objected was a tax on gym memberships and yoga classes, labeled the “yoga tax.” Barry representative LaToya Foster explained that Barry didn’t mean “yogurt tax” and “was just misheard.” (Washington City Paper)
Wrong Place, Wrong Time
To honor American troops, Jeffery Smith painted his minivan in camouflage colors and outfitted it with dummy weapons. While driving past Nashville International Airport, the van broke down. Observing a camouflaged vehicle with four missiles and a cannon on top, two machine guns on the front hood, and a .50-caliber machine gun inside, city and airport police rushed to the scene. “Of all the places to break down, I had to break down in front of the airport,” Smith said after police discovered the weapons were made of plywood or PVC pipe. No charges were filed, but airport official Shannon Sumrall suggested Smith take a different route next time. (Nashville’s Tennessean)
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Answering a reporter’s question, District of Columbia Council member Marion Barry, 78, blasted the council’s proposed “yogurt tax,” calling it “crazy” and insist-
Lesson Learned
Danielle Shea, 22, admitted phoning bomb threats to cancel Quinnipiac University’s spring graduation ceremony because she didn’t want her family to discover that she wasn’t graduating. She had accepted mon-
ey from her mother for tuition but never enrolled. Police identified her because she used her cellphone for the calls, which prompted the Hamden. Conn., school to delay graduation ceremonies and move them indoors. (New Haven Register)
Paperwork Follies
When Christa Liedtke, 75, decided to sell the home she bought near Cologne, Germany, in 2005 and subsequently spent thousands of euros renovating, local authorities found that the original owner hadn’t obtained permission to build the house and ordered Liedtke to tear it down. Irmgard Mertins, widow of a Jewish banker murdered by the Nazis, had built the house in 1939 as a place to wait out the war but never filed the required paperwork. “In the last eight years we have seen six such cases,” housing official Birgit Bär said, pointing out that while it makes no sense to demolish the buildings, “German building law is very clear on this point.” (Germany’s Local)
When Bobbleheads Aren’t Enough
Minor league baseball’s Syracuse Chiefs announced they are awarding a free funeral to the fan who submits the winning essay for the team’s “Celebration of Life” night. The prize includes a casket and professional services valued at $7,500. (Syracuse Chiefs press release)
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(April 20-May 20): Breve orazione penetra is an old Italian idiom. Its literal translation is “short prayers pierce” or “concise prayers penetrate.” you can extrapolate from that to come up with the meaning that “God listens best to brief prayers.” In the coming week, I invite you to apply this idea whenever you ask for anything, whether you are seeking the favors of the Divine Wow or the help of human beings. Know exactly what you want, and express it with no-nonsense succinctness.
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Every 12 years, the planet Jupiter spends about a year cruising through the sign of Leo. It’s there with you now and will be with you through early August 2015. What can you expect? Expansion! That’s great, right? Yes and no. You might love to have some parts of your life expand; others, not so much. So I suggest you write down your intentions. Say something like this: “I want Jupiter to help me expand my faith in myself, my power to do what I love, and my ability to draw on the resources and allies I need. Meanwhile, I will prune my desires for things I don’t really need and cut back on my involvement with things that don’t inspire me. I don’t want those to expand.”
(June 21-July 22): you wouldn’t sip dirty water from a golden chalice. Am I right? nor would you swig delicious poison from a fine crystal wine glass or 10-year-old vinegar from a queen’s goblet. I’m sure you will agree that you’d much rather drink a magical elixir from a paper cup, or a rejuvenating tonic from a chipped coffee mug, or tasty medicine out of a kids’ plastic soup bowl you bought at the thrift store. Don’t you dare lie to yourself about what’s best for you.
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(Aug. 23-sept. 22): tV comedian stephen Colbert confesses that his safeword is “pumpkin patch.” Does that mean he participates in actual bDsM rituals? Is it the code word he utters when he doesn’t want the intensity to rise any further, when he doesn’t want his next boundary crossed? I don’t know. Perhaps he’s simply joking or speaking metaphorically. Whether or not you engage in
scoRPio (oct. 23-nov. 21): In your dreams
you may travel to stockholm, sweden, to accept the nobel Prize or to Hollywood to pick up your oscar. There’s a decent chance that in your sleepy-time adventures you will finally score with the hot babe who rejected you back in high school, or return to the scene of your biggest mistake and do things right this time. I wouldn’t be surprised if in one dream you find yourself riding in a gold chariot during a parade held in your honor. I’m afraid, however, that you will have to settle for less hoopla and glamour in your waking life. you will merely be doing a fantastic job at tasks you usually perform competently. you will be well-appreciated, well-treated and wellrewarded. That’s not so bad, right?
sagittaRius (nov. 22-Dec. 21): Lake superior state university issues a “unicorn Questing Privilege” to those people who are interested in hunting for unicorns. Are you one of them? I wouldn’t be surprised if you felt an urge like that in the coming weeks. unusual yearnings will be welling up in you. exotic fantasies may replace your habitual daydreams. Certain possibilities you have considered to be unthinkable or unattainable may begin to seem feasible. Questions you
aQuaRius (Jan. 20-feb. 18): “The thorn
arms the roses,” says an old Latin motto. The astrological omens suggest you’ll be wise to muse on that advice in the coming weeks. How should you interpret it? I’ll leave you to draw your own conclusions, of course, but here are a few hints. It may be that beauty needs protection, or at least buffering. It’s possible that you can’t simply depend on your sincerity and good intentions but also need to infuse some ferocity into your efforts. In order for soft, fragile, lovely things to do what they do best, they may require the assistance of tough, strong, hearty allies.
Pisces (feb. 19-March 20): If you go to an
American doctor to be treated for an ailment, odds are that he or she will interrupt you no more than 14 seconds into your description of what’s wrong. but you must not tolerate this kind of disrespect in the coming days, Pisces — not from doctors, not from anyone. you simply must request or, if necessary, demand the receptivity you deserve. If and when it’s given, I urge you to speak your truth in its entirety. express what has been hidden and suppressed. And this is very important: take responsibility for your own role in any problems you discuss.
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caPRicoRN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): your ethical code may soon be tested. What will you do if you see a chance to get away with a minor sin or petty crime that no one will ever find out about? What if you are tempted to lie or cheat or deceive in ways that advance your good intentions and only hurt other people a little bit or not at all? I’m not here to tell you what to do, but rather to suggest that you be honest with yourself about what’s really at stake. even if you escape punishment for a lapse, you might nevertheless inflict a wound on your integrity that would taint your relationship with your own creativity. Contemplate the pleasures of purity and righteousness, and use them to enhance your power.
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(March 21-April 19): Don’t just be smart and articulate, Aries. Dare to be wildly wise and prone to unruly observations. Don’t merely be kind and well-behaved. explore the mysteries of healing through benevolent mischief. Don’t buy into the all-too-serious trances. break up the monotony with your unpredictable play and funny curiosity. Don’t simply go along with the stories everyone seems to believe in as if they were the truth and the Way. Question every assumption;
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liBRa (sept. 23-oct. 22): If you’re planning to hurl a thunderbolt, make sure you are all warmed up and at full strength before you actually unleash it. It would be sad if you flung a half-assed thunderbolt that looked like a few fireflies and sounded like a cooing dove. And please don’t interpret my wise-guy tone here as a sign that I’m just kidding around. no, Libra. This is serious stuff. Life is offering you opportunities to make a major impression, and I want you to be as big and forceful and wild as you need to be. Don’t tamp down your energy out of fear of hurting people’s feelings. Access your inner sky god or sky goddess, and have too much fun expressing your raw power.
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gemiNi (May 21-June 20): every february, you go through a phase when it’s easier to see the big picture of your life. If you take advantage of this invitation, your experience is like being on a mountaintop and gazing into the vastness. every August, on the other hand, you are more likely to see the details you have been missing. transformations that have been too small and subtle to notice may become visible to you. If you capitalize on this opportunity, the experience is like peering through a microscope. Here’s a third variation, Gemini: Around the full moons of both february and August, you may be able to alternately peer into the microscope and simulate the view from a mountaintop. I think that’s about to happen.
literal bDsM, Virgo, there’s an aspect of your life right now that has metaphorical resemblances to it. And I suggest that you do the equivalent of using your safe word very soon. nothing more can be gained from remaining embroiled in your predicament. even if the ordeal has been interesting or educational up until now, it won’t be for much longer. escape your bondage.
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My best friend keeps trying to pair me up with different guys, and I am kinda getting frustrated. I love her like a sister, but I do not think she understands that I don’t want a boyfriend. How can I tell her to stop without hurting her feelings?
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You’re right. She probably doesn’t understand that you don’t want a boyfriend … because you probably haven’t told her. Am I right? Our friends and family think they have our best interests in mind, but they often have no idea what we want or don’t want. They project their own needs and desires on us, perhaps to fulfill something they’re missing themselves. Your friend thinks you aren’t happy being single and she wants to help. Maybe to her, being single is scary and she’s trying to protect you from being alone. That might sound silly, but loads of people don’t feel complete or secure unless they have a partner. But being in a relationship isn’t for everyone all the time — or any time. If that describes you, for heaven’s sake, tell her! She might be offended or embarrassed, but she’ll get over it as long as you let her know in a caring and gentle way. Don’t, for example, imply that you are in some way superior, smarter, cooler, more secure, etc., because you don’t need a man in your life. If, after this talk, you friend persists in playing matchmaker, you may need to get some space from her. A little distance might send the message if words do not. Sometimes the only way to get someone’s attention is by not giving them any. If that seems to harsh, invite your friend to do things with you that don’t involve dating. Show her that you prefer her company right now; let her see other things that make you happy. Maybe she truly doesn’t realize that there’s more to life than finding a mate. Set the example for her, and she will come around.
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