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May 19, 2016
Hannah Bureau NOW ON EXHIBIT AT EDGEWATER GALLERY, MIDDLEBURY
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f you have seen her textural, softly geometric landscapes, OIL PAINTING FEELS A BIT OUT OF CONTROL it should come as no surprise that painter Hannah Bureau prefers grays. Before this description brings the word AND FREE FOR ME, VERY MUCH LIKE MY DAY “drab” to mind, know that with these grays Bureau builds TO DAY LIFE — A BEAUTIFUL MESS. vibrant impressions of a scene observed. Fields and sky are rendered in warm and cool grays, with strokes of lilac, EWLIR KVIIR ERH FPYI 'YVIEYƶW [MHI ǼYMH FVYWL WXVSOIW my father and grandfather who were both architects.” thick with paint, impart the richness in the memory of a landscape, while her palette acts as the soft haze of recollection. LI TYVWYIH EVX XLVSYKLSYX LIV IHYGEXMSR ǻVWX EX XLI 5YXRI] School, then Bard College and the Rhode Island School of “Each individual artist has a unique way of seeing color,” Design, and received her MFA in Fine Art from Massachusetts said Bureau. College of Art and Design. Bureau currently teaches painting at RISD in Rhode Island, and, as the mother of 3 1/2-year-old twin At the age of eight, Bureau moved from Paris to Cambridge, KMVPW WLI NYKKPIW E PSX SQI QMKLX IZIR GEPP LIV E LIVS Ƹ. WXVMZI Mass., with her family, in which she is “the fourth generation to bring art into my daughters’ lives as well as balancing time in of women painters.” As she puts it, she grew up “literally the studio with motherhood,” she said. surrounded by art and architecture. My mother and grandmother’s work hung on every wall along with sketches by SEE BUREAU ON PAGE 3
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Arts: Washing away the dust of everyday life A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER If novels can be genius, poems works of art, photos and paintings the masterpieces of our times, musicians and performers those who VIǼIGX SYV WSYPW [LEX XLIR SJ XLI LYQFPI community newspaper—that chronicler of the everyday, capturing the drip-drip of time passing within the small frame of our view? How can we—known fondly by some and disparagingly by others as the local rag—inspire others? If “art is the proper task of life,” as German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche so supremely STMRIH LS[ HSIW ER SYXǻX [LSWI RSXEFPI [SVO LIEHPMRIW XVEǽG QMWGYIW ERH GSYVX WLIRERMKERWƴ along with high school sports, births and deaths and occasions between—ever rise above the petty to the sublime? What art is ours? What bright star shines our way? We don’t paint. Most of us can’t sing. Too shy to dance in tights. Heck, we have two editors just so we write it right. So why this special section of arts and entertainment, of drama and leisure? What possessed us to write more of plays and art exhibits, of music and dance, of shows and festivals, food and home, movies and books? Well, look around us. We did, and what we saw was a transformation of our towns. There is art everywhere. There are galleries, and restaurants and stores that hang exhibits on their walls. We have more good restaurants,
GSǺII WLSTW GEJ³W ERH PYRGL WTSXW XLER IZIV before, and local acts playing in towns several nights a week. We have so many community performance that we barely note the hundreds of events going on at Middlebury College each semester. Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater is one of the reasons art has mushroomed in town, like a thunderhead exploding in the sky, with as many as 160-plus events in a year. Middlebury Opera Company is another, as are the Middlebury Community Players. New to town is the Middlebury Film Festival, which had an amazing ǻVWX ]IEV PEYRGL PEWX &YKYWX ERH MW KIEVMRK up to make its repeat performance ever more entertaining and enlightening. &RH XLEXƶW NYWX XLI WXEVX .R 'VERHSR EPMWFYV] 'VMWXSP ERH :IVKIRRIW ERH TPEGIW QSVI JEV ǼYRK the art that so often makes our lives interesting are headlined and advertised. Look beneath those WLS[W ERH I\LMFMXW ǻPQW ERH JIWXMZEPW KEPEW ERH foot-stomping good times and there are stories to tell. Of artists with a vision, of musicians with soul, of writers and dreamers, creators and innovators. 'YX EPWS SJ TPEGIW XS KEXLIV ERH QIIX 4J XLI changing ways we spend our time, and of the food that is so often at the center of it all. This Section C, then, is “the proper task,” our “art,” as we will endeavor to make it. We invite our readers to join us, too, and we especially solicit your feedback as we explore the best ways to draw on this palette. We invite criticism, suggestions for additions, or perhaps you have an idea for a regular column or tip for a
ANGELO LYNN story. It’s a section for you, and a section to touch at the soul of who we are. &VX EJXIV EPP MW FIWX EX TIIPMRK FEGO XLI FYW] layers of our daily lives and reminding us of KVERHIV XLMRKW &W 5EFPS 5MGEWWS WEMH WS [IPP Ƹ&VX washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” Let this section be that for us all. To get a glimpse into the world of art that is all around us; to introduce us to those artists who inspire; to invite us to participate in the hundreds of ways the art community provides for us — from the opera to art galleries, from love music to great food and XLI QIEPW XLEX RSYVMWL &RH HSRƶX [SVV] EFSYX trying to understand it all, or fret that you’re—like me, perhaps—never going to be a star. I’m good with that, and take solace in these [SVHW F] &QIVMGER LYQSVMWX ;MPP 7SKIVW XLEX EVI FIǻXXMRK SJ E XS[R GLVSRMGPIV Ƹ;I GERƶX EPP FI heroes, because someone has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by.” We’ll do our best to cover the scene each week, and hope our readers will clap (and maybe hiss and boo when appropriate) with us.
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BUREAU CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
Bureau painted the works exhibited at Edgewater Gallery this month with Vermont in mind. She said she drew on her memories of Vermont from her time at the Putney School. She recently elaborated on the process and inspiration of her paintings. What draws you to landscapes? I enjoy the process of editing out what is not essential, and creating the essence of a scene without depicting all the detail. Painting landscape connects me to the beauty of nature and I am constantly striving to capture this beauty on the canvas. All aspects of an abstract painting can be found in nature; abstract shapes and colors, composition, line and texture are all elements that I draw on. What’s something unique about your process? My palette is very large in my studio. I love mixing oil paints into beautiful and subtle chromatic grays and pushing them towards warm and cool temperatures. Each individual artist has a unique way of seeing color. I prefer subtle, toned down grays and tend towards cooler colors. I work to keep the immediacy of mark making; to splatter and drip and be very spontaneous. Oil painting feels a bit out of control and free for Pink Sky at Night - 30x30 oil on canvas $2,600. QI ZIV] QYGL PMOI Q] HE] XS HE] PMJI ƴ E FIEYXMJYP QIWW
COURTESY OF HANNA BUREAU
Who inspires you?
RECENTLY I HAVE A PASSION FOR GARDEN DESIGN. JUST AS IN PAINTING, GARDENING INVOLVES LAYERING, SCALE, VALUE, TIMING, TEXTURE AND RHYTHM.c
I regularly look to many midcentury abstract painters such as 7MGLEVH )MIFIROSVR ERHc ;MPPIQ HI 0SSRMRK JSV XLIMV FSPH and lyrical brushwork and loose treatment of paint. What are the best words of wisdom you’ve been given from a mentor or teacher? My teacher from high school, Eric Aho, has had a lasting MRǼYIRGI SR Q] [SVO .R LMKL WGLSSP LI XSPH SYV GPEWW XLEX MX doesn’t matter what color you choose for painting something as long as it is the right value. I am constantly trying to improve my sense of value in color. I squint a lot at my paintings! Silver Clouds - 24x36 oil on canvas $2,600.
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Another mentor of mine has been Jon Imber, whose canvases inspire me. He reminded me always to include opposites in my paintings, for example, warm and cool colors, hard and WSJX IHKIW FMK ERH PMXXPI WLETIW ERH SR ERH SR c
What are your other passions in life? Do these play into your painting?
How has your style changed?
Recently I have a passion for garden design. Just as in painting, gardening involves layering, scale, value, timing, texture and rhythm.
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MAY 1-31
on exhibit
EDGEWATER GALLERY AT THE FALLS, MIDDLEBURY.
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OUT OF TOWN Indigo Girls come to Flynn MainStage '971.3,843 ƴ 8[IRX] ]IEVW EJXIV XLI] FIKER TUESDAY MAY VIPIEWMRK VIGSVHW EW XLI .RHMKS ,MVPW &Q] 7E] ERH *QMP] EPMIVW LEZI TSPMXIP] HIGPMRIH XLI STTSVXYRMX] XS WPS[ HS[R [MXL EKI ;MXL E PIKEG] SJ VIPIEWIW ERH GSYRXPIWW 9 ERH MRXIVREXMSREP XSYVW FILMRH XLIQ XLI] LEZI JSVKIH XLIMV S[R [E] MR XLI QYWMG FYWMRIWW
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The Indigo Girls will perform live in Burlington on May 24.
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IN TOWN
Artists open their doors
SATURDAY 28 MAY SUNDAY 29 MAY
CURIOUS ART-LOVERS SNEAK A PEEK DURING OPEN STUDIO WEEKEND &)). 43 (4938= Ć´ *ZIV [SRHIV [LEX EVXMWXW VIEPP] HS EPP HE] PSRK$ XYÇşIH MR their studios, hunched over their work for hours upon hours, and days upon days. Sometimes it seems like they don’t surface for a week. Well now’s the time to sneak a peek. This year, visit 240 artists and artisans in 201 locations across Vermont. Glassblowers, quilt makers, sculptors, potters, woodworkers, printmakers, jewelers, furniture makers and painters will come out of hibernation and open their doors to the public this Memorial Day weekend during the Vermont Craft Council’s Open Studio tours. These free tours take place from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, May 28 and 29. Look for the bright yellow “Open Studioâ€? signs speckling the roadsides throughout Vermont. Follow those signs to nearby studios and experience a rare, behind-the-scenes look at Vermont artists’ workspaces. Around Middlebury, artisans Mike Mayone, Norma Jean Rollet, Danielle Gori-Montanelli and Danforth Pewter will be open for tours. Or make it a road trip! Pick up a free Open Studio Guide/Map and cruise the state XS ÇťRH EVX[SVO SJ EPP OMRHW XVEHMXMSREP ERH GSRXIQTSVEV] JYRGXMSREP ERH EFWXVEGX minimalist and complex. Maps are available at Vermont welcome centers, galleries throughout the state, and on the Vermont Crafts Council website, vermontcrafts.com.
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NEARBY STUDIOS Art on Main, 25 Main St., Bristol. Dale Helms Fine Furniture, 2886 Mountain Road, Bristol. Robert Compton Pottery, 2662 North 116 Road, Bristol. Oxford Rug Hooking School 7SYXI (SVR[EPP Timothy Fisher Gallery, 727 Fisher Road, Cornwall. York Hill Pottery, 166 York Hill Rd, Lincoln. Mud Puppy Pottery YRWIX 1EOI 7SEH 4V[IPP Orwell Glass 7SYXI 4V[IPP True Water Gallery, 1266 Route 125, Ripton. Ellen Spring Painted Silk, 2476 Ireland Road, Starksboro. Judith Bryant Pottery 7SYXI XEVOWFSVS Vermont Folk Rocker 7SYXI XEVOWFSVS Creative Space, 214 Main Street., Vergennes.
BRANDON STUDIOS Brandon Artists Guild. A cooperative gallery for 50 artists and artisans. Fran Bull. Gallery in-the-Field. Polychrome sculpture in progress. Jean Cannon 'MVHW ERH FVERGLIW MR [EXIVGSPSVW ERH EGV]PMG Compass Music and Arts Center. Judith Reilly retrospective. Joan Curtis. Mixed-media artwork; sculpture, paintings. Joan Drew. Vermont scenes, watercolors, and prints. Caleb Kenna. Photography and prints. Robin Kent. Folk paintings and sculpture. Warren Kimble. Contemporary folk art, abstract paintings. Jill Listzwan. Unique, colorful, eclectic jewelry. Mary Fran Lloyd. Abstract mixed-media paintings. Gabrielle McDermit. Oil and encaustic paintings. Judith Reilly. Unique “fabric paintings,� hooked rugs, and prints. Laura Rideout. Art On A Whim, stained glass, suncatchers. Patty Sgrecci. Kinetic sculptures and mobiles. Steven Zorn. Fused glass objects.
THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS WEEK ROCK-ON BIXBY BALL
CONCERTS KICK OFF AT VINEYARD
HECKLE AT THE MOVIE ROAST
FRIDAY 20 MAY
FRIDAY 27 MAY
SATURDAY 28 MAY
The Bixby Memorial Vergennes Opera House Free Library in Vergennes is going all out for this year’s Bixby Ball. Hors d’oeuvres, an open bar (with valid ID of course) and a silent auction. The Grift will get things groovin’, so bring those dancing shoes! Together Addison, Ferrisburgh, Panton, Vergennes and Waltham throw XLMW FIRIǝX XS WYTTSVX XLI PMFVEV] &PP XLI QSRI] from ticket sales goes to the library, so come thirsty, hungry and ready for a great night! 7-11 p.m.
.XƜW XMQI JSV XLI ǝRKIV tappin’, wine sippin’ Lincoln Peak, New Haven Fridays of springtime in New Haven. Yup, that’s right, the 2016 Friday GSRGIVX WIVMIW OMGOIH SǺ SR 2E] XST F] XLI Lincoln Peak Vineyard to meet new friends or bring your family — everyone’s welcome, This is a great place to have a pre-dinner snack and enjoy outdoor music! Gumbo Ya Ya is on deck for the May 27. Fridays 6-8 p.m.
Three hilarious Marquis Theater, Middlebury comics heckle and rip apart cheesy movies live! This is one of the few movies at the theater where it’s OK to talk. Come rail on “Howard the Duckâ€? for free. Hosted by talented funny man Pierre Vachon. Food and drink specials too. Oh, and b.t.w. it’s sponsored by Long Trail Brewing & 8LI 95 XSVI Ć´ KS ÇťKYVI T Q
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MUSIC DRUMSTRONG Vermont JOIN THE CIRCLE TO BEAT CANCER BRANDON — Rat-a-tat drum on whatever kind of drum you want during DRUMSTRONG Vermont on Saturday, May 21, at Hands-On Music in Brandon. This is the third year Hands-On Music [MPP LSWX XLMW ǝZI LSYV ƸHVYQ E XLSRƚ XS VEMWI JYRHW ERH E[EVIRIWW MR XLI ǝKLX XS FIEX GERGIV
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will do the calling. Don’t worry, all dances are taught, and partners are optional (not necessary). Still on the fence? Get there right at 8 p.m. for the FIKMRRIVƜW GMVGPI ERH PIEVR XLI QSZIW Bring some cash for admission ($7-$9, free if ]SYƜVI SV ]SYRKIV ERH E JI[ I\XVE FYGOW JSV E WREGO 2SRI] JVSQ VIJVIWLQIRXW FIRIǝXW XLI dance fund. More info at tinmouthcontradance.org.
HEATHER MALONEY BLENDS HER FOLK ROOTS WITH HER PASSION FOR INDIE ROCK IN HER NEWEST ALBUM “MAKING ME BREAK.�
new tracks BURLINGTON — Heather Maloney’s journey to SATURDAY MAY ǝRHMRK LIVWIPJ Nectar’s, Burlington as a singer/ songwriter took some unexpected routes. After studying classical, operatic, and improvisational jazz vocals, she found herself at a silent meditation retreat center in central Massachusetts. Ironically, that’s precisely where she found her ZSMGI ERH [VSXI LIV ZIV] ǝVWX WSRKW .X [EWRƜX PSRK FIJSVI WLI JSYRH LIVWIPJ ǝVQP] VSSXIH MR 3I[ *RKPERHƜW XLVMZMRK WMRKIV songwriter scene, sharing stages with renowned musicians like 7SHVMKS = ,EFVMIPE ,EV] (PEVO Jr., Shakey Graves, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and Anais Mitchell, among others.
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Catch Heather Maloney’s new tracks live at Nectar’s in downtown Burlington Saturday, May 21, at 7 p.m.
live music
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EXHIBITS ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST LANDSCAPES OF TOM MERWIN. On exhibit at Brandon Music Café, 62 Country Club Road, Brandon. 802-465-4071 or www.brandon-music.net. COLLECTIONS AND RECOLLECTIONS: PRESERVING PETER BARRANCO’S LEGACY. On exhibit through summer 2016, opens May 21 at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum. 4472 Basin Harbor Road, Vergennes, 475-2022 or www. lcmm.org. EARLY AMERICAN DECORATION IN RETROSPECT, BY DOLORES FURNARI. On exhibit May 6-June 28 at Brandon Artists’ Guild. 7 Center St., Brandon. Gallery open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. 247-4956 or www.brandonartistsguild.com. FULL CIRCLE: EMERGING IMAGES WITHIN HANDMADE PAPER, WORKS BY DEBORAH SHARPE-LUNSTEAD. On exhibit May 20-July 2 at Town Hall Theater Jackson Gallery, Merchants Row, Middlebury. Monday-Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. 382-9222. K-12 ART EXHIBIT FROM ADDISON NORTHWEST SUPERVISORY UNION STUDENTS. On exhibit May 2-31 at Bixby Memorial Library, Vergennes. 8772211. LIFE UNDER THE SHADOW: PAINTINGS BY HOM PRADHAN. On exhibit March 18-July 31 at Vermont Folklife Center. 88 Main St., Middlebury. Gallery and shop hours Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission by donation. 388-4964. OBSERVING VERMONT ARCHITECTURE. On exhibit through Aug. 7 at Chimney Point Vermont State Historic Site, 7305 Vermont Route 125, Addison. 759-2412. PAUL STRAND IN VERMONT, 1943-1946. On exhibit in the Overbrook Gallery May 27-Aug. 7 at Middlebury College Museum of Art. 72 Porter Field/Route 30 South. 443-3168 or www.middlebury.edu/arts. PHOTOGRAPHER DAVID GRIGGS AND CHILDREN’S BOOK ILLUSTRATOR ASHLEY WOLFF. On exhibit through the month of May at 51 Main. Main Street, Middlebury. 388-8209 or www.go51main.com. SUSANNE STRATER: STRUCTURE. On exhibit through the month of May at Edgewater Gallery on the Green. 6 Merchants Row, Middlebury. 802-9897419 or www.edgewatergallery-vt.com. THE CURIOUS COUSINS OF VERMONT OUTSIDER ARTIST GAYLEEN AIKEN. On exhibit through summer 2016 at Henry Sheldon Museum, 1 Park St., Middlebury. Museum hours Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 388-2117 or www.henrysheldonmuseum.org.
THE GIRL WITH THE PURPLE HAIR: A RETROSPECTIVE. On exhibit April 1-May 30 at Compass Music and Arts Center, 333 Jones Drive, Brandon. www. cmacvt.org.
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TH E AT E R
OWN HALL
Merchants Row Middlebury, VT Tickets: 802-382-9222
www.townhalltheater.or
Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT dŝĐŬĞƚƐ͗ ϴϬϮͲϯϴϮͲϵϮϮϮ ͻ ǁǁǁ͘ƚŽǁŶŚĂůůƚŚĞĂƚĞƌ͘ŽƌŐ Thu-Sat 4/28, 29 & 30, 5/5, 6 & 7 @ 8pm; Sun 5/1 & Sat 5/7 @ 2pm
$15 Thu; $23 adults/$18 students w/ ID for all other shows Sat 5/21 7pm $15/Adults Free/Children
A FUNNY THING VERMONT HAPPENED ON THE WAY MOZART FESTIVAL TO THE FORUM THT welcomes the Vermont Mozart Festival to the Middlebury Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Church. Middlebury Community Players
Don’t miss one of the funniest musicals ever written.
TOWN HALLSun 5/22 5pm $35* THEATER Sat 4/30 1pm $24/$10 Students Middlebury, Vermont
a MEET THEseeks SINGERS MET Technical LIVE IN HD ON THE THT BIG SCREEN director/
Get to know the Opera Company of Middlebury singers facilities manager over drinks and hors d’oeuvres, and enjoy favorite arias. Middlebury UU Society, 2 Duane Court. Applicants for this full-time, year round position should theseething ability *Includes a complimentary ticket to Young Artists in Recital. “Nothing prepared mehave for the intensity, to maintain and operate all theatrical psychological and sheer theatrical systems (lighting, insight sound, projection), inventiveness of this production” and have experience with set construction. Other responsibilities @ 8pm;; Sun 6/5 @ 2pm $55 - $75 Thu 6/9 & Sat 6/11 –Fri 6/3;; Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times include: facilitate load-ins, runs, strikes and turnarounds; provide tech for meetings and receptions; create Opera Company of Middlebury Sat 4/30 $15/Adults Free/Children internship program in 7pm technical OCM’s 13th Season! Verdi’s Macbeth theater; maintain building by performed by a cast of professional singers, making repairs or hiring contractors. A janitorial service will clean thedirected by Douglas Anderson, and building, but this individual will conducted by Emmanuel Plasson. make sure that the theater, studio andFri 6/10 8pm $30 – Special Cover Performance with piano accompaniment. gallery are ready each day for THT welcomes the VMF public use. This historic theater willto the Middlebury Champlain Valley UU Church re-open in July, 2008, so the position ZLOO EH ӾOOHG DV VRRQ Tue 6/7 8pm $15 DV SRVVLEOH /LPLWHG EHQHӾWV 6HQG FRYHU OHWWHU Wed 5/4 11am $10/$5 Students and resume to: Douglas Anderson, Executive Director Town Hall Theater PO Box 128 Eight young singers from across the country Middlebury VT 05753 showcase their talent in a delightful recital. or email materials to Great Art Wednesdays danderson@townhalltheater.org on 802-388-1436 the THT Big Screen
ELEKTRA
MACBETH
VERMONT MOZART FESTIVAL
YOUNG ARTISTS FLORENCE & IN RECITAL
UFFIZI GALLERIES
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CALENDAR top pick IT’S NOT EVERY DAY YOU CAN RUB SHOULDERS WITH PROFESSIONAL OPERA SINGERS. MEET THE CAST OF VERDI’S “MACBETH� THIS SUNDAY AT THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY. HAVE SOME DRINKS AND LIGHT SNACKS, AND THEN RELAX INTO THE TONES OF THEIR FAVORITE ARIAS.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
WHAT YOU WANT TO DO MAY 19-29, 2016
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BENEFIT GOLF CHALLENGE IN FERRISBURGH. Saturday, May 21, 7 a.m., Basin Harbor Club. Fun day of golf, with TVSGIIHW FIRIÇťXMRK XLI 1EOI (LEQTPEMR 2EVMXMQI 2YWIYQĆśW educational programs. Food and prizes. Info: www.lcmm.org.
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CALENDAR VERMONT MOZART FESTIVAL CONCERT IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, May 21, 7 p.m., Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society. The Vermont Mozart Chamber Players present three of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Haydn” string quartets. Admission is $15 for adults and free for children. Info and tickets: www.vermontmozartfestival.org. SENIOR WEEK CHOIR CONCERT AT MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE. Friday, May 27, 8 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts. Annual performance by the Middlebury College Choir featuring the favorite repertoire of the members of the class of 2016. Free. Info: www.middlebury.edu/arts or 802-4433168. 8 CUERDAS IN CONCERT IN BRANDON. Saturday, May 28, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music. The duo of American soprano Sarah Cullins and Colombian guitarist Daniel Gaviria combine their classical training with their love of traditional Latin American and Spanish rhythms and folklore. Tickets $20. Reservations recommended: 802-247-4295 or info@ brandon-music.net. CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, May 29, 6 p.m., Middlebury Community Music Center. Featuring 4PMZME -ENMSǺ 2EVG 7EQMVI^ /SR ;IFIV ERH 2MLS >EMXWY playing a program of Dvorak, Ravel, Haydn, Bartok and Brahms. Suggested donation at the door: $25.
OPEN STUDIO OPEN STUDIO AND BOOK READING IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, May 21, 2-5 p.m., Phoebe Stone’s Gallery, 52 North Pleasant St. Acclaimed Vermont author Phoebe Stone will open her Middlebury studio and read from her new middlegrade novel, “Paris for Two.” OPEN STUDIO WEEKEND IN ADDISON COUNTY AND BRANDON. Saturday, May 28, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., at various studios around the county and Brandon area. Map showing all the area artists who are opening their workspaces to the public during this annual statewide event are available at Vermont welcome centers, at participating galleries or online at vermontcrafts.com. Continues Sunday.
OPEN STUDIO WEEKEND IN ADDISON COUNTY AND BRANDON. Sunday, May 29, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., at various studios around the county and Brandon area. Map showing all the area artists who are opening their workspaces to the public during this annual statewide event are available at Vermont welcome centers, at participating galleries or online at vermontcrafts.com.
SOCIAL BUTTERFLIES OPERA COMPANY OF MIDDLEBURY’S “MEET THE SINGERS” EVENT IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, May 22, 5-7 p.m., Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society. The professional cast of Verdi’s “Macbeth,” which runs at Town -EPP 8LIEXIV MR IEVP] /YRI [MPP FI SR LERH JSV HVMROW ERH hors d’oeuvres and then will perform their favorite arias. Tickets, $35, include appetizers, the performance and a GSQTPMQIRXEV] XMGOIX XS Ƹ=SYRK &VXMWXW MR 7IGMXEPƹ SR /YRI EX 8-8 8MGOIXW EZEMPEFPI EX XLI 8-8 FS\ SǽGI www.townhalltheater.org or at the door. SEE CALENDAR ON PAGE 12
kids pick If you need your weekend activities to pull double duty, I suggest the Lincoln Mountain Magic Run on Saturday, May 21. Adults, teens and middle schoolers get a solid workout while younger kids enjoy the playground, neighbors and a quick tot run. Bonus, that warm and fuzzy feeling of supporting early education. — Eliza Eaton, MiniBury.com
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Meet the chef
Starrin Ricupero from 51 Main
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1 tbsp coconut oil or a light oil 1 large onion, diced 3 garlic cloves, minced 1 lime, juiced 1 cup diced tomato 2 14-ounce cans coconut milk 1 tsp Old Bay seasoning 1/4 tsp black pepper XWT VIH TITTIV ÇźEOIW 1/2 tsp sriracha sauce 1/2 tsp sat, or to taste DIRECTIONS
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In a three-quart saucepan, heat oil over medium high heat. SautÊ the onions until golden brown, stirring occasionally. Add garlic, 4PH 'E] VIH TITTIV ǟEOIW ERH sautÊ until fragrant, about one minute. Then, add the lime juice, diced tomatoes, coconut milk and sriracha. Bring back to a simmer. Add the black pepper and salt to taste. Simmer over medium heat for 15 minutes uncovered. Stir occasionally. That’ll do it for the stew.
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Institute in Essex in 2002 and had several gigs working in restaurants in Addison County. He settled with 51 Main in Middlebury in 2008. The 39-year-old chef knew this is what he wanted to do from the moment he put on a chef’s hat and held a pan and spatula in his grandfather’s restaurant in Pennsylvania. “I knew at that moment, this is what I wanted to do,� he said.
Starrin Ricupero, 11, cooks in his grandfather’s restaurant in Pensylvania. COURTESY OF STARRIN RICUPERO
Growing up Ricupero admired Alton Brown (a fellow NECI grad who hosted the television show Good Eats.) After Brown gave the address for Ricupero’s graduating class, he gave some advice to Ricupero that has
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CALENDAR UNITED WAY COMMUNITY CELEBRATION IN CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 NEW HAVEN. Thursday, May 26, 4:30 p.m., Tourterelle Inn & Dining. Free, family-friendly event to honor the people and businesses who help friends and neighbors achieve better lives. Hors d’oeuvres served. RSVP’s requested: 388-7189.
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“MOTH”-STYLE STORYTELLING EVENT IN BRISTOL. Friday, May 27, 7:30 p.m., Holley Hall. Come tell your story. Suggested donation $10. All proceeds go to improving acoustics in the building.
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the movie
MONEY MONSTER — RUNNING TIME: 1:38 — RATING: R “Money Monster” is both appealing and aggravating. Appealing because Julia Roberts and George Clooney always deliver for our pleasure, aggravating because once the theme is established, it is painted in primary colors so strong that it loses the force of the point it is making. The point? The rot of Wall Street. There can be no question about contemporary Wall Street’s vulnerability to mockery given the crass excess of its unfettered ways, but isn’t that very excess an invitation to a slick, sophisticated comment by Hollywood? Instead, and unfortunately, this movie is an odd mixture of comment and comedy that often borders on the level of the Keystone Kops. The opening scenes of Lee Gates (George Clooney) as a television stock huckster hustling his picks
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in ludicrous costumes as he tells bad jokes set a silly, indelible tone. After Kyle Budwell (Jack O’Connell) bursts into the studio during a live broadcast and forces Lee, at gunpoint, into an explosive vest, just settle in for a long stretch of watching the entire New York City police force (with timely police errors) descend on the hostage crisis. Throughout the ordeal, George Clooney, imprisoned in the vest bomb, is reduced to cautious, reactive responses to the man who holds him prisoner. We, in turn, are reduced to sitting in mild admiration of George Clooney’s handsome face for far too long. But, as with everything here, there’s an upside. The upside is Julia Roberts as Patty Fenn, producer of the show, who works backstage to unravel the mystery of the collapse of the company that has destroyed Kyle’s savings. Calm and deliberate, Patty directs the backstage and onstage action through earphones
as she tries to save Lee and nail the corporate culprit. Credit Emily Meade with a powerful short scene that shifts the movie in a welcome new direction. For the audience, it’s good fun to see what’s required to support the one person we see on screen when we watch the news. Dominic West is appropriately venal as Walt Camby, the corporate villain, and Caitriona Balfe creates a credible accomplice who eventually sees the light. As CEO of the manipulated company, Camby unleashes the standard defense of unrestrained capitalism as the essential core of the country. It can be no coincidence that a Jodie Foster/George Clooney/Julia Roberts movie about Wall Street greed appears at the height of the 2016 election campaign. Liberals in the audience may smile while conservatives will probably squirm. But the big negative here is that a perfectly timed subject that begs
ZERO K — BY DON DELILLO This week Jenny Lyons, of the Vermont Book Shop in Middlebury, recommends “Zero K” by Don DeLillo. DeLillo is a National Book Award winner and author of 15 novels. In “Zero K,” he takes a close look at our possible environmental and social future in this compelling novel. /IǺVI] Lockhart’s father, Ross, a billionaire in his 60s, with a younger wife, Artis Martineau, whose health is failing, are the major investors in a secret biomedical compound MR E VIQSXI PSGEXMSR /IǺVI] 7SWWƶW WSQI[LEX IWXVERKIH son, is summoned to the compound to say goodbye to his stepmother, Artis, who will be “preserved” until such time as she can awake to a new world. Ross and Artis are deeply committed to the people and process, however skeptical XLI VIWX SJ XLI [SVPH ERH MR TEVXMGYPEV /IǺ QE] FI &W /IǺ navigates the nuances of his situation, he looks for chinks in the foundation of the compound, asks all of our questions and rebels with an idealist’s view of how life is supposed to be lived. This is a memorable portrait of a family, an end-of-life decision-making process, and also, at its core, a comingof-EKI WXSV] SJ XLI VIQEVOEFP] VIEPM^IH LIVS /IǺ &R EMV SJ intrigue keeps the reader riveted.
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LIFESTYLE
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icole Burke and Ryan Miller have made their home in New Haven. The couple wanted to farm, raise bees and raise a family, so they founded Golden Well Farm & Apiaries. They focus their farming on vegetables, berries, honey products and eggs. “When we met, we were in New Mexico and, while we loved it out there, we experienced one of the driest years on record, bear
WE LOVE WHAT WE DO AND FEEL REALLY GRATEFUL TO LIVE IN A PLACE THAT IS SO SUPPORTIVE OF YOUNG FARMERS AND HEALTHY FOOD AND LAND.
EXXEGOW SR SYV FIIW ERH JSVIWX ǻVIW ;LIR these hardships were juxtaposed with our summer wedding in Vermont (where Nicole’s family is from, and bee forage is plenty!), we decided to move back East,” explained Nicole and Ryan during an interview last month.
what we do and seeing how it inspires people that keeps us optimistic. It’s also exciting to WII QSVI ERH QSVI ]SYRK TISTPI ǻRHMRK E passion for farming. We like that we’re part of a movement that’s crucial to the future health of our planet.
They found land to farm through UVM Land Link soon after moving back to the area, and with the help of VEDA and FSA farm lending programs, were able to buy the farm. “We’re in it for the long haul now,” they said.
What are your greatest challenges? Finding enough hours in the day to do what we want to do is always a challenge.
What inspires you most day-to-day and yearto-year?
It’s pretty much non-stop most of the year, even during the winter months when we’re busy planning for the year ahead. We also just bought our farm last year and have taken on a loan that’s requiring us to get creative about LS[ [I QIIX SYV RI[ ǻRERGMEP VIWTSRWMFMPMXMIW
Our child, her future, community, helping people connect to the earth and each other, knowing that we have a chance of making a positive impact on this little corner of earth. We’re inspired by our harvest and how it’s tangible, edible evidence that each year we’re making progress as farmers.
8LI HE] XS HE] GLEPPIRKIW MR XLI ǻIPH EVI EPWS plenty; insects, woodchucks, rainstorms, late or early frosts, losing crops for one reason or another. Then, when you do have a great crop, the challenge becomes how to move it in an area that is full of great farmers and also has access to cheap, imported food.
Burke and Miller recently elaborated on their farming lifestyle.
It’s our community and sharing our love for
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GARDEN
p m Ra it up
It’s a little on the late side, but if you look in the cool wet valleys of densely wooded EVIEW ]SYĆśPP TVSFEFP] WXMPP ÇťRH some delicious ready-to-pick ramps. Ramps are wild leeks that LEZI E WTMG] KEVPMG QIIX SRMSR ÇźEZSV Ramps grow in dense clusters in marshy areas and around rivers, streams and brooks. Look for their broad, smooth, green leaves and purple or redish lower stems. When you’ve found a nice big patch of ramps tread lightly please. To share Vermont’s spring bounty never harvest more than a few stems from any one clump. It’s best to harvest from the center of each clump rather than from the edges. Why harvest from the middle and not the easy pickins at the edges? Because, the ramps can repopulate an area in the center of a clump more easily than they can from the outer edges. OK, so now it’s time to harvest. Take a sharp spade (or if you’re unprepared, a nice long ÇťRKIVREMP [MPP HS ERH HMK HS[R 5YPP YT XLI ramp — roots and all. Warning: If you don’t dig HS[R ]SYĆśPP WMQTP] TPYGO XLI PIEZIW SÇş ERH leave that tasty little onion in the ground. Once harvested, ramps can be used in any recipe as a substitute for garlic or onion. They are delicious pickled, grilled or sauteed with other fresh spring veggies, though Emily Millard’s absolute favorite thing to do with ramps is make pesto. “I like to make a big batch HYVMRK XLI ÇźIIXMRK VEQT WIEWSR ERH JVII^I MX in smaller quantities for days when fresh ramps are just a memory,â€? said Millard, who works at the Middlebury Natural Foods Co-op. “The pesto is delicious smeared on crusty bread or tossed with pasta.â€? Editor’s note: Emily Millard wrote and published the original version of this story on the Middlebury Natural Foods Co-op’s Blog in April.
RAMP PESTO Makes about 2 cups By Emily Millard INGREDIENTS 3/4 cups ramps, roughly chopped 1/2 cups fresh basil or parsley Juice of one lemon XWT JVIWL PIQSR ^IWX 1/4 cups toasted nuts of your choice GYTW JVIWL KVEXIH 5EVQIWER SV Romano cheese salt and fresh ground pepper, to taste 3-4 tbsp olive oil DIRECTIONS (PIER XLI VEQTW [IPP ERH XVMQ SÇş XLI VSSXW Roughly chop the bulbs, shoots and leaves of the ramps and place them in a food processor. Add all ingredients except for the olive oil. Turn SR XLI JSSH TVSGIWWSV ERH HVM^^PI MR XLI SMP YRXMP the mixture reaches the desired consistency; not too dry, but not too oily. Serve on crackers, crusty bread, or toss with your favorite pasta and spring veggies.
did you know? THE NAME RAMPS (USUALLY PLURAL) IS ONE OF THE MANY DIALECTICAL VARIANTS OF THE ENGLISH WORD RAMSON, A COMMON NAME OF THE EUROPEAN BEAR LEEK (ALLIUM URSINUM), A BROAD-LEAVED SPECIES OF GARLIC.
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REAL ESTATE FARM CONTINUED FROM PAGE 15
What does your ideal food system look like? In our ideal food system, food would be valued more and people would be more willing to buy it at a price that would support local, organic farms. The U.S. only spends an average of 6.2 percent of their household income on food in a year — that’s less than any other country in the world. Farms EVI WYǺIVMRK HYI XS JSSH being undervalued. We’d like to see consumers being better educated to YRHIVWXERH XLI HMǺIVIRGI between a chemical-laden commercial carrot and a local carrot, grown in nutrient-rich, chemical-free soil, picked that morning. We also would love to see more of a celebration of the harvest, through events like strawberry festivals and apple cider parties and other opportunities for folks to come together around food. Our vision is to see stronger community surrounding local food. We’d also love to have more camaraderie with fellow local farmers and work more closely with them to reach broader markets. Do you have any advice for others thinking of a career in local farming? Find a good mentor, pace yourself, keep at it, be prepared to work for what you believe in and don’t give up. Farming by its very nature is chaos and struggle, but if you love it and it’s what you believe in, it’s all worth it.
PHOTO COURTESY OF NICOLE BURKE
Young farmers are reinventing something that was lost along the way in the way that the world thinks about food. We’re on a journey together to rediscover what food really means in this day and age.
to help you create a good business plan. Sustainability also extends to your bank account, your health, your relationships. There’s a lot more to tend to in life than just the rows you sow. It’s all a balance.
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This story was originally published by ACORN and the Addison Independent in the Champlain Vally Local Food & Farm Guide, April 2016.
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LINCOLN  –  This  4  bedroom,  2  bath  house  sits  on  the  banks  of  the  beautiful  New  Haven  River  in  West  Lincoln.  There  is  a  pantry  off  the  kitchen  and  also  a  small  workshop.  An  enclosed  porch  and  a  patio  faces  the  river  out  back.  The  furnace  is  less  than  2  years  old  and  there  is  also  a  root  cellar  in  the  basement.  There  is  a  1  car  garage  and  a  23  x  28  barn.  With  a  little  TLC  this  will  make  a  great  home  for  its  new  owner.  Only  5  minutes  to  Bristol  and  45  minutes  to  Burlington.  Potential  investment  property.   $159,000
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