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sustainability. The entire community can and should benefit from the development of this property.” The entity that now formally owns the property, BC Community Housing, a limited liability corporation, will enter into a nonbinding planning process with the city, Champlain Housing Trust and Vermont Land Trust. As Alicia Freese wrote on the Seven Days Off Message blog last week, the entities will split the cost of a consultant, who will run a public-design workshop. Goals for the property, according to the announcement, include building housing for a range of income levels, conserving some open space (which might require “reasonable compensation to the owner”) and respecting natural features. Andy Simon of Save Open Space-Burlington, which organized over the issue, said he was “somewhat encouraged” by the announcement but disappointed over its assumption that housing would be built. “It’s developers talking to developers about how much housing we’ll have,” he said. To read Freese’s post and the entire agreement, check out Off Message.

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hat should become of the 28-acre tract of lakefront property behind Burlington College? Everybody’s got an opinion. Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger wants to see new housing built on the site, which includes bluffs, a beach, open space and forest. So does the land’s new owner, developer Eric Farrell, who bought the lakefront property from the college. But area residents aren’t sold on the idea. Hundreds flocked to a lengthy meeting at City Hall Auditorium recently to express their concerns. The debate over the property has been heating up the mayor’s race. Now Farrell has agreed to entertain public input as part of the planning process. “I was born and raised in Burlington and now live in the New North End,” Farrell said in a statement released by the city last Friday. “As a long-standing resident, I am as concerned as anyone with how this strategic property is developed. I applaud the mayor’s leadership in promoting a collaborative and inclusive process for adding desperately needed housing to the city’s supply, in the context of a vibrant new neighborhood that can be a model for smart growth and

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I’m writing in response to “That’s Budget: Seven Takeaways From Shumlin’s New Agenda” last month [January 21], specifically about the carbon-pollution tax. As a 10-year Burlington resident and professional weatherization installer, I always drive around the county for work. Yet, while I pump my gas and continue my commute, I do wonder: How can we — Vermonters — save some money? Even a modest carbon-pollution tax on fossil-fuel distributors in the state would keep millions of dollars in Vermont. Each year, we spend $2 billion on fossil fuels, while only $2 out of every $10 stays in the state. That is crazy. Keeping more of this money would directly impact the state and our Burlington community in a positive way. Don’t you think if fossil-fuel distributors have the second-highest profits in the country — coming out of our pockets — we should keep some of that value here? I would love to see the state weaned off of fossil fuels altogether. Until then, let’s at least get our money’s worth out of what’s happening. The distributors certainly are. Jacob mushlin burlington

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Domestic cats are one of the principal predators, and thus threats, to native songbirds in the United States, killing between 1.4 and 4 billion annually (Milius 2013). Now let’s imagine a situation where someone hunted and killed upwards of 60 domestic cats a year to help protect songbirds. I don’t think there are many of us who would not expect the mighty iron hammer of justice to slam down swiftly and resolutely on such an individual. In fact, I think such an action would likely be demanded by Vermonters — funky cat ladies and dog lovers alike. So when Mr. Wayne Dion “kills between 30 and 60 coyotes every year” in order to, as he says, save “at least 35 deer or more a year,” I gotta ask: “Are you shitting me?” This is just one guy, and there are no limits on coyote killing in Vermont? Where is the hammer of justice in any of this? charles Knight Winooski

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As stated in Soundbites [February 11], the Death, Rough Francis, Sistas In The Pit triple bill was one of the loudestrocking shows hosted by the Flynn, but unfortunately the veritable old theater could not loosen up and allow patrons to have a good time. Very limited dancing in the aisles and zero dancing by the stage permitted at this body-shaking, rocking

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show! I respect the arts and theater scene in Burlington, but the Flynn needs to let go of its elitist, tired old ways and allow for a more diverse calendar of artists and shows while allowing patrons to move and shake it up a bit. The Flynn could take a cue from the Ridgefield Playhouse, a retrofitted high school auditorium in Connecticut, where they hosted the Go-Gos and allowed patrons to dance and interact with the band. And the Ridgefield has an amazingly diverse schedule of quality acts, including lots of rock and roll. Come on, Flynn, please shake it up! Frank DeAngelis burlingTOn

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About three issues ago, you seemingly forgot to mention that Jane Knodell has opposition in the council race for the Central District city councilor’s seat [“Queen City Shake-Up: New Districts, Candidates in Landmark Election,” January 7]. This was, of course, a deliberate omission. Is it also a deliberate omission that Jane Knodell, as a trustee of Burlington College, signed the bill of sale for that college’s open land to a real estate developer? Jane can do no evil, right? ron ruloff

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I hear that we have a “housing crisis” and must build more housing [“Way to Grow,” February 11]. At a planBTV meeting, I heard that Dealer.com and Burton need more housing to attract and retain workers, so the mayor wants to build something called “South End Square.” My grandniece, a recent college graduate with a full-time job, has had to move back in with my sister since she cannot afford to rent a Burlington apartment. She says this isn’t unusual among her friends. Will this Dealer/ Burton-driven development address her housing crisis? I am told that 15 percent of new housing must be “affordable,” but affordable for whom? I hear that supply and demand will solve the problem: Build more, and prices will drop. In 1970, the population of Burlington was 38,600. Today, 45 years later, it’s only 42,600. That’s a growth of only about 2 percent per decade. Yet take away the growth in the number of students, and Burlington’s population likely decreased substantially during that period. Many landlords are eager to convert the best neighborhood apartments into unsupervised student dorms. Is anyone paying attention? What exactly is the nature of our “housing crisis”? This administration is even willing to sacrifice irreplaceable waterfront land to build more housing. Is anyone noticing that more housing isn’t lowering rents?

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Seven Days has had a lot of coverage about the upcoming mayoral election in Burlington [“Way to Grow,” February 11; “Burlington Telecom: From a Cloud of Litigation to a Campaign Story,” January 28; etc.]. Reading the coverage, one would almost think the candidates have little prior governmental history. Let us look at some of that history. I do not always agree with Mayor Weinberger’s decisions. However, the process is much more open than it was before. Mayor Weinberger also gets things happening, and they are well executed. Contrast that with Steve Goodkind’s tenure at public works. As a member of the Ward 6 NPA Steering Committee and the Budget Task Force for several years, I had numerous dealings with Mr. Goodkind. He was the antithesis of open. He even refused to bring his budget to the committee. He also executed badly. During the resurfacing of South Willard and South Union streets, we tried over and over again to get him to eliminate what we called Lake Willard and Lake Union, but

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LOOKING FORWARD

FEBRUARY 25-MARCH 4, 2015 VOL.20 NO.25

NEWS 14

Sign of the Times: Deaf Vermonters Seek Better Options for Services and Schooling

BY NANCY REMSEN

Four for Mayor: Queen City Candidates Vie for the Helm BY ALICIA FREESE

Excerpts From Off Message

Prison Break: Bill Proposes to Reduce Vermont Inmate Population

FEATURES 32

BY MARK DAVIS

ARTS NEWS 24

SEABA and Speeder & Earl’s Aim to Create a Coffee-and-Art Lounge

BY KEN PICARD

BY SEVEN DAYS STAFF

Furniture Might Talk Back in Karin Gottshall’s New Poetry Collection BY JULIA SHIPLEY

Manning Up

Sex Issue: Can guys talking to guys about rape make a difference? BY KEN PICARD

App-y Endings

Sex Issue: Spying on student mating rituals via Yik Yak BY CATHY RESMER

Lover Lit

Sex Issue: One Vermonter talks about the booming business of writing erotic romance for an online market BY MARGOT HARRISON

VIDEO SERIES: STUCK IN VERMONT

Rubber Ruckus

Sex Issue: Calling attention to the impact of human population, one condom package at a time BY CAROLYN SHAPIRO

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Theater: Much Ado About Nothing, UVM Department of Theatre

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A woman caught between two men; a gay man pining for an estranged lover; a soldier who swallowed a fertility potion; a bus driver rushing to help a sick child. These characters cross paths on a bus to Kathmandu in Deepak Rauniyar’s Highway. The cinematic masterpiece responsible for a new era of Nepali filmmaking opens the 2015 Global Roots Film Festival.

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fiscal officer of the legislature’s Joint Fiscal Office, said the decision wasn’t specifically prompted by Ramos’ payout and that he recommended that the policy be brought into line with those of other offices when new aides were hired this year. Ramos’ job performance isn’t in question. She was widely credited with bringing order to an ego-laced Senate that struggled from paralyzing dysfunction during Campbell’s first term. And she worked the extra time. But was anyone aware that she was on track to earn more than $100,000? Campbell says he didn’t know how much comp time Ramos had accumulated, but that she worked the hours needed to do the job. Though Campbell was her supervisor, he was not expected to sign off on her time sheets. Those were approved by the Legislative Council’s office, which has limited to no knowledge — or say — in the workings of the pro tem’s office. Ramos declined to comment.

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AND MORE THAN DOUBLED HIS PAYROLL. Even since the time-and-a-half policy was nixed, the pro tem’s payroll has continued to expand. Campbell hired two staffers to replace Ramos, at a total of $111,000. Ramos’ work proved he needed a lot more help, Campbell said. His new chief of staff, ERIKA WOLFFING, is making $75,004 — slightly more than Ramos’ base pay — even though she lacks Ramos’ legal training and work experience. Wolffing previously served as PETER SHUMLIN’s campaign fundraiser and as his deputy commissioner of labor. Campbell also hired CONOR KENNEDY, who interned in the office last year, as a full-time calendar secretary for $35,006. Two other offices in the Statehouse offer ready comparisons to the pro tem’s: the House speaker’s and lieutenant governor’s. Neither comes close to what the Senate office is paying. House Speaker SHAP SMITH’s chief of staff, DYLAN GIAMBATISTA, makes $54,641. The speaker also pays two part-time interns $11 an hour. Lt. Gov. PHIL SCOTT’s chief of staff, RACHEL FELDMAN, will earn $57,574 this year.

Scott said he has college interns who receive course credit, but he no longer pays them because he feels the state can’t afford it. Campbell defended his higher salaries as necessary to attract quality employees who can hold their own in negotiating complicated public policy. The Senate has fewer members than the House, but just as much work, Campbell argued, so senators rely more heavily on staffers to shoulder the load. “We’re running basically a $6 billion corporation here, if you really think about it,” Campbell said. “We may not be the CEO — we’ll give that to the governor — but we certainly are up there on the board, if you will. To do that for $110,000, I think, is absolutely reasonable.” While Ramos’ extra pay far exceeded that of other state employees, getting extra comp-time pay was not unique. TOM CHENEY, a former aide to Speaker Smith, received $14,664 in “other pay” on top of his $43,061 salary in 2012. Cheney’s successor, LEAH MARVIN-RILEY, received $3,979 on top of a $48,895 salary in 2014. Like Campbell, Smith said he doesn’t look at time sheets and was unaware Cheney was paid that much for comp time. That makes for little oversight of how much time an employee is accumulating, the speaker acknowledged. “I’ve never actually had somebody from [Legislative] Council question me about a time sheet,” Smith said. Veteran Sen. DICK MAZZA (D-Grand Isle), a member of the joint Legislative Council Committee, said he was surprised by the lack of controls governing the pro tem’s and speaker’s payrolls. “There should be some oversight,” he said.

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In case you think legislators have figured out how they’re going to plug a $114 million hole in next year’s budget, they haven’t. On the road toward doing that, they are taking unusual side trips. Starting this week, small groups of members will be summoned to closed-door budget brainstorming sessions at the Statehouse, according to House Majority Leader SARAH COPELAND HANZAS (D-Bradford). Democrats, Republicans, Progressives and independents will hear anew the challenges they face and will be asked for their best ideas to cut $125 million to $150 million. “There’s some concern that it hasn’t sunk in yet with all members the real challenges that we face on the budget,” said Speaker Smith.

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Last July, the state commissioned a RAND Corporation study on what legalizing marijuana might look like in Vermont. Its report, released in January, cost taxpayers $20,000, with outside grants also contributing. For their $20,000 investment, however, Vermont taxpayers didn’t buy the rights to the report. That’s because RAND insists on keeping the copyright, and on playing tough with copyright rules. After Seven Days posted a copy of the report on its website under an article about it, RAND complained to the newspaper’s third-party document-hosting site, Scribd, which subsequently took it down. RAND spokesman Warren robak later apologized, but said RAND was right to defend its copyright, just as news outlets defend theirs. He argued that publicly funded reports are commonly copyrighted. The report, he noted, is accessible on RAND’s site. Until Monday, Vermonters couldn’t find the report on the state’s website. After Seven Days inquired about whether RAND or Vermont owned the report, Agency of Administration Secretary JusTin Johnson posted information about it on his agency’s website — and a link to the report on RAND’s site. m

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Sound like legislators are being called in to attend reeducation camp? “It’s not a reeducation camp. It’s just a check-in,” Smith said. The public, of course, won’t be invited. “I think people would feel more comfortable,” Copeland Hanzas said. “You don’t want to have your name in the paper for being the one who decided to do the most egregious thing.” House Minority Leader Don Turner (R-Milton) said he likes the idea. “I don’t know why it hasn’t been done in the past,” Turner said, noting that, typically, budget talks are limited to the House Appropriations Committee. “I’ve always been critical of 11 people doing the entire budget.” Next week, when legislators head home for Town Meeting Day, they’ll take with them a list of potential cuts to gauge the reaction from their constituents, according to Copeland Hanzas. All of this is a way of sharing the pain — and the blame. “We want to make sure we’re listening to all ideas,” Copeland Hanzas said. Democrats aren’t running from blame for the looming decisions, she contended: “We’re in the majority. House Democrats will own the version of the budget we pass out of here.” This is, nonetheless, an unusual budget-building approach, admirable for its inclusiveness but also worthy of wariness. It looks a bit like House leaders are trying to gather as many human shields around them as they can for when the arrows start flying. So far, in the month since Shumlin laid out his proposed budget, we’ve seen a few of his ideas abandoned, but no indication of what might stand in their stead. The problem is that no one seems to like any of the potential alternatives. Lay off 400 state workers? Levy a $90 million payroll tax? Slap a tax on soda pop? Whack funding for the blind? So the new approach appears to be to throw all ideas at the wall and see which ones are still sticking in May. Consider, for instance, a watercleanup bill the House Fish, Wildlife and Water Resources Committee approved Friday afternoon. The state has to make a significant move to clean up Lake Champlain and other waterways or the federal government’s going to make things unpleasant. The question is how to pay for it. The bill would create a fund to help municipalities take cleanup measures using a 2-cent-per-gallon gas tax, a 0.5 percent increase in the rooms and meals and liquor taxes, new farm permit fees, and a $15-per-ton fertilizer tax. Shumlin dissed the idea of hiking the gas and rooms and meals taxes Friday on

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eila Eaddy picked up a pen and started writing a letter to her pen pal, homework she needed to complete during school vacation. Hunched over, the 10-yearold quickly filled a page with pale-pink script. Her deep concentration broke only when her mother tapped on the dining table to get her attention. The two communicate using American Sign Language because both Neila and her mother are deaf. Tammy Eaddy asked her daughter to tell a reporter what it had been like at Underhill Central School, which Neila attended from 2011 until early 2014. “It was really hard to understand what was going on,” Neila signed. Interpreter Eliza Goodhue translated the girl’s fastmoving fingers into spoken English for a reporter. Neila had an interpreter with her in class, she recalled, but still, “If I was stuck with my homework, I would just go home and ask my mom for help.” Neila’s mom pressed her to talk about what the mainstream elementary school was like for her socially. “It was hard to understand my friends,” Neila replied. “She was doing OK, but the possibility for social interaction was limited,” Tammy Eaddy added. “She had a few people who would say ‘hello’ to her in class, but that is not social development. I wasn’t happy with the situation.” Eaddy chose to homeschool her daughter last winter and spring, during which time she also pressured the school system for other options. Maybe Neila could have two interpreters, Tammy suggested, so someone could be with her at lunch and recess as well as during class. The school district eventually agreed to pay for Neila to attend an out-of-state school for the deaf — one she had attended when her family lived in Connecticut. Beverly White, special services director for Chittenden East Supervisory Union, said that decisions are tailored to the needs of individual children. “We always start in the school environment and try to meet the student’s needs there,” White said. For children with hearing loss, school officials work with consultants who might recommend the use of interpreters, amplification systems or other accommodations. As the easternmost district in Chittenden County, CESU comprises nine schools from kindergarten to 12th grade, including the one Neila attended. Of the approximately 2,600 students that CESU serves, seven have hearing deficits, White said. Cindy Moran, the state special education director, said that 2014 data tallied 298 deaf or hard-of-hearing children on

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individual education plans, and another 200 on 504 plans — another category of federally mandated services that ensures accommodations are provided even if special instruction is unnecessary. But for some deaf students like Neila, services within mainstream schooling do not meet their needs. And if a student wants to attend a specialized school for the deaf, they must look outside Vermont. In 2014, 11 deaf children attended out-ofstate schools, Moran said. The only school for the deaf in Vermont, the Austine School, which Neila probably would have attended, closed last June. Founded in 1904, Austine was a private school in Brattleboro for students with hearing loss, but because enrollment had declined from 145 in the 1970s to just 25 during the 2013-2014 school year, the school had to close its doors. Austine’s closure impacted not just its students. Since 1998, the Vermont Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing had run the school and also provided an array of services to deaf individuals and families throughout the state. The school’s funding crisis also affected the center, which closed in the fall. These losses have advocates and families saying it’s time to reexamine services for the deaf in Vermont. Since the beginning of September, every Sunday at dinnertime Neila has

boarded a bus and traveled four hours south, along with six other Vermont children, to the American School for the Deaf in West Hartford, Conn. She returns home on Friday evenings to spend the weekend with her family. Eaddy said she videophones with Neila, but sometimes her daughter is too busy with friends to have a conversation. “That bothers me a little,” Eaddy admitted, but added that the benefits — including Neila’s thriving social life — outweigh any separation anxiety. Eaddy plans to have Neila attend the American School through high school. As a result of Neila’s experience, Eaddy has become active with the Vermont Association of the Deaf to raise awareness about the educational and service gaps created when Austine and the VCDHH closed. “We need a school where deaf kids can go and not feel so isolated,” Eaddy said. “I feel the state of Vermont needs more awareness about deaf children in general. There is just not enough exposure to our culture, our language, who we are.” Several weeks ago, Eaddy and dozens of other deaf Vermonters brought their concerns to the Statehouse. They placed signs in snowbanks near the building’s entrances and held a midday rally to call attention to two bills. S.66 and H.140 propose that the legislature adopt a bill of rights for children who

are deaf or hard of hearing. The bills say deaf children should have the right to early assessment, intervention and supportive family services — and to “educational placement decisions that give full regard to the child’s individual communication and language needs.” The two bills would also establish a state commission for the deaf to identify service gaps and recommend how the state might restore or even expand education options for deaf children. The legislation guides the commission’s feasibility study of a centralized school for deaf children located on a state college campus or the former Austine School property. During the midday rally, which drew the attention of only a handful of legislators, Vermont Association of the Deaf president Mary Essex stood on a chair so the crowd in the Statehouse’s Cedar Creek Room could see her signing. Essex, who is deaf, suggested that for many Vermonters, the deaf community is practically invisible. “Often, people don’t meet or know people who are deaf,” she said. It’s unclear how many deaf people live in Vermont. “Vermont does not keep statistics, so there are no real numbers,” Essex said. She has heard estimates ranging from 15,000 to 25,000 individuals with all types of hearing loss. The Gallaudet University Library

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website, which cites 2012 community survey data collected by the U.S. Census, says Vermont has 10,000 people between ages 18 and 64 with hearing difficulties. In a recent telephone interview using TTY — a telephone service that converts typed messages to voice and voice to text — Essex explained the hardship created when the VCDHH closed. “Now there isn’t anything like that,” Essex said. For folks trying to find services, “it is a lot of running around.” She added, “A lot of people will call me. I’m really, really overwhelmed.” Some organizations stepped in to keep critical programs alive. The Vermont Center for Independent Living provided a home for the Vermont Interpreter Referral Service, which helps to connect the state’s 25 certified signlanguage interpreters with individuals and organizations. The Vermont Agency of Education contracted with Nine East Network to provide school consultation services and parent-infant programs for deaf and hard-of-hearing children. Still, many services — such as community sign language classes and one TAMMy program that brought deaf individuals together to learn and connect — no longer exist, according to Essex. And though Austine’s enrollment declined, the demand for such services remains. Government policies that mandate the mainstreaming of students with hearing loss, coupled with medical advances such as the cochlear implant, led to the shrinking student numbers at Austine School. With cochlear implants, an electronic receiver is secured to the skull and an electrode is threaded into the cochlea, a structure of the inner ear, so electronic signals can be picked up by the auditory nerve. The external parts include a tiny microphone, speech processor and transmitter, the last of which attaches magnetically to the receiver in the skull. The devices won Food and Drug Administration approval for use in adults in 1984, and in children in 1990. The implants are appropriate for children as young as 12 months, and the technology continues to evolve. For many newborns diagnosed with hearing loss, cochlear implants offer a way to substitute electronic hearing for nature’s version. Children who undergo early implantation and receive professional therapy and parental support “catch up to their hearing peers as far as language development by age 5,” said Margaret Sicotte, an audiologist and cochlear implant coordinator at the University of Vermont Medical Center’s Otolaryngology Clinic. Of the 11 infants born in Vermont with profound hearing loss between 2009 and

2014, 10 got implants, according to state health department data. Jen Durgin of Wilder is the mother of two children with profound hearing loss who both got cochlear implants as toddlers. Durgin’s daughter Geneva, now 8, failed the newborn hearing screening, and ,by the time she was 3 months old, hearing specialists had diagnosed the cause of her deafness: the hair cells in her cochlea couldn’t communicate. The Vermont Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing explained the options to Durgin and her husband and helped the couple gain some signing skills so they could begin communicating with their baby. The family chose cochlear implants for their daughter, and later for son Samuel, now 5, “because we thought it would give them the best access to fluent language,” Durgin said. “Interpreters are wonderful, but it is not a natural way to learn or communicate with friends,” Durgin said. Still, she wants her children to master sign language as well as spoken and written English. Cochlear implants worked well for Durgin’s children: Geneva needs no EAddy accommodations in her second grade class at the local public school and “is above grade level in reading,” her mother said. And Samuel’s “speech and vocabulary are above average for his age.” But the implants do not work for everyone. Neila didn’t qualify because she does have some hearing. “When she loses it all, she can decide for herself,” Tammy Eaddy said. “Not all deaf kids can have cochlear implants, and not all deaf kids have had as much success as we have had,” Durgin noted. Parents need options, she said. Legislation that would guarantee deaf Vermonters those options isn’t yet a political priority at the Statehouse, but Senate Government Operations chair Jeanette White (D-Windham) expects that her committee will discuss the questions the deaf community has raised. The panel took testimony last week. House Human Services Committee chair Ann Pugh (D-South Burlington) said the focus of the House bill seems to be “how individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing can get educated now that the Austine School has closed.” She suggested, “It is really part of a larger discussion about mainstreaming.” Activists like Tammy Eaddy plan to keep the pressure on lawmakers. Back at Eaddy’s dining room, Neila asked her mother why she was still going to advocacy meetings. Eaddy looked at her and signed, “The fight is not over.” m

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When Mayor Miro Weinberger walked into his campaign office around 7 p.m. Thursday, the place was abuzz. The maze of rooms teemed with college-age kids, giving it the feel of a dorm party. (He’s using space in the Vermont Democratic Party’s campaign headquarters on College Street.) Every Thursday, a group of Young Democrats makes calls for the Queen

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ne of the four candidates for Burlington mayor has a welloiled campaign organization, complete with phone banks and deep-pocketed donors. Another keeps a lonely vigil at Dunkin’ Donuts each morning, hoping to encounter voters. A third has been working the crowds at diners and farmers markets, while a fourth recently turned to standup comedy to get his story out. Incumbent Miro Weinberger, a developer in his past life, has the best-funded campaign. Challenging him are three men who’ve never spent time in elected office — dog walker Loyal Ploof, engineer Steve Goodkind and writer Greg Guma. Though they lack political experience, each makes the case that he is more in touch with the Queen City. Seven Days tagged along with each candidate last week as he worked to connect with voters during the countdown to the March 3 election day. Here’s what we saw.

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on the phone. “[City councilor] Tom Ayres said … you had concerns about my approach to development,” Weinberger said. He spent the next 20 minutes engaged in a conversation that touched on preserving the land behind Burlington College, code violations and his commitment to affordable housing. From time to time, he jotted something down in a black spiral-bound notebook he carries. This is the mayor’s modus operandi: He’s attentive and thorough, often at the expense of speed. On the campaign trail, Weinberger’s sterling fiscal record — which opponent Goodkind dismissed as “no special wizardry” — has often played second fiddle to fears that he’ll orchestrate a building boom. “It’s disconcerting when people who were excited about me in the past have concerns,” he acknowledged before making that call. “I’ve had some of that.” But Weinberger, who appears most comfortable in the policy weeds, said, “It’s a discussion I’m glad we’re having. I think we’re getting beyond the abstractions and starting to have a more productive conversation.” Twiddling his pen, the mayor looked harried. His day had included coffee at 8 a.m. with Old North End artists and

business owners, a 75-minute televised debate, and an appearance in front of the police union, on top of his normal duties. Now it was 8 p.m. Does he enjoy the job he’s fighting to keep? “I love this job,” Weinberger said, forcefully. To explain why, he referenced a lengthy Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. quote on the “chief worth of civilization.” An excerpt: “More complex and intense intellectual efforts mean a fuller and richer life.” “This is probably a crazy way to answer this question,” he said quietly before moving on to a more conventional response about having assembled a great city hall team. When he went into the hallway for pizza, a peppy college student greeted him enthusiastically. He told the mayor he’d been making calls for him all evening and had gotten only positive responses.

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Taking an occasional drink of his coffee, Ploof seemed unperturbed by the lack of attention other patrons paid him. Ploof’s most passionate about what he calls the city’s mistreatment of homeless people. He said he spent a year on the streets, sleeping at bus stops in below-freezing temperatures. Today, he rents a one-bedroom apartment in the New North End that he shares with his mother but can still barely afford. The candidate, who admitted to feeling “burnt out” from the campaign, said he’s sat at Dunkin’ Donuts from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. Mondays through Fridays since the race began. That morning, he blamed the bad weather for the poor showing. Single-digit temps wouldn’t stop him from the next activity on his schedule: taking a Tibetan mastiff and a pit bull for a stroll.

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cups. During the hour that Ploof stayed, Steve Goodkind drank Coke through just one person — a friend on his way to a straw at the horseshoe counter of work — stopped by his table. The man Handy’s Lunch. The Progressive dropped off a pair of gloves for Ploof, candidate was there to capitalize on the and they made plans for what would be midday rush, but at 11:15 a.m. on Friday, the candidate’s first and only literature the restaurant was still quiet. Wearing work boots and gray Carhartt pants, he drop, that weekend. Nothing about Ploof or his table chatted with his wife. On the counter, a would have suggested to patrons that bright orange binder contained a large he was running for political office. He stack of typewritten pages of his policy sported pink pants stained with road salt positions. When a reporter arrived, the and a worn Red Sox sweatshirt. “I’m the poor man in the race,” he told a reporter. 63-year-old former public works director whipped out an old Ploof, 44, runs a dogbudget summary for walking business — he his department and — explained that pink not for the first time pants make him more — began rebutting the visible to drivers — and mayor’s claims that he his canine predilection mismanaged the departcomes across strongly ment. “It’s so dishonest,” in his policy proposals. Goodkind said. “It’s He wants the city to use disgusting.” He’s been “dog-friendly” salt on its ST EvE G OOdkind defending his record sidewalks, and he has since the first debate, proposed putting a dog park on part of the land to be traversed when Weinberger first cast aspersions on his stewardship. by the Champlain Parkway. Despite the spat, Goodkind feels good He’s running on the Libertarian ticket, but Ploof, a perennial candidate, about the campaign. “I think he’s feeling has history with just about every Queen the heat,” he said of Weinberger. Unlike City political party — the Progressives, the sitting mayor, who uses conditional the Greens, the Democrats and the phrases — “If I have the privilege of being reelected…” — Goodkind starts his Republicans. By his own admission, he’s the least sentences with “When I’m mayor…” As the counter filled up, Goodkind polished of the four candidates, but he insists that’s a virtue. He’s also the most made the rounds among diners, asking visceral in his criticism of the incum- each: “Are you a Burlington resident?” If bent: “I voted for Miro. It almost makes me want to vomit.” FOUR FOR MAYOR » p.19

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Vermont State Auditor Doug Hoffer said Monday that a controversial Massachusetts Institute of Technology economist appears to have overstated the work an assistant performed for the state of Vermont, and that Gov. Peter Shumlin’s administration “ignored the obvious signs that something was amiss.” In a five-page report released Monday, Hoffer stopped short of accusing the economist, Jonathan Gruber, of fraud, citing a lack of documentation pertaining to his alleged “inconsistencies and questionable billing practices.” But the auditor was unsparing in his criticism of the administration’s oversight of the contract, which called for an economic analysis of Shumlin’s since-abandoned single-payer health care proposal. “It’s clear that the Agency of Administration failed to exercise due diligence and enforce important provisions of the contract,” Hoffer wrote. “The Agency of Administration should be a model of best practices in contract administration. Hopefully, it will work to improve its oversight and control functions to ensure greater accountability.” Hoffer referred the matter to Attorney General Bill Sorrell, who said Monday afternoon that his office will look into it. “Obviously the auditor raises serious questions and we’re going to take it seriously,” Sorrell said. “We’ll just take the case where the facts lead us.” Secretary of Administration Justin Johnson, who recently took over the office that oversaw the contract, said he agrees with Hoffer that Gruber’s “documentation wasn’t detailed enough,” but he disputes the notion that the administration erred. “The bottom line to me is, did we get the work that we asked for?” Johnson said. “We did get what we were buying here.” Gruber entered into a $400,000 contract with the state last July to provide modeling and analysis of single-payer’s potential impact on the state’s economy. That contract became the focus of considerable scrutiny in November, following national news reports focusing on comments Gruber made appearing to insult the intelligence of American voters. In response to the media firestorm, the Shumlin administration amended its contract with Gruber, ensuring that he would be paid no more than $280,000. To date, he has received just $160,000, according to Johnson. Hoffer launched his investigation in December, after Sen. Joe Benning (R-Caledonia) and Rep. Oliver Olsen (I-South Londonderry) asked him to look into it. “My antennae started to vibrate,” Hoffer said in an interview. In each of his first two invoices, Gruber claimed he spent 100 hours on the project, while his research assistants spent 500. But the economist subsequently told Hoffer that just one research assistant worked with him during the billing period, meaning that he or she worked 1,000 hours in 10 weeks.

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“To do so, the RA would have worked exclusively on this project for more than 14 hours per day — every day,” Hoffer wrote. “The evidence suggests that Dr. Gruber overstated the hours worked by the RA and that the Agency of Administration ignored the obvious signs that something was amiss.” In a formal response to Hoffer, Johnson noted that the state had renegotiated its contract with Gruber and had withheld a significant portion of what it owes “until we receive more detailed invoices, given the concerns regarding contract compliance.” Johnson said he has since put his agency on notice that it must closely monitor all contracts — but he also argued that the state actually got a good deal. “At the end of the day, in this particular instance, I believe the state will have paid significantly less than what was initially estimated for the cost of Dr. Gruber’s services and work product,” he wrote. Hoffer agrees. “In the end, this [situation], perversely, has sort of a happy ending because we’re ending up paying less than half of what we contracted for,” he said. But the auditor worries that such happy endings aren’t common. “I have reason to believe that the state does not, in many cases, have sufficient resources, nor do they have sufficient policies and procedures in place to monitor contractors throughout state government,” he said.

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Winooski residents are becoming all too familiar with the sound of running water. On Thursday, city officials asked everyone to keep a faucet running 24-7 to prevent the city’s water pipes from freezing. Some residents might be asked to keep the water running into April, city officials say. In recent weeks, city hall received a burst of notices about pipes freezing and residents stuck without running water. At the peak of the crisis, 23 of the 1,700 properties connected to the city’s water system were without water, city manager Katherine Decarreau said. The reason for the problems is the snot-freezing, car-battery-destroying, soul-numbing temperatures that are assaulting Vermont this winter. Most water pipes in Winooski are buried five feet underground, Decarreau said. But, for the first time anyone can remember, the frost in Winooski has reached that depth, if not deeper. “I have people here 30 years who haven’t seen five feet of frost,” Decarreau said. “That’s a lot of frost.” In response, Winooski officials have urged everyone to keep a “pencilwidth” stream of water running constantly to keep enough water flowing through the city’s water system. Decarreau said that a pencil-width stream generates about five gallons of water an hour, or, according to the Seven Days math department, 120 gallons a day. For comparison, the average hot tub holds about 400 to 500 gallons; an Olympic-size swimming pool holds 660,000 gallons. But Decarreau says water conservationists shouldn’t get too upset. Winooski’s water is drawn from, and returned to, Lake Champlain. (After a bunch of treatment, of course. Otherwise, Winooski would be dealing with much bigger problems.) “I hate running it, too, but it’s not like we’re in Tucson, where most of the water you’re running is evaporating in a holding pond,” Decarreau said. “We’re not degrading the supply of water.” More difficult to measure is the level of annoyance residents are feeling about listening to water trickling around the clock. Decarreau added that she, like other Winooski residents, has become an expert in the previously unappreciated art of strategically angling an open faucet to make the least amount of noise. (This writer, a proud Onion City resident, can confirm that this is actually a thing, and recommends directing your stream of water to where the sink’s wall curves in toward its bottom.) Decarreau said residents connected to larger pipes buried deeper than five feet might be able to shut off their water before April. They will be notified by city officials. (A fun fact from Public Works — water lines located under the pavement are more vulnerable to freezing than lines located under areas covered with snow, Decarreau said. The snow helps insulate the ground.) There haven’t been reports of homes flooding or other problems as a result of the water running constantly, Decarreau said. While no other community has taken such drastic action as Winooski has, others are suffering from frozen pipes, too. Montpelier urged residents who live in old homes, or homes with a history of frozen pipes, to keep the water running, and Milton and Fair Haven have issued similar warnings. In St. Albans, residents were told to boil their water after two water mains broke. In Burlington, public works director Chapin Spencer said crews were responding to a couple of homes with frozen pipes a day. And the department sent notices to a handful of homes that lost water service during a deep freeze in 1994, recommending that they keep the water running. But the Queen City saw no need to ask residents to keep the water running, Spencer said. “Our system is functioning in very challenging circumstances,” Spencer said.

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At the Wellness Co-op’s open mic night last Friday, a large man in a diaphanous pink frock played the keyboard. A guy with a guitar delivered David Bowie renditions, and another performer sang a song in a “fictitious alien language.” When it was his turn to take the stage, Greg Guma, the independent candidate for mayor, took off his tan sport coat and told the much younger crowd: “I’m in the middle of this performance piece I call ‘running for mayor.’” His act that night: telling stories about his childhood and how he came to be a candidate. Guma, 67, recounted a child-acting gig in New York City that ended when “my parents realized I was becoming an egomaniac.” And he recalled flourishing on his Catholic high school’s debate team. The writer and activist ran for city council in 1981 and 1989, but it’s been more than two decades since he’s had

to dust off his debating skills. Still, his polemical flair has been on full display during several mayoral debates — he’s the only candidate who palpably enjoys them. But he’s also prone to overly nuanced answers that get deep into Burlington’s political history. His challenge, Guma said, “is to have to boil it down, to not have too many ideas.” The 15 or so people at the Wellness Co-op laughed at Guma’s stories but seemed less interested in the campaign pamphlets he passed around afterward. From there, Guma walked down North Winooski Avenue to Pyschedelicatessen, a quirky café and performance space that eschews fixed prices in favor of donations. It’s run by Phinneus Sonin, one of several people who goaded Guma into running. His face illuminated by the green glow of a nearby lamp, Guma was animated describing his epic sciencefiction novel, Dons of Time, which was published by Fomite Press in 2013. Sipping black coffee at 8 p.m., he was just as animated when talk turned to politics. Guma said he’d lost 10 pounds on the trail, noting, “Intellectual energy burns calories, too.” After a lengthy recap of an eclectic career — which included covering the last Burlington mayoral election as a journalist — Guma got up to talk strategy with Sonin. Nearby, a man at the bar drank a beet smoothie. “Don’t make me out to be too much of a hippie,” Guma told a departing reporter. “I am wearing a suit.” m

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s an artist with no legal background, State Rep. Mollie Burke (P/D-Brattleboro) seems an unlikely candidate to spearhead criminal-justice reform. But after attending a conference that addressed female inmates and their struggles, she grew concerned about the number of prisoners incarcerated in Vermont. Burke is now the lead sponsor of one of the most ambitious criminal-justice reform bills to hit the legislature in recent years. H.221 aims to drastically reduce Vermont’s inmate population and eliminate the need to send prisoners to private out-of-state prisons. Lawmakers, members of the legal community and even Department of Corrections officials have agreed that’s it’s an admirable goal. Vermonters for Criminal Justice Reform — a grassroots organization dedicated to that cause — crafted H.221. Eight House members, including Burlington Democrats Jean O’Sullivan, Jill Krowinski and Joey Donovan, signed on last week. Even its detractors concede that the bill would do more to reduce the inmate population than any law recently proposed. Sent to the House Committee on Corrections and Institutions, H.221 has three key proposals to cut the overall prison population. First, the bill would eliminate prison sentences for most nonviolent crimes. Instead, defendants would face probation and participate in community-based programs. Second, it would eliminate the DOC’s ability to send people on probation or parole back to prison for relatively minor offenses, such as failing to meet with probation officers or missing a counseling appointment. Lastly, it removes the DOC’s power to approve or disapprove of an inmate’s proposed housing plan after release. More than 240 inmates currently remain incarcerated past their minimum sentence dates because the DOC has vetoed their post-prison housing arrangements. Supporters say that those proposals, along with other initiatives in the bill, would likely reduce the prison population by several hundred inmates — a drop that would eliminate the need to send inmates out of Vermont. They say shipping inmates out of state fractures critical bonds between prisoners and their support networks, therefore increasing the chances of recidivism.

“We want to keep people out of jail. We want to keep prison for people who need to be there,” said former state lawmaker Suzi Wizowaty, director of VCJR. “We are so used to the idea of incarceration in this country that we have forgotten that locking someone in a cage is a terrible thing to do,” Wizowaty said. “Depriving someone of their liberty … has a lot of repercussions. When we put someone in jail, it doesn’t make it any better.” “Suzi has a different vision for the criminal justice system, and it’s a vision that we should certainly talk about,” said Robert Sand, a former Windsor County state’s attorney and current adviser to

Gov. Peter Shumlin. “Whether we’re ready as a state for the full extent of that vision, I suppose the legislative process will show that.” But the bill has virtually no chance of passing this legislative session, or even coming to a vote. The 44-page bill’s proposed reforms are too radical and politically unpalatable, officials say. State Rep. Alice Emmons (D-Windsor), chair of the House Committee on Corrections and Institutions, said H.221 will receive a hearing in coming weeks. But any further activity will have to wait until next year at the earliest, Emmons said.

Meanwhile, DOC officials struggling with inmate overflow are close to finalizing a new contract to continue sending inmates out of state for years to come. The state’s two-year, $34 million contract with Corrections Corporation of America expires in July. As of last week, the state had 1,934 inmates, including 371 held in private prisons in Kentucky and Arizona. Senate Judiciary Committee chair Dick Sears (D-Bennington) is arguably the most influential lawmaker on criminal matters — and he’s skeptical. Sears said he is reluctant to pass bills that would eliminate probation officers’ ability to send defendants back to prison. Besides, the state is already making progress in reducing its number of prisoners, said Sears and DOC commissioner Andy Pallito. The out-of-state prison population held at more than 500 for much of 2014, compared with 371 now. Pallito said that figure is slated to drop to 341 inmates in coming weeks as prison beds become available in Vermont. Pallito credited recent efforts to expand pretrial programs for drug addicts designed to get them into treatment and to cut recidivism. “That’s happening outside this bill,” Pallito said. “We’re bringing the numbers down. It’s going to take time.” But meanwhile, the Shumlin administration has proposed a change that would hamper efforts to further reduce those numbers. To generate money, the administration wants to house more federal inmates in Vermont’s prisons. A proposed contract change would up the state’s cap of federal inmates from 40 to 60, which could potentially displace Vermont inmates. Pallito conceded that means the out-of-state population may not fall as quickly. Wizowaty said it would be a mistake. “I’m sympathetic with the financial problems that legislators are faced with, but let’s do what’s best for the families involved in this particular situation, which is to send fewer people out of state,” she said. Reformers such as Wizowaty insist that Vermont has to support more radical reform if it’s ever going to substantially reduce the prison population.

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Despite recent progress, the inmate bills and let things settle? We could still population is still dramatically higher arrest people and prosecute people.” than in the past, they say. Vermont had But lawmakers don’t seem interested roughly 1,000 inmates — about half its in a moratorium on creating new crimes. current prison population — in 1995. Instead, they’re busy debating bills that The population climbed steadily until could create even more inmates. 2004 and has remained fairly steady One bill includes a provision that ever since. could jail parents, caregivers or even Meanwhile, crimes committed in the social workers for failing to protect a state dropped by more than 30 percent child. It unanimously passed the Senate in the same period, according to federal Judiciary Committee. Other bills prostatistics. Tougher sentencing laws, pose to criminalize filing false claims especially for drug crimes, led to the against the state, home improvement increased inmate population. fraud and selling shark fins. Jeremy MacKenzie is a Burlington Even Burke is cosponsoring a bill resident who spent eight years in prison, that carries potential prison time for mostly in Kentucky, on drug-dealing people who post intimate images of and bank-robbery convictions. He said their partners online without their he knew dozens of inmates who didn’t consent. Meanwhile a bill to legalize the receive treatment — mental health or possession of marijuana — a common otherwise — while behind bars, and source of arrests and probation violawho likely wouldn’t tions — appears to have posed a danger have little chance of to the public. passing this year. “I don’t believe a While the push state should be lockto reduce inmates is ing up more people languishing in the than it can contain Statehouse, the DOC in its own facilities,” is making arrangeMacKenzie said. ments to continue the “Having your out-of-state program community banish for several years. The you to a place where DOC is considering nothing gets fulfilled two finalists’ bids positively in your life, for a two-year conit’s not a solution,” tract, with an option MacKenzie said. for two more years, S u z i W i z O WATy “The more people commissioner Pallito you cast away in the said. One of the bidprison system, the more prisoners that ders is CCA, which would continue to you cast into the abyss, the more it’s house Vermont inmates in Kentucky and going to grow.” Now 32 years old and at- Arizona. The other is the GEO Group, tending a Vermont college, MacKenzie which proposes sending Vermonters to said he’s fortunate to be rebuilding his its prison in Michigan. life. Many other inmates were posiPallito said that while his deputies tioned to fail after being released, he are still reviewing the proposals and said. grading them in several categories, the Though the proposals in H.221 are bids are close. He expects to make an comprehensive, they don’t break new announcement in early March. ground. Defense attorneys and critBurke and Wizowaty concede that ics of the criminal justice system have there isn’t political will in Montpelier long pushed for many of the reforms to pass a law like H.221 that would so proposed in the bill, Defender General sharply reduce criminals’ exposure to Matthew Valerio said. “It’s an attempt prison time. They are more likely to to get at issues we have been struggling see smaller “pieces” of their proposal with for 20 years. I don’t see anything passed, they said. new there.” “You’re never going to get everything Asked whether he thought the bill’s you want,” Burke said during an interkey proposals would ever pass, Valerio view in the Statehouse cafeteria, where said, “I doubt it. There’s not usually a several of her vibrant paintings were lot of political will to take prisoners on display. “[But] you don’t want to be out.” Yet simultaneously, “Elsewhere afraid of putting something like this in the building, we’re adding criminal out.” m penalties with jail time,” Valerio noted. “I’ve said before: Why don’t we take Contact: mark@sevendaysvt.com, two years off and not pass any crime @Davis7D, or 865-1020, ext. 23

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considered him part of their family. He will be sorely missed by all those who knew him. Per Bernard’s request, there will be no visiting hours. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, February 27, 2015, at the Lavigne Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Winooski. In lieu of flowers, contributions should be made in his name to the charity of your choice. Condolences may be shared with the family online at lavignefuneral home.com.

Winegar. Pat proudly graduated from high school at the age of 36. Pat worked at Walmart for many years. She enjoyed bingo, crochet, fishing, computer games and, above all else, spending time with her beloved family. Left to cherish her memory are her daughters, Kimberly and husband Steven Gabaree, Connie and husband David CoghlanAmsden, Kelly Bennett, and Carol Coghlan; her brother, Allen Winegar; her sisters, Sharon and husband Bob Mcgarry, and Joan McSweeney; 15 grandchildren; numerous greatgrandchildren; many nieces, nephews and extended family; and countless friends. A graveside service will be held in the spring at New Mount Calvary Cemetery in Burlington. Arrangements are under the care and direction of LaVigne Funeral Home and Cremation Service. Condolences may be shared with the family online at lavignefuneral home.com.

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1945-2015, BURLINGTON, VT. Patricia Ann (Winegar) Duguie, 69, passed away on February 19, 2015, with her loving family by her side at University of Vermont Medical Center. She was born June 13, 1945, in Pittsfield, Mass., to John and Mildred (Rogers)

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1952-2015, BURLINGTON, VT. The happiest moments of Carolyn Wood’s life were those in which she was surrounded by music and children. These often included her children and grandchildren, in whom she nurtured a love for music from their earliest days and throughout their lives together. But her passion for sharing music extended well beyond her own family. She was a piano teacher, choir director, accompanist and, perhaps most proudly of all, a practitioner of early childhood music development in her later years. “Grandma Music,” as her grandson Arlo Bolles nicknamed her, helped shape the musical lives of innumerable members of her community. Carolyn, born April 27, 1952, came by her musical

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inclinations naturally. Her father, Daniel Wood, and her late mother, Barbara, were talented musicians — Dan as a drummer in a military band and Barb as a gifted singer and pianist. Her parents were active in the choir at Hope Church in East Providence, R.I., where they raised Carolyn and her brothers, Doug and Chris. In 1972, she married Mark Bolles, then of Warwick, R.I. Throughout their marriage, which ended in 1999, music was a constant and unifying presence. Some of their children’s fondest memories are of singing around campfires and at family gatherings, especially when Mark and Carolyn’s voices would intertwine on “The Bramble and the Rose,” their signature duet. The family moved from Rhode Island to Maine and later Charlotte, Vt., as Mark pursued his career as a Congregational minister. Along the way, Carolyn led church youth choirs, of which her children were often members. Each of Carolyn’s children has gone on to make music a central part of their adult lives and carry their mother’s legacy with them. Daniel Bolles is the music editor at Seven Days newspaper in Burlington. Tyler Bolles is a respected bassist in a number of Burlington area groups, including the rock band Swale and the gypsy jazz outfit Queen City Hot Club. Ariel Bolles, now based in Chicago, Ill., is an upright bassist and singer. Carolyn was diagnosed with lung cancer in April 2012. She died early on

the morning of Sunday, February 22, 2015, at the Vermont Respite House in Williston at age 62. In the years between, she was surrounded by those whom she held most dear. Her children, especially including her devoted daughter-inlaw Kate Lasko, were by her side through every arduous and uncertain step — often taken with feet covered by the warm, colorful socks she knit for almost everyone she knew. (Carolyn’s passion for music was matched only by her love of knitting and sewing.) Her father, brothers and their families also provided love and support through this time. Tagging right along were the two people who gave her more joy than anything, her young grandsons Arlo and Griffin Bolles. And there was music. Carolyn continued accompanying choirs at the United Church of Hinesburg, Wake Robin and Ben & Jerry’s until her final weeks. She took every opportunity to see her children perform and to attend concerts with them. And when she was no longer able to do those things, her children and grandchildren brought music to her, playing songs by her bedside until, as her favorite gospel hymn goes, she flew away. A memorial service celebrating the life of Carolyn Wood will be held at the United Church of Hinesburg on Saturday, February 28, at 3 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations in Carolyn’s memory be made to the Vermont Respite House at vnacares.org.

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has kicked off a fundraising campaign with SPEEDER & EARL’S COFFEE ROASTERY for a new space that blends caffeinated beverages and creative juices, all in one chill setting. The Pine Street neighbors plan to take down the wall between the coffee shop and SEABA’s art gallery, resulting in a lounge that’s equal parts café and quieter, arty hangout. “It just seemed like a natural fit,” says ADAM BROOKS, executive director of SEABA. He envisions a “work-awayfrom-work scenario” where the public can gather on couches, listen to live music, access Speeder’s free Wi-Fi or hold small meetings. “We want to make it fun, relaxing, artistic and comfortable,” he adds. As Brooks explains, the project will enable Speeder’s to expand its customer capacity and invite more visitors into SEABA’s gallery, particularly in the warmer months. SEABA will maintain its office at 404 Pine and continue to curate exhibits in both the gallery and the café.

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Initially, Brooks says, the lounge will be open only during SEABA’s normal Monday-to-Friday business hours.

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But in the summer and during special events, he says, the lounge could also be open on Saturdays, expanding SEABA’s

role as an information center that refers tourists to South End galleries, studios and businesses. Speeder & Earl’s owner JESSICA WORKMAN says she’s “super-excited” to partner with SEABA on a project that “gives something back” to the community. Since she opened the roastery’s Pine Street location in the summer of 1993, the business has served as a popular spot for students, writers, freelancers and other locals. But Workman admits that her customers generally have to contend with the “chaos” of the café. She envisions the extended space as a “loungier” one where patrons can work on their laptops or converse without disturbance from the noises of commerce and coffee grinders. The existing wall between SEABA and the coffee shop is actually a relatively new development. For most of her 22 years on Pine Street, Workman recalls, a large, barn-like sliding door served as a passage between her business and previous tenants next door. The wall replaced it in the past 10 years, she guesses. According to Workman, the Unsworth family, which owns the building, is

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iddlebury poet KARIN GOTTSHALL is the first to admit that her poems aren’t heavy on cinematic action. “I lack for trains / and painters, whiskey and Sunday mornings. / Horseshoes. Hurricane lamps. Cast-iron pots, / revolvers, and gentle deft hands winding my scarf,” she writes. Winner of the Journal Wheeler Prize from Ohio State University Press, Gottshall tucks that disclaimer at the end of “Eros and the Reader,” from her new collection The River Won’t Hold You. There she also confesses she has “wanted / to live inside a novel more” than inside her own life. Yet, while readers may not find dust-ups, rowdiness, getaways or galloping horses in Gottshall’s second fulllength collection, they will find sewing notions, a doe’s rib, snail shells, laundry lines, radiators, rivers, and the kind of loneliness that imbues these ordinary things with intensity and drama. The River Won’t Hold You is divided into three sections matching (approximately) the phases of a

THE SLIVER I tease it out with tweezers — narrow dagger of glass, tipped with the thin rusty veneer

pierces the heart. For the first time, now, I notice it’s spring: the needles soften on the evergreens

of my blood. The wound bubbles: a small red mouth at my heel. Just when I start to feel

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like a rational human being something like this has to happen — a sharp insertion sending shivers all through me — but the body is a messy instrument with its groping senses and aversions. They say the girl locked in a chamber with only a thin splinter of an opening was entered and impregnated by a blade of light. Children whisper that glass in the bloodstream

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female’s lifespan: girlhood, womanhood, elder years. Though Gottshall writes most of her poems in first person, this is not bald autobiography gussied up in verse. “When I tell you my childhood was wasted / at sea, you should bear in mind / I may be an unreliable narrator,” she writes in “Earthquake.” Then, just to shake readers up a bit more, she continues, “When I say I spent a year / in military school, disguised as a boy, / be skeptical — though in fact I did.” Instead of bearing witness to the facts of the author’s personal history, the reader is privy to something perhaps much more interesting: her inner life. Reading Gottshall’s verse, we feel like privileged eavesdroppers on someone in deep conversation with her imaginary friend. “Was I a person who would / one day reach forty: a question I sometimes asked / the oven,” Gottshall writes in “Parochial.” In another poem, “Vespers,” she reflects, “Would I ever have grand// daughters: a question I sometimes asked the humidifier.”

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supportive of the plan, provided none of furniture — all from South End busithe original brick structure is removed. nesses, Brooks notes. Those funds “Actually, they like the idea of all will also upgrade the air-conditioning their tenants getting along,” Workman system, replace the gallery’s ceiling fans, adds. “For them, it’s a build a small performance headache when they’ve stage in SEABA’s front got a bunch of tenants all window, and increase packed in tight and we security and signage. Yet start looking at each other another item is improving with the googly eye.” the floors, some of which According to Brooks, are still grooved and Speeder’s will sublet the marred from the buildgallery space from SEABA, ing’s original occupant: a “which, of course, helps us brush manufacturer. out financially,” he allows. Brooks emphasizes l oc a l , f r e s h , or i g i na l While he admits that the that the project, which AdAm BROOKS, last four years have been is slated for completion SEABA financially difficult for in May, is contingent the South End nonprofit, on the success of online Brooks insists the motivation for this crowdsourcing. As of press time, the Jacob and Kristin Albee partnership is not primarily monetary. GoFundMe campaign had raised $360. 1076 Williston Road, S. Burlington JacobAlbee.com . 802-540-0401 In those four years, he says, SEABA has 862.6585 41 Maple Street, Burlington, VT Contact: ken@sevendaysvt.com gone from curating exhibits in three Hours BY APPOINTMENT ONLY www.windjammerrestaurant.com local venues to 10, and expanded its membership to about 400, only a quarter of which are South End businesses. INFo 8v-windjammer(wings)022515.indd 1 2/23/15 8V-JacobAlbee021214.indd 10:09 AM 1 2/11/14 Some of the project’s $14,000 price SEABA and Speeder & Earl’s Break down the tag will go to breaking down the wall Wall campaign is at gofundme.com/m4pkek. seaba.com, speederandearls.com and purchasing light fixtures and

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and back. in “Operative,” Gottshall describes herself as a lone secret agent. She brags about her missions “[d]isguised as a shadow… // disguised as a snow squall… // disguised as Aphrodite” until finally, “disguised as a boy, i went / among hunters, put the shot / buck’s tongue back in his mouth, / kissed his eyes closed.” Another of this collection’s joys is Gottshall’s elastic sense of time. “it took me a hundred years / just to learn to thread a needle,” she writes in “mending.” in “The Wasted Years,” she invokes a blurry parade of months “filled with movies, / dreams about Venice, bread and raspberry jam. / A hundred books that drifted by / like laundry blown loose from the line.” The poems progress from evoking childhood spaces to articulating a young woman’s obligations to depicting an old woman passing into an imagined afterlife (“my epitaph: her life was a series of stubbed toes / and tiger

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All these poems convey a prolonged loneliness. Yet this lack of human company — of sibling, best friend or loving lover — allows for the speaker’s rich rapport with appliances, as in the excerpts above. She experiences a similar communion with the disc jockey’s voice in “Rain” (“i turn on the / radio … just to hear him breathe”), and, most significantly, with the page itself, where she writes the thing she needs into being. “Sometimes i say i’m going to meet my sister at the café —” Gottshall confides in “more lies,” “/ even though i have no sister…” it seems that while she waits for the Godot-ish people of her life to show up, Gottshall’s poems arrive, alive and precocious as the younger version of herself she describes in “The Tiger.” “in the hundred // years i was nine i solved ten thousand math problems / but no one asked me what i loved, so i just // unbuckled my shoes each night, alone with it,” she writes. my favorites are those poems that shift from mournful to playful registers

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Karin Gottshall « P.25 cats, the wind fooling around // under her skirt”). In the process, Gottshall offers readers not so much a novelist’s narrative arc as the poetic equivalent of a quiver of arrows, whose flights are each of their fine lines. And she demonstrates that writing where nothing definitively happens can be more intriguing than a narrative stuffed with busy action. Take “Yellow House Poem,” which hauntingly commands readers to “[l]eave undug the backyard… / Leave unglassed the windows where rain / leaks in… there are no children here to soothe.” In advance of Gottshall’s public reading of her contribution to Please Do Not Remove: A Collection Celebrating Vermont Literature and Libraries, a collection edited by Burlington writer angela Palm, Seven Days asked her a few questions. SEVEN DAYS: When you think of your body of work thus far, what is a theme, issue, technique or concern that persists? KARIN GOTTSHALL: I can think of many, but maybe what comes to mind first is

between the self and everything — both material and spiritual — that surrounds it. SD: Is your new collection a departure in any way? KG: I hope I continue to grow in my craft and explore new subjects (or at least go more deeply into the old subjects), but otherwise I’m not sure there is much of a departure here. I seem to nurse the same preoccupations and obsessions that I always have. I do feel like midlife is very fertile territory, and many of the poems in this book address the questions and anxieties that arise when one has reached a point in life where there’s a choice to be made between two possible futures. The book seems to me very much poised on that narrow line.

the largeness and limits of what we call self — the boundaries we have to learn to navigate from a young age, and what happens when those boundaries are violated by force or voluntarily given fluidity. I’m interested in what makes a self distinct, and in poems that run experiments in the transitional space

SD: tell us about your contribution to Please Do Not Remove. KG: [It] came about in a very different way for me than any poem I’ve ever written. I almost missed the deadline for submitting my piece to the project, because shortly after I’d agreed to write it, my mother was diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma. I wrote only one or two poems in 2014 because the year was so

consumed with her illness and death. She passed away in July, and I am still trying to regain my sense of balance. “The Turnery” was written in the surgical ICU at Albany Medical Center. I’d pretty much given up on writing it and had let Angela know I probably wouldn’t have time to write the poem, but somehow, in the midst of all of that sadness and anxiety, I turned to the assignment and ended up feeling so grateful for the focus and structure it gave me. It felt like getting a bit of myself back in the midst of an otherwise very traumatic and depleting experience. J U L I A S H I P L EY

INFo The River Won’t Hold You by Karin Gottshall, Ohio State University Press, 74 pages. $16.95. Karin Gottshall reads as part of an event featuring contributors to the anthology Please Do Not Remove: A Collection Celebrating Vermont Literature and Libraries on Tuesday, March 10, 4:30 p.m., in Special Collections and Archives Room 101 at the Davis Family Library, Middlebury College. nereview.com/ner-vt-reading-series

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SEVEN DAYS: VTrans? Over to you. VTRANS: The state of Vermont has followed the same practices regarding dead roadside critters for nearly a decade. True, there once was a time — long ago — when we did pick up everything from dead skunks to raccoons to deer. VTrans crews and game wardens would scoop up the unfortunate critter, lob it into the back of a truck and cart it to the nearest waste pit,

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I’ve been wondering WTF is going on with the state of Vermont and its sudden lack of a dead-roadside-critter detail. There was once a time when the deceased skunks, raccoons and the like were picked up within hours of a call, if they didn’t find them themselves. Now, even deer seem to be left nearly where they fell. The only exceptions seem to be when there [are] guts everywhere, and even then it’s just pushed to the side of the road. It’s horrifyingly gross. Is this the image we want to convey to tourists? Hell, I’m grossed out and I was raised here ... and I’m an EMT!

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or our last WTF of 2014, back in December, we noted that many of the questions we receive from readers involve roads, and we included a sampling of the inquiries we hadn’t yet looked into. Turns out, peeps over at the Vermont Agency of Transportation had a good time addressing those questions — when they weren’t busy plowing, presumably — and were kind enough to share the answers with us. (Our thanks to public outreach manager Erik Filkorn for compiling them.) We don’t have room for all the elucidations here, so we’ll share the rest in the WTF column of March 11. Let’s start with roadkill. The exact question one inquiring mind posed was this:

where they would throw it in and get back to work. You should stop reading now if you’re really grossed out easily. After many years of this activity, the waste pits, which were usually located on nearby farms or other private property, became chock-full of dead and rotting carnage. The areas attracted scavengers by the boatload, and whatever pieces and parts weren’t consumed by scavengers turned into some sort of rotten, primordial goo whose foul odor could stretch a mile in all directions. Despite [our] using plenty of lime and covering the pits with soil, these pits were gradually closed, as they were deemed unsanitary. We finally got to a point where only a few approved waste sites existed in the entire state. Having a state employee drive a dead raccoon two hours to properly dispose of it was not adding up, and just lobbing the deceased animal over the highway fence into the nearest backyard seemed to be in bad taste. In short, if we pick them up, we have nowhere to put them. We are actively working with the Department of Fish & Wildlife to identify resources and come up with better protocols for dealing with this issue. Their game wardens are also incredibly busy and don’t always have time to focus on dead animals in the road, unless there is a safety issue or it’s a critter that’s not quite dead yet. If said critter does present a clear road hazard, we push the carcass off to the side. We all recognize how disturbing it is to see these animals on the road, but at the moment, the crows and the turkey vultures are the most effective disposal team available to us. In the meantime, perhaps we can deputize some volunteer EMTs — ones who don’t get queasy at the sight of guts — to help us keep our highways cleaned up.

SD: Here’s a question from a reader with a long memory: What happened to the signs marking the highest elevation on Interstate 89 in Vermont (i.e., evidence that you had moved from the Connecticut River watershed to Lake Champlain’s, or vice versa)? They were in Brookfield, but I haven’t seen them in at least a decade. VTRANS: It was easily more than a decade ago that the signs were removed due to their age, but as to why they weren’t replaced, probably the best evidence is in the current edition of the [federal] Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), which is pretty much the oracle of all knowledge on what goes where when it comes to marking a road. MUTCD says, “Miscellaneous guide signs should not be installed unless there are specific reasons for orienting the road users or identifying control points for activities that are clearly in the public interest.” While we think everyone should have a handle on what watershed they’re in, it’s just not essential to navigation. SD: And finally: Between mile markers 67.0 and 68.0, there used to be some green, vertical, shutter-like boards standing up in a (mile-long) row between the northbound lane of I-89 and Route 2. I believe their purpose was to block headlight brightness from one road to the other; they certainly performed that task splendidly. These barriers are all gone now. WTF? VTRANS: Those big green things were called “glare barriers,” and, while they helped I-89 and [Route] 2 motorists stay out of each other’s headlights, they [were] not getting along well with the snow plows and were constantly breaking off. When we replaced the concrete median barrier along that stretch of I-89 about 10 years ago, we got permission from the Federal Highway Administration to try a different approach to the nearby glare barrier. The salt-resistant plantings there now seem to be doing just fine. Sometimes all you need is shrubbery.

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With these outsize examples on display, it’s perhaps understandable that many people wondering why they’re so unhappy will conclude: Because I’m so goddamn smart, that’s why. The most brilliant among us, it’s regularly suggested, are uniquely doomed to comprehend the limitless expanse of the universe, and, as a result, to confront our own inconsequential place within it. This has loosely been termed existential depression and is supposed to be especially bad among bright kids, whose advocates may propose they need a regimen of “prescribed hugs.” I’m certainly not cranky enough to come out against hugging children. Empirically speaking, though, there isn’t much here. Research over the last 50 years has demonstrated no positive link between intelligence and being depressed or

schizophrenic, and has often suggested the reverse. A 1998 collection of surveys from 11 countries found educational attainment and intelligence correlated with marginally happier populations. A 1956 study of former U.S. soldiers found no relationship between scores on intelligence tests at induction and later psychiatric health. Danish research from 2011 found that both depressed and bipolar patients had, before the onset of their illness, slightly lower average IQ scores than the healthy control population. A 2004 survey of data for 50,000 Swedish subjects reported that low IQ was associated with greater risk of severe depression and schizophrenia; subjects with average IQ scores were more likely to later become schizophrenic than those with high scores. Other research has suggested that kids’ intelligence isn’t a particularly strong predictive factor when it comes to adolescent depression at least: more meaningful, statistically,

Studies of creativity and mental health haven’t been terribly consistent, which is possibly unsurprising given how inherently difficult the trait is to define. In 2011, for instance, a group of Swedish researchers reported that patients with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder (as well as their healthy siblings) were overrepresented among people with creative jobs. But a later study by the same group, using a much larger data set, found that those in creative professions, with one exception, weren’t particularly likely to suffer from psychiatric illness. The exception? Writers. The Swedish group found that being an author was associated with increased likelihood of depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, bipolarity, substance abuse and suicide. Earlier studies had drawn similar conclusions but relied on very small sample sizes and lots of self-reporting. Then again, in that study connecting good grades with bipolar disorder, the two subjects that showed a particularly strong link were Swedish and music, which to the researchers supported ongoing suspicions about bipolarity and creativity. To my fellow writers, and I suppose to all those creativeminded Swedes out there, all I can say is: Keep it together as best you can, and we’ll hold out for further data.

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ou’re being too negative, Marcos. Much as the dim might prefer to believe otherwise, research has generally suggested that intelligence correlates, if only mildly, with greater happiness — the tortured-genius meme is without statistical foundation. Almost. Historically, evidence for this alleged phenomenon has been overwhelmingly anecdotal, cemented in the popular consciousness by a steady stream of Oscar-bait biopics. Thanks to A Beautiful Mind, it’s easy to picture the schizophrenic John Nash arguing with his nonexistent roommate; if The Imitation Game is anything to go by, Alan Turing was depressed well before he had extremely good reason to be (read: involuntary chemical castration).

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I consider myself a smart person, but why are smart people so negative? We constantly ask, “What’s the point? Why are we here?” — questions with pretty depressing answers, if you ask me. The average joe doesn’t feel bad about much — he just thinks, “Thank God it’s Friday! And thank God for bacon!” Can intelligence cause depression? Nietzsche was obviously a brilliant but bitter person, and we can also include Mozart, Newton, Tesla, etc., as guys who didn’t lead very pleasant lives despite their intelligence. Surely this isn’t all a coincidence?

are family history of affective illness, experience of parental loss and, worryingly, simply being a girl. (Does this result from a growing awareness of oppressive social constructs? Despondence over the inability to pee standing up? More research is clearly needed.) If there’s a blip on the radar, it’s bipolar disorder. Shrinks have suspected a connection between IQ and bipolarity for some time, but the data hasn’t really been there. In 2005, though, a Finnish study reported that high math scores on IQ tests in early adulthood correlated with later diagnosis as bipolar, and a recent largescale study of Swedish records found that kids with excellent high school grades were much more likely to be diagnosed as bipolar in adulthood. There’s also the supposed link between creativity and craziness. Intuitively this one seems believable: The story of Van Gogh cutting off his ear to give to a prostitute was my own teenage standard for the ultimate tortured-artist response to girl trouble. Evidence has since surfaced, though, suggesting Van Gogh might actually have lost the ear in a fight with his sword-wielding pal Paul Gauguin, whom he may have been a little too into. Romance or bromance, love’s a bitch.

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which she calls expensive and largely ineffective. The committee has heard testimony from the American Civil Liberties Union, which says that such laws run afoul of the First Amendment by criminalizing speech that is vile but protected. The law could also have unintended censorial consequences, such as indictment for “display or disclosure” if a reporter linked a story on revenge porn to a revenge-porn site. So if there are already civil procedures that would get the photos off the web and hold the offender accountable, Rachelson said, Vermont may not even need this new law. There are — and it doesn’t. A victim can sue for unauthorized public disclosure of private information, infliction of emotional distress or defamation. Cyberstalking law might protect her. In addition, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act compels copyright violators to remove stolen content. University of Arizona law professor Derek E. Bambauer proposes making the subject of “intimate media” collaboration a copyright holder, rather than just the person who held the camera. Of course, a lawsuit may nab the offender long after his poison has been sprayed indelibly over the internet. And federal law exempts the sprayers — websites — from liability for illicit thirdparty postings. Still, it allows the FBI to take down a porn site that, say, fails to confirm the models’ ages. And if a site owner demands payment for removing a photo — as these scumbags do — that’s extortion. As for more distant collaborators, like the employers who fire a worker whose picture turns up online, they can be sued for sex discrimination. But, let’s face it, life online can be nasty and risky. Anonymity fosters noxious speech; virality abets hysteria. For convenience, visibility and connection, we risk privacy and security. Every day we type our credit card numbers onto the screen, give out our mothers’ maiden names and the last digits of our Social Security numbers. Sex is no different. Revenge-porn artists don’t depend on women’s naïveté for their operations. It is doubtful that,

as Rachelson told me, “a lot of women think they are in control of where their images go on the internet.” In one Pew Research Center poll, large majorities said they felt their personal information is not secure when they use social media, text or communicate by email. We transmit digital sexual self-portraits in spite of the known risks because texts and selfies are part of the lingua franca of erotic communication, as they are of all communication. This doesn’t excuse revenge porn. It just makes it, sadly, ordinary. However, like all sexual and cyber perils — such as the purported armies of online child molesters and child pornographers, or the craigslist “sex traffickers” (who turn out to be adult sex workers, advertising) — this one is typically represented as huge and growing. Revenge porn is “an epidemic that has only begun to be addressed,” writes the web-based Women Against Revenge Porn. “The internet provides a staggering means of amplification, extending the reach of content in unimaginable ways,” write University of Miami Law School associate professor Mary Anne Franks and University of Maryland law professor Danielle Keats Citron in a law review article. If victims don’t show up — no constituent asked for Vermont’s law — it’s because they are hiding, this logic goes. “The world will not recognize the true nature and vastness of this issue until its victims and those closest to them begin to speak up,” proclaims End Revenge Porn (ERP), a project — the only project, it seems — of the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative (CCRI), on whose board Franks and Citron serve. This purported vastness is “substantiated” by dicey statistics — a survey of women aggrieved enough to visit ERP’s site, or the parsing of 2009 U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics data to conclude

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woman sends a naked selfie to a man. She poses for him or they make a sex tape. It’s fun, it’s hot; it feels transgressive but also safe, because they trust each other to keep it confidential. Until she leaves him. Then he’s pissed. Really pissed. Pissed enough to send that selfie to a porn site, maybe adding her phone number and an invitation to solicit her sexual services. She starts getting texts from horny strangers. Employers, school admissions committees or voters google her. And unless she’s applying for a job as a porn star, that image of her spread labia does not improve her résumé. The woman feels not only betrayed but also frustrated and fearful. “Revenge porn” — the nonconsensual dissemination of someone’s nude or sexually explicit photograph or videotape — is high school hallway slut shaming magnified and immortalized by cybertechnology. It reminds women that while the internet can loosen gender constraints, it can also reinforce them. A study of teenage sexting, for instance, found that while boys and girls sent explicit pictures in about equal numbers, boys forwarded them more. Revenge porn is overwhelmingly a man-onwoman crime. So it’s not hard to understand why the House Committee on Judiciary is introducing a bill to add Vermont to the 16 states that have outlawed revenge porn. H.105 amends Vermont’s voyeurism statute to “create criminal sanctions and civil remedies for the display or disclosure of sexually explicit images without the subject’s knowledge or consent.” The penalty is two to five years in prison, fines of $1,000 to $5,000 or both. The victim may also seek civil damages. That length of incarceration makes the offense a felony, which carries with it the economic and social disadvantages wrought by a criminal record. As a sex crime, a revenge-porn conviction could trigger registration as a sex offender. Lead sponsor Barbara Rachelson (D-Burlington) told me the bill is a work in progress. She’s not certain if the punishment outweighs the crime, and isn’t keen on incarceration anyway,

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In reality, as more of us compete for attention on the web, the best most of us can hope for is fleeting “micro-celebrity” — or, in this case, micro-notoriety. But in the revenge-porn stories, the photos never sink to the search engine’s depths; the trolls never move on. Most pernicious — not least because it trivializes corporeal violence, the kind you cannot escape by turning off your computer — is revenge-porn rhetoric’s conflation of speech with violence. ERP calls it “cyber rape.” A cosponsor of Illinois’ new law criminalizing revenge porn told the Huffington Post, “We believe it is a form of sexual assault.” The law, which imposes sentences of one to three years and fines up to $25,000, is considered the toughest yet. It was crafted with the help of CCRI, which also sent Franks to Vermont to testify. In terms of incarceration, Vermont’s bill is tougher. Why not use the civil statute we’ve got to go after people who abuse the internet to avenge their hurt pride? What makes revenge porn different from, say, identity theft? I asked Rachelson. “In some ways, it isn’t different,” she replied. “But one way is how our society views sex. If somebody steals your Social Security number, you may feel embarrassed, but there’s not that same kind of shame.” So shaming is felonious? I don’t want to minimize the hurt this behavior can inflict. But enforcing revenge-porn law would require excessive surveillance of sexual speech online, curtailing everyone’s freedom. Creating a new felony sex offense will put more guys in prison, and then on the registry. This will not help them become more gracious ex-lovers. The most frequently suggested temporary solution is to stop sexting, or to send your dirty Valentines on paper. Such recommendations are like trying to prevent teen pregnancy by preaching abstinence. But there is a way to foil the revengeporn artists, without the assistance of prosecutor or personal injury lawyer. Resist shame. Online sex has made us bolder and less self-conscious. Those photos once expressed affection and bodily pride. These bastards should not be given the satisfaction of making them ugly. Shame only works if its object capitulates to feeling humiliated. If women refuse, the avenger loses his most powerful weapon.

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steady stream of male athletes files into the third-floor meeting room of the Dion Family Student Center at Saint Michael’s College. They greet each other with the usual bro hellos of college teammates. But the fist bumps, shoulder slaps and man hugs can’t hide the fact that none of these guys looks psyched to be here. Technically, they don’t have to be. The hourlong evening presentation — titled “How to Help a Sexual Assault Survivor: What Men Can Do” — isn’t mandatory for the 200 athletes who compete on St. Mike’s 11 men’s varsity teams. But director of Student Life Outreach and assistant dean of students Catherine Welch admits that their coaches “strongly encouraged” them to attend. As the men fill the seats, their body language — ball caps pulled low, legs outstretched, arms crossed — suggests they’re not sure what’s in store. These guys may have good reason to be wary. Even before Rolling Stone published “A Rape on Campus” — the November 19 report on an alleged gang rape at the University of Virginia whose veracity has since been challenged — colleges and universities have been under intense pressure from the feds to do a better job of investigating and preventing campus sexual assaults. The 2013 Campus Sexual Violence Elimination (SaVE) Act requires all higher-ed institutions to provide ongoing awareness and prevention training to students and staff. Many schools are only now starting to focus their attention on those campus centers of hypermasculinity where rape culture is said to thrive — notably, fraternities and male sports programs. But that’s not why Dave Landers, St. Mike’s faculty rep to the National Collegiate Athletic Association, asked his players to attend this presentation. (None of these athletes, he emphasizes, has been accused of sexual misconduct.) Landers, who’s also a professor of psychology and gender studies, explains that he was troubled last fall by the steady barrage of news reports about NFL players accused of abusing their wives, girlfriends and kids. Landers was equally disturbed by the narrative underlying many of those stories. As he puts it, they were “painting all male athletes with the same broad brush” — suggesting, in short, that if you’re a man who plays competitive sports, then you’re likely to punch your pregnant girlfriend or beat your kids with a stick. “I’ve worked with male athletes at St. Mike’s for 32 years, and I know that’s not true,” Landers tells the guys in the room. “I know most rapists are men. I also know that most men are not rapists.” For advice, Landers called his friend Keith Smith, the men’s outreach coordinator at the University of Vermont. Smith has spent eight years counseling primarily male students, including ones who were going through sexual-misconduct hearings. He promotes an antiviolence message that he says he struggles to get heard by the young male students who need it most. As Smith puts it, “We live in a culture that does not educate its young men about appropriate and inappropriate behavior, and then we’re surprised when these horrible things happen.”

Contacted by Landers, Smith jumped at the opportunity to work with a large group of men at St. Mike’s — and he had just the program to do it. The eight men standing at the front of the room in matching blue polo shirts make it clear from the get-go that they’re not here to shame or blame anyone. They’re college students who belong to UVM’s chapter of One in Four, a national nonprofit aimed at reducing sexual violence. One in Four, which has chapters on 14 other college campuses, gets its name from a Department of Justice study of college women that found one in every four has survived a rape or attempted rape at some point in her life. Founded in 1993 by Oklahoma State University professor John Foubert, the organization produces training materials for men and women that have been statistically shown to reduce the incidence of rape and “sexually coercive acts” by as much as 40 percent. In the fall of 2013, Foubert visited UVM and spent 15 hours training 10 male presenters. UVM’s One in Four group begins with a brief overview of the program, which includes legal definitions of rape and consent. Next, they dim the lights for the program’s most difficult, and viscerally effective, component: a 15minute law-enforcement training video in which a male

police officer recounts, in graphic detail, the experience of being raped at gunpoint by two assailants. The officer walks viewers through both the rape and its aftermath, including the medical exam at the hospital and the reaction days later from fellow officers, some of whom questioned whether he was truly raped. As the lights come up, it feels as though all the oxygen has been sucked out of the room. Finally, Taylor Ducharme, a UVM senior studying mechanical engineering, breaks the silence. “We’ve all seen this countless times,” he says, referring to his fellow presenters, “and it doesn’t get any easier.” Standing beside Ducharme is Michael Hill, a 2007 St. Mike’s graduate and former rugby player who’s now earning a master’s in social work at UVM. Hill walks the audience through the parallels between the male cop’s experiences and those of a typical female rape victim. They include the sudden loss of control; the natural instinct to freeze up and play for time when threatened; the humiliation of repeatedly having to tell the story to strangers; the creeping fear of having contracted a sexually transmitted infection; the pain and shame of the rape exam; and the final insult of having one’s actions second-guessed by trusted friends and colleagues. “‘Why didn’t you fight back? Why didn’t you run away or kick them in the balls? Are you sure this was rape and not something you wanted?’” Hill asks rhetorically.

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the legal definition of rape it presents — “sexual intercourse with someone who does not or cannot agree to it” — is much narrower than the corresponding definition under Vermont law. (Foubert, who scripted the program, explains in a later interview that each chapter can apply the definition appropriate to its own state.) The delivery also needs polishing. At times, the UVM presenters seem to be reading from a script, as though they’re as uncomfortable talking about the material as their audience is hearing it. Their strongest moments come when they speak from the heart, using their own words. “We fully understand that what we’re asking you to do is hard,” Raso tells the audience at one point. “It’s really hard to be that guy who calls out his friends for their language. You’re gonna get shit for it, and it’s gonna suck. Doing what’s right isn’t easy. But this is how progress is made.” For his part, UVM’s Smith commends the One in Four volunteers because, he says, he knows firsthand just how hard it is to get other men to pay attention to these issues. A few years ago, he sponsored an event called “Sex, Hooking Up SmI th and Consent,” where students were invited to talk about hookup culture, drugs and sexual assault. Nearly all of the attendees were women. As Smith puts it, “That tells you everything you need to know.” Foubert, who created the national One in Four program, admits he faces similar resistance when he tries to get it adopted on other campuses. Why? College administrators don’t want to acknowledge that rape is a problem on their campus, he says. Foubert used to approach high schools about the program, too, but eventually he gave up: “I got tired of hearing people say no.” While the resistance to programs such as One in Four may be strong, advocates maintain that we can’t solve the problem of campus rape without them. “If you want to address these issues, then you have to go to the source, and the source is men,” Smith says. “If you don’t address them directly, how do you think anything is ever going to change?” m

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“These are the type of questions female rape victims get all the time.” In the next part of their presentation, the One in Four reps return to somewhat easier terrain: offering the men advice on how to react if a friend tells them she’s been raped. That advice includes suggesting she seek medical help for STI testing and evidence gathering — but also respecting her decision if she declines. Nick Raso, a UVM sophomore studying secondary education, offers some of the best advice of the night: Talk less, listen more and resist your natural urge to go after the rapist. “This is the worst thing you can do for your friend,” he elaborates on the last point. “Think about it: Whose needs are you looking out for in this moment — yours or hers? She’s just dealt with a violent man. The last thing she needs right now is to try to calm down another violent man, a man she trusted enough to come to with her story.” The last section of the presentation focuses on understanding consent and how to intervene in situations where drugs and alcohol intersect with sexually predatory behavior. The audience hears suggestions KEIth for preventing someone from taking advantage of a woman too intoxicated to consent or resist, including calling her friends and refusing to leave her alone. The athletes also get schooled on the impact of men’s misogynistic language. That includes casual misuse of the word “rape” to describe any unpleasant experience, such failing a hard test or losing a big game. “When we use ‘rape’ in this manner, we suck away its essence, we belittle it, we take away the significance of that horrific, terrible, life-changing experience,” Hill says. “And then when the word is used for what it really means, no one really listens.” At the end of the night, the One in Four group asks if anyone has questions. No one does. The St. Mike’s students look almost shell-shocked by their experience. Outside, a group of students (none of whom wishes to be identified) offer their assessment of the program. “Heavy,” says one, as his friends all nod in agreement. “Informative, though.” “You don’t know how you’ll respond until you’re in that position,” another says. “I hope I’d respond the right way.” “Honestly, I hope I’m not in that situation,” says a third student. “But statistics say you probably will,” the first friend adds. UVM’s One in Four presentation still seems like a work in progress. Notably,

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App-y Endings Spying on student mating rituals via Yik Yak B Y CAT HY R ESMER

or many full-time students living away from home, the college years are a time of extremes and experimentation. Or so it appears to observers on Yik Yak, a mobile messaging app that’s captivated college students nationwide in the past year. The free smartphone app, launched in 2013, lets people post short messages called “yaks.” Anyone within a 10-mile radius can see, rate, share and comment on these communications. But, unlike Facebook and Instagram, Yik Yak keeps users anonymous. That makes it attractive to smartphonetoting teens and twentysomethings eager to share their hopes, fears, witticisms and sexy talk with an audience without shame. You’ll never know who said, “I haven’t manscaped in so long my pubes are dredded.” Probably just as well. I first read about Yik Yak in January in the New York Times. A parent had written an essay on the Motherlode blog about using the app to see what kids were saying at her son’s school.

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The article inspired me to check out my own local Yik Yak scene, which promised to be lively. College students are around me all day long, both at home in Winooski and at work in Burlington. I wondered what they were yakking about. So I downloaded the app and added its cute, cartoony yak icon to my phone’s home screen. I’m not part of Yik Yak’s target demographic; I went to college during the first Clinton administration, before most of today’s undergraduates were even born. But for six weeks, I checked Yik Yak at all hours of the day and night to see what I could learn about the contemporary college experience. One of my takeaways: It’s no coincidence that the animal representing this app is horny. Here’s how it works. Yaks appear in a vertical feed in the order in which they were posted. Users can scroll through the most recent 100 or so yaks and “up vote” or “down vote” them using arrows embedded in the messages. You can also respond with a comment — if you’re local. Anyone can search and read yaks posted elsewhere, but only users within the 10-mile range can interact with them.

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Yaks with five down votes disappear from the stream, a feature that allows communities to self-police. Yaks with the most up votes get added to a “hot” feed, which shows a few of the most popular yaks in the area. That spotlight reveals what’s trending locally and gives the “best” yaks a longer shelf life, especially when there’s a lot of yak-tivity on the feed. Students at the University of Vermont appear to dominate my local yak feed. That anecdotal impression is impossible to verify, but UVM references are common, and the students I spoke with for this article confirmed that they and their friends use the app. Last fall, “It was like everyone was constantly checking it,” said freshman Eliza Giles of Shelburne. A September 30 article in the campus paper, the Vermont Cynic, documents what it calls “Yik Yak’s takeover of UVM,” though Giles said she and her friends use the app less now that they’ve adapted to campus life.

I just want someone who will cover me in REAL syrup and treat me like the disobedient pancake I am. Champlain College students use Yik Yak “a fair amount,” too, said Nichole Magoon, the college’s digital community manager, who also sees students using anonymous sites such as the Facebook page Champlain Confessions. But yaks about nearby Saint Michael’s College are conspicuously absent from my feed. That’s because the Catholic college is among the schools that have banned the app; St. Mike’s students can’t access Yik Yak using the campus network. In an email, college president Jack Neuhauser explained the rationale behind the decision. “We decided, as did many other colleges, that the anonymity of the communication within Yik Yak presented the potential for harm to members of our community, including cyberbullying,”

he wrote. “This potential harm far outweighed any benefits we could foresee.” Norwich University in Northfield made national headlines last fall when it announced it was banning Yik Yak for the same reason. Many high schools have also taken that step. Their fears aren’t baseless: Racist yaks prompted student protests at Colgate University in New York, an incident documented in a January episode of the podcast “Reply All.” But such concerns haven’t stopped most Vermont colleges from letting Yik Yak flourish. My feed is full of messages about classes, dorm life, Sodexo food, bodily functions, stress and roommate drama. Fewer drug-related yaks appear now than when I first started checking.

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dance team, the dean’s list, the Alpha Chi Omega sorority and the Panhellenic board governing Greek organizations, Williams is the kind of responsible student who directs yakkers posting cries for help to campus mental health services. She also flags racist yaks — I watched her report one that appeared while we were talking. Williams prefers the wholesome posts, such as “‘Slippers, Netflix and warm cookies — best night ever.’ Those are my favorite yaks,” she said. But those aren’t as much fun to read. Here are a few of the other kind. m

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Maybe students eventually realize that, while their messages are anonymous, the smartphones from which they post them can be tracked. Not surprisingly, sex and relationships are popular topics. Yakkers ask embarrassing questions, obsess over breakups, brag about sexual exploits and sometimes try to hook up. For this Sex Issue, I asked Seven Days designer Aaron Shrewsbury to illustrate a few of the most memorable salacious yaks I’ve read over the past two months. All of these come from my screenshots, except for the one about the “disobedient pancake.” That one is courtesy of Seven Days intern Audrey Williams, a junior at UVM who took a screenshot of it last fall. The New Jersey native confirmed that she and her roommates are “really attached” to Yik Yak. A member of the

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year or so ago, Rebecca Croteau “weirded out some friends,” she recalls, when she brought her laptop to a Super Bowl party. “I was in the corner, writing away. They were like, ‘What are you writing?’ And I was like, ‘porn.’ ‘No, really, what are you writing?’ And I was like, ‘porn.’ And they were like, ‘What, right now?’” “And then I got kind of annoying and feminist about it,” says the Colchester mom of two, laughing. “Like, ‘If I ask you point blank, everybody here is gonna say they believe a woman has the right to orgasm and sexual fulfillment. So if you’re going to be embarrassed about this, yeah, I’m gonna get in your face about it!’” The past few weeks have brought us scads of media commentaries inspired by the release of the hit film version of E.L. James’ Fifty Shades of Grey. Many take a tone that suggests their authors are still “embarrassed” — if not mortified — by the phenomenon of women reading and writing about sex. And yet, while James may have increased the presence of whips and chains on the page, that phenomenon was far from her invention. Romance tends to outsell other fiction genres, and today’s romances typically (though not always) contain some degree of “heat” or “steaminess” — that is, sex described without demure euphemisms. Furthermore, the rise of e-commerce and e-readers has made it far easier to consume and sell such books, and to market them to niche audiences in search of particular erotic flavors. In short, the market for sexy romance is booming — largely because women want it. Croteau, 35, knows all about that. In the past year, she’s ghostwritten 12 books for clients seeking erotic fiction — and made more money in the process than she could with freelance blogging gigs, she says. She’s also released a novella with digital publisher Ellora’s Cave and has stories forthcoming in various anthologies, along with a small-press novel. (She chose to use her pen name for this article.) When she meets with Seven Days at a downtown Burlington café, Croteau has

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a subtle dyed streak in her hair and an easy laugh. Well versed in comic-book culture, she compliments the young man at the next table on his American Sign Language T-shirt — an in-the-know reference to Marvel’s Hawkeye character. After she left her corporate job because of childcare issues, Croteau relates, she searched for freelance writing work on the networking platform oDesk. She “found that there were a number of people looking to have someone write an erotica story or a romance story for them. I thought, I used to write it for fanfic [fan fiction]; might as well,” she recalls, “and found that there’s something really fun about writing about sex.” Fan fiction, or stories penned by fans about their favorite literary, film or TV characters, has developed in parallel to online erotica, with many writers producing both. (An erotic component is common in such stories, though not universal.) Intellectual property law keeps fanfic out of commercial circulation, but recent years have seen more writers altering their popular stories to sell them legally as original work. Thus, with changes of name and place, a free online BDSM reimagining of Twilight became the mega-best-selling Fifty Shades of Grey. For further evidence that online titillation is going mainstream, look only at Simon & Schuster’s recent six-figure acquisition of Anna Todd’s After, a college romance series that started its life as an erotic epic about Harry Styles of the boy band One Direction. Croteau calls fan fiction a “fantastic writing exercise.” But her early ghostwriting brought some exercises of a less welcome kind. “Especially with the stories that were, like, tentacle monsters and body switching,” she says, referring to anime-inspired kinks you may not want to google at work. Some of her early clients, Croteau says, seemed less than professional. “Somebody asked me at one point, ‘Do you think you’re just writing it for their spank bank?’ And I was like, ‘I don’t really want to know.’” Now, however, Croteau has a single client who “turns what I write around, repackages it under a different pen name and sells it on Amazon.” She makes approximately $200 per 10,000 words, and

getting-to-know-you banter in a way unimaginable in, say, a Penthouse letter. Oh, and they use a condom. The safe-sex issue, Croteau says, is one of the biggest controversies in romance. “If you ever want to break the internet, go on Twitter and say, ‘Romance writers, do stories need to have safe sex?’”

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Croteau is pro, at least for stories with contemporary, real-world settings: “Maybe it’s because I’m a mom,” she says. As for whether condoms harsh the buzz, “I don’t think you need [the characters] to sit there and have a 20-page conversation about it,” she says. “One line takes care of it, and you move on.” Is it hard to keep coming up with new ways to describe sex? “There are times when some of my fantasy life gets actively transcribed onto the page,” Croteau says. “I’ve also been known to text a friend and be like, ‘OK, I’m out of ideas; what do these two do right now?’ And she’s like, ‘Blow job in the shower.’ And I’m like, ‘OK, blow job in the shower

it is!’” Even Cosmopolitan articles on sex breakfast & lunch • pastries • espresso positions can serve as inspiration. tarts sweet & savory • coﬀee & tea • breads sandwiches • soups • seasonal oﬀerings Croteau uses a pen name for her holiday desserts • breads & treats erotica because “I’ve got two little kids,” she says. But in general, she’s handcrafted artisan pastries baked fresh daily. “not super-secretive about it. I post some stuff on Facebook. Most of my OPEN DAILY • 7 AM-3 PM friends know. I don’t have much in the 197 NORTH WINOOSKI AVE. BURLINGTON way of filters.” 863-8278 • VISIT US ON FACEBOOK! She plans to wait until her kids are “a good bit older” to tell them what she’s writing. But sometimes, says 12v-Barrio022515-cafe.indd 1 2/23/15 Croteau — who has also freelanced as a parenting blogger — her two lives collide in comic ways. “The part [of writing erotica] nobody thinks about is that, when you have little kids at home, you’re sitting there trying to write, you know, They grasp each other passionately, as the 2-year-old’s like, ‘Mommy, can I have a banana?’ And you’re like, ‘She grasped his banana — no, wait. That’s not right!’” Of course, much of the appeal of romance, erotic or not, is that it transports readers out of their mundane reality. And that’s why Croteau doesn’t like to slam Fifty Shades of Grey, even though she describes the books as “not my cup of tea” and says she wishes everybody would just “shut up about it.” “I don’t know anybody who looked at Fifty Shades of Grey and said, ‘I want a relationship just like this,’” she says, referring to critics who’ve character2v-stowetheatreguild022515.indd 1 2/23/15 ized James’ hero’s aggressive pursuit of the naive heroine as abusive. “It’s a fantasy! It’s pretend, and you’re allowed to want things in fantasy that you don’t get to have in real life because they’re not sane or safe or healthy.” For instance, she suggests, she might fantasize about marrying a rock star, while knowing the experience would be a lot less fun in reality. And when she meets fans of Fifty Shades who haven’t dipped any deeper into the erotica pool, Croteau says, she simply tells them, “That’s fantastic; I’m so glad you liked that! Let me tell you about this other book you’re gonna love.”

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can turn out 25,000 words “in a good week … not amazing money, but it pays for the groceries, at least,” she says with a laugh. On her website, Croteau lists her “wills and won’ts” for potential erotica ghostwriting clients. She won’t write about nonconsensual sex or anything illegal. She will write about “bodily functions (scat, golden showers, erotic lactation),” but prefers not to. Necrophilia is not OK — unless the dead partner is a vampire. Most erotica publishers observe similar restrictions, she says, though “you can find somebody to publish just about everything.” You just may not find the more taboo-challenging works on Amazon. In the past year, Croteau says, the e-commerce giant has been experiencing a “push to clean up the site, because they were getting a lot of criticism from people who go on and search ‘My Little Pony’ and suddenly find two pages of ‘My Little Pony’ erotica. Which,” she adds wryly, “is not what you want when you’re sitting down with your 6-year-old to find a Halloween costume.” While some writers draw strong distinctions among romance, erotica and pornography, Croteau quips that erotica is “porn with its fancy clothes on.” Part of what she likes about the genre, she says, is the variety: “Erotica’s come a long way from the ’80s and the Harlequin romances that we all stole from our moms. It can be really sweet and sexy. It can be brutal and hot. It can be both at the same time.” But to appeal to the ravenous romance readership, she emphasizes, even the darkest erotic stories must have happy endings — and no, not ( just) in that sense. Croteau’s novella Sweet Mistake — published under her pen name — is firmly in the “sweet and sexy” category. Its heroine is a young woman who’s good with a fuse box, less so with a standup mixer. Determined to make perfect cinnamon rolls for a family occasion, she gets help from a local butcher who also happens to be a baker — and smoking hot. The two eventually get something cookin’, with no details spared. But they don’t do so until the end of the story, which highlights their cute

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n Halloween eve in downtown Barre, as merchants handed out candy to costumed children, Kat Collins gave away condoms to adults. She was dressed up as “kind of a glamorous witch,” she tells me in a recent interview. And her treat carried a bit of a trick: a message from the Center for Biological Diversity to have fewer kids and save the animals. The conservation organization, based in Tucson, Ariz., advocates for endangered species, from the dwarf seahorse to the giant polar bear. It concocted the condom campaign as a way to preach about population control. Collins, 59, who supports many animal-welfare causes and returned to her native Barre from Boston almost six years ago, saw a news posting about the condom campaign last fall on the CBD’s website. She signed up as a volunteer distributor. “It’s a massive, massive crisis,” she says. “The human population — we have ruined everything on this planet, and we still haven’t corrected ourselves. We are consuming everything we can. We are polluting everything we can.” Each package of two LifeStyles brand ultra-lubricated condoms comes in a cardboard wrapper with a speciesappropriate slogan: “In the sack? Save the Leatherback [sea turtle].” “Cover your tweedle. Save the burying beetle.” “Don’t go bare. Panthers are rare.” The artwork and the clever, colorful packaging clinch the appeal, Collins says. Because of the lighthearted approach, she has met with little hostility during her distributions. “The packaging is so brilliant on this,” she says. “It’s fun. It’s happy.” During her first distribution effort — that Halloween in Barre — Collins gave away about 150 packets. Everyone responded with enthusiasm or at least civility, she says, even a city official who took one of the samples. He told her, “This is a great way to do it,” Collins recalls. On New Year’s Day, Collins passed out condoms on Church Street in downtown Burlington. Many college students laughed when they saw the messages and voiced their approval: “Oh, this is great!” she relates. It was on the Marketplace, though, that Collins encountered

her sole negative response to date. A man walking alone took the condoms, which were accompanied by Collins’ cheery greeting: “Happy New Year from the Endangered Species Coalition.” After a glance at the petite packages, she recalls, the man stopped and burst out, “Are you serious with this crap?” He threw the condoms on the ground. Collins picked them up and gave them to the next passerby. Detractors doled out much worse in Boston, Collins says, when she protested the mistreatment of elephants

by the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus. That’s one of various animal-welfare actions in which Collins has participated; she also assisted in efforts to shut down the Bushway Packing slaughterhouse in Grand Isle in late 2009. For the CBD, Collins says, she disseminates only the prophylactic, not the platform. She simply tells passersby, “Happy Halloween” or “Happy New Year,” citing the endangered-species affiliation as she hands over the packet. “It’s not coming from the aspect of ‘Stop having kids,’” she says. “It comes

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from the aspect of ‘Look what we’re doing to the planet.’” With 7.2 billion humans on Earth and one more being born every eight seconds, according to the U.S. Census world-population clock, people are crowding out wildlife, taking over animal habitats and resources. “Some species are already extinct,” Collins says. “They’re not going to come back. Others are right on the brink. And it’s all because of humans.” But is a condom wrapper the most effective way to deliver a protect-theanimals plea? In the throes of passion, isn’t it a mood killer to think about the extinction of the poor little snowy plover or the beautiful jaguar? Stephanie Feldstein, CBD’s population and sustainability director, says the group has no real measure for the success of its campaign; there’s no way to tally the number of births avoided by lovers’ use of the rubbers. But she believes the condoms contribute to important intercourse of a different kind: discussion. By being “a little bit surprising and unexpected,” Feldstein suggests, they draw attention to the population problem and raise awareness of related concerns, such as women’s reproductive rights and access to contraception. Media outlets have covered the CBD’s crusade, including the Washington Post, which included it in a July report on World Population Day. Condom circulation has generated flurries of attention on social media, Feldstein says. And some volunteers have made videos, which the organization posts online, showing funny interactions on the street. That’s helpful publicity for a topic that many environmental groups, including the CBD, let fall “off the radar” in recent years, Feldstein says. “I think there’s a misconception, especially in the U.S., that we’ve solved the problem.” Collins is among about 50,000 volunteers who hand out Endangered Species Condoms across the United States. Distribution is timed for events such as Earth Day, when the center has spread as many as 40,000 sheaths, and holidays such as Valentine’s Day and even Christmas. “Between stocking stuffers and New Year’s Eve parties, it’s a great time of

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year for people to hand out condoms and use them as a conversation starter,” Feldstein says. Occasionally that conversation starts with a misunderstanding. Take my own first encounter with the campaign — a few weeks before Christmas, when I ran into some of Collins’ fellow volunteers on Church Street while walking my dog. I heard them say something about endangered species before handing me a small, rectangular package. A fan of Endangered Species Chocolate, which is made by an Indianapolisbased company with a similar objective of protecting wildlife, I thought I had gotten free candy. “I love this!” I told the condom-carrying couple. Only when I got home did I realize I had accepted contraception instead of chocolate. Apparently, I’m not the only one who has made that mistake. Feldstein says the volunteers who staff the condom booths at familyattracting Earth Day events have to watch for kids who think the colorful packages contain something sweet to eat. Collins noticed a similar response in Barre. “I think a lot of people, when they got it, they thought it was a piece of chocolate, because it was Halloween.” Collins plans to return to Burlington for more rubber rationing. She’d like to target college students during their nighttime escapades. “There’s more young people in bars,” she says. “I think Nectar’s would be a great place to hand them out.” m

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poison of false jealousy, the mood grows dark indeed. Still, the play is perhaps Shakespeare’s most reliably entertaining comedy, not least because it pioneers the pattern used in everything from screwball films of the 1930s to the rom coms of today. The secret is simple: Make the lovers the last to know they’re in love. Such a story can be convincingly set in any time or place; there’s not a high school hallway or drawing room that hasn’t witnessed something similar. Director Mark Alan Gordon set his University of Vermont Department of Theatre production in 1917 England, which gave the audience the especially pleasing spectacle of some gorgeous

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complained. Benedick swiped the footman’s tailcoat and serving tray so he could hover “unseen.” The performances varied in depth of interpretation, but the overall effect was a polished, tightly paced show. Shakespeare’s language is light and intoxicating in this play, and if this production didn’t always soar, it did earn some very smart laughs. Brice Guerriere, as Benedick, moved neatly between gliding confidence as a confirmed bachelor and halting zeal as a lover laboring over a terribly bad love poem. As Beatrice, Lida Benson was in nearly too much deadly earnest when sparring with Benedick, but began to glow when seeing herself as the object of his affection. The two didn’t have the ideal chemistry to show how hard Shakespeare’s couple fight their passion for each other from the moment they lock eyes, but they did come to life once a courtship was afoot. Julia Zephir perfectly conveyed the romantic lightness of Hero, especially in a giddy scene with her maid Ursula, played with winning charm by Elizabeth Callahan. Cato Crumbley, as Lady Leonora, was a smooth manager of her young charges, and got to shine in a comic exchange with Constable Dogberry. Ian Dunn, Avery Muzikar, Jake Marks and Brendan Kelley as the constable and men of the watch were richly funny without overplaying their gags. John Hughes showed shimmering conviction as the priest who works to right a wrong. Martin A. Thaler’s costume design was magnificent. The officers appeared in regular and formal uniforms, and the regal beauty of these instilled a lovely correctness in the actors’ bearing. Thaler not only captured the play’s buoyant mood in the women’s dresses, he also gave each actress a striking visual basis for her character. No detail

was missed; from servants to ladies to bumpkins to officers, the costumes had just the right beadwork, boots and flounces to help tell the story. All 15 women’s dresses were made in the UVM costume shop, and most were designed specifically for this production, while a few were re-fitted and retrimmed from previous plays designed by Thaler. Thaler and student Alyssa Korol made the spectacular hats for the show. If “Downton Abbey” has made us connoisseurs of wartime English fashion, it’s even better to see it on vivid display in live theater. The set, designed by Jeff Modereger, used the full thrust potential of the theater, with a fairly steep rake down from three wide banners upstage that served as screens. The lighting design by John B. Forbes was effective, but his choices for image projection on the screens were often far from the true themes of the play. Clare Devlin’s sound design was unimaginative, particularly when using the “Masterpiece Theatre” theme music to summon up England. The trick of happy endings is to make them appear at least a little bit impossible for at least a little while. Shakespeare plants good obstacles for his two pairs of lovers, and this production honored them faithfully. With just enough doubt about how everything can be set right, the play allows the audience to spend the evening bobbing on a little buoy of hope. It’s the next best thing to “loving horribly.” m

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downtown Winooski have developed intensely loyal customer bases, perhaps none so devout as that of Sneakers. The restaurant, whose name made national headlines last summer during the “Bacongate” kerfuffle, routinely attracts more weekend customers than it can accommodate. Going out for breakfast at Sneakers in the winter once meant grabbing one’s balaclava and hand warmers before heading out the door. No more, though. Those lines are a thing of the past, thanks to a clever arrangement with the Monkey House, 112 Lake Street • Burlington the bar and music venue next door. www.sansaivt.com On weekend mornings, the Monkey House opens at 9 a.m. so it can serve as Sneakers’ de facto anteroom. The bar 12v-SanSai010913.indd 1 1/7/13 2:08 PMserves up mimosas and Bloody Marys to Sneakers customers waiting for their tables, as well as steaming cups of coffee. The relationship is symbiotic. The Monkey House gets a nice chunk of offhours business; Sneakers, where table space is limited, gains an indoor location where its patrons can hang out. They’re notified by text message when their tables are ready. At just after 10 a.m. last Saturday, the bar and most of the tables at the Monkey House were packed with pre-breakfasters who, even as they glanced frequently at their phones for a “Your table is ready” text, appeared to be enjoying drinks and conversation. From her perch at the bar, Sydnee Viray praised Sneakers’ grits as the “best in town,” and applauded the restaurant’s arrangement with the Monkey House. “I “Best Menu Reinvention - 2014” wish more places would do this, where - Seven Days it’s sort of a partnership,” said Viray. “I love Leunig’s — I love their corned-beef “2014 Seven Daysies Winner: hash — but I don’t want to wait outside. I Best Cocktails” want to come and hang.” (Leunig’s does have an upstairs lounge that sometimes “Best New Chef of 2014” opens to house overflow crowds.) - Vermont.com Jessica O’Neill of Burlington sat at a table in the Monkey House with three friends. They’d put their name on Sneakers’ waiting list at 10 a.m., but learned no table would be available until about 11:15. Their mimosa glasses were nearly empty by 10:15, but they were perfectly happy. “You go into it knowing there’s going to be a long line, but it’s worth it,” O’Neill said. “You don’t go that often because of the wait, but when you go, you go all in.” Spoken like a card-carrying member 15 Center St. Burlington, VT 05401 of the breakfast club. m 802.862.9647 // www.dailyplanetvt.com Contact: ethan@sevendaysvt.com

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t’s below zero outside and the club is deserted except for three women wearing G-string panties and barely there bikini tops. They teeter over a stained old pool table in strappy, fourinch platform shoes with towering spike heels. The bartender (also female, but in jeans and a flannel shirt) and two dudes — bouncers, I assume — round out the house crowd. A glowing board advertises “Orgasms” for $6, scrawled in paint marker that shifts from green to white to pink as the backlight changes color. Tempting as they sound, we eschew the cocktails — creamy concoctions resembling white Russians — and opt for beers instead. It’s Valentine’s Day, and my husband, Dan, and I don’t want to climax too quickly. We’ve made the snowy trek to Planet Rock in Barre in search of something … different. I’m curious to see what our state’s lone strip club has to offer on the “most romantic night of the year.” Though I’ve driven by it hundreds of times since it opened in the mid-1990s, I’ve never been in. But since we were of clubbing age, friends have regaled me with stories of amputee strippers and other sideshow-esque oddities. I imagine the best-case scenario could be something weirdly sexy, and weirdly sexy seems like an OK goal for this mission. The room is dimly lit with colored lights and arranged sort of like a black-box theater: entrance at the front, bar off to one side, stage at the back. At center stage stands a gleaming metal pole, surrounded on three sides by a wide, wooden counter. Dan and I grab seats here. As the sole patrons, it seems rude to sit anywhere else. The music is deafening. A girl — “Angel,” someone announces over the speakers — takes the stage and turns around to show us her assets. Two large, red cat eyes gaze at us from the small of her back. Angel approaches the counter and stretches out in front of us, thumbs hooked into her panties. She gyrates her hips, inching forward until she’s kneeling in front of me. Then she wraps her arms around me, shimmying her boobs into my face and swaying to Akon and Kardinal Offishall’s “Dangerous.” As she pulls away, she brushes the hair from my neck and runs her Miley Cyrussize tongue — warm and wet — from my collarbone to my ear. Then she takes her leave. Another girl walks up behind us. She leans on the bar, holding a tiny, honeyhued Chihuahua.

“Hi.” “Hi!” I say, looking at the dog. “Have you met the stripper puppy?” I giggle, awaiting an introduction. “Noooo, I haven’t!” “She got up on the pole, with a little help from her mom.” “Ah?” I say, sipping my beer. Really? “She really did!” “Wow!” Peering at the Chihuahua with my biggest V-Day grin, I ask. “What’s your name?” “Her name is Callie,” answers her “mom,” who doesn’t volunteer her own name. She lifts Callie’s collar, pushes the dog toward me and glances at our stack of ones on the bar. “Oh, Callie,” I croon at the dog, as a politician might to a baby, and slip a buck under her collar. You can’t make this shit up. A third girl, wearing a ruffly, leopardprint getup, takes the stage. “Onstage right now we have … Serenity!” calls the MC, who I realize is the bouncer at the door. We clap and laugh and turn to watch. The music changes to a swinging beat — Rihanna’s “Pon de Replay.” Serenity grabs the pole, jumps on and spins around,

sliding to the bottom and onto the floor, where she rolls onto her back, kicks her legs in the air, turns over again and rises to her hands and knees. Like a cat, she points her ass to the stars, then shakes it ferociously, backing toward us. “Graceful” isn’t the word, but the girl has skill. After a few booty-shaking minutes, Serenity comes back to say hi. “I like your thing,” she says, stroking my back. She’s referring to my pink rabbitfur vest — my pink bunny, I call it jokingly — and pets it. “Thank you! It’s super warm—” “So what brought you guys down here on Valentine’s Day?” “Oh, you know, just looking for something different,” I say uncertainly. “This place definitely is different,” she agrees. “So what’s your name?” “Hannah,” I answer, then wonder, Should I be giving her my real name? “Hannah, hi. I’m Serenity. You’re a very good girl. Not a lot of girls would bring their men down here, not at all. Oh wait, wait—” She straightens out her top to cover a nipple. “Have to be respectful, keep covered.”

We all laugh at the gesture. “So modest!” I tease. “Right? You have to be, working down here!” With that, she slithers onto the counter and twerks her bum, scant inches from our faces. She rolls over and lifts a panty-string, offering a full view of the goods. I wonder if she’s posturing to take her bottoms off, but she doesn’t. Instead, she spins around, dismounts the bar and struts back to the pole. Dan turns to me. “Jeez, baby, you’re a real stickler.” “Uh — huh?” I’m confused. “Every time she does that, you’re supposed to put a dollar underneath.” “Oh, uh, OK — cool.” I say, glad he’s coaching me along. Serenity grabs the pole and bends over, flashing us a rear view of her lady parts. As she willies her pelvis, her butt bounces like a molded jelly. After a few twirls, she walks back to us. She hops up on the

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counter and slides my beer out of her way. “How do you feel about boobs?” “I like boobs,” I say. Who doesn’t like boobs? “OK.” She leans into my head, burying my face in her breasts. They’re big, D cups at least, and her skin is warm and soft against my cheeks. My instinct is to snuggle in, but I refrain because even I know that the strippers can touch you, but you can’t touch the strippers. She smacks my face around with her tits a bit and, after five or 10 seconds, steps away and smiles at me. “My boobs like your face,” she says.

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Dan looks at me with a smirk. He’s bemused, but not offended. Dan goes to get another beer, and to change another $20. In the black light, every speck of lint on my dress is glowing. Chihuahua girl returns. “Does Callie come to work with you all the time?” I ask. “No, it’s her first night down here, and it’s my last night.” She’s moving to Jacksonville, Fla., she says, to work at a place called Bare Assets. She hands the pooch to one of the bouncer dudes, who is sitting next to us. They decide the dog should sit at the counter, rather than over at the bar, so she doesn’t bark for mom from across the room. The girl walks to the stage. The MC announces her name, but it’s garbled. Kendall? Her ass is emblazoned with the words “PLANET ROCK” in capital letters. (“I wrote ‘Planet Rock’ on my butt in Sharpie last night,” she explains later, “and it still hasn’t come off.”) She jumps on the pole and hangs upside down from the top, gripping the metal with her thighs. Mötley Crüe’s “Girls, Girls, Girls,” pounds overhead. Callie the Chihuahua, perched on bouncer-dude’s forearm, looks on, wideeyed, tail tucked. After a minute or two, the girl saunters back, whisks up the pup and returns to the stage. She grabs the pole with one hand, flops over and gives us a little booty show. The dog clings helplessly to her other arm. Then the stripper lifts her pet to the bar. Callie looks back at her mama, trying to climb down her arms, but the girl gently pushes her toward the metal, cooing encouragement. The pup relents, grabbing on with her four legs, seeming bewildered. The girl looks back at us with a wide grin: See? Stripper dog! We leave after an hour or so, climbing the stairs to street level. It’s Saturday night and still early, but Barre’s main drag is deserted. Bathed in the salmon-pink glow of the streetlights, snowflakes silently float down from the heavens. As we wander to our car, all is peaceful save for the muffled, thumping bass drifting up from the strange but friendly “planet” we’ve just left behind. m

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“Ah ha ha ha!” I’m giggling again, but I can’t tell if it’s because of the general awkwardness or because getting boobslapped by a Barre stripper — alongside my husband on Valentine’s Day — isn’t quite as awkward as one might expect. But it is funny. “My face likes your boobs, too,” I say, slipping a dollar into her cleavage. I down about a quarter of my PBR in a single gulp. Serenity looks at Dan, then at me: “Do you ... mind?” she asks me. I shake my head, giggle and sip my beer again. “Are you sure?” “Please! Do your thing, girl, do your thing!” “I just want to make sure!” To me, the bigger question seems to be, Is permission to tittie-fuck Dan’s face mine to give? Go-ahead granted, Serenity squats in front of my husband, cups his chin in her hand and tilts his head toward her chest. She lowers her boobs onto his face, massaging him with her flesh and swirling her body to the music. When she’s finished, he obliges with another dollar, and she moves on to another couple that’s just arrived.

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The Cartoonist Veteran Project: The Center for Cartoon Studies launches a collaboration with area veterans to capture the experience of war on the page. Room 103, Building 44, White River Junction VA Medical Center, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 295-3319.

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Strategy for Success Series: Insights Into Government Contracting: Babette Lizotte offers insights into the process of securing contracts. St. Albans Free Library, 4-5:30 p.m. $10; free for Franklin County Chamber of Commerce members; preregister; limited space. Info, 524-2444.

community

Peer Support Circle: A confidential space allows participants to converse freely without giving advice or solving problems. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, 5-6 p.m. Free. Info, 777-8602.

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Knitters & Needleworkers: Crafters convene for creative fun. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.

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AfroLatin Party: Dancers ages 18 and up get down to the kzomba, kuduro, kompa and more at a groove session hosted by DsantosVT. Zen Lounge, Burlington, lesson, 7:15-8:15 p.m.; party, 8:15-10 p.m. $6-12; free for party. Info, 227-2572.

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'To Light a Candle': Screened as part of the Education is Not a Crime campaign, Maziar Bahari's 2014 documentary sheds light on the plight of the Baha'is, Iran's largest religious minority. A moderated discussion follows. Sugar Maple Ballroom, Davis Center, UVM, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, ejtorres@uvm.edu.

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Blind Beer Tasting: Queen City Brewery serves up suds to beer geeks, who test their tastebuds with a lineup of Bavarian brews. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $24-30. Info, 540-0406. Coffee Tasting: Sips of Counter Culture Coffee prompt side-by-side comparisons of different regional blends. Maglianero Café, Burlington, noon. Free. Info, 617-331-1276, corey@maglianero.com. 'Teas of the World' Tea Series: Lauren Parker covers the health benefits and customs associated with popular and lesser-known brews. North Branch Café, Montpelier, 10-11:30 a.m. $10. Info, 552-8105. Wednesday Wine Down: Oenophiles get over the midweek hump with four different varietals and samples from Lake Champlain Chocolates, Cabot Creamery and other local food producers. Drink, Burlington, 4:30 p.m. $12. Info, 860-9463, melissashahady@vtdrink.com.

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Fitness Boot Camp: Participants improve strength, agility, endurance and cardiovascular fitness with interval training. Holley Hall, Bristol, 6:15-7:15 p.m. $10. Info, ginger54@sover.net.

American Red Cross Blood Drive: Healthy humans part with life-sustaining pints. See redcrossblood.org for details. Various locations statewide. Free. Info, 800-733-2767. Tech Help With Clif: Folks develop skill sets applicable to smartphones, tablets and more. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 1-2 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

Thursday, February 26, 8 p.m., at Town Hall Theater in Middlebury. $10-15. Info, 3829222. townhalltheater.org

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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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Wine Tasting: Vino lovers join Laura Thompson of Artisanal Cellars to uncork bottles of newly released Spanish reds. Trapp Family Lodge, Stowe, 4-6 p.m. $20; preregister. Info, 253-5742.

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. Socials Room, Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $2; free first session. Info, 730-2174.

'This Changes Everything' Book Club: Naomi Klein's examination of the tenuous relationship between capitalism and climate change sparks an environmentally focused discourse. Pickering Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 1-2 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, jeknight@sover.net.

When it comes to physical comedy, Avner Eisenberg is your man. Known onstage as Avner the Eccentric, he squeezes mime, magic, juggling, clowning and more into his oneman show. The award-winning performer honed his craft under renowned mimes Jacques Lecoq and Carlo Mazzone Clementi before embarking on a decades-long career that continues to thrive. The 2002 International Clown Hall of Fame inductee brings his gifts for laughter to Exceptions to Gravity. Able to transcend age, gender and language barriers, Eisenberg presents an act that is equal parts mayhem and artistry, and exposes audiences to the genius of simple humor.

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Insight Meditation: A supportive environment fosters a deeper understanding of Buddhist principles and practices. Wellspring Mental Health and Wellness Center, Hardwick, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 472-6694. Luxuriously Healthy Hair: Simple Hair-Care Recipes: Joann Darling of Green Sylk Soap Co. introduces herbs, essential oils and other natural remedies for soft, shiny locks. Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, Montpelier, 6-8 p.m. $15-17; preregister. Info, 224-7100.

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Ed Koren is a volunteer firefighter and longtime resident of Brookfield. He’s also the Vermont cartoonist laureate and a prolific contributor to the New Yorker, with more than 1,000 published pieces in the magazine to date. A master satirist, Koren captures the subtleties of human interaction with his loose style, hairy characters and what the New York Times deems a “pitch-perfect feel for gag lines.” Koren is at the top of his game after more than 50 years in the business, and he discusses his craft as part of the Vermont Humanities Council First Wednesdays series.

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Managing Joint Pain Naturally With Chinese Medicine: Acupuncturist Jennifer Etheridge presents acupressure and herbal approaches for managing discomfort. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 6-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 223-8000, ext. 202. Prenatal Yoga & Barre: Moms-to-be prepare their bodies for labor and birth. Prenatal Method Studio, Burlington, 12:15-1:15 & 5-6 p.m. $15. Info, 829-0211. 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. TangoFlow!: Creator Cathy Salmons leads students in a customized blend of Argentine tango, ballet, modern dance and body awareness. North End Studio A, Burlington, 7 p.m. $15. Info, 345-6687.

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ChampFest: Families celebrate Lake Champlain's mythical monster with the "Believer or Skeptic" program and other themed activities. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free with admission, $9.50-12.50. Info, 877-324-6386. 'Drive-In' Movie: Kiddos ages 3 through 9 hit the brakes for popcorn and an age-appropriate flick. Highgate Public Library, 4:30 & 11:30 p.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 868-3970. Highgate Story Hour: Budding bookworms share read-aloud tales, wiggles and giggles with Mrs. Liza. Highgate Public Library, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 868-3970. Lego Creations: Youngsters ages 4 and up piece together eye-catching structures. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 2-3 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. Meet Rockin' Ron the Friendly Pirate: Aargh, matey! Kiddos channel the hooligans of the sea during music, games and activities. Buttered Noodles, Williston, 10-10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 764-1810. Moving & Grooving With Christine: Two- to 5-year-olds jam out to rock-and-roll and world-beat tunes. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

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One-on-One Tutoring: Students in grades 1 through 6 get extra help in reading, math and science. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 4-8 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660.

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English as a Second Language Class: Beginners better their vocabulary. Pickering Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211. Intermediate/Advanced English as a Second Language Class: Students sharpen grammar and conversational skills. Administration Office, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211. 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.

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Montréal en Lumière: Performing arts, fine dining and family activities combine for one of the world's largest winter festivals. See montrealenlumiere.com for details. Downtown Montréal. Prices vary. Info, 514-288-9955.

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Cécile McLorin Salvant: The celebrated jazz vocalist delivers a pitch-perfect program. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $17-30. Info, 603-646-2422. Farmers' Night Concert Series: Seven Times Salt: From English consorts to songs of liberty and taxation, the acclaimed ensemble presents an evening of early music. Vermont Statehouse, Montpelier, 7:30-9 p.m. Free. Info, 470-8519.

sports

Premier Floor Hockey League: Experienced players take shots in a competitive game. The Edge Sports & Fitness, Essex, 7-10 p.m. $80; preregister. Info, 355-4588. Women's Pickup Basketball: Drive to the hoop! Ladies hit the court for a weekly game. Hunt Middle School, Burlington, 8 p.m. Free; limited space. Info, carmengeorgevt@gmail.com.

talks

Future of the Creative Industries Panel Discussion: Leaders in the fields of art, music, innovation and business engage in a dialogue about their professions. Alumni Auditorium, Champlain College, Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-6432. Soryu Forall: Drawing from years of extensive training, the Buddhist monk presents "Modern Mindfulness: Teaching Mindfulness to Young People Using Technology." Room 102, St. Edmund's Hall, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 5-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2795.

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'Blithe Spirit': An author holds a séance that unexpectedly rouses his ex-wife from the dead in Noel Coward's classic comedy, presented by Northern Stage. Briggs Opera House, White River Junction, 7:30 p.m. $20-55. Info, 296-7000. 'King Lear': Colm Feore plays the title role in a broadcast production of Shakespeare's tragedy about a ruler's descent into madness, presented by the Stratford Festival. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $16-20. Info, 748-2600. Kristina Wong: Personal narrative and economic theory propel the humorist's take on global poverty in The Wong Street Journal. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $21-25. Info, 863-5966.

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Creative Writing Workshop: Lit lovers analyze works-in-progress penned by Burlington Writers Workshop members. Studio 266, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at burlingtonwritersworkshop.com. Info, 383-8104. New England Ramble Dine & Discuss: Readers join Ed Cashman for a shared meal and conversation about Frederick Matthew Wiseman's The Voice of Dawn. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6-8 p.m. Free; bring a dish inspired by the book. Info, 878-6955. Painted Word Poetry Series: A series highlighting established and emerging New England poets features Mary Jane Dickerson. Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 656-0750.

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Avner the Eccentric: The charismatic performer displays his mastery of physical comedy in Exceptions to Gravity. See calendar spotlight. Middlebury Town Hall Theater, 8-9:30 p.m. $10-15. Info, 382-9222. Craig Ferguson: SOLD OUT. Fresh off his latenight television retirement, the comedian hits up the Queen City on his Hot & Grumpy Tour: Walking the Earth. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 8 p.m. $31.25-52.25. Info, 863-5966.

community

Burlington Walk/Bike Council Meeting: Locals consider ways to promote alternative transportation and improve existing policies and infrastructure. Room 12, Burlington City Hall, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-5449.

crafts

Making and Using a Magic Wand: Part 1: Ivan McBeth of the Green Mountain Druid Order helps folks create and decorate traditional magical tools. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 6-7:30 p.m. $5-8; preregister. Info, 2238000, ext. 202.

dance

Faculty Dance Concert: Tzveta Kassabova, Trebien Pollard, Scotty Hardwig and Christal Brown take the stage with original works. See calendar spotlight. Dance Theatre, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. $6-12. Info, 443-3168.

Improve Heart Health: Janet and Edwards Smith describe the ways Transcendental Meditation lowers blood pressure and increases longevity. Vermont Transcendental Meditation Center, Williston, 7-8:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 923-6248.

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Jazzercise Lite: Adults ages 50 and up break a sweat in a supportive environment. Essex Junction Senior Center, 11 a.m.-noon. $3-3.50. Info, 876-5087.

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Postnatal Core: Babies are welcome at a class for new moms aimed at strengthening glutes, abdominals and the pelvic floor. Prenatal Method Studio, Burlington, 10:30-11:30 a.m. $15. Info, 829-0211.

'This Changes Everything' Book Club: See WED.25, Feldman's Bagels, Burlington, 8-9 a.m. Free. Info, sanschagrins@gmail.com.

AARP Tax Prep Assistance: Tax counselors straighten up financial affairs for low- and middleincome taxpayers, with special attention to those ages 60 and up. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 9:15, 10, 10:45 & 11:30 a.m. Free; preregister for a time slot. Info, 878-6955. American Red Cross Blood Drive: See WED.25, Norwich University, Northfield, 9 a.m.-5p.m. Free. Info, 800-733-2767. Bacon Thursday: Bluegrass from Two Cents In the Till entertains costumed attendees, who nosh on cured meat and creative dipping sauces at this weekly gathering. Nutty Steph's, Middlesex, 6 p.m.midnight. Cost of food; cash bar. Info, 229-2090. LL Bean Bootmobile: A larger-than-life replica of the classic Bean boot comes with games, prizes and a photo booth. Bolton Valley Ski Resort, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 877-926-5866.

Prenatal Yoga & Barre: See WED.25, 12:15-1:15 & 4:30-5:30 p.m. Winter Adult Yoga: YogaFit instructor Jessica Frost leads a series of postures aimed at aligning the body and mind. Cafeteria, Highgate Elementary School, 6 p.m. $7; preregister. Info, 868-3970.

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Be'Tween' the Classics: Read Aloud: Lit lovers age 12 through 15 take advantage of an ageappropriate story time. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660. Bradford Young Makers: An Arduino programming session gets computer whizzes ages 11 through 14 all keyed up. Bradford Public Library, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 222-4536. ChampFest: See WED.25.

Norwich Blood Drive: Donors give the gift of life. Plumley Armory, Norwich University, Northfield, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Info, 800-733-2767.

Lego Club: Brightly colored interlocking blocks inspire young minds. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.

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Lego Fun: Budding builders in grades K and up develop fine motor skills with snap-together pieces. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

'Aerosmith Rocks Donington 2014': Fans of the seasoned rockers behind "Walk This Way," "Livin' on the Edge" and other classics screen footage of the band's appearance at England's Download Festival. Palace 9 Cinemas, South Burlington, 7 p.m. $15. Info, 660-9300.

Middlebury Preschool Story Time: Little learners master early-literacy skills through tales, rhymes and songs. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Free. Info, 388-4095.

'La Cour de Babel (School of Babel)': Set in a Parisian classroom, Julie Bertuccelli's 2014 documentary follows teenage immigrants' yearlong intensive French studies. In French with English subtitles. Room 101, Cheray Science Hall, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 7 p.m. $3 suggested donation; free for Alliance Française members. Info, lclerfeuille@smcvt.edu.

Music With Derek: Kiddos up to age 8 shake out their sillies to toe-tapping tunes. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

Throwback Movie: 'Nashville': Corruption rises to the surface as politicians and musicians prepare for a political convention in Robert Altman's 1975 drama. Woodstock Town Hall Theatre, 7:30-10:15 p.m. Free. Info, 457-3981.

Preschool Story Time: Tales, crafts and activities arrest the attention of tykes ages 3 through 6. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10:30-11 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660.

'Winter Sleep': Familial tensions rise during the off-season of a small hotel run by a former actor in Nuri Bilge Ceylan's award-winning drama. Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, reception, 6 p.m.; film, 7 p.m. $5-8. Info, 660–2600.

food & drink

Alliance Française Wine Tasting: Wine expert Kevin Clayton hosts a sipping session of vintages from France's famed Bordeaux region. Village Wine and Coffee, Shelburne, 6-8 p.m. $18-23; preregister; limited space. Info, 793-4361.

health & fitness

Fitness Boot Camp: See WED.25, Cornwall Town Hall, 10:30-11:30 a.m. $10. Info, 343-7160. Forza: The Samurai Sword Workout: Students sculpt lean muscles and gain mental focus when using wooden replicas of the weapon. North End Studio A, Burlington, 6:30-7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 578-9243. Herbs and Nutrients for Tooth and Gum Health: From powders to mouthwash, herbalist Heather Irvine presents natural remedies for oral care. City Market/Onion River Co-op, Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $5-10; preregister; limited space. Info, 861-9700.

Preschool Story Time: Wee ones ages 2 through 5 discover the magic of literature. Cutler Memorial Library, Plainfield, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 454-8504.

Yoga With Danielle: Toddlers and preschoolers strike a pose, then share stories and songs. Buttered Noodles, Williston, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 764-1810.

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Montréal en Lumière: See WED.25.

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Montpelier Uke Group: Ukelele players strum a tune or two. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

seminars

Lunch & Learn: Creating A Reptile Habitat: Annie Leadbetter helps folks construct living quarters for cold-blooded critters. Gardener's Supply Company, Williston, noon-12:45 p.m. Free. Info, 658-2433.

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Herman Boone: The former football coach and inspiration for the film Remember the Titans presents "Leadership and the Power of Individual Ethics." McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2663. Kari Tuling: Referencing the Old Testament, the rabbi presents "Levirate Marriage and the Biblical Tamar: She Is More Righteous Than I." Cardinal Lounge, Angell College Center, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 518-564-3095.

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M.A.G.I.C.: MAsCulInIty And Gender IdentIty ConversAtIon: Open sharing encourages attendees to find common ground. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, 2-3 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218. MIChAel e. FossuM: As part of the Todd Lecture Series, the veteran astronaut recounts his time orbiting the Earth in "Report From the International Space Station." Norwich University, Northfield, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 485-0316.

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'nAtIonAl GAllery': Documentarian Frederick Wiseman takes viewers inside London's famed museum, home to paintings by Da Vinci, Vermeer, Turner and other masters. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $5-8. Info, 603-646-2422.

'the CoCktAIl hour': A playwright's latest work threatens to air his family's dirty laundry in A.R. Gurney's comedy, staged by the Vermont Actors' Repertory Theatre. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 7:30 p.m. $20. Info, 775-0903.

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'roMeo And JulIet': A Dartmouth College production looks beyond romance to capture the political, religious and familial dynamics of Shakespeare's iconic tragedy. Moore Theater, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. $5-12. Info, 603-646-2422.

AvoId FAlls WIth IMproved stABIlIty: A personal trainer demonstrates daily exercises for seniors concerned about their balance. Pines Senior Living Community, South Burlington, 10-11 a.m. $5-6. Info, 658-7477. CoMMunIty vInyAsA WIth CAndACe: Students of all skill levels deepen the body-mind-breath connection. South End Studio, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. $6. Info, 683-4918.

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AMerICAn JeWIsh poetry: Lit lovers analyze how selected verse relates to Jewish identity and history. Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, 2-3 p.m. Free. Info, 864-0218.

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ChAMpFest: See WED.25. CrAFternoon: Decorated shoeboxes transform into unique storytelling platforms. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956. drop-In story tIMe: Picture books, finger plays and action rhymes captivate children of all ages. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10-10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

agriculture

verMont FloWer shoW: Innovative garden designs take flora to new heights with a "Spring Reflections" theme. Seminars, workshops and more than 90 vendors complete the horticultural happening. Robert E. Miller Expo Centre, Champlain Valley Expo, Essex Junction, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. $4-15. Info, 865-5202.

dunGeons & drAGons: Imaginative XP earners in grades 6 and up exercise their problem-solving skills in battles and adventures. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

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Fans of young adult lit are invited to discover a thrilling trilogy at this free event.

open heArt CIrCle: A safe space for men and women encourages gratitude, reflection, affirmation and more. Sacred Mountain Studio, Burlington, 5:45-7:45 p.m. Donations. Info, 922-3724.

teen MovIe: Chris Evans, Samuel L. Jackson and Scarlett Johansson star in the sci-fi flick Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:15-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

crafts

MAGGIe's Adult FIBer FrIdAy: Veteran knitter Maggie Loftus facilitates an informal gathering of crafters. Main Reading Room, Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 6maggie2@myfairpoint.net.

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eIGht 02: An evening of jazz fusion tunes raises funds for the group's trip to the Jazz Over the Volga festival in Russia. Williston Old Brick Church, 7-9 p.m. $12-14. Info, 399-6825.

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Fred hersCh trIo: SOLD OUT. A wizard on the keys, the Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist leads an intimate performance that highlights his technical skills and compositional mastery. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 8 p.m. $30. Info, 863-5966.

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GeorGe thoroGood & the destroyers: The blues rocker of "Bad to the Bone" fame takes the stage as part of his Badder Than Ever Tour. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 8 p.m. $38.75-$62.75. Info, 863-5966.

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MAd roBIn ContrA dAnCe: Folks in clean, soft-soled shoes groove to live music by the Irregulars. First Congregational Church, Burlington, 8-11 p.m. $5-10. Info, 503-1251.

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SAT 14 KATE MESSNER: SPRING STORIES 2pm FOR YOUNG READERS

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pedro ponCe: The New York-based writer excerpts Stories After Goya and other recent projects. Farrell Room, St. Edmund's Hall, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, kdykstra@ smcvt.edu.

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FeAst toGether or FeAst to Go: Senior citizens and their guests catch up over a shared meal. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, noon-1 p.m. $7-9; preregister. Info, 262-6288.

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Michele Fay Band: Led by the accomplished vocalist, the local group performs originals and Americana tunes as part of the Cabin Fever Music Series. Lincoln Peak Vineyard, New Haven, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 388-6863. TallGrass GeTdown & coqueTTe: The 2014 Beat the Band winners deliver an evening of folk and indie rock, respectively. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 7:30 p.m. $12. Info, 728-6464.

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elder educaTion enrichMenT series: Poet and Champlain College professor Nancy Nahra revisits the past in "Jackie Kennedy Redux, Jackie Renewed." Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2 p.m. $5. Info, 864-3516. Fred wiseMan: The cultural historian shares his knowledge of Abenaki life in Vermont. Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge, Swanton, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 868-4781. laura Beaudin: The Bryant University professor of economics discusses climate change and the Vermont ski industry. Farrell Room, St. Edmund's Hall, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2460. naTuralisT Journeys lecTure series: Charles Johnson pays tribute to Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nanse, the inspiration for his book Ice Ship: The Epic Voyages of the Polar Adventurer Fram. Unitarian Church of Montpelier, 7 p.m. $5 suggested donation. Info, 229-6206. wooF! doG coMMunicaTion in The huMan world: Is a wagging tail always a friendly invitation? A multimedia presentation demystifies canine behaviors. For humans only; four-legged friends must stay at home. South Burlington City Hall, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 849-2363.

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'42nd sTreeT': NCCT Teens present the Tony Award-winning musical about the cast members of a 1933 Broadway show whose onstage drama overflows into real life. Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 7:30 p.m. $6-15. Info, 603-448-0400. 'BliThe spiriT': See WED.25. 'The cockTail hour': See THU.26, 7:30 p.m.

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raisinG poulTry For Fun and Food: A chicken class covers the basics of backyard broods. Milton Community Room, 9-11 a.m. Free. Info, 893-4922.

woMen's circle: Those who identify as women gather for readings, discussion and activities. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, 5-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 302.

conferences

preGnancy & BaBy expo: Parents and expectant mothers learn about local resources, services and products that help foster healthy families. Sheraton Hotel & Conference Center, South Burlington, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. $5. Info, 363-9597.

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Bryce dance co. & ToBy MacnuTT: The former Vermont Artists' Space Grant recipients present original works in Light to Two Shadows. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 8 p.m. $16-20. Info, 863-5966. 'BuT i can’T dance!': Green Mountain Cabaret's Callista Rugo helps dancers push past personal limits with movements that target the chest, shoulders, arms and head. ONE Arts Center, Burlington, 1-3 p.m. $15-17; $30 per couple. Info, oneartscollective@gmail.com. dsanTosvT salsa social: hawaiian niGhT: From the cha-cha to reggaeton and everything in between, dancers don themed threads and channel the tropics at this monthly celebration of eclectic rhythms. North End Studio A, Burlington, 8 p.m.midnight. $5. Info, 227-2572. MasTer class: Intermediate and advanced dancers work on modern and jazz with Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal's Christina Brodie. Green Mountain Performing Arts, Waterbury, 1 p.m. $20; preregister; limited space. Info, 244-8600. norwich conTra dance: Folks in clean-soled shoes move to tunes by the Cuckoo's Nest and calling by Chip Hedler. Tracy Hall, Norwich, workshop, 7:45 p.m.; dance, 8 p.m. $5-8; free for kids under 16; by donation for seniors. Info, 785-4607. snowFlake dance: Todd Fellegy calls the steps at this annual quick-footed gathering hosted by the Green Mountain Steppers. See greenmountainsteppers.org for details. Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2-4:30 & 6:30-10 p.m. Prices vary. Info, 862-2928.

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aarp Tax aide service: Low-income seniors get help filing their taxes. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 9:15 a.m.-1:15 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660. aMerican red cross Blood drive: See WED.25. haM-con: The verMonT radio & TechnoloGy show: Radio and electronics enthusiasts from across the region convene for technical forums, demonstrations and a flea market. Holiday Inn, South Burlington, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. $8. Info, 879-6589. Maker MarkeT: Vendors celebrate the DIY spirit with a wide array of unique items. Generator, Burlington, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0761. Galusha hill FarM & lodGe open house & Tour: Visitors check out the facilities and learn about the farm's organic practices, then explore miles of recreational trails on sleds, skis and snowshoes. Galusha Hill Farm & Lodge, East Topsham, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 584-3061.

woodsTock FilM series: James and Maureen Tusty present their documentary To Breathe As One, about the Estonian Song Festival, a chorale gathering that attracts 30, 000 attendees annually. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 3 p.m. $5-11. Info, 457-2355.

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BurlinGTon winTer FarMers MarkeT: Farmers, artisans and producers offer fresh and prepared foods, crafts, and more in a bustling indoor marketplace with live music, lunch seating and face painting. Burlington Memorial Auditorium, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 310-5172. chocolaTe TasTinG: Chocoholics sample confections and discover the six steps involved in evaluating flavor profiles. Lake Champlain Chocolates Factory Store & Café, Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 448-5507. Middlesex chocolaTe TasTinG: Sweets lovers snack on treats while learning how cocoa is grown and produced. Nutty Steph's, Middlesex, 2-3 p.m. Free. Info, 229-2090. norwich FarMers MarkeT: Farmers and artisans offer produce, meats and maple syrup alongside homemade baked goods and handcrafted items. Tracy Hall, Norwich, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 384-7447. ruTland winTer FarMers MarkeT: More than 50 vendors offer produce, cheese, homemade bread and other made-in-Vermont products at the bus- 8v-chandler022515.indd 1 tling indoor venue. Vermont Farmers Food Center, Rutland, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 753-7269. ski verMonT specialTy Food Tour: Skiers and riders take a break from the slopes and sample products from local food producers. Sugarbush Resort, Warren, 9 a.m. Cost of lift tickets. Info, 223-2439.

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verMonT Fish chowder chaMpionship: Chefs ladle up their best recipes in the final qualifying round of a culinary competition that culminates with a live cook-off on Vermont Public Television in May. Hotel Vermont, Burlington, 4:30 p.m. $5; preregister; free for spectators. Info, 879-3466. we love local Beans recipe conTesT FinalisTs: Shoppers at the Burlington Winter Farmers Market sample homemade dishes and vote for their favorite. Burlington Memorial Auditorium, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 861-9700. wine TasTinG: Oenophiles nosh on bread and cheese while sipping new California Rhône-style reds. Trapp Family Lodge, Stowe, 4-6 p.m. $20; preregister. Info, 253-5742.

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creaTe a happy hearT: Janet and Edwards Smith introduce the ways Transcendental Meditation can release stress while fostering joy and fulfillment. Vermont Transcendental Meditation Center, Williston, 1-2:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 923-6248.

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MaGic haT Mardi Gras parade: Live music, brightly colored beads and elaborate floats entertain revelers at this Big Easy benefit for the Vermont Foodbank. See calendar spotlight. Various downtown Burlington locations, festivities, noon; parade, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 658-2739.

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'soMeThinG in The air': Olivier Assayas' semiautobiographical drama taps into the revolutionary spirit of European teenagers in 1968. Dana Auditorium, Sunderland Language Center, Middlebury College, 3 & 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

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harTFord Town MeeTinG: Community members convene for public hearings and a candidate roundtable. Gymnasium, Hartford High School, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 295-2965.

'Bidder 70': Beth and George Gage's award-winning documentary follows environmentalist Tim DeChristopher, whose collective $1.8 million bids derailed a Bureau of Land Management auction for public Utah land. 30 City Place, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 8 p.m. Free. Info, 518-561-0291.

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verMonT Tales oF advenTure: Local authors read selected works as part of the Vermont Science Fiction Writers Series. Center for Cartoon Studies, White River Junction, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, geekmtnstate@gmail.com.

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Black hisTory soul Food dinner Fundraiser: Neighbors catch up over chicken, beans, cornbread, mac and cheese, greens, blackeyed peas and peach cobbler. Games, kids activities and a silent auction complete the gathering. New Alpha Missionary Baptist Church, Burlington, 11:30 a.m. $15. Info, 355-6149.

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Burlington Saturday Story time: Little ones and their caregivers listen to entertaining tales. Phoenix Books, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 448-3350. Champ & me: Fans of Lake Champlain's mythical monster meet Ed Shankman, author of Champ and Me by the Maple Tree. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Free with admission, $10.50-13.50. Info, 877-324-6386. ChampFeSt: See WED.25. drop-in Story time: Music and books inspire a love of the arts in youngsters. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 264-5660. 'iSidor'S Cheek': Ines Zeller Bass takes viewers into the miniature world of Isidor, who embarks on a journey through forests, cities and across the sea. Sandglass Theater, Putney, 1-2 & 3-4 p.m. $8. Info, 387-4051. middleBury Saturday Story time: Captivating narratives entertain little ones. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 10:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 388-4095. mVp health Care Wintry Wander: An adventurous morning of snowshoeing and trail exploration sets tykes and their parents on a course filled with checkpoints and challenges. Bolton Valley Nordic Center, 8:45 a.m.-1 p.m. $5. Info, info@ gmara.org.

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Community Sledding party: Families whiz down the hill, then warm up with hot dogs and hot cocoa around a bonfire. Carter Hill, Highgate, 4-8 p.m. Free. Info, 868-3970. the Frigid inFliCtion: Winter athletes test physical and mental stamina on an adventure race over mountainous terrain. Bolton Valley Ski Resort, 5 a.m.-4:30 p.m. $320-435 per team; preregister. Info, 877-926-5866. maquam Bog Walk: An excursion through diverse habitat highlights natural wonders and local wildlife. Call to confirm. Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge, Swanton, 8-11 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 868-4781.

Sleigh rideS: Giddyap! Horses trot folks over snow-covered open fields. Rides leave every half hour; seats are first come, first served. Call to confirm. Shelburne Farms, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. $8-10; free for kids 2 and under. Info, 985-8442.

SpaniSh muSiCal playgroup: Tykes up to age 5 join Constancia Gómez for stories, rhymes and songs en español. Crafts and snacks with Natasha round out the fun. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

traCking the Wild: Outdoor enthusiasts seek out clues left behind by local wildlife. Hawthorn Meadow. Goddard College, Plainfield, 1-4 p.m. $25; preregister. Info, 454-8500.

aBBy & roSie neWton With lyn hardy: Old-time American fiddle tunes meet Celtic jigs and reels in a benefit concert for Cabot Connects Mentoring Program. Performing Arts Center, Cabot High School, 7:30 p.m. $10-12; $25 per family. Info, 563-3338. andy needham Band: The Christian rock band provides live tunes during an evening featuring Joe Frey and Jaime Jamgochian. Community Bible Church, South Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $10-20; free for kids 7 and under. Info, 233-9603.

digital Video editing: Final Cut Pro users get familiar with the most recent version of the editing software. Prerequisite of VCAM Access Orientation or equivalent, or instructor's permission. VCAM Studio, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 651-9692, bill@vermontcam.org. genealogy Seminar: An overview of DNA testing that locates genetic cousins helps ancestry hounds explore the outer limbs of their family trees. Vermont Genealogy Library, Fort Ethan Allen, Colchester, 10:30 a.m.-noon. $5. Info, 310-9285.

intermediate miCroSoFt Word: Students get tech-savvy with instruction in the word processor's advanced features and customization options. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10:30 a.m.-noon. $3 suggested donation; preregister. Info, 865-7217.

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Bolton aFter dark: When the IN sun sets, skiers and riders explore EV D F Vermont's most extensive night-skiing CO U RT ES Y O terrain, then unwind with ski and snowboard films. Bolton Valley Ski Resort, 4 p.m. $19 lift tickets; cash bar. Info, 434-3444.

dartmouth Symphony orCheStra: Student musicians interpret works by Copland, Dvořák and Gershwin under the guidance of Anthony Princiotti. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. $10-15. Info, 603-646-2422.

heartBeat: Arab and Jewish performers ages 18 through 22 promote nonviolent Israeli-Palestinian relations through infectious tunes and educational dialogue. Haybarn Theatre, Goddard College, Plainfield, 8 p.m. $15-20. Info, 322-1685. 'puttin' on the ritz' With the onion riVer Jazz Band: More than 30 years of stage time inform an evening of Dixieland jazz by the local group. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 7:30 p.m. $20-25. Info, 760-4634.

ChriS Smither: The bluesman known for his brilliant songwriting and skilled guitar licks returns to the After Dark Music Series. Middlebury Town Hall Theater, 7-9:45 p.m. $27-30. Info, 388-0216.

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'the proBlem in BumBalaBumBa': Jim Stapleton's fairy tale comedy with music thrills children of all ages. Proceeds benefit Lawrence Memorial Library. Holley Hall, Bristol, 7-8:30 p.m. $5-20 suggested donation. Info, 453-5060.

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'reSident alien' perFormanCe: Top Broadway talents belt out excerpts of the winner of Weston Playhouse Theatre Company's New Musical Award. Weston Playhouse, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 824-8167, ext. 110.

mountain deW VertiCal Challenge: Folks hit the slopes for a lighthearted competition complete with prizes and giveaways. Bolton Valley Ski Resort, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Cost of lift ticket. Info, 877-926-5866.

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reed, roSin and pedal: The chamber music trio showcases its versatility in a program of works by Piazolla, Shostakovich and others. Brandon Music, 7:30 p.m. $15; $35 includes dinner package; preregister. Info, 247-4295.

WinterBike: Cold-weather cyclists put their pedal power to the test and use extra-wide tires to navigate challenging snow-covered terrain. Kingdom Trails, East Burke, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. $35-75; preregister. Info, 626-6005, info@kingdomtrails.org.

theater

'42nd Street': See FRI.27, 2 & 7:30 p.m. 'Blithe Spirit': See WED.25.

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'The CoCkTail hour': See THU.26, 7:30 p.m. 'romeo and JulieT': See THU.26.

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balkan Folk danCing: Louise Brill and friends organize people into lines and circles set to complex rhythms. No partner necessary. Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, 3-6 p.m. $6; bring snacks to share. Info, 540-1020.

Cabin Fever Spelling bee: Readers compete against local writers in a syllable showdown benefitting the library. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7 p.m. $10-12. Info, 223-3338.

bryCe danCe Co. & Toby maCnuTT: See SAT.28, 2 p.m.

marie ForCe: The New York Times best-selling author celebrates the release of And I Love Her, the fourth book in her Green Mountain Romance series. Vermont Country Store, Weston, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 362-5950.

waSTe leSS bonanza: Reduce, reuse, recycle! Eco-minded folks discover innovative ways to repurpose food, clothing and household items. Green Mountain Technical Center Forestry Building, Hardwick, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 755-6336.

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CapiTal CiTy grange 100Th anniverSary CelebraTion: An afternoon of dancing gives way to a Thai dinner and contra dance at this spirited soiree. Capital City Grange, Montpelier, 3:30-8:30 p.m. $5-20. Info, 279-6103. ok abC praCTiCe: A: Who am I? B: What do I want to be? C: How can I change the world? An open meeting explores these inquiries. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4:45-6 p.m. Free. Info, 989-9684.

nuTriTion kiTChen: anCienT grainS: Cooking wiTh Quinoa & TeFF: Anthropologist Anna Mays draws on her studies of food, diet and culture with recipes for breakfast, lunch and dinner. McClure Multigenerational Center, Burlington, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 861-9700.

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nia wiTh linda: Drawing from martial arts, dance arts and healing arts, sensory-based movements inspire participants to explore their potential. South End Studio, Burlington, 9-10 a.m. $14. Info, 522-3691. Sunday Sangha: CommuniTy aShTanga yoga: Students of all ages and skill levels hit the mat to breathe through a series of poses. Grateful Yoga, Montpelier, 5:40-7 p.m. $1-20 suggested donation. Info, 224-6183.

aarp Tax prep aSSiSTanCe: See THU.26, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 1-4:30 p.m. Free; preregister for a time slot. Info, 865-7211.

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ChildlighT yoga For kidS: Little ones ages 4 through 8 hit the mat and learn a sequence of stretches. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 1-1:45 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

'boardwalk': Cinephiles screen preserved 16mm footage of the 1979 drama starring Lee Strasberg as the leader of an elderly Jewish community on Brighton Beach. Newman Center, plattsburgh, N.Y., 7 p.m. Free; donations accepted. Info, serious_61@ yahoo.com.

food & drink

CommuniTy breakFaST: The Ladies Auxiliary hosts a hearty start to the day for members and nonmembers alike. Essex Junction VFW post, 9-11 a.m. $3-7. Info, 878-0700.

ChampFeST: See WED.25.

kidS yoga: Strength and balance exercises encourage focus and relaxation in yogis ages 3 through 7. Grateful Yoga, Montpelier, 4:15-5:15 p.m. $12. Info, 224-6183. 'The problem in bumbalabumba': See SAT.28, 2-3:30 p.m. ruSSian playTime 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.

dimanCheS FrenCh ConverSaTion: Parlez-vous français? Speakers practice the tongue at a casual drop-in chat. Local History Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 363-2431.

monTréal en lumière: See WED.25.

music

FaCulTy piano reCiTal: paul Orgel interprets works by Chopin, Schubert, Beethoven and Dvořák in "Variations on a Theme." UVM Recital Hall, Redstone Campus, Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3040. roberT reSnik: The local singer and one-man band treats music lovers to an intimate performance. Deborah Rawson Memorial Library, Jericho, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 899-4962. Sound baTh: earTh gong, didgerioo & Singing bowlS: participants tap into the healing properties of intentional soundscapes. Sacred Mountain Studio, Burlington, 7-8 p.m. $5-10 suggested donation; preregister. Info, stevescuderi@ gmail.com.

outdoors

Sleigh rideS: See SAT.28. winTer wildliFe TraCking: bobCaTS To birdS: Expert tracker Sue Morse and Audubon Vermont's Sophie Mazowita lead an excursion in search of animal signs in nature. Snowshoes are recommended. Richmond park and Ride, 8:15 a.m.-4:30 p.m. $55-60; preregister. Info, 434-3068.

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FAT Ski-A-Thon: Athletes on skis 70mm or wider complete laps to benefit the High Fives Foundation. See highfivesfoundation.org for details. Sugarbush Resort, Warren, registration, 8-9 a.m.; event, 9-4 p.m. Donations; discounted lift ticket available. Info, roy@highfivesfoundation.com. WinTerBike: See SAT.28, 10 a.m.

talks

Simon TeAkle: The former head of jewelry for Christie's New York recounts his travels in search of interesting jewels and the curatorial process of selection. 2 p.m. Shelburne Museum, regular admission, $5-8. Info, 985-3346.

theater

'42nd STreeT': See FRI.27, 4 p.m.

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SAlSA mondAyS: Dancers learn the techniques and patterns of salsa, merengue, bachata and the cha cha. North End Studio A, Burlington, fundamentals, 7 p.m.; intermediate, 8 p.m. $12. Info, 227-2572.

ChAmpFeST: See WED.25.

seminars

nile proJeCT: muSiC mASTer ClASS: A in-depth exploration of music and dance traditions celebrates the countries bordering the Nile River basin. Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

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gloBAl rooTS Film FeSTivAl: 'highWAy': Five different stories intertwine during an ill-fated bus ride to Kathmandu, Nepal, in Deepak Rauniyar's drama. In Nepalese with English subtitles. Community College of Vermont, Winooski, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 660-2600.

games

'BliThe SpiriT': See WED.25, 5 p.m. 'The CoCkTAil hour': See THU.26, 2 p.m.

Bridge CluB: See WED.25, 7 p.m.

'romeo And JulieT': See THU.26, 2 p.m.

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mArie ForCe: See SAT.28, Vermont Country Store, Rockingham, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 362-5991.

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.

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eSSex CommuniTy dinner & ToWn meeTing: Area residents catch up over Italian fare, then head to the town meeting. Dinner, 6-7 p.m.; meeting, 7:30 p.m. Essex High School, Essex Junction, 6-7 p.m. Free; preregister for childcare. Info, 878-1341.

herBAl ConSulTATionS: Betzy Bancroft, Larken Bunce, Guido MasĂŠ 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; limited space. Info, info@ vtherbcenter.org. prenATAl yogA & BArre: See WED.25. r.i.p.p.e.d.: See WED.25.

AliCe in noodlelAnd: Tykes 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. kidS yogA: A fun-filled class for students ages 8 through 12 encourages focus, creativity and teamwork. Grateful Yoga, Montpelier, 4:15-5:15 p.m. $12. Info, 224-6183. muSiC WiTh peTer: Preschoolers up to age 5 bust out song-and-dance moves to traditional and original folk tunes. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 11 a.m. Free; limited to one session per week per family. Info, 878-4918. STorieS WiTh megAn: Engaging narratives enthrall budding bookworms ages 2 through 5. Robert Miller Community & Recreation Center, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. Toddler Time: Parents chat over coffee while tykes burn off energy in a supervised environment that encourages artistic expression. ONE Arts Center, Burlington, 9 a.m.-noon. $8. Info, oneartscollective@gmail.com.

music

mAd river ChorAle open reheArSAl: The community chorus welcomes newcomers in preparation for its June concert, "I Hear America Singing." Chorus Room, Harwood Union High School, South Duxbury, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 496-4781.

oWl proWl: Whoo's out there? Explorers check out the habitat of the nocturnal birds of prey, then head inside to meet one up close. McClure Education Center, Shelburne Farms, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $10; preregister. Info, 985-8686.

CrAigSliST WorkShop: A lecture-based session details how to find jobs, apartments and more on the popular classified advertisements website. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3-4:30 p.m. $3 suggested donation; preregister. Info, 865-7217. mindFulneSS & SelF-CompASSion: Participants explore the connection between a healthy heartand-mind connection and social justice and nonviolent action. Peace & Justice Center, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2345. ThingS ThAT mATTered: A weekly class with Bob Mayer highlights artifacts that changed the world in unusual ways and contributed to major developments in human history. Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, 5:45-7 p.m. $15-25. Info, 864-0218.

sports

Coed Floor hoCkey: Men and women aim for the goal in a friendly league setting. The Edge Sports & Fitness, Essex, 7-9 p.m. $5; equipment provided; preregister; limited space. Info, gbfloorhockey@ 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, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 862-5017.

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EldEr Education EnrichmEnt SEriES: Cultural historian Rick Winston revisits the McCarthy Era in "July 1950: The Red Scare Comes to Central Vermont." Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2 p.m. $5. Info, 864-3516.

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robErt KESt: The psychologist examines mindfulness and its wide range of outcomes in "What Are You Really Practicing?" Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 229-6989.

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Sylvia nannyonga-tamuSuza: As a precursor to the Nile Project, the Ugandan ethnomusicologist examines music and dance in cultures located in the Nile River basin. Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

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gathEring of WritErS: Local wordsmiths get feedback on works-in-progress in a welcoming atmosphere. Georgia Public Library, Fairfax, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 524-4643. norWich univErSity WritErS SEriES: Austin Bunn, a versatile talent behind plays, short stories, nonfiction and the film Kill Your Darlings, excerpts selected works. Cabot 085, Norwich University, Northfield, 6 p.m. Free. Info, prentiss@norwich.edu.

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tuESday voluntEEr nightS: Folks pitch in around the shop by organizing parts, moving bikes and tackling other projects. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. Bike Recycle Vermont, Burlington, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 264-9687.

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camillE a. broWn & dancErS: The awardwinning choreographer and her company tackle challenging social themes in Black Girl: Linguistic Play. Dance Theatre, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 7:30 p.m. $6-20. Info, 443-3168.

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intro to tribal bElly dancE: Ancient traditions define this moving meditation that celebrates creative energy. Comfortable clothing required. Sacred Mountain Studio, Burlington, 6:45 p.m. $13. Info, piper.c.emily@gmail.com.

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film

'thE drop box': Brian Ivie's award-winning documentary takes viewers to the streets of Seoul, South Korea, where pastor Lee Jong-rak's baby box houses newborns who would otherwise be abandoned. Palace 9 Cinemas, South Burlington, 7 p.m. $12.50. Info, 660-9300.

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tango practicE SESSion: Dancers looking to master the Argentine tradition focus on their footwork in a weekly class. New City Galerie, Burlington, 7-10 p.m. $5 suggested donation. Info, 617-7807701, maya@newcitygalerie.org.

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SWing dancE practicE SESSion: Twinkle-toed dancers get familiar with the lindy hop, Charleston and balboa. Indoor shoes required. Champlain Club, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $5. Info, 448-2930.

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gamE night: Decks of card and board games make for an evening of family fun. For ages 5 and up. Fairfax Community Library, 6-8 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 849-2420. 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.

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gEntlE yoga With Jill lang: Students get their stretch on in a supportive environment. Personal mat required. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. intro to yoga: Newcomers discover the benefits of aligning breath and body. Fusion Studio Yoga & Body Therapy, Montpelier, 4-5 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 272-8923. pEE-WEE pilatES: Moms bond with their babies in a whole-body workout. Prenatal Method Studio, Burlington, 10:30-11:30 a.m. $15. Info, 829-0211. prEnatal yoga & barrE: See WED.25, 12:15-1:15 & 4:30-5:30 p.m.

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baby & toddlEr Story timE: A Mother Goosebased morning features rhymes, songs and stories. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 10:15-10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 388-4095. babySitting cErtification courSE: An American Red Cross seminar gives caregivers ages 11 through 15 the tools to handle emergency situations. Cutler Memorial Library, Plainfield, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 454-8504. champfESt: See WED.25, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. highgatE Story hour: See WED.25. muSic With mr. chriS: Singer, storyteller and puppeteer Chris Dorman entertains wee ones and their parents. Buttered Noodles, Williston, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 764-1810. prESchool Story timE & craft: Little ones ages 3 through 5 embark an exploration of silly tales. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. rEading With thErapy dogS: Youngsters share a story with lovable pooches. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free; preregister for a time slot. Info, 878-4918. SESamE StrEEt livE: 'maKE a nEW friEnd': Elmo, Grover and pals welcome Chamki from India in a celebration of cultural similarities complete with singing and dancing. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 3:30 & 7 p.m. $19.76-57.96. Info, 863-5966. tEch tuESdayS: Tinkerers tackle e-crafts, circuits and programming. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-4665. youth mEdia lab: Aspiring Spielbergs learn about moviemaking with television experts. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4095.

language

'la cauSEriE' frEnch convErSation: Native speakers are welcomed to pipe in at an unstructured conversational practice for students. El Gato Cantina, Burlington, 4:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0195. pauSE-café frEnch convErSation: French students of varying levels engage in dialogue en français. Light Club Lamp Shop, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 363-2431.

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champlain vallEy ScorE roundtablE SEriES: Rob Wheeler of New England Federal Credit Union demystifies small-business loans in "Your Business and Your Lender." New England Federal Credit Union, Williston, 5:30-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 951-6762. Sylvia nannyonga-tamuSuza: See MON.2, 4:30 p.m.

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crEativE nonfiction WorKShop: Readers give feedback on essays, poetry and journalism written by Burlington Writers Workshop members. Studio 266, Burlington, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Free; preregister at burlingtonwritersworkshop.com. Info, 383-8104.

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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.

BackyarD UrBan SUgaring: Jim Gorman outlines how Native American techniques can be used to tap a single tree and produce backyard maple syrup. City Market/Onion River Co-op, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. $5-10; preregister; limited space. Info, 861-9700.

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commUnity DialogUE: A screening of the drama Still Alice inspires a dialogue about the impact of Alzheimer's disease on Vermonters. Fletcher Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211. DinnEr & a moviE: A potluck of summertime fare sets the mood for a beach-themed evening and a screening of Shore Things. Milton Historical Society, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 363-2598. PEEr SUPPort circlE: See WED.25.

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minDfUlnESS in intErPErSonal & DifficUlt rElationShiPS: Participants discover ways to access a common humanity that transcends conflict. Peace & Justice Center, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2345.

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trEE mEDicinE for thE Earth: Fearn Lickfield of the Green Mountain Druid Order leads an examination of Earth energies and plant spirits in nature. Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, Montpelier, 6-8 p.m. $10-12; preregister. Info, 224-7100.

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WomEn'S PickUP BaSkEtBall: See WED.25.

camillE a. BroWn & DancErS: See TUE.3.

aBBy mcgoWan: The UVM professor of history considers the sociopolitical state of India in light of the right-wing Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party. 12V-ArtHand022515.indd 1 Rutland Free Library, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 773-1860.

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'thiS changES EvErything' Book clUB: See WED.25, Pickering Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlinton, 1-2 p.m. Free: preregister. Info, jeknight@ sover.net. Vermont Workers' Center, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, aprolman@gmail.com.

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alExanDEr tEchniqUE WorkShoP: Katie Back teaches ways to move correctly, so as to prevent injury and better perform daily activities. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $7-9; preregister. Info, 223-8000, ext. 202. fitnESS Boot camP: See WED.25. inSight mEDitation: See WED.25.

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'convErSationS' SEriES: Fran Stoddard moderates a discussion between David Ellis and Michael Jager, who consider curiosity as experienced through art, spirit and nature. All Souls Interfaith Gathering, Shelburne, 4 p.m. Free; donations accepted. Info, 985-8686. DaviD mccUlloUgh Jr.: Expanding on his commencement speech that garnered millions of YouTube views, the father and educator presents "'You Are Not Special' and Other Encouragements." Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4095.

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ED korEn: The New Yorker cartoonist returns to the roots of visual satire in "Making Sport for Our Neighbors." See calendar spotlight. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

tangofloW!: See WED.25.

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Christian McBride Trio

Friday, June 5, 8pm Flynn MainStage

ElizaBEth morriSon: In "Merton, Meditation and More: The Appeal of Buddhism In the West, " the Middlebury College professor of religion examines cross-cultural connections. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291.

crEativE Writing WorkShoP: See WED.25.

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'BEaUty anD thE BEaSt': Belle learns to look beyond physical appearances in the Broadway M havilanD Smith: The former CIA National Tour based on Disney's EW CO TH U RT chief of counterterrorism weighs in on ES Y O F M AT classic film. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, matters of foreign terrorism past and pres7:30 p.m. $27-79; limited space. Info, 863-5966. ent directed against the United States. KelloggEvEning BaBytimE PlaygroUP: Crawling tots Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, and their parents convene for playtime and shar223-3338. ing. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, Scott WhEElEr: Full steam ahead! Northland 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 876-7555. Journal's publisher details how the mid-19th-cenhighgatE Story hoUr: See WED.25. tury arrival of trains in Orleans County affected the mEEt rockin' ron thE friEnDly PiratE: See region. Goodrich Memorial Library, Newport, 7-8:30 WED.25. p.m. Free. Info, 334-7902. moving & grooving With chriStinE: See Sylvia nannyonga-tamUSUza: See MON.2, WED.25. 4:30 p.m. rEaD to a Dog: Lit lovers take advantage of theater quality time with a friendly, fuzzy therapy pooch. Fairfax Community Library, 3:15-4:15 p.m. Free; 'king lEar': See WED.25. preregister for a time slot. Info, 849-2420.

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ExtEmPo: Local raconteurs tell first-person true stories before a live audience. Sweet Melissa's, Montpelier, 8 p.m. $5. Info, 225-6012. m

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annEliSE orlEck: The labor historian recalls nine African American union maids who created an anti-poverty program in the 1970s in "What If Poor Women Ran the World?" Norwich Congregational Church, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 649-1184.

r.i.P.P.E.D.: See WED.25.

Story timE & PlaygroUP: Engaging narratives pave the way for art, nature and cooking projects. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 426-3581.

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Call 865-7166 for info or register online at burlingtoncityarts.org. Teacher bios are also available online. ABSTRACT PAINTING: Students will explore the exciting possibilities of abstract painting. Students can choose their own paint medium (water-soluble oils, acrylics or watercolor) and should bring in some ideas or reference materials to use as a starting place. BCA provides glass palettes, easels, painting trays and drying racks. Material list online. Instructor: Linda Jones. Weekly on Tue., Mar. 31May 19, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $210/ person; $189/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington.

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PRINT: DRYPOINT PORTRAITS: In this class, students will learn the basic fundamentals of portraiture in addition to learning to print from plates using the printing press. Using their own unique style, students will work from photographs and real life. After learning the basics, additional printing techniques to add color will be covered. No printmaking experience necessary. Instructor: Katie Loesel. Weekly on Mon., Mar. 30-May 18, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $280/person; $252/BCA members. Location: BCA Print Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington.

TERRARIUMS: Join artist Laura Hale and create your own custom-designed terrarium. You’ll learn how to choose the right plants and create the right soil conditions for them to thrive. You’ll leave with your own custom creation and care instructions for keeping it healthy and verdant. All materials provided. Registration required. Thu., Apr. 2, 6-8 p.m. Cost: $28/ person; $25.20/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington. WATERCOLOR: Learn how to paint with watercolor. This class will focus on observational painting from still life, figure, landscape and photos. Students will gain experience with composition, color, theory, layering, light and shade. Class may move outdoors to paint en-plein-air on nice days. No experience necessary. Material list online. Instructor: Marc Nadel. Wed., Apr. 1-May 20, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $224/person; $201.60/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington. WRITING ABOUT YOUR ARTWORK: Your artist’s statement is an opportunity to communicate what you investigate, observe or want to express with

YOUTH: POTTERY WHEEL: Come play with clay on the potter’s wheel and learn how to make cups, bowls and more in our BCA clay studio. Price includes one fired and glazed piece per participant. All materials provided. Registration required. Ages 6-12. Instructor: Kim O’Brien. Sat., Mar. 7, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Cost: $25/ person; $22.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Clay Studio, Burlington.

coaching COLLAB FACILITATOR TRAINING: Join us for this cohort-based training intensive where we will explore how communication and power affect relationships at all levels of society, and learn to transition this knowledge and awareness into practical, organizational application through studying the innovative set of operational practices we call Collab. Mar. 7-8: 2-day retreat opening weekend; Mar. 11-May 27: 12 weekly sessions on Wed., 5-8 p.m.; May 30-31: 2-day retreat closing weekend. VSAC nondegree grant, scholarships or work trade avail. Location: TBD, Burlington & Montpelier. Info: Round Sky Solutions, Daniel Little, 552-0122, daniel@roundskysolutions.com, roundskysolutions.com.

craft LOTIONS, SALVES & LIP BALM: Participants will learn basic formulas to make lotions, salves, lip balms and other self-care products, learn about garden herbs that can be used in these formulas, and get recipes to use at home. In class we will demonstrate and make several versatile products for everyone who attends. Class size 15. Mar. 3, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Cost: $20/person. Location: Gardener’s Supply Burlington, 128 Intervale Rd., Burlington. Info: 660-3505.

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ADULT: ADVANCED METAL: Come learn from Master Goldsmith Matthew Taylor of Matthew Taylor Designs at the Shelburne Craft School. Fabricate a beautiful piece of jewelry from a pendant to a ring. Techniques include, but are not limited to, soldering, piercing, light forging and more. Students will discuss with Matt what their projects may entail and he will be there to guide and answer questions. Weekly on Tue., Apr. 14-May 12, 6-8 p.m. Cost: $345/ nonmembers; $316/members; incl. $55 materials fee. Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. ADULT: BEGINNER WHEEL: Instructor: Rik Rolla. This course is great for beginners 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. 6 Tue., Apr. 28-Jun. 2, 10 a.m.-noon. Cost: $210/nonmembers; $192.50/ members; incl. $35 materials fee. Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. ADULT: CLAY AND WHEEL: Instructor: Dasha Kalisa. 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 hand building and finishing skills to make any shape you can think of! Techniques will include: shaving, darting, faceting, fluting, cutting and stacking. 10 Sat., Apr. 18-Jun. 20, 9:30 a.m.-noon. Cost: $410/nonmembers; $372.50/ members; incl. $45 materials fee. Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. ADULT: JEWELRY: Instructor: Sarah Sprague. This class will focus on jewelry design, small sculpture or functional art. Each student will complete a series of practice pieces before designing and creating a wearable finished piece out of sterling silver. Every week there will be several demonstrations including sawing, drilling, piercing, annealing, texturing, jump rings, forming, and soldering techniques. Weekly on CRAFT

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PHOTO: ADOBE LIGHTROOM: Upload, organize, edit and print your digital photographs using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. Importing images, using RAW files, organization, fine-tuning tone and contrast, color and white balance adjustments, and archival printing on our Epson 3880 printer will all be covered. Bring a Mac-compatible portable flash or hard drive with your images to the first class. Pair this class with Digital SLR Camera for a 12-week experience and learn the ins and outs of photo editing and printing! Instructor: Dan Lovell. No experience necessary. Wed., Apr. 1-May 6, 6-9 p.m. Cost: $260/person; $234/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington.

PREPARING YOUR WORK FOR EXHIBITION AND SALES: Are you ready to hang your work in an exhibition but unsure of how to prepare it for installation and sales? Learn the basics of professionally presenting your work with curator and editor Jessica Dyer. Matting, framing, glass choices, wiring, pricing and other professional presentation concerns will be covered. Mon., Mar. 10, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $25/ person; $22.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, Burlington.

TAKING ETSY TO THE NEXT LEVEL: Have you had an Etsy shop open for a while but traffic is slow? Etsy seller Laura Hale will guide you through driving traffic to your shop using Etsy’s internal tools and creating your own online marketing methods. We’ll cover treasuries, blog posts and comments, integrating social media, refining listings for top search results and more! Tue., Apr. 7, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $25/person; $22.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington.

YOUTH: DARKROOM PHOTO: Experiment in the darkroom and create one-of-a-kind images with light and objects in our black-and-white darkroom. All materials provided. Registration required. Ages: 8-12. Instructor: Kristen Watson. Sun., Apr. 4, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Cost: $25/person; $22.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington.

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DESIGN: ADOBE INDESIGN: Learn the basics of Adobe InDesign, a creative computer program used for magazine and book layout, for designing text and for preparing digital and print publications. Students will explore a variety of software techniques and will create projects suited to their own interests. Bring a Mac-compatible

JEWELRY: MIXED-LEVEL JEWELRY: This is a less structured class for students who would like to work on a specific project, brush up on their techniques, or learn some new techniques with the aid of an instructor to coach them. Open to all skill levels, but some experience is helpful for this open-style class. Pair with Bangles or Chasing and Repousee. Instructor: Rebecca Macomber. Weekly on Tue., Mar. 24-Apr. 28, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $140/person; $126/BCA members. Location: Generator, 250 Main St. (Memorial Auditorium), Burlington.

PRINT: MIXED LEVEL MONOPRINT: Students will hone their skills working with the press and learn how to incorporate dry point, collagraphs and embossing techniques into their printmaking, and techniques to layer images that create depth and master chine colle. Over 25 hours per week of open studio time is included for producing prints. Prerequisite: Some previous experience with printing suggested. Instructor: Susan Smereka. Wed., Apr. 1-May 6, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $210/person; $189/BCA members. Location: BCA Print Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington.

SILKSCREENING: Torrey Valyou, local silkscreen legend and co-owner of New Duds, will introduce you to silkscreening and show you how to design and print T-shirts, posters, fine art and more! Cost includes over 25 hours per week of open studio time for practicing, use of studio chemicals, class ink and equipment. See detailed student materials list online. No experience necessary. Thu., Apr. 2-May 21, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $280/person; $252/BCA members. Location: BCA Print Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington.

your art by informing the audience about your specific motives and processes. In this lecturebased workshop, learn tips for writing a successful statement from curator and editor, Jessica Dyer. Participants are invited to bring samples of artist statements to be reviewed. Tue., Mar. 24, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $25/ person; $22.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, Burlington.

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DIY DESIGN: LEATHER CASES: Join co-owner of New Duds and advanced crafter Tessa Valyou at this one night class where you’ll create your own leather cases for phones, accessories and more. Learn simple ways to make one-of-a-kind cases that you’ll want to use and give as gifts. All materials provided. Registration is required. Mar. 12, 6-8 p.m. Cost: $28/person; $25.20/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, Burlington.

JEWELRY: CHASING AND REPOUSEE: Take your skills a step further and learn the craft of chasing and repousee. Repousee is a metalworking technique in which a malleable metal is ornamented or shaped by hammering from the reverse side. Chasing is done on the opposite side and the two are used in conjunction to create a finished, embossed piece. Pair with Bangles. Prerequisite: Jewelry and Fine Metals experience. Instructor: Rebecca Macomber. Weekly on Thu., Apr. 2-16, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $105/ person; $94.50/BCA members. Location: Generator, 250 Main St. (Memorial Auditorium), Burlington.

PHOTO: PHOTOSHOP CRASH COURSE: Learn all of the basics of Adobe Photoshop in this two-night intensive workshop. Uploading and saving images for print and the web, navigating the workspace, adjustment layers, and basic editing tools will be covered. Bring images on your camera or on a Mac-compatible flash drive to class. No experience required. Instructor: Dan Lovell. Thu., Mar. 19 & 26, 6-9 p.m. Cost: $90/person; $81/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, Burlington.

SCHOOL BREAK: DIY WONDERLAND: Jump down the rabbit hole with us and create whimsical costumes, one-of-kind hats and headbands, wacky ties, edible art creations, and more. The day will include silly games and a mad hatter tea party. All materials provided. Registration required. Ages 6-12. Instructors: Alissa Faber and Rachel Hooper. Wed., Mar. 27, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost: $85/person; $76.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, Burlington.

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CLAY: GLAZING TECHNIQUES: Glazing a large, intricate or particularly meaningful piece of pottery can be a challenging (at times stressful) experience. In this lecture style class, Chris will demonstrate a range of glaze application processes aimed at getting the anticipated results. Instructor: Chris Vaughn. Sun., Mar. 15, 1:30-3 p.m. Cost: $25/ person; $22.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington.

flash drive to the first class. No experience necessary. Instructor: Rachel Hooper. Mon., Mar. 30-May 4, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $205/person; $184.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington.

expose black and white film with your manual 35mm or mediumformat camera, process film into negatives, and make prints from those negatives. Cost includes a darkroom membership for the duration of the class and all supplies. Bring your manual film camera to the first class. No experience necessary. Instructor: Rebecca Babbitt. Weekly on Mon., Mar. 23-May 18 (no class Apr. 20), 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $240/person; $216/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, Burlington.

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Wed., Apr. 8-Jun. 3, 5:30-8 p.m. Cost: $335/nonmembers; $306/ members; incl. $45 materials fee. Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. ADULT: LANDSCAPE IN OIL: Instructor: Evelyn McFarlane. Drawing correctly from nature is a basic skill and the foundation of good painting. This program is designed to develop the student’s visual relationship with nature and translate it onto a canvas in paint. The goal will be an Impressionistic but accurate painting using various comparative methods that will be taught to facilitate drawing, mixing colors and rendering forms. 8 Thu., Jan. 29-Mar. 19, 1-3:30 p.m. Cost: $290/nonmembers; $261/members. Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne.

SEASONAL CSA COOKING: WINTER: Basic introductory classes taught by a amateur home cook, Andrea Todd. Over a series of four sessions you will be guided thorough a different kitchen technique for cooking and preserving winter vegetables each week: boiling, roasting, sauteing, freezing. Hands-on learning. Come prepared to cook. Materials provided. Weekly on Tue. 6-7 p.m., Feb. 17-Mar. 10. Cost: $20/1-hour class. Location: McClure Multigenerational Center, 241 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Andrea Todd, 865-9244, andreatodd77@yahoo. com.

DJEMBE IN BURLINGTON AND MONTPELIER!: Learn drumming technique and music on West African drums! Burlington Beginners Djembe class is on Wed., 7-8:20 p.m. Djembes are provided. Montpelier Beginners Djembe class is on Thu., 7-8:20 p.m. $22/drop-in. Please register online or come directly to the first class! Location: Taiko Space & Capitol City Grange, 208 Flynn Ave., suite 3G, & 6612 Route 12, Burlington & Montpelier. Info: 999-4255, classes@burlingtontaiko.org, burlingtontaiko.org.

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TAIKO DRUMMING IN BURLINGTON!: Come study Japanese drumming with Stuart Paton of Burlington Taiko! Beginner/Recreational Class on Tue., 5:30-6:20 p.m. Accelerated Taiko Program for Beginners on Mon., 7-8:20 p.m. Taiko Training Class for Beginners on Wed., 5:30-6:50 p.m. Kids and Parents Class on Tue., 4:30-5:20 p.m. Register online or come directly to the first class! Location: Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., suite 3G, Burlington. Info: 999-4255, classes@burlingtontaiko.org, burlingtontaiko.org.

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.

TAIKO DRUMMING IN MONTPELIER: Learn Taiko in Montpelier! Weekly on Thu., Montpelier Beginning Taiko class, 5:30-6:50 p.m., $72/4 weeks, and Montpelier Kids and Parents’ Taiko class, 4:30-5:20 p.m., $48/4 weeks; $90/parent + child. Please register online or come directly to the first class! Location: Capital City Grange, 6612 Route 12, Berlin. Info: 9994255, classes@burlingtontaiko. org, burlingtontaiko.org.

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fitness BARRE AND MAT PILATES CLASSES: Specializing in barre and mat Pilates classes for all ages, all fitness levels, all the time, seven days a week, in our beautiful Studio 208. Professional instruction, monthly specials and fun challenges help motivate! 7 days a week, morning, noon & night. Cost: $15/1-hour class. Location: Studio 208, 208 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Info: Kathy Brunette, 862-8686, deb@studio208vt@ gmail.com, studio208vt.com. FIT AND FEISTY: This is not your average kickboxing class! Katticus, personal trainer and four-year kyokushin karate deshi (student) will be teaching a class to develop strength, stamina and flexibility while learning how to punch, kick, block and so much more! Torch serious calories and develop lean muscle mass! Classes start week of Mar. 2. Thu., 6:30-7:20 p.m. Cost: $79/ members; $109/nonmembers.

TRI-TRAINING: Where better to prepare for your triathlon than in the pool, gym and weight room with our specialized personal trainer John Lavoie? This exclusive class will break down the foundational movements required to build up your stamina and speed on land and in the water. Beat the cold and dive ahead of the competition with Tri Training. Classes start week of Mar. 2. Thu., 5-6 a.m. Cost: $150/members; $180/nonmembers. Location: Winooski YMCA, 32 Malletts Bay Ave., Winooski. Info: 655-9622, gbymca.org. WOMEN’S SMALL GROUP STRENGTH TRAINING I: Girl Power! There are few things more inspiring than meeting a woman who knows how to kick some gluteus maximus at the gym. This class focuses on building a vocabulary of exercises ranging from free weights to cardio that will bring out the Wonder Woman in all. Sorry boys, this one’s for the ladies. Classes start week of Mar. 2. Tue., 6:30-7:20 p.m. Cost: $79/ members; $109/nonmembers. Location: Winooski YMCA, 32 Malletts Bay Ave., Winooski. Info: 655-9622, gbymca.org. WOMEN’S SMALL GROUP STRENGTH TRAINING II: Girl Power Plus! You developed your foundation, you know your biceps from your triceps and your abs from your obliques and can plank until the cows come home: now it’s time to take it further. The class is the same fun small group training with Katticus, but now we bust out the bigger weights, kettle bells and tougher moves. Classes start week of Mar. 2. Tue., 5:30-6:20 p.m. Cost: $79/members; $109/nonmembers. Location: Winooski YMCA, 32 Malletts Bay Ave., Winooski. Info: 655-9622, gbymca.org.

DEVISING THEATER WORKSHOP: Explore the world of devising. Classes will focus on building ensemble, creating a common vocabulary, launching/ researching a theme, generating material and tools for structuring. Focus will be on physical theater. Instructor: Jena Necrason. Fri., Mar. 13, 6-9 p.m. & Sat., Mar. 14, 3-6 p.m. Cost: $75/ person. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 652-4548, flynnarts.org. EXPLORING CONNECTIONS: UPPER-LOWER CONNECTIVITY: The Exploring Connections workshop series uses movement and metaphor to explore the expressive body, incorporating movement fundamentals as well as drawing and writing to explore the relationship between movement and personal expression. Our goal will be to facilitate a lively interplay between inner connectivity and outer expressivity to enrich your movement potential, change ineffective neuromuscular movement patterns, and encourage new ways of moving and embodying your inner self. Mar. 6, 5:45-7:45 p.m. Cost: $22/person. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 652-4548, flynnarts.org. ADULT JAZZ COMBO W/ GEORGE VOLAND: Playing and singing in exhilarating small combos under the tutelage of working professional artist/educators, students develop individual styles while learning an essential repertoire of blues, standard tunes and jazz. This development is enriched by public performances in FlynnSpace and at the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival. All combos consist of bass, percussion, piano, guitar, horns. Some combos include vocalists. Tue., Mar. 10-May 26, 7-8:30 p.m. Cost: $210/person. Location: Faith United Methodist Church, S. Burlington. Info: 6524548, flynnarts.org. BUSINESS OF BEING AN ARTIST: This free forum is a new series of conversations around the business of making a living as a performing artist. Join this gathering of artists, professionals, and arts organizations to examine the realities of achieving success in the arts. This month’s topic is taxes for artists. Bring a notebook, a pen and your thorniest tax questions, and learn how you can lead a creative FLYNN ARTS

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PUER AND SENEX: Puer and Senex are two key archetypes that live in every person. Via a series of exercises, supplemented with readings by Jung and his students, we examine the nature of both archetypes, and how working with each can help us to individuate. Led by Sue Mehrtens. Mar. 19 & 26 & Apr. 2 & 9, 7-9 p.m. Cost: $60/person. Location: Jungian Center for the Spiritual Sciences, 55 Clover La., Waterbury. Info: Sue, 244-7909.

STRENGTH FUSION: Ever had that perfect mix of balance, core and strength work blended into a delicious hour of pulsepounding music and served with a smile? Welcome to Strength Fusion, where you walk away knowing you’ve done something vigorously indulgent. Find the perfect blend to stay injury free and tighten up your gym routine with weights, bands and ropes. Classes start week of Mar. 2. Thu., 5:30-6:20 p.m. Cost: $79/ members; $109/nonmembers. Location: Winooski YMCA, 32 Malletts Bay Ave., Winooski. Info: 655-9622, gbymca.org.

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MOTHERS/DAUGHERS: COMING OF AGE: This workshop provides mothers and daughters (age 11-14) a fun, creative forum to explore their changing relationships as daughters make their transition from the realm of childhood into the circle of women. Bond, play, dance, storytell, make art together with other mothers and daughters in a celebration of our lives. 6 sessions over 7 mos., Sun., 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Mar. 22, Apr. 12, May 17, Jun. 14, Aug. 30, & Sep. 13. Cost: $270/mother/daughter pair; $250 if you register by Mar. 8; preregistration required. Location: Expressive Arts Burlington, 200 Main St., suite 9, Burlington. Info: Topaz Weis, 862-5302, topazweis@gmx.net, expressiveartsburlington.com.

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ADULT: WATERCOLOR: Instructor: Jackie Mangione. Boost your creativity with this six-week class designed to hone your watercolor skills. Beginners or students in previous classes are welcome. Each two-hour session includes a live demonstration that will guide you through the lesson. We will cover a broad array of painting fundamentals with color and value relationships, wet and dry watercolor techniques and design principles that will help you build strong paintings. Weekly on Tue., Apr. 14-May 19, 5-7 p.m. Cost: $174/ nonmembers; $156.50/members. Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne Craft School.

WORKSHOP: STAINED GLASS: Instructor: Chris Jeffrey. In this is a one-day stained glass workshop, beginners will learn the Louis Comfort Tiffany copper foil method of constructing stained glass. Learn to select glass colors, cut glass, apply copper foil, solder and finish a small colorful glass piece for your window. All materials will be supplied for this workshop. Bring a brown bag lunch. Feb. 24, Tue., 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $155/nonmembers; $143.50/members; incl. $40 materials fee. Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: info@ theshelburnecraftschool.org.

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.

antecedents of Jung and his work and his use of key figures in Western history. A key question we consider is how our Western tradition became estranged from ancient wisdom during the last 500 years of our history. Jung’s response to this estrangement and his suggested remedies are a focus of our discussion. Led by Sue Mehrtens. Mar. 18 & 25, Apr. 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29, & May 6 & 13, 7-9 p.m. Cost: $90/person. Location: Jungian Center for the Spiritual Sciences, 55 Clover La., Waterbury. Info: Sue, 244-7909.

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ADULT: SHAKER HALL TABLE: 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. Weekly on Mon., Apr. 13-Jun. 15, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $450/nonmembers; $413.50/ members; incl. $85 materials fee. Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne.

using multiple techniques. If you already have an idea or some inspirational images (sculptural or functional), bring them to the first class. Weekly on Fri., Apr. 24-Jun. 19, 9:30 a.m.-noon. Cost: $371.25/nonmember; $338.63/ members; incl. $45 materials fee. Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne.

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-hour class. Location: North End Studios, 294 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Tyler Crandall, 598-9204, crandalltyler@hotmail.com, dsantosvt.com.

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life and set yourself up for success! Adults & teens 16+, Feb. 27, 5:45 p.m. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 652-4548, flynnarts.org. SCENE STUDY: Work on paired scenes from a variety of genres in this collaborative and supportive class. Learn to examine the depth of possibility within the text, the story and your character. Class is open to bashful beginners as well as those with more experience who want to refine their craft and sink their teeth into a rich character or dynamic conflict. Weekly on Thu., Mar. 12-Apr. 16, 5:40-7:10 p.m. Cost: $125/6 weeks. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 652-4548, flynnarts.org.

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gardening DISH/FAIRY GARDEN WORKSHOP: This small. Transform a pot and a collection of small-scale plants into an enchanting landscape. Class size 8. Feb. 26, 5-7 p.m. Cost: $45/ person, incl. container, soil & $20 gift card for plants & deco items; call to register. Location: Gardener’s Supply Burlington, 128 Intervale Rd., Burlington. Info: 660-3505. GARDEN DESIGN 101: Learn easy-to-implement steps for creating ever-blooming, low maintenance gardens. Topics include site assessment, design principles and techniques, arranging plants based on height, creating focal points, incorporating bulbs and annuals, and drafting a design to scale and building a plant list. Instructor: Kerry Mendez. Mar. 7, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $12.50/person. Location: Gardener’s Supply Burlington, 128 Intervale Rd., Burlington. Info: 660-3505. HANGING TERRARIUM & OTHER DECOR: Join us to create hanging terrariums and other plant decor. With plants from our conservatory, pieces of wood and glass vessels. Class size 8. Mar. 8, 2-4 p.m. Cost: $12.50/person + materials. Location: Gardener’s Supply Burlington, 128 Intervale Rd., Burlington. Info: 660-3505. LANDSCAPE DESIGN WORKSHOP FOR HOMEOWNERS: Are you an avid gardener looking for new inspiration? Want a better understanding of selecting and placing

plants? Have the perfect spot but need some hep expressing your vision? This six-part series led by professional landscape designer Silvia Jope is the answer. Class size 6. Mar. 5, 12, 19 & 26 & Apr. 2 & 9, 6-8 p.m. Cost: $240/ person. Location: Gardener’s Supply Burlington, 128 Intervale Rd., Burlington. Info: 660-3505. SPRING BLOOMERS: These no-nonsense plants will shatter the common misconception that spring is only “mud season” in northern climates. Discover some terrific perennials, bulbs and herbs for early color as well as tips for jump-starting your gardens for spring. Instructor: Kerry Mendez. Mar. 7, 9:3011 a.m. Cost: $12.50/person. Location: Gardener’s Supply Burlington, 128 Intervale Rd., Burlington. Info: 660-3505.

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ASSEMBLING OUR IDENTITIES; MIXED MEDIA WORKSHOP: Explore Mixed Media collage, painting and sculpture with a conceptual focus on contemporary artists who use collage and found objects in their work. Bring a collection of personal objects to deconstruct or replicate in your art. Mar. 7 & 14, 1-4 p.m. Cost: $100/person; $75/members. Location: Helen Day Art Center, Stowe. Info: 253-8358, education@helenday.com, helenday.com. MIXED MEDIA DRAWING: Build your drawing skills with new materials, techniques and media beyond the pencil. Use pen and ink, ink and watercolor washes and line to add depth and detail to your drawings. Weekly on Tue., Mar. 17-Apr. 14, 10 a.m.-noon. Cost: $125/person; $100/members. Location: Helen Day Art Center, Stowe. Info: 253-8358, education@helenday.com, helenday.com.

herbs COMMUNITY HERBALISM WORKSHOPS: Tree Medicine for the Earth with Fearn Lickfield, Green Mountain School of Druidry, Wed., Mar. 4 6-8 p.m. Best Medicinal Garden Plants with Heather Irvine, Giving Tree

Botanicals, Wed., Mar. 11 6-8 p.m. ($3 materials fee). Techniques and Tips for Successful Plant Propagation with Joann Darling, Gardens of Seven Gables, Wed., Apr. 1 6-8 p.m. See description. Cost: $12/person; $10/members + materials fee where indicated; preregistration required. Location: Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, 252 Main St., Montpelier. Info: 224-7100, info@vtherbcenter.org, vtherbcenter.org. HONORING HERBAL TRADITION 2015: Herbal Apprenticeship Program held on a horse farm. Herbal therapies, nutritional support, diet, detox, body systems, medicine making, plant identification, tea tasting, plant spirit medicine and animal communication, wild foods, field trips, iridology, and women’s, children’s, men’s and animal health! Textbook & United Plant Saver membership included! Open to all! 1 Sat./mo. for 8 mos., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $900/person. Location: Horsetail Herbs, 134 Manley Rd., Milton. Info: Kelley Robie, 893-0521, htherbs@ comcast.net, horsetailherbs.org. VERMONT SCHOOL OF HERBAL STUDIES: Foundations of Herbalism Apprenticeship 2015 offers plant identification, wildcrafting, herb walks, tea formulation, aromatherapy, tinctures, herbal oils and salves, first aid, materia medica, elixirs and much more. Space limited. Gift certificates available. 7 Sun., Apr. to Oct. Cost: $825/person. Location: Vermont School of Herbal Studies, Greensboro. Info: 533-2344. WISDOM OF THE HERBS SCHOOL: Now interviewing for our eight-month Wisdom of the Herbs 2015, a unique experiential program embracing the local herbaceous plants, trees and shrubs, holistic health, and sustainable living skills, valuable tools for living on the Earth in these changing times. Apr. 2526, May 23-24, Jun. 27-28, Jul. 25-26, Aug. 22-23, Sep. 26-27, Oct. 24-25 and Nov. 7-8, 2015. Tuition $1,750. VSAC nondegree grants available, please apply soon. Location: Wisdom of the Herbs School, Woodbury. Info: 456-8122, annie@ wisdomoftheherbsschool.com, wisdomoftheherbsschool.com.

language ANNOUNCING SPANISH CLASSES: Join us for adult Spanish classes this spring. Our ninth 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 Mar. 30 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. ALLIANCE FRANCAISE SPRING SESSION: CONTINUONS!: Eleven-week French classes for adults starting on March 9. New: Evening and morning sessions available! Twelve French classes offered, serving the entire range of students from true beginners to those already comfortable conversing in French. Descriptions and signup at aflcr.org. We also offer private and small group tutoring. Cost: $245/course; $220.50/AFLCR members. Location: Alliance Francaise of Lake Champlain Region, Colchester & Montpelier. Info: Micheline Tremblay, 8818826, michelineatremblay@ gmail.com. JAPANESE LANGUAGE CLASSES: The Japan-America Society of Vermont (JASV) is offering Beginning Japanese Language Courses, Levels 1 and 2, on the campus of Saint Michael’s College. Classes will start on Wed., Mar. 11 (Level 1) and Mon., Mar. 16 (Level 2) from 6:15-7:45 p.m. (dates may slip a week or so, or even be canceled, if there are not enough students.) Each class continues for 10 weekly sessions. Main textbook: Japanese for Busy People I (AJALT). Level 1 covers the first half of the book and Level 2, the second. Location: St. Michael’s College, 1 Winooski Pl., Colchester. Info: jasvlanguage@gmail.com.

martial arts VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIUJITSU: Classes for men, women and children. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu enhances strength, flexibility, balance, coordination and cardio-respiratory fitness. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training builds and helps to instill courage and selfconfidence. We offer a legitimate Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu martial arts program in a friendly, safe and positive environment. Accept no imitations. Learn from one of the world’s best, Julio “Foca” Fernandez, CBJJ and IBJJF certified 6th Degree Black Belt, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructor under Carlson Gracie Sr., teaching in Vermont, born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil! A 5-time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu National Featherweight Champion and 3-time Rio de Janeiro State Champion, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Mon.-Fri., 6-9 p.m., & Sat., 10 a.m. 1st class is free. Location: Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 55 Leroy Rd., Williston. Info: 660-4072, julio@bjjusa.com, vermontbjj.com.

massage ASIAN BODYWORK THERAPY PROGRAM: This program teaches two forms of massage, Amma and Shiatsu. We will explore Oriental medicine theory and diagnosis as well as the body’s meridian system, acupressure points, Yin Yang and 5-Element Theory. Additionally, 100 hours of Western anatomy

and physiology will be taught. VSAC nondegree grants are available. NCBTMB-assigned school. Begins September 2015. Cost: $5,000/500-hour program. Location: Elements of Healing, 21 Essex Way, suite 109, Essex Jct.. Info: Scott Moylan, 288-8160, elementsofhealing@verizon.net, elementsofhealing.net.

meditation 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. SHAMBHALA TRAINING LEVEL I: THE ART OF BEING HUMAN: Level I introduces the rich Shambhala tradition, which inspires us to explore and celebrate what it is to be human. Level I offers a good introduction for beginners and a fresh inspiration for experienced meditators. The course includes meditation instruction and practice, talks on Shambhala teachings, and group discussions. Sat., Mar. 7 & Sun., Mar. 8, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Location: Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 658-6795, tracy@cpro. cc, burlington.shambhala.org/ program-details/?id=198492.

pets DOG TRAINING: Dog/puppy essentials: Basic Training and Social Skills (six-week course) and Beyond Basics (five-week course) are being offered by Gold Star Dog Training in two locations. Please visit website for schedule information. St. Albans location: stalbansrec. com, 524-1500 ext. 266 or ext. 268; South Burlington location: sburlrecdept.com, 846-4108. Class descriptions available at goldstardog.com. Location: St. Albans & S. Burlington.

pregnancy/ childbirth PRENATAL METHOD STUDIO: Prenatal and postnatal yoga and fitness classes blending Yoga, Barre and Pilates. Childbirth Education class series and weekend intensives. Yoga Alliance Registered Prenatal

Yoga Teacher Training Program. Book groups, new mom playgroups, pregnancy circle teas. Supporting women and their partners in the management and journey of pregnancy and childbirth. Every day: lunchtimes, evenings & weekends. Cost: $15/1-hour prenatal or postnatal yoga class. Location: Prenatal Method Studio, 1 Mill St., suite 236, at the Chace Mill, Burlington. Info: 829-0211, beth@ prenatalmethod.com, prenatalmethod.com.

spirituality HEAVEN AND EARTH CIRCLE: We live in a tumultuous time of great change. In this circle we’ll learn & practice energy exercises to support our increasing the light, stabilizing the love & ways to anchor the paradigm of the New Earth of unity consciousness. For men & women; we’ll leave renewed & expanded. 1st Thu. of every mo. starting Mar. 5, 6:45-8 p.m. Cost: $15/person. Location: Sacred Mountain Studio, 215 College St., 3rd floor, Burlington. Info: Lightheart, Maureen Short, 453-4433, maureen@lightheart.net, lightheart.net.

tai chi ART OF TAI CHI CHUAN: Begin learning this supreme art to cultivate and sustain well-being of body, mind and spirit passed traditionally through Tung family lineage. Experience the bliss of true nature through practice of teachings which include Yang Style Long Form Postures & Sequence; Complementary Exercises & Qigong; Yin/Yang Theory & Guiding Principles; Push Hands Partner Practice; and Mindfulness Meditation. Alllevel weekly classes, Wed., 5:30-7 p.m. Art of Tai Chi Chuan, 1st Saturday Seminar Series, Sat., 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $15/Wed. class; 1st class free; $30/Sat. seminar. Location: McClure Center, 241 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Madeleine Piat-Landolt, 4533690, whitecloudarts@gmail. com, whitecloudarts.org. 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. TAI CHI, MONTPELIER: Green Dragon Wakes from Hibernation and Stretches its Claws. Learn this and other evocative movements in the Hwa Yu tai chi form, an early form of tai chi in the Liuhebafa lineage. Enhance physical and spiritual wellbeing. Mixed-level class maximizes mentoring potential. Weekly on

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writing Beginner’s Poetry WorkshoP: In this class, we’ll work with exercises that help us approach writing as artisans, with attention to concrete detail, surprising images, and careful choices. We’ll look at the work of established writers and workshop your own poems. Weekly on Wed., Mar. 11-Apr. 15, 6-8 p.m. Cost: $150/6 2-hour classes. Location: The Writer’s Barn, 233 Falls Rd., Shelburne. Info: Wind Ridge Books & Voices

of Vermonters, Lin Stone, 9227641, lin@windridgebooksofvt. com, windridgebooksofvt.com/ writing-workshops/. MeMoir: Finding your story: In this course, participants will write and refine material as they work toward developing a memoir draft that has meaning and shape. We will experiment with different approaches to memoir and workshop one another’s work as a class. Participants will turn in revised drafts to the instructor for feedback at the end of the course. Weekly on Mon., Mar. 9-Apr. 13, 6-8 p.m. Cost: $150/6 2-hour classes. Location: The Writer’s Barn, 233 Falls Rd., Shelburne. Info: Wind Ridge Books & Voices of Vermonters, Lin Stone, 9227641, lin@windridgebooksofvt.

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yoga Burlington hot yoga: try soMething diFFerent!: Really different, hot yoga with far infrared heating panels. We offer creative, vinyasa-style yoga classes featuring Prana Flow Hot Yoga in a 93-degree studio with balanced humidity, accompanied by eclectic music in our newly remodeled studio. come try this unique heat which has many healing benefits. classes daily. ahh, to be warm on a cold day, a flowing practice, a cool stone meditation and a chilled orange scented towel to complete your spa yoga experience. Get hot: 2-for-1 offer. $15. Go to hotyogaburlingtonvt.com. Location:

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.

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home in southern Vermont. And when he does, he generally prefers to record it using little more than a cassette four-track recorder. Weisman’s music is often just as spare. THLTC seldom features anything more than Weisman’s voice and steel-string guitar. The occasional fleeting trickle of keyboard is the only ornamental sound. But as simple as these songs appear on the surface, they are complex and delicately intricate underneath. Weisman is a devout Beatles acolyte; melodically, the influences of Lennon/McCartney overtly inform his pop sensibility. He is also a deeply knowledgeable student of jazz. While few of the pop suites on his record breach the three-minute threshold, Weisman’s music has a subversive quality — in his fractured melodic structures and his observational lyrics — that can be traced to jazz experimentation. Still, THLTC is Weisman’s most accessible album to date. The first single, a whimsical little slice of 1970s acoustic psych folk called “Backpack People,” recently premiered on NPR Music and drew raves from other relatively mainstream media outlets, including Stereogum and Impose magazine. Recently, Seven Days interviewed Weisman via email about his new record, which was released on February 24 on formerly Burlington-based label NNA Tapes. Perhaps predictably, his answers were brief, idiosyncratic and a little mysterious. In other words, a lot like his songs.

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SEVEN DAYS: You’re known to record with an intentionally sparse setup. (The press release from NNA Tapes describes you as “militantly adhering to a limited palette.”) Does a certain kind of freedom evolve from working within such rigid technical constraints? CHRIS WEISMAN: Everything you add also takes away. The surface is already completely rich.

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hris Weisman’s latest record, The Holy Life That’s Coming, moves gently, much like the changing seasons that were its inspiration. Winter in particular was the Brattleboro-based songwriter’s great muse, and his new album is like a window on a frozen world. But it’s an opaque window, covered with icy tendrils of frost that obscure a clear view. And which side of that window the listener is on — whether cozy and warm inside or left bare against the elements — can change from song to song. Weisman is a prolific recording artist. Though he’s perhaps best known for his time with the Brattleboro garage-pop band Happy Birthday, he has at least 14 solo albums to his credit since 2009 — including the 88-song opus Maya Properties, which he released on YouTube in 2012. More, almost certainly, are kicking around. But Weisman is also something of a hermit. He generally avoids the spotlight, rarely performs live and even more rarely provides the public with insight into his art. Instead, Weisman prefers to make music, almost constantly, from his “Beatleboro”

SD: A number of instances on the new record remind me of Ryan Power’s early recordings. I know you guys are old friends, so how would you say you’ve influenced each other musically? CW: I wanted to go to a weirdo private school. I got into Hampshire, but my parents couldn’t afford it. I ended up at [the University of New Hampshire], where my father teaches chemistry. It was not a downer: Ryan Power was there. He is my brother, and I would give my life for his. I think especially the opening track, “Thorn,” sounds like Ryan — his long-tone melody language, the chords, childhood trauma. SD: In a 2010 story for Seven Days, you talked about reconciling your interests in jazz and pop. The songwriting on THLTC is, at least on the surface, pop oriented. But there’s a subtle undercurrent of jazz subversion throughout. Have you become more comfortable allowing those divergent influences to coexist? CW: I don’t know what’s jazz and what’s singsong anymore. It all sounds like winter branches to me. SD: What (or perhaps, who) are “backpack people”? CW: I’m not saying. SD: Lyrically, what were some of the more significant inspirations you drew from? CW: Navel gazing. [Marcel] Duchamp. SD: What’s the most interesting album you’ve heard recently? CW: GZA, Liquid Swords. And Chaos Isn’t Single, the album that comes after Holy Life — that’s coming out on Hidden Temple [Tapes] in May. :) SD: Whenever I speak to artists from the Brattleboro area, I ask why that town has such a high concentration of unusual music. I’ve heard some pretty good answers over the years, my favorite being that there are crystals in the bedrock that resonate upward and create a fertile aura for weirdness and creativity. So, Chris, what do you think? Why is Brattleboro such a hub for unique art? CW: The mountain: Wantastiquet. It means “people of the lonely way.”

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So can anyone out there tell me what net neutrality is and why it’s important? Anyone at all? Let’s see some hands, people… Ah, KEViN EricKSoN, the communications and outreach manager of the Future of Music Coalition in Washington, D.C. Whatcha got? “At the most basic level, it’s the idea that the internet should treat all legal content the same, regardless of whether it originates with deep-pocketed corporations or individual citizens.” Excellent. Thank you, Kevin. Now, I should point out that this is a local music column. So how would net neutrality relate to musicians, specifically? “For musicians and other creators, this is crucially important for access to audiences. It’s what enables the internet to be a more level playing field, where the barrier of entry is low, and more

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There’s a fight a-brewin’ in our hallowed halls of democracy that could have far-reaching, culture-altering implications for, well, pretty much anyone who uses the internet. And there’s a better than decent chance you don’t really know much about it. You may have heard the term “net neutrality” bandied about in the news. Or maybe you’ve seen it from that one eternally outraged friend you have who keeps posting obscure articles about it on Facebook, but you ignore them to take the latest quiz about which “Game of Thrones” character your dog is. (Tyrion Lannister, BTW.) The fight over net neutrality has been raging for a while now, but it usually takes a backseat in major media and social media circles to more pressing issues such as deflated footballs, the latest on Kim KArDAShiAN’s ass, inane KANYE wESt antics and hysteria over diseases you almost certainly will never contract. Stiff competition, eh?

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different kinds of voices can be heard. It means that music services are able to compete on their merits, on how well they serve the needs of musicians and audiences, rather than who can afford to strike big-money deals with ISPs [internet service providers].” Thanks again, Kevin. So, in other words, net neutrality means maintaining the internet as an open resource that is equally accessible to anyone and everyone — aka, the internet as we (mostly) know it. Sounds good, right? I mean, who in their right mind would want to restrict access to the greatest communications tool in the history of mankind? Greedy assholes, mostly. And there are a lot of them, which is where the issue becomes, well, an issue. If net neutrality is not made into law, the internet could become a very different beast than the one to which we’ve grown accustomed. Right about now I should reveal that Erickson’s quotes above are from a recent email exchange with Seven Days, and not the imaginary classroom setting I just concocted as a gimmick to get into said interview. Erickson, by the way, works with our old friend, and my 7D predecessor, cASEY rAE at FMC, which is a nonprofit musicians’ rights advocacy group that is championing the cause of net neutrality. Erickson will appear as part of a panel discussion titled “The Future of Creative Industries,” on Wednesday, February 25, at Champlain College’s Alumni Auditorium, where he’ll delve as deeply into net neutrality as you’d ever dare to go. (And, yes, that panel is the same day this paper hits the streets, so apologies if you don’t see it in time. But it’s not like the issue is going away.) In advance of that discussion, we asked Erickson a series of questions in an attempt to illustrate the basics of net neutrality, because it really is an issue that not enough people are talking about. Here is the rest of that interview. And for more on net neutrality, visit futureofmusic.org.

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SD: Where are we in the process of resolving the issue? KE: The five commissioners of the [Federal Communications Commission] are voting on new rules on Thursday, February 26. FCC chairman Tom Wheeler’s proposed rules will include the strong protections preferred by net-neutrality advocates and the president. And it’s expected to pass in a 3-2 vote. Meanwhile, some in Congress have been floating bogus net-neutralityin-name-only bills that would interfere with the FCC’s ability to do its job.

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of lobbyists. And they’re formidable, influential opponents. Comcast alone spent $17 million on lobbying in 2014.

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KE: It will mean that rich companies that can afford to pay ISPs will find their content reaching consumers quickly, while the rest of us get relegated to the slow lane. Consumers could start to see “discount bundles” that offer them only access to a few sites. Ultimately, the internet could end up looking more and more like cable TV, where websites are bundled and curated, rather than a place where information and ideas flow freely. It could be harder and harder for critical and alternative voices to access audiences.

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“About Face: Self-Portraiture in Contemporary Art,” Hood Museum of Art

current exhibit at Dartmouth College’s Hood Museum of Art, titled “About Face: SelfPortraiture in Contemporary Art,” isn’t just a collection of artists’ self-portraits. It’s also a portrait of the students who participated in the show’s curatorial process. When Hood director Michael Taylor began planning “About Face,” he invited students to work with him — as he’s done twice before — this time opening it up to Dartmouth’s entire student body. In the end, nine students and Taylor explored selected works from the Hood’s permanent collection to investigate the relevance of self-portraiture in contemporary art. Each student then chose artworks to research and wrote wall labels for them. “About Face” presents work by 18 noted contemporary artists, among them Chuck Close, Bruce Nauman, Cindy Sherman, Kiki Smith and Ai Weiwei. Their paintings, photographs, prints and videos push the genre, often upending conventional expectations. These artists toy with their own identities, sometimes transforming themselves through disguises and assumed personae. “Self-portraiture has been reinvigorated in the age of the selfie,” Taylor notes in an interview. In fact, museums around the country are working on similar shows that speak to the moment. “Had you done it 10 years ago, you would have struggled to find relevancy,” he adds. “This exhibit underscores how contemporary artists are responding to this moment in history. There’s a destabilizing of identity.” Close’s “Self Portrait Screenprint” (2012, silkscreen in 246 colors) hangs at the entrance to the exhibit. A muchlarger-than-life image, it is visually arresting and prepares viewers to expect the unexpected throughout the exhibit. Taylor himself wrote this wall label, describing the work as “a buoyant sea of mosaic-like color blobs, resembling anything from hot dogs and doughnuts to the pixels that make up digital imagery. When the viewer backs away from the print,” he continues, “the glimmering surface coalesces into a cohesive image of the artist’s famous visage.” Close has made his life’s work the creation of these mammoth heads (more often depicting others than himself ), repeatedly posing himself creative challenges in the process. Sherman has made a career of self-portraits. In 1976, when she was 22, her photographs appeared in the monthlong “Photo Bus” exhibit on public transit in Buffalo, N.Y. Three of these early pieces are on display at the Hood. Audiences familiar with Sherman’s “Untitled Film Stills,” or with her large, elaborately staged color photographs, will find them simplicity itself by comparison. The three 8-by-10-inch black-and-white photos from the “Bus Riders” series depict Sherman appropriating various identities, including that of a bus driver. These anticipated the many fictional characters the artist would adopt in years to come. The rudimentary setup lays bare the artifice — the camera’s shutter-release cable is visible — and makes it clear Sherman is not the bus driver or either of the riders she portrays. Susanna Coffey’s 2008 oil on panel “Intake” is approximately the size of an actual head. Yet student Elissa Watters says she imagined it as “bigger than life” when Taylor introduced her to it on screen. When she later encountered the actual painting, its realistic size resonated with her. “It’s not

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idealized, not transcendent,” Watters says in an interview. “The face emerges from, and then submerges back into, the grid-like environment.” For the painting’s wall label, Watters wrote: “Coffey captures the fragility of the modern world where individuals are easily lost in the crowd.” Nikki S. Lee’s nearly life-size, full-color, full-body photograph “The Ohio Project (8)” (1999) depicts the artist staring out of the door of a trailer. Students Taylor Payer and Kathryn Conroy wrote that this image “is part of an extended project in which Lee transformed her appearance and immersed herself in a series of American subcultures, including drag queens, senior citizens and yuppies. By performing such a diverse range of characters, the artist dares to ask, ‘What makes you yourself?’” Martín Gutierrez and Wendy Red Star each engage viewers with a series of elaborately constructed photographs. In his 2013 “Real Dolls” series, Gutierrez himself poses as various life-size sex dolls in traditional domestic settings. Dressed in elaborate garb, lacquer and makeup from head to toe, he explores questions of gender, identity and perception while posing, stiff-limbed, in “we aim to please” positions. His photos, equal parts riveting and disturbing, are just one of myriad tools in Gutierrez’s artistic arsenal, the latest being music. Along with Red Star and Renée Stout, he will participate in a panel discussion on “Self-Portraiture and the Construction of Identity” on May 7 at the Hood. In Red Star’s saturated color photographs, she places herself in an elaborate Native American tableau, complete with fake wildlife and artificial leaves, clothed in a traditional elks-tooth Crow dress. Red Star describes herself as a cultural archivist who is speaking sincerely about the experience of being a Crow Indian in contemporary society. Studio art major Laura Dorn was involved in hanging the show. She helped position Jeff Walls’ “Double Self-Portrait” (1979) and Rineke Dijkstra’s “Self Portrait, Marnixbad, Amsterdam” (1991) in a corner on adjacent walls. The juxtaposition of these two photographs helps us “[look] at what the individual reveals and how much of that is manipulated,” she says. Dorn also cocurated a related exhibit, “About Dartmouth Face,” with Jordan Craig; both are curators for the student gallery in the Black Family Visual Arts Center. “We reached out to all the students, asking, ‘What is a self-portrait in the age of the selfie?’” Dorn says. Freshman through seniors participated. “Some had drawings of themselves; others were more conceptual — like arranging a jacket on the wall,” Dorn says. She and Craig collected the work, chose about 21 pieces for display, arranged the exhibition and invited all the students to the opening reception. “It was a great way to foster more of a connection between students and the work they’re doing and what’s on display in the Hood,” Dorn says. “About Face” asks more questions than it answers. The one issue it does resolve? Self-portraiture is alive and well, right alongside the selfie. MEG BRAZILL

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In my Seven Days review of Phase One, the 2014 debut from Plattsburgh’s Our Holy Orgasmic Cosmic Rays, I suggested there might be little cause for anxiety over what the anti-supergroup had in store for their next record, then presumed to be Phase Two. That was because, while patently fucked up, the record was also pleasantly fucked up in its own way. Though deranged even by experimental pop and rock standards, the record bore a certain juvenile charm that made its madness less intimidating or scary for unsuspecting ear holes. Though not for the faint of heart, the record actually marked the most conventionally accessible work to date from OHOCR’s primary architect, Chris Rigsbee, previously known for his gloomy, darkmatter-dense work as Adrian Aardvark. It turns out I was both right and wrong in my prediction for OHOCR’s follow-up. Released in mid-February, the new record is indeed dubbed Phase Two. That’s where I was right. Where I was wrong: Be afraid. Be very afraid.

In a recent email to Seven Days, Rigsbee describes the record as “probably the weirdest release so far.” I assume he means that in relation to his own music. Though if he means it’s probably the weirdest release so far in, like, the entirety of recorded music history, he might not be so far off the mark, either. It’s pretty damn strange. Witness album opener “Aura Explorer.” Built around a menacingly plodding three-note, grime-covered bass and drum progression, and decorated with all manner of unhinged sounds man-made and otherwise, this is what might happen if James Kochalka went on a crystal-meth bender and rewrote the theme song from “Dora the Explorer.” The twisted but ultimately harmless sexual humor that softened the mangled mania of Phase One is evident on Phase Two, as well. For example, “Loomis.” Over a fun-house-mirror version of an R&B ballad, Rigsbee sings in his unsettlingly hollow timbre, “Nipples are so sensitive, they start sharing their feelings. / There

is more to relationships than sexual healing.” Your move, Marvin Gaye. That demented whimsy emerges in various forms throughout. There is the fat-bottomed derangement of “Handsome Doo Doo” and the fearsome but (I think) sarcastic lechery of “Get You Drunk.” There is the speaker-shattering experiment in phasing that is “Glitch Gremlin.” And then there’s my personal favorite, the instrumental sci-fi punk cut “Death Rides a Pale Duck,” which I can’t help but feel was somehow inspired by the 1980s cult flick Howard the Duck. In truth, Phase Two isn’t that much more terrifying than was Phase One. But with a band like OHOCR, it’s a slim margin. With unrepentant, berserk glee, Rigsbee and co. not only willfully ignore that margin, they practically vomit all over it, presumably just so they can binge again. Rigsbee notes that Phase Three is about one month away from being spawned, er, released. In the meantime, Phase Two by Our Holy Orgasmic Cosmic Rays is available at ourholyorgasmiccosmicrays. bandcamp.com.

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FRANNY O'S: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free. JP'S PUB: Karaoke with Megan, 10 p.m., free. JUNIPER: Beerworth Sisters (Americana), 9 p.m., free. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Demus (reggae), 9 p.m., free. NECTAR'S: Shwizz, Grundlefunk, Soft Cactus, Miss Fairchild, Conehead Buddha, Beau Sasser's Escape Plan, the Brummy Brothers, High & Mighty Brass Band, noon, free/$5. RADIO BEAN COFFEEHOUSE: Andriana Chobot (folk rock, jazz), 7 p.m., free. Nerk Twins (acoustic Beatles tribute), 9 p.m., free. Jerichovox (rock), 10:30 p.m., free. Vedora (rock), midnight, free. RED SQUARE: Funkwagon (funk), 10 a.m., free. Craig Mitchell (house), 2 p.m., free. Josh Panda Band (roots, soul), 6 p.m., $5. Mashtodon (hip-hop), 10 p.m., $5. Mashtodon (hip-hop), 11 p.m., $5. RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Kermitt (house), noon, free. DJ Spags (house), 1 p.m., free. DJ Frank Grymes (house), 2 p.m., free. DJ Dave Villa (house), 4 p.m., free. DJ Jack Bandit (house), 6 p.m., $5. DJ Con Yay (house), 8 p.m., $5. DJ Reign One (EDM), 11 p.m., $5. RUBEN JAMES: Craig Mitchell (house), 10 p.m., free. SIGNAL KITCHEN: Timber Timbre, Dan Blakeslee (psychedelic folk), 8 p.m., $14/16. AA. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Green Mountain Playboys (Cajun), 8 p.m., $5-10 donation.

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chittenden county BACKSTAGE PUB: Revolver (rock), 9 p.m., free.

HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Consider the Source, Coquette (sci-fi Middle Eastern fusion), 8:30 p.m., $10/12. AA. JAMES MOORE TAVERN: Woodstack (folk), 8 p.m., free. THE MONKEY HOUSE: Questionable Company (rock), 9 p.m., $3/5. 18+. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Mitch & Friends (rock), 5 p.m., free. Sideshow Bob (rock), 9 p.m., free. VENUE NIGHTCLUB: Saturday Night Mixdown with DJ Dakota & Jon Demus, 10 p.m., $5. 18+.

barre/montpelier BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Irish Session, 2 p.m., donation. Bitter Greens (Americana), 6 p.m., donation.

CHARLIE-O'S WORLD FAMOUS: Sara Grace (rock, soul), 7 p.m., free. The Grape and the Grain (rock), 10 p.m., free.

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NUTTY STEPH'S: Jazzyaoke, 7 p.m., free. SWEET MELISSA'S: Dan Zura (singer-songwriter), 5 p.m., free. Hillside Rounders (bluegrass), 9 p.m., free.

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Dream On Hot Dreams, the latest record from Canadian psych-folk band

Timber Timbre,

is in many ways a hybrid of the group’s two

previous efforts. The album combines the eerie vastness of the band’s 2009 self-titled debut with the, well, creepy harmonies and harmonics of their 2011 record, Creep on Creepin’ On. The result is a sound fantastical and weird and a little ominous, like a musical fever dream. Catch Timber Timbre at Signal Kitchen in Burlington this Saturday, February 28, with songwriter Dan Blakeslee.

stowe/smuggs area THE BEE'S KNEES: Clare Byrne (folk), 11 a.m., donation. Open Mic, 7:30 p.m., free.

MATTERHORN: The High Hopes Band (reggae), 9 p.m., $5. MOOG'S PLACE: Cooie Sings (folk, jazz, blues), 6 p.m., free. Right Coast Leftovers (rock), 9 p.m., free. RUSTY NAIL: Aprés Ski: Reverend Ben Donovan (country), 4 p.m., free. Blues for Breakfast (Grateful Dead tribute), 9 p.m., $8.

mad river valley/ waterbury

THE RESERVOIR RESTAURANT & TAP ROOM: Japhy Ryder (rock), 10 p.m., free.

middlebury area

51 MAIN AT THE BRIDGE: Hot Box Honey (swing, jazz), 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: Cooie Sings (jazz, rock, folk), 6 p.m., free. DJ Blinie (pop), 10 p.m., free.

outside vermont MONOPOLE: Formula 5, Tar Iguana (jam), 10 p.m., free.

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FRANNY O'S: Kyle Stevens' Happiest Hour of Music (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free. Vermont's Next Star, 8 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Andrew Moroz Trio (jazz), 8 p.m., free. NECTAR'S: MI YARD Reggae Night with DJs Big Dog and Demus, 9 p.m., free. OLDE NORTHENDER PUB: Open Mic, 7 p.m., free. RADIO BEAN COFFEEHOUSE: Blues Brunch with Jeff Pratt, Steve Goldman and Steve Thurston, 11 a.m., free. Pete Sutherland & Tim Stickle's Old Time Session, 1 p.m., free. Trio Gusto (gypsy jazz), 6 p.m., free. Phil Yates (rock), 8 p.m., free. Rue Snider and No Strand (indie folk), 9 p.m., free. Kristen Becker (folk), 10 p.m., free. Apartment 3 (garage rock), 11:30 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Bluegrass Brunch Scramble, noon, $5-10 donation. Max Garcia Conover (singer-songwriter), 6 p.m., $5-10 donation. Spark Open Improv Jam & Standup Comedy, 7 p.m., $5-10 donation.

chittenden county BACKSTAGE PUB: Karaoke/ Open Mic, 8 p.m., free.

THE MONKEY HOUSE: Clare Byrne, Milton Busker and the Grim Work, Aislyn Tabor (folk),

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Kidz Music with Raphael, 11:30 a.m., $3 donation.

p.m., free. Honky Tonk Tuesday with Brett Hughes & Friends, 10 p.m., $3.

CAFÉ: Eric Friedman (folk), 11 a.m., free.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Open Mic with Wylie, 7 p.m., free.

BUCH SPIELER music: Santiparro, Ryan Power, Lituya Bay (indie rock), 7 p.m., $5.

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5 p.m., free. Felix Martin, Lazer Wulf (jazz metal), 8:30 p.m., $5. PENALTY BOX: Trivia With a Twist, 4 p.m., free. SCAN

RED SQUARE: Craig Mitchell SCAN TH YOUR THIS PAGE chittenden county TEXT (house), 10 p.m., free. WITH LA WITH LAYAR barre/montpelier THE MONKEY HOUSE: Open Mic, ZEN LOUNGE: Killed It! Karaoke, HERE SEE PAG SEE PAGE 9 8 p.m., free. 9 p.m., free. BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO

northeast kingdom THE STAGE: Open Mic, 5 p.m., free.

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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. JUNIPER: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free. NECTAR'S: Metal Monday: Vaporizer, Cruciferion, Murrum, 9 p.m., $3/5. 18+. RADIO BEAN COFFEEHOUSE: Giovanina Bucci (singersongwriter), 7 p.m., free. Tyler Mast & Paradise Divide (jazz, world fusion), 8:30 p.m., free. Latin Sessions with Mal Maiz (cumbia), 10 p.m., free.

MOOG'S PLACE: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., free.

THE MONKEY HOUSE: Storytelling VT, 7:30 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

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barre/montpelier

CLUB METRONOME: Dead Set with Cats Under the Stars (Grateful Dead tribute), 9 p.m., free/$5.

SOUTH SIDE TAVERN: Open Mic with John Lackard, 9 p.m., free.

HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: DJ Tricky Pat & Guests (D&B), 10 p.m., free.

MOOG'S PLACE: Jason Wedlock (rock), 7:30 p.m., free.

burlington

JP'S PUB: Open Mic with Kyle, 9 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Andy K's Specialised Experience, 8 p.m., free. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Max Garcia Conover (singersongwriter), 9 p.m., free. NECTAR'S: Gubbulidis (jam), 8 p.m., free/$5. 18+. Dead Set (Grateful Dead tribute), 10 p.m., free/$5. 18+. RADIO BEAN COFFEEHOUSE: Bearheart (rock), 5 p.m., free. Gua Gua (psychotropical jazz), 6:30 p.m., free. Lefty Yunger (soul, swing, boogie woogie), 9

CHARLIE-O'S WORLD FAMOUS: Karaoke, 8 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs area middlebury area

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Karaoke with Roots Entertainment, 9 p.m., free.

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HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Wildlife Wednesday (trap, house), 9:30 p.m. JP'S PUB: Pub Quiz with Dave, 7 p.m., free. Karaoke with Melody, 10 p.m., free. wed.4

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arT EvENTS

burlington

exhibit works that include some aspect of the childhood game. f MargarET JacoBS: “Fact and Fiction,” sculptures and drawings. Third Floor gallery. f MIcHEllE SaffraN: “Remembering our Future Death,” collages by the local artist. second Floor gallery. Reception: saturday, March 7, 5-7 p.m. March 3-April 4. info, 479-7069. studio place Arts in barre.

PETEr vINToN: The Vermont graphic designer gives a talk about his new book, Monitors. bradford public library, wednesday, February 25, 6 p.m. info, 222-4536.

BryaN BrIScoE: “Fruit & Flowers,” new acrylic paintings by the area artist. March 2-April 2. info, 518-572-2337. City Market/onion River Co-op in burlington. cHaNcE McNIff: “geometrically cosmic” acrylic and oil paintings, lined with ink. Curated by sEAbA. March 1-31. info, 859-9222. speeder & Earl’s: pine street in burlington.

f DaNa SMITH: original works drawn from nature

by the hawaii-born, self-taught artist. Reception: Friday, March 6, 5-8 p.m. March 1-31 at Red square in burlington. info, 318-2438.

f IMagES froM THE MoraN PlaNT: A celebration of the Moran plant’s first artist-in-residence, Mary lacy, features photographs of her murals by burlington photographer brendan Joe. Reception: Thursday, February 26, 7-9 p.m., including a talk by Moran plant developers Tad Cooke, Erick Crockenberg and Charlie Tipper, and a screening of the short film “Mary lacy: life at Moran” by Julian Rodier. Refreshments; cash bar. February 26-April 9. info, 922-4398. scout & Co. in burlington. INNovaTIoN cENTEr grouP SHoW: group show featuring the works of Ashley Veselis, Casey blanchard, James Vogler, Jamie Townsend, liz Cleary, lori Arner, Robert green and scott nelson on the first floor; Elizabeth nelson, Emily Mitchell, lyna lou nordstorm, Michael pitts and Tom Merwin on the second floor; Jessica Drury, lynn Cummings, haley bishop, Janet bonneau, Krista Cheney and wendy James on the third floor. Curated by sEAbA. March 1-31. info, 859-9222. The innovation Center of Vermont in burlington. JaSoN BoyD, JorDaN DouglaS & MaTT gaNg: Three local artists present cork art, photographs and mixed-media assemblage, respectively. Curated by sEAbA. March 1-31. info, 859-9222. VCAM studio in burlington.

f JEffrEy TruBISz: “images: on the Trail,” photographs of the artist’s ventures into nature. Reception: Friday, March 6, 5-8 p.m. March 1-31. info, 859-9222. sEAbA Center in burlington. JoE PullIaM: paintings on 19th-century ledger paper by a noteworthy lakota artist, who lives on the pine Ridge Reservation in south Dakota. March 1-31. info, 658-3074. Mirabelles in burlington.

f KaTIE loESEl: “piles and passageways,” drawings and prints by the Vermont artist, who explores ideas of pilings, webs and balance Reception: sunday, March 8, 2-4 p.m. March 1-June 1. info, 985-8222. shelburne Vineyard.

f HarlaN MacK: “Forecast/Revival,” works made

from tarpaper, paint and steel by the Vermont painter and sculptor. Reception: Tuesday, March 3, 7-9 p.m. March 2-20. info, 635-2727. Vermont studio Center gallery ii in Johnson.

mad river valley/waterbury

f ElIzaBETH fraM: lively, colorful textile collages. Artist talk: sunday, March 15, 2 p.m. March 1-30. info, 244-6606. waterbury Congregational Church.

middlebury area

f ‘raISE your cuPS!’: An exhibit and sale of

ceramic works by local artists celebrates 40 years of pottery and arts education in Middlebury. proceeds benefit the Middlebury studio school’s move to a new location in March. Reception: Friday, February 27, 5-7 p.m. February 27-March 27. info, 458-0098. Edgewater gallery in Middlebury.

rutland area

f BIll raMagE & BoB JoHNSoN: “Death and a Chair,” a dual exhibit by the artist and Castleton College philosophy professor. Reception: Friday, February 27, 6 p.m. February 25-March 28. info, 468-6052. Castleton Downtown gallery in Rutland. f ‘a lovE of arT’: A juried exhibition that celebrates work in diverse mediums by Chaffee’s member artists. Reception: Friday, February 27, 5-7 p.m. February 27-March 28. info, 775-0062. Chaffee Art Center in Rutland.

champlain islands/northwest f gENIE ryBIcKI-JuDKINS, JIM fooTE & PaT

MurPHy: pastels, paintings and wood sculpture, and paintings, respectively. Reception: sunday, March 1, noon-1:30 p.m. March 1-31. info, 933-2545. Artist in Residence Cooperative gallery in Enosburg Falls.

outside vermont

f DIaNE fINE: “Red and other Colors,” artwork by the sunY plattsburgh professor. Reception and artist talk: saturday, February 28, 4-6 p.m. February 28-March 23. info, 518-564-2474. plattsburgh state Art Museum, n.Y.

‘arT WITH a SPIcE’: sip, socialize and make art with Kadina Malicbegovic, who introduces students of all levels to her painting techniques. nectar’s, burlington, Tuesday, March 3, 6-8 p.m. $30. info, 310-6851. ED KorEN TalK: The New Yorker cartoonist and Vermont cartoonist laureate gives a presentation on visual satire. presented by Vermont humanities Council. brownell library, Essex Junction, wednesday, March 4, 7 p.m. info, 262-1354.

oNgoINg SHoWS burlington

‘aNIMal PoWEr’: paintings of horse-powered transportation and agriculture in Vermont by multiple artists. Through February 28. info, 652-4500. Amy E. Tarrant gallery, Flynn Center, in burlington. arT’S alIvE 2ND aNNual oPEN PHoTograPHy ExHIBITIoN: Thirty-six Vermont photographers who answered an open call to artists show more than 100 photographs. Through March 29. info, 660-9005. Art’s Alive gallery in burlington. cHrISTy MITcHEll: “Turn the Tables,” collages employing lp covers and sheet music that explore the artist’s “innate feminine strength” after a series of life-altering events, and depict her journey. Through February 28. info, 578-2512. The s.p.A.C.E. gallery in burlington. ‘cIvIl War oBJEcTS froM THE uvM collEcTIoNS’: heirloom items donated to the museum from America’s Civil war period include correspondence and ephemera, quilts, medical items, fine and decorative art, and more. wilbur Room. Through May 17. ‘STarINg BacK: THE crEaTIoN aND lEgacy of PIcaSSo’S DEMoISEllES D’avIgNoN’: The exhibit explores the origins and influence of the seminal cubist painting through a selection of American, African

HoWarD cENTEr arTS collEcTIvE: Vibrant works by local artists who receive and provide services through the Mental health and substance Abuse services branch of the howard Center. Through February 28. info, 363-4746. Flynndog gallery in burlington. INNovaTIoN cENTEr grouP SHoW: works by Ashley Veselis, James Vogler, Jamie Townsend, Kathryn Jarvis, longina smolinski, lori Arner, Robert green, and scott nelson on the first floor; Jean Cherouny, Jeanne Amato, laurel waters, lyna lou nordstrom, Michael pitts and Tom Merwin on the second floor; and Camilla Roberts, Chance Mcniff, Janet bonneau, Krista Cheney, laura winn Kane and wendy James on the third floor. Curated by sEAbA. Through February 28. info, 859-9222. The innovation Center of Vermont in burlington. JaMES voglEr & carolyN croTTy: Abstract paintings by Vogler and mixed media by Crotty. Curated by sEAbA. Through February 28. info, 859-9222. VCAM studio in burlington.

f JENNIfEr KocH, SuSaN SMErEKa & ElISE WHITTEMorE: “1 x 3,” monoprints by the local artists. Meet the Artist event: saturday, February 28, 6-8 p.m. Through March 24. info, 735-2542. new City galerie in burlington. JulIE a. DavIS: “A new world,” a series of 18 oil paintings that reflect the frenetic energy and obsessive work that sometimes follow a period of trauma, by the burlington artist. Through February 28. info, 859-9222. sEAbA Center in burlington. KaTlIN ParENTEau: “Rouge Authenticity,” acrylic paintings by the northeast Kingdom artist. Through February 28. info, 859-8909. Red square in burlington. lEaH vaN rEES: paintings inspired by the natural world. Curated by burlington City Arts. Through February 28. info, 865-7166. Courtyard Marriott burlington harbor. lINDa SMITH: storybook-style paintings by the former elementary-school teacher. Curated by sEAbA. Through February 28. info, 859-9222. speeder & Earl’s: pine street in burlington.

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‘NaTural BEauTIES’ JEWElry TalK: gemologist and former jewelry specialist at Christie’s auction house in new York, simon Teakle will discuss his process of curatorial selection, and describe his travels to find and collect jewelry. Moderated by shelburne Museum curator Kory Rogers. shelburne Museum, sunday, March 1, 2-3 p.m. Free with museum admission. info, 985-3346.

‘crafTucaTIoN II’: works by shelburne Craft school instructors Rik Rolla, sage Tucker-Ketcham, Chris Ramos, gered williams, Evelyn McFarlane and Matthew Taylor. Through February 28. info, 863-6458. Frog hollow Vermont state Craft Center in burlington.

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MIrIaM aDaMS: “Drawn to words,” graphite drawings and watercolors about books and words. March 2-April 13. info, 482-2878. Carpenter-Carse library in hinesburg.

stowe/smuggs area

WINTEr gala rEcEPTIoN: All three of the gallery’s exhibits are on view during this special evening with music and catered food. west branch gallery & sculpture park, stowe, saturday, February 28, 6-8:30 p.m. info, 253-8943.

and European contemporary art, as well as new technologies. Through June 21. ‘TravElErS IN PoSTWar EuroPE’: black-and-white photographs of germany, paris, london and Venice by burlington doctor h.A. Durfee Jr. between 1951 and 1953. Through June 28. info, 656-8582. Fleming Museum, uVM, in burlington.

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Daniel Barlow & Scott Baer: “Green Mountain Graveyards,” a photography exhibit that explores the evolution of historic gravestones and funerary art in Vermont. Through April 1. Info, 479-8519. Vermont History Museum in Montpelier.

Lynne Reed: “EdgeWalker Paintings,” an exhibit of Japanese Enso-inspired paintings by the Burlington artist. Through March 6. Info, 233-6811. Revolution Kitchen in Burlington.

Glen Coburn Hutcheson: Artwork by the gallerySIX founder. Through March 31. Info, 262-2253. The Skinny Pancake (Montpelier).

Maltex Group Show: Art by Steve Diffenderfer, Nissa Kauppila, Carol Boucher, John Snell, Tracy Vartenigian Burhans, Krista Cheney, Amy Hannum and Kimberly Bombard. Curated by Burlington City Arts. Through April 30. Info, 865-7166. The Maltex Building in Burlington.

Jackie Smith: Photographs of flowers, vegetables, fire, water and abandoned objects taken through a heart-shaped lens. Through February 28. Info, 223-2317. The Cheshire Cat in Montpelier.

Maureen O’Leary: “Honey Lane,” an exhibit of new paintings by the New York artist. Through February 28. Info, oneartscollective@gmail.com. Info, 338-0028. ONE Arts Center in Burlington.

Michael T. Jermyn: “New American Impressionism,” images by the Montpelier photographer. Through April 30. Info, 223-1570. Chill Gelato in Montpelier.

Megan J. Humphrey: “Surrounded By Love,” vintage Valentines collage by the Burlington artist. Through February 28. Info, 355-5418. Vintage Inspired Lifestyle Marketplace in Burlington.

Mollie S. Burke: Magical-realist paintings. Through February 27. Info, 828-3131. Vermont Statehouse in Montpelier. Nick Neddo: “Digging for Roots,” wildcrafted drawings by the Montpelier artist, who creates his own mediums with foraged berries, mud and sticks. Through February 28. Info, 828-3291. Spotlight Gallery in Montpelier.

Nancy H. Taplin & Ethan Bond-Watts: “In Motion,” abstract paintings by Taplin and glass sculptures by Bond-Watts that capture the “kinetic energy of color and light.” Through March 7. Vermont Metro Gallery, BCA Center in Burlington.

Nikki Eddy: “You and the Night,” abstract acrylic paintings by the Vermont artist. Through February 28. Info, 479-0896. Espresso Bueno in Barre.

Nancy Tomczak: Watercolor paintings of birds and watercolor collages in the dining room. Through February 28. Info, 862-9647. The Daily Planet in Burlington.

Nina and Craig Line: The father and daughter photographers exhibit images of the Kent Museum as well as landscapes and portraits from Vermont and across the U.S., South America, the former Soviet Union, Europe and Nepal. Through March 31. Info, 223-2518. Montpelier Senior Activity Center.

Sally Hughes & Carol Shallow: ‘Our Favorite Things,” plein-air watercolor paintings by two friends. Through March 29. Info, 660-9005. The Gallery at Main Street Landing in Burlington. Sally Linder: “Within the Circle,” paintings created from the Burlington artist’s experiences in Greenland, Svalbard, Iceland and Nunavut, Canada. Open weekdays by appointment. Through March 16. Info, 860-2733. Freeman Hall Conference Room, Champlain College, in Burlington. ‘SEABA Folio 2003 Project’: Original prints by 22 of Vermont’s finest artists. Through February 28. Info, 859-9222. The Pine Street Deli in Burlington.

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‘Spatial Intuitions’: Works by Vermont artists Brooke Monte and Marilyn Maddison and out-ofstate artists Kristi Arnold and James Lentz that explore perspective, depth and pattern in several mediums. Through March 13. Info, oneartscollec tive@gmail.com. Info, 656-4200. L/L Gallery, UVM, in Burlington. ‘Taking Pictures’: An exhibit of works past and present from artists in the Pictures Generation of the 1970s that explores appropriation and the influence of mass media. Through April 4. Info, 865-5355. BCA Center, in Burlington. Tom Waters: Acrylic paintings inspired by the beauty of Vermont, by the Essex artist. Through March 28. Info, 658-6400. American Red Cross Blood Donor Center in Burlington. UVM Medical Center Group Show: Art by Michael Sipe, Cameron Schmitz, David Griggs, Michael Farnsworth, Phil Laughlin and Jane Ann Kantor. Curated by Burlington City Arts. Through April 30. Info, 865-7166. UVM Medical Center in Burlington. Vermont Artisans: Frame shop owners Alex and Jeremy Dostie have been collecting artwork since opening in 2011. A selection of those pieces is on view, featuring some 20 Vermont artists. Through March 30. Info, 660-9005. Dostie Bros. Frame Shop in Burlington. Winnie Looby: Art created on an iPad during sleepless nights by the Burlington artist. Through February 28. Info, 863-6713. North End Studio A in Burlington. Zoe Bishop & Adam Forguites: New works in oil by the local artists. Through March 29. Info, 861-2067. Nunyuns Bakery & Café in Burlington.

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Keith Tatarczuk: Drawings in graphite and charcoal, watercolors and mixed-media works by the local artist. Through March 31. Info, 658-2739. Magic Hat Artifactory in S. Burlington.

Ray Brown: Recent abstract oil paintings inspired by the Vermont artist’s travels in Florida and Italy. Through March 31. Info, 552-8620. gallery SIX in Montpelier.

Elizabeth Fram Waterbury Center artist Elizabeth Fram says that

becoming a mother brought her back to the domestic art of sewing. But there’s nothing

mundane about the fabric works she creates. From layered textiles and her creative stitching — and from Fram’s imagination — come abstract collages that resemble paintings, but with more delicacy and texture. In “Color | stories,” an exhibit displayed at the Waterbury Congregational Church March 1 through 30, Fram uses vibrant hues as an organizing principle. To be sure, we all crave color “as we move from the cold and dark of winter into the mud that foretells the awakening of spring,” she writes in an artist statement. But to Fram, her pieces also represent private ruminations: “My work reflects on seemingly minor occurrences that, scrutinized more closely, add meaning to our lives,” she writes. “Abstraction and stitched marks are the language I use to examine these ideas.” On Sunday, March 15, at 2 p.m., Fram will give a talk about her work and the use of specific techniques such as dyeing, painting and embroidery. Pictured: “Stand.”

Michelle Ennis Jackson: Watercolor paintings of nature and the changing seasons by the Essex Junction artist. Through February 28. Info, 985-8222. Shelburne Vineyard. ‘Natural Beauties: Jewelry From Art Nouveau to Now’: Nearly 300 works from the likes of Tiffany & Co., Harry Winston, Cartier and others illustrate the fascination with nature, and our evolving relationship to it, in jewelry design. Through March 8. Nathan Benn: “Kodachrome Memory: American Pictures 1972-1990,” featuring evocative color images by the acclaimed National Geographic photographer. Through May 25. Info, 985-3346. Pizzagalli Center for Art and Education, Shelburne Museum. Student Darkroom Photography Show: Photographs by Mount Mansfield Union High School students. Through February 28. Info, 899-3211. Emile A. Gruppe Gallery in Jericho.

barre/montpelier

‘1865, Out of the Ashes: Assassination, Reconstruction & Healing the Nation’: Historical artifacts that commemorate the Civil War’s 150th anniversary. Through July 31. Info, 485-2886. Sullivan Museum & History Center, Norwich University, in Northfield. ‘Art of Place’: A group exhibit of works inspired by the artists’ interactions with the spaces they inhabit. Through March 8. John Snell: “This Is Why I Live Here,” photographs of central Vermont by the Montpelier artist. Lower Gallery. Through March 7. Info, 728-6464. Chandler Gallery in Randolph. August Burns: “The Eyes Have It: Portraits and Figures,” an expressive collection of paintings and drawings of men and women by the accomplished portraitist. Through March 31. Info, 828-3131. Vermont Supreme Court Lobby in Montpelier.

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f “Subtle, Not Subtle: Evocative Nuance”: Delicate and complex paintings by Marc Civitarese, Janis Pozzi-Johnson and Helen Shulman; and sculptures by Jonathan Prince. Through June 3. f ‘Endless Beginnings: Nonrepresentational Art Today’: Paintings and sculptures by 12 regional artists. Through April 19. f ‘Menagerie: Animals in Art’: Paintings and sculptures by 11 artists depict an array of domestic and wild creatures. Reception: Saturday, February 28, 6-8:30 p.m. Through March 29. Info, 253-8943. West Branch Gallery & Sculpture Park in Stowe. ‘Through Our Lens’: Photographs by young adults participating in the Big Picture Project. Through March 2. Maria Anghelache: “Tropical Abstract/Abstractions,” colorful paintings by the Romanian-born Vermont artist. Through March 2. Info, 888-1261. River Arts in Morrisville. Marieluise Hutchinson: New landscape paintings by the regional artist. Through March 31. Info, 253-1818. Green Mountain Fine Art Gallery in Stowe.

f Michael Zebrowski: ‘Otwieraç,” sculpture that explores art, architecture and science through the lens of material culture, by the JSC assistant professor of art. Artist talk: Thursday, March 5, 3 p.m. Through April 3. Info, 635-1469. Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson State College. ‘Play’: National and regional artists display work in various mediums inspired by play. Also, an ongoing collaborative art project by hundreds of local elementary school students. Through April 12. Info, 253-8358. Helen Day Art Center in Stowe. ‘Romancing the Garden’: Paintings of flowers, fauna, farms, gardens, buds and blossoms from more than 50 artists, Main Gallery. Also, Piper Strong, Middle Room, and the 2014-2015 Legacy Collection, East Gallery. Through March 29. Info, 644-5100. Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville. ‘Slope Style’: Thirty-five fully accessorized vintage ski outfits, with a special section of the exhibit dedicated to Vermont ski brands. Through October 31. Info, 253-9911. Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum in Stowe.

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Ben Frank Moss & Varujan Boghosian: “Collage, Drawing, painting,” works by the abstract and collage artists. Through March 31. Info, 767-9670. BigTown Gallery in Rochester. Bonnie Barnes: “Blanc et Noir,” new photography inspired by rural life and frontiers by the waitsfield artist. Through February 28. Info, 244-7801. Axel’s Gallery & Frameshop in waterbury. ‘hooked in the Valley’: Thirteen area artists display 36 hooked-rug pieces in a variety of styles. Through March 28. Info, 496-6682. Festival Gallery in waitsfield.

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CaleB kenna: “elemental vermont,” photographs of the natural world by the Brandon artist. Through April 1. Info, 388-3300. American Flatbread (Middlebury hearth). ‘Cloth, PaPer, sCissors’: An exhibit of fiber art by vermont artists and craftspeople. Through March 1. Info, 877-3850. Creative space in vergennes. joe Bolger: plein-air impressionist landscapes by the shoreham artist. Through February 28. Info, 388-1436. Jackson Gallery, Town hall Theater, in Middlebury. ‘andy Warhol Prints’: “Recent Gifts From the Andy warhol Foundation”: 10 vivid prints by the late pop artist including portraits of Chairman Mao, Goethe, sitting Bull, Ingrid Bergman and Queen Ntombi of swaziland. ‘outside in: art oF the street’: Graphic works by 19 street artists and urban legends who are now exhibiting in museums and galleries internationally. Through April 19. Info, 443-3168. Middlebury College Museum of Art. Peter Fried: The visual artist invites visitors to his new gallery and working studio to observe his process in various media. works are available for purchase. Through December 31. Info, peterdfried@ gmail.com. peter Fried Art in vergennes.

accompanied by audio and written excerpts of interviews given by women with metastatic cancer and their family caregivers. Through May 9. Info, 388-4964. vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury.

landscapes made from clipped vines by the Glens Falls, N.y., artist. Reception: Tuesday, March 10, 12:30 p.m. Through March 27. Info, 468-6052. Christine price Gallery, Castleton state College.

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student art shoW: An energetic assortment of art by students at Barstow Memorial, leicester Central, lothrop elementary, Neshobe, proctor elementary, sudbury Country, whiting elementary and otter valley high and middle schools. Through March 3. Info, 247-4956. Brandon Artists Guild. Winter art Mart: winter-inspired art in many mediums by local artists including Gayl M. Braisted, Andrew David Christie, lyn DuMoulin, stu hall, Maurie harrington, Tom Merwin, Jim samler and Judith Reilly. Through March 29. Info, 247-4295. Compass Music and Arts Center in Brandon.

champlain islands/northwest jason Brunault & MiChael Perron: wood creations by the two local artists. Through February 28. Info, 933-2545. Artist in Residence Cooperative Gallery in enosburg Falls.

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Brenna Colt: “sheered wit,” an exhibit of photographs, paintings and drawings. Through March 18. Info, 295-3118. hotel Coolidge in white River Junction.

‘seMBlanCe’ Call to artists: Calling for portrait photography for an upcoming exhibit; juror David J. Carol. “semblance” refers to the outward appearance something or, in this case, someone. portraits can be especially dynamic when certain characteristics of a person are highlighted, coaxed into the light and captured as prized specimens. Any format acceptable. Deadline: March 18. More info: darkroomgallery. com/ex68. Darkroom Gallery, essex Junction.

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‘take an islands treasure hoMe’: The fifth annual fundraising exhibit and sale will feature artist-painted corner cabinets (donated unpainted by sam’s wood Furniture), with proceeds benefiting Camp TaKumTa. Finished cabinets due by June 15, and will be displayed throughout the summer around the Champlain Islands. For info, contact Ruth wallman at ruth@ vermont.org or 372-8400. lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce, Burlington. Info, 372-8400. CreatiVe CoMPetition: For this artist competition and exhibit during monthly First Friday, artists may drop off one display-ready piece in any medium and size to Backspace Gallery, 266 pine street in Burlington, between noon and 6 p.m. on wednesday and Thursday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday. entry $8. During the First Friday reception, 5-9 p.m., viewers can vote on their favorite work; the winning artist takes home the collective entry money. The work remains on view for the duration of the exhibit. More info at spacegalleryvt.com. First wednesday of every month.

ENDLESS BEGINNINGS Non-Representational Art Today Unlike art that is about moments fixed in time, these artworks don’t necessarily have a beginning or an end. Instead, they possess endless possible ways to approach art and develop a relationship to it.

SUBTLE, NOT SUBTLE Evocative Nuance Four artists invite the viewer to join them in the act of contemplation and reward the viewer with a powerful experience; emotional earthquakes that are anything but subtle.

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the skinny PanCake Call to artists: The skinny pancake invites artists to apply for monthlong shows, with an artist’s reception, in its Burlington waterfront location. shows may include 30 to 50 pieces in varying sizes and mediums. The skinny pancake (Burlington). Info, 540-0131.

This light-hearted exhibition showcases how a number of contemporary artists are portraying animals in art.

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Bill raMage: An 11.5-by-43-foot photo illustration of downtown Rutland by the local artist and Castleton professor is on view by appointment. Through March 26. Info, 468-6052. 104 Merchants Row in Rutland.

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‘Farmers Warriors Builders: The hidden liFe oF anTs’: A traveling Smithsonian Institution exhibition featuring macro-photographs by ant expert and photographer Mark Moffett along with interactive models that teach us about the complex lives of ants. Through April 5. ‘The lighT around us’: An exhibit that explores the physics of light and color. Through May 10. Info, 649-2200. Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich. ‘FiBraTions!’: Fiber creations by more than a dozen renowned New England artists. Through March 30. Info, 885-3061. The Great Hall in Springfield.

JeaneTTe Fournier: Watercolor paintings inspired by wildlife and nature. Through March 31. Info, 359-5001. VINS Nature Center in Hartford.

f KaTie runde: Portraits in graphite, colored pencil and oil by the Vermont artist. Reception: Thursday, March 5, 5-7 p.m. Through March 7. Info, 763-7094. Royalton Memorial Library in South Royalton. liz guTh & gisèle mcharg: Hooked rugs by the local artists. Through March 15. Info, 889-9404. Tunbridge Public Library in Tunbridge Village.

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‘Get Out of This One: Broken and Useless Snow Removal Devices of the Northeast Kingdom’ At this point in winter, just about everyone in Vermont would like

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paths — and roofs — is backbreaking work. Leave it to Glover’s one-of-a-kind Museum of Everyday Life to host an exhibit that, OK, may not be art, but honors the art of snow removal. Or, more to the point, displays the very tools that have served that purpose and finally called it quits. This is a museum — mausoleum? — with a sense of humor. In “Get Out of This One: Broken and Useless Snow Removal Devices of the Northeast

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Kingdom,” owner Clare Dolan has arranged a variety of retired tools in the barn/ museum’s vestibule, accompanied by helpful handwritten signs indicating how they met their ends. “Hole worn in bottom of scoop.” “Engine seized up.” “Too heavy, hurts your back.” And so on. We missed the MOEL’s Valentine’s Day open house — free hot chocolate! Wear your long underwear! — but the exhibit in the unheated facility will

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Mark Boedges When we found out Mark Boedges took the grand prize

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We’ve written about a couple of previous awards the Burlington landscape painter has taken

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home, and that was a fraction of the list on his website. This time he scored Grand Prize for Best Overall Painting in a bimonthly salon hosted by PleinAir magazine. That painting? The 11-by-14-inch “A Winter Harmony,” pictured here, which Boedges says was done alongside the New Haven River near Bristol. And, yes, he sits outside in the cold to paint — though Boedges admits this winter’s single-digit temps have “been hard, and I have not gotten out as much.” Interestingly, Vermont landscapes sell well at the two Arizona galleries that

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collector base,” and that online sales are “very good” as well. “I think being a studio-gallery with me always there working in the back has helped,” he says.

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JameS fraSe-whiTe: “Flights of Fancy,” stained glass and paper art inspired by nature and fantasy. Through February 28. Info, 748-0158. Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild Backroom Gallery in St. Johnsbury.

maTT BrackeTT: “Dark Waters/Grateful Daughters,” paintings by the Boston artist. Through March 22. Info, 748-2600. Catamount Arts Center in St. Johnsbury.

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SuSan whiTeman & dan hauSner: “Tread Softly, Travel Lightly,” paintings by Whiteman, Main Gallery; “Moments and Places,” photographs and handcrafted frames by Hausner, Community Gallery. Through March 13. Info, 518-563-1604. Strand Center for the Performing Arts in Plattsburgh, N.Y. m

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‘PoSeidon and The Sea: myTh, culT & daily life’: Art and artifacts that illustrate how ancient societies in the Mediterranean world worshipped the powerful Greek god. allan houSer: Five sculptures by one of the best-known Native

‘STone PaleTTe’: Thirty-one lithograph prints from 19th-century France. Through March 15. ‘wild naTure: maSTerworkS from The adirondack muSeum’: Sixty-two paintings, photographs and prints from the permanent collection of the Adirondack Museum, dating from 1821 to 2001, including work by Hudson River School masters. Through April 19. Info, 518-7921761. The Hyde Museum in Glens Falls, N.Y.

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marTha elmeS: “Art Teacher Repurposed: Crazy Paper Cuts,” acrylic and cut-paper assemblages by the local artist. Through March 9. Info, 535-3939. Grindstone Café in Lyndonville.

‘marvelS and miraGeS of orienTaliSm: from SPain To morocco, BenJamin-conSTanT in hiS Time’: Six iconic aspects of orientalism are explored in Canada’s first museum exhibition dedicated to the genre, featuring recently rediscovered works by Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant, a seminal figure in the movement. Through March 31. ‘warhol mania’: Fifty posters and a selection of magazine illustrations by Andy Warhol offer a brand-new look at his commercial-art background. Through March 15. Info, 514-285-1600. Montréal Museum of Fine Arts.

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‘GeT ouT of ThiS one: Broken and uSeleSS Snow removal deviceS of The norTheaST kinGdom’: A “brief celebration of futility” in the form of an exhibit about the rigors of snow removal in Vermont winters. Through May 31. Info, claredol@ sover.net. The Museum of Everyday Life in Glover.

American artists are installed outside the museum in the Maffei Arts Plaza, representing his 3D work from 1986-1992. Through May 11. Info, 603-635-7423. Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, in Hanover, N.H.

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n addition to its R rating (that’s for “raunchy,” and it’s not kidding), this follow-up to the agreeably goofball 2010 time-travel hit should come with a surgeon general’s warning. Think about it: Paramount Pictures released this movie on the Oscars weekend. For months, moviegoers have intellectually acclimated themselves to the noblest achievements of the past year — works like Birdman, Boyhood and The Theory of Everything. Then, bam — Hot Tub Time Machine 2! If that’s not a recipe for cinematic whiplash, I don’t know what is. Welcome back to the real world. Goodbye, David Oyelowo; hello, Rob Corddry. So long, quantum mechanics; we missed you, dick jokes. In some respects, this is a fitting film to transition viewers from awards season to the movie no man’s land of midwinter — itself a variety of time travel. In a mere 93 minutes, Corddry, Craig Robinson and Clark Duke succeed in erasing virtually all memory of those hours we spent in LA’s Dolby Theatre. They almost make us feel like we never left our humble multiplex at all. When we last saw Lou (Corddry), Nick (Robinson) and Jacob (Duke), they’d traveled back to 1986 and learned touching les-

sons during an encounter with their younger selves. As it turns out, there were other takeaways. Lou used his knowledge of the future to “invent the internet” and become the gazillionaire head of Lougle Enterprises. Nick rose to fame by recording favorite songs that had yet to be written in 1986. Lisa Loeb makes a very funny appearance as a fan who tells Nick she loves his latest, “Stay (I Missed You),” though listening to it makes her feel FUTURE SCHLOCK Everybody’s favorite time travelers prove they can be YOUR SCAN THIS PAG THIS PAGE oddly “violated.” Hey, for February, that’s SCAN even ruder and cruder in 2025 than they were in the ’80s. clever stuff. TEXT WITH LAYAR WITH LAYAR Then somebody shoots Lou in the peHERE SEE PAGE 5 PAGE also 9 learn that future technology has is undeniably fun. Half the jokes may miss, nis, and the stooges hop back in the hot tub. SEE We They hope to travel to the past to prevent the made tremendous strides in the arena of but the filmmakers machine-gun so many shooting, but wind up in 2025 instead. The self-gratification, and digital do-it-yourself that it hardly matters. I guarantee you’ll be future, we discover, is not so much dystopian devices provide the basis for many a gross- offended by some, but I promise you’ll laugh as downright dirty. Sure, dogs fly on hover- out gag. Then there are the pop-culture your head off at others. Imagine a comic cross-pollination of boards and cars drive themselves. But, more riffs. They flew fast and furious in the first importantly, the most popular program on film and, if anything, fly faster and more fu- Judd Apatow, Adam Sandler and the loopiTV is called “Choozy Doozy,” and entertain- riously here, with shout-outs to everything est Will Ferrell-Adam McKay collaborations. ment can take the form of contestants engag- from “Duck Dynasty” to The Terminator. I Now imagine it dumbed down and dirtied ing in virtual anal rape. “We’re not calling it lost count of the references to Bruce Willis up to within an inch of releasability. That’s pretty much the vision here: a gut-busting ‘rape,’ are we?” pleads a shaken Adam Scott, — these bros are seriously into Bruce. Directed by Steve Pink and penned by glimpse into a future where only the cars are who’s just found himself on the receiving end of a televised challenge with Nick. Scott Josh Heald, this is the rare sequel that equals smart. plays Adam Jr., the son of the character the original. Obviously, we’re talking film fun RI C K KI S O N AK at its dumbest, but Hot Tub Time Machine 2 played in the first film by John Cusack.

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Two Days, One Night ★★★★

hen we praise the virtues of “community,” most of us mean our extended family, friends and neighbors. But how much would we do for the coworker in the next cubicle, or across the factory floor? In a dogeat-dog economy, how much do we expect that coworker to sacrifice for us in return? That provocative question drives Two Days, One Night, the latest low-key naturalist drama from Belgian fraternal filmmakers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (Rosetta, L’Enfant). The film gave Marion Cotillard a reason to show up at last Sunday’s Oscars — she received a Best Actress nomination — but her exposed-nerve performance isn’t the only reason to see it. Two Days is a brand of film we rarely see in the U.S.: It depicts the lives of people struggling to make ends meet with neither preaching nor condescension. And it finds genuine dramatic interest in a fictional dilemma that panders to the fantasies of no moviegoer alive. Cotillard plays Sandra, a mom of two preparing to return to her job at a solar-panel manufacturer after an extended leave. Then she learns her boss has given the other employees a choice between making her redundant and forfeiting their bonuses. With Sandra’s job on the chopping block, a friend manages to arrange for a second, silent ballot. The reprieve gives Sandra a single week-

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end to persuade her coworkers to choose her interests over their own. Emotionally frail and popping Xanax, Sandra initially refuses to “beg” for her job. But, with the coaching of her patient, sympathetic husband (Fabrizio Rongione), she soon finds herself going door-to-door and doing just that. Some of her coworkers are friends; others are practically strangers to her. All of them have plans for the bonus. None can easily part with enough money to buy a year’s worth of gas and electricity, as one character notes, whatever their feelings about Sandra herself. But Sandra has

her own motivator: Without her income, her family will lose their home. In its own subtle way, Two Days is a working-class-hero film, but don’t expect sweeping crane shots or a swelling orchestra to underscore Sandra’s triumphs. (The musical soundtrack is limited to songs playing on her car radio, including a rousing version of Van Morrison’s “Gloria.”) Don’t expect standard plot beats, either: There’s a grinding repetition in Sandra’s recitation of her tale of woe to one person after another. But that’s the point. The gauntlet of banal humiliations she passes through is as tedious as political

canvassing in a democracy, and as necessary. Cotillard is particularly skilled at portraying wounded birds who turn out to have spines of steel under pressure. (Her turn in last year’s fine costume drama The Immigrant is another example.) At first, Sandra’s meek fragility is off-putting, even as we make allowances for the mental breakdown that appears to be in her recent past. But as we watch, she finds her strength — despite setbacks — and forms new bonds with people she’s seeing in their home environments for the first time. When we talk about work in a nonunionized world, we tend to oppose individual to collective interests, self-reliance to solidarity. Two Days questions that duality: Sandra learns to fight for herself by enlisting the support of others. (And she does so face-toface, the hardest kind of appeal to make — or to ignore.) Acting in her family’s self-interest means convincing other people not to act in their own. But it also, at crucial moments, means setting her own needs aside to honor the new mutual commitments she’s made. Two Days is far from a conventional hero’s journey, but it’s a compelling parable of the choices we make to survive and thrive at work. And it suggests that some of those choices, in their own small way, do change the world. MARGO T HARRI S O N

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new in theaters FocUS: will Smith plays a veteran con artist who finds himself distracted in the middle of a job by a woman from his past (Margot Robbie) in this comedy-drama from the writing team of glenn ficarra and John Requa (Crazy, Stupid, Love). with Rodrigo Santoro and bd wong. (104 min, R. capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace) tHE lAZARUS EFFEct: documentarian david gelb (Jiro Dreams of Sushi) swerves over to the thriller genre with this tale of a group of med students who believe they’ve found the key to reviving the dead. That always goes well. with Olivia wilde, Mark duplass and Evan Peters. (83 min, Pg-13. Essex, Majestic, Palace) tWo DAYS, oNE NigHtHHHH Marion cotillard received an Oscar nod for her portrayal of a working-class mom forced to appeal directly to her coworkers when her job is on the chopping block. Jean-Pierre and luc dardenne (L’Enfant) wrote and directed the belgian drama. (95 min, Pg-13; reviewed by M.h. 2/25. Roxy, Savoy)

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BlAck oR WHitEHH1/2 a widower (Kevin costner) finds himself in a custody battle for his granddaughter with her maternal grandmother (Octavia Spencer) in this drama from Mike binder (Reign Over Me). with gillian Jacobs and anthony Mackie. (121 min, Pg-13)

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JUpitER AScENDiNgHHH andy and lana wachowski (Cloud Atlas) bring us this sci fi epic about a drudge (Mila Kunis) who discovers she’s the heir to a mysterious power on another world. with channing tatum and Eddie Redmayne. (127 min, Pg-13) kiNgSmAN: tHE SEcREt SERVicEHHH1/2 a british street kid (taron Egerton) is tapped to become a modern-day James bond in this action comedy based on the comic by Mark Millar (Kick-Ass). with colin firth and Samuel l. Jackson. Matthew Vaughn directed. (129 min, R) mcFARlAND, USAHHH Kevin costner plays a coach at a predominantly Mexican american high school who bonds with his students as he leads the cross-country team to victory in this disney sports drama. with Maria bello and Morgan Saylor. niki caro (Whale Rider) directed. (128 min, Pg) mR. tURNERHHHHH timothy Spall plays renowned English landscape artist J.M.w. turner (1775-1851) in this biopic from director Mike leigh (Topsy-Turvy), a four-category Oscar nominee. (150 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 1/28)

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pADDiNgtoNHHHH Michael bond’s classic children’s books come to the screen in this family flick about an anglophile Peruvian bear who seeks a new home in london. with the voices of ben whishaw, hugh bonneville and Sally hawkins. Paul King directed. (95 min, Pg) tHE SpoNgEBoB moViE: SpoNgE oUt oF WAtERHHH In his second feature, the beloved animated character pursues a stolen recipe into the live-action dimension — and meets a pirate. with antonio banderas and the voices of tom Kenny and clancy brown. (93 min, Pg) nOw PlayIng

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tHE imitAtioN gAmEHHH1/2 This biopic chronicles the world war II decoding efforts of british mathematician alan turing (benedict cumberbatch) and his struggles with social norms. with Keira Knightley and Matthew goode. Morten tyldum (Headhunters) directed. (114 min, Pg-13)

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Hot tUB timE mAcHiNE 2HHH In the sequel to the 2010 hit comedy, the time-traveling buddies from the previous film (Rob corddry and craig Robinson, apparently minus John cusack) find themselves exploring the future. with clark duke, adam Scott and gillian Jacobs. Steve Pink again directed. (93 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 2/25)

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BiRDmAN oR (tHE UNEXpEctED ViRtUE oF igNoRANcE)HHHHH Michael Keaton plays an actor who once headlined blockbusters and is now struggling to make a theatrical comeback, in this art-mirrors-life drama from director alejandro gonzález Iñárritu (Babel). with Zach galifianakis, Edward norton and Emma Stone. (119 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 11/12)

FiFtY SHADES oF gREYHH1/2 One clumsy college student (dakota Johnson) plus one ridiculously young billionaire (Jamie dornan) plus some light bondage and many exclamations of “holy crap” equals E.l. James’ bestselling erotic romance, which director Sam taylor-Johnson has transferred to the screen. with Jennifer Ehle and Eloise Mumford. (125 min, R)

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Police thought Luis Moreno Jr., 26, was driving solo in a carpool lane in Fort Lee. N.J., but when they stopped him, he showed he was legal by pointing out two men in the back of the SUV. The men said they were kidnap victims. Moreno tried to flee, but rush-hour traffic stalled his getaway and he was arrested. (New York Daily News) Two thieves broke into a closed casino in Calgary, Alberta, and made off with an ATM. Security footage shows the two masked crooks loading the machine onto a dolly and wheeling it to their vehicle. On the way, it toppled onto one of the thieves, but they loaded it and made their escape. “There’s no money in the machine,” Staff Sgt. Travis Baker said, explaining that ATMs are unloaded several times daily and at the end of the business day. Noting that stealing ATMs requires heavy lifting and then “tools like grinders, axes and chisels” to break through to the cash box, Baker called it “a very ineffective way to make a living.” (Canada’s National Post)

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When Joseph Carannante, 21, built a gun range in his yard in a St. Petersburg, Fla., community, neighbors complained that he was putting everyone,

especially children, in danger. Police said it’s legal. “I don’t want to hurt anybody,” Carannante explained. “I just want to use this as my enjoyment. I don’t want to have to go to a gun range, when I can just go outside my door.” He promised to alert neighbors whenever he intends on firing his 9 mm pistol. (Tampa’s WFLA-TV)

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Moving beyond social media, people are taking grievances to the skies by hiring airplanes to tow banners announcing their stance. Recent targets in New York City have been the mayor, including one calling for his resignation, and the general manager of the New York Jets (“Jets: Rebuilding Since 1969”). A banner costs $1,000 for a two-and-a-half-hour ride over the Hudson River. Ashley Chalmers, whose Jersey Shore Aerial Advertising flew the anti-mayor and antiJets banners, said he never takes sides: “I’m just the messenger.” (New York Times)

Cleaning crews at Indian government buildings are switching to a new cleaning liquid

Investigators concluded that the crash of a single-engine aircraft near Watkins, Colo., was caused by the pilot photographing himself and his passenger and becoming disoriented by the camera flash. “It is likely that cellphone use during the accident flight distracted the pilot and contributed to the development of spatial disorientation and subsequent loss of control,” the National Transportation Safety Board report said. Explaining the NTSB is seeing “more and more” distractions from personal devices in all forms of transportation, board official Keith Holloway said, “But the self-photographs in an airplane, that’s something new for us.” (New York Times)

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When a small plane’s engine failed over Lake Taupo on New Zealand’s North Island, all 13 people on board were able to escape before the aircraft crashed into the lake because they were skydivers intending a tandem jump. Six crewmembers jumped with the six passengers strapped to them as planned, followed by the pilot. All landed safely. (BBC News) Air traffic control officials received reports of 193 incidents of “drone misbehavior” in 2014, according to the Fed-

eral Aviation Administration. Several were close calls involving aircraft with people on board, including one pilot who had to take evasive action above Oklahoma City when a 2-foot-wide drone came within 10 feet of his plane at 4,800 feet. Some incidents involved drones flying as high as 15,000 feet. (Mother Jones)

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Cleaning crews at Indian government buildings in New Delhi are switching to a new cleaning liquid derived from cow urine, which is in abundant supply and whose anti-microbial and antifungal properties make it possible to avoid using synthetic products. The product, named Gaunyle, also contains neem and pine scent and costs about the same as conventional cleaners. “It is a win-win situation for us,” said Minister of Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi, who came up with the idea. “No harm to janitors by way of daily exposure to chemicals, and cows will be valued more.” Buoyed by the product’s acceptance, Anuradha Modi, who heads the Holy Cow Foundation, which supplies Gaunyle, said her organization is looking for other ways to market the “piles of cow dung and cow urine” that go to waste in India. (India’s Economic Times)

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The British rock band the Animals released their gritty, growly song “The House of the Rising Sun” in 1964. It reached the top of the pop music charts in the U.S., Canada, U.K. and Australia, and was a hit with critics. Rolling Stone magazine ultimately ranked it as the 122nd greatest song of all time. And yet it took the Animals just 15 minutes to record. They did it in one take. That’s the kind of beginner’s luck and spontaneous flow I foresee you having in the coming weeks, Pisces. What’s the best way for you to channel all that soulful mojo?

gemiNi (May 21-June 20): If you’re a martial artist and you want to inject extra energy into an aggressive move, you might utter a percussive shout that sounds like “eee-yah!” or “hyaah!” or “aiyah!” The Japanese term for this sound is kiai. The sonic boost is most effective if it originates deep in your diaphragm rather than from your throat. even if you’re not a martial artist, Gemini, I suggest that in the coming weeks you have fun trying out this boisterous style of yelling. It may help you summon the extra power and confidence you’ll need to successfully wrestle with all the interesting challenges ahead of you. caNceR

(June 21-July 22): The prolific and popular french novelist Aurore Dupin was better known by her pseudonym George sand. few 19th-century women matched her rowdy behavior. she wore men’s clothes, smoked cigars, was a staunch feminist and frequented social venues where only men were normally allowed. yet she was also a doting mother to her two children and loved to garden, make jam and do needlework. Among her numerous lovers were the writers Alfred de Musset, Jules sandeau and Prosper Mérimée, as well as composer frédéric Chopin and actress Marie Dorval. Her preferred work schedule was midnight to 6 a.m., and she often slept until 3 p.m. “What a brave man she was,” said russian author Ivan turgenev, “and what a good woman.” Her

astrological sign? The same as you and me. she’s feisty proof that not all of us Crabs are conventional fuddy-duddies. In the coming weeks, she’s our inspirational role model.

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(July 23-Aug. 22): It seems you’ve slipped into a time warp. Is that bad? I don’t think so. your adventures there may twist and tweak a warped part of your psyche in such a way that it gets healed. At the very least, I bet your visit to the time warp will reverse the effects of an old folly and correct a problem caused by your past sins. (by the way, when I use the word “sin,” I mean “being lax about following your dreams.”) There’s only one potential problem that could come out of all this: some people in your life could misinterpret what’s happening. to prevent that, communicate crisply every step of the way.

ViRgo (Aug. 23-sept. 22): In english and

french versions of the word game scrabble, the letter z is worth 10 points. In Italian, it’s eight points. but in the Polish variant of scrabble, you score just one point by using z. That letter is rarely used in the other three languages, but is common in Polish. Keep this general principle in mind as you assess the value of the things you have to offer. you will be able to make more headway and have greater impact in situations where your particular beauty and power and skills are in short supply.

libRa (sept. 23-oct. 22): “Learn all you can from the mistakes of others. you won’t have time to make them all yourself.” so said Alfred sheinwold in his book about the card game known as bridge. I think this is excellent advice for the game of life, as well. And it should be extra pertinent for you in the coming weeks, because people in your vicinity will be making gaffes and wrong turns that are useful for you to study. In the future, you’ll be wise to avoid perpetrating similar messes yourself. scoRPio (oct. 23-nov. 21): “Love her but

leave her wild,” advised a graffiti artist who published his thoughts on a wall next to the mirror in a public restroom I visited. Another guerrilla philosopher had added a comment below: “That’s a nice sentiment, but how can anyone retain wildness in a society that

puts so many demands on us in exchange for money to live?” since I happened to have a felt-tip pen with me, I scrawled a response to the question posed in the second comment: “be in nature every day. Move your body a lot. remember and work with your dreams. be playful. Have good sex. Infuse any little thing you do with a creative twist. Hang out with animals. eat with your fingers. sing regularly.” And that’s also my message for you, scorpio, during this phase when it’s so crucial for you to nurture your wildness.

sagittaRius (nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Don’t worry, even if things get heavy, we’ll all float on.” so sings Modest Mouse’s vocalist Isaac brock on the band’s song “float on.” I recommend you try that approach yourself, sagittarius. Things will no doubt get heavy in the coming days. but if you float on, the heaviness will be a good, rich, soulful heaviness. It’ll be a purifying heaviness that purges any glib or shallow influences that are in your vicinity. It’ll be a healing heaviness that gives you just the kind of graceful gravitas you will need. caPRicoRN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “What I look for in a friend is someone who’s different from me,” says science fiction novelist samuel Delany. “The more different the person is, the more I’ll learn from him. The more he’ll come up with surprising takes on ideas and things and situations.” What about you, Capricorn? What are the qualities in a friend that help you thrive? now is a perfect time to take an inventory. I sense that although there are potential new allies wandering in your vicinity, they will actually become part of your life only if you adjust and update your attitudes about the influences you value most. aQuaRius

(Jan. 20-feb. 18): At the turn of the 19th century, russian laborers constructed thousands of miles of railroad tracks from the western part of the country eastward to siberia. The hardest part of the job was blasting tunnels through the mountains that were in the way. I reckon you’re at a comparable point in your work, Aquarius. It’s time to smash gaping holes through obstacles. Don’t scrimp or apologize. Clear the way for the future.

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(April 20-May 20): one of the most dazzling moves a ballet dancer can do is the fouetté en tournant. The term is french for “whipped turning.” As she executes a 360-degree turn, the dancer spins around on the tip of one foot. Meanwhile, her other foot thrusts outward and then bends in, bringing her toes to touch the knee of her supporting leg. Can you imagine a dancer doing this 32 consecutive times? That’s what the best do. It takes extensive practice and requires a high degree of concentration and discipline. Paradoxically, it expresses breathtaking freedom and exuberance. you may not be a prima ballerina, taurus, but in your own field there must be an equivalent to the fouetté en tournant. now is an excellent time for you to take a vow and make plans to master that skill. What will you need to do?

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You’re right: This “relationship” is mixed up. But it’s not you. It’s her. My hard-and-fast advice here? You need to let this woman go. Are you sleeping together? If you two are intimate and she’s always “busy” when you want to spend time together outside the bedroom, she may be using you for sex. If that’s the case, it’s time to say “see ya,” and find someone who wants all of you — not just a parttime lover. While it may be tempting to hold onto a physical relationship with someone you really like — especially if the sex is fabulous — that scenario can get messy, fast. It can hurt when one of you wants more than the other is willing to give. And it’s clear that you want more. If you’re not having sex, maybe she has a confrontation issue. It sounds like you’ve talked to her, you’ve talked to her friends, and you’ve been open and direct. But she seems to be playing you. I think she needs an ultimatum. Tell her exactly what you want. Spell it out. She may not be ready for it, now or ever. She may say you’re being too needy. She says she wants to take it slow, which I get — she’s got a history of bad relationships. But this isn’t working for you. You deserve to be in the kind of relationship you want to be in, one that makes you feel good — not insecure. You should be singing in the rain, howling at the moon, smiling at nothing — not wondering and worrying. Tell her it’s now or never. If she’s not into it, move on. It’s her loss.

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I am interested in a woman who’s so focused on work and making money for a new house that she can’t commit to any time with me. She tells mutual friends that she is into me but doesn’t show me anything. When I say that I am attracted to her, she says “ditto” or “same here” — that’s it. She’s been in some bad relationships in the past and says she wants to take it slow. But, to be honest, it’s not going anywhere. She says she’s too busy, but constantly tells me how she and her roommate are going out to dinner and planning trips. I think I am just spinning my wheels and she’s not into me. But when I confront her with this, she ends up calling a couple of days later and saying she misses me. I’m at the point where it’s making me feel insecure. I think I should just end it. What do I do?

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