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The Burlington School Board held an emergency gathering Sunday night that might have violated open meeting law. Detention for all?

1. “Vermont House Gives Final Approval to Landmark Gun Bill” by Alicia Freese. After two days of debate, the Vermont House passed a sweeping gun bill, sending it back to the Senate. 2. “Analysis: How Gun Votes Divided the Vermont House” by Alicia Freese and Andrea Suozzo. Who voted for the gun bill and its proposed amendments in the House? 3. “The Year of Living Differently: A LifeAltering Ski Accident Hasn’t Stopped Ryan McLaren” by Molly Walsh. A fluke ski accident left the Burlington resident partially paralyzed last year, just months before his wedding. 4. “Vermont Education Secretary Rebecca Holcombe Resigns” by Taylor Dobbs. Holcombe led the Department of Education — and its school consolidation efforts — since early 2014. 5. “An Attorney Makes a Case for Finding Friends” by Ken Picard. Ryan Kriger didn’t know anyone when he moved to Vermont in 2011. He’s giving a series of talks on making new friends as an adult.

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The group members outlined their objections at a Tuesday press conference, where they displayed a series of detailed posters of Burlington zoning districts, maps of the project’s environmental impacts and more than 60 printed pictures showing changes to the South End since the 2010 environmental study.

Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger, for his part, isn’t having any of it. “The time for debate, amendment and appeal has long passed,” he said in a statement. The parkway, intended to connect Interstate 189 to downtown Burlington, is expected to cost about $43 million — 95 percent of which is federal, 3 percent state and 2 percent local. Among the coalition members is Steve Goodkind, a former director of Burlington’s Department of Public Works, who said he oversaw the project plans for 15 years. He said the current design, if built, would send the city’s vibrant South End tech and art sectors into a “death spiral.” And if the project is held up for another few years — or decades? Redington shrugged. “We want to do it right,” he said.

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[Re “Unlikely Allies Open a Homeless Shelter in Lamoille County,” March 21]: Did you hear the one about the rabbi, the minister and the sheriff who skipped the red tape and opened a homeless shelter in Hyde Park? So rarely do we see real leadership like this. It’s the best story I’ve read in Seven Days in a long time. Congrats, guys, for doing the right thing. You’re examples to us all. Pete Johnson

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In “Weinberger Could Veto Burlington City Council Resolution on F-35s” [Off Message, March 28], Seven Days reports that Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger is taking time to consider “repercussions of the city requesting an alternative mission” for the Vermont Air National Guard. The resolution awaiting either his signature or his veto asks the secretary of the Air Force to “replace the planned basing of the F-35 with a basing of a low-noise-level plane with a proven high safety record, consistent with the ballot question” approved by 55 percent of Burlington voters on Town Meeting Day. Positive repercussions of the Air Force accepting such a request include: • Sharply improved home environment for children and elderly in 3,000 homes in the Chase Street neighborhood in Burlington, the airport neighborhood in South Burlington and most of Winooski. • Improved learning environment at Chamberlin School in South Burlington and at schools in Winooski. • Sharply improved crash rate and crash consequences. • A vastly increased amount of livable affordable housing in Chittenden County because 3,000 homes in the Chase Street neighborhood in Burlington, the airport neighborhood in South Burlington and most of Winooski will no longer be degraded. • Sharply improved ability for employers to bring new workers to the Burlington area because 3,000 affordable homes will have a healthy living environment restored. • A Vermont Air National Guard now capable of achieving its self-declared mission “to protect the citizens of Vermont” because it operates low-noise-level equipment with a proven high safety record

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The majority of the text in Lisa Hayne’s letter to the editor has been circling the internet for several years as a “copypasta” — aka a copy-and-paste meme [Feedback: “Armed, but Not Dangerous,” March 21]. The earliest posting I could find was in December 2015 on the Modern Libertarian’s Facebook page. This post attributes the quote to Brian Cerny. What I find interesting is the portion that Haynes omitted when claiming these words as her own. The original post states: “I may get shot before I can pull the trigger ... but, I won’t die in a helpless blubbering heap on the floor begging for my life or my child’s life.” This line has rightly been called out by many as insensitive. Perhaps Haynes agrees. Personally, I agree with comedian Nate Borgman, who wrote on Reddit in February 2018: “They say the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun ... but I think that’s just someone who wants to sell two guns.” Borgman, by the way, was also plagiarized by Tom Boylan, whose tweet subsequently went viral.

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[Re Off Message: “Walters: Thousands Attend March for Our Lives Rally in Montpelier,” March 24]: On March 24, I watched with tears of hope and pride as the youth of America reclaimed our government. As a child of the ’50s and ’60s, I remember our antiwar and reproductive rights marches across the nation that brought real change. But this teen movement is even more robust. These kids are more poised, articulate, connected and diverse than we were; their colors, dialects and histories prove that America is, indeed, a melting pot and that our kids are, indeed, all right. I thank whatever gods may be that the shameful, good-old-boy white network of people cowering in Congress for fear of losing their privilege will soon be replaced by these young people. As we sang decades ago and as Jennifer Hudson so powerfully sang that Saturday, “The times, they are achangin’.” Yes, it appears they finally are. To our teenagers: Don’t let the bastards — or the system — beat you down. They

will try, mightily, and for a long time. But my generation stopped a war and brought all American women birth control and reproductive choice. Now we look to you for commonsense gun laws and economic and gender equality. If we needed proof that you have the stamina, intelligence, organization and determination to justify our trust in you, we got it on March 24.

[Re Feedback: “Armed, but Not Dangerous,” March 21]: I always look forward to reading the letters to the editor in Seven Days because I’m always learning new things from other Vermonters, getting personal insights into the stories they share or getting a different opinion about an article that was published. So I was very disappointed two weeks ago to find this old sad piece of copypasta, which always reappears on the internet after mass shootings. This is not an opinion, a story or even an original thought; it’s a bullshit, regurgitated fantasy. There are many other slightly altered versions of this “letter” that all conclude saying, “I won’t die helpless, begging for my life as a victim of a massacre,” or “I won’t die in a helpless blubbering heap on the floor begging for my life or my child’s life.” Many of the victims of violent crimes committed in this country die heroic deaths, the kind of deaths dreamt about by the woman who “wrote” this letter and sent it to the paper, saving others from certain peril. I’m certain that many of them also die screaming in pain, begging for their loved ones, their children, their parents or their God. Regardless, all of them were innocent victims, and to label them as helpless and begging for their lives is beyond insensitive, regardless of how you feel about gun laws in this country.

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“Follow the money.” That famous, if fictitious, Watergate-era quote is a journalistic commandment. So, for this annual theme issue, we followed it. The paper (bill) trail led us to a RANGE OF RETIREMENT HOMES to see how the state is prepping for the aging baby boom generation. Across the lake, Plattsburgh is the FIRST CITY IN THE U.S. TO BAN CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING. The logos for digi-dough models Bitcoin, Dogecoin and Ethereum are on the cover, BTW. In analog money news: VERMONT FARMS ARE REIMAGINING THE CSA MODEL, a Winooski educator is SCHOOLING KIDS IN FINANCES, artists generate DIY WAYS OF MAKING A LIVING and we have flinty fun with the FRUGALWOODS family. Finally, if you’ve slacked on filing your 2017 taxes, get on it — and don’t skirt the state’s USE TAX.

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Bitcoin Miners Seek Fortune — and Cheap Electricity — in Plattsburgh

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Stuck in Vermont: When will winter end? Since 1988, people have been placing $1 bets on when a cinder block will fall through the ice on Joe’s Pond in West Danville. Eva Sollberger traveled to the Northeast Kingdom to make her own wager.

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against Scott: Democratic Sen. JOHN of Essex-Orleans, a staunch opponent of gun regulation. “The governor, who we all supported, went back on his word,” Rodgers said. “He sold us down the road!” People in the crowd shouted “Treachery!” and “Traitor!” RODGERS

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Republican politicians appear to understand that challenging Scott would be a losing proposition, not to mention a stunning act of political apostasy. Gunrights advocates were less measured. Cutler, ever the firebrand, talked boldly of taking on the incumbent, perhaps with multiple candidates. “If he vetoes the bill, we’ll forgive and forget,” he said. “If he doesn’t, well, we have heroes on both sides.” (One of those “heroes,” progun Republican gubernatorial hopeful KEITH STERN, attended the rally but was not invited to speak.) Cutler also promised to bring the fight to Burlington itself — the heart of darkness for gun-rights advocates. “We’re definitely going to target” Sen. PHIL BARUTH (D/P-Chittenden) and Senate President Pro Tempore TIM ASHE (D/P-Chittenden). Cutler is aiming very high there. But it is possible that a motivated bloc of voters could turn certain legislative races. “In some of the rural communities, particularly House races, it will have an impact,” said Sen. DICK SEARS (D-Bennington), after the S.55 vote on Friday. He likened it to the 2000 election, in which several incumbent lawmakers lost their seats after voting in favor of the same-sex civil unions law. Vermont Republican Party chair DEB BILLADO believes that the gun issue will help the GOP, which has had trouble recruiting legislative candidates. “A lot of people are very interested,” she said. “This will generate candidates.” “This changes the dynamic in some districts,” acknowledged TERJE ANDERSON, chair of the Vermont Democratic Party. But overall, he believes, the gun issue isn’t as predictable as one might think. “People are motivated on both sides,” he said. “The question is, who gets more motivated?”

Anderson, who lives in the Franklin County village of Montgomery, has noticed a dynamic similar to that of the gun-rights rally. “When I talk to my [gunowning] neighbors about it, they’re not mad at the legislature; they’re mad at Phil Scott,” Anderson said. “There’s a palpable anger toward Scott.” Anderson thinks that Stern, or another pro-gun candidate, could pull significant votes from the incumbent in both the Republican primary and the general election. “I don’t know how it can not hurt him,” acknowledged Billado of the governor’s pivot away from his pro-gun stance. But, she added, “Phil Scott is an extremely smart man. He wants to do what’s right. He will figure that out.” The stakes are high for the gun-rights community. For years, its members have held gun legislation at bay through their dedicated advocacy, making guns “the third rail of Vermont politics,” according to Anderson. Now, for the first time in living memory, they’ve been knocked back on their heels by a wave of gun-regulation support. Suddenly their opponents are just as motivated, and seemingly more numerous. If they can’t deliver on their promises of retribution at the ballot box, their political power may be a thing of the past. Their cause won’t be helped if there are divisions between the party faithful and its governor. Speaking of which, how about this rather inflammatory tweet from Saturday? “A sad day in Vermont. Repub Gov breaks repeated pledge; will sign bill taking rights from law-abiding citizens with no increase in safety.” The author was VTGOP vice chair BRADY TOENSING, who lobbied for a gun manufacturer during the S.55 debate. Toensing declined to be interviewed, but he did email a statement. “Laws like this, which are driven by politics and emotion rather than constitutionality, are why we have three branches of government,” he wrote. “This law will be challenged in court.” A top GOP official threatening his party’s governor with legal action is something you don’t see every day. A sign of bad blood between party and leader? Sure seems like it. Gun owners make up a big portion of the party’s activist base. At the rally, Rep. JANSSEN WILLHOIT (R-St. Johnsbury) told the crowd that Scott is “not worried about his race, but I’m worried about mine.” If gun-rights

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There’s yet another departure to report at WCAX-TV. EVA MCKEND, coanchor of the 5:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts, is about to leave for the nation’s capital and a career opportunity too good to pass up: She will be a Washington, D.C.based correspondent for Spectrum News, a regional cable news group owned by Charter Communications. “I look forward to the new job, but it’s bittersweet,” she said. “I love Vermont. I’ve been able to amplify the voices of people of color in Vermont. It’s difficult to leave that behind.” McKend is the only black news anchor in a state whose media corps is almost entirely white. Her departure, tentatively set for April 13, leaves WCAX news director ROGER GARRITY with another opening to fill. “She came in the day after KRISTIN [KELLY] announced her departure and told me she had a new job,” Garrity recalled. (Kelly, longtime 6 p.m. anchor, announced in mid-March that she was becoming a spokesperson for Green Mountain Power.) Quite a few WCAX-ers have left since the Martin family sold the station last May. Garrity insisted that that’s a coincidence. He pointed out that every departing staffer was leaving for a better job or for family reasons. “Not one person has walked in and said, ‘I can’t stand working here anymore,’” he said. That may be true. Of course, people who work in the media business know that it’s unwise to burn bridges. “Take This Job and Shove It” is a classic song, but it’s not an effective career-building technique. m

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The collapse of CoverageCo is a story that’s just beginning to unspool. The carrier, which had provided wireless service along 150 miles of state highway and in 26 previously unserved communities in rural Vermont, is on the verge of disintegration. Townshend’s Grace Cottage Hospital depended on the company for cell service. Last Thursday, the House Energy and Technology Committee sought answers from Public Service Commissioner JUNE TIERNEY. Her testimony raised a lot of questions about the structure of the CoverageCo deal and the state’s apparent lack of commitment to rural connectivity. The deal was “a gamble” on the state’s part, she said. And it was a partnership in which the state had no regulatory authority. That means, according to Tierney, “We can’t force [financial] disclosure.” So the state is in the dark regarding the firm’s finances. The company is now owned by Rose Park Advisors, a Massachusetts investment firm, and Vermont has nothing more than a “point of contact” with them, she said. More good news: “The CoverageCo project was never completely built out,” said Tierney. “We are assembling information on how much.” That’d be nice to know. CoverageCo is a subsidiary of Vanu Inc., a company that was the brainchild of VANU BOSE, who was by all accounts a brilliant innovator. He died unexpectedly last November at age 52. Along with Bose, noted Tierney, “significant impetus for the arrangement died as well.” Which is a nice way of saying that the state essentially laid its trust and a $4 million capital investment on the slender branch of one man’s genius. Also, CoverageCo’s service was 2G, which is rapidly becoming obsolete and is, Tierney said, “not worth the investment” it would take to rebuild. CLAY PURVIS, director of telecommunications and connectivity for the state, told the committee that it would be “difficult or impossible to adapt to 4G or upgrade from 2G … I don’t think CoverageCo was ever prepared to make those upgrades.” That seems astoundingly shortsighted in an industry that evolves at warp speed. Put all these items together, and there are legitimate grounds to question the state’s decision making and oversight.

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he doings in Plattsburgh City Hall rarely grab the international spotlight. But last Thursday, the mayor of the sleepy upstate New York burg across the lake from Burlington explained that he’d just gotten an email from a person in Sweden complaining about the city’s moratorium on electricity-hogging cryptocurrency companies. That’s how far news has traveled about the Plattsburgh Common Council’s March 15 vote to prohibit crypto companies from opening within city limits for 18 months. With Mayor Colin Read’s support, the council blamed the industry for sucking up Plattsburgh’s cheap electricity and causing a spike in rates for everyone else. Critics say that city leaders are Luddites who don’t understand the technology, Read said. But they’re wrong, and many supporters see “that we’re doing the right thing,” he continued. “This is an industry of dubious ability to create jobs.” Plattsburgh’s cheap power is at the center of the debate. The space-heatersize computers that process or “mine” Bitcoin transactions gobble power, especially when the machines are massed by the hundreds or thousands in a warehouse setting. Bitcoin is a global digital currency that is not secured by banks. A mysterious entrepreneur who goes by the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto launched it in 2009 to allow people to anonymously buy, spend and trade an online currency, avoiding fees and regulation. Bitcoin is increasingly accepted as legal tender; a Williston lawyer announced last year that he would take it. And investors have earned millions trading the currency and similar ones such as Ethereum and Dogecoin, though some economists warn that they are overvalued. People also make money by “mining” Bitcoin — that is, using specialized computers tied into a decentralized, global network in a race to solve complex math problems. These computations serve to process and record new Bitcoin transactions. Those who win the computational race — generally, the people with the fastest computers — are rewarded with new digital Bitcoin tokens. To maximize profit, large-scale “miners” scout for places with low power costs, which it turns out, puts

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out-of-the-way, often-overlooked Plattsburgh on the map. The city on Lake Champlain has rarely landed on “best list” rankings — until now. “We’ve got some of the lowest industrial electricity rates on the planet,” Read said. Plattsburgh’s residential rates are 63 percent lower than the average in the U.S., and industrial rates are 61 percent lower, according to rating company Electricity Local. Electricity is such a bargain that many Plattsburgh residents still heat their homes with it instead of natural gas or oil. Rates average 4.36 cents per kilowatt hour for residents and 2.61 cents per kilowatt hour for industrial users. How good is that deal? By comparison, consider Burlington, where the industrial rate averages 11.52 cents per kilowatt hour, about 72 percent greater than the national average, according to Electricity Local. Plattsburgh and its publicly owned Municipal Lighting Department get the bargain rates courtesy of a hydropower deal that was forged back in the 1950s, when the Moses-Saunders Power Dam was constructed on the St. Lawrence River. But there’s a hitch. The city only gets so much power; if consumption exceeds that amount, it has to buy additional electricity from more expensive sources.

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That happened in February, and bitter cold was not the culprit, according to the mayor. A surge in the demand for power doubled the electricity bills of some residents; major employers complained. City officials blame a handful of cryptocurrency operations that have set up shop within the last three years. The largest of these, Coinmint, a Bitcoin mining operation based in Puerto Rico, now has at least two Plattsburgh sites: one in an old strip mall and the other in a former wallpaper factory. The Coinmint operations are using a combined total of 10 percent of the city’s electricity, by some estimates. Read rejects the notion that wealth generated by these cryptocurrency companies will trickle down in the community. They employ only a handful of people, according to the mayor, who is a

former professor at the State University of New York in Plattsburgh and holds a PhD in economics, a law degree and a bachelor’s in physics. The city gets no share of corporate income taxes, either, Read said: “They aren’t going to be parking their yachts in Plattsburgh. They are going to be parking their yachts in Monaco.” The owners of Coinmint did not respond to a request for comment. But several people involved with smaller operations agreed to be interviewed, and they shared their concerns about the moratorium. Ryan Brienza grew up building his own computers and designing apps in Beekmantown, just outside Plattsburgh. The 18-year-old graduated from the town’s public high school last year and deferred enrollment at Clarkson University. He founded a cryptocurrency mining company in a leased space at the Imperial Industrial Park in Plattsburgh. Coinmint also rents space in the building. Last Thursday, Brienza gave this reporter a tour of the operation in the ramshackle industrial complex near the Saranac River. A bank of about 100 boot-box-size computers roared on shelves against a wall. Brienza and his partners — who include his father, Greg, an electrician whose company does industrial-scale jobs — want to expand to host as many as 5,000 “mines,” or processors, at the Imperial site. But the moratorium could block that plan, at least for the next 18 months — an eternity in the fast-paced cryptocurrency industry in which successful “miners” can make millions in a month. “We’re trying to work with the city and get this lifted quicker than the 18 months,” Brienza said. Electrical rates could be structured in a way that serves everyone, he said: “It’s not right for us to make a bunch of money and have the rates go up.” How big is “a bunch,” exactly? “It’s profitable, I’ll tell you that,” he said, declining to be specific. It’s true that cryptocurrency operations need few employees, he said. He manages his company’s 100 machines on his own and isn’t on-site full time. Brienza is perfecting an alert system to inform him when a computer malfunctions so he can spend even more time working remotely.

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its dying paper mills and idled aluminum smelters, from “smoke stacks to server racks.” Another pitch: Cryptocurrency is a young person’s game, and the North Country needs more of those, said But he and his father point out that Brienza’s dad, Greg. The industry could local companies make money doing the help attract millennials who are interwiring and ventilation for heat-gener- ested in the tech sector, he said. ating crypto-company facilities. And David Bowman agrees. The their automation could spin off to other 27-year-old grew up in Peru, outside of types of industries, they believe. They Plattsburgh, and founded a small crypalso contend that the nascent industry tocurrency company called Plattsburgh is putting Plattsburgh on the radar of BTC in 2015 with just a few machines. high-rolling investors. Hedge fund He now pays Brienza’s company to run managers and others have been flying them. in to check out the emerging “mining” Bowman, who graduated from SUNY scene, Brienza said. Plattsburgh and then earned a master’s from Georgetown University in biochemistry, isn’t in the crypto biz Ryan Brienza (left) and David Bowman with Bitcoin mining machines full time. He’s enrolled in medical school in Grenada, and that’s his priority. But he believes the Bitcoin industry could make Plattsburgh “like a Silicon Valley for the area.” A short drive from the Imperial Industrial Park, Coinmint runs a much larger operation out of an old strip mall called Skyway Plaza. Last Thursday, mining machines inside a retrofitted one-story retail building issued a loud rumble that could be heard outside. Loading bays and doors were open to let the heat they generated escape. Several large fans churned. Signs hung over the doorways warned “No “The last time [the region] got Trespassing” without revealing the national news was in the prison company name. break,” Brienza said, referring to the But many Plattsburgh residents 2015 escape from nearby Clinton know it’s there, and they aren’t necesCorrectional Facility in Dannemora. sarily happy about it. The moratorium The story of a prison worker who is “only fair,” said internet cable installer helped two convicts find their way out William Giddings as he shopped at a of the state prison is in production for a Family Dollar store, one of the few retail Showtime series directed by Ben Stiller, tenants left in the building. and just last month crews filmed street His electric bill — which covers heat scenes in Plattsburgh. and lights — rarely exceeds $70 a month The cryptocurrency biz might not be even in the dead of winter. But it hit $170 miniseries material, but it’s had plenty in February, and he expects the same in of plot twists. “It’s kind of like the Wild March, said Giddings. West at the moment,” said Brienza, who, He blames Coinmint and said resialong with other crypto entrepreneurs, dents should not suffer for its success. “I is investigating options in other cheap- don’t own the business,” he said. “I don’t power communities near Plattsburgh. get any money out of it.” The mantra of cryptocurrency companies is to transition the region, with Contact: molly@sevendaysvt.com

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ruce Thomas and two of his siblings waged a costly court battle for eight years, alleging that their brother Paul abused his legal power as their elderly mother’s court-appointed guardian and bled her holdings of $1.1 million. Paul paid himself for work that wasn’t necessary or wasn’t done, his siblings alleged in court filings. They said his self-dealing was an obvious conflict of interest. On March 21, Orange County Probate Judge Bernard Lewis effectively removed Paul from control of Miriam Thomas’ finances, though he will continue to act on his mother’s behalf on medical and nonfinancial issues. Lewis’ order says he will replace Paul with a “neutral third party” who will serve as financial guardian. The order doesn’t accuse Paul of theft, but the judge made it clear that the “sloppy or incomplete” financial records Paul filed for Miriam’s estate made it impossible to figure out what he was doing with her money. Although Bruce and his two siblings ultimately got what they were asking for, Bruce said their long fight illustrates Vermont’s weak oversight of guardians. He is seeking action by the state legislature to toughen relevant laws. Attempts to contact Paul for this story were unsuccessful. His attorney, Frank Olmstead, declined an interview but suggested in an email to Seven Days that there was more to the story. “Neither the guardian nor I will address the likely incorrect, exaggerated and misleading statements about our conduct involving Jane Doe that have been made by some of her adult children,” he wrote, making a point of not using Miriam’s name. He also wrote, “The Probate Court has not concluded that there has been any abuse or exploitation of Jane Doe despite years of urging by several of her adult children.” The seeds of the Thomas family dispute were sown more than 10 years ago. As Miriam’s husband’s health declined before his death in 2007, her mental facilities also began to falter, and she granted Paul power of attorney — legal authority that allows a person to manage finances on someone’s behalf. Power of attorney can be granted without a judge’s approval. In 2009, Miriam, who had developed dementia and could no longer tend to her own affairs, moved to the Valley Terrace nursing home in Wilder. Since then, court records say, Paul has paid himself tens of thousands of dollars for fulfilling his duties as guardian. Still, he kept shoddy records and filed them after legal deadlines, Judge Lewis ruled. When Bruce and his siblings began to suspect in 2010 that Paul was mismanaging their mother’s estate, they went to Orange County Probate Court to ask Lewis to install Bruce, who lives in Trumbull, Conn., as their mother’s guardian. A guardianship carries authority similar to a power of attorney, often has broader authority and is assigned by a judge. Instead, the judge appointed Paul, who still lived in the family’s Newbury home. From then until his March decision, Lewis presided over a long and contentious dispute that he characterized in a ruling as a “family feud,” noting that yet another sibling sided with Paul. Even Paul’s handling of his parents’ tree farm became a point of dispute. “Guardian’s actions are in violation of the Court’s December 12, 2013 order,” Lewis wrote in

the March decision. “For 2014 and 2015, Guardian spent $72,000 of estate funds to generate timber proceeds of $42,000, creating a loss of $29,000. Guardian paid himself $71,000 for this work.” Bruce said that while Vermont laws to protect elders look good on paper — requiring guardians to report their activities to the court for review and giving judges power to remove guardians who don’t comply — more rigorous oversight is needed. Attorneys and state officials say disputes such as the Thomases’ are increasingly common as Vermont’s population ages. “We have counties in Vermont that are reaching over 20 percent of population above the age of 60 as the baby boomers are aging and dying,” said Paula McCann, who practices elder law in Rutland. “Our probate courts are now part time because of budget issues, and they only have a certain number of staff.” McCann said that situation limits oversight of guardians. The courts don’t always detect the sometimes-complex schemes that defraud older Vermonters, she said. The state’s other efforts are similarly limited. Adult Protective Services, the state agency responsible for investigating allegations of abuse, neglect and financial exploitation of vulnerable adults, has 11 investigators. APS Director Joe Nusbaum said his staff’s main job is maintaining and updating a statewide registry of people against whom others have made substantiated allegations of abuse. Employers such as hospitals and nursing homes use it to vet potential hires.

Nusbaum said his investigators stay busy. “We receive about 3,000 to 4,000 reports to Vermont APS a year,” he said. “And from those reports, we open about 1,000 to 2,000 investigations.” Many involve allegations of mishandled money. “Financial exploitation is the largest percentage of cases that we deal with, and it is also the fastest growing,” he said. “It’s only getting larger.” Seniors in nursing homes and other group settings have the protection of the Vermont Attorney General’s Office’s federally funded Medicaid Fraud and Residential Abuse Unit. Its prosecutors regularly get cases alleging theft by a guardian or a family member with power of attorney. Steve Monde, an assistant attorney general in the unit, said it handles about 12 cases of financial exploitation every year, though not all end up in court. Part of the difficulty in working these cases, Monde said, is the close relationship between the victim and the accused thief. “There’s a lot of gray areas in these [power of attorney] agreements, and an individual’s often given a great deal of latitude over making judgments about finances, so it’s very hard to say, ‘OK, where’s the line and when was it stepped over?’” Sometimes it’s pretty obvious when the line has been crossed, as in a case involving a client of Rutland attorney McCann. She recounted walking into her office one Monday morning after a ski vacation. “And I get a phone call from this client, and he’s a wreck — just yelling at me that all of his money’s gone,” she said.

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It was. The client had been working with Donah Smith, an employee at ARC (Advocacy, Resources, Community), a Rutland community organization that helps manage seniors’ government benefits. Smith handled a number of clients’ bank accounts, and McCann, acting on behalf of her client, gave Smith power of attorney so she could do the same for him. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, between 2008 and 2010 Smith drained thousands of dollars from the accounts she managed to pay her personal expenses. Smith was sentenced in 2011 to two years in prison for federal mail and wire fraud. “I thought I had vetted her,” McCann said. Since then, McCann has made it a personal mission to prevent her clients and other elderly Vermonters from having their money or credit stolen by

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people in positions of trust. More than once, McCann has investigated cases and brought findings to the FBI. She doesn’t bother going to probate court or to local law enforcement. “I’d love to tell you that this is a civil matter, in civil court — that we can take care of things. We can’t,” she said. “If cash has been stolen, you need to get the case criminal as fast as you can. And it frankly needs to go to the FBI because the feds are the only ones who can quickly freeze and then seize assets.” McCann said she works quickly to find a “federal hook” in elder exploitation cases. Sometimes the stolen funds are federal benefits, which puts a case in the feds’ jurisdiction, she said. McCann said many cases are a straightforward matter of stolen money, but others are more creative. In one instance, she said, a man got elderly Vermonters — including a client of hers — to co-sign for more than $105,000 in student loans. He had no plans to pay back the loans, though, and left the elderly Vermonters holding the bag. “It was a mess,” McCann said. McCann’s approach to preventing situations like the Thomases’ is to

encourage transparency. Often, she said, that’s as simple as crafting the right legal documents and then holding a family meeting to explain what will happen when the client dies or becomes unable to care for himself or herself. “That way the elder has, at one time, with all of their people present, expressed their wishes,” she said. “And if we can do that … then chances are we’re not going to have any disputes. Because everybody heard Mom or Dad say, ‘This is the way it’s going to be.’” Bruce and the siblings who sided with him want Vermont to make situations such as theirs easier to address once suspicions arise. They thought they had all the proof they needed and that their brother’s missed filings and alleged selfdealing should have led to his removal as guardian, Bruce said. Despite their multiple filings, Judge Lewis declined to do so until last month. The judge blamed their side for some of the legal delay — and in 2017 ordered the matter to mediation, which failed. Bruce and two siblings made repeated requests before Lewis allowed them to look through the estate’s records. Bruce said they could have saved some of their mother’s money if they’d had access sooner and that the case shouldn’t have taken years to resolve. “Vermont has many laws that are designed to protect wards in a guardianship situation,” Bruce said, “but it gives probate courts far too much discretion in whether or not to enforce the laws.” Lewis did not respond to requests for comment for this story. A voicemail message at his office said he is on medical leave. Bruce and his siblings who joined him in the court case have already spoken to Rep. James Masland (D-Thetford), who represents Miriam’s district. Masland told Seven Days he hopes to introduce legislation next year to address their concerns. Masland would like to give family members the legal authority to view an estate’s financial records and to mandate that guardianship records be kept for 10 years to provide a clear picture of an estate’s management. Sen. Dick Sears (D-Bennington) and Rep. Maxine Grad (D-Moretown) chair the Senate and House Judiciary committees, respectively — key panels for any reform to Vermont’s guardianship laws. Both told Seven Days that they’re willing to have a discussion about guardianship reform in their committees. Bruce hopes for action. “When you recognize that there’s a problem and that the current laws aren’t sufficient to deal with it, you have to do something,” he said.

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tumult he witnessed while serving on the Weston Planning Commission as it debated a proposed animal amusement park. “There is a threat to what I call the backbone of America,” he said. “Urban centers get all the money, all the attention, all the population. If small cities and towns fade away ... we’ve lost the essence of America.” Orton’s foundation doesn’t donate to causes. Instead, it funds the Shelburne nonprofit Community Heart & Soul, which works with government officials, businesses and residents to collaborate and find ways to improve their communities, according to its website. “None of my family gets a red cent out of this thing,” Orton said. “We put money into it.” In recent years, the foundation helped Biddeford, Maine, redevelop a former textile mill and assisted McComb, Ohio, in coming up with a plan to revive its downtown after a large retail store closed. Annual contributions to the foundation go entirely to staffing the nonprofit — including $201,000-a-year executive director David Leckey and 11 other employees.

deep roots in Vermont, while others made their fortunes elsewhere. They support an array of causes, including environmental groups, food banks, contemporary art … and Thomas Jefferson memorabilia. Foundations are governed by a board of directors, often composed of family members, and are required to detail their assets and donations annually. Other than that, there are few rules. Generally, foundations must spend an average of 5 percent of their assets every year. Some foundation officials take no pay. Others earn six-figure salaries for doling out chunks of their family’s fortune: Unlike traditional charities, family foundations enjoy more flexibility in accounting for their administrative and overhead costs. A recent example: President Donald Trump has drawn criticism for using money from his foundation to make political donations, pay legal fees and buy large portraits of himself. “The private foundation arena has had abuses — ‘I’m going to set it up, fund it and have my son be the executive director, and I’m going to pay him a boatload of money in that role,’” said Burlington estate planner Mark Melendy. “But for the vast majority of people, it really is in my mind summed up in one word: control. Control of where the assets are going to go, and control of what the assets are going to be.” Here is a look at several of the family foundations that control lots of cash in the Green Mountain State.

Three Thirty Three Foundation, Stowe ASSETS: $43.7 million 2016 DONATIONS: $1.6 million

One of the largest family foundations in Vermont is run by the Dreissigacker family, which founded Concept2, a Morrisville-based manufacturer of high-end rowing equipment.

Orton Family Foundation, Shelburne ASSETS: $17.6 million 2016 DONATIONS: $0; $2.2 million in

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Vermont Country Store founder Lyman Orton, whose shop in tiny Weston has grown into an 600-employee retail empire, uses his foundation for one cause: spreading the gospel of what he calls the “heartand-soul method” of better community building. Orton was inspired to improve municipal planning in small towns by the

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hey have addresses near unassuming town squares or off dirt roads in quiet corners of Vermont. Charitable family foundations with millions of dollars in assets are often based where few neighbors even know they exist. “In a place like Vermont, there are many people who do not want to be known in their communities as wealthy,” said Christine Zachai, who runs a philanthropy consulting business in Montpelier. “They want to be able to go to the store in Carhartts and gardening shoes and be able to pick up milk and a loaf of bread without being asked for money. They want to be generous without having all their neighbors know to what degree they’re being generous.” A Seven Days review of the latest U.S. Internal Revenue Service records shows there are at least 301 nonprofit foundations registered in Vermont, jointly controlling $780.8 million in assets as of 2016. Some of those are associated with a library or a school, a business or a historical society, and aren’t family-run. But many of the best endowed were started by a wealthy business executive, bear a family name and help multiple generations of well-to-do relatives funnel philanthropic dollars. The Pomerleau family foundation has $2.4 million in assets. Ben & Jerry’s cofounders Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield control foundations with $4 million and $2 million respectively. Former Keurig Green Mountain mogul Bob Stiller is sitting on $22.9 million, according to 2016 IRS documents. Less wellknown families run foundations, too. Some have

The family’s roots are in athletics. They claim at least five Olympians, including recent biathletes Emily and Hannah Dreissigacker. Family members bought the Craftsbury Outdoor Center

in 2008 and turned it into a nonprofit outdoor sports playground. The foundation’s assets have grown rapidly in recent years. Concept2 kicked in $3.4 million, and family members chipped in $6 million more in 2016. Foundation board members Peter, Bari and Marlo Dreissigacker take no compensation for their efforts. The foundation’s sole gift last year reported to the IRS was $1.5 million to Fidelity Charitable. The multinational asset manager invests philanthropic dollars and enables donors to make hasslefree donations to charities from their accounts. So where did the Dreissigackers’ money go from there? The family declined to comment, and the Three Thirty Three Foundation doesn’t maintain a website.

Hall Art Foundation, Reading ASSETS: $35.9 million 2016 DONATIONS: $2.5 million

The Hall Art Foundation was founded in 2007 to share contemporary art owned by Andrew and Christine Hall. Andrew is a hedge fund manager whom Bloomberg News once dubbed an “oil-trading god.” He made national headlines for receiving a $100 million bonus from Citigroup in 2008 — the same year the federal government spent $45 billion bailing out the troubled bank. The foundation and the Hall family control more than 5,000 works by several hundred artists, including Andy Warhol. Although Andrew and Christine are residents of Palm Beach, Fla., their foundation is registered in the tiny Windsor County town of Reading, where Andrew owns 2,400 acres, about 10 percent of the town’s total land, according to a 2016 Vermont Standard story. On one of those parcels, a former dairy farm, the foundation runs an art gallery in a converted 19th-century stone house and three barns. The family also owns the Schloss Derneburg Museum in a castle near Hannover, Germany, and partners with the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology in Oxford, England. Closer to Vermont, they have collaborated

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with funky MASS MoCA, more formally known as the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, in North Adams, Mass., not far from the Vermont border. The foundation’s most recent donations went to those non-Vermont institutions. The Halls’ daughter-in-law, Reading resident Maryse Brand, pulls down $120,000 annually as the foundation’s director. Brand responded to an initial inquiry from Seven Days but declined to answer further questions.

Mechanical engineer and inventor George Mergens was living in Florida when he secured several patents in the film analysis and processing industry. He received an Academy Award in 1971 for inventing a tool that allows color negatives to be enhanced for both still photos and movies, and one of his biggest inventions was marketed by the Eastman Kodak Company. His wife and children started the foundation in 1994, several years after his death. Son Paul had already moved to Vermont. The foundation has since donated $6.5 million in more than 475 gifts, mostly focused on helping youth, according to their website. Last year the foundation’s largest beneficiary was Rice Memorial High School, which received $102,500. Other donations went to the Vermont State Mathematics Coalition in Essex Junction ($5,000), Camp Ta-Kum-Ta in South Hero ($11,000) and the Birds of Vermont Museum in Huntington ($1,000).

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That same year, the foundation’s directors claimed almost as much in compensation as they donated to charities, tax documents show. Paul and George’s granddaughter, Rachel, both Milton residents, along with an unrelated board member, got paid a combined $360,000 in compensation and benefits. The work is like “running a regular corporation,” said Paul. “It’s a full-time job, and it requires a lot of knowledge in the nonprofit area. We don’t just sit down and write checks every month.”

For decades, Arthur and Anne Berndt ran their family foundation out of a Windsor County farmhouse. But its roots are in the heart of Texas. The family traces its wealth to Samuel Augustus Maverick, a Civil War-era land baron who rose to political power in San Antonio. His last name was the origin of the word “maverick.” The lineage also includes feminist and suffragist Lola Maverick Lloyd and muckraking journalist Henry Demarest Lloyd. The latter is the great-grandfather of Burlington-based peace activist Robin Lloyd. She and Arthur Berndt are cousins. In honor of their family’s legacy of championing progressive causes, the foundation focuses on environmental and social justice organizations. Last year it gave $150,000 to Vermont’s Energy

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In response, Franco sent a letter to Sinex asking him to adhere to his original building plan and requesting that the city reopen the appeal period, which had closed. In last Friday’s filing, Franco objected to the fact that neither Sinex nor the city had warned him of the request for amendments; he learned about those changes from a Seven Days report, he has said.

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Two Democratic Vermont senators are putting together a proposal for a tax on prescription opioids. The proceeds would be used to bolster substance abuse intervention, treatment and recovery efforts, many of which are short-funded or facing declines in current revenues. Sen. Claire Ayer (D-Addison), chair of the Health and Welfare Committee, outlined the idea in a committee hearing last Friday, which also featured testimony on how the proceeds of a tax might best be used. Ayer said that she and Senate President Pro Tempore Tim Ashe (D/P-Chittenden) happened upon the idea in Governing magazine, which examined how states are trying to fund substance abuse programs. According to legislative attorney Nolan Langweil, several other states have considered an opiate tax, but none has enacted one. The idea is still in development. Ayer and Ashe haven’t settled on a tax rate, or even on how it would be levied. Prescription opiates could be taxed per pill, per dosage or per “morphine milligram equivalents,” a standard measure of a drug’s potency. The tax would likely not apply to prescriptions for chronic

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The Burlington Town Center redevelopment case is back in court. Attorney John Franco filed a legal challenge in U.S. District Court last Friday morning arguing that developer Don Sinex and the City of Burlington didn’t do enough to notify Franco and his clients of changes to the project. Franco, who is representing project opponents, contends that the city violated the settlement agreement the two parties reached last July. By not allowing his clients to weigh in on the changes, Franco argues, Sinex denied them their constitutional rights to due process.

He and his clients are asking that Sinex pay for “emotional distress damages” and attorney fees. Franco declined to comment on the decision to reopen the case. Last month, Sinex received permission from the city Department of Planning and Zoning to add 16 additional apartment units and eliminate 40,000 square feet of planned retail space in his CityPlace Burlington development. The changes would also amend the parking setup — which Franco argues would ultimately result in fewer parking spaces. The changes are “in express violation of the DRB’s Conditions of Approval,” which mandate that any changes go before the Development Review Board, Franco wrote in his legal complaint. Sinex has previously said the changes, which were approved administratively by the city, were necessary to cut costs of excavating for parking space.

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repeated legal arguments they’d previously made. The attorneys stressed, for example, that the Vermont EB-5 Regional Center, an arm of state government tasked with overseeing the projects, bore responsibility to bilked investors because it touted its involvement as an indication that the investment was safe. “Those individuals then proceeded to use the brand of the state of Vermont and assist the marketers of the largest fraud in Vermont history to recruit immigrants by the repeated and various notions of state auditing and oversight,” Barr wrote. The Vermont Attorney General’s Office has asked Judge Thomas Carlson to dismiss the investors’ lawsuit, arguing that the claims are without merit. “We’re going to move forward and do our job, which is to protect the state,” Attorney General T.J. Donovan said Tuesday. Barr did not respond to several requests for comment.

pain. Also unresolved is where the tax would be collected: from manufacturers or distributors, or at the point of sale. Ayer fully realizes that the proposal flies in the face of Gov. Phil Scott’s opposition to new taxes and fees. “We have very difficult situations to be addressed,” she said. “[Scott] will have to make a decision whether [to approve] something that’s a reasonable way to fund the consequences of using opiates with a tax on opiates.” Witnesses called before Ayer’s committee described a system that’s overburdened, underfunded and inadequate to provide a robust response to Vermont’s opioid epidemic. “In our treatment system, there are a lot of places in need, and I’m not seeing solutions,” said Bob Bick, CEO of the Howard Center in Burlington. He Sen. Claire Ayer said that Vermont has built “an important national model for intervention, but the financing of that model is at risk.” As an example, he cited the state’s drug court programs, which are designed to decriminalize those with substance abuse problems — getting them into treatment instead of behind bars. “The programs are federally funded, and the money will run out in nine months,” he noted.

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“People who live in Vermont want to be part of the community and don’t need to advertise what they do,” he said. Anne passed away last year. The couple’s daughter plans to join the board of directors and keep the foundation going for another generation.

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MORRISVILLE Robert C. Ianni Sr. died on March 28, 2018. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Saturday, April 7, 2018, 11 a.m., at Holy Cross Church on Brooklyn Street in Morrisville. A graveside service with full military honors will be held at a later time at Pleasant View Cemetery in Morrisville. Faith Funeral Home is assisting with arrangements. Online condolences may be made and a full obituary viewed by visiting faithfh.net.

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Bob “Bomber” Bombardier, 45, of Craftsbury, Vt., and seasonally of San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, passed away on March 12, 2018, in Nicaragua after being fatally struck by a drunk driver. An avid snowboarder, mountain biker, surfer and sailor, Bob lived for outdoor adventure and inspired others to do the same. Bob grew up in Seymour, Conn., where he loved spending time with his friends in the area woods and fishing. He also loved time with family on his Gramps’ nearby farm and gathering with extended family. His love of outdoor adventure grew from learning to sail on Long Island Sound with his dad, Ed, riding BMX and dirt bikes with friends, gardening, snowboarding, and family camping vacations. His love of nature and passion for creating a better world was inspired in great part by his mom, Laura. A graduate of Seymour High School, he was known by childhood friends for limitless energy, passion for music, fearlessness and daredevil bike skills. Bob graduated in 1994 from Western New England College with a BS in mechanical engineering, and he worked for the R&D department for HearthStone, a gas and wood-burning stove company in Vermont. After several years there, Bob branched off on his own to form Wide Array Engineering and Computer Capabilities, an engineering design and technical writing business. In 1995, Bob became involved with the design and prototyping of Burton snowboards, contributing to the engineering of many of the boards on the market today. Bob also operated a 40-acre farm he created in 1997, Wild Branch Organics, growing organic produce. Bob was fiercely passionate about spending time in nature and sharing that love with others. From extreme snowboarding down Mansfield, Tuckermans, and mountains in British Columbia and Chamonix, to

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sailing his Hobie Cat across Caspian Lake in Greensboro, Vt., or sailing with his dad, Ed, on Lake Champlain, to building jungle trails for hiking and biking, to surfing in Nicaragua, Bob was most at home in the wild. Bob is remembered for his intense passion, dedicated athleticism, willingness to help others and penchant for fervent intellectual debate — all things of legend. Also his unforgettable laugh and smile! Bob is the beloved son of Laura Dikovsky Smith and Edward Smith of Willsboro, N.Y. He is also survived by his beloved daughter, Andria Curtiss Channels, previously of Northfield, Conn., and her husband, Stephen Channels of Clarksville, Tenn.; dearly loved grandparents “Gramps” Basil and Nancy Dikovsky of Shelton, Conn., “Gram” Janet Stevens Cronn and “Grampy” Stephen Cronn of Naugatuck, Conn., and “Grandpa” Ernest and Sharon Bombardier of Milford, Conn.; as well as many aunts, uncles, cousins and dear friends. He was predeceased by grandmother Irene Bombardier and great-grandparents Eugene and Nadezda Dikovsky and Wallace and Helen Stevens, all of Connecticut. Bob’s Celebration of Life is planned for June 2 in Watertown, Conn. There will be a celebration in Vermont at a later date to be announced. For details on celebrations and to share memories, please visit the Bob Nicafun Bombardier Memories Facebook group page. In lieu of flowers, to continue Bob’s legacy in land conservation and educating people about the natural world and living lightly on it, Bob’s property in Vermont will become the Bob “Bomber” Bombardier Nature Preserve & Nature Center, and donations can be made to the preserve in c/o Laura Smith, P.O. Box 1388, Morrisville, VT 05661.

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Action Network, $50,000 to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and $30,000 to the Vermont Natural Resources Council. Fourteen other organizations got checks, as well. Arthur Berndt told Seven Days that the foundation once had a paid staffer, but he and his wife long ago decided to do all the work themselves. Unlike many family foundation board members, they take no compensation. Nor do they accept grant applications, because Berndt knows which organizations he wants to help. He said his philanthropic philosophy has evolved: He once preferred to donate to a specific project or to erect a building, but he gave that up. “We’ve come to understand that the hardest money to raise for nonprofits is the general operations money, and it’s also the most important,” Berndt said. “For us, it’s a matter of doing good work on Earth while we’re here. And not having an edifice complex.” Berndt said he wasn’t surprised that few Vermont foundation backers agreed to be interviewed. He said he and his wife went to one fancy charity ball long ago and didn’t feel comfortable; he suspects many Vermonters of his ilk also dislike the spotlight.

You might assume this foundation is run by a bunch of rich people named Jefferson with concerns about their legacy. You’d be wrong. Rather, the foundation is dedicated to “celebrating, applying and raising awareness of Thomas Jefferson’s living legacy in a modern world,” its IRS paperwork states. What the heck does Jefferson have to do with Ripton? Sydney Stokes Jr. lives there, and he’s really into our nation’s third president. Stokes, a former member of the New York Stock Exchange, launched the foundation with his father’s help in 1991. He amassed a collection of 3,000 books about Jefferson and intended to open a library and scholarly retreat at his 105-acre spread. Stokes also explored financing a film script D RE AM ST about Jefferson and IM E. C gave talks at local schools. History community big shots such as author David McCullough and filmmaker Ken Burns once sat on the foundation’s board. Thomas Jefferson Stokes did not respond to messages from Seven Days. But the foundation’s ambitions appear to have been curtailed. Its website indicates that the foundation is looking to move to Jefferson’s home state, Virginia, and last year it gave away just $1,175, though it paid two board and staff members $18,000 combined. The foundation donated $500 to the University of Virginia, which Jefferson founded, and gave Hildene, the former home of descendants of Abraham Lincoln, in Manchester, a $675 bust of — you guessed it — Thomas Jefferson. m

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Beauty and Brains: A One-Woman Show About Hedy Lamarr B Y JA CQ UELI N E L AWLER

edy Lamarr, a 1950s starlet during the Golden Age of Hollywood, is perhaps best remembered for her striking looks. Her legacy as a scientist is less known — and yet her work in that field lives on beyond the popularity of her films. Have you used a smartphone or Wi-Fi today? If so, you’ve used technology that Lamarr pioneered. New York City-based actor and playwright Heather Massie wanted to raise awareness about the actor’s scientific contributions and so created the onewoman show HEDY! The Life & Inventions of Hedy Lamarr. The inspiration for HEDY! first came from Massie’s own life. As she told Seven Days, “I wanted to be an astronaut and was actually studying astrophysics in college.” Instead, Massie turned to an acting career. But, still wanting to meld her two passions, she endeavored to write a

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Reading Lords of St. Thomas, one might be forgiven for imagining that Burlington author JACKSON ELLIS is in his seventh or eighth decade. Narrated by a native Nevadan born in 1926, the novel has a distinctly memoiristic feel, like a piece of vintage Americana. A little research reveals that Ellis, founder and copublisher of the online magazine Verbicide, is actually a native Vermonter born in 1980. But the misconception testifies to the ring of authenticity he gives to this simple story about the inhabitants of a town — itself very real — that spent decades submerged in the depths of Lake Mead. Settled by Mormons in the late 19th century, the desert burg of St. Thomas, Nev., became a ghost town during the construction of the Boulder Dam,

play about a female scientist. When someone suggested her subject be Hedy Lamarr, Massie said, “The pieces seemed to fall into place.” MONICA CALLAN, cofounder and artistic director of the GRANGE HALL

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in Waterbury Center, Heather Massie as Hedy Lamarr is a longtime friend of Massie’s. The show was written in 2016 when roles opposite Clark Gable, Jimmy Massie was the center’s inaugural artist in residence. “She called Stewart and other big names of the and needed to get away from all the dis- day. Audiences were enamored with tractions in New York and just write,” Lamarr’s appearance, often to the detCallan explained. This weekend, HEDY! riment of respecting her intellect. As will close out the second year of the actor George Sanders put it, “When Grange’s One and Only series, a collec- she spoke, one did not listen, one just watched her mouth moving and martion of solo performances. Lamarr’s life story is fascinating, to veled at the exquisite shapes made by say the least. Born in Austria in 1914, her lips.” Lamarr grew to detest the superficial she worked as an actor in Germany until 1932, when her success brought qualities that made her famous. “My her to Hollywood. There, she landed face has been my misfortune … I must

which would cause the Colorado River to flood the area. The government bought out the town’s homeowners, but one man, Hugh Lord, refused to leave. In Ellis’ fictionalized rendering, Hugh Lord becomes Henry Lord; the novel’s narrator, who bears the same name, is his grandson. In a framing story set in 2002, the younger Henry learns that drought has left the town of St. Thomas high and dry for the first time since 1938. A newspaper photo of Henry’s former home revives the memories that form the bulk of his narrative. It also puts him on the trail of something he left behind in that house when his grandfather finally gave up and abandoned it to the rising waves. Henry spent his childhood in the shadow of the 1928 congressional dam bill that made St. Thomas a “dead town walking.” Much of Ellis’ short

novel evokes the habits and rituals that made this small Depression-era town a home: throwing a baseball in the schoolyard, fishing in the river, getting ice cream at the general store. The juxtaposition of these folksy motifs with the town’s growing desolation gives the novel its bite. As residents move to higher ground, sometimes transporting their dwellings with them, the desert reclaims the settlement: “Houses and trees were disappearing from the streets like water evaporating from sand,” Ellis writes. The dam drives a wedge between Henry’s grandfather and his father, who takes a job on the construction crew. As the waves inexorably approach, the family will suffer its own forms of desolation. Ellis was the inaugural winner of GREEN WRITERS PRESS’ annual HOWARD FRANK MOSHER FIRST NOVEL AND SHORT STORIES PRIZE, which honors authors

always live with it. I curse it,” she wrote in her 1966 autobiography. Massie was intrigued by a woman who “would rather be at home with her research text and her drafting table than at Hollywood parties,” she said. “I have a mission to let people know of the work that she’s done and to establish her as a role model for young women in science and tech, because there are precious few role models in these areas.” Massie herself plays Lamarr in the show, replete with character makeup

who write about Vermont and/or “nature, small-town stories, love, friendship, forgiveness,” according to the publisher’s website. While it’s hard to imagine a world superficially less like Mosher’s Vermont than the parched landscapes of Nevada, the common thematic threads aren’t so elusive. Like Mosher’s characters, the Lords are intimately connected to the land. The modern gospel of physical and economic mobility is anathema to Henry’s grandfather, whom Henry describes as “like a man seated at the base of a rumbling volcano, preferring to be engulfed by lava and flames than to acquiesce to the inevitable and vacate.” Is such stubbornness noble or rooted in a pathological fear of change? Ellis offers no easy answers to that question, but the anguished cry of Henry’s mother has universal

and a glamorous wardrobe. She also plays dozens of other characters, embodying the many people who came in and out of the actor’s life. The play is told from Lamarr’s hindsight perspective, looking back on her life. “The idea is that the audience summons her,” Massie explained, “so she speaks directly to them. She’s so excited that they call her back to learn more about her inventions, instead of to gape at her beauty.” Lamarr, along HEAT HER with composerinventor George Antheil, developed what they called a “secret communications system” to help fight the Nazis in World War II. It was meant to manipulate radio frequencies between transmission and reception, which prevented classified information from being intercepted by the enemy. The two received a patent in 1941, but the Navy tabled it. Decades later, Lamarr and Antheil’s spread-spectrum technology was used as the basis for fax machines, cellphones and other wireless technology. “It wasn’t until 1997 that [Lamarr] was recognized, and even then it was neglected,” said Massie. “Now there are a few documentaries; PBS is producing

a special on her. I want to help her name be synonymous with intelligence instead of beauty.” While touring the festival circuit, HEDY! garnered accolades and awards including Best Actress (2017 Galway Ireland Fringe); Outstanding Performance in a Solo Play (2017 Planet Connections Theatre Festivity, NYC); and Audience Choice & Sold Out Award (2017 IndyFringe, Indianapolis, Ind.). Massie aims to continue this project, culminating in a trilMASSIE ogy of works about women in science. She said she hopes to apply for another grant at Grange Hall to support developing her second play — possibly about astronaut Sally Ride. “I just had a dream two nights ago about being on a space shuttle!” exclaimed Massie. “I guess if I can’t be an astronaut in real life, being one onstage is the next best thing.”

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resonance: “If we leave, we’ll give up everything. It will be just like we never even existed. What part of our past are we leaving for the future?” Read in the context of this lament, the aged Henry’s story becomes a form of witnessing, of ensuring that the ghosts of St. Thomas endure into the 21st century. But can he salvage something concrete from that past, or only use his words to bring it to future generations? The answers lie in his ruined home for readers of this sparsely eloquent, elegiac novel to discover.

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three decades, Barrett’s vision became the film dreamed of Rooted: Cultivating Community in the somehow documenting the es- Vermont Grange, made in collaborasence of the Grange. The once- tion with NED CASTLE, gallery director robust agricultural advocacy group has and media producer at VERMONT FOLKLIFE seen flagging membership CENTER in Middlebury. The as the number of small documentary premieres at farms in America has Riverside Grange in West steadily declined. Topsham on April 6 and The kernel of Barrett’s will be screened again at idea sprang from an arMiddle Branch Grange in ticle she wrote for the East Bethel on April 14. Valley News in the late Though Rooted 1980s about the Grafton delves into the history Star Grange hall in of the Grange — which Hanover, N.H., which was founded in 1867 as was being converted into the National Grange of an upscale clothing store. the Order of Patrons of Over the years, she conHusbandry — its primary sidered self-funding her focus is on the current pet project, but it wasn’t membership of the two until she took the reins as Vermont Granges hosting community preservation the screenings. Castle, manager of the Western who served as the film’s New England branch of cinematographer and did HISTORIC NEW ENGLAND that most of the editing, says funding fell into place and that the specific Grange the creative gears began chapters were chosen to turn. because they “seem to “I didn’t know what exist at either ends of the form it might take, and spectrum.” it percolated for years,” Most of Middle Barrett recalls, “and then, Branch’s members are C H A R LO T TE when I was hired by farming families, and BARRETT Historic New England … it some are descendants of just seemed like a perfect its founding members. project, because what we Though the Grange really like to do is to focus on pieces of hosts suppers open to the public, its history that are at risk of being lost.” formal meetings adhere strictly to the CHARLOTTE BARRETT

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Dear Cecil,

This is about the use of talcum powder and the risk for ovarian cancer. If there is in fact a link between the two, since it’s regularly used on babies, wouldn’t there be an increased number of females contracting cancer at a younger age?

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ou’ve found a rare bird indeed, H.: a question about the whole talcumpowder-and-cancer debate for which there’s an actual answer. If talc is related to ovarian cancer at all, which is still a big if, the disease doesn’t result from use in infancy, for the simple reason that when babies are exposed to it, it’s for only a short time — the diaper years. The alleged cancer association, on the other hand, pertains to long-term use, over decades and decades, by adult women looking to keep things clean and dry. That was the setup in one recent high-profile lawsuit against the company that’s taken most of the anti-talc heat, Johnson & Johnson. The plaintiff, a medical receptionist from Los Angeles named Eva Echeverria, started using J&J baby powder on her genital area daily once she began menstruating, around 1965, and kept at it until 2016, some nine years after she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Thousands of women

have filed similar lawsuits, and a number have won in court; what made Echeverria’s suit special was that last summer a jury awarded her a massive $417 million judgment. The justice system has spoken, right? Well, the story keeps going. But let’s pause and freshen up everyone’s memory. Talcum powder comes from talc, a mineral composed of mostly magnesium, silicon and oxygen. In its natural state, talc can contain a little asbestos, too, though commercial talc products have been free of that carcinogen since the 1970s. Still, the asbestos angle means there are actually two routes by which it’s been suspected that talc causes cancer. The first involves talc miners, who according to a 1995 study were more likely than the general population to suffer both lung cancer and non-cancer lung diseases, leading the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to claim tentatively that talc exposure may be “linked” to illness. This isn’t completely settled, either

— other researchers implicate the miners’ smoking habits, and working underground increases your exposure to radon, itself a source of lung cancer. But the major controversy is about ovarian cancer, where inhaling talc (or asbestos) isn’t the issue. Here the theory is that when sprinkled on the perineal area, talc particles move up the genitourinary tract and lodge themselves in the ovaries, where subsequent inflammation leads over time to cancer. Concerns along these lines have been around for nearly 50 years; I fielded a question on the topic back in 1990. Some doctors continue to insist that there must be a connection, but information gathered in a few big studies since 2000 has tended to point the other way. The most substantial recent data come from a 2014 paper

in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, which followed more than 60,000 postmenopausal women for about 12 years. A little more than half the subjects reported using talcum powder; researchers weren’t able to establish that it made a difference one way or another vis-à-vis the incidence of ovarian cancer. Still, the American Cancer Society continues to hedge its bets, acknowledging that there’s always a chance; the International Agency for Research on Cancer says the genital application of talc is “possibly carcinogenic to humans.” More work is needed, but of course it’s not like you can run a controlled trial where you expose various cohorts to a substance you think might cause cancer and see who gets it. So what we’re looking at is disturbing anecdotal information piled up over decades, but no preponderance of evidence to back it up. That’s a messy status quo and helps explain what’s happened in the Echeverria case. The jurors heard enough to assess record damages for a talc-cancer suit, but the judge, Maren Nelson, concluded that they didn’t get it. In October, she overturned

their verdict, ruling that (among other problems) Echeverria had failed to establish “specific causation” between her baby powder use and her cancer. To argue that talc “more probably than not” causes ovarian cancer, Nelson wrote, Echeverria’s key expert (her doctor) had to demonstrate that women who used it had a 50 percent greater incidence risk than women who didn’t, and the risk numbers in the studies submitted as evidence couldn’t meet that standard. (Grimly enough, Echeverria lived to hear the jury’s verdict, but not Nelson’s subsequent ruling.) The proceedings also saw some Big Tobacco-esque intrigue over internal Johnson & Johnson memos alleged to reveal the company’s knowledge that their product was harmful — but their language, the judge found, didn’t say what Echeverria said it did. The initial read on Nelson’s ruling is that it’s great news for Johnson & Johnson, given that she’s also presiding over some 800 other talc lawsuits against the company in California. Anyone following the talc-cancer issue should keep their powder dry, though; we won’t see the end of this one anytime soon.

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I cut to the chase. “Does this make you a Trump guy, James?” “Not entirely. Put it this way: He’s got a pair of balls on him, but he clearly needs to grow a mind.” I might have taken issue with James’ take on our president’s testicles, but I

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THAT SHORT EXCHANGE EXHAUSTED MY DAILY LIMIT ON POLITICAL TALK. I DID HAVE A GUN QUESTION, HOWEVER.

could wholeheartedly second the assessment of his mind. (To nitpick, on my wish list, I would prioritize his growing a heart.) In any event, that short exchange exhausted my daily limit on political talk. I did have a gun question, however. “In Vietnam, did the troops use the AK-15, the gun that’s been in the news so much lately?” “No, the army issued M-16s, another automatic rifle. Unfortunately, this gun had a fatal flaw, we quickly discovered — it jammed constantly in the jungle heat. So, we ditched them and used shotguns on patrol.” “Really? The army supplied you with shotguns?” “Not exactly. We had a guy in our unit who was like Radar on ‘M*A*S*H’ — he could get his hands on just about anything. In fact, he was so valuable, we never let him leave camp.” We made our way — frustratingly slowly — down Route 7. I’ve heard that

had tracked Route 7. The cabbie in me would have appreciated the highway speeds; the Vermonter in me says, good riddance. Thinking of my customer’s Scottish roots and military service, I asked, “Didn’t Scottish soldiers used to go into battle with bagpipers among them? Or is that just apocryphal?” “No, that is historically accurate, though the pipes were banned by English law for nearly 150 years. The Scots supported the Stewart kings in their losing fight with the House of Hanover, which ultimately claimed the crown. After the Great Uprising, the Parliament outlawed bagpipes in 1745, classifying them as weapons of war.” That was a lot of compressed history to absorb, but I think I got the gist. “I’d call that a tribute to a mighty instrument,” I observed. “Do you yourself play?” “I do some, but my father was a master piper, a designation achieved

after winning a series of competitions over many years. It’s a huge achievement, a great honor, like being a chess grandmaster. “Once, when the world-renowned Black Watch Pipes & Drums band was on tour in America, they had a layover at JFK airport. They rented a bus and drove out to my father’s home on Long Island and saluted him with a short concert on the front lawn. Years later, on his deathbed, he told me that that day was the pinnacle of his life.” Pulling into James’ town, we turned up a hill and soon approached his house. “I’m the town lister,” he volunteered with a sigh as we pulled into his driveway. “Just one of many positions I’ve held. Just last month, they twisted my arm until I agreed to be moderator for this year’s Town Meeting. Apparently — so they explained to me — I was the only one who knew the rules.” “You know what I think?” I said. “You should enter the meeting hall playing your bagpipes. I think that will set just the right tone and would also be good practice in case you become chieftain in the future.” “I like that,” James said with a smile. “It could be an homage to my dad.” m All these stories are true, though names and locations may be altered to protect privacy.

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o, are you a born-and-bred Vermonter?” I asked James MacNeil, the burly man with a formidable white beard sitting in the back of my taxi. He had come up to Burlington for some medical tests, and I was driving him back to his home, located in a small town south of Rutland. “I am not,” he replied. “For the first three years of my life, I lived in Barra, a Scottish town in the Hebrides Islands and the ancestral home of the MacNeil clan. Someone did some extensive research on the clan, and I found out that if the precise 256 people die in a plane crash, I am next in line to become chieftain.” “Well, let’s hope it doesn’t come to that, though I’m sure you’d make an able chieftain,” I said, chuckling. “Where did your family move to when you were 3?” “My father got a job offer in the Bronx, and we moved to America.” “I see. And, just to complete the progression, how’d you end up in Vermont?” “I did two tours in Vietnam as a squad leader and became good friends with one of my men. When we were both back stateside, he invited me up to his family’s home in South Royalton. From the moment I arrived, I felt comfortable in Vermont and knew it would be a good place to call home. “During that same visit, on a hunting trip, I met a man in a bar who I hit it off with. A short time later, he called me with a job offer. And that man was Wayne LaPierre. Heard of him?” “I sure have. He’s the NRA guy.” “Well, I began working for the NRA in a number of capacities, eventually as a legislative liaison.”

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South Burlington’s Residence at Quarry Hill looks more like a five-star luxury resort than a senior facility or nursing home. With its large stone fireplace, high ceiling and white linen tablecloths, the main dining room has a stunning view of the Green Mountains — and easy access to Interstate 89 and the University of Vermont Medical Center. In the elegant eating area, gourmet chefs offer a restaurant-style menu and “anytime dining.” Residents can drop in between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. and order a freshly grilled steak for breakfast or pancakes for dinner.

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“It’s more of a hospitality model,” says Cathy Stroutsos, Quarry Hill’s senior director of sales and marketing, of the premier senior living community that opened in July 2016. “You’re not going to see people walking around with stethoscopes around their necks.” Quarry Hill’s other amenities are equally luxurious: on-site movie theater, hair salon, art studio, gymnasium and library. There are classes in tai chi and yoga, concerts and lectures. A van is at the ready to chauffeur residents to appointments, shopping, social events or religious services. Elders in need of physical, occupational or speech therapy can get it right there. The 104-resident community offers independent-living, assisted-living and memory-care apartments, the last of which cater to people with dementia. “Once you come in, you don’t have to leave,” Stroutsos explains. As residents age, they can progress from independent to assisted living without having to physically move to a different studio, one- or two-bedroom apartment. The more services they require, the more rent they pay. Those who develop Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia relocate to a more secure floor, known as “Reflections.” In Quarry Hill’s memorycare “neighborhood” — staffers eschew medical words such as “ward” or “unit” — apartments are like hotel suites, with private, hazard-free bathrooms and kitchenettes.

Pine-scented aromatherapy is used to stimulate cognitive activity. The staffers all wear green, which is the last color that people with dementia forget. Adjustable lights and shades allow residents an easier transition from day to night, thus reducing anxiety. Such amenities and attention to detail come at a price. Quarry Hill is elegant, comfortable, homey — and expensive. Rents start at $5,450 and get up to $10,000 per month, which is typically paid for out of pocket or via private insurance. “There’s no question that these communities aren’t cheap,” says Ted Doyle, director of corporate marketing and public

affairs for LCB Senior Living of Norwood, Mass. The company owns 16 communities throughout New England, including two others in Vermont: The Residence at Shelburne Bay in Shelburne has 196 apartments; the Residence at Otter Creek in Middlebury rents 101 apartments and 11 cottages. The average resident is typically about 80 and ready to spend down his or her nest egg, according to Doyle. Many are moving to Vermont from out of state in order to be closer to their children and grandkids. If you factor in all the expenses included in the rent — food, transportation, utilities, property taxes, entertainment — he says, the cost sounds more reasonable. “We certainly position our communities to be on the nicer end of the spectrum in terms of beauty and services,” Doyle says. “But it’s definitely not for everybody.”

Not Forgotten Premium, private-pay senior housing is great if you can afford it. Most Vermonters can’t. Cathedral Square, one of the state’s largest providers of housing for seniors and people with disabilities, provides nearly 1,000 homes in 26 properties throughout Chittenden and Franklin counties for low-income and impoverished Vermonters. Two years ago, 600 people were on the waiting list, according to Kim Fitzgerald, COURTESY OF KAREN PIKE

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ermont is preparing for a demographic shift that has been described with all manner of ominous-sounding metaphors: the elder earthquake, the geriatric time bomb, the demographic cliff, the silver tsunami. Call it what you will, the numbers are sobering: According to U.S. Census figures, Vermont’s population is the second oldest in the nation and on track to claim the top spot soon. In the next decade, Vermont is projected to add another 100,000 people to the 60-and-older age group, a 16 percent increase. The number of Vermonters 85 and older is expected to double by 2030. This population change will have an impact on state coffers: Retired people, who are no longer working, pay fewer taxes. Those who live in rural isolation are harder to reach and costlier to care for. Tiny Vermont lacks the resources to expand public transportation or make older houses affordable and safe. The state’s current inventory of more than 100 senior living communities, including independent living, assisted living, memory care and nursing homes, won’t be enough. Bottom line: “We’re going to see an increased need for many different retirement options,” says Monica Hutt, commissioner of the Vermont Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living. Four new projects — three bricks-andmortar facilities and one “community” concept — illustrate the ways in which Vermont’s developers and senior housing advocates are responding.

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Families can also bring in furniture and rugs. One resident’s family re-created her entire bedroom from her previous home. “It looks like an apartment in Italy,” Bridges observes with a smile. As Fitzgerald notes, one previous resident lived in a pricey, private-pay facility — until she exhausted her $500,000 in retirement savings in two years and got kicked out. “There are a lot of market-rate options where you pay $9,000 to $10,000 per month for memory care, but none of our

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Proportionally, rural communities across America are home to more seniors than are urban areas. People move to the country in search of a better quality of life, as the Journal of Rural Health reported

Affluent seniors have their pick of fancy facilities in Vermont. Those on the other end of the economic spectrum can count on some government accommodation. But where will everybody else go? “I am really concerned about that big group in the middle,” says Hutt of the Vermont Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living. Many will have to “age in place” — a fancy term for staying put. Luckily, nine out of 10 Americans say that’s their preference, according to AARP surveys. Enter Mount Mansfield Villages, which incorporated just last week. It’s not a housing or cohousing development but a community of volunteers who agree to help local seniors meet basic needs — transportation, maintenance, shopping and companionship — thereby allowing them to live at home for as long as possible. Jeanne Hutchins, executive director of UVM’s Center on Aging, helped set up the nonprofit membership organization, which is composed of mostly Cambridge and Underhill residents. It’s based on a model launched 16 years ago in Boston’s Beacon Hill neighborhood. Today, more than 200 such “villages” exist nationwide, according to the Village to Village Network. These cooperatives, which charge anywhere from zero in membership fees to $900 annually, vet local contractors — roofers, plumbers, housekeepers, electricians — through background checks, then negotiate discounted rates for their members. In urban areas, Hutchins explains, a high-rise housing community may start its own village. More geographically dispersed villages often use a hub-and-spoke model to provide services to farther-flung areas using traditional agencies such as Visiting Nurse Association and Home Health & Hospice. There’s a strong social component, too, as volunteers agree to bring seniors to movies, book clubs, concerts and other community events. Some villages have paid staff, such as an executive director; others have paid social workers. MMV is managed by volunteers and plans to get up and running by this fall. “Since we started working on this in Cambridge and Underhill, I’ve received calls from Huntington and Montpelier. They want us to come down and speak to them about starting one,” Hutchins says. The appeal, she says, is self-evident: “It’s your community taking care of your community.” m

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residents can afford that,” Fitzgerald says. “Most of the people I know cannot afford that.” As a consequence, Fitzgerald adds, many Vermonters with dementia live in private homes, often in unsafe conditions, or languish in hospital beds with nowhere else to go. It’s one reason, she notes, that UVM Medical Center invested $250,000 in this memory-care facility. Allen Brook already has a waiting list of 30. “The need is tremendous,” Bridges says. “Every day someone calls us looking for a bed. This is a pilot, but we know we need so much more.”

never going to get millions of people to move to Vermont, become our caregivers and help us fill this gap,” she says.

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Cathedral Square’s president and CEO. Today, there are more than 800. Cathedral Square’s newest facility, which just opened in December, addresses a fast-growing segment of that population: low-income seniors who need affordable memory care. Last year, Cathedral Square purchased the former Vermont Respite House in Williston and converted it into the 14-bed Memory Care at Allen Brook, Vermont’s first dementiacare facility that accepts Section 8 vouchers and Medicaid. On a recent visit to Allen Brook, six residents sat in the dining room watching a black-and-white Shirley Temple movie on television while their cook, Tonnie Sullivan, played cards with one of the residents, as she does almost every day. An LED “fireplace” added to the cozy ambience, without posing a burn hazard to residents. Allen Brook isn’t fancy, but it feels more like a bed-and-breakfast than a nursing home. Staffers wear normal clothes, not medical scrubs. The halls and bedrooms don’t look or smell like a hospital. Rooms are bright and airy. A telemedicine room allows doctors to see patients remotely rather than requiring them to travel outdoors, especially difficult in winter. “Everything is done to make people less frightened. If you reduce fear, you reduce anxiety,” explains manager Ken Bridges. “Our main focus is the residents’ well-being. It takes in medicine, but what you’re really focusing on is their hearts.” Resident bedrooms are the size of single college dorm rooms, but each has its own half bathroom — tubs and showers are communal. Outside each bedroom is a memory box, where residents can place photos, stuffed animals and other mementos. The boxes add a personalized touch to the rooms, Bridges explains, and help residents find their way back to their personal living space.

in the fall of 2012, only to find that those areas often lack what elders need in terms of social services, medical facilities, public transportation and walkability. Rural seniors are thus more likely to live solitary lives. Why not move to a city that is busy with people, restaurants, cabs and buses? One reason is the high price of real estate. Not many downtown lots lend themselves to affordable senior housing. Developer Gates & Dickson has found a sweet spot in downtown White River Junction. There it’s constructing a new, $27 million assisted-living and memorycare community close to shopping, a quaint historic district, social services and several large health care facilities, including the White River Junction VA Medical Center and Dartmouth-Hitchcock medical center. The goal of the Village at White River Junction, explains executive director Sandy Conrad, is to create a “vertical Main Street” within the four-story building where seniors can access nearly all of their needs on-site. As she explains, the Village shifts the focus of senior living away from a medicalcentric model to one that’s about the arts, culture, social activities and quality of life. “Aging,” she says, “is not all about getting to the doctor and taking your meds.” To that end, the 80-unit complex — 50 assisted-living and 30 memory-care apartments — includes a cinema, dog park, gym, spa, conservatory, bistro and rooftop gardens. Local shops and cafés are one block away, and ambulatory residents can also walk to shows at the Barrette Center for the Arts, the Briggs Opera House and the Main Street Museum. White River Junction is also a centrally located transportation hub, near the intersection of interstates 89 and 91 and home to Amtrak’s rail station. The Village, which opens in July, will be operated by Life Care Services of Des Moines, Iowa. With 119 properties, LCS describes itself as the nation’s thirdlargest operator of senior housing. The company estimates that the Village will add 50 jobs to the local economy. Rents range from about $8,400 to $10,000 per month. As Conrad explains, the all-inclusive price is based on apartment size, not the level of care provided, because the company doesn’t want to “nickel and dime” people. Despite the price, Conrad sees communities like this one as cost-effective and sustainable. The model anticipates Vermont’s labor shortage will continue as the state’s population ages, which will make it difficult to recruit nurses, caregivers or volunteers willing to drive long distances to assist individuals. The Village, as Conrad points out, won’t need Meals on Wheels to feed 80 seniors. “We’re

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s a marketing and public relations specialist, Rachel Carter is an expert at crafting narratives that put big ideas into digestible forms. Working independently and for nonprofit organizations such as the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund, she’s spent two decades helping others realize their dreams.

Lately, though, Carter’s own life has become a waking nightmare. In January, the 41-year-old was diagnosed with breast cancer. Coupled with a pair of serious preexisting conditions, she has an emotionally draining perfect storm of health problems; Carter reports heightened levels of anxiety and depression since her diagnosis. The ordeal has been equally crippling financially. So Carter did for herself what she’s spent a career doing for others: She asked for help. Shortly after the diagnosis, she and her husband, Mitch Pauley, set up a campaign on the popular crowdfunding website GoFundMe to help stave off the avalanche of medical expenses. Pauley’s health insurance as a schoolteacher doesn’t cover, for example, Carter’s lost wages from leaving VSJF or her travel from Plainfield to Burlington for treatment. Through more than 250 individual donations from friends and family — most in the $20 to $100 range — the couple quickly surpassed their $20,000 goal. “The outpouring of support, both financially and emotionally, has been overwhelming,” says Carter. She adds that she is considering upping the goal to $30,000 as her treatment path and the associated expenses change. Carter is one of millions of individuals around the globe — including increasing

numbers in Vermont — who have turned to crowdfunding to pay for healthrelated expenses, such as gaps in insurance coverage and ancillary costs of treatment. The trend has become a booming industry. Of the $2 billion in donations raised through California-based GoFundMe since 2010, $930 million came from medical campaigns, according to a 2015 study conducted by the financial website NerdWallet. In 2017, medical fundraising accounted for 21 percent of the platform’s active campaigns, says Heidi Hagberg, a GoFundMe communications rep. “Medical is always one of our biggest categories,” she notes, adding that it accounted for more than a third of the money raised on the platform last year. Hagberg suggests that the number is probably even higher because of how GoFundMe users categorize their campaigns. Those labeled “emergencies” or “other,” for example, are often related to medical expenses. GoFundMe doesn’t track campaigns by state. But another popular site, YouCaring, reports that the number of Vermont-based medical campaigns on its platform grew by 15 percent in both 2016 and 2017. YouCaring communications manager Austin Kapur notes that, globally, the number of medical campaigns on the platform grew three times as fast in 2017 as in 2016. He adds that the majority of Vermont campaigns originate in Burlington, and more than a third of all medical campaigns statewide are related to cancer. “I don’t know what we would do without crowdfunding,” says Carter. She’s not alone. According to a 2016 Federal Reserve study, 47 percent of Americans can’t afford even $400 to cover the costs of an emergency. And a recent Harvard Medical School study concluded that medical

expenses accounted for more than 60 percent of bankruptcies in the U.S. “With rising health care costs and widespread inadequate coverage, the burden of major medical expenses is falling more and more on the shoulders of individual Americans,” writes YouCaring CEO Dan Saper in a statement to Seven Days.. “Although many of those fundraising through YouCaring have

VERMONT-BASED MEDICAL CAMPAIGNS ON YOUCARING GREW BY 15 PERCENT IN BOTH 2016 AND 2017.

medical insurance, significant medical hardship often leaves them unable to pay for high deductibles, continuing costs, special procedures or medically necessary travel,” he continues. “Additionally, loss of income often accompanies a cancer or other serious diagnosis, which adds to the stress and exorbitant costs of falling ill in America.” The rise of crowdfunding to cover ballooning medical expenses and gaps in health insurance has prompted some observers to point to the trend as a supplement to, or even potential replacement of, the Affordable Care Act. In a 2014 piece for the Los Angeles Register,, Michael F. Cannon, director of health policy studies at the Cato Institute — a Charles Kochfounded libertarian think tank — floated relying on “friends, family or the kindness of strangers” as a viable alternative to the ACA. However, the success of Carter’s campaign, while not unheard of, may be

unusual. In its 2015 study, NerdWallet reported that just 11 percent of medical campaigns met their funding goals. GoFundMe, which Carter is using, did not supply data for that study. But a search of other GoFundMe efforts in Burlington reveals many that remain far short of their goals — some of which have been active for years. Much has been written on the ethical quandaries raised by crowdfunding for medical expenses. These range from privacy concerns around medical information to the threat of fraudulent campaigns to a documented imbalance in the types of campaigns that succeed. The title of a 2015 piece in the Atlantic framed that last issue: “How to Succeed in Crowdfunding: Be Thin, White and Attractive.” The Atlantic piece covered the full spectrum of crowdfunding efforts, not just medical ones. But numerous reports have found trends in the kinds of healthrelated campaigns that meet their goals. In a 2017 article on Buzzfeed, Anne Helen Peterson argued that the same systemic inequalities that plague American society at large bubble up in crowdfunding. “There’s a politics to who gets funded and who gets left behind, who collapses under the weight of the broken health care system and who’s temporarily buoyed,” she wrote. Because social media are the predominant drivers of crowdfunding, shares on Facebook, Twitter and the like are crucial. Accordingly, those with larger social media spheres tend to have the greatest success. Most often, that means people in urban centers with larger populations. For example, YouCaring’s highestgrossing campaign was for a young Montréal man diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia shortly after

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received from friends, family and strangers alike, whether or not they’ve donated. “Not everyone can afford to give money. But just hearing from someone that they’re thinking about you or that you’re in their prayers really does make a huge difference,” she says. A side benefit of crowdfunding, Carter adds, is that it serves as a messaging platform. “Having that conversation, telling people what’s going on over and over, is really stressful,” she says. “So this really gave us some structure in how to talk about it.” For all the benefits she’s received from crowdfunding, Carter echoes critical voices who describe the necessity of platforms like GoFundMe as a stark commentary on a health care system in crisis. “Western medicine is all about treating symptoms rather than the underlying causes of illnesses,” she says. “It’s the same thing with crowdfunding: It’s treating the symptoms of a broken system instead of the systemic issues — poverty, inequality, inefficiency — that cause the problems.”

As fellow CEOs, we understand your commitment to not raising “prices” on the people you consider your customers, the citizens of Vermont. We, too, have customers and are cautious about raising rates and prices. But as responsible business leaders we must also consider the greater health of our enterprise and our shared economy, and we must assess the need for strategic investment. To do that, we need information. That’s why we are so concerned about your opposition to new studies that will help us identify solutions for Vermont’s water quality and climate change challenges. Two critical studies which will address threats to Vermont’s economy and environment – one to identify funding to improve water quality, and one to study the economic costs and benefits of decarbonization – have received broad bipartisan support in the General Assembly. Yet you’ve declared that neither study should be funded.

As fellow business leaders, we urge you to support the clean water study embedded in S.260 and the decarbonization study funded in H. 924 (the budget). The information we gain from this research is critical to collective success.

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That’s why we, as leaders of companies that employ more than 800 Vermonters and account for over $1 billion in sales each year, are so concerned by your refusal to seek new information and analysis to address threats facing our state.

There is a saying in business: “Hope is not a strategy.” We can’t rely on hope to clean our water or our air. Hope isn’t going to strengthen the economy or mitigate the effects of pollution on our citizens and environment. We need to let facts guide potential solutions, and then pursue the actions that offer the best return on our collective investment and have the most positive impact on our shared enterprise.

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his wedding. He raised $900,000. (If you thought crowdfunding was a uniquely American phenomenon, think again. GoFundMe’s Hagberg says that medical campaigns make up a larger percentage of GoFundMe in Canada, which has a single-payer health care system, than in the U.S.) Carter, who lives in Plainfield (pop. 1,243), is an exception to the rule. But she has been able to lean on a valuable personal skill: marketing. Like most crowdfunding platforms, GoFundMe and YouCaring offer a wealth of tips for launching successful campaigns. The internet is flush with how-to articles on the topic. The gist: Presentation matters. “I’m lucky that I know how to tell a good story,” says Carter. That’s not to say she dramatized her situation, or even needed to. But where Carter has succeeded — and where campaigns that don’t meet their goals tend to fail — is in presenting her story in a compelling and succinct fashion that resonates not just with her friends but with her friends’ friends, and their friends, and so on. As of this writing, her campaign has been shared on Facebook more than 600 times, often by people Carter says she doesn’t know personally. That’s partially a tribute to the extensive network that someone who networks professionally is apt to have. But it’s also a testament to the power of a well-told story. “Some people can build a tiny house,” says Carter. “But my skills are in marketing and storytelling.” Carter is quick to express gratitude for the financial support she’s drawn from her GoFundMe campaign. She also highlights the emotional boosts she’s

In today’s rapidly evolving world, business leaders rely on timely and accurate data in order to make informed decisions on how to improve their operations, support their employees, and improve the bottom line.

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en Franklin famously quipped, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” But that was 229 years ago. Nowadays, Vermonters might not be so sure when it comes to one particular tariff. The one in question is the use tax, which only 10 percent of state residents paid last year. Mention it in conversation, and chances are good that you’ll get a blank stare in response. “People don’t want to be bothered with it,” acknowledged Vermont Tax Commissioner Kaj Samsom. What is the use tax, exactly? It’s a sales tax on items purchased outside of the state but then brought into Vermont. Think booze in New Hampshire, sheets from a catalog or your latest eBay splurge. Clothing, food (but not soda or alcohol) and over-the-counter drugs are exempt. For each of those purchases, Vermont consumers are legally responsible for reporting on their income tax returns the 6 percent use tax they didn’t pay at checkout. Shoppers can either keep receipts for every eligible purchase or, for the less organizationally inclined, pay a “safe harbor” option of 0.1 percent of total income. For someone making $50,000 a year, that’s $50. Last year, the state cut the safe harbor option in half, from a previous level of 0.2 percent. The use tax attempts to level the playing field for “brick-and-mortar businesses that are having trouble competing,” according to Samsom. If consumers know they have to pay it, they may be less enticed by the lack of sales tax online or in New Hampshire, said University of Vermont associate professor of economics Art Woolf. The problem? Almost no one pays. Last year, about 36,000 of 368,000 total Vermont personal income tax filers did so — “a laughably small number,” Woolf said. “People in general don’t like paying taxes, and this is a general indication of it,” he continued. “If it’s pretty easy not to pay the taxes without penalties, they will avoid taxes.” Elizia Meskill, a tax preparer and president of Green Tax Services in South

Burlington, said that she includes questions about the use tax on the form that clients submit. But she estimated that more than 90 percent of her 500-some non-business clients leave it blank. “Most of our clients, they’ll say, ‘No, no, I didn’t do any,’” referring to online purchases, she said, adding that the majority — she guessed 80 percent — are probably lying. The use tax is nothing new. Every state that has a sales tax — 45 of them

— also has a use tax. Vermont created both in 1969. But back then, said Samsom, the sales and use tax were each about 3 percent, and few people made the trip to New Hampshire to shop. “There may have been some sales from Sears Roebuck,” he said. Later on, “Mail order picked up, then what changed the game was e-commerce,” Samsom added. “Every tax commissioner in the modern era has struggled with this.”

He noted that previous tax commissioner Mary Peterson used social media campaigns to encourage people to pay. The use tax is still not a major cash cow, but it’s becoming increasingly more important to the state because of the internet, Woolf said. The state earned $3.8 million in use tax revenues from individuals in tax year 2016. Businesses also pay the tax on what they purchase from out of state; that earned Vermont about $17 million in 2016.

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All told, the state’s nonpartisan Joint In August, Samsom’s department Fiscal Office estimated last12v-charlottedennett032818.indd 1 sent 18,000 letters to 3/26/1812v-officefurnexchange032818.indd 1:54 PM 1 3/21/18 year that the changes to the Vermonters who hadn’t use tax would generate an paid use tax for the last additional $1.8 million in three years. The departrevenues. ment targeted higherSamsom said he wouldn’t income residents who send out such letters again were more likely to owe the — but if he did, he’d strike state money, according to a more conciliatory tone. Samsom. “Definitely a lesson learned The recipients had until in what we think the mesOctober 31 to fork over KAJ SAMSOM sage we’re sending and what they should have paid what people think the meswithout risk of penalty. The sage is,” he said. “I want to tough language was a bit of be more sensitive to that in the future.” a bluff: Samsom told Seven Days that The commissioner’s efforts may he’s never heard of the state penalizing or auditing an individual for not paying be short-lived, because more online the use tax. The dollar amounts paid per vendors are beginning to collect sales person are so low, he said, “It’s hardly tax automatically. In February 2017, worth the paper we’d spend the audit Amazon started collecting sales tax for its products sold to Vermonters. (It still letter on, to be honest.” Still, the “educational” letters weren’t doesn’t collect from third-party vendors all well received. Samsom got some who sell products through the website.) MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAM IN The company is Vermont’s biggest “very strident” phone calls and emails in response. Some called the letter a online vendor, said Samsom. It’s expected to bring in $8 million in sales and “shakedown” or “coercive,” he recalled. Among the recipients? Woolf him- use tax revenue, the Joint Fiscal Office self. He declined to say whether he did, estimated. In April, the U.S. Supreme Court will in fact, owe the tax. also weigh in on a long-standing use But the pitch worked. More than 6,500 letter recipients made “voluntary tax precedent that banned states from Our Master of Arts degree program prepares students for professional payments,” Samsom said, for a total of enforcing sales tax for companies that psychology positions in the private or public mental health system and study $910,000. That’s an average of $140 a aren’t physically within the state. If the court overturns the previous ruling, towards a doctoral degree at another institution. We prepare students to be person. licensed as a clinical psychologist and/or a mental health counselor. Vermont could collect between $5 milMeskill, the tax preparer, said she lion and $15 million annually from online appreciated the letters because it kept The curriculum of our master’s degree program is approved as a step toward her from prodding her clients to fill out vendors based out of state, Samsom said. licensure by both the Vermont Board of Psychological Examiners and, as of Such regulation would ease things up the form. October 2016, the Vermont Board of Allied Mental Health Practitioners. “We just don’t have the time to do for Samsom, who’s had to play the role APPLICATIONS ARE NOW BEING ACCEPTED. the individual one-on-one meeting with of enforcer. “That’s every tax commissioner’s the client to educate them, so I welcome the help of the state,” she said. Because goal,” he said. “It’s really a third rail to 800.654.2206 of those letters, she added, “I see the have to go after purchasers for it. 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hen it comes to teaching kids personal finance, Vermont gets a D. The 2017 National Report Card on State Efforts to Improve Financial Literacy in High Schools — put out by Champlain College’s Center for Financial Literacy — dings the state for setting “modest levels” of personal finance education in state academic standards, providing no specifics on instruction and no oversight to the school boards that implement them. Despite the bad grade for the state as a whole, exemplary personal finance programs exist in some schools. Winooski High School is home to one, the creation of business teacher Courtney Poquette. “Courtney is just a super educator,” said John Pelletier, director of Champlain’s Center for Financial Literacy. Now in her 12th year of teaching — all at Winooski High School — she is an award-winning instructor who advocates locally and nationally for personal finance education. At the beginning of her semesterlong class, Poquette asks students what they would do if given a million dollars. They usually list the things that they would buy, she said — “and then, as we move through the class, they realize, If I invested that money, I could live off of the compound interest, maybe.” Jobs, education, cars, housing, budgeting, saving and bank accounts are on

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the syllabus. So are credit cards, insurance, investing, retirement and dream vacations. Poquette’s students research the earning potential of different careers, write résumés and cover letters, participate in mock job interviews and fill out tax forms. They furnish an imaginary apartment with items they find online, recording what each item costs — both in dollars and in the number of hours they’d have to work in their chosen career to earn those dollars.

RETIREMENT: So you don’t even have your first job? It’s still time to start thinking about retirement. As a young person, you have the advantage of time when it comes to compound interest; so start saving early, and make it automatic. Always take advantage of employer-matched retirement accounts. INVESTING: My two favorite pieces of investment advice are: “Your life should be interesting; your investments should be boring” (from author and seminar leader David Bach) and “Investing is a marathon, not a sprint.” Experts recommend investing between 10 percent and 20 percent of your income, but starting with

As the semester progresses, students study the price tags attached to life choices. Will they live with their parents, on their own or share an apartment? Will they buy a car or use public transportation? How much will they set aside for savings? For retirement? How many times will they eat out each week? By the end of the semester, each student compiles a detailed monthly budget that covers everything from rent, utilities and student loan payments to Netflix, haircuts, gas and gym

any amount is better than not investing at all. Pay yourself first! SAVING: Ask questions and read

the terms when you open a bank or credit-union account. Service fees, overdraft fees, bouncedcheck fees and minimumbalance fees can be costly and add up quickly. It’s your responsibility to understand and manage your accounts. SPENDING: Take time to

comparison shop and try to spend less than you could. Ask yourself if it’s a need or a want before you buy it. Sometimes people overspend on their wants, then can’t afford their needs. CREDIT CARDS AND CREDIT SCORES: Making the minimum

memberships. “And they have to have a surplus,” Poquette said. “Or else they have to go back and change some of the decisions they made.” In January, the Vermont State Board of Education adopted new, nationally recognized standards for teaching personal finance. “It’s a substantive step forward,” but other states do more, said Pelletier. Covering grades pre-K through 12, the standards, developed by Washington, D.C., nonprofit Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy, cover spending and saving, credit and debt, employment and income, investing, risk management and insurance, and financial decision making. Starting with the class of 2021, Winooski, one of the state’s most diverse school districts, will require Poquette’s course for graduation, making WHS one of 14 Vermont high schools to require a personal finance class. Another 33 schools offer it as an elective. Though Poquette also teaches accounting, entrepreneurship and other business classes, personal finance is her passion. “For me, the big key piece is, every single time I have a student in my class, they don’t ever ask, ‘Why am I learning this?’” she said. Her students have helped their grandparents with retirement planning and served as translators for parents who don’t speak English at financial institutions.

payment on credit card bills sounds enticing, but this time the power of compound interest works in the lender’s favor. Pay bills on time to earn a favorable credit score. A shocking statistic published in the state’s Financial Literacy Commission’s 2017 report says, “A 25-year-old woman with poor credit who lives in Vermont may face an estimated $484,680 in lifetime interest costs — double that of the same person with an excellent credit rating.” HOUSING: Understand the

advantages and disadvantages of both renting an apartment and buying a house. Experts recommend spending 30 percent of your income on rent or a mortgage.

BUYING A CAR: Most of the time,

your car will depreciate in value. There are a lot of expenses — besides the price tag — to consider when buying or leasing a car: registration, taxes, insurance, gas, maintenance and repairs. Take time to comparison shop and do your research before making this big investment. FINANCIAL DECISION MAKING:

You will be making financial decisions for the rest of your life! Most people make financial decisions that they later regret. What’s important is that you continue learning and improving — advice that could apply to any area of your life!

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Some kids, including 18-year-old senior Abdullahi Sadik, are investing in the stock market. Using money he earns at McDonald’s and the Robinhood no-fee trading app on his phone, Abdullahi has bought stock in AT&T, Facebook, Twitter, Apple, Netflix and Tesla. “I tend to buy things just off of the fact that I like the companies,” he said. When Poquette was in high school at Bellows Free Academy in St. Albans, she couldn’t see the point of most of it, she said, and didn’t plan to go to college. She bought her first car — a two-door, mint-green Toyota Tercel

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— at age 16 and then started saving for a house. As a senior, she went to two classes in the morning and spent the rest of the day working as a bank teller through a work-study program. “And my plan was just to keep working at the bank,” she said. Her mother persuaded her to go to Champlain, the only college to which she applied. “And when I got accepted and they asked me to select a major, I think I just said, ‘I don’t care, whatever’s first in alphabetical order,’ and I ended up going into accounting.” She later switched her major to business, figuring it would lead to more people-oriented jobs. She earned associate’s and bachelor’s degrees from Champlain and, while teaching, an MBA from Southern New Hampshire University. After graduating from Champlain, Poquette worked as a quality control analyst for the Department of Homeland Security. Too much time in a cubicle, coupled with fond memories of volunteering in an after-school program during college, led her to teaching. Because she didn’t have an education

degree, she went to teaching conferences and earned her license through peer review. A comment she heard at a conference her first year on the job set the course for her career. “I remember they said, ‘It’s funny that we teach students about business before we teach them to manage their own finances,’” Poquette noted. “And that just resonated with me.” She went home, created a personal finance class and started teaching it the next year. During an interview in her classroom in March, Poquette reached for a blue binder. “This is the only thing that I’ve kept from high school,” she said. “My senior year, my history teacher, he said to us, ‘I know that I shouldn’t be teaching you about this because I’m supposed to only teach you history, but it’s important for you to make the decisions about life that you’re going to have to make when you’re a senior in high school.’ “And so he gave us this whole assignment that he called the Reality Check, and he gave us a different essay that was due every week,” Poquette continued. “One was about choosing a career; one was about how you were going to afford to live on your own.” Another was about buying a car. The teacher asked students to think about goals, to interview a retiree and to write a résumé. That teacher, Mike Campbell, still teaches at BFA, and he and Poquette both attended Champlain’s first financial literacy summer institute for teachers in 2011. Poquette is now an instructor there. She is also one of 24 fellows for Next Gen Personal Finance, a California-based nonprofit organization that provides a free high school personal finance curriculum and professional development. In March, she attended the Next Gen Personal Finance Summit for educators to give presentations on financial literacy education advocacy and on how to use the Next Gen curriculum in the classroom. Poquette continually revises her own personal finance class. Everything has to pass the “So what?” test. “I always kind of think back to my own high school experience. Is this something that I would have liked as a high school student when I didn’t like anything?” she said. “And if not, then I don’t use it in my classes.”

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couple’s rental income, this income places the Thameses at the high end of Vershire incomes: Six of the town’s 295 households earn $200,000 or more, according to the American Community Survey, an initiative of the U.S. Census Bureau. The town’s median income is about $56,000. Elizabeth, who is forthright in her writing about her privileges, said her family made a determination not to share its income or net worth in her book or blog. “The book is a memoir,” Elizabeth said by telephone. “I think when you write a memoir, all you can really represent is your own experience.” But, she added, any reader, regardless of their particular circumstance, can think about how they use their time and money. She suggests they ask, “Have I prioritized the way I use those two resources?” The book has received substantial press attention, including pieces on National Public Radio and “The Today Show,” as well as articles in U.S. and British newspapers. Some reviewers have questioned Elizabeth’s transparency in describing how she and her husband were able to make their move to Vermont. “I am not usually nosy about other people’s money, but if you are going to use your own financial situation as an example, then you need to sacrifice some privacy,” wrote Laurie Hertzel, reviewing the book in Minnesota’s Star Tribune. But Elizabeth has her defenders, including dedicated readers of her blog. A number of blog fans reviewed her book on the website Goodreads, noting that they were delighted to read a more personal account from Elizabeth. “I enjoy the Frugalwoods blog so much that I was thrilled to find out there would be a book! I even paid for it!” one reviewer wrote. In her book, Elizabeth advises readers to borrow it from the library rather than purchase it.

HOW’S THIS FOR MY FRUGALITY? I STILL EAT OFF THE PLATES FROM THE INMAN SQUARE RESTAURANT WHERE I COOKED 35 YEARS AGO.

For me, the book was my introduction to Mrs. Frugalwoods, whose thrifty lifestyle, I learned, began more than a decade ago on the streets of Brooklyn. I picked up some savings tips from her book and found myself reminiscing about my good old days in Cambridge, where the Frugalwoods and I happened to live a few blocks — and a few decades — apart. How’s this for my frugality? I still eat off the plates from the Inman Square restaurant where I cooked 35 years ago. I carried home eggplant Parm and spanakopita on the dishes and never returned them. Here are net gains from my read of Meet the Frugalwoods,, including a few of my own winners.

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lizabeth and Nate Thames were 32 years old when they threw it all away and moved to Vermont. The couple, each of whom worked for nonprofits, scrimped and saved for a few years in preparation for their escape from Cambridge, Mass. The couple’s plan is described in supreme detail in Elizabeth’s recently published book, Meet the Frugalwoods: Achieving Financial Independence Through Simple Living. She is also the author of a blog, Frugalwoods, that is thorough, interactive and informative. To save money for their move, the Thameses — aka Mrs. and Mr. Frugalwoods — examined expenses and reduced costs in seemingly every aspect of their lives. They made their own seltzer water for an annual savings of $470. When Elizabeth volunteered at a yoga studio in exchange for classes, the savings amounted to $3,456 a year. The couple furnished their four-bedroom house near Inman Square with used furniture and painted their kitchen cabinets themselves. Elizabeth wore used maternity clothes when she was pregnant with their first child and gathered secondhand baby gear. By saving as much as 80 percent of their annual income, according to Elizabeth’s book, their plan for a country life was realized. In May 2016, the Frugalwoods and their infant daughter, dubbed Babywoods, moved to Vershire, where they bought a house and 66 acres for $389,000, according to town records. The family arrived with a pair of used cars — purchased with cash for a combined $21,000 — and with rental income from their Cambridge home of $4,400 a month, according to Elizabeth’s book and blog. They also came with jobs, at least one of which is high paying. Heavy as it is on numbers, the book omits income information. But online tax filings for ActBlue, the nonprofit that employs Nate, indicate he made $246,485 in 2016. Even without Elizabeth’s earnings as a writer or the

1. Money Matters. However… The study of personal finances, especially someone else’s, is an acquired taste. I’m working on it.

2. Cord-Cutting Pros and Cons According to the book, I’d be up $91,000 if I didn’t watch TV. This projection is based on Mrs. Frugalwoods’ calculation of the money that would accrue by investing $75 a month — an average estimated cable bill — every month for 30 years. But TV was free when I started watching, and “The Mod Squad” was on. Plus, I would’ve missed Kansas (the Frugalwoods’ alma mater) beat Duke in OT to advance to last weekend’s NCAA men’s basketball Final Four. (And no, I didn’t watch the game as a lead-in to the Stormy Daniels interview on “60 Minutes.” In fact, I would pay $91,000 to spare the world from imagining the porn star spanking the president.)

3. America, Land of the Free(bies) A money-saving strategy that worked for Mrs. Frugalwoods was giving up her Dunkin’ Donuts iced tea break at work. But, unlike several independent local cafés, Dunkin’ Donuts doesn’t offer free samples. If you stop for coffee at the right places, you could wind up saving

Nate and Elizabeth Thames with their daughter

money by snagging a muffin sample or brownie bite. Tops on the list for freebies with my coffee is probably Great Harvest Bread on Pine Street in Burlington, where offerings include a thick slice of warm cinnamonswirl bread. Help yourself to butter. (No coffee, but nearby Dedalus Wine Shop, Market & Wine Bar offers free cheese samples.) For an annual thrill, check out the free honey cake and apples on Rosh Hashanah at Zabby & Elf’s Stone Soup in downtown Burlington.

4. Location, Location, Location I, too, lived near Inman Square for a while — back in the early 1980s. For accounting purposes, I probably never should’ve moved. We paid $185 a month for a big two-bedroom, rent-controlled apartment. We found scrap wood in the neighborhood wasteland — since taken over by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — and built a kitchen table. Fun was free at the basketball court across the street. It was only slightly more expensive at Inn-Square Men’s Bar (Ladies Invited), which had regular

25 cent drafts. I played on the bar’s softball team. One game, as I stood up and brushed dirt off my leg after sliding into third, a spectator called to me: “Slide! Slide right over my face.” That’s got to be worth a million dollars.

5. Beware the Brits Exercise caution when presenting your work in a British newspaper, because Brits can be snarky social critics. One Guardian reader commented online: “Don’t be mad at them for marketing their life and paying a good pr and publisher. Be mad at the Guardian for promoting such dross.” On the other hand, you’ll score British-style props: “Good for them, and more power to anyone who wants to step away from our hideous consumer ‘culture,’” wrote another. “We do something close to this up in North Yorks,” the reader continued. “We are lucky though. You need enough cash, or security of some form, set aside as an emergency. This couple probably had well-paying jobs before they set out. We had a family homestead that’s been with us since the Jacobites.”

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ast summer at the Burlington Farmers Market, Carolyn Moore and her young daughter shopped together. The toddler would help her mother choose food at the Full Moon Farm vendor stand. Then they’d settle on the grass and sometimes listen to music. “She would dig right into the bag and pull out tomatoes,” said Moore, who lives in South Burlington. “It’s one of those things about living in Vermont: She’s getting to understand where her food comes from, and being part of that process is now ingrained in her being.” While this scenario might appear typical of shopping at a farmers market — selecting what you want at a vendor stand — Moore was actually getting food as a member of Full Moon Farm’s CSA (community supported agriculture) program. This means she paid in advance for a share of the farm’s yield and received food through its summer season. Full Moon Farm is a certified organic farm in Hinesburg that started 20 years ago at the Intervale in Burlington. During that time, farmer-owners Rachel Nevitt and David Zuckerman (who’s also the state’s lieutenant governor) have expanded their offerings to about 45 vegetable crops, as well as chicken, pork and flowers. Now, after a small trial run last summer and during the winter, the farmers are poised to change their CSA business model. They’re moving from a more traditional format — in which CSA members go to a set pickup site each week and receive a (mostly) farmer-determined allotment of food — to one of greater flexibility. This summer season, using a card payment system, Full Moon members will be able to pick up their share at any of five sites and select whatever food they want. “It was really good for us,” said Moore, who participated in the farm’s trial. “We were able to get delicious, organic local produce through the CSA and … to choose items that worked well for our family. We like knowing that we’re supporting the community.” The change at Full Moon Farm is indicative of larger shifts in this farming model as CSAs expand or tweak how they do business and what they offer members. These changes include more specialized CSAs: Mushroom, herbal remedy and meal-kit CSAs (think a local, organic Blue Apron) are all available. The reshaping of CSAs also means farms that produce the traditional CSA product — vegetables — are devising models that give members greater choice in payment plans, pickup locations and food selection.

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has made a living slathering barbecue sauce on local meats for years. Now he’s looking to the bottle for an additional income stream. Later this month, Stefan will begin selling a line of bottled sauces, all sweetened with Vermont maple syrup, under the brand VERMONT MAPLE & SMOKE. While Stefan recently signed the lease on a Winooski catering kitchen next door to FOUR QUARTERS BREWING, he plans to produce the sauces at Hardwick’s

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and debut them publicly — on prepared food and in bottles — at the Vermont Maple Festival in St. Albans, April 27 through 29. If the fest isn’t on your radar, you can catch Stefan at the ARTSRIOT TRUCK STOP this summer and find the bottles at local retailers later this spring. H.P.E.

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A wise person once said, “When God closes a coffee shop, she opens a taco joint.” Well, maybe not, but that’s what’s happening in Randolph, where BLACK KRIM TAVERN owner SARAH NATVIG plans to open CAFÉ SALUD in the old Three Bean Café space at 22 Pleasant Street. When the shop starts flying the “welcome” flag — in early June, Natvig said — it’ll be open Wednesday through Sunday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., for coffee, fresh-pressed juices, tacos and ice cream. Given that she’s stepping into a coffee-shop owner’s shoes, Natvig wants to keep java on the menu, she said. But the plan is to offer basic drip roasts — probably from VERMONT COFFEE COMPANY, which was the everyday cup at Three Bean — without high-end espresso service, which is labor-intensive and requires pricey equipment. Speaking with more ebullience about the food

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O’BRIEN, a partner in the business. A separate lounge area that will be open to all — whether or not they’re salon customers — should start serving shortly thereafAPRIL SPECIAL ter, he said. 1 large, 1-topping pizza, That lounge area will seat 12 boneless wings, 2 liter Coke product about 15 people, O’Brien said, and serve beer and wine to 2 large, 1-topping pizzas & 2-liter Coke product start, with the possibility of a full liquor license to come. The Back Bar will also offer Plus tax. Pick-up or delivery only. Expires 4/30/18. Limit: 1 offer per customer per day. snacks of local cheeses and meats. Check us out on Facebook & Instagram! While he’s heard of businesses pairing a beer with a 973 Roosevelt Highway cut in other cities, O’Brien Colchester • 655-5550 www.threebrotherspizzavt.com said, “We’re hoping this is the first in the Burlington area, and maybe in Vermont.” 12v-threebros040418.indd 1 3/27/18 2:32 PM Will the model of blowdry and brews catch on? O’Brien thinks his customers are ready. “We’ve had plenty of people come in, and when we offer them tea or coffee, a lot of people have said, ‘Do you have anything else?’” he said. “‘Wine or beer?’”

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at Café Salud, Natvig said it will serve as a less-formal foil to the fare at her upscale tavern, specifically to items such as homemade ice cream and fanciful tacos. At Café Salud, Natvig plans to keep things straightforward with five standard tacos, stuffed with fish, ground beef, jerk chicken, pulled pork or veggies, along with various iterations of beans, rice and salsa. “The best thing about tacos is, they really hit the entire market: vegan, dairy-free, men, women … It’s so valuable to be able to do that,” she said. As at Black Krim, the

café’s menu will rely heavily on produce from PEBBLE BROOK FARM in Brookfield, owned by Natvig’s husband, CHIP. Meats will come from White River Valley friends and neighbors. Natvig envisions the new spot as a local hangout. That casual model, she admits, is “not really the thing at Black Krim,” where most entrées fall in the $20 range and tend to be elaborate. “If you start digging into the [meaning of the] word salud,” Natvig said, “it really comes down to good health, good family, good community.” She hopes her new business will fit that mold, she added, while contributing to the vitality of the downtown. “Randolph has a lot of great energy right now,” Natvig said. “A lot of great stuff is happening.”

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Food Fares « P.42 “There’s a lot of variety right now,” said Erin Buckwalter, market development director at the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont. “This is a story I’m trying to help people understand.” As models change, at least two factors are key to being a CSA, according to Buckwalter: early season buy-in to the farm, and the direct relationship between the farm and its members. With sign-ups for summer CSAs now under way, Seven Days talked to four farmers about their models.

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In the new free-choice model at Full Moon, members purchase a card that entitles them to a certain value of farm food during the season. Its value includes a bonus of 6 to 11 percent, depending on the size of the share and the date purchased. (A bigger bonus comes with a pre-April 15 sign-up.) Members can use the card to buy vegetables, chicken, pork, eggs and flowers in any combination they desire. They can get their food at any of the farm’s five weekly pickup locations, with no commitment to a specific site each week. If members go away for a week or two, they don’t miss out on their food; they simply retain value on their CSA card to use another week. “The changing times [mean] that people need flexibility,” Nevitt said. “People are maxed out, and so they need something that’s going to work … We’re going to revamp our whole business model to meet the changing times.” Several factors figured into the farmers’ decision to create a new format, they said: increased competition in the CSA and retail markets, consumers’ desire or need for flexibility and convenience in shopping, dietary needs and restrictions that make it attractive for people to choose their own food, and considerations about waste from prescribed CSA shares that might be too big or contain items people don’t like. “I do think that the additional competition is part of what has led to more innovation in models,” Zuckerman wrote in an email. “But it also does make it harder for the model to be the economically sustainable system it was supposed to be for farmers.” For the farmers, free-choice membership means figuring out how much food to bring to each site without precise knowledge of how many people will be there and what choices they’ll make.

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But Nevitt said they “have a general sense of what people want — we’ve been doing this 20 years.” The feedback from the trial run was positive, Nevitt said: “Folks loved it, and so we’re going for it.” The summer/fall CSA card can be purchased in several values to represent different share sizes. These range from mini for $295 to large for $1,000, with two share sizes in between. In addition, an unlimited share for $1,200 is available for members who have been with the farm for at least two years. The unlimited share entitles people to help themselves to as much food as they want. Members can use their card over the 18-week summer season or through the Burlington Farmers Market outdoor run.

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For 25 years, Andy Jones has been the farm manager at Intervale Community Farm in Burlington. When he started at ICF, the farm had 120 members and was the only CSA at the Intervale. Now ICF, a member-owned, organic vegetable farm, has 650 summer members and is the largest CSA in Chittenden County — if not the state. Jones and his crew grow 30 to 35 crops annually on 25 acres. “We tend to simplify things,” he said. “But everything is super fresh, super high quality. We standardized around super high quality with a competitive price.”

Farm members — 1,200 to 1,500 per week — pick up their shares at ICF. The harvest is presented in a manner that offers them choices. For example, they can take two pounds total of kale, lettuce, greens and cabbage displayed on a table, or select from an array of root vegetables. Giving people choice, Jones said, “makes it a lot easier to be part of a CSA. “Our niche has always been kind of basic vegetables, good value and the on-farm experience,” he continued. It includes a pick-your-own element. “That has been the case since we hit on that three-part formula in the late ’90s.” In his market analysis, Jones has found that a summer share at ICF yields about a 50 percent savings over purchasing organic produce at retail outlets. That number has been consistent year after year. For new CSAs, Jones recommends finding a niche. “I think it’s hard to break in,” he said. “I think identifying a niche is really important, and trying to do something to differentiate yourself is critical.” ICF offers three share sizes to members, ranging from $530 for small to $950 for large, or $25.24 and $45.24, respectively, per week over the 21-week summer season. The farm also donates about 50,000 pounds of food a year, or one-sixth of its total output, to local food banks, Jones noted.

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ACT 250 NOTICE APPLICATION #4C1312 AND HEARING 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001 - 6093 On March 23, 2018, RAN Investments Vermont, LLC filed application #4C1312 for the Kwiniaska Golf Course for the construction of six new golf holes to the east of Spear Street to offset the loss by sale of six golf holes located to the west of Spear Street, construction of a porch off the existing clubhouse, construction of new pathways, and improvements to the existing parking lot. The project is located on 5531 Spear Street, in Shelburne, Vermont. This project will be evaluated by the District #4 Environmental Commission in accordance with the 10 environmental criteria of 10 V.S.A., § 6086(a). A public hearing is scheduled for May 10, 2018 at 9:15am at the Shelburne Town Offices in Meeting Room #1. A site visit will be held before the hearing at 8:30am at the Kwiniaska Clubhouse. The following persons or organizations may participate in the hearing for this project: 1. Statutory parties: The municipality, the municipal planning commission, the regional planning commission,

later than prior to the any adjacent municipaldate of the first ity, municipal planning 3/25/18 FSBO-Nagelschmidt040418.indd 10:22 PM 1 hearing or prehearing confercommission or regional ence. planning commission if the project lands are loA copy of the application cated on a town boundand plans for this project ary and affected state is available for inspecagencies are entitled to tion by members of the party status. public during regular working hours at the Dis2. Adjoining property trict #4 Environmental owners and others: May Office. The application participate as parties to can also be viewed at the the extent they have Natural Resources Board a particularized interest web site (http://nrb. that may be affected by vermont.gov) by clicking the proposed project on “Act 250 Database” under the ten criteria. and entering the project number above. 3. Non-party participants: The district Dated at Essex Junction, commission, on its own Vermont this 30th day of motion or by petition, March 2018. may allow others to participate in the hearing By: /s/ Rachel Lomonaco without being accorded Rachel Lomonaco party status. District #4 Coordinator 111 West Street If you plan on participatEssex Junction, VT ing in the hearing on behalf of a group or orga- 05495 802-879-5658 nization, please bring: rachel.lomonaco@ 1) a written description vermont.gov of the organization, its purposes, and the nature of its membership (T.10, ACT 250 NOTICE § 6085(c)(2)(B)); 2) MINOR APPLICATION documentation that #4C0846-1C prior to the date of the 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001 hearing, you were duly - 6093 authorized to speak for On March 28, 2018, the organization; and Richard L. and Jane A. 3) that the organization Mittlebusher, 12 Tawpoot has articulated a posiRoad, Nantucket, MA tion with respect to the 02554 filed application Project’s impacts under #4C0846-1C for a project specific Act 250 Criteria. generally described as after-the-fact approval If you wish further of the August 22, 2001 information regarding subdivision of 43.3 acre participation in this Lot 3A into 21.0 acre Lot hearing, please contact 9 and 22.3 acre Lot 8. the district coordinator The Project is located (see below) before the off of Lacasse Lane in date of the hearing. If Williston, Vermont. you have a disability for which you are going to The District #4 Environneed accommodation, mental Commission is please notify this office reviewing this applicaat least seven days prior tion under Act 250 Rule to the above hearing 51 — Minor Applications. date. A copy of the application and proposed permit are If you feel that any of available for review at the District Commission the office listed below. members listed on the The application and a attached Certificate of draft permit may also be Service under “For Your viewed on the Natural Information” may have a Resources Board’s web conflict of interest, or if there is any other reason site (http://nrb.vermont. a member should be dis- gov) by clicking on “Act 250 Database” and qualified from sitting on entering the project this case, please contact number “4C0846-1C”. the district coordinator as soon as possible, no

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extent they have a parNo hearing will be held ticularized interest that and a permit may be is- 4/2/18 2:18 PM sued unless, on or before may be affected by the proposed project under April 23, 2018, a person the 10 criteria. Non-party notifies the Commission participants may also be of an issue or issues allowed under 10 V.S.A. requiring the presentaSection 6085(c)(5). tion of evidence at a hearing or the CommisDated at Essex Junction, sion sets the matter Vermont this 2nd day of for hearing on its own April, 2018. motion. Any hearing request must be in writing to the address below, By: Stephanie H. Monaghan must state the criteria District #4 Coordinator or subcriteria at issue, why a hearing is required 111 West Street Essex Junction, VT and what additional evi05452 dence will be presented at the hearing. Any hear- 802/879-5662 ing request by an adjoin- stephanie.monaghan@ vermont.gov ing property owner or other interested person must include a petition ACT 250 NOTICE for party status. Prior to MINOR APPLICATION submitting a request for a hearing, please contact #4C1313 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001 the district coordinator at the telephone number - 6093 On March 26, 2018, 26 listed below for more McMullen Road, LLC, information. Prior to convening a hearing, the 29 Birch Street, South Commission must deter- Burlington, VT 05403 filed application #4C1313 mine that substantive for a project generally issues requiring a heardescribed as subdivision ing have been raised. of 6 new lots and conFindings of Fact and struction of residential Conclusions of Law will structures on these lots. not be prepared unless The project is located on the Commission holds a North Gardens Lane near public hearing. 26 McMullen Road in Milton, Vermont. If you feel that any of the District Commission The District #4 Environmembers listed on the mental Commission is attached Certificate of reviewing this applicaService under “For Your tion under Act 250 Information” may have a Rule 51 — Minor Applicaconflict of interest, or if there is any other reason tions. A copy of the apa member should be dis- plication and proposed permit are available for qualified from sitting on review at the office listed this case, please contact below. The application the district coordinator and a draft permit may as soon as possible, no also be viewed on the later than prior to the Natural Resources response date listed Board’s web site (http:// above. nrb.vermont.gov) by clicking on “Act 250 Should a hearing be Database” and entering held on this project and the project number you have a disability for “4C1313”. which you are going to need accommodation, No hearing will be held please notify us by April and a permit may be is23, 2018. sued unless, on or before April 18, 2018, a person Parties entitled to notifies the Commission participate are the Muof an issue or issues nicipality, the Municipal requiring the presentaPlanning Commission, tion of evidence at the Regional Planning a hearing or the ComCommission, affected mission sets the matter state agencies, and adfor hearing on its own joining property owners and other persons to the motion. Any hearing

request must be in writing to the address below, must state the criteria or subcriteria at issue, why a hearing is required and what additional evidence will be presented at the hearing. Any hearing request by an adjoining property owner or other interested person must include a petition for party status. Prior to submitting a request for a hearing, please contact the district coordinator at the telephone number listed below for more information. Prior to convening a hearing, the Commission must determine that substantive issues requiring a hearing have been raised. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law will not be prepared unless the Commission holds a public hearing. If you feel that any of the District Commission members listed on the attached Certificate of Service under “For Your Information” may have a conflict of interest, or if there is any other reason a member should be disqualified from sitting on this case, please contact the district coordinator as soon as possible, no later than prior to the response date listed above. Should a hearing be held on this project and you have a disability for which you are going to need accommodation, please notify us by April 18, 2018. Parties entitled to participate are the Municipality, the Municipal Planning Commission, the Regional Planning Commission, affected state agencies, and adjoining property owners and other persons to the extent they have a particularized interest that may be affected by the proposed project under the 10 criteria. Non-party participants may also be allowed under 10 V.S.A. Section 6085(c)(5). Dated at Essex Junction,

Vermont this 28th day of March, 2018. By: Stephanie H. Monaghan District #4 Coordinator 111 West Street Essex Junction, VT 05452 802/879-5662 stephanie.monaghan@ vermont.gov CITY OF BURLINGTON IN THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN AN ORDINANCE IN RELATION TO COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE – RETAINING WALLS ZA #17-17 ORDINANCE 6.04 Sponsor: Planning Department, Planning Commission; Ordinance Committee Public Hearing Dates: 03/26/18 First reading: 09/18/17 Referred to: Ordinance Committee Rules suspended and placed in all stages of passage: ______________ Second reading: 03/26/18 Action: adopted Date: 03/26/18 Signed by Mayor: 03/28/18 Published: 04/04/18 Effective: 04/25/18 It is hereby ordained by the City Council of the City of Burlington as follows: That Appendix A, Comprehensive Development Ordinance, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Burlington be and hereby is amended by amending Section 5.2.5(b), Exceptions to Yard Setbacks Requirements; 6.2.2(m) Landscaping and Fences; and adding the definitions of “Retaining Wall” and “Seawall” to Section 13.1.2, Definitions, thereof to read as follows: Sec. 5.2.5 Setbacks Setbacks between buildings and property lines where required are intended to provide access to light and air, provide fire separation and ac-

SEVENDAYSVT.COM/CLASSIFIEDS cess, and maintain the existing neighborhood pattern of buildings and open spaces between them and to the street. (a) Setbacks Required: As written. (b) Exceptions to Yard Setbacks Requirements The following projections into required yard setbacks may be permitted subject to the standards of Article 6 to ensure compatibility with neighboring properties: 1. As written. 2. Building and Site Features. Eves, sills, roof overhangs, cornices, steps to first floor entries, walkways, ramps for the disabled, fences, walls, and similar building and site features may project into a required yard setback. 3. Retaining Walls. Retaining walls no greater than 5’ tall may project into a required yard setback, but retaining walls should be set back a minimum of 2’ from a property boundary. Retaining walls projecting into a required setback and exceed 5’ tall and/or come within 2’ of a property boundary shall be subject to Development

Review Board review per Article 6. These provisions shall not apply to retaining walls acting as seawalls and constructed along, and parallel to, the banks of any river, stream, or brook or constructed in whole or in part below the 102’ elevation along the Lake Champlain shoreline. 34. As written. 45. As written. 56. As written. 67. As written. 78. As written. Sec. 6.2.2 Review Standards (a) – (l) As written. (m) Landscaping and, Fences and Retaining Walls Landscaping shall be used to beautify the development site and to provide specific functions and benefits to the uses and buildings on the site. These include but are not limited to stormwater retention and erosion control, winter windbreaks and summer shade, recreational and habitat corridors, buffers and screening of parking areas, and creating privacy for and from adjacent property.

Existing trees shall be retained and incorporated into a landscape plan to the extent possible, and existing trees to be retained shall be protected during construction in accordance with specifications provided by the city arborist. Contiguous green space, both within the site and with adjacent properties, should be provided on a site whenever possible and be designed to provide wildlife travel corridors and habitat preservation, as well as enabling recreational access. If open space is intended to be publicly accessible, it shall be designed to maximize accessibility for all individuals including the disabled, encourage social interaction, and facilitate ease of maintenance. Along the street edge, landscaping shall be used to provide a visual buffer into parking areas from the public street and reinforce the streetscape. The selection of plant materials and planting sites should create a sustainable landscape, and consideration shall be given to factors such as hardiness, salt tolerance, disease resistance, invasiveness, root and

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canopy spread, underground and overhead utilities, soil conditions, and microclimates. The use of native plant materials is encouraged, and the use of plants considered invasive by VT Agency of Agriculture shall be prohibited. For more information on sustainable landscapes, applicants are encouraged to consult Planting Sustainable Landscapes: A Guide for Plan Reviewers prepared for the Vermont Department of Forests Parks and Recreation by the Vermont Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects. New or replacement street trees shall be provided consistent with the city’s Street Tree Master Plan. All proposed street trees shall be selected and planted in accordance with specifications provided by the city arborist. Fences may be placed within the required setback along a property line, but shall be setback sufficiently to provide for the maintenance of both sides of the fence without entering onto the adjacent property and shall present a finished side to the adjoining

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View and post up to 6 photos per ad online. property and public street. Fences placed within a clear sight triangle shall adhere to the standards of Sec. 5.2.6 (c). Styles, materials, and dimensions of the proposed fence shall be compatible with the context of the neighborhood and the use of the property. Retaining walls greater than 5 feet tall shall incorporate textured surfaces, terracing, and/or vegetation to avoid long monotonous unarticulated expanses and to minimize adverse visual impacts to neighboring properties. As with fences, retaining wall styles, materials, and dimensions shall be compatible with the context of the neighborhood and use of the property. (n) – (p) As written. Sec. 13.1.2 Definitions. For the purpose of this ordinance certain terms and words are herein defined as follows: Unless defined to the contrary in Section 4303 of the Vermont Planning and Development Act as amended, or defined otherwise in this section, definitions contained in the building code of the City of Burlington, Sec-

Post & browse ads at your convenience. tions 8-2 and 13-1 of the Code of Ordinances, as amended, incorporating the currently adopted edition of the American Insurance Association’s “National Building Code” and the National Fire Protection Association’s “National Fire Code” shall prevail. *** Retaining wall: A wall or terraced combination of walls used at a grade change to hold soil and other earth material at a higher elevation. *** Seawall: A wall of stone, concrete, or other sturdy material, built along the banks or shoreline of any river, stream, brook, or lake to prevent erosion. *** **Material stricken out deleted. ***Material underlined added. CITY OF BURLINGTON TRAFFIC REGULATIONS The following traffic regulations are hereby enacted by the Public Works Commission as amendments to Appendix C, Rules and Regulations of the Traffic Commission, and the

City of Burlington’s Code of Ordinances: 7 No parking areas. No person shall park any vehicle at any time in the following locations: (1)-(163) As Written. (164) [Reserved.] On the north side of Flynn Avenue, beginning immediately east of the easternmost driveway of 208 Flynn Avenue and extending east for 80 feet. (165)-(541) As Written. Adopted this 21st day of February, 2018 by the Board of Public Works Commissioners: Attest Norman Baldwin, P.E. Assistant Director – Technical Services Adopted 2/21/18; Published 04/04/18; Effective 04/25/18. Material in [Brackets] delete. Material underlined add. CITY OF BURLINGTON TRAFFIC REGULATIONS The following traffic regulations are hereby enacted by the Public Works Commission as amendments to Appendix C, Rules and Regulations of the Traffic Commission, and the City of Burlington’s Code of Ordinances: 12-1 No parking except

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vehicles loading or unloading. No person shall park a vehicle at the following locations unless engaged in loading or unloading the vehicle: (1)-(6) As Written. (7) [Reserved.] On the north side of Allen Street beginning two hundred fifteen (215) feet east of Murray Street and extending east for a distance of forty (40) feet, effective between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, for a maximum time limit of thirty (30) minutes. (8)-(52) As Written. Adopted this 21st day of February, 2018 by the Board of Public Works Commissioners: Attest Norman Baldwin, P.E. Assistant Director – Technical Services Adopted 2/21/18; Published 04/04/18; Effective 04/25/18. Material in [Brackets] delete. Material underlined add. CITY OF BURLINGTON TRAFFIC REGULATIONS The following traffic regulations are hereby enacted by the Public

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[CONTINUED] Works Commission as amendments to Appendix C, Rules and Regulations of the Traffic Commission, and the City of Burlington’s Code of Ordinances: 10 Two-hour parking. No person shall park a vehicle for a period longer than two (2) hours between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Sundays and holidays excepted, in the following locations: (1)-(16) As Written. (17) On the east side of Pine Street starting 50 feet south of Marble Avenue extending 133 feet south. (18) On the east side of Pine Street starting 105 feet south of Howard Street extending 147 feet south. Adopted this 21st day of February, 2018 by the Board of Public Works Commissioners:

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Attest Norman Baldwin, P.E. Assistant Director – Technical Services Adopted 2/21/18; Published 04/04/18; Effective 04/25/18. Material in [Brackets] delete. Material underlined add. CITY OF BURLINGTON TRAFFIC REGULATIONS The following traffic regulations are hereby enacted by the Public Works Commission as amendments to Appendix C, Rules and Regulations of the Traffic Commission, and the City of Burlington’s Code of Ordinances: 17 Designation of parking meter zones. (b) Thirty (30) minute zones. The following streets or portions of streets are hereby designated as thirty (30) minute parking meter zones: (1)-(25) As written. (26) On the south side of Main Street in the first space west of South Champlain Street. Adopted this 17th day of January, 2018 by the Board of Public Works Commissioners: Attest Norman Baldwin, P.E. Assistant Director – Technical Services Adopted 01/17/18;

HOWARD CENTER If you received services from Howard Center and would like a copy of your record, please contact Howard Center’s Health Information Department at 488-6000. In order to protect individuals’ privacy, the agency routinely destroys healthcare records after retaining them for the number of years required by law. NOTICE OF INTENT TO SELL TO: David Roberts, Hinesburg, VT. Two Self-storage units. This is a Notice of Intent to sell your personal property, located in a self-storage unit at Chase Moving, 165 Shunpike Rd., Williston, VT, for failure to make payment. Sale/Disposal to occur April 12. NOTICE OF SALE Notice is given that the following lots shall be sold, to satisfy lien of owner, at public sale by sealed bid, on Friday April 20, 2018 at the Access Mini-Storage/ McLure Moving & Storage, Inc. complex on 167 Colchester Road, Route 2A Essex Jct., VT. Start time for the sale shall be 10:00 am. Access Mini-Storage lots (name & unit #) offered for sale for nonpayment: Bean, Lisa #084 Carroll, Katie #429 Churchill, Elizabeth #083 Cinnamond, Tammy #456 Dearden, Jessica #515 Demar, Tammy #240 Holbrook, Paula #517 Jackson, Ruben #548& 550P Justice, Angie #699 & 700 Lines, James #128 Pagliuca, Tony #519 Sabo, Anthony #417 All sales are final and must be paid for at the time of sale. All items must be removed from the unit within 3 days of purchase. A $25.00 deposit will be collected on all units sold. This deposit will be refunded when all items are removed and the unit has been broom cleaned. The owners of Access MiniStorage, Inc. and McLure Moving & Storage, Inc. reserve the right to reject any and all bids. 4/06

NOTICE OF SELF STORAGE LIEN SALE BURLINGTON SELF STORAGE 1825 SHELBURNE RD SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT 05403 Notice is hereby given that the contents of the self storage unit listed below will be sold at public auction by sealed bid. Tenant Name/Storage Unit: Tag New Media Units #A419 and A424 Auction will take place on Friday, April 20, 2018 beginning at 11:00am at Burlington Self Storage, 1825 Shelburne Road, South Burlington, VT 05403. Unit will be opened for viewing immediately prior to auction. Sale shall be by sealed bid to the highest bidder. Contents of entire storage unit will be sold as one lot. The winning bid must remove all contents from the facility at no cost to BSS. BSS reserves the right to reject any bid lower that the amount owed by the occupant. STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN UNIT, CIVIL DIVISION VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO: 539-616 CNCV HOMEBRIDGE FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. v. GERALD F. WILLARD OCCUPANTS OF: 93 Village Green, Burlington VT MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER 12 V.S.A. sec 4952 et seq. In accordance with the Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure entered July 31, 2017, in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by Gerald F. Willard to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Real Estate Mortgage Network, Inc., dated June 14, 2012 and recorded in Book 1178 Page 67 of the land records of the City of Burlington, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder, by virtue of an Assignment of Mortgage from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Real Estate Mortgage Network, Inc. to HomeBridge Financial Services, Inc. dated May 11, 2016 and recorded in Book 1306 Page 405 of

the land records of the City of Burlington for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 93 Village Green, Burlington, Vermont on April 18, 2018 at 10:00AM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To wit: PROPERTY ADDRESS: 93 VILLAGE GREEN, BURLINGTON, VERMONT PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: Being all and the same land and premises conveyed to Gerald F. Willard by Warranty Deed of Susanne R. Whyte dated 6/14/12, of record in Volume____ at Page____ of the City of Burlington Land Records. Being all and the same land and premises as conveyed to Susanne R. Whyte by Warranty Deed of Gary P. Furling dated April 15, 2002 and recorded April 16, 2002 in Volume 731 at Page 13 of the Land Records of the City of Burlington and being more particularly described as follows: Being a lot of land with dwelling house thereon, situated on the southeasterly corner of the intersection of Village Green and Brandywine Street, said lot being Lot No. 68 as shown on a plan of land of record at Volume 148, Page 117 of the City of Burlington Land Records. Said lot has a frontage of 102.2 feet on the southerly side of Village Green, a frontage of 48.7 feet on the easterly side of Brandywine Street, a southerly line of 134.64 feet and an easterly line of 100.62 feet. The dwelling house thereon is known and designated as 93 Village Green. Reference is hereby made to the aforementioned instruments, the records thereof and the references therein contained, all in further aid of this description. Reference is hereby made to the above instruments and to the records and references contained therein in further aid of this description. Terms of sale: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which take precedence over

the said mortgage above described. TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within sixty (60) days after the date of sale. The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale. DATED: February 23, 2018 By: /S/Rachel K. Ljunggren, Esq. Rachel K. Ljunggren, Esq. Bendett and McHugh, PC 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 Farmington, CT 06032 STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT ADDISON FAMILY DIVISION DOCKET NO. 53-6-17 ANJV ORDER AND NOTICE OF HEARING TO: Tonia “Toni” Miller mother of S.B.; based upon the motion and affidavit filed by the Department for Children and Families the Court finds that service of the Petition to Terminate Residual Parental Rights and Notice of the Termination of Parental Rights Hearing cannot be made with due diligence by any method other than by publication. Accordingly, it is ORDERED that service of the Petition to Terminate Residual Parental Rights and Notice of the Termination of Parental Rights Hearing shall be made upon Tonia “Toni” Miller by publication. This Order shall be published once a week for two weeks on 4/04/2018 and 4/11/2018 in Seven Days, a Vermont weekly newspaper of general circulation in Chittenden County and a copy of this order and the Petition shall be mailed to Tonia “Toni” Miller if an address for her is known. The hearing to consider the termination of all residual parental rights to S.B. will be held on May 8, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at the Vermont Superior Court, Addison Family Division, at 7 Mahady Court, Middlebury, Ver-

mont. You are notified to appear in connection with this case. Failure to appear at this hearing may result in the termination of all of your parental rights to S.B. The State is represented by the Attorney General’s Office, HC 2 North, 280 State Drive, Waterbury, VT 05671-2080. /S/ Helen M. Toor Honorable Helen Toor Date: 3/26/2018 STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CHITTENDEN UNIT CIVIL DIVISION DOCKET NO. 171-3-16 CNCV Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Plaintiff v. Floyd L. Davison aka Floyd Davison, Capital One Bank (USA) NA, NorthCountry Federal Credit Union and Occupants residing at 20 Poirier Place, Burlington, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Floyd L. Davison aka Floyd Davison to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for GMAC Mortgage, LLC f/k/a GMAC Mortgage Corporation dated June 26, 2007 and recorded in Volume 1003, Page 33 of the Land Records of the City of Burlington. Pursuant to the power of sale in the subject mortgage, of which Plaintiff is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same, the collateral property will be sold at Public Auction at 4:00 P.M. on April 17, 2018, at 20 Poirier Place, Burlington, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: Being all and the same land and premises conveyed to Floyd L. Davison and Becci G. Davison (now deceased) by Warranty Deed of Betty M. Davison dated April 21, 1998 and recorded in Volume 589 at Pages 36-37 of the City of Burlington Land Records. A parcel of land with all buildings thereon located on Poirier Place, the dwelling hose thereon being known and designated as No. 20 Poirier Place, Burlington, Vermont. Terms of Sale:

$10,000.00 to be paid in cash or cashier’s check by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the City of Burlington and any liens against the property. The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Grant C. Rees Attorney, PLC, 30 Kimball Avenue, Ste. 307, South Burlington, VT 05403, (802) 6609000. This sale may be cancelled at any time prior to the scheduled sale date without prior notice. Dated at South Burlington, Vermont this 14th day of March, 2018. Nationstar Mortgage LLC, By: Grant C. Rees, Esq. Grant C. Rees Attorney, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 307 South Burlington, VT 05403 Attorney for Plaintiff

the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same, the collateral property will be sold at Public Auction at 11:30 A.M. on April 18, 2018, at 12 Maplewood Lane, Essex, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Stephen O. Saunders by Quit Claim Deed of Liisa Saunders dated March 21, 2007 and recorded on February 26, 2008 in Volume 741, Page 196 of the Land Records of the Town of Essex and being more particularly described as follows: Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash or cashier’s check by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of Essex and any liens against the property. The sale is also subject to post-sale redemption rights of the United States of America Department of Treasury –Internal Revenue Service.

STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CHITTENDEN UNIT CIVIL DIVISION DOCKET NO. 487-5-17 CNCV Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Plaintiff v. David Douglas, Administrator of the Estate of Stephen O. Saunders, United States of America Department of Treasury - Internal Revenue Service and Occupants residing at 12 Maplewood Lane, Essex, Vermont, Defendants

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

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By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Stephen O. Saunders (now deceased) to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Nominee for Quicken Loans Inc. dated May 16, 2008 and recorded in Volume 749, Page 609, which mortgage was assigned to Nationstar Mortgage LLC by an instrument dated December 18, 2014 and recorded on December 30, 2014 in Volume 926, Page 770 of the Land Records of the Town of Essex. Pursuant to the power of sale in the subject mortgage, of which Plaintiff is

Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Grant C. Rees Attorney, PLC, 30 Kimball Avenue, Ste. 307, South Burlington, VT 05403, (802) 6609000. This sale may be cancelled at any time prior to the scheduled sale date without prior notice.

Nationstar Mortgage LLC, By: Grant C. Rees, Esq. Grant C. Rees Attorney, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 307 South Burlington, VT 05403 Attorney for Plaintiff STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CHITTENDEN UNIT PROBATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. 345-3-18 CNPR In re estate of Lucille M Larrabee. NOTICE TO CREDITORS

SEVENDAYSVT.COM/CLASSIFIEDS To the creditors of Lucille M. Larrabee late of Essex, VT. I have been appointed to administer this estate. All creditors having claims against the decedent or the estate must present their claims in writing within four (4) months of the first publication of this notice. The claim must be presented to me at the address listed below with a copy sent to the court. The claim may be barred forever if it is not presented within the four (4) month period. Date: 3/30/2018 /s/ Jeanette Pelkey Signature of Fiduciary Jeanette Pelkey Executor/Administrator: P.O. Box 8282 Essex, VT 05451 802-363-2111 Name of publication Seven Days Publication Dates: 4/4/2018 Name and Address of Court: Vermont Superior Court Chittenden Unit Probate Division PO Box 511 Burlington, VT 05402

STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CHITTENDEN UNIT PROBATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. 401-13-18 CNPR In re estate of Vickie C. Billado. NOTICE TO CREDITORS To the creditors of Vickie C. Billado late of Colchester, VT. I have been appointed to administer this estate. All creditors having claims against the decedent or the estate must present their claims in writing within four (4) months of the first publication of this notice. The claim must be presented to me at the address listed below with a copy sent to the court. The claim may be barred forever if it is not presented within the four (4) month period. Date: 3/29/18 /s/ Cindy M. Billado Signature of Fiduciary Cindy M. Billado Executor/Administrator: 8 Giles Dr. Essex Junction, VT 05452 cindy.billado@gmail.com 802-578-0823

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Publication Dates: 4/4/2018 Name and Address of Court: Vermont Superior Court Chittenden Unit Probate Division PO Box 511 Burlington, VT 05402 STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL DIVISION CHITTENDEN UNIT DOCKET NO. 195-3-18 CNCV IN RE: 0.4 ACRES OF LAND IN THE TOWN OF WESTFORD SUMMONS AND ORDER OF PUBLICATION THIS SUMMONS IS DIRECTED TO: RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN OF WESTFORD 1. YOU ARE BEING SUED. The Town of Westford (the “Town”) has started a lawsuit to quiet title to the 0.4-acre, more or less, parcel of land that is subject to a dedication to public use (the “Parcel”). The Parcel is located southerly of Common Road (Town Highway #33) and northwesterly of the structures at 20 and northwesterly of the structures at 26 Common Road. The Parcel is described as follows:

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land and premises as was conveyed in a Warranty Deed executed by Daniel Jackson, Jacob K. Drury and Benjamin F. Beach, agents for the Town of Westford to John H. Woodward dated June 17, 1844, recorded in Book 10, Page 521 and being described as follows: Beginning at an unmarked point at the southwesterly corner of the land as above referenced; said point located on a bearing of South 23 degrees 09 minutes 50 seconds East a distance of 90.51 feet from an iron rod set flush with the ground on the southeasterly side of the Brookside Road (State Aid Highway #1) right of way on the Town of Westford “Town Common” property line in common with the Congregational Church of Westford property as referenced in Book 6, Pages 98 – 99 of the Westford Land Records; thence running on the following courses: A bearing of North 04 degrees 30 minutes 40 seconds East a distance of 99.0 feet along the westerly line of the Town of Westford’s “Spiller” lot to an unmarked point located at the northwesterly corner of the land herein described; thence a bearing of

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The Town’s Complaint for Declaratory Judgment to Quiet Title is on file and may be obtained at the office of the clerk of this court, Chittenden Unit, Civil Division, Vermont Superior Court, 175 Main St., Burlington, VT. Do not throw this paper away. It is an official paper that affects your rights. 2. THE TOWN’S CLAIM. The Town’s claim is that the public has not used the Parcel in over seventeen years and has abandoned it. As such, the Town claims it is the sole owner of the Parcel that was dedicated to public use. 3. YOU MUST REPLY WITHIN 41 DAYS TO PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS. You must give or mail the Town a written response called an Answer within 41 days of the date on which this Summons was first published, which is March 28, 2018. You must send a copy of your Answer to the Town’s Attorney, David W. Rugh, Esq., at: 171 Battery Street, P.O. Box 1507, Burlington, Vermont 05402-1507. You must also give or mail your Answer to: Vermont Superior Court, Chittenden Unit, Civil Division, P.O. Box 187, 175 Main Street, Burlington, Vermont 05402. 4. YOU MUST RESPOND TO EACH CLAIM. The Answer is your written response to the Town’s Complaint. In your Answer you must state whether you agree or disagree with each paragraph of the Complaint. If you believe the Town should not be given

ORDER The affidavit filed in this action shows that service cannot be made with due diligence by any of the methods provided in Rules 4(d)-(f), (k) or (l) of the Vermont Rules of Civil Procedure. Accordingly, it is ORDERED that service of the summons set forth above shall be made upon residents of the Town of Westford by publication as provided in Rules 4(d)(1) and 4(g) of those Rules. This Order shall be published once a week for two consecutive weeks beginning on March 28, 2018, in the Seven Days, a newspaper of general circulation in Chittenden County, and a copy of this summons and order as published shall be posted in the Town of Westford Town Office. Dated at Burlington, Vermont, this 20th day of March, 2018. /s/ Robert A. Mello

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Being a portion of the same land and premises as conveyed in the Warranty Deed of Margaret A. Kisner and John R. Allen, Jr. to Bernard and Sheryl Fleury dated December 27, 1988, recorded in Book 57, Pages 144 – 145 of the Westford Land Records; being the northerly portion of the Warranty Deed of John H. Woodward to John Beach dated March 22, 1847 recorded in Book 11, Page 142; being 0.13 of an acre of the easterly portion of the land above described.

everything asked for in the Complaint, you must say so in your Answer. 5. YOU WILL LOSE YOUR CASE IF YOU DO NOT GIVE YOUR WRITTEN ANSWER TO THE COURT. If you do not Answer within 41 days after the date on which this Summons was first published and file it with the Court, you will lose this case. You will not get to tell your side of the story, and the Court may decide against you and award the Town everything asked for in the Complaint. 6. YOU MUST MAKE ANY CLAIMS AGAINST THE TOWN IN YOUR REPLY. Your Answer must state any related legal claims you have against the Town. Your claims against the Town are called Counterclaims. If you do not make your Counterclaims in writing in your Answer, you may not be able to bring them up at all. Even if you have insurance and the insurance company will defend you, you must still file any Counterclaims you may have. 7. LEGAL ASSISTANCE. You may wish to get legal help from a lawyer. If you cannot afford a lawyer, you should ask the court clerk for information about places where you can get free legal help. Even if you cannot get legal help, you must still give the Court a written Answer to protect your rights or you may lose the case.

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Land Records; being the northerly portion of “Parcel 1” of said deed and further referenced as being the northerly portion in the Warranty Deed of John H. Woodward to Stedman G. Merriam dated March 22, 1847 recorded in Book 11, Page 169 of the Westford Land Records; being 0.26 of an acre of the westerly portion of the land above described.

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South 88 degrees 59 minutes 20 seconds East a distance of 115.5 feet along the Town of Westford’s “Spiller” lot to an iron rod set flush at the northerly common corner of the Town of Westford “Spiller” lot and the Bernard and Sheryl Fleury lot; said iron rod being located on a bearing of South 04 degrees 15 minutes 10 seconds West a distance of 20.50 feet from an iron rod set flush on the southwesterly edge of the Common Road (Town Highway #33) right of way; thence continuing on the same bearing of South 88 degrees 59 minutes 20 seconds East a distance of 55.44 feet along the northerly line of the Fleury lot to an unmarked point at the northeasterly corner of the land herein described; thence a bearing of South 01 degree 04 minutes 20 seconds West a distance of 99.0 feet along the easterly line of the Fleury lot to the southwesterly corner of the land herein described; thence a bearing of North 88 degrees 55 minutes 40 seconds West a distance of 60.94 feet along the southerly line of the “Town Common” as conveyed by Lewis Curtis, Administrator of the Luke and Elizabeth Camp Estates to the

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from discharging Project stormwater in wetlands G and Y, unless and until the City obtained a wetland permit for the stormwater discharge activity in the wetlands. The City obtained an amended stormwater permit for the Project in 2012 which authorized the discharge of stormwater runoff from new impervious surfaces into wetlands G and Y. Fortieth outlined that the Project stormwater discharge activity in significant wetlands is prohibited without a permit, 10 V.S.A. § 913(a). In its request, Fortieth noted that at a minimum, the stormwater discharge will likely impact the hydrology, water storage availability, and increase the pollutant load into these wetlands.

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STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT ENVIRONMENTAL DIVISION DOCKET NO. 39-3-18 VTEC APPEAL OF DECISION OF SECRETARY, VERMONT AGENCY OF NATURAL RESOURCES DECISION DENYING REQUEST TO REQUIRE THE CITY OF BURLINGTON TO OBTAIN A WETLAND PERMIT FOR CHAMPLAIN PARKWAY PROJECT STORMWATER DISCHARGE ACTIVITY IN WETLANDS G AND Y NOTICE OF APPEAL Fortieth Burlington, LLC, (“Fortieth Burlington”), a property owner along Lakeside Avenue, in Burlington, Vermont, by and through its counsel, Lisman Leckerling, P.C., appeals to the Environmental Division of the Vermont Superior Court, from the February 27, 2018, decision of the Agency of Natural Resources (“ANR”), that the City of Burlington is not required to obtain a wetland permit for the Champlain Parkway Project (“Project”) stormwater discharge activity in significant wetlands G and Y.1 The proposed Champlain Parkway Project is located in Burlington Vermont. The two impacted wetlands lie east of the Fortieth property and are part of the Pine Street Barge Canal wetland complex. Fortieth Burlington claims party status pursuant to 10 V.S.A. §8504 (a).

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A copy of the decision is attached as Exhibit A. Brief summary of Fortieth’s issues/comments to ANR2 Fortieth requested that ANR prevent the City

Pursuant to V.R.E.C.P. 5(b)(3), Fortieth Burlington, hereby notifies all interested persons that they must enter an appearance in writing with the Court within 21 days of receiving the Notice of Appeal, or in such other time as may be provided in V.R.E.C.P. 5(c), if they wish to participate in the appeal. ______________ 1 Fortieth has appealed to the Vermont Supreme Court the Environmental Division’s October 10, 2017, decision dismissing Fortieth’s appeal of the ANR decision to extend the 2011 CUD. In re Champlain Parkway Wetland Conditional Use Determination (CUD), Docket No. 2017-413 (Environmental Division Docket No. 123-10-16 Vtec). In its decision, the Environmental Division ruled that Pproject impacts to wetlands G and Y “are not relevant to whether the extension of the 2011 CUD should be granted.” Decision on Motion to Dismiss Clarified Question 7, at 3. Although Fortieth has appealed that decision, in the abundance of caution, Fortieth asked ANR to review the Project stormwater discharge impacts to wetlands G and Y, and to require the City to apply for a wetland permit for Project stormwater discharge activity in wetlands G and Y. ANR has denied that request and Fortieth seeks review of that denial by this appeal. Although Fortieth believes the review of

the project impacts on wetlands G and Y should be decided as part of the 2011 CUD Extension request, which is currently on appeal, in the abundance of caution, Fortieth files the present appeal so as not to waive its right to appeal the February 27, 2018 ANR decision. In filing this appeal, Fortieth does not waive or make any concessions regarding its legal challenges in the pending Supreme Court appeal and preserves its right to seek review of the Project stormwater discharge activity in wetlands G and Y in that matter or on remand. Fortieth would agree to stay this appeal pending the outcome of the Supreme Court appeal in 2017-413. 2 Fortieth filed a Request for Reconsideration of the ANR decision with ANR Secretary Moore, pursuant to § 9.6 of the VWR. Although the filing of a reconsideration request tolls the appeal period, again in the abundance of caution, Fortieth files this appeal to preserve its appeal rights. Fortieth would agree to stay this appeal pending the outcome of its Reconsideration request.

DATED at Burlington, Vermont this 29th day of March, 2018. LISMAN LECKERLING, P.C. Attorneys for Appellant By: /s/ Judith L. Dillon Judith L. Dillon, Esq. ERN 5040 Lisman Leckerling, P.C. 84 Pine Street, P.O. Box 728 Burlington, VT 05402 (802) 864-5756 jdillon@lisman.com STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT LAMOILLE UNIT CIVIL DIVISION DOCKET # 221-12-17 LECV BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Plaintiff v. CHRISTINE R. COOKSON A/K/A CHRISTINE COOKSON AND WESLEY COOKSON OCCUPANTS OF: 163 Wood Drive Ext, Johnson VT Defendants SUMMONS & ORDER FOR

PUBLICATION THIS SUMMONS IS DIRECTED TO: Wesley Cookson 1. YOU ARE BEING SUED. The Plaintiff has started a lawsuit against you. A copy of the Plaintiff’s Complaint against you is on file and may be obtained at the office of the clerk of this court, Lamoille Unit, Civil Division, Vermont Superior Court, 154 Main Street, Hyde Park, Vermont. Do not throw this paper away. It is an official paper that affects your rights. 2. PLAINTIFF’S CLAIM. Plaintiff’s claim is a Complaint in Foreclosure which alleges that you have breached the terms of a Promissory Note and Mortgage Deed dated October 22, 2007. Plaintiff’s action may effect your interest in the property described in the Land Records of the Town of Johnson at Volume 118, Page 56. A copy of the Complaint is on file and may be obtained at the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court for the County of Lamoille, State of Vermont. 3. YOU MUST REPLY WITHIN 41 DAYS TO PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS. You must give or mail the Plaintiff a written response called an Answer within 41 days after the date on which this Summons was first published, which is 20. You must send a copy of your answer to the Plaintiff or the Plaintiff’s attorney, Loraine L. Hite, Esq. of Bendett and McHugh, PC, located at 270 Farmington Avenue, Ste. 151, Farmington, CT 06032. You must also give or mail your Answer to the Court located at 154 Main Street, Hyde Park, Vermont 05655. 4. YOU MUST RESPOND TO EACH CLAIM. The Answer is your written response to the Plaintiff’s Complaint. In your Answer you must state whether you agree or disagree with each paragraph of the Complaint. If you believe the Plaintiff should not be given everything asked for in the Complaint, you must say so in your Answer. 5. YOU WILL LOSE YOUR CASE IF YOU DO NOT GIVE YOUR WRITTEN ANSWER TO THE COURT. If you do not Answer within 41 days after the

date on which this Summons was first published and file it with the Court, you will lose this case. You will not get to tell your side of the story, and the Court may decide against you and award the Plaintiff everything asked for in the complaint. 6. YOU MUST MAKE ANY CLAIMS AGAINST THE PLAINTIFF IN YOUR REPLY. Your Answer must state any related legal claims you have against the Plaintiff. Your claims against the Plaintiff are called Counterclaims. If you do not make your Counterclaims in writing in your answer you may not be able to bring them up at all. Even if you have insurance and the insurance company will defend you, you must still file any Counterclaims you may have. 7. LEGAL ASSISTANCE. You may wish to get legal help from a lawyer. If you cannot afford a lawyer, you should ask the court clerk for information about places where you can get free legal help. Even if you cannot get legal help, you must still give the court a written Answer to protect your rights or you may lose the case. ORDER The Affidavit duly filed in this action shows that service cannot be made with due diligence by any of the method provided in Rules 4(d)-(f), (k), or (1) of the Vermont Rules of Civil Procedure. Accordingly, it is ORDERED that service of the Summons set forth above shall be made upon the defendant, Wesley Cookson, by publication as provided in Rule[s] [4(d)(1) and] 4 (g) of those Rules. This order shall be published once a week for 3 weeks beginning on April 4th, 2018 in the Seven Days, a newspaper of the general circulation in Lamoille County, and a copy of this summons and order as published shall be mailed to the defendant Wesley Cookson, at 163 Wood Drive Ext, Johnson, VT 05656. Dated at Hyde Park, Vermont this 14th day of March, 2018.

/s/ Hon. Thomas Carlson Presiding Judge Lamoille Unit, Civil Division STATE OF VERMONT WINDSOR UNIT, CIVIL DIVISION VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO: 455-9-15 WRCV U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF9 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST v. JOSEPH E. BLUMBERG, PAUL C. HENDLER AND U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OCCUPANTS OF: 378 Orchard Hill Way f/k/a 21530 Orchard Hill Way, Woodstock VT MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER 12 V.S.A. sec 4952 et seq. In accordance with the Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure entered August 4, 2017, in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by Joseph E. Blumberg and Paul C. Hendler to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Suntrust Mortgage, Inc., dated October 31, 2007 and recorded in Book 208 Page 175 of the land records of the Town of Woodstock, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder, by virtue of the following Assignments of Mortgage: (1) Assignment of Mortgage from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Suntrust Mortgage, Inc to Suntrust Mortgage, Inc. dated January 2, 2013 and recorded in Book 238 Page 548; (2) Assignment of Mortgage from Suntrust Mortgage, Inc. to Federal National Mortgage Association dated February 21, 2013 and recorded in Book 239 Page 410 and (2) an assignment of mortgage from Federal National Mortgage Association to U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as Trustee for LSF9 Master Participation Trust dated March 8, 2017 and recorded in Book 259 Page 708 both of the land records of the Town of Woodstock] for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at

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Public Auction at 378 Orchard Hill Way f/k/a 21530 Orchard Hill Way, Woodstock, Vermont on April 11, 2018 at 10:00 AM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To wit: A CERTAIN PIECE OF LAND IN WOODSTOCK, IN THE COUNTY OF WINDSOR AND STATE OF VERMONT, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, VIZ: BEING ALL AND THE SAME LAND AND PREMISES AS CONVEYED TO SCOTT WINHAM AND MICHELE WINHAM BY LIMITED WARRANTY DEED OF VERMONT FEDERAL BANK, FSB, DATED NOVEMBER 5, 1998 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 134 AT PAGES 182-187 OF THE TOWN OF WOODSTOCK LAND RECORDS, AND THEREIN MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: “BEING ALL AND THE SAME LAND AND PREMISES AS CONVEYED TO VERMONT FEDERAL BANK, FSB, BY WARRANTY DEED OF THOMAS A. HANN AND LINDA L. HANN, HUSBAND AND WIFE, DATED APRIL 18, 1997 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 127 AT PAGES 167-168 OF THE WOODSTOCK, VERMONT LAND RECORDS AND AS CONVEYED TO VERMONT NATIONAL BANK BY CONFIRMATORY WARRANTY DEED OF THOMAS A. HANN AND LINDA L. HANN, HUSBAND AND WIFE, DATED SEPTEMBER 28, 1998 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 133 AT PAGE 161 OF THE TOWN OF WOODSTOCK LAND RECORDS. “SAID LAND AND PREMISES ARE ALSO DESCRIBED AS BEING ALL AND THE SAME LAND AND PREMISES CONVEYED TO RONALD E. COOK AND LINDA COOK BY WARRANTY DEED OF JAMES A. ATWOOD DATED OCTOBER 14, 1982 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 72 AT PAGES 567-568 OF THE WOODSTOCK LAND RECORDS. THE INTEREST OF RONALD E. COOK IN AND TO THE SUBJECT LAND AND PREMISES WAS CONVEYED TO LINDA L. HANN BY QUIT CLAIM DEED DATED MAY 29, 1991 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 102 AT PAGE 530 OF THE WOODSTOCK LAND RECORDS.

“THE LAND AND PREMISES CONVEYED HEREIN ARE MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED (AS FOLLOWS) “BEING ALL AND THE SAME LANDS AND PREMISES CONVEYED TO THE GRANTOR, JAMES ATWOOD AND HIS FORMER WIFE, JOANNE ATWOOD, BY TWO DEEDS, THE FIRST OF WHICH IS A GUARDINA’S DEED FROM RUSSELL CRANE, GUARDIAN OF SHERYL CRANE AND ROGER CRANE DATED MARCH 2, 1972 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 62 AT PAGE 306307 OF THE WOODSTOCK LAND RECORDS AND THE SECOND OF WHICH WAS A WARRANTY DEED FROM RUSSELL CRANE AND LILA CRANE DATED MARCH 2, 1972 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 62 AT PAGE 308-309 OF THE WOODSTOCK LAND RECORDS WHEREIN SAID LANDS AND PREMISES ARE MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: “BEING . . . A PORTION OF THE PREMISES CONVEYED BY DEED OF WARNER O. TOWNSEND TO RUSSELL CRANE AND LILA CRANE, HUSBAND AND WIFE, AND ROGER CRANE AND SHERYL CRANE, AS JOINT TENANTS, WITH THE RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP, DATED THE TWENTYFOURTH DAY OF MARCH, 1969 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 60 AT PAGE 16 OF THE LAND RECORDS OF WOODSTOCK, VERMONT. “THE PREMISES HEREBY CONVEYED CONTAIN 1.26 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, AND ARE MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: “BEGINNING AT THE NORTHERLY CORNER OF THE PARCEL HEREBY CONVEYED, AT A POINT WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE EASTERLY BOUNDARY OF LANDS AND PREMISES NOW OR FORMERLY OF WALTER PISTON AND KATHRYN PISTON, AND BEING 540 FEET, MORE OR LESS, GENERALLY SOUTHWESTERLY FROM THE SOUTHWESTERLY EDGE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY OF THE ROAD WHICH LEADS SOUTHEASTERLY FROM TOWN ROAD NO. 27, BEING THE CHURCH HILL ROAD, SO-CALLED; THENCE PROCEEDING SOUTH 42 DEGREES 00’ EAST, PARTIALLY ALONG A WIRE FENCE,

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“THE INTEREST OF JOANNE ATWOOD IN AND TO THE SUBJECT LANDS AND PREMISES WAS RELEASED AND CONVEYED BY QUIT CLAIM DEED DATED APRIL 3, 1979 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 69 AT PAGES 465-466 OF THE WOODSTOCK LAND RECORDS. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO PAUL HENDLER AND JOSEPH BLUMBERG JOINT TENANTS WITH THE RIGHTS OF SURVIVORSHIP BY DEED FROM SCOTT WINHAM AND MICHELE WINHAM, HUSBAND AND WIFE RECORDED 11/13/2006 IN DEED BOOK 201 PAGE 369, IN THE TOWN CLERK’S OFFICE OF WINDSOR, VERMONT.

“THE GRANTORS, RUSSELL CRANE AND LILA CRANE, HEREBY RESERVE AND RETAIN A FIRST RIGHT OF REFUSAL AS TO ALL OR ANY PART OF THE LANDS AND PREMISES HEREBY CONVEYED.

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“THE GRANTEES, JAMES ATWOOD AND JOANNE ATWOOD, HEREBY AGREE WITH THE GRANTORS, RUSSELL CRANE AND LILA CRANE TO SHARE EQUALLY IN THE COST

Terms of sale: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which

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take precedence over the said mortgage above described. TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within sixty (60) days after the date of sale. The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale. DATED: February 28, 2018 By: /S/Rachel K. Ljunggren, Esq. Rachel K. Ljunggren, Esq. Bendett and McHugh, PC 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 Farmington, CT 06032 THE CONTENTS OF STORAGE UNIT 0103466 LOCATED AT 28 ADAMS DR. OR 48 INDUSTRIAL DR., OR WINTER SPORT LANE WILL BE SOLD ON OR ABOUT APRIL 12TH, 2018 TO SATISFY THE DEBT OF BRAIN BRADY II. Any person claiming a right to the goods may pay the amount claimed

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ALATEEN GROUP New Alateen group in Burlington on Sundays from 5-6 p.m. at the UU building at the top of Church St. For more information please call Carol, 324-4457. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Daily meetings in various locations. Free. Info, 864-1212. Want to overcome a drinking problem? Take the first step of 12 & join a group in your area. ALL CANCER SURVIVORS Join the wellness classes at Survivorship NOW, created by cancer survivors for survivors of all cancers. Benefi ts from lively programs designed to engage and empower cancer survivors in our community. Email: info@ survivorshipnowvt.org. Call Chantal, 777-1126, survivorshipnowvt.org. ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION SUPPORT GROUP This caregivers support group meets on the 3rd Wed. of every mo. from 5-6:30 p.m. at the Alzheimer’s Association Main Office, 300 Cornerstone Dr., Suite 128, Williston. Support groups meet to provide assistance and information on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. They emphasize shared experiences, emotional support, and coping techniques in care for a person living with Alzheimer’s or a related dementia. Meetings are free and open to the public. Families, caregivers, and friends may attend. Please call in advance to confirm date and time. For questions or additional support group listings, call 800-272-3900. ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION TELEPHONE SUPPORT GROUP 1st Monday monthly, 3-4:30 p.m. Pre-registration is required (to receive dial-in codes for toll-free call). Please dial the Alzheimer’s

Association’s 24/7 Helpline 800-272-3900 for more information. ARE YOU HAVING PROBLEMS W/ DEBT? Do you spend more than you earn? Get help at Debtor’s Anonymous plus Business Debtor’s Anonymous. Wed., 6:307:30 p.m., Methodist Church in the Rainbow Room at Buell & S. Winooski, Burlington. Contact Jennifer, 917-568-6390. BABY BUMPS SUPPORT GROUP FOR MOTHERS AND PREGNANT WOMEN Pregnancy can be a wonderful time of your life. But, it can also be a time of stress that is often compounded by hormonal swings. If you are a pregnant woman, or have recently given birth and feel you need some help with managing emotional bumps in the road that can come with motherhood, please come to this free support group lead by an experienced pediatric Registered Nurse. Held on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month, 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Birthing Center, Northwestern Medical Center, St. Albans. Info: Rhonda Desrochers, Franklin County Home Health Agency, 527-7531. BEREAVEMENT/GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP Meets every other Mon. night, 6-7:30 p.m., & every other Wed., 10-11:30 a.m., in the Conference Center at Central Vermont Home Health & Hospice in Berlin. The group is open to anyone who has experienced the death of a loved one. There is no fee. Info, Ginny Fry or Jean Semprebon, 223-1878. BRAIN INJURY SUPPORT GROUP IN ST. JOHNSBURY Monthly meetings will be held on the 3rd Wed. of every mo., 1-2:30 p.m., at the Grace United Methodist Church, 36 Central St., St. Johnsbury. The support group will offer valuable resources & info about brain injury. It will be a place to share experiences in a safe, secure & confidential environment. Info, Tom Younkman, tyounkman@vcil.org, 800-639-1522. BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF VERMONT Montpelier daytime support group meets the 3rd Thu. of the

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AL-ANON For families & friends of alcoholics. For meeting info, go to vermontalanonalateen.org or call 866-972-5266.

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hurt, habits and hang ups, which includes everyone in some way. We welcome everyone at Cornerstone Church in Milton which meets every Friday night at 7-9 p.m. We’d love to have you join us and discover how your life can start to change. Info: 893-0530, Julie@ mccartycreations.com.

mo. at the Unitarian Church ramp entrance, 1:30-2:30 p.m. St. Johnsbury support group meets the 3rd Wed. monthly at the Grace United Methodist Church, 36 Central St., 1:00-2:30 p.m. Colchester Evening support group meets the 1st Wed. monthly at the Fanny Allen Hospital in the Board Room Conference Room, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Brattleboro meets at Brooks Memorial Library on the 1st Thu. monthly from 1:15-3:15 p.m. and the 3rd Mon. monthly from 4:15-6:15 p.m. White River Jct. meets the 2nd Fri. monthly at Bugbee Sr. Ctr. from 3-4:30 p.m. Call our helpline at 877-856-1772.

CELIAC & GLUTENFREE GROUP Last Wed. of every month, 4:30-6 p.m., at Tulsi Tea Room, 34 Elm St., Montpelier. Free & open to the public! To learn more, contact Lisa at 598-9206 or lisamase@gmail.com.

BURLINGTON AREA PARKINSON’S DISEASE OUTREACH GROUP People with Parkinson’s disease & their caregivers gather together to gain support & learn about living with Parkinson’s disease. Group meets 2nd Wed. of every mo., 1-2 p.m., continuing through Nov. 18, 2015. Shelburne Bay Senior Living Community, 185 Pine Haven Shores Rd., Shelburne. Info: 888-763-3366, parkinsoninfo@uvmhealth. org, parkinsonsvt.org.

PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP Held every 2nd Tue. of the mo., 6-8 p.m. at the Hope Lodge, 237 East Ave., Burlington. Newly diagnosed? Prostate cancer reoccurrence? General discussion and sharing among survivors and those beginning or rejoining the battle. Info, Mary L. Guyette RN, MS, ACNS-BC, 274-4990, vmary@aol.com.

CELEBRATE RECOVERY Overcome any hurt, habit or hangup in your life with this confidential 12-Step, Christ-centered recovery program. We offer multiple support groups for both men and women, such as chemical dependency, codependency, sexual addiction and pornography, food issues, and overcoming abuse. All 18+ are welcome; sorry, no childcare. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.; we begin at 7 p.m. Essex Alliance Church, 37 Old Stage Rd., Essex Junction. Info: recovery@ essexalliance.org, 878-8213. CELEBRATE RECOVERY Celebrate Recovery meetings are for anyone with struggles with

CEREBRAL PALSY GUIDANCE Cerebral Palsy Guidance is a very comprehensive informational website broadly covering the topic of cerebral palsy and associated medical conditions. It’s mission it to provide the best possible information to parents of children living with the complex condition of cerebral palsy. cerebralpalsyguidance.com/ cerebral-palsy/

CODEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS CoDA is a 12-step fellowship for people whose common purpose is to develop healthy & fulfilling relationships. By actively working the program of Codependents Anonymous, we can realize a new joy, acceptance & serenity in our lives. Meets Sunday at noon at the Turning Point Center, 191 Bank Street, Burlington. Tom, 238-3587, coda. org. DECLUTTERERS’ SUPPORT GROUP Are you ready to make improvements but find it overwhelming? Maybe two or three of us can get together to help each other simplify. 989-3234, 425-3612. DISCOVER THE POWER OF CHOICE! SMART Recovery welcomes anyone,

including family and friends, affected by any kind of substance or activity addiction. It is a science-based program that encourages abstinence. Specially trained volunteer facilitators provide leadership. Sundays at 5 p.m. at the 1st Unitarian Universalist Society, 152 Pearl St., Burlington. Volunteer facilitator: Bert, 3998754. You can learn more at smartrecovery. org. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUPPORT Steps to End Domestic Violence offers a weekly drop-in support group for female identified survivors of intimate partner violence, including individuals who are experiencing or have been affected by domestic violence. The support group offers a safe, confidential place for survivors to connect with others, to heal, and to recover. In support group, participants talk through their experiences and hear stories from others who have experienced abuse in their relationships. Support group is also a resource for those who are unsure of their next step, even if it involves remaining in their current relationship. Tuesdays, 6:30-8 p.m. Childcare is provided. Info: 658-1996. EMPLOYMENTSEEKERS SUPPORT GROUP Frustrated with the job search or with your job? You are not alone. Come check out this supportive circle. Wednesdays at 3 p.m., Pathways Vermont Community Center, 279 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Abby Levinsohn, 777-8602. FAMILIES, PARTNERS, FRIENDS AND ALLIES OF TRANSGENDER ADULTS We are people with adult loved ones who are transgender or gender-nonconforming. We meet to support each other and to learn more about issues and concerns. Our sessions are supportive, informal, and confidential. Meetings are held at 5:30 PM, the second Thursday of each month at Pride Center of VT, 255 South Champlain St., Suite 12, in Burlington. Not sure if you’re ready for a meeting? We also offer one-on-one support. For more information, email rex@

pridecentervt.org or call 802-238-3801. FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF THOSE EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS This support group is a dedicated meeting for family, friends and community members who are supporting a loved one through a mental health crisis. Mental health crisis might include extreme states, psychosis, depression, anxiety and other types of distress. The group is a confidential space where family and friends can discuss shared experiences and receive support in an environment free of judgment and stigma with a trained facilitator. Weekly on Wednesdays, 7-8:30 p.m. Downtown Burlington. Info: Jess Horner, LICSW, 866-218-8586. FCA FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP Families coping with addiction (FCA) is an open community peer support group for adults 18 & over struggling with the drug or alcohol addiction of a loved one. FCA is not 12-step based but provides a forum for those living this experience to develop personal coping skills & draw strength from one another. Weekly on Wed., 5:30-6:30 p.m. Turning Point Center, corner of Bank St., Burlington. (Across from parking garage, above bookstore). thdaub1@gmail.com. G.R.A.S.P. (GRIEF RECOVERY AFTER A SUBSTANCE PASSING) Are you a family member who has lost a loved one to addiction? Find support, peer-led support group. Meets once a month on Mondays in Burlington. Please call for date and location. RSVP mkeasler3@gmail.com or call 310-3301 (message says Optimum Health, but this is a private number). G.Y.S.T. (GET YOUR STUFF TOGETHER) GYST creates a safe & empowering community for young men & youth in transition to come together with one commonality: learning to live life on life’s terms. Every Tue. & Thu., 4 p.m. G.Y.S.T. PYNK (for young women) meets weekly on Wed., 4 p.m. Location: North Central Vermont Recovery Center, 275 Brooklyn St., Morrisville. Info: Lisa, 851-8120.

GRIEF & RECOVERY SUPPORT GROUP 1st & 3rd Wed. of every mo., 7-8 p.m., Franklin County Home Health Agency (FCHHA), 3 Home Health Cir., St. Albans. 527-7531. HEARING VOICES SUPPORT GROUP This Hearing Voices Group seeks to find understanding of voice hearing experiences as real lived experiences which may happen to anyone at anytime. We choose to share experiences, support, and empathy. We validate anyone’s experience and stories about their experience as their own, as being an honest and accurate representation of their experience, and as being acceptable exactly as they are. Weekly on Tuesday, 2-3 p.m. Pathways Vermont Community Center, 279 North Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 802-777-8602, abby@ pathwaysvermont.org. HEARTBEAT VERMONT Have you lost a friend, colleague or loved one by suicide? Some who call have experienced a recent loss and some are still struggling w/ a loss from long ago. Call us at 446-3577 to meet with our clinician, Jonathan Gilmore, at Maple Leaf Clinic, 167 North Main St. All are welcome. HELLENBACH CANCER SUPPORT Call to verify meeting place. Info, 388-6107. People living with cancer & their caretakers convene for support. INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS/PAINFUL BLADDER SUPPORT GROUP Interstitial cystitis (IC) and painful bladder syndrome can result in recurring pelvic pain, pressure or discomfort in the bladder/pelvic region & urinary frequency/ urgency. These are often misdiagnosed & mistreated as a chronic bladder infection. If you have been diagnosed or have these symptoms, you are not alone. For Vermont-based support group, email bladderpainvt@gmail.com or call 899-4151 for more information. KINDRED CONNECTIONS PROGRAM OFFERED FOR CHITTENDEN COUNTY CANCER SURVIVORS The Kindred Connections program

provides peer support for all those touched by cancer. Cancer patients as well as caregivers are provided with a mentor who has been through the cancer experience & knows what it’s like to go through it. In addition to sensitive listening, Kindred Connections provides practical help such as rides to doctors’ offices & meal deliveries. The program has people who have experienced a wide variety of cancers. For further info, please contact info@vcsn.net. LGBTQ SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE SafeSpace offers peer-led support groups for survivors of relationship, dating, emotional &/or hate violence. These groups give survivors a safe & supportive environment to tell their stories, share information, & offer & receive support. Support groups also provide survivors an opportunity to gain information on how to better cope with feelings & experiences that surface because of the trauma they have experienced. Please call SafeSpace 863-0003 if you are interested in joining. MALE SURVIVOR OF VIOLENCE GROUP A monthly, closed group for male identified survivors of violence including relationship, sexual assault, and discrimination. Open to all sexual orientations. Contact 863-0003 for more information or safespace@pridecentervt.org. MARIJUANA ANONYMOUS Do you have a problem with marijuana? MA is a free 12-step program where addicts help other addicts to get & stay clean. Ongoing Tue. at 6:30 p.m. and Sat. at 2 p.m. at Turning Point Center, 191 Bank St., suite 200, Burlington. 861-3150. THE MEMORY CAFÉ The Memory Café is where people with memory loss disorders and their care partners can come together to connect and support one another. Second Saturday of each month, 10-11:30 a.m. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 58 Barre St., Montpelier. Info: 223-2518.

MYELOMA SUPPORT GROUP Area Myeloma Survivors, Families and Caregivers have come together to form a Multiple Myeloma Support Group. We provide emotional support, resources about treatment options, coping strategies and a support network by participating in the group experience with people that have been though similar situations. Third Tuesday of the month, 5-6 p.m. at the New Hope Lodge on East Avenue in Burlington. Info: Kay Cromie, 655-9136, kgcromey@aol.com. NAMI CONNECTION PEER SUPPORT GROUP MEETINGS Bennington, every Tue., 1-2:30 p.m., CRT Center, United Counseling Service, 316 Dewey St.; Burlington, every Thu., 3-4:30 p.m., St. Paul’s Cathedral, 2 Cherry St. (enter from parking lot); Berlin, second Thu. of the month, 4-5:30 p.m., CVMC Board Room, 130 Fisher Rd.; Rutland, every Sun., 4:30-6 p.m., Rutland Mental Health Wellness Center, 78 S. Main St.; St. Johnsbury, every Thu., 6:30-8 p.m., Unitarian Universalist Church, 47 Cherry St. If you have questions about a group in your area, please contact the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Vermont, program@ namivt.org or 800639-6480. Connection groups are peer recovery support group programs for adults living with mental health challenges. NAMI FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP Brattleboro, 1st Wed. of every mo., 6:30 p.m., 1st Congregational Church, 880 Western Ave., West Brattleboro; Burlington, 3rd Wed. of every mo., 6 p.m., Community Health Center, Riverside Ave., Mansfield Conference Room; Burlington, 2nd & 4th Tue. of every mo., 7 p.m., HowardCenter, corner of Pine & Flynn Ave.; Berlin, 4th Mon. of every mo., 7 p.m. Central Vermont Medical Center, Room 3; Georgia, 1st Tue. of every mo., 6 p.m., Georgia Public Library, 1697 Ethan Allen Highway (Exit 18, I-89); Manchester, 4th Wed. of every mo., 6:30 p.m., Equinox Village, 2nd floor; Rutland, 3rd Mon. of every mo., 6 p.m., Rutland Regional Medical Center, Leahy Conference Ctr., room

D; Springfield, 3rd Wed. of every mo., 6:30 p.m., HCRS (café on right far side), 390 River St.; St. Johnsbury, 4th Wed. of every mo., 5:30 p.m., Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital Library, 1315 Hospital Dr. If you have questions about a group in your area, please contact the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Vermont, info@namivt. org or 800-639-6480. Family Support Group meetings are for family & friends of individuals living mental illness. NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS is a group of recovering addicts who live w/ out the use of drugs. It costs nothing to join. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using. Info, 862-4516 or cvana.org. Held in Burlington, Barre and St. Johnsbury. NAR-ANON BURLINGTON GROUP Group meets every Monday at 7 p.m. at the Turning Point Center (small room), 191 Bank St., Burlington. The only requirement for membership is that there be a problem of addiction in a relative or friend. Info: Amanda H. 338-8106. NORTHWEST VERMONT CANCER PRAYER & SUPPORT NETWORK A meeting of cancer patients, survivors & family members intended to comfort & support those who are currently suffering from the disease. 2nd Thu. of every mo., 6-7:30 p.m., St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 11 Church St., St. Albans. Info: stpaulum@myfairpoint.net. 2nd Wed. of every mo., 6-7:30 p.m. Winooski United Methodist Church, 24 W. Allen St., Winooski. Info: hovermann4@ comcast.net. OPEN EARS, OPEN MINDS A mutual support circle that focuses on connection and selfexploration. Fridays at 1 p.m., Pathways Vermont Community Center, 279 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Abby Levinsohn, 777-8602. OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS 12-step fellowship for people who identify as overeaters, compulsive eaters, food addicts, anorexics, bulimics, etc. Tue., 7 p.m., St. James Episcopal Church, 4

St. James Place, Essex Jct. All are welcome; meeting is open. Info: Felicia, 777-7718. OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS Do you promise you’ll only have one more but then you eat the whole bag? Have you tried every diet possible and nothing works? There is hope. Come to an Overeaters Anonymous meeting and find out about a 12 step program of recovery. There is a solution! Turning Point Center, 191 Bank Street, Suite 200, Burlington. Weekly on Thursdays, 7 p.m. Info: Elise, 302-528-6672. OA Big|Book Solution Group of Burlington. OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS Do you worry about the way you eat? Overeaters Anonymous may have the answer for you. No weigh-ins, dues or fees. Mon., 5:30-6:30 p.m. Temple Sinai, 500 Swift St., S. Burlington. Info: 863-2655.

STUTTERING SUPPORT GROUPS If you’re a person who stutters, you are not alone! Adults, teens & school-age kids who stutter & their families are welcome to join one of our three free National Stuttering Association (NSA) stuttering support groups at UVM. Adults: 5:30-6:30, 1st & 3rd Tue. monthly; teens (ages 13-17): 5:30-6:30, 1st Thu. monthly; school-age children (ages 8-12) & parents (meeting separately): 4:15-5:15, 2nd Thu. monthly. Pomeroy Hall (489 Main St., UVM campus. Info: burlingtonstutters.org, burlingtonstutters@ gmail.com, 656-0250. Go Team Stuttering!

QUEER CARE GROUP This support group is for adult family members and caregivers of queer, and/or questioning youth. It is held on the 2nd Monday of each month from 6:30-8 p.m. at Outright Vermont, 241 North Winooski Ave. This group is for adults only. For more information, email info@outrightvt.org. QUIT TOBACCO GROUPS Are you ready to be tobacco free? Join our FREE five-week group classes facilitated by our Tobacco Treatment Specialists. We meet in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere. You may qualify for a FREE 8-week supply of nicotine replacement therapy. Contact us at (802)-847-7333 or QuitTobaccoClass@ UVMHealth.org. SCLERODERMA FOUNDATION NEW ENGLAND Support group meeting held 4th Tue. of the mo., 6:30-8:30 p.m. Williston Police Station. Info, Blythe Leonard, 878-0732. SEX & LOVE ADDICTS ANONYMOUS 12-step recovery group. Do you have a problem w/ sex or relationships? We can help. Ralph, 658-2657. Visit slaafws. org or saa-recovery.org for meetings near you.

SUICIDE HOTLINES IN VT Brattleboro, 2577989; Montpelier (Washington County Mental Health Emergency Services), 229-0591; Randolph (Clara Martin Center Emergency Service), 800-639-6360. SUPPORT GROUP FOR WOMEN who have experienced intimate partner abuse, facilitated by Circle (Washington Co. only). Please call 877-5439498 for more info. SURVIVORSHIP NOW Welcome, cancer survivors. Survivorship NOW has free wellness programs to empower cancer survivors to move beyond cancer & live life well. Regain your strength & balance. Renew your spirit. Learn to nourish your body with exercise & nutritious foods. Tap in to your creative side. Connect with others who understand the challenges you face. Go to survivorshipnowvt. org today to sign up. Info, 802-7771126, info@ survivorshipnowvt.org.

THE COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS SUPPORT GROUP The Compassionate Friends international support group for parents, siblings and families grieving the loss of a child meets every third Tuesday of the month, 7-9 p.m., at Kismet Place, 363 Blair Park Rd., Williston. Call/email Jay at 802-373-1263, compassionatefriendsvt@ gmail.com.

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TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) chapter meeting. Hedding United Methodist Church, Washington St., Barre. Wed., 5:15-6:15 p.m. For info, call David at 371-8929. VEGGIE SUPPORT GROUP Want to feel supported on your vegetarian/ vegan journey? Want more info on healthy veggie diets? Want to share & socialize at veggie potlucks, & more, in the greater Burlington area? This is your opportunity to join with other like-minded folks. veggy4life@ gmail.com, 658-4991. WOMEN’S CANCER SUPPORT GROUP FAHC. Led by Deb Clark, RN. Every 1st & 3rd Tue., 5-6:30 p.m. Call Kathy McBeth, 847-5715.

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SEXUAL VIOLENCE SUPPORT HOPE Works offers free support groups to women, men & teens who are survivors of sexual violence. Groups are available for survivors at any stage of the healing process. Intake for all support groups is ongoing. If

SUICIDE SURVIVORS SUPPORT GROUP For those who have lost a friend or loved one through suicide. Maple Leaf Clinic, 167 N. Main St., Wallingford, 446-3577. 6:30-8 p.m. the 3rd Tue. of ea. mo.

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SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE If you have lost someone to suicide and wish to have a safe place to talk, share and spend a little time with others who have had a similar experience, join us the 3rd Thu. at the Faith Lighthouse Church, Rte. 105, Newport (105 Alderbrook), 7-9 p.m. Please call before attending. Info: Mary Butler, 744-6284.

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QUEEN CITY MEMORY CAFÉ The Queen City Memory Café offers a social time & place for people with memory impairment & their fiends & family to laugh, learn & share concerns & celebrate feeling understood & connected. Enjoy coffee, tea & baked goods with entertainment & conversation. QCMC meets the 3rd Sat. of each mo., 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Thayer Building, 1197 North Ave., Burlington. 316-3839.

SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE — BURLINGTON Who: Persons experiencing the impact of a loved one’s suicide. When: 1st Wed. of each mo., 6-7:30 p.m. Location: Comfort Inn, 5 Dorset St., Burlington. Facilitators: Myra Handy, 951-5156 or Liz Mahoney, 8797109. Request: We find it important to connect with people before their first meeting. If you can, please call one of the facilitators before you come. Thank you!

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OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS 12-step. Sat., 9-10 a.m. Turning Point Center, 182 Lake St., St. Albans. Is what you’re eating, eating you? We can help. Call Valerie, 825-5481.

you are interested in learning more or would like to schedule an intake to become a group member, please call our office at 8640555, ext. 19, or email our victim advocate at advocate@sover.net.

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Vermont Tortilla Company, a small producer of organic stone ground corn tortillas made using locally sourced corn, is seeking help with production at our Shelburne facility. This position will involve assisting with all aspects of tortilla production such as making the tortillas, packing and organizing orders, occasional deliveries, and cleanup as needed. The job is physical and can involve both lifting up to 40 pounds and standing for extended periods of time. We are a small but mighty crew of good natured people. Positive attitude, ability to multitask, and a sense of humor is a must! Pay is $12/hour to start going up to $15/hour after a successful three month period. Please send a resume and statement of interest to info@vttortillaco.com.

We’re seeking a values-driven individual who wants to put their administrative skills to work for the betterment of the world. As the “Grand Central Station” for handling nearly every dollar and implementing nearly every administrative detail of the organization, you’ll play an essential role in keeping the organization running smoothly and in compliance with applicable laws, standards, and best practices. This is a full-time and exempt position reporting to the Associate Director, who not only oversees your day-to-day work but will train and nurture your development as a non-profit and financial administrator. The ideal candidate has direct experience or training in nonprofit accounting, finance, and administration. Experience (or coursework) using QuickBooks is required. Position is based in Montpelier. Learn more and apply online at:

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Technical Services Coordinator, University Event Services Oversee, schedule, plan and deliver technical support and services (audio/visual, media and computer) in the Davis Center. Hire, train, and supervise 15-20 student Technical Assistants who provide daily and event-specific technical support. Ensure outstanding technical and customer support is delivered through pre-planning efforts, staff scheduling, execution and assessment. Associate’s Degree and 5 years of related work experience, and commitment to diversity and social justice required. For further information and to apply, search uvmjobs.com for Posting #S1500PO. THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER. APPLICATIONS FROM WOMEN AND PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE RACIAL, ETHNIC, AND CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS ARE ENCOURAGED.

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Middlebury College seeks an Assistant Director, Center for Community Engagement to support multi-faceted efforts to design and implement opportunities that engage students locally, nationally, and internationally. The Assistant Director will provide specific leadership to oversee and administer Middlebury’s mentoring and youth programs with special focus on building capacity in programs that improve college aspirations for children in Addison County. This position will also coordinate CCE’s communications, marketing, and outreach by designing and implementing communications tools online and in print that promote the Center’s initiatives, resources, and success stories. Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred. 3-7 years related community engagement, non-profit, and/ or higher education experience. Strong interpersonal, organizational, and marketing skills; proven leadership and organization skills with experience in oversight and planning; valid driver’s license required; familiarity with multiple forms of media platforms as well as strong proficiency with Microsoft Office and Google Suites; and ability and experience to design and implement CCE workshops and trainings. To view the complete job description and apply online, visit http://apptrkr.com/1196050 Middlebury College employees enjoy a high quality of life with excellent compensation; competitive health, dental, retirement, and vision benefits; and educational assistance programs. EOE/Minorities/Females/Vet/Disability Untitled-10 1

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Part-time Research Interviewer CASE MANAGER Chittenden County Court Diversion is seeking a professional, mature, motivated and enthusiastic person for a full time case management position in a non-profit environment. Applicants will require strong verbal, written and computer based skills; need to be a team player and adhere to strict confidentiality codes. Flexibility is extremely important due to some evening work / split shifts. Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice or Human Services preferred. Knowledge of the Vermont Criminal Justice system and Alternative Justice Processes would be advantageous but is not mandatory. Starting Pay is $15.00 an hour with benefits. Send cover letter and resume by Friday, April 13th to: Patrick Sheehan – Executive Director, Chittenden County Court Diversion, 183 St. Paul Street, Burlington, VT 05401 or via e-mail to psheehan@chitccd.org.

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Mansfield Hall is a private, innovative residential college support program for students with diverse learning needs.

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We are seeking a dynamic individual to serve as our Academic Director. This position requires excellent teaching, organization, planning, written and oral communication skills. The ability to multitask and collaborate with our academic partners in the collegiate community is important. Having a commitment to the success of all students and ability to understand and teach to various learning styles is required. Master’s degree in special education or a related field preferred. Applicant information is available at mansfieldhall.org/employment.

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We are hiring for the following positions: Food Prep: We have a full-time position in our prepared foods department for someone with professional kitchen experience. The ideal candidate takes pride in making excellent food, works cleanly and efﬁciently, works well independently and in a team, and thrives in a dynamic atmosphere where they must learn a wide variety of tasks. This position includes beneﬁts. Please send a resume and 3 references to Artie at artie@redhenbaking.com.

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Be part of an initiative to prevent psychiatric hospitalizations, reduce high medical utilization, and improve outcomes for individuals who are reluctant to seek care. The Mobile Outreach team works closely with our crisis service and requires teamwork with providers, law enforcement and other agencies in the community. Ability to work under pressure and maintain a positive attitude in a constantly changing atmosphere. Ideal candidate will have their bachelor’s degree with experience. Also willing to consider individuals with a Master’s Degree who require supervision towards licensure. Position offers excellent beneﬁts and a ﬂexible work schedule. Our clinic is located close to Interstate 89 and is a short commute from Burlington and surrounding areas. To apply for this position, please visit our website at www.ncssinc.org/careers or email us your resume and cover letter at careers@ncssinc.org.

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Spring Lake Ranch is a long term residential program for adults with mental health and addiction issues. Residents find strength and hope through shared work and community. We are searching for:

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Seeking part-time research interviewer to conduct interviews with caregivers of newborns as part of research study based in Lamoille County, Vermont. 15-20 hrs/wk contract position. Compensation on a perinterview completion basis + additional stipends and quality incentives. Own transportation required. See https://bit.ly/2H2NJ92 for full position description.

House Advisors/Crew Leaders provide live-in support, structure, and guidance to residents through informal contact, house activities, and work crew activities to create a positive environment and comfortable homelike atmosphere. Ideal candidates will have a bachelor’s degree, an interest in mental health and/or substance abuse recovery work, and a desire to live in a diverse community setting. Full time, residential position with benefits. To apply for either position, send cover letter indicating your interest in Spring Lake Ranch and resume to: marym@springlakeranch.org, or fax to (802) 492-3331, or mail to SLR, 1169 Spring Lake Road, Cuttingsville, VT 05738.

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Franklin Northwest Supervisory Union has the following openings for the 2018-2019 school year.

LICENSED OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST Licensed Occupational Therapist needed to provide therapy for school age children. 19 hours per week.

SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING COORDINATOR The Social Emotional Learning Coordinator provides leadership, oversight and guidance for pK-12 Social Emotional Learning instruction and intervention. The SEL Coordinator supports the communication, coordination, planning, implementation, and monitoring of the fidelity and impact of implementation across the supervisory union.

SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST The Franklin Northwest Supervisory Union is seeking a Licensed School Psychologist. Depending on the Supervisory Union needs, the position could range from 60% to full time. The successful candidate will be skilled with evaluations as well as counseling. Ability to work as part of a team and with school community promoting healthy and developmentally appropriate guidance for students. Please apply online on schoolspring.com to the Director of Special Education. In matters related to employment, the Franklin Northwest Supervisory Union does not permit or condone discrimination based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, genetic information, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital/civil union status, HIV status, or any other characteristic protected by Federal or State Law. EOE

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Camp Dudley is seeking teamoriented individuals to facilitate programming at our beautiful summer camp. Must enjoy working with youth, with a secondary role as a positive role model for young people in a community dedicated to character and leadership development. Must be able to work independently and with a team. We are currently looking for individuals to fill the following positions… • Ceramics Instructor • Lifeguards • Sailing and Boating Instructors • Climbing Instructor • Challenge Course Instructor Position • Kitchen Helper/Dishwasher For more information please email info@campdudley.org or visit our website for full job-descriptions: campdudley.org/2018/03/12/summer-2018-dudleystaff-openings/.

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Planning and Zoning Manager The City of Winooski seeks a full-time Planning and Zoning Manager to serve as the City’s Zoning Administrator and to oversee the Master Planning efforts of the City of Winooski. This role is responsible for the administration and enforcement of zoning and other bylaws. In addition, this position leads the City’s Master Planning efforts, working closely with the Community and Economic Development Officer, the City Manager, the Leadership team, and the Planning Commission.

Clinician Come see what makes NCSS a great place to work! We are currently hiring for an Outpatient Clinician. The focus of this position is to provide behavioral health psychosocial evaluations, therapy and consultation for clients of all age groups. The ideal candidate will be trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy, have experience working with a range of disorders, and be comfortable with brief and group treatment models. MSW/LICSW or LCMHC required. Some evening hours required. Our clinic offers excellent beneﬁts and is located close to Interstate 89 and is a short commute from Burlington and surrounding areas. Please visit our website at www.ncssinc.org/careers or email us your resume and cover letter at careers@ncssinc.org.

Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s degree in a related field required. The Master’s degree may be substituted for exemplary professional experience. Required experience of a minimum of five years in municipal planning and zoning. Familiarity with form based code zoning and proven experience writing or participating in master planning processes. For more information and complete position posting please visit our website at

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Mortgage Originator Northfield Savings Bank is looking for a professional to join our team as a Mortgage Banking Originator for Chittenden County, who will be responsible for originating a variety of new residential loans. This position offers a strong opportunity to work for a growing premier Vermont mutual savings bank. The selected candidate will be responsible for interviewing applicants, collecting financial data and making recommendations regarding NSB’s loan products which will best meet the borrower’s needs. The individual will also be assisting customers with the purchase process from application through closing. The Mortgage Originator must possess excellent communication and customer service skills for both internal and external customers. A Bachelor’s Degree and two to four years of experience in a financial institution or related area is required. Mortgage Origination experience and a good understanding of banking products, services, policies and procedures is preferred. Northfield Savings Bank, founded in 1867, is the largest banking institution headquartered in Vermont. Compensation includes a base salary plus commission and benefits package including medical, dental, profit sharing, matching 401(K) retirement program, professional development opportunities, and a positive work environment supported by a team culture. If you are a match for this opening, please submit your resume and application in confidence to:

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CERF+, a nationally recognized leader in the field of emergency readiness, relief, and recovery for artists, is seeking a Deputy Director. The ideal candidate for this new position is a missionfocused, seasoned, strategic, and process-minded leader with experience scaling an organization, leading a professional management team, and developing a performance culture among a small group of diverse, talented individuals. The Deputy Director will lead all internal operations, including finance, planning, budgeting, grants management, office administration, human resources, and IT. This is a tremendous opportunity for a dynamic, collaborative leader to help take CERF+ to the next level of growth. With offices in Montpelier, VT, CERF+ offers a wonderful quality of life, collegial work environment, and competitive compensation, including an attractive benefits package. For a complete job description, please visit www.cerfplus.org. The application deadline is April 20, 2018. Please send letter of interest and resume to: cornelia@craftemergency.org or Cornelia Carey CERF+ 535 Stone Cutters Way, Suite 202 Montpelier, Vermont 05602

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We are expanding our installation/service staff. lmmediate Opening for a CENTRAL VACUUM INSTALLER/ SERVICE PERSON. Challenging opportunity for an individual that is Aggressive, Self-motivated and Reliable. Candidate must take pride in workmanship and should be available for some overtime. Aptitude in the building trades with good Carpentry/ Mechanical/Plumbing Abilities desired. Must have good communication skills and the willingness to promote our company and its products. • A Valid Driver’s License is a Must. • Company Vehicle Provided for Work. • Salary Commensurate with experience. Vermont Central Vacuum 1 Market Place, Unit #29 Essex Junction, 05452 mbenway@sunrayvt.com 802-878-7800 Member of Home Builders Assoc. of Northern VT, lnc.

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ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Chittenden County Court Diversion is seeking a professional, mature, and organized person for a full time Administrative Assistant position in a non-profit environment. Applicants will require strong verbal, written and computer based skills; need to be a team player and adhere to strict confidentiality codes. Preference given to candidates with office experience, but would be willing to train the right person. Starting Pay is $15.00 an hour with benefits. Send cover letter and resume by Friday, April 13th to: Patrick Sheehan – Executive Director, Chittenden County Court Diversion, 183 St. Paul Street, Burlington, VT 05401 or via e-mail to psheehan@chitccd.org.

General Merchandise Receiver - Temporary UVM Bookstore This is a temporary position employed 20 to 37.5 hours per week to provide support to the UVM Bookstore and the General Merchandise departments. The duration of this position is from four to six months with potential to continue on a full-time permanent basis. This position will be responsible for receiving and manually counting incoming merchandise; verifying retail prices and affixing price labels and inventory control sensors to merchandise as necessary; disbursing received merchandise to appropriate areas on the retail floor; and folding and shelving back stock. Additionally, this position will assist with the daily processing and shipping of web orders and the stocking and straightening of the sales floor. The ideal candidate will be comfortable working both independently and as part of a team and will have effective math and organizational skills and be very detail oriented. The ability to lift, carry, bend, stoop, and move heavy objects over 50 pounds and perform repetitive movements such as climbing ladders and pricing and security tagging merchandise on a routine basis is required and other duties as assigned by a supervisor. For further information on this position or to apply, please contact Brendan Andrews by email (Brendan.Andrews@uvm. edu). Applicants must apply by submitting a cover letter, resume, and three references. Application review will begin immediately. The University is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity of the institution and can deliver high quality service to the UVM Bookstore operation. The University of Vermont is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Applications from women, veterans, individuals with disabilities and people from diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds are encouraged.

Burlington Size: 1/8 p Issue: 4/8 Engaging minds that change the world Days Engaging mindsSeven that change the world Due: 4/5 b Seeking a position with a quality employer? Consider The University of Vermont,Merchandise General Receiver Issue: 4/4 - Temporary a stimulating and diverse workplace. We offer a comprehensive benefit package Cost: $283 UVM Bookstore including tuition remission for on-going, full-time positions. These openings and Community Summer Due: 4/2 byBankers-Temporary noon $458 This is a temporary position employed 20 to 37.5 hours per week to provide support to the UVM Bookstore others are updated daily. Central Chittenden County Size: of3.83 x 7Vermont and the General Merchandise departments. The duration this position is from&four to six months with $175 Operation Specialist - Student Financial Services - #S1510PO - The permanent basis. This position will be responsible for receiving and potential to continue on a full-time Cost: $570.35 (withprice 1 week University of Vermont’s Office of Student Financial Services is seeking an manually counting incoming merchandise; verifying retail prices and affixing labels online) and inventory Untitled-26 1

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SEASONAL POSITIONS AVAILABLE Seasonal positions available for Tent Installers and Warehouse Crew Members starting April 30 running through the end of October. Full time and part time positions available, weekend availability a must. Complete an application online at vttent.com/application/ or visit vttent.com/employment/ to see more about our current openings. OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDE:

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Northfield Savings Bank is looking for customer service oriented Operations Specialist to perform a variety of functions in support of student control sensors to merchandise as finecessary; disbursing received merchandise to appropriate areas on the nancial activities. This individual will act asretail coordinator for folding incoming student fi- back stock. candidates to join this our position team aswill full assist time Community Bankers floor; and and shelving Additionally, with the daily pro- - Floating nance documents to include filing, data entry, imaging, promissory cessing andindexing, shipping and of web orders and the stocking andVermont straightening of the sales County. floor. If you are interested in a for Central and Chittenden note maintenance and processing. In addition, process student refunds, third party billing authorizations, scholarship check andThe scholarship billing transactions, and careerboth in the financial industry, thisofposition give have you an excellent ideal candidate will be comfortable working independently and as part a team will and will mailing of scholarship award letters. Perform effective quality control in reviewing math activities and organizational skills andopportunity be very detail oriented. The ability to lift, carry, bend, stoop, Banker to gain experience in banking. As a Community requested documents and communicating with and parents resolve inandstudents move heavy objectstoover 50 pounds and perform repetitive movements such as climbing ladders and complete or missing documents. Review dailypricing reportsand to assure timely and accurate have theand opportunity to as work in multiple security tagging merchandise on- Floating a routine you basiswill is required other duties assigned by a branches posting of financial transactions to student supervisor. accounts. Function independently to within either our Central Vermont or Chittenden County regions. accomplish operational initiatives set by the Associate Director for Operations and the Student Financial Services Leadership Team individually or in collaboration candidates will be Andrews responsible for providing account services For further information on this position or toSuccessful apply, please contact Brendan by email (Brendan. with staff. Andrews@uvm.edu). Applicants must apply cover letter, resume, to by oursubmitting customersa by receiving depositsand andthree loanreferences. payments, cashing will begin immediately. Qualifications: Associate’s degree with twoApplication years relatedreview experience in customer checks, processing savings withdrawals, processing night and mail service and/or administrative support environment. Experience bookkeeping, The University is with especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity of the institution deposits, answering questions in person or on the telephone, and accounting, and maintaining financial information Working knowledge and canrequired. deliver high quality service to the UVM Bookstore operation. of word processing, spreadsheet and web-based applications used to support office matching customer needs appropriate products and services. The University of Vermont an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. with Applications from women, veterans, functions required. Effective organizational skills, verbal and written iscommuniwith disabilities and repeople from The diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural are encouraged. Community Banker mustbackgrounds possess excellent communication and cation skills, and commitment to customer serviceindividuals and operational efficiency quired. Attention to detail and ability to prioritize work required. Microsoft Word computer skills. Selected candidates will be responsible for protecting and Excel skills highly desirable. Experience with Ellucian Banner student inforsensitive financial information and maintaining customer confidentiality. mation system and PeopleSoft Financials desirable.

We offer a comprehensive Community Banker training program to assist Information Technology Professional - Student Financial Services #S1516PO - The University of Vermont’s Office of Student Financial Services with learning the fundamentals of this position. A high school diploma, is seeking an Information Technology Professional to oversee the University’s general student billing, refunding and receivables systems includingEngaging the design, developminds that change the world education degree (GED) or equivalent is required. ment, analysis, and modification of the Banner Receivables Module of the Student Engag Northfield Savings Bank hours of operation are Monday - Thursday, General Receiver - Temporary Information System. Assess needs of users, analyze processesMerchandise and design and imGeneral Mer UVMdesktop Bookstore generally 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. plement systems or solutions to meet specifications. Oversees department support and technology inventory. Provide This data is analysis support for University Savings founded in 1867, is the largest banking a temporary position employed 20 to Northfield 37.5 hours per week Bank, to receivables activities. provide support to the UVM Bookstore and the General Merchandise This is a temporary positi institution headquartered in Vermont. NSB offers a competitive departments. The duration this position is from four to six months support to the UVM Boo Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in technology related field and two of years’ recompensation andpoa positive work environment supported by a team withofpotential to relational continue on a full-time permanent basis. This The duration of this positi lated experience required. Working knowledge SQL and databases sitionand willoffice be responsible receiving and culture. manuallyIf counting tinueresume on a full-time perm required. Effective organizational skills, desktop automationfor skills reyou are ain-match for this opening, please submit your verifying retail prices and affixing price labels receiving and manually co quired. Commitment to exceptional customercoming service merchandise; and commitment to diversity application in confidence to: and inventory control sensors to merchandiseand as necessary; disburses and affixing price labe required. Previous employment in a higher education setting desired. Experience ing received merchandise to appropriate necessary; disbursing rece with Ellucian Banner student information system, financial aid and/or account- areas on the retail floor; and folding and shelving back stock. Additionally, this position will assist ing experience, and understanding of Oracle databases highly desired. Familiarity floor; and folding and she Careers@nsbvt.com (Preferred) with the daily processing and shipping of web orders and the stocking with PL/SQL, HTML, SQR within a Unix environment, SHELL scripts, JAVA, sist with the daily process and straightening of the sales floor. Or mail: JAVASCRIPT and Groovy script highly desired. straightening of the sales fl candidate will available, be comfortable both independently Northfield Savings Bank For further information on these positionsThe andideal others currently or working The ideal candidate will b as part of a team andJob willHotline have effective math and organizationto apply online, please visit our website at:and www.uvmjobs.com; part of a team and will h Human Resources al skills and be very detail oriented. The ability to lift, carry, bend, #802-656-2248; telephone #802-656-3150. Applicants must apply for position very detail oriented. The stoop, and move heavy objects over 50 pounds and perform repetP.O. Box 7180 electronically. Paper resumes are not accepted. Job positions are updated daily. objects over 50 pounds a itive movements such as climbing ladders and pricing and security Barre, 05641-7180 ladders and pricing and s tagging merchandise on a routine basis is required andVT other duties as The University of Vermont is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. required and other duties a assigned by a supervisor. Equal Opportunity Employer/Member FDIC Applications, from women, veterans, individuals with disabilities and people from diverse

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Executive Director We seek a professional, energetic, and enthusiastic Executive Director to lead our innovative nonprofit based in Central Vermont. Home Share Now (HSN) is at the forefront of the home sharing movement and seeks a leader passionate about housing to direct, manage, and grow our organization. Relevant experience in program or large project management and/ or team leadership strongly preferred. Qualified candidates will demonstrate strong organizational skills, experience implementing programs, clear fiscal management, effective communications and influencing skills along with public speaking and writing; plus ability to exercise good and timely judgment in complex situations, build and sustain relationships/partnerships, develop and implement fundraising strategies, and have great computer skills. This is an excellent opportunity for experienced or director track professionals. EOE. For more information about Home Share Now and a full job posting with application requirements visit www.HomeShareNow.org.

NURSES- RN or LPN and LNAs WORK THREE 12 HOUR SHIFTS. BE PAID FOR 40 HOURS 7:00 am to 7:00 pm -OR- 7:00 pm to 7:00 am The Manor, in Morrisville, employs a vibrant and passionate team dedicated to excellent care. The Manor is recognized as a Quality Nursing Home by the State of Vermont and nationally. We offer excellent employee benefits. Also available: 8 hour shifts, part time and per diem.

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PayData Workforce Solutions is seeking an ambitious sales professional who is a goal driven, detail oriented, and career minded self-starter. We are offering an outstanding long-term career where you are a key member of our team. Use your proven prospecting and networking skills to drive your success and contribute to PayData’s continued growth as the region’s premier provider of outsourced workforce management solutions. Harness our to manage pipeline relationships, Workforce tools Solutions is your looking forand andevelop additional teamunderstand memberneeds, to present solutions and generate sales. Work as withaPayData’s to launch new accounts. A college degree and at least two ent Service Department Payrollteam Processor/Client Service years of successful B2B prospecting experience are preferred. Familiarity with presenting business ative. solutions would be beneficial. Outside travel to our regional territory as well as to Chamber events, trade shows, and networking functions is an important facet of this position, requiring reliable transportation. Service Representatives work with our Compensation includes salaryclosely plus commission, and clients PayData’sto richproduce benefit plan. Preference will be given to candidates who effectively demonstrateincluding that they possess skills and attributes listed below, and ayrolls utilizing various import methods datathe entry, whose work history illustrates the related sales experiences for success.

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Lamoille County Mental Health Services (LCMHS) is looking for a Registered Nurse (RN) to oversee medication and nursing healthcare management to people in our residential facilities. This position is full-time with benefits. The incumbent will understand diplomacy, team work, and compassionate person-centered care. He/She will be adept at leading staff with medication administration and be comfortable training and mentoring for accuracy and compliance. This RN will work closely and on a daily basis with the LCMHS psychiatric services team and the managers of residential care to ensure effective and high quality services are provided.

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Vermont License as a Registered Nurse (RN). ASN and 2-4 years’ experience and prefer a BSN with 5-7 years’ experience in inpatient psychiatric/medical facilities and/or community based care.

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We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including health and dental coverage, vacation, sick, and personal leave, EAP, short-term disability, life insurance, and a 401k savings plan. For over 50 years, Lamoille County Mental Health Services has provided community mental health and developmental services to individuals in Lamoille County. Our main office is only 15 minutes from historic Stowe village; central to four top-notch ski areas; and less than an hour’s drive from Burlington. Send all resumes to marylynn.bernier@lamoille.org or call Mimi Bernier at 802-888-5026 x-102.

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Our ideal candidate is friendly, organized, efficient, and disciplined with a passion for helping our customers, supporting our mill and sales staffs, and possesses a talent for problem-solving. This position is responsible for customer service, order entry, and 2:08 PMsales and accounts receivable support.

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Full-time position provides communications and fundraising leadership to the three divisions of the City of Montpelier’s Community Services Department: Recreation, Montpelier Senior Activity Center, and Parks & Trees. Competitive wage and benefits - range $40,809$43,955. Learn more: full posting and job description at montpelier-vt.org/jobs.aspx. Applications preferred by April 6, position open until filled. Submit resume, letter of interest, and contact info for three references by email only to

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Major Job Functions and Responsibilities: Ensure the organization has short and long-range strategies to achieve its mission and goals Develop a communications plan that engages membership and other Association stakeholders Work to monitor relevant existing and proposed local, state and federal legislation affecting VMSMA’s membership Promote active, cooperative and broad participation by membership and other volunteers in all areas of the Association’s work Serve as Association spokesperson Work to increase the organization’s visibility through all forms of media and social media Write grants and initiate fundraising opportunities to fund projects and marketing initiatives

Salary commensurate with experience. Resumes will be accepted until April 30, 2018. Please submit your resume, at least three (3) references with current contact information and a cover letter describing how your skills and experience meet the needs of the position and the organization to inquiry@vermontmaple.org.

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Interested candidates please send resume and cover letter to HR@wakerobin.com or visit our website, www.wakerobin.com, to complete an application.

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NEW JOBS POSTED DAILY!

Executive Assistant & Paralegal to Corporate Counsel & Secretary

Middlebury College seeks an Executive Assistant & Paralegal to Corporate Counsel & Secretary to provide executive office and legal assistant support for the Office of the General Counsel. The Executive Assistant & Paralegal to Corporate Counsel & Secretary will be a key support for the General Counsel and work closely with senior leaders at Middlebury as well as outside counsel. This is an opportunity to contribute to creating the important function of the Office of the General Counsel at Middlebury, in collaboration with the General Counsel. The position is responsible for scheduling meetings and maintaining the General Counsel’s calendar; communicating with various departments; drafting legal correspondence and documents; performing certain kinds of legal research; assisting in tracking relevant legal information and communications from various sources; arranging office-related travel; managing the budget and invoicing process for legal fees, and other duties as assigned. Associate’s/Bachelor’s degree required. Superb interpersonal, communication and organizational skills; excellent writing skills; commitment to learning new programs; ability to work under pressure; and three to five years’ experience in an administrative office required. Experience in a legal office preferred. To view the complete job description and apply online, visit http://apptrkr.com/1192361 Middlebury College employees enjoy a high quality of life with excellent compensation; competitive health, dental, retirement, and vision benefits; and educational assistance programs. EOE/Minorities/Females/Vet/Disability Untitled-20 1

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The Department of Environmental Conservation is seeking an Environmental Analyst to join the Solid Waste Program team. This is a great opportunity to have an impact on waste reduction and prevention and increase recycling and organics diversion. Work will include direct outreach, coordinating stakeholder meetings, data collection and analysis, plan reviews, web updates and social media posts. When applying, please upload cover letter and resume as one document. For more information, contact Josh Kelly at josh.kelly@vermont.gov or 802-5225897. Job ID #623053. Status: Full Time. Application Deadline: 4/22/2018.

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WATER QUALIT Y ASSIS TANT DIRECTOR - MONTPELIER

The Agency of Agriculture, Food, and Markets is seeking an individual with strong leadership, project management, program and policy development skills to serve as the Water Quality Division’s Assistant Director. This person will lead programs working on phosphorus reductions in agriculture and create systems of accountability to support these efforts. This fast-paced position involves working with many farmers, partners and citizens. Join our team and make an impact on agricultural water quality in Vermont! For more information, contact Laura DiPietro at laura. dipietro@vermont.gov. Job ID #623056. Status: Full Time. Application Deadline: 4/11/2018.

GIS PROFESSIONAL II - MONTPELIER

The Vermont Agency of Agriculture is looking for a part-time, temporary GIS Professional to help us create, edit and maintain geospatial data related to agricultural resources in the State. We are looking for someone with experience with the ESRI suite of tools. The ideal candidate will have the ability to work with end users to help define datasets and requirements. Experience with ESRI SDE as web application development is preferred. For more information, contact Hunter Thompson at hunter.thompson@vermont.gov. Job ID #623043. Status: Part Time, Temporary. Application Deadline: 4/10/2018.

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The Natural Resources Board (NRB) Act 250 program seeks a paralegal in our Montpelier office. We are dedicated professionals who share the goal of a better future through environment protection and economic smart growth. You excel in case management, and database maintenance, and have superior writing and editing skills. You must be a team player who takes pride in every detail. For more information contact Kimberley Lashua at kimberley. lashua@vermont.gov. Reference job ID #623085 Full Time. Application deadline: 4/12/2018.

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The News Editor is at the hub of daily news production and plays a key role in getting breaking and in-depth news to the public in many ways. Successful candidates have at least three years’ experience in news editing and supervision. Join one of Vermont’s most trusted media organizations and help us to achieve our vision of exploring the whole Vermont story, together. Find more, the full job description, and application process at vpr.net/careers. VPR is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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NURSING POSITION

ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT MANAGER SouS Chef Busy, mid-sized family practice looking for an experienced nurse with a valid Supervise Electrical Department employees and oversee the safe Vermont nursing license. This is a full-time position at 4 days a week. Must installation and maintenance of all be organized, efficient and detail oriented. Familiarity with family practice interior and exterior electrical systems including not limited to: Ski Jay Peakbut Resort is currently seeking Sous Chef candidates for helpful. Experience using an electronic health record required. Competitive lift power and controls, snowmaking power and Table controls, power lines Alice’s Restaurant in theand Tram Haus Lodge. The Sous Chef pay with an excellent benefit package. Send resume and cover letter to: Cheryl works under the direction of the Head Chef to ensure quality of underground medium voltage (5KV through 15KV) power distribution, food,distribution, control food costs, product rotation,McCaffrey, assist with ordering and Practice Administrator, TCHC, 586 Oak Hill Road, Williston, VT 05495 or building low voltage (120 through 480) power lighting power monthly inventories and participates creation of menus, daily and controls, building management controls, fire alarm systems, security in the email: Cheryl.mccaffrey@tchconline.com. specials events. Other responsibilities will include systems, water systems power and controls, dataand andspecial voice cabling. overseeing kitchen in the absence of the Head Chef by directing EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: kitchen staff, enforcing policies and procedures, ensures • Installation, testing and maintenancecleanliness of digital and analog fire 3h-ThomasChittendenHealthCenter040418.indd 1 3/30/18 2:25 PM and sanitation ofalarm the kitchen and maintaining high systems. morale among staff. • Installation and maintenance of medium voltage power distribution Interested applicants should send cover letter, resume and systems (5KV through 15KV) to: • Installation and maintenance of low references voltage building power Human Resources, Jay Peak Resort, distribution system (120 through 480) VT Rte 242, Jay VT 05859 or by • Installation and maintenance of low 4850 voltage lighting controls email tosuch jobs@jaypeakresort.com. E.O.E. • Use of preventive maintenance techniques as infrared thermography, meg-ohm meter testing and other types of preventive maintenance testing • Troubleshooting industrials controls systems including but not limited to PLCs, VFDs and DC motor drives Exciting opportunity to join the team of a financially sound and independent • Installation and testing of copper and fiber optic network cabling community bank. systems Union Bank is seeking a professional, detail-oriented individual to join our growing • Installation and maintenance or security cameras, door card readers and other security related systems Commercial Credit Administration area as a full-time Credit Analyst. • Familiarity with complex Building Management Systems (BMS) This open position requires the ability to analyze and interpret data, apply advanced • Experience implementing energy savings projects

CREDIT ANALYST

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE: Four year college or university program certificate; 6 years’ related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS: • Vermont Master Electricians License • Vermont Fire Alarm TQP • Valid Vermont Driver’s License • OSHA 30 certificate preferred; OSHA 10 required • NFPA 70E certificate

We are include seekinganalyzing a full time Residential Mortgage skills. Responsibilities commercial loan requestsLoan to determine the Assistant for our growing Burlington Ofﬁce. of a potential level of risk involved in extending credit.South Analysis consistsLoan of scrutiny This individual responsible for performing a vaborrower’s character, capacity, will andbe capital and evaluation of those characteristics in relationship to riety the current economy and conditions predicted the loan period. of administrative duties to provide loan over origination Skills: and documentation support for our Mortgage Loan Qualifications and Ofﬁcers. Other responsibilities include overseeing the

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or related field with a completion and accuracy of loan documents, processstrong basisinginloans financial accounting, or equivalent experience. and ensuring proper loan documentation in-

Jay Peak Resort offers competitive wages and a full range of fringe beneﬁts including group health insurance, 401k, life insurance and employee discounts at the resort. Interested candidates can ﬁnd out additional information and apply at jaypeakresort.com/jobs, or by mailing cover letter, resume and 3 references to Human Resources, Jay Peak Resort, 830 Jay Peak Road, Jay VT 05859. Jay Peak Resort is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE LOAN ASSISTANT financial concepts, communicate effectively, and employ critical problem solving

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• Prior experience with commercial lending/credit analysisallpreferred, cluding input of information and preparing related but not required—we train the right candidate. loanwill documents, follow up on veriﬁcations and credit reports,ofpreparation of loansand forcollateral underwriting, as well • Strong knowledge cash flow, credit, analysis preferred. as commitment letters, notes, and other loan documen-

• Exceptionaltation analytical and up, critical thinking skills with advances and set assisting customers • Excellent written andconstruction verbal communication and presentation skills on home lines and providing all other loan support Requirements excellent writ• Ability to work in aneeded. fast paced, high volumeinclude environment, with the capability to ten and oral communication, and a minimum of 2 years anticipate and meet deadlines. of prior residential loan experience with a familiarity of

• Ability to work on several tasks simultaneously. secondary market mortgage loan products is preferable • Ability to work bothrequired. independently as well as in astrong team organizasetting with other credit but not Attention to detail, analysts and bankskills, staff and and the follow through on projects assigned. tional ability to multi-task areas essential. • Competency with Microsoft Office products and general office equipment. Union Bank offers competitive wages which are commensurate with experience, a comprehensive benefits package, training for professional growth and development, strong advancement potential, stable hours, and a supportive work environment. Union Bank offers competitive wages, a comprehensive

Qualified applicants may apply in confidence with a cover letter, resume, references beneﬁts package, training for professional developand salary requirements to: ment, strong advancement potential, stable hours and Union BankQualiﬁed applications a supportive work environment. Human Resources may apply with a cover letter, resume, professional refP.O. Box 667to: erences and salary requirements

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Medical Assistant

Executive Director

Immediate Opening: Integrative Medicine, Family Practice in Colchester, VT is seeking an experienced MA, LNA, EMT or LPN to work Mon-Thurs (32-36 hours/week). We’re seeking an energetic, detail oriented, team player with strong computer skills. Experience with EKG, phlebotomy, IM and EMR are required. Scribing and IV skills are a plus. We specialize in nutritional medicine. Please email a cover letter, your resume and 3 professional references to PreventiveMedicineVT@gmail.com.

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DIRECTOR OF NURSING $3,000 Sign On Bonus offered!

Hunger Free Vermont is looking for its next Executive Director – if you are a seasoned, inspirational leader with significant non-profit management experience, and are passionate about ending the injustice of hunger for all Vermonters, we want to hear from you! We are looking for a strong background in fiscal management, development and fundraising, PR/Education, Legislative Advocacy and the vision to lead this dynamic organization forward. You can find the job description on our website, www.hungerfreevt.org/employment/ and if interested, may send your resume and cover letter directly to our recruiter at etienne@morrisrc.com.

Centurion, a partnership between MHM Services and Centene Corporation, is a leading provider of healthcare services to correctional facilities nationwide. Centurion of Vermont is proud to be the provider of healthcare services to the Vermont Department of Corrections. WE INVITE YOU TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT THAT IS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS “NURSING’S BEST KEPT SECRET”…CORRECTIONAL NURSING.

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We are currently seeking a full time Director of Nursing at our Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility in South Burlington, VT. The Director of Nursing provides clinical, educational and professional supervision for nursing and support staff. Collaborates with site healthcare leadership, facility leadership and other multidisciplinary team members to maintain and improve healthcare programs and services provided to incarcerated population.

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SEEKING FOSTER PARENTS

• Experience in acute care, ambulatory care or correctional environment preferred

Howard Center has ongoing foster parent or weekend buddy needs for children ranging in ages 7 – 16. Some need caring adults to support them over the weekend, others need a family for a school year, and some are looking for adoptive families. There are over 1,300 children in the Vermont foster care system and over 60 children in need of an adoptive family. You don’t have to be married, rich or own a home. You will be supported every step of the way!

• Must be able to pass the Vermont Department of Corrections background investigation and obtain security clearance

To learn more about these opportunities, contact JRodrigues@howardcenter.org or call (802) 488-6372.

REQUIREMENTS: • Completion of an accredited registered nursing program. BSN preferred • Must hold a valid Vermont RN license • Progressive nursing experience in nursing care with a minimum of 3 years supervisory experience

WE OFFER COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION AND A COMPREHENSIVE BENEFITS PACKAGE INCLUDING: • Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance

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• Health savings account with matching employer contributions

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Undergraduate Admissions Counselor

• 20 paid days off plus 8 paid holidays

Full Time, Benefit Eligible

• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match

We seek a professional individual to work with prospective students; to represent the college and its academic programs to the public; and to support robust enrollment of a diverse and non-traditional student body. This position involves considerable online and phone work, interviewing, as well as an understanding of and a commitment to progressive education. Ideal candidates will have a genuine personal commitment to social justice, inclusion, and equity. To learn more, please visit:

• Career development benefit • Flexible spending accounts for health and dependent care • Wellness activity subsidy • Access to corporate discount programs Interested candidates, please email resumes to kelli@mhmcareers.com or fax 888-317-1741; www.mhm-services.com. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL KELLI AT 866-616-8389. EOE.

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Building Cleaning Services Technician Full-time, 40-hour, benefits-eligible position available in Howard Center’s Facilities department. Must have valid driver’s license and transportation.

Gallery ManaGer

Clinician – Adult Drug Treatment Court Support

Frog Hollow, the original Vermont State Craft Center, is looking for a full-time, dynamic manager to lead our gallery sales force and create a sophisticated and exciting retail space showcasing Vermont art and craft. Retail and management experience a must. For a full job description and how to apply visit us at

Case Manage for clients approved by the Vermont State’s Attorney’s office to participate in the Chittenden County Adult Drug Treatment Court. Develop treatment plans, coordinate services, and serve as a liaison between treatment providers and the criminal justice system. Bachelor’s required.

Clinician(s) & Supervisor – ASSIST

Multiple full-time evening and overnight positions available to provide support services to adults in psychiatric, emotional and/or substance crisis in crisis stabilization residential setting (BA and experience with mental health/substance use disorder and crisis de-escalation required). Supervisor position also available to assist with client care coordination, staff scheduling and supervision (MA required; supervision experience preferred).

Clinician – Medication Assisted Treatment

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Burlington’s Makerspace

The Shop Operations Manager is responsible for overseeing the digital prototyping, wood, metal, jewelry and electronics shops in our makerspace which supports 200+ classes and 400+ members annually. Responsibilities include safety, maintenance, budgeting, and overseeing volunteer shop leads. 5 years shop experience required. Teaching experience a plus. Part-time with opportunity for full-time hours. Please send cover letter and resume to: director@generatorvt.com

Cook – Lakeview Community Care Home

Seeking a Cook for the Lakeview Community Care Home. Individual will plan and prepare nutritionally balanced meals for residents. Full-time, benefits-eligible position. Provide life skills education, social engagement, resource connection and supportive counseling to individuals with a major mental illness. Assist in a person’s recovery with a strengths-based and clientfocused approach. Use of a personal vehicle required.

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Registered Nurse – Medication Assisted Treatment Program

Two full-time positions available. Our nurses are responsible for safely dispensing methadone and buprenorphine products and maintaining all Nursing Dispensary operations. Must have excellent attention to detail and organizational skills plus strong interpersonal and communication skills.

Residential Counselor – Lakeview (Awake Overnight)

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Full time position working in a creative, collaborative, clientdriven environment for an established contractor based in Waterbury. Focus is on quality and craftsmanship. This is a great opportunity for a career-minded person with experience in the craft. Email resume or interest to

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Community Case Manager Join our team! Seeking compassionate, hardworking individual to provide case management and recoveryfocused community supports to adults with mental health challenges and co-occurring substance use challenges. Full time. Bachelor’s degree required.

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Establish and maintain a therapeutic and stable permanent residential housing environment for adults with mental health/substance use challenges and a history of homelessness. Bachelor’s degree required. Full time.

Senior Coordinator of Crisis Stabilization Provide oversight, leadership and management of Howard Center’s adult and children crisis stabilization programs including hiring, scheduling and maintaining strong relationships with community partners/ stakeholders. The ideal candidate should have strong clinical supervision skills and a solid understanding of risk management. Master’s degree and clinical license required.

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Seeking subs to cover vacancies. Our nurses are responsible for safely dispensing methadone and buprenorphine products and maintaining all Nursing Dispensary operations. Must have excellent attention to detail and organizational skills plus strong interpersonal and communication skills.

Howard Center offers an excellent benefits package including health, dental and life insurance, as well as generous paid time off for all regular positions scheduled 20-plus hours per week. Please visit our website, www.howardcentercareers.org. Enter position title to view details and apply. Howard Center is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants needing assistance or an accommodation in completing the online application should feel free to contact Human Resources at 488-6950 or HRHelpDesk@howardcenter.org.

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Director of Donor Relations Join our team of motivated and dynamic development professionals! Middlebury seeks a Director of Donor Relations to manage a comprehensive donor relations program, including stewardship communications and events to engage donors at all levels. The ideal candidate will be a skilled development/ communications professional with experience planning complex events and managing donor relationships. To view the full job description and apply online, please visit: http://apptrkr.com/1191797

Middlebury College employees enjoy a high quality of life with excellent compensation; competitive health, dental, retirement, and vision benefits; and educational assistance programs. EOE/Minorities/Females/Vet/Disability

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Full time. Experience training adults; knowledge of child development & child abuse; experience as a foster parent and/or a child care provider helpful. Reliable transportation required due to statewide travel. Northern Lights certified instructors are welcome. Master’s degree preferred. Fluency in French and/or Spanish a plus. Please send cover letter, resume and 3 references to: pcavt@pcavt.org or Prevent Child Abuse Vermont, CSAP Search, PO Box 829, Montpelier, VT 05601 EOE

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ReArch Company is a growing construction management firm in South Burlington, Vermont dedicated to creating buildings and spaces of distinction and significance while generating value for our clients. We are entering into our 15th year of strong growth and continue to be one of the leading construction management companies in the area. ReArch values employees, providing a safe and fun work environment with opportunity to develop skills, engage in stimulating and challenging projects and opportunity for growth within the company. We offer a competitive salary, annual bonus, 401k plan, generous vacation package, health and dental insurance along with life insurance, short and long term disability.

We are currently hiring for the following roles for projects in Vermont and New Hampshire.

Project Manager Project Manager needed to manage the overall direction, completion and successful financial outcome of construction projects in accordance with our client’s expectations. This role serves as the direct liaison and point of contact with our project clients, and works in collaboration with our superintendent and administrative staff, as well as with subcontractors, vendors and permitting and regulatory authorities in order to accomplish project objectives. Candidates must have a Bachelor of Science degree in construction management, engineering or related field and have a minimum of five years’ experience as a project manager on commercial, institutional and medical projects in excess of $5,000,000. Must be able to perform detailed take offs, interpret plans and be proficient in scheduling programs and spreadsheet applications.

After 30 years Greg Vernet 3/26/18 2:29 PM has decided to retire from the Thomas Hirchak Company Employment Ad and we are looking to fill his Seven Days critical role. Auction Manager Project Engineer needed to assist the project management team with project Run responsibilities Date: Marchincluding 28 THCo Auto Auction tracking the project documentation, assisting with subcontractor communication, project start-up and close-out. Primary responsibilities include working closely with must have a Bachelor of Science degree in construction management, Size:Candidates 3V sellers, intake of vehicles, engineering or related field. Must be highly organized, display a positive and motivated auction setup on-site and attitude and have excellent verbal and written communication skills. within our auction software, managing documentation and coordinating routine Successful candidates should have extensive construction knowledge, along with the ability responsibilities of the yard crew. to collaborate in a positive and respectful manner with subcontractors and agencies, and Requirements: above all a proactive approach to providing outstanding customer service. Candidate must • Excellent customer service in also exhibit a commitment to providing total project success and be able to engage in a busy, on-your-feet job dynamic and creative team environment. • Computer knowledge As a Project Manager or Project Engineer you will be located at our South Burlington VT • Auto industry experience office location, which is set in a beautiful park setting with a nearby gym and walking • Experience with titles and trails outside our door. transfer paperwork involved in the sale of vehicles EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER • Basic accounting and ReArch Company will only consider email or postal mail submissions; business management no phone calls please.

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Land Treatment 3/16/18 Planner/Nutrient Management Specialist Orleans County Conservation District seeks a full-time professional to serve Orleans County farmers. Bachelor’s degree with 3-5 years of work experience, knowledge of dairy farming, agronomy, soils/environmental sciences, and current water quality issues as well as excellent interpersonal, computer, communication, attention to detail and map making skills are required. Ability to work independently and as a team player in both office and field settings. Grant funded position for 2 years with potential to continue. Starting pay is $16.50/hr. Training, health savings account and leave benefits. Visit www.vacd.org/ conservation-districts/orleanscounty/ for job description. Send resume, cover letter and three references by Monday April 16th to OCNRCD Manager sarah.damsell@vt.nacdnet.net.

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on cash flow and expenses are starting to pick up, including payroll, Doda noted. He prioritizes paying people a livable wage with a goal of paying all employees $15 an hour by the end of this year, he said. Doda said he is pleased to belong to a group of young food producers in the state. “There’s an influx of people that want to grow food and are passionate about it, but that’s not a bad problem to have,” he said. Competition, he believes, sparks innovation and creativity. “I’m friends with everyone I compete with,” Doda said. “And I want to see them succeed just as much as I want us to succeed.” The farm’s 20-week summer CSA starts May 31. Two share sizes, small and large, are $375 ($18.75 per week) and $550 ($27.50 per week).

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Kyle Doda, 32, started his hillside farm in Brookfield five years ago. His CSA has two components: a diversified vegetable share and a mushroom CSA. The certified organic farm offers shares 45 weeks per year and provides fresh crops during the winter. “Something I’ve always focused on is trying to push the limits of what I grow during the winter,” he said. The greenhouse produces kale, lettuce mix and radishes, among other veggies. 1000 Stone delivers to two work sites in Montpelier, with additional pickups at the Burlington Farmers Market and Onion River Outdoors on Langdon Street in Montpelier. Doda plans to do a pop-up market at the Langdon Street site Wednesdays from 4 to 6 p.m., open to all. Members who pick up their shares at one of the two markets can swap out items if they prefer to get something else, he said, though it’s not a common occurrence. “People seem to like my choices,” said Doda, who provides a weekly recipe corresponding with the share. “We try to grow a premium product that is amazing in flavor and beautiful and good for everyone.” Year-round members have a fivemonth payment plan, from February to June. During this time, the farm is short

A new vegetable farm in Charlotte is offering a riff on the CSA model. In fact, the version is so new that it’s not a CSA at all, director of operations Sara Jean Whelan said. It’s a digital alternative. The plan at Three Chimney Farm is to “tap into the niche of people who want to support local farmers directly but can’t have a CSA for any number of reasons,” Whelan said. The online service, which starts June 4, is available to people who work at three co-working sites in Burlington. Customers place a weekly (or occasional) digital order for their food, with no up-front payment or commitment to purchase a certain amount. The online shop is open Mondays and Tuesdays, with deliveries on Wednesdays and Thursdays. For people who don’t work at one of the sites, Three Chimney will deliver to Foam Brewers on the Burlington waterfront on Wednesdays from 5 to 7 p.m. There will also be a pop-up market at the site. Expected prices are $3 for a bunch of carrots, $3.50 for a bunch of kale and $5.50 for a bag of salad mix, according to Whelan. “It’s very streamlined,” she said. “It’s pretty much like any other e-commerce site. It’s like going online to buy a pair of shoes.” m

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n a Scholastic Aptitude Test analogy, pica pica would be to the Philippines what tapas are to Spain. The term — which describes small plates made for sharing, most often in groups, and for eating alongside beverages — is also the name of newish St. Johnsbury restaurant Pica-Pica Filipino Cuisine, which opened last September on Main Street. The name also reflects owner and Manila native George Sales’ dual mission to bring people together around food and to share his home country’s culture and cuisine with his adopted community. Toward that end, Sales has enlisted as his collaborator David Hale, the chef at the Hilltopper Restaurant, a teaching kitchen for St. Johnsbury Academy’s culinary program, he told Seven Days. Sales also hires students from the school’s special education program to work part time rolling silverware and wiping down menus. Most of the service staff are academy students and Hilltopper alumni. During service, the youth chat easily about the ingredients, preparation and cultural significance of this or that menu item, as well as about Filipino culinary culture as a whole. “I make it a point of making sure the [students] really know the country and the culture, the [character of the] people inside out,” Sales said. “That’s really your ticket into a country’s food.” And, he added, “I emphasize that working here is not just putting food on Tokwa’t baboy the table — it’s providing the experience.” The Pica-Pica experience — that is, the restaurant and its namesake style of food — Sales said, is less about a specific dish or series of dishes than context. “It’s about a warm setting,” he described. “It’s relaxed; it’s comfort foods. And it’s always shared with friends or family.” Sales left Manila for Washington, D.C., in 1986 at the age of 17 — his mom’s family was already there, so he and his family

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Regardless of the plate’s provenance, it’s excellent with a glass of crystal-clear, straw-colored San Miguel pilsner — the Philippines’ bestselling brew. In plate after plate during an early solo dinner last week, I marveled at how nearly every bite paired beautifully with beer. Nowhere was this more apparent than in a dish of allium-scented Tokwa’t baboy (fried pork and tofu), served cool with a scattering of mandolined green onions. Generous hunks of pork belly, steeped in stock and vinegar and salty with soy, seem to scream for a beer chaser. “This is often served to accompany gatherings,” Sales said later by phone. “People are usually drinking beer and hanging out after work. So it’s not uncommon to find a group of friends in a corner restaurant ordering baboy while they’re chatting and laughing.” Even on a cool March afternoon in Vermont, in a quiet restaurant with only myself for company, it was an easy scene to imagine. The bright flavors of the meat and the cool, malty wash of the beer were enough to take me there.

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followed. Later, Sales and his partner, who’s from Barre, worked as corporate consultants. But in 2013, they traded the urban “rat race” for a more relaxed lifestyle in Vermont. In the Philippines, Sales said, eating and leisure time go hand in hand. “Food

is pretty much center, left and right all around the country,” he explained. “That’s what the culture is all about. Everyone just revolves around the kitchen table or the dining table.” While individual plates tend to vary among the nation’s 7,000-plus islands — along with the language and local customs — they often embody an amalgamation of influences. That’s due in part to more than 400 years of Spanish rule and a long history as a Southeast Asian trading hub and stopover. So, a plate of crisp Lumpiang Shanghai, or finger-size spring rolls stuffed with ground pork, minced shrimp, veggies and spices and fried to a delicate crisp, would have fit right in at a Chinese or Thai spot. And a bowl of traditional kare-kare (oxtail stew), with its creamy sauce and stewed bok choy, resembled an Indian curry at first glance. But a bite revealed that it’s richened with peanuts and shrimp paste — ingredients that again nod to Thailand and China.

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INFO Pica-Pica Filipino Cuisine, 1214 Main St., St. Johnsbury, 424-1585. pica-pica.us

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Abracadabra, brunch! Chef Peter Varkonyi pops up at Woodstock’s town beanery for a magical bagel party, where everything’s naturally leavened and handmade from scratch. On the menu? Everything bagels with smoked-salmon cream cheese and pickled onion; jalapeño rounds, crispy with cheddar and cradling ham; and blueberry bagels with sweet cream cheese. Also: fudge babka and all of the caffeinated beverages — espresso, drip and otherwise — fresh from the house coffee wizards.

CELEBRITY WAIT-A-THON Well-known locals — think DJ Craig Mitchell and radio host Lisa Nagle — serve diners to raise tips for the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Burlington. Monday, April 9, 5-8:30 p.m., Waterworks Food + Drink, Winooski. Cost of food and drink. Info, 4973525, waterworksvt.com.

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LAS JOYAS WINE TASTING Wine importer Patrick Mata guides oenophiles through the geography of Iberian wines with six winemakers from Spain and Portugal. Small plates for pairing; ticket price can be applied toward wine purchases of 12 or more bottles. Sunday, April 8, 2-5 p.m., ArtsRiot, Burlington. $50. Info, 540-0406; artsriot.com.

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MADE IN VERMONT MARKETPLACE From wine and specialty foods to crafts and more, a wide variety of local products are on display at this fifth annual trade show. Saturday, April 7, and Sunday, April 8, Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction. $56; free for children under 12. Info, 863-8038; madeinvermontmarket place.com.

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WED.4 activism

MINDFULNESS FOR ACTIVISTS: A two-part workshop arms social justice workers with skills in meditation and deep listening. Unitarian Church of Montpelier, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2345.

cannabis

GREENER DRINKS: Supporters of commonsense cannabis reform sip beverages and discuss the culture, industry and politics of the agricultural product. Zenbarn, Waterbury, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, info@ vtcannabisbrands.com.

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VILLAGE ANNUAL MEETING: Locals offer an “aye” or a “nay” on Essex Junction’s general fund budget. Childcare is available. Essex High School, community supper, 6 p.m.; meeting, 7-8 p.m. Free; seniors preregister for rides. Info, 878-6944.

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INNOVATION IN LEARNING CONFERENCE: Teachers, technology integration specialists and administrators gather for a three-day collaborative endeavor. The Woodstock Inn & Resort, 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $150-300; preregister. Info, gail@edtechteacher.org.

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FIBER RIOT!: Crafters get hooked on knitting, crocheting, spinning and more at an informal weekly gathering. Mad River Fiber Arts & Mill, Waitsfield, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 496-7746.

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CONTACT IMPROV: Movers engage in weight-sharing, play and meditation when exploring this style influenced by aikido and other somatic practices. The Everything Space, Montpelier, 7-8:30 p.m. $5-10. Info, 232-3618. DROP-IN HIP-HOP DANCE: Beginners are welcome at a groove session inspired by infectious beats. Swan Dojo, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. $15. Info, 540-8300. HIP-HOP DANCE: A high-energy class mixes urban styles of dance. Women’s Room, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $16. Info, beth@prenatalmethod.com.

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WALK-THROUGH WEDNESDAY: Attendees learn the ABCs of the independent educational institution through a campus tour and a Q&A. Orchard Valley Waldorf School, East Montpelier, grades school, 8:30-9:30 a.m.; mixed-age kindergarten and Farm & Forest classes, 9:3010:30 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 456-7400.

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CHITTENDEN COUNTY STAMP CLUB MEETING: First-class collectibles provide a glimpse into the postal past at this monthly gathering. Williston Fire Station, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 660-4817.

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CENTRAL VERMONT JOB FAIR: Résumés change hands when job-seekers come face to face with area employers. Barre Municipal Auditorium, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 223-4654.

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‘THE WOLVES’ Thursday, April 5, and Friday, April 6, 7:30 p.m.; and Saturday, April 7, 2 & 7:30 p.m., at Seeler Studio Theatre, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College. $6-15. Info, 443-3168, middlebury.edu.

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See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section. ‘EXHIBITION ON SCREEN: CÉZANNE — PORTRAITS OF A LIFE’: Interviews with curators and experts offer a glimpse into the life and work of painter Paul Cézanne. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 11 a.m. $8-13. Info, 382-9222.

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‘I’M NOT THERE’: Six characters played by the likes of Cate Blanchett and Christian Bale embody aspects of Bob Dylan’s life and work. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600. ‘SPACE: UNRAVELING THE COSMOS 3D’: An out-of-thisworld film brings audience members closer than ever to far-off planets and galaxies. Northfield Savings Bank Theater: A National Geographic Experience, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 11 a.m., 1 & 3:30 p.m. $3-5 plus regular admission, $11.50-14.50; admission free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848. ‘WONDERS OF THE ARCTIC 3D’: Pioneering scientists seek to answer questions about the impact of human activities on this fragile frontier. Northfield Savings Bank Theater: A National Geographic Experience, ECHO Leahy WED.4

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Art and athletics intersect in the Vermont premiere of Sarah DeLappe’s Obie Awardwinning play, The Wolves. Presented by the Middlebury College Department of Theatre and Dance, this thrilling theater work centers on the members of a high school girls’ soccer team as they gear up for an indoor tournament. Topics of team building, adolescence, competition and planning for the future come into play as the young women engage in rapid-fire jokes and banter. Assistant professor Michole Biancosino directs the drama that the New York Times describes as “one of the most exciting debuts by an American playwright in years.”

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film See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section and at sevendayst.com/movies.

music Find club dates at local venues in the music section and at sevendaysvt.com/music. All family-oriented events are now published in Kids VT, our free parenting monthly. Look for it on newsstands and check out the online calendar at kidsvt.com.

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MOBILE VET VAN: A roving resource station offers information on available services for veterans and their families. Community College of Vermont, Winooski, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 654-0505.

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APR.8 | FAIRS & FESTIVALS Take-Home Titles “Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read,” said Groucho Marx. For those who share the comedian’s affinity for page-turners, the Vermont Antiquarian Booksellers Association presents the Vermont Spring Book, Postcard & Ephemera Fair. Now in its 25th year, this bibliophile’s paradise features sellers from New England and the Northeast offering a wide variety of books, paper, postcards, maps, prints and more. Items ranging from rare first editions to affordable postcards and vintage children’s books provide high-end collectors and folks browsing on a budget the chance to find something special.

VERMONT SPRING BOOK, POSTCARD & EPHEMERA FAIR Sunday, April 8, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at Hilton Burlington. Free. Info, 527-7243, vermontisbookcountry.com.

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Northeast Kingdom native Jennifer Hartswick began playing music at age 4. By the time she was 20, the trumpeter and vocalist had recorded on two Phish albums and was invited to tour with the Trey Anastasio Band. While jazz is Hartswick’s main genre — Ella Fitzgerald is one of her biggest influences — she is also versed in the styles of soul, funk, pop and R&B, as heard on her multiple solo albums. KCP Presents welcomes Nashville-based Hartswick back to her old NEK stomping grounds along with bassist Christian McBride and guitarist Nick Cassarino.

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Friday, April 6, 7 p.m., at Grand Maple Ballroom, Davis Center, University of Vermont, in Burlington. $5; free for UVM students; preregister. Info, 656-2060, uvmbored.com.

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he University of Vermont has a tradition of celebrating April Fools’ Day in style. Each year, on or around the day marked by pranks and practical jokes, UVM hosts a comedian who has students and members of the public in stitches. This year is no exception: Funnyman Aasif Mandvi hits up the Davis Center on Friday to elicit laughter with his talent for satire and parody. Fans know the award-winning comic and actor for his television work on programs such as “The Daily Show” and “Shut Eye” and movies, including Mother’s Day and The Last Airbender. A meet and greet follows the show.

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calendar Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, noon & 2:30 p.m. $3-5 plus regular admission, $11.50-14.50; admission free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848.

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COMMUNITY SUPPER: A scrumptious spread connects friends and neighbors. The Pathways Vermont Community Center, Burlington, 5-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 300. A FILIPINO FEAST: Three traditional dishes are on the menu in a cooking class with Maria Garrido. Community Teaching Kitchen, City Market, Onion River Co-op, Burlington South End, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $5-10. Info, 861-9731.

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RADIUS AWARD CELEBRATION: Community members are recognized for their work to increase efforts, resources and awareness toward LGBTQ initiatives and the intersection of identity. Alumni Conference Room, Angell College Center, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 518-564-3281.

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RESTORATIVE YOGA: Props support the body, leaving participants free to truly relax into long-held poses. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 5:30-6:30 p.m. $12. Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com.

GEORGE WINSTON: The contemporary pianist tickles the ivories in moving compositions and interpretations. Barre Opera House, 7:30 p.m. $31.45-41.95. Info, 476-8188.

BRIDGE CLUB: Players have fun with the popular card game. Burlington Bridge Club, Williston, 9:15 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. $6. Info, 872-5722.

TOMGIRL WALKING CLUB: Pups and pals in tow, pedestrians make strides toward heath. Tomgirl Juice Co., Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0337.

HOT TUNA: The psychedelic blues songsters delve into 50 years of material. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 7:30 p.m. $3040. Info, 775-0903.

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WEDNESDAY GUIDED MEDITATION: Individuals learn to relax and let go. Burlington Friends Meeting House, 5:306:30 p.m. Free. Info, 318-8605.

NEW BREED BRASS BAND: The New Orleans-based ensemble brings Big-Easy sounds to the the Green Mountain State. Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson State College, 8 p.m. $10. Info, 635-1408.

ALL-LEVELS HATHA YOGA: With a focus on connecting breath to movement, this class offers yoga for everybody. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 6-7 a.m. $12. Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com.

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PILATES: Students are put through the paces in a strengthand mobility-boosting workout. Women’s Room, Burlington, 4:30 p.m. $16. Info, beth@prenatalmethod.com.

PASSOVER RAINBOW DINNER: All are welcome to share a meal in the spirit of freedom. Morgan Room, Aiken Hall, Champlain College, Burlington, 7:30-10:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, maxine.kravitz@mymail.champlain. edu.

BURLINGTON TAIKO: Japanesestyle drummers pound out thunderous rhythms. Fuller Hall, St. Johnsbury Academy, 10:30 a.m. & 1 p.m. $4. Info, 748-2600.

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NIA WITH LINDA: Eclectic music and movements drawn from healing, martial and dance arts propel an animated barefoot workout. South End Studio, Burlington, 8:30-9:30 a.m. $14; free for first-timers. Info, 372-1721.

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PRENATAL YOGA: Moms-to-be prepare their bodies for labor and delivery. Women’s Room, Burlington, 12:15 p.m. $16. Info, beth@prenatalmethod.com.

VERMONT FARMERS MARKET: Local products — veggies, breads, pastries, cheeses, wines, syrups, jewelry, crafts and beauty supplies — draw shoppers to a diversified bazaar. Vermont Farmers Food Center, Rutland, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 342-4727.

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GINGER’S EXTREME BOOT CAMP: Triathletes, Spartan racers and other fitness fanatics challenge themselves to complete Navy Seal exercises during an intense workout. Come in good shape. Private residence, Middlebury, 7-8 a.m. $8-12; for ages 16 and up. Info, 343-7160.

BONE BUILDERS EXERCISE CLASSES: Folks of all ages ward off osteoporosis in this exercise and prevention class. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 7:30-8:30, 9:15-10:15 & 10:4011:40 a.m. Free. Info, 223-3322. BUTI YOGA: A fusion of vinyasa yoga, plyometrics and dance is set to upbeat music. Bring water and a towel. Women’s Room, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $16. Info, beth@prenatalmethod.com. CHAIR TAI CHI: Age and ability level are no obstacles to learning this slow, easy exercise routine. Champlain Senior Center, Burlington, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 316-1510. EMPOWERED YOGA FLOW: A rejuvenating practice for all levels weaves movement, breath and mental focus. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 9-10 a.m. $12. Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com. GENTLE YOGA IN RICHMOND: A gong savasana closes out an all-levels class benefiting the Williston Community Food Shelf. Partial proceeds are donated. Balance Yoga, Richmond, 11 a.m.-noon. $10; preregister. Info, balanceyogavt@gmail.com. GENTLE YOGA IN WATERBURY: Practitioners with limitations and seasoned students alike hit the mat for an all-levels class. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 9-10 a.m. $12. Info, studio@zenbarnvt. com.

WELLNESS WEEK: Five days dedicated to heath-related topics help Rutland-area residents feel their best. Call for details. Community College of Vermont, Rutland, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 786-6996. WHY TO CLEANSE OUR BODIES FROM THE INSIDE OUT: With help from wellness expert Barb Alpert, health fans identify the right detoxification program to meet their needs. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 5:30-7 p.m. $3-5; preregister. Info, info@hungermountain.coop.

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BEGINNER & INTERMEDIATE/ ADVANCED ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSES: Learners take communication to the next level. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211. GERMAN CONVERSATION GROUP: Community members practice conversing auf Deutsch. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3403. INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: Pupils improve their speaking and grammar mastery. Private residence, Burlington, 6 p.m. $20. Info, 324-1757. LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: SPANISH: ¡Hola! Language lovers perfect their fluency. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

SONG CIRCLE: Singers and musicians congregate for an acoustic session of popular folk tunes. Godnick Adult Center, Rutland, 7:15-9:15 p.m. Donations. Info, 775-1182.

BEN HEWITT: Drawing on his 20-plus years of homesteading, the author delivers “Piecing It Together: The Highs and Lows of Getting Back to the Land in 21st-Century Vermont.” Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581. ERIN SASSIN: “Reinventing the Family Home” traces the evolution of the American abode from farmhouses to tiny houses. Rutland Free Library, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 773-1860. JANE CARROLL: “Virtue and Vice: The World of Vermeer’s Women” paints a colorful portrait of the 17th-century Dutch artist’s courtships and seductions portrayed in his works. Goodrich Memorial Library, Newport, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 334-7902.

JANE CHAPLIN: The Middlebury College professor harks back to Greek historians Herodotus and Thucydides in “The Invention of History.” St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291. JOHN KEENAN: In “Understanding Scripture,” the Middlebury College professor emeritus considers how we come to comprehend religious text. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4095. JULIA BASSO: Dance meets neuroscience in “Rhythms of Body, Rhythms of Brain.” Dance Theatre, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168. PETER TRAVIS: Geoffrey Chaucer’s comic wisdom and enduring humanity shine through “Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales: Still Funny After All These Years” Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

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RANDALL BALMER: The Dartmouth College professor looks at the internal diversity of a religion in “The Different Strains of American Evangelicalism.” Norwich Congregational Church, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 649-1184.

SAVE $3,000 ON YOUR NEXT VEHICLE: Car shopping? Financial coach Mary Johnson prepares consumers for negotiating with dealerships. Waterbury Public Library, 6:30-8 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 244-7036.

RENÉ PELLERIN: The Farmers Night Concert Series continues with “As Cultures Collide,” a humorous presentation about a Franco American born deaf and becoming deafblind. House Chamber, Vermont Statehouse, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 828-2228.

BIKE REPAIR WORKSHOP: Cyclists roll in for a beginnerlevel class covering wheel removal, chain cleaning and more. Bootlegger Bikes, Jefffersonville, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 760-7371.

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WOMEN’S PICKUP BASKETBALL: Players dribble up and down the court during an evening of friendly competition. Lyman C. Hunt Middle School, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $3; preregister at meetup.com. Info, 540-1089.

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ANNE HOEN: An LSC Department of Natural Sciences weekly seminar series continues with “The Developing Infant Gut Microbiome.” Room S-102, Thaddeus Fairbanks Science Wing, Lyndon State College, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 626-6413.

YO-YO MA: The cellist and founder of the Silkroad arts organization delivers the Montgomery Fellowship Lecture “Culture, Understanding and Survival.” Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 4 p.m. Free. Info, 603-646-2422.

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INTRODUCTION TO HTML5 & CSS3: Tech-savvy students in this four-part workshop learn the base language supporting all webpages. Fletcher Free

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INNOVATION IN LEARNING CONFERENCE: See WED.4. INVENTION2VENTURE: Luna DNA president Dawn Barry keynotes this annual event aimed at connecting academic researchers and entrepreneurs. Silver Maple Ballroom, Davis Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, 1-5 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 656-8780.

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‘US TOO: RISING’: Upper Valley residents share experiences of gender-based violence through reading, dance and song. Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 603-448-5922, ext. 102.

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‘FARMS, LAND, PEOPLE: STORIES OF THE INTERVALE’: Raconteurs tell funny, quirky, sad and inspiring tales of the Burlington food and farming nonprofit. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $5. Info, 863-5966. PLATTSBURGH BIG READ: The Round House by Louise Erdrich inspires a month of literary and cultural events. See plattsburghbigread.com for details. Various Plattsburgh locations. Free. Info, 310-367-4199. WEDNESDAY WORKSHOP: Lit lovers zero in on elements of craft when responding to pieces by Burlington Writers Workshop members. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104. WRITING CIRCLE: Words flow when participants explore creative expression in a lowpressure environment. The Pathways Vermont Community Center, Burlington, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218.

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BRANCH OUT BURLINGTON! TREE KEEPER TRAINING: Arborists Brian Sullivan and Derrek Eckhardt get to the root of planting, caring for and pruning leaf-and-trunk varieties. Parks and Recreation Department Building, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 617-794-7192.

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BURLINGTON BUSINESS ASSOCIATION ANNUAL DINNER & MEETING: SOLD OUT. The theme “Night of Enchantment:

FOR REAL WOMEN SERIES WITH BELINDA: GIT UR FREAK ON: R&B and calypso-dancehall music is the soundtrack to an empowering sensual dance session aimed at confronting body shaming. Swan Dojo, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. $15. Info, bestirredfitness@gmail.com.

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MUSIC DAY: Lunch and learning opportunities are geared toward prospective students with an interest in music. Johnson State College, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 800-635-2356.

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JOB HUNT HELP: Community College of Vermont interns assist employment seekers with everything from résumé-writing to online applications. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 2:30-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 745-1393. LA LECHE LEAGUE MEETING: Nursing mothers share breastfeeding tips and resources. Essex Free Library, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, lllessexvt@gmail.com. QUEEN CITY BICYCLE CLUB MONTHLY RIDE: Women, queer and trans folks empower one another on a group excursion complete with glitter and a giant boom box. Wear a helmet and rock front and rear bike lights. Old Spokes Home, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 863-4475.

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See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section. ‘ANTARCTICA: ICE AND SKY’: Shown in French with English subtitles, this 2015 documentary shines a light on global warming. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600. ‘OCEAN’S 11’: In this 1960 comedy, a group of World War II compatriots conspires to rob five Las Vegas casinos in one night. Woodstock Town Hall Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 457-3981. ‘SPACE: UNRAVELING THE COSMOS 3D’: See WED.4. ‘WONDERS OF THE ARCTIC 3D’: See WED.4.

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COMMUNITY LUNCH: Farm-fresh fare makes for a delicious and

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nutritious midday meal. The Pathways Vermont Community Center, Burlington, 1-2 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 309. PENNYWISE PANTRY: On a tour of the store, shoppers create a custom template for keeping the kitchen stocked with affordable, nutritious eats. City Market, Onion River Co-op, Downtown Burlington, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 861-9700. UVM MEDICAL CENTER FARMERS MARKET: Locally sourced meats, vegetables, bakery items, breads and maple syrup give hospital employees and visitors the option to eat healthfully. Davis Concourse, University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, 2:30-5 p.m. Free. Info, 847-5823.

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SUPER SMASH BROS. TOURNAMENT: Gamers face off in a video fighting competition featuring characters from across franchises. Funds raised support Hope Happens Here. Alliot Student Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 7-11 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2000.

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BEGINNER/INTERMEDIATE SUNSTYLE TAI CHI, LONG-FORM: Improved mood, greater muscle strength and increased energy are a few of the benefits of this gentle exercise. Winooski Senior Center, 6:45-8 p.m. Free. Info, 735-5467. BEGINNERS TAI CHI CHUAN: Standing and moving exercises in this foundational class are suitable for all levels and ages. Sacred Mountain Studio, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $15. Info, 373-8060.

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DIGESTIVE HEALTH SERIES: Participants follow their gut in the first of a three-part series focused on the benefits of bitter herbs, pungent spices and sour foods. Railyard Apothecary, Burlington, 7-8 p.m. $10-25. Info, 540-0595. 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, 6-7 p.m. $10. Info, 578-9243. GENTLE FLOW YOGA: Individuals with injuries or other challenges feel the benefits of a relaxing and nourishing practice. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 9-10 a.m. $12. Info, studio@ zenbarnvt.com. SLOW FLOW YOGA: Tailored to meet students’ needs, this foundational class facilitates overall wellness. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 7:30-8:30 a.m. $12. Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com. WELLNESS WEEK: See WED.4, 6-7:30 p.m. YOGA: A Sangha Studio instructor guides students who are in recovery toward achieving inner tranquility. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 5-6 p.m. Free. Info, 448-4262. YOGA CORE FOR BABES: An empowering practice focuses on the abs and the pelvic floor. Women’s Room, Burlington, 12:15 p.m. $16. Info, beth@prenatalmethod.com.

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BEGINNER-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: Basic communication skills are on the agenda at a guided lesson. Private residence, Burlington, 6 p.m. $20. Info, 324-1757.

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FRENCH CONVERSATION: Speakers improve their linguistic dexterity in the Romantic tongue. Bradford Public Library, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 222-4536.

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Find club dates in the music section. CHAMPLAIN CONSORT: Music lovers bring a bag lunch to hear

UNIVERSITY JAZZ ENSEMBLE: Guest trumpeter Michael Philip Mossman performs alongside student musicians. University of Vermont Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3040.

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OGHAM TREES: MEDICINE, MYTH & MAGIC: Natal astrology charts in hand, participants learn about 13 arboreal varieties and the stories that they tell. Email for a chart. Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, Montpelier, 7-9 p.m. $12-15. Info, carmen@treereadings.com. PLANNING YOUR ADVANCECARE: Participants pick up tips for talking with their families about their end-of-life wishes. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 5-6 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, info@ hungermountain.coop. THE TRUE COSTS OF SPRAWL & URBAN GROWTH: In an onscreen seminar, growth expert Eben Fodor weighs the pros and cons of real estate development. Davis Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, betternotbiggervt@ gmail.com.

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FREE AIKIDO CLASS: An introduction to the Japanese martial art focuses on centering and finding freedom while under attack. Aikido of Champlain Valley, Burlington, 6-7:15 p.m. Free. Info, 951-8900.

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CONRAD ANKER: In “Gravity Never Rests,” the mountaineer chronicles his outdoor adventures. Havoc Mead brings the beverages. Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $15. Info, 860-0190. FLORETA FABER: The ambassador of Albania to the United States speaks about the friendship and partnership between the two countries. People’s United Bank, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 861-2343. LIBBY MILES: Strategies of survival and resistance come to light in “Abenaki Community THU.5

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‘RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE’ VIEWING PARTIES: Fans of the televised drag competition stay up-todate on season 10 with Marjorie Mayhem, Emoji Nightmare and Nikki Champagne. Drink, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Free; for ages 18 and up. Info, 730-2383.

SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE WITH YO-YO MA: SOLD OUT. The nonprofit group, featuring founding cellist Ma, premiers work by classical Chinese composer Jia Dagun. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $10-80. Info, 603-646-2422.

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JULIA SPELMAN: Beer, wine and pierogies propel an evening of pop, jazz and folk music played as party of the First Thursday Concert Series. Shelburne Vineyard, 6-9 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 985-8222.

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COMMUNITY MINDFULNESS: A 20-minute guided practice with Andrea O’Connor alleviates stress and tension. Tea and a discussion follow. Winooski Senior Center, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 233-1161.

“My Sweet Enemy,” a musical celebration of the Spanish Renaissance. Christ Episcopal Church, Montpelier, noon-12:45 p.m. Donations. Info, 223-3631.

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BEGINNERS TAI CHI CLASS: Students get a feel for the ancient Chinese practice. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 223-3322.

BUDDHIST BABES GENTLE YOGA: Lessons for peaceful living pave the way for a moderate flow-style practice set to music. Women’s Room, Burlington, 5 p.m. $16. Info, beth@prenatalmethod.com.

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Cookbooks as Rhetorical Acts of Survivance.” Bailey/Howe Library, University of Vermont, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 656-2138. VPR NEWS & BREWS: ‘THE MILK, THE LAND, THE FUTURE’: Vermont Public Radio’s Emily Corwin, John Dillon and Ric Cengeri take listeners on a deep dive into dairy farming in Vermont. Studio One, Vermont Public Radio, Colchester, 6 p.m. Free; cash bar. Info, 800-639-2192.

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TECH SUPPORT: Need an email account? Want to enjoy ebooks? Bring your phone, tablet or laptop to a weekly help session. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291, ext. 302.

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‘DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS’: Con artists battle it out on the French Riviera in Lyric Theatre’s rendition of this knee-slapping musical. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $24-42. Info, 863-5966. ‘JOAN CHITTISTER: HER STORY, MY STORY, OUR STORY’: Teri Bays performs the story of a Benedictine nun who becomes a controversial spokesperson for peace and social justice. McCarthy Arts Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 7 p.m. Donations. Info, 847-6534.

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‘THE SOUND OF MUSIC’: The hills are alive in a Spaulding High School Drama Club production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s classic tale of a nun who becomes a singing nanny. Spaulding High School, Barre, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $510. Info, 498-8665. ‘THE WOLVES’: Sarah DeLappe’s play about a high school girls’ soccer squad offers a look into the teammates’ hidden lives. See calendar spotlight. Seeler Studio Theatre, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 7:30 p.m. $6-15. Info, 443-3168.

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EXTEMPO: Local raconteurs tell first-person true stories before a live audience. Bridgeside Books, Waterbury, 8-10 p.m. $5. Info, 244-1441. JAMES KOCHALKA: The awardwinning local comic book artist and writer launches his latest graphic novel, Mechaboys. Phoenix Books Burlington, 7 p.m. $3. Info, 448-3350. LEARN THE ART OF STORYTELLING: Recille Hamrell helps raconteurs hone their narratives in a clinic complete with an open mic session. BCA Center, Burlington, 6-8:30 p.m. $10. Info, 865-5355. PETER SHEA: Anglers get hooked on the geographer’s new book, The New Atlas of Vermont Trout Ponds: A GPS-Compatible Guide. Phoenix Books Rutland, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 855-8078. PLATTSBURGH BIG READ: See WED.4.

SECRETS OF PUBLISHING EXPLAINED: Writer Megan Price imparts her wisdom on the steps and choices involved in becoming an author or a publisher. Bixby Memorial Library, Vergennes, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, maddy.willwerth@ bixbylibrary.org.

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NEWBERRY POP-UP MARKET: Vendors purvey a variety of Vermont-made products. Newberry Market, White River Junction, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 299-0212.

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DUSTIN SULAK: A doctor and a cannabis pioneer, the speaker shares his knowledge of the use of medical cannabis for reducing or replacing opioids in chronic pain treatment. Burlington City Hall Auditorium, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, ada@cvdvt.org.

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‘NOT-QUITE’ APRIL FOOLS’ COMEDY SHOW: Aasif Mandvi, known for his work as a correspondent for “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” has audience members in stitches. A meet and greet follows. See calendar spotlight. Grand Maple Ballroom, Davis Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, 7 p.m. $5; free for UVM students; preregister. Info, 656-2060. THE MATRYOSHKA COMEDY HOUR: Improvisers elicit big laughs when creating scenes inspired by standup comedians. Study Hall Collective, Burlington, 8-10 p.m. $7-10 includes one Switchback Brewing beer; for ages 21 and up. Info, 360-393-0906.

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BALLROOM & LATIN DANCING: Learn new moves with Ballroom Nights, then join others in a dance social featuring the waltz, tango and more. Singles, couples and beginners are welcome. Williston Jazzercise Fitness Center, lesson, 7-8 p.m.; dance social, 8-9:30 p.m. $10-14; $8 for dance only. Info, 862-2269. ECSTATIC DANCE VERMONT: Jubilant motions with the Green Mountain Druid Order inspire divine connections. Christ Episcopal Church, Montpelier, 7-9 p.m. $10. Info, 505-8011. ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCE: Wendy Gilchrist and Martha Kent lead hoofers in steps popular in the time of Jane Austen. Elley-Long Music Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 7-9:30 p.m. $10-15. Info, 881-9732. FIRST FRIDAY FOLK DANCING: Participants make strides in circle, line and couple dances. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $3-5. Info, 223-2518.

NIA WITH SUZY — MOVE. SWEAT. BREATHE.: Drawing from martial, dance and healing arts, sensory-based movements push participants to their full potential. North End Studio A, Burlington, 8:30-9:30 a.m. Donations. Info, suzy@loveyourbodyvt.com.

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FEAST TOGETHER OR FEAST TO GO: Senior citizens and their guests catch up over a shared meal. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, noon-1 p.m. $7-9; preregister. Info, 262-6288.

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INNOVATION IN LEARNING CONFERENCE: See WED.4. TOLKIEN AT UVM CONFERENCE: Scholars and students convene to read papers based on the author of The Hobbit. Memorial Lounge, Waterman Building, University of Vermont, Burlington, 7:30-9 p.m. $15-25; free for UVM students. Info, 578-8874.

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CRAFTY CRAP NIGHT: Participants bring supplies or ongoing projects and an adventurous attitude to share creative time with other people in recovery. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 861-3150.

STAY TO STAY WEEKEND: Aimed at out-of-state visitors interested in moving to Vermont, a long weekend connects guests to employers, entrepreneurs and potential neighbors. Various Rutland locations. Free. Info, 828-3237.

11 BRAVO PRELAUNCH PARTY: Music by DJ Pat Doherty propels a bash benefiting the Josh Pallotta Fund. VFW Post 6689, Essex Junction, 5 p.m. Free. Info, 233-0630. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS VERMONT AWARDS CEREMONY: Outstanding individuals receive recognition in the categories of design; research, planning and analysis; and communications. BCA Center, Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free; cash bar; preregister. Info, turner@heritagelandscapes.com. SPRING FLING GALA: Supporters feast their ears on music from Opera North’s Summerfest 2018 mainstage productions, including Offenbachs Tales of Hoffman and Rossini’s The Barber of Seville. A buffet dinner and a live

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ACUDETOX: Attendees in recovery undergo acupuncture to the ear to propel detoxification. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 861-3150.

TAROT READINGS: A spiritual mentor consults her cards to offer guidance and clarity. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 5:30-8:30 p.m. $1 per minute; preregister. Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com.

ADVANCED TAI CHI CLASS: Participants keep active with a sequence of slow, controlled movements. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 1-2 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3322.

WOMEN’S SPRING SHABBAT: Women from all walks of life are welcome to pitch their tents for songs and blessings followed by a potluck, storytelling and stargazing. Huntington Open Women’s Land, 6:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 453-7622.

BONE BUILDERS EXERCISE CLASSES: See WED.4, 7:30-8:30 & 10:40-11:40 a.m.

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BUTI YOGA: See WED.4. FELDENKRAIS AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT: Aches and pains, be gone! The physically challenged to the physically fit increase flexibility and body awareness with this form of somatic education. The Wellness Collective, Burlington, 12:30-1:30 p.m. $10. Info, 560-0186. QIGONG: Gentle movements promote strength, balance and well-being. Waterbury Public Library, 11-11:30 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 244-7036.

MODERN MASTER CLASS: Meant for intermediate and advanced dancers, a movement session with Isadora Snapp melds the control of ballet with the release of modern. North End Studio A, Burlington, 10:30-11:45 a.m. $15-16; preregister. Info, info@vermontdance.org.

GRANT WILSON: The attorney makes a case for earth law in “Earth Law for the Next Generation of Environmental Lawyers.” Room 110, Oakes Hall, Vermont Law School, South Royalton, 12:45-2 p.m. Free. Info, jamescrowder@vermontlaw.edu.

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auction round out the night. The Quechee Club, 6 p.m. $50; cash bar. Info, 603-448-4141.

REFUGE RECOVERY: A LOVE SUPREME: Buddhist philosophy is the foundation of this mindfulness-based addiction-recovery community. Turning Point Center, Burlington, noon. Free. Info, 861-3150.

film

See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section. FIRST FRIDAY FLICKS: Blankets or beanbags in tow, families file in for a monthly motion picture. Bethel Town Hall, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, hello@bethelrevitalizationinitiative.org. ‘ROOTED: CULTIVATING COMMUNITY IN THE VERMONT GRANGE’: The state’s agricultural heritage gets a starring role in a film about this national farmers’ organization. Riverside Grange Hall, West Topsham, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 989-4723. ‘THE SANCTITY OF SANCTUARY: PAUL STRAUSS AND THE EQUINOX FARM’: Igniting a green spark in the hearts of viewers, this 2013 documentary focuses on an herbalist working to preserve endangered medicinal plants in Appalachia. Railyard Apothecary, Burlington, 7:30-10 p.m. $5. Info, 540-0595. ‘SPACE: UNRAVELING THE COSMOS 3D’: See WED.4. WILD & SCENIC FILM FESTIVAL: Environmental and adventure films feature stunning scenery and diverse examples of stewardship. Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 6:30-9 p.m. $12-20. Info, 923-2910. ‘WONDERS OF THE ARCTIC 3D’: See WED.4.

TAI CHI AT WATERBURY PUBLIC LIBRARY: Those with arthritis or mobility challenges are welcome to join in a mild lesson with optional seated movements. Waterbury Public Library, 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 244-7036. TAI CHI CHUAN: Beginners and seasoned practitioners alike explore the style of moving meditation passed down through the Tung family lineage. Richmond Free Library, 8:45-10:15 a.m. $15. Info, 373-8060. TRAUMA-INFORMED YOGA: A specially designed class helps participants reclaim and calm the mind and body. CPR Room, Memorial Hall, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., noon. Free. Info, 518-564-3281. WELLNESS WEEK: See WED.4, 8 a.m.-noon.

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Find club dates in the music section. DE TEMPS ANTAN: Hailing from Québec, the trio puts a fresh twist on the traditional rhythms of their regional music. Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph, 8 p.m. $25-27. Info, 728-9878. ELISABETH VON TRAPP: A member of the family whose story inspired The Sound of Music, the vocalist uses her talent to raise funds for the church. Malletts Bay Congregational Church, Colchester, 7 p.m. $10. Info, 658-9155.

LOS LORCAS: Writers Partridge Boswell and Peter Money and guitarist Nat Williams blur the boundaries between spoken word and song in the spirit of Federico García Lorca. ArtisTree Community Arts Center & Gallery, South Pomfret, 7:309:30 p.m. Free. Info, 457-3500. NEPTUNE’S CART: The nautically named duo delights listeners with contemporary folk and alt-country stylings. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 518-561-6920. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY & THE ASBURY JUKES: The grandfather of the “New Jersey Sound” delivers a raucous roots concert. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 8 p.m. $39-49. Info, 775-0903. STELLARIA TRIO: The Burlington-based classical ensemble delights listeners with the program “Dark Horses.” Richmond Free Library, 7:30-9 p.m. Donations. Info, stellariatrio@gmail.com. TRIO DA KALI & DEREK GRIPPER: Voice, ngoni and balafon combine in a contemporary interpretation of the traditional sounds of southern Mali. University of Vermont Recital Hall, Burlington, preshow talk, 6:30 p.m.; show, 7:30 p.m. $5-30. Info, 656-4455.

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RELAY FOR LIFE OF SUNY PLATTSBURGH: Participants complete laps around the track as part of the world’s largest cancer-fighting movement. Field House, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 6 p.m. Funds raised. Info, 404-327-6448.

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BRIAN ZEITCHICK: Attendees tune in for “From Classroom to Control Room,” a talk by the technical director for “Hardball With Chris Matthews.” Yokum 200 Auditorium, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., noon-1:15 p.m. Free. Info, 518-564-2111. EDUCATION & ENRICHMENT FOR EVERYONE: Middlebury College professor Larry Hamberlin strikes a chord with “Through Thick and Through Thin: The Textures of Music.” Sanctuary, Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2-3 p.m. $5. Info, 846-5132.

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‘1776’: This Tony Award-winning musical presented by Upper Valley theater artists tells the story of the Founding Fathers and how they came together to draft the Declaration of Independence. Briggs Opera House, White River Junction, 7:30 p.m. $22-25; free for kids under 18. Info, the1776projectvt@ gmail.com. ‘DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS’: See THU.5. ‘JOAN CHITTISTER: HER STORY, MY STORY, OUR STORY’: See THU.5, Trinity Episcopal Church, Shelburne, 7 p.m. Donations. Info, teribays@teribays.com.

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‘LUCKY STIFF’: An English shoe salesman gambles for his dead uncle’s fortune in this offbeat murder mystery performed by students. Mt. Mansfield Union High School, Jericho, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $7-9. Info, 879-4690, ext. 1715. ‘THE SOUND OF MUSIC’: See THU.5. ‘WAR AND PEACE’: The Gob Squad Collective weaves together readings, improv, live video, fashion and audience participation in their exploration of Tolstoy’s masterwork. Moore Theater, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. $10-40. Info, 603-646-2422. ‘THE WOLVES’: See THU.5.

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FRIDAY MORNING WORKSHOP: Wordsmiths offer constructive criticism on works in progress by Burlington Writers Workshop members. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104. GEORGE LONGENECKER: Poetry pundits lend their ears for selections from the wordsmith’s new book, Star Route, and works by little-known Vermont writer Frances Frost. T.W. Wood Gallery, Montpelier, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. PLATTSBURGH BIG READ: See WED.4. POEM-A-DAY RECORDING SESSIONS: Rick Agran captures poems for posterity and possible radio broadcast on WGDR. Participants receive a digital recording of their poem. KelloggHubbard Library, Montpelier, 3-5 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

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MADE IN VERMONT MARKETPLACE: From wine and specialty foods to crafts and more, a wide variety of local products are on display at this fifth annual trade show. Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. $5-6; free for kids under 12. Info, madeinvermont marketplace.com.

conferences

INTEGRATIVE PAIN MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE: In response to the national opioid crisis, interdisciplinary healthcare professionals get educated on non-pharmacologic approaches to soothing discomfort. Davis Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. $40-175. Info, cara.feldmanhunt@med.uvm.edu. TOLKIEN AT UVM CONFERENCE: See FRI.6, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

crafts

ADULT DROP-IN COLORING CLUB: Grown-ups color their way to calm. Tea and supplies are provided. Carpenter-Carse Library, Hinesburg, 1-2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 482-6108. DIY ZEN GARDENS: Creative types transform sand and stones into stress-busting meditation gardens. Fairfax Community Library, 10-11 a.m. $10; preregister. Info, 849-2420.

dance

BURLINGTON WESTIE FIRST SATURDAY DANCE: Hoofers hit the dance floor for a themed evening 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. $8-12; free for first-timers. Info, burlingtonwestie@gmail.com. CONTRA DANCE: A traditional social dance comes complete with music by Ryan McKasson, Eric McDonald and Jeremiah McLane. Capital City Grange, Berlin, instruction session, 7:35 p.m.; dance, 8-11 p.m. $5-15. Info, 249-7454. QUEEN CITY TANGO MILONGA: Participants put their best feet forward in a lively social dance. Champlain Club, Burlington, beginner Argentine tango lesson, 7-7:45 p.m.; milonga, 7:45-10:30 p.m. $5-10; free for tango lesson. Info, qct@queencitytango.org. SHINDIG WITH DAVE KELLER BAND: A rocking blend of blues and soul keeps music lovers moving and grooving. Tunbridge Town Hall, 7:30-10:30 p.m. $10. Info, 738-9602.

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COMPLIMENTARY PREQUALIFICATION EVENT: Jeff Myers of Academy Mortgage issues prequalification letters and discusses various home-buying options. Signature Properties of Vermont, Essex Junction, 9 a.m.1 p.m. Free. Info, 355-3361. HELEN DAY ART CENTER GALA: Live and silent auctions enliven an elegant evening with optional black-tie attire. Stowe Mountain Lodge, 5-11 p.m. $125. Info, mail@helenday.com. INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY MEETING PLACE: Brainstorming leads to forming activity groups for hobbies such as flying stunt kites and playing music. Presto Music Store, South Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 658-0030.

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LEGAL CLINIC: Attorneys offer complimentary consultations on a first-come, first-served basis. 274 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 383-2118. MAPLE BRUNCH: Folks pound the pavement in a 5K fun run, then refuel with a pancake breakfast. Rock Point School, Burlington, 8-11 a.m. $5-10. Info, 863-1104. RAPTOR ENCOUNTERS: Nature lovers look at food webs and predator-prey relationships through the lens of live falcons, hawks and owls with the Vermont Institute of Natural Science. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 11 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 878-6955. SPRING TEASE GALA: Patrons of the arts show their support of Pentangle Arts at a cocktail party and benefit dinner. 506 on the River Inn, Woodstock, 6 p.m. $35-135; preregister. Info, 457-3981. STAY TO STAY WEEKEND: See FRI.6. WOMEN’S SPRING SHABBAT: See FRI.6.

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VERMONT WORKERS’ CENTER COFFEE HOUR: Coffee and pastries are on hand at a family-friendly discussion of how proposed healthcare cuts will affect Vermonters. Vermont Workers’ Center, Burlington, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 249-6295.

NORTHERN VERMONT UNIVERSITY — JOHNSON BADGER INFORMATION SESSION: Prospective pupils visit campus for lunch, a tour and the chance to chat with current students. Johnson State College, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 635-1219.

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PUN-OFF: Competitors of all ages garner giggles and groans with creative plays on words. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7-8:30 p.m. Free; preregister to compete. Info, 878-6955.

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dealers display their collections at an annual Upper Valley Stamp Club gathering. Mid-Vermont Christian School, Quechee, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Info, 728-6212. LEAP ENERGY FAIR: More than 75 exhibits highlight solar power, heat pumps and electric vehicles at this family-friendly affair. Crossett Brook Middle School, Duxbury, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 244-7829. SPRING CRAFT & VENDOR FAIR: Browsers bag notable objects. Lunch is available from Green Meadows Catering. Winooski School District, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 734-3076. VERMONT SPORTSCARD SHOW: Mega fans meander through 20 tables of trading cards, autographs and other memorabilia. University Mall, South Burlington, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. Info, 238-3879.

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BURLINGTON WINTER FARMERS MARKET: A bustling indoor marketplace offers fresh and prepared foods alongside crafts, live music and lunch seating. Davis Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, burlingtonfarmersmarket. org@gmail.com. CALEDONIA WINTER FARMERS MARKET: Fresh baked goods, veggies, beef and maple syrup encourage foodies to shop locally. St. Johnsbury Welcome Center, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, cfmamanager@gmail.com. CHOCOLATE TASTING IN BURLINGTON: Let’s go bar hopping! With the help of a tasting guide, chocoholics discover the flavor profiles of varieties such as toffee almond crunch and salted caramel latte. Lake Champlain Chocolates Factory Store & Café, Burlington, 11 a.m.4 p.m. Free. Info, 864-1807. MIDDLEBURY WINTER FARMERS MARKET: Crafts, cheeses, breads, veggies and more vie for spots in shoppers’ totes. VFW Post 7823, Middlebury, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, mosefarm@gmail.com. VERGENNES FARMERS MARKET: Local food and crafts, live music, and hot eats spice up Saturday

tunes from West Side Story, On the Waterfront and more. Roth Center for Jewish Life, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7:30-9 p.m. $25. Info, 603-448-4141. SAT.7 | FILM | ‘LADY BIRD ’

BUTI FLOW: Yogis benefit from power yoga and deep abdominal toning. Women’s Room, Burlington, 9 a.m. $16. Info, beth@prenatalmethod.com.

#MOVE4RECOVERY: Active bodies break a sweat in two classes to support Story Yoga. North Hero Elementary School, Strong by Zumba, 9 a.m.; vinyasa yoga, 10:15 a.m. $10-15. Info, 821-0057. NEWBIE NOON INTRO TO HOT YOGA: First-timers in loosefitting clothing get their stretch on in a comfortably warm environment. Hot Yoga Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 999-9963. 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, 9-10 a.m. $10. Info, 578-9243. YIN YOGA: Students hold poses for several minutes to give connective tissues a good stretch. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 8-9:30 a.m. $12. Info, studio@ zenbarnvt.com.

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DUTCH LANGUAGE CLASSES: Planning a trip to Amsterdam? Learn vocabulary and grammar basics from a native speaker. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, bheeks@ yahoo.com.

music

Find club dates in the music section. BEAR TREAD: Hired Hand Brewing beers fuel an evening of live tunes honoring the spirit of the Grateful Dead. The Good Parts open. Vergennes Opera House, 7:30 p.m. $20-25. Info, 877-6737. ‘CELEBRATING LENNY: 100 YEARS OF LEONARD BERNSTEIN’: Opera North honors the great American maestro with some of his most beloved

7:30 p.m. $39.50-49.50. Info, 603-448-0400. STELLARIA TRIO: See FRI.6, Brandon Music, 7:30 p.m. $20; $45 includes dinner; preregister; BYOB. Info, 247-4295. THEM: Music lovers groove to live classic rock at a benefit for the Epilepsy Foundation of Vermont. Dancing, pizza, a raffle and a silent auction add to the fun. Fraternal Order of Eagles #793, South Burlington, 6-10 p.m. $5; cash bar. Info, 318-1575. YOUNG TRADITION TOURING GROUP: Talented teens share an evening of music and dance before departing on an international tour. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7 p.m. $20. Info, 863-5966.

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‘LADY BIRD’: Laurie Metcalf and Saoirse Ronan star as a mother and daughter with a complicated and comic relationship. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 7 p.m. $12. Info, 382-9222.

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CAMBRIDGE AREA ROTARY BUNCO: Games, prizes, raffles and a silent auction entertain attendees at a fundraiser for rotary club activities. Cambridge Community Center, 6-10 p.m. $15; cash bar. Info, 793-0856.

FITNESS BOOT CAMP: Ma’am, yes, ma’am! Exercise expert Ginger Lambert guides active bodies in an interval-style workout to build strength and cardiovascular fitness. Middlebury Recreation Facility, 8-9 a.m. $12. Info, 343-7160.

‘SPACE: UNRAVELING THE COSMOS 3D’: See WED.4.

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‘NERUDA’: Lit lovers and movie buffs find common ground in this 2016 biopic about the Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda. Dana Auditorium, Sunderland Language Center, Middlebury College, 3 & 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

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VERMONT FARMERS MARKET: See WED.4, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

CAPOEIRA: A blend of martial arts, music and dancing challenges adults and kids. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 1-2 p.m. $12. Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com.

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mornings. Kennedy Brothers Building, Vergennes, 9 a.m.noon. Free. Info, 233-9180.

outdoors CLAY WALKER: A fixture of country music, the hitmaker strums through popular strains such as “She Won’t Be Lonely Long” and “This Woman and This Man.” Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 8 p.m. $45-55. Info, 775-0903. JENNIFER HARTSWICK BAND: The Northeast Kingdom native thrills audience members with her skills as a vocalist, trumpeter and composer. See calendar spotlight. Fuller Hall, St. Johnsbury Academy, 7 p.m. $15-42; free for students. Info, 748-2600. MONTPELIER CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: The program “Vermont Celebrations” finds eager ears. Waterbury Congregational Church, 7 p.m. $10-12; free for kids under 12. Info, 578-5028. REVIBE, THE RED NEWTS & GUTHRIE GALILEO: Three bands rock out as part of the Mojo at the Dojo series. Swan Dojo, Burlington, 9 p.m.-2 a.m. $7-10; BYOB; for ages 21 and up. Info, therednewtsvt@gmail.com. ROBINSON & ROHE: Liam Robinson and Jean Rohe bring their folk-music roots and contemporary sensibilities to the stage. Ripton Community House, 7:30 p.m. $3-15; preregister for open mic. Info, 388-9782. SOCIAL BAND: The Burlington choral group celebrates spring with “All the Fields: Songs of Walking and Wandering.” Richmond Free Library, 7:30-9 p.m. $15-18. Info, 355-4216. SOLARIS VOCAL ENSEMBLE: The Queen City choir captivates concertgoers with “Carmina Burana.” McCarthy Arts Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 7:30 p.m. $15-20; free for infants under 1. Info, 863-5966. SONGS FOR SPRING & NATURE: Anyone who enjoys singing is welcome to trade tunes about plants, animals and the joy of nature. Unitarian Church of Montpelier, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 223-1509. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY & THE ASBURY DUKES: See FRI.6, Lebanon Opera House, N.H.,

THE FOREST BATHING EXPERIENCE: Outdoorsy types unplug, slow down and experience nature through a guided mindfulness practice. Charlotte Park & Wildlife Refuge, 10 a.m.noon. $20-25. Info, 391-4027.

technology. Grange Hall Cultural Center, Waterbury Center, 7:30-9 p.m. $15. Info, 244-4168. ‘IT CAN’T HAPPEN HERE’ AUDITIONS: Actors vie for roles in a cautionary satire about the fragility of democracy, written by Sinclair Lewis and staged by BarnArts Center for the Arts. First Universalist Church and Society, Barnard, noon-2 p.m. Free. Info, 234-1645. ‘LUCKY STIFF’: See FRI.6.

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MUD SEASON VARIETY SHOW: From skits to stories to piano solos, acts by group and solo performers put smiles on audience members’ faces at this community talent showcase. Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph, 7:30 p.m. $6-16. Info, 728-6464.

MADE IN VERMONT MARKETPLACE: See SAT.7, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

LARAWAY LOOP HIKE: Microspikes and snowshoes are required for a difficult 8-mile trek. Contact trip leader for details. Free; preregister. Info, 899-9982.

seminars

‘THE SOUND OF MUSIC’: See THU.5, 2-4 & 7:30-9:30 p.m.

VCAM ORIENTATION: Videoproduction hounds master 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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‘INFORMATIQUE POUR DÉBUTANT EN FRANÇAIS’ / COMPUTER FOR BEGINNERS IN FRENCH: Students get acquainted with the mouse, keyboard and operating system in a class taught in French. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Free; preregister. Info, 865-7217. TOM IGOE: The Arduino computing platform cofounder shares a variety of interactive projects in “Everything I Learned About Interactivity I Learned in Theatre School.” Generator, Burlington, 3-5 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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‘1776’: See FRI.6. ‘DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS’: See THU.5, 2 & 7:30 p.m. ‘HEDY! THE LIFE & INVENTIONS OF HEDY LAMARR’: Presented by MOXIE Productions, Heather Massie’s award-winning play tells the story of Hedy Lamarr, siren of the silver screen and inventor of groundbreaking

SEEING & DISRUPTING RACISM: A workshop geared toward white community members elucidates the concept of white fragility and prepares participants to challenge prejudice. Peace & Justice Center, Burlington, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2345.

METROPOLITAN OPERA LIVE IN HD: ‘COSÌ FAN TUTTE’: Shown on-screen, Mozart’s comic masterpiece focuses on a pair of friends who test their fiancées’ fidelity. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 12:55 p.m. $16-25. Info, 748-2600.

‘OUT OF JOINT HAMLET’: With the use of epic marionettes, Bread and Puppet Theater contrasts the Prince of Denmark’s monologues with Emily Dickinson’s every day ecstasies. Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro, 7 p.m. $10. Info, 533-2000.

FINDING THE STORIES OF YOUR FRENCH-CANADIAN ANCESTORS: Ancestor investigators learn to fill the gaps in their family trees with help from an array of sources. Vermont Genealogy Library, Fort Ethan Allen, Colchester, 10:30 a.m.noon. $10. Info, 310-9285.

leading the activism center’s educational programs. Peace & Justice Center, Burlington, 4-6 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 8632345, ext. 6.

‘WAR AND PEACE’: See FRI.6. ‘THE WOLVES’: See THU.5, 2 & 7:30 p.m.

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BOOK & MEDIA SALE: Bibliophiles snap up secondhand reading materials. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4095. CHAPTERS IN HISTORY: EXPLORING SEVERAL AMERICAN PRESIDENCIES: Nonfiction fans sink their teeth into Grant by Ron Chernow. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581. NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND POET LAUREATES: Celebrated writers Chard deNiord, Alice B. Fogel and Stuart Kestenbaum deliver the PoemCity keynote readings. Montpelier City Hall Arts Center, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. PLATTSBURGH BIG READ: See WED.4. POEM-A-DAY RECORDING SESSIONS: See FRI.6, Adamant Co-op, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. TWO FRIENDS POETRY READING: Pamela Harrison and Carol Westberg share original verse. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 2-3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

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PROSPECTIVE FACILITATOR GATHERING: Communityminded folks learn the ABCs of

ANTIQUES MARKET: The past comes alive with offerings of furniture, artwork, jewelry and more at this ephemera extravaganza. Canadian Club, Barre, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. $2-5. Info, 751-6138.

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COMMUNITY MINDFULNESS PRACTICE WITH NEW LEAF SANGHA: Sessions in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh include sitting and walking meditation, a short reading, and open sharing. Evolution Physical Therapy & Yoga, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, newleafsangha@ gmail.com. COMMUNITY MINDFULNESS WITH THE CENTER FOR MINDFUL LEARNING: Peaceful people gather for guided meditation and interactive discussions. Burlington Friends Meeting House, 5-7 p.m. $10. Info, assistant@centerformindfullearning.org.

conferences

AN EVENING WITH PROFESSOR ALBERTO FERGUSSON: A Vermont Psychoanalytic Study Group conference is centered on the topic of “Beyond the Couch: An Analyst at Work in South America Negotiating Peace With the National Liberation Army.” Hilton Burlington, 4-7:30 p.m. $45-100; cash bar; preregister. Info, m.levinskywohl@gmail. com.

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BALKAN FOLK DANCING: Louise Brill and friends organize participants into lines and circles set to complex rhythms. Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, 3:30-6:30 p.m. $6; free for firsttimers; bring snacks to share. Info, 540-1020. DANCE, SING & JUMP AROUND: Traditional music enlivens an afternoon of circle and line dancing taught and called by Liz Benjamin and Ethan Guiles. Plainfield Town Hall Opera House, 3-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-1509. ‘GISELLE’: A doomed love affair ends in tragedy in a broadcast Bolshoi Ballet performance. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 12:55 p.m. $6-18. Info, 748-2600. ISRAELI FOLK DANCING: No partner is required for a beginner-friendly session of circle dances. Social Hall, Ohavi Zedek

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NORTHFIELD WINTER FARMERS MARKET: A gathering place for local farmers, producers and artisans offers fresh produce, crafts and locally prepared foods. Plumley Armory, Norwich University, Northfield, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, northfieldfarmersmarketvt@gmail.com.

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Synagogue, Burlington, 7:309:30 p.m. $2. Info, 864-0218. NIA WITH SUZY — MOVE. SWEAT. BREATHE.: See FRI.6.

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VERMONT SPORTSCARD SHOW: See SAT.7. VERMONT SPRING BOOK, POSTCARD & EPHEMERA FAIR: Bibliophiles browse thousands of old, rare and antiquarian titles along with maps, letters and prints. See calendar spotlight. Hilton Burlington, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 527-7243.

film

See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section. ‘SCREENAGERS: GROWING UP IN THE DIGITAL AGE’: A documentary dials into the impact of tech time on childhood development. A discussion follows. Unitarian Church of Montpelier, 4-6 p.m. Donations. Info, 456-7400. ‘SPACE: UNRAVELING THE COSMOS 3D’: See WED.4. ‘WONDERS OF THE ARCTIC 3D’: See WED.4.

food & drink

CHOCOLATE TASTING IN BURLINGTON: See SAT.7. CHOCOLATE TASTING IN MIDDLESEX: Candy fanatics get an education on a variety of sweets made on site. Nutty Steph’s Granola & Chocolate Factory, Middlesex, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Info, 229-2090.

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film

music Find club dates at local venues in the music section and at sevendaysvt.com/music.

SOCIAL BAND: See SAT.7, First Unitarian Universalist Society of Burlington, 3-4:30 p.m. STELLARIA TRIO: See FRI.6, Rollins Chapel, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1 p.m. Free. Info, 603-646-2422.

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outdoors

WILDLIFE TRACKING CLUB: Outdoor enthusiasts seek signs of species in Burlington’s urban wilds. Rock Point Nature Trails, Burlington, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, trackingvt@gmail.com.

LGBTQ FIBER ARTS GROUP: A knitting, crocheting and weaving session welcomes all ages, gender identities, sexual orientations and skill levels. Pride Center of Vermont, Burlington, noon-2 p.m. Free. Info, 860-7812.

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sports

BEELINE RAMBLERS: Toes tap to blues, folk and old-time tunes. Deborah Rawson Memorial Library, Jericho, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 899-4962. DAYMÉ AROCENA: The singer introduces Afro-Cuban harmonies to neo-soul and jazz stylings. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7 p.m. $30. Info, 863-5966. GREEN MOUNTAIN YOUTH SYMPHONY SPRING CONCERT: The repertory, concert and senior orchestras present a crowdpleasing program. Barre Opera House, 2 p.m. $5-15; free for kids under 5. Info, 476-8188. MATTHEW ODELL & LESLIE STROUD: Solo and chamber works for piano and flute make up “Debussy: A 100 Year’s Celebration.” ArtisTree Community Arts Center &

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seminars

MAKING FRIENDS & FINDING COMMUNITY AS AN ADULT: After hearing a talk by local author Ryan Kriger, grown-ups get to know each other in a casual environment. Three Penny Taproom, Montpelier, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, ryan.kriger@ gmail.com.

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UKULELE MÊLÉE: Fingers fly at a group lesson on the fourstringed Hawaiian instrument. BYO uke. Fletcher Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4-6 p.m. Free. Info, reference@burlingtonvt.gov.

YOGA FOR FOLKS WITH LYME & RECOVERY GROUP: A restorative yoga practice paves the way for an open discussion focused on the path to wellness. Laughing River Yoga, Burlington, 2-3:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 343-8119.

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UPPER VALLEY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: Guest soprano Chiho Kaneko brings her powerful pipes to a program of Bach, Crawford Seeger, Sibelius and Schumann. Frances C. Richmond Middle School, Hanover, N.H., 3 p.m. $10; free for kids under 18. Info, 603-448-1642.

‘DIMANCHES’ FRENCH CONVERSATION: Parlez-vous français? Speakers practice the tongue at a casual drop-in chat. Local History Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, stevenorman@ fastmail.fm.

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COCHRAN’S NORDIC CROSS CHALLENGE: Five racers at a time wind their way down a custom-designed course complete with obstacles and jumps. Cochran’s Ski Area, Richmond, kids’ event, 11 a.m.; adult event, 12:30 p.m. $25. Info, 373-7204. WOMEN’S PICKUP SOCCER: Swift females shoot for the goal. Robert Miller Community & Recreation Center, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. $3; $50 for unlimited drop-in pass. Info, 864-0123.

theater

‘1776’: See FRI.6, 3 p.m. ‘DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS’: See THU.5, 2 p.m. ‘HEDY! THE LIFE & INVENTIONS OF HEDY LAMARR’: See SAT.7, 2-3:30 p.m.

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TRADITIONAL YOGA FLOW: Breath accompanies each transition during a vinyasa flow focused on body awareness and self-acceptance. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 9-10:15 a.m. $12. Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com.

ROBINSON & ROHE: See SAT.7, Whallonsburg Grange Hall, N.Y., 4-6 p.m. $5-12. Info, 518-963-7777.

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KARMA YOGA: Attendees practice poses while supporting the Richmond Food Shelf. Balance Yoga, Richmond, 10:30-11:30 a.m. $10; $5 with a food donation. Info, balanceyogavt@gmail. com.

NORTHEAST FIDDLERS ASSOCIATION MEETING: Lovers of this spirited art form gather to catch up and jam. Montpelier VFW Post, noon-5 p.m. Free; donations of nonperishable food items accepted. Info, 431-3901.

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health & fitness

MONTPELIER CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: See SAT.7, Montpelier High School, 4 p.m.

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KNIFE SHARPENING: Dull blades, be gone! Jim Cunningham of JRC Knife Sharpening whets cutting tools. Chef Contos Kitchen & Store, Shelburne, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. $4-5 per knife. Info, 497-3942.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS SUPER BINGO: Players fashion five in a row to raise funds for Camp TaKum-Ta. DoubleTree by Hilton, South Burlington, 12:30 p.m. $50 for 18 cards. Info, 343-9767.

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‘OUT OF JOINT HAMLET’: See SAT.7, 3 p.m.

words

MICHELLE BISSON: The awardwinning writer of Hedy’s Journey: The True Story of a Hungarian Girl Fleeing the Holocaust speaks as part of the Jewish Literary Series. A light supper is provided. Beth Jacob Synagogue, Montpelier, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 505-3657. PLATTSBURGH BIG READ: See WED.4. POETRY OPEN MIC: Penmen and -women deliver original verse at this celebration of the written word hosted by Bianca Amira Zanella. Phoenix Books Rutland, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 855-8078.

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CONTACT IMPROV: See WED.4, Aikido of Champlain Valley, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $4. Info, 864-7306. SALSA MONDAYS: Dancers learn the techniques and patterns of salsa, merengue, bachata and cha-cha. North End Studio A, Burlington, fundamentals, 7 p.m.; intermediate, 8 p.m. $12. Info, 227-2572.

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AMERICAN VETERANS VERMONT POST 1: Those who have served or are currently serving the country, including members of the National Guard and reservists, are welcome to join AMVETS for monthly meetings. American Legion, Post 91, Colchester, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 796-3098. BUFFALO DREAMING: Longtime dream practitioners help participants interpret their nighttime visions. ARTSight Studios & Galleries, Bristol, 6-8 p.m. $20. Info, 238-6607. JOB HUNT HELP: See THU.5, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. STAY TO STAY WEEKEND: See FRI.6.

film

See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section. ‘SPACE: UNRAVELING THE COSMOS 3D’: See WED.4. ‘WONDERS OF THE ARCTIC 3D’: See WED.4.

food & drink

BTV POLY COCKTAILS: Those who are polyamorous, in an open relationship or just curious connect over drinks. Drink, Burlington, 7 p.m.-midnight. Free; for ages 21 and up. Info, 253-310-8315. CELEBRITY WAIT-A-THON: Wellknown locals — think DJ Craig Mitchell and radio host Lisa Nagle — serve diners to raise tips for the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Burlington, Vermont. Waterworks Food +

Drink, Winooski, 5-8:30 p.m. Cost of food and drink; preregister. Info, 497-3525.

Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

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SPANISH GROUP CLASSES: Speakers brush up on their language skills en español. New Moon Café, Burlington, 5-6:30 p.m. $25. Info, maigomez1@ hotmail.com.

R3 — RANDOLPH REGION REENERGIZED KICKOFF EVENT: Friends and neighbors discuss their visions for the future of the Randolph region during six forums and a community dinner. Various Randolph locations, 3:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 225-6393.

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BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.4, 6:30 p.m. MAGIC: THE GATHERING — MONDAY NIGHT MODERN: Tarmogoyf-slinging madness ensues when competitors battle for prizes in a weekly game. Brap’s Magic, Burlington, 6:30-10 p.m. $8. Info, 540-0498. MAH JONGG: Competitors collect winning sets of tiles in this popular Chinese game. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3322.

health & fitness

ADVANCED SUN-STYLE TAI CHI, LONG-FORM: Elements of qigong thread through the youngest version of the Chinese martial art. Winooski Senior Center, 1011 a.m. Free. Info, 735-5467.

TECH HELP WITH CLIF: See WED.4, noon & 1 p.m.

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PLAYMAKERS: Playwrights develop new work in a collaborative setting. Off Center for the Dramatic Arts, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Donations. Info, theoffcenter@gmail.com. USIC | ROBINSON .7 | M &R SAT OH E

ALL-LEVELS HATHA YOGA: See WED.4. BONE BUILDERS EXERCISE CLASSES: See WED.4. BUTI YOGA: See WED.4.

HERBAL CONSULTATIONS: Clinical interns from the Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism evaluate individual constitutions and health conditions. City Market, Onion River Co-op, Downtown Burlington, 4-8 p.m. $10-30 plus cost of herbs; preregister. Info, 861-9700. MEDITATION: A group practice including sitting, walking, reading and discussion promotes mindfulness. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com. POWER YOGA: Yogis move, sweat and rock out to fun music. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 6-7 p.m. $12. Info, studio@zenbarnvt. com. SEATED TAI CHI: Movements are modified for those with arthritis and other chronic conditions. Winooski Senior Center, 11 a.m.noon. Free. Info, 735-5467.

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‘A CASE OF YOU’: JONI MITCHELL’S POETIC VISION: Audience participation is encouraged as Vermont Public Radio’s Reuben Jackson reads between the lines of Mitchell classics such as “Blue” and “Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter.” KelloggHubbard Library, Montpelier, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. MUST-READ MONDAYS: Lit lovers cover The Bone People by Keri Hulme. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955. PLATTSBURGH BIG READ: See WED.4.

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YIN YOGA: See SAT.7, 12-1:15 p.m.

NONVIOLENT ENGAGEMENT IN CONFLICT: Participants practice diffusing disputes peacefully. Mt. Mansfield Union High School, Jericho, 6-8 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, davidolafsin@ cesuvt.org.

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LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE: Bring a bag lunch to practice the system of communication using visual gestures.

KIDSAFE COLLABORATIVE OUTSTANDING SERVICE AWARDS: Area professionals and volunteers are recognized for their efforts to protect children from abuse and neglect. DoubleTree by Hilton, South Burlington, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. $30275. Info, 863-9626.

TIBETAN YOGA: A cleansing practice leads to greater clarity off the mat. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, noon-1:15 p.m. $12. Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com.

ADVANCED-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: Language learners perfect their pronunciation with guest speakers. Private residence, Burlington, 4:30-6 p.m. $20. Info, 324-1757.

dance

BEGINNER WEST COAST SWING & FUSION DANCING: Pupils get schooled in the fundamentals of partner dance. North End Studio B, Burlington, 8-9 p.m. $11-16. Info, burlingtonwestie@gmail. com. INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED WEST COAST SWING: Fun-loving folks learn the smooth, sexy stylings of modern swing dance. North End Studio A, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $11-16. Info, burlingtonwestie@gmail.com.

ADVANCED TAI CHI CLASS: See FRI.6.

GENTLE HONEY FLOW: A slow-moving yoga class awakens the body for the week ahead. Women’s Room, Burlington, 12:15 p.m. $16. Info, beth@prenatalmethod.com.

COMMUNITY CRAFT NIGHT: Makers stitch, spin, knit and crochet their way through projects while enjoying each other’s company. Local History Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3403.

FEAST TOGETHER OR FEAST TO GO: See FRI.6.

SWING DANCING: Quickfooted participants experiment with different forms, including the Lindy hop, Charleston and balboa. Beginners are welcome. Champlain Club, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $5. Info, 448-2930.

education

MASTER OF ARTS IN TEACHING OPEN MEETING: Members of the public join folks from the St. Mike’s education department to discuss a proposed new program. Room 102, St. Edmund’s Hall, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, noon. Free. Info, 654-2000.

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DANCE, PAINT, WRITE: DROP-IN: Creative people end their day with an energetic meditation, music, movement, intuitive painting, free writing and de-stressing. Expressive Arts Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $15. Info, 343-8172. LA LECHE LEAGUE MEETING: Nursing mothers share breastfeeding tips and resources. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 720-272-8841.

film

See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section. ‘AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH’: A 2016 documentary follows Al Gore on the lecture circuit as he educates the public on the dangers of global warming. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600. ‘SPACE: UNRAVELING THE COSMOS 3D’: See WED.4. ‘WONDERS OF THE ARCTIC 3D’: See WED.4.

food & drink

APRIL COFFEE TASTING: Participants take a close-up look at the coffees currently springing into season and at the different flavors found in each. Onyx Tonics Specialty Coffee, Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, onyxtonics@gmail.com. CONSCIOUS KITCHEN: HOW TO MAKE CULTURED VEGGIES: Fermentation is made fun and affordable in a culinary class complete with a demo, tastings and take-home recipes. Community Teaching Kitchen, City Market, Onion River Co-op, Burlington South End, 6-7:30 p.m. $5-10. Info, 861-9700. SIP & SKILL SHARE: CLOTHES MENDING: Are your damaged socks, pants and shirts piling up? Participants pick up a needle and thread and practice basic repairs. Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro, 6-7:30 p.m. $10-20; preregister. Info, 533-9370. SOURDOUGH BAKING: Local baker Sarah Barnes breaks down the steps of making naturally leavened loaves. Participants take home a starter culture. Fairfax Community Library, 6-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 849-2420.

games

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.4, 7 p.m.

health & fitness

BEGINNER/INTERMEDIATE SUNSTYLE TAI CHI, LONG-FORM: See THU.6, South Burlington Recreation & Parks Department, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 735-5467. BEGINNERS TAI CHI CLASS: See THU.5. BRANDON FITNESS BOOT CAMP: Hop to it! Get fit with strength, endurance, agility and coordination exercises. Otter Valley North Campus Gym, Brandon, 5-6 p.m. $12. Info, 343-7160. CHRONIC CONDITION? STRESS MANAGEMENT CAN HELP!: Individuals with a medically diagnosed stable chronic condition participate in eight weeks of Stress Management and Resiliency Training. University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 847-1089. DE-STRESS YOGA: A relaxing and challenging class lets healthy bodies unplug and unwind. Balance Yoga, Richmond, 5:45-7 p.m. $14. Info, 434-8401. FELDENKRAIS AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT: See FRI.6, 5:30-6:30 p.m. GENTLE FLOW YOGA: See THU.5. HATHA YOGA FLOW: This practice provides a great stretch and strengthens the body through a combination of sustained and flowing poses. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 5:30-6:45 p.m. $12. Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com. LOW-IMPACT FITNESS BOOT CAMP: Strength, agility, coordination and heart-healthy exercises are modified for folks of all ability levels. Charlotte

Senior Center, 9:15-10 a.m. $10. Info, 343-7160. PEACEFUL WARRIOR KARATE: Martial-arts training promotes healthy living for those in recovery. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 861-3150. PILATES: See WED.4, Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 7:30-8:30 a.m. $12. Info, studio@zenbarnvt. com. REIKI CLINIC: Thirty-minute treatments promote physical, emotional and spiritual wellness. JourneyWorks, Burlington, 3-5:30 p.m. $10-30; preregister. Info, 860-6203. R.I.P.P.E.D.: See SAT.7, 6-7 p.m. YIN YOGA — A FIVE-WEEK SERIES: Students practice a slow and simple — but not always easy — style of yoga. The Wellness Collective, Burlington, 6:45-8 p.m. $15 per class; preregister. Info, 540-0186. YOGA AT THE WINOOSKI VFW: Certified instructors guide veterans and their families through a series of poses. Arrive five to 10 minutes early. Second floor. Winooski VFW Hall, 6-7 p.m. Donations. Info, 655-9832. YOGA CORE FOR BABES: See THU.5.

language

‘LA CAUSERIE’ FRENCH CONVERSATION: Native speakers and learners are welcome to pipe up at an unstructured conversational practice. El Gato Cantina, Burlington, 4:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0195. LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: ITALIAN: Speakers hone their skills in the Romance language over a bag lunch. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. PAUSE-CAFÉ FRENCH CONVERSATION: Frenchlanguage fanatics meet pour parler la belle langue. Meet in the back room. ¡Duino! (Duende), Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 430-4652. SOCIAL GATHERING: Those who are deaf or hard of hearing or want to learn American Sign Language get together to break down communication barriers. The North Branch Café, Montpelier, 4-6 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 595-4001.

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SOCIAL GATHERING: Those who are deaf or hard of hearing or want to learn American Sign Language get together to break down communication barriers. The North Branch Café, Montpelier, 4-6 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 595-4001.

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Find club dates in the music section. CATHEDRAL ARTS NOON CONCERT: Classical connoisseurs bring a lunch to a performance of the six movements of Schubert’s “Octet in F Major.” The Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 802 879 5360. CELTIC WOMAN: Viewers catch a live stream of the Irish group’s epic staging of traditional songs, performed as part of the Homecoming Tour. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 7 p.m. $44.50-107. Info, 863-5966. OPEN JAM: Instrumentalists band together for a free-flowing musical hour. Borrow an instrument or bring your own. The Pathways Vermont Community Center, Burlington, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 300. OPEN MIC: Singers, players, storytellers and poets entertain a live audience at a monthly showcase of local talent. Wallingford Town Hall, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 446-2872.

VERMONT YOUTH ORCHESTRA CHORUS & CONCERT CHORALE: The theme “Feel the Spirit” threads through a concert conducted by Caleb Pillsbury and Billy Ray Poli. Elley-Long Music Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 7-8 p.m. $3-7. Info, 655-5030.

talks

CINDY PIERCE: Research meets humor in a hard-hitting talk about the realities kids confront in today’s media-driven world.

PLATTSBURGH BIG READ: See WED.4. POETRY TEA PARTY: ‘REMEMBERING ROBERT FROST’: Lit lovers join members of the Northeast Storytellers to honor the patron saint of Vermont poets with readings, reflections and more. St. Johnsbury House, 2-3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 751-5432.

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GREENER DRINKS: See WED.4.

community

COFFEE TALK: Friends, neighbors and AARP Vermont volunteers catch up on upcoming activities and issues facing older Vermonters. Maglianero, Burlington, 9-10 a.m. Free. Info, vt@aarp.org. COMMUNITY MEETING: Locals get the scoop on a soon-tobe-proposed Rutland city sign ordinance. Third-floor conference room, Rutland Regional Planning Commission, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 773-2747. SUPER SUPPER: Representatives of four community projects present for diners who vote to award one of the projects a $1,000 prize. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 6 p.m. $10. Info, 540-0406.

conferences

VERMONT TOURISM SUMMIT: A two-day gathering of industry professionals features educational sessions and opportunities for mingling. See vttourismsummit.org for details. The Equinox Resort & Spa, Manchester, 8 a.m. $50-300. Info, 865-5202.

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OPEN MIC NIGHT: Feats of comedy, music, poetry and storytelling fill five-, 10- and 15-minute time slots. Main Street Museum, White River Junction, 7-9 p.m. Donations. Info, info@mainstreetmuseum.org.

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‘THE BEST OF YOUTH’: Film buffs watch the second and third of three parts of a 2003 Italian drama that follows two brothers from the 1960s to the 2000s. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955. ‘AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL: TRUTH TO POWER’: Al Gore appears in this hard-hitting documentary about the perils of climate change. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600. ‘LOOK & SEE: WENDELL BERRY’S KENTUCKY’: An award-winning picture provides a portrait of rural America as seen through the eye of a writer, farmer and activist. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. ‘SPACE: UNRAVELING THE COSMOS 3D’: See WED.4.

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COMMUNITY MEAL: Diners dig into a hot lunch. United Church of Johnson, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1247.

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Book launch with Rachel Carter and Asher Ellis.

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CAROLINE SHAW: The Pulitzer Prize-winning composer discusses blurring genre boundaries and collaboration in musicmaking. Axinn Center, Starr Library, Middlebury College, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

THE MOTH: CAUGHT: Wordsmiths have five minutes to tell true tales inspired by a shared theme. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $10; preregister. Info, 540-0406.

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MEDICARE & YOU: AN INTRODUCTION TO MEDICARE: Members of the Central Vermont Council on Aging clear up confusion about the application process and plan options. Central Vermont Council on Aging, Barre, 3-5 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 479-0531.

BURLINGTON POETRY GROUP: Writers of verse ages 18 through 30 field constructive feedback on original works. Pickering Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, btvpoetry@gmail.com.

CELEBRATION OF SPRING: Community members join hands in new and traditional dances from various cultures. Potluck snacks follow. Bobbin Mill Community Center, Burlington, 6-9 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 777-2964.

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SALLY PINKAS: The pianist tickles the ivories with works that reflect on World War I and modern-day Syria, with a dose of uplifting Filipino salon music. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $10-27. Info, 603-646-2422.

SUICIDEGIRLS: BLACKHEART BURLESQUE: Billed as “the sexiest show on the planet,” this high-energy performance features pop-culture references, an indie soundtrack and a choreographed striptease. Higher Ground Ballroom, South Burlington, 8 p.m. $25-85. Info, 877-987-6487.

GREEN MOUNTAIN CHAPTER OF THE EMBROIDERERS’ GUILD OF AMERICA: Needle-andthread enthusiasts fine-tune their techniques. Living/Dining Room, Pines Senior Living Community, South Burlington, 9:30 a.m. Free for first-timers; bring a bag lunch. Info, 372-4255.

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A MOSAIC OF FLAVOR: THREE DISHES FROM IRAQ – MAQLUBA, KUBBA & FALAFEL: Sahar Al-Samarrae demonstrates the preparation of foods from her native country. Community Teaching Kitchen, City Market, Onion River Co-op, Burlington South End, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $5-10. Info, 861-9700. VERMONT FARMERS MARKET: See WED.4.

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AARP SMART DRIVER CLASS: Drivers ages 50 and up learn to safely navigate the road while addressing the physical changes brought on by aging. Hinesburg Recreation Department, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. $15-20; preregister. Info, 482-2281, ext. 230. FREE WORKSHOP: SHIFTING: Cyclists learn the basics of changing gears while chomping on complimentary pizza. Generator, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 863-4475.

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ALL-LEVELS HATHA YOGA: See WED.4. BONE BUILDERS EXERCISE CLASSES: See WED.4. CHAIR TAI CHI: See WED.4. EMPOWERED YOGA FLOW: See WED.4.

GENTLE YOGA IN WATERBURY: See WED.4. GINGER’S EXTREME BOOT CAMP: See WED.4. NIA WITH LINDA: See WED.4. PILATES: See WED.4. PRENATAL YOGA: See WED.4. RESTORATIVE YOGA: See WED.4. TOMGIRL WALKING CLUB: See WED.4. WEDNESDAY GUIDED MEDITATION: See WED.4. SEVENDAYSVT.COM

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BEGINNER & INTERMEDIATE/ ADVANCED ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSES: See WED.4. INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: See WED.4.

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Find club dates in the music section. CAROLINE SHAW: Vocal students band together with the award-winning composer, singer and violinist for a concert of her own music. Robison Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

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EN MOUNTAIN YOUT ‘IT CAN’T HAPPEN HERE’ GRE HS IC | YM S AUDITIONS: See SAT.7, 6:30U P |M H 8:30 p.m. .8 ‘NOISES OFF’: A British acting troupe is embroiled in its own backstage antics in Michael Frayn’s comedy, presented by Northern Stage. Barrette Center for the Arts, White River Junction, 7:30 p.m. $13.75-57.75. Info, 296-7000.

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CHRIS KILIAN & THE VERMONT BRIGADE: The Farmers Night Concert Series continues with “Brigade Suite,” a series of songs inspired by letters to and from Vermont soldiers fighting in the Civil War. House Chamber, Vermont Statehouse, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 828-2228.

TECHNOLOGY NIGHT: Facebook photo management becomes second nature during a class with Vermont Technical College’s Ken Bernard. Bring your own device. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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BANISH THE BURLINGTON MARATHON BLUES: Running instructor Sarah Richardson touts tips for staying injury-free while training for a long-distance race. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 6-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, info@ hungermountain.coop. WOMEN’S PICKUP BASKETBALL: See WED.4.

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LISA GUENTHER: The scholar sounds off in “The Living Death of Solitary Confinement and the Power of Collective Resistance.” Dion Family Student Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2000. MARLENE HECK: Thomas Jefferson’s “essay in architecture” is the foundation of “Building Monticello.” Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955. ‘RELATIONSHIPS, RESOURCES, RESILIENCY: STORIES OF WORKING WOMEN IN VERMONT’: Women United host an evening of networking with a panel discussion illuminating the value of female workers. 14th Star Brewing Co., St. Albans, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $25; cash bar. Info, 861-7831.

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DOWNLOAD AUDIO & E-BOOKS: Patrons get plugged into downloading library resources in a step-by-step workshop. Bring your device. Waterbury Public Library, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 244-7036. INTERMEDIATE GOOGLE DRIVE: Folks who are familiar with using

‘THE WIZARD OF OZ’: A lavish touring production takes audience members down the yellow brick road with colorful sets and classic songs. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 7 p.m. $35.50-77.75. Info, 863-5966.

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BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP: Selected titles spark conversation among readers. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3403. JACKSON ELLIS: Joined by authors Rachel Carter and Asher Ellis, the writer lets lit lovers in on his new novel, Lords of St. Thomas. Phoenix Books Burlington, 7 p.m. $3. Info, 448-3350. ‘NEW ENGLAND REVIEW’ VERMONT READING SERIES: Didi Jackson, Jodi Paloni, Ben Pease and Layla Santos share original poetry and fiction. Marquis Theatre & Southwest Café, Middlebury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 443-5075. PLATTSBURGH BIG READ: See WED.4. WEDNESDAY WORKSHOP: Lit lovers analyze works in progress penned by Burlington Writers Workshop members. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104. WILLIAM E. COLBY MILITARY WRITERS’ SYMPOSIUM: Author presentations, book signings and a panel discussion salute influential writers on current affairs and military history. Norwich University, Northfield, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free; additional cost for Meet the Author dinner; preregister. Info, 485-2965. WRITING CIRCLE: See WED.4. m

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agriculture BEEKEEPER APPRENTICESHIPS: You can learn how to be a successful beekeeper with a full season of essential skills. This apprenticeship program will cover foundation concepts, information and philosophies for a full warm-weather season of beekeeping. It is my honor to help you explore the world of the sacred honeybee. May-Oct. Cost: $35/ single day; $300/10 days before April 15; $350/10 days after April 15. Location: The Shaman’s Touch Apiary, Morrisville. Info: Anthony Pauly, 324-5769, theshamanstouch@yahoo.com, theshamanstouch.com.

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EXPLORING ABSTRACTION: PAINTING WORKSHOP: Instructor: Jenny Nelson. This class is designed to open the mind to abstract concepts as students discover spontaneous ways to create dynamic marks and lines. Sat. & Sun., Apr. 14-15, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Cost: $250/person; $225/ members. Location: Helen Day Art Center, 90 Pond St., Stowe. Info: 253-8358, education@helenday. com, helenday.com. FILMMAKING WORKSHOPS: Documentary Filmmaking Pre-Production (Friday, April 6); Production (Saturday, April 7); and Post-Production (Sunday, April 8) introduce participants to the approaches and techniques of documentary filmmaking, from project planning to filming, editing and distribution. The workshops are a series, but each may be taken individually. No prerequisites or previous experience required. Apr. 6-8. Cost: $95/ day. Location: O.N.E. Community Center, 20 Allen St., Burlington. Info: Bob Hooker, 388-4964, bhooker@vermontfolklifecenter. org, vermontfolklifecenter.org. SHELBURNE VINEYARD ART & WINE: Join Pennsylvania artist Jenel Schaffer for an artand-wine event at Shelburne Vineyard. She writes, “We will be making unique, collaged, pressed-plant sign boards with vintage barn wood. Each participant will be guided through this mixed-media art form and create something they will be proud to take home.” Sun., Apr. 15, 12:302:30 p.m. Cost: $30/2-hour class, plus 1 glass of wine. Location: Shelburne Vineyard, 6308 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne. Info: Jenel Schaffer, Jenel Schaffer, 717-673-7644, jbschafferartist@mail.com, facebook.com/ jbschafferartist.

WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP: 2018 Vermont Watercolor Society Workshop. Come join AWS and NWS watercolorist, teacher and author Gloria Miller Allen at the Landgrove Inn for this four-day workshop titled “Power Tools For Powerful Paintings.” Gloria will address awareness of personal strengths and weaknesses, individual preferences, emerging styles, and a focus on personal artistic goals. May 21-24. Cost: $450/4 days. Location: Landgrove Inn, 132 Landgrove Rd., Landgrove. Info: Joey Bibeau, 879-3965, jdbeebo@yahoo.com, vermontwatercolorsociety.com.

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Call 865-7166 for info or register online at burlingtoncityarts.org. Teacher bios are also available online. PHOTOGRAPHING POTTERY & CERAMIC ART: Learn how to take professional-quality digital images of your ceramic work in this hands-on workshop in our lighting studio. Whether you’re applying to art school, submitting work for an exhibition or putting together a website, you’ll leave this workshop with techniques that will improve your images and enhance your presentations. Bring a selection of pieces. Wed., Apr. 18, 6-9 p.m. Cost: $45/person; $40.50/members. Location: Burlington City Arts, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166.

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Choose from 1 to 5 days of art workshops for your child during Spring School Break. All basic supplies are included. Students must bring their bag lunch, and snacks will be provided.

CRAZY CREATURES: Create awe-inspiring creatures out of the pages of your favorite book, from your favorite movie or your imagination. Will your creature

have two or four heads? Will it be an animal or vegetable? You get to decide in this fun one-day camp that lets you get creative, through drawing, painting and craft. Ages 6-8. Wed., Apr. 25, 8-3 p.m. Cost: $70/ person; $63/members. Location: Burlington City Arts, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166. PAINTING: This one-day camp is designed for the young painter who wants to go beyond the typical tempera. Join us at BCA’s painting studio to experiment with watercolors and acrylic on paper or canvas, large or small. Have fun while learning new techniques that will help you make even better paintings. Ages 6-11. Tue., Apr. 24, 8-3 p.m. Cost: $70/person; $63/members. Location: Burlington City Arts, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166. PHOTOGRAPHY: Explore photography in our black-andwhite darkroom and digital lab! Campers will go on guided photo shoots and will create prints in this fun, hands-on day. Ages 9-11. Wed., Apr. 25, 8-3 p.m. Cost: $70/ person; $63/members. Location: Burlington City Arts, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166.

culinary COOKING CLASS: Hands-on cooking class. Have fun, learn, and enjoy what you make! BYOB Example Pasta Course: In a beautiful mountain setting, make fresh fettuccini, ravioli, tortellini, plus delicious fillings and sauces. Chef Ted helped establish Vermont farm-totable movement. Credentials include “Top 25 Restaurants in America” in Food & Wine magazine, etc. Ongoing. Cost: $75/2-3 hours; minimum two persons. Location: Vermont Food Odyssey, Bridgewater Corners. Info: TLC Moon Events, Linda Fondulas, 342-1513, tlcmoon@ vermontel.net, facebook.com/ vermontfoododyssey.

dance ARGENTINE TANGO CLASSES: Argentine tango is intimate, elegant and passionate. Beginners: step into the basics (wearing socks or clean, leathersoled shoes). Intermediates: explore sacadas, soltadas and syncopation. Come solo or bring a friend for a discounted fee. Instructor Elizabeth Seyler of Tango Wise creates playful, inviting and gender-neutral classes. Queen City Tango hosts. Sat., Apr. 7, 14, 21 & 28. Beg: 10-11 a.m. Int: 11 a.m.-noon. Practice noon12:30 p.m. Cost: $15/class; $50/4 classes (paid at first class); $90/4 classes for two people (paid at first class). Location: Champlain Club, 22 Browe Court, Burlington. Info: Queen City Tango, Elizabeh Seyler, 3999834, elizabethmseyler@gmail. com, queencitytango.org. DANCE STUDIO SALSALINA: Salsa classes, nightclub-style, group and private, four levels. Beginner walk-in classes, Wed.,

6 p.m. $15/person for one-hour class. No dance experience, partner or preregistration required, just the desire to have fun! Drop in anytime and prepare for an enjoyable workout. Location: 266 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Victoria, 598-1077, info@salsalina.com. DSANTOS VT DANCE CLASSES: New classes, new location! Come join the fun. Weekly classes in salsa, bachata, kizomba, kuduro. No partner or experience needed. Beginner drop-in classes. Salsa, Mon., 7-8 p.m.; Kizomba, Wed., 8-9 p.m.; Bachata, Thu., 6-7 p.m. Cost: $15/1-hour class. Location: Dsantos VT Dance Studio, 294 N. Winooski Ave., Unit 112A, Burlington. Info: Jon Bacon, 227-2572, dsantosvt.com.

for a weekend intensive in scalable greenhouse design and construction for farm and homestead! We’ll explore greenhouse designs and strategies for maximizing productivity, stacking functions and honing in on techniques for building a familysize greenhouse. The course culminates in a start-to-finish construction of a backyard-size gothic-arch greenhouse. Sat. & Sun., Apr. 14 & 15, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $100-$180 sliding scale. Location: Eleven Acre Farm, 2044 Prindle Rd., Charlotte. Info: 495-1270, burlingtonpermaculture@gmail.com, bit.ly/2ueDzj5.

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drumming TAIKO AND DJEMBE CLASSES IN BURLINGTON!: New drumming sessions begin weeks of Mar. 3 and May 1. Taiko for Adults: Tue., 5:30-6:20 p.m.; Wed., 6:30-8:20 p.m. Djembe for Adults: Wed., 5:30-6:20 p.m. Taiko for Kids and Parents: Tue., 4:30-5:20 p.m. Djembe for Kids and Parents: Wed., 4:30-5:20 p.m. Drums provided. Conga classes, too! Online schedule, registration. Location: Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., Suite 3G, Burlington. Info: 999-4255, burlingtontaiko.org.

fitness RIPPED: THE ONE-STOP BODY SHOCK: This total-body program combines Resistance, Intervals, Power, Plyometrics and Endurance in ways that are fun, safe, doable and extremely effective. Along with driving, motivating music, participants jam through class with smiles, determination and strength. No boredom here! R.I.P.P.E.D. is tough, yet doable for all fitness levels. Tue., 6-7 p.m.; Sat., 9-10 a.m. Cost: $10/1-hour class. Location: North End Studio A, 294 North Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Tweak Your Physique, Stephanie Shohet, 578-9243, steph.shohet@ gmail.com, rippedplanet.com/ instructor/stephanie_shohet.

gardening BEGINNERS GARDENING COURSE: The Community Teaching Garden is a hands-on organic gardening course for adults. Participants learn how to plant, cultivate, harvest and preserve fresh vegetables. Registration has been extended to Apr. 15. Enroll at vcgn.org. Fee includes use of individual plots and shared garden areas, seeds, seedlings, tools and materials. Mon. & Thu., May 7-Oct. 4, 6-8 p.m. $470/half plot, $520/full plot. Location: Ethan Allen Homestead, 1 Ethan Allen Homestead, Burlington. Info: VT Community Network, 861-4769. INTRO TO GREENHOUSE DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION: 4-SEASON FOOD SECURITY: Join Burlington permaculture and greenhouse guru Christopher Chaisson

BLACKSMITHING: MAKING A KNIFE: Your knife will be forged from 1084 high-carbon steel and have a handle made from local Vermont hardwood from currier forest products or maroon linen micarta. If time allows, we will make a sheath for the finished knife. Learn more about classes at generatorvt.com/classes. Wed., May 16-Jun. 6, 6-9 p.m. Location: Generator, 40 Sears Ln., Burlington. Info: 540-0761. BLOCK PRINTING WITH THE LASER CUTTER: You no longer have to carve wood by hand to create printing blocks. The laser cutter can etch away the recesses from students’ hand-drawn or digital designs. After the blocks have been cut, the class will create the final prints on high-quality cardstock. Learn more about classes at generatorvt.com/ classes. Mon., May 14 & 21, 6-9 p.m. Location: Generator, 40 Sears Ln., Burlington. Info: 540-0761. MAPLE & CHERRY BOX: Learn how to build a maple and cherry hardwood box in one of three styles (slip-cap-top, hinged or slide top) using all wood joinery. This class qualifies as WoodShop 1 & 2 Training for members. Learn more about classes at generatorvt.com/classes. Wed., May 16-Jun. 6, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Location: Generator, 40 Sears Ln., Burlington. Info: 540-0761. VR 3D PRINTING: Virtual Reality makes it possible to create something from literally nothing! Using Virtual Reality (HTC vive) you will create your own 3D sculptures and bring them to life! Learn more about classes at generatorvt.com/classes. Thu., May 31, 6-9 p.m. Location: Generator, 40 Sears Ln., Burlington. Info: 540-0761.

herbs HERBAL APPRENTICESHIP: Introductory experience focusing on Backyard Herbs for Vibrant Health! Learn native and locally grown medicinals, identification, cultivation, harvesting and honorable wildcrafting. Make herbal preparations of all kinds, inspiring joyful creation! Meets

weekly on Wednesdays in the Burlington area. Visit website for more information and application due Apr. 15. Wed., May 2-Nov. 7. Cost: $1,200/138 hours. Location: Spoonful Herbals, Burlington. Info: Spoonful Herbals, 860-6035, info@spoonfulherbals.org, spoofulherbals.org. WISDOM OF THE HERBS 2018: Learn to identify herbaceous plants, trees and shrubs in fields, edges and woodlands, as well as weeds of the garden. Prepare wild edibles and herbal home remedies with intention and gratitude. Join a nurturing circle of fellow plant-lovers in a relaxed, grounded atmosphere. On-site camping available. All skill-levels are welcome! Apr. 21-22, May 19-20, Jun. 16-17, Jul. 14-15, Aug. 11-12, Sep. 8-9, Oct. 6-7, Nov. 3-4, 2018, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $2,750/96 hours. Location: Wisdom of the Herbs School, 1005 County Rd., Woodbury. Info: Annie McCleary, 456-8122, annie. mccleary@gmail.com, wisdomoftheherbsschool.com.

kids MOUNTAIN BIKE CAMP: Catamount’s Mountain Bike Camp Program was established in 1994 and is now entering its 24th year. Last summer, more than 400 campers came through our program. Our facility offers a wonderful network of 20 miles of trails on nearly 500 acres of scenic and historic property conveniently located just 9 miles from Burlington and within easy access of much of Chittenden County and beyond. Our camps serve youth ages 6 to 16. In addition to our traditional coed mountain bike camps, we offer cross-country running camps; and for the big kids we have adult coed and women’s-only mountain bike clinics. May 12-Aug. 10. Lower costs are associated with half-day camps. Location: Catamount Outdoor Family Center, 592 Governor Chittenden Rd., Williston. Info: Catamount Outdoor Family Center, Tag Carpenter, 879-6001, tagc@ catamountoutdoor.com, http:// catamountoutdoorfamily center.org.

language ABSOLUMENT FRENCH CLASSES: Oh la la! Spring French Adult Session. Rev up your brain. Been wanting to learn French for awhile? Held in beautiful cozy studio. Interactive, fun, structured, supportive. Experienced instructor, lived in West Africa/ Paris. Makes a great gift aussi for the francophile in your life. Wed., Apr. 4-May 23. Beginner French: 5-6:30 p.m. Adv. Beg./ Intermediate French: 6:30-8 p.m. Cost: $240/8-week class. Location: Wingspan Studio, 4A Howard St., Burlington. Info: Madame Maggie Standley, 2337676, maggiestandley@gmail. com, wingspanstudiovt.com. SIGN UP NOW & LEARN SPANISH: Our Spanish classes just started, and you can still sign up! Learn from a native speaker via small

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classes with continual participation. Lesson packages for travelers. Lessons for young children; they love it. English as second language instruction online. Our 12th year. See our website or contact us for details. Cost: $225/10 weekly classes of 90+ min. each. Location: Spanish in Waterbury Center, Waterbury Center. Info: 585-1025, spanishparavos@gmail. com, spanishwaterburycenter. com.

martial arts MARTIAL WAY: Colchester and Milton locations. Classes in selfdefense, karate, kung fu, jiu jitsu and tai chi. We have 14 different age and experience levels, so the training is always age- and skillappropriate. Beginner or experienced, fit or not yet, young or not anymore, we have a class for you! Days and evenings; see website for schedule and fees. Location: Martial Way Self Defense Center, 73 Prim Rd., Colchester, Colchester. Info: David Quinlan, 893-8893, info@martialwayvt. com, martialwayvt.com.

tai chi BEGINNER TAI CHI IN BURLINGTON: At Long River Tai Chi Circle, we practice Cheng Man-ch’ing’s “simplified” 37 posture Yang-style form. The three pillars of our study are Form, Sensing Hands and Sword. Patrick is a senior instructor at Long River in Vermont and New Hampshire and will be teaching the classes in Burlington. Starts May 2, 9-10 a.m. Open registration through May 30. Cost: $65/ mo. 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: 8647902, ipfamilytaichi.org.

well-being INTUITIVE AWARENESS, ENERGY WORK, E.F.T. & EXPRESSIVE ARTS: Open to joy! Tune into your body, mind and spirit. Learn tools to clear and reset your energy; develop clarity, awareness and compassion; and live from a place of well-being, truth and joy. Taught by Naomi Mitsuda, intuitive coach and energy healer. Offered at Spirit Dancer, Sacred Mountain Studio, Great Tree Therapy and in the South End of Burlington. Location: Various locations around, Burlington. Info: Naomi Mitsuda, 658-5815, naomimitsuda@gmail.com.

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HONEST YOGA: Honest yoga offers practices for all levels. We just expanded to have two practice spaces! Your children can practice in one room while you practice in the other. No need for childcare. Yoga and dance classes ages 3 and up. Brand-new beginners’ course: This includes two specialty classes per week for four weeks plus unlimited access to all classes. We have daily heated and alignment classes kids classes in yoga and dance. We hold yoga teacher trainings at the 200- and 500-hour levels, as well as children and dance teacher training courses. Check our our website for dance classes and yoga summer camps! Daily classes & workshops. $50/new student (1 month unlimited); $18/ class; $140/10-class card; $15/ class for student or senior; or $110/10-class punch card; $135/ mo. adult memberships; $99/ mo. kid memberships. Location: Honest Yoga Center, 150 Dorset St., Blue Mall, next to Hana, South Burlington. Info: 497-0136, honestyogastudio@gmail.com, honestyogacenter.com.

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THE SPIRITUAL ADVENTURE OF OUR TIME: Carl Jung was one of the few psychiatrists to regard religion as an innate human instinct. This course explores what Jung meant by this, his condemnation of “creeds,” and his stress on spiritual literacy, symbology, and finding meaning in life. The book we use, The Spiritual Adventure of Our Time, will be provided to participants. Led by Sue Mehrtens. Apr. 18, 25 & May 2, 9, 16 & 23. Cost: $75/series. Location: Jungian Center for the Spiritual Sciences, 55 Clover Lane, Waterbury. Info: Sue, 244-7909,

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utting a record can be a stressful process, especially in a professional recording studio. Most bands in the Burlington area work on shoestring budgets, and the ticking clock of a studio’s hourly rate can be menacing. But one local joint has a leg up on calming and soothing its clients — four legs, actually. Williston’s Robot Dog Studio is named after proprietor Ryan Cohen’s English setter-collie mix. The luxuriously coated canine is the studio’s mascot and de facto therapy dog. To stroke your fingers through Robot’s silky tresses is pure bliss. It’s hard to imagine feeling stressed with such a friendly pooch at your feet. They say pets take after their owners, and the adage certainly applies to Robot. Cohen, 35, is calm, collected and the essence of chill. But despite his laid-back demeanor, the engineer is one of the most prolific and hardworking in the area. He estimates that he’s recorded nearly 60 bands in the last several years and, in 2017 alone, nearly 300 tracks. About three-quarters of those have been completely finalized, a feat he

facetiously credits to “having no life and being a workaholic.” After years of amassing a client base by offering his services for well below industry rate, Cohen has established his studio as a top-tier choice for locals looking to make an album.

I’m way better at helping other people get there.” The bearded, curly-haired man was born and raised across Lake Champlain in Moriah, N.Y. A student of graphic design, Cohen originally moved to the Queen City to pursue design and market-

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“I’ve never been a huge musician, or particularly talented,” he tells Seven Days from behind his mixing console. He’s half joking, given his proficiency on multiple instruments. Cohen currently plays bass in the Burlington alt-rock band Phantom Suns. “At one point, I may have wanted to be a rock star,” he admits. “But I realized

ing. Eventually, his passion for recording overtook his other interests. Cohen started his career with DIY recording setups in basements around town. One of his earliest projects was Burlington indie-rock band Villanelles’ 2010 self-titled debut. Cohen transitioned into his life as a full-time engineer and producer in 2014,

setting up shop in a nondescript office park. After some slight renovations, the previously cramped cluster of rooms became two larger ones connected by a sliding glass door. Vivid wall paint and a disco ball give it a fun and inviting atmosphere. “My skills and my repertoire improved by leaps and bounds in the first month of [recording] full time,” he says. “I learned and progressed probably as much as the 10 [previous] years.” The venture was a huge financial risk for Cohen. Early on, his margins were razor thin. “I knew [the math] didn’t quite add up at first, but I really wanted to do it,” he says. Robot Dog has worked with clients from just about every genre. But rock music is its bread and butter, especially hard-edged varietals like metal and hardcore. Matt Hall, who plays in a number of punk-ish outfits in Plattsburgh, N.Y., including Bren and Marco Polio, worked with Cohen on six different projects in the last two years. “He’s a very empathetic listener,” Hall writes in an email. “He’s able to recognize what works and what doesn’t in a certain style, genre or sound.” Hall also notes Cohen’s efficiency and speed: “You can walk into Robot Dog and get right to work.” Cohen is usually able to track an album in a couple of days — sometimes fewer. “Obviously, it’s a different kind of result than if you’re going to break down every song and spend a couple of days on [each],” he says. But his expertise in live recording is often what attracts bands to Robot Dog in the first place. Cohen says that some of his clients view him as producer, while others see him as engineer. “I really don’t try to inflict my tastes on people,” he says. “I’m a more engineering-type producer. In a lot of cases I’m doing the same thing, no matter what my title is in the project.” “I’ve worked with engineers who have a sort of audible signature on their recordings that don’t always benefit [the record],” writes Hall. “Ryan is able to constantly adapt and stay transparent.” Speaking of transparency, Cohen regularly invites the world into his studio via session videos. Using a knockoff GoPro camera fit with a fish-eye lens, GO, DOG, GO

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I think we can all agree that farts are funny. Flatulence-based humor doesn’t even need to be embedded in a wellcrafted, nuanced joke. Farts are hilarious just the way they are. I’m not ashamed to admit that my friends and I have an ongoing joke about farts. You ask someone, “Hey, did you hear the news?” They say, “No.” Then you fart. After a beat, you add, “I didn’t say it was good news.” Equating gas with “news” opened up a whole world of riffing for my group. After a mild-smelling toot, a friend might say, “That news was fair and balanced.” Sometimes, you might think you have one brewing, but then nothing comes out. That’s a perfect example of “fake news.” The possibilities are endless. Unfortunately, comedy derived from bodily functions often comes with an unfair double standard for women. It’s common for male-centric comedy to focus on dick jokes, ejaculation humor and plenty of other body-related buffoonery. But there are still stigmas surrounding a lot of female-specific biological processes — not the least of which is the enigmatic queef.

I’ve been told that some people might not know what that is, so let me spell it out: A queef is an expulsion of air from the vagina. BuzzFeed published a quick primer of the seldom-discussed eruption in late 2016. You should read it, because it’s quite enlightening. A 2009 episode of “South Park” titled “Eat, Pray, Queef” got to the heart of the

queef double standard pretty well. The show’s in-universe Canadian comedy duo Terrance and Philip, known exclusively for their ham-fisted farthumor television program, are shocked and horrified when their network broadcasts a similar program featuring sisters Katherine and Katie Queef. The women’s program is identical to Terrance and Philip’s, except that instead of farting, they push air out of their vaginas. The male residents of South Park, many of whom worship Terrance and Philip, are equally horrified when they watch the new show, and they begin a campaign to get it canceled. So why the hell am I ranting about farts and queefs in this column? Great question. On Sunday, April 8, Vermont expat comedian KENDALL FARRELL — who is now based in New York City — and Boston-based comic PAMELA ROSS present the debut of Queef Live! at Half Lounge in Burlington. The standup showcase is the first the two longtime friends have copresented, and they’re united in their campaign to raise awareness and obliterate negative stereotypes about myriad bodily functions. “The idea’s a little out there,” Farrell tells Seven Days by phone. “Pamela possesses a very special ability to queef on command. It’s very inspiring and empowering — and funny.” You read that right, folks. Though not the main focus, Ross will conclude the show by queefing directly into a microphone. “I think the fluids and sounds that a woman’s body produces are just as funny as semen and a man’s farts,” says Ross in the same phone call. “We just want to break that glass ceiling. That’s important, culturally.” “Also, queefs are hygienic, so they’re funny and less bad for the air than farts,” supposes Farrell. He’s not wrong. The air expelled in a queef originates outside a woman’s body. It’s pulled inside by certain ways a woman flexes her pelvic muscles. Farts, on the other hand, are an expulsion of gasses that are released in the digestive tract as food is broken down. “A lot of comedy shows today are kind of serious and trying to change the world,” Farrell says. “I think this

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radio program, “Sounds of Burlington,” on WBKM 107.1 FM. Throughout the recording process, Cohen was attentive, gracious and hospitable, offering up a selection of brews from Burlington Beer, his neighbors in the building. Cohen’s rates are listed on his website, and he encourages clients to think carefully about how they want to spend their money. Most of the time, he says, people want to walk away with a fulllength album. But, given consumers’ short attention spans, Cohen has been pushing his clients toward scaling down and thinking twice about spreading resources too thinly across their project.

CAFE ANNA: PoemCity presents Los Lorcas: Poetry in Concert (eclectic), 7 p.m., free. CAFE ANNA: Los Lorcas: Poetry in Concert with Partridge Boswell, Peter Money and Nat Williams (guitar and spoken word), 7 p.m., free. GUSTO’S: Open Mic Night, 8 p.m., free. SWEET MELISSA’S: Dave Langevin (piano), 6 p.m., free.

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“I’m trying to encourage people to make less songs and spend more time on them,” he says. “It’s a hard conversation to have. [People] don’t think an EP or a single is a real thing, or enough. “But there’s so much stuff out there,” Cohen continues. “You’re lucky if you get someone to listen to one of your songs.” Though he’s the sole proprietor, Cohen frequently uses the word “we” when talking about the goings-on at the studio — and he’s not just referring to himself and Robot. “I think everything here is a team effort,” he says, noting that “we” means

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himself and the bands with whom he works. “I get invested in the projects, and I hopefully get the bands invested in the recording process.” Robot seems invested, too. You’d think that thrashing guitars and thunderous drums would send a pup fleeing, but not him. “Nothing freaks him out,” Cohen says with a smile. Contact: jordan@sevendaysvt.com

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comedy show is trying to change the world but also [doesn’t take] itself too seriously.” Ross first discovered her talent when she was a teenager. The comedian claims she has complete control over her ability, the only exception being the occasional unplanned mid-intercourse queef. “My first queef predated my first orgasm by, like, four years,” she says. “It was a way that I got to know myself and my own body better. I was like, Wow. I guess I don’t know how this thing works at all. “I didn’t think anyone would be super excited by it,” she continues. “And then I came along,” quips Farrell. “I’ve never been more excited for anything in my whole life.” But the body-function double standard doesn’t stop with queefs. Ross says plenty of other things need to be similarly destigmatized. “A huge one is menstruation,” she says. “Society at large [views] something so natural and obviously essential to reproduction as gross, weird or unsanitary when it’s really none of those things.” Speaking of things that are perfectly natural… “There’s still a lot of squeamishness around women pooping,” Ross continues. “It’s a little dehumanizing when people deny that we even have those kinds of bodily functions. Maybe the next one will be called Poop Live!” “And we’ll take a shit onstage,” Farrell interjects. Given that live queefing is only a small part of the show, you might be wondering what you’ll actually see. “We spoke to [comics] who we know already have themes of body-positivity in their sets,” says Farrell. Among those performing on Sunday are locals BITSY BIRON, NICOLE SISK, CARL SONNEFELD, the T-BONE (aka TYLER DENTON) and JESS REED, plus New York City-based comic CONNOR CREAGEN. Because this is largely a music column, allow me to bring it home: I’ve seen people play “music” by forcing air through cupped hands. Is

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BACKSTAGE PUB & RESTAURANT: Karaoke with Jenny Red, 9 p.m., free.

JUNIPER: Dr. Sammy Love (soul, pop), 9 p.m., free.

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Start Making Sense: Talking Heads Tribute, 8:30 p.m., $12/15.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Town Meeting, Golden Oak (folk, Americana), 7:30 p.m., $10. DJ Taka (eclectic vinyl), 11 p.m., $5.

HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Brent Cobb & Them, Savannah Conley (soul, countryfunk), 7:30 p.m., $12/15.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: DJ Disco Phantom (eclectic dance), 10 p.m., free.

MONKEY HOUSE: Re[volt] featuring DJs Tyrant, Xenthrak and Torex (dark-wave, EBM), 10 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., free. Formula 5 and Goose, Deep River Saints (jam), 9 p.m., $5.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Fender Benders (rock), 5 p.m., free. Phil Abair Band (rock), 9 p.m., free.

RADIO BEAN: Friday Morning SingAlong with Linda Bassick & Friends (kids’ music), 11 a.m., free. Anna Rose and Andrea Nardello (rock), 7:30 p.m., free. Ports of Spain (indie rock), 10 p.m., $5. Al’s Pals (jam, funk), 11:30 p.m., $5. RED SQUARE: Andy and Andy (rock), 4 p.m., free. Josh Panda & the Hot Damned (rock, soul), 7 p.m., $5. DJ

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BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Art Herttua and Ray Caroll (jazz), 6 p.m., free. CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Matt Olson (folk-punk), 6 p.m., free. Carrie Nation & the Speakeasy (folk, roots), 9 p.m., free.

GUSTO’S: Ted Mortimer (acoustic), 5 p.m., free. AliT (singer-songwriter), 6 p.m., free. Imagine That (rock covers), 9 p.m., $5.

upper valley

SWEET MELISSA’S: Honky Tonk Happy Hour with Mark LeGrand, 5:30 p.m., donation. Robert Morgan (pirate shanties), 8 p.m., free. The Starline Rhythm Boys (rockabilly), 9 p.m., $5.

outside vermont

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EL TORO: Django Soulo (singersongwriter), 7 p.m., free. MOOGS PLACE: Chris Lyon (solo acoustic), 6 p.m., free. Troy Millette (folk-rock), 9 p.m., free. TRES AMIGOS & RUSTY NAIL STAGE: DJs Big Dog & Jahson (reggae), 8:30 p.m., $5. Reggae Night with DJ Big Dog and Jahson, 9 p.m., $5.

mad river valley/ waterbury

ZENBARN: Brooklyn Circle with Special Guest Michael Louis-Smith (jazz), 9 p.m., $5.

middlebury area

CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: Dirty Looks Band (rock), 9:30 p.m., free.

rutland/killington

PICKLE BARREL NIGHTCLUB: Never in Vegas (rock), 8 p.m., $10-20.

champlain islands/ northwest

TWIGGS — AN AMERICAN GASTROPUB: John Smyth and Jenn Croteau (Americana), 7 p.m., free.

THE ENGINE ROOM: The Tricksters (rock covers), 8 p.m., free.

MONOPOLE: PSU Mambo Combo (Cuban), 10 p.m., free. MONOPOLE DOWNSTAIRS: Happy Hour Tunes & Trivia with Gary Peacock, 5 p.m., free.

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ARTSRIOT: Harsh Armadillo. JUPTR (funk, jazz), 8 p.m., $8/$10. BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: Shane Hardiman (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. FOAM BREWERS: Birdgangs (rock), 8 p.m., free. JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free. JUNIPER: EmaLou & the Beat (folk, soul), 9 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Honey & Soul (folk, soul), 7:30 p.m., free. DJ Taka (eclectic vinyl), 11 p.m., $5. NECTAR’S: Glenn Roth (fingerstyle guitar), 7 p.m., free. The Tenderbellies with Special Guests (bluegrass), 9 p.m., $5. RADIO BEAN: Liz Buchanan (children’s music), 11 a.m., free. River Halo (roots, folk), 1 p.m., free. Eugene Tyler Band (Americana), 7 p.m., free. RED SQUARE: Left Eye Jump (blues), 4 p.m., free. Sasquatch (electronic, downtempo), 7 p.m., $5. RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Raul (salsa, reggaeton), 6 p.m., free. DJ Reign One (EDM), 11 p.m., $5. SAT.7

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space to more fully sink into their roles. Jean’s lyrics are as disquieting and selfeffacing as ever, further emphasizing that she’s a formidable artist with sharp instincts. And the way she shifts between full-force belting and trembling whisper-singing feels representative of the emotional whiplash of life in your twenties.

Perhaps most noticeable about the new record is its heaviness. Loose Tooth was hefty, too, both emotionally and sonically. But it was a bit manic. Luck feels more even-keeled and lands solidly in grunge and shoegaze territory. Hardly a trace remains of the alt-country-ish strains of its predecessor. The group also makes some bold compositional and structural choices, which are further evidence of its cohesion. “Owen” flits back and forth between 4/4 and 3/4 time signatures, the junctions of which are smooth and organic. Waves of blaring guitar repeatedly punch the downbeat, masking Jean’s climactic, rafter-scraping wails. Like a grungy reimagining of an “American Bandstand” slow dance, “Dumb Smile” recalls the golden era of rock. The lead guitar’s slap-back echo ushers in a stark void before exploding into a voluminous full-band spread. The song fades into oblivion with Jean repeatedly asking a rhetorical question:

“Will I ever stop acting like a goddamn child?” She sings through a peppy filter over blaring riffs on garage-rock banger “Junior.” About 60 seconds in, Slater doubles the tempo as Holt’s guitar has a frenetic sonic meltdown. At just under two minutes, the song proves how much oomph the group can pack into small spaces. On “Get Out,” a chilly second cousin of Loose Tooth’s wistful waltz “Crazy,” Jean crystallizes romantic anxiety in its opening line: “I keep my home tidy in case you decide to drop by.” With a charismatic front woman and rock-solid instrumental lineup, Clever Girls seem poised to break out into the larger cultural landscape. We’re lucky to have them in our backyard. Luck is available at clevergirlsmusic. bandcamp.com. Clever Girls celebrate its release on Thursday, April 5, at ArtsRiot in Burlington.

blend until Crowley begins to sing about a “clear water dream” with his delicate, searching voice. Crowley, formerly of California rockers Cities on the Moon, brought in producer and virtuoso guitarist David William Ross to produce the record. Together they have created quite a sonic blend. Ross does more than simply produce. He uses his deep background in

classical, jazz and experimental music to layer For Posterity in gossamer. Ross weaves a foundation of lush beauty and haunting sounds that give the record a clear character. He also picks up his Stratocaster on occasion and rips it when the mood strikes. It can’t be overstated how gorgeous the record sounds. It’s a well-considered beauty as well, rich with expertly crafted tones meant to match the colors with which Crowley paints his songs. “Saved by the Asphalt” is a lovely testament to that approach. “One by one we counted stars in the sky all night / Silhouettes cast dark in the sunrise just right,” he sings over acoustic guitar plucked like a ticking clock. As the gates of his memories swing open wide, so too does the music. The band assumes a relaxed country groove while organ and pedal steel swirl — courtesy of Josh Evans and Reilly Graham, respectively. In Vermont, alt-country is a rich and crowded field. Here, too, is a double-edged sword: All that talent makes it tough to stand out. Crowley

has ability in spades, as well as originality. However, what sets his songs, and his record, apart is the heavy lean into psychedelic pastures. “Burgundy and Brick” and the two instrumental passages, “Nighthawks” and “Nighthawks II,” offer exquisite examples of how to use ambience and carefully placed noise to flesh out songs. The approach is especially effective on the sprawling epic “City of Fountains.” Crowley begins by crooning over his guitar not unlike Kelly Ravin or Dan Zura — he’s solidly in beautiful, country-tinged troubadour mode. Once the band moves in, the song morphs like a butterfly from a bluesy, pop-rock number into an almost Yeslike progressively pastoral outro jam. It’s a colossally impressive song on a colossally impressive record. Deep River Saints celebrate For Posterity with an album release show on Friday, April 6, at Nectar’s in Burlington. Preorder the record at deepriversaints.bandcamp.com.

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When Burlington’s Clever Girls burst onto the scene in 2017 with their debut EP, Loose Tooth, the release came with the promise of a quick turnaround for a subsequent full-length. One year later, their debut LP, Luck, fulfills that promise and heralds a new age for the group. Think of the EP as raw cookie dough: Sure, it’s undeniably delicious. But you wouldn’t know what you were missing if you’d never had a snickerdoodle fresh out of the oven. Luck proves to be a fully baked, aromatic and addictive offering. Originally a trio of songwriter/ guitarist Diane Jean, guitarist/bassist Winfield Holt and drummer Rob Slater, Clever Girls have solidified as a quartet with bassist Tobias Sullivan, who also played alongside Holt and Slater in retro-pop outfit 1881. Scaling up to a four-piece has provided everyone the

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I had a music teacher once tell me that nostalgia was a double-edged sword for an artist. While looking wistfully to the past could easily send a musician down a rich vein of inspiration, it could also become a highway straight to stagnation and repetition — two of a songwriter’s main enemies. Patrick Crowley, front man and songwriter for Deep River Saints, has approached the subject with a different mind set. The band’s newest release, For Posterity, is a testament to nostalgia and all that it brings. Over 14 tracks of psychedelic-tinged Americana, Crowley takes a long look back. Fortunately for the listener, not a moment of his reverie feels stale. Album opener “You May Proceed” sets an expansive mood. Chimes, reversed tape noise, a delicate scrape on a string and a looming sense of catharsis

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HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Caroline Rose, Henry Jamison (indie rock), 8:30 p.m., $12/15. MONKEY HOUSE: Doom Service (Album Release), Sink or Swim, Kitten of the Sea (punk), 9 p.m., free. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Robin Gottfried Band (rock), 5 p.m., free. The X-Rays (covers), 9 p.m., free.

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CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Papa Greybeard and Friends (’60s rock), 6 p.m., free. Hot Damn Scandal (gypsy blues), 9 p.m., free.

rutland/killington

ESPRESSO BUENO: Abby Jenne (rock), 7:30 p.m., free. FEMCOM (standup), 8:30 p.m., free.

champlain islands/northwest

BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Irish Session, 2 p.m., donation.

GUSTO’S: DJ LaFountaine (hits, house), 9:30 p.m., $3. THE QUARRY KITCHEN + SPIRITS: Cooie Sings (Americana), 6:30 p.m., free. SWEET MELISSA’S: Tin Talisman, Black Rabbit (poppunk), 9 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs

EL TORO: Shane Murley (rock), 7 p.m., free. MOOGS PLACE: Mark LeGrand and the Cadillac Twins (honkytonk), 9 p.m., free. TRES AMIGOS & RUSTY NAIL STAGE: The Pulse of Boston (rock covers), 8:30 p.m., $8/12.

mad river valley/ waterbury CORK WINE BAR & MARKET (WATERBURY): Christine Malcolm (folk), 6 p.m., free.

ZENBARN: High Summer (soul, pop), 9 p.m., $5.

CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: DJ Earl (open format), 9:30 p.m., free.

PICKLE BARREL NIGHTCLUB: Never in Vegas (rock), 8 p.m., $10-20.

TWIGGS — AN AMERICAN GASTROPUB: Buck Hollers (bluegrass), 7 p.m., free.

upper valley

THE ENGINE ROOM: DJ Two Rivers (hits), 9 p.m., $5.

outside vermont

MONOPOLE: Dr. Jah & the Love Prophets (reggae), 10 p.m., free.

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burlington

HALF LOUNGE: Queef Live! (body-positive standup), 9 p.m., donation. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Game Night, 8 p.m., free. RADIO BEAN: Maple Street Six (jazz), 1 p.m., free. Old Sky and Friends (Americana), 6 p.m., free. Justin Arena and Matt Minigell (folk, punk), 8:30 p.m.,

CIDERSTOCK LINE UP RELEASE PARTY free. We Are Here (indie folk, dream-pop), 10:30 p.m., free. VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: LGBTQLOL (queer standup), 7 p.m., $5.

chittenden county

HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Caitlyn Smith, Andrea Davidson, Joe Adler (country), 7:30 p.m., $15/17. MONKEY HOUSE: Soul Brunch with DJ Disco Phantom, 10 a.m., free. Emo Night BTV, 8 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier

LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Queen City Hot Club (gypsy jazz), 7 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Pullin’ Yo Chain Comedy Showcase, 7:30 p.m., free. Andric Severance Art Ensemble (experimental), 9:30 p.m., free. LINCOLNS: Laugh Shack (standup), 8:30 p.m., $5. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: The Outcrops (folk, blues), 9:30 p.m., free. NECTAR’S: Dead Set (Grateful Dead tribute), 9:30 p.m., $5. 18+.

BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Southern Old Time Music Jam (traditional), 10 a.m., free.

RADIO BEAN: Stephen Callahan Trio (jazz), 6:30 p.m., free. Honky Tonk Tuesday with Ponyhustle, 10 p.m., $5.

SWEET MELISSA’S: Live Band Karaoke, 8 p.m., donation.

RED SQUARE: DJ A-RA$ (open format), 8 p.m., free.

middlebury area

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Ukulele Kids with Joe Baird (sing-along), 9:30 a.m., free. Christopher Paul Stelling, Eric George (folk), 8 p.m., $5/8.

ROUGH CUT: Kelly Ravin (country), 5 p.m., free.

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burlington

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Lamp Shop Lit Club (open reading), 8 p.m., free. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., free. RADIO BEAN: I’m History: A benefit for the Coalition for a Livable City featuring Charlie Messing (Americana), 7 p.m., donation. Charlie Messing (Americana), 8:30 p.m., free. Father Figuer (indie rock), 10:30 p.m., free. SIDEBAR: Open Mic, 7 p.m., free. Family Night (open jam), 9 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Comedy & Crêpes (standup), 8 p.m., free.

MONKEY HOUSE: Erin CasselsBrown (indie folk), 6 p.m., free. Motown Mondays (Motown DJs), 8 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier

CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Sex Trivia, 9 p.m., free.

MOOGS PLACE: Seth Yacovone (blues), 7 p.m., free.

mad river valley/ waterbury

ZENBARN: The Nth Power (soul, funk), 9 p.m., $15-25.

burlington

ARTSRIOT: The Moth: Caught (storytelling), 7:30 p.m., $10. FOAM BREWERS: Local Dork (eclectic vinyl), 6 p.m., free. THE GRYPHON: P’tit Trio (jazz), 8 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE: DJ KermiTT (eclectic), 7 p.m., free. DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., free. SIDEBAR: Hotel Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Steve Earle & the Dukes, the Mastersons (country), 8 p.m., $32/35. HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: David Lindley (folk, blues), 8 p.m., $25/28.

STONE CORRAL BREWERY: Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier

SWEET MELISSA’S: Blue Fox’s Open Mic, 7 p.m., free.

SWEET MELISSA’S: D. Davis (acoustic), 5:30 p.m., donation. Cookie’s Hot Club (gypsy jazz), 8 p.m., free.

middlebury area

HATCH 31: Erin Cassels-Brown (indie folk), 6 p.m., free. Kelly Ravin and Lowell Thompson (country), 7 p.m., free. TWO BROTHERS TAVERN: Karaoke with DJ Chauncey, 9 p.m., free.

outside vermont

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

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JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free. JUNIPER: Peterman Quartet (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Shane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., free.

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CITY SPORTS GRILLE: Interactive Video Trivia with Top Hat Entertainment, 7:30 p.m., free.

WATERWORKS FOOD + DRINK: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

MOOGS PLACE: Abby Sherman (Americana), 7:30 p.m., free.

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MONKEY HOUSE: Ed Schrader’s Music Beat, Bison, Adrian Aardvark, DJ Disco Phantom (indie), 8:30 p.m., $5/10. 18+.

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VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Comedy & Cupcakes (standup), 7 p.m., $5. Songs in the Key of Slink (improv), 8:30 p.m., $5.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Trivia with Top Hat Entertainment, 7 p.m., free.

CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Karaoke with DJ Vociferous, 9:30 p.m., free.

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stowe/smuggs

IDLETYME BREWING COMPANY: The Idletyme Band (blues, rock), 8 p.m., free.

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MOOGS PLACE: Django Soulo (singer-songwriter), 8:30 p.m., free.

mad river valley/ waterbury

ZENBARN: Zach Nugent (Grateful Dead tribute), 7 p.m., free.

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TWO BROTHERS TAVERN: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free. Open Mic Night, 9 p.m., free.

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HALF LOUNGE: DJ Taka (eclectic), 10 p.m., free.

MONKEY HOUSE: The Full Cleveland (yacht rock), 9 p.m., free.

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RADIO BEAN: Kelsey Birk (doom-folk), 7 p.m., free. Troy Millette (folk-rock), 8:30 p.m., free. BREA & the Baskets (indie), 10:30 p.m., free.

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NECTAR’S: Gnomedad, Honeycomb (psych-fusion), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

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MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free.

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LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Irish Sessions (traditional), 7 p.m., free. Al Moore Blues Band, 9:30 p.m., free.

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Make Your Own (Mini-)Grant Last November, in the spirit of building community and helping local artists hustle a bit of extra cash, Derbes and

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hortly after the birth of Wylie Sofia Garcia’s son in 2008, her washing machine broke. At the time, she and her husband, Clark Derbes — both working artists — lived in an apartment in Burlington’s South End. For new parents with plenty of dirty diapers to wash, the appliance was essential — but there was no money for a new one. Instead of schlepping to the laundromat or reaching for the plastic, the couple opted for a less conventional solution that presented itself: Nathan Suter, who was then executive director of Stowe’s Helen Day Art Center, offered to trade his extra washing machine for one of Garcia’s paintings. Though such trades may not always be an available or desirable option, the exchange highlights the perennial need for artists to establish creative economies of their own. That’s particularly true in a place like Vermont, which has a sparser share of traditional institutional resources for artists, such as grants and teaching positions. “There’s some money here to support Vermont artists,” Garcia said, “but we’re such a small state that it’s really hard to have more than a handful of grant sources.” She noted that “Vermont is very community focused,” and many of the state’s grants require a strong communityengagement component. “There are not a lot of open-ended grants for artists to create new work or be supported,” Garcia said. It’s not news that making a living as an artist can be really, really hard. For the Money & Retirement Issue, Seven Days looked at three ways local artists use their creative skills to make it work.

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Rick Levinson, owner of RLPhoto Studio, revived — and reinvented — a Burlington tradition. Called simply “The Art Show,” this incarnation of the pair’s “Creative Competition” of recent years comes with a sweet incentive: the People’s Choice Mini-Grant. Every first Friday of the month, for an entry fee of $10, artists and community members are invited to show (or perform) one work in any medium at RLPhoto’s South End gallery space. Guests at the opening vote on their favorite work and, at the end of the night, the artist (or artists, if there’s a tie) with the most votes walks away with half the pot. “It’s a super-easy way to exhibit your work,” Derbes said. “You walk in with your 10 bucks, and that’s it.” For him, the most exciting part of “The Art Show” has been seeing the range of works that show up and the community that has formed around the event. “It really seems like people are more engaged in the dialogue about the art than at other openings,” Derbes remarked. In March, “The Art Show IV” attracted 53 entries, ranging from Paul McMillan’s cheeky realist oil painting

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“The Alchemist” to ceramicist Taylar Main’s grotesque “Grab Them by the Pussy” vessel to a minimalist print by Cathlene Irish. Maggie Kniffin of Burlington took home $270 for her small-scale fiber installation titled “Lament.” “The energy was amazing,” Derbes said of last month’s show. “It’s really something special — the mini-grant is a bonus.” “The Art Show V” will take place this Friday, April 6. See Seven Days’ New This Week art listings for details.

Help the Community Help You For the past two years, Burlington artist Noah Lagle has taken inspiration from a funding model familiar to

many Vermonters: community-supported agriculture. Lagle is a printmaker who pieces together his income by working as an assistant at the University of Vermont’s print, wood and welding shops and by taking odd jobs that include teaching art. As a former farmer and longtime member of the Intervale Center, he knew the CSA structure well. In the fall of 2016, Lagle began advertising his art CSA, whose subscribers would receive 12 original prints by local artists in the mail. That first year, he recruited 10 members at $360 per subscription. For the 2017 subscription year, Lagle revised his model to offer works on a quarterly basis at $240 per full share and $150 per halfshare. That boosted subscription to 25 members.

“Most of the [income] went into the production of the actual pieces,” Lagle said. Working from Pine Street Studios, he produced the limited-edition prints himself using processes including silk screen, intaglio, woodblock and photographic printing. Though Lagle didn’t turn a sizable profit, the CSA made it possible to create new works and garner exposure for himself and other artists without operating at a loss. “I was able to pay myself sometimes,” he said, noting that his hourly breakdown would likely not reach minimum wage. Participating artists, who include Derbes, Jabari Jones, Lydia Kern, Jasmine Parsia and Monika Rivard, received prints by their fellow artists in exchange. For more about Lagle, visit public workspress.com.

Facilitate, Facilitate, Facilitate Like many professionals, artists can derive income from giving their colleagues a hand up — which, in this case, may involve teaching them how to market themselves. For Barre’s Corrina Thurston, a chronic illness that began in 2008 led to the launch of a commercial art career centered on

NEW THIS WEEK ‘THE ART SHOW V’: A monthly communitysourced exhibition featuring works in a variety of mediums. Guests at the opening are invited to vote on a favorite work to determine the People’s Choice Mini-Grant. Reception: Friday, April 6, 6-9 p.m. April 6-27. Info, publicartschool@gmail.com. RLPhoto Studio in Burlington. ‘FLOURISH’: Works by 31 Vermont artists with disabilities, featuring painting, drawing, photography, ceramics, textiles and mixed-media sculpture

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her colored pencil drawings of animals. Using her experiences of marketing her own work, Thurston has since begun helping others take ownership of their creative practice as a business. “I always tell artists that, even if they’ve only sold one piece — even just a greeting card of their work — they’re a professional artist,” said Thurston. In

general, she recommends spending half of one’s time on marketing and business and the other half on creating. “This is really hard for a lot of artists,” she acknowledged. While Thurston notes on her website that she often gives free advice, she encourages those looking to get into the nitty-gritty to hire her as a consultant

and assemblage. Reception: Saturday, April 7, 1-3 p.m. April 7-June 30. Info, 652-4500. Amy E. Tarrant Gallery in Burlington.

RUSSELL STONE: “Cuba After Fidel,” 20 portraits from the photographer’s newly released book. Reception: Friday, April 6, 5-7 p.m. April 6-30. Info, 865-6223. Cavendish Gallery & Collective in Burlington.

‘FRESH PERSPECTIVES’: Second annual exhibition of works by emerging Vermont artists and artisans under 35. Reception: Friday, April 6, 5-8 p.m. April 6-30. Info, 863-6458. Frog Hollow Vermont Craft Gallery in Burlington. ‘HOME WORKS’: Paintings made with and/or of residents of local affordable housing including Wharf Lane, Decker Towers and South Burlington Community Housing. Reception: Friday, April 6, 5-9 p.m. April 6-28. Info, christyjmitchell@gmail.com. The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery in Burlington.

SANDE FRENCH-STOCKWELL: Sculpture and works on paper. April 10-May 19. Info, 244-7801. Axel’s Gallery & Frame Shop in Waterbury.

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‘PASTEL, PASTEL, PASTEL: THREE ARTISTS AND THEIR PASTEL JOURNEY’: Works in pastel by Judy Albright, Cristine Kossow and Norma Jean Rollet. Reception: Friday, April 6, 5-7 p.m. April 6-May 11. Info, 382-9222. Jackson Gallery, Town Hall Theater, in Middlebury.

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YWCA VERMONT STAND AGAINST RACISM CAMPAIGN: A group exhibition of works by artists and community members who reject racism. Reception: Friday, April 6, 5-8 p.m. April 6-30. Info, 859-9222. Art’s Alive Gallery in Burlington.

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WILLIAM WYLIE: Photographs by the artist and director of the University of Virginia’s program in studio art. Through April 30. Info, 656-3131. Francis Colburn Gallery, University of Vermont, in Burlington.

for $35 per hour (or $28 per hour by phone). Among her areas of expertise are goal setting, social media and email marketing, copywriting, and web content and grant writing. She also makes herself available as a public speaker on the topics of art business and the transformation of negative circumstances, for rates ranging between $100 and $1,200, depending on the venue. Last summer, Thurston self-published her ebook How to Build Your Art Business With Limited Time or Energy ($5.99 on Amazon), of which she has sold more than 350 downloads. Lately, she’s been offering small, free workshops on self-promotion for artists, sponsored by venues. Her next engagement is a social media workshop this Saturday, April 7, at Frog Hollow Vermont Craft Gallery in Burlington. Later this year, Thurston plans to release her second ebook, How to Communicate Effectively: For Artists & Creatives. For more information, visit corrinathurston.com.

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f ‘BARN ART’: A collection of works from 31 artists

textures. Using foraged flora as guide and inspiration, she constructs “nature mandalas,”

in celebration of the functional architectural gems. Reception: Friday, April 6, 5-7 p.m. April 6-June 16. Info, 247-4295. Compass Music and Arts Center in Brandon.

kaleidoscopic circular patterns that she keeps just long enough to snap a picture. A collection of these images is currently on view at Hunger Mountain Co-op in Montpelier.

WENDY COPP: “They Went Whistling,” costumes, figures and structures made from natural materials gathered from the land by the Vermont artist. April 9-May 12. Info, galleries@castleton.edu. Christine Price Gallery, Castleton University.

“This impermanent art is a meditation on really noticing the plants throughout the seasons — their exquisite details and symmetry,” Wallace writes. Follow her work on Instagram @naturemandala.art. Through April 30. Pictured: “Serene Peace.”

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f DAVID OHLERKING: Impressionistic oil paintings of buildings and nature. Reception: Friday, April 6, 5:30-7:30 p.m. April 6-25. Info, scavenger. gallery@gmail.com. Scavenger Gallery in White River Junction. f ‘MUD (SEASON)’: Works by area artists that reflect on Vermont’s most cautiously optimistic season. Reception: Friday, April 6, 5:30-7:30 p.m. April 6-May 5. Info, 457-3500. ArtisTree Gallery in South Pomfret. f PATTY CASTELLINI: Colorful abstract monotype prints by the Enfield, N.H., artist. Reception: Friday, April 6, 5-7 p.m. April 6-30. Info, 295-5901. Two Rivers Printmaking Studio in White River Junction.

ART EVENTS ART SWAP: Second annual event for collectors, budding and otherwise, to trade works of affordable art. Axel’s Gallery & Frame Shop, Waterbury, Saturday, April 7, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Info, 244-7801. ARTIST TALK: WILLIAM WYLIE: The American photographer speaks about his work in conjunction with his current exhibition. Williams Hall 201, University of Vermont, Wednesday, April 4, 5:15 p.m. Info, 656-3131.

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ARTIST TALK: WOLFGANG BUTTRESS: The awardwinning artist, creator of “The Hive” at London’s Kew Gardens, discusses how art can explore, express and inform our relationship with the “natural” world. Dance Theatre, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, Wednesday, April 11, 4:30 p.m. Info, 443-3168. BIG & MESSY ART SPACE: A weekly child-led, process-based open art space featuring mural painting, light and shadow play, and more. River Arts, Morrisville, Sunday, April 8, 10 a.m.-noon. $5 suggested donation. Info, 888-1261. CAROLINE KELLEY: “22,” works by the college senior. Dion Family Student Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, Thursday, April 5, 6-7 p.m. Info, 654-2851. CLASS: ‘STUCK ON YOU: CREATIVE COLLAGE’: Cristina Clarimon-Alinder leads this series of collage-making workshops, open to all levels. Williston Central School, Thursday, April 5, 6-7:30 p.m. $8. Info, 876-1160. COMMUNITY ARTS OPEN STUDIO: A weekly workshop where children with caregivers are invited to make their own self-directed art projects using a diverse assortment of art supplies. AVA Gallery and Art Center, Lebanon N.H., Saturday, April 7, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Info, 603-448-3117. DROP-IN PRINTMAKING: An open studio for aspiring and working printmakers, with some materials provided. River Arts, Morrisville, Sunday, April 8, 1-3 p.m. $5 suggested donation. Info, info@riverartsvt.org. ESSEX ART LEAGUE MEETING: Essex-area art lovers gather for a business meeting and guest artist presentation. First Congregational Church Essex, Essex Junction, Thursday, April 5, 9-11 a.m. Info, jdbeebo@yahoo.com.

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to pedestrian art viewers in this monthly event. See Art Map Burlington program at participating locations. Friday, April 6, 5-8 p.m. Info, 264-4839. OPEN ART STUDIO: Seasoned makers and first-timers alike convene to paint, knit and craft in a friendly environment. Bring a table covering for messy projects. Swanton Public Library, Tuesday, April 10, 4-8 p.m. Free. Info, swantonartscouncil@ gmail.com. PAINTING WITH SABAH ABBAS: Iraqi American artist Sabah Abbas leads this evening of painting and community for students of all levels. Supplies provided. ONE Arts Center, Burlington, Wednesday, April 11, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Sliding scale $0-20. Info, mellisa.cain@gmail.com. PANEL DISCUSSION: ALISON BECHDEL, JAMES KOCHALKA AND EDWARD KOREN: Vermont cartoonist laureates past and present discuss their work and a current exhibit. Fleming Museum of Art, University of Vermont, Burlington, Wednesday, April 4, 6 p.m. Info, 656-0750. SOPHIA CARAVELLA: “A Bunch of Stuff I Like,” works by the college senior. McCarthy Art Gallery, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, Friday, April 6, 4-5 p.m. Info, 654-2851. TALK: ‘CAVEAT EMPTOR: THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL PORTRAIT IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY’: Museum director Richard Saunders discusses the tricks and trade of fraudulent early American portraits. Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, Friday, April 6, 12:30 p.m. Info, 443-3168. WORKSHOP: SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING FOR ARTISTS WITH CORRINA THURSTON: The local artist and author offers a free lecture based on her experience and expertise. Frog Hollow Vermont Craft Gallery, Burlington, Saturday, April 7, 10:30 a.m. Info, 863-6458.

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CLAY MOHRMAN: A collection of lighting pieces made from Vermont wood found in the forest and shores surrounding Lake Champlain. Through April 6. Info, 516-263-7335. Karma Bird House Gallery in Burlington.

f DANIEL RAINVILLE: “Leave Your Print,” works by the Vermont artist and activist. Reception: Thursday, April 5, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Through April 30. Info, maria.shelukha@uvm.edu. Allen House Multicultural Art Gallery in Burlington. DUSTY BOYNTON: “From Within,” works that merge memory and personal experience for a childlike appearance that is nonetheless sophisticated in gesture and expression. EDWIN OWRE: “New Constructions,” an exhibition of works that reference the formative American art movements of the 1960s and ’70s while embracing contemporary expressions of mark-making.

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ELISE WHITTEMORE: “One by One,” works that explore the physicality of printmaking, as well as formal constructs inherent to the natural world. Through April 7. Info, 865-7166. BCA Center in Burlington.

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‘ENCOUNTER EMPTY’: Installations by Kevin Donegan, Samantha Eckert and Lydia Kern reflecting on the physical, psychic and spiritual architecture that holds emptiness. Through April 24. Info, joseph@newcitygalerie.org. New City Galerie in Burlington.

DONNA BOURNE: Plein air landscape paintings. Through June 30. Info, 985-8222. Shelburne Vineyard.

FRANK DEANGELIS: “Paint Mayhem Under the Influence of Loud Fast Music,” new paint experiments produced with spray paint, acrylics, oils and other substances by the Burlington artist. Through April 30. Info, 859-9222. The Gallery at Main Street Landing in Burlington. THE GOLD BROTHERS: Works in multiple media by siblings Robert, Steve and Dennis Gold. Through May 31. Info, 651-9692. VCAM Studio in Burlington. GORDON GLOVER: “Composite/Synthesis,” mixed-media works by the Champlain College professor of creative media. Through April 30. Info, blowthewhistle@me.com. New Moon Café in Burlington.

CAROL DULA: “Avoid the Crowd,” landscape photographs. Through May 31. Info, avoidthecrowd@ gmail.com. Charlotte Congregational Church.

ELIZABETH FRAM: “Drawing Threads: Conversation Between Line and Stitch,” fiber works and drawings by the Waterbury Center artist. Through May 6. Info, 899-3211. Emile A. Gruppe Gallery in Jericho. LINDA S. FINKELSTEIN: “Eco-Images and Transformations,” works on paper using rust, indigo and eucalyptus, as well as photographic images transformed with drawing and collage. Through April 30. Info, 425-6345. Charlotte Senior Center. ‘PUPPETS: WORLD ON A STRING’: An introductory survey of the art of puppets, presenting a range of historical to contemporary works in a variety of mediums and forms, from 19th-century marionettes to digital installations. Through June 3. Info, 985-3346. Shelburne Museum.

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HONORÉ DAUMIER’S ‘BLUESTOCKINGS’: ‘Les Bas Bleus,’ a series of 40 lithographs by the French caricaturist, satirizing groups of upper-class women who sought intellectual stimulation in defiance of their narrowly proscribed roles in society. ‘SELF-CONFESSED! THE INAPPROPRIATELY INTIMATE COMICS OF ALISON BECHDEL’: Works by the renowned Bolton cartoonist and graphic memoirist that span her decades-long career. Through May 20. Info, 656-0750. Fleming Museum of Art, University of Vermont, in Burlington.

ALEXY J. LANZA: “From the Death of One Star/ Por La Muerte De Una Estrella,” a series of 20 large woodcut prints based on ancient Mayan glyphs, 580 BC to 964 AD. Through April 10. Info, 322-1604. Goddard Art Gallery, Pratt Center, Goddard College, in Plainfield.

JAMES BENOIT: “21st-Century Burlington in Black & White,” photographs of Queen City architecture and landmarks. Through April 30. Info, 863-3403. Fletcher Free Library in Burlington.

f CAROLYN EGELI: “For the Love of Vermont,” oil paintings by the Braintree artist. Reception: Wednesday, April 4, 4-7 p.m. Through June 28. Info, 828-0749. Governor’s Gallery in Montpelier.

JOHN ROVNAK: “Speedy Delivery,” street photography taken by the Burlington artist and USPS postman. Through May 31. Info, johnrovnak. wordpress.com. Vermont Comedy Club in Burlington.

‘EXPLORERS OF NORWICH’: An exhibition exploring the lives of Norwich University alumni who shaped and changed the U.S. during the mid-19th and early 20th centuries. Through June 30. Info, 485-2183. Sullivan Museum & History Center, Norwich University, in Northfield.

f ‘LE CADAVRE EXQUIS BOIRA VIN NOUVEAU: DRAWINGS IN SITU’: In the surrealist tradition, William Ramage and nine other artists draw directly onto the gallery wall: Jessica Adams, John Brodowski, Renee Bouchard, Jason Clegg, Jason Drain, James Harmon, Dasha Kalisz, Robert Johnson and Whitney Ramage. Closing reception: Friday, April 27, 6-9 p.m. Through April 27. Info, asm. exhibitions@gmail.com. Flynndog in Burlington. ‘MY SKY’: An exhibition inviting children and adults to explore the sun, moon and stars together in an immersive, family-friendly environment. Through May 6. Info, 864-1848. ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain in Burlington. TERESA CELEMIN: Drawings by the Burlington artist and illustrator. Through May 31. Info, 658-6016. Speeder & Earl’s Coffee in Burlington.

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‘ARTISTS TO WATCH, PART I’: The Vermont Arts Council, Ric Kasini Kadour and six guest curators showcase Vermont artists worth watching. Through April 29. Info, 828-3291. Spotlight Gallery in Montpelier.

f HANNAH MORRIS: “The Feast of Fools,” painted

collage and soft sculpture installations that explore the intersection of the sublime, absurd and mundane in recognizable moments and places. f ‘PLEASED TO MEET YOU!’: A group show featuring 20 local artists brings to life fantastical, imaginative creatures and beings of the nonhuman variety. Reception: Friday, April 20, 7-9 p.m. Through May 12. Info, 479-7069. Studio Place Arts in Barre. ‘HISTORIC PAINTED THEATER CURTAINS OF VERMONT’: Theater curtains from the Grange in Tunbridge, installed by Curtains Without Borders, as well as photographs of others throughout Vermont, conserved by Christine Hadsel and her team. Through April 27. Info, 828-0749. Vermont Statehouse Cafeteria in Montpelier. JANE ENGLISH: A retrospective featuring photographs and books, including images from a best-selling translation of the Tao Te Ching. Through May 3. Info, 426-3581. Jaquith Public Library in Marshfield.

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CALL TO ARTISTS ‘ABUNDANCE: CELEBRATING CREATIVITY IN MENTAL HEALTH, WELLNESS AND RECOVERY’: The Clara Martin Center invites artists and friends of mental health to submit poetry and artworks to be considered for a fall exhibition. Applicants must be Vermont residents, and preference will be given to artists/writers in the White River and Upper valleys. Works must be ready to hang. For details and to submit, visit claramartin.org. Deadline: July 31. Chandler Gallery, Randolph. Info, dlittlepage@claramartin.org. ‘THE ART SHOW V’: Artists and community members are invited to exhibit one work in any medium, including performance, at this monthly exhibition. Guests at the April 6 opening reception are invited to vote for their favorite work, and the winning artist(s) will walk away with half of the evening’s entry fees. To participate, drop off work and cash entry fee on Friday, April 6, between 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. RLPhoto Studio, Burlington. $10. Info, publicartschool@gmail.com. BURLINGTON CITY ARTS COMMUNITY FUND: The Burlington City Arts Community Fund welcomes applications for one-year grants of up to $3,000 for Burlington-based practicing artists, creative professionals or small arts organizations to develop projects that engage and connect the community and address community needs, challenges and priorities through the arts. For details and to apply, visit burlingtoncityarts.org. Deadline: April 16. BCA Center, Burlington. Info, 865-7166. HANG WORK IN BUSY RESTAURANT: Seeking artists to showcase work for two-month shows. All sales to artists. For immediate consideration, email gm@dailyplanetvt. com. Deadline is rolling. The Daily Planet, Burlington. Info, 862-9647. JERICHO PLEIN AIR FESTIVAL: Artists and community members are invited to register for the eighth annual festival on Saturday, July 21. For details and to register, email Barbara at blgreene@myfairpoint.net. Deadline: May 19. Emile A. Gruppe Gallery, Jericho.

KUMARI PATRICIA: Self-reflective, narrative acrylic paintings. Through May 31. Info, 595-4866. The Hive in Middlesex.

SHELBURNE POND STUDIOS: Seeking artists and artisans to show and sell work during the Vermont Craft Council’s Open Studios Weekend, May 26 and 27, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Deadline: April 9. For details and to apply, email Katharine Stockman at shelburnepondstudios@aol.com. Shelburne Pond Studios. ‘THE SKY’S THE LIMIT’: The gallery invites submissions of works in all media that predominantly feature the sky. For more info, visit bryangallery.org. Deadline: May 11. Bryan Memorial Gallery, Jeffersonville. Info, 644-5100. S.P.A.C.E. GALLERY MEMBER EXHIBITION: Become a member of the gallery in April to feature your work in May’s members-only show. Members will be featured online, may apply for solo exhibitions, visit the gallery for critiques and advice throughout the year, and qualify for discounts on group shows with entry fees such as the South End Art Hop. For details and to apply, visit spacegalleryvt.com. Deadline: April 30. The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery, Burlington. Info, christyjmitchell@gmail.com. ‘TELL ME’: Submissions invited of works in any medium that question the relationship of language to the visual arts. Considerations of diverse languages and letterforms (real or invented), new communication technologies, censorship, graffiti, collage and urgent messages are all welcome. Submission details at studioplacearts.com. Deadline: April 6. Studio Place Arts, Barre. $10; free for SPA members. Info, 479-7069. THIRTY-ODD ARTISTS’ SHOP: New South End shop seeks artists to rent vendor spaces. Rental starts at $110 per month, and artists retain 100 percent of their sales. For details and to apply, visit 30oddartists.com. Deadline: April 30. Thirty-odd, Burlington. Info, recyclemoe@gmail.com.

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‘WATER’: The gallery seeks photography submissions in the theme of “water” for an upcoming exhibition to be juried by Ann Jastrab. For details and to submit, visit photoplacegallery.com. Deadline: April 9. PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury. $35 for up to five photographs; $6 for each additional. Info, 388-4500.

‘NOURISHMENT’ JURIED SHOW: Works by Vermont artists including Josh Axelrod, Stella Ehrlich, Linda Di Sante, Carole Naquin, Roger Weingarten and Frank Woods. f VERMONT ABENAKI ARTISTS ASSOCIATION EXHIBIT: Works inspired by Abenaki culture in a variety of mediums. Reception: Thursday, April 5, 5-7 p.m. Through April 27. Info, 262-6035. T.W. Wood Gallery in Montpelier. BARRE/MONTPELIER SHOWS

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MICHELLE WALLACE: Photographs of ephemeral, kaleidoscopic mandalas made from natural materials such as flowers, seeds and leaves. Through April 30. Info, mwallace.vt@gmail.com. Hunger Mountain Co-op in Montpelier.

‘SCORCHED’: This 2018 group show involves work in which the effects of heat and fire can be easily seen and experienced, including encaustic media, singed paper and other ephemeral materials, charred wood, pit-fired vessels, and hammered-metal and blown-glass objects. Deadline: May 18. For more info and submission guidelines, see studioplacearts.com. Studio Place Arts, Barre. $10; free for SPA members. Info, 479-7069.

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‘MORRISVILLE — FAVORITE PLACES’: Photographers are invited to submit images of the town for a two-part exhibition opening in September. For details and to submit, visit riverartsvt.org. Deadline: July 20. River Arts, Morrisville. Info, 888-1261.

‘PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE’: Seeking photo submissions that define the photographer’s unique vision or point of view for an upcoming exhibition to be juried by Saul Robbins. For details and to submit, visit darkroomgallery. com. Deadline: April 25. Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction. $29 for 5 images; $6 for each additional. Info, 777-3686.

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‘MOMENTA IV’ JURIED PRINT EXHIBITION: Printmakers are invited to submit to this May exhibition, to be juried by James Stroud. For details and to submit, visit tworiversprintmaking.org. Deadline: April 23. Two Rivers Printmaking Studio, White River Junction. $25. Info, trps@sover.net.

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‘LOCKS & KEYS’: The Glover museum-in-a-barn invites submissions from artists and community members consisting of or relating to all aspects of locks and keys, from padlocks, key cards and chastity belts to works that explore concepts of imprisonment. Contributions including finished artworks, installation ideas and theoretical writings are welcome. To submit a proposal, use the “Contact Us” form at museumofeverydaylife.org. Deadline: April 15. The Museum of Everyday Life, Glover. Info, claredol@sover.net.

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‘PASSAGES’: Artists of all mediums are invited to contribute works to this community-sourced exhibition with an open-ended theme relating to passage and passages. Wall-ready works may be dropped off on Monday, April 23, from 3 to 6 p.m., or Tuesday, April 24, from 5 to 8 p.m., or by appointment. For details, visit chandler-arts.org. Chandler Gallery, Randolph. $10. Info, 728-9878.

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f ‘ON THE BRINK: ARTISTS TAKE ACTION’: Works by 10 artists depicting endangered or threatened species, with sales benefiting wildlife conservation. Artist reception and talk: Thursday, April 12, 4-6 p.m. Through May 31. Info, 223-5507. Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin. ‘SHOW 24’: The latest works of the gallery’s Vermont-based member-artists, with guest artist Athena Petra Tasiopoulos. Through April 28. Info, 552-0877. The Front in Montpelier.

f TOM MERWIN: “The Effects of Bird Song on Shifting Strata,” abstract oil paintings. Reception: Wednesday, April 4, 4-7 p.m. Through June 28. Info, 828-0749. Vermont Supreme Court Gallery in Montpelier.

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BURTON SNOWBOARDS RETROSPECTIVE: Vintage to modern snowboards, original outerwear, and images and stories from the Vermont company’s 41-year history. Through April 15. Info, 760-4634. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort.

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‘CURIOUS & COOL’: Unusual and seldom-seen artifacts of ski culture from the museum’s archives. Through October 31. Info, 253-9911. Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum in Stowe.

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DIANNE SHULLENBERGER: “After the Frost: Moments in Nature,” mixed-media and fabric collage. MARCIA HILL: “The Spirited Landscapes,” scenic works in pastel. Through April 29. Info, info@ riverartsvt.org. River Arts in Morrisville. GALEN CHENEY: “Look Up,” new abstract mixedmedia works by the Massachusetts artist. Through May 4. Info, 760-6785. Edgewater Gallery in Stowe. HARLAN MACK: “Post Pioneer,” recent works by the artist and Vermont Studio Center sculpture and operations manager. Through April 11. Info, tara@vermontstudiocenter.org. Red Mill Gallery in Johnson. JAMES PETERSON: “Dreamcatcher,” an immersive installation by the artist-in-residence from Los Angeles. Through September 30. Info, 253-8358. Spruce Peak at Stowe.

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JOHN MILLER: “Dialogue With Resonance: Recent Collages From Italy,” a series of photo collages using grids and images made during the artist’s residencies at the American Academy in Rome. Through April 6. Info, 635-1469. Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Northern Vermont University, in Johnson. MATILDE ALESSANDRA: “FLOW,” ink drawings and light sculpture by the New York artist. Through April 27. Info, sophie@571projects.com. 571 Projects in Stowe.

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‘ORDINARY TIME’: Paintings by Maine artist Grace DeGennaro and kinetic sculpture by Boston artist Anne Lilly. PHILIP HERBISON: “The Infinite Shapes of Water,” large-scale digital photo prints. Through April 14. Info, 253-8358. Helen Day Art Center in Stowe. ‘POST-APOCALYPSE FOR 3/4 EMPIRE’: Large masonite prints on muslin inspired by Albrecht Dürer’s 1495 apocalypse woodcuts, made by Bread and Puppet Theater founder Peter Schumann and printmaker Lila Winstead. Through April 11. Info, tara@vermontstudiocenter.org. Vermont Studio Center Gallery II in Johnson.

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‘DEEP INTO NATURE’: Paintings by watercolorist Susan Wahlrab and works by fiber artist Dianne Shullenberger, which together explore oftenoverlooked flora and fauna. ‘A REVERENT EYE’: Two Vermont-based artists, plein air painter Charlie Hunter and landscape and architectural photographer Jim Westphalen, capture the vanishing icons of Vermont’s rich industrial and agricultural past. Through May 20. Info, 253-8943. West Branch Gallery & Sculpture Park in Stowe.

‘VERMONT LANDSCAPES’: An exhibition featuring 38 landscape paintings by 19 Vermont artists. Through June 30. Info, 644-5100. Lamoille County Courthouse in Hyde Park. 1/29/18 11:09 AM

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MICHAEL J. BALZANO: “My Daily Bunny,” serialized drawings of the artist’s character and its adventures. Through April 6. Info, 244-7801. Axel’s Gallery & Frame Shop in Waterbury.

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‘10 YEARS: THE CAMERON PRINT PROJECT’: Works created by Cameron Visiting Artists, in collaboration with students of Hedya Klein’s silk-screen and intaglio classes, including Mark Dion, Derrick Adams, Tomas Vu, Kati Heck and Rona Yefman. Through April 29. Info, 443-5258. Middlebury College Museum of Art. ADVANCED DRAWING EXHIBIT: Works by Middlebury College drawing students that feature diverse techniques and approaches stemming from the same prompt. Through April 9. Info, 443-5258. Johnson Memorial Building, Middlebury College. HANNAH SECORD WADE: “Everything All Together,” a solo exhibition of new large-scale oil paintings by the Maine-based artist. Through April 29. Info, 877-2173. Northern Daughters in Vergennes. HOLLY FRIESEN: “Lighting Up the Night,” landscapes by the Montréal painter. Through April 5. Info, 458-0098. Edgewater Gallery at Middlebury Falls. JOHN CROSS: “American Wood Sculptor John Cross: A Contemporary Figurative Folk Artist,” whimsical wood carvings by the Middlebury College alum. f ‘OUR TOWN: LOVE, JOY, SADNESS AND BASEBALL’: Thirty-six historic photographs from the museum’s archives, curated by retired National Geographic photographer James P. Blair and Sheldon archivist Eva GarcelonHart. Reception: Friday, April 13, 5-7 p.m. Through July 8. Info, 388-2117. Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History in Middlebury. ‘NEVER FELT BETTER: FIBER TRANSFORMED’: Works created with the world’s oldest textile technique by member artists Deb Allen, Marsha Chase and Celia Oliver, and guest artists Kathy Giroux, Kim Goodling, Nancy Hayden, Muffy Kashkin-Grolier, Lynn Ocone, Susi Ryan, and Linda Veilleux. Through April 8. Info, 877-3850. Creative Space Gallery in Vergennes. ‘POWER & PIETY: SPANISH COLONIAL ART’: Drawn from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection,

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‘Le Cadavre Exquis Boira Vin Nouveau: Drawings in Situ’ “The exquisite corpse shall drink the

new wine”: This is the namesake phrase of the surrealist improvisational game of Exquisite Corpse. For Castleton University professor emeritus William Ramage, the collaborative exercise has become a way to reflect on current politics and imagine the future. In an installation at Burlington’s Flynndog,

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chalk and tape, they used their drawings as blueprints for larger, site-specific works. Beneath the first four lines of William Butler Yeats’ poem “The Second Coming,” the collective abstractions serve as Ramage’s invitation to discover ways to “drink new wine.” A closing reception is April 27, 6 to 9 p.m. Through April 27.

ALICE KITCHEL: “Four Seasons,” paintings by the Danville artist. Through April 20. ‘SEASONAL EXPRESSION’: Paintings by Prilla Smith Brackett, Elizabeth Nelson and Jane Sherrill that explore the expressive force of nature. Through April 14. Info, 748-2600. Catamount Arts Center in St. Johnsbury. ‘BELLS & WHISTLES’: An exhibition exploring the myriad forms and associations connected to these ordinary objects. Through May 1. Info, 626-4409. The Museum of Everyday Life in Glover. G.R.A.C.E. OUTSIDER PAINTINGS: Paintings by the self-taught artists of the Hardwick-based Grass Roots Art and Community Effort program. Through May 1. Info, 525-3366. Parker Pie Co. in West Glover. ‘MUSE’: Vermont artists Jess Polanshek, Kristin Richland and Amanda Weisenfeld reflect on spirit guides, journeying, introspection and winter’s quiet. Through May 28. Info, 533-2000. Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro.

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ALFRED LESLIE: “100 Views Along the Road,” black-and-white watercolors of Americana made between 1981 and 1983. Through June 17. GLORIA GARFINKEL: Interactive sculpture that invites viewers to explore the relationships between colors. Through June 17. GOWRI SAVOOR: “We Walk in Their Shadows,” sculptures and drawings depicting a journey across boundaries. Through June 17. RICHARD KLEIN: “Bottle in the River,” sculpture made from found and salvaged glass. Through June 17. STEVE GERBERICH: “Best of ‘Springs, Sprockets & Pulleys,’” kinetic sculptures by the artist, inventor and packrat. Through October 8. SUSAN VON GLAHN CALABRIA: “Hereandafter,” still life paintings by the former BMAC education curator. Through June 17. Info, 257-0124. Brattleboro Museum & Art Center.

f BETSEY GARAND: “Petroglyphs, Flora and Frenzied Encounters,” hand-pulled prints that combine a variety of techniques to represent the continuous balance and growth of physical and psychological life. Reception and artist talk: Saturday, May 5, 4-6 p.m. Through June 14. Info, 498-8438. White River Gallery @ BALE in South Royalton.

TONI GILDONE: “Depth of Expression,” photographs of children. Through April 28. Info, 685-2188. Chelsea Public Library.

LAURA DI PIAZZA: “Vox Somnium,” mixed-media works exploring irregular spaces, complicated positions and meditative interactions. Through May 23. Info, 296-7000. Barrette Center for the Arts in White River Junction.

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‘LEONARD COHEN: A CRACK IN EVERYTHING’: A collection of brand-new works commissioned from and created by local and international artists who have been inspired by Leonard Cohen’s style and recurring themes, in honor of the late poet and musician. Through April 9. Info, 514-847-6226. Montréal Museum of Contemporary Art. ‘MNEMOSYNE’: An exhibition pairing ancient and modern European works with contemporary art by Canadian artists. Through May 20. NADIA MYRE: “Scattered Remains,” the first survey exhibition of the indigenous Québec artist. Through May 27. Info, 514-285-1600. Montréal Museum of Fine Arts.

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‘SPRINGTIME — THE SEASON OF SPRING’: Paintings by Helen Shulman and Karen O’Neil. Through April 30. Info, 989-7419. Edgewater Gallery on the Green in Middlebury.

KATE LONGMAID: “Hear Our Voice,” portraits featuring political slogans, quotations and the artist’s own words. Through May 5. Info, 603-7328606. The Alley Gallery in Rutland.

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f JOHN DUFFY: “Where We Live,” 20 photographs by the South Royalton artist. Reception: Sunday, April 8, 2-4 p.m. Through April 23. Info, 889-9404. Tunbridge Public Library in Tunbridge Village.

‘FROM FARM AND FIELD’: Sculpture by Joe Lupiani and paintings by Hannah Sessions. Through April 21. Info, oliver.schemm@castleton.edu. Castleton University Bank Gallery in Rutland.

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this exhibition reveals the great wealth of the region from the late 17th century until the 1820s. Through April 22. Info, 443-5258. Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College.

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rmando Iannucci is arguably the world’s greatest living political satirist. Making fun of the pompous and powerful has been his life’s calling, and anyone who’s seen In the Loop (2009) or “Veep” is grateful the writer-director took that call. Iannucci kicked things off in 1998 with “Clinton: His Struggle With Dirt,” a penetrating meditation on how the Monica Lewinski affair might look to the people of 2028. And here he is today, presidential scandals and Russian investigations raging all about, offering his take on Josef Stalin and the power grab following the dictator’s demise in 1953. The filmmaker’s latest occupies an unanticipated place in his oeuvre, a body of work that includes politically infused BBC hits like 2004: The Stupid Version (duh), “Time Trumpet” (2006) and “The Thick of It,” a series he ran from 2005 to 2012, when he Americanized it into “Veep.” For one thing, The Death of Stalin is dark. Which isn’t to suggest fascism can’t be funny. Mel Brooks combined Adolf Hitler and comedy in The Producers (1967), but with a touch that was daffy, not dark. Charlie Chaplin had his fun with 1940’s The Great Dictator. Again, tragicomic, even poetic, but not dark. The Three Stooges, believe it

or not, got there first, satirizing Hitler with “You Nazty Spy!” (1940). Need I say? Not dark. And this film is funny sometimes, too. How could it not be, with writers like Iannucci, Ian Martin, David Schneider and Peter Fellows? Or with a cast featuring Monty Python alum Michael Palin as elder statesman Vyacheslav Molotov; Jeffrey Tambor as deputy secretary Georgy Malenkov; Simon Russell Beale as Lavrenti Beria, head of the secret police; and Steve Buscemi as maybe the least likely Nikita Khrushchev in the history of casting? From Mr. Pink to Mr. Pinko. That’s range. Nonetheless, the news is not entirely good. Stalin (Adrian McLoughlin) is felled by a stroke early on. The rest of the film is roughly divided into two parts: First, the inner circle members jockey for power as the tyrant clings to life (a running joke has the conspirators warning surgeons that saving Stalin could be hazardous to their health). Then, they jockey for power after he’s pronounced dead. That premise had vast comic potential. Unfortunately, Iannucci never quite finds his sweet spot this time. A conundrum, I suspect, exacerbated by the absence among the picture’s scribes of Simon Blackwell, Iannucci’s writing partner on nearly every other

FOUR WEASELS AND A FUNERAL The funniest thing about Iannucci’s riff on Stalin-era Russia is Putin taking it seriously enough to ban it from his country’s theaters.

project mentioned in this piece. The result? Schindler’s List as reimagined by the Marx Brothers. The four principals are real historical figures, of course, monsters responsible for heinous crimes against humanity. I’m not sure the filmmakers find a tone that successfully eunuchizes them into wacky cartoon caballers. The script is short on political chess. Power is ultimately fallen into ass-backwards, after much slapstick palace intrigue. Remember all the times defenseless victims were summarily executed in Steven Spielberg’s classic? There’s a lot of that here. Only now it’s ... funny? And then there’s Beria’s serial raping of underage girls. I’m still hunting

for the humor. As I say, the movie has its moments. Just way fewer than expected and than many reviewers have promised. Its biggest laughs pack less punch than throwaways from In the Loop. For example, Tambor’s simpleton deputy secretary, Stalin’s rightful successor, spends hours posing for his official photograph, then announces, “I’d like to try one with a faraway look.” I never thought I’d say this about an Iannucci work, but, right about then, faraway was starting to look pretty good. RI C K KI S O N AK

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Ready Player One ★★★★

teven Spielberg parlayed nostalgia for the pop culture of his youth into blockbusters that won over a new generation. Ernest Cline parlayed nostalgia for the pop culture of his youth into the best-selling 2011 novel Ready Player One. So it’s not hard to see why the celebrated filmmaker chose to adapt the novel, which chronicles the efforts of a young gamer (Tye Sheridan) to win a virtualreality contest that reflects its creator’s nostalgia for the pop culture of his youth. Nostalgia may seem like an odd leitmotif for a frenetic, heavily CG action movie, until you consider that most of Hollywood’s remakes and reboots are already trading on the audience’s attachment to some formative pop-cultural experience. With its blitzkrieg approach — references fly so fast they barely register — Ready Player One has the opportunity to deliver biting commentary on the tendency to see our past through rose-colored glasses. And it does, occasionally. Mostly, though, it’s more about the 3D glasses, mesmerizing us with kaleidoscopic visual spectacle until the novelty wears off. One of the most biting moments opens the film, as Spielberg takes us on an aerial tour of the Rust Belt neighborhood that is home to our proletarian hero, Wade. The year is 2045. In this postindustrial hellscape, vertically stacked trailers warehouse people of all ages who live their real lives in a vir-

GAME GURU Rylance (left) is the emotional heart of Spielberg’s crowded, self-referential adventure.

tual world called OASIS. As they leap and gesticulate in VR gear, never actually getting anywhere, the exuberant strains of Van Halen’s “Jump!” offer ironic commentary on the film’s reality/fantasy divide. But Wade has more pressing concerns than irony: He wants to own that divide. The late creator of OASIS, James Halliday (Mark Rylance), has left a testament in the form of a tournament: The first person to complete an

in-game quest will win his fortune. Victory hinges on an intimate knowledge of Halliday’s obsessions, which range from early Atari games to the films of John Hughes. It’s pretty amusing to watch Wade and his hotshot rival/love interest, Art3mis/Samantha (Olivia Cooke), trade quotes from ’80s movies with the gravity of medieval scholars citing Plato and Aristotle. The whole conceit seems designed to flatter Generation X,

while simultaneously appealing to younger viewers with the breakneck speed and visual flair of dozens of video games in one. For roughly half of the movie, the alchemy works. As a collage of cultural detritus — where you might meet King Kong, Freddy Krueger or Jack Torrance of The Shining — OASIS is fascinating to watch. The problem is that the film’s version of the real world, which should provide a jarring contrast to the fake one, often seems just as shallow. Wade and Samantha never rise above blandness, and their more interesting sidekicks have to fight for screen time. The film’s villain (Ben Mendelsohn), a CEO using his corporate army to game the contest, is goofy and incompetent, just like the authority figures in The Breakfast Club. That may be an aptly retro choice, but it lowers the stakes of the film, which eventually devolves into standard dystopian fighting-the-power action. Even if he wins, Wade is lost: He may know every line from 60-year-old cult flicks, but he lacks a living culture of his own. Only Rylance’s awkward, regretful Halliday grounds the references in real life; as a result, he’s the only character we connect to. Ready Player One captures the gee-whiz youthful triumphalism of the Reagan era, all right, but it never explores the deeper question of whether all that is worth rehashing — over and over. MARGO T HARRI S O N

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NEW IN THEATERS BLOCKERS: Three parents are so not down with their daughters’ plans to have sex on prom night in this comedy directed by Pitch Perfect screenwriter Kay Cannon, starring Leslie Mann, John Cena, Kathryn Newton and Gina Gershon. (102 min, R. Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace)

A FANTASTIC WOMANHHHH1/2 A transgender woman grapples with the aftermath of her boyfriend’s death in this Oscar-winning drama from Chile. Daniela Vega and Francisco Reyes star. Sebastián Lelio (Gloria) directed. (100 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 3/28)

CHAPPAQUIDDICK: Jason Clarke plays Ted Kennedy in this historical thriller about the senator’s involvement in the 1969 death of a young campaign aid (Kate Mara). With Clancy Brown and Olivia Thirlby. John Curran (The Painted Veil) directed. (101 min, PG-13. Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Roxy) FACES PLACES: Venerable new-wave filmmaker Agnès Varda and young photographer and muralist J.R. codirected this Oscar-nominated documentary that chronicles their road trip through France, turning the people and places they encounter into art. (89 min, PG. Savoy) THE LEISURE SEEKER: Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland play a couple on a bittersweet RV road trip down the East Coast in this comedydrama from director Paolo Virzi (Like Crazy). With Christian McKay and Janel Maloney. (112 min, R. Roxy, Savoy) THE MIRACLE SEASON: In this inspirational sports drama based on a true story, Helen Hunt plays a coach who must lead a high school volleyball team to victory after the death of its star player. With Tiera Skovbye and Erin Moriarty. Sean McNamara (Soul Surfer) directed. (99 min, PG. Essex, Palace) A QUIET PLACE: John Krasinski and Emily Blunt play a couple trying to raise their family in a world where the slightest sound could summon monsters in this horror thriller, which Krasinski also directed. With Noah Jupe and Millicent Simmonds. (90 min, PG-13. Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Palace, Paramount, Roxy, Welden)

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BLACK PANTHERHHHH Endowed with superhuman powers, the young king (Chadwick Boseman) of African nation Wakanda grapples with the threat of civil war in this Marvel production, which takes place after Captain America: Civil War. With Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o and Danai Gurira. Ryan Coogler (Creed) directed. (134 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 2/21)

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GAME NIGHTHHHH1/2 Folks who meet regularly for friendly competition find themselves instead trying to solve a real-life murder in this action comedy. With Rachel McAdams, Jesse Plemons and Jason Bateman. John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein (Vacation) directed. (100 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 2/28) GOD’S NOT DEAD: A LIGHT IN DARKNESSH1/2 In the third installment of Pure Flix’s evangelical series, a pastor fights to keep his congregation on a college campus after his church is burned down. David A.R. White, John Corbett and Ted McGinley star. Michael Mason directed. (106 min, PG) I CAN ONLY IMAGINEH1/2 This inspirational family drama from directors Andrew and Jon Erwin (Moms’ Night Out) explores the story behind the titular Christian rock hit by MercyMe. J. Michael Finley, Brody Rose and Dennis Quaid star. (110 min, PG) LIVES WELL LIVED: In this documentary directed by Sky Bergman, 40 people ages 75 to 100 talk about their personal histories and what it means to them to have lived a meaningful life. (72 min, NR) LOVE, SIMONHHH1/2 In this comedy-drama based on Becky Albertalli’s YA novel Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, a closeted gay high schooler faces the possibility that he’ll be outed. Nick Robinson, Josh Duhamel and Jennifer Garner star. Greg Berlanti (Life As We Know It) directed. (109 min, PG-13) MIDNIGHT SUNHH In this remake of a 2006 Japanese romance hit, a teenager (Bella Thorne) who must shun sunlight to survive finds herself drawn to a boy (Patrick Schwarzenegger). Scott Speer (Step Up Revolution) directed. (91 min, PG-13) PACIFIC RIM UPRISINGHH In this sequel to Guillermo del Toro’s 2013 giant-monster flick, a new generation of pilots uses mecha suits to fight the menace from another dimension. Adria Arjona, Scott Eastwood and John Boyega star. TV writer Steven S. DeKnight takes over directorial duties. (111 min, PG-13) THE PARTYHHH1/2 Civilized people get nasty when a British politician (Kristin Scott Thomas) has friends over to celebrate her promotion in this comedy of manners from director Sally Potter (Orlando), also starring Patricia Clarkson, Timothy Spall and Emily Mortimer. (71 min, R) PAUL, APOSTLE OF CHRISTHH1/2 This biblical drama chronicles the New Testament story of one of the most famous early converts to Christianity (James Faulkner). With Jim Caviezel as Luke and Joanne Whalley. Andrew Hyatt (Full of Grace) directed. (106 min, PG-13) PETER RABBITHH1/2 Beatrix Potter’s classic kids’ tale of a clever rodent comes to the screen as a family animation, directed by Will Gluck (Annie). With the voices of James Corden, Domhnall Gleeson, Fayssal Bazzi and Sia. (93 min, PG)

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THE DEATH OF STALINHHH Armando Iannucci, creator of “Veep,” offers a dark comedy about the chaos and conspiracies that followed the Soviet leader’s demise in 1953. Starring Steve Buscemi (as Nikita Krushchev), Michael Palin and Jeffrey Tambor. (107 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 4/4)

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ANNIHILATIONHHHH Jeff VanderMeer’s cerebral sci-fi trilogy comes to the screen, with Natalie Portman playing a biologist who embarks on an expedition into an area that seems to defy natural laws. With Jennifer Jason Leigh and Tessa Thompson. Alex Garland (Ex Machina) cowrote and directed. (120 min, R; reviewed by M.H. 2/28)

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SHERLOCK GNOMESHH The title sleuth (voiced by Johnny Depp) investigates the mysterious disappearances of lawn ornaments in this sequel to the 2011 family animation Gnomeo and Juliet. Emily Blunt, James McAvoy, Mary J. Blige and Michael Caine also star. John Stevenson directed. (100 min, PG)

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TOMB RAIDERHH1/2 Hollywood has another go at adapting the popular video game series into an action franchise; this time around, Alicia Vikander plays adventurer Lara Croft. With Dominic West and Walton Goggins. Roar Uthaug (The Wave) directed. (118 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 3/21)

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Eighty-three-year-old author Harlan Ellison has had a long and successful career. In the course of publishing hundreds of literary works in seven different genres, he has won numerous awards. But when he was in his thirties, there was an interruption in the upward arc of his career. The film production company Walt Disney Studios hired him as a writer. During his first day on the job, Roy Disney overheard Ellison joking with a coworker about using Disney characters in an animated pornographic movie. Ellison was fired on the spot. I am by no means predicting a comparable event in your life, Aries. On the contrary. By giving you this heads-up, I’m hoping you’ll be scrupulous and adroit in how you act in the early stages of a new project — so scrupulous and adroit that you will sail on to the next stages.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Actor Keanu Reeves’ career ascended to a higher level when he appeared as a lead character in the film Speed. It was the first time he had been a headliner in a big-budget production. But he turned down an offer to reprise his starring role in the sequel, Speed 2. Instead, he toured with his grunge band, Dogstar, and played the role of Hamlet in a production staged by a local theater company in Winnipeg, Manitoba. I admire him for being motivated more by love and passion than by fame and fortune. In my estimation, Cancerian, you face a choice that in some ways resembles Keanu’s but in other ways doesn’t. You shouldn’t automatically assume that what your ego craves is opposed to what your heart yearns for and your soul needs. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): A Leo sculptor I know is working on a 40-foot-long statue of a lion. Another Leo friend borrowed $30,000 to build a recording studio in her garage so she can pursue her quixotic dream of a music career. Of my other Leo acquaintances, one is writing a memoir of her time as a black-market orchid smuggler, another just did four sky dives in three days, and another embarked on a long-postponed pilgrimage to Slovenia, land of her ancestors. What about you? Are there any breathtaking challenges or smart gambles you’re considering? I trust you can surf the same astrological wave. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): How sexy is it possible for you to be? I’m referring to authentic soul-stirring sexiness, not the contrived, glitzy, counterfeit version. I’m alluding to the irresistible magnetism that wells up in you when you tap in to your core self and sum-

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): According to my analysis of the cosmic omens, your impact is rising. You’re gaining influence. More people are tuning in to what you have to offer. And yet your stress levels also seem to be increasing. Why is that? Do you assume that having more power requires you to endure higher tension? Do you unconsciously believe that being more worried is the price of being more responsible? If so, banish that nonsense. The truth is this: The best way to manage your growing clout is to relax into it. The best way to express your growing clout is to relax into it. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The immediate future will challenge you to revisit several fundamental Scorpio struggles. For best results, welcome these seeming intrusions as blessings and opportunities and follow these guidelines: 1. Your control over external circumstances will increase in direct proportion to your control over your inner demons. 2. Your ability to do what you want will thrive to the degree that you stop focusing on what you don’t want. 3. Your skill at regulating and triumphing over chaos will be invincible if you’re not engrossed in blaming others. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I’m about to say things that sound extraordinary. And it’s possible that they are in fact a bit overblown. But even if that’s the case, I trust that there is a core of truth in them. So rejoice in their oracular radiance. First, if you have been hoping for a miracle cure, the next four weeks will be a time when you’re more likely than usual to find it or generate it. Second, if you have fantasized about getting help to address a seemingly irremediable problem, asking aggressively for that help now will lead to at least a partial fix. Third, if you have wondered whether you could ever retrieve a lost or missing part of your soul, the odds are

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The French government defines books as an “essential good,” along with water, bread and electricity. Would you add anything to that list of life’s basics? Companionship? Stories? Deep sleep? Pleasurable exercise and movement? Once you identify your “essential goods,” I invite you to raise the level of reverence and care you give them. Take an oath to treat them as holy treasures. Boost your determination and ability to get all you need of their blessings. The coming weeks will be a favorable time to enhance your appreciation of the fundamentals you sometimes take for granted. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Buckingham

Palace is the home and office of the Queen of England. It has been the main royal residence since Queen Victoria took the throne in 1837. But in earlier times, the site served other purposes. The 17th-century English lawyer Clement Walker described the building occupying that land as a brothel, a hotbed of “debauchery.” Before that, the space was a mulberry garden where silkworms turned mulberry leaves into raw material for silk fabrics. I see the potential for an almost equally dramatic transformation of a certain place in your life, Aquarius. Start dreaming and scheming about the possibilities.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Poet Carolyn Forché is a role model for how to leave one’s comfort zone. In her early career, she earned writing degrees at placid universities near her childhood home in the American Midwest. Her first book mined material about her family; its first poem is addressed to her grandmother. But then she relocated to El Salvador, where she served as a human rights advocate during that country’s civil war. Later she lived and wrote in Lebanon at the height of its political strife. Her drive to expand her range of experience invigorated her poetry and widened her audience. Would you consider drawing inspiration from Forché in the coming weeks and months, Pisces? I don’t necessarily recommend quite so dramatic a departure for you, but even a mild version will be well rewarded.

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WHITE CIS MAN, CARHARTT JACKET Same-name friend, I’m abusing the I-Spys to ask you on a second date. Want to meditate together? When: Thursday, March 29, 2018. Where: OP. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914314 RUNNING WITH DOG, CHURCH STREET You yelled out from your car about my dog as I was running with a friend yesterday. Couldn’t stop then, but if you want to meet up and go for a walk with him, let me know! When: Thursday, March 22, 2018. Where: Church Street. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914312 HELLO MR. SMITH? We met on St. Patty’s. Me and my friend hung out with you and your two friends after closing. You were sleeping when we left, and I misunderstood when your friends talked about exchanging numbers (thinking they weren’t talking to me). I know it’s a long shot, but I figured if you looked hard enough, you’d find me. The words “flask,” “bathroom” and “murdermart” should help your memory. J. When: Saturday, March 17, 2018. Where: Burlington. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914311

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SHELBY Every look still bites the same. / It keeps me when I see you, / when you have me in your eyes. / My entirety in a pith. / Revered, struck. Hopelessly in love with you. When: Thursday, March 22, 2018. Where: everywhere. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914310 SUBARU AT 802 I saw you going into the dealership in the afternoon. You test-drove the Subaru right after I did. I thought your hat was cute but couldn’t say it. Would love to see you again! When: Wednesday, March 21, 2018. Where: 802 Auto. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914309 RE: DECEMBER, PARK PLACE Not sure if it’s me you are looking for, but everyone keeps telling me it is! I sent you a flirt. I’d like to chat, so if it is me you’re looking to have coffee with, let me know! When: Saturday, December 16, 2017. Where: Park Place, Essex. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914308 KB-E AT UVM MED CENTER Hey, it was good running into you the other weekend. Sorry it was at your work and I was a little preoccupied. It’d be nice to get caught up sometime; if you ever feel like grabbing a cup of coffee or something, let me know. When: Sunday, March 4, 2018. Where: UVM Medical Center. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914307 SHOPPING AT SHAW’S We ran across each other a few times in the aisles. Green coat, sweet smile in the spice aisle. Just thought I would say hi since I failed to utter a word to you today. When: Sunday, March 18, 2018. Where: Shaw’s. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914306

YOUNG SILVER-HAIRED GODDESS? You were wearing a Primus shirt and eating ramen alone. I’m the guy in the vest two seats down who was with a friend that night. Who are you? You seem magical. Perhaps you are a Druid, or a Valkyrie from the old ways. I would love the opportunity to hear your story. Perhaps over ramen? When: Saturday, March 10, 2018. Where: Bluebird Barbecue. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914305 ARKANSAS RESCUE STICK FIEND We crossed paths while you were walking your pup. Chatted about him; would like to hear about you, as well. If you would like company for another trek, please get in touch. When: Saturday, March 10, 2018. Where: Red Rocks Park. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914304 CITY MARKET CRACKERS AND ACL We talked at checkout. You seemed interesting, but I didn’t linger to talk more — but wished I did after. Hit me up. You have some recovery time ahead. Good time to meet people! When: Wednesday, March 14, 2018. Where: City Market. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914303 THE BESTEST I know that you’re a little weird. I’m a little weird, too. We often have conversations with our eyes alone (which is good, because you aren’t one for many words). I do enough talking for the both of us. I see you on so many levels — I want to see way more. I think that you are the “bestest.” Will you be mine? When: Thursday, June 8, 2017. Where: GMS. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914302 THE DANCE FLOOR ON PLANET JUPTR You were the dark-haired petite lady in blue at JUPTR. You held your own on the dance floor with me, and you knew it. You let me know as much as we exchanged a few words, and then you disappeared shortly after, well before the show was done. We need to dominate a dance floor together again soon. When: Wednesday, March 14, 2018. Where: Nectar’s. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914301 LOVE AT FIRST DIP We sat near each other in a cozy corner and shared stories over a beer. After talking to you for just that little bit, I knew the spark I felt could light the candle underneath the fondue bowl in front of me. You seem just as sweet as the homemade ice cream. Let’s meet there again! When: Tuesday, March 6, 2018. Where: the Stowehof & Fritz Bar. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914300 ARAM I want to press my body against yours, slowly and softly kiss you, be close enough to breathe the heavy air that surrounds you, feel your arms envelope me as the world slowly blurs and fades away, leaving only we. When: Wednesday, March 14, 2018. Where: in everything. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914299

FRIENDLY FACE AT VILLAGE MARKET I decided to grab some food and was amazed by those beautiful blue eyes and red(?) hair (again). I’d like to think you opened up your line to get me over to chat, but more likely you are just a great employee. Wanna get together some time for coffee? You seem like such a kind person! When: Tuesday, March 13, 2018. Where: the Village Market, Waterbury. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914298 DECEMBER, PARK PLACE, ESSEX Pre-Christmas, I saw you sitting watching karaoke. You: jeans, black coat and beautiful green eyes set off by shoulder-length blond hair. Me: jeans, white long-sleeved oxford, playing pool. I was too nervous to approach. Care to meet for coffee or lunch? I promise not to sing! When: Saturday, December 16, 2017. Where: Park Place, Essex. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914297 I MUSTACHE YOU A QUESTION Saw your mustache, definitely on fleek. You got the whole Dodgeball Goodman thing going on. Noticed everyone following your lead; quite the trendsetter you are. How’s about we find somewhere to talk about the next one? When: Monday, March 5, 2018. Where: Mehuron’s Market. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914296 KINDNESS MATTERS I was wearing a lot of comfy plaid due to a recent surgery. I’m happily married, but I have a number of really great single friends. I’m pretty intuitive, and I liked your vibe. If you are single, I would be happy to subtly introduce you. If not, platonic friendship is also very available. When: Friday, March 9, 2018. Where: Williston Goodwill drop-off. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914295 DOG STRUT I was walking out of Bath & Body and made deep and meaningful eye contact with your dog. I just want to follow that up. Your beard is invited, too. When: Wednesday, March 7, 2018. Where: Church Street. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914294 DIGITAL CAFÉ DENIZEN Where: most BVT coffee shops. When: one to five times per week. Why: Laptops have supplanted the brick-andmortar. Working from home is lonely. Caffeine addiction. Tech-induced social ineptitude. I would say we should grab a coffee, but at this rate I doubt our adrenals could handle it. Not trying to pick you up, but I’m curious — who are you, office mate? When: Wednesday, March 7, 2018. Where: all the coffee shops. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914293 PEANUT BUTTER ROMANCE Brown-haired lady, lovely lady, buying peanut butter in her own jar. I asked about peanut butter; we agreed it’s a dietary staple, a foundation of the food pyramid. I dig your cuteness and energy and the definitive way you told the cashier that your jar weighs 0.6. I’m a writer/farmer/teacher/jack-of-manytrades, crayons beside a Rolex. Let’s talk over drinks. When: Tuesday, March 6, 2018. Where: City Market, Onion River Co-op. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914292 SANDY, YOU WERE SKATE-SKIING I helped you with your ski pole straps and said that I’d be happy to give you a lesson sometime. You seemed smiley, attractive and good-natured. Are you single? If so, would you like to go for a ski or hike? When: Saturday, February 10, 2018. Where: Morse Farm. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914290

SCARLETTLETTERS Dear Scarlett, My boyfriend talks dirty while we’re having sex. I know it turns him on, but I find it annoying. Sometimes I have trouble coming because of it. What should I do?

Dear Silence,

Signed,

Silence Is Golden (female, age 28)

For a lot of people, talking dirty is a form of foreplay. During sex, it can stir the imagination and keep the excitement going. But some, like you, find it distracting, even embarrassing, and it sidetracks their happy ending. Our culture has a fuzzy relationship with profanity, especially when it comes to sexual content. People curse and talk about sex all the time, and yet the words are still taboo, something we’re not supposed to say. The inherent naughtiness is part of what makes sex talk in the bedroom so much fun. But talking dirty can also violate our sense of intimacy and respect, feel like objectification, or be just plain distracting. There’s nothing more peeving than unwanted chatter jolting you out of a preorgasmic trance. You cannot continue to pretend his words are working for you. You’re not into it, and it’s inhibiting you from having a good time. So just be honest. Dirty talk may not be important to him, either, or your feedback might encourage him to keep it in his head. You could together decide to put on a little music instead, something that makes you both feel sexy and doesn’t distract from the mood. When you talk to him about it, be gentle. This is his experience, too, and you want your man revved up and excited. Don’t kill his sexual spirit. Another approach: Take this opportunity to try something new. Think about what turns you on, and tell him about it. Share a fantasy you may have bottled up, or compliment his body and let him know how great he’s making you feel in the heat of the moment. You could even give him direction — tell him to touch you softly or thrust harder. Don’t get bossy (unless he digs that); just tell him what you desire. Sex talk can be a way of saying what most men and women really want to hear from their lover, which is: “I want you.”

Love,

Scarlett

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