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Burlington International Airport will offer daily service to Charlotte, N.C. — a major air hub — starting in August, officials announced.

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1. “A Violent Sex Offender Is Released Into the Public Spotlight” by Mark Davis. Police agencies publicized the prison release of sex offender Richard Laws, noting that he did not participate in treatment programs. Davis documents public reaction to the “free” man.

2. “Long Shot: A Mother of Two Keeps the Gun Debate Alive” by Terri Hallenbeck. For the past two years, Ann Braden of Brattleboro has been the most prominent figure in the fight for gun-control legislation.

3. “Neilgate Sucks, But It Ain’t a Scam” by Dan Bolles. The Flynn Center box-office website crashed, the lines were long and it seemed like all of Burlington was panicked about getting Neil Young tickets on Friday.

4. “Neil Young Is Coming! Neil Young Is Coming!” by Dan Bolles. Higher Ground is bringing the Godfather of Grunge to the Champlain Valley Expo on July 19.

5. “Pho Thai Coming to Montpelier; MLC Bakeshop Closes” by Hannah Palmer Egan.

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While independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders was busy testing the waters for a potential run for U.S. president, jetting to Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire and South Carolina, railing against income disparity and the villainy of the billionaire class, Seven Days was not standing idly by; we were rediscovering the wonders of the University of Vermont library.

On a “hunch,” we created Bernie Beat, a micro-site that chronicles his political career with an interactive timeline illustrated through archival stories from Seven Days and the former Vanguard Press. There’s lots of pre-digital material for anyone who really wants to understand Vermont’s populist junior senator, a map of his travels and, yes, links to his long-lost folk music recordings.

So we were ready on Tuesday, when Vermont Public Radio’s Bob Kinzel broke the news that Sanders would seek the Democratic nomination to run for president. Word quickly spread as the Associated Press corroborated the story. Sanders plans to release a statement Thursday confirming that he’s a candidate in 2016, Kinzel reported. He’ll hold a formal campaign announcement in Vermont “several weeks” later.

Spokesman Michael Briggs would neither confirm nor deny the report to Seven Days. He noted that Sanders has previously said he would reveal his political plans by the end of the month. “We’ll have something to say later this week,” Briggs said Tuesday.

Sanders, the nation’s longest-serving congressional independent, would run in the Democratic primary against former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, who announced her candidacy two weeks ago.

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I was very disappointed and dismayed to see a full-page ad for American Spirit cigarettes in your April 15 issue. As I am sure you are aware, smoking is the leading preventable cause of death in the U.S. — responsible for more than 480,000 deaths each year. It also causes untold suffering from the cancers, heart disease, respiratory diseases and other illnesses it leads to. Including cigarette advertising in your publication (even worse, advertising that implies that “made with organic tobacco ... grown on American soil ... additive-free natural tobacco” is somehow less harmful) is unconscionable, especially since much of Seven Days’ target readership is college students and young adults. The only explanation for such a decision is simple greed for advertising dollars. Shame on you!

I will let your many advertisers know that I will no longer give them my business if they advertise in a publication that continues to promote such a harmful product.

I hope other Seven Days readers who find your marketing decisions offensive will do the same. And I hope that you will reevaluate your advertising policy and drop any further cigarette advertising.

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free speech — in our advertisements, letters to the editor and personal ads — and is a reflection of the diversity of desires and beliefs in our community. Sometimes that means being tolerant of views we might not personally share. Advertising does indeed fund our newsgathering — the American Spirit ad shared an issue with a story about threats to the state’s tobacco-control initiatives — and keeps Seven Days free. The paper targets an 18-plus audience. The average age of our readers is 35 — that is, old enough to make informed decisions about consuming regulated products such as tobacco, beer, wine and spirits. American Spirit has been a Seven Days advertiser since 2010.

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[Re “Long Shot: A Mother of Two Keeps the Gun Debate Alive,” April 22]: I have not developed a clear position on the gun debate in Vermont; I am trying to learn more and generally keep an open mind. Yet I stopped in wonder when I read what Bob DePino of Gun Owners of Vermont, said

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[“A Violent Sex Offender Is Released Into the Public Spotlight,” April 22]: The heartfelt sorrow I feel for his victim is in no way lessened by the concern I have with Laws’ release into a vindictive atmosphere of social ostracism. Around a quarter century ago, this person did something dastardly and horrific and was sentenced to a long prison term. Our judicial system has determined that he has completed his punishment for the crime. As distasteful as it may be for the public to acknowledge, what he needs now is regular counseling and assistance to reintegrate within society.

Approaching the monster with torches and pitchforks will only create another tragedy.

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William Sorrell is an incompetent Vermont attorney general by virtue of his dismal and costly record and further demonstrated by Paul Heintz’s wellresearched commentary in the April 15 issue of Seven Days [Fair Game: “Gasoline Scheme”].

Sorrell has been on the losing side of multiple costly lawsuits filed on behalf of Vermont, but this situation with the belated MTBE lawsuit against oil companies and his shady campaign finance implications should be the final nail in his political coffin.

Sorrell has frequently demonstrated his incompetence, and he would be wise to resign his office. If he refuses to do so, voters must refuse to reelect him in 2016, should he decide to run again.

Thanks, Heintz, for your research, diligence and commitment to report yet another Sorrell legal travesty paid for by Vermont taxpayers.

[“Entrepreneurial Dream Team Sets Sights on Marijuana,” April 15]: As an experienced business manager, I have watched in horror as marijuana activists have partially achieved their goal of legalization in Colorado, Washington, Oregon, etc., but then allowed the politicians and bureaucrats to set up the laws and regulations governing one of the fastest growing industries in history: the marijuana business. Seasoned business executives know how to analyze an almost infinitely complex business model and properly plan for every eventuality; politicians and bureaucrats haven’t a clue. This is evident in the current chaos: lack of access to the banking system, conflict between federal and state laws, conflict between states and the cities and counties within them, etc. In all of those states, the marijuana industry should have started with a group of experienced business leaders, like those who have formed the Vermont Cannabis Collaborative, who will control the process to fruition.

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Brave New Bureaucracy: REAL Licenses Slow Down Vermont Drivers

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Music: The past, present and future of Winooski’s rotarycentric music festival

Music: Local classical musicians are putting out more CDs than ever

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Making Strides When it comes to running races, the 25th annual Champlain Classic has it all. Athletes tackle 5K and 15K courses, where varied terrain on roads, in the woods and along the shores of Lake Champlain offers views of the Green Mountains and the Adirondacks. A post-race raffle and kids run round out the family-friendly fun.

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Department of Motor Vehicles Drivers, start your engines! Stock-car racers hit the track for the Merchants Bank 150 at Thunder Road International SpeedBowl. Now in its 17th year, the race gives fans the chance to check out a who’s who of the late-model tour. One such speedster is second-generation racer Scott Dragon, who hopes to continue his family’s winning legacy.

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Taking Flight Mention Amelia Earhart and most people will think of the pilot’s ill-fated flight around the globe, during which she went missing over the Pacific Ocean.

For Champlain College professor Nancy Nahra, Earhart is synonymous with literary and aviation achievements that have been overshadowed by her disappearance. Nahra discusses these attributes as part of the Vermont Humanities Council First Wednesdays lecture series.

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Before locavore and farm-to-table cuisine dictated culinary discourse, the people of Périgord, France, had been continuously cultivating the same land for more than 5,000 years. Filmmaker Judith Lit traveled to this rural region to capture what may be the last generation of family farmers in her awardwinning documentary, After Winter, Spring.

Three days, 11 venues and more than 100 bands — this ambitious equation adds up to Waking Windows 5 5. Local, regional and national artists descend on downtown Winooski for a one-of-akind convergence of music, art, fashion, comedy and food. Occupying every nook and cranny of the Onion City, these top talents transform it into a party to remember.

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Middlebury College dance majors Stevie Durocher, Doug LeCours (pictured), Sarae Snyder and Afi Yellow-Duke may have different academic interests, but the four find common ground in Threshold.

A culmination of their studies, the piece’s contemporary choreography addresses personal and societal issues that travel from beauty and intimacy to death and sadness.

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If you’re not familiar with Vermont’s chapter of the Surface Design Association, you will be after viewing “Interpreting the Surface.” Displayed at the Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne, diverse works by eight artists span styles, showcasing the versatility of fiber arts, traditional quilting and abstract pieces.

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ast year the Vermont House established its first-ever ethics panel, prompted by concerns about potential conflicts of interest among its 150 members. But the smaller, clubbier Vermont Senate declined to follow suit.

“We really haven’t talked about it,” Senate President Pro Tem JOHN CAMPBELL (D-Windsor) said earlier this year. “I can’t remember the last time there was something that even came close to a question of someone’s ethics.”

Now, with just weeks to go before the end of the legislative session, the Senate Committee on Government Operations is reconsidering that position. It’s weighing whether to establish such a panel to ensure that senators follow the rules.

“I don’t think there have been any issues,” says Sen. JEANETTE WHITE (D-Windham), the committee’s chair.

“But I think the perception is we’re unethical because we don’t have an ethics committee.”

Campbell himself might make a good test case for the panel — specifically the sequence of events that led him to lobby for and then land a job in the Windsor County state’s attorney office.

The senate president was still in private practice when Vermont’s 14 state’s attorneys banded together last year to request five new deputy positions in response to a statewide increase in drug crimes. The counties most in need, according to a Department of State’s Attorneys and Sheriffs’ Association analysis of cases per attorney, were Rutland, Washington, Windsor, Addison and Chittenden — in that order.

Gov. PETER SHUMLIN proposed funding two fulltime positions in January 2014, and the House followed his lead in the budget it passed that March.

Recognizing his office wouldn’t make the cut, Windsor County State’s Attorney MICHAEL KAINEN proposed splitting the two jobs into four half-time positions and lobbied his senators to support the plan.

Kainen lives up the street from Campbell in Quechee, and has been friends with the senator for 20 years.

He says he particularly “pigeonholed” the pro tem.

“I said, ‘Jeez, John, I’m drowning here. Is there anything you can do?’”

Kainen recalls. “I see John all the time, so I probably whined a fair amount.”

Campbell remembers driving by

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Kainen’s house in April and pulling over to chat.

“We had a discussion that they were hurting big-time with the caseload,” Campbell says. “No question that I advocated very strongly for Windsor County to get the state’s attorney position.”

In late April, according to documents obtained through a public records request, Campbell left a message for Kainen delivering the news that the Senate had funded four half-time positions in its version of the budget. But his work wasn’t done: The proposal had to survive negotiations between the House and the Senate.

All three Senate Appropriations Committee members who served on the conference committee — Sens.

NO QUESTION THAT I ADVOCATED VERY STRONGLY FOR WINDSOR COUNTY TO GET THE STATE’S ATTORNEY POSITION. S E N . J OH N C AM PBE LL JANE KITCHEL (D-Caledonia), DICK SEARS (D-Bennington) and DIANE SNELLING (R-Chittenden) — remember Campbell lobbying them for the Windsor position.

“Obviously, he communicated that he felt it was warranted,” says Kitchel, who chairs the appropriations committee.

On May 10, the Senate signed off on a budget that created two new full-time positions and two half-time positions, pretty much guaranteeing that Windsor County would receive one. Two days later, according to the public records, Campbell dropped by Kainen’s office in White River Junction, but missed the state’s attorney.

At some point in the next three weeks — though neither man can recall the exact date — Campbell pulled over outside Kainen’s house again and asked for the job he’d just helped to create.

“I told him if he gets one of the positions, I think I definitely would be interested in doing it,” Campbell says. “And the rest is history.”

Kainen never publicly posted the job, nor did he interview anybody else. He says he typically hires from among those he knows are interested. According to the Department of Human Resources, state’s attorneys are not required to follow standard state hiring practices.

POLITICS On June 4, the state’s attorneys formally voted to allocate the new positions, and Kainen’s office snagged one. By June 24, after a few informal conversations, Kainen offered Campbell the job. He started July 14.

Kainen says he saw Campbell as a catch. The pro tem had practiced law for decades, and he was filling a $30,545-ayear position for which Kainen would otherwise have had to hire a recent law school grad.

“I need someone who can take files and run,” he says. “I don’t have time to wipe your nose.”

In a June 25 email to BRAM KRANICHFELD, who was then serving as executive director of the Department of State’s Attorneys and Sheriffs’ Association, Kainen expressed another reason why it made sense to hire a prominent politician: “Furthermore, it can’t hurt for him to know what we go through day in and day out.”

Had Campbell decided to apply for the position before he advocated for its creation?

“The answer is no,” he says.

Likewise, Kainen says Campbell’s advocacy played no role in his eventual hiring.

“I don’t think it crossed my mind that, ‘Oh, gee, he helped me to get that position, so I owe it to him,’” Kainen says.

But Snelling, Campbell’s Senate colleague, says she felt “distressed” — and used — when she learned Campbell had benefited from the actions he’d asked of her committee.

“I was very surprised and somewhat discouraged to hear that he had taken that job,” she says. “It didn’t seem right to me. It didn’t seem right.”

Situations like this illustrate the need for an ethics panel, according to Sen. JOE BENNING (R-Caledonia), who runs the Republican caucus.

“I think anytime an appearance of impropriety is raised, the Senate ethics committee would be a wise tool to have,” he says.

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Facing allegations that he broke the law, Attorney General BILL SORRELL reversed course Tuesday and said he’d “welcome” an investigation of his campaign activities.

The AG has been under fire since last week, when Charlotte attorney and

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Sorrell held fundraisers during some of the conferences and met with lobbyists at others, the records show.

During a weeklong CWAG event in Colorado Springs in July 2013, DBA International executive director Jan sTieger arranged a game of golf with Sorrell, while LegalZoom general counsel Chas rampenThal, a DAGA donor, asked to sit with Sorrell at dinner.

He also met with Motion Picture Association of America lobbyist VansTan sTeVenson, who has contributed to Sorrell’s campaigns.

As the New York Times reported last December, the MPAA has teamed up with Microsoft and other tech companies to convince state AGs to take action against Google over copyright and privacy concerns. Former Rhode Island attorney general paTriCk lynCh, another Sorrell donor, represents the tech companies through the industry trade group Fair Search. In correspondence with Sorrell, he repeatedly urged the AG to take on Google.

Lynch, who often hosts dinners at the AG conferences, wasn’t the only one.

On January 16, 2014, former Mississippi attorney general mike moore and former Washington State attorney general roB mCkenna, both of whom represent other tech companies, met with Sorrell in Vermont to discuss “Google & E-cigs,” according to his schedule.

Four days later, Sorrell flew to Denver on the state dime for a meeting between Google general counsel kenT Walker and several like-minded AGs who had taken on the search giant. According to an agenda, the AGs planned to demand that Google delist or demote “rogue offender websites” from its search rankings.

Days later, Moore donated $1,000 to Sorrell’s campaign, and Lynch gave $750.

A week after that, McKenna’s firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe donated $500.

Sorrell, who did not respond to a request for comment, discussed his meeting with Moore and McKenna in a March 2014 interview with Seven Days. But at the time, he mentioned only that they discussed the regulation of e-cigarettes.

“I’m sure someone was paying them to be there and have the meeting,” Sorrell said in the interview. “But these are people who I’ve served with and are friends of mine. And I’m not for sale for $500.”

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Vermont Republican Party vice chair Brady Toensing filed a complaint alleging multiple campaign finance infractions.

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Hours later, Gov. Peter Shumlin took him up on the offer and said he planned to appoint independent counsel to investigate the matter.

There’s no shortage of material.

A new analysis of Sorrell’s recent fundraising disclosures shows that the AG raised $43,100 during his 2014 reelection race from out-of-state attorneys, law firms and corporations — many of which were soliciting his office at the time. That’s more than three-quarters of the $56,365 he raised during the twoyear campaign cycle.

Sorrell collected much of that money while attending lavish conferences sponsored by the Democratic Attorneys General Association, the National Association of Attorneys General and the Conference of Western Attorneys General. Those organizations, which are funded by corporate and legal interests, paid for most of Sorrell’s expenses.

Also attending, according to emails and other records obtained through public records requests, were a band of former AGs and lobbyists whom Sorrell referred to endearingly as “the usual suspects.”

According to incomplete scheduling records, Sorrell spent at least 138.5 days traveling outside Vermont in 2013 and 2014, not including vacations and other time off. While a handful of the 38 trips documented in the records pertained to official state business — such as trips to Washington, D.C., to testify before Congress or meet with Vermont’s delegation — the vast majority did not.

Sorrell’s travels included a six-day CWAG conference in Park City, Utah; a five-day CWAG conference in Hawaii; and a seven-day trip to Istanbul for a symposium on “rule of law and justice.”

The latter was fully financed by the multinational law firm DLA Piper and the Turkish law firm YükselKarkınKüçük.

The AG was hardly slumming it.

While on the road, he stayed at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel in California and Ritz-Carlton hotels in three states.

A NAAG trip to Michigan’s Mackinac Island came with a horse-drawn carriage ride to the Grand Hotel.

According to Sorrell’s itineraries, he spent plenty of time at the conferences attending seminars, speaking on panels and meeting with his fellow AGs. But he also found time to recreate. A DAGA trip to Kentucky included an afternoon at Churchill Downs; a NAAG conference in Milwaukee promised a Green

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he Bristol landfill was buzzing with activity on a recent Saturday morning.

A pickup truck dropped off a large load of old toys and furniture. People added black 30-gallon trash bags to a pile that would be bulldozed, compacted and then covered with a fresh layer of dirt at the end of the day. At the recycling drop-off, neighbors paused to chat.

Officials in the Addison County mountain town say their dump is a beloved social hub. So why is it closing in 2016, 13 years ahead of schedule?

The dump is bringing in less trash — and less cash. Increasingly, Bristol residents are hiring trash haulers to pick their garbage up curbside and truck it to the state’s commercial landfill in Coventry.

Bristol ran into trouble with the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources last year for insufficient contributions to the landfill’s closure fund, a state requirement. So last fall, the selectboard decided shut down the nearly five-acre dump by the end of 2016.

But if some Bristol officials have their way, the amount of trash it accepts in the intervening year and a half could shoot up — way up. The town is talking to Rutland-based Casella Waste Systems about an agreement in which Casella would help Bristol cap and close its landfill in exchange for providing the private company a temporary place to haul municipal waste. Casella wants to bring in 23,000 tons of trash as part of the deal — roughly half of the dump’s remaining capacity, and 23 times as much as the landfill is currently allowed to accept per year.

Depending who you ask in Bristol, the plan is either a financially responsible way to close a garbage pit or a recipe for disaster.

Town dumps used to be incredibly common in Vermont. But the state overhauled its waste-management rules in the 1980s and — with the help of state and federal funding — most towns decided to close their unlined landfills, which have no barrier between potential contaminants and the surrounding natural environment. Modern landfills, in contrast, have plastic liners.

Bristol bucked the trend; residents were attached to the community gathering spot, and, at one point, profits were strong. So the town took advantage of a 1987 legislative exemption that allows municipal, unlined landfills to stay open as long as they receive no more than 1,000 tons of trash a year. Its dump is one of just two unlined municipal landfills still in operation in Vermont; the other is in nearby Salisbury.

“It’s an institution,” said Fred Baser, a Republican legislator who sat on the Bristol selectboard at the time of the vote. Back then, the landfill was making money.

That’s no longer the case, which is why the state got involved. ANR required that Bristol allocate an annual $61,000 to a fund to cover costs associated with its eventual closing, but it was barely breaking even — it had netted just $16,000 in the last fiscal year. So last fall the Bristol selectboard decided the landfill should close by the end of next year.

Casella wants to bring in 23,000 tons of trash as part of the deal — 23 times as much as the landfill is currently allowed to accept per year.

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Trash accumulating at the Bristol landfill on a Saturday morning

Once the date was set, the town had to figure out how to come up with the money. The 2013 estimate from Waterbury-based LE Environmental pegged landfill closure and capping costs at $1.4 million. With roughly $620,000 banked for the project, Bristol is well short of that. The selectboard is reluctant to ask taxpayers to make up the difference; after all, the town of 3,894 also needs a new firehouse, and the local union middle and high school are due for renovations.

So the town started talking to Casella. At a selectboard meeting on April 27, Casella Waste Systems engineer Joe Gay outlined the proposal: For six to eight months, Casella would take over the landfill, bringing in an estimated five to seven truckloads of municipal waste from Addison and Rutland counties each day. The company would pay Bristol a tipping fee of roughly $17 a ton for the trash — a fraction of the roughly $80 per ton cost to process waste at the Casella-owned landfill in Coventry.

Meanwhile, Casella Construction would sequentially close and cap the landfill over the course of those same months. The waste management and construction companies used a similar approach to help a town in New Hampshire almost 20 years ago.

“It was a win-win,” Gay told the selectboard, emphasizing Casella’s interest in helping the town. “I saw this as a similar opportunity for us.”

Town administrator Therese Kirby said the town officials have turned over “every rock” looking for financial help to close the landfill, and “the last thing we want to do is bond,” she said of the practice of securing long-term, low-interest loans for municipal projects. “There’s no free money out there,” said Kirby, after rattling off the long list of state and federal officials and organizations she had approached. “That’s why a partnership with Casella really looks like the best hope for Bristol.”

Sounds simple, but concerns abound.

The Toxics Action Center, a national nonprofit concerned about pollution in communities, is sounding the alarm. The group has advocated for closing landfills since the 1980s.

Adding substantially more trash to the Bristol landfill for the next year and a half is “such a risk for the groundwater and the community,” said Shaina Kasper, the Vermont and New Hampshire community organizer for the group. Bristol’s landfill is perched over a sand and gravel aquifer, so if the landfill were to leak, Kasper said, pollution would spread “enormously fast.”

It was Kasper who tipped off Bristol resident Sally Burrell, who is worried that if the town strikes a deal with Casella, truck traffic in her neighborhood would increase substantially.

Town officials pointed out that Casella already trucks its waste through town en route to the Coventry landfill — but those trucks stick to main roads, not the residential streets surrounding the Bristol dump.

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As of last week, there’s another option: LE Environmental came back with a new estimate of $700,000 — roughly half the original — to close the landfill. That’s just $100,000 more than the town has saved for the project. The reduced cost is based largely on using alternative materials to cap the landfill.

Casella’s proposal is slightly more competitive: For $804,000, the waste and construction companies would close and cap the landfill, as well as complete required slope stabilization work, estimated to cost around $150,000, that isn’t included in the LE Environmental number.

The math works out so that the town would walk away without having to allocate any additional funding for the project.

Moving forward, Bristol would only be on the hook for the annual cost of monitoring the landfill, estimated to be $11,500 a year.

Cathy Jamieson, who oversees the solid waste program at ANR, said her department would require more testing, financial guarantees and a new certification if Bristol were to move ahead with a plan to bring in more garbage.

Either way, the dump’s days are numbered; regardless of how much it costs, it’ll close on December 31, 2016.

“It’s just unfortunate that we’re in the financial state of affairs we’re in,” said Merle Knight, with resignation in his voice, as he manned the landfill last weekend. In a maroon hoodie and “Duck Dynasty” ball cap, the landfill manager collected coupons and checks from residents dropping off bags of trash. One 30-gallon bag of waste cost $3.50.

In a small shed, George Smith, 88, manned the digital scale, weighing trucks and cars with larger loads of trash. He’s worked at the dump for 20 years. During lulls, he chatted with a steady stream of visitors. “That’s why I like this job,” Smith said. “Everyone comes and visits with me.

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Burrell also worries about the potential pollution.

“I feel that putting all that weight on an unlined landfill is dangerous,” said Burrell.

“It’s very risky to me. It’s been going for 89 years, so there’s a lot of really toxic stuff buried in there. I don’t like it at all.”

So far, groundwater test results have looked “surprisingly good,” given that Bristol’s landfill is “basically just a hole in the ground filled with trash,” according to Barb Schwendtner, the section chief of the solid waste program at ANR. “In general, we’re concerned anytime there’s an unlined landfill.”

Before Bristol can move ahead with the Casella plan, it must first overcome a political hurdle. The town wants to tweak the current legislation governing municipal landfills by temporarily increasing the current 1,000-ton annual cap on the amount of garbage allowed into the landfill each year.

Right now, Bristol isn’t coming anywhere close to that amount; Kirby estimated that the town is dumping somewhere in the neighborhood of 330 tons every year.

Representatives Baser and Dave Sharpe (D-Bristol) sponsored H.198, legislation that would temporarily lift the current 1,000-ton cap. The House Committee on Natural Resources and Energy took another round of testimony on H.198 last week, but because it missed the crossover deadline, lawmakers would have to attach the statutory change to another piece of legislation to make anything happen this year. Sharpe and Baser said their fellow lawmakers seem receptive to the idea.

“Our position on this is, that landfill has been operating since the 1920s,” said Kirby. “People were throwing everything away back then.” Today, Kirby said, municipal waste specialists are far more careful about what goes into landfills, so even if the quantity of trash increased significantly, so too would the quality compared to decades past.

“This isn’t, ‘All bets are off, and we’re going to dump anything,’” said Kirby.

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everal dozen people sat in a waiting room, each holding a ticket identified by a different letter and number. “Come on, A72,” a man wearing a red fleece jacket chanted periodically, as if he were cheering on a racehorse. A bored teenager tried to amuse himself by methodically rolling what looked like a joint — but turned out to be his ticket.

When a digital sign flashed “A72” a few minutes later, the man in the red fleece jumped up.

“Good luck!” said the woman next to him. Fifteen minutes later, her number appeared on the screen. She gasped as if she’d won the lottery.

I kept waiting, eyes on the screen.

Since the state agreed to change the way it issues driver’s licenses, a record number of Vermonters are making this dreaded pilgrimage to the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles in South Burlington. Almost everyone shows up clutching a manila folder full of important documents that would be safer left at home.

Until recently, maintaining the right to operate a motor vehicle in Vermont was a relatively painless process. The DMV notified drivers when it was time to renew their licenses — for two or four years; the choice was yours. It was all done through the mail except for when, every eight years, you had to go in to the DMV to get a new photo.

Things changed in 2014, when Vermont started replacing expiring driver’s licenses with REAL ID ones.

Now, instead of mailing in the renewal form, Vermont residents have to show up in person at the DMV, with photo identification and proof of name, birth, Social Security number, legal status and permanent address.

In some cases, original-source documents are required.

Why the extra hassle?

Several of the terrorists who hijacked planes on September 11, 2001, got on board using fraudulent driver’s licenses. In response, Congress passed legislation to mandate a more stringent and uniform process for obtaining them. At some point — no sooner than 2016, according to the Department of Homeland Security — people won’t be able to get on a plane using an oldfangled driver’s license as a form of identification.

Why has it taken so long to implement a law

that passed in 2005? Homeland Security has repeatedly delayed implementation deadlines in response to pushback. Some states have denounced or altogether banned the new ID, which has been criticized as a veiled attempt to establish a national identity card. In Vermont, the House passed a resolution objecting to the law.

But Vermont’s DMV has embraced the REAL ID, and it started issuing the new licenses in January 2014. The new cards are almost identical to their predecessor, and cost the same: $48 for a four-year license.

The main difference: Vermont drivers must go to greater lengths to prove their identity. Vermont’s 11 DMV offices are processing roughly 1,100 additional transactions a month, according to director of operations Michael Smith.

Acknowledging that the rollout had been “bumpy” and instructions in the department’s mailings and on the website “clear as mud,” he said, “I think there were some hiccups, and we clearly could have done a better job communicating in the beginning.” The DMV addresses frequently asked questions about the REAL ID on its website — the document is 11 pages long. “It’s slowly gotten better, and we will continue to get better,” Smith promised.

When I discovered that my California driver’s license had expired a few weeks ago, and I’d need to get a Vermont one, I anticipated a Kafkaesque excursion.

Nationwide, DMVs are already emblems of all that is bad about bureaucracy: long lines, opaque instructions and surly officials. During my last trip to a California DMV, I waited in line for nine hours and, at one point, called my parents in tears.

Now back in Vermont, and worried that I might wind up with the wrong kind of driver’s license, I decided to get the REAL ID. The state also offers two other types of licenses: enhanced licenses and driver’s privilege cards. The former, which Vermont began offering in 2009, cost an additional $25 and can be used in lieu of a passport when returning from Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean or Bermuda. All enhanced licenses are REAL IDs but not all REAL IDs are enhanced. Unlike a regular REAL

ID, the enhanced one contains new technology — an embedded radio frequency chip that allows border officials to access cardholders’ personal data as they approach the checkpoint.

More Orwellian than Kafkaesque.

The DMV created driver’s privilege cards at the same time as the REAL ID, after the state passed a

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1,100 ADDITIONAL TRANSACTIONS A MONTH. law allowing undocumented people to drive. Foreign farmworkers isolated on rural Vermont farms led the advocacy effort that resulted in this third option. Like the REAL ID, it costs $48 and requires a photo, but applicants don’t need to prove their legal status. If a Vermont resident doesn’t want to endure a trip to the DMV, he or she can request a driver’s privilege card by mail.

The drawback? If the Department of Homeland Security starts requiring the REAL ID, a privilege card will no longer get you on a plane.

Plenty of people are showing up at the DMV bewildered by these changes. Last week at the South Burlington branch, even those who’d read up on the rules ahead of time ran into problems.

It was Barb Pitfido’s second trip to the DMV. Reaching into her purse, she pulled out the birth certificate that got rejected the first time. Issued by the hospital where she was born, it looked legit, complete with a gold seal and ink prints of her infant feet. But

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the DMV needed a certificate issued by the city, not the hospital, which Pitfido had to request by mail.

Post-processing, some people weren’t even sure which license they got. A star in the upper right corner denotes a REAL ID. An enhanced one looks the same but reads “enhanced” under the star. Driver’s privilege cards are identified as such, with the added qualifier: “not for federal identification.”

Rick Duckworth of Waterbury said he got a REAL ID because a DMV employee “made it sound foolish not to.”

That kind of advice concerns Allen Gilbert, executive director of the Vermont American Civil Liberties Union.

“It’s been pretty clear that the information that has been sent out concerning the REAL ID or given to people at the counter has been, at best, misleading.” Gilbert, who

Only five of the 15 counters were open — workers were presumably at lunch — but things were still moving quickly. With little to gripe about, people in the waiting room shared war stories, reminiscing about previous trips to the DMV. “Last time I was here, the computer was down,” one man recalled. Another pronounced a DMV in Denver the worst in the nation.

I was summoned approximately 20 minutes after I handed in my paperwork. After a woman spent five minutes verifying my documents, she directed me to a camera booth and recited a scripted line: “Smile, if you wish.”

The next morning, not everyone had it so easy.

A mother on her way out didn’t want to talk about her experience. It was cold and blustery, and she said her two young daughters were freezing after waiting in line outside.

“It’s lame,” said a lanky man in a camo sweatshirt, referring to the REAL ID. He had accompanied his brother, who had trouble verifying his address because he gets mail delivered to a post office box. The brothers live with their parents in Burlington, so their names aren’t on any of the bills. Shipping labels from a FedEx box finally did the trick.

A woman making her fourth attempt to get a license began yelling at the employee reviewing her documents.

Pitfido, who got an enhanced license on her second try, was more laid-back. “It’s a pain for a week,” she said.

“But I think it’s worth it to make sure everyone is who they say they are.”

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recently got a driver’s privilege card, thinks the DMV should make it clear that the REAL ID isn’t the only option.

A number of people have figured that out.

As of April 26, 44,961 Vermonters had taken home driver’s privilege cards — far more than the roughly 1,200 migrant workers for whom they were intended. During the same timeframe, the department has distributed 193,760 REAL IDs. Smith said he’s surprised so many people are choosing privilege cards.

He assumes they’re either politically opposed or opting for the path of least paperwork.

I was prepared when I went in last Wednesday. I grabbed my passport (requirement 1) and pawed through the recycling bin to find two pieces of mail (requirement 2). I discovered I had no clue where my Social Security card (requirement 3) was, but I did find my W-2, which also does the trick.

Bracing for a lunch break rush, I arrived at the South Burlington office at noon. I walked in the door just as another patron was picking up her license. “I just want to tell you, you’re amazing,” she said to the woman working behind the counter.

“You’re smiling,” she explained to the surprised employee, who was serving on the frontlines — turning away people who lacked the proper documents. It was the first indication that the experience might be better than expected.

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ike a chastened schoolboy, Sen. Tim Ashe (D/P-Chittenden) wrote 10 times on a whiteboard in the Senate Finance Committee’s meeting room last week, “I do not need to fight every battle.”

But by Friday afternoon, evidence was scant that the 38-year-old chair of the Senate’s tax-writing committee was heeding his own advice.

With just weeks remaining in Vermont’s legislative session, Ashe formally unveiled a proposed major restructuring of the sales tax that would lower the rate from 6 to 4.75 percent but would also expand the tax to cover not just goods but also services. Doing so, he argued, would stabilize and even grow what has become a declining source of revenue for the state.

“For four months, we’ve been saying we want to have a map for the next two years so we don’t have to make crisis financial decisions next year, knowing we’re going to have another gap next year,” he said.

The impish Ashe, who sometimes sounds more like the leader of a think tank than the head of a legislative committee, has made no secret of his desire to make major changes to the state’s tax code. The sales tax proposal is also hardly novel: The Blue Ribbon Tax Structure Commission recommended it in its much-discussed 2011 report.

But to the lobbyists who lurk in the Senate Finance Committee toward the end of every legislative session, it’s not always clear which battles Ashe is planning to fight — and which proposals he’s using as bargaining chips.

“Is that real, or is that just discussion for the future?” Vermont Chamber of Commerce president Betsy Bishop wondered last week when told the idea was resurfacing.

Ashe insists the sales tax expansion is real, though it would not take effect until July 2016. Including it in this year’s tax bill, he reasons, would give the Department of Taxes more time to plan its implementation and would spare lawmakers another wrenching tax debate next legislative session.

Until Friday morning, the Finance Committee’s agenda made no mention of the proposal. But by the time it came up for debate late that afternoon,

Statehouse more than a dozen lobbyists ringed the cramped committee room.

Ashe’s colleagues had plenty of questions for their chair. Sen. Kevin Mullin (R-Rutland) noted that the bill would expand the sales tax to electric and gas service. He worried about increasing Vermonters’ electric and heating bills.

“Everything is a choice in front of us,” Ashe responded, noting that the committee can decide what services to tax.

“Let’s not begin by picking fights.”

To Isaac Chavez, chief executive officer of the Vermont Realtors, the entire proposal is worrisome. Buying a house requires a slew of services that could be taxed under the plan, including those provided by real-estate brokers, lawyers, home inspectors and mortgage providers. “Just the amount of red tape, it’s more trouble than it’s worth,” he said.

Chavez hadn’t expected the sales tax expansion to see the light of day this year. He’d been busy opposing other tax proposals, such as House-passed plans to cap itemized income tax deductions

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and to add a surcharge to the property transfer tax.

For Chavez, the end of the legislative session is like a game of Whack-a-Mole.

It’s unclear whether Ashe’s sales tax plan will survive that game.

House Speaker Shap Smith (D-Morristown), who used to serve on the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, says he likes the concept of broadening the sales tax, but he thinks a 4.75 percent rate is too high. The new sales tax rate has to be low enough for consumers to notice they’re paying less for goods before they can be sold on a tax on services, he said.

Shumlin is more dismissive. “I’ve never been enthusiastic about expanding the sales tax to more goods and claiming we’re going to reduce the rate,” he said.

This year, there are more tax moles to whack than usual.

That’s because lawmakers are considering raising as much as $60 million in new revenue. Some of that would

go toward filling a $113 million budget gap, while some would finance new spending priorities, such as cleaning up phosphorous-clogged Lake Champlain and tackling health care inequities.

“That’s a serious amount of money,” said Jim Harrison, president of the Vermont Retail & Grocers Association, whose members are on high alert over several of the tax proposals.

Bishop, the Vermont Chamber president, has been keeping a running tally of all the taxes and fees the legislature has proposed so far. By last week, 25 items had made the list, though she warned it was probably incomplete.

“I’m adding things every day,” she said.

The House and Senate’s Democratic majorities and the Democratic governor agree on the idea of raising some amount of taxes this year, but each has a subtly different approach.

Rep. Janet Ancel (D-Calais), who chairs the Ways and Means Committee, and the House settled on the idea of

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capping the amount Vermonters can eliminating the sales tax exemption for deduct from their income taxes for ex- soda, candy and other products. But penses such as mortgage interest, chari- they differ in how they would spend the table contributions and health costs. “I money. like ours because it’s simple. That was On Friday morning, the House part of the appeal. It doesn’t pick favor- committee voted to invest it in the ites,” Ancel said. now-diminished health care reform Ashe wants to pick favorites. His package. By the time the afternoon committee would offer income tax arrived, the Senate committee was discredit for in-state charitable contri- cussing using it to balance next year’s butions while excluding those going base budget. out of state; currently, both can be Shumlin opposes both ideas. claimed. He’s proposed a cap on deHarrison, who represents grocers ductions for higher mortand retailers, remains gages. And he wouldn’t wary that the far larger cap medical deductions. excise tax could yet re“There is a great simemerge. “Everything is plicity about what the potentially alive until they House has done,” Ashe adjourn,” he said. said. “The thing is, that Less likely to be revived means you’re treating all is Shumlin’s moribund the things equally. Well, proposal to institute a 0.7 we haven’t heard an outcry percent payroll tax. from people saying, ‘Treat In his January budget a medical deduction the address, the governor same as something else.’” outlined a plan to raise While tax proposals $90 million in state dolcan originate in nearly lars through the new tax, any legislative committee, which would draw down SEnATE F inAnC E they must eventually pass another $100 million in COMMiT T EE ChAiR muster with the Senate federal funds. The money T iM AShE Finance Committee. would, in part, boost (D/P-ChiT TEnDEn) Typically, they arrive in underfunded Medicaid a clump at the end of the payments to providers, session, giving Ashe and his colleagues thereby reducing the cost-shift to insubstantial power to decide which will sured Vermonters. be signed into law.

Business groups strongly opposed This year, according to veterans of the plan, and the House and Senate the process, there is more uncertainty both rejected it. than usual.

Last week, Sen. Mullin proposed “This has been as tough a year a new $27 million plan to address the as any I’ve ever seen, and I’ve been cost-shift. But instead of relying on a doing this over 20 years,” said Andrew payroll tax, he would increase taxes on MacLean, a Statehouse lobbyist with cigarettes, health insurance claims and the firm MMR. “People are scram- employers who don’t provide insurance. bling for ideas. It seems like a lot is up As Mullin gathered support for his in the air.” proposal Friday, Shumlin called a group By the end of the session, it often of senators into his Statehouse office to seems as if lawmakers have proposed pitch his payroll tax once again. every tax conceivable. But not all of “At some point someone’s got to go, them see the light of day.

‘Hey, how come we haven’t looked at One of the most controversial, this payroll tax?’” Shumlin said in an a 2-cent-per-ounce excise tax on interview after the meeting. “I do think sugar-sweetened beverages, appears all they’re having a sobering moment.” but dead.

After 19 years as a legislator and Last month, the House Health Care five as governor, Shumlin surely agrees Committee proposed levying such a with the maxim Ashe wrote 10 times on tax to partially finance a $47 million his whiteboard last week: He doesn’t health care reform package. The House need to fight every battle. But he’s not Ways and Means Committee was less ready to give that one up yet. m supportive of the concept and reduced it to a half-cent-per-ounce tax. Even Contact: terri@sevendaysvt.com, that was too much for many House 999-9994, @terrivt Democrats, so Speaker Smith refused Disclosure: Tim Ashe is the domestic to give it a vote on the House floor.

Now Ancel’s and Ashe’s committees partner of Seven Days publisher and are considering a different approach: coeditor Paula Routly.

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he collection of mug shots posted on the South Burlington Police Facebook page is a bizarre rogues’ gallery. Some of the subjects look dazed or drunk; others ashamed. Almost all seem unhappy, which is not surprising given that they were photographed after being arrested for everything from shoplifting and drunk driving to soliciting prostitutes.

“It’s not done for public shaming,” South Burlington Police Chief Trevor Whipple said of the department’s Facebook page, which also shares information on crime trends, tips and notes on the role of local law enforcement. Launched four years ago, it now has more than 3,000 followers.

But not everyone is clicking the “like” button. Some say the mug shots — which remain on the Facebook page indefinitely — humiliate suspects who may later be found innocent. Also, the online gallery doesn’t always differentiate between professional criminals and those accused of minor offenses.

In the latter cases, the Facebook photo may be the most public, and potentially painful, part of the legal process.

“Some people have lost their jobs when their employers find out, so that’s a pretty big repercussion,” said South Burlington Community Justice Center coordinator Lisa Bedinger. Regarding the posted photos being a deterrent, she observed, “The folks that we work with are willing to take responsibility for what they did, so they actually don’t need any more motivation.”

Disparaging comments are another point of contention. While many media outlets have hired special staff to monitor their websites for civility and veracity, few police academies are training officers on how to patrol the Facebook beat.

For the first few years, visitors to the South Burlington Police Department Facebook page were allowed to call suspects dirtbags, rats, welfare queens and worse. The level of discourse sank so low this spring that officers who were monitoring the page posted a plea for civility and fewer “swears.”

When citizens ignored the warnings, the department shut down the public commenting function altogether, and it remains disabled. The decision means police don’t have to edit comments in a

A rescued opossum, mug shots and photos of crimes in progress from the South Burlington Police Department’s Facebook page

way that some citizens might construe as censorship, said Whipple.

Good news is posted along with bad, the chief said, such as the feel-good story this winter about an opossum that was trapped under the hood of a South Burlington car. The city animal control officer freed the starving critter and began nursing it back to health, to the delight of many who followed the saga in their Facebook feeds. Officers who help with Make-A-Wish and Special Olympics appear on the page, as do announcements about women’s selfdefense classes and job openings at the police department.

“Really the biggest part for me is the transparency to the community,” Whipple said. “I want our citizens to know what we’re doing, who’s involved.”

Other Vermont law-enforcement agencies use social media as well, with varying approaches. The Vermont State Police Facebook page spreads news about traffic delays, trooper good deeds

and crime trends, things like a spree of break-ins, the latest phone scam or another rock slide. VSP also uses Twitter to broadcast breaking news.

Police in Colchester, Winooski, Burlington and the University of Vermont campus police are on Facebook, too, posting about the next “coffee with a cop” session, the latest local DUI or domestic assault, and memorials for fallen police officers around the country.

Burlington police used to have a Facebook page but have retired it for now.

Winooski police allow comments, and they come in steadily. Some are innocuous questions of the who-shouldI-call-to-fix-the-potholes-on-my street? variety. A large number, though, are reminiscent of a snarky conversation in a high school cafeteria. There’s namecalling and arguing about a suspect’s character or lack thereof. People who claim to know the suspects weigh in, sometimes to defend them, sometimes to bash them.

“Don’t hate because he don’t want you,’’ one woman posted to another about a suspect in which they both appeared to have a romantic interest.

A homeless young mother arrested for stealing inspired a range of comments, with some posters saying they would pray for her and others saying she deserved no sympathy. “She abused her kids and is a junkie, she’s a bad person everyone don’t condone her atrocious actions,” one commenter wrote. Another defended the suspect, writing, “Who are these people to judge?” Still another related his own experience: “It’s sad, yes, but sometimes the bottom saves your life. I was there once.”

Unless a comment uses profanity or threatens someone’s safety, it’s generally allowed on the Winooski police Facebook page, said Chief Rick Hebert, who replaced the city’s longtime top cop Steve McQueen last year.

Hebert created the page a few months later, and it already has 1,700

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likes, which puts the page ahead of Whipple tries to manage his department’s schedule to reach 3,000 by January 2016. Facebook page with uniform rules. That Hebert administers the page himself and means most mugs go up. “It’s everybody,” deletes comments that violate the rules. he said. “It’s anybody.”

But the bar is low enough that plenty of The SBPD Facebook mugs include mean and petty ones get through. That’s well-groomed people who are arrested just part of the landscape at some of the city’s nicer of social media, addresses. But many wear the according to Hebert, downtrodden look of poverty, who said he didn’t mental illness and addiction: think the page would be people with gaunt faces, successful without that sunken cheeks, and vacant or T REvOR WhippLE, interactivity.

SOuTh BuRLing T On wild expressions. The more Sometimes, feedback sympathetic viewer might see ChiEf Of pOL iC E can help solve crimes, vulnerability in these visages he added. Facebook and wonder if the online visitors have passed along exposure has merit. tips and helped ID people Whipple is convinced in surveillance video or the positives outweigh photos. When Hebert the negatives. He said posted “wanted” mugs of he’s heard that some people with outstanding repeat offenders are arrest warrants, three opting not to shoplift people turned themselves in, or deal drugs in South the chief said.

Burlington because the Occasionally people criticize Facebook page makes their crimes Winooski police on the Facebook page. more visible. It’s probably a small If the comment follows the rules, it’s number of individuals, he conceded, usually allowed to stay up, Hebert said. stressing that deterrence is not the prime Over in South Burlington, Chief motivation for the page.

It’s not done for public shaming.

Not every mug shot goes online, and some are removed. Police don’t take photos of juvenile suspects, and mugs are removed from the page when individuals navigate the legal process to have their criminal record expunged.

Other people avoid the Facebook lineup because they are injured and hospitalized in the course of committing the crime, or because they are too drunk or drugged to stand when they are arrested. “They can’t stand up, we’re not going to take a mug shot of them laying on the floor vomiting,” Whipple said.

One thing visitors won’t see on the South Burlington Facebook page: a photo of South Burlington Police Lt. Jeffrey Martel, who was arrested for DUI on March 22. He was off-duty at the time and later pleaded guilty.

His mug is not on the page for several reasons, said Whipple. First, he was arrested in Colchester, not South Burlington. “Had we arrested him, it would have been on the page,” Whipple said. Furthermore, no photo was available, he said. “Colchester Police told us there was not a mug shot,” Whipple said.

South Burlington published information about Martel’s arrest and the results of an internal-affairs investigation, which suspended Martel for one month without pay for the DUI. “We posted it immediately,” Whipple pointed out.

Still, Martel’s missing mug raises questions about unequal treatment, even if the Colchester police said it wasn’t available, said Allen Gilbert, executive director of the Vermont ACLU. “OK, the police say they can’t get a mug shot. They get mug shots of everybody else, and they can’t get a mug shot of their own officer?”

Gilbert said.

Details on arrests, including mug shots, are public information in Vermont, with the exception of juvenile crime. So police — and anyone else — have the right to post mug shots online.

But Gilbert cautioned that police need to be sure that the tone of their Facebook pages — including the comments — match the department’s message. And ultimately, he said, Facebook is not a substitute for “talking to people, getting to know families, kids.” m Contact: molly@sevendaysvt.com

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businesses. In January 2014, Lynch sent Sorrell several emails urging him to refrain from signing a letter in support of the regulations.

On the other side of the fight was Dickstein Shapiro lobbyist Lori KaLani, who represented casino magnate and Republican mega-donor Sheldon Adelson.

On January 22, at the same Orlando DAGA conference at which Lynch contributed to Sorrell’s campaign, Kalani and three colleagues donated a total of $2,000.

On January 27, Sorrell emailed Kalani to inform her that he’d signed on to the anti-gambling letter. “Great seeing you and chatting a bit in FL,” he wrote. “See you soon in NYC.” To Lynch, he wrote, “I know there is a lot of $ at stake for a lot of people, including the gamblers. The letter asks the Congress to consider revisiting the issue of the limitation to sports betting.

The request seems reasonable to me.”

A week later, on February 3, Kalani’s firm flew Sorrell to New York City to participate in a panel discussion on socalled patent trolls. Sorrell has been a leader in the fight against such entities, which threaten to sue other companies for patent infringement in order to obtain licensing fees. In May 2013, he filed an unprecedented lawsuit against patent troll MPHJ Technologies, pleasing the company’s many corporate victims.

In New York City, Kalani’s firm put Sorrell up at the InterContinental New York Barclay. Her colleague, Bernie nash, who calls himself “the godfather of State Attorney General work,” took the AG out to dinner.

When Sorrell had to pay for a $34.50 hotel breakfast with his own credit card, Kalani’s firm, Dickstein Shapiro, promised to reimburse him. In March, Kalani sent the state a $513.87 check to pick up the tab for airfare and cabs.

In an interview with Seven Days last month, Sorrell explained his relationship with Dickstein Shapiro: “Look, there are some members of that firm who I consider to be personal friends, who come out of the AG ranks.” One of them, JB KeLLy, was on his way to Vermont that very week to meet with him, Sorrell said at the time.

“Bottom line: I’m not for sale,” he said.

“They know that. If there was ever any suggestion that I should do something in a case or not do something in a case because of campaign contributions, that would be the end of that conversation.”

Sorrell’s patent troll work has won him audiences with many corporate leaders.

At a February 2014 NAAG conference in Washington, D.C., former secretary of the interior Ken saLazar invited him to speak to his colleagues at the law firm

WilmerHale. The firm brought in some of its biggest clients, such as Apple and Cisco Systems, to attend.

That summer, McKenna, the former Washington AG, invited Sorrell to California to speak at a Silicon Valley symposium on patent trolls. He promised that many of his firm’s clients, including Apple, Facebook, Oracle and Microsoft, would be at the September event.

“One last point: Orrick will, of course, cover your travel expenses, and those of a staff member, if you are able to attend the symposium,” McKenna offered on behalf of his firm in July.

Sorrell sounded amenable, but he upped the ante.

“Rather than stay over Wednesday night also, would your firm be willing to cover my airfare from CA to Portland, OR and then to Philly on Saturday or Sunday (no hotel or meal expenses in OR)?” the AG wrote. “I’ll be going on to Philly for DAGA and DAGA can pay to get me back to VT. Let me know on this.”

Not a problem, McKenna responded.

He booked a tour for Sorrell at Facebook’s headquarters, bought him a room at Sofitel San Francisco Bay and reimbursed the state $602.50 for other trip expenses.

A month after Sorrell’s visit, Facebook donated $2,000 to his reelection campaign.

Sorrell’s travels have also been good for DAGA’s coffers.

During his 2012 race against Chittenden County State’s Attorney T.J. Donovan, the Democratic organization bought nearly $200,000 worth of television advertisements in Vermont through an independent-expenditure political action committee. Sorrell said at the time that he did not coordinate with the super PAC, but he has since returned the favor.

Three times in 2014, Sorrell agreed to “prospecting” trips to recruit donors to DAGA: in D.C., Philadelphia and Connecticut.

“We will be hosting 2 renewal/prospecting events that day — lunch in Stamford and dinner in Hartford,” DAGA fundraiser Lauren Bergmann wrote Sorrell in August 2014. “It promises to be a fruitful day for DAGA and we would love for you to participate.”

Sorrell did.

But when a NAAG representative invited him to take part in an international fellowship program in New York City in July 2014, the AG hesitated.

“Please know I appreciate the invitation but I want to be clear that I don’t want or need another trip just for a trip’s sake,” Sorrell wrote.

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Bill Sorrell testifies before the Senate Committee on Government Operations

Shumlin to Appoint Independent Counsel to Investigate Sorrell Gov. Peter Shumlin plans to appoint independent counsel to investigate whether Attorney General Bill Sorrell broke the law. “it’s clear that there is broad consensus from members of the legislature, and the attorney general himself, that it makes sense to have these allegations reviewed independently, and the governor agrees,” spokesman Scott Coriell said Tuesday evening. “At this point, it looks like the quickest way to get that done is for the governor to appoint an independent counsel to work under the state’s attorneys to review this matter.”

Shumlin’s announcement came just hours after Sorrell reversed course and told a Senate committee he’d “welcome” an investigation of his campaign finance practices. “i can’t investigate myself. i realize the need for an independent inquiry,” he told the Senate Committee on Government Operations. “And despite the cost considerations, i believe that an inquiry should be conducted by a respected, outside, impartial attorney who will analyze the law and the facts and either clear my name or take further action to see that justice is served.”

Sorrell’s dramatic Statehouse appearance came in response to a complaint filed last week by Charlotte attorney Brady Toensing, who accused the AG of violating campaign finance law and taking official action in exchange for donations. Toensing, who is vice chair of the Vermont Republican Party, based his complaint largely on Seven Days’ reporting.

The AG has denied the allegations. Last week, he brushed off the notion of appointing independent counsel, saying that doing so would be a waste of taxpayer money.

Sorrell told the committee he’d been “prepared” earlier Tuesday to announce that he himself would appoint an “impartial, respected law firm to conduct this inquiry.” But “late this morning,” he said, he “got word” that he should not do so. “it would be perceived that i was choosing someone who was going to be favorable to me,” he said he was told, declining to identify who made the suggestion. “Talk about a no-win situation.”

After Sorrell’s appearance, the committee decided to draft a letter to Shumlin asking the governor to appoint independent counsel.

Like Shumlin, Vermont’s 14 state’s attorneys have the power to investigate such matters. Department of State’s Attorneys and Sheriffs’ Association executive director David Cahill said Tuesday that his members voted Friday to create a peer review committee to determine whether Toensing’s allegations have merit. if so, he said, the state’s attorneys would commission an investigation to review for probable cause, though he cautioned that the department’s funds are limited. it’s unclear how Shumlin plans to structure the investigation and how the state’s attorneys would be involved. Coriell said his office is “working on the details.”

Sorrell also told the committee Tuesday that he was willing to surrender his statutory authority to investigate all other campaign finance complaints. “it’s a thankless task,” he said, adding that he’d been criticized by members of all political parties during his 18 years in office. “So i urge this committee to support the establishment of an independent, nonpartisan body to respond effectively and fairly to allegations of campaign finance violations.”

Committee members did not immediately do so, saying that such a significant change would require further debate. But they did vote unanimously to reduce the penalties faced by publicly financed candidates who violate the law.

The change, which would apply retroactively if signed into law, would benefit 2014 lieutenant gubernatorial candidate Dean Corren.

Last month, Sorrell accused Corren of improperly coordinating with the Vermont Democratic Party and sought $20,000 in fines, as well as a $52,000 reimbursement of state funds. The committee’s proposal would prevent Corren from having to repay the $52,000; instead, he’d owe the $255 he allegedly received in in-kind support from the party.

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puzzles, board games and outdoor activities, but mostly family get-togethers. Left to cherish her memory are her children: Franklin Bessette Jr., Rosemarie Brueckner, Fredricka Bessette, Bonnie Whitcomb, Patrick Bessette, Wilfred Bessette, Elizabeth Charbonnneau and Marlene Delisle; well as her 26-plus grandchildren; 12 greatgrandchildren including three unborn; sisters Muriel Lamoge and Marlene Quenville; brother John Rouille; extended family; and countless friends. She is predeceased by six siblings, two children, and two grandsons.

A visitation was held on Sunday, April 26, 2015, at LaVigne Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 132 Main Street, Winooski. A Mass of Catholic Burial was held. on Monday, April 27, 2015, at St. John Vianney Catholic Church, South Burlington. Donations can be made to the Vermont Respite House, 99 Allen Brook Road, Williston. Condolences may be shared with the family online at lavignefuneralhome. com

Though we mocked her tenderly, Who had such foolish care, The long way home would seem more safe, Because she waited there.

Her thoughts were all so full of us, She never could forget.

And so I think that where she is, She must be watching yet.

Waiting ’til we come home, Anxious if we are late.

Watching from heaven’s window, Leaning on heaven’s gate.

Kim R. Montgomery

Watchful Mother

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1948-2015, CORNWALL Kim R. Montgomery, age 66, died in Middlebury on Thursday, April 23, 2015, after having suffered from Alzheimer’s disease over several years. That morning

She always learned to watch for us, Anxious if we were late, In winter by the window, In summer by the gate.

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his room was filled with family and friends, including his granddaughter and a dog.

Kim was a graduate of Williams College (1970) and the University of Pennsylvania Dental School (1974). It was while in dental school that he met Susan Church, whom he lovingly dubbed Q, his wife of 40 years. Together they moved to the hills of West Virginia, working for the National Health Service Corps, where he began his practice, providing care for those in need. In 1977 they moved to the Northeast Kingdom, then Bristol, Vt., where he opened his private practice, and Cornwall, where they lived, and raised a family.

He balanced his work as a dentist with all of his many passions: golf, bird hunting, dogs, his family and friends.

His essence was charm and a quick wit that would range from a quip to a story that would result in hilarity. That sense of humor was always present at the dinner parties hosted by him and Q, be it a holiday or a Saturday night.

Those evenings inevitably ending in the “duckhouse” for a nightcap and music by James Brown. Golf season took him to many places, while fall would begin the season to bird hunt with his beloved Brittanys and Labradors. All of that was fit in between traveling to watch his sons play whatever sport was in season. His creative humor and sense of fun will be remembered by all.

He is survived by his wife; sons Peter, Ross and Carr; his daughter-in-law, Annie; and his three grandchildren, Brewster, Mason and Beatrix.

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the people at Elderly Services/ Project Independence, Gardensong at Eastview at Middlebury and Addison County Home Health Hospice, all of whom provided wonderful care, support and solace for Kim toward and at the end of his life.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a memorial donation to Elderly Services/Project Independence or Gardensong at Eastview at Middlebury.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, May 2, at 2 p.m., at Mead Chapel, and reception to follow.

William Howard Nedde Jr.

1934-2015, COLCHESTER William H. Nedde Jr., 80, passed away on Monday, April 13, 2015. Bill was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., on December 10, 1934. He attended Springfield College, where he was part of an undefeated football team. During his years at Springfield, he met and fell in love with Betty Raymond.

They were married in 1957.

In 1955 he joined the Marine Corps and was subsequently stationed at Quantico, Va., and Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, Calif. He retired from the Marines as a captain in 1961.

On one of his recruiting trips to Vermont, he fell in love with Lake Champlain and decided to raise his family in the Green Mountain State. He taught physical education at the University of Vermont from 1967 until his retirement in 1990. He was head coach of the cross-country and track teams from 1972 to 1978 and also worked in the Cardiac Rehabilitation Program at the University Medical Center. His passion during his retirement was coaching Senior Olympics.

Two of his athletes, Barbara Jordan and Flo Meiler, are world record holders.

He leaves behind his four children and their spouses: Donna Nedde and Tom Kinsella, Bill Nedde and Susan Rosle, Doug Nedde and Heidi Tappan, and Steve and Carol Nedde; and four grandchildren: Caitlin and Kirsten Nedde and Jaeger and Hans Nedde. He was predeceased by his wife, Betty; his parents, William H. Nedde Sr. and Eleanor Nedde; and his brother, Nelson (Bud) Nedde.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, May 9, at 1:30 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 152 Pearl Street, in Burlington. In lieu of flowers, those who wish can make a donation in Bill’s memory to the Vermont Division of the Marine Corp Toys for Kids, P.O. Box 4092, Burlington, VT 05406.

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the Breton Fisherman’s Prayer, it begins: “Oh God, thy sea is so great, and my boat is so small.”

When Langston conceived of “Telephone,” he made those words a prompt for the first artist to interpret. The next artist would receive and interpret the first one’s resulting artwork, and so on.

The first artist, New York-based Jana Weaver, created a painting titled “Oh Lord” (gouache on paper). It depicts a naked woman launching a paper boat under a starry sky. Weaver sent her painting to Bob Holman, also of New

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York City, who interpreted it in his poem “Naked Night.”

Next up was New York photographer Casey Kelbaugh, who writes in his online artist’s notes that he struggled with reinterpreting the poem. Finally, he came through with an abstract photograph taken in the New Mexico desert. Holman’s

Minimalist Master Presents a Piece on the Campus That Inspired It

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early a century ago, the father of composer Alvin Lucier played violin in the very first Dartmouth College jazz band, alongside a pianist, a drummer, two saxophonists and three — count ’em, three — banjo players. “That’s too many banjos!”

Lucier said with a laugh during a phone conversation with Seven Days.

Unfazed by that plethora of banjos, Lucier recently composed a musical work inspired by the 1918 photo of his father’s band. This week, the giant of American experimental music will visit the Rollins Chapel at his father’s alma mater, where the acclaimed Callithumpian Consort

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hen Cabot artist JANET VAN FLEET responded to an artists’ call, she didn’t know what she was getting herself into.

Neither did Brattleboro painter HANNAH EARLEY or any of the 320 other artists from around the world who participated in “Telephone: An International Arts Experiment.” They couldn’t have known because the work as a whole didn’t exist until April 20, 2015, when it all appeared online.

“Telephone” is the brainchild of poet, composer and violinist Nathan Langston and is presented by the New York-based Satellite Collective, a multidisciplinary arts incubator he cofounded. The project echoes the children’s game Telephone (aka Operator or Grapevine), in which a message is whispered from person to person. In the process, that message is transformed.

The “message” in this case wasn’t words, but a communication passed from one artist to another via original works of art. The project got its impetus five years ago when Langston and his wife moved to New York City from Portland, Ore. They knew only one other person in NYC. In an essay introducing “Telephone” on his website, Langston writes about feeling lonely and homesick.

“On that first broiling night in the sweat-sticky August of this colossal city, I sat out on a friend’s fire escape with a glass of wine and, as sirens passed below, remembered a prayer,” he writes. Known as

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poem was reinterpreted into music and a sculpture by yet more artists, and the project was off and running.

Still, after 15 months, “Telephone” had resulted in just eight artworks. By then, Langston was focusing on ballet and music composition with Satellite Collective, so he put “Telephone” aside. “But I couldn’t get it out of my mind,” Langston writes in his essay. “That first sequence of works was so stunning that I dreamt about it. The idea woke me up at night.”

Two years later, Satellite Collective’s online director, Daniel Talsky, helped reframe the concept. He realized “Telephone” could exist on a much larger scale if the collective transferred the project to the internet. A completed interpretation could be given to two or three other artists to reinterpret simultaneously.

The sequence would no longer be one straight line; “Telephone” would branch out like a tree.

All told, the project took five years and resulted in 315 original works by artists from 159 cities in 42 countries. A graphical depiction of “Telephone” resembles a subway map — or a constellation.

On April 20, “Telephone” was unveiled around the world when the link went live.

Participating artists finally learned what the original message was and discovered what their own works of art had inspired.

will perform that new work, “Hanover,” for the first time.

For most of the six decades that Lucier has been composing, he has eschewed traditional instrumentation, preferring to work with sound in its rawest, purest forms: sine waves, reverberations, echoes.

Along the way, Lucier (pronounced “LOOSE-ee-ay”) has accomplished nothing less than a transformation of experimental music by subjecting it to a process of radical minimization.

One of his best-known works, “Music on a Long Thin Wire” (1977), uses a single piano wire, a magnet, an oscillator and a speaker to produce a series of intersecting, mesmerizing tones. Like many of Lucier’s other compositions, it’s sitespecific, varying according to the acoustics of the room in which it’s performed.

Now retired, Lucier, 83, taught for several decades at Wesleyan University.

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Van Fleet credits Langston with persevering over five years with little financial backing. “What’s amazing is that it was worth his time, that he gave his time to Phoenix Rising School of Yoga Therapy jacobalbee.com . 802-540-0401 create this great gift of ‘art soup’ and inburlington, vt 5 Mountain Street • Bristol vited everybody to come and partake!” hours by appointment (802) 453-6444 Viewers may find themselves similarly mesmerized when browsing the www.pryt.com “Telephone” artworks online or taking the curated tour. The project’s results are presented almost seamlessly, whether they8V-JacobAlbee042915.indd 1 4/27/158v-phoenixyoga042915.indd 6:23 PM 1 4/28/15 1:38 PM be music or video, or images of paintings, sculptures, collages or other types of work.

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Van Fleet, one of the two Vermonters who participated, says she “liked that it was a game, not deadly serious and career minded. There was a kind of idealism about both the idea and the process that I admired.”

Her telephone “whisper” arrived via email. “Nathan sent me four to five views of a single work by an artist in Istanbul,” Van Fleet tells Seven Days. “The images made it pretty easy, as they were from another sculptor [Julie Upmeyer], not a musician, poet or videographer, as might have happened.”

Artists across 13 disciplines participated in the project, “so there’s a huge variety of voices and media, all trying to translate and transmit the same original message across very different platforms,” Van Fleet says.

Upmeyer’s work was Van Fleet’s only window into “Telephone” until its conclusion. “I had one month to complete a piece that translated as closely as I was able, in my medium, the intent of the artist whose work was sent to me,” Van Fleet explains.

The sculptor, who characteristically works with found wood and other items, built a wooden boat and covered it with a collage of found photographs. “The masts are made with brass rods, and the sails are original early-20th-century portrait photographs,” she says.

Langston tells Seven Days that when he received Van Fleet’s photographs of her sculpture, “I practically jumped out of my chair.” The Vermont artist says she later learned that her piece was almost a mirror

the college’s music students. Lucier himself will not perform in the concert, but his works will be in capable hands.

The Boston-based Callithumpian Consort, with which Lucier has collaborated for about a decade, is a highly regarded ensemble dedicated to fresh interpretations of CENTER FOR THE ARTS in little more than a contemporary clasyear to feature the sical, jazz, rock and ST EPHEN DRURY, C ALL IT HUMPIAN CONSORT music of an octogeexperimental music. narian titan of avantStephen Drury, garde music. Master minimalist Phill artistic director of the Callithumpian Niblock performed there in February Consort (whose name refers to a boisterous racket), said of Lucier, “He 2014.

The Thursday evening concert is the has developed music which asks us to capstone of Lucier’s four-day residency listen very closely, and that, to me, is at Dartmouth, during which he’ll lead MINIMALIST MASTER » P.29 several master classes and speak with

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In trying to characterize his music, he said, “Sometimes people will quote the Bauhaus [motto]: ‘Less is more.’ I always say, with my work, ‘Less is less.’

There’s something ecological about that.”

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reigns in the streets, technologies we take for granted are now things of the past, and, as if that weren’t dystopian enough, the world’s water supply is controlled by a shadowy conglomerate called the Mulholland Corporation.

Cowritten by Lipke with friends and Alyssa Hingre, the film follows a small group that’s making its way across the Northeast in search of the company’s mega-dam. Along the way the outfit battles the elements, as Matthew Keim, Erin Lynn Doyle

Champlain College Game Studio Courts Industry Recruiters — and Women b y k e n p i car d

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ast Friday night, the video clips that played on a large screen in Champlain College’s Alumni Auditorium offered an impressive sampling of the skills this year’s graduating game-design students had learned over the past four years. There were intricate 3D renderings of gritty urban landscapes; anatomically precise spiders, medieval sword fighters and robotic reptiles; vertiginous flight simulators; action-packed shooter games; and one interplanetary battleground game cheerily titled We Love Nuclear Armageddon.

The 60 graduating seniors from the school’s Game Studio weren’t there just to show off their senior projects to friends and family. The games, which were the culmination of yearlong collaborative teamwork across four disciplines, were also meant to wow industry talent scouts.

And they did. Friday’s eighth annual senior show was the first part of a two-day recruitment effort by industry reps visiting from 15 game studios from as close as

Montpelier and as far as Bend, Ore. During the event, which showcased demonstration reels of the games as well as students’ individual portfolio pieces, recruiters scribbled notes about what they liked and whose work impressed them. Later, recruiters provided Amanda Crispel, Champlain College’s assistant dean for game development, with a list of students they wanted to interview the following day.

“It’s a level of professionalism I’ve never seen before among students,” said Chris Reese, a game developer with Sony Computer Entertainment America/Bend Studio in Oregon. Reese first came to Champlain’s senior show last year “on a whim” after he met one of its students at a conference in San Francisco.

“We ended up hiring quite a few seniors last year, and they’ve worked out fantastically,” Reese said. “They were able to come into the studio and start working from day one. Their skill level was excellent.”

“The game industry is very competitive, but we’re still doing quite well,” Crispel

said. On surveys of game-design grads from previous classes, she reported, 75 to 100 percent are currently working in fields related to their degree.

Ten years after Champlain College first launched the game-development degree program, it’s evolved into four specialized degree tracks: game programming, game design, media management, and game art and animation. Now ranked among

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the top-20 game-design programs in the country by the Princeton Review, the Game Studio is attracting a caliber of applicants that surpasses those of just a few years ago.

“We now have students coming in who’ve already published games,” Crispel said. “[Many] have programming backgrounds, and they’ve already been working in 3D. They know what they want and they’re really intensively driven.”

But, as Sony’s Reese observed, Champlain’s Game Studio reflects another aspect of the game-development industry: a dearth of gender diversity. This year’s graduating class of game designers is only 12 percent female. Reese admitted it’s been a struggle not just for his company — which

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ou’ve heard the rap on millennials. Narcissistic. No work ethic. Perhaps you’ve even read Mark Bauerlein’s The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future (Or, Don’t Trust Anyone Under 30).

Generation Y is the Rodney Dangerfield of demographics: It just don’t get no respect.

If you buy a word of that, you obviously haven’t met Matthew Lipke, a 22-yearold environmental studies major who’s about to graduate from the University of Vermont. He aims to pack two theaters at Merrill’s Roxy Cinemas in Burlington on May 1 for the premiere of his third fulllength feature film, Elixir.

“Matt has made several films while at UVM — he’s been remarkably driven to produce films that are socially significant,” explains associate professor of film and television studies Sarah Nilsen. “Most of our classes are structured around the completion of short films. He is fearless in undertaking massive projects.”

Lipke’s latest is a futuristic thriller with an environmental twist. Elixir is set in 2115.

Humans have trashed the planet, anarchy

well as Skulks, Mulholland’s private militia. The principal players are Connor (Bob Bolyard), the group leader; Todd (Dave Allen); and Suzanne (Sandra Gartner).

Think The Road with fewer cannibals.

“The Road definitely was an inspiration,” says the filmmaker. “I watched it for the first time for research and fell in love with it.”

Asked where he got the idea for the evil Mulholland Corporation, Lipke had a surprising answer: “Nestlé. Nestlé bottles an absurd amount of freshwater — in Maine and even California, a state that is experiencing severe drought! The CEO stated on camera, ‘Water is not a human right.’”

What does Lipke want to say with his movie? “Being an environmental sciences student with a concentration in water resources, the story’s inspiration came from my classes and real-life events such as the Bolivian water riots,” he says. “Water is a precious resource. We must use it responsibly. Water is a right, not a privilege.”

Though Elixir is a student production, its cast includes folks who last spent time in a classroom when answers were found in a library, not on the internet.

“One of Matt’s film instructors contacted me,” recounts Bolyard, who is best known as drag queen Amber LeMay of Burlington’s House of LeMay. “When she heard he needed an older — make that mature — male, she asked if I’d be interested, and I said, ‘Sure.’

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“Having done community theater for 40-plus years, being in a movie was a new adventure,” Bolyard continues. “At my age [59], I don’t know how many firsts I have left. It was obvious that, one, this wasn’t Matt’s first time directing; and, two, he knew what he wanted and how to get it — but not in an I’m the director way. That’s not his nature. People wanted to do good for him,” Bolyard says. “Me included.”

Speaking of doing good, Lipke is doing just that with the movie; he’s partnering with Oxfam America to donate proceeds from the premiere to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programs that get clean, fresh water to those in need around the globe. “I wanted to partner with a waterrelated charity,” he says. “I decided to go with WASH because Oxfam has a club on campus. They told us about WASH and what it does. I decided it was the perfect organization to partner with.”

Some of Elixir’s postapocalyptic world may look familiar: “We filmed in numerous places around Vermont,” Lipke says.

“A little bit at UVM’s Centennial Woods, a lot down at the [Green Mountain] Audubon Center in Huntington and some at the Winooski Gorge.”

The budget? About $7,000, which Lipke raised himself while somehow keeping up his grades.

The public hasn’t seen the completed film yet, but the reviews on its maker are in. “Matt’s a natural leader and collaborator,” says Nilsen. “He asked students in the UVM [SyMphony] orcheStra to help record the movie’s score, had his friend compose the music, and worked with another friend on recording the soundtrack. He’s been very savvy in finding the resources to complete movies. These skills will serve him well as he pursues a career in film or television.”

His mature leading man couldn’t agree more. “Matt’s good,” says Bolyard. “We’ll be hearing about him in the future.”

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has three female developers in a staff of 75 — but for the industry as a whole.

Champlain has launched a campaign to close that gender gap, and the effort may well affect future graduating classes.

“The game design and game programming [degree tracks] are still predominantly male, but game art and animation are now attracting a higher percentage of females,” said Jo ann patel, assistant professor of communication and creative media, who teaches game art and animation. Over the past two years, Patel’s incoming classes of game artists and animators have been about 50 percent female. That’s a considerably higher proportion than in the industry as a whole, which, according to Crispel, is only about 15 percent female.

Both Patel and Crispel admit that Champlain still struggles to recruit women and minorities into the traditionally white-male-dominated specialties of game programming and game design.

In those areas, only one in 10 Champlain students is female.

Few could argue that gender equity is long overdue in the $22 billion-a-year computer-game industry, especially in light of its rapidly changing demographics. As the Entertainment Software Association reported last year, 48 percent of all gamers are now female, with

“women age 18 or older represent[ing] a significantly greater portion of the gameplaying population (36 percent) than boys 18 or younger (17 percent).”

Despite such trends, sexist attitudes persist in the gaming world, as evidence by last year’s “Gamergate” controversy, in which female game designers were subjected to sustained misogynist attacks and even threats of violence. Just last month, the Washington Post ran a blog post written by a 12-year-old mobile-game enthusiast, Madeline Messer, who asked, “Why don’t the characters in my apps look like me?”

The sixth grader looked at 50 of the top iPhone game apps and found that 90 percent of them offered boy characters for free, but only 15 percent did so for girl characters.

Such trends aren’t lost on Champlain College underclassmen such as eMMa caMpbell, a 20-year-old sophomore from Franklin, Mass., who’s studying game art and animation.

“It’s always a struggle — misogyny, women and gaming,” Campbell said.

“Anyone who’s been involved in games and is female knows that, and will continue to deal with that. But the more voices we have in the industry, that rise in the industry, the better things will get.” m

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minimalist master « p.25 strapped a device to his head that transmitted his brain waves to a series of percussion instruments. Given that all artworks come from the minds of artists, Lucier’s piece thus complicated and questioned the very process of creation.

“I was not interested in musical language, European atonal serialization, things of that kind,” Lucier said.

“I discovered that the acoustic, natural characteristics of sound waves are free in some sense from culture. So I just loved exploring pure ideas like that.”

Lucier stressed that his music, for all its radicalism, contains no “message.”

Asked if he has developed anything like a philosophy of composition, he replied that, if so, its precepts pertain not to the content of his music but to the experience of hearing it. The goal of his compositions, Lucier said, is to encourage listeners to focus not on “what they are perceiving … but on their perception of how they’re perceiving it.”

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the gateway to great music making, and to what music is all about: asking the listener to engage his or her own ears.

And that is the launching pad to taking off on flights of fancy.”

Drury, who will lead his own free Dartmouth master class on Wednesday, April 29, likens Lucier’s music to “a combination of a funnel and a microscope,” in that it creates microscopic yet richly detailed sonic “worlds.”

Besides “Hanover,” the Consort will perform two other Lucier pieces: “Still Lives” and “Letters.” The former is constructed out of the “beats” that result when electronic sound waves intersect with piano notes; for the latter, Lucier used the shapes of letters as the inspiration for a series of mini-compositions.

Also on the program is “Kegama,” a piece by Dartmouth professor emeritus Christian Wolff that has its roots in French-Canadian folk song.

The arrangement of “Hanover” could hardly be more unlike that of the old-timey jazz band whose photo inspired it. A bowed vibraphone will play the role of the drum set, and Lucier has outfitted the banjos with magnetic devices called e-bows. “I had to fudge the banjos because they’re so dry — they don’t have any resonance,” he said.

The use of electronics to augment traditional instruments is nothing new for Lucier. He’s a pioneer in using machines and scientific principles in his compositions. In one famous piece, “Music for Solo Performer,” Lucier

The Callithumpian Consort plays the music of Alvin Lucier, Thursday, April 30, 7 p.m., in Rollins Chapel at Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H. $18-20. hop.dartmouth.edu

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Has a study been done on elections where fear/ hate is the motivator? Simply put, do the firebrands win more often than the moderates?

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imple (if two-part) question, simple (if two-part) answer: 1. Yes, going negative works.

2. When did it not?

No question, negative campaigning has been on the rise in recent times. A look at presidential races found that between 2000 and 2012, positive advertising decreased from 40 percent to 14 percent, while negative advertising increased from 29 percent to 64 percent.

(Yes, a campaign consists of more than paid advertising, but we have to start somewhere.)

A study of congressional campaigns found attack advertising increased from 32 percent in 2000 to 52 percent by 2012.

Why? Let me gaze at my navel. It could be the result of the current 24-7 media bath in which only a bold, controversial message has any chance of grabbing the electorate’s attention. It could be due to the us-versus-them mentality that’s poisoned American politics.

Or it could be a by-product of our thoroughly tabloidized American culture, awash with reality shows and Kardashians.

Or — you’ll never guess what I think — it could be few

researchers tracked negative political advertising before the 1990s and people have short memories, so we don’t have much basis for comparison. One of the most notorious attack ads in American political history aired during the presidential campaign of 1964 — the “Daisy” commercial produced by the Lyndon Johnson side, in which a shot of a little girl pulling petals from a flower segues to a missile countdown and then a blast and a mushroom cloud, followed by a grim voiceover: “Vote for President Johnson on November 3. The stakes are too high for you to stay home.” Implication: Johnson’s opponent, Barry Goldwater, was an irresponsible extremist who’d drag the country into nuclear war.

The ad ran once. Johnson won in a landslide. OK, single datapoint. But it’s easy to come up with others — ask Michael Dukakis if he thinks the Willie Horton ad hurt him in the ’88 presidential race. Inevitably we drift to the conclusion: Negative advertising works, and always has.

We needn’t rely on anecdotal evidence. While I don’t put too much stock in political

science research, a study of 143 U.S. Senate elections from 1988 to 1998 found that for every 6 percent increase in negative campaigning, the candidate’s performance at the polls improved by 1 percent — but only for challengers.

Incumbents reduced their performance at the polls by 1 percent for every 6 percent of their campaigns they devoted to attacking their opponents.

This may be true in general — the default pitch for any incumbent surely has to be that life is better since he or she took office — but it’s not always true, as the LBJ ad demonstrates. Turning to the political laboratory known as Chicago, we note that incumbent mayor Rahm Emanuel trounced challenger Chuy Garcia 56 to 44 percent last month by suggesting that were his relatively inexperienced opponent elected, Chicago would go the way of Detroit.

(Garcia’s given name, you may recall, is Jesus. No great talent as a cartoonist is required to cast Rahm as the Prince of Darkness. It tells you something about politics in America, or anyway in Chicago, that in a confrontation with the Devil, Jesus lost.)

Back to our subject. Riffling through the research and applying the filter of common sense, I offer the following observations:

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• To be effective, negative advertising needs to be plausible. The Daisy ad worked because, in those innocent times, Barry Goldwater really did seem like a nut. Had LBJ’s opponent been some moderate Republican stalwart like Nelson Rockefeller, that kind of ad would have made Johnson look like the screwy one.

• The least effective strategy is going after your opponent’s extramarital affairs, drug or alcohol addiction, or other personal foibles — which is to say, your campaign can’t be seen as

doing this. As any specialist in oppo research knows, it’s advantageous to have your opponent revealed as a philanderer provided the news appears to come from third parties. Not that success is guaranteed even so; consider the unsinkable Bill Clinton, repeatedly named in tales of striking tawdriness that mainly provoked the reaction (from both men and women, as far as I can tell): He risked his career over her?

• What seems to work best is going after your opponent’s inconsistent voting, broken campaign promises, contributions from special interest groups and dubious business practices. To which I can only say: This is bad?

Getting back to current events, I don’t wish to make too much of Rahm, but his recent campaign provides a stark lesson in why negative campaigning is often the logical choice. In an era of straitened resources, where the only responsible course is to ask the public to give more and get by with less ... good luck trying to win on that message. A demonstrably more effective strategy is to get the electorate thinking: Sure, things’ll be bad if this schmuck is elected — but under the other schmuck they’ll be worse.

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The hotels often seem to change names and corporate allegiance; when in doubt, I double-check.

“Yeah, I think so. There’s a Walmart behind us.”

“Yup, that’s what I thought. Jump in.”

The man and the smaller woman took the backseat as their friend settled in beside me. As we ascended the Main Street hill, my seatmate pivoted and said, “How fun was that? I totally needed a night of glamming it up and not think-

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glamming it up and not thinking.”

ing, and this really did the trick. Did you enjoy yourself, Shakia?”

“Burlington is awesome,” her friend replied. “We should do this more often.”

We eased onto the highway just as “Oh, What a Night,” the Four Seasons’ final charted hit, came on the radio. The twosome in the back started singing along, so I adjusted the fade to engage the rear speakers. “Crank it up!” the man said. “We love this song.”

As the whole cab joined in, the cabdriver included, I noted, “Wow, this is like karaoke.”

Shakia said, “Yeah, we almost did karaoke tonight at this bar called JP’s, but the waiting list was too long.”

“Is that right?” I said. “What’s the song you like to do?” “‘I Love Rock and Roll,’” they shouted out in unison, cracking up.

“That old chestnut by Joan Jett?” I asked, feigning great incredulity just for the fun of it. “I’d figure you guys for something much newer and hipper.”

“Hey, good music is good music,” the guy explained. “You know what? I’m starving. Are there any food places near the hotel?”

“Not really any restaurants open this late,” I replied. “But there is an all-night gas station with a good-size convenience shop across the street.”

“Oh, that’ll do fine,” he said. “I guess you can drop us there and we can walk across to the hotel.”

“Hey, I’ll be glad to wait and drive you across. It’s a wide road and pretty dangerous, even this late, ’cause there’s no traffic signal along that stretch.”

We pulled into the Sunoco station, and Shakia stayed in the cab with me while the others went inside in pursuit of munchies. I said to her, “So, you all seem like good friends. Where are you visiting from?”

“We grew up together in Boston, and went all through grade school and high school together, if you can believe it. John and I still live there, but Tamara moved up to Bridgewater, this little town in southern Vermont, when she got married and had her two kids. It’s her birthday tomorrow — actually, I guess today — and her sister paid for the hotel room for all

of us as a present. She’s going through a rough patch in her marriage, so she really needed this getaway.”

“How sweet of you two to support your friend in this way,” I said. “There’s something about old friends, isn’t there?

I mean, new friends are great, too, but the old ones are irreplaceable.”

John and Tamara returned, stuffed bags in hand. Laughing, Shakia said, “I see you guys didn’t hold back.”

John said, “They even had your favorites — those crazy Circus Peanuts that you love.”

“Man, those are some old-fashioned candies,” I said. “Those go back to my childhood. I remember they were kinda spongy and — what was it? — banana flavored? Could that be right?” I paused to giggle. “That sounds sort of disgusting, now that I say it.”

Driving across the road to their hotel, I sensed Tamara’s sadness, even as she basked in the love of her two besties. I could see it in her eyes. Some say the eyes are the window to the soul. If it’s true, those represent a most precious window, surpassing even those of the great medieval cathedrals.

“You guys are the greatest,” Tamara said to her friends, her brown eyes grown soft and misty. “My BFFs — forever and ever.” m

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usiness picks up in April. As winter recedes, customers whom I haven’t heard from in months poke their heads out of their gopher holes and consider the world. Sniffing the spring air and spying the snow-free grounds, they call me and venture downtown for the evening.

“Made it through the winter in one piece?” I ask. “Barely,” they reply, chuckling.

The same goes for out-of-towners. The warmer-weather Queen City beckons far and wide, animating the local hospitality industry, the taxi fleet included. The big bump comes as May skips into June and summer really kicks in, but April has her charms, as well.

At the Sweetwaters intersection — Church and College — a trio of people hailed me curbside, two women and a man. The lone man was husky and preppy with his tan sports coat and lime-colored cotton shirt; his circular wire-rim glasses struck me as ’70s John Denver. The two women were a study in contrasts. One was small, bright and bubbly; her friend was tall and curvaceous and wore a stunning mauve dress that displayed her glorious cleavage from here to eternity, thank you very much. All three were African American and appeared about 30 years of age.

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urlington is northern Vermont’s nightlife hub on most nights. But the typically bustling Queen City could be a bit of a ghost town this weekend, May 1 to 3. Why? Because all the cool kids will be hanging out on the other side of the river in Winooski, taking in the sights and, more importantly, the sounds of Waking Windows 5.

Since its inception four years ago, the three-day music and arts festival has grown from an underground, countercultural upstart to a cornerstone of Vermont’s spring/summer festival season. Thanks to the smarts, savvy and enthusiasm of its organizers — and maybe to a little dumb luck — Waking Windows appeals to a wide cross-section of music fans.

The festival’s track record of identifying and booking cutting-edge bands — often ones just about to break out, such as Future Islands in 2011 and Speedy Ortiz last year — endears it to the picky hipster set. Typically a band or two on the roster appeals to more mainstream crowds, such as Titus Andronicus this year. The fest is also a comprehensive showcase of homegrown talent, satisfying Vermont’s notorious appetite for all things local.

Waking Windows has struck a balance between maintaining its indie cred and fostering an inclusive environment where you don’t have to be a cool kid to feel like one. Ducking in and out of music venues both conventional (the Monkey House) and otherwise (a wine bar, a hip resale

shop, a church) on Winooski’s roundabout, you can’t help but get caught up in the thrill of it all. It’s electric and seductive.

Other festivals may be larger, offer more big names or trade more overtly on their localness. But Waking Windows is simply the coolest music festival in Vermont.

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t began as a 12-day festival in Winooski in 2011. But Waking Windows’ origins actually go back one year earlier to a littleknown, short-lived event called the Other Music Festival. Developed and curated by experimental jazz drummer and Burlington expat Peter Negroponte, who currently lives and plays in Boston, OMF was devised as an alternative to the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival. It ran for six days in the middle of BDJF at Burlington’s North End Studios and carried a provocative tagline: “Discover other music.”

Despite that pointed motto, Negroponte insisted the goal of the OMF wasn’t to poke the bear that is the burly BDJF. Rather,

Seven Bands to Watch at WW5 More than 100 bands are slated to play this year’s Waking Windows festival, most of the cutting-edge variety. That’s an embarrassment of indie-rock riches. But it does present a dilemma even for the most seasoned and knowledgeable rock fan: Where to begin?

What follows are capsule descriptions of seven bands featured at WW5 that we’re pretty sure you won’t want to miss. We’re mainly focusing on some of the bigger names here. But don’t be afraid to take a flyer on lesser-known bands, too. Half the fun of WW is discovering your new favorite band. And for a local take on the festival, turn to Soundbites on page 69.

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The first thing that will grab you about Picture You Staring, the latest album from Montréal indie band TOPS, is its obvious affinity for the 1980s. In both mood and sonic feel, the album evokes classic ’80s pop and soft rock. It’s a throwback, but in a wholly reverential, nonironic way. TOPS aren’t simply regurgitating a bygone era of cheesy synths and bad hair. They’re putting a modern spin on a maligned era of music that, deep down, you know you love.

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The bedrock beneath Brattleboro is composed of quartz crystal, and some have suggested that’s why the tiny southern Vermont city resonates with such vibrant and unusual music and art. Few encapsulate the town’s odd charm like Ruth Garbus — the sister of Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs renown, BTW. Garbus’ idiosyncratic music is warmly lo-fi and curiously comforting, like soft rays of morning sunlight filtered through, well, a crystal.

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was sort of the whole reason it started.”

Nagle curated a night at the original WW. The following year, Reagan and Mavodones wisely decided to move the festival to early May so it didn’t conflict with BDJF. The revitalization of Winooski had yet to take hold in 2012, and numerous empty storefronts still faced the Onion City’s traffic circle. For WW2, Reagan and Mavodones used those spaces, including the former Stoplight Gallery and what is now the wine bar oak45. They also commandeered the Winooski United Methodist Church, the Block Gallery — now Scout & Co. — and a handful of smaller spaces.

Waking Windows began to take shape.

“It made downtown Winooski seem a little more alive,” recalls Reagan of WW2.

“Like, instead of a bunch of people smoking in front of the Monkey, there were people smoking all around the rotary,” he jokes.

“It felt more like a festival,” agrees Nagle, noting that 2012 headliners such as the Blow, the Luyas and Death Vessel helped raise Waking Windows’ profile.

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It’s appropriate that Cymbals Eat Guitars draw their name from a Lou Reed quote explaining why he didn’t want a lot of cymbals on the Velvet Underground records. (Because “cymbals eat guitars,” duh.) The New Jersey band doesn’t sound anything like the Velvets — they take cues more from classic indie-rock bands such as Built to Spill and Modest Mouse. But CEG’s attention to balancing competing sonic textures is readily apparent in their lush, sprawling indie jangle.

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Noting the success of the Thing in the Spring, they decided to give a Winooski music fest a shot.

The first Waking Windows ran for 12 days in 2011 — not coincidentally, over the same 12 days as that year’s BDJF. “That probably killed our attendance,” admits Reagan, speaking from Waking Windows’ command center, the Monkey House.

The inaugural WW festival featured one showcase per night, all at the Monkey House. The acts ranged from local singersongwriters and rock bands to more far-out shows in the spirit of the OMF, curated by the likes of local experimental composer Greg Davis and local micro-labels NNA Tapes and the now-defunct Mars Pyramid.

Indie synth-pop band Future Islands anchored WW1, headlining the fest mere months before releasing their 2011 breakout record, On the Water.

“I think we managed to have every genre that year, except maybe hip-hop,” says Reagan, adding that WW5 will correct that omission.

“It’s funny,” adds Brian Nagle, 28, a member of the core Waking Windows crew, “out of all the music we have this year, we don’t really have any jazz, which

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he intended the fest to highlight factions of the local free-jazz and experimentalmusic scenes that he deemed underserved

by Vermont’s highest-profile festival.

“It’s not really an anti-Jazz Fest thing,” Negroponte said in a 2010 phone interview with Seven Days. “It’s really just a chance for us to do our own thing. [BDJF] can do their thing, and we’ll just have all the freaks who slip through the cracks.”

OMF was a modest, if overmatched, success. But Negroponte decided not to hold the festival the following year. Enter Paddy Reagan and Nick Mavodones.

While the OMF was a genetic precursor to WW, the festival’s concept was based on another regional event, the Thing in the Spring. That fest leans on underground music and uses the town of Peterborough, N.H., in much the same way that Waking Windows now settles into Winooski.

Reagan, 31, and Mavodones, 34, had been booking shows in the Burlington area under the banner of Angioplasty Media.

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Birdie Busch makes a habit of defying expectations. Writes her hometown Philadelphia City Paper, “She’s noisy when she might’ve hushed up, nervy when most are more relaxed, funny when others stay forlorn and dressy when she could be buttoned up.” That’s a long way of saying that her whimsical blend of folk, pop and psychedelia is thoroughly unpredictable and endlessly enjoyable.

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King Tuff is the pseudonym of Brattleboro’s Kyle Thomas, formerly of the bands Witch and Happy Birthday. That latter act, which also featured B-boro’s Chris Weisman and Ruth Garbus (see page 33), specialized in painting 1970s glam and power pop with a twee color palette. Left to his own devices as King Tuff, Thomas is similarly playful, but he inhabits a cartoonishly debauched rock-star persona.

His 2014 release for Sub Pop Records, Black Moon Spell, is a gangly throwback of psych, glam and garage rock that plays like it was meant to be blasted from the eight-track of an El Camino — in a good way. All hail the king.

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been running his own Burlington booking and promotions company, MSR Presents, and often copresented shows with Angioplasty Media. He currently works for Higher Ground, alongside Mavodones, where he helps book and manage off-site shows and festivals.

Rogers’ music-biz experience and booking connections proved invaluable in streamlining the festival as it began to grow. Reagan says that attendance for Waking Windows has roughly doubled each year. If that trend holds true, this year’s event might bring 8,000 to 10,000 visitors to town.

That seems optimistic, but Reagan doesn’t think it’s crazy. “I think it’s reasonable to expect numbers close to that,” he says.

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t’s no coincidence that the growth of Waking Windows has been contemporaneous with the blossoming of Winooski. It would be an overstatement to suggest that the festival drove the Onion City’s renaissance, but it has certainly played a role. At the very least, the relationship between Waking Windows and the city of Winooski is symbiotic.

“As the festival has been growing and evolving with the city, the city has been growing and evolving with the festival,” says Winooski Mayor Seth Leonard in a phone call.

“It’s become part of the city’s identity,”

Leonard continues. “Winooski has a strong artistic and musical history of being an inspired and creative culture. And I think more people are choosing to live in Winooski because of the culture we’re seeing develop here.” He adds, “There’s real excitement and possibility, and I think the festival represents part of that.”

While WW and Winooski have enjoyed a mutually beneficial relationship, the festival’s impact is felt well beyond the onesquare-mile city’s boundaries.

“To me, the evolution of Waking Windows directly coincides with the growth and evolution of the music scene in Burlington, and all of Vermont, for that matter,” writes Burlington’s Bryan Parmelee in an email.

Parmelee played the first Waking Windows with his now-defunct band Parmaga. He’s played the fest every year since and will do so again this year with his synth-pop duo Pours. He suggests that WW’s organizers built the foundation for the recent explosion of new venues, festivals and booking agencies in Burlington and beyond.

“It’s been amazing to see so many new venues and festivals popping up around Burlington,” Parmelee says. “But none of this would be possible without the groundwork laid out by the WW crew. These new entities are piggybacking off of at least a decade of relationship building and respect garnering in the indie world, and it’d be

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J Fernandez is often referred to as a “bedroom pop” auteur. And that’s pretty accurate, provided your bedroom is a place where hazy fever dreams happen with some regularity. The Chicago-based songwriter’s music has a woozy, surreal quality that is experimental by nature but rooted in identifiable pop archetypes. The result is a gently disorienting yet familiar collage of sounds that exists in the ethereal space between sleep and waking.

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Here’s a fun fact about Delicate Steve, aka Steve Marion. For Marion’s 2011 debut Wondervisions on David Byrne’s Luaka Bop records, the label hired famed rock scribe Chuck Klosterman to anonymously write a fictional press release. Said release completely fooled both fans and the press with lines such as “This is like My Bloody Valentine minus the guitars.” (MBV are, like, all guitars, by the way.) National Public Radio eventually exposed the (totally awesome) hoax. But gullible critics haven’t seemed to hold a grudge against Marion.

His kaleidoscopic, instrumental fusion of rock, surf and African rhythms has been praised by everyone from Pitchfork to SPIN to the New York Times.

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Ruth Garbus played the first WW and returns this year. Several years back, she also played a sparsely attended gig at the Monkey House with her old band Happy Birthday, which Reagan booked long before the Brattleboro-based act signed to Sub Pop Records. Happy Birthday then also included Kyle Thomas, better known as King Tuff, another WW5 headliner.

And then there is the festival’s backbone: the scads of local musicians who come back year after year, acts such as Pours, Swale, Lowell Thompson, Maryse Smith and Blue Button, to name a few.

“It’s cool developing these full-circle relationships with people,” says Nagle.

“It’s cool to see that, as we’re changing and growing, they are, too.”

That goes for Winooski, as well.

“The underlying theme of Waking Windows is the revitalization of Winooski,” notes Fogel. “Last year proved how successful the festival can be for local businesses. Everybody had so much fun and an amazing weekend in business.

And that just makes the whole community want to be involved.”

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impossible to overstate how much [WW’s] efforts have benefitted every single music fan in this community in countless ways.”

Following the success of last year’s festival, Angioplasty Media and MSR Presents merged into a single entity, Waking Windows Presents, which also includes Nagle and Ali Fogel, 29, manager of the Monkey House. The crew has been booking shows under that banner to keep the Waking Windows brand in the public eye year-round.

Much like Winooski’s signature rotary, those bookings have a certain circular symmetry. Last fall, the WWP crew presented Future Islands in a sold-out Higher Ground Ballroom. Days later, they brought in indie icons Neutral Milk Hotel for a two-night Ballroom run. Those shows were something of a reprise of the solo show that reclusive NMH front man Jeff Mangum played at the First Unitarian Universalist Church in Burlington in 2011, a joint venture between AM and MSR. WW5 will present more than 100 bands over three days in 11 venues — including a large outdoor stage abutting the Champlain Mill, which will close Winooski Falls Way for portions of Saturday and Sunday. The festival’s tendency toward circular recurrence will be evident in many of the acts slated to play.

Headliners such as Delicate Steve, Birdie Busch and J Fernandez have all played local shows previously booked by

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funny thing has happened to the classical music world over the past decade or so: It is swimming in compact disc recordings. This realization recently struck Shelburne pianist Paul Orgel, a critic for the past seven years for Fanfare Magazine, a leading classicalrecordings review journal. The eight or so reviews Orgel writes per issue count for only a fraction of the nearly 500 new releases Fanfare covers every two months, he says.

The observation is not just Orgel’s.

There is widespread agreement that no one can keep up with the production of classical CDs. As Anne Midgette, classical critic for the Washington Post, wrote at the end of 2013, “There are more CD releases out than ever, from more and more labels … Keeping up with the stream of new releases is like trying to drink from a fire hose.”

That overflow has nothing to do with the market. CD purchases have been on the decline for years, according to stats kept by the Recording Industry Association of America. Downloads are declining, too, and may soon lose their majority share of the market. The only growth has been in streaming. (RIAA’s 2014 assessment shows that downloads make up 37 percent of the market, CDs 32 percent and streaming 27 percent.)

The classical market itself, never more than 2 percent of the overall market, is “continuing to drop,” according to local authority Stephen Sutton of Brandon, who runs the classical recording business Divine Art Recordings Group from that town and his native London. “But when it comes to the people producing the music,” Sutton adds, “there’s more than ever.”

Vermont musicians haven’t shied from the trend, and the result is that local audiences can explore a wealth of CDs produced in the past few years, some of which are mentioned here. Those musicians have a few opinions about why the CD persists, too — beyond the obvious reason that classical’s relatively older audiences are more comfortable with the format.

“It’s this tangible evidence of your playing at its best,” says Orgel, who, when planning his most recent recording, Suk, Chausson & Reger: Piano Music,

envisioned it as a CD. Released on the label MSR Classics in February, Suk features three beautifully played, meditative and moving solo works from the late Romantic era that, the pianist writes in the liner notes, share elements of modernism and an introspective mood.

The deluge of review CDs has made Orgel “question the need for any more music,” so he adds his own recordings to the fray only when they bring something new to light. The works on Suk have rarely been recorded. Orgel’s 2005 CD Music From the Holocaust also has

for signed copies, says Amy Caldwell, marketing director for the Vermont Symphony Orchestra. Violinist Jaime Laredo (VSO’s music director) and cellist Sharon Robinson obliged with a signing ritual when the couple’s CD, Triple Doubles, came out in 2012. The VSO’s only full-orchestra recording, Triple features three recently composed double concertos for violin and cello. One is a lively commission for the occasion by the VSO’s new-music adviser, David Ludwig.

Nat Lew, director of the professional vocal ensemble Counterpoint

Though many of the group’s previous recordings were made with the labeldistributor Albany Records, All Mixed Up! will be self-produced. The DIY approach is an increasingly cheap and easy way of producing CDs and accounts in part for the rising tide of classical recordings. (More and more orchestras are forming their own in-house labels for the same reason.) Lew says the recording will still cost the group $34,000 to produce, including buying rights to individual songs, and the final product is not likely to make a profit. Then again,

and an associate professor of music at Saint Michael’s College, says the group uses CDs mainly to raise awareness.

Counterpoint has made 10 recordings during its 15-year existence. “We’re most interested in singing live for Vermonters,” Lew says, but “people always come up and buy our CDs at our concerts. There is some pressure from audience members who still want a physical CD.” Counterpoint is currently running a Kickstarter campaign to fund its 11th recording (Lew’s second with the group) called All Mixed Up! Counterpoint Sings the Music of Pete Seeger. Nearly all of the album’s 20 songs — mostly tunes

by Seeger, plus some South African folk songs — are arranged by Robert DeCormier. The Counterpoint founder and former director was a longtime friend of Seeger, who died in January 2014.

he adds with a chuckle, “Everything arts organizations do is a loss.”

Recording is “never a money maker, and you can’t look at it that way,” agrees Dawn Willis, who directs the women’s choral group Bella Voce and the newer, mixed group Solaris Vocal Ensemble.

Instead, Willis says, recordings give the singers and audiences alike “a sense of the real value of the music we create.”

Bella Voce has self-produced five CDs, two of them in 2014. Songs of Hope and Freedom, a compilation of DeCormier’s compositions and arrangements — some about abolitionist Harriet Tubman — appeared last May. Seven months later, the group made Tapestry of Song, a wide-ranging song collection celebrating its 10th anniversary. It includes collaborations with InoraBrass and two Canadian women’s choirs.

CLASSICAL MUSIC an unusual angle: It features works by composers who were killed in that World War II genocide. And Selected Works for Flute and Piano of Louis Moyse, his 2002 collaboration with Montpelier flutist Karen Kevra, showcases renowned flutist Moyse’s little-known talents as a composer.

Increasingly, CDs act as musicians’ “calling cards,” Orgel suggests. For pianist Annemieke Spoelstra of Sharon, that happened without her planning it that way. Her 2010 CD Toccare, featuring solo works by Schubert and other Romantics, got her an ongoing gig writing for the European piano magazine Pianowereld, she says.

CDs are also perennially useful to audiences as concert mementos. “Every time we get a visiting artist, they come with their CDs, and people stand in line”

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MSR will make Orgel’s Suk, Chausson & Reger available as a download and stream at year’s end. Counterpoint and Bella Voce use CD Baby, an online distribution hub that sells albums in CD and download formats and links customers to access on major streaming sites.

So far, the classical world isn’t any happier with the dominant streaming service, Spotify, than the rest of the music world is. Vermont harpist

But not everyone prefers the physical format. More and more musicians, says Caldwell, are uploading their performances and recordings to streaming sites such as InstantEncore and SoundCloud. And many are listening digitally. Lew, who has a collection of 1,100 CDs in his office, has stopped purchasing them; he now subscribes to Spotify, creating playlists for his students on the free version of the service.

Spotify is flutist Kevra’s only source for music these days, too. “It’s convenient — it’s right in my pocket,” she explains. She acknowledges that digital formats don’t yet sound as good as compact discs — “The sound is compressed, and you don’t get a true dynamic range,” she says. But this summer Kevra will produce her next recording, of French composers’ works for flute and piano, exclusively as a download.

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So is the CD fading out? Fanfare editor and publisher Joel Flegler says that Naxos, the country’s biggest distributor and the source of at least twothirds of the magazine’s review CDs, recently told him it will stop sending CDs within the next six months. After that, Naxos will make only downloads available to reviewers. Flegler estimates the CD will survive “at least another five years, and possibly much longer.” After all, he says, vinyl records are making a comeback, even in the classical world; Fanfare recently reviewed some.

Lew thinks that “CDs will never disappear” because they’re such a handy gift. Of course, he adds, not all CDs make good gifts. “You wouldn’t really give a person the complete works of Anton Webern,” he jokes. But any of the CDs mentioned here would make an engaging and treasured present for classical music lovers. You’ll just have to look for them online.

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Rebecca Kauffman used CD Baby to distribute her 2012 solo album Harp … on the Edge of Softness, a collection of works by Debussy, Schumann and others, most transposed for harp. When customers use Spotify to stream her tracks, she receives “a penny for every stream,” she scoffs. “If you’re a musician trying to make a living, it’s very hard.”

Fortunately, the streaming world is constantly evolving. Sutton cites Naxos’ new streaming service, ClassicsOnline, which already contains the distributor’s sizable subscription music library.

The service promises musicians a 50-50 split on returns and provides full, downloadable liner notes. That CD component, hailed by many interviewees for this article, seems uniquely suited to classical music’s historical depth and scholarly breadth.

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n 2012, the New York Times dubbed Wendy Whelan “America’s greatest contemporary ballerina.” Last fall she bade farewell to her devoted fans and concluded a three-decade career with the New York City Ballet.

But the 47-year-old artist wasn’t bowing out of the dance world just yet. For her next act, she aimed to reinvent herself as a modern dancer.

Trading pointe shoes for bare feet, Whelan explains, “I wanted to take the bridge to the next place, and I knew it would entail contemporary or modern dance. I knew it wasn’t going to be ballet.”

For her inaugural post-retirement project, Whelan handpicked four young male choreographers and tasked each of them with creating a duet for himself and her. The result was a suite of dances titled Restless Creature. The program

premiered at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in 2013, then took a hiatus while the artist endured reconstructive hip surgery and months of rehabilitation.

Now Whelan is back in full swing and touring the East Coast with her fellow dancers. They bring Restless Creature to the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts this Thursday, April 30.

“Not since Baryshnikov thrilled Flynn audiences with his virtuosity and grace in 2004 have we had a chance to witness a ballet superstar beginning the next chapter in their dancing career,” writes Flynn executive director and CEO John Killacky in an email. A former dancer himself, Killacky calls Whelan “one of the greatest ballerinas of our lifetime.”

Reached by phone on her tour, Whelan chatted with Seven Days about her new adventures in contemporary dance.

SEVEN DAYS: How is retirement from ballet, and what do you miss most about that career?

WENDY WHELAN: I miss my friends.

Other than that, I’m really thriving and loving the new life I have right now. I am loving exploring new stuff, a lot of which is teaching. I haven’t been a teacher before, really. And I’m loving my new collaborations. I’m challenged by the new stuff, but that’s kind of what I wanted.

SD: How is your hip?

WW: My hip is good. I will turn 48 in two weeks. I have a little arthritis in my body, which is expected. So that’s really all I’m dealing with right now. My hip surgery was a tremendous success, and now I have to deal with the age part.

I got onstage last night and realized I am just really lucky to still be able to do what I do.

SD: You were quoted as saying that Restless Creature is the “stepping stone to your future.” How did it all come together?

WW: I met Kyle Abraham and Brian Brooks during a collaborative performance. I had known Kyle and was a huge fan, and then I met Brian and was totally taken with him. I knew I wanted to work with these two. At the same time, I had been taking ballet class with Joshua Beamish without realizing he was an incredibly talented choreographer and contemporary dancer. Then someone introduced me to Alejandro Cerrudo, and I was smitten. I thought he was an incredible fourth part of an evening of unique voices. So those were my four choices.

I needed to find choreographers I was drawn to, that I wanted to spend time with, and who were also still

SD: What were you looking for in choreographers?

WW: I am not necessarily someone known for my contemporary or modern dance vocabulary, and I didn’t want them to cater to me. I wanted to dive into their world. I didn’t want them to try and make me look good. I wanted them to challenge me, because this project is about learning and exploring for me. Helping me get across that bridge. I really wanted to transform with this experience.

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SD: Are you transforming?

WW: Yes, I was their clay. After 30 years of professional ballet, there are certain things I can’t change about my uniqueness, but I was trying to be an open book, so I took the work home, practiced it, and I really struggled with each piece in different ways to develop myself. I started to get a grip and a grasp on the ideas and found myself in them to a degree where the choreographers were pleased.

SD: How do you know when you’ve performed well?

WW: I enjoy feeling transformed by a performance. I have had experiences during my ballet career where I would be depressed or nervous, and I would come out from performing and I was happy and relieved. So it sort of takes you into a zone, and it can be meditative.

SD: Of the many roles and characters you’ve danced and portrayed, which is your favorite?

WW: I’ve had an incredible amount of new roles made [for] me. And I love all of them. But from the start, there was a role I connected with and fell in love with, and it fit me like a glove. It was a ballet called The Cage. It really was my first foray into modern ballet. It was like, you know, you can make these angles and have this angst and be this other being, and have this ferociousness and find this beauty in this ugliness. It was the first time I could really go for a character with everything I had, and it was a big step for me.

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WW: At one time during my career, probably 10 years ago, I was being considered the “modern ballerina,” and I was afraid of that title. It upset me.

But now I’m kind of thrilled with that title. I think it’s really neat. And I’m taking ownership of who I am and not shying away from things anymore.

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atori Hall’s The Mountaintop is a fierce, sweet call to action.

The playwright employs a touch of magical realism to reimagine Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s last night on Earth. Her fictional conversation between King and a chambermaid at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn., addresses race with both humor and gravity — and inadvertent prescience.

Vermont Stage Company’s production of the 85-minute one-act, directed

by Cristina Alicea, focuses more on the deep social messages of Hall’s play than on the humorous flirtation between a very human King and a young, attractive and seemingly available woman. Jolie

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Garrett as King and Myxolydia Tyler as Camae give outstanding, nuanced performances. Though any material would likely sing in their capable hands, it’s clear these actors care about the work and the characters they portray.

Tyler imbues Camae with an exciting undercurrent of electricity, so that her silliness and sass always seem to have a purpose. Garrett’s gravitas and vocal control — burnished over a career in classical theater — make it easy for the audience to invest in his credible performance as the civil rights leader.

He shows us King’s dogmatic determination to organize another march on Washington, but also the vulnerability of

TheaTer a middle-aged man concerned with his looks as well as his legacy.

Entering the theater, the audience is greeted by a recording of King’s “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech played just under conversational levels. His words slip into pauses and sometimes climb the waves of preshow chatter.

With the recording, Alicea and sound designer Martha Goode give their production a sense of immediacy: The play begins when that speech at the Mason Temple ends.

It’s April 3, 1968. The first cues of lightning and rain give the motel’s Room 306 an eerie, ominous ambiance. The set, designed by Jeffrey Modereger, has the

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King marched with sanitation workers.

Today, less than a year after the events in Ferguson, Mo., and other cities have reignited discussions about race, Payne’s story has a profound resonance.

Midway through the play, Camae’s true purpose is revealed. At first it’s a lighthearted moment that lets the playwright’s feminism shine through, then it takes a darker turn that can’t be revealed here. Suffice it to say that the civil rights leader is forced to face his impending death. Tyler takes the audience — and King — through every stage of his process, from bargaining for more time to heart-wrenching grief to final acceptance.

Near the end, the leader asks who will carry on his work, and Camae grants him a view into the future. Together, King and the audience watch a montage of scenes projected on the wall. It begins with Memphis burning and passes through 50 years and as many images, ending with President Obama’s triumphant election in 2008. (Hall’s play was first produced in June 2009.)

During the montage, Camae repeats variations on the phrase “passing the baton” more than a dozen times, making it impossible to ignore Hall’s intent. At the last emotional moment, it seems as if Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. himself pierces the veil of time and death to talk directly to the audience. “This baton is no longer the burden my image can bear,” he says. “For you are the climbers, the new carriers of the cross. I beg you, implore you, don’t give in and toss it off.”

When King asks the audience, “Can I get an amen?” it’s next to impossible not to respond.

On opening night, the audience gave The Mountaintop an immediate standing ovation. This is a play for our times.

Hall’s irreverent tragicomedy may not have answers, but it invites a discussion about how humans deal with hatred.

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look and feel of vintage coral-colored cheapness, from the undersize prints on the wall to the neat but worn-looking spreads on the twin beds.

For the first few minutes of the play, the audience witnesses the great man alone in the room. He locks the door and checks under the beds and in drawers; he examines the phone for a tap. This draws chuckles from some audience members, until the realization sinks in that King’s actions are based on fear and the assumption of FBI surveillance.

King calls for coffee, which is delivered by a young hotel maid named Camae, played by Tyler with vivacious savvy. King visibly relaxes in her presence and is obviously attracted to her. Camae appears somewhat in awe, but her manner is more self-assured and familiar than one would expect from a maid. King delays her departure, asking for a cigarette. She resists, saying, “Naw, naw, Preacher Kang. You ’bout to have my boss up after me.”

Much of the conversation in the first half of the play highlights the generational and class divide between King and those he sought to lead. As much as she expresses her admiration, Camae is also angry and impatient, telling the leader that marching is not enough. “Walkin’ will only get you so far, Preacher Kang,” she declares.

King plays along — until he begins to suspect Camae of being something other than a maid. He asks her, “So, if you were me, what would you do?”

In response, Camae dons his jacket and plants her bright white socks in the tired black leather of King’s shoes. She looks, as costume designer Catherine Vigne surely intended her to, like a child playing dress-up. Camae assumes King’s oratorical style. At first it’s just fun to hear her imitation, but soon her passion carries her away. Near the end of her emotional diatribe, voice rising, she says, “I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired, and today is the day that I tell you to kill the white man! But not with your hands. Not with your guns. But with your miiiiiiiind!”

Camae tries to cover up her obvious power and intelligence with an eruption of goofy profanity, but the moment still offers us another hint as to her true identity. Her “just folks” humor offsets the darker moments, as when King brings up Larry Payne, a 16-yearold killed by police in March 1968 after

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This year, a record 115 participating restaurants have made it harder than ever to choose where to feast. Would it be the James Beard-nominated restaurant offering its entire menu? The Brookfield restaurant introducing a new Mexican concept? Who could resist the draw of a Burlington classic serving up three courses of foie gras?

Seven Days staffers fanned out to try a sampling last weekend, ate heartily and lived to write about it.

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Half a dozen drink specials also toe the line between food and fantasy. One Fish, Two Fish is a vodka and soda with a subtle violet-orange flavor and corresponding ombré shades. Two Swedish Fish float near the surface. Yertle Turtle Tea is a puckery Long Island iced tea flavored with Earl Grey and dressed with a puff of cotton candy.

The Thing One course kicked off my meal with a literal bang. Hop on Pop is a presentation of three watermelon cubes crowned with tangy whipped chèvre. Beneath, a few strands of watercress wallow in puddles of hops-infused balsamic. Pop rocks among them ensured that each bite had the crashing din of a thunderstorm.

The medianoche sliders called Luke Luck Likes Duck were far from a tongue twister on the plate. The sweet cemita buns filled with house-cured duck ham and mojo-roasted duck leg were comfort personified.

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I’ve been obsessed with eating “roast beast” ever since I first heard Boris Karloff utter the words in How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Now I got to try that dish — actually pink-centered, coffee-braised short rib — covered in mint-pistachio pesto. The “beast” fell apart into silken pink strands atop a tricolored potato hash dressed up with fennel fronds. Smoked blueberry sauce was the plate’s greatest innovation, fruity and smoldering as promised.

The party ended with a pair of whimsically plated sweets. Fruits of the Truffula Tree looks like homemade chocolate Munchkins plated in a wave of passion fruit cream and mango coulis. I Call This Game “Funin-a-Box” is a surprise, but not in a box. I won’t say more. That would ruin the fun.

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and a half of service, it will serve an abbreviated menu that includes dishes in nine categories, including the same Vietnamese banh mi that were the specialty of 99 Asian. Other dishes include Nepali momos and soups, samosas, curries and Indian biryani.

Adhikari modeled his menu on the one his parents offered at their restaurant in Nepal. “We pretty much take out a little bit from that,” he explains. “I ask them to send little bit of menus.” He touts his access to uncommon spices, which allows him to introduce flavors most Vermonters have never tasted before.

When the culinary options expand, probably in late May or early June, Central Market will debut a buffet. And diners new to the cuisines will have a chance to sample their way across Asia without leaving the Old North End.

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Central Market location open until April 19?

“We did renovation to everything. Everything was new — the walls — everything,” says Adhikari.

For customers, the wait may well be worth it.

Born in Bhutan, Adhikari is ethnically Nepali, and his wide-ranging market features Himalayan foods alongside Indian and Vietnamese offerings. The freezer section offers up Vietnamese pandan-flavored tapioca cakes and pâté as well as Indian breads. The produce selection ranges from dragon fruit and teeny Thai eggplants to bumpy subcontinental bitter melons.

Don’t miss the snacks, either.

Addictive Indian Kurkure chips come in flavors including Masala Munch and Rajasthani-style Green Chutney.

For customers who would be lost in a kitchen full of exotic ingredients, this Central Market also has a restaurant. For its first month

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Tourterelle My Crèpe Saisonnière was a dainty 3629 Ethan Allan Highway (Route 7), New Haven, 453-6309. tourterellevt.com

For the first night of Vermont Restaurant Week, I like to get out of town (Burlington). So I invited three friends to accompany me on the 45minute drive to Tourterelle, which gave us time to recall previous meals and anticipate the next one.

Tourterelle’s gorgeous 1796 building is also a three-room inn. In the entry, a smiling hostess — usually co-owner Christine Snell, wife of chef Bill Snell — greets guests and whisks away coats. We were happy to rid ourselves of winter layers and settle in at a window table. The rolling Addison County coun-

folded pancake rolled with andouille sausage, roasted peppers and smoked mozzarella. This app has two surprises: a jiggly poached egg on top and a tiny nest of dressed arugula on the side.

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tryside was pretty and peaceful, if still a little brown. Inside, we oohed over the gracious architectural details of our sage-green dining room.

Our server was warm and efficient, a Euro approach that matched Tourterelle’s “fusion of classic French dishes made with local Vermont products,” according to its website copy. We ordered a Côtes de Provence rosé and mused over our food options. Three of us decided to get one $40 VTRW entrée each, while the fourth went rogue and ordered a house specialty, the bouillabaisse.

No sooner had the basket of rolls been greedily attacked than our appetizers arrived. The Tourterelle salad is a familiar one on Vermont menus: arugula, artichokes, cranberries and roasted pecans with Vermont Creamery Bonne Bouche goat cheese and balsamic vinaigrette. We found that the vinaigrette’s acid somewhat overpowered

the dish made me happy: exquisitely salty and smoky, creamy and chewy, with a crunch of spring green.

The Sashimi de Coquille St. Jacques was a hit for different reasons: Served in Grilled arctic char a clamshell-shaped dish, tiny chunks of scallop nestled in what tasted like homemade mayonnaise.

The menu also mentions jalapeño, vanilla oil and fresh lime, but I didn’t detect any heat. This was a refreshing, elegant cousin of ceviche.

Of our three entrées — a classic bistro hanger steak with potatoes and carrots, a rich mushroom risotto, and a grilled arctic char — the fish was the most perfectly crafted. Served on a bed of roasted hazelnut quinoa with lemon-mint vinaigrette, the char was meltingly tender inside with a grill-crisp jacket.

Dessert proffered small portions of rhubarb crisp, a lemony panna cotta and biscotti. I devoured the light, tart custard. My friends raved about the chunky crisp, but I was too full to finish.

One of these days, I’m going to dine at Tourterelle and then head straight upstairs to bed.

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StOwe Street cAFé cOminG tO wAterbury in June

In recent years, Waterbury has blossomed into quite the culinary destination.

With award-winning breweries and restaurants such as HEN of tHE WooD, proHibitioN piG, the rESErVoir rEStAurANt & tAp room and the AlcHEmiSt, it’s become a must-stop spot on any Vermont food tour.

Offerings will include juice-bar staples such as fresh-pressed juices, smoothies and protein bowls, as well as baked goods and from-scratch soups, salads and sandwiches — easy bites that can be prepared quickly for families on the go.

“We really want to offer fresh, healthy options,” Grenier says, “and while we have a tremendous number of great restaurants here in Waterbury, they don’t always fit the need for

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work from local artists, available for sale.

“There’s a lot of really great [art] out there that not everyone has access to,” Grenier says. “We want to make it more accessible, so we’re planning to function not so much as a gallery but as a boutique.”

ESSEXOUTLETS.COM 112 Lake Street • Burlington Grenier says the café 21 ESSEX WAY, ESSEX, VT 05452 www.sansaivt.com started with a conversation at a Waterbury art pop-up. “Everyone in 4/27/1512v-SanSai010913.indd 3:26 PM 1 1/7/13 2:08 PM town gets super excited12v-essexshoppes042915.indd 1 for the summer arts fest, and we wanted to have a place where that PAMPER YOUR MOM WITH A spirit lives year-round.”

She’ll keep the walls 10:00am-3:00pm clean and neutral so the art can shine, and plans occasionally to host live music on weekends.

LIVE Tucked beside Bridgeside Books, the café’s downtown space COMPLIMENTARY was most recently used with Patrick Ross Champagne & Doug Perkins as an upholstery shop. & Mimosas Before that, it was home to the Mid-State Bowling Alley, and Grenier has restored the floor so that two of the old lanes are now visible.

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a quick after-school snack on the way to practice.”

Sandwiches will be composed of local meats, veggies and cheeses stacked onto rED HEN bAkiNG breads, while salads will come straight from the farmers market and Grenier’s home garden.

She and many of her employees are avid gardeners, and the café will feature their produce and homemade, value-added products such as sauces, pickles and preserves.

While Grenier hopes to do a robust grab-andgo business, she’s also laying down seating for 20 for those seeking a relaxed lunch in-house.

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But the town doesn’t have many places to grab a quick lunch and a fresh cup of joe. “Waterbury has been craving its own coffee shop,” says StoWE StrEEt cAfé owner NicolE GrENiEr, who plans to open a new café at 29 Stowe Street in June.

“It’s a need we haven’t really filled.”

The café will offer an extensive selection of specialty teas brewed to order and customroasted coffee from nearby brAVE coffEE & tEA. Food will be ordered at the counter and skew healthy, simple and local. “It’s really inspired by what we eat at home and what we try to feed our kids,” Grenier says.

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29 Stone Road, Brookfield, 276-3939. arielsrestaurant.com

PHOTOS: HANNAH PALMER EGAN

As one approaches the town of Brookfield — which is more hamlet than town — Route 65 turns from pavement to dirt. The road follows a graceful bend into the village, marked by a historic floating bridge that’s long been under construction. It spans Sunset Lake, still white with ice when we visited during Vermont Restaurant Week.

Just ahead, Ariel’s Restaurant stands amid a cluster of stately old houses. Aside from a sleepy B&B, it

seared and scattered with spring greens and puréed tamarind, guajillo chile and guava.

Sounds vaguely Mexican, right? Si, porque Duberman and her husband winter in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. This spring they brought a bit of the native cuisine back to Vermont, where Ariel’s current menu is an experiment in fusing Mexican flavors and styles with high technique and local ingredients.

The first course brings toasted chard, corn tortilla and leeks rolled into thin-shaved jicama for a playful take on the classic taquito. Other options include posole — a green soup riddled with choclo (whole-kernel corn) and chicken — and a sublime set of silky duck-confit ravioli swimming in smoky ancho chile broth.

The next course offers delicate, cornmeal-crusted skate ringed with droplets of cilantro-lime salsa verde and artichoke-almond hummus. Another option brings the softest braised pork shoulder,47 paired with a panseared masa cake, both sitting in a pool of dark mole richened with cocoa.

Dessert meant coconut tres leches cake with crispy sugared tortilla strips, lime sorbet, cream and a bit of mango purée, which seemed to channel the very essence of the fruit.

After licking our plates clean, we sallied out into the cold darkness and bumped over dirt roads toward home.

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Petit Bistro Burger

HANNAH PALMER EGAN Jicama taquito

Foie Galore: Leunig’s Bistro & Café

115 Church Street, Burlington, 863-3759. leunigsbistro.com

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Foie gras tasted like a buttery, nutty chicken fat, with the consistency of flan. I was surprised to find the portion on the burger charred to what, to my untrained eye, appeared to be perfection. I had imagined it would come in larger quantities, but its presence was subtle enough that my companion asked, “Is that the foie gras?” when the meals were delivered.

The burger was petite, but once it got mushed up a bit, the foie gras made for a fun new topping. By the time I got to dessert, though, I’d had my foie gras fill and went with the old-fashioned maple crème brûlée.

Leunig’s has that one down pat.

As a human being with taste buds, I feel comfortable reporting that the foie gras experience was satisfying, in an “I would do it again but wouldn’t go out of my way” manner.

But as a news reporter, I feel obligated to note that the poor creature that was force-fattened so we could add one more flavor to our bountiful plates could not be reached for comment.

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appears to be the only commerce in town. Inside the dining room — all buttercup walls, slate-blue trim and tables set with embroidered white linens and blushing tulips — meals proceed at an able but relaxed pace.

At 7 p.m. on a Saturday, the room buzzed with a convivial hum. A single server held down the front of the house along with Richard, the resident host and barman, who has a tendency to choose your drinks for you if you’ll allow him. Chef and owner Lee Duberman tended to the cooking, flanked by two helpers in her tiny kitchen.

At $30 for three fascinating courses, the VTRW menu is a bargain. An extra $10 summons buttered toast topped with a slice of quivering foie gras, gently

Maple crème brûlée

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Toast with foie gras

Sitting in the middle of perhaps the busiest restaurant on the busiest street in the busiest city in Vermont, eating a meal can sometimes feel more like an event than a respite.

Most area foodies are likely familiar with the classic Leunig’s Bistro & Café experience — professional waitstaff, reliably satisfying food, a dining room always filled with locals and out-of-towners. But for this year’s Vermont Restaurant Week, the bistro’s owners decided to mix it up.

Namely, they rolled out all-foie gras menus for both lunch ($20) and dinner ($40). To sample the adventurous choices, Seven Days thought it would be fun to dispatch this culinary neophyte, who may or may not have consulted Wikipedia to figure out exactly what the hell foie gras is and why a controversy surrounds it.

For the similarly uninitiated: French for “fat liver,” foie gras is the liver of a duck or goose that has been artificially fattened by force-feeding it for days on end. The feeding technique — known as gavage — involves sticking a tube down the bird’s throat. It’s been protested by animal rights groups and banned in much of Europe and California (where a court has since overturned the ban). It also inspired the Gawker headline “Foie Gras Is for Assholes,” which later called the meal “the Abu Ghraib of poultry dishes.” (So, you’re saying it’s bad?)

On Saturday afternoon at the bustling bistro, I went with the Foie Gras Fig Newton — a pâté sucre smothered in strawberry rhubarb — for the appetizer, and the Petit Bistro Burger with truffle fries for the main course. Both came with small dollops of the headline food.

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broccoli rabe, was decidedly more traditional — and less exciting.

As expected, we were in great hands for dessert.

The cinnamon-sugar-smothered churros with spicy chocolate sauce were expertly executed. But the banana trifle, served in a mason jar with dulce de leche and hazelnut shortbread, stole the show. For drinks, dessert and that view, we’ll definitely be back.

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Spring Fling: Starry Night Café

5371 Route 7, Ferrisburgh, 877-6316. starrynightcafe.com

It’s been years since I first made a mental note to eat at Starry Night Café in Ferrisburgh. You can’t miss the small building that sits alongside Route 7 with the name printed in a whimsical font. (I’m a sucker for whimsical fonts.) So, when I began to comb through Vermont Restaurant Week menus earlier this month, I decided this was the year I’d try Starry Night ($40).

The biggest surprise of the evening was how much larger the restaurant is than it appears from the outside. Two more dining rooms stretch behind the one visible from the road. We sat in a cathedral-ceilinged,

Steak frites

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A View to Dine For: Waterworks Food + Drink

Grilled chicken roulade

When Waterworks Food + Drink won the Sweet Start Smackdown, the dessert culinary competition that kicked off Vermont Restaurant Week last Thursday, I knew at least one of my three courses there would be stellar. So it was with high hopes that my boyfriend and I headed into the restaurant at the edge of the Winooski River.

The overcast day threatened rainfall, and I was a little worried the much-hyped view of the falls would be underwhelming. But the mighty Winooski was steely-gray, roiling and impressive as ever as we took our seats along a wall of floor-to-ceiling windows. The bar area of

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the restaurant was lively, with people scattered on comfy couches and benches, but it would have been a shame to sit there and miss this sight.

Refreshing, well-mixed cocktails — a sloe gin fizz for me and a tequila-based Weaver for Dave — gave the evening a strong start. My fondue appetizer was a beautifully plated assortment of charred bread and roasted carrots and cauliflower to dip in a bowl of molten smoked cheddar. Though the veggies were unevenly roasted and salted, the dish was downright playful.

Fondue should be fun to eat, and the chefs delivered.

That sense of whimsy carried over to my entrée, a generous portion of steak frites. (At $24 on the regular menu, it made the $30 Restaurant Week deal an amazing value.) The tender meat, unremarkable on its own, perked up when dipped in a punchy chimichurri sauce. The skinny fries had the color and seasoning of Arby’s curly fries — another mischievous wink from the kitchen. Dave’s roasted chicken, with carrots and

octagonal room full of evening light. “It’s like a gazebo, but inside,” my boyfriend, Kevin, remarked.

Taking my cue from the pastel tulips on the table, I ordered the Spring’s Howl ($13), a rosemary-grapefruit cocktail with Smugglers’ Notch Distillery hopped gin.

It turned out to be an ideal complement for my appetizer salad, which featured grilled, slightly crunchy asparagus, saffron couscous and feta. After a bleak and chilly week, the fragrant strips of basil scattered on top were spring incarnate.

I usually order entrées for their sides, so when I noticed that the chicken roulade came with an asparaguscheddar bread pudding, I was sold. The savory bread pudding did not disappoint, and the tender stuffed chicken also came topped with braised kale, a shiitake mushroom tapenade and a small, perfectly formed

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Spring’s Howl

carrot. For the third time, I got lost in a daydream of the spring that is still, allegedly, on its way.

Carrot cake — the only dessert on the VTRW menu — arrived with a whiff of curry and goat-cheese frosting, topped with a candied-walnut praline. Though Kevin noted before the meal that he wasn’t a fan of carrot cake, he emptied his plate in minutes and sat back with a satisfied grin. I was full, but the dessert was so good, I couldn’t help but empty my plate, too.

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Unlike other Vermont Restaurant Week participants, Burlington’s Hen of the Wood didn’t publish a menu in advance, but that didn’t deter the hungry or the curious. By 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, the place was elbow-to-elbow with foodies prepared to pay $40 per person for whatever the chef had concocted.

We tried to make a reservation, but no dice, so we were urged to come in early and try our luck getting seats at the bar.

We did, and our wait was brief. Others employing the same tactics hovered around the bar like satellites.

This week, diners can mix and match from Hen of the Wood’s seasonal menu at a reduced price: one small plate, one large plate, one cheese plate. “Just for fun,” as our server put it, the staff had come up with a few decade-themed specialty cocktails: Revisit the ’60s with a Mai Tai; unleash your inner Dude with a ’90s-style White Russian. I time-machined to the 1980s with a Tequilacosmo, a pinkish, fruity concoction of reposado

accompanied by rye spaetzle and celery root, with rhubarb jus as a welcome reminder that spring has arrived. My hanger steak — served with fresh basil, roasted red onion and Bayley Hazen Blue cheese sauce — was the Platonic ideal Hen of of “medium rare,” and it the Woods mushroom was delicious. toast In deference to the reservationless, we left shortly after the cheese course, the standout of which was a pungent slab of Consider Bardwell Farm’s Dorset, which played nicely with apple butter. But we could have lingered longer to enjoy the place’s lively buzz and friendly staff. We paused to ask about the curious red metal contraption perched prominently on the bar. It’s a ham slicer — obviously. And now I realize how incomplete my home bar is. ethan De seiFe

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tequila, cassis and lime. After a few sips, the greatest hits of Huey Lewis and the News cycled though my brain.

The drink’s sweetness, however, was outmatched by that of the crispy skate cheeks that started my meal. Bathed in brown butter and surrounded by peas, the skate (apparently a cheeked fish — who knew?) was the picture of springtime. My wife opted for the autumnal savor of the restaurant’s titular mushrooms, served atop toast with bacon and a quivering poached egg.

Her main course was hearty and autumnal, too: a thick pork loin

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Finalists Erica Anderson, Nicole Maddox, Juanita Galloway and Anne Marcoe

Right next door, Birchgrove Baking coowner John Belding had the perfect antidote to the heavy pops. Amid a display of aromatic succulent plants, his Uno, Dos, Tres Leches Cake was an ethereal bite, covered in refreshing chunks of mango and passion fruit.

Sweet Simone’s Lisa Curtis almost took home the trophy last year, and she was determined to do so this time with a Ménage à Trois. Her dessert comprised three preparations of laminated dough, all served kebab-style. The progression began with a bite rolled in cinnamon sugar and ended with a savory, herb-flavored pastry.

Brandy Allen of the Essex Culinary Resort & Spa piled on the local ingredients

with a chocolate-porter cake filled with salted-caramel goat-cheese cream. A thin bark of pink peppercorn and bacon rose from the top of the bite-size layer cake.

The evening’s most unlikely pairing came from Andrew Machanic of the Swingin’ Pinwheel Café & Bakery. His Javaloupe centered on a jiggly coffee flan atop caramel-covered puff pastry.

Uncommon, yes, but the real surprise was the chopped melon salsa on top.

Waterworks Food + Drink’s pastry chef, Nicole Maddox, represented the restaurant with a popular sweet from her regular menu. The flourless German chocolate cake layered melt-in-your mouth

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ood news first: It’s Vermont Restaurant Week! The event kicked off on April 24 and runs until Sunday, May 3. And last Thursday, a sold-out crowd of 400 attendees and a panel of expert judges selected the event’s Signature Sweet at the Sweet Start Smackdown.

Now the bad news: The forth annual Smackdown was the final one. Next year, Seven Days will still host a culinary competition, but with a new theme.

For the last Sweet Start, the Restaurant Week organizers invited back five all-star contestants who placed at least in the top three in a previous year. The other five challengers were new to the competition.

Newbie My Little Cupcake replaced all-star Little Sweets at Hen of the Wood just two days before the competition, so new contestants ended up outnumbering all-star teams by two.

All 10 “cheftestants” were handpicked by the Seven Days food team, but voting was up to the guests — each received three gold tokens with which to cast his or her votes — and the judges.

Steps away from the registration table where guests picked up their tokens, Juanita Galloway and Anne Marcoe served up tiny tastings of their Good Comida cheesecake.

Based on Galloway’s Colombian mother’s Spanish-language recipe, the buttery crusted dessert, topped in intense raspberry sauce, earned its name: Colombian Cloud Cake.

Last-minute entrants Michelle Ogle and Stephanie Lacayo veered away from their classic My Little Cupcakes with unctuous little chocolate-cake pops topped with sea salt and homemade caramel.

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New Moon Café’s Erica Anderson introduced guests to the tart seaberry, the centerpiece of her Berry Vermont cupcake. The berry was hidden in chocolate ganache inside a chocolate cupcake, the latter crowned with a sliver of dried jalapeño and buttercream made from Vermont Pub & Brewery’s raspberryenhanced Forbidden Fruit beer.

Evelyn Martin represented her St. Albans bakery, Evelyne’s on Center, with a classic chocolate-hazelnut torte that the judges loved for its excellent execution of layers of hazelnut dacquoise and French buttercream.

The only previous winners present, Jessica and Ryan Bunce of Barrio Bakery, went for the gusto with their aptly titled A Walk in the Woods. The petite pavlova combined chocolate-mint meringue with evocative spruce-tip-flavored pastry cream, slivers of chocolate cake, freezedried raspberries, and fresh strawberries and mint.

Good Comida, Waterworks and New Moon were called up to the stage as the top three competitors, with New Moon being the only returning finalist to repeat the feat. After some deliberation, the judges agreed with the cheering mass of attendees: Waterworks’ German chocolate cake was named the Signature Sweet of Restaurant Week 2015.

Kylie Webster, a representative from presenting sponsor Vermont Federal Credit Union, presented Maddox with her whisk-shaped trophy crafted by Burlington’s Pleasant Ranch Studios.

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Men's Group: A supportive environment encourages socializing and involvement in senior center activities. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 223-2518.

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

Upper Valley Cinderella Project: Upper Valley high school students prep for prom season and choose from more than 350 gently used gowns, shoes and accessories. 241 South Main Street, White River Junction, 5:30-8 p.m. Free.

Info, 296-2625.

conferences

CSI Symposium: Experts in the field of crimescene investigation present workshops and discussions ranging from drones to social media.

Norwich University, Northfield, 9 a.m.-noon. Free.

Info, 485-2455.

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'Peter and John': Based on Guy de Maupassant's 19th-century novel, Pierre et Jean, Jay Craven's latest film travels back to 1872 in Nantucket, where a relationship between two brothers reaches a breaking point. Latchis Hotel & Theater, Brattleboro, reception, 5:30 p.m.; film, 7 p.m. $12; $25 for film and reception; free for students. Info, 748-2600.

'Ram Dass, Fierce Grace': Mickey Lemle's 2001 documentary follows spiritual guru Ram Dass, author of the famed 1971 book Be Here Now, as he deals with the aftermath of a severe stroke. Yarn and Yoga, Bristol, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 453-7799.

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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.

Vermont Restaurant Week: Foodies, take note! Mouthwatering prix-fixe menus and themed events celebrate local fare. See vermontrestaurantweek.com for details. Various locations statewide. Prices vary. Info, 864-5684.

Vermont Restaurant Week: The Dish: Git Yer Goat: Industry professionals look beyond cheese and consider the critter as a viable meat source. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. $5; preregister. Info, 540-0406.

Tabletop Game Night: Players ages 14 and up sit down to friendly bouts of Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride and more. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 5:30-7:45 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.

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Tech Tutor Program: Teens answer questions about computers and devices during one-onone sessions. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free; preregister for a time slot. Info, 878-4918.

film

'B Role': Ben & Jerry's, Cabot Creamery and King Arthur Flour are among the companies featured in Sam Davies and Jack Downing's documentary film about the role of values-driven businesses.

Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 6:45 p.m. Free. Info, brolemovie@gmail.com.

‘Spring Awakening’ Thursday, April 30, through Saturday, May 2, 7:30 p.m. at Wright Memorial Theatre, Middlebury College. $6-12. Info, 443-6433. middlebury.edu

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

Insight Meditation: Attendees deepen their understanding of Buddhist principles and practices. Wellspring Mental Health and Wellness Center, Hardwick, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 472-6694.

Postnatal Core: Babies are welcome at a class for new moms aimed at strengthening glutes, abdominals and the pelvic floor. Prenatal Method Studio, Burlington, 12:15-1:15 p.m. $15. Info, 829-0211.

Prenatal Barre: Moms-to-be prepare their bodies for labor and delivery. Prenatal Method Studio, Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. $15. Info, 829-0211.

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If you think your adolescence was tough, try having raging hormones in the sexually oppressive culture of late-19th-century Germany. In 1891, dramatist Frank Wedekind explored this tension in Frühlings Erwachen (Spring Awakening). Unflinching in its portrayal of sexuality and other taboo issues, the provocative drama never saw the stage until Wedekind started his own company in 1906. Limited releases followed in the United States and Europe, with theaters often censoring the material. Inspired by this landmark work, Middlebury College students stage Spring Awakening, taking audience members into a world that addresses head on puberty, homosexuality, abortion and other sensitive subjects.

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Drop-in Hip-Hop Dance: Beginners are welcome at a groove session inspired by infectious beats. Swan Dojo, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. $13.

Info, 540-8300.

Bicycle Maintenance: Anne Miller and friends help cyclists get road ready for spring riding.

Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7 p.m. Free.

Info, 426-3581.

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AfroLatin Party: Dancers ages 18 and up get down to the kizomba, kuduro and kompa with DsantosVT. Zen Lounge, Burlington, lesson, 7:158:15 p.m.; party, 8:15-10 p.m. $6-12; free for party.

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MAY 2 | COMEDY Off the Cuff In 1998, the television show “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” debuted on ABC with a bespectacled Drew Carey as its affable host. The premise was simple: Performers created characters, scenes and songs based on audience suggestions and cues from Carey, introducing viewers to improv comedy with a series of sidesplitting segments. Cast members Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood pick up where the show left off with their Two Man Group tour. Anchored by the seasoned comedians’ chemistry, the hilarious romp relies entirely on audience prompts.

While the material changes nightly, one thing remains constant: Anything goes.

Colin Mochrie & Brad Sherwood Saturday, May 2, 8 p.m., at Paramount Theatre in Rutland. $59.75-69.75. Info, 775-0903. paramountvt.org

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ith a thriving nightlife and cultural scene, Reykjavík, Iceland, resembles most big cities. One thing is different, though: the bicycles. Enter Gísli Marteinn Baldursson — a talk-show host, former city councilor and bike activist dedicated to sustainable urban planning. His plan, Green Steps for Reykjavík, increased ridership in the city by 1,000 percent in the past 10 years, thanks to the implementation of a bike superhighway.

Currently a Loeb Fellow at Harvard University, Baldursson examines how this approach to pedalpowered transportation could benefit Burlington in “Making Room for Bikes in a Small Northern City.”

Thursday, April 30, 7 p.m., at ArtsRiot in Burlington. Free. Info, 540-0406. artsriot.com

How does one react to losing his or her job? In Ethan Lipton’s case, he penned No Place to Go, an Obie Award-winning ode to the unemployed.

Centered on a nocturnal playwright whose day job gets outsourced to Mars, the work is inspired in part by the Brooklynbased playwright and songwriter’s own life.

Backed by his “orchestra” of longtime bandmates Eben Levy, Vito Dieterle and Ian Riggs, Lipton offers a first-person monologue rife with workplace woes.

According to the New York Times, he does so with “the gift of seeing the everyday at just enough of a slant to slide flat prose into prickly poetry.”

ETHAN LIPTON & HIS ORCHESTRA Saturday, May 2, 7:30 p.m., at Alexander Twilight Theatre, Lyndon State College. $10-38. Info, 748-2600. kingdomcounty.org

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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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'goIng aPE': Performance art takes an educational turn when In Your Face Gorilla Productions tackles issues of binge drinking and prescription drug misuse. Valley Players Theater, Waitsfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 229-9151.

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. onE-on-onE TuToRIng: First through sixth graders get extra help in reading, math and science. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 4-8 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660.

REaD To a Dog: Lit lovers take advantage of quality time with a friendly, fuzzy therapy pooch.

Fairfax Community Library, 3:15-4:15 p.m. Free; preregister for a time slot. Info, 849-2420.

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DanIEl luSk: The poet shares stanzas from the forthcoming The Vermeer Suite, a collection inspired by the work of 17th-century painter Johannes Vermeer. Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 922-7641.

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ShoRT FIcTIon wRITIng woRkShoP: Readers give feedback on stories penned by Burlington Writers Workshop members. 22 Church St., Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104.

MIDDlEbuRy aFRIcan MuSIc & DancE EnSEMblE: East African instrumentals, vocals and dance power a performance directed by Damascus Kafumbe. Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 8 p.m.

Free. Info, 443-3168.

PERcuSSIon EnSEMblE & aFRIcan DRuMMIng concERT: UVM students culminate the semester in a performance directed by Jeff Salisbury and Steve Ferraris. UVM Southwick Ballroom, Redstone Campus, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 656-7776.

woMEn'S PIckuP baSkETball: Drive to the hoop! Ladies hit the court for a weekly game.

See meetup.com for details. Hunt Middle School, Burlington, 7:30-9 p.m. Free. Info, carmengeorgevt@gmail.com.

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PoEMcITy: PoETRy REaDIng: Students from the Pacem School combine talents with local senior citizens when sharing poems inspired by the prompt "Under the snow pile." Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 10-11 a.m. Free; donations accepted. Info, 223-2518.

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.

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'SongS FoR a nEw woRlD': Jason Robert Brown's musical revue travels from a 1492 Spanish ship to New York City when telling the story of people seeking out a new beginning.

Briggs Opera House, White River Junction, 7:30 p.m. $20-55. Info, 296-7000.

'TRavESTIES': Vladimir Lenin, James Joyce and Tristan Tzara unite onstage, where they explore art, politics and philosophy in Tom Stoppard's World War I-era drama. Segal Centre for Performing Arts, Montréal, 1 & 8 p.m. $24.50-59.

Info, 514-739-7944.

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'ThE MounTaInToP': A chance meeting between a motel maid and Martin Luther King Jr. the evening before his assassination propels the Olivier Award-winning drama, presented

by Vermont Stage Company. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $28.80-37.50. Info, 863-5966.

Jack MayER: The author of Life in a Jar: The Irena Sendler Project details the humble Holocaust hero's underground children's rescue network, then discusses his work with the nonprofit Everyone's Child. Big Picture Theater and InTERMEDIaTE/aDvancED Café, Waitsfield, author recepEnglISh aS a SEconD AT tion, 4:30 p.m.; program, 6 p.m.

TI languagE claSS: Students ER NA |E Free; donations accepted; $20 for UR ST sharpen grammar and conversationO L Y DI cE | C O U R T ES Y O F reception; preregister. Info, 496-8994. al skills. Administration Office, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. lunchTIME PoETRy REaDIng: Bards serve Info, 865-7211. up a literary lunch as part of PoemTown St. Johnsbury festivities. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291. montréal 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.

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waTERbuRy hISToRIcal SocIETy MEETIng: Brian Lindner travels back in time with a discussion of Vermonters' roles in the creation of the 10th Mountain Division in World War II. Waterbury St. Leo's Hall, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 244-8089.

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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.

oPEn DIScuSSIon: 'havE you haD a SPIRITual ExPERIEncE?': Members of Vermont Eckankar host an open forum for those interested in sharing moments of strong intuitions, déjà vu and more. Rutland Free Library, 7-8 p.m.

Free. Info, 800-772-9390.

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DESIgnIng & MaInTaInIng EDIblE EcoSySTEMS: Meghan Giroux of Vermont Edible Landscapes presents ways to plant herbs, veggies and berries in a system that mimics natural forests. City Market/Onion River Co-op, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $5-10; preregister; limited space. Info, 861-9701.

business

STRaTEgy FoR SuccESS SERIES: 'uSIng SocIal MEDIa To ExPanD youR buSInESS': Dorey Demers doles out tech-savvy tips for navigating the world of hashtags and profile pages.

St. Albans Free Library, 4-5:30 p.m. $10; free for Franklin County Chamber of Commerce members; preregister; limited space. Info, 524-2444.

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Vermontrepreneur ColleCtiVe Summit SerieS: legal & FinanCeS: Mark Perkell details the logistics of starting and operating a personal business. Senior Community Center, the Pines, South Burlington, 9-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 318-7654.

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Queen City memory CaFé: People with memory loss bond with their caregivers over coffee, conversation and entertainment. Thayer House, Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 800-272-3900.

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end-oF-SemeSter danCe perFormanCe: UVM student dancers take the stage to showcase class projects and independent work.

UVM Southwick Ballroom, Redstone Campus, Burlington, 4 p.m. Free. Info, pbesaw@uvm.edu.

Wendy Whelan: After more than 25 years with the New York City Ballet, the prima ballerina pairs up with leading choreographers in a suite of four duets in Restless Creature. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $25-60. Info, 862-5966.

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BaCon thurSday: Gypsy jazz from Cookie's Hot Club entertains costumed attendees, who nosh on cured meat and creative dipping sauces at this weekly gathering. Nutty Steph's, Middlesex, 7-10 p.m. Cost of food; cash bar. Info, 229-2090. 'doCtor Who' night: Fans of the British sci-fi television series convene for themed activities, trivia and a costume contest. Fairfax Community Library, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 849-2420.

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'herCuleS: the muSiCal': Kiddos of all ages delight in Essex High School's interpretation of the hero of Greek mythology. Essex High School, 6 p.m. Free; donations accepted. Info, 879-7121. lego CluB: Brightly colored interlocking blocks inspire young minds. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.

preSChool Story time: Captivating narratives pave the way for crafts and activities for tykes ages 3 through 6. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10:30-11 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660.

SpaniSh muSiCal kidS: Amigos ages 1 to 5 learn Latin American songs and games with Constancia Gómez, a native Argentinian. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Free.

Info, 865-7216.

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'traVeStieS': See WED.29, 8 p.m.

Callithumpian ConSort: The Boston-based ensemble presents Still Lives and other pieces by groundbreaking composer Alvin Lucier. Rollins Chapel, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $10-20. Info, 603-646-2422.

FitneSS Boot Camp: See WED.29, Cornwall Town Hall, 10:30-11:30 a.m. $10. Info, 343-7160.

me2/orCheStra Spring ConCert: A program of works by Beethoven and Antonín Dvořák raises awareness about mental health issues through music. A reception follows. Burlington City Hall Auditorium, 8-9 p.m. Free; donations accepted.

Info, 238-8369.

diSCoVering BuddhiSm Study group: Readings, discussions and meditations help participants better understand the complete path to enlightenment as taught by the Buddha.

Milarepa Center, Barnet, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 633-4136.

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CaStleton Wind enSemBle: Student musicians interpret masterworks of the wind-band repertoire in "American Celebration." Casella Theater, Castleton State College, 7 p.m. $3-5. Info, 468-1119.

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Community mindFulneSS: Folks relieve stress and tension with a 20-minute guided practice led

by Andrea O'Connor. Tea and a discussion follow.

Winooski Senior Center, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 233-1161.

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VinyaSa FloW: An open-level community class stretches the body, mind and spirit. Yoga Roots, Shelburne, 4-5:15 p.m. Donations. Info, 985-0090.

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herBS & homeopathiCS For kidS: Herbalist Shona MacDougall presents alternatives to antibiotics for colds, coughs, ear infections and the flu. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Coop, Montpelier, 6-7:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 223-8000, ext. 202.

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yoga With danielle: Toddlers and preschoolers strike a pose, then share stories and songs.

Buttered Noodles, Williston, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 764-1810.

mandarin ChineSe ClaSS: Linguistics lovers practice the dialect spoken throughout northern and southwestern China. Agape Community Church, South Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 503-2037.

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.

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plainField preSChool Story time: Children ages 2 through 5 discover the magic of literature.

Cutler Memorial Library, Plainfield, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 454-8504.

throWBaCk moVie: 'monty python and the holy grail': Camelot gets crazy in this cult classic about the off-the-wall adventures of King Arthur and his knights. Woodstock Town Hall Theatre, 7:30-9 p.m. Free. Info, 457-3981.

Beginner tai Chi For health & BalanCe: A weekly yang short-form series winds down with a seated breathing meditation. Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, 7:15-8:45 p.m. $25 per series; preregister. Info, 978-424-7968.

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muSiC With derek: Youngsters 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.

allianCe FrançaiSe FrenCh happy hour: French speakers welcome the weekend à la française with themed cocktails and spirited conversation. Juniper, Burlington, 5:30-6:45 p.m.

Cost of drinks; preregister. Info, 793-4361.

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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.

'peter and John': See WED.29, Bethany Church, Montpelier, reception, 5:30 p.m.; film, 7 p.m. $12; $25 for film and reception; free for students. Info, 748-2600.

Vermont reStaurant Week: See WED.29.

“With my pay, I didn’t think I could buy a home, but with CHT it was possible.”

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Add-on Competition: Rock climbers create their own routes on bouldering courses for beginner, intermediate and advanced athletes. Petra Cliffs, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $5; free for members; preregister. Info, 657-3872.

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GrACe Weber: In "Sicily Today: Standing Together Against the Mafia," the Weybridge resident references images from her recent service trip to Italy. South Burlington Community Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, vermontitalianclub@gmail.com.

Gísli mArteinn bAldursson: The bicycle activist recounts how Reykjavik, Iceland, increased ridership by 1,000 percent in 10 years in "Making Room for Bikes in a Small Northern City." See calendar spotlight. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 7-10 p.m.

Free. Info, 540-0406.

Kevin brooKs: Paralyzed from the chest down following a drunk-driving accident, the nationally recognized motivational speaker shares eye-opening life lessons. Burlington High School, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 652-0997. 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.

'memory pAlACe': A family navigates love, loss and legacy over the course of 60 years in Maura Campbell's drama, presented by the Vermont Actors' Repertory Theatre. Brick Box Theater, Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 7:30 p.m. $20; limited space. Info, 775-0903. 'monty python's spAmAlot': The Middlebury Community Players stage the Tony Award-winning musical about the medieval mishaps of King Arthur and his motley crew of knights. Middlebury Town Hall Theater, 8 p.m. $15-23. Info, 382-9222. 'the mountAintop': See WED.29. 'o, CAliGulA!': History comes alive in Saints & Poets Production Company's musical comedy based on the Roman emperor. Adult content; for mature audiences only. Off Center for the Dramatic Arts, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $20. Info, 863-5966. 'sonGs for A neW World': See WED.29, 2 & 7:30 p.m. 'sprinG AWAKeninG': Adolescents court adulthood amid the sexually oppressive culture of 19th-century Germany in Frank Wedekind's drama, staged by Middlebury College. See calendar spotlight. Wright Memorial Theater, Middlebury College, 7:30 p.m. $6-12. Info, 443-3168. 'tAle of the bAmboo prinCess: A JApAnese folKtAle': SUNY Plattsburgh students interpret the story of a girl who was discovered as a baby inside the stalk of a glowing bamboo plant.

Hartman Theatre, Myers Fine Arts Building, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. $3-11. Info, 518-564-3094.

uvm operA WorKshop: Performances of GianCarlo Menotti's The Telephone and Samuel Barber's A Hand of Bridge pave the way for a presentation of diverse arias. UVM Recital Hall, Redstone Campus, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-7776.

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'hoW And Why to memorize poetry': With poems in hand, Ginger Lambert discusses the cognitive benefits of committing stanzas to memory. Cornwall Town Hall, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $10. Info, 343-7160.

Jeffrey lent: The local author reads, signs and discusses his historical novel, A Slant of Light, set in New York’s Finger Lakes region. Flying Pig Books, Shelburne, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister.

Info, 985-3999.

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mAy dAy mArCh & rAlly: Like-minded Vermonters raise awareness about housing, health care and other hard-hitting local issues.

Montpelier City Hall, 11:30 a.m. Free; preregister.

Info, matt@workerscenter.org.

art

Art100: Art lovers win big at a benefit for River Arts featuring appetizers, dessert, a raffle and a silent auction. River Arts, Morrisville, 5:30-8:30 p.m. $100 per couple includes one piece of art; cash bar. Info, 888-1261. ed rubin: The fine art photographer signs copies of Vermont: An Outsider's Inside View in conjunction with the Montpelier Art Walk. Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 229-0774.

bazaars

essex JunCtion rummAGe sAle: Deal seekers browse donated items in a "take what you like, pay what you can" setting. Grace Methodist Church, Essex Junction, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Info, 878-8071. fAirfAx rummAGe sAle: Gently used clothes, books and toys make for budget-friendly buys.

Baptist Building, Fairfax, 3-7 p.m. Free. Info, 849-6313. riChmond rummAGe sAle: Bargain shoppers find new homes for gently used items. Richmond Congregational Church, 9:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Free.

Info, 434-2053.

community

feAst toGether or feAst to Go: Senior citizens and their guests chat over a shared meal.

Montpelier Senior Activity Center, noon-1 p.m. $7-9; preregister. Info, 262-6288. 'primo mAGGio' CelebrAtion: Locals carry on the traditions of the Socialist Labor Party Hall founders with an evening of food, music and dancing. Old Labor Hall, Barre, 5-10 p.m. $25. Info, 479-5600.

dance

bAllroom & lAtin dAnCinG: ChA-ChA: Samir Elabd leads choreographed steps for singles and couples. No partner or experience required.

Jazzercize Studio, Williston, introductory lesson, 7-8 p.m.; dance, 8-10 p.m. $6-14. Info, 862-2269.

ContrA dAnCe: Will Mentor calls the steps while folks groove to rollicking rhythms by Perpetual eMotion at a fundraiser for the grange. Capital City Grange, Montpelier, 8-11 p.m. $10-25 suggested donation. Info, 279-6103.

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'eurydiCe': Aerial silks, shadow puppetry and live music put a modern twist on the classic myth “Orpheus and Eurydice.” Montpelier City Hall Auditorium, 7-9 p.m. $10-60. Info, 229-0492.

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Introductory workshop, 7-7:30 p.m.; dance, 7:309:30 p.m. Richmond Free Library, 7-9:30 p.m. $10; bring a snack to share. Info, 899-2378. 'thrEsholD': Middlebury College seniors examine the intersection of contemporary choreography with creative writing, literature, sociology and Chinese. Dance Theatre, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. $6-12. Info, 443-3168.

environment

rEfugE grEEn up Day: Eco-minded folks board boats to help with river cleanup activities. Call to confirm. Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge, Swanton, 9 a.m.-noon. Free; preregister. Info, 868-4781.

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Drop & swap: Folks tap into the spirit of spring cleaning and exchange clothing, household items and furniture. Drop, Friday; swap, Saturday.

SHAPE Fitness Center, Johnson State College, noon-6 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1471.

MiDDlEbury CollEgE obsErvatory opEn housE: Clear skies at night mean viewers' delight when telescope users catch a glimpse of celestial happenings. McCardell Bicentennial Hall, Middlebury College, 9-10:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-2266. turnon burlington: Communication games encourage attendees to push past comfort zones and experience deep connections. 215 College St., Burlington, 7:30-8:30 p.m. $10. Info, 410-4749250, mattbrand@gmail.com.

film

bixby MoviE Club: Cinephiles bond over a love of motion pictures. A discussion follows. Call for details. Otter Creek Room, Bixby Memorial Library, Vergennes, 6-9 p.m. Free. Info, 877-2211, ext. 208.

CastlEton viDEofEst: High school students showcase original films in various genres, including documentary, narrative fiction and experimental/animation. Fine Arts Center, Castleton State College, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, samanthagreen@castleton.edu. 'pEtEr anD John': See WED.29, Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, reception, 5:30 p.m.; film, 7 p.m. $12; $25 for film and reception; free for students. Info, 748-2600.

food & drink

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health & fitness

bit by a tiCk? lyME awarEnEss Day: Those dedicated to calling attention to Lyme disease in Vermont assemble for a group walk, a healing arts tent and more. See vermontlyme.com for details.

Vermont Statehouse lawn, Montpelier, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, brlymevt@yahoo.com.

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.

laughtEr yoga: Breathe, clap, chant and giggle! Participants reduce stress with this playful practice. Bring personal water. The Wellness Coop, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 999-7373.

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.

younitE: It's ladies only for an evening of tasty eats and wellness services provided by area businesses. See wellspringcls.com for details. Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 6-9 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 985-9850.

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Richmond Free Library, 11 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 434-3036. 'hErCulEs: thE MusiCal': See THU.30.

MagiC: thE gathEring: Decks of cards determine the arsenal with which participants, or "planeswalkers," fight others for glory, knowledge and conquest. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6-8 p.m. Free; for grades 6 and up. Info, 878-6956.

MusiC with robErt: Sing-alongs with Robert Resnik hit all the right notes. Daycare programs welcome with one caregiver for every two children.

Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10:30-11 a.m.

Free; groups must preregister. Info, 865-7216. spring planting: Little ones and their parents prep the library's plot for summer and plant peas, radishes and greens. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

first friDay: DJs and drag acts spice up a monthly queer dance party. Higher Ground, South Burlington, 9 p.m. $5-10. Info, 877-987-6487.

CCv CoMMunity Choir & thE larks: Led by Amity Baker, vocalists belt out a wide-ranging program of world music, traditional American tunes and works by Vermont composers.

Community College of Vermont, Winooski, 7:308:30 p.m. Free. Info, 654-0730.

ColChEstEr CoMMunity Chorus: Singers honor the organization's 30th anniversary with songs from years past in "Here, There and Everywhere." Colchester High School, 7:30 p.m.

Donations. Info, 862-3910.

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by Brahms, Hayden and Olivier Messaien. UVM Recital Hall, Redstone Campus, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $10-30. Info, 863-5966. nEptunE's Car: Contemporary folk meets alt-country in an intimate concert from the acoustic duo. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7:30-11 p.m. $10. Info, 518-561-6920.

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Sleeping Bee: Acoustic tunes from the New York City-based quartet interweave alt-folk, jazz and bluegrass. North End Studio A, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $15. Info, 863-6713.

outdoors

Spring Migration Bird Walk: Avian enthusiasts explore habitat hot spots for signs of warblers, waterfowl and other species. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 7-8:30 a.m. $10; free for NBNC members. Info, 229-6206.

theater

'Arsenic and Old Lace': QNEK Productions presents the classic Broadway comedy about Abby and Martha Brewster, a pair of spinster sisters with an affinity for poison. Haskell Free Library & Opera House, Derby Line, 7:30 p.m. $1315. Info, 334-2216.

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'O, Caligula!': See THU.30.

'Songs for a New World': See WED.29.

'Spring Awakening': See THU.30.

'Tale of the Bamboo Princess: A Japanese Folktale': See THU.30, 7:30 p.m.

'Treasure Island': Murder and mayhem on the high seas propel Lost Nation Theater's adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's tale of buccaneers and buried gold. Montpelier City Hall Auditorium, 8 p.m. $10-60. Info, 229-0492.

words

The Art of Journal Writing: Participants experiment with different styles, then discuss their experiences. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, 5-6 p.m. $5; preregister. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 302.

Creative Writing Workshop: Lit lovers analyze works-in-progress penned by Burlington Writers Workshop members. 22 Church St., Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free; preregister at meet up.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104.

Poetry Reading & Art Walk: Patrons of the arts delight in an evening of photographs and poems from Roger Weingarten. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 4:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

Richmond Rummage Sale: See FRI.1, 9:30 a.m.-noon.

Tag Sale: Folks check out secondhand toys, tools and treasures at a benefit for the Westford Volunteer Fire Department. Westford Town Garage, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 878-7573.

comedy

Colin Mochrie & Brad Sherwood: The quick-witted duo performs original scenes in a laugh-a-minute romp. See calendar spotlight.

Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 8 p.m. $59.75-69.75.

Info, 775-0903.

Improv Workshop: Local jokesters hone their skills with members of Second City. Barre Opera House, 3 p.m. $25; preregister. Info, 476-8188.

Second City: Chicago's famed comedy troupe brings big laughs, saucy satire and offthe-wall improv to the stage.

Barre Opera House, 8 p.m. $1834.50. Info, 476-8188.

'Have a Heart, Pull a Weed' Volunteer Day: Earth lovers remove invasive species from the center's grounds as part of Green Up Day. Intervale Center, Burlington, 9 a.m.-noon. Free; preregister. Info, 660-0440, ext. 113.

Marshfield Green Up Day: Volunteers beautify their surroundings by removing trash, metal and tires from public areas. Marshfield Town Garage, 8 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 426-3849.

Swanton Green Up Day: Community members rid the landscape of roadside trash. Swanton Municipal Complex, 8-10 a.m. Free. Info, 868-7200.

Drop & Swap: See FRI.1, 9-11 a.m.

Sheep Shearing & Herding: Spring has arrived! Craig Marcotte gives ewes a seasonal haircut, while Steve Wetmore and his border collies herd sheep in the fields.

Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $414; free for children ages 2 and under. Info, 457-2355.

Thunder Road Car Show: Gear heads park it in downtown Barre, where a stock car show |W TO Better Bike Swap: Pedal pushgives way to a parade of more EN IS R DY H WH ers pick up a recycled ride or trade than 100 eye-catching rides. Various FC EL AN YO | COURTES in an old one for a cut of the sale. Bike Barre locations, 9 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, drop-off open through Friday, May 1. Alpine 244-6963.

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Kentucky Derby Fundraiser: Art lovers sip mint juleps and don outrageous hats while watching the horse race and bidding on silentauction items. Proceeds benefit the Chaffee Art Center. Southside Steakhouse, Rutland, 4:30-7 p.m. $50. Info, 775-0062.

Body, Mind, Spirit Expo: Workshops, vendors, speakers and healers help attendees make physical, mental and spiritual connections. Hilton Hotel, Burlington, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $7. Info, 893-9966.

Relay for Life Johnson State College: Participants complete laps around the track as part of the world's largest cancer-fighting movement. Johnson State College, 1-9 p.m. Donations.

Info, 872-6303.

Charlie Chaplin Tribute: Pianist Jeff Rapsis provides live accompaniment for a family-friendly ode to the iconic silent-film star. Brandon Town Hall, 7 p.m. Free; donations accepted. Info, 603-236-9237.

Upper Valley Cinderella Project: See WED.29, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

'Stray Dogs': An alcoholic single father struggles to provide for his children on the streets of Taipei, Taiwan, in Tsai Ming Liang's awardwinning drama. Dana Auditorium, Sunderland Language Center, Middlebury College, 3 & 8 p.m.

Free. Info, 443-3168.

conferences

Vermont Crafts Council Spring Conference: Marianne Mullen keynotes a daylong exploration of the business of art making inspired by "The Creative Spark!" Goddard College, Plainfield, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. $67-87. Info, 223-3380.

dance

Burlington Westie First Saturday Dance: "Black, White and Bling" is the theme of the evening at a fusion of blues and West Coast swing.

North End Studio A, Burlington, introductory lesson, 6:30 p.m.; workshop, 7 p.m.; dance, 8-11 p.m. $7-10. Info, burlingtonwestie@gmail.com.

'Jewels & Incense': Students of Middle Eastern dance perform a semiannual recital. Clinton Community College, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7-9 p.m. $3.

Info, 518-572-9153.

Community Supper & Silent Auction: Allyou-can-eat feast of soup, chili, bread, salad and dessert fuels diners for bidding on a wide array of items. Proceeds support the preservation of the United Church of Westford. Brick Meeting House, Westford, 5-7 p.m. $5-8; $25 per family. Info, 879-4028.

Pie for Breakfast: Dessert comes first when diners dig into double-crusted pastries and sip bottomless cups of coffee. Proceeds support the Cambridge Area Rotary Club. Cambridge Elementary School, Jeffersonville, 9 a.m.-noon. $5. Info, 793-0856.

Rutland Winter Farmers Market: More than 50 vendors bring produce, cheese, homemade bread and other made-in-Vermont products to a bustling indoor venue. Vermont Farmers Food Center, Rutland, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 753-7269.

Vermont Restaurant Week: See WED.29.

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'The Mountaintop': See WED.29.

Fairfax Rummage Sale: See FRI.1, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Green Up With Branch Out Burlington!: Folk musician Robert Resnik serenades green thumbs, who help plant 130 trees in the Burlington Community Tree Nursery. UVM Horticultural Research Center, South Burlington, 9-11 a.m. Free. Info, 656-5440.

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'Monty Python's Spamalot': See THU.30, 8 p.m.

Essex Junction Rummage Sale: See FRI.1, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Green Up St. Albans: Boy Scout Troop 70 leads a community cleanup effort for eco-minded residents. Various St. Albans locations, 9 a.m.-noon.

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'Les Misérables': The adventures of ex-convict Jean Valjean in 19th-century France come to life onstage in Vermont Family Theatre's adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel. Orleans Municipal Building, 7 p.m. $12-15. Info, vermontfamilytheatre@gmail.com.

Middlebury Studio School Pottery Sale: A fundraiser for the school features works by students and local artists. Middlebury Studio School, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 247-3702.

Chocolate Tasting: Chocoholics sample confections and discover the steps involved in evaluating flavor profiles. Lake Champlain Chocolates Factory Store & Café, Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 864-1807.

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'Enchanted April': Frustrated housewives in post-World War I London find unexpected happiness when vacationing at an Italian castle in Matthew Barber's drama, staged by the Valley Players. Valley Players Theater, Waitsfield, 7:30 p.m. $12. Info, 583-1674.

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'Threshold': See FRI.1.

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Self Comes to Mind: Musical Performance and Colloquium on Creativity and Neuroscience: The writings of neuroscientist Antonio Damasio inspire a concert by Jay Campbell, Jane Boxall Allen and Nicola Cannizzaro. A conversation about the intersection of neuroscience and creativity follows.

Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

Tree Planting Day: Participants dig in and add saplings to a forest restoration project on the Missisquoi River. Call for details. Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge, Swanton, 9 a.m.-noon.

Free. Info, 868-4781.

Capital City Farmers Market: Meats and cheeses join farm-fresh produce, baked goods, and locally made arts and crafts throughout the growing season. 60 State Street, Montpelier, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-2958.

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Second Wind: The seasoned musicians deliver a danceable set of rock-and-roll tunes. Chandler Gallery, Randolph, 7:30 p.m. $12. Info, 728-6464.

agriculture

Swing Dance: Live tunes from the Bohemian Blues Quartet get movers and groovers on the dance floor at a spirited shindig open to all skill levels. Champlain Club, Burlington, 8-11 p.m. $15.

Info, 864-8382.

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Russ Bailey Trio, Will Scheifley Ham Bone Brigade & Franz Pope: Regional bands take the stage for an all-ages show of acoustic and electric tunes. ROTA Gallery, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7 p.m. $3-10. Info, rotagallery@gmail.com.

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Tierralismo Good Earth Film Tour: Alejandro Ramirez Anderson's documentary Tierralismo: Stories From a Cooperative Farm takes viewers into the heart of the Alamar Organic Cooperative, one Cuba's most successful urban farms. Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $10. Info, 312-504-4144, info@ americasmediainitiative.org.

food & drink

All-You-Can-Eat Breakfast: Families pile their plates with French toast, pancakes, sausage, eggs and toast. Proceeds benefit summer camp opportunities for central Vermont youth. Boutwell Masonic Center, Montpelier, 7-11:30 a.m. $4-7.

Info, 229-6973.

Fitness Boot Camp: See WED.29, Middlebury Municipal Gym, 7:30-8:30 a.m. $10. Info, 343-7160.

R.I.P.P.E.D.: See WED.29, 9-10 a.m.

kids

'Hercules: The Musical': See THU.30, 2 p.m.

Kids Dance Workshop: Movers and shakers ages 6 through 12 hit the studio for a fun-filled class. McClelland Hall, Johnson State College, 9:45-11:30 a.m. Free; donations accepted; preregister. Info, 473-0850.

Middlebury Saturday Story Time: Captivating narratives arrest the attention of young ’uns. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 10:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 388-4095.

Saturday Drop-In Story Time: A weekly selection of music and books engages kids of all ages. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 1010:30 a.m. Free. Info, 264-5664.

Story Explorers: Green: Little ones learn about Vermont's signature color with a reading of Laura Vaccaro Seeger's Green and a matching game. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/ Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free with admission, $10.50-13.50.

Info, 877-324-6386.

Toddler Yoga & Stories: Karen Allen leads tykes ages 1 through 5 in simple poses and engaging narratives. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m. Free; preregister.

Info, 878-4918.

montréal

Me2/Orchestra: Trumpeter Paul Merkelo of the Montréal Symphony joins the ensemble in a benefit concert for Urban Pardes. D.B. Clarke Theatre, Montréal, 7:30-9 p.m. $100. Info, 514-798-0791.

'Travesties': See WED.29, 8 p.m.

music

'Kids Need Nature' Scholarship Benefit Concert: Keith Greeninger entertains wine lovers, who sip locally made vino, bread and cheese at a fundraiser for the North Branch Nature Center. Fresh Tracks Farm Vineyard & Winery, Berlin, 5:30-8 p.m. $20. Info, 229-6206.

Bob Amos & Patti Casey: The singer-songwriters pair up for an evening of folk and bluegrass.

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church of St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $12-15. Info, 748-2600.

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CCV Community Choir & the Larks: See FRI.1, First Baptist Church of Burlington, 7:30-8:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 654-0730.

Dartmouth CoLLege WinD ensembLe: Student musicians pay homage to the Parisian music scene of the early 20th century with a program of works by Schmitt, Stravinsky and Strens. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. $5-10.

Info, 603-646-2422.

FiDDLe Workshop: Québécois fiddler Claude Methe puts on a bow-and-string clinic. Burlington Violin Shop, 9:30 a.m.-noon. Donations. Info, 223-5293.

Vermont ChoraL union: A cappella harmonies propel six centuries of song in "By the Water." Unitarian Church of Montpelier, 7:30 p.m.

Donations. Info, 238-9848.

mayFLy: Multi-instrumentalists Katie Trautz and Julia Wayne deliver original songs alongside old-time New England and Appalachian music.

Westfield Congregational Church, potluck dinner 6 p.m.; concert, 7 p.m. $10 suggested donation.

Info, 279-2236.

Vermont phiLharmoniC: Lou Kosma conducts a concert of works by Rachmaninoff and other Russian composers, featuring pianist Diane Huling. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 7 p.m. $515. Info, 728-6464.

Diana Digioia & out Late: The Massachusettsbased singer-songwriter returns to her Northeast Kingdom roots to lead a performance of rootsy tunes laced with lyrical wit. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $10-12. Info, 888-757-5559.

ripton Community CoFFeehouse: Local performers warm up the microphone for the Bluegrass Gospel Project. Ripton Community House, 7:30 p.m. $8-10. Info, 388-9782.

ethiopian Feast & boogie beneFit: The New Nile Orchestra provides the tunes at a fundraiser for the Willowell Foundation's Vermont-Ethiopia teacher exchange. Burnham Hall, Lincoln, 7-10:30 p.m. $8-15; $40 per family. Info, 453-6195.

the sounD inVestment Jazz ensembLe: Middlebury College's big band swings into spring with a toe-tapping performance. Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

sLeeping bee: See FRI.1, Huntington Public Library, 7:30 p.m. $10-15. Info, 434-4563.

Vermont symphony orChestra masterWorks: Pianist Orion Weiss sits in with local chamber musicians to interpret compositions by Bruckner, Mendelssohn and Su Lian Tan. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, preperformance lecture, 7 p.m.; concert, 8 p.m. $9-61. Info, 863-5966.

Vermont Virtuosi: 'trio Con brio': A concert for flute, clarinet and piano spans centuries with selections from Debussy, Fauré and Vermont composer David Gunn, among others. Brandon Music, 7:30 p.m. $15; $35 includes dinner package; preregister. Info, 247-4295.

seminars

aarp smart DriVer CLass: Drivers ages 50 and up learn to safely navigate the road while addressing the physical changes brought on by aging. McClure Lobby Conference Room, UVM Medical Center, Burlington, 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m. $1520; preregister. Info, 483-6335. geneaLogy seminar: Ancestry fans tap into the past with an overview of Civil War-era records.

Vermont Genealogy Library, Fort Ethan Allen, Colchester, 10:30 a.m.-noon. $5. Info, 238-5934 on-street biCyCLe skiLLs CLass: Cyclists looking to become more comfortable pedaling with traffic get schooled in making safe turns, lane positioning and more. Northeastern Vermont Development Association, St. Johnsbury, 10-11:30 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 861-2700, ext. 106.

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'Songs Made Famous': Broadway veteran Bill Carmichael joins vocalist Chesley Walsh and pianist Jay Kerr in a cabaret-style show of tunes from Barbara Streisand, the Beatles and others.

Vergennes Opera House, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $15; cash bar. Info, 877-6737.

'Arsenic and Old Lace': See FRI.1.

'Enchanted April': See FRI.1.

Ethan Lipton & His Orchestra: The New York City-based performers address the state of the American unemployed in the Obie Awardwinning “No Place to Go.” See calendar spotlight.

Alexander Twilight Theatre, Lyndon State College, 7:30 p.m. $10-38. Info, 748-2600.

'Eurydice': See THU.30, 8-10 p.m.

'Les Misérables': See FRI.1.

'Memory Palace': See THU.30.

'The Mountaintop': See WED.29, 7:30 p.m.

'O, Caligula!': See THU.30, 2 & 7:30 p.m.

'Songs for a New World': See WED.29.

'Spring Awakening': See THU.30.

'Tale of the Bamboo Princess: A Japanese Folktale': See THU.30, 7:30 p.m.

'Treasure Island': See FRI.1, 2 p.m.

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Comic Book Day: Cartoonist Ben Cohen kicks off an ode to the art form featuring illustration demos and an appearance by Vermont's former cartoon laureate James Kochalka, Deborah Rawson Memorial Library, Jericho, 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 899-4962.

Independent Bookstore Day: As part of a nationwide event, bibliophiles celebrate the written word with giveaways and merriment. Phoenix Books, Essex, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Free. Info, 872-7111.

Phoenix Books, Burlington, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Free.

Info, 448-3350.

Jack Ross: The Brooklyn-based historian reads and discusses The Socialist Party of America: A Complete History. Old Labor Hall, Barre, 4-6 p.m.

Free. Info, 479-5600.

Sheep Shearing & Herding: See SAT.2.

film

'Peter and John': See WED.29, Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, reception, 5:30 p.m.; film, 7 p.m. $12; $25 for film and reception; free for students. Info, 748-2600.

Tierralismo Good Earth Film Tour: See SAT.3, Plainfield Town Hall, 5-7 p.m. $8.

Info, 312-504-4144, info@americasmediainitiative.org.

language

Dimanches French Conversation: Parlezvous 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

Altsys Jazz Orchestra: Montréal's finest performers take the stage to celebrate the orchestra's 30th year as a leader in the Canadian jazz scene. Segal Centre for Performing Arts, Montréal, 8 p.m. $25-30. Info, 514-739-7944.

'Travesties': See WED.29, 2 & 7 p.m.

music

Northeast Fiddlers Association Meeting: Lovers of this spirited art form gather to catch up and jam. Morrisville VFW Post, noon-5 p.m.

Donations of nonperishable food items accepted. Info, 728-5188.

food & drink

Vermont Restaurant Week: See WED.29.

games

Shriners Super Bingo: Now Playing Newport Players with five in a row win Music Series: The all-female big at this monthly meet-up.

IC trio Vermont Virtuosi presents R |V FO SO Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex a program of chamber music for YO MA S E T STE Junction, 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. $15-30.

RW ORKS | COUR flute, clarinet and piano. Newport St. Info, 434-2055.

Mark's Episcopal Church, 4-5:30 p.m. $5.

Info, 334-7365.

health & fitness

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.

kids

ChildLight Yoga for Kids: Little ones ages 3 through 6 hit the mat and learn a sequence of stretches. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 1-1:45 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

Vermont Choral Union: See SAT.2, McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 3-4 p.m. $10-15; free for St. Michael's College students. Info, 238-9848.

Vermont Philharmonic: See SAT.2, Barre Opera House, 2 p.m. $5-15; $32 per family. Info, 476-8188.

Vermont Youth Orchestra Spring Concert: A varied program takes concertgoers from the Northeast Kingdom to the Icelandic region with pieces Brian Baxter, Jon Leif and Carl Nielsen. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 3 p.m. $1217. Info, 863-5966.

outdoors

Wildflower Hike: Nature lovers search for spring blossoms on a moderately paced outing.

Contact trip leader for details. Niquette Bay State Park, Colchester, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 878-6828.

'Mud Season Review' Launch Party: Contributors Nancy Means Wright, Michael Minchin and Kari Giroux read selected works alongside editor Brett Sigurdson. Hotel Vermont, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free; cash bar. Info, 383-8104.

'Flying Turtles and Talking Bears: Animal Adventure Tales of the Season': Storyteller and musician Michael Caduto encourages audience participation when performing indigenous nature tales with songs, chants and native instruments. Justin Morrill Homestead, Strafford, 1-2:15 p.m. $5; $10 per family. Info, 765-4288.

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FOR Kids BY Kids Audition: Budding thespians vie for spot in Lost Nation Theater's summer camps for Charlotte's Web and Pippin.

Montpelier City Hall Auditorium, 7-9 p.m. Free.

Info, 229-0492.

Champlain Classic: Runners pound the pavement on 5K and 15K courses that travel from the road to the woods to the shores of Lake Champlain. A post-race raffle and kids fun run round out the day. Shelburne Town Offices, registration, 7-8:15 a.m.; race 9-11 a.m. $20. Info, 985-9551.

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.

Merchants Bank 150: Stock-car racers keep fans on the edge of their seats with laps around the track. Thunder Road Speed Bowl, Barre, 1 p.m. $25; free for kids 12 and under. Info, 244-6963.

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Love Local Wedding Market on the Western Slopes: Industry professionals and farm-to-table vendors help brides-to-be prep for their big day. Live music, tasty eats and prize drawings round out the pastoral party. West Monitor Barn, Richmond, noon-3 p.m. $11.50-15.

Info, 434-2900.

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.

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Burlington Writers Workshop Book Club: Lit lovers exchange ideas about LeAnne Howe's Choctalking on Other Realities. 22 Church St., Burlington, 11 a.m. Free; preregister at meetup. com; limited space. Info, 383-8104.

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Michael Arnowitt: The renowned pianist explores the musical aspects of poetry, literature and song lyrics. Waterbury Congregational Church, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 244-7036.

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Beginning Israeli Dancing: Participants exercise their bodies and minds when learning the basic steps of more than 10 dances set to Israeli music. Social Hall, Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, beginner session, 7:30-8:30; advanced practice, 8:30-9:30 p.m. $4 for two-class series. Info, 730-2174.

Parent & Child: Brunch With Adele: Foodies ages 8 and up and their caregivers take the Italian route and make frittatas with Adele Dienno. McClure Multigenerational Center, Burlington, 12:30-2 p.m. $5-10; preregister; limited space. Info, 861-9701.

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UVM Opera Workshop: See THU.30, noon.

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Middlebury Maple Run: A sweet half-marathon affords runners vistas of the Green Mountains and the Adirondacks. Proceeds benefit Addison County nonprofits. Porter Medical Center, Middlebury, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $40-60. Info, 388-7951.

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COTS Walk: Led by the drummers of Sambatucada!, folks follow a route based on the path a local homeless person might take, visiting local shelters along the way. Battery Park, Burlington, 2-4 p.m. $25 suggested donation. Info, 238-6592.

Learn to Ride: Bike Class for Kids: Youngsters ages 3 through 7 find their balance in a hands-on session aimed at having participants pedal away on two wheels. Leddy Park, Burlington, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. $20-40 per family; free for Local Motion members; preregister. Info, 861-2700.

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Your Investments Matter: A Personal Divestment Seminar: Those looking to divest from fossil fuels and reinvest in clean energy learn more in a workshop presented by 350VT and divestor.org. A Q&A and reception follow.

Great Room, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 3:30-6 p.m. $10 suggested donation. Info, 941-321-9430, vtforum@divestor.org.

Better Bike Swap: See SAT.2, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

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VCAM Orientation: Video-production hounds learn basic concepts and nomenclature at an overview of VCAM facilities, policies and procedures. VCAM Studio, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 651-9692.

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Square-Foot Gardening: Master gardener Peter Burke shares strategies for successful soil and productive plots. City Market/Onion River Co-op, Burlington, 9:30-11 a.m. $5-10; preregister.

Info, 861-9701.

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talks

Rob Mermin: The Circus Smirkus founder details the humanitarian efforts of his teacher, famed mime Marcel Marceau, who saved Jewish children from deportation during World War II. The Jewish Community of Greater Stowe, 3-4:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 253-1800.

theater

'Arsenic and Old Lace': See FRI.1, 2 p.m.

'Enchanted April': See FRI.1, 2 p.m.

'Les Misérables': See FRI.1, 2 p.m.

'Monty Python's Spamalot': See THU.30, 2 p.m.

'The Mountaintop': See WED.29, 2 p.m.

'Songs for a New World': See WED.29, 5 p.m.

'Tale of the Bamboo Princess: A Japanese Folktale': See THU.30, 2 p.m.

'Treasure Island': See FRI.1, 2 p.m.

words

First Sunday Salon Series: A staged reading of Bryan Harnetiaux's drama Vesta examines endof-life issues. WalkOver Gallery & Concert Room, Bristol, 7 p.m. Donations. Info, 453-5060.

Michael Schein: The Vermont-born historian reads and signs John Surratt: The Lincoln Assassin Who Got Away. Barnes & Noble, South Burlington, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 864-8001.

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community

Public Hearing: The Williston Selectboard hosts a meeting to address amendments to sewer and stormwater ordinances and existing unified development bylaws. Meeting Room, Williston Town Hall, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-0919.

SASH Information Session: Folks get details on Support and Services at Home, a statewide wellness program available to the elderly.

Waterbury Senior Center, 12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 343-2219.

dance

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.

environment

Compost Awareness Week: Facility tours and workshops demonstrate how food scraps and lawn trimmings transform into viable soil. Green Mountain Compost, Williston, 5-6 p.m. Free. Info, 872-8100, ext. 234.

Sustainable Williston Series: An earthfriendly presentation from a SunCommon representative sheds light on the benefits of solar power. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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Tech Help With Clif: Folks develop skill sets applicable to smartphones, tablets and more.

Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6-7 p.m. Free.

Info, 878-6955.

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Trivia NighT: Teams of quick thinkers gather for a meeting of the minds. Lobby, Hotel Vermont, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 651-5012.

health & fitness

BegiNNer Tai Chi for healTh & BalaNCe: See THU.30, 5:15-6:45 p.m.

Body reBooT Camp for New moms: Using timed intervals, body weight and other tools, an innovative class helps mothers get fit.

Middlebury Municipal Gym, 10-11 a.m. $10. Info, 343-7160. 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.

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CeNTral vermoNT humaNe soCieTy walK for aNimals KiCK-off parTy: Humans show support for their four-legged friends at a fundraiser for the annual CVHS event. Central Vermont Humane Society, East Montpelier, 6-7:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 476-3811. feasT TogeTher or feasT To go: See FRI.1. plaNBTv mall CommuNiTy desigN preseNTaTioN: Locals learn about redevelopment plans for the Burlington Town Center.

Burlington City Hall Auditorium, 6-8 p.m. Free.

Info, 865-7000.

r.i.p.p.e.d.: See WED.29.

Tuesday voluNTeer NighTs: Helping hands 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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conferences

aliCe iN NoodlelaNd: Kiddos get acquainted over crafts and play while new and expectant parents 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 yogis ages 8 through 12 encourages focus, creativity and teamwork. Grateful Yoga, Montpelier, 4:15-5:15 p.m. $12. Info, 224-6183. presChool musiC: Kiddos ages sing and dance the morning away. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. presChool sTory Time: See THU.30. sTories wiTh megaN: See FRI.1, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. wriTe Now!: Emerging wordsmiths in grades 6 through 12 hone their skills in a supportive environment. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660. youNg adulT advisory Board: Middle and high school students help make the library a destination for their peers. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.

greeN mouNTaiN College Jazz eNsemBle: Gary Schmidt directs GMC musicians in an eclectic program of jazz standards featuring trumpeter Dave McKenzie. Ackley Hall, Green Mountain College, Poultney, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 287-8926. 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.

words

CreaTive wriTiNg worKshop: See FRI.1, 6:30 p.m.

crafts

deBBy KraTovil: The nationally recognized quilter, fabric designer and author doles out tips and tricks in "Short Cuts From a Short Woman."

South Burlington St. John Vianney Parish Hall, 7-9 p.m. $5; free for Champlain Valley Quilt Guild members. Info, programs@cvqgvt.org.

dance

Ballroom daNCe Class: Instructor Samir Elabd helps students break down basic steps. Union Elementary School, Montpelier, swing, 6-7 p.m.; Latin sampler, 7-8 p.m. $12-14.50. Info, 223-2921.

BegiNNer wesT CoasT swiNg & Blues fusioN daNCiNg: Students get schooled in the fundamentals of partner dance. North End Studio B, Burlington, 8-9 p.m. $9-14. Info, burlingtonwestie@gmail.com. iNTermediaTe & advaNCed wesT CoasT swiNg: Experienced dancers learn smooth transitions and smart stylings. North End Studio A, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $9-14. Info, burlingtonwestie@gmail.com.

environment

ComposT awareNess weeK: See MON.4.

film

'CiTizeN KaNe': A group of reporters struggles to make sense of a newspaper tycoon's last words in Orsen Welles' 1941 drama. Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free; first come, first served.

Info, 540-3018.

games

gamiNg for TeeNs & adulTs: Tabletop games entertain players of all skill levels. Kids 13 and under require a legal guardian or parental permission to attend. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 5-7:45 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

health & fitness

aCTive seNior BooT Camp: Participants break a sweat while improving strength, flexibility and cardiovascular health. Middlebury Municipal Gym, 10-11 a.m. $10. Info, 343-7160.

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sCreeNwriTiNg worKshop: Aspiring dramatic writers practice the art of the three-act structure.

Bixby Memorial Library, Vergennes, 6-8 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 877-2211, ext. 208.

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'CaveaT leCTor' CreaTive wriTiNg group: Wordsmiths get feedback in a supportive environment that encourages literary endeavors in all genres. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

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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.

CreaTive TueSdayS: Artists exercise their imaginations with recycled crafts. Kids under 8 must be accompanied by an adult. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3-5 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. 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 muSiC: Kids ages 3 through 5 sing and dance the morning away. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 11:30 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 264-5660.

PreSChool STory Time & CrafT: Entertaining tales and creative projects help little ones ages 3 through 5 build literacy skills. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

STory exPlorerS: BirdS: Tykes learn about feathered fliers with a reading of Priscilla Belz Jenkins' Nest Full of Eggs and themed tunes.

ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free with admission, $10.50-13.50. Info, 877-324-6386.

STory Time for 3- To 5-year-oldS: Preschoolers stretch their reading skills through activities involving puppets and books. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10-10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

STory Time for BaBieS & ToddlerS: Picture books, songs, rhymes and puppets arrest the attention of children under 3. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 9:10-9:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

TeCh TueSdayS: Tinkerers tackle e-crafts, circuits and programming. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-4665.

Toddler STory Time: Young ’uns up to 3 years old have fun with music, rhymes, snacks and captivating tales. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10:30-11 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660. 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 welcome to pipe up 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 all levels engage in dialogue en français. Sherpa Kitchen, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m.

Free. Info, 363-2431.

lgbtq

CommuniTy Cinema: 'limiTed ParTnerShiP': Richard Adams and Tony Sullivan's decades-long legal battle against the federal government illuminates the ongoing battle for same-sex marriage rights in the U.S. Stearns Cinema, Johnson State College, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1200.

music

feSTival of ConTemPorary ameriCan muSiC: The Flux Quartet presents works

by Dartmouth College students and faculty alongside a commission from alumnus Ryan McWilliams. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 603-646-2422.

STudenT Piano reCiTal: Diana Fanning's Middlebury College pupils showcase their skills on the ivory keys in a spring concert. Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

talks

CommuniTy mediCal SChool SerieS: Dermatologist Glenn Goldman imparts his knowledge in “More Than a Sunburn: New Developments in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Skin Cancer.” Carpenter Auditorium, Given Medical Building, UVM, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 847-2886.

Jim KoehneKe: The life coach and author imparts his wisdom in "Is Life Calling You to Greater Meaning and Purpose?: How to Get Ready to Hear Your Call." Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:307:30 p.m. Free. Info, 857-5641. vermonT PhiloSoPhiCal SoCieTy: A discussion group inspired by John Dewey and artist Frank Gonzalez covers naturalism, pluralism and more. Fletcher Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

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GardeninG WiTh limiTed SPaCe: Jim Gorman outlines ways to achieve success with containers, alternative planting and portable greenhouses. City Market/Onion River Co-op, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. $5-10; preregister; limited space. Info, 861-9700.

community

Peer SuPPorT CirCle: See WED.29. vermonT hiSTory day PreSenTaTionS: Local students present research projects inspired by the theme "Leadership and Legacy in History."

Milton Historical Museum, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 363-2598.

crafts

KniTTerS & needleWorKerS: Crafters convene for creative fun. Colchester Meeting House, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.

dance

afrolaTin ParTy: See WED.29.

BalKan folK danCinG: Louise Brill and friends organize people into lines and circles set to complex rhythms. No partner necessary. Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, 7:30-10:30 p.m. $6; bring snacks to share. Info, 540-1020. droP-in hiP-hoP danCe: See WED.29.

'TaKinG fliGhT': Dancers interpret experimental works by emerging Middlebury College choreographers. Dance Theatre, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

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Compost AwAreness week: See MON.4.

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teCh help with Clif: See MON.4, 1-2 p.m.

film

'After winter, spring': Judith Lit's award-winning documentary highlights farms in PĂŠrigord, France, a region continuously cultivated for more than five thousand years. A reception and discussion follow. Partial proceeds benefit NOFA-VT. Merrill's Roxy Cinema, Burlington, 7 p.m. $12-15.

Info, 434-4122.

ClAssiC film night: Cinephiles screen a memorable movie with Tom Blachly and Rick Winston.

Call for details. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581.

food & drink

Coffee tAsting: See WED.29. spAghetti Dinner: Diners fill up on plates of pasta, sauce, salad, bread and dessert. Proceeds benefit the center's services and programs.

CarePartners Adult Day Center, St. Albans, 5-7 p.m. $5-8. Info, 527-0548.

games

Dungeons & DrAgons night: Players ages 14 and up rely on invented personas and cleverness to face challenges and defeat enemies. Colchester Meeting House, 5:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.

health & fitness

BeComing toBACCo free: A five-week class with a treatment specialist offers structure and support to those looking to kick the habit.

Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 11 a.m.noon. Free; preregister. Info, 847-2278.

Drop-in YogA: Yogis hit the mat for a Hatha class led by Betty Molnar. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 11 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 264-5660. fitness Boot CAmp: See WED.29. insight meDitAtion: See WED.29. r.i.p.p.e.D.: See WED.29. tAngoflow!: See WED.29.

kids

DorothY CAnfielD fisher Book DisCussion: Readers ages 8 through 11 weigh in on Kate Milford's Greenglass House. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660. meet roCkin' ron the frienDlY pirAte: See WED.29. miDDle sChool plAnners & helpers: Lit lovers in grades 6 to 8 plan cool projects for the library. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956. progrAms for presChoolers: Little ones ages 3 and up learn about life of the farm with stories and hands-on activities. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 9-10:30 a.m. $3-5; preregister; limited space. Info, 457-2355. storY time & plAYgroup: See WED.29. storY time for 3- to 5-YeAr-olDs: See TUE.5.

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Jim koehneke: See TUE.5.

english As A seConD lAnguAge ClAss: See WED.29. 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. intermeDiAte/ADvAnCeD english As A seConD lAnguAge ClAss: See WED.29.

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vermont All stAte musiCAl festivAl: More than 400 high school students lend their talents to jazz, band, orchestra and choral performances.

Middlebury Union High School, 6 p.m. $6-10. Info, vtallstate@gmail.com.

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women's piCkup BAsketBAll: See WED.29.

talks

CArlo D'este: In "A Historian's Reflections on War," the Vietnam veteran and author considers the personal and global effects of combat.

Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free.

Info, 223-3338.

Curtis B. Johnson: The architectural historian talks shop in "The Buildings of Rutland." Rutland Free Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 773-1860.

DAviD mACAulAY: The award-winning author and illustrator of The Way Things Work discusses his creative process in "Life in the Studio."

Goodrich Memorial Library, Newport, 7-8:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 334-7902.

nAnCY nAhrA: Highlighting Amelia Earhart's aviation and literary accomplishments, the Champlain College professor examines events often overshadowed by the pilot's 1937 disappearance. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7 p.m. Free.

Info, 748-8291. susAn ACkermAn: Evaluating traditional and contemporary interpretations of the Garden of Eden, the Dartmouth College professor rethinks common assumptions about Eve. Norwich Congregational Church, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 649-1184.

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Jim Cooke: The actor brings the presidential past into the present in Calvin Coolidge: More Than Two Words. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955. 'the mountAintop': See WED.29, 7:30 p.m.

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CreAtive writing workshop: See FRI.1, 6:30 p.m. h. niCholAs muller iii: The coauthor of Inventing Ethan Allen poses serious questions about the historical figure's personal and political motives. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4095. poetrY CirCle: Poet Ina Anderson leads an evening of shared stanzas. Bradford Public Library, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 222-4536. m

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beverages 2-DAY BARTENDING COURSE: Learn from the masters in business since 1989. You’ll learn: drink building, alcohol liability training, customer service and the dos and don’ts of professional bartending. You’ll get: the online bartending web tutorial, drink list, bartender’s manual and job interview training. This course is recognized nationally through pbsa.com. Sat. & Sun., May 2 & 3, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $149/2-day course.

Location: Hilton, 60 Battery St., Burlington. Info: 800-262-5824, info@bartendingschool.com, bartendingschool.com.

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CLAY: LIDDED FORMS: Creating jars, teapots and other lidded forms that both function properly and make sense visually can be quite a challenge. In this class, Jeremy will demonstrate the mechanics of throwing several types of lids, discuss choosing the style lid best suited for a particular form, and explore the relationship between a pot and its lid. Instructor: Jeremy Ayer. Sun., May 17, 1:30-3 p.m.

Cost: $25/person; $22.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington.

DESIGN: DIGITAL ART & DESIGN LAB: Explore the endless possibilities within the realm of digital art and design! Collage and layering techniques, digital painting, data glitching and more will be covered in this three-week exploratory workshop. Come with your own ideas or complete instructorprovided creative prompts.

Bring a Mac-compatible flash drive or external hard drive to the first class. No experience necessary. Instructor: Rachel Hooper. Weekly on Thu., May 7-21, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $90/ person; $81/BCA members.

Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington.

JEWELRY: BANGLES: Come check out the jewelry and fine metals studio by making your own silver, copper or brass bangle. Open to all skill levels.

Instructor: Rebecca Macomber.

Thu., May 7, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $35/person; $31.50/BCA members. Location: Generator, 250 Main St. (Memorial Auditorium), Burlington.

computers INTRODUCTION TO SOLIDWORKS: This class focuses on design for manufacturing: designing sheetmetal, machined components, injection moldings and castings — skills companies look for in their potential employees. You will learn to solve real-world problems encountered in product design and leave able to design products and communicate design intent through drawings. May 18-21. Cost: $1,095/4-day class.

Location: Vermont Woodworking School, 148 Main St., Fairfax. Info: 849-2013, info@vermont woodworkingschool.com, vermontwoodworkingschool. com.

craft LEARN TO SEW AT NIDO: Learn basic sewing techniques to make your first tote bag, including how to adjust tension, stitches and other basic settings. No experience necessary. May 4, 6-9 p.m. Cost: $48/person. Materials incl. Location: nido fabric and yarn, 209 College St., suite 2e, Burlington. Info: 881-0068, nidovt.com.

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TEEN: TABLE WITH MOSAIC TOP: Instructor: Chris Ramos. Ages 14-18. Become a woodworker!

In this high-skill building camp you will learn and combine craft disciplines in creating a unique,

stylized table. You will power up in the wood shop and be guided through the use of various tools and machines to cut, shape, and smooth components for a side table. You will learn about pattern selection and creation, different types of glass, cutting and fitting glass pieces, and create a beautiful glass tabletop. Aug. 3-7, Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $395/nonmembers; $355.50/ members. Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne.

WORKSHOP: LANDSCAPE IN OIL: Instructor: Evelyn McFarlane.

Drawing correctly from nature is a basic skill and the foundation of good painting. This two-day workshop 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. Students will learn basic concepts of applying color, effective painting of light and shadow, and refining of edges and form to create vivid and lively works. We will work step by step progressively through the lessons to learn a variety of concepts and techniques to help the painting process. Aug. 1 & 2, Sat. & Sun., 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $203/ nonmembers; $183/members.

Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne.

WORKSHOP: MATISSE: Instructor: Jackie Mangione.

Matisse said, “Exactitude is not truth.” This one-day workshop is designed to guide you through the process of creating your own imagery through shape and color. Using the luminous paint quality of transparent watercolors, we will use Henri Matisse’s paintings as inspiration to create vibrant colored still-life compositions. Learn to extract shapes and playfully compose them to create dynamic pictures through observation. Materials we will use will combine floral and still life subject matter. We will discuss basic color-wheel theories and follow the color recommendations suggested on the materials list. All levels of painting are welcome! Jul. 18, Sat., 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Cost: $94.50/ nonmembers; $85/members.

Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne.

WORKSHOP: MONOTYPE/ MONOPRINT: Instructor: Lyna Lou Nordstrom. In this two-day workshop, students will paint on a plastic plate surface. The image is then transferred to the paper using the etching press.

After it goes through the press, there is usually ink left on the surface so that a second print can be pulled through. This print will be a different, or it might be the beginning of another monotype. We will be using nontoxic Akua Intaglio printmaking ink which is soy-based and cleans up with soap and water. We will also be using a small professional press. Come ready to have fun

with this magical process. This is suitable for all levels of students.

Jul. 11 & 12, Sat. & Sun., 1-4:30 p.m. Cost: $120/nonmembers; $110/members; incl. $20 materials fee. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne.

WORKSHOP: PASTEL: Instructor: Robert Carsten. This fun and exciting workshop will explore various ways to explore bold color with dramatic light effects in pastel landscapes. Working from your sketches or photos, we will explore concepts of color, design and techniques. Various approaches will be presented and demonstrated. Critique, at-easel assistance and lots of painting time will make this an educational and enjoyable painting experience. All levels are welcome from beginner through advanced. Materials list provided. Aug. 7-8, Fri. & Sat., 10-4:30 p.m. Cost: $188.50/ nonmembers; $170/members.

Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne.

WORKSHOP: VENEERING: Instructor: Antoine Schapira.

Come learn from renowned furniture designer Antoine Schapira and acquire skills

in extraordinary veneering techniques. Topics he will cover include inspection of the bundle of veneer prior to use, flattening and leaves numbering, different ways to cut veneer, layouts and geometrical marquetry, effects created by laminating blocks of various species and resawing, inlays, and methods of applying veneers to a substrate. This workshop is appropriate for professional woodworkers as well as hobbyists. Jun. 20 & 21, Sat. & Sun., 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Cost: $575/nonmembers; $520/members $550; incl. $25 materials fee. Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne.

WORKSHOP: WOOD INTENSIVE: Instructor: Chris Ramos. This five-day intensive course will offer a comprehensive introduction to hardwood furniture design and construction. Students will construct their own Shaker-style hall table, gaining familiarity with wood characteristics, machine and tool use, traditional joinery, and wood finishing through the build. Come devote yourself to a week of hand building and hand learning, and leave with a truly crafted object for life. Aug.

10-14, Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Cost: $520/nonmember; 476.50/ members; incl. $85 materials fee. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne.

dance DANCE STUDIO SALSALINA: Salsa classes, nightclub-style, on-one and on-two, group and private, four levels. Beginner walk-in classes, Wednesdays, 6 p.m. $13/person for one-hour class. No dance experience, partner or preregistration required, just the desire to have fun! Drop in any time and prepare for an enjoyable workout. Location: 266 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Victoria, 598-1077, info@ salsalina.com.

DSANTOS VT SALSA: Experience the fun and excitement of Burlington’s eclectic dance community by learning salsa.

Trained by world famous dancer Manuel Dos Santos, we teach you how to dance to the music and how to have a great time on the dance floor! There is no better time to start than now!

Mon. evenings: beginner class, 7-8 p.m.; intermediate, 8:15-9:15

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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.

drumming DJEMBE IN BURLINGTON!: Learn drumming technique and music on West African drums!

Burlington Beginners Djembe class is on Wed., 7-8:20 p.m.

Three-week sessions start Apr. 22 & May 3. $53/3 weeks, $22 drop-in. Djembes are provided.

Please 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.

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.

Sessions start Apr. 20, 21 & 22.

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.

empowerment WORKING WITH MANDALAS: A contemplative, hands-on workshop designed to introduce participants to the powerful spiritual effect that results in the process of crafting a mandala. All tools and media will be provided.

Class size limited to 12. Led

by Sue Mehrtens, teacher and author. May 16 & 30, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $60/person. Location: Masonic Lodge, St. Albans. Info: 244-7909.

Working with the Power of Symbols: Learn how to work with and interpret symbols in this hands-on course,

supplemented with a special workshop on the power of glyphs. Led by Sue Mehrtens and Carol Van Tuinen. May 14, 21 & 28 & Jun. 4, 7-9 p.m. Cost: $60/person. Location: Jungian Center for the Spiritual Sciences, 55 Clover La., Waterbury. Info: 244-7909.

feldenkrais Oiling the Hip Joints Series: Uwe will teach Awareness through Movement lessons that will help you discover your hip joints and explore their potential for movement. The positive effects will be felt in many daily activities like walking and sitting. You will improve your overall flexibility without experiencing discomfort. Prior Feldenkrais experience is not necessary to enjoy this six-week series. Sun., May 3, 5-6 p.m. Cost: $90/6-week series. Location: Otter Creek Yoga, Marble Works, Middlebury. Info: Uwe Mester, 735-3770, info@ vermontfeldenkrais.com, vermontfeldenkrais.com.

fitness First Strides Vermont: First Strides is a beginner 12-week program that will help you progress from the couch to walking or running at a pace that’s right for you. Find self-confidence you never imagined possible. Weekly meetings include a self-paced group walk and/or run with supportive, experienced mentors, plus inspirational, informative speakers. Weekly on Wed., May 6-Jul. 22. Cost: $45/12-week program if preregistered online; $50 day of. Location: Community Park & Paths, behind Williston Central School, Williston. Info: First Strides Vermont, Kasie Enman, 238-0820, info@ firststridesvermont.com, firststridesvermont.com.

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Expressions in Paint with Claire Desjardins: Deepen your understanding of acrylic painting as you learn innovative mark-making techniques, experiment with larger brushes and explore color theory. Sat., May 9 & Sun., May 10, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

Cost: $175/members; $200/nonmembers. Location: Helen Day Art Center, 90 Pond St., Stowe.

Info: 253-8358, education@ helenday.com, helenday.com.

Jazzerise Burlington: Jazzercise is a pulse-pounding, beat-pumping fitness program that gets you results fast. It’s a calorie-torching, hip swiveling, Shakira’d-be-proud dance party with a hot playlist to distract you from the burn. Meets 7 days a week; times vary. Location: Jazzercise Burlington, 14 Heineberg Rd., Burlington. Info: Michele Catella, 355-0487, michele_catella@comcast.net.

Rustic Log Furniture Class: Mudroom Bench & Coat Rack: This course will cover sustainable harvesting, stock selection, design, layout, joinery and finishing. Students will take home their finished projects.

Materials included. Sat., May 16 or Wed., May 20, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $175/member; $200/ member. Location: Helen Day Art Center, 90 Pond St., Stowe.

Info: 253-8358, education@ helenday.com, helenday.com.

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Experienced Native Professor Offering Spanish Classes: Interactive lessons to improve comprehension, pronunciation and achieve fluency.

Grammar and vocabulary practice plus audio-visual material is used. Classes individually and in groups. Children and adults.

“I feel proud that my students have significantly improved their Spanish with my teaching approach.—Maigualida Gomez Rak, MA. Location: College St., Burlington. Info: 276-0747, maigomez1@hotmail.com, burlingtonvt.universitytutor. com/tutors/116306.

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.

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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.

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Japanese Language classes: The Japan-America Society of Vermont (JASV) is offering Japanese language lessons for children. Classes meet weekly on Sundays beginning May 3. Japanese Language Classes, Level 1, 9:30-10:30 a.m. This class does not require any Japanese speaking ability. Intermediate Japanese Language Classes, Level 2, 10:45-11:45 a.m. The intermediate class requires a certain level of comprehesion for daily

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Physical Acting: An essential class for the actor looking to build skills. Learn ways to align, activate and focus the body as a primary storytelling source.

Become more responsive to impulse and work on freeing the body of tension or habits that impede flow and creativity. Instructor: Jena Necrason.

Weekly on Sat., May 2-Jun. 6, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Cost: $115/6week class. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 652-4548, flynnarts.org.

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LEARN SPANISH & OPEN NEW DOORS: Connect with a new world. We provide high-quality, affordable instruction in the Spanish language for adults, students and children. Travelers’ lesson package. Our ninth year.

Personal instruction from a native speaker. Small classes, private lessons and online instruction. See our website for complete information or contact us for details. Location: Spanish in Waterbury Center, Waterbury Center. Info: 585-1025, spanishparavos@gmail.com, spanishwaterburycenter.com.

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Exploring Connections: Intent & Clarity: 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. Fri., May 1, 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.

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.

Certificate upon completion. 7 Sun., Apr. to Oct. Cost: $825/person. Location: Vermont School of Herbal Studies, Greensboro. Info: 533-2344.

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For more information, please visit jasv.org. 7 1-hour classes.

Location: Japan America Society of Vermont (JASV), 123 Ethan Allen Ave., Colchester.

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SHAMBHALA TRAINING LEVEL I: THE ART OF BEING HUMAN: Level One introduces the rich Shambhala tradition, which inspires us to explore and celebrate what it is to be human. Level One 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. & Sun. May, 2 & 3, 9 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.

TAMING THE MIND: This class presents the Hinayana Buddhist path. It is wonderful for both beginners and experienced meditators. Topics include the Buddhist Path of Transformation, Mindfulness and Awareness: The Practice of Calm Abiding, True Suffering, Motivation and the Four Reminders, Faith and Discipline, and Selflessness and Liberation. Register online: burlington.shambhala.org/programdetails/?id=225829. Weekly on Mon., May 4-Jun. 8, 7:15-9 p.m., & Sat., May 23, 9 a.m.-noon.

Location: Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 658-6795.

pregnancy/ childbirth PRENATAL METHOD STUDIO: Prenatal and postnatal yoga and barre classes. Yoga for Fertility Class Series. Childbirth Education Series and weekend intensives. Yoga Alliance Registered Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training Program.

Empathy circles, infant massage and new mothers groups.

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.

self-defense INTRODUCTORY AIKIDO CLASS: Aikido is a nonviolent martial in which we resolve conflict harmoniously and with compassion. Rather than engage in a struggle, we redirect our partner’s energy in the spirit of protection, even as we protect ourselves. We learn to fall safely so that we can accept this redirection and stay connected. 4 consecutive Tue. starting May 5, 6-7:30 p.m. Cost: $60/4 classes on the basic movements of Aikido, incl. falling & basic technique. Location: Vermont Aikido, 274 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington.

Info: Rachel Kling, 310-1878, rachelkling1968@gmail.com, vermontaikido.com.

spirituality HEAVEN & EARTH AWAKEN CIRCLE: We live in a tumultuous time of great change. In this circle we’ll learn and practice energy techniques to raise our vibration, supporting increasing the light, stabilizing the love and ways to anchor the paradigm of the New Earth of unity consciousness. For men and women; leave lighter and renewed! 1st Thu. of the mo.: May 7, 6:45 p.m.

Cost: $15/circle. Location: Sacred Mountain Studio, 215 College St., Burlington. Info: Lightheart Healing Arts, 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 wellbeing of body, mind and spirit passed traditionally through four generations of Tung Family Lineage. Experience the bliss of true nature through practice of teachings: Yang Style Long Form Postures & Sequence; Complementary Exercises & Qigong; Yin/Yang Theory & Guiding Principles; Push Hands Partner Practice; and Mindfulness Meditation. All-level weekly classes, Wed., 5:30-7 p.m. $60/mo. 1st class free. Art of Tai Chi Chuan, 1st Saturday Seminar Series, May 2, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. $30.

Tai Chi for Health, Thu., 10-11 a.m. $50/mo. Location: McClure Center, 241 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Madeleine PiatLandolt, 453-3690, whitecloudarts@gmail.com, whitecloudarts.org.

NEW BEGINNERS TAI CHI CLASS: Long River Tai Chi Circle is the school of Wolfe Lowenthal, student of Professor Cheng Man-ching and author of three classic works on tai chi chuan.

Patrick Cavanaugh, a longtime student of Wolfe Lowenthal and a senior instructor at Long River, will be teaching the classes in Burlington. Begins Wed., May 6, 9-10 a.m. Cost: $65/monthly (registration open through May 27). Location: North End Studios, 294 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington.

Info: Long River Tai Chi Circle, Patrick Cavanaugh, 490-6405, patrick@longrivertaichi.org, longrivertaichi.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.

tarot TAROT AND THE DIVINE FEMININE: This engaging four-week workshop of 2.5-hour sessions per week will invite participants to deepen their acquaintance with the Divine Feminine as she is found in the Tarot deck and world spiritual traditions. Topics and practices will include personal theology, readings and spreads, goddesses and mythology, and guided visualization. Weekly on Thu., 6-8:30 p.m., May 14-Jun. 4.

Cost: $130/4-week workshop (10 hours). Location: Moonlight Gift Shoppe, 174 Rte. 7 S, unit 104, Milton. Info: Sherri Glebus, MA, 224-6756, sglebus@gmail.com, tarot-intuitive.com.

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: North End Studio B, 294 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 999-9963.

EVOLUTION YOGA: Evolution Yoga and Physical Therapy offers a variety of classes in a supportive atmosphere: Beginner, advanced, kids, babies, post- and pre-natal, community classes and workshops. Vinyasa, Kripalu, Core, Therapeutics and Alignment classes. Become part of our yoga community. You are welcome here. Cost: $15/class, $130/class card, $5-10/community classes. Location: Evolution Yoga, 20 Kilburn St., Burlington.

Info: 864-9642, evolutionvt.com.

HONEST YOGA, THE ONLY DEDICATED HOT YOGA FLOW CENTER: Honest Yoga offers practice for all levels. Brand new beginners’ courses include two specialty classes per week for four weeks plus unlimited access to all classes. We have daily classes in Essentials, Flow and Core Flow with alignment constancy. We hold teacher trainings at the 200- and 500-hour levels. Daily classes & workshops. $25/new student 1st week unlimited, $15/class or $130/10-class card, $12/ class for student or senior or $100/10-class punch card.

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We aim to clarify your mind, strengthen your body and ignite your joyful spirit through classes such as Prenatal Yoga, Gentle Yoga, Anusura-inspired all levels, Therapeutic Restorative and Heated Vinyasa Flow! New on our spring schedule: Kripalu Yoga w/ Pam, Sun., 12:30-1:30 p.m.

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Something in the Way Maryse Smith’s The Way It Is is her finest record yet B Y DA N BOL L ES

record suggested Smith had come into her own.

Now, another three years later, Smith takes another profound step forward with The Way It Is. Her songwriting is more potent and quietly devastating, her voice more dynamic and expressive.

And she had Chorney on hand to color her music with mysterious tones. Long regarded as one of the most unique and creative musicians in Vermont, his contributions — as well as those of bassist Rob Morse, marimbist Jane Boxall and guitarist Brett Lanier — generate textures and depth that make the album Smith’s finest to date.

The Way It Is is beautiful. It is also sometimes sad. Smith is shy and sometimes introverted. But she is not a particularly down person, at least not any more than most people. She uses music to synthesize and process turmoil, most often after the fact.

“I’ve realized I’m not a depressed writer,” she says. “I can write about something after, but when I’m in something, it’s not productive.”

Smith adds that her music is not necessarily always a window to her soul.

“A lot of what I write is just a snapshot of how I’m feeling at that second,” she explains. “Songs are like little moments. They’re reflections that might be true in that moment, but could equally be not true the next day.”

She further notes that, though her writing can come off as confessional, she’s not always writing about herself.

“Sometimes something can sound romantic, but it’s really just a story,” Smith says. “On the other hand, sometimes I might write something as though I’m talking to someone else, but it’s really about my own shit.

“I do spend a lot of time in my head,” she adds. “But I guess that’s why I write songs.”

The batch of songs on The Way It Is represents some of Smith’s most affecting writing, touching on themes from grappling with adulthood (“Glory SOMETHING IN THE WAY

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aryse Smith likes to take her time with things. Like, approximately three years.

“I’m a slow mover,” she says, the faintest trace of a self-conscious grin creasing the corner of her mouth as she sips a late-afternoon beer at a bustling Burlington coffeehouse.

Smith, 28, is discussing the creation of her new album, The Way It Is, released last week on new Burlington imprint Future Fields. That album, her third fulllength, was recorded last summer at the Lincoln, Vt., home of multi-instrumentalist and composer Michael Chorney, with whom Smith has been collaborating for the past two years. It is a followup to her 2012 self-titled record, which was in turn a follow-up to her debut, Is Becomes Was, released in 2009.

As evidenced by the oddly consistent three-year gaps in her musical output, Smith is correct in her self-assessment.

At the very least, you could say she works at a deliberate pace — that’s also how she tends to speak, at least when asked about her music. But, as the adage goes, good things come to those who wait.

Is Becomes Was was a startling debut, perfect in its imperfections. It had a cozy, handmade quality whose faun-like clumsiness only made the record more endearing. Though it was the work of a very shy young songwriter still finding her voice, it offered tantalizing glimpses of Smith’s endless promise. This was most notable in her uncommonly expressive vocal delivery and her clever and deceptively incisive, insightful wordplay. As its title implies, the record was a heart-wrenching rumination on the impermanence of both life and love.

Three years later, Maryse Smith revealed a far more confident voice — literally and figuratively. The self-titled sophomore record presented her backed by a full band and teeming with previously unseen swagger, almost as if she had a chip on her shoulder. And judging from some of the album’s pointed takes on love gone bad, perhaps she did.

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I sat near former Seven Days political columnist ShAY tottEN, an avowed fan who has seen Hurley many times, and he said that Hurley’s set included some of the best performances he’s ever heard the man give.

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Oddly enough, one of those bands is from Montréal and it’s not the one with the French name — Au Revoir are from New Jersey.

Then there’s the NNA Tapes showcase, also at oak45, on Sunday, May 3. Baltimore’s horSE lorDS bring the raw rock. Boston’s trEDici BAcci bring the lavish orchestrations. And NYC’s BAttlE trANcE bring the saxophones. Four of them, to be precise — they’re a tenor sax quartet, and they’re fascinating.

Interestingly, none of the three bands on the NNA bill are local. But that speaks to the local micro-label’s wide reach. The showcase is also a throwback to WW’s “other music” roots. (Ditto the Friends + Family showcase. Sadly, specifics on its Saturday showcase at Scout & Co. were unpublished as of press time. But given the collective’s general track record, swing by.)

Beyond specific showcases, every day of the fest offers a chance to check out scads of locals all over the rotary.

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Man, I really love Waking Windows.

You might have gathered that, given the amount of coverage the fest is getting in this week’s issue. (We’re at about 4,500 words and counting, which is a lot.) But what can I say? I’m excited for it. I’m also proud of it, and I think you should be, too.

For one thing, I like to see good people succeed. And you’d be hardpressed to find more genuine, hardworking folks than the crew at Waking Windows Presents. I’ve admired their work individually for a long, long time. But as a group they’re doing something special and, as PourS’ BrYAN PArmElEE correctly points out in this week’s cover story (page 32), their efforts reverberate throughout the entire music community.

But as importantly, Waking Windows is a remarkable gauge of the state of the local music scene, which I don’t think has ever been as diverse and dynamic as it is right now. And WW5 is your chance to see exactly why that is.

We’ll start with the curated showcases. There’s the all-ages Get Stoked! Records showcase at oak45 on Saturday, May 2 — and, yes, a wine bar might seem an unusual place for a punk and hardcore show, but just roll with it. Spearheaded by 242 Main booking dude JuStiN GoNYEA, it features some top-notch locals, including tYlEr DANiEl BEAN, a new band called NASA BlAStA, shoegazers SlEEPiNG iN (see the review on page 73) and Gonyea’s own excellent hardcore/punk band, Doom SErVicE. That’s in addition to some outof-towners, Au rEVoir and AtSuko chiBA.

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Sunday is traditionally a slower day at WW, but not this year. May 3 is also extremely locals-heavy, with liNDA BASSick, chriS DormAN & FriENDS, JAmES kochAlkA, FrANcEScA BlANchArD, the SNAz, AlANNA GrAcE FlYNN, JoE ADlEr & thE rANGErS oF DANGEr, DiNo BrAVo, hEloiSE & thE SAVoir FAirE, ArGoNAut&wASP, zEro circlE, VillANEllES, mADAilA, wrEN kitz, hEllo ShArk, mArYSE Smith, SAVAGE hEN, ShEPArDS PiE, ViolEttE ultrAViolEt, Blowtorch, the FAmilY NiGht BAND, VulturES oF cult and hEAVY PlAiNS. The word you’re looking for is “wow.”

You’ll notice I didn’t mention the specific venues in which any of those bands are playing. Two reasons: One, doing so would eat up half the column.

And two, I want you to go find them yourselves. Because, undoubtedly, along the way you’ll stumble into some other band you didn’t know you loved, which is where the real fun is at Waking Windows — well, that and playing hipster Frogger in the rotary.

So get out there and enjoy yourself.

And if you see one of the Waking Windows Presents folks, be sure to say thank you. They deserve it.

(And if you do want to know where a specific band might be, check out wakingwindows.com.)

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Bound”) to losing love (“I Forgot”) and then finding it again (“Hold Me”). Smith has always had a knack for gently exposing complicated emotions. But working with Chorney has helped reveal a deeper quality in her work.

“Sometimes when I hear a musician, there’s just a resonance,” says Chorney by phone from his home. “It’s not necessarily all about the lyrics or the songwriting or the musical thing, it’s a combination of all of those that resonates.

And when it does, it’s like, Oh, there’s someone from my planet.”

Chorney and Smith have been working together for about two years, since meeting at the Precipice music festival in Burlington. It’s a natural union.

Chorney’s tactful style accentuates Smith’s writing, not unlike the way David Rawlings distinctively shades the work of Gillian Welch. Perhaps the clearest example of this comes on the track “I Got a Job.” Here, Chorney’s acoustic slide guitar meanders around Smith’s searching yarn about how the demands of a day job, though providing security, can interfere with the immediacy of a romantic relationship. It’s both rustic and ethereal, which suits Smith’s back-porch rocking-chair lyricism.

“He’s a very thoughtful guitarist,” says Smith of Chorney.

Contrasting with the lag between Smith’s releases, the recording sessions for her new one took only a couple of days. It was by far the fastest she has ever worked in the studio. Most of the tracks were recorded live and feature minimal overdubs. And very few of the songs had established arrangements

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beforehand, which allowed the players room to explore.

“It was probably the most fun I’ve had recording,” says Smith.

Indeed, the record feels immediate and spontaneous. That the reserved singer would thrive in such a situation may come as a surprise. But as The Way It Is reveals, Maryse Smith is more comfortable with herself than ever before.

“I’ve come to accept my shyness as part of who I am,” she says. “I feel like a lot of people always talk. And that’s just as bad.”

Smith generally prefers to do her talking through her music, even if it takes her a while to do so. And as she’s proven yet again with The Way It Is, when she does have something to say, the rest of us should listen. m

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These include BANJO DAN’s the SKY BLUE BOYS (May 29), MARY MCGINNISS & FRIENDS (June 26), RUSH RUN PHILHARMONIC (July 24), WOODS TEA COMPANY (August 28) and PAUL ASBELL (September 25).

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Speaking of great rooms, last week was the first chance I’d had to catch a proper show at the Light Club Lamp Shop. I’ve been there several times when there was live music, but it’s typically been of the low-key, background variety. Until last Thursday’s MARYSE SMITH CD-release show, I’d yet to enjoy the Lamp Shop as

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But equally compelling for me that night was the venue itself. It was my first trip to the old Meeting House — and probably to East Fairfield, come to think of it — and I have to say I’m smitten. It is indeed a very old meetinghouse — a former Congregational Church that was erected in 1876. And it’s in need of some work, which the Fairfield Community Center Association is raising money to do. But in spite of, or maybe because of, its shabby quaintness, the Meeting House is a uniquely enjoyable place to see a show. From the close proximity of your pew-mates to the tasty homemade treats at the concession stand to the general down-home ambiance of the sanctuary, it’s a hoot.

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ZEN LOUNGE: UVM Soccer Team Fundraiser, 10 p.m., $5. 18+.

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MOOG'S PLACE: Remembering a Friend (folk), 8 p.m., free.

ZEN LOUNGE: Kizomba with Dsantos VT, 7 p.m., free.

ZensDay (top 40), 10 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

PIECASSO PIZZERIA & LOUNGE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

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GOOD TIMES CAFÉ: Eric Taylor (singer-songwriter), 8:30 p.m., $15.

THE MONKEY HOUSE: Savage Hen, Mac Swan & Back Holly, Sabrehound (metal), 8:30 p.m., $3/8. 18+.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: The Woedoggies (blues, country), 7 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (MONTPELIER): Cajun Jam with

RUSTY NAIL: Open Mic, 9:30 p.m., free.

CITY LIMITS: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

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MOOG'S PLACE: Open Mic, 8 p.m., free.

SUSHI YOSHI (STOWE): Robinson Morse Trio (jazz), 5 p.m., free.

middlebury area

CITY LIMITS: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: DJ Dizzle (dance party), 10 p.m., free.

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MONOPOLE: Open Mic, 10 p.m., free.

OLIVE RIDLEY'S: So You Want to Be a DJ?, 10 p.m., free.

& Half Comedy (standup), 8 p.m., free.

THE STAGE: James Gingue & Friends (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Shane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 8 p.m., free.

outside vermont

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Live Music, 9 p.m., free.

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NECTAR'S: Trivia Mania, 7 p.m., free. Bluegrass Thursday: Business 2 Consumer, 9:30 p.m., $2/5. 18+.

BARRIO BAKERY & PIZZA BARRIO: Marcie Hernandez (singer-songwriter), 6:30 p.m., free.

RADIO BEAN COFFEEHOUSE: Jazz Sessions with Julian Chobot, 6:30 p.m., free. Ida Mae Specker (old-time), 7:30 p.m., free. Shane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. Ryan Ober & the Loose Ends (folk rock denim dudes), 9 p.m., free.

Soul Sessions: Nicole D'Elisa & the Bodacious Supreme, 10:30 p.m., $5.

burlington

BENTO: Classics Vinyl Clash (eclectic), 10 p.m., free.

CHURCH & MAIN: Cody Sargent Trio (jazz), 8 p.m., free.

CLUB METRONOME: Hawthorne Heights, Zero Circle, Better Things (post-hardcore), 6 p.m., $15/18. AA. THE DAILY PLANET: Hot Pickin' Party (bluegrass), 8 p.m., free.

DRINK: BLiNDoG Records Acoustic Sessions, 5 p.m., free.

PARKER PIE CO.: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

FINNIGAN'S PUB: Craig Mitchell (funk), 10 p.m., free.

THE STAGE: Open Mic, 6 p.m., free.

FRANNY O'S: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Half

RED SQUARE: Tequila Project (funk), 6 p.m., free. D Jay Baron (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Spags (EDM), 10 p.m., free.

RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB & WHISKEY ROOM: Mashtodon (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

SIGNAL KITCHEN: Samo Sound Boy, Snakefoot, Derek Neal (electronic dance music), 8:30 p.m., $5/10. AA.

OLIVE RIDLEY'S: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

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BENTO: Open Improvisation Jam, 10 p.m., free.

BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: Gabe Jarrett (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free.

CLUB METRONOME: Back to the Future Friday (’90s/2000s dance party), 9 p.m., $5.

FINNIGAN'S PUB: DJ Jon Demus (reggae), 10 p.m., free.

JUNIPER: Almost Nowhere (rock), 9 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Charming Disaster (cabaret folk), 8 p.m., free.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Stone Soul (rock), 9 p.m., free.

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REVIEW this Deep River Saints, Acts of American Homes (SELF-RELEASED, CD, DIGITAL DOWNLOAD)

Deep River Saints began as a recording project for Patrick Crowley, formerly of the now-disbanded groups Cities on the Moon and What’s Good. After recruiting his former WG bandmate, drummer Erick Lattrell, Crowley added three other members to create Deep River Saints’ current lineup. The band exists largely as backing for Crowley’s family-focused lyrics.

Accordingly, the band’s debut album, Acts of American Homes, plays like chapters from Crowley’s childhood memoirs. At turns wistful, bittersweet and anguished, the album is undoubtedly emotional, bordering on draining. But it is also a deep and honest self-portrait.

Built on acoustic guitar and upright bass, with accents of steel guitar, the album approaches alt-country but remains largely folky. The instrumentation is sparse, slow and conscious, providing a clean template for Crowley’s earnest

vocals. Though he vacillates between high-pitched pleas and low, calming coos, his voice is consistently yearning.

In “To Be Absorbed,” Crowley personifies himself with a litany of forgotten, ordinary objects: “I was a matchbox / I was a blade / I was a tin can tied to a string / Oh lord oh lord / I was a hammer / I was a lathe / I was a song verse scratched on a page.” The tune suggests the emotion concealed in the commonplace, but also how easily overlooked things can be in the midst of family dysfunction.

“Devil Fruit” is a meditation on being raised with religion, while “Doomed to Repeat” is a frank and damning tune about the cycle of leaving — and perhaps divorce: “She walked her road / She changed her name / She bolted down her feet but tore them up again / Pulling luggage through the heat / 14 years doomed to repeat.”

Two tracks, “At Our Behest” and “Crazy Things,” deviate from the familial

theme. While these ballads dwell on romantic love, the songs are still tinged with the sadness that defines the rest of the album, so their inclusion feels seamless.

The one track that feels out of place is “Telephone.” At only 42 seconds, it’s quite direct: “I saw you and you saw me, won’t you come home with me? / Across the room at the O.P., won’t you come home with me?” The stranger-at-thebar diversion is an odd choice given the surrounding subject matter.

While Crowley’s voice is not unpleasant to listen to, the album doesn’t have an especially standout tune. Instead, the tracks bleed together, much like real memories do. There are moments of sharp, tactile truth (“Seven Costumes”) as well as segments of impressionistic nostalgia (“Red Flag Warning”). Acts of American Homes might be one man’s personal, if weary, recollections. But its themes are relatable to anyone who has experienced the pains of family and loss.

Deep River Saints’ Acts of American Homes is available at deepriversaints. bandcamp.com.

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that encourage folks to make their playlists “sleepier,” and whining on their Bandcamp bio, “We want naps.”

The band cites vintage shoegazers HUM as an influence, and is dead-on with the layered guitars played by JT Day, Mason Dixon and Adam Wolinsky. Like fellow three-plus guitar band Diarrhea Planet, Sleeping In have found varying and balanced tones that help them avoid cacophony.

Recorded with Burlington producer Zach Crawford of SkySplitterInk Productions, the four-song EP is more about an overall sound than about specifics. From the first song, “Big Starr,” and across the album, guitar soloing is aimed at serving the melody and mood more than showing off individual chops.

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When Burlington’s Sleeping In premiered their self-titled EP on Boston-based music blog Allston Pudding, writer Tim Gagnon posited that the band could be perceived as “a couple of Vermont guys that showed up a bit late to the endlessly moping shoegaze revival.” However, in light of a new crop of listeners being introduced to no wave and post-punk by Kim Gordon’s popular memoir chronicling Sonic Youth, not to mention noisy bands like Speedy Ortiz getting press in Rolling Stone, one could argue that Sleeping In are arriving right on time.

Sleeping In are a relatively new band, formed in summer 2014. But they are already crafting their identity. While buried vocals make lyrical themes tough to suss out, the band exudes an overall bummer attitude. Some of the only discernible lyrics on the album are in the song “Worn,” in which the phrase “You wear me out / You wear me down” is sung with telling repetition, conveying a sense of exhaustion. The band proliferates this image online, posting comments

whole sound is greater than the sum of its parts.

The dirge-y “Worn” lulls listeners with a hypnotizing flanging effect, then rings the alarm with a series of tight hits that could be building to a heavy jam but instead cuts the song unexpectedly, and enticingly, short. In “Sink in Yr Skin,” the group stays consistent with more fuzz and far-away vocals, but flirts with a pop-rock melody. And the final track, “Wouldn’t Mind,” is a heavy hitter led by drummer Jordan Sticker and backed by Lorna Dielentheis’ steady bass playing.

Maybe arriving late to the shoegaze throwback party is part of the sleepy, slacker vibe of Sleeping In, and maybe the brevity of this release is, too — as soon as you get a good stare going, the music is over. But if the self-proclaimed “sleepy boys” have mastered one thing, it’s the art of quitting while they’re ahead and leaving listeners wanting more.

Sleeping In perform at oak45 in Winooski on Saturday, May 2, as part of Waking Windows 5. The band’s self-titled EP is available for digital download on iTunes and sssleepingin.bandcamp.com.

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Steve Lehman Octet

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ALEJANDRA BARRAGAN

JOHN ABBOTT

Wadada Leo Smith’s Golden Quartet

Joe Locke’s Love is a Pendulum

High Concept On their 2013 record Zero, iconic post-hardcore band

HAWtHoRNE HEIGHtS completely reinvented themselves. Essentially a concept album, the

Aaron Goldberg Trio

Monday, June 8, 8pm FlynnSpace AB MCNEELY

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record cast the band in a new artistic light. While it retained the same fire as their previous work, it was more nuanced and focused. HH haven’t abandoned their storied

Tuesday, June 9, 8pm FlynnSpace

past — they’re currently touring in celebration of the 10-year anniversary of their seminal record Silence in Black and White. But they’re as focused on the future as ever.

Catch the band at Club Metronome in Burlington this Thursday, April 30, with locals

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Mimi Jones Band

Wednesday, June 10, 8pm FlynnSpace

Thursday, June 11, 8pm FlynnSpace

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ZERo cIRcLE and BEttER tHINGS.

Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, the Hornitz (rock, jam), 9 p.m., $5.

RADIO BEAN COFFEEHOUSE: Friday morning SingAlong with Linda Bassick & Friends (kids music), 11 a.m., free. The Fox and the Feather (forest dwelling folk), 7 p.m., free. maryse Smith (indie folk), 8:30 p.m., free. old Sky (country), 9:30 p.m., free. cherokee Red (psychedelic folk), 10:30 p.m., free.

People's champs (indie soul), 11:30 p.m., free.

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RED SQUARE: Andy Lugo (singer-songwriter), 4 p.m., free. Stone cold Roosters (western swing), 7 p.m., $5. DJ craig mitchell (house), 11 p.m., $5.

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JERICHO CAFÉ & TAVERN: carol Ann Jones & Will Patton (country), 7:30 p.m., free.

MISERY LOVES CO. BAKESHOP: WW5: Ver Sacrum, Abbie morin, Lauren Aiken, Iris Downet, Nighttime, old Sky, 5:50 p.m., $20-40.

RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB & WHISKEY ROOM: Supersounds DJ (top 40), 10 p.m., free.

THE MONKEY HOUSE: WW5: Snakefoot, the Wistching Flower, toPS, And the Kids, the Lentils, Vesuvius Solo, Last Good tooth, Shells, NYIKo, Kelly Ravin & the cigarettes, 5 p.m., $20-40.

SIGNAL KITCHEN: Lunice (hip-hop), 9 p.m., $15/20.

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HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: First Friday: Sugar & Spice (dance party), 9 p.m., $5/10.

18+.

MISERY LOVES CO.: DJ cre8, Dan cahill (DJs), 8:30 p.m., $20-40.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Arc Iris (indie folk), 8 p.m., $5-10 donation.

MULE BAR: WW5: mean martin, Sasquatch, two Sev, Steal Wool, christopher Rubin (DJs), noon, $20-40.

ZEN LOUNGE: Jah Red (Latin), 8 p.m., $5. D Jay Baron (hip-hop), 11 p.m., $5.

OAK45: WW5: Ravi Shavi, Alpenglow, Pours, You Know ono, the Smittens, Invisible Homes, Great Valleys Grape Room, 5 p.m., $20-40.

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SCOUT & COMPANY: WW5: Jim Will Yell at You, cricket Blue, 6 p.m., $20-40.

BACKSTAGE PUB: Acoustic Happy Hour, 5 p.m., free. Karaoke with Jenny Red, 9 p.m., free.

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FOUR QUARTERS BREWING: WW5: Great Western, Eastern mountain time, osage orange, Phil Yates & the Afilliates, Near North, 5 p.m., $20-40.

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ con Yay (EDm), 9 p.m., $5.

RUBEN JAMES: DJ cre8 (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

Tickets & Info: 802-86-FLYNN or www.discoverjazz.com

BIRD FOLK: WW5: The DuPont Brothers, Nicole carey, cam Will, Erin & Willy, 5 p.m., $20-40.

STOPLIGHT GALLERY: WW5: comedy with clark Jones, Kenny Deforest, Will milles, Bitsy Biron, Will Betts, 8 p.m., $20-40.

WATERWORKS fOOd + dRinK: WW5: Al moore Blues Band, Steady Betty, 9 p.m., $20-40.

mountain Says No, Vedora, Black Rabbit, Lake milk, PoolooP, Red Admiral, 12:50 p.m., $20-40.

barre/montpelier

HiGHER GROUnd BALLROOM: Butch Walker, Jonathan tyler, the Dove & the Wolf (alt-country), 8:30 p.m., $20. AA.

BAGiTOS BAGEL & BURRiTO CAfÉ: Art Herttua and Stephen morabito (jazz), 6 p.m., donation.

CHARLiE-O'S WORLd fAMOUS: Sun Lions, Heavy Plains (rock), 10 p.m., free. nUTTY STEPH'S: Latin Friday with Rauli Fernandez & Friends, 7 p.m., free.

POSiTiVE PiE (MOnTPELiER): Big Bang Bhangra Brass Band, 10 p.m., NA. SWEET MELiSSA'S: Honky tonk Happy Hour with mark LeGrand, 5 p.m., free. Kava Express, 9 p.m., free.

WHAMMY BAR: Penny Arcade (blues, jazz), 7:30 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs area

THE BEE'S KnEES: Live music, 7:30 p.m., donation.

MOOG'S PLACE: Abby Sherman (singersongwriter), 6 p.m., free. John Lackard Blues Band, 9 p.m., free.

RiMROCK'S MOUnTAin TAVERn: DJ Rekkon #FridayNightFrequencies (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

RUSTY nAiL: Grundlefunk, casio Bastard (funk), 9 p.m., free.

middlebury area

MiSERY LOVES CO. BAKESHOP: WW5: tRanx, Kafari, 10 p.m., $20-40.

MiSERY LOVES CO.: WW5: L'Enphant Sauvage, classic Hits, Luis calderin, Buster Brown, Inconceivable, noon, $20-40.

THE MOnKEY HOUSE: WW5: Led Lo/co, Blue Button, Paper castles, J Fernandez, Endless Jags, Jaw Gems, Enemy Self, Bless the child, the Lyngusitic civilians, carton, the Sun Parade, colin & the clarys, Ryan ober and the Loose Ends, the Fatheads, Iron Eyes cody, noon, $20-40.

MULE BAR: WW5: Bad turner, takaiko matsui, Derelicte, melo Grant, Not ted, 8 p.m., $20-40.

OAK45: WW5: Get Stoked! Records Showcase (hardcore), noon, $20-40. WW5: Kafari, my crow managed, Afraid, tooth ache., Basic Shapes, Nothinge, Grass mansion, Ebn Ezra, WDY & christopher Rubin, 4 p.m., $20-40.

WATERWORKS fOOd + dRinK: WW5: craig mitchell, Japhy Ryder, Willverine, 9 p.m., $20-40.

WAKinG WindOWS OUTdOOR STAGE: WW5: King tuff, titus Andronicus, cymbals Eat Guitars, o'Death, Lowell Thompson, Swale, Brass Balagan, 1 p.m., $20/40.

CiTY LiMiTS: city Limits Dance Party with top Hat Entertainment (Top 40), 9:30 p.m., free.

WinOOSKi UniTEd METHOdiST CHURCH: WW5: Birdie Busch, William tyler, Ruth Garbus, Blood Warriors, 4:30 p.m., $20-40.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERn LOUnGE & STAGE: The Shady trees (rock, funk), 9 p.m., $3.

barre/montpelier

northeast kingdom

PHAT KATS TAVERn: Jive Farmer (rock), 9:30 p.m., free.

THE STAGE: matt taylor (singer-songwriter), 6 p.m., free. Karaoke, 8 p.m., free. Karaoke, 8 p.m., free.

outside vermont

BAGiTOS BAGEL & BURRiTO CAfÉ: Irish Session, 2 p.m., donation. Silver & Stone (folk), 6 p.m., donation.

CHARLiE-O'S WORLd fAMOUS: Kathleen Kanz comedy Hour (standup comedy), 7 p.m., free.

Vermont Brigade (rock), 10 p.m., free.

ESPRESSO BUEnO: Bueno comedy Showvcase (standup comedy), 8 p.m., $6.

MOnOPOLE: The B-Sides (rock), 10 p.m., free.

SWEET MELiSSA'S: Penny Arcade (jazz), 5 p.m., free. Live music, 8 p.m., free.

MOnOPOLE dOWnSTAiRS: Happy Hour tunes & trivia with Gary Peacock, 5 p.m., free.

WHAMMY BAR: Jim Vantresca open mic Extravaganza, 7:30 p.m., free.

burlington

BEnTO: Selah Sounds, 10 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs area

THE BEE'S KnEES: Art Herttua & Stephen morabito (jazz), 7:30 p.m., donation.

MOOG'S PLACE: The Pizza tapes (bluegrass), 9 p.m., free.

CLUB METROnOME: Retronome with DJ Fattie B (’80s dance party), 9 p.m., free/$5.

RUSTY nAiL: RetroNail with DJ Fattie B (’80s dance party), 9 p.m., free.

fRAnnY O'S: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

middlebury area

JP'S PUB: Karaoke with megan, 10 p.m., free.

JUniPER: Bonjour Hi (house), 9 p.m., free.

MAnHATTAn PiZZA & PUB: Loudfoot (rock), 9 p.m., free.

REd SQUARE: Funky crustaceans (funk), 7 p.m., $5. mashtodon (hip-hop), 11 p.m., $5.

REd SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Raul, 6 p.m., $5. DJ Reign one (EDM), 11 p.m., $5.

SiGnAL KiTCHEn: Blockhead, mono/Poly, Ellie Herring (electronic dance music), 9 p.m., $12/15.

AA. ZEn LOUnGE: Regi B's Funny Thang comedy Show (standup comedy), 7 p.m., $5. The Remedy (country), 9 p.m., $5. DJ Atak & Guests (EDM, top 40), 10 p.m., $5.

BiRd fOLK: WW5: Little Slugger, Will Kindler, Footings, Henry Jamison, 4 p.m., $20-40. fOUR QUARTERS BREWinG: WW5: Barbacoa, the

CiTY LiMiTS: city Limits Dance Party with DJ Earl (top 40), 9:30 p.m., free.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERn LOUnGE & STAGE: J Rumney (eclectic), 6 p.m., free. Hamjob (jazz, funk), 9 p.m., $3.

northeast kingdom

PARKER PiE CO.: Black & White: EDm for Social Justice, 8 p.m., NA. THE STAGE: michael cassineri (singer-songwriter), 6 p.m., free. cobalt Blue (rock), 8 p.m., free.

outside vermont

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MOnOPOLE: High Peaks (rock), 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. nECTAR'S: mi Yard Reggae Night with DJs Big Dog and Demus, 9 p.m., $3.

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RAdiO BEAn COffEEHOUSE: Gypsy Jazz Brunch with Bob Gagnon trio, noon, free. Bad Accent (whirled folk music), 7 p.m., free. Dylan Jane (folk), 9 p.m., free. Kuf Knotz (hip-hop), 10:30 p.m., free.

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OLIVE RIDLEY'S: Karaoke with DJ Dana Barry, 9 p.m., free.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free.

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

NECTAR'S: VT Comedy Club Presents: What a Joke! Comedy Open Mic (standup comedy), 7 p.m., free. After Funk, Guardians of the Groove (funk), 9:30 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

burlington

JP'S PUB: Open Mic with Kyle, 9 p.m., free.

NECTAR'S: Fishbone, Coquette (ska, punk, funk), 9 p.m., $15/18.

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RADIO BEAN COFFEEHOUSE: Gua Gua (psychotropical jazz), 6:30 p.m., free. Dana Sipos (folk), 9 p.m., free. Honky Tonk Tuesday with Brett Hughes & Friends, 10 p.m., $3.

RED SQUARE: Guardians of the Groove (funk), 7 p.m., free. Craig Mitchell (house), 10 p.m., free.

ZEN LOUNGE: Killed It! Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

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Butch Walker’s new record, Afraid of Ghosts, boasts some serious star power. For one

thing, Ryan Adams produced it. It also features Bob Mould and Johnny Depp — who apparently does music now. And that’s to say nothing of Walker himself, a hardscrabble songwriter who has drawn raves for his simultaneously elegant and rough-edged take on alt-country from the likes of Esquire, SPIN and the Wall Street Journal. Touring in support of that record, Walker stops by the Higher Ground Ballroom in South Burlington on Saturday, May 2, with Jonathan

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THE OLDE NORTHENDER PUB: Open Mic, 7 p.m., free.

RADIO BEAN COFFEEHOUSE: Celtic Brunch with Hannah Beth Crary, 11 a.m., free. Pete Sutherland & Tim Stickle's Old-Time Session, 1 p.m., free.

Mathis Grey & Patrick Woods (folk rock), 7:30 p.m., free. Dan Saulpaugh & Raye Zaragoza (singer-songwriter), 9 p.m., free.

Loose at the Root (funky dance rock), 10:30 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE: Piano Bear, 7 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Bluegrass Brunch Scramble, noon, $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.

BIRD FOLK: WW5: Maryse Smith, Jacob Augustine, Alanna Grace Flynn, 3:45 p.m., $20-40.

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FOUR QUARTERS BREWING: WW5: Savage Hen, Whiskey Dicks, Dino Bravo, Sun Lions, Vilanelles, 2 p.m., $20-40.

HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: ’68, A Lot Like Birds, I the Mighty (rock), 7:30 p.m., $10/12. AA.

MISERY LOVES CO. BAKESHOP: WW5: Chris Dorman & Friends, Sunday Morning Sing-Alng with Linda Bassick, 11 a.m., $20-40.

WW5: Local Comedy Showcase, 8 p.m., $20-40.

MISERY LOVES CO.: WW5: Family Night Band, Blowtorch, Shepards Pie, Rick Stevens Entertainment, Mijrette Susan Norton, noon, free.

THE MONKEY HOUSE: WW5: Low Cut Lonnie, Gymshorts, Heavy Plains, Vultures of Cult, Rick Rude, Vicious Gift, Zero Circle, Joe Adler & the Rangers of Danger, Def Ears, 3 p.m., $20-40.

MULE BAR: WW5: Cribwell & Goodspeed, Wobblyhead, Tricky Pat, Drew Brinkerhoff, Mae, Aquamarina, 3 p.m., $20-40.

OAK45: WW5: BIZPRO, Hello Shark, Lisa/Liza, Jeff Beam, Francesca Blanchard, 3 p.m., $20-40. WW5: NNA Tapes Showcase, 7 p.m., $20-40.

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SCOUT & COMPANY: WW5: Michael Chorney & Hollar General, Violette Ultraviolet, Wren Kitz, Crater Lake, the Snaz, 3 p.m., $20-40.

WAKING WINDOWS OUTDOOR STAGE: WW5: Delicate Steve, Javelin, Madaila, Heloise & the

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MOOG'S PLACE: John Wilson & Friends, noon, free. Comedy Night, 7 p.m., NA.

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JUNIPER: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

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RADIO BEAN COFFEEHOUSE: Julian Foster (folk), 7 p.m., free.

Mike Schlenhoff and Charlie Horse (tin pan alley), 8:30 p.m., free. Surf Sessions with Barbacoa, 10 p.m., free.

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

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THE MONKEY HOUSE: Open Mic, 8 p.m., free.

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

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SWEET MELISSA'S: Big John (blues), 8 p.m., free.

FRANNY O'S: Standup Comedy Cage Match, 8 p.m., free.

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

HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Family Night (rock), 10:30 p.m., free.

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JP'S PUB: Dance Video Request Night with Melody, 10 p.m., free.

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PHAT KATS TAVERN: Jay Natola (solo guitar), 9 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Dwight Ritcher (blues), 8:30 p.m., free.

TUE.5

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

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p.m., free. Karaoke with Melody, 10 p.m., free.

GOOD TIMES CAFÉ: Richard Smith & Julie Adams (fingerstyle guitar), 8:30 p.m., $20.

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Atmosphere, B Dolan, deM atlaS, DJ Adatrak (hip-hop), 8:30 p.m., $25. AA. Sold out.

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

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

barre/montpelier

BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Dylan Jane (folk), 6 p.m., donation.

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

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

SWEET MELISSA'S: Liza (acoustic), 5 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs area THE BEE'S KNEES: Children's Sing-Along with Allen Church, 10:30 a.m., free. Cooie Sings (folk, jazz), 7:30 p.m., donation.

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

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

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CLUB METRONOME: WRUV 90.1 FM Showcase (DJs), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

THE DAILY PLANET: Zach Nugent (jam), 8 p.m., free.

JP'S PUB: Pub Quiz with Dave, 7

RADIO BEAN COFFEEHOUSE: Ensemble V (jazz), 7 p.m., free.

Irish Sessions, 9 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE: Xtet (jazz), 7 p.m., free. DJ Dave Villa (hip-hop), 11 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Josh Panda's Acoustic Soul Night, 8 p.m., $5-10 donation.

ZEN LOUNGE: Kizomba with Dsantos VT, 7 p.m., free.

ZensDay (top 40), 10 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

chittenden county THE MONKEY HOUSE: Queen City Folk Revival: Hannah Fair, Cricket Blue, Old Sky, 8 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

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BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Karl Miller (solo guitar), 6 p.m., donation.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (MONTPELIER): Cajun Jam with Jay Ekis, Lee Blackwell, Alec Ellsworth & Katie Trautz, 6 p.m., $5-10 donation.

SWEET MELISSA'S: Wine Down with D. Davis (acoustic), 5 p.m., free. Open Bluegrass Jam, 7 p.m., free.

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THE BEE'S KNEES: Heady Topper Happy Hour with David Langevin (piano), 5 p.m., free.

Up on the Roof (folk), 7:30 p.m., donation.

MOOG'S PLACE: Jeanne Miller & Friends (rock), 8 p.m., free.

PIECASSO PIZZERIA & LOUNGE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

RUSTY NAIL: Open Mic, 9:30 p.m., free.

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CITY LIMITS: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

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n 1976, American fiber artists felt cornered by the emphasis on weaving in academic programs and exhibitions.

The loom’s grid was too restricting, too uniform, they said. They wanted recognition for the art of fabric’s more fluid possibilities: embroidery, stitching, quilting, dying, printing, appliqué, rug hooking, felting and so on. So that year, a group of fiber artists formed the Surface Design Association. The Vermont chapter now has 35 members.

Eight of those members are currently showing work at the Furchgott “Wild Raspberries” by Diane Schullenberger Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne, in an exhibit proposed by SDA-VT called “Interpreting the Surface.” The aggregate impression created by these swirling, inventive works is indeed far from that of, say, the spare, almost sublime grids that Bauhaus weaver Anni Albers created beginning in the 1920s.

These surfaces are richly varied, often in a single work. In Karen Kamenetzky’s colorful “Beneath I,” hand-dyed red silk stitched with jostling, circular shapes peeks from a chasm-like break in green-dyed felted wool. The wool’s textures are innumerable: large twists, thin ridges, protozoan shapes, swaths of tiny knots worked in green thread. Kamenetzky finds her inspiration in microscopic cellular life, and that metaphor fits “Interpreting the Surface” as a whole: The closer the eye gets to these surfaces, the more astounding seems the amount of work that went into their creation.

Karen Henderson’s delicate, semi-abstract works in a subdued palette, some of which are also on view at Burlington City Arts’ Vermont Metro Gallery, require even closer inspection. Inspired by scenes of nature, Henderson weaves her own thin, almost sheer fabric, then builds up subtle alterations on her “canvas.” Her largest work at Furchgott, titled “Pause,”

“Seed Dreaming” by Karen Kamenetzky

transforms cotton, linen, silk organza and vintage silk kimono fabrics with shibori (a Japanese tiedying technique), rust print and dye painting.

A series of vertical lines, made with gathers, colored pencil and hand stitching, crosses a central horizontal line, the whole evoking a pond’s reflection of bordering trees. Beneath that axis lies a scattering of pale spots achieved through color removal; above it are the misty shapes of hills. The “pause” may refer to a glance at the calming scene through a window, suggested by the center rectangle worked in tiny cream-colored stitches.

Whatever the intent, abstraction remains the dominant impression of Henderson’s works. For Dianne Shullenberger, the intent seems more literal, with works such as “Dried Poppy” and “Dried Hydrangea” depicting what the titles promise. Shullenberger is an impressionist painter via the medium of fabric and thread: She manages to create light, shadow and form with tiny shreds of material and microscopic stitches, combined in patterns and colors that baffle the eye up close but work magic the farther one draws away.

Earth’s surfaces make for a more abstract inspiration in other pieces. “Ulysses’ Wave,” by Elizabeth Fram, is a “Blue Stone Story” series of joined panels that reby Jackie Abrams calls an unfolded topographical

THE CLOSER THE EYE GETS TO THESE SURFACES, THE MORE ASTOUNDING SEEMS THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT WENT INTO THEIR CREATION. map. Flowing, pastel shibori patterns and graceful arcs of hand stitching suggest sections of riverbeds and mudflats, with the movement of those bodies captured in the overall composition. Marilyn Gillis’ “Strata” and “Strata 2,” in a long panel format, evoke Earth’s topography and depth at once, with fissures of smeared gel broaching the borders between layers of airy marbled silk and crinkled, clay-colored paper.

The works in “Surface” all hang on that other surface, the wall — except four sculptural works by Jackie Abrams. One, called “The Matriarch,” is a head-size vessel made from layered ropes of black cloth interspersed with river stones and sticks. For this reviewer, the work immediately recalled writer Toni Morrison’s black-and-gray dreadlocks. Another Abrams vessel, “Ancient Wisdom,” is a vase shaped like a woman’s shirt and torso, its opening a button-lined mandarin collar.

In her artist’s statement, Abrams says her vessels “symbolically refer to women’s bodies” and “speak of the importance of women in my life.” That she has chosen the fiber arts to express herself points to a

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‘FINISHED’: The third annual exhibition of works

by Vermont Woodworking School graduating students. Reception: Friday, May 1, 5-8 p.m. May 1-31. Info, 863-6458. Frog Hollow Vermont State Craft Center in Burlington.

A TRUNK SHOW: LEVITY 7 DESIGN COLLECTIVE: Spring-themed arts and products by seven local designer/artisans. Reception: Friday, May 1, 5-7 p.m.

May 1-31. Info, 233-6811. JANE BROOKS: Watercolor paintings by the Vermont artist. May 1-31. Info, 488-5766. Vintage Inspired Lifestyle Marketplace in Burlington.

KATHRYN JARVIS: Floral landscape pastel and watercolor paintings. May 2-June 26. Info, 862-9647. The Daily Planet in Burlington.

“Rounds” by Rosalind Daniels

LIVVY ARAU-MCSWEENEY: Paintings and photography by a Burlington High School senior.

Reception: Sunday, May 3, 3-5 p.m. May 1-31. Info, 863-3403. Pickering Room, Fletcher Free Library in Burlington.

MICHAEL BUCKLEY: “The Buck Stopped Here,”

a retrospective to honor the artist and support Drawing Inspiration, a virtual community connecting cancer patients with art. Reception and silent auction: Friday, May 1, 5-8 p.m. May 1-29. Info, 859-9222. SEABA Center in Burlington.

PHIL LAUGHLIN: “Water Works,” an exhibition of paintings with a watery theme. Reception: Friday, May 1, 5-7 p.m. May 1-31. Info, 863-6713. North End Studios in Burlington.

REBECCA LEVI: “Queering the Lines,” artworks in fabric and thread in which traditional needlework collides with untraditional “LGBTQ identity and gender performativity.” Reception: Monday, May 4, noon-1 p.m. May 4-22. Info, 603-667-3119. Center for Cultural Pluralism, UVM, in Burlington.

SARAH BUNKER: “An Exploration in Abstract,” paintings in oil, acrylic and mixed media on canvas and paper. Reception: Friday, May 1, 5-8 p.m. May 1-29. Info, 425-2700. Davis Studio Gallery, SEABA Center in Burlington.

STEPHANIE SEGUINO: “Radical Empathy,” an exhibition exploring issues of race through photography by the artist, economist and professor.

Reception: Saturday, May 2, 6-8 p.m. May 2-June 30. Info, 999-0657. Flynndog in Burlington.

STEVE HADEKA: “Riffing on the Modern Birdhouse 2,” an exhibit of wood birdhouses in midcentury styles. May 1-31. Info, 651-8834. Penny Cluse Café in Burlington.

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STUDENT ART SHOW: Artworks in a variety of media and subject matter by Stowe-area students.

Reception: Friday, May 1, 3-6 p.m. May 1-31. Info, 253-8358. Helen Day Art Center in Stowe.

WENDY SOLIDAY: “Here and Where?” a collection of pastel paintings that juxtapose the artist’s traditional Vermont landscapes with scenes from her travels abroad. Reception: Saturday, May 2, 5-7 p.m. May 2-June 30. Info, 253-1818. Green Mountain Fine Art Gallery in Stowe.

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ERIKA LAWLOR SCHMIDT: An exhibition of collages and prints with a seasonal theme influenced by the ever-changing light of New England.

Reception: Friday, May 15, 6 p.m. May 6-June 6. Info, 468-6052. Castleton Downtown Gallery in Rutland.

JACKEE FOLEY: “The Past and the Present,” a retrospective of work, including new paintings featuring the architecture of Brandon, by the third-generation resident and Guild member.

Reception: Friday, May 1, 5-7 p.m. Through June 2.

Info, 247-4956. Brandon Artists Guild.

ART EVENTS ART + SOUL OPEN HOUSE: At this informational mixer with refreshments, learn more about how to submit art inspired by or connected to the mission of this year’s beneficiary, the Champlain Housing Trust. Chosen pieces will be exhibited on June 11 at the law offices of Dunkiel Saunders in Burlington.

Thursday, April 30, 5:30-7 p.m. Info, 862-6244.

‘REFLECTIONS: A SHOW OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND CELLO MUSIC’: A slideshow of reflections in water and ice by photographer John Snell with a performance by cellist Melissa Perley, as part of Montpelier Art Walk. T.W. Wood Gallery, Montpelier, Friday, May 1, 4-8 p.m. Info, 262-6035.

ART WALK MONTPELIER: Venues all over town open their doors for an evening of gallery receptions. Local maple producers will also take part, offering sweet treats at selected venues. For more information, pick up a guidebook at participating locations downtown, or visit facebook.com/ MontpelierAlive. Downtown Montpelier, Friday, May 1, 4-8 p.m. Info, 223-9604.

ART100 FUNDRAISER: A silent auction and raffle of original art to benefit River Arts. Small bites are provided; cash bar. Call to reserve tickets or donate artwork. River Arts, Morrisville, Friday, May 1, 5:30-8:30 p.m. $100 includes ticket for two, plus one random piece of art. Info, 888-1261.

FIRST FRIDAY ART: Dozens of galleries and other venues around the city open their doors to pedestrian art viewers in this monthly event. See Art Map Burlington at participating locations. first Friday, May 1, 5-8 p.m. Info, 264-4839.

GALLERY ANNIVERSARY: “Tropical,” paintings by Sigrid Lium; a raven figurehead by Ria Blaas; a wine tasting and a raffle of a serpent necklace to support the gallery and celebrate its third year. Scavenger

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‘EXPLORING THE PAST IN COLOR: THE CHANGING NATURE OF PHOTOGRAPHY’: A panel discussion with National Geographic photographer Nathan Benn, photo historian Mary Panzer, Saint Michael’s College associate professor of media studies Jerry Swope, and Shelburne Museum director Tom Denenberg. They will discuss the evolution of documentary photography and how it’s changing the way we perceive our personal history and the past. Pizzagalli Center for Art and Education, Shelburne Museum, Saturday, May 2, 2-3 p.m. Info, 985-3346.

HELEN SHULMAN TALK: The artist discusses the work in her exhibition “Happy Medium.” AVA Gallery and Art Center, Lebanon N.H., Wednesday, May 6, 5:30 p.m. Info, 603-448-3117.

SUMRU TEKIN TALK: A talk by the Turkish-born, Charlotte-based artist in conjunction with her current installation, “One Day.” BCA Center, Burlington, Wednesday, May 6, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Info, 865-7166.

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‘ABSTRACT ALL STARS’: A group exhibition of thematically abstract art. By appointment only. Through April 30. Info, southgalleryinfo@ gmail.com. Info, 225-614-8037. South Gallery in Burlington.

AMPLIFYING VOICES MURAL PROJECT: A collaborative mural by Jen Berger and Michelle Sayles based on interviews with local residents about making the South End safe and sustainable. Shown in conjunction with the “HeART and Home” exhibits in support of Fair Housing Month. Through May 1.

Info, 540-0406. ArtsRiot Gallery in Burlington.

‘BACK TO NATURE’: Textiles, paintings and mixed media by Karen Henderson, Jill Madden, Joe Salerno and Gowri Savoor that celebrate the beauty of the Vermont landscape and reinterpret our connection with place through time. Through June 20. Info, 865-7166. Vermont Metro Gallery, BCA Center in Burlington.

‘BELONGINGS’: Works by sculptor Ruth Shafer, photographer Ted Wimpey and painter Holly Hauser as part of the “HeART and Home” series in support of Fair Housing Month. Through April 30.

Info, oneartscollective@gmail.com. ONE Arts Center in Burlington.

BRUCE CONKLIN: “New Paintings,” Vermont landscapes by the local artist. Through August 15.

Info, 862-2470. 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.

‘BURLINGTON THEN AND NOW: 150 YEARS A CITY’: An exhibit of historic black-and-white photographs of Burlington from University of Vermont Special Collections dating back to the 1860s, along with contemporary photos by Paul Reynolds taken from the same viewpoints. Through May 31. Info, 865-7211.

Fletcher Room, Fletcher Free Library in Burlington.

CARA LAI FITZGIBBON: “Home,” an exhibition of paintings inspired by Vermont architecture. On view as part of the HeART and Home series in support of Fair Housing Month. Through May 26.

Info, 735-2542. New City Galerie in Burlington.

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“Interpreting the Surface: Diverse Works by 8 Vermont Members of the Surface Design Association,” through May 26 at Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne.

LORETTA LANGUET: Ceramic pottery depicting abstract floral imagery by the Mad River Valley artisan. Reception: Friday, May 1, 4-8 p.m. May 1-31.

Info, 223-1981. The Cheshire Cat in Montpelier.

‘THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED’: Featuring student art, performances and potluck snacks. Visitors encouraged to bring finger foods or desserts. Rose Street Artists’ Cooperative and Gallery, Burlington, Friday, May 1, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Info, 863-1104.

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‘TRAVEL WITH OGDEN PLEISSNER’: A selection of the artist’s lesser-known American and European landscapes, along with other American paintings from the museum’s permanent collection. May 1-October 31. JUDY B. DALES: “Ahead of the Curve,” an exhibit of contemporary quilts from the last 18 years of the artist’s flowing, abstract style. May 1-October 31. Info, 985-3346. Pizzagalli Center for Art and Education, Shelburne Museum.

BRIDGET & NATALIE WHEELER: “Brainscapes,” an exhibition of mixed-media artworks. May 1-31. Info, 479-0896. Espresso Bueno in Barre.

Gallery, White River Junction, Friday, May 1, 5:307:30 p.m. Info, scavenger.gallery@gmail.com.

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BILLY BRAUER AND STUDENTS: Members of Warren artist Billy Brauer’s long-running painting and life-drawing class exhibit their work in the gallery’s new space. Reception: Friday, May 1, 4-8 p.m. May 1-June 19. Info, 262-6035. T. W. Wood Gallery in Montpelier.

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larger issue. All the artists in “Surface” are women, as are all the members of SDA’s Vermont chapter. And one of the organization’s aims is to encourage the view of traditionally female crafts as a legitimate part of the art world.

Whether that mission is successful in the long term depends in part on whether society can overcome its entrenched bias against women artists and their supposedly less “serious” work. In “Interpreting the Surface,” each work’s power to overturn that bias depends partly on how far it pushes the boundaries of its original craft.

Rosalind Daniels’ quilt “Rounds,” a response to the Sandy Hook shootings that shifts and undermines expected patterns, seems best understood in relation to the centuries-old tradition of quilt making.

On the other end of the spectrum, Catherine Hall’s “Unryu Fall” is among the most daring works on display, in part because it involves the least working over of materials. Held to the wall by two pins, the work is a cascading garland of squares of fibrous Unryu paper, dyed in pinks, golds and bronzes, which are attached in rows by their edges to a backing of sheer white silk. The extreme endpoint of this kind of beauty would be an installation by environmental artist Andy Goldsworthy.

Context, in other words, is everything. And a gallery exhibition in which prices are comparable to those of the paintings on offer — the most expensive is Henderson’s “Pause,” at $3,000 — signals that the fiber arts are every bit as serious, complex and beautiful as their surfaces appear.

MAY DAY: THE WORKERS ARE REVOLTING: Annual employee art show. Reception: Friday, May 1, 5-8 p.m. Through May 31. Info, 318-2438. Red Square, Burlington.

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Toni Lee Sangastiano: “Misguided Adorations,” a photographic series of vacant Italian street shrine alcoves repurposed as slyly subversive altars to consumer culture, created during the artist’s sabbatical in Florence, Italy. Through June 29. Info, 860-2733. Freeman Hall 300, Champlain College in Burlington.

Chance McNiff: “Geometrically cosmic,” acrylic and oil paintings lined with ink. Curated by SEABA. Through May 31. Info, 859-9222. Speeder & Earl’s: Pine Street in Burlington.

Christine Wichert: The artist’s “Jack in the Pulpit” series includes one-of-a-kind multimedia work on canvas and paper with hand- or machinesewn stitching. Through May 1. Info, 862-9647. The Daily Planet in Burlington.

‘The Waskowmium: Where the Art Stops’: A selection of works by 45 regional artists represent Barre collector Mark Waskow’s acquisitions since 1998. Through May 30. Info, 652-4500. Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, Flynn Center, 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 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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Adam Vindigni: A founder of Powe. Snowboards exhibits graphic art, ink drawings and photography inspired by life in Vermont. Through May 31.

Info, 658-2739. Magic Hat Artifactory in South Burlington.

Bob Arns/Mutin: “Science Meets Art,” the first solo show of Mutin, a University of Vermont emeritus professor of nuclear physics, who paints at the intersection of science and art. Through April 30. Info, 879-1236. Artists’ Mediums in Williston.

‘HeART and Home’: A Teen Show: Winooski youth and teens to celebrate the neighborhood with original artwork. Part of local “HeART and Home” exhibitions in support of Fair Housing Month.

Through April 30. O’Brien Community Center in Winooski.

DJ Barry Art: “Project Stencil,” spray paint on canvas works including a portrait of Lady Gaga.

Through April 30. Info, 658-2010. Indigo Salon in Burlington.

‘Interpreting the Surface’: Textiles by eight Vermont members of the Surface Design Association, featuring styles from traditional quilting to the abstract. Through May 26. Info, 985-3848. Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne.

Essex Art League Spring Art Show: League members exhibit works with a spring theme.

Through May 2. Info, 849-2172. Art’s Alive Gallery in Burlington.

‘Function, Fire and Fun’: An exhibit of ceramic works by UVM Pottery Co-op teachers and students.

Through April 30. Info, 863-6458. Frog Hollow Vermont State Craft Center in Burlington.

Georgia Smith: Photographs of Europe capturing the spontaneous, mysterious moments that keep life interesting. Through May 31. Info, oldie_stuff@ yahoo.com. Info, 540-0107. Speaking Volumes in Burlington.

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‘GRACE: Grass Roots Art & Community Effort’: An exhibit showcasing 28 pieces of work from artists living in Chittenden County. Lower level of the mall, at the southwest entrance.

Through May 31. Info, 472-6857. Vermont Artisans Craft Gallery, Burlington Town Center.

‘HeART and Home’: Pam Favreau, Janice Walrafen, Rick Castillo, Robin Katrick and James Secor exhibit work in multiple media as part of the Fair Housing Project’s HeART and Home series. Through April 30.

Info, 863-6713. North End Studio A in Burlington.

The Innovation Center Show: Group exhibits of local artists on all three floors. First floor: Ashley Veselis, Casey Blanchard, James Vogler, Jamie Townsend, Liz Cleary, Lori Arner, Robert Green and Scott Nelson; second floor: Elizabeth Nelson, Emily Mitchell, Lyna Lou Nordstorm, Michael Pitts and Tom Merwin; third floor: Jessica Drury, Lynn Cummings, Haley Bishop, Janet Bonneau, Krista Cheney and Wendy James. Curated by SEABA. Through May 31. Info, 859-9222. The Innovation Center of Vermont in Burlington.

‘Interstices’: An interspecies exploration of home and homelessness curated by Aubergine Avilix, as part of “HeART and Home” exhibits in support of Fair Housing Month. Through April 30.

Info, oneartscollective@gmail.com. Info, 660-9346.

Radio Bean Coffeehouse in Burlington.

Jason Boyd, Jordan Douglas & Matt Gang: Wood and mixed-media assemblages by Boyd; photographs on infrared and black-and-white film capturing recent travels by Douglas; and works in cork and wood by Gang. Curated by SEABA. Through May 31. Info, 859-9222. VCAM Studio in Burlington.

Jessica Cooper & Corey Armpriester: A pop-up exhibition of paintings and photographs in an apartment converted to a gallery as part of the “HeART and Home” series in support of Fair Housing Month. Through April 30. Info, oneartscollective@ gmail.com. APT. Gallery in Winooski.

Michael Buckley The retrospective exhibition “The Buck Stopped

Katie Loesel: “Piles and Passageways,” drawings and prints by the Vermont artist, who explores ideas of pilings, webs and balance.

Through June 1. Info, 985-8222. Shelburne Vineyard.

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Lynda Reeves McIntyre: “Natural Forces and Glimpses of Domesticity,” acrylic and watercolor paintings by the University of Vermont art professor that present “a mix of visions, materials, temperaments and images celebrating the textures of living and noting the joy of being alive.” Through April 29. Info, 985-3819. All Souls Interfaith Gathering in Shelburne.

Here” honors the Charlotte artist and supports Drawing Inspiration, a Vermont Cancer

and loved ones to engage with art and one another during the cancer treatment process.”

Michael Buckley’s work was described as “a slice of life” by the art committee at the University of Vermont, which selected two of his pieces for its permanent collection last year. The exhibit at the South End Arts and Business Association (SEABA) in Burlington puts Buckley’s mixed media and paintings on view from May 1 to 29. A reception and silent auction are Friday, May 1, 5-8 p.m. Pictured: “Father and Son.” Lisa Lillibridge: “Freak Show,” an installation of carved relief paintings created from found objects and textiles, influenced by vintage carnival signs, games and relationships. Through June 16. Info, 448-3657. Revolution Kitchen in Burlington.

f Lynn Cummings: “Life Forms & Color Studies,”

a solo exhibition of abstract paintings based on symbols, shapes and patterns reminiscent of sea creatures or microbes. Reception: Friday, May 1, 5-8 p.m. Through June 30. Info, 660-9005. The Gallery at Main Street Landing in Burlington.

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.

f Mark Gonyea: “Name That Game,” posters

inspired by popular board games. Reception: Friday, June 5, 5-8 p.m. Through June 30. Info, 660-9005.

Dostie Bros. Frame Shop in Burlington.

New York City Photographs: Images in color and black and white of the Big Apple by Karen Guth, Anne Rothwell and Brendan McInerney. Through April 30. Info, redsquare802@gmail.com. Info, 859-8909. Red Square in Burlington.

‘A Place Called Home’: Fiber arts, printmaking and works in paper by Anne Cummings, Winnie Looby, Lyna Lou Nordstrom and Deborah Sharpe-Lunstead offer different perspectives on

the definition of home. Part of the “HeART and Home” series in support of Fair Housing Month.

Through April 30. Info, 865-7166. City Hall Gallery in Burlington.

‘Walter Wick: Games, Gizmos and Toys in the Attic’: An exhibition of large-scale photographs, models and a video of model building from the photographic illustrator and cocreator of I SPY and creator of the Can You See What I See? children’s books. Through July 5.

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.

Renee Lauzon: Two sound installations, “If We Are Two, They Will Have to Believe Us,” and “Stripping/ Retrieval (Women in the Woods),” are featured along with “Speech Attempt I & II,” a work composed of vellum, clear wire, D-rings and tape. Through April 30. Info, 862-9616. Burlington College.

f Vermont Watercolor Society: A juried spring show by 35 watercolor artists. Reception: Sunday, May 3, 4-7 p.m. Through May 31. Info, 899-3211. Emile A. Gruppe Gallery in Jericho.

f ‘Sell/Out’: A pop-up exhibition of artworks in a variety of mediums, from digital painting to cartoons to crochet, by the second graduating class in creative media at Champlain College. Closing reception: Friday, May 8, 7 p.m. Through May 8. Info, 651-5889. Ethan Allen Center in Burlington.

‘The Wonders of Wood’: An exhibition of handmade objects by woodshop manager Chris Ramos, woodworkers-in-residence, members of the woodshop’s community renters’ program and students. Through May 29. Info, 985-3648.

Shelburne Craft School.

Sue Mowrer Adamson: An exhibit of multimedia block prints made from children’s artwork and found objects. Through June 30. Info, 658-6400. American Red Cross Blood Donor Center in Burlington.

Sumru Tekin: “One Day,” a multimedia installation by the Barbara Smail Award winner, with audio elements meant to orchestrate an encounter between the visitor and the gallery space. Through June 20.

Info, 865-7166. Thomas Brennan: “Darkness From Light,” photogenic or camera-less photographic drawings by the associate professor of art at the University of Vermont that explore mortality and document nature. Through June 20. Info, 865-7166.

BCA Center in Burlington.

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‘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.

The f/7 Photography Group: Images from Lost Nation Theater’s productions of Eurydice and Treasure Island by the local photography club.

Through May 31. Info, 223-9504. Montpelier City Hall.

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call to artiStS art on the reFuGe 2015: seeking artists to help the refuge create an indoor bird walk. submit 2D art/photography for an exhibit to celebrate International migratory Bird Day and the birds of the refuge. $15 hanging fee entitles artists to one year Friends of the Refuge membership. No commission on sales. exhibit may 16 to July 17, with open house saturday, may 16. Info: friendsofmissisquoi.org/ artshow. Deadline: may 13. missisquoi National wildlife Refuge, swanton. Info, 868-4781. chaFFee photoGraphy conteSt: Amateur photographers are welcome to submit up to three original photos on the theme of “images of love”: people, wildlife or landscapes. prizes will be awarded; exhibit and sale June 12 to July 25. submissions to chaffeeartcenter.org, in person at either Chaffee location, or mailed to Chaffee Art Center, po Box 1447, Rutland, VT 05701, Attn: photo Contest. Deadline: may 30, 6 p.m. Chaffee Art Center, Rutland. $10. Info, 775-0062. downtown MorriSVille public Sculpture coMMiSSion: professional Vermont-based artists who

have successfully completed a public art project may apply.

Four finalists will be awarded $500 by a jury panel of arts professionals and community representatives and will qualify to submit formal design proposals in round two.

Funded through a partnership of morrisville, River Arts and mACC with a Vermont Arts Council “Animating Infrastructure” grant. submission deadline: Friday, may 1. River Arts, morrisville.

Info, 802-888-1261.

Milton FeStiVal oF the artS: The milton Artists’ guild invites all visual artists to register for the milton Festival of the Arts, held on June 20, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Bombardier park. $40 for a 10-by-10-foot outdoor space. Forms and info: miltonfestivalofthearts. org/2015-festival-registration.

Deadline: June 1. Bombardier Recreation park, milton. ‘natural realM’ call to artiStS: Calling for photography that investigates the intrinsic magic in the natural world: landscape, flora and fauna, the cosmos. All selected entries will be exhibited in the gallery and in a catalogue.

Juror: Dan Burkholder. send entries to darkroomgallery. com/ex70. Deadline: may 13. Darkroom gallery, essex Junction. Info, 777-3686.

Final Show: Codirectors Abigail Feldman and shamus Langlois announce the closing of their 2-year-old gallery. The final exhibit shows members’ works. Through April 30. Info, 552-8620. gallery sIX in montpelier.

lucy KroKenberGer: “The Things I Love,” an exhibition of works in multiple media by the 11-year-old artist. Through April 30. Info, 223-3338.

Kellogg-hubbard Library in montpelier.

Maplehill School Student art Show: Artwork on canvas and mixed media on paper by students in grades seven through 12. Through April 30. Info, 454-7747. Vermont statehouse Cafeteria in montpelier.

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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.

Mary adMaSian: “Boundaries, Balance and Confinement,” sculptures and assemblages that address societal constraints and use found materials including fencing, willow switches, logs, butterflies and rooster feathers. Through July 7.

Info, 828-0749. Vermont supreme Court gallery in montpelier.

MatSon booth VollerS: “A spring on Blue,” surrealist paintings by the Vermont artist. Through April 30. Info, curator@capitolgrounds.com. Info, 223-7800. The green Bean Art gallery at Capitol grounds in montpelier.

Michael t. JerMyn: “New American Impressionism,” images by the montpelier photographer. Through April 30. Info, 223-1570.

Chill gelato in montpelier. nancy calicchio: “Landscape Trilogy,” an exhibition of plein-air oil paintings that explore the balance between earth and sky. Through June 30.

Info, 828-5657. governor’s gallery in montpelier.

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“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.

Kathleen Kolb: “houses,” paintings influenced by American luminism, a 19th-century landscape style emphasizing light, in which the artist illustrates how Vermonters live. Through June 22. Info, 253-8943. west Branch gallery & sculpture park in stowe.

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‘a leGacy oF carinG: Kurn hattin hoMeS For children’: A historical exhibit of Kurn hattin homes for Children, founded in 1894 in westminster to offer a safe home and quality education for disadvantaged children in a nurturing, rural environment. Through september 30. Info, 828-2291. Vermont history museum in montpelier.

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Jonathan VantaSSel: “so handsome! I know right?,” abstract large-scale paintings and photographs. Through may 1. Info, 828-3291. spotlight gallery in montpelier.

SuMMer ShowS at the planet: we are looking to fill our dining rooms with local artists for the summer and fall. we consider all mediums. please send us an email at art@dailyplanet15.com with your portfolio/website or some samples of your work.

The Daily planet, Burlington.

Deadline: may 2. Info, 862-9647.

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‘Gone FiShinG’: A group exhibition of multiple media and installations depicting water, fish, watery organisms and fly fishing flies, main Floor gallery. Michael heFFernan: “sweet Images,” an exhibition of surrealist abstract paintings, Third Floor gallery. Silent auction exhibit: original artwork and other items will be auctioned to benefit studio place Arts programs, second Floor gallery. Final bids on may 8. Through may 15. Info, 479-7069. studio place Arts in Barre.

Story illuStratorS wanted: Artists sought to depict scenes from ballads by Vermont poet george Albert Leddy (1883-1967). The artwork will be compiled/credited online, and could be displayed/ sold at shows or used in book/ video publications. Deadline: may 31. Info, 863-4030.

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f STeVen jupiTer: “Hubbardton Creek,” a limited-edition series of 10 color 24-by-36-inch photographs of a Vermont waterway. Reception: Friday, May 8, 4-9 p.m. Through July 26. Info, 917-686-1292.

Steven Jupiter Gallery in Middlebury.

Sandra Shenk: Middlesex artist Sandra Shenk’s solo exhibition, “A Celebration of Color, Light and Form in the Southwest,” is a collection of travel and infrared photography, including images of Death Valley, southwestern Colorado and northern Arizona. Sarah-Lee TerraT: “Inside the Nitty Gritty — Commercial Art and the Creative Process” reveals the artist’s procedure, from sketches to final products, including illustrations, paintings, toys and sculpture. Through April 29. Info, 888-1261.

River Arts in Morrisville.

SuSan aLanCraig: “Unexpected Journeys: Life, Illness and Loss,” photographic portraits, 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.

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‘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.

CaSTLeTon aLumni arT exhibTion: Artworks by 16 graduates from 1982 through 2014. Through August 28. Info, 468-6052. Rutland City Hall.

‘LoVe oF imaginaTion’: The 2015 student art exhibit features work from all eligible Vermont K-12 students in public, private or home schools. The theme celebrates the youthful spirit of creativity and imagination. Through May 30. Info, 775-0062.

Chaffee Art Center in Rutland.

‘VermonT – a perSonaL ViewpoinT’: Eighteen works depicting life in Vermont by six artists in styles from abstract to representational. Through June 3. Info, 472-6857. Grace Gallery at the Old Firehouse, in Hardwick.

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f axeL STohLberg: Paintings, drawings and assemblages that play on the theme of shelter, both physical and emotional. Reception: Friday, May 8, 6-8 p.m. Through June 13. Info, 244-7801.

Axel’s Gallery & Frameshop in Waterbury.

ben Frank moSS & Varujan boghoSian: “Duet,” collages, drawings and paintings by the abstract and collage artists. Through May 2. Info, 767-9670. BigTown Gallery in Rochester.

CaThy STeVenS praTT: “Vessels,” a colorful exhibition of work that incorporates recognizable figures with exaggerated or abstracted details. Through May 17. Info, 244-8581. Waterbury Congregational Church.

‘The gaThering’: Thirty-three members of the Valley Arts Foundation exhibit works in a variety of media and styles. Through June 26. Info, 496-6682.

Festival Gallery in Waitsfield.

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adVanCed drawing exhibiT: Student artworks.

Through April 30. Info, 443-3168. Johnson Memorial Building, Middlebury College. ‘emerging: CeLebraTionS oF Spring’: Artwork celebrating spring by local artists working in a variety of media. Through May 24. Info, 877-3850.

Creative Space Gallery in Vergennes.

Stephanie Seguino The professor of economics at the University of Vermont was inspired by British philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah’s question,

“What do we owe strangers by virtue of our shared humanity?” Seguino responds in her artist statement, “Perhaps the single most important debt we owe strangers is our willingness to see and respond to their humanity.” Her photography exhibit, “Radical Empathy,” features studio portraits of men of African heritage, including faceless ones.

She hopes viewers will “reflect on their own projections onto people they may not know but feel compelled to judge,” as she writes. The work will be on view at the Flynndog gallery in Burlington from May 2 through June 30. A reception is Saturday, May 2, 6-8 p.m. Pictured: “Kyle.” kaThryn miLiLLo: “Come What May,” 14 oil-onlinen paintings of Vermont barns and Lake George landscapes. Through April 30. Info, 458-0098.

Edgewater Gallery in Middlebury.

f niCk mayer: Illustrations of fish and other marine life with a scientific perspective by a former marine biologist and lifelong fly-fishing addict.

Reception: Friday, May 8, 5–7 p.m. Through May 8.

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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. Info, 355-1447. Peter Fried Art in Vergennes.

ruTh hamiLTon: “Attention/Intention: Nature Scapes and Other Worlds,” evocative and colorful paintings, as well as figurative and abstract threedimensional works. Through May 1. Info, 468-1266.

Castleton Downtown Gallery in Rutland. ‘whaT iS LoVe?’: The gallery’s annual Full House group exhibit offers diverse interpretations of and answers to the titular question. Through May 9.

Info, 775-0062. Chaffee Downtown Art Center in Rutland.

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kiT FarnSworTh: Landscapes and nature paintings by the South Royalton special educator.

Through May 9. Info, 763-7094. Royalton Memorial Library in South Royalton.

LaureL VaiL TobiaSon & paTriCia warren: Landscapes and portraits in watercolor and oil.

Through May 24. Info, 889-9404. Tunbridge Public Library.

‘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.

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Info, 382-9222. Jackson Gallery, Town Hall Theater in Middlebury.

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Through May 31. Info, 247-4295. Compass Music and Arts Center in Brandon.

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ann young: Oil paintings with a twist of social realism. Through June 14. Info, 748-0158. Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild Backroom Gallery in St. Johnsbury.

‘Recycle inTo SPRing!’: An exhibit of art and masks created with recyclables, plastics, paper and trash by local students. Through June 12.

Info, 334-1966. MAC Center for the Arts Gallery in Newport.

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24Th annual Regional high School aRT exhibiTion: A juried exhibit of 100 works of student art. The geoRge STePhanoPouloS collecTion: More than 120 photographs in a range of styles, including works by Henri Cartier-Bresson, among many others. Through May 31. Info, 518-792-1761. The Hyde Museum in Glens Falls, N.Y.

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64 Harbor Road, Shelburne allan houSeR: Five sculptures by one of the best-known Native American artists are installed outside the museum in the Maffei Arts Plaza, representing his 3D work from 1986 to 1992.

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Info, 603-646-2808. Hood Museum, Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. david leaRned: Photographs by the retired human services counselor and client of the Third Age Adult Day Center. Through April 30. Info, 518-564-3094. 30 City Place in Plattsburgh, N.Y.

oil paintings from Ann Young’s social-realism series. According to her website, the

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t’s fair, I think, to question whether this is a film Russell Crowe would have appeared in if he hadn’t also directed it. He does himself a big favor by doing so, providing the only star power in the wannabe sweeping epic. My guess is, if the Oscar winner weren’t making his behindthe-camera debut with this baloney-athon, he wouldn’t have been caught dead in it.

I didn’t believe a minute of this movie.

Based on the novel by Andrew Anastasios and Meaghan Wilson-Anastasios, The Water Diviner is a roulette wheel of tones, themes and genres. Crowe attempts to cram too many movies of too many types into one.

With echoes of everything from Gallipoli and Saving Private Ryan to The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, the result is a schizo couple of hours at the multiplex.

The film opens in Australia after the end of World War I. A farmer named Joshua Connor (Crowe) walks across a field. As the camera closes in, we see the jolly, rugged fellow holding a pair of rods. When they cross, he digs a hole large enough to silo a small missile, and water gushes from the ground.

A good day, right?

Wrong. When Connor returns home, his wife asks him to read The Arabian Nights to their sons. After he entertains three empty

beds with the story, she assails him for sending the young men to their deaths at the Battle of Gallipoli four years earlier. Connor vows to bring their remains home. This fails to improve her mood.

Arriving in Turkey to fulfill his mission, Connor is immediately befriended by a hyper urchin who escorts him to a hotel run by his widowed, overworked yet babelicious mother (Bond girl Olga Kurylenko).

Her initial reaction is to turn Connor away — so there’s no chance romance could be in the cards, right? Next, our hero contacts the British military seeking permission to visit Gallipoli. Its initial reaction is to turn Connor away, too. But he doesn’t leave. He makes a fire and camps out. How can you say no to a father so full of passion and determination that he camps out?

So, the next thing we know, Connor is touring the site with British soldiers and a Turkish major whose job is to help his former enemy locate its fallen. He knows where the bodies are because he led the attack that put them there. Semi-spoiler alert: In that ground lie the bones of thousands of soldiers.

How insane would it be if the grieving farmer’s water-finding powers could be magically harnessed to find not just remains but the remains of specific men?

GRAVE MISTAKE Crowe’s cornball, comically preposterous directorial debut was DOA at the box office.

How batshit ridiculous would it be if he went into a trance and, in his mind’s eye, watched a replay of the battle that enabled him to point to the exact spot where his sons’ dog tags could be found? That kind of thing could never happen in a Russell Crowe movie, right? What a relief.

If Nicholas Sparks wrote a historical novel, the result might be something very like this manly muddle — filled with oversize emotions, obstacles seemingly impossible to overcome and love found in the last place

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tainscape. There Ava, a perplexing combination of soft, expressive facial features and visible circuitry, lives sequestered behind glass panels like an imprisoned princess in a fairy tale. Well schooled in AI theory, Caleb is eager to subject her to a Turing test. But both Nathan and Ava have a few surprises for him.

Garland seems to be aiming for a combined vibe of Harold Pinter, Stanley Kubrick and David Cronenberg; the movie is a series of coldly beautiful shots and cerebral conversations, some of them glacially paced.

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ongtime Seven Days readers will know the name of Bina48, a “socially advanced robot” created by Hanson Robotics for the Terasem Movement Foundation in Lincoln. They may have read Megan James’ 2013 interview with Bina48, and the dire predictions that followed in Judith Levine’s Poli Psy column.

Efforts to create a humanlike artificial intelligence, Levine warned, could have “consequences many of us consider unspeakable.”

Now we can see a movie that hashes out those issues — and that, while hitting many standard science-fiction tropes, still reaches a few unsettling conclusions.

Bina48’s oddball conversational style suggests that she may not yet pass the Turing test — that is, while humanlike, she’s unlikely to fool an interviewer into mistaking her for a person. That classic test for AI is at the center of Ex Machina, the directorial debut from novelist and screenwriter Alex Garland (28 Days Later, The Beach).

Domhnall Gleeson plays Caleb, a young programmer who’s just won an unusual contest at his tech company. The prize is a trip to the remote home of billionaire CEO Nathan (Oscar Isaac), who wants Caleb to probe the humanity of his new creation, an android called Ava (Alicia Vikander).

The film is essentially a three-character drama that unfolds in the chilly confines of Nathan’s private kingdom, a rigorously modernist compound situated in a rugged moun-

one would expect — while, at the same time, being kinda trivial and silly. I don’t think that’s what Crowe was going for.

I think he wanted to make a film in the tradition of the classic Hollywood dramas, a film that brought to mind David Lean and John Huston. But, as we all know, they don’t make them like they used to. If Crowe accomplishes anything with this movie, it’s to remind us that’s mainly because they can’t.

playing the devil’s advocate and pointing out that human beings, too, are full of “programmed” responses — the film’s ominous undercurrents keep us awake and attentive.

Some of those undercurrents come from the stark setting, others from Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury’s creepy score, still others from the performances. Isaac finally lets loose in the role of a hard-drinking badboy genius with no sense of boundaries; his Nathan is charismatic and awful in equal measures, and all too human. Caleb initially comes off as his fresh-faced foil. But, as Gleeson’s previous roles have shown, he has a talent for dissecting “nice-guy” characters

to reveal not-so-nice motives. (For a compelling thematic counterpart to this film, watch him in the “Black Mirror” episode “Be Right Back.”)

Then there’s Ava, the enigma at the center of the plot. When Caleb asks Nathan why he chose to give his creation a sex, let alone a flirtatious sexuality, he initiates a critique that reverberates through subsequent scenes. Why are female androids in fiction and film almost invariably seductive? What fantasies do they embody — and how might an AI herself feel about that programming?

Vikander (A Royal Affair) draws us into Ava’s plight while still giving her a plausible, offputting alienness. Viewers may find themselves siding with her against the two men, even as they wonder if they’d feel safe alone in a room with her.

Inducing that queasy ambivalence is the greatest accomplishment of Ex Machina — which, like all robot movies, is less about robots than about how humans feel about themselves. Judging by this film, Garland is pretty fed up with the arrogance of millennial man — a creature that insists on his superiority to machines even as he relies on the internet’s collective brain for much of his daily cognition. Whether Bina48 and her kind have anything better to offer the world has yet to be seen.

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(108 min, R; reviewed by M.h. 4/29) FocUsHHH 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. (104 min, R; reviewed by M.h. 3/4) FURioUs 7HHH1/2 how did the thrill-seeking street racers of this action franchise become, in essence, superheroes? don’t ask Vin diesel’s character, who’s busy fending off a vengeful Jason Statham while tackling a threat to the entire world.

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moNkeY kiNgDomHHH1/2 This disney nature documentary follows the lives of a family of monkeys living in Sri lanka’s temple ruins. tina fey narrates. Mark linfield and alastair fothergill (Earth) directed. (81 min, g)

ciNDeRellAHHH cate blanchett gets to step out as the evil stepmother in disney’s live-action retelling of the tale of a put-upon girl and a glass slipper, directed by Kenneth branagh. (112 min, Pg; reviewed by M.h. 3/18)

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DANNY colliNsHHH an aging rock star who’s long since sold out (al Pacino) changes his tune after receiving 40-year-old fan mail from John lennon in this tale of redemption loosely based on a true story. (106 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 4/15)

tRUe stoRYHH1/2 a disgraced reporter (Jonah hill) pursues the truth about an accused killer (James franco) who has appropriated his identity in this drama based on true events. (100 min, R; reviewed by M.h. 4/22)

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Police responding to a drug complaint in Richmond, Va., spotted two men, who began running away. One of the fleeing men, later identified as Darnell Elliotte, 20, fired several shots at the officers. He missed them but shot himself in the leg, allowing his pursuers to apprehend him.

(Richmond Times-Dispatch) A subcontractor told police he was working in a subdivision in San Antonio, Texas, when a man approached him, showed a black semiautomatic handgun and asked, “Can I rob the house?” The sub said he replied, “It is not my house,” and later saw the man exit the house carrying a microwave. He snapped a photo of the man putting the microwave into an auto, whose license plate led authorities to Danny Acosta, 30. (San Antonio’s KSATTV)

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German student Simon Schräder, 17, filed a freedom of information request asking the education ministry of North RhineWestphalia for the questions to standardized senior exams. The ministry acknowledged that it had received the request, which “is being processed.” (Britain’s Guardian)

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A Nevada man inspecting a gasoline can for a leak while smoking a cigarette ignited a flash fire that sent him to the hospital with serious burns. Tim Szymanski of Las Vegas Fire & Rescue said the man’s wife suffered burns to her hands after she heard her husband scream and then tried to put out the fire by patting him down.

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A drone delivering asparagus to a Dutch restaurant crashed on a country road and burst into flames. The delivery had been arranged as a publicity stunt by the De Zwann restaurant in Etten-Leur, North Brabant, to celebrate the beginning of asparagus season. A second batch was delivered by traditional means. (International Business Times) A drone carrying mistletoe and a kiss cam at a TGI Friday’s restaurant in New York City crashed into a woman’s face, cutting open her nose. “It was like I couldn’t get it off because I guess the mistletoe part had fishing wire on it — that’s how it was attached — and it got caught in my hair, and it kept twirling and twirling and twirling while this thing is on my nose,” Georgine Benvenuto said. (Britain’s Independent)

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Facing the death penalty for a 2013 killing spree in Nebraska, Nikko Jenkins claims that he acted under orders from a serpent god and is mentally ill. After a Douglas County judge declared him competent to stand trial, Jenkins carved “666” into his forehead, the number of the Beast in the New Testament book of Revelation.

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French police said a 22-year-old man called emergency services to report that a person at a shipyard in Brittany wasn’t responsive and needed an ambulance.

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After an explosion singed the eyebrows, eyelashes and hair of Joseph T. Brennan Jr. and burned his face in Quincy, Mass., he jumped out of his car and told a bystander rushing to his aid, “I’m an idiot.

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Cheating on statewide secondary school exams is common in Bihar, India, where students routinely smuggle in textbooks and notes, but this year local newspapers published photos of parents and relatives scaling walls of exam centers to pass on answers to test takers. Some even showed police officers posted outside the centers accepting bribes. “What can the government do to stop cheating if parents and relatives are not ready to cooperate?” Bihar Education Minister P.K. Shahi asked.

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(April 20-May 20) ebay is a multi-billion-dollar e-commerce business that has been around for almost 20 years. but it had an inauspicious beginning. The first item ever sold on the service was a broken laser pointer. even though the laser pointer didn’t work, and the seller informed the buyer it didn’t work, it brought in $14.83. This story might be a useful metaphor for your imminent future, taurus. While I have faith in the vigor of the long-term trends you are or will soon be setting in motion, your initial steps may be a bit iffy.

(May 21-June 20): Poetically speaking, it’s time to purify your world of all insanities, profanities and inanities. It’s a perfect moment for that once-in-a-blue-moon scour-a-Thon, when you have a mandate to purge all clunkiness, junkiness and gunkiness from your midst. And as you flush away the unease of your hypocrisies and discrepancies, as you dispense with any tendency you might have to make way too much sense, remember that evil is allergic to laughter. Humor is one of the most effective psychospiritual cleansers ever.

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(June 21-July 22): I was in the checkout line at Whole foods. The shopper ahead of me had piled her groceries on the conveyor belt, and it was her turn to be rung up. “How are you doing?” she said cheerfully to the cashier, a crabby-looking hipster who, I happened to know, is a Cancerian poet and lead singer in a local rock band. “oh, I am living my dream,” he replied. I guessed he was being sarcastic, although I didn’t know for sure. In any case, I had a flash of intuition that his answer should be your mantra in the coming weeks. It’s time to redouble your commitment to living your dream! say it 20 times in a row right now: “I am living my dream.”

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ing, I remembered the dream I’d just had. In the dream, I had written a horoscope for you.

Here’s what it said: “The Kentucky Derby is a famous horse race that takes place on the first saturday of every May. It’s called ‘The run for the roses’ because one of the prizes that goes to the winning horse and jockey is a garland of 554 roses. I suspect that your life may soon bring you an odd treasure like that, Leo. Will it be a good thing, or too much of a good thing? Will it be useful or just kind of weird? beautiful or a bit ridiculous? The answers to those questions may depend in part on your willingness to adjust your expectations.”

Virgo (Aug. 23-sept. 22): Don’t calm down.

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liBra (sept. 23-oct. 22): American author stephen Crane wrote his celebrated Civil War novel The Red Badge of Courage in 10 days.

Composer George frideric Handel polished off his famous oratorio Messiah in a mere 24 days and russian writer fyodor Dostoyevsky produced his novel The Gambler in 16 days. on the other hand, Junot Díaz, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, needed 10 years to finish it.

As for you, Libra, I think this is — and should be! — a phase more like Díaz’s than the other three creators’. Go slowly. be super extra thorough. What you’re working on can’t be rushed. sCorpio

(oct. 23-nov. 21): In her book A Natural History of the Senses, Diane Ackerman describes a medieval knight who asked his lady for a strand of her pubic hair: a symbol of her life force. The lady agreed.

He placed the talisman in a locket that he wore around his neck, confident that it would protect him and consecrate him in the course of the rough adventures ahead. I recommend that you consider a similar tack in the coming weeks, scorpio. As you head toward your turning point, arm yourself with a personal blessing from someone you love. success is most likely if you tincture your fierce determination with magical tenderness.

sagittariUs (nov. 22-Dec. 21): “An escalator can never break,” mused comedian Mitch Hedberg. “It can only become stairs. you should never see an ‘escalator temporarily out of order’ sign, just ‘escalator Is temporarily stairs.’” I think a similar principle applies to you, sagittarius. If we were to try to evaluate your current situation with conventional wisdom, we might say that part of your usual array of capacities is not functioning at its usual level. but if we adopted a perspective like Hedberg’s, we could rightly

say that this part of you is simply serving its purpose in a different way.

CapriCorN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I’ve got a tough assignment for you. It won’t be easy, but I think you’re ready to do a good job.

Here it is: Learn to be totally at home with your body. figure out what you need to do to feel unconditional love for your physical form. to get started on this noble and sacred task, practice feeling compassion for your socalled imperfections. I also suggest you cast a love spell on yourself every night, using a red candle, a mirror and your favorite creamy beverage. It may also help to go down to the playground and swing on the swings, make loud animal sounds or engage in unusually uninhibited sex. Do you have any other ideas? aQUariUs

(Jan. 20-feb. 18): When Aquarian media mogul oprah Winfrey was born, “oprah” was not what she was called. Her birth certificate says she is “orpah,” a name her aunt borrowed from a character who appears in the biblical “book of ruth.” As oprah grew up, her friends and relatives had trouble pronouncing “orpah,” and often turned it into “oprah.” The distorted form eventually stuck. but if I were her, I would consider revisiting that old twist sometime soon, maybe even restoring “orpah.” for you Aquarians, it’s a favorable time to investigate original intentions or explore primal meanings or play around with the earliest archetypes.

pisCes (feb. 19-March 20): What I propose

is that you scan your memories and identify everyone who has ever tried to limit your options or dampen your enthusiasm or crush your freedom. take a piece of paper and write down a list of the times someone insinuated that you will forever be stuck in a shrunken possibility, or made a prediction about what you will supposedly never be capable of or said you had a problem that was permanently beyond your ability to solve. once you’ve compiled all the constricting ideas about yourself that other people have tried to saddle you with, burn that piece of paper and declare yourself exempt from their curses. In the days after you do this ritual, all of life will conspire with you to expand your freedom.

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remain committed to the messy experiment you have stirred up, the stress and agitation you’re dealing with will ripen into vitality and excitement. I’m not exaggerating, my dear explorer. you’re on the verge of tapping into the catalytic beauty and rejuvenating truth that lurk beneath the frustration. you’re close to unlocking the deeper ambitions that are trapped inside the surface-level wishes.

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This whole thing leaves a yucky taste in my mouth.

I am not a fan of anyone thinking that the heart is some revolving door they can just swing through any time they please.

Even if she’s great and you have a lot in common, who’s to say she won’t swing right back out again?

I’m not suggesting she’s some conniving jerk, but you said it yourself: Something doesn’t feel right.

Trust that. You know what’s best, and it sounds like she may not be it.

But let’s say you decide to give her another shot.

You said your relationship was “OK” and “hard.”

Has that changed? What’s going to make this time around any different? It’s really important to think about this before you get more involved. Things might be peaches and cream now, but give it time — many of the old patterns will resurface. How will you manage them this time?

If you really feel there’s something here you can’t let go of, I suggest two things. One, encourage her to attend couples counseling with you so you can work out what went wrong, set goals for what will be different now and rebuild the trust lost when she moved on to someone else.

And two, examine your feelings more deeply. Is it possible that a fear of being alone is standing in the way of letting her go?

If that’s the case, know that you’ll be OK. You’ll be better than OK. You deserve to be valued, to be happy. She may have some amazing qualities that are tough to resist, but someone out there will have those qualities, too, and will want only you.

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