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oon after she moved to Hinesburg in 1983, DIANE SNELLING caught wind of a proposal to build 30 new houses in slapdash fashion on the property next door. She chose to fight it under the state’s restrictive Act 250 land-use law and took her case to the local district environmental commission. “The directness of speaking to the La Mer person that’s doing the project and trying Natura Bissé to work it out was, I thought, good,” she Bobbi Brown recalls. “You put your cards on the table Trish McEvoy and say, ‘How do we work through this together?’” Laura Mercier The developer eventually scaled back SkinCeuticals his project, and Snelling was inspired to join Hinesburg’s planning commission and then its selectboard. When her mother, former lieutenant governor BARBARA SNELLING, fell ill in 2002, then-governor HOWARD DEAN appointed Diane to fill out Corner of Main & Battery Streets, her term in the Senate. She’s been there ever since — at least, ÕÀ }Ì ]Ê6/ÊUÊnäÓ nÈ£ Çxää until Tuesday morning, when Gov. PETER www.mirrormirrorvt.com SHUMLIN called an unexpected press conference in his ceremonial Statehouse office to announce that he’d appointed Snelling to chair the Natural Resources Board. In 8v-MirrorMirror081915.indd 1 8/17/15 10:18 AMthat position, she will oversee the state’s nine district environmental commissions, including the one she once petitioned. “I think 15 years is a good long time,” she says. “I think it’s just sort of human nature to say, well, ‘What else might I do that would interest me and perhaps might not include campaigning?’” Snelling’s resignation from the Vermont Senate marks the end of an era. For most of the past 40 years, since her father, RICHARD SNELLING, began the first of two stints in the governor’s office, a Snelling of one sort or another has served in state government. Now, a Republican Party that was once synonymous with the Snelling family may lose its last Senate seat in Chittenden County’s liberal, sixmember district. “Diane is irreplaceable — and I mean that in two ways,” says Sen. PHIL BARUTH (D-Chittenden), the majority leader. “She’s a very special woman in her own right, and I’ve loved working with her. But she’s also irreplaceable, I think, for Republicans in Chittenden County. I don’t Ceramic work from the think, honestly, they will find another Republican who can manage to wind up in UVM Pottery Co-op the top six.” Complicating matters for the GOP, the Opening Event Democratic governor declined to give the April 1 county party a chance to nominate up to three potential replacements, as is custom5-8PM ary but not required. Instead, he immeWWW.FROGHOLLOW.ORG diately appointed South Burlington City Council chair HELEN RIEHLE — who served a 85 Church St. Burlington, VT 802-863-6458

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decade in the House and eight years in the Senate — to fill out Snelling’s term. “With the session winding to a close, it is important for Chittenden County to have a senator right away who is ready to hit the ground running,” Shumlin explained. A self-described “very moderate Republican,” Riehle will likely vote as Snelling would have during the final six weeks of the session. But because Riehle has vowed not seek election this November, Republicans won’t be able to run an incumbent. “It’s clearly a crafty political maneuver by Gov. Shumlin, who’s shown with great consistency that he puts politics ahead of giving people a say,” says Vermont Republican Party chair DAVID SUNDERLAND.

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“The Vermont GOP has become so insignificant that Gov. Shumlin feels no need to go through the nominating process,” says conservative political operative DARCIE JOHNSTON. “And that’s a sad day for Vermonters, who in the largest county in the state will likely not have any Republican representation in 2017.” The party already holds just nine of 30 Senate seats — and that’s including suspended Sen. NORM MCALLISTER (R-Franklin). Even before Snelling’s resignation, Democratic and Progressive candidates were lining up to replace another member of the delegation who’s relinquishing his seat next winter, in order to run for lieutenant governor: Sen. DAVID ZUCKERMAN (P/D-Chittenden). Declared candidates include Winooski attorney FAISAL GILL, Vermont Interfaith Action executive director DEBBIE INGRAM and Burlington attorney DAVID SCHERR — all Democrats. Rep. CHRIS PEARSON (P-Burlington) is giving it close consideration, as is Burlington consultant DAWN ELLIS. The other four incumbents — Baruth, Democrat/Progressive TIM ASHE and Democrats GINNY LYONS and MICHAEL SIROTKIN — all plan to seek reelection. Baruth, who’s charged with Democratic candidate recruitment, thinks the rare double-opening in the state’s most powerful delegation — two months before the filing deadline — could lure many more to the race. “I think it will be catnip for people who’ve been kicking around this option for years and years,” he says.

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After clobbering former secretary of state HILLARY CLINTON Saturday in Washington, Hawaii and Alaska, Sen. BERNIE SANDERS (IVt.) sounded like a presidential candidate ascendant. “We’ve won six out of seven contests in the last 11 days,” he told ABC News’ JONATHAN KARL on Sunday morning. “Clearly we have the momentum.” The next day, Sanders campaign manager JEFF WEAVER summoned his inner SAMUEL CLEMENS. “Reports of our death are greatly exaggerated,” he declared to reporters on a Monday afternoon conference call. “We are certainly in this to win — and there is a path to do so.” Perhaps. But it is as narrow and winding as can be. Though Sanders has trimmed Clinton’s pledged-delegate advantage from 326 to 240 in the past two weeks, he still must win roughly 57 percent of those left to be allocated — just to tie things up. And that’s ignoring her superdelegate lead of 440. “Nearly insurmountable” is how Clinton chief strategist JOEL BENENSON described his boss’ lead Monday afternoon in his own conference call with reporters. “I haven’t seen anything you folks have reported that says that they’ve been able to make a credible case for how they have a path to winning this thing,” he said. “’Cause they don’t.” Indeed, Team Sanders’ theories of how they might prevail have grown ever more elaborate with every passing week. On the Sunday morning talk shows, Sanders himself suggested he’d be comfortable winning the nomination by converting superdelegates, even if he lost to Clinton among pledged delegates — you know, the ones chosen by voters. Can you imagine what Sanders would say if Clinton suggested such a tactic? Party honchos stealing the race from the rightful winner? Perish the thought! Of course, to question the viability of Sanders’ strategy is to concede to the Bernie Bros — those legions of true believers who pollute your Facebook feed and will soon dwell in the comments section of this column — that you are nothing more than a pawn of the corporations, in the tank for Queen $Hillary. “Every success by Bernie is met with a story or column or talking head whose message is ‘but he can’t possibly win,’” former labor secretary and top-ranking Bernie Bro ROBERT REICH wrote Monday on Facebook. “That’s the media refrain because the Democratic establishment can’t conceive of the possibility Bernie will win.”

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“I can tell you: African Americans are very loyal Democratic voters,” Tulchin said. “When it comes to a general election matchup between Bernie and any Republican, they’ll be there for us.” Really? They’ll be there for Sanders — even though his electoral strategy has amounted to running up the numbers in white America? Devine quickly walked back Tulchin’s comment, saying, “Bernie recognizes — we all recognize — that the African American vote is critically important to the success of the Democratic Party in the general election.” But when a reporter asked a few minutes later whether, if Devine could do it all again, he would devote more resources to those southern states, Devine laughed. “With 20-20 hindsight, I can tell you, honestly, no,” he said. Got it. Untitled-6 The Sanders press call reached Peak Bernie Bro when Weaver suggested that the campaign might yet pull some mystery votes out of its hat. “We have a number of superdelegates who are not prepared to go public at this point who have indicated to us they are supportive,” he said. “So we believe our superdelegate number is higher than the one that’s publicly available.” Responding to Weaver’s remark later that day, Benenson scoffed, comparing it to “RICHARD NIXON’s secret peace plan on the eve of the election in 1968 for the Vietnam War.” To be fair, the Clinton campaign is not above its own selective reading of results. “She has won in 17 of the 21 states where more than 7 percent of the eligible voters have turned out,” Benenson argued. “So where voters are coming out to the polls, she’s been dominating.” Cool, man. And in states featuring a high consumption of kale, an abundance of Subarus and a dearth of billboards, Sanders tends to win 86 percent of the vote. Feel the Bern, brah! Let’s get a couple things straight: You win elections by earning votes. You win party nominations by picking up delegates. And while — in a hypothetical universe in which party leaders defect to the losing candidate they’ve never really liked — Sanders could win with the help of superdelegates, doing so wouldn’t match his message. As Sanders himself would surely admit, the very existence of superdelegates is inherently and intentionally undemocratic. They are there to thwart the will of the people — just in case. If Sanders wants to win this thing, he needs to win a majority of pledged delegates. He’d better get on it. !

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Actually, it’s because reporters believe in arithmetic — and the numbers simply don’t add up. Yes, Sanders should do well next Tuesday in Wisconsin and in the final state caucuses in Wyoming and North Dakota. That bird that landed on his podium last Friday in Portland is surely a harbinger of successes to come in Oregon. And, yeah, a progressive champion like Sanders ought to do well in New York and California. But because Democrats award delegates proportionally and host no winnertake-all contests, Sanders will have to perform, consistently, at a level he has rarely reached. He’ll have to do so in primaries — not the caucuses in which he’s racked up most of his wins — and in states that are more diverse than those in which he’s excelled. And he’ll have to absolutely kill it — not just barely win — in New York and California. Of the 22 contests remaining, former BARACK OBAMA campaign manager DAVID PLOUFFE thinks Sanders might win as many as 12 or 13. But, the unpaid Clinton adviser wrote Monday, “I believe Hillary Clinton has zero chance of not being the Democratic nominee.” Senior Sanders strategist TAD DEVINE chooses to live in a different reality. On Monday’s conference call with reporters, he noted, “Almost all of Secretary Clinton’s delegate lead comes from [eight] states where she faced little or no competition.” Those contests, many of which fell on Super Tuesday, account for “essentially 97 percent of her delegate lead today,” he said. “If you look at the states where Bernie won — those 14 states where he won more delegates — we have an advantage of about 149 delegates,” Devine continued. His point? “Where this competition is real — we have a very good chance of beating her in every single place that we compete with her,” he said. Um, yeah. But, Tad, that’s not how it works. When you’re running for president, you don’t get to pick and choose which states count and which don’t. And let’s not forget the fact that those states in which Sanders chose not to venture — Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi among them — are those with the highest share of African American Democratic voters. To be sure, Sanders has made inroads with blacks and Hispanics — particularly those under 30 — but his campaign can be a little tone-deaf. Explaining why his boss tends to outperform Clinton in hypothetical matchups against DONALD TRUMP and other Republicans, pollster BEN TULCHIN said Monday that Sanders holds onto independent and young voters while picking up “base voters, including African Americans and Latinos.”

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n experienced developer has come to the aid of the trio trying to transform Burlington’s Moran Plant from a hulking industrial relic into a state-of-the art waterfront landmark. Redstone Commercial Group’s first recommendation for the “New Moran” team: scale back the $34 million project — to a $20 million one. The new partnership is designed to reassure public officials, who have expressed doubts about whether entrepreneurs in their mid-twenties, Tad Cooke and Erick Crockenberg, and their more senior partner, Charlie Tipper, could pull off the revitalization venture they launched four years ago. Even with Redstone on board, the group still faces a fundamental test: convincing Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger and city council that New Moran is feasible. Others, including the YMCA and a Scottish ice-climbing company, have tried and failed to redevelop the former coal-fired electric generating plant that was decommissioned three decades ago. It’s been more than two years since the mayor endorsed a proposal from Cooke, Crockenberg and Tipper to turn the building’s ground floor into a marketplace with food vendors, artisans and retail shops and convert the second to a 1,500-person events space for concerts, conferences and other functions. A glass addition would provide a communal workspace for new businesses. Burlington voters came on board in March 2014, approving $9.6 million in tax increment financing for various waterfront projects, including Moran. In August of that year, the New Moran team signed a memorandum of understanding with the city. The next step was for both parties to sign a development agreement by March 2015. That document would outline conditions under which the city would agree to go ahead and take on $6.3 million in debt to fund the project. One year later, they still don’t have an agreement. Publically, the Weinberger administration has downplayed the delay, emphasizing that it’s common for complex, large-scale projects to take longer than expected.

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really bank on getting $9.6 million from the New Markets Tax Credit program. The convoluted and competitive federal program gives tax credits to investors who fund qualified projects in lowincome areas. Optimism among some city councilors was flagging, too. “I think we were at a point where we were almost ready to give up,” said Dave Hartnett, an independent councilor. In his view, bringing in a developer was essential to the project’s survival: “I think it was either this or Moran was coming down.” Cooke, Crockenberg and Tipper turned to Redstone principal Larry Williams and development manager Erik Hoekstra, both of whom had already donated money and taken seats on New Moran’s “champions council” of well-connected supporters.

“There are a lot of people in town who would rather see that thing torn down,” Hoekstra said in an interview last week. But at Redstone, “We’ve always kind of admired it as this architectural artifact.” He and Williams agreed to review the project and make a decision within 60 days — by the end of February. “We spent a lot of time really digging into what they had done,” Hoekstra said. They concluded that the project was possible, but the current plan was too ambitious. Cooke, Crockenberg and Tipper agreed to get rid of the glass addition, which would have encased the exposed steelwork on the north side of the building. According to the revised plans, the weathered steel will get refurbished but remain exposed. On February 29, the Redstone execs signed a development services agreement spelling out their respective roles. The original New Moran members will focus on raising money from donors, an endeavor that was put on hold for several months while they addressed the Weinberger administration’s concerns. So far, Cooke said, they have roughly $800,000 in hand and $3.4 million in pledges. Their goal has been to raise $11 million, though Cooke noted they may lower that figure to reflect the more modest plan. Meanwhile, Redstone will take the lead on the design, permitting and construction work. It will also be working to secure historic and new markets tax credits to help finance the project. According to Hoekstra, Redstone has extensive experience with historic tax credits — which are awarded to projects as long as they fulfill certain requirements. The company has completed only two projects that relied on new markets credits, but Hoekstra noted that he has prior experience with the program from working at Housing Vermont. Despite the fact that the partnership requires him to give up some control over the project, Cooke described it as “a really positive development.” It’s also a pretty good deal. Although the developer’s fee hasn’t been determined yet, both Cooke and Hoekstra confirmed it will be heavily discounted.

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t home in New Haven, Sen. Chris Bray can redirect a wayward hound with a clap of his hands or a few select words, he said. “Pack in,” he’ll call, sending the dog back to his partner, Kate Selby, as they train the animal for fox hunting. Bray exhibits an altogether different leadership style at the Statehouse in Montpelier, where no one is inclined to heel. The Democratic chair of the Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee does not command his colleagues into compliance. There is more than one alpha dog among the renewableenergy advocates and critics who crowd his committee room. “He’s not a my-way-or-the-highway kind of chair,” said Sen. Brian Campion (D-Bennington), one of five members of Bray’s committee. “He’s a listener. He wants to hear from everybody.” Slowly and methodically, Bray has steered his diverse committee this session to unanimously support a controversial bill that seeks to solve a seemingly intractable problem: siting large solar arrays and towering wind turbines in a way that works for both developers and project neighbors. The bill, S.230, is meant to bridge a gap that has widened in Vermont over the past decade. On one side is the prevailing belief that Vermont should be doing everything possible to generate its own clean, sustainable energy. On the other are those who think the surge in wind and solar projects is threatening the state’s natural beauty and livability. The bill would give towns and regions greater influence — “substantial deference” in legal parlance — in state Public Service Board decisions about the location of renewable energy projects, if they incorporate energy siting into their municipal plans. The state Department of Public Service would certify those local and regional plans. “What Sen. Bray has done is thread the needle,” said Johanna Miller, energy program director for the Vermont Natural Resources Council. Not everyone likes the bill as much as she does, but most people following the issue have come to realize that soft-spoken Bray, 60, who looks more like a college professor than a politician, is tougher and savvier than he seems. “I had my suspicions of him,” said Rep. Tony Klein (D-East Montpelier), a veteran

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legislator who heads the House Natural Resources and Energy Committee. “I wasn’t sure, knowing his gentlemanly personality, that he had the horsepower to take on such a tough subject.” Klein said Bray allayed those suspicions last year when he stood up to Senate President Pro Tempore John Campbell (D-Windsor) in the final days of the 2015 session. Faced with this same dilemma, Campbell made a last-minute push to amend an energy bill to allow towns to halt energy-siting projects — after Bray’s committee had already rejected that idea. In fast-moving negotiations, Gov. Peter Shumlin and Klein agreed to Campbell’s measure in a deal to save the rest of the bill, which they wanted to pass. Bray was expected to go along. “Everyone had agreed, except the committee of jurisdiction,” Bray said. “It was very depressing.” Bray recalled the discomfort he felt at the prospect of selling out his own committee. He contemplated it for a night, then came back the next day, appealed to colleagues to stand up for the process and mustered enough votes to overrule Campbell. There were no theatrics, but Bray emerged as a force — albeit a slow-moving, bow-tie-wearing one.

“It changed my whole relationship with him for this year. He earned his stripes,” Klein said. Klein’s committee is apt to alter Bray’s bill when it reaches the House, but he buys into its basic concepts. Bray has won the guarded approval of some renewableenergy critics, too, even as they fight for changes. “I think the bill is headed in the right direction,” said Sen. John Rodgers (D-Essex/Orleans), a member of Bray’s committee whose district hosts some of the state’s largest wind projects. “I’m just hopeful we’re going to continue to tweak it.” Rodgers and others will be adjusting the bill as it hits the Senate floor this week. “We think the bill does make some improvements,” said Karen Horn, public policy and advocacy director for the Vermont League of Cities & Towns, but the group also has “quite a few remaining concerns.” Almost half of VLCT’s members — 111 towns — have signed a Town of Rutland petition calling for more say in solar siting. “He’s always very gracious, and he’s willing to hear from everybody,” Horn said of Bray. “But I’m not sure how well he understands the perspective of local governments.” Others are less diplomatic.

“I look at S.230 as an attempt to make it look like the legislature is doing something without actually doing something,” said Mark Whitworth, president of Energize Vermont, an organization that has fought unsuccessfully for a moratorium on industrial wind projects. Whitworth is continuing to push for new noise standards for wind projects that would include ongoing sound monitoring. When he took up the issue of renewable energy in Vermont, Bray expected to hear passionate arguments for and against. But he also wanted facts. So he studied up. He took four classes last summer at Vermont Law School, exploring U.S. energy policy and how the electric grid works. “I always want to know more about something,” Bray said. “If somebody said, ‘We want you to remodel the second floor,’ I would go down to the basement to get started.” The son and grandson of doctors, Bray considered following their footsteps before finding his own path. He grew up in New Britain, Conn., but both sides of his family have roots in Vermont. He studied zoology at the University of Vermont, and then found that his real love was for linguistics. He earned a master’s degree in English at UVM.

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Bray gets to indulge both interests at home in New Haven. He helps Selby run the 82-acre farm, on which they board up to 20 horses and 16 hounds. And he’s got a home-based business, Common Ground Communications. Bray edited and published former governor Jim Douglas’ 2014 biography, The Vermont Way. Last summer and fall, Bray added assembly-line work to his résumé: “I needed work,” he said of his stints on the production line at Vermont Coffee in Middlebury, where he’d worked previously as vice president. He distinguished himself in the company break room, according to Vermont Coffee owner Paul Ralston, a Middlebury Democrat who served two terms in the state House. Bray was a member of the company’s winning crossword puzzle team. “He has a lot of arcane knowledge,” Ralston said. That’s a by-product of Bray’s willingness to go where his interests lead him — including to the legislature. After being elected president of the Middlebury Area Land Trust, he wanted to learn how to run a meeting more effectively. So Bray SEN. BRIAN enrolled in the Snelling Center for Government’s Vermont Leadership Institute. The program took him to the Statehouse for a three-day immersion. “I was smitten with the place,” he said. When Rep. Willem Jewett (D-Ripton) mentioned in 2006 that Democrats were looking for a candidate to take on Republican incumbent Rep. Harvey Smith of New Haven, Bray threw his hat in the ring. “The chances of beating someone like that is nil,” Bray said. “Luckily, I didn’t know any of that.” Bray had lived in New Haven just two years at the time, but after knocking on 1,500 doors, he won by 51 votes. He served in the House for four years before running for lieutenant governor in 2010. He was bested by Democratic primary opponent Steve Howard, who went on to lose to Republican Phil Scott in the general election. Howard remembers Bray as a tougher-than-expected opponent. “He doesn’t take a room by storm. He sort of slowly makes his presence known,” said Howard. Bray returned to the legislature in 2013, winning an open Senate seat representing Addison County. He’s in his second year as chair of the Natural Resources

and Energy Committee — an appropriate position given the large number of controversial renewable energy projects in his Senate district. New Haven, in particular, has attracted multiple solar farms, and town officials said they have felt like bystanders to the state’s approval process. Ralston doesn’t think Bray’s bill will give his hometown any more control. Instead of focusing on the siting process, the former legislator said, Bray should scrutinize incentives for renewable energy. In Ralston’s view, they line the pockets of developers without benefiting local communities. New Haven Selectboard member Doug Tolles agreed. “S.230 does nothing for us,” Tolles said, arguing that town and regional planning organizations don’t have the resources to create the municipal plans that would give them more say in siting renewable projects. “It’s ludicrous,” said Tolles. On a scale of one to 10, he said, Bray “is a zero.” Bray wasn’t surprised by his neighbor’s assessment. The two men have long been at odds. The senator acknowledged that some of the New CAMPION Haven solar projects could use better natural screening, but he doesn’t want to limit the size and location of projects, as Tolles does. S.230 offers financial help for towns and regions to create plans. It also provides incentives for renewable energy projects to be built in spots that towns and regions designate as preferable, such as old landfills and parking lots, Bray pointed out. Energize Vermont’s Whitworth has a problem with the bill’s planning process. Giving the public service commissioner power to certify regional plans leaves municipalities at the political whim of the governor, he said. “You’ve got a great deal riding on a political appointee who could change every two years,” Whitworth said. After two months of deliberation, Bray has heard these complaints many times — and not for the last time. Meantime, the linguist finds inspiration in a book that might also prove useful to a herdsman. Quoting the Tao Te Ching, Bray said, “The best leader is one who, when the work is done, people say, ‘We did it all ourselves.’” !

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ep. George Till (D-Jericho) is on a mission to deter tobacco use in Vermont. For the past three weeks, the 63-year-old four-term lawmaker has been doggedly lobbying his House colleagues with a proposal to raise the age at which Vermonters can legally buy and use tobacco products, from 18 to 21. That he’s a physician at the University of Vermont Medical Center only half explains Till’s push for that bill, another that would regulate electronic cigarettes the same way as tobacco products and a third to hike tobacco taxes. For Till, it’s also personal: Smoking killed both of his parents when they were in their sixties. “It is a really ugly way to go, dying of emphysema,” he said. “It is horrible to watch. It is even more horrible to go through.” Till can present facts about tobacco use with the precision you expect from a scientist. An estimated 10,000 youngsters who smoke today will die from tobaccorelated illnesses, he has said in testimony and floor speeches. Direct medical costs for smoking-related illnesses in Vermont total $348 million a year. “Ninety percent of adult smokers started by they time they were 21, and 99 percent by 26,” he explained. “So if you don’t start young, you are much less likely to become addicted.” Till first proposed raising the smoking age to 21 in 2014, but his bill failed to receive consideration. He offered the measure again last year, and once again nothing happened. As this legislative session reached its midpoint, the bill was still stuck in committee. But a proposal to place restrictions on electronic cigarettes was in play. In it, Till saw an opportunity to test the chances of raising the legal smoking age. He asked, “Why would we not embrace this?” First he tried to persuade the House Human Services Committee to add the age change as an amendment to the e-cigarette bill. The panel turned him down, because some members worried that the measure might jeopardize passage of the e-cigarette restrictions. Till didn’t give up. He offered the same amendment when the e-cigarette bill came before the full House. The March 16 vote was 71-71. House Speaker Shap Smith (D-Morristown), who is not a fan of the change, declined to cast a tie-breaking vote, so the amendment died.

Till put a positive spin on the loss. He said the tie vote sent a message to House leaders that “People want this to happen.” It convinced Rep. Ann Pugh (D-South Burlington), chair of the Human Services Committee, to schedule testimony on Till’s stand-alone bill last Thursday. Her committee voted to advance it, 7 to 4.

Till won another small victory late last week for a proposal to impose an excise tax on e-cigarettes, just as the state does on tobacco products. He wanted to add it to a bill already full of tax changes, but Smith stymied this effort with a surprise ruling that the amendment wasn’t relevant.

Till asked for a vote to overrule the speaker, but House Ways and Means Committee chair Janet Ancel (D-Calais) had another idea. She called a quick committee meeting and had the tax-writing panel vote out an e-cigarette excise tax bill that would raise $500,000. “I feel the issue deserves a vote,” she said. Till said that such antismoking measures are “things that we know work and can reduce personal suffering.” The movement to raise the smoking age began a decade ago when a Boston suburb bumped up the minimum age for tobacco sales from 18 to 21. Subsequent research found that by 2010, the teen smoking rate in Needham had dropped from 13 percent to 7 percent. Since then, more than 90 Massachusetts municipalities have raised their smoking ages to 21. So have Cleveland, Kansas City, San Francisco and New York City. Chicago aldermen approved the change on March 16. Hawaii became the first state to switch to 21, in 2015. Lawmakers in California approved the change earlier this year, and their bill awaits the governor’s signature. Antismoking advocates in the Vermont Statehouse want to increase the age here, too, but their priority this year has been enactment of e-cigarette restrictions. Rebecca Ryan, public policy director for the American Lung Association in Vermont, said upping the smoking age is a relatively new idea bolstered by a recent National Academy of Medicine report. It found that within the first five years, an increase in the legal smoking age would reduce the number of U.S. youth who try smoking by 25 percent, drop overall smoking rates by 12 percent, and avert 16,000 cases of premature and low-weight babies. The Coalition for a Tobacco Free Vermont, which includes the Lung Association, the American Heart Association of Vermont and the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, laid much of the groundwork with lawmakers on the e-cigarette bill. Those lobbyists don’t want to lose momentum by tying it to a newer, more controversial proposal. “We support both policies, but we want to see them stand alone,” Ryan said. The e-cigarette bill, which has passed the House and is under review in the Senate Health and Welfare Committee, would prohibit the use of these electronic devices wherever lit tobacco products are banned, such as in restaurants, public buildings and motor vehicles when young children are passengers. It also would require retailers to remove e-cigarettes from counter displays.

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anecdotal research on Vermont Vapor customers over a three-week period. She found that just four of 95 who vape also smoke. “You are vilifying e-cigarettes,” she said of the pending bill. The proposed restrictions on where people could use the devices “would drive us back with smokers when we have quit,” she argued. Dr. Jan Carney, associate dean for public health at the University of Vermont College of Medicine and former health commissioner, disputed Barker’s assertions that e-cigarettes help people quit smoking. She said research shows “the majority of people smoking e-cigarettes are continuing to use traditional cigarettes.” Sen. Ginny Lyons (D-Chittenden) asked if the scientific evidence on ecigarettes showed them to be hazardous enough to warrant the restrictions in the proposed bill. “The more we learn, the more concerned we are,” Carney responded. Antismoking advocates at the Statehouse shuttle between Senate deliberations on the e-cigarette bill and the House, where Till’s age-change bill is moving. The version that passed the Human Services Committee last Thursday would raise the legal smoking age incrementally over the course of three years, beginning in January 2017. Rep. Jill Krowinski (D-Burlington) said the phase-in approach was designed to protect today’s 18- and 19-year-old smokers from having their rights revoked.

Jim Harrison, president of the Vermont Retail & Grocers Association, opposed the phase-in, saying it would be challenging for retailers to keep track of dates when the legal age for sales changed. He argued, too, that Vermont should wait until surrounding states made the change to minimize lost sales to border businesses. The bill’s opponents on the Human Services Committee questioned the fairness of telling 18-year-old military members that they can risk their lives for their country but not their lungs to cigarette smoke. Rep. Francis “Topper” McFaun (R-Barre Town) tried but failed to win support for an exception for members of the armed services. Citing the testimony of pediatrician Dr. Barbara Frankowski, McFaun suggested the age should be higher — specifically 26, when the young, addiction-susceptible brain is considered fully developed. Rep. Paul Dame (R-Essex Junction) argued, “I’m not sure that the way to get 18-year-olds to make better decisions is to take decisions away from them. Aren’t we only encouraging this idea of delayed adolescence?” The full House had been scheduled to vote Tuesday on raising the smoking age, but when questions arose about the potential tax loss, House leaders agreed to send the bill to the Ways and Means Committee. On Wednesday, the e-cigarette excise tax bill Till cosponsored comes up for its first vote in the full House. Neither has a clear path to enactment, because they missed the Senate crossover deadline. But House Speaker Smith said that if the upper chamber sits on the bill because of its tardy arrival, “it is possible it could end up on another bill.” Smith is against the change on the same grounds as McFaun and, using the same logic, believes the drinking age should be 18. Even if it wins legislative approval, Gov. Peter Shumlin might veto it. “The governor is opposed to this bill in a very strong way,” Health Commissioner Chen told the Human Services Committee. Personally, Chen, a doctor, acknowledged, “It would be impossible for me to absolutely oppose this.” Till is grateful that his tobacco bills are finally being taken seriously but remains realistic about their chances of making it all the way this year. The agechange proposal is new to the Senate, so education will be critical, he said. “Raising the smoking age is so obviously good policy for population health and disease prevention that it will happen in Vermont sooner or later,” Till said. “I just hope for it to be sooner.” !

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“He opened the door on the second attempt and yelled at me to, ‘Stay the fuck away from my door,’’” Lee wrote. Grenon could then be heard yelling inside his apartment. On March 12, neighbors called police and said Grenon was yelling and seemed to be hallucinating in a hallway. Then he retreated to his apartment and refused to answer his door. Police notified the Street Outreach Team, a group of counselors tasked with caring for the mentally ill in Burlington, and the Burlington Housing Authority, which manages the building. Grenon had occasionally caused problems in the building since 2009, according to Paul Dettman, the authority’s executive director. In recent months, he began making direct threats to staff and fellow residents. A week or so before Grenon’s death, housing authority officials gave him a letter requiring him to leave within 30 days. “When he got the termination notice, he told someone, ‘This is war, and someone is going to die, and it’s not going to be me,’” Dettman said. South Square resident Charlie Messing said he considered Grenon a friend. When Grenon was on his psychiatric medication, Messing said, he was a warm, friendly man eager to chat up fellow residents. Grenon spoke fondly of time he spent in Paris, Messing recalled. But recently, Grenon would yell at Messing and others when they passed by, and he would stare them down. “I’d say ‘Hello’ like normal, and he’d say, ‘Don’t speak to me. What are you looking at? Stop staring at me,’” Messing said. “It was like a guy with a cloud over him, like rain falling on one person. He was an OK guy, but his illness took over. He was not driving the car anymore. He was in the backseat, and the driver was headed for a wall. It was just a matter of time.” On the evening of March 21, a member of the Street Outreach Team and a Burlington police officer were en route to Grenon’s apartment — del Pozo declined to specify if they planned to arrest Grenon COURTESY OF BURLINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT

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ermont mental health experts reacted with a sense of weary frustration to the news last week that a Burlington police officer shot and killed a 76-year-old paranoid schizophrenic. It was like reading a familiar script, they said: The protagonist, Ralph “Phil” Grenon, suffered from what was widely understood to be a psychological breakdown; the health care system was unable to provide effective intervention; and police officers later insisted they could not avoid a confrontation that turned fatal. “It seems like every six months or so, someone with a severe mental illness is being severely injured or killed by police,” said A.J. Ruben, supervising attorney for Disabilities Rights Vermont, a nonprofit agency that advocates for the disabled. “And we hear every month that the mental health system is in crisis. The story is the same.” Burlington Police Chief Brandon del Pozo, who commanded the police response from outside Grenon’s South Square apartment building on College Street, defended his department’s response. He noted that police engaged in a five-hour standoff with Grenon, made dozens of attempts to negotiate and deployed weapons other than firearms, including stun guns, in hopes of subduing him. It was only after a knife-wielding Grenon lunged at police that an officer shot him dead, del Pozo said. “This whole thing started as an effort to deliver services to Mr. Grenon,” del Pozo said. “If we could turn back time, we would. We made the absolute best plan we could, based on the practices that prevail in modern policing.” But critics say it could be time to revise the rules governing police use of force and to encourage police to back away from mentally ill people and wait out their crises. The shooting may have been technically valid, “but that isn’t really the question,” said Rep. Anne Donahue (R-Northfield), an authority on mental health issues. The question, Donahue said, is: “What led to that point, and did it ever have to happen?” She added, “This was a guy hunkering down, not a threat to anybody else. And yet they were trying to smoke him out, moving in and invading his space so he was backed into a corner.

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That would have only increased his fear and paranoia.” In 2013, Burlington officers shot and killed a mentally ill man who approached them with a shovel in the New North End. In 2012, Vermont State Police fired a Taser at a mentally ill man who refused commands to lie on the ground. The man died from the stun gun’s electrical charge. Grenon’s struggles with mental illness were well-documented. Chittenden Superior Court records show that he was charged with unlawful trespass in 2009 after entering a Kinko’s in Burlington and allegedly harassing customers. A judge sent Grenon for a psychiatric evaluation at the former Vermont State Hospital in Waterbury, where Grenon had “several aggressive episodes,” and he was involuntarily medicated, according to court records. A judge deemed Grenon incompetent to stand trial and ordered him hospitalized for up to 90 days. Prosecutors dropped the charge. “He says he is not ill and that any talk to the contrary shows a conspiracy,” psychiatrist Richard Munson wrote to the court. Grenon does not appear to have been arrested in Burlington again, but police and mental health crisis workers

were well acquainted with him in the months before he was killed, according to Burlington police records obtained by Seven Days. At 4 a.m. on February 20, neighbors in South Square Apartments, a Burlington Housing Authority complex for the elderly and disabled, called police to complain that Grenon was yelling, seemingly at himself. Officer Darren Kennedy knocked on Grenon’s door, but he didn’t respond. A neighbor told Kennedy that Grenon had likely seen his cruiser and purposely avoided answering, according to police records. The neighbor said Grenon needed to be hospitalized. Kennedy explained that he couldn’t take Grenon into custody unless Grenon was suicidal or voluntarily agreed to seek treatment. “Well, maybe if you talked to him, he would assault you, and you could arrest him then,” the neighbor suggested, according to Kennedy’s report. “I explained … that I did not wish to get assaulted,” Kennedy wrote. Two days later, on February 22, another officer was dispatched to Grenon’s apartment at the request of mental health crisis workers, according to police records. Officer Casey Lee knocked on Grenon’s door.

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or simply talk — when a neighbor called Chittenden County State’s Attorney T.J. 911 to report that Grenon was again Donovan will review. threatening violence. But if history is any guide, nothing will The 911 call prompted police to take happen to Bowers. The law allows police the lead, while the Street Outreach Team to use deadly force if they believe they member stayed at a police command post, or their fellow officers are in danger of away from Grenon’s apartment. serious injury or death. Vermont police Vermont State Police and del Pozo officers have been cleared of wrongdoing have offered the following account of for killing people who brandished shovwhat happened: When police arrived, els and other implements. they encountered Grenon, yelling and The term used in legal circles to dearmed with knives. They fired a stun scribe such police killings is “lawful but gun at him, which for some reason didn’t awful.” have the desired effect. He backed into “It is repetitive. It’s infuriating to me,” his apartment, shut the door and didn’t said former Vermont defender general respond for hours as police tried to talk to Robert Appel, now a private attorney. him. They drilled a hole in “Why did they have to his wall to try to check on precipitate confrontahim with a camera, but he tion? What about just stayed out of its view. waiting? What’s the Concerned Grenon rush? The cops have this might hurt himself, del warrior mentality. It’s Pozo sent officers with like video games gone tactical shields into the live.” apartment. They found Del Pozo explained him hiding in his shower that mental health crises with two knives. They are usually at their most fired pepper balls into acute when someone the room, but the chemicalls the police. They cal irritant didn’t move don’t have the luxury of him. They again tried backing away. the stun gun, but Grenon A.J. RUBEN, “We have a respect DISABIL IT IES RIGHT S walked, with his weapfor human life,” del Pozo VERMONT ons, toward the officers. said. “But this respect One of them, 23-yearhas two dimensions. It’s old David Bowers, opened fire with his the respect of the people we serve … and service pistol. it’s also a respect for the life of police ofThe Vermont Office of the Chief ficers who serve this community. That’s Medical Examiner ruled that Grenon the balance we strike.” died of multiple gunshots — the death That balance is bound to be tested certificate did not specify how many — to again soon, somewhere. his torso and extremities. Dettman said he has other mentally ill Grenon’s daughter, Niki Grenon Carpenter of Arizona, released a state- tenants living in public housing buildings ment to WCAX-TV in which she said who sometimes lash out, just as Grenon her father was born in Barre, graduated did. He said: “The system doesn’t know from the University of Vermont and what to do, so it cycles them — arrest, Saint Michael’s College, and served in release, wait until another incident.” Just five days after Dettman said that, the U.S. Air Force. He loved to read and travel, she said. But as he aged, medica- Burlington police were again called to tion failed to keep his schizophrenia in South Square, for a report of a suicidal check. He recently stopped taking his resident who was possibly armed. Unlike Grenon, the woman, whose name was pills, she said. “My father was not the sum total of his not released, had not threatened anyone. mental illness or tragic death,” Carpenter But officers and crisis negotiators were said, according to WCAX. “He was a won- still wary as they gathered outside her derful man that both endured and over- apartment. After they looked through a came many things in his life. He wasn’t by window and saw her lying facedown on nature a violent man, even when broken the floor, the cops decided to go in. The from reality, and this is the first incidence woman survived a suspected overdose. of violence to my knowledge.” This time, del Pozo said, the officers’ Bowers, a Colchester resident hired by decision to charge into an apartment may the Burlington Police Department in July have saved a life. ! 2014, is on paid administrative leave. The Vermont State Police are conduct- Contact: mark@sevendaysvt.com, ing an investigation of the shooting, which @Davis7D or 865-1020, ext. 23

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Gov. Peter Shumlin’s point person on the restoration of train service between Vermont and Montréal reported to lawmakers Tuesday that the project is on track. Brian Searles, former secretary of transportation, noted two promising developments in recent weeks — the introduction of a bill in Congress that would enable negotiations to begin, and a promise from new Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during his U.S. visit that Parliament would pass a similar authorization this spring. Amtrak’s Vermonter, which now runs between St. Albans and Washington, D.C., went to Montréal until 1995, Searles said. But requirements for crew changes and a border stop created lengthy delays “that basically rendered it noncompetitive with the auto,” he said. Last year, the U.S. and Canada signed an agreement that opened the door for development of a preclearance facility at Central Station in Montréal. The plan would be for passengers heading south from Montréal to clear customs and immigration at the Montréal facility and travel without stops through the border to St. Albans and beyond. Similarly, passengers going north could board at various stops in the U.S., including several in Vermont, and travel to the clearance facility in Montréal. Another Amtrak train — the Adirondack — already connects New York and Montréal. It, too, would benefit from the preclearance facility, since it often takes more than an hour to clear the border. Even if both Congress and Parliament take quick action on the needed authorizations, Searles said, there are aspects of the plan to be worked out — such as the configuration of the clearance facility and who will pay for it. And Canada needs to make track improvements. Vermont has completed upgrades along the Vermonter’s route and improvements are under way in states to the south. Searles said it’s a complicated challenge, and the service is still several years off. But he added: “There is no one who thinks this is a bad idea.”

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The roster of candidates vying to represent Franklin County in the state Senate this year is growing. On Monday, two more Democrats confirmed their plans to run in the two-seat district. That puts at least three Democrats and two Republicans in the running, with more than a month to go before the filing deadline. Interest in the race is particularly strong with incumbent Republican Sen. Norm McAllister facing criminal sexual assault charges. The Senate suspended McAllister until the charges are resolved. A trial is set for May. McAllister told Seven Days he has not ruled out seeking reelection. Former state senator Sara Kittell, a Democrat who held the seat for 17 years before retiring in 2012, announced Monday she is making a second attempt to return to the Statehouse. She ran in 2014 and came in third behind Republicans Dustin Degree and McAllister.

Denise Smith, executive director of the Friends of Northern Lake Champlain and a St. Albans City School Board member, said Monday she is also running as a Democrat. “I feel like this is the best way I can make a difference,” said Smith, 44, a 16-year resident of Franklin County and the mother of three school-age children. She said that finding a long-term funding source for Lake Champlain cleanup is a priority. Smith is a 2014 graduate of Emerge Vermont, a program that provides political training to Democratic women. She ran the Vermont World Trade Office from 1999 to 2002. Kittell, 69, of Fairfield, is a retired registered nurse who grew up on a Franklin County farm. “We need a senator who is committed to working for families … someone who will work to grow economic opportunity, support our local farmers and deliver the kind of constituent services that our communities need,” the former chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee said in a press release. Previously, Caroline Bright of Georgia announced that she is seeking the seat as a Democrat. Two Republicans are running: Rep. Carolyn Branagan of Georgia and incumbent Degree of St. Albans City.

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VPIRG Files Lobbyist Fundraising Complaint Against GOP PAC A liberal advocacy organization filed a complaint last week with the Vermont Attorney General’s Office alleging that a Republican political action committee violated a new law that cracks down on influence peddling. In a letter to Attorney General Bill Sorrell, Vermont Public Interest Research Group executive director Paul Burns called for “an appropriate investigation and determination from your office in order to help clarify the meaning of the law moving forward.” Citing a recent Seven Days story, Burns questioned whether the Vermont House Republican PAC failed to register as a “leadership PAC” — defined in statute as “a political committee established by or on behalf of a political party caucus within a chamber of the General Assembly.” Such PACs are prohibited under a new law from accepting contributions from lobbyists and the companies that employ them until the legislature adjourns at the end of a two-year biennium. The Vermont House Republican PAC accepted $1,000 late last year from the cigarette company Altria Client Services and $2,000 from the drug company Pfizer, both of which employ registered Vermont lobbyists. Operated by party activist Suzanne Butterfield, the VHRP is nominally distinct from the Vermont House Republican caucus. But Rep. Don Turner (R-Milton), the minority leader, conceded to Seven Days two weeks ago that he occasionally directs the PAC’s spending. Whether that makes the organization a leadership PAC isn’t quite clear, state elections director Will Senning said at the time. Because the law is untested, he added, “there is no precedent out there to rely on in Vermont.” An opinion by the Attorney General’s Office responding to a complaint would “shed a lot of light,” Senning said. That’s what Burns is hoping to elicit. “It’s a new law, and to the extent that new laws need some type of enforcement action, occasionally, to determine their precise meaning, that’s what we’re trying to have happen in this case,” the VPIRG chief said.

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Foodies get the first bite at this exclusive tasting event where 10 chefs preview select items from their Vermont Restaurant Week menus. Guests vote on their favorites, and deserving chefs take home the prize for “Best Bite.” Proceeds benefit the Vermont Foodbank. This event will sell out early. Buy tickets at highergroundmusic.com.

BELLY LAUGHS Laughter is a proven way to burn calories. That’s not a joke — it’s a fact! Join members of Vermont Comedy Club’s professional improv comedy troupe as they perform a foodthemed improv show using their sharp wit – to build fast-paced and hilarious scenes on the spot. Thursday, April 28. Vermont Comedy Club, 101 Main St., Burlington, 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. $10 (50% donated to Vermont Foodbank). Buy tickets at: vermontcomedyclub.com.

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Foodies compete against one another in a statewide Instagram scavenger hunt. The challenges will be announced at the start of Restaurant Week, and the participants will have one week to complete the tasks. The winner will receive tickets to the Vermont Brewers Festival and an overnight stay at the Hilton. More details to come at vermontrestaurantweek. com.

Vermont’s weather is evolving in wild, unpredictable ways. Long-term meteorological trends show the state becoming warmer and wetter. How will farmers adapt to the environmental upheaval and keep food growing through fast-shifting weather patterns? How will these changes ripple through the distribution chain — and how will they affect what Vermonters eat in restaurants, institutions and at family tables? Join a panel of local experts for a lively discussion

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even Days’ writers can’t possibly read, much less review, the number of books that arrive in a steady stream by post, email and, in one memorable case, a flock of trained parrots. So this monthly feature, Page 32, is our way of introducing you to seven books by Vermont authors. To do that, we’ll contextualize each book just a little, and quote a single representative sentence from, yes, page 32. Inclusion here implies neither approval nor derision on our part, but simply: Here are a bunch of books, arranged alphabetically by authors’ names, that Seven Days readers might like to know about. !

A Well-Made Bed

Moral Dissipation

S.M. Jarvis, Mascot Books, 272 pages. $14.95.

Kathryn Kramer, Threshold Way Publishing, 214 pages. $15.

“Noor hadn’t been [awake] but now she was; before Dan spoke she’d been walking on the side of a highway with lights approaching from behind.”

“My body had developed such a high tolerance to painkillers that taking an entire bottle of Tylenol wouldn’t have done a thing, except for attack my liver, depleting it of an enzyme necessary for life and slowly and painfully killing me.”

“The houses all seemed to stand in ghostly streets of invisible houses level with theirs, they themselves mere vestiges of an absent town, cenotaphs to a richer, more populous place.”

Abby Frucht and Laurie Alberts, Red Hen Press, 320 pages. $16.95.

A Hold on Me

Pat Esden, Kensington Books, 320 pages. $12.95.

“Moonhill might be full of practiced liars and perhaps they’d see right through my pretense, but I wouldn’t go down without trying.” PAT ESDEN kicks off her Dark Heart series of paranormal novels with a classic gothic setup: A young woman finds herself a guest in a spooky house full of secrets. Protagonist Annie is no swooning naïf, though; her antique dealer father has taught her how to read people’s true motives. That savvy comes in handy when he falls ill, and Annie must navigate her way through a house of forbidding relatives and sculptures that seem a bit too alive. Esden, who sells both antiques and flowers in northern Vermont, draws on her knowledge of the trade to stud this fantastical romance with insider details.

Missing History: The Covert Education of a Child of the Great Books

A sheltered young woman, raised by an egomaniacal children’s-book author in a living-history museum, takes an impulsive trip to Peru. She returns with a giant cheese — and, when it turns out to be stuffed with something other than dairy, she opts to take advantage of the bizarre windfall. Former VERMONT COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS faculty member LAURIE ALBERTS (who lives in Vermont) and current faculty member Abby Frucht (who doesn’t) teamed up on this literary novel with a wild side. It starts with a hit-and-run accident and spirals into a profusion of perspectives and time frames, all revolving around the oddball story of two Vermont women who become unlikely drug peddlers.

The speaker is a young Vermonter who tells his story from a jail cell. The source of his “moral dissipation” is opiate addiction, which began in his teens and lured him into a life of dealing and violent crime. While the book is fiction, author S.M. JARVIS presents it as a cautionary tale of Vermont’s very real opiate epidemic; an author’s note says she’ll donate 10 percent of the book’s profits to “organizations focused on preventing drug abuse and helping recovering addicts.” Gritty details give the narrative a ring of authenticity.

Is it possible to know the Truth? Such is an “axiom of faith” at St. John’s College in Annapolis, Md., famous for its Great Books Program. KATHRYN KRAMER’s father taught at St. John’s in the 1950s, and her own worldview was shaped in ways good and bad by that idealistic institution. Now a Middlebury College professor and author of several novels, Kramer ventures into selfpublishing with this lucid, piercing memoir that broaches big questions about education itself. Of St. John’s, she writes evocatively, “To live in such an atmosphere, to grow up in it, means that life is never quite itself; life is the unformed matter out of which meaning is made.”

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Laura Williams McCaffrey, Clarion Books, 368 pages. $17.99.

“He’d almost spent his whole life inventing clean, glowing, sleek Protean-powered machines, and now he was generally too tired to even build grimy steamers from old bent scraps.”

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“She stared at him, and he said, as plain and as clear as he could, ‘This time I’ll make the front page, don’t you think?’” Edited by veteran New Hampshire journalist Dan Szczesny, this anthology of newspaper-themed crime fiction made our cut by virtue of containing a story by Northeast Kingdom author S.J. CAHILL. Besides, we couldn’t resist a collection of pulpy tales in which an alarming number of intrepid reporters not only report on crimes but commit them — and a still more alarming number murder their editors! Contact: margot@sevendaysvt.com

Samuel Bak (Polish, b. 1933), Targeted, 2008 (detail). Oil on canvas. Courtesy of Pucker Gallery, Boston, MA

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“I began to think that I needed a yang person to help me discover the yang of the landscape.”

Edited by Dan Szczesny, Plaidswede Publishing, 189 pages. $19.95.

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Earth Acupuncture: Healing the Living Landscape

place with this traditional healing method? GAIL REICHSTEIN REX, cofounder of Lightwave Healing Arts, explains that it all started in 2002, when she had a vision of destructive energy leaking from New York’s Indian Point nuclear power plant into the Hudson Valley. “Work with the hills,” she was told — and set out to learn how to administer acupuncture to the “body” of the land. Her book offers a stepby-step account, along with exercises for the reader such as “Creating a Relationship With a Tree.”

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The young adult dystopian trend didn’t end with blockbuster series like Divergent and The Hunger Games. LAURA WILLIAMS MCCAFFREY offers a quieter, inventive twist on the model with this steampunkish novel about a rigidly meritocratic society where education determines destiny. When heroine Lyla is caught buying contraband and thrown off her advanced academic track, her future looks bleak — unless she accepts a risky assignment. There’s a dollop of Dickens grit in McCaffrey’s third novel, supplemented with engaging, cartoon-style illustrations.

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interview excerpts that visitors can access using their cellphones. “This exhibition is for my past life,” the 20-year-old said. “I want to tell my story to different people, so they can feel my feelings.” Pradhan’s parents, along with tens of thousands of ethnic Nepalis, were stripped of their Bhutanese nationality and expelled from the kingdom in the early 1990s. He captured their desolation in “Leaving Homeland,” one of his favorites from the collection. The painting shows a rear view of a family of four. The mother carries a child on her back in a sling, while an older boy walks in front of her. The father bears a bundle on his back. All are barefoot. Pradhan says this piece is representative of the experience of a Bhutanese family. The younger generation, including Pradhan and his siblings, was born and raised in refugee camps in Nepal. “In

Art on Tap Making fun of modern art can be, well, fun. Anyone who tells you otherwise is selling something — probably modern art. Pretentious artist statements and unconscionable price tags only make matters worse. Joking aside, though, a lot can be learned from contemporary works and the personal and public responses they provoke. The conversations that arise — about value, beauty, skill, intellectualism and money — are integral considerations of what an artwork has to offer. On Wednesday, April 6, Champlain College professor DAVID MILLS will dive headfirst into the morass of those considerations with his free talk “That’s Art?” The lecture and guided conversation at ARTSRIOT in Burlington’s South End is presented in conjunction with the Ideas on Tap series offered by the VERMONT HUMANITIES COUNCIL and the UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HUMANITIES CENTER.

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camp, life was too hard. We were like people with no hopes,” Pradhan said. In his paintings, Pradhan depicts the refugees’ daily struggles — people receiving rice rations from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; men collecting stones from a river to build houses. “Mother’s Love” shows children going to school while their mother takes a break from her work — separating stones from rice grains — to remind them to study hard. In an accompanying

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he next time you drive past Spinner Place in Winooski, watch for the “welcome” signs, both in English and Nepali, at the pedestrian entrance of the public parking garage. They’re part of an inprogress mural by Bhutanese artist HOM PRADHAN, proposed by the artist and funded by the city. When Pradhan resumes work in the summer, he says, he’ll paint a man and woman in traditional Nepali dress on an abstract background. Until then, those who want to learn more about Pradhan’s work can head to the VERMONT FOLKLIFE CENTER in Middlebury, where 11 of the young artist’s acrylic paintings will be on view until July 31. Pradhan’s works have previously been displayed at the O’Brien Community Center in Winooski, Essex High School and ARTSRIOT. That Burlington venue is where GREG SHARROW, codirector of the VFC, met Pradhan in November 2014. Both men were eager to collaborate, but the problem was fitting Pradhan’s exhibit into the VFC’s schedule. “We have exhibitions planned two years in advance,” Sharrow said. Finally, he decided to renovate the center’s library into a new gallery space for Pradhan’s art. “It had already been over a year. I just didn’t want him to wait any longer,” Sharrow explained. Titled “Life Under the Shadow,” the show reflects Pradhan’s experiences growing up in the Goldhap refugee camp in Nepal. He created the paintings over four years, completing the most recent ones only this year. At the VFC, the paintings are paired with audio

audio excerpt, Pradhan says, “I tried to connect the camp with the love of the mother.” Difficult as life was in the camp, it was also where Pradhan received his artistic education. As a young boy, he used to watch one of his older cousins draw. In second grade, Pradhan started attending classes at the Institute of Fine Art and Commercial Art, a school founded by Bhutanese refugee artists to nurture the talent of the next generation. Pradhan remembers collecting posters of actors and actresses and venturing into the nearby jungle to practice drawing portraits and landscapes. He read about van Gogh, Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci in books his teacher gave him. Whenever he had materials left over from painting banners for dance competitions, Pradhan would experiment with mixing the colors. At age 15, he became an instructor at IFACA, where he taught for about two years. He and his family were resettled in Vermont in October 2012. Now a first-year student at Burlington College, Pradhan wants to focus on getting his bachelor’s in fine arts and becoming an artist. “We want to help Hom fulfill his goal,” said Sharrow of the VFC. When he sent out the exhibit card, there was “quite a stir of interest on the part of venues in Burlington,” Sharrow added. “The next plan is to help place the little exhibit in some nice venues so that more people can see it.” Pradhan’s mural in that well-trafficked Winooski spot is sure to draw eyeballs, too, as his art becomes part of Vermont’s public landscape. !

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Craft — mainly because Albers came from a family of craftsmen — Albers revamped the course and renamed it Principles of Design. That course became central to the Bauhaus education. When Albers fled Germany in 1933, along with his colleagues Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Gropius, Marcel Breuer and other luminaries of modern art and design, he became one of the principal disseminators of Bauhaus ideas in the U.S. Albers taught at Black Mountain College near Asheville, N.C., for 16 years and then at Yale University,

INFO “Formulate // Articulate,” original screenprints by Josef Albers, Monday through Friday, April 4 to 8, at BCA Center in Burlington. Reception, Wednesday, April 6, 6 to 8 p.m. burlingtoncityarts.org

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“That’s Art?” is the first of three Ideas on Tap events this year. “The main idea behind these sessions is [to tap] into those awesome professors that many people remember from college,” says AMY CUNNINGHAM, VHC’s director of community programs, by phone, “and [to give] adults … a chance to engage in an informal way around provocative contemporary topics.” This is the program’s second season. As for making fun of modern art: Sometimes laughter really is the appropriate — and even desired — response.

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“What I’m really interested in,” Mills says by phone, “is less What is art? than How and when and where and why do different perspectives on material culture and experience become labeled [as] art? Mills will draw on some 20 years of teaching experience, including the course he currently offers at Champlain called Aesthetic Expressions. He asserts that the event will be “interactive” — more seminar than lecture — and audience participation will be encouraged as he introduces progressively more challenging works of art. Two such works are Marcel Duchamp’s 1917 “Fountain” and Damien Hirst’s 1991 “The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living.” The materials of the latter are listed as glass, painted steel, silicone, monofilament, shark and formaldehyde. “We’re taking a leisurely approach,” says Mills, “[and] trying to foster as much interaction, discussion and community around the topic as possible.” He anticipates meeting salon-style for a couple of hours, with ample “small, talkamongst-yourselves-type breaks.”

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he lifelong credo of Bauhaus artist and teacher Josef Albers was “Minimal means for maximal effect.” That motto captures the impact of a selection of original silkscreen prints by Albers that will be on display next week at the BCA CENTER in Burlington. Rigorously minimalist studies in geometric form and color, these 62 prints created between 1959 and 1972 are mesmerizing as one artist’s efforts to sharpen visual experience. The prints belong to the private collection of local designer JASON ROUTHIER, co-design director with JEFF HOLMES of the Burlington design studio ROUTHIERHOLMES, LLC; and his wife, DANA ROUTHIER, who directs special projects there. RouthierHolmes is curating the exhibit as part of DESIGN WEEK, the second annual week of Burlington-centric events organized by the Vermont chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Art. The studio collaborated on the show with AIGA vice president Alaina Castillo-Kunkle and BCA gallery manager and assistant curator ASHLEY JIMENEZ. Burlington’s DOSTIE BROS FRAME SHOP., a sponsor, is framing the show. BCA is usually closed Mondays, but it will open for the exhibit’s first day and host a public reception on Wednesday evening. Josef Albers exhibits have been mounted around the U.S. in recent years. His style is back in fashion these days, AIGA president Jeffrey Harkness comments by phone: “It’s the blockiness of the work, the colors — they seem to be on trend with what’s happening today.” Dana Routhier notes in an email, “Albers is an important artist for so many of us in art and design fields. His work epitomizes the Bauhaus aesthetic of breaking everything down to its simplest form.” Albers (1888-1976) came to the Bauhaus — the experimental design school founded in Weimar, Germany, in 1919 — within a year of its opening and stayed until the Nazis closed it in 1933. He began by studying color, printing, furniture making and glass-making, and was soon teaching that last subject. After director Walter Gropius talked the artist into teaching the school’s foundation course, Principles of

where he chaired the department of design from 1950 to 1958. In the course of that teaching, he proposed theories of color that impacted artists for decades. (Albers’ students included Cy Twombly, Robert Rauschenberg, Richard Serra and Eva Hesse.) One of Albers’ theories was that the perception of a color is influenced by the colors around it. He began to explore that idea in the ’50s in his most famous series of paintings, “Homage to the Square,” compositions of offset concentric squares in three or four colors each. Albers embodied his theories in two bound volumes of color plates titled Interaction of Color (1963) and Formulation: Articulation (1972). The BCA exhibit’s name, “Formulate // Articulate,” is derived from the latter title. While both tomes are still taught today and are available as book reprints (not to mention apps), they were first produced as portfolios in limited silkscreen editions. The BCA show will display the Routhiers’ Albers originals, among them 26 prints from Interaction and 14 from Formulation. Because the latter collection includes 40 years’ worth of work, silkscreen prints of Albers’ “Homage” series and his 1947 series of oil studies, “Variant,” also appear in the exhibit. Dana Routhier writes in an email that the “Variant” series particularly interested her husband and Holmes. It arose from Albers’ experience of viewing adobe architecture during a trip to Mexico, yet it incorporates his mathematically precise geometric forms. “There’s a lot of energy captured in that compositional tension between environmental influence … and the very rigid rules and mathematics Albers employed in his studies of form and color,” Routhier writes. “For us, that tension is something we’re working to engage all the time in our work as designers.” Albers would have been gratified. “I have never taught art, I think,” he said in a 1968 BBC radio interview. “What I have taught is philosophy. I have never taught painting. Instead I have taught seeing.” !

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t can be hard for motorists and cyclists to share the road. And when someone commandeering a couple of tons of steel doesn’t understand what a cyclist’s gesture means, the results can be deadly. A reader wrote in to ask us: WTF are those hand signals, exactly? A rarefied form of sign language? Cryptic ways of flipping the bird? Laughable gang signs? The truth is far simpler. Cyclists who use hand signals — and they are far from universal — are trying to communicate their intentions to others on the road. Lacking turn signals and brake lights on their twowheelers, they’re hoping to ensure their own safety. Luckily, the three basic gestures are simple to use and comprehend. • Left arm extended straight out: “I will soon be turning left.” • Left arm extended with a 90-degree bend, forearm pointing up: “I will soon be turning right.” • Left arm extended with a 90-degree bend, forearm pointing down: “I will soon be stopping.” That’s it. Yet Jason Van Driesche, deputy director of the Burlington walk-bike advocacy group Local Motion, says a movement is afoot to clarify those straightforward signals even more. “Our inclination, and that of most organizations like ours across the country, has been to shift to ‘Be as obvious as possible,’” he says. For instance, if you’re on a bike and intend to turn left into a particular driveway, point directly at that driveway. “That’s the bottom line: Be obvious,” says Van Driesche. “Don’t require any more brain power of your fellow users of the road than you absolutely have to.” Local Motion is committed to transportation alternatives, but its broader mission encompasses safety for everyone who uses local streets: motorists, cyclists and pedestrians. You, too, Segway riders! Unfortunately, cyclists are at a disadvantage, says Van Driesche, because many motorists have a sense of entitlement — they believe the road belongs solely to them. Ensuring cyclists’ safety must start with a cultural change, he says. “We’re now asking people to change their perspective on what roads are for,” Van Driesche continues. “They are not solely for getting from Point A to Point B as quickly as possible in your private vehicle … There are now many other demands on our roads, and it is entirely reasonable that our roads should serve those multiple purposes.” On this month’s Town Meeting Day, a majority of Burlington voters sided with transportation safety advocates and shot down a measure that would have preserved a four-lane section of North Avenue exclusively for motor vehicles. That vote eliminated the last semi-official obstacle to Burlington’s North Avenue Pilot Project, which aims to reconfigure the busy thoroughfare for the benefit of everyone on wheels or on foot. The full plan will be made public later this year. Vermont’s roads are less congested than those of most urban areas, but that doesn’t mean cyclists are

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free from peril. In a 2014 incident that received national attention, cyclist Carl Etnier was harassed on a dark stretch of Route 2 in East Montpelier by motorists who yelled, among other epithets, “We should have killed you!” Just this month, a cyclist was hospitalized as a result of injuries he suffered in a collision with a motor vehicle on Burlington’s Riverside Avenue. Last April, cyclist Richard Tom was killed on Route 116 in Hinesburg when a speeding motorist lost control of his vehicle. Perhaps incidents like these inspired that same Seven Days reader to ask whether Vermont mandates a minimum distance between cars and bikes, or requires cyclists to use lights at night. Short answer: Vermont has no shortage of bike laws. Van Driesche and Local Motion education and volunteer manager Mary Catherine Graziano provided Seven Days with a handydandy chart that lists them all. In every case, the goal is to maximize safety. So, yes, cyclists are required by state law to use a headlight and a taillight (or at least a rear reflector) at night. No state law spells out a minimum safe distance between cars and bikes, but Van Driesche says that three or four feet is a good rule of thumb. Several of the laws use that fuzzy term of gray-area legalese, “reasonable.” For instance, law states that cyclists may ride no more than two abreast, so long as they do not “impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic.” In Burlington, cyclists can ride on sidewalks so long as their speed is “reasonable for the existing conditions.” The wiggle room afforded by reasonableness is designed, in many cases, for cyclists’ safety, says Van Driesche. If a cyclist needs to make a turn but is forced for some navigational reason to keep both hands on the handlebars, then it is perfectly legal for him or her not to use a hand signal. “The bottom line is,” says Van Driesche, “what’s going to keep people from getting hurt and get everybody home safe?” The issue of bike safety is of special interest to this reporter. I’m the guy you may have seen biking along Pine Street with the dorky orange panniers and even dorkier blue helmet. I’m an ardent user of hand signals, but I can’t say the same for many other cyclists. Some of them exhibit reckless behavior that puts them in greater danger than does a passing motor vehicle. In any complex and potentially hazardous situation — such as negotiating traffic — clear communication is critical. In an ideal world, motorists would observe and understand cyclists’ hand signals, and cyclists would actually use them. ! Contact: ethan@sevendaysvt.com

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What causes the condition known as sanpaku eyes? As a skeptic, I place no credence in the notion that those with sanpaku are doomed to die a tragic death while young, but I do wonder about the condition. Is it indicative of any physical or mental health issues? Bill Ross, Pittsburgh

are either colored or otherwise obscured.) According to what’s called the cooperative eye hypothesis, that’s by design. It’s thought that our eyes evolved to look this way so we’d be better able to communicate — by reading one another’s eyes and tracking each other’s gazes. So more may be better when it comes to the sclera, though I hope this doesn’t mean Charles Manson is the next step in human development.

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Asian diagnostic traditions of facial reading, in which different features were thought to reflect aspects of your physical or spiritual health. In his writings Ohsawa claimed that three-whites was a particularly nasty characteristic, indicative of someone “suspicious, fearful, insecure, quick to misunderstand and passive.” Furthermore, “his heart, sexual organs, liver, kidney and lungs are very sick,” and so forth, and the condition can only be treated with a macrobiotic diet. Ohsawa came armed with examples, too: His list of prominent people with sanpaku included John F. and Robert Kennedy, Hitler, Abraham Lincoln, and Marilyn Monroe. And to the extent anyone’s aware of the trait today, it’s because they’ve heard this roster of unfortunates, which has since been expanded to include John Lennon and Elvis. Then there’s Charles Manson, who had the dreaded “upper sanpaku,” in which the white is visible above the iris — thought to indicate a dangerous psychopath. Clearly this group had its share of high-profile troubles,

the whole cheek below, thus creating enough slack to restore the shape of the eye and cover up that extra sclera. • Exophthalmos, or proptosis, is a bulging of the eyeball; among the underlying causes can be Graves’ disease (an immune disorder that leads to hyperthyroidism), or eye injury or cancer, etc. This might cause a sanpaku look, but here the most striking aspect isn’t really exposed sclera qua exposed sclera; it’s that your eyes are popping out of your head. • Finally, a milky white ring around the cornea — not quite sanpaku, but I guess it could be mistaken for such — indicates the presence of lipid deposits. Called corneal arcus or arcus senilis, this is also a byproduct of aging; it doesn’t affect vision. Anyways, the sanpaku crowd isn’t just swimming against the tide of good science — if we follow one credible theory, they’re up against the whole of evolution. Recall that, among species, humans possess notably visible and welldemarcated sclera. (The sclera of our closest relatives, apes,

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irst off, Bill, “sanpaku eyes” isn’t exactly a medical term. And second, the phenomenon the phrase refers to isn’t exactly a medical condition, but rather a not wildly uncommon physical trait — it’s like you’re wondering about the condition known as dimples. The average reader will now be thinking: What the hell are we even talking about? Sanpaku describes eyes in which the sclera — the white part — can be seen above or (usually) below the iris. The word is Japanese, from elements meaning “three” and “white,” the idea being that the iris is bounded by sclera on three sides, rather than the usual two. Whatever dent the sanpaku concept has made in the Western consciousness is largely the doing of George Ohsawa, a Japanese thinker who last century helped bring to the wider world the dietary philosophy called macrobiotics, which emphasizes maintaining one’s yin-yang balance via intake of various whole foods. Ohsawa poached the concept of sanpaku from old

one concedes, but not ones that could have been foretold from the visibility of their sclera. Or could they? Several sources on sanpaku point with satisfaction to an August 1963 interview (by Tom Wolfe, no less) of George Ohsawa in the New York Herald Tribune, in which he’s said to have predicted JFK’s death. Online Herald Tribune archives, though, stop in the year 1962, leading one to wonder: Just how high up does this thing go, anyway? What are they hiding? Obviously you’re not buying this theory, Bill, and I have to say I find it a bit wild-eyed myself. Is there anything to sanpaku eyes medically, though? Not really — as an isolated trait, nobody ever died from showing too much sclera. But they’re sometimes seen as a sort of benign effect of certain other conditions: • Ectropion, or eyelid droop, occurs in aging people as their faces lose muscle tone; as the lower lid droops, you might catch a little more white. Possible medical complication: increased irritation due to greater exposed area of the eyeball. • Retraction of the lower lid, giving the eye a distinctive rounded shape, is a common complication following cosmetic surgery — specifically lower-lid blepharoplasty, which removes lines and tightens the skin. Fear not, though: plastic surgeons have developed a second cosmetic procedure to remedy the effects of procedure numero uno, basically by raising

The Good Fight

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or any kid who’s ever been picked on, Tom Murphy might seem like a real-life superhero. Their first introduction to him, in his standard middle-school presentation, begins with a video montage of the former mixed martial arts expert and star of Spike TV’s “The Ultimate Fighter 2” kicking, tack-

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at Williston Middle School, using what’s become his signature line about differentiating between contact sports such as MMA and hate-fueled violence. “There’s nothing that I find more despicable on the planet.” And with that hook, the 6-foot-2, 240pound powerhouse owns the kids for the next 90 minutes. In a video recording of that March 2015 event, they watch him, rapt, as he paces the floor with the restless

ling and pummeling various opponents into a bloody mess, all to the guitar licks of Creed’s “Higher.” This bare-chested bruiser, with a shaved head and a torso dripping sweat and blood, has come to their school to teach students how to stop bullies? It seems too good to be true. Moments later, Murphy jogs into the auditorium — head still shaved but now wearing black slacks, a pink dress shirt and each fingernail painted a different color — and floors his young audience with an unexpected confession. “I hate fighting,” Murphy announces to several hundred students

energy of a caged panther while delivering a simple but powerful message: Everyone has the inner power to protect others from bullies. Murphy’s task is to teach them how to “spring into action” — not by fighting, but by tapping a different form of courage. Murphy suggests that every student at Williston Middle School, like kids at almost every school in America, could probably name two or three classmates who regularly get picked on, as well as who is responsible. Even in our current climate of “zero tolerance” for harassment, hazing and bullying, he says, most of the time the bullies get away with it. Every school has three groups of kids: those who get bullied,

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Such victimization is tragic and all too common. Every year, 100,000 kids drop out of school and never return. Another 170,000 routinely skip school because of mistreatment from their classmates. Suicide is now the second leading cause of death for youth 10 to 24, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with an average of 5,400 suicide attempts occurring every day. “Thousands of young people take themselves out of this world forever, and bullying helps them do that,” Murphy says. “Most of the time, it’s the final thing that pushes them over the edge.” Murphy and his business partner, Jason Spector, a physical-education teacher and coach in South Glens Falls, N.Y., have studied antisocial behavior, drawing from research at Yale, Princeton and Rutgers universities, as well as their own experiences. Spector himself lost four students to suicide, including one of his wrestlers. His and Murphy’s partnership began in college, when they wrestled together at the State University of New York’s College at Brockport. The two often invite Rick Yarosh, a retired U.S. Army sergeant and Iraq War veteran, to join them. In September 2006, Yarosh’s Bradley fighting vehicle was hit by a roadside explosive, and he sustained burns to over 60 percent of his body. Together, the three men deliver a potent lesson to students about overcoming adversity and accepting people who look different from them. Yarosh and his service dog, Amos, joined Murphy at ADL. He was in Williston, too, where he told the kids of a tough encounter in a restaurant not long after his release from the hospital. Upon seeing his scars, a little girl halfway across the room stopped dead in her tracks. When Yarosh said “Hi,” the little girl turned around and darted back to her grandfather, who had urged her to introduce herself. Initially, Yarosh was frustrated and dismayed — until the girl turned to her grandfather and said, “Grandpa, he’s really nice!” “This 5- or 6-year-old girl changed my life,” Yarosh said. “More importantly, she saved my life. How? By giving me hope.” According to Singer, the feedback about “Sweethearts & Heroes,” from

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those who do the bullying and — the vast majority — bystanders, who are key to solving the problem. “The world is a dangerous place,” Murphy says, quoting Albert Einstein, “not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.” So the 41-year-old St. Albans resident, restaurateur and father of four is doing something about it. Since 2011 he’s delivered his presentation, called “Sweethearts & Heroes,” to more than 1 million students, educators and parents nationwide — including to more than 20,000 in the last two weeks alone. Murphy’s mission: to make his “ABCs of anti-bullying” as universally known among kids as the “Stop, drop and roll” campaign is to fire safety. He’s doing it by recruiting an army of school-based “heroes” who will stand up to tormenters. “We’ve taught 50 million students what to do when Tom Murphy speaking to fourth and fifth graders they catch on fire, for the 135 at Thomas Fleming School in Essex Junction who actually die every year in fires,” he explains later in an interview. “The real reason kids don’t jump into action to stop bullying? We’ve never taught them what to do! We say, ‘Stick up for that kid.’ But what does that mean?” At 4 p.m. on a Friday afternoon in March, he spelled out his action plan to several hundred fourth and fifth graders at Thomas Fleming School in Essex Junction. A is for: Get the bullying victim away from the situation. B is for: Become the victim’s buddy and show you care. And C is for: Confront the bully. Murphy reassured his young listeners that bullies rarely turn their aggression on the interloper, as they prey on those who are small, weak or different in some way. The key to success, Murphy added, is to act fast — typically within the first 10 seconds. The Fleming School assembly, which omitted the mixed martial arts highlight reel, was Murphy’s second of the day. At 8 a.m. that morning he gave the longer, edgier version of “Sweethearts & Heroes” to several hundred middle schoolers at nearby Albert D. Lawton Intermediate School. ADL principal Laurie Singer says she invited Murphy to speak because of a series of recent bullying incidents that, “in my 10 years at ADL, I haven’t seen before.” She didn’t elaborate. But her school learned the hard way that bullying can’t be ignored. Ryan Patrick Halligan was a student there prior to her tenure. After his classmates cyber-bullied him relentlessly with homophobic taunts, he took his own life in October 2003, at the age of 13.

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students and faculty alike, was “incredibly powerful,” and Murphy was “swamped with kids afterward.” Several told Singer they “needed” to tell him their own story personally; a few were so moved by the assembly that they had to spend time with guidance counselors to work through their emotions. Murphy also convened several smaller groups of 20 to 30 kids. “I probably could have found 60 more students who wanted to spend another hour with Tom,” Singer adds. Murphy’s website features five pages of similarly glowing testimonials, not just from educators but also from business professionals — he and Spector give motivational talks in corporate settings, too. But the most important feedback Murphy gets is from the students themselves. During his recent 20-day tour of schools in Hawaii, he spoke to thousands of teens, many of whom belong to the island’s indigenous population, are poor and suffer from various forms of discrimination. After one such presentation, a middle school girl handed him an unsigned, handwritten note that read: “I just wanted to thank you for taking time out of your day to come and teach us on making a better change in our school. I know it seems like no one cares, but I do. And so do my friends. This could change the world.” “I’ve been hearing that kind of stuff for a long time,” Murphy says. As if on cue, three middle school boys from ADL walked into the gym at Fleming School just as Murphy was packing up to leave. All three had heard his presentation that morning and had searched him out after school. “I loved your presentation today. I thought it was really inspirational,” said Alex Aubin, 14. “It really touched me, because I used to have a bully back when I was little.” “Teachers always tell you to stop it, but I’ve never known how,” added Jonah Rice, also 14. “Now I know what to do.” Their classmate, David Amouretti, 13, said that after Murphy’s assembly, he noticed an immediate change in behavior from one kid who often picks on him. Amouretti said the boy was “really quiet for a few hours” afterward. “I think he realized that what he’d done hurt a lot of people,” he said, “including me.” Amouretti’s mother, Sathya, who also teaches at ADL, accompanied the boys to the gym. She called Murphy’s presentation “incredible” and said she sees an immediate need for his message — not just for students but also for some of the current U.S. presidential candidates. “I was thinking, you should go to political rallies,” she told Murphy. “This is not about Democrats or Republicans. It’s about, what do you want to be as a human being?”

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Underdog’s Best Friend It’s not surprising that Murphy wound up in education, as both his parents worked as teachers. His father was in alternative education, he says, and his mother taught students with special needs. Until age 12, Murphy grew up in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia. “Not the Chestnut Hill of today,” he emphasizes about a neighborhood that’s since been gentrified. “We moved out of there because it wasn’t a very nice place.” Beginning when Murphy was 7, his parents essentially ran a self-funded mission out of their house, taking in homeless people off the streets. “My parents gave their only son’s bedroom away to someone who didn’t have a home,” he recalls. “I slept in the bathtub for a year. That was just my life. I thought everyone had homeless people living with them.” As a child, Murphy occasionally saw those houseguests hauled away in handcuffs by the police. On weekends, he and his two sisters would visit these “brothers and sisters” in prison. “Looking back on it now, I’m like, What were they, crazy?” he says about his parents’ open-door policy. “But nothing bad ever happened to us. It was just people trying to get back on the right track.” When Murphy was 12, his father picked up a real estate catalog and spotted a house for sale in Cooperstown, N.Y. He drove Murphy and his mother up there and

bought the place for $30,000. The property included a barn, in which his parents built apartments to take in more transients. Although Murphy wasn’t a good student in high school, that changed when he arrived at SUNY Brockport. There, he met his now-wife, Wendi, and Spector, who was a year ahead of him. When Murphy joined the wrestling team, the two became fast friends and, as neither has a brother, saw each other as “psychological twins.” “Tom has always been known for helping the underdog,” Spector says. Once, in an off-season tournament, he recalls, Murphy wrestled a kid with special needs who’d never won a match before. Murphy let the kid score points on him, just to give him a taste of success. Although some of Murphy’s teammates razzed him about it later, Spector says, “I think we were all secretly jealous and admired his nature.” Murphy and Spector pushed each other hard, and both eventually became all-American wrestlers; one year, Murphy placed second in the nation in his weight class. In 1998, he graduated summa cum laude with a degree in human psychology. A summer job led him to St. Albans, where Murphy landed a position as a rail traffic control specialist with the New England Central Railroad in March 1999. There he met Charlie Moore, then a regional vice president with RailAmerica, the parent company that owned the New England Central. At the time, Moore oversaw nine shortline railroads from Nova Scotia to Mobile,

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Ala. As Moore explains, all were in desperate need of professional train dispatching but couldn’t afford it individually. One day, Murphy approached Moore with the idea of consolidating all those rail dispatchers under one roof and managing it remotely from St. Albans. “It was Tom’s baby. He thought of the idea,” recalls Moore, who now serves on the Vermont Rail Council, a governor’s advisory committee. “He was the brains of that operation.” Although he describes himself as a “young, stupid kid who didn’t know anything,” Murphy says, “we saved the company about $9 million a year doing it that way.” In January 2004, RailAmerica launched the American Rail Dispatching Center in St. Albans, with Moore as its president and Murphy its manager. Over the next decade, they consolidated train-dispatching services for more than 80 short-line and regional railroads around the country. When

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Murphy finally left the company in 2014, ARDC employed more than 40 rail traffic controllers in St. Albans. Though Moore doesn’t work with Murphy anymore, he’s followed his many pursuits ever since, including “Sweethearts & Heroes.” “I have a special place in my heart for Tom,” Moore adds. “He has so much passion and love for his work, it’s amazing.”

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Ultimately, “I don’t think Murphy saw MMA as a long-term viable career for himself,” Breen concludes, “especially when he could do other things.” Murphy discovered his latest calling, motivational speaking, almost by accident. About seven years ago, he got a call from Spector, who needed an anti-bullying presenter at Oliver W. Winch Middle School in South Glens Falls because the scheduled speaker couldn’t make it. Spector asked Murphy if he would fill in. Murphy started with some video of his UFC fights — and the kids loved it. “After that, I won them. It didn’t matter what else I said,” Murphy recalls. “You put me in front of middle schoolers, I’ll entertain.” But Murphy also discovered that he has much to teach kids. He and Spector have since honed “Sweethearts & Heroes” based on bullying research and their own experience of what works with kids in school settings. Murphy soon became a regular

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When Murphy moved to St. Albans in 1999, he was still in fighting shape and wasn’t ready to give it up. So he started training in Brazilian jujitsu in Burlington under Julio “Foca” Fernandez, a sixth-degree black belt who helped the sport gain popularity in the United States. Several years later, Spike TV launched “The Ultimate Fighter,” which brought the previously underground — and in many places illicit — sport of mixed martial arts to a much wider audience. A combination of boxing, wrestling and martial arts, it involves gloved and barefoot competitors who punch, kick and tackle each other in an eight-sided metal cage called the Octagon. After the first season premiered in 2005, one of Murphy’s sisters applied to the show on his behalf. He was accepted, landed a spot on Season 2, and spent 40 days in Las Vegas training and competing with some of the world’s best fighters. Jordan Breen, a Toronto-based sports journalist and administrative editor at Sherdog, a website covering mixed martial arts, remembers Murphy’s career as brief but impressive. “Individually, he was a natural athlete, a solid wrestler and a fairly crafty fighter,” Breen says. “The only fighter who ever defeated him was Rashad Evans, the future [Ultimate Fighting Championship] light-heavyweight champion.” And that was in the judges’ decision, after Murphy fought with a badly injured knee. According to Breen, Murphy’s career was plagued by injuries — not just his own but also those of his competitors. Three backed out of high-profile bouts with him, including one in Ireland, which meant that after months of intense training and travel, Murphy didn’t make any money from the matches. One opponent, Gary Goodridge, withdrew from their fight in Montréal 30 seconds before it was scheduled to start. Although he was devastated at the time, Murphy now says he doesn’t feel that way anymore. In retrospect, “For me, it was never a job. I just love to train,” he explains. His last competitive fight was in 2013.

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visitor to Spector’s and other schools in the North Country. In September 2014, Murphy gave his presentation to more than 300 teachers in Greenwich, N.Y., who saw it before their students did. Afterward, one teacher came up to Murphy, grabbed his hand and wouldn’t let go. “‘Twenty years I’ve been watching presentations like this,’” Murphy recalls the man saying. “‘This year is going to be different.’” “As I drove home, that just haunted me,” Murphy says. Two days later, he quit his well-paying job with the railroad so he could devote himself full time to “Sweethearts & Heroes.” When he isn’t on the road or with his family, Murphy works at Twiggs: An American Gastropub, which he owns in downtown St. Albans. He bought the restaurant six years ago when it was Chow! Bella, and changed the name two years ago. Modeling his parents, he’s adopted a homeless Vietnam vet who, depending on the season, sweeps or shovels the sidewalk. Murphy also previously owned a local fitness facility but says he sold it several years ago. Ironically, students in Murphy’s own town still haven’t heard his presentation. Last year, he approached administrators at Bellows Free Academy St. Albans about presenting “Sweethearts & Heroes” to their students. The school declined his offer. “Although we gave the matter careful consideration,” explains Chris Mosca, principal of BFA-St. Albans, in a recent email, “we believe that events and activities that are more student-led have a greater impact on enhancing school climate and culture.” Murphy can’t say for sure why some schools aren’t interested in his message. It’s not the cost, he says. He often convinces his corporate clients to foot the bill for local schools that can’t afford to pay upwards of $3,000 for a day of trainings and presentations. Murphy bases his fees on a number of factors, including the school’s size, the number of students and presentations, and the district’s financial wherewithal. Ultimately, if a school can’t afford him, he says, “I find a way to make it happen.” Does he face resistance because of the bloody nature of the sport in which he once competed? “Never,” the former fighter insists. “I’ve seen it many times before. Part of the problem is, some people just don’t want to admit that they have a problem with bullying.” !

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f you’ve ever longed to tear into Donald Trump — or Sen. Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton, for that matter — you now have a chance. Or at least your cat or dog does, and you get to watch. Brand-new Waterburybased company Fuzzu for Pets & You has come out with presidential parody pet toys in the likenesses of all three candidates (sorry, Ted Cruz and John Kasich, you just didn’t make the cut). The canvas-covered, fiber-filled toys, collaboratively designed by Sarah-Lee Terrat and Anne Lika, come in three sizes: nine, 17 and 27 inches (cat, dog and jumbo). The first two are ostensibly for chewing, the last for humans to cuddle, pose strategically or, say, carry around in public to show support. You could even tote all three just to confuse people. Whatever you choose to do with them, the toys are conversation starters — and likely to attract four-legged creatures. Currently, Terrat, Lika and her husband, John Lika, are working to attract human donors to their Kickstarter campaign to launch Fuzzu (pronounced fuz-zoo). Their campaign video begins with a close-up of a white longhair cat clutching the Donald in ecstasy (because catnip). The designers explain that the toys were born of illustrations sketched and colorized by hand — “something that’s fairly rare today,” Anne Lika says. In an interview with Seven Days, she and Terrat note that the two have had a lengthy working relationship, share

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a sense of humor and are so close they finish each other’s sentences. Both have significant design credentials, too. For some 13 years, the Likas operated a pet toy company called Fat Cat, building it from a basement screen-printing project into a successful enterprise with 19 employees before selling it in 2007. (Fat Cat produced a George W. Bush toy during his presidency.) Terrat, the proprietor of YeloDog Design and a designer for Fat Cat, has created numerous illustrations and murals for clients in Vermont and beyond. For a dozen years in the 1980s and ’90s, she was the environmental designer for Ben & Jerry’s, designing scoop shops worldwide as well as the graphics in the Waterbury factory. One of Terrat’s more recent commissions was a mural for the new state office complex in Waterbury. Terrat and the Likas intend Fuzzu to be a “boutique shop,” they say, and will design what pleases them. “We don’t want it to be Fat Cat 2, and I don’t want 19 employees,” Anne Lika says. But after taking a break from pet toys, she missed the business. “We love the humor

around our toys,” she adds, noting that other pet toys “don’t get edgy.” “We have a lot of ideas,” hints Terrat. Such as? “We can’t really say,” chimes in Lika. “Though we’ve thought about getting into children’s toys.” For now, though, Fuzzu’s presidential parody series stands out as a spot of fun in a world, and a campaign season, that sorely needs it. Lika says the company already has preorders, some obtained through former sales reps for Fat Cat, and the Likas’ longtime Chinese manufacturer is ready to roll. That company, Lika notes, “really gets it” in terms of quality and even the jokes. “They’re perfectionists,” she says approvingly. “We can just put all our attention into the design.” Certainly the facial features of the toy candidates are spot-on, and each also sports a name tag and other telling details: Hillary, clad in a red pantsuit and pearls, wears buttons reading “Prowhatever” and “Anti-whatever.” A smiley face paired with an on-off switch is painted on her back. Bernie wears a button that reads, “Bern the 1%” and an American flag with

“99%” in place of the stars. His watch says, “Time 4 Change.” On his back, a red button is surrounded by the words “Push to activate the revolution.” But the best part is the candidate’s corona of white plush hair. Donald’s hair is a swoosh of blond plush, his mouth is stuck in sourpuss position, and a pamphlet protruding from his front pocket offers instruction in “Great Wall Building for Idiots.” His bold yellow tie proclaims, “NY (Hearts) Me.” On Donald’s back? “Push to inflate head.” The toys’ details may betray the political views of their makers just a teensy bit, but it was important to them “to be kind enough, not mean or snarky,” says Terrat. “We want to sell the Donald to people who love him or hate him.” ! Contact: pamela@sevendaysvt.com

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teve Faccio gingerly moved saplings aside as he trudged through the brush, taking care not to snap off any spindly branches. The young trees were tipped with expectant buds and daubed with late-season snow. According to the calendar, spring had arrived, but that doesn’t mean much in Strafford’s Podunk Wildlife Management Area. Four days after the seasonal equinox, about an inch of the white stuff turned this 924-acre preserve into a picturesque wonderland. Pretty as it was, the snow threatened to derail Faccio’s plans for the day. A conservation biologist and cofounder of Norwich’s Vermont Center for Ecostudies, he was at Podunk to research the health of its vernal pools. Specifically, he aimed to complete his survey of one such pool by finding a salamander. The dip in temperature made that unlikely, but this winter has been so atypically warm that Faccio speculated a few plucky amphibians might be on the move. For this ongoing series about Vermont’s wild areas, Seven Days tagged along. Faccio’s current work at Podunk, part of a multiyear collaboration of VCE and Dartmouth College, involves measuring mercury levels. Coal-burning power plants in the Midwest emit that toxic pollutant, Faccio noted, and prevailing winds ensure that Vermont is on the receiving end. “Mercury itself isn’t too bad of a problem until it becomes chemically

changed into methylmercury,” the biologist explained. “Then it becomes very bioavailable and gets into the food web.” The methylation of mercury occurs in low-oxygen environments where certain bacteria are present — exactly the conditions found in vernal pools. Methylmercury, a neurotoxin, is then absorbed by bottom-of-the-food-chain pool dwellers such as various beetles and amphibians, even small creatures called fairy shrimp that resemble their marine namesakes. A preliminary analysis of VCE’s data found that, in a process known as bioaccumulation, older salamanders had higher levels of mercury than did younger ones. Those results also pointed to the “biomagnification” of methylmercury in creatures that live in and near vernal pools. “The higher you move up the food chain, the more mercury [organisms] have,” Faccio said. “The predatory beetles that live in these pools, they’re loaded with mercury. Lots of it.” Why is this important? Because the toxins inside beetles living in Vermont vernal pools are passed along to salamanders, then to snakes, then to raptors, then (via bird droppings) to reservoirs and aquifers, then to drinking water, and then to human water drinkers. All from a beetle that just happened to live where the wind deposited particles of pollutants. Life on Earth is truly interconnected. Since multiple plant and animal species closely interact in such wild areas,

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you might say Podunk is on the front lines of the battle to save the environment. One wouldn’t expect such drama from the preserve’s name — a word that has acquired the connotation of a tiny town where nothing much happens. The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department’s

OFF TRAIL info sheet on the preserve says that the precise origins of “podunk” are unknown, but it may be “a Natick Indian word meaning ‘a boggy place.’” Purchased from the Malmquist Wood Products company by the State of Vermont in 1963, Podunk was settled long before the lumber companies came to town. Low stone walls snake alongside stands of shade trees, relics of the farms that once occupied these lands. If you were dropped in the middle of the Podunk preserve, you might never make it out without a good internal compass; GPS and cell reception are nil. And that business about moss growing on the north sides of trees has been debunked — right? Anyway, locating north wouldn’t be too helpful, since that direction out of the park is filled with trees, trees and more trees. Also, bears. Yet Faccio walked through the vast preserve as if it were his front yard. Like a homing pigeon, he headed straight toward the vernal pool from which he hoped to extract that one last salamander. Specifically, he sought a spotted salamander, which lays its eggs in vernal pools in early spring. Whenever Faccio finds an adult spotted salamander, he said, he takes a blood sample and a tiny piece of tissue from its tail. On the way to the pool, Faccio identified several of the tree species that make up much of this northern hardwood forest. Oaks are relatively rare here, but sugar maple, ash, birch and beech are abundant. Black bears — which, along with bobcats and coyotes, are the primary apex predators — have a special interest in beech trees, which produce nutritious nuts. Faccio scanned a few beeches and quickly found claw marks on one. Seeing them made it easy to imagine a young black bear scrambling up the tree to chow down on beechnuts. Later, Faccio pointed out a “bear nest” in the crook of another beech, easily 80 or 90 feet in the air. “Bears will find a tree with a lot of nuts, then get into a comfortable spot, a nice spot they can lean against, and they’ll pull branches into them,” he said. “When they leave, there’s this big pile of branches. But it’s got nothing to do with nesting. It’s a feeding place.” Faccio reasoned that the nest he spotted was made last fall, since brown leaves still clung to its branches. After traipsing over several small rises, we finally arrived at the vernal pool. Unfortunately, nary a salamander was in sight. Despite the mild winter,

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the pool was capped with a solid sheet of slush-frosted ice that rendered it inhospitable to amphibians. Faccio would have to return in the next few days, once incoming warmer weather jump-started a thaw. As something of a consolation, Faccio led the way across a stump-studded slope to one of Podunk’s main attractions. Jutting up spikily at shin height,

the stumps were left over from the industrious gnawing of beavers, and they indicated a nearby body of water that the critters had dammed. Right in the middle of the Podunk preserve is a beautiful pond, about three and a half acres in area and ringed with conifers. Their green stood out against the still-denuded deciduous trees around them. The pond’s surface was ice-free, and its waters coursed through the branches of a sizable beaver dam. Faccio said that local and state officials have been debating whether to remove the human-made dam that dwarfs the adjacent one made by beavers. For now, concerns about flooding have prevailed, keeping the dam in place. Removing it would drain the pond and deprive visitors of one of the preserve’s loveliest features. From a strictly aesthetic standpoint, that would be a shame. The Podunk Wildlife Management Area is a valuable site for scientists and conservationists, but it’s also valuable for its glorious views — with or without spotted salamanders. !

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he first in his family to attend college, William Falls is accustomed to a challenge. Both his parents worked at a General Electric plant in Lynn, Mass., his mother building aircraft engine parts and his father making turbines for nuclear submarines. Falls himself might have wound up at the plant after high school, but his drive and intelligence pushed him elsewhere — to Bates College in Maine, and then to Yale University for his PhD. In February, after 17 years in the University of Vermont’s psychology department, Falls was promoted to dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. It’s a big job with a big salary — $250,000 a year. The 50-year-old Essex Junction resident has already set his top priorities: to put the luster back on liberal arts and boost current enrollment. “We keep on reading and hearing about sort of the demise of liberal arts,’’ said Falls, sitting in his spacious office in a restored mansion at 438 College Street. In the past five or 10 years, he’s noticed that “the students are a lot more anxious about their futures than in the past,” he said. For many, that economic uncertainty makes a preprofessional academic track look a lot safer right now than a degree in history, philosophy, English or mathematics. But Falls believes it’s all the more important in this climate to emphasize that the study of classic liberal arts disciplines develops broad thinking and gives students a versatile tool kit. “The liberal arts train you for a lifetime; they train you for anything that you want to do,” he said. High-tech employers and graduate school deans want more than technocrats, Falls went on: “They also need thinkers; they need people who can communicate, who can work as part of the team.” With an open smile, thick salt-andpepper hair and an unassuming manner, Falls does not look the part of a stuffy academic. During a conversation last week, he wore pressed khakis and a yellow argyle sweater over a striped dress shirt. A small stud glinted in one ear. His office wall displayed pictures of his four children, ages 14 to 24 — including one stepdaughter with his wife of 10 years, court reporter Darlene Falls.

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The dean occasionally gets out on his Harley-Davidson Low Rider motorcycle in the warmer months, but the family is his biggest hobby, he said: “My kids are my life.” Falls’ deanship is the culmination of years of work and study. His parents wanted to get out of Lynn when William, the youngest of their four children, was finishing middle school, he recalled. They moved to Derry, N.H., where Falls graduated from Pinkerton Academy.

Teachers took an interest in him, and an uncle helped him fill out his college applications and financial aid forms. While his parents had no direct experience with college, Falls remembered them being supportive and proud as he prospered. At Bates, Falls was exposed to a wealthier breed of student; he recalled his freshman roommate making multiple calls a day to his stockbroker. Still, everyone lived in the same dorms and

ate in the same cafeteria, which was an equalizer, Falls said. At Yale and UVM, Falls specialized in neuroscience. He served as chair of the UVM psychology department and as interim dean of Arts and Sciences for a year, after former dean Antonio CepedaBenito stepped down in February 2015. Assessments of Falls’ predecessor vary. Cepeda-Benito himself said he was proud of his work but ultimately not suited to a highly political job: “I cannot be who I am not,” the Vermont Cynic quoted him as saying. Falls agreed that Cepeda-Benito did a solid job, adding, “We have the utmost respect for each other.” Others were less enamored of the previous dean, who continues to teach at UVM. History professor Denise Youngblood said she found CepedaBenito, who came from Texas A&M University after an expensive national search, to be a top-down manager during his three years on the job. Texas is “a massive research institution, but it’s not an arts and sciences institution,” which made it difficult for Cepeda-Benito to understand the mind-set at UVM, Youngblood said. “He was in every way the wrong person” to run the College of Arts and Sciences, in her view. Meanwhile, in a faculty that rarely reaches consensus on anything, William Falls is seen by almost everyone as a good hire, Youngblood said. “He is a person with a reputation for being truly collaborative,” she explained. “They all say that, but Bill Falls really is. And also, he’s a person with a very even temperament. He is a teacher and scholar himself. He’s not a professional administrator. For all of those reasons, he has really hit the ground running.” It’s good to see a promotion from within Arts and Sciences’ ranks, Youngblood added: “The morale of the faculty in the college has just completely turned around since he became dean.” The College of Arts and Sciences is the largest at Vermont’s state university, representing about 43 percent of the school’s undergraduates. For most of UVM’s history, A&S enrollment has been its bread and butter, yet that figure declined 20 percent between 2009 and 2015, from 5,418 students to 4,324.

possibly faculty, she said. The number of part-time faculty teaching this year has dropped 12 percent compared with last year, and those who remain are teaching 30 percent fewer credit hours, according to United Academics. “That’s one big concern,” said Kornbluh, associate professor of history and director of gender, sexuality and women’s studies. She also believes that under IBB “finances are driving the bus in a way that’s distorting.”

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Larger classes are inevitable under a system that rewards deans on a per-student basis, Kornbluh predicted, and this could hurt retention of students who already complain about introductory-level classes with more than 100 enrolled. “They don’t want to be in alienating large lecture classes, and they don’t want to be with professors who don’t know their names,” Kornbluh said. Youngblood, the history professor and a former president of United Academics, agrees. IBB puts the university on a “corporate footing” that’s all wrong, she said: “I do not believe that universities are anything like corporations. I don’t see my students as my customers. And now there are people in the administration who actually talk about our students as our customers.” Kornbluh said there are early signs that popular courses in the environmental studies program are getting

bigger — a negative for students, in her Engaging topics. Seriously fun. view. Meanwhile, Youngblood said she’s hearing that some colleges are thinking about offering their own versions of history and other required courses, thereby April 6, 7:00 pm • ArtsRiot bypassing the A&S to keep numbers in their own schools. With Champlain College professor UVM Provost David Rosowsky David Mills defended the IBB model and noted vermonthumanities.org/ideas that many other universities around the country have adopted the same structure. It gives the deans and faculty Untitled-32 1 3/28/16 greater control, and so far the rollout has gone well, he said. UVM lacks the large lecture halls it would need to accommodate many more large classes, Rosowsky assured, and the university is committed to the current model of offering many classes with fewer than 20 students. “We are not going to mess with that,” he said. Rosowsky disagrees with the United Academics numbers on reductions in part-time faculty but said it’s ultimately up to deans to make such staffing decisions. He predicts that some very small classes at UVM could be eliminated under IBB, but he also expects innovative new courses, summer seminars and executive trainings to crop up because the deans and faculty will now have the funding to create them. “They get the revenue, and they pay the bills,” Rosowsky said. As for Falls, the provost praised his ideas and energy and noted that internal candidates don’t always rise to the top in a national search the way Falls did. “We have great hopes and great excitement for his leadership,” Rosowsky said. Many freshmen arrive at UVM excited, too — but not all stay. How can administrators help reach them? Falls recalled that at Bates, his professors were accessible — a quality often associated with the traditional liberal arts college. To this day, he said, he believes in “the importance of teaching, the importance of being there to support your students.” Falls is still advising students this semester and hopes to get back to the classroom in the fall. His faith in those personal interactions underpins his mantra about UVM: “Come here, and if you’re engaged, you’re going to get an amazing liberal arts education.” !

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Those students aren’t all focused on the humanities; the college encompasses more than 50 majors, including mathematics and sciences such as biology, chemistry and physics. Still, the perception of the liberal arts as less “practical” persists. Nationally, many schools are seeing fewer A&S majors as interest grows in technology, engineering, nursing, business and other professional programs. On the UVM campus, the investment priorities are evident in the construction of the $104 million STEM Complex, a 266,000-square-foot center for science, technology, engineering and math that is the largest capital project in the school’s history. Those aren’t the only trends Falls must weigh. His arrival at the dean’s office coincides with the rollout of a controversial new budgeting model designed to reward UVM’s popular courses and schools. Incentive-based Budgeting (IBB), implemented last July, is unpopular with many A&S faculty, but Falls defends it. “It basically just sort of provides you with the resources to do what you’re doing,” he said. The new budget process gives deans more control, Falls said, to assign funding according to their own colleges’ priorities. Under the old scenario, the provost had greater authority to make budget decisions from a central office. So far, A&S has not seen decreases in funding under IBB, so Falls finds the new budget autonomy to be appealing. One of this dean’s goals is to beef up first-year programming for A&S students and thus help with retention — right now, about 15 percent of UVM students leave in their freshman year. IBB is new and still not fully understood, Falls said. But he likes the model. “I’m optimistic,” he explained. “I think the challenges the college faces have nothing to do with IBB.” Others disagree. Felicia Kornbluh, president of United Academics, the UVM faculty union, believes IBB imposes a corporate model on an academic institution that should not be driven by profit-and-loss statements. Many professors are worried that IBB will pit colleges against one another and lead to a reduction in course offerings and

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— plus coffee and French soft-serve ice cream. Hong’s Chinese Dumplings is also a familiar name on Church Street; HONG YU’s food cart has won or placed almost every year in its category of this publication’s Daysies readers’ choice awards. The kiosk would serve the same awardwinning dumplings. The committee will present its recommendations to the Marketplace Commission on April 11; the selected applicant will still need approval from the Board of Finance and the City Council.

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blended hops. At 5.6 percent ABV, “it’s a little cloudy,” broadly floral and a tad fruity, says Trout River co-owner KELEN BEARDSLEY. Like company coowners TREVOR BILLINGS and Trout River cans GABE STREETER, Beardsley is a Springfield native; the longtime friends have been TROUT RIVER BREWING homebrewing together HOPS TO IT IN SPRINGFIELD for years. Their brewery Founded in 1996, TROUT is located at 100 River RIVER BREWING was part Street, in an old gear of Vermont’s first wave factory on the Black of craft breweries. For River. Right now, it’s just years, the Lyndonville a production space, but brewery was the this summer the owners Northeast Kingdom’s plan to open a sole outlet for fresh, local tasting room suds. Over the years, where they’ll owner DAN GATES grew showcase seathe operation and added sonal brews such a pizzeria; locals would as a Bavarian crowd into the pub hefeweizen. several nights a week for For now, pies and brews. distribution In fall 2014, Gates will stay fairly sold the business to a few local, Beardsley young ’uns from southsays. Find the ern Vermont. The former beers at restaurants brewer got busy in East and retailers in central Burke — where his FOGGY and southern Vermont GOGGLE OSTERIA opened in (north to White River September 2015 — but, Junction), and in limited for the longest time, no quantities statewide via one heard a peep from CALMONT BEVERAGE. The Trout River. brewers plan to hit up That’s about to several summer festivals, change. This week, the including the BRATTLEBORO brewery — now located BREWERS FESTIVAL on May in Springfield — will re14 and the STOWE CRAFT lease its first run of cans BREW RACES on May 21. under new ownership. Those cans (four— H.P.E. packs, 16 ounces) include one old favorite — the mid-malty, slightly fruity Rainbow Red Ale from FINALISTS ANNOUNCED Gates’ recipe stash — FOR CHURCH STREET KIOSK; BURLINGTON GETS A and a new brew called LOSES NOONIE’S; Vermont Single IPA. The “BARCADE,” NEW STOWE CAFÉ IPA is made with pale When word came that and wheat malts and the BLUEBIRD COFFEE

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It was a similar story with team No. 17, the Cooking Rockets: Elizabeth, Olivia and Alexis from Rochester Elementary/ High School. Unlike the team-based cooking shows on TV, people weren’t yelling. Everything was planned ahead of time, and everyone knew their job and when it had to be done. The girls knew Elizabeth was best at cutting onions without crying, so she took onion duty. That left Alexis in charge of dicing beets and Olivia on carrots. Together they would make a “double-egg-salad wrap” with a kale and root vegetable salad. Olivia and Elizabeth took turns massaging kale for quite a long time — I noted at least 11 minutes. No doubt because the team’s adviser, Marcela Carroll, kept encouraging them to “massage, massage, massage.” Do kids even like kale, I wondered? “I don’t like broccoli or peas or green beans,” Olivia confessed to me later. “But kale with some lemon juice and olive oil is pretty good.” At one point, she paused with a lemon, cut-side down, over the greens when a spectator yelled, “Olivia, Olivia! Squeeze up!” The 11-year-old turned the yellow fruit 180 degrees (so the seeds wouldn’t end up in the bowl) and crushed it forcefully. Lemon juice spritzed upward and gushed over her hand into the bowl. For a few more minutes the girls massaged — then they tasted. You should be able to swallow after three chews, they told me; that’s when you know it’s done. They chewed, stopped, discussed. “It’s a little crunchy,” Alexis said. I left them with 30 minutes to go and assembled in the back with the 10 other judges, one of whom was also a kid: 11-year-old Peggy Fischer of St. Johnsbury, who had recently earned third place on the Food Network’s “Kids Baking Championship.” On to the tasting. Collectively, we had to sample 26 dishes. The organizers split us into three groups and fed each a fraction of the total entries. Each group then picked its three favorite dishes, which would compete with those of the other judges’ picks. My group included Lisa Pendolino, managing director of the Ben & Jerry’s Foundation; Julie Rubaud, owner of Red Wagon Plants in Hinesburg; and Emily Simmons, director of legal and policy services for the Vermont School Boards Association. Our first dish to arrive was a handmade vegetarian empanada, which earned kudos for its use of English peas. After much debate, we realized that the

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chefs had used both cilantro and parsley in the garnish — perhaps mistakenly grabbing both at the market. Next up was a smothered enchilada that replaced tortillas with quinoa. It earned high marks for its flavor, particularly the smokiness, as well as the perfectly melted layer of cheese coating each serving. A beet falafel surprised us with its creativity. And a perfect biscuit, served with broccoli soup, would have earned an award if judged on its own. When a charred pepper arrived at our table, Simmons said she had observed a boy toasting them using the tiny flame from a camping stove. Finally, the Cooking Rockets’ double-egg salad made it to the table. After spending an hour getting to know these girls I’d formed an attachment, so initially I refrained from sharing my opinions. I winced when someone mentioned that the kale was too tough. An udon noodle bowl edged its way to the top of our favorites list (and would go on to win the afternoon’s

Crowd Pleaser award). The sweet-andsour broth had depth and umami, and the accompanying handmade dumplings were tender. We all agreed this was a dish we’d pay for in a restaurant and that kids would gobble up in the lunchroom. I continued to sip the broth while we waited for the organizer to bring the next entry, which turned out to be the Sizzling Falcons’ pasta. And it rocked. The noodles were tender and just the right size, and the Alfredo sauce was sublime. We wished the vegetable chunks were larger, but that’s the worst thing we had to say about the dish. Turns out the group’s nearly silent teamwork had paid off. Roasting vegetables, cranking out noodles by hand and making sauce from scratch, all on deadline, requires pro-level coordination and skill. And these middle schoolers pulled it off. After the groups selected their three favorites, all the judges tasted the final recipes. We were given two tickets with

which to vote for best dish overall, and two winners, one from high school and one from middle school, were selected for both categories: taste and local. Neither of my teams won an award, but I wanted to hand out ribbons to everyone. Adult chefs can take the heat; could the kids handle the competition’s highs and lows? Alexis wasn’t daunted. Despite defeat, she still wanted to be a chef. Both she and Olivia said they would compete again next year. “I thought it was exciting, an experience I would never forget,” Olivia said. For future competitors, Alexis had this advice: “Have fun, be a team, cook what you like and don’t worry about how people judge it.” ! Contact: melissa@sevendaysvt.com

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ACT 250 NOTICE APPLICATION #4C1290 AND HEARING 10 V.S.A. Â§Â§ 6001 - 6093 On March 2, 2016, A&C Realty LLC, c/o Al Senecal, 31 Commerce Avenue, South Burlington, VT 05403 filed application #4C1290 for a Project described as the construction of 48 residential units in six 4-plex units and a 24 multi unit building, plus an additional 16,500sf multi-tenant commercial building. The Project is located on Gardenside Lane, in Essex, VT. This Project will be evaluated by the District #4 Environmental Commission in accordance with the 10 environmental criteria of 10 V.S.A., Â§ 6086(a). A public hearing is scheduled for April 18, 2016 at 9:00 AM at the Essex Junction District Office of the Agency of Natural Resources, 111 West Street, Essex Junction, Vermont. A site visit will be held before the hearing at 8:30 AM at the site. Directions to the site: Route 2A north from Five Corners past the I289 intersection turn left onto Gardenside Lane 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, any adjacent municipality, municipal planning commission or regional planning commission if the project lands are located on a town boundary, and affected state

SEVENDAYSVT.COM/CLASSIFIEDS agencies are entitled to party status. 2. Adjoining property owners and others: May participate as parties to the extent they have a particularized interest that may be affected by the proposed project under the ten criteria. 3. Non-party participants: The district commission, on its own motion or by petition, may allow others to participate in the hearing without being accorded party status. If you plan on participating in the hearing on behalf of a group or organization, please bring: 1) a written description of the organization, its purposes, and the nature of its membership (T.10, § 6085(c)(2)(B)); 2) documentation that prior to the date of the hearing, you were duly authorized to speak for the organization; and 3) that the organization has articulated a position with respect to the Project’s impacts under specific Act 250 Criteria. If you wish further information regarding participation in this hearing, please contact the district coordinator

at the address below before the date of the first hearing or prehearing. If you have a disability for which you are going to need accommodation, please notify this office at least seven days prior to the above hearing date. 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. Copies of the application and plans for this project are available for inspection by members of the public during regular working hours at the Essex Town Offices, the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission Office, and the District #4 Environmental Office. The application can also be viewed at the Natural Resources Board web site (www. nrb.state.vt.us/lup) by clicking on “Act 250 Da-

tabase” and entering the project number above. Dated at Essex Junction, Vermont this 18th day of March, 2016. BY: /s/Peter E. Keibel Peter E. Keibel, District #4 Coordinator Natural Resources Board 111 West Street, Essex Jct., VT 05452 802-879-5658 Peter.Keibel@vermont. gov ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION #4C0492-2 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001 - 6093 On March 16, 2016, Walter Breck, 350 Tyler Bridge Road, Hinesburg, VT 05461 filed application #4C0492-2 for a project generally described as the construction of a single family residence on Beaver Pond Hill Road. The Project is located at 336 Beaver Pond Hill Road in Richmond, Vermont. The District #4 Environmental Commission is reviewing this application under Act 250 Rule 51 — Minor Applications. Copies of the application and proposed permit are available for review at the Richmond Town Office, Chittenden County

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Regional Planning Commission Office, and the office listed below. The application and a draft permit may also be viewed on the Natural Resources Board’s web site (www.nrb.state. vt.us/lup) by clicking on “Act 250 Database” and entering the project number “4C0492-2”. No hearing will be held and a permit may be issued unless, on or before April 12, 2016, a person notifies the Commission of an issue or issues requiring the presentation of evidence at a hearing or the Commission sets the matter for hearing on its own 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 deter-

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mine 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 12, 2016. 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

Open 24/7/365. Post & browse ads at your convenience. 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 22nd day of March, 2016. By: /s/Peter E.Keibel Peter E. Keibel District #4 Coordinator Natural Resources Board 111 West Street Essex Jct., VT 05452 802-879-5658 Peter.Keibel@vermont. gov ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION #4C1241 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001 - 6093 On March 3, 2016, Craig McDonald, 465 Tanner Road, Westford, VT 05494 filed application #4C1241 for a project generally described as the creation of a 13 lot subdivision with construction of 12 new residential dwellings and a 1,414 lf access road. The Project is located on Plains Road in Westford, Vermont. The District #4 Environmental Commission is reviewing this application under Act 250 Rule 51 — Minor Applications. Copies of the application

and proposed permit are available for review at the Westford Town Office, Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission Office, and the office listed below. The application and a draft permit may also be viewed on the Natural Resources Board’s web site (www.nrb.state. vt.us/lup) by clicking on “Act 250 Database” and entering the project number “4C1241”. No hearing will be held and a permit may be issued unless, on or before April 26, 2016, a person notifies the Commission of an issue or issues requiring the presentation of evidence at a hearing or the Commission sets the matter for hearing on its own 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

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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 26, 2016. Parties entitled to participate are the Municipality, the Municipal Planning Commission, the Regional Planning Commission, affected state agencies, and ad-

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Plans may be viewed in the Planning and Zoning Office, (City Hall, 149 Church Street, Burlington), between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Participation in the DRB proceeding is a prerequisite to the right to take any subsequent appeal. Please note that ANYTHING submitted to the Planning and Zoning office is considered public and cannot be kept confidential.

By: /s/ Peter E. Keibel Peter E. Keibel District #4 Coordinator Natural Resources Board 111 West Street Essex Jct., VT 05452 802-879-5658 Peter.Keibel@vermont. gov

This may not be the final order in which items will be heard. Please view final Agenda, at www.burlingtonvt.gov/ pz/drb/agendas or the office notice board, one week before the hearing for the order in which items will be heard.

BURLINGTON DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD TUESDAY APRIL 19, 2016 PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The Burlington Development Review Board will hold a meeting on Tuesday April 19, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. in Contois Auditorium, City Hall.

CAR SERVICES AND VEHICLES FOR HIRE PUBLIC NOTICE The revised ordinance in the year two thousand sixteen for vehicles for hire requires a public vote (referendum), pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 2032. For further information call Nicholas Schieldrop at 802-3553004.

1. 15-0339VR; 31 North Ave (RM-W, Ward 3) Cynthia W Smith Time extension on a variance from a front yard setback. Property fronts Depot Street. 2. 15-0922CA/CU ; 451 APPLETREE POINT ROAD (RL-W, Ward 4N) Cheryl L Senecal Amendment for demolition of existing structures, construct new single family home with accessory apartment and associated site improvements. Lot line adjustment included. 3. 15-0923CA/CU; 465 APPLETREE POINT ROAD (RL-W, Ward 4N) Cheryl L Senecal Amendment to construct single family home with accessory apartment and associated site improvements. Includes lot line adjustment. 4. 14-1181CA/CU; 8 College Street (RL-W, Ward 4) City of Burlington Amendment for bike Path rehabilitation, including phase 1 from Perkins Pier to North

NOTICE OF LEGAL SALE View Date 4/14/2016 Sale Date 4/15/2016 Thomasina Caesar Unit #151 Donald Sibley Unit# 109 Easy Self Storage 46 Swift South Burlington VT 05403 802-863-8300

NOTICE OF INTENT TO APPLY HERBICIDES The New England Central Railroad will spray its right-of-way for weed control, using track mounted highrail truck sprayer with a spray pattern of sixteen (16) feet, measured eight (8) feet each side of centerline of track and an additional two (2) feet on each side of track as needed, totaling 20 feet. Selected public crossing quadrants will be sprayed to a width not exceeding the property line of the railroad. New England Central Railroad’s right-of-way passes through the following townships in the State of Vermont: Alburg, Swanton, St. Albans, Georgia, Jericho, Williston, Milton, Colchester, Essex Jct., Winooski, Burlington, Richmond, Bolton, Duxbury, Waterbury, Middlesex, Montpelier, Berlin, Northfield, Roxbury, Granville, Braintree, Randolph, Bethel, Royalton, Sharon, Hartford, Hartland, Windsor, Rockingham, Bellows Falls, Westminster, Putney, Dummerston, Brattleboro, and Vernon. Spraying will take place on or about May 2, 2016. A request for permission to use herbicides has been submitted to the State of Vermont Commissioner of Agriculture. The following herbicides will be applied in liquid form: Razer Pro, Esplanade 200 SC, Method 240SL. Landowners along the right-of-way who have private water supplies or other sensitive areas should contact Grover Engineering, Huntington, Vermont, at (802) 434-2989. For further information or complaints, contact the Vermont Department of Agriculture, 116 State Street, Montpelier, VT, phone (802) 828-2431.

Burlington Land Records (the Mortgage) presently 6v-GroverEngineering032316.indd 1 held by Plaintiff Vermont NOTICE OF SALE Housing Finance Agency for the purpose of foreAccording to the terms closing the Mortgage for and conditions of a breach of the conditions Judgment and Decree of of the Mortgage, the Foreclosure by Judicial real estate with an E-911 Sale (the Order) in the address of 37 Lafountain matter of Vermont Street, Burlington, VT Housing Finance Agency (the Property) will be v. Daniel B. Brunell and sold at public auction at Any Tenants Resid12:00 p.m. on April 25, ing at 37 Lafountain 2016 at the location of Street, Burlington, VT, the Property. Vermont Superior Court, Chittenden Unit - Civil Division, Docket No. 470- The Property to be sold is all and the same land 5-15 Cncv, foreclosing and premises described a mortgage given by in the Mortgage, and Daniel B. Brunell to Chitfurther described as tenden Trust Co. d/b/a Mortgage Service Center follows: dated May 27, 2005 Being all and the same and recorded in Volume land and premises 917, Page 277 of the

wire transfer is available before commencement of sale and bidder pays additional fees required for wire transfer), will pay the remaining balance of 10% of the highest bid to Thomas Hirchak Company within five (5) calendar days of the sale and will pay the balance of the highest bid price within fifteen (15) days of the issuance of an Order of Confirmation by the Vermont Superior Court. The successful bidder will be required to sign a Purchase Agreement. Copies are available by calling the telephone number below. If the successful bidder fails to complete the purchase of the Property as required by the Agreement, the $10,000.00 deposit will be forfeited to Plaintiff. The Property is sold AS IS and the successful bidder is required to purchase the Property whether or not the Property is in compliance with local, state or federal land use laws, regulations or permits. Title to the Property will be conveyed without warranties by Order of Confirmation. This sale is exempt from federal lead based hazards disclosure. 24 CFR Section 35.82. Redemption Benefits of Mortgagor: The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the Property at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the Mortgage, including the costs and expenses of sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Thomas Hirchak Company, 1-800-634-7653. www. THCAuction.com Dated: March 11, 2016

conveyed to Daniel B. /s/ Robert W. Scharf, Brunell by Warranty 3/16/16 4:41 PM Esq. Deed of Anthony J. Robert W. Scharf, Esq. Lafayette and Melissa Attorney for Plaintiff B. Lafayette dated May 27, 2005 and recorded in Volume 917, Page 275 STATE OF VERMONT of the City of BurlingSUPERIOR COURT ton Land Records. The ADDISON UNIT Property may be subject CIVIL DIVISION to easements, rights-ofDOCKET NO. 261-12-15 way and other interests ANCV of record Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Terms of Sale: The Plaintiff Property will be sold to v. the highest bidder, who Robert C. Wagner n/k/a will pay $10,000.00 at Karla Wagner, sale in cash, certified, Yulia Wagner and Octreasurers or cashiers cupants residing at check made payable to 1049 Lincoln Road, Thomas Hirchak ComRipton, Vermont, pany (or by wire transfer, Defendants if arrangements for wire transfer are made in SUMMONS & ORDER FOR advance, confirmation of PUBLICATION

THIS SUMMONS IS DIRECTED TO: Robert C. Wagner n/k/a Karla Wagner 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, Vermont Superior Court, Civil Division, Addison Unit, 7 Mahady Court, Middlebury, 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 May 23, 2008. Plaintiff’s action may effect your interest in the property described in the Land Records of the Town of Ripton at Volume 42, Page 118. The Complaint also seeks relief on the Promissory Note executed by you. 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 Addison, 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 April 12, 2016. You must send a copy of your answer to the Plaintiff or the Plaintiff’s attorney, Grant C. Rees, located at 30 Kimball Avenue, Suite 307, South Burlington, VT 05403. You must also give or mail your Answer to the Court located at 7 Mahady Court, Middlebury, Vermont. 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 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 the Defendant, Robert C. Wagner n/k/a Karla Wagner, by publication as provided in Rule[s] [4(d)(l) and] 4(g) of those Rules. This order shall be published once a week for 2 weeks in the Addison Independent, a newspaper of general circulation in Addison County, and the Seven Days, a newspaper of general circulation in Chittenden County, as follows: Addison Independent beginning on or before April 12, 2016; and the Seven Days beginning on or before April 12, 2016. A copy of this Summons and Order as published shall be mailed to Defendant, Robert C. Wagner n/k/a Karla Wagner, if an address is known. Dated at Middlebury, Vermont this 23 day of March, 2016. /s/ Hon. Samuel Hoar, Jr. Vermont Superior Court Civil Division, Addison Unit

STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CHITTENDEN UNIT CIVIL DIVISION DOCKET NO. 213-3-16 CNCV IN RE: ABANDONED MOBILE HOME OF EDWIN TUCKER NOTICE OF HEARING A hearing on CDI’s Verified Complaint to declare as abandoned and uninhabitable the mobile home of Edwin Tucker located at 36 Avenue C, at the mobile home park located on North Avenue in Burlington, Vermont formerly known as Farrington’s Mobile Home Park has been set for April 12, 2016 at 9:45 a.m. at the Vermont Superior Court, Chittenden Unit, Civil Division, 175 Main Street, Burlington, Vermont 05401. Dated this 18th day of March, 2016. VERIFIED COMPLAINT FOR ABANDONMENT PURSUANT TO 10 V.S.A. § 6249(i) (Uninhabitable) NOW COMES CDI Development Fund, Inc. (“CDI”), by and through its counsel Nadine L. Scibek, and hereby complains pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 6249(i) as follows: 1. CDI, a foreign nonprofit corporation with a principal place of business in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, is the record owner of a mobile home park located on North Avenue in Burlington, Vermont. This Park is formerly known as Farrington’s Mobile Home Park (the “Park”). CDI purchased the Park in November, 2015. 2. Edwin Tucker (“Tucker”) is the record owner of a certain mobile home, described as a 1958 Great Lakes mobile home, bearing serial number 417610 (the “Mobile Home”), located on 36 Avenue C at the North Avenue Co-op in Burlington, Vermont according to the City of Burlington Land Records. 3. Tucker leased a lot in the Park for his mobile home from the prior owner of the Park. 4. Tucker’s last known mailing address is 243 N. Prospect Street, #214, Burlington, Vermont 05401. CDI has confirmed that he lives at this address which is St. Joseph Home. 5. The mobile home has been abandoned and unoccupied for

SEVENDAYSVT.COM/CLASSIFIEDS over three years. The last known resident of the mobile home was Edwin Tucker. CDI has attempted to communicate with Tucker and was recently contacted by his case manager Mary Jane Luce from the Howard Center on March 8, 2016. She advised that Mr. Tucker will not be returning to the mobile home as he cannot afford it and he cannot afford to dispose of the mobile home. She confirmed that the home is in poor condition/uninhabitable. No efforts or attempts have been made to remove the home from the Park. 6. The following security interests, mortgages, liens and encumbrances appear of record with respect to the mobile home: Through February 17, 2016, Owner Tucker is in arrears on obligations to pay property taxes to the City of Burlington, Vermont in the aggregate amount of $452.29, plus any additional interest/ penalties. The delinquent property taxes are now a lien on the property. 7. No debt was transferred to CDI upon the sale of the Park for this Lot. 8. The Park sent written notice by certified mail to the City of Burlington on February 17, 2016 of its intent to commence this abandonment action. See attached.

9. The mobile home is uninhabitable. Jay Leclair, Duly Authorized Agent for the Park, will testify under oath as to the poor and unlivable condition of this mobile home at the abandonment hearing. WHEREFORE, the Park Owner respectfully requests that the Honorable Court enter an order as follows: 1. Declare that the mobile home has been abandoned; 2. Transfer the mobile home which is unfit for human habitation to the Park owner CDI without a public auction so that it may be removed and disposed of accordingly. 3. Order pursuant to 10 V.S.A. Â§ 6249(j) that the mobile home and any security deposit paid be conveyed to the Park Owner in â€œas isâ€? condition, and free from all liens and other encumbrances of record. DATED AT Burlington, Vermont this 17th day of March, 2016. By: Nadine L. Scibek, Attorney for CDI DATED at Plattsburgh, New York this 14th day of March, 2016. By: JEREMIAH WARD Duly Authorized Agent for CDI VERIFICATION STATE OF NEW YORK CLINTON COUNTY, SS. At Plattsburgh on this 14th day of March, 2016,

Before me, Louise Bousquet, Notary Public State of New York My Commission Expires: January 5, 2017 STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CHITTENDEN UNIT CIVIL DIVISION DOCKET NO. 978-1015 CNCV Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Plaintiff v. Elizabeth Gilman-Better, Brickyard Condominium Association and Occupants residing at 10 Sugartree Lane D2, Essex, Vermont, Defendants

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mortgage was assigned by an instrument dated July 13, 2015 and recorded on July 30, 2015 in Volume 939, Page 262 of the Land Records of the Town of Essex, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 9:00 A.M. on April 12, 2016, at 10 Sugartree Lane D2, Essex, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: Being all and the same land and premises conveyed to Elizabeth Gilman-Better by Warranty Deed of Patricia A. Abraham dated September 14, 2005 and recorded September 19, 2005 in Volume 665, Page 130 of the Land Records of the Town of Essex.

announced at the sale or inquire at Lobe, Fortin, Rees & Cykon, 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 10th day of March, 2016. Nationstar Mortgage LLC By: Grant C. Rees, Esq. Lobe, Fortin, Rees & Cykon, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 307 South Burlington, VT 05403 Attorney for Plaintiff STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CHITTENDEN UNIT PROBATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. 272-2-1CNPR In re estate of Daniel F. Campbell.

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WARNING POLICY ADOPTION CHARLOTTE SCHOOL DISTRICT The Board of School Directors gives public notice of its intent to adopt local district policies dealing with the following at its regular meeting scheduled April 26, 2016: F3 Tobacco Prohibition F5 Search, Seizure, and Interrogation of Students by Law Enforcement Personnel or Other Non-School Personnel F8 Student Medication F31 Student Attendance â€“ Truancy Copies of the above policies may be obtained for public review at the Office of the Human Resources Dept. in Shelburne, VT.

WARNING POLICY ADOPTION HINESBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT The Board of School Directors gives public notice of its intent to adopt local district policies dealing with the following at its regular meeting scheduled April 26, 2016: F3 Tobacco Prohibition F5 Search, Seizure, and Interrogation of Students by Law Enforcement Personnel or Other Non-School Personnel F8 Student Medication F31 Student Attendance â€“ Truancy Copies of the above policies may be obtained for public review at the Office of the Human Resources Dept. in Shelburne, VT.

WARNING POLICY ADOPTION CHITTENDEN SOUTH SUPERVISORY UNION The Board of School Directors gives public notice of its intent to adopt local district policies dealing with the following at its regular meeting scheduled April 26, 2016: F3 Tobacco Prohibition F5 Search, Seizure, and Interrogation of Students by Law Enforcement Personnel or Other Non-School Personnel F8 Student Medication F31 Student Attendance â€“ Truancy Copies of the above policies may be obtained for public review at the Office of the Human Resources Dept. in Shelburne, VT.

WARNING POLICY ADOPTION SHELBURNE SCHOOL DISTRICT The Board of School Directors gives public notice of its intent to adopt local district policies dealing with the following at its regular meeting scheduled April 26, 2016: F3 Tobacco Prohibition F5 Search, Seizure, and Interrogation of Students by Law Enforcement Personnel or Other Non-School Personnel F8 Student Medication F31 Student Attendance â€“ Truancy Copies of the above policies may be obtained for public review at the Office of the Human Resources Dept. in Shelburne, VT.

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Clinical Team Leader Spring Lake Ranch Therapeutic Community is searching for a Clinical Team Leader. Responsible for assessment, general recovery support, treatment planning, crisis intervention, progress documentation, on-call rotation, and med administration within a beautiful and uniquely relational therapeutic farm setting. Master’s degree required and clinical licensure strongly preferred. Experience in mental health and/or substance abuse recovery support is required. Must be willing to participate in and foster the therapeutic community milieu. Full time with benefits; primarily 8 a.m. -4 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, with flexibility around evening and weekend rotations.

The Town of Milton is seeking candidates for the full-time position of Administrative Assistant II in the Public Works Department. This is a front line position that manages the administrative office of all public works divisions. This is an AFSCME Union position. The Town offers a comprehensive benefits package and embraces a culture of teamwork to advance the public good in our community. The starting pay range for this position is $15 - $17 per hour depending on experience. Submit a resume, cover letter and a Town of Milton employment application to ewells@town.milton.vt.us; postal mail to 43 Bombardier Road, Milton VT 05468; or in person at the Town Manager’s Office. Full job description and employment application are available at miltonvt.org.

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Chittenden County Opiate Alliance

Project Director

The Chittenden County Opiate Alliance is a unique commitment from key state, local government, and non-profit leaders to put forth a comprehensive mutually reinforcing approach to reducing opioid abuse and the ancillary burdens they bring to our community. The ideal candidate is a high-energy individual who has strong interest and knowledge in project management, Collective Impact, and substance abuse treatment systems. The person should be a collaborative, enthusiastic, and positive person who has strong experience in facilitating and aligning efforts among diverse groups under one structure. The individual selected must be a self-starter, able to work independently, and stick to deadlines. See the full job description at ccrpcvt.org/about-us/ news/jobs. CCRPC is the regional planning agency for the Burlington region that is providing backbone support to the Chittenden County Opiate Alliance. Please send a letter of interest and resume (with references and contact information) by 9 a.m., Monday, April 11, 2016 to Charlie Baker, Executive Director at: cbaker@ccrpcvt.org. No phone calls please. Applicants should be available for an interview. CCRPC IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.

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Part-time 20 hours per week. Multifaceted position encompassing administrative and physician support. Looking for a bright, pleasant and reliable individual who possesses strong secretarial and interpersonal skills and is able to work in a fastpaced environment. Familiarity with medical 2:47 PM office operations (reception, scheduling, insurance, etc.) helpful.

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Canon Solutions America is a Canon U.S.A. Company providing integrated systems technology that comprise one of the strongest solutions portfolios in the document management industry. Canon Solutions America offers a competitive compensation package including travel allowance, medical, dental, vision, 401(k) Savings Plan, profit sharing, success sharing, educational assistance, recognition programs, vacation, and much more! As a Field Service Technician you will play a key role in the satisfaction of many loyal customers, which includes large companies and government offices as well as small to medium-sized businesses. Our Technicians are responsible for on-site service of Canon's networked digital imaging products. Working within a designated geographic territory, you'll be dispatched to various job assignments depending on the product and experience level. You'll be trained to make the necessary mechanical or electrical repairs as well as provide prevention maintenance on all machines serviced. YOUR QUALIFICATIONS MUST INCLUDE A Minimum of an associate’s degree in electronics technology or similar field of study or equivalent business experience, and excellent customer service skills. Able to lift 50 pounds and be in a mobile activity more than 50 percent of the time (walking, standing, stooping/kneeling). Valid Driver’s License is mandatory Send resumes to lswift@csa.canon.com. Canon Solutions America, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law. EOE Minorities/Females/Individuals with Disability/Protected Veterans

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DIGITAL SERVICE SPECIALIST

On behalf of the Chittenden County Opiate Alliance Steering Committee, Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission (CCRPC) is seeking to hire a full-time project director to reduce the burden of opiate use disorders in Chittenden County using a Collective Impact approach.

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Operations Manager Frog Hollow, a local nonprofit arts and crafts organization, is seeking an entry-level Operations Manager to work 20-36 hours/week. Duties include inventory management, daily office administration, customer service, and staff supervision. The ideal candidate will be well organized, have a strong attention to detail, a basic knowledge of Microsoft software, and excellent written and oral communication skills. Knowledge or interest in local Vermont arts a plus. Please send a cover letter and resume to daphne@froghollow.org

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Data Entry Assistant in a fast-paced environment. Dynamic and responsible individual wanted for credit card processing office. This person should possess exceptional organizational skills, ongoing attention to detail and a passion for accuracy. The ability to work well with others during cyclical periods of high demand as well as the ability to work independently is key. Casual dress.

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Come see what makes NCSS a great place to work! Seeking an experienced therapist to provide leadership of our outpatient team and also provide direct services in a high demand public mental health setting. This position is part of the division’s leadership team and coordinates with other programs and divisions. Experience and skills with clinical & administrative supervision is essential. The ideal candidate will be a MSW/LICSW. Other licensures considered. Our clinic offers excellent benefits and is located close to Interstate 89 and is a short commute from Burlington and surrounding areas. Please mail your CV and cover letter to careers@ncssinc.org or visit our website at ncssinc.org/careers. NCSS, 107 Fisher Pond Road, St. Albans, VT 05478 | ncssinc.org | E.O.E.

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Hotel Vermont is looking for warm and engaging Vermonters to help our guests explore like a local and relax like it’s their job. Do you like connecting with others? Are you passionate about Vermont winters? And springs, summers and autumns? What year is your Subaru? What’s your idea of a perfect day in Vermont? Or night? Do you embody our ideals of community through your positive and respectful attitude? Do you like questions? We can’t wait to hear your answers! Hotel Vermont - Cherry St, Burlington

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We are a 100% employee-owned company and an award winning and nationally recognized socially responsible business, voted one of Vermont’s “Best Places to Work.” Interested? Please send your cover letter & resumé to Gardener’s Supply Company,  Intervale Rd., Burlington, VT  or to jobs@gardeners.com.

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The Flynn Center for the Performing Arts seeks applicants for a full-time Development Assistant to join our development team and be a part of northern New England’s premier performing arts center.

DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT The Development Assistant is responsible for processing gifts, acknowledgements, membership renewal mailings, and all related gift processing functions. This position also provides administrative support for the development team, primarily the Executive Director and the Director of Development, and coordinates and supports board activities. The ideal candidate will have strong database skills, outstanding organizational skills with a keen attention to detail, relevant administrative experience, a high level of word processing and spreadsheet skills, and the ability to communicate clearly, concisely, and respectfully with a broad range of individuals and organizations on behalf of the Flynn Center. For a detailed job description and more information, visit our website at:

flynncenter.org/about-us/employment-andinternship-opportunities.html. Please submit application materials by April 11, 2016 to:

Flynn Center for the Performing Arts Human Resources Department 153 Main Street Burlington, Vermont 05401 or email HResources@flynncenter.org No phone calls, please. EOE.

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Join the team at Gardener’s Supply Company! Gardener’s Supply is America’s leading catalog and web-based gardening company. We work hard AND oﬀer a fun place to work with summer bocce games, BBQs, employee garden plots and much more! We also oﬀer strong cultural values, competitive wages and outstanding benefits (ranging from a tremendous discount on plants & product, to actually owning shares of the company!).

Our Accounting team is looking for an individual that will be responsible for all accounts receivable and collection activity for Gardener’s Supply and our various divisions. Duties include daily bank deposits, internal employee billings, collections on returned checks, and providing back up to various Accounting department functions. This position will also assist in accounts payable activities including invoice matching and invoice entry. This person must have  years work experience in accounting or related fields; proficient knowledge of spreadsheets and word processing (Excel & Word preferred); excellent customer service skills, both internally and externally. A high school diploma or equivalent minimum requirements required, Associates Degree preferred.

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Vermont Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired High Mowing Organic Seeds is an independently-owned leader in the non-GMO seed, farming and food community, committed to providing high quality organic seeds to our customers. We care about the earth, each other and what we do and are seeking a full-time year-round Wholesale Sales Associate that shares our vision.

Wholesale Sales Associate The Wholesale Sales Associate is responsible for securing new large accounts and for maintaining and enhancing major national wholesale accounts. A bachelor’s degree and a minimum of three years of proven working experience as a sales associate are required. Experience with farming, gardening, and/or food highly desirable. A complete job description can be obtained on our website highmowingseeds.com/job-opportunities.html. Please email your resume, cover letter, and references to jobs@highmowingseeds.com. Please put the job title in the subject line. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. No phone calls, please.

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AUTISM INTERVENTIONIST Develop and support a detailed special education program for at least one student on the Autism Spectrum. Work in partnership with teachers and special educators for training and supervision, with the goal of independently implementing this unique program. Bachelor’s degree in education and/or equivalent coursework and/or direct experience in Autism Spectrum Disorders preferred. All applicants must apply on SchoolSpring at schoolspring.com. JOB ID # 2469724.

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PayData Workforce Solutions is looking for an additional team member to team member to join our Client Service Department as a join our Client Service Department as a Payroll Processor/Client Service THE ACCOUNTS Representative.

Payroll Processor/Client Service Representative.

PAYABLE ACCOUNTANT: CLIENT FUNDS

Our Client Service Representatives work closely with our clients produce Feeltogood about where you work and what you do. We are The Institute of Professional Practice, Inc. (IPPI) a non-profit human accurate payrolls utilizing various import methods including data entry, services agency making a meaningful difference in the lives Excel worksheets, and time clock imports. The ability to perform multiple Our Client Service Representatives work closely of adults tasks efficiently and manage ongoing projects is necessary. Attentionand to children with autism and other disabilities. Our with our clients to produce accurate payrolls corporate offices, located in a beautiful pastoral setting in Berlin, detail isutilizing a must.various import methods including data is seeking an Accounts Payable Accountant to join our team. entry, Excel worksheets, and time clock imports. Job Summary: Candidates must to have prior multiple payroll experience as well as customer service The ability perform tasks efficiently experience and possess strong communication skills. Payable Accountant serves as a guardian for The Accounts and manage ongoing projects is necessary. and organizational our client funds, Candidates should also have proven troubleshooting skills and be able to recording receipts and distributing funds for Attention to detail is a must. adapt to new and changing technology. Our Client Service their benefit. He/she works with our State operations to ensure Candidateswork mustinhave priorenvironment payroll experience Representatives a team and cubicle officeallowances setting. are paid correctly and timely. This position also assists the A/P department with the day to day processing of as well as customer service experience invoices. As part of the accounting team, he/she will participate and possess strong communication and Experience handling a large volume of telephone calls, as wellinaseffihaving ciency planning and implementation as it relates to organizational skills. Candidates should alsois required; working strong number skills or prior payroll experience payables processing. have proven troubleshooting skills and beisable knowledge of the “Evolution” payroll software desirable. Experience with Some infrequent overnight travel may be required. to adapt to new and Excel, changing Windows including Word, andtechnology. Outlook is required as well as strong Our Client Service Representatives work For consideration, applicants must have an associate’s degree keyboarding skills. in Accounting or related field, a minimum of three years’ in a team environment and cubicle office experience in accounting or bookkeeping, and proficiency in setting. Experience handling a large volume Apply on line at https://paydatapayroll.companycareersite.com/JobList.aspx MS Excel and Word. Experience with Great Plains or other of telephone calls, as well as having strong accounting software preferred. number skills or prior payroll experience is To Apply: Please forward resume and cover required; working knowledge of the “Evolution” letter to lnial@ippi.org. payroll software is desirable. Experience with Windows including Word, Excel, and Outlook is OR mail to Attention L. Nial required as well as strong keyboarding skills. Apply online at paydatapayroll.companycareersite.com/joblist.aspx

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Volunteer Coordinator for the Vermont Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired in our South Burlington office. Skilled in Microsoft Office; accurate record keeping and data entry; good telephone and people skills; multi-task and detail oriented; database experience is desirable but will train. Permanent, 30 hours per week. Excellent benefits. EOE.

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The Institute of Professional Practice PO Box 1249, Montpelier, VT 05601 IPPI is an equal opportunity employer.

Union Jack’s, an independent locally owned restaurant, is looking for dynamic fulland part-time deli staff to join the team. Must thrive in a fast-paced environment and have excellent customer service skills. Experience preferred, but will train the right person. Competitive pay plus tips and free food!

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Landscape Laborer Full time, Hardworking. Previous experience desirable. Transportation required.

Manufacturing Jobs Middlebury

To perform duties within the cheese packaging process. Establish and maintain effective working relationships. Ensure that the finished product is packaged correctly. Maintain a sanitary work environment, ensure accurate records, and understand specific SOPs and product specifications. Must have mature judgment abilities. Work flexibility is a must. High School Diploma, or equivalent is required. 1-3 years in a manufacturing environment or similar experience preferred. Must be able to lift 80 lbs. 3rd shift (8 p.m. - 4 .am.)

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An Associateâ€™s degree and/or computer certification with one to three years of related experience is preferred. Union Bank offers competitive wages, a comprehensive benefits package, training for professional development, advancement potential, stable hours and a supportive work environment. Wages are commensurate with experience.

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LEGAL ASSISTANT Valsangiacomo, Detora & McQuesten, a six lawyer law firm in Barre, is seeking a full-time legal assistant.

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Qualifications must include familiarity with court pleadings and filing process, an excellent work ethic, a strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office software and computer skills, excellent organizational skills, ability to prioritize responsibilities and a high degree of initiative. Prior work experience in a law firm is preferred.

largest credit union with seven branch locations, is a growing organization committed to excellence in service, convenience and simplicity. NEFCU offers a stable, supportive, high-standards work environment where employees are treated as key stakeholders. Please visit our website, nefcu.com, to learn more about the great opportunities and benefits that exist at NEFCU.

Full and Part-time Teller Positions Available Chittenden County Offices

Vermontâ€™s largest credit union is growing and has a full-time teller opportunity available for the right person. Preferred candidates will present a responsible work history preferably in a retail environment and be comfortable and skilled with face to face communication. Successful candidates for this position will provide friendly, fast and accurate service to members. The ability to explain our various products and services as well as the ability to recognize and suggest solutions to our members will be necessary.

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Assistant to the Residential Life Vice at UVM Provos currently seeking forisapplicants Student Affairs for the role of

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(Offi Support Senior) IT ce/Program Systems Assistant. New England Federal Credit Union is looking for people who are enthusiastic, friendly, helpful, and reliable to provide exceptional customer Dean of Students Office (www.uvm.edu/~saffairs) service handling teller transactions at our branch locations. You will be part of a team and organization committed to excellence and building relationships with our members.

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SENIOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIST Tourism & Marketing: Director of Communications (SERVER AND SHAREPOINT ADMINISTRATOR)

Department of Aging and Independent Living The Division of Vocational Rehabilitation is looking for a creative, high energy Agency of Natural Resources leader committed to continuous improvement to fill a management position in a The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources Information Technology Division is customer-centered agency serving job seekers with disabilities and the business Experienced professional sought to lead the Vermont of Tourism seeking a SeniorDepartment Information Technologist to provide server administration, community. Responsible for two busy offices, 25 staff, administrative, budget and SharePoint Enterprise Content Management System administration and & Marketing’s personnel oversight. Requires master’s public degree in aand humantrade services relations field and threeeﬀorts. This mission-critical position development, and supervision of the ANR Information Technology Operations years professional experience to that generate includes at least one year of managerial, is level designed positive tourism-related coverage of Vermont inserver theadministration Team. This position will lead and assist with duties and will supervisory or program administrative responsibility. For more information, contact national and international marketplace. The Director of Communications is supervise two staff as part of the Operations Team. The Operations Team’s primary Karen Blake-Orne at karen.blake-orne@vermont.gov or call 793-3645. Reference responsibility isof server administration, enterprise software support, Active Directory responsible for the andApril implementation a proactive business Job ID #618222. Location: Barre. Status: Full development time. Application deadline: 7, security, coordination withof the State’s central IT department on 2016. outreach plan consistent with the goals and management, mission of theand Department network, backup, and user management services. The candidate will be responsible Tourism and Marketing as well as maintaining communications for consistent meeting with business and technical staff, end users, and management to via social networking tools. This position is responsible for all tourism media define ECMS requirements. Department of Vermont Health Access relations in-state and out-of-state; development; pitching targeted Your experience would be described from significant to expert in the following Join the Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA) at the forefront ofpress release categories: Windows server 2008/2012, Active Directory, Group Policy, SharePoint healthcare reform as we move towards integrating care across the continuum of tourism story ideas to regional and national media; development of press services. 2013, PowerShell, project management, and technical documentation writing.

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DVHA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONCURRENT REVIEW CARE MANAGER

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The DVHA Behavioral Health Concurrent Review Care Manager possesses strong Preferences: Windows Server 2012, PowerShell, Microsoft SharePoint 2013, Office support for Vermont’s international public relations initiatives. The Director oral and written communication skills, excellent critical thinking skills and is 365, .NET (VB and C#), supervision. For more information, contact Peter Telep also collaborate thesubstance Agency executive team the responsible for will working with high volume mental with health and abuseof Commerce at peter.telep@vermont.gov. ReferenceinJob ID #618329. Location: Montpelier. treatment facilities. This position is responsible for the implementation of a Status: Full time. Application Deadline: AprilThis 13, 2016. development of a proactive travel trade and business recruitment plan. comprehensive review process utilizing criteria based review standards and position will report to the Commissioner of Tourism & Marketing. standards of best practice. This position will also track, trend and evaluate appropriateness and quality of care issues with Description: the implementation of education Job Department of Health to internal and Candidates external customers and process improvement initiatives. For more must: demonstrate strong oral and written skills; have Department a BA in Experienced professional sought leadpublic the Vermont Tourism The to dynamic health team at the Newport Districtof Office is looking for a information, contact Megan Mitchell at megan.mitchell@vermont.gov. Reference Public Relations or related fi eld; have a minimum of fi ve years of relevant work nurse that can add to the good work of our office. We administer the WIC program, Marketing’s public and trade relations efforts. This mission-critical position Job ID #618678. Location: Waterbury. & Status: Full time. Application deadline: participate in emergency preparedness, oversee and provide vaccinations, Vermont and Vermont’s tourismofindustry. April 7, 2016. experience; demonstrate is designedknowledge to generateof positive tourism-related coverage Vermont in the conduct epidemiological investigations and liaise on issues of health with schools, hospitals national and international marketplace. The Director of education Communications and community partners. We provide and support in allis manners of Resume, writing samples and a minimum of three references should be responsible for the development and implementation of a advocate proactive business health promotion and disease prevention, for policy change, and live Agency of Natural Resources our mission to protect promote the best health for all Vermonters. The submitted to Kitty Sweet, Vermont Agency ofoutCommerce andandCommunity outreach plan consistent The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources Information Technology Division with the goals and mission of the Department of primary concentration of this public health nurse position will be epidemiology Development, Life oversight, Drive,asMontpelier, VT 05620-0501. In-communications and out-ofTourism andto Marketing well as maintaining consistent is seeking an Information Technology One ProjectNational Manager provide and immunization. In epidemiology you work with experts in infectious disease management, and reporting of information technology projects including networking tools. This position is responsible forrelated all tourism media state travel willvia besocial required. Salary range: $45,000 -and $50,000. identifying collecting appropriate data to reportable disease cases. In SharePoint enterprise content management system projects. The candidate will relations in-state and out-of-state; press release development; pitching targeted the immunization arena you oversee our district office vaccination programs and help lead the implementation of project management processes and activities support our community partnersdevelopment in their immunizationof work. In both of these areas tourism story ideas to regional and national media; press that fit the culture and environment of the Information Technology Division and you utilize analytical and nursing skills for interpretation of information regarding the Agency. The candidate will be responsible for ensuring effective reporting of familiarization trips and itineraries; management of media contact lists; and health status, risks or needs of individuals or groups in order to formulate and information technology projects to IT management and stakeholders. The ideal support for Vermont’s international public relations initiatives. The Director prioritize public health interventions. There is programmatic training and support candidate will have Microsoft SharePoint 2013 administration and development will also collaborate with the Agency of Commerce executive team in the from central office program partners and a network of colleagues throughout the experience as this position will be involved in the management, administration, state. You would be working alongside a quality team of nurses, health development ofalso a proactive travel trade and business recruitment plan. This outreach and development of SharePoint projects. The candidate will assist with specialists, a dental hygienist, nutritionist and dedicated support staff. Duties are business analysis and business process improvement activities, including position will report to the Commissioner of Tourism & Marketing. performed under supervision of a Public Health Nurse Supervisor. those utilizing Lean principles, to ensure technology solutions are scoped and designed appropriately. Your experience would be described as significant in This is nursing thatand truly advances health. We offer a family-friendly Monday Candidates demonstrate strong oral writtenpublic skills; have a BA in the following categories: Information technology project must: management including through Friday, 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. work schedule, no on-call, and excellent PMBOK principles, Microsoft SharePoint 2013 development, Public RelationsMicrosoft or related field; have a minimum of five years of relevant work benefits including continuing education and tuition reimbursement. You could Office365, technical documentation and policy writing. demonstrate knowledge experience; and Vermont’s tourismProgram. industry. be eligibleof forVermont the Federal Nursing Education Loan Repayment College seniors in the final semester of a BSN program will be considered for this position. Preferences: Microsoft SharePoint 2013, Nintex Workflow, Microsoft Office For more information, contact Lisa Ste. Marie at lisa.stemarie@vermont.gov. 365, Lean process improvement. For more information, contact Peter Telep at Resume, writing samples and a minimum of three references should be Reference Job ID #618930. Location: Newport. Status: Full time. Application peter.telep@vermont.gov. Reference Job ID #618898.to Location: submitted KittyMontpelier. Sweet, Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Status: Full time. Application deadline: April 13, 2016. deadline: April 11, 2016.

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECT MANAGER IV

Development, One National Life Drive, Montpelier, VT 05620-0501. In- and out-ofstate travel will be required. Salary range: $45,000 - $50,000. To apply, you must use the online job application at careers.vermont.gov. For questions related to your application, please contact the Department of Human Resources, Recruitment

Services, at 855-828-6700 (voice) or 800-253-0191 (TTY/Relay Service). The State of Vermont is an equal opportunity employer and offers an excellent total compensation package.

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while making a difference in your community Become part of our team at Rutland Regional Medical Center, named among the nation’s best hospitals in the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals for Common Care.

For a complete job description and to apply online, visit:

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VT Medical Assisted Behavioral Therapist Provide assessment, therapy and care coordination services while promoting self-management for opiate addicted patients being treated with MAT in primary care. This is full-time position at our West Ridge Clinic in the Howe Center in Downtown Rutland, VT.

For more information, visit us online at rrmccareers.org or contact Fran Kelly at Human Resources. FKelly@rrmc.org.

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CAREGIVERS NEEDED The Residence at Shelburne Bay, a premier Level III hospitality-oriented senior living community in Shelburne, is accepting applications for Caregivers for the following positions:

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Speech Language Pathologist Wake Robin, Vermont’s premier retirement community, seeks a part-time Speech Therapist with a strong desire to work with seniors. In addition to a vibrant independent living community, Wake Robin provides a high quality residential and long-term care environment, including a full complement of rehabilitation services. Our SLP works with a team of licensed nurses and therapists, to provide treatments and programs that promote the independence and wellbeing of our residents. Our candidate will hold a CCC-SLP and will be licensed to practice in the State of Vermont. The candidate will have at least three-years’ experience developing programs and individual treatment plans specifically for the geriatric population. We seek an innovative thinker who appreciates resident-centered treatment methodology in a home-like atmosphere. Applicants with no cover letter will not be considered. Interested candidates, please email hr@wakerobin.com or fax your resume with cover letter to HR, 264-5146. Wake Robin is an equal opportunity employer.

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Clinician: Seeking a Vermont licensed MSW mental health professional with excellent clinical skills to provide outpatient psychotherapy to adults. LADC licensure a plus. Strong Assessment skills and willingness to collaborate with larger AOP team are critical. Eldercare Clinician: Provide psychotherapy to clients for a wide range of mental health and substance abuse issues. Provide outreach services to homebound elders. Excellent supervision, flexibility and training opportunities! MSW required. Care Manager: Provide psycho-social support services to adults in the community. Work closely with therapists and Emergency Team Clinicians. Knowledge of mental health issues, good judgment and Bachelor’s degree required. Crisis Bed Program Coordinator: Coordinate two-bed crisis support program. Provide support counseling, screening, planning for placement in crisis bed program, and discharge. Master’s degree in mental health field and two years experience required. Community Support Staff: Provide outreach and office-based support to adults coping with psychiatric disabilities. Work flexibly as part of interdisciplinary treatment teams to provide treatment planning, coordination and implementation of services to assist individuals in recovery process. Bachelor’s degree and experience in human services preferred. Y&F Outreach Clinician: Work in homes, communities and schools with children, adolescents, and families with emotional and behavioral challenges. Master’s degree and two to four years counseling experience required.

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AFFORDABLE HOUSING SPECIALIST The Affordable Housing Specialist works with families and individuals to help them prepare for and find afford housing through outreach, coaching, and targeted search of private and subsidized housing. The Affordable Housing Specialist assesses client needs and budgets, creating personalized search and coaching tool kits; assists clients with Public Housing Authority applications; meets with landlords, presenting on client needs and brainstorming housing solutions; connects with COTS shelter guests and holds workshops on affordable housing; and identifies strategic pathways into housing for clients using knowledge of subsidy and voucher programs and landlord connections. Bachelor’s degree and three years’ experience in housing or working with homeless populations, as well as ease with in-depth interviewing of clients and demonstrated ability to present to individuals and groups required. Knowledge of federal and state housing subsidies, Low Income Housing Tax Credits, and project based housing programs, and familiarity with area resources and landlord associations strongly desired. Experience with Foothold or other HMIS preferred; experience with Microsoft Office required. Ability to work independently and as a positive member of a cooperative team and a commitment to COTS mission also required. This is 40 hour per week position with benefits. To apply, submit your resume and cover letter to jobs@cotsonline.org.

Behavior Interventionist: Provide 1:1 support and training in behavioral, social, and communicative skills to children in home and school settings. Extensive training in ABA, traumainformed supports and ASD intervention provided. Bachelor’s degree required.

PART TIME After School Behavior Interventionist: Implement direct intervention and training plans in order to foster development of communication, social skills, adaptive behavior, and daily living skills to children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Bachelor’s degree and own transportation required. Weekend Emergency Team Clinician: Work one weekend per month providing phone and face to face assessment, crisis intervention, and brief counseling support to Addison County residents. Master’s degree required. Must live within 30 minutes of Middlebury.

SHARED LIVING PROVIDER 19 year old transgender male in need of a supportive home. He experiences auditory, visual, and tactile hallucinations at times, needs support around substance dependency and mild intellectual disability. Cigarette smoker. He is outdoorsy, musical, funny, empathetic, endearing. Works part-time, is learning life skills. Best match is person or couple with experience in mental health/substance abuse, active, able to support him in meeting other transgender youth, and in a rural location. Addison or southern Chittenden county preferred. Generous tax-free stipend, respite budget, room and board payment. Contact Keiko at 388-4021.

For more information visit www.csac-vt.org or call Rachael at 388-6751. To apply submit resume to apply@csac-vt.org.

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Front of House Manager We are a high volume, fast paced, community oriented restaurant searching for an energetic, upbeat, detail oriented and experienced Front of House Manager. A candidate for this job must be able to lead, motivate and communicate firmly and fairly with our staff. Sincere interactions with our guests leading to the delivery of excellent customer service are a major part of this job. Professionalism and solid judgment paired with an honest sense of fun and good will are key. Ability to maintain high standards and even temperament under pressure are a must. In addition to management of lunch and dinner shifts, responsibilities include end of shift cash-outs and nightly closing duties. The position includes nights and weekends. Benefits include health insurance and paid vacation time. Prior restaurant management experience is a requirement for this position.

Share your creativity and passion for farm to table food. Seeking candidates to lead our restaurant and catering with farm to table wood fired cuisine. This energetic, dynamic, team oriented leader is responsible for creating food sourced from local farmers, artisans, organically grown and the freshest food available. Full time position, competitive pay and benefits available.

Submit: Letter/email of interest, resume and 3 references: American Flatbread Company 46 Lareau Rd, Waitsfield VT 05673 americanflatbread.com lareaufarminn.com clay@americanflatbread.com

If you have relevant restaurant experience and the personality traits listed above please forward your resumes and references to: tracy@flatbreadhearth.com. No phone calls, please.

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Cummings Electric is seeking a LICENSED ELECTRICIAN or individual currently working as an apprentice, for a full-time position. Liecenced candidates must posses a current, valid electrical license to work in the state of Vermont. They must be responsible and reliable, and have the ability to work some overtime and weekends when required. Applicants with fire alarm systems knowledge are encouraged to apply. Experience with residential and commercial electrical work required.

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CUSTODIAN Second Shift

SUMMER TEMPORARY FULL-TIME

HVAC TECH/ PLUMBER Applications are invited for a full-time temporary summer

Champlain Valley Union High School Immediate opening.

“The residents inspire me to come to work every day. They are like family.”

HVAC Tech/Plumber at Saint Michael’s College to assist with maintaining and cleaning campus systems, helping manage work orders and daily projects, and routine maintenance on campus buildings. One to two years of HVAC or plumbing experience preferred. Review of applications will begin on April 15 and continue until position is filled.

Hours: 3:00 - 11:30 PM, Monday - Friday

MELISSA ROUSE, LPN

Pick up application at CVU Office

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369 CVU Road Hinesburg, VT 05461 kproulx@cvuhs.org for more info!

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Applications are invited for a full-time, temporary summer carpenter to work from May 12 through August 26. Must be able to replace doors and door jambs for interior and exterior doors, hang and patch sheet rock, repair concrete, shingle roofs, and repair windows and furniture. Applicants should be proficient in all aspects of carpentry. Roofing, masonry and hardware experience a plus. Must be able to lift and/or move 50 pounds on a regular basis. Some use of personal vehicle may be required. Review of applications will begin on April 1 and continue until position is filled.

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Woodridge Rehabilitation & Nursing is hiring! Jobs available for energetic, compassionate and deeply committed LPNs who are looking to make a difference and grow their career in a place they’ll love. We are offering:

SUMMER TEMPORARY FULL-TIME

PAINTERS

Applications are invited for summer temporary full-time painters to work from May 12 through August 26. Responsibilities will include interior and exterior painting, applying finishes on interior dorm room and common areas often requiring pre-washing of walls, exterior doors, door trim and porches. Taping skills a plus. Experienced painters preferred. Review of applications will begin on April 1 and continue until positions are filled.

• New higher LPN salary rate • $4000 sign on bonus • Great benefits Full job description at cvmc.org/careers/wdr

An offer of employment for any of these positions is contingent upon the successful completion of a background check and post offer preemployment screening.

For full job descriptions and to apply online go to: smcvt.interviewexchange.com.

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WEATHERIZATION CREW CHIEF WAITSFIELD To oversee a 2-4 person crew performing weatherization and related work in and around the Mad River Valley area. Candidate must have a minimum of 8 years of experience in residential construction, including a minimum of 3 years in weatherization. Email (only) a resume or comprehensive description of how you meet these requirements, including work history and any relevant training to bpsofvt@gmail.com. All replies will be kept confidential. For full job description go to http://bit.ly/1SzuzJi

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Six-month on-site internship, couple/ individual who desires to learn a homesteading operation in Chittenden County. We use organic methods for gardens and poultry, producing 50-plus percent of our food. The intern(s) will get hands-on training in: • managing a greenhouse, • planning vegetable gardens, and • raising poultry for eggs and meat.

CAREER COUNSELOR

Developmental Disability Professional

Career Center University of Vermont

Unique, forward-thinking organization wants to welcome you to our positive, flexible, team-oriented atmosphere!

Join our energetic, innovative and committed Career Center staff. We lead university-wide efforts to educate, empower and equip UVM students as they build successful career paths. We wholeheartedly embrace diversity and multiculturalism.

Housing provided in lieu of wages; 15 hours weekly primarily on weekends. References required and an application must be completed and submitted to timking.vermont@gmail.com. HONEY DEW HOMESTEAD

We facilitate the statewide self-directed services option through information, guidance and oversight. • • •

Serve on our counseling team to provide major choice, career exploration, job seeking, and graduate school advising. Develop, market and deliver related workshops and work with faculty and departments to ensure students are engaged in gaining co-curricular career experience.

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Call Center Software Implementation Coordinator

For further information on this position (posting #S585PO) and to apply, visit our website at uvmjobs.com.

Statewide travel required (mileage reimbursement)

The University of Vermont is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer. Applications from diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds are encouraged.

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GARDENER’S SUPPLY CALL CENTER: Customer Sales & Service 128 Intervale Road, Burlington, VT 05401 For more info, call 660-4611

Asbestos, HAZWOPER, Lead Experience preferred, but not necessary!

Honest, open and genuine approach Creative thinking in unique scenarios Versatility working with various people, values, and situations Exceptionally strong oral & written communication Time management, attention to detail, highly organized Motivated to learn & guide others to problemsolve Ability to work autonomously with natural investment in teamwork

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DIRECTOR OF NURSING 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.

FINANCIAL MANAGER I Finance management career opportunity available for an ex erienced financial rofessional e Office of t e er ont tate treasurer reasur O erations i ision is see in a stron senior le el rofessional it ex erience in co lex financial accountin and re ortin bud et ana e ent ro ra ana e ent and internal controls to oin t e tea as inancial ana er I In t is osition ou ill artici ate as a e ber of a tea res onsible for t e ban in and cas ana e ent of ore t an billion annuall in recei ts and disburse ents aintainin t e tate s ban in ser ices net or re arin financial state ents and sc edules for internal use and for t e tate s annual consolidated financial re ort and ot er financial duties associated it t e di ision e inancial ana er I a ser e as t e liaison it federal a encies state de art ents local co unit artners and auditors is osition offers a co etiti e salar and benefits ac a e

We invite you to learn more about the environment that is often referred to as “nursing’s best-kept secret” — correctional nursing. We are currently seeking a full time Director of Nursing at our Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility in South Burlington. 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. Requirements:

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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. For more information and to apply, please visit our website, howardcentercareers.org. 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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SHELBURNE MUSEUM NOW HIRING

D E V E L O P M E N T A S S O C I AT E As part of the Museum’s busy development team, the Associate will manage relationships with our sponsors and donors while developing opportunities to broaden and deepen philanthropic support among the Museum’s members. The Development Associate, working with the Development Director, will design and implement events and programming to engage all levels of Museum’s constituents. Candidates will need three years of development experience, preferably in the non-profit sector. Organization, excellent customer service, communication skills, and a commitment to the Museum’s mission and goals are required. This is full-time, year round position with an excellent benefit package. To apply visit shelburnemuseum.org to download an application. Send a completed application, cover letter, and resume to Human Resources, PO Box 10, Shelburne, VT 05482

ReArch Company is a growing construction, real estate development and property management firm dedicated to generating real value for our clients through intellectual, analytical and proactive management. Our personnel exercise informed, reasoned and intuitive judgment along with entrepreneurial thinking in order to develop and implement strategies to best meet our client’s objectives, both programmatically and financially. We seek intelligent and motivated individuals to help us meet our mission of creating buildings and spaces of distinction and significance.

ESTIMATOR ReArch Company’s construction division is seeking an experienced estimator to produce cost estimates from conceptual phase through Construction Document phase. This position prepares quantity survey, unit pricing, and labor man hours and obtains pricing from subcontractors and suppliers. Additionally, the Estimator would prepare scope of work for work packages and scheduling for both pre-construction and construction. Experience with MEP estimating would be beneficial. Additionally this role will solicit and pre-qualify subcontractors, analyze bids submitted by subcontractors for accuracy and completeness, and develop resource loaded schedules to streamline efforts, maximize efficiencies and generate cost-competitive bids while managing risks. Candidates should have a bachelor of science degree in construction management, engineering or a similar field and a minimum of five years of estimating experience in building construction and renovation along with MEP estimating knowledge. Strong communication and analytical skills, business acumen, and a commitment to providing outstanding customer service are prerequisites. Candidates who do not meet these requirements will not be considered. ReArch Company will offer a highly competitive salary, health care plan, and vacation package to the right candidate.

CONSTRUCTION SITE SUPERINTENDENT Project Superintendent needed to manage mid to large commercial construction projects throughout New England.

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(Registered Nurse) FULL-TIME DAYS The Residence at Shelburne Bay, a premier Level III hospitalityoriented senior living community, is currently accepting applications for an LPN or RN, full-time Days, including every other weekend. Applicants must have good verbal and written communication skills, be nurturing, caring and reliable. Must have a current LPN or RN Vermont license. Assisted Living experience preferred, however, will train the right candidate. Must be able to pass nationwide criminal and Vermont state adult & child abuse background checks. Please send reply with your resume or stop by and pick up an application at:

The Residence at Shelburne Bay 185 Pine Haven Shores Road Shelburne, VT 05482

QUALIFICATIONS: Candidates must have 10 plus years experience supervising projects exceeding $10,000,000 and possess a college and/or professional degree, preferably in an engineering or related field, or have an exceptional level of experience. In addition to extensive construction knowledge and a strong resume of successfully managed projects, applicants should also have a personable and courteous attitude towards their coworkers, the ability to collaborate in a positive and respectful manner with subcontractors and regulators, and above all a proactive approach to providing outstanding customer service. Candidates that meet the above requirements should submit a cover letter, resume, salary requirements and list of projects with the project value to careers@rearchcompany.com. ReArch Company will only consider email or postal mail submissions; absolutely no phone calls. Please submit resume and cover letter including salary requirements to ReArch Company, LLC, Human Resources, 55 Community Drive, Suite 402 South Burlington, VT 05403 or email to careers@rearchcompany.com. Resumes and cover letters that do not meet these qualifications and address complete education, work history and salary requirement will not be considered. Only applicants chosen for interviews will be contacted. 10v-ReArch033016.indd 1

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After an on-and-off residency at COMMODITIES NATURAL MARKET in 2015 and guest appearances around town, Stowe’s PK COFFEE moved into a permanent space earlier this month. Located at 1880 Mountain Road, the new café serves espresso drinks and drip and iced coffee from Durham, N.C.-based Counter Culture Coffee, known for its efforts in responsible sourcing and general coffee education. PK customers can try batch-brewed drip coffee or single-origin roasts brewed to order using a pour-over method or Aeropress, which gives the cup a silky mouthfeel between drip and espresso. The café also serves pastries, soups and

sandwiches, most of them featuring local ingredients. A grilled cheese oozes with housemade chipotletomato spread and CABOT cheddar, tucked between slices of ELMORE MOUNTAIN BREAD. Even the milk for the coffee comes from West Glover’s SWEET ROWEN FARMSTEAD. Baked goods, such as crumb cake, muffins and quiche, come courtesy of baker JESSICA WRIGHT, whose HENDER’S BAKE SHOP & CAFÉ will open in Waterbury later this year. The business represents a first for coowners KATRINA VEERMAN and MATT CARRELL; she previously worked in alternative energy, and he was a teacher. Like many cafés, they say, PK grew out of a personal love for coffee and a fascination with the bean-to-brew process. “I’ve always loved coffee,” Veerman tells Seven Days, “and we take our coffee really seriously. The customer experience is No. 1, and then it’s making sure our coffee is exceptional.”

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On March 23, Noonie’s Deli in Burlington closed up shop after slightly more than a year in business. A Facebook announcement read, “It saddens us to say the words that we never thought we would say … We have officially closed the doors to our Burlington location.” Owner JAY LAFOUNTAIN tells Seven Days, “We gave it a run and did what we could. We just couldn’t make a go of it anymore.” Founded in 1986 as a food cart run by MANDY HOTCHKISS and JENNIFER SILPE, Noonie’s eventually expanded into nine storefronts across the state. Most of the locations closed in the 1990s, and BRYAN and JENNY PHELPS bought the last one, in Middlebury, in March 2010. They began rebuilding the empire, opening a location in Essex, then one in Burlington. With both those Noonie’s now closed, Middlebury is once again the last one standing. Lafountain assures locals that it’ll stick around.

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riving into Springfield on Route 11, you can’t ignore the forlorn vestiges of industry. In addition to the boarded-up factories and slummed-out properties, with their chipping paint and rotting porches, an electronic road sign brings the town’s depression into sharp focus. Its yellow pixelated letters offer a message — not about icy roads or drunk driving, but about suicide prevention. The town center tells a sunnier story. Stately brick houses stand proud on the hillsides overlooking downtown; a mom-and-pop cinema advertises premovie ice cream. Aside from scattered empty storefronts and the occasional junkie scuffling down the sidewalk, it’s not far from a Vermont idyll. From the village, Summer Hill Street makes a steep ascent past slate-roofed manor homes and a historic cemetery before becoming Woodbury Road, which continues to rise through a long stand of maples webbed with sugar-season tubing. At the height of the land stands Cavendish Game Birds of Vermont, with its farmhouse, outbuildings and the messy barnyard typical of a working farm. There, brothers Bill and Rick Thompson have been raising specialty fowl, including quail and pheasants, since the mid-1990s. (The name comes from Bill’s Cavendish home, where he founded the business years earlier.) The brothers’ poultry operation — 150,000 birds per year, with tens of thousands on the farm at any given time — represents the largest producer of its kind in New England. You’ll find Cavendish quail at high-end restaurants across Vermont and the eastern seaboard, and from Atlanta to Chicago. Bill’s daughter Leslie can often be found grilling and serving quail-on-a-stick and other delicacies at the Burlington Farmers Market on summer Saturdays. But on a recent blustery afternoon, the brothers are more interested in talking pigs. The company purchased two bred sows from a nearby farmer in early 2013. “We had these beautiful piglets, and it was such a change from the birds,” Rick recalls. “The pigs had personality.” Those early pigs — 30 in total — died along with some 21,000 quail when the Thompsons’ main barn burned to the ground in March 2013. The business

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shut down for a year while the brothers assessed the damage and reassessed their goals. They rebuilt their barn with swine in mind. Inside the farrowing hall — a swine nursery of sorts, where pig moms-tobe go to birth and nurture piglets until weaning — a massive black-and-white sow lies on her side. A tiny newborn piglet struggles to its feet near her tail,

glistening with blood-streaked amniotic fluid. It inches toward her belly, where her 12 teats are swollen with milk, but trips and falls back along the way. Laboring to push out another baby, the mother shifts uncomfortably, half-rising and heaving her 500 pounds to the other side. She flops down again, narrowly missing her two just-born piglets, neither of which she’s acknowledged.

Unlike some mothers, pigs don’t clean and fuss over their babies. If these piglets are underfoot, they die, though instinct keeps most out of harm’s way. “When we first started doing this, we were right in there cleaning them off and trying to intervene,” Bill says. “But they don’t need that.” Still, Rick adds, “It gets really nerveracking watching them.” He’s right — anxiety creeps in with the mother’s every move. As each new one-pound piggy toddles toward its mother’s teats, it’s hard to pull away — even just to walk down the hallway to see more piglets. The Thompsons started raising pigs as a way to use more of their 75-acre farm, much of which is open pasture. “The quail are mostly inside,” Bill says, looking past the barns over the fields. “We wanted to do something more with what we have outside.” Coturnix quails are native to temperate and tropical regions in southern Europe and Asia, so raising them outside in Vermont would be impossible for most of the year. In contrast, the farm’s Berkshire and Large Black heritage pigs thrive in this climate. Right now in the farrowing barn, those pigs are all screaming, in concert with a wailing newborn that has become pinned between its mother and the wall. Rick jumps the barricade, scoops up the piglet and places it with the other four or five. He exits the stall and looks on for several minutes, transfixed. Once they’re weaned, these piglets will go out to pasture until they reach market weight. Then they’ll board a truck to Black River Meats’ North Springfield processing plant, where workers will give them a fast and clean slaughter and break them into chops, loins and other ready-to-eat cuts. Though the Thompsons kill and cut all their birds at a second property in town, “We didn’t really want any part of [processing the pigs],” Rick says. “This is a feel-good part of the business.” Bill seems to agree, speaking later in front of the barn-length caging unit that houses the quail breeding stock. All but a few Cavendish birds go from hatchling to plate in about six weeks, but the strongest ones are cherry-picked for egg production. Most of their eggs grow into the next generation of quail; others are sold in culinary markets.

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For six months, the breeders live in wire crates equipped with automatic feeding, watering and sanitation systems. Grouped 14 to a cage, they move around easily, eating and laying and chattering among themselves. From the outside, they appear clean, healthy and generally unblemished. Some of the older birds have lost many of their back feathers, which is typical for aging poultry of any stripe. None seems particularly stressed. Still, it’s not much of a life, Bill admits. “At the end of the day, this cage-confinement stuff … It gives a whole new dimension to the pigs,” he says, trailing off. “Does the caged-bird aspect of the business bother you?” I ask. “It’s not a huge issue for us,” says the farmer. “But it’s something we think about.”

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Besides its two on-farm employees, Cavendish Game Birds employs six or more people at its poultry processing facility, all of whom are paid well above minimum wage. Once the farmers add up those wages, the extensive and pricey infrastructure that hatches, protects, feeds and handles the delicate birds, and the fuel to heat the open-format barns where the quail spend most of their short lives, they’re glad when they can make a 15 to 20 percent profit on each bird. The brothers estimate that pork profit margins could double those. Though pigs need eight months to reach market weight, they grow fat on the waste products of other food businesses, which the farmers obtain for just the cost of transportation. The pigs sup on whey from Vermont Farmstead Cheese in Woodstock or spent grain from Windsor’s SILO Distillery and Trout River Brewing (which recently rose from the dead under new ownership in Springfield — see Side Dishes, page 41). The glutenfree bakery of Brattleboro’s Against the Grain Gourmet contributes factory seconds. Piglets are weaned on cracked, misshapen or misformed quail eggs, which are boiled and mashed. But perhaps the brothers’ strongest reason for keeping pigs has little to do with business or logic. “I like it,” Rick says, standing in the barnyard toward the end of the day. “Looking out and seeing the animals. When the fields were empty, there was a charm to that, too, with the waves of grass or whatever. But I like seeing the animals out there.” !

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‘MASS INCARCERATION IN VERMONT’: Vermonters for Criminal Justice Reform representatives shed light on the plight of prisoners, their families and their communities. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 503-0601, ext. 102.

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SMALL FARM ACTION DAY: Seeds of understanding sprout when small-scale farmers speak with legislators on the theme “On-Farm Slaughter: Preserving a Vermont Tradition.” Vermont Statehouse, Montpelier, 9 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 223-7222.

art

LIFE DRAWING: Artists put pencil to paper with a live model as their muse. Bring personal materials. The Front, Montpelier, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $10. Info, 839-5349.

GREEN STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE SYMPOSIUM: Environmentally conscious college students converge for a day of talks and workshops led by landscape architects, engineers and other professionals. Davis Center, UVM, Burlington, 1-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-2514.

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BURLINGTON DEATH CAFÉ: Individuals meet for a thought-provoking and respectful conversation about death, aimed at accessing a fuller life. All Saints Episcopal Church, South Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 985-8984. CAREER SERVICES: A Community College of Vermont job-hunt helper assists employment seekers with everything from résumé writing to online applications. Winooski Memorial Library, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 655-6424.

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‘NOW TO NEXT’ CAREER FAIR: Students discover a wide range of professional opportunities while networking with more than 70 employers. Angell College Center, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 3-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 518-564-2071.

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COMMUNITY SERVICE WITH THE SALVATION ARMY: Locals help set up the dining room, serve dinner and clean up after a community meal. The Salvation Army, Burlington, 4-6:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-4918. MEN’S GROUP: A positive environment promotes socializing and involvement in senior center activities. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 223-2518.

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FRANCOPHONE FLAG RAISING: Folks fête Frenchspeaking cultures as part of International Month of Francophonie. Burlington City Hall, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, victoria@aflcr.org. PITCH ‘VERMONT LIFE’ — ADDISON COUNTY: Members of Vermont Life magazine’s editorial team field story ideas from individuals, businesses and organizations. Mingling opportunities follow. Stonecutter Spirits, Middlebury, 5-7:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 828-5535.

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‘JERUSALEM’: Large-format aerial shots take viewers on a virtual tour of the ancient city’s iconic sites. Northfield Savings Bank Theater: A National Geographic Experience, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, noon & 2 p.m. $3-5 plus regular admission, $10.50-13.50; free for kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848.

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‘LE JOUR SE LÈVE’: A man reflects on the events that led him to murder in this 1939 Frenchlanguage crime drama shown with English subtitles. Room 101, Cheray Science Hall, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 7-8:45 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2000.

ADULT CRAFT GROUP: Unfinished projects get the attention they deserve. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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.

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SMALL BIZ VT SUMMIT: Workshops, vendors and networking opportunities address various aspects of starting and expanding businesses. Hilton Burlington, noon-5 p.m. Free. Info, cari@vermont.org.

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TECH HELP WITH CLIF: Electronics novices develop skill sets applicable to smartphones, tablets and other gadgets. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, noon-1 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-6955.

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Be it blond hair or an affinity for football, a common trait can create a bond between family members. For singer-songwriter Amy Helm and her father, the late Levon Helm, it was an unmistakable talent for tunes. After a decade of playing in the elder Helm’s Midnight Ramble band and earning accolades for her role in the folk group Ollabelle, the multi-instrumentalist is ready to spread her own musical message. “I think that the job of a musician is to try and shake people out of their own heads for an hour or two and bring some joy into the world,” she says. Helm does just that with her band, the Handsome Strangers, serving up gospel- and blues-infused selections from her debut solo album, Didn’t It Rain.

MIXED MEDIA COLLAGE WORKSHOP: Folks learn to cut and paste like pros with artist Carolyn Crotty. Whirled Tree Arts, Burlington, noon-1:30 p.m. $5-10. Info, 448-2141.

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The jokesters in the Second City comedy troupe have no problem making fun of love. In their latest revue, Hooking Up With the Second City, the Chicago-based bunch unleashes knee-slapping sketches, songs and improv to skewer the laughable lengths to which humans will go for romance. The theater, famous for fostering comic superstars such as Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert, Gilda Radner and Bill Murray, has become synonymous with sidesplitting satire, world-renowned improvisation and razor-sharp wit. The funny people riff on relationships this weekend at two gut-busting Green Mountain State gigs.

Since their formation in 1975, BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet have been at the forefront of Cajun-flavored music. Propelled by bandleader Doucet’s deft fiddle playing and soulful vocal stylings, the perennially popular ensemble has forged its own identity by blending a sampling of spirited sounds. Mixing Louisiana’s Cajun traditions with dashes of zydeco, New Orleans jazz, Tex-Mex and country blues, Doucet and company dish out a piping-hot sonic jambalaya. So notable is their sound that, in 1997, they became the first Cajun band to garner a Grammy Award. Audience members can’t help but tap their toes to tunes from the group’s 25th studio release, From Bamako to Carencro.

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You could spend your Saturday night watching “Dancing With the Stars” reruns, or you could witness the work of a real-live rising star in the contemporary dance world. Having dazzled at renowned venues such as the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the nine performers of Jessica Lang Dance hit the Lyndon Institute stage in a striking celebration of movement. Under the artistic direction of choreographer Jessica Lang, the New York City-based company combines multimedia, music and creative costuming with emotive execution to create what artsbham.com calls a “cinematic aesthetic.” The KCP Presents Performing Arts Series closes its 2015-2016 season with this evening of art in motion.

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‘UNDER THE CLOAK OF DARKNESS’: Interviewer Chris Urban leads a lively discussion on this feature-length documentary about Vermont’s migrant farmhands. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

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ZUMBA: Lively Latin rhythms fuel this dancefitness phenomenon for all experience levels. Vergennes Opera House, 6-7 p.m. $10. Info, 349-0026.

NOONTIME CONCERT: PENNY LANE CONSORT: Listeners revel in music from Shakespeare’s time over a bag lunch. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, noon. Free. Info, 223-3338.

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UVM PRESIDENT’S CONCERT SERIES: Soprano Mary Bonhag and pianist Paul Orgel charm classical connoisseurs with the program “Into the 20th Century,” featuring works by Fauré, Hugo Wolf and Chausson. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3056.

COMMUNITY FORUM ON THE FRACKED GAS PIPELINE: Locals listen in on plans to halt hydraulic fracturing throughout the Champlain Valley. Vermont Workers’ Center, Burlington, 6-9 p.m. Free. Info, egeorgemusic@gmail.com.

KIDS’ OPEN GYM: Physical fitness is disguised as fun for children ages 6 to 10. Church of the Nazarene, Williston, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 878-8591.

COMMUNITY SUPPER: Friends and neighbors connect over a scrumptious spread. Feel free to bring a dessert to share. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, 5-5:45 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 300.

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

WINE & DINE: SOLD OUT. French consul Valéry Freland and honorary consul Ernest Pomerleau are the guests of honor at a four-course gala dinner. Bistro de Margot, Burlington, 6:30-7:30 p.m. $80; preregister; limited space. Info, volunteer@aflcr. org.

READ TO A DOG: Book hounds ages 5 through 10 curl up with a good story and a furry friend. Fairfax Community Library, 3:15-4:15 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 849-2420.

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

SCIENCE & STORIES: SPRING: Curious minds mark the change of seasons with themed activities. ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 10:30-11 a.m. Regular admission, $10.50-13.50; free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848. STEM CLUB II: Inquisitive kids ages 6 and up tackle challenges in science, technology, engineering and math. Fairfax Community Library, 3-4 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 849-2420.

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DANCE-BASED CONDITIONING: Melissa Ham-Ellis leads a series of stretching and strengthening movements. No dance experience is required. Fusion 802 Dance, South Burlington, 7:15-8:15 p.m. $15. Info, 444-0100.

STORY TIME & PLAYGROUP: Engrossing plots unfold into projects for young ‘uns up to age 6 and their Y FR ED I.1 | grown-ups. Jaquith Public Library, OM COM E D Y | K A MIK A ZE C Marshfield, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, EPIC MINDFULNESS MEDITATION: 426-3581. Guided practice and group conversation with Yushin Sola cultivate well-being. Railyard STORY TIME FOR 3- TO 5-YEAR-OLDS: Apothecary, Burlington, 7:30-8:30 p.m. $14. Info, Preschoolers stretch their reading skills through 299-9531. activities involving puppets and books. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10-10:45 a.m. Free. Info, INSIGHT MEDITATION: Attendees deepen their un878-6956. derstanding of Buddhist principles and practices. Wellspring Mental Health and Wellness Center, STORY TIME WITH A TWIST: Wee ones get the Hardwick, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 472-6694. wiggles and giggles out with Mrs. Liza. Highgate Public Library, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 868-3970. MIDDLEBURY FITNESS BOOT CAMP: Participants improve strength, agility, endurance and cardioTODDLER TIME: Puzzles, puppets, stories and vascular fitness with interval training. Middlebury art supplies entertain tots ages 4 and under. St. Municipal Gym, 7-8 a.m. $12. Info, 343-7160. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 748-8291. MINDFUL WORKWEEKS: WEDNESDAY NIGHT MEDITATION: Give your brain a break at a midweek language “om” session followed by tea and conversation. Milarepa Center, Barnet, 7-8 p.m. Donations. Info, BEGINNER ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASS: Students 633-4136. build a foundation in reading, speaking and writing. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. MINDFULNESS CLASS: Dogma-free meditaInfo, reference@burlingtonvt.gov. tive techniques lead to peace, joy and freedom. Exquisite Mind Studio, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. BEGINNER RUSSIAN CONVERSATION GROUP: $5-20. Info, 735-2265. Language lovers learn the basics of the Eastern Slavic tongue. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, MORNING FLOW YOGA: Greet the day with a ground6-6:45 p.m. Free. Info, reference@burlingtonvt.gov. ing and energizing class for all levels. The Wellness Collective, Burlington, 10-11 a.m. $10. Info, 540-0186. INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN CONVERSATION GROUP: Speakers fine-tune their skills. Fletcher Free NIA WITH LINDA: Eclectic music and movements Library, Burlington, 6:45-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, drawn from healing, martial and dance arts propel reference@burlingtonvt.gov. an animated, barefoot workout. South End Studio, Burlington, 8:30-9:30 a.m. $14; free for first-timers. INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: Pupils Info, 372-1721. improve their speaking and grammar mastery. Private residence, Burlington, 6 p.m. $20. Info, RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: A stretching ses324-1757. sion for all ability levels builds physical and mental strength to support healing. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 861-3150. montréal R.I.P.P.E.D.: Resistance, intervals, power, plyometrics, endurance and diet define this high-intensity physical-fitness program. North End Studio B, Burlington, 6:15 p.m. $10. Info, 578-9243.

‘TAI CHI FOR BALANCE, HEALTHY AGING AND WELLNESS’: A panel presentation reveals the bodily benefits of the Chinese martial art. McClure Conference Room, UVM Medical Center, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-9266. TREAD & SHRED: Active bodies take to treadmills and elliptical machines for a motivating group workout. Your Personal Best Fitness, South Burlington, 6-6:45 p.m. $15. Info, 658-1616.

‘BOOM’: Rick Miller gives voice to 100 of the most influential figures of the Baby Boom era in a historically influenced one-man show. Segal Centre for Performing Arts, Montréal, 1 & 8 p.m. $32-57.50. Info, 514-739-7944.

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BELLA VOCE: The Farmers Night Concert Series continues with Romanian, Israeli and Canadian compositions presented by Vermont’s premier women’s ensemble. House Chamber, Vermont Statehouse, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 828-2228.

seminars

COMMUNITY POP-UP CLASSES: Lifelong learners choose from a wide variety of courses ranging from painting to pasta making and beyond. See betheluniversityvt.org for details. Bethel Town Hall. Free; limited space. Info, betheluniversityvt@ gmail.com.

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WOMEN’S PICKUP BASKETBALL: Drive to the hoop! Ladies dribble up and down the court during an evening of friendly competition. See meetup. com for details. Lyman C. Hunt Middle School, Burlington, 8-9:30 p.m. Free. Info, carmengeorgevt@gmail.com.

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BRUCE MACPHERSON: In “Rusty Blackbirds: Going, But Not Gone — Yet!,” the lecturer expounds upon the species’ plummeting population. South Hero Community Library, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, gmas@ greenmountainaudubon.org. ‘LIGHTEN UP!’ COMMUNITY CONVERSATION SERIES: Fran Stoddard moderates a discussion between professor Richard C. Smardon and photographer Marshall Webb, who consider the topic “Harnessing Light and Energy.” All Souls Interfaith Gathering, Shelburne, 6:30-8 p.m. Donations. Info, 985-3819.

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DEVISED THEATER MASTER CLASS: Thespians take the stage for a session in theater creation and improvisation with director Thaddeus Phillips. Room 131, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 5:30 p.m. $10. Info, 603-646-2422.

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ART PLAY TIME: Participants express their artistry through loosely themed projects in a fun, social environment. Expressive Arts Burlington, 10-11:45 a.m. $20. Info, 862-5302. OPEN STUDIOS: Creatives meet new friends and make art in a community setting. Expressive Arts Burlington, noon-2 p.m. $15. Info, 862-5302.

business

CENTER FOR WOMEN & ENTERPRISE LUNCH & LEARN: WOMEN & NEGOTIATIONS: Businesswomen bank brokering techniques during a discussion with Career Networks’ Markey Read. 110 Main St., Second Floor Conference Room, Burlington, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, info.vermont@cweonline.org. ‘HOW TO BRING IN A STEADY FLOW OF NEW CLIENTS SO YOU AND YOUR BIZ CAN REALLY THRIVE’: Entrepreneurs examine ways to foster success at work and in the world. Private residence, Burlington, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-2978.

community

PUBLIC FORUM ON VERMONT’S FUTURE: Lamoille region residents and business owners talk dollars and sense at a chat session on the state’s economy. Stearns Performance Space, Johnson State College, 6-8 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 888-5640.

conferences

VERMONT WOMEN IN HIGHER EDUCATION WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE: Green Mountain Power president Mary Powell electrifies the crowd at this gathering of local ladies. Killington Grand Resort Hotel, 1:30-8 p.m. $50-160. Info, 224-3001.

‘THE MOUNTAINTOP’: Martin Luther King Jr. spends a memorable night in a Memphis, Tenn., motel in Katori Hall’s Laurence Olivier Awardwinning play. Barrette Center for the Arts, White River Junction, 10 a.m. & 7:30 p.m. $15-55. Info, 296-7000.

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‘THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE’: Students from the Initiative: A Vermont Waldorf High School stage the high-seas adventures of a young man who apprentices with a band of pirates and faces increasingly bizarre scenarios. Proceeds benefit the school. Hardwick Town House, 7 p.m. Donations. Info, 454-1053.

dance

‘WOMENSPEAK’: The lost “her”story of the American woman takes center stage in honor of Women’s History Month. St. Albans Historical Museum, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 527-7933.

SWING DANCE WITH JULIANA & BRAD: Do the jitterbug! Drop-ins are welcome to move and shake in the styles of the ’20s, ’30s and ’40s. North End Studio B, Burlington, 7:15-8:45 p.m. $10; $15 per couple. Info, 825-6392.

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GRACE GERSHUNY: The writer gets her hands dirty during a discussion of sustainable food systems to celebrate her new book Organic Revolutionary: A Memoir of the Movement for Real Food, Planetary Healing and Human Liberation. Jeffords Hall, UVM, Burlington, 7:30-9 p.m. Free. Info, 633-4152. MUD SEASON BOOK SALE: Bookworms select new reads from thousands of titles. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. THE WEDNESDAY WORKSHOP: CHAPTER FOCUS: Folks give feedback on selections of up to 40 pages penned by Burlington Writers Workshop members. 22 Church St., Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104.

REPURPOSED BIKE BAGS: Plastic containers find new life as bike buckets. City Market/Onion River Co-op, Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. $5-10; preregister; limited space. Info, 861-9757.

DANCE TRAMP: Choreographed and improvised pieces make up the dance think tank’s program “nonsensibility: every body plays the fool.” FlynnSpace, Burlington, 8 p.m. $16-20. Info, 863-5966.

education

OPEN HOUSE: Tech-savvy students ages 10 through 14 check out Young Hacks Academy CORE Lab’s after-school computer education program. Champlain Mill, Winooski, 4-6 p.m. Free. Info, 999-7092.

environment

VERMONT GREEN BUILDING GALA: Architect Jesse Robbins keynotes an evening of live music, mouthwatering fare and the Vermont’s Greenest Building Award ceremony. Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 6-8:30 p.m. $20-35. Info, 735-2192. ‘WHAT’S YOUR WATERMARK?’ FILM SCREENING & WATER QUALITY CHAT: A short film on local and global water issues prepares viewers for an open discussion on area waterways. Ferrisburgh Town Offices & Community Center, 6:30-9 p.m. Free. Info, 434-3236.

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AARP FREE TAX PREP: Low- and middle-income seniors get help filing their taxes. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 9:15, 10, 10:45 & 11:30 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-6955. AUTHOR TALK & CONCERT: A performance of Shostakovich compositions complements author M.T. Anderson’s discussion of his book Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad. Main Reading Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, reference@burlingtonvt.gov. CAREER SERVICES: See WED.30.

fairs & festivals

CAREER & INTERNSHIP FAIR: Students and alumni discover a wide range of professional opportunities while networking with area businesses. SHAPE Fitness Center, Johnson State College, 12:30-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1377.

film

‘BECAUSE MUSIC IS IMPORTANT: THE 2015 KINGDOM ALL STARS’: Footage recorded during the band’s 2015 season spotlights middle-schoolage singers and musicians from the Northeast Kingdom. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600. ‘EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT’: Two scientists and an Amazonian shaman spend four decades in search of a sacred healing plant in this 2015 drama shown with English subtitles. Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7 p.m. $5-8; free for Vermont International Film Fountation members. Info, 660–2600. ‘JERUSALEM’: See WED.30. ‘JUST EAT IT: A FOOD WASTE STORY’: Documentarians Grant Baldwin and Jen Rustemeyer Dumpster dive into the issue of food waste by forgoing store-bought eats and surviving on foraged goods. Room 103, Rowell Hall, University of Vermont, Burlington, 8-10 p.m. Free. Info, 872-8111. ‘THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING’: Naomi Klein’s examination of the tenuous relationship between capitalism and climate change inspired this 2015 environmentally focused flick. Room 202, Yokum Lecture Hall, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 6 p.m. Free. Info, 518-561-6920.

COCKTAIL PARTY: Themed libations please palates at a weekly sipping session complete with shuffleboard. Stonecutter Spirits, Middlebury, noon-8 p.m. Cost of drinks; BYO food. Info, 388-3000.

‘NOURISH YOUR CHAKRAS’ SERIES: Lauren Fowler and Caitlin Downey lead participants through an in-depth exploration of the body’s seven energy centers. Sangha Studio, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $20-25; preregister; limited space. Info, 448-4262. PREVENTING & MANAGING CESAREAN SECTIONS WITH ACUPUNCTURE & CHINESE HERBS: Kerry Jenni pinpoints the benefits of the ancient eastern practice during and after pregnancy. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Coop, Montpelier, 6-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 223-8000, ext. 202.

kids

LEGO CLUB: Brightly colored interlocking blocks inspire developing minds. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660. PLAINFIELD PRESCHOOL STORY TIME: Tykes ages 2 through 5 discover the magic of literature. Cutler Memorial Library, Plainfield, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 454-8504.

READ TO ARCHIE THE THERAPY DOG: Bookworms join a friendly canine for entertaining tails — er, tales. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3:15-4 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956. THURSDAY PLAY TIME: Children and their adult companions convene for casual fun. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

language

MANDARIN CHINESE CLASS: A native speaker teaches the dialect spoken throughout northern and southwestern China. Agape Community Church, South Burlington, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 503-2037.

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HOWARD CENTER SPRING COMMUNITY EDUCATION SERIES: Attendees take notes on the topic “Autism: Information and Resources for Transitioning into Adulthood.” Dealer.com, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 488-6000.

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ERIC MCDONALD & WILL WOODSON: Scottishrooted strains featuring pipe, whistle, guitar and mandolin leave listeners reeling. The Ceilidh Barn, Sheldon, 7-9 p.m. $15-20; preregister. Info, 393-7120.

ESSENTIAL OILS WORKSHOP: Annie Limoge and Jennifer Fischer zero in on the physical and emotional benefits of elixirs and tinctures. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 1-2 p.m. Free. Info, 223-2518.

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SIX NIGHTS OF POP-UP PEARL: THE ‘HEDWIG’ AFTER-PARTIES: Live music and DJ sets propel an epic 135 Pearl reunion following a performance of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 10 p.m. $10-12; free for play ticket holders. Info, 540-0406.

CHITTENDEN COUNTY CHESS CLUB: Checkmate! Strategic thinkers make calculated moves as they vie for their opponent’s king. Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 324-1143.

DESIGN YOUR OWN PRACTICE: Yoga devotees plan a custom home routine tailored to meet individual needs. Evolution Physical Therapy & Yoga, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $16. Info, 864-9642.

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CORNWALL FITNESS BOOT CAMP: Interval training helps participants improve strength, agility, endurance and cardiovascular fitness. Cornwall Town Hall, 10-11 a.m. $12. Info, 343-7160.

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PRESCHOOL MUSIC: Song and dance entertain kids and their caregivers. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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COMMUNITY MINDFULNESS: Twenty minutes of guided practice with Andrea O’Connor alleviate stress and tension. Tea and a discussion follow. Winooski Senior Center, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 233-1161.

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INPOWER YOGA: Ambitious yogis take on a challenging sequence in a heated studio. The Wellness Collective, Burlington, 5:45-7:15 p.m. $15. Info, 540-0186.

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ROWENA HE: The professor schools listeners with her lecture “Identifying With a ‘Rising China’? Overseas Chinese Student Nationalism.” Farrell Room, St. Edmund’s Hall, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2000.

theater

‘CENSORED’: Nine actors portray a variety of characters from censored stories in this Encore Theatre production penned by student playwright Tanner Heath. Rutland High School, 7 p.m. $5. Info, 773-1955. ‘HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH’: Robert Toms takes on the title role in this award-winning rock-and-roll musical staged by Shoebox Theatre. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 8 p.m. $17-20 includes Pop-Up Pearl after-party; for ages 18 and up. Info, 540-0406. ‘MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET’: Rock hits such as “Blue Suede Shoes” fuel a dramatization of the recording session that brought together Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 7:30 p.m. $46.50. Info, 775-0903. ‘THE MOUNTAINTOP’: See WED.30, 2 & 7:30 p.m. ‘THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE’: See WED.30, Plainfield Town Hall Opera House, 10:30 a.m.

words

BOOK ENDS: Franklin County Home Health Agency staff facilitate a dialogue on the end of life as portrayed in literature. St. Albans Free Library, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 393-6721. MUD SEASON BOOK SALE: See WED.30. PETER SHEA: The master fisherman casts a line in Vermont’s Trophy Trout Waters: An Atlas and Guide, a resource for local and visiting anglers. Phoenix Books Burlington, 6:30 p.m. $3. Info, 448-3350.

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APRIL FOOLS COMEDY SHOW: Funnyman Jermaine Fowler has audience members in stitches with his character-driven storytelling. Grand Maple Ballroom, Davis Center, UVM, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $5; free with UVM ID. Info, 656-2076. KAMIKAZE COMEDY: Audience prompts transform into hilarious scenes when comic actors improvise onstage. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 7:30 p.m. $5-15. Info, 728-6464. UPRIGHT CITIZENS BRIGADE: The famed comedy troupe elicits big laughs with provocative sketches and absurd improv. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 8 p.m. $35. Info, 382-9222.

community

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. WINOOSKI DOG PARK SOCIAL: Folks chat with friends old and new while pooches play in the enclosed pen. West Allen Street Park, Winooski, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 655-6410.

conferences

VERMONT WALK/BIKE SUMMIT: Fans of humanpowered transportation convene for presentations, workshops and a keynote address by David Chernushenko. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 8 a.m.-7:30 p.m. $15-25; free for Saturday only. Info, kimberly.rapac@gmail.com.

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dance

BALLROOM & LATIN DANCING: Samir Elabd leads choreographed steps for singles and couples. See ballroomnights.com for details. Williston

Jazzercise Fitness Center, introductory lesson, 7-8 p.m.; dance, 8-9:30 p.m. $8 for dance; $14 for lesson and dance. Info, 862-2269. DANCE TRAMP: See THU.31. ECSTATIC DANCE VERMONT: Jubilant movement with the Green Mountain Druid Order inspires divine connections. Christ Episcopal Church, Montpelier, 7-9 p.m. $10. Info, 505-8010.

CHILDREN’S BOOK RELEASE: Vermont authors Cam Sato, Abbie Bowker and Ruth Wallace-Brodeur read from their latest kid-friendly page turners. Shelburne Town Hall, 4-6 p.m. Free. Info, lin@windridgebooks.org. EARLY-BIRD MATH: Books, songs and games put a creative twist on mathematics. Richmond Free Library, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 434-3036.

ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCE: Laura Markowitz, Ana Ruesink and Guillaume Sparrow-Pepin provide live music for newcomers and experienced movers alike. Elley-Long Music Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 7-9:30 p.m. $10. Info, 881-9732.

MAGIC: THE GATHERING: Decks of cards determine the arsenal with which participants, or “planes walkers,” fight others for glory, knowledge and conquest. For grades 6 and up. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

FIRST FRIDAY SOUL DANCE: Movers and shakers explore the rhythms of everyday life through freeform creative expression. The Wellness Collective, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. $10. Info, 540-0186.

MUSIC WITH ROBERT: Sing-alongs with Robert Resnik hit all the right notes. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10:30-11 a.m. Free; groups must preregister. Info, reference@burlingtonvt.gov.

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SONGS & STORIES WITH MATTHEW: Matthew Witten helps tykes start the day with tunes and tales of adventure. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 1010:45 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE: Healthy donors give the gift of life. Green Mountain Mall, St. Johnsbury, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Diamond Run Mall, Rutland, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Our Lady of Providence, Winooski, 11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 800-733-2767. APRIL IN WOODSTOCK: Locals welcome spring with an array of art, music, theater and literary events. See aprilinwoodstock.org for details. Various Woodstock locations. Prices vary. Info, info@aprilinwoodstock. org. PIRATES & FOOLS GALA: Ahoy, matey! Cocktails, dinner and a performance of The Pirates of Penzance benefit the Initiative: A Vermont Waldorf High School. Haybarn Theatre, Goddard College, Plainfield, 4-9 p.m. $45; cash bar. Info, 454-1053.

film

ALT: CINEMA SERIES: Filmmaker Allan Nicholls introduces Robert Altman’s 2004 political comedy Tanner on Tanner, about a failed presidential candidate. A discussion follows. Main Street Museum, White River Junction, 6:30 p.m. $2-20. Info, 603-508-8528. ‘JERUSALEM’: See WED.30. ‘THE RABBI’S CAT’: A family’s feline wants to convert to Judaism in this 2011 animated comedy shown in French with English subtitles. Room 101, Cheray Science Hall, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2000.

food & drink

SWEET BABU & SPIRITS: Beverages by Misery Loves Co. are the cherry on top of a tasting menu of desserts and snacks inspired by childhood favorites. Incubator, Winooski, 6:30-10:30 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, sweetbabuvt@ gmail.com.

lgbtq

SIX NIGHTS OF POP-UP PEARL: THE ‘HEDWIG’ AFTER-PARTIES: See THU.31.

music

THE AEROLITES, RICK REDINGTON & THE LUV: The local musicians dole out a mix of rock, folk, funk and Americana at a Vermont Family Festivals concert. Merchants Hall, Rutland, 7 p.m. $13; BYOB. Info, 558-6155. AMY HELM & THE HANDSOME STRANGERS: Mining her musical roots, Levon Helm’s progeny brings stunning vocals to an exploration of various genres. See calendar spotlight. Barre Opera House, 8 p.m. $24-28. Info, 476-8188. BRASIL GUITAR DUO: Equally at home in both classical and world music, the twosome strums works by Leo Brouwer, David Leisner and others as part of the University of Vermont Lane Series. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $10-35. Info, 656-4455. GREG ABATE QUARTET: The jazz man hits all the right notes on the saxophone. Artistree Community Arts Center, Woodstock, 7:30 p.m. $2025. Info, 457-3981. JAZZ AT THE CHURCH: An ode to the genre brings a lineup of local players to the stage. First Unitarian Universalist Society, Burlington, 7 p.m. $10-15; free for kids under 13. Info, 399-2643. PHIL HENRY ACOUSTIC TRIO: The singer-songwriter serves up vivid lyrical imagery. Palmer Street Coffeehouse, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 518-561-6920.

politics

‘VERMONT’S TOMORROW’ SERIES: Students engage in the democratic process at a town hallstyle forum with gubernatorial candidate Phil Scott. Cabot 85, Norwich University, Northfield, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 485-2360.

games

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.30, 9:15 a.m.

health & fitness

AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT: THE FELDENKRAIS METHOD: From reducing pain to improving mobility, this physical practice reveals new ways to live with the body. The Wellness Collective, Burlington, 12:30-1:30 p.m. $10. Info, 540-0186.

seminars

CRC PRO HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES: Those looking to Y SA climb the career ladder build proRT T.2 PA | DA fessional skills applicable to health N CE N CE | BALKAN DA care positions. Community College of Vermont, Winooski, 11:45 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Free. Info, BETTER BALANCE: A cardiovascular warm-up, 654-0542. strength training and targeted balancing exercises combine to improve stability and confidence. Pines Senior Living Community, South Burlington, 10-11 a.m. $5-6. Info, 658-7477. BODY LOVE YOGA: Students leave this funky flow class feeling confident and beautiful. Sangha Studio, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $15-20. Info, 448-4262. RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: See WED.30.

kids

ACORN CLUB STORY TIME: Little ones up to age 4 gather for read-aloud tales. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 748-8291.

talks

EDUCATION ENRICHMENT FOR EVERYONE: Rain Banbury weighs in on the justice system with “Burlington’s Parallel Justice Program: An AwardWinning Innovation in Victim Services.” Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2 p.m. $5. Info, 864-3516. ROBIN MEYERS: Science and spirituality meet in the Cron Lecture “Quantum Physics and the Future of God.” Newman Center, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 518-564-2000.

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‘ALMOST, MAINE’: The residents of a remote town embark on midwinter adventures in and out of love in John Cariani’s comedy, presented by the South Hero Players. Camp Ta-Kum-Ta, South Hero, 7 p.m. $10-12. Info, 777-4326. ‘BARNUM’ AUDITIONS: Step right up for a role in a summer production of the musical based on the life of circus showman P.T. Barnum. United Methodist Church of North Hero, 6-9 p.m. Free. Info, 372-6638. ‘HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH’: See THU.31. ‘MARY POPPINS’: A drab family gets a visit from a magical nanny in this beloved musical presented by Lyric Theatre. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $23-38. Info, 863-5966. ‘THE MOUNTAINTOP’: See WED.30, 7:30 p.m. ‘RED-EYE TO HAVRE DE GRACE’: Eerie songs and spellbinding acting by Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental and Wilhelm Bros. & Co. examine the final days of Edgar Allan Poe. Moore Theater, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. $17-35. Info, 603-646-2422. SPRING FLING SOIRÉE: Opera North’s 34th season commences with an evening of song. The Quechee Club, Hartford, 6 p.m. $35. Info, 603-448-4141.

words

FRIDAY MORNING WORKSHOP: Lit lovers analyze creative works-in-progress penned 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. MUD SEASON BOOK SALE: See WED.30, 10 a.m.5:30 p.m. ‘POETS AND THE PAST’ OPENING: Seven local masters of meter share works inspired by objects in the Norwich Historical Society collections. Norwich Historical Society and Community Center, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 649-0124.

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TREE PRUNING: Forester Dave Wilcox presents tips for arboreal upkeep, then demonstrates his techniques outside. Meet in the East Montpelier Room, Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

bazaars

SPRING BOOK & EPHEMERA FAIR: Bibliophiles visit pages of publishing past with rare and out-of-print titles. Maps, postcards and more complete the trip down memory lane. Hilton Burlington, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 527-7243. TREASURES & TRINKETS RUMMAGE SALE: Bargain shoppers get their fill of household goods, furniture, books, collectibles, clothing and more. Vergennes Union High School & Middle School, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 598-1724.

comedy

‘HOOKING UP WITH THE SECOND CITY’: Chicago’s famed comedy troupe brings big laughs, saucy satire and off-the-wall improv to the stage. See calendar spotlight. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 7:30 p.m. $20-42. Info, 760-4634.

conferences

BURLINGTON YOGA CONFERENCE: Limber up! Yogis align breath and body with two days of classes and workshops led by area teachers. Davis Center, UVM, Burlington. $28-189. Info, burlingtonyogaconference@gmail.com. VERMONT WALK/BIKE SUMMIT: See FRI.1, 8 a.m.-noon.

dance

BALKAN DANCE PARTY: New York City’s Cherven Traktor provide Bulgarian and Macedonian folk music for a spirited stepping session. North End Studios, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 863-6713.

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â€˜BLACK AND RED MILONGAâ€™: Dancers don black and red duds for an Argentine-tango-inspired gala. Wear clean, smooth-soled shoes. Shelburne Town Hall, 7:30-10:30 p.m. $10. Info, 831-428-2959.

ONE LAST TIME: A five-course chefâ€™s tasting menu pleases palates at the eateryâ€™s final night of service for 2016. The Common Man, Warren, 6 p.m. $45; preregister. Info, 583-2800.

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. $7-10. Info, burlingtonwestie@gmail.com.

PIE FOR BRUNCH: An all-you-can-eat feast serves up slices of pie ranging from pizza to shepherdâ€™s to dessert. Northfield Middle and High School, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. $5. Info, 760-0182. Dakin Farm, Ferrisburgh, 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Free; $4.95-7.95 for pancake breakfast. Info, 800-993-2546.

JESSICA LANG DANCE: A showcase of modern American movement mesmerizes audience members. See calendar spotlight. Lyndon Institute, Lyndon Center, 7:30 p.m. $15-54. Info, 748-2600.

SUGAR ON SNOW: Maple syrup takes center stage at a celebration of Vermontâ€™s famous flavor featuring traditional treats and family-friendly activities. Dakin Farm, South Burlington, noon-4 p.m. Dakin Farm, Ferrisburgh, 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Free; $4.957.95 for pancake breakfast. Info, 800-993-2546.

PROM: FOR GROWN-UPS: SOLD OUT. A king and queen are crowned at this throwback bash benefiting Milton Community Youth Coalition. Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, South Burlington, 8-11 p.m. $25-30; for ages 21 and up. Info, 893-1009.

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AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE: See FRI.1, Green Mountain Harley-Davidson, Essex Junction, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. APRIL IN WOODSTOCK: See FRI.1. 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. MAPLE BRUNCH & FUN RUN: Folks pound the pavement, then refuel with a pancake breakfast. Rock Point School, Burlington, fun run, 9 a.m.; brunch, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. $5-10. Info, 863-1104. PUBLIC AUCTION & BREAKFAST: Casseroles, muffins, juice, coffee and tea give way to a battle of bids benefiting the church. Bethany Church of Montpelier, 8 a.m. $5 for breakfast. Info, 223-2424.

fairs & festivals

MAPLE MADNESS: Locals celebrate Vermontâ€™s sweetest season with tasty treats, a live bird demonstration and a look at the history of sugaring. Woodstock Green, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 457-3555.

film

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BURLINGTON WINTER FARMERS MARKET: A bustling indoor marketplace offers fresh and prepared foods alongside crafts, live music, lunch seating and face painting. Burlington Memorial Auditorium, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 310-5172.

CHOCOLATE TASTING: With the help of a tasting guide, chocoholics of all ages discover the flavor profiles of four different confections. Lake Champlain Chocolates Factory Store & CafĂŠ, Burlington, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 864-1807.

MAPLE MADNESS TASTE AROUND: Area chefs prepare specialty dishes showcasing Vermontâ€™s liquid gold. Live music, dancing and auctions round out the fun. Suicide Six Ski Area, South Pomfret, 6-8 p.m. $25; cash bar. Info, 457-3555.

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TEA TASTING WITH LITTLE TREE TEA: Folks grab cups and saucers for a sipping session spotlighting Chinese Puâ€™er varieties. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 10 a.m. $10. Info, 540-0406. WILD ABOUT YEAST: Foodies fĂŞte fermented dishes and drinks with local libations and a sixcourse meal. Hotel Vermont, Burlington, 6 p.m. $75; for ages 21 and up. Info, 863-5966. WINTER FARMERS MARKET: NATURAL SWEETENERS TASTE TEST: Sweets fans sample maple syrup at the Queen Cityâ€™s agricultural gathering. Burlington Memorial Auditorium, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 861-9700.

health & fitness

EXPANDING CANCER CARE: EXPLORING CHOICES IN COMPLEMENTARY INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE: Caregivers, medical providers and people living with cancer converge for a variety of workshops and hands-on demonstrations. College Hall, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, registration, 8:30 a.m.; conference, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 224-7100. HUNTINGTONâ€™S DISEASE SYMPOSIUM: Experts provide family members and medical professionals with up-to-date information on the fatal genetic disorder. McClure Conference Room, UVM Medical Center, Burlington, registration, 9 a.m.; program, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 978-905-5588. INTEGRATING DIVINATION INTO HERBAL PRACTICE: Tea-leaf reading and other techniques go hand-in-hand with a range of therapeutic modalities in a workshop with healer Jonathan H. Edwards. Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, Montpelier, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $13-15. Info, 224-7100. MIDDLEBURY FITNESS BOOT CAMP: See WED.30, 8-9 a.m. R.I.P.P.E.D.: See WED.30, North End Studio A, Burlington, 9-10 a.m. $10. Info, 578-9243. WALK MS: BURLINGTON 2016: Participants make strides to raise funds for those living with multiple sclerosis. Burlington High School, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 871-5691.

kids

FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT: Break out the popcorn! Kids and parents cozy up for a screening of the animated flick Inside Out. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291.

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A FREE IN-STORE TASTING: PĂ‰TILLANT NATUREL: Lip-smacking samples lift wine loversâ€™ spirits. Dedalus Wine, Burlington, noon-6 p.m. Free. Info, 865-2368.

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CAPITAL CITY WINTER FARMERS MARKET: Root veggies, honey, maple syrup and more change hands at an off-season celebration of locally grown food. Cafeteria, Montpelier High School, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 223-2958.

â€˜TACOS AL PASTOR â€” EN ESPAĂ‘OL!â€™: Home chefs whip up pork-and-tortilla provisions in a Spanishlanguage cooking class. McClure Multigenerational Center, Burlington, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. $5-10; preregister; limited space. Info, 861-9757.

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â€˜DONOVANâ€™S BRAINâ€™: Moviegoers remember Nancy Reaganâ€™s Hollywood career with a screening of this 1953 sci-fi flick, shown on 16mm film. Newman Center, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7 p.m. Donations. Info, serious_61@yahoo.com.

SUGAR-ON-SNOW PARTY: Beginning with sugarbush tours, folks follow sap from tree to syrup at this seasonal soirĂŠe. Meet at the sugarhouse. Green Mountain Audubon Center, Huntington, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free; cost of food and syrup. Info, 434-3068.

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ONE-ON-ONE TUTORING: First through sixth graders get extra help in reading, math and science. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660. SATURDAY DROP-IN STORY TIME: A weekly selection of songs and narratives engages all ages. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 264-5660. VERMONT STATE SCHOLASTIC CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS: Quick thinkers in grades K through 12 vie for their opponents’ king in a meeting of the minds. Berlin Elementary School, registration, 8:309:30 a.m.; games, 10 a.m. $12-20. Info, 223-1948. ‘THE WIZARD OF OZ ON ICE!’: Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion skate along the yellow brick road in a family friendly show by the Skating Club of the Adirondacks. Field House, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 1 & 6 p.m. $5-7; free for kids under 4. Info, 518-564-4062. YOUTH VISUAL STORYTELLING WORKSHOP: Young creatives craft a group narrative on film. Classroom, Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 10 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 748-2600.

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SIX NIGHTS OF POP-UP PEARL: THE ‘HEDWIG’ AFTER-PARTIES: See THU.31.

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‘BOOM’: See WED.30, 8 p.m.

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THE ANTI-QUEENS: The Toronto grunge rockers turn out tunes from their 2015 EP Start Running. Doomfuck and Tim Howl open. ROTA Gallery and Studio, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7 p.m. $3-10. Info, rotagallery@gmail.com. THE DAVID BINDMAN SEXTET: Improvisation is at the core of original experimental jazz numbers. ArtisTree Community Arts Center & Gallery, South Pomfret, 7-9 p.m. $20. Info, 457-3500.

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FRONTIER SAXOPHONE QUARTET: The foursome hits all the right notes in a recital of works by Alexander Glazunov, Everett Gates, Ronald Caravan and Clarence Barber. Krinovitz Recital Hall, Hawkins Hall, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 2-3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 561-564-2243.

MIDDLEBURY COMMUNITY WIND ENSEMBLE SPRING CONCERT: A varied program demonstrates the versatility of reed instruments. Holley Hall, Bristol, 7-8 p.m. Donations. Info, 388-3215.

SOCIAL BAND: The Burlington choral group gives voice to a song cycle by Anna Patton in “Rivers, Seas and Dreams: Musical Reflections on Water.” Richmond Free Library, 7:30-9 p.m. $15. Info, 355-4216. 52 CALENDAR

‘APPS FOR NATURE GEEKS’: Birder Bridget Butler shows nature lovers how to augment their observations with smartphone and tablet applications. Bring your own device. St. Albans Free Library, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 524-1507. INTRO TO EXCEL: Columns, rows, cells, formulas and data entry become second nature at a tutorial on electronic spreadsheets. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Free; preregister. Info, 865-7217.

YOUNG TRADITION TOURING GROUP: Talented teens share an evening of music and dance before departing on an international tour. Black Box Theater, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7-9:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 233-5293.

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ART CHURCH: Experienced artists and newbies alike deepen their reverence for the creativity within through meditation and a silent work session. Arrive 10 minutes before the start time. Expressive Arts Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. $20. Info, 862-5302.

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noon. $7-13; $35 per family, free for kids under 5. Info, 524-3330. NEW YORK STATE MAPLE WEEKEND: See SAT.2. SUGAR ON SNOW: See SAT.2. SUGAR-ON-SNOW PARTY: See SAT.2.

games

BOARD GAME DAY: Players test their skills in tabletop bouts. SILO Distillery, Windsor, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Info, 674-4220.

theater

‘HOOKING UP WITH THE SECOND CITY’: See SAT.2, Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 7:30 p.m. $29.75. Info, 775-0903.

health & fitness

‘BARNUM’ AUDITIONS: See FRI.1, noon-4 p.m.

community

NIA CLASS: Active bodies break a sweat during a dynamic fitness routine. Shelburne Town Hall, 4:30-6 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 985-0090.

‘ALMOST, MAINE’: See FRI.1. BILL TORREY: The raconteur leads listeners on a journey into the working forest in the storytelling performance “Forty Years and a Saw” following a preshow meet and greet at the Vermont Folklife Center. Marquis Theatre & Southwest Café, Middlebury, meet and greet, 5-5:45 p.m.; event, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4964. ‘HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH’: See THU.31. ‘MARY POPPINS’: See FRI.1, 1 & 7:30 p.m. THE METROPOLITAN OPERA LIVE IN HD: Kristine Opolais lifts her voice in a breathtaking production of Madame Butterfly, broadcast to the big screen. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 12:55 p.m. $16-25. Info, 748-2600. Palace 9 Cinemas, South Burlington, 12:55 p.m. $18-24. Info, 660-9300. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1 p.m. $29. Info, 603-6462422. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 1 p.m. $10-24. Info, 382-9222. ‘THE MOUNTAINTOP’: See WED.30, 7:30 p.m. NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: An English executioner must reconsider his future when hanging is abolished in a broadcast production of Martin McDonagh’s hilarious play Hangmen. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 2 p.m. $20. Info, 775-0903. ‘RED-EYE TO HAVRE DE GRACE’: See FRI.1. VERMONT PRIDE THEATER AT CHANDLER: AUDITIONS: Actors throw their hats into the ring for roles in Raggedy And, to be performed as part of the Vermont Pride Festival. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 1-3 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 734-1013.

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THE DUPONT BROTHERS: Vocal harmonies and intricate guitar stylings propel the siblings’ signature Vermont-made Americana. Brandon Music, 7:30 p.m. $20; $40 includes dinner; preregister; BYOB. Info, 247-4295.

seminars

BOOK SALE: Oodles of books and media delight avid readers. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4095.

CHARD DENIORD: Vermont’s poet laureate kicks off PoemTown Randolph with selected stanzas. Private residence, Randolph Center, 6 p.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, musbird@gmail.com.

COHOUSING TOUR: From energy efficiency to regular potlucks, folks learn the perks of living in a new village neighborhood. Bristol Village, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 734-0798. 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

BURLINGTON YOGA CONFERENCE: See SAT.2.

dance

BALKAN DANCE PARTY: See SAT.2, Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, singing class, 1:30-2:45 p.m.; dance, 3-6:45 p.m. $8-20. Info, 540-1020.

MORNING FLOW YOGA: See WED.30.

NIA WITH SUZY: Drawing from martial, dance and healing arts, sensory-based movements push participants to their full potentials. South End Studio, Burlington, 9-10 a.m. $14. Info, 522-3691. WEIGHT LOSS CLASS: Linda Spangle’s book Life Is Hard, Food Is Easy: The 5-Step Plan to Overcome Emotional Eating and Lose Weight on Any Diet informs an eight-week lecture-style class. Pickering Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 2-3:30 p.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 865-2452.

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‘PETER AND THE WOLF’: Prokofiev’s score sets the stage for a narrated dance performance by City Center Ballet. Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 4 & 5:30 p.m. $5. Info, 603-448-0400.

DANCE, SING AND JUMP AROUND: Live music by Kenric Kite and friends enlivens an afternoon of intergenerational circle and line dancing. Games and snacks round out the fun. Plainfield Town Hall Opera House, 3-4:30 p.m. $5-10 suggested donation. Info, lizbenjamin64@gmail.com.

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UPPER VALLEY INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCING: Creative movers learn diverse routines rooted in Eastern and Western Europe, Scandinavia, and the Mediterranean. Bring clean, soft-soled shoes. Tracy Hall, Norwich, 3-6 p.m. $4-8. Info, 436-2151.

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OPEN HOUSE: Potential students see if the independent college-preparatory school makes the grade. Vermont Commons School, South Burlington, 1-3 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 865-8084.

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APRIL IN WOODSTOCK: See FRI.1.

film

‘JERUSALEM’: See WED.30. ‘THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING’: See THU.31, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Plattsburgh, N.Y., 2 p.m. Free. Info, 518-561-6920. ‘WHAT OUR FATHERS DID: A NAZI LEGACY’: This 2015 documentary turns the lens toward two men whose fathers were formally accused of war crimes for their roles in World War II. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 7 p.m. $12. Info, 382-9222.

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AUXILIARY BREAKFAST: Friends and neighbors rub elbows over a morning meal. VFW Post 6689, Essex Junction, 9-11 a.m. $4-8. Info, 878-0700. CENTRO: SPANISH FEAST: Mouthwatering selections from Dedalus Wine Shop pair perfectly with Spanish-influenced dishes. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 6 p.m. $50; preregister; for ages 21 and up. Info, 540-0406. CHOCOLATE TASTING: See SAT.2.

MUD SEASON BOOK SALE: See WED.30, 10 a.m.5:30 p.m.

COMMUNITY MEALS: Diners dig in for a cause during a day benefiting YWCA Vermont Circle of Girls Scholarship Fund. Partial proceeds are donated. Leunig’s Bistro & Café, Burlington, 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 862-7520.

POETRY EXPERIENCE: Rajnii Eddins facilitates a poetry and spoken-word workshop aimed at building confidence and developing a love of writing. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

MAPLE HAM DINNER: Families feast on a spread of baked ham, mashed potatoes, vegetables, coleslaw and maple-themed desserts, served family-style. Georgia Elementary & Middle School, St. Albans,

DIMANCHES FRENCH CONVERSATION: Parlez-vous français? Speakers practice the tongue at a casual drop-in chat. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4 p.m. Free. Info, reference@burlingtonvt.gov.

THE SKY WRITING GROUP: Creative storytelling supports health and community cohesion in a critique-free environment. Pride Center of Vermont, Burlington, 1-4 p.m. Free. Info, liz@pridecentervt.org.

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‘BOOM’: See WED.30, 2 & 7 p.m.

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DIANE HULING & SARA LISNIANSKY: The songstresses span the baroque era with the wideranging program “From Byrd to Bach: Music for Harpsichord and Recorder.” Greensboro United Church of Christ, 3 p.m. $20. Info, hulingperformances@gmail.com. NEW BLACK EAGLE JAZZ BAND: Cool cats can’t help but boogie to selections by Jelly Roll Morton, Cole Porter and Duke Ellington. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 2 p.m. $5-20. Info, 728-6464. PURE COUNTRY BAND: Music lovers start with food, then dance the afternoon away to toe-tapping tunes. VFW Post 309, Peru, N.Y., meal, noon; band, 1-4 p.m. Donations. Info, 518-643-2309. SENIOR RECITAL: AYRICE WILSON: The SUNY Plattsburgh Department of Music student belts out the program “Musical Poetry & Storytelling.” Krinovitz Recital Hall, Hawkins Hall, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 4-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 518-564-2472. SOCIAL BAND: See SAT.2, First Unitarian Universalist Society, Burlington, 3-4:30 p.m.

sports

WOMEN’S PICKUP SOCCER: Quick-footed ladies of varying skill levels break a sweat while connecting passes and making runs for the goal. For ages 18 and up. Robert Miller Community & Recreation Center, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. $3. Info, carmengeorgevt@gmail.com.

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‘ALMOST, MAINE’: See FRI.1, 2 p.m. ‘MARY POPPINS’: See FRI.1, 1 p.m.

LIST YOUR EVENT FOR FREE AT SEVENDAYSVT.COM/POSTEVENT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA LIVE IN HD: See SAT.2, Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 12:55 p.m. $23. Info, 775-0903. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1 p.m. $29. Info, 603-646-2422. ‘THE MOUNTAINTOP’: See WED.30, 5 p.m. VERMONT PRIDE THEATER AT CHANDLER: AUDITIONS: See SAT.2, 5-7 p.m. ‘WHEN I PUT ON YOUR GLOVE’: See SAT.2, 4 p.m.

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BURLINGTON WOMEN’S POETRY GROUP: Female writers seek feedback from fellow rhyme-andmeter mavens. Call for details. Private residence, Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, jcpoet@bellsouth.net.

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OPEN STUDIOS: See THU.31.

conferences

DIVERSITY CONFERENCE: Keynoters Harvey Alston and Stephen K. Benjamin address refugee and minority health, addiction and diversity in the workplace. Catamount Country Club, Williston, 8 a.m. $10-75. Info, 657-4219.

dance

DANCING FREEDOM: Earth, air, fire, water and spirit guide an ecstatic movement wave meant to promote healing and self-expression. Expressive Arts Burlington, 7-9:30 p.m. $10-15. Info, 267-210-9438. SALSA MONDAYS: Dancers learn the techniques and patterns of the 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 RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE: See FRI.1, St. Paul’s United Methodist Church of St. Albans, noon-5 p.m. Pittsfield Town Hall, 12:30-5:30 p.m. APRIL IN WOODSTOCK: See FRI.1. SOCIAL GATHERING: Those who are deaf, 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. VERMONT ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY: Stargazers meet to discuss celestial subjects. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7:30-9 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

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SPRING COLLEGE FAIR: High school students come face-to-face with college representatives from near and far. Champlain Valley Union High School, Hinesburg, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 482-7137.

film

‘JERUSALEM’: See WED.30.

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.30, 7 p.m.

health & fitness

BETTER BALANCE: See FRI.1.

MORNING FLOW YOGA: See WED.30.

ZUMBA: See WED.30.

kids

COLCHESTER PRESCHOOL STORY TIME: Captivating narratives pave the way for crafts and activities for youngsters ages 3 through 6. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10:30-11 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660. COUNT ME IN! PRESCHOOL MATH NIGHT: Little ones develop a love of learning through a hands-on introduction to mathematics concepts. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 6-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-4918. CRUISERS’ & CRAWLERS’ PLAY & STAY STORY TIME: Babies and toddlers up to age 2 engage in books, songs and social time with blocks, bubbles and parachute play. Highgate Public Library, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 868-3970. ESSEX JUNCTION PRESCHOOL STORY TIME: Picture books, songs, rhymes and early math tasks work tots’ mental muscles. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10-10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956. ONE-ON-ONE TUTORING: See SAT. 2, 6-8 p.m. PRESCHOOL MUSIC: Half pints have fun with song and dance. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. READING BUDDIES: Kiddos in grades K through 5 join teen mentors to stay sharp with stories. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-6956. ROBIN’S NEST NATURE PLAYGROUP: Naturalistled activities through fields and forests captivate tykes up to age 5 and their parents. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Donations. Info, 229-6206. WRITE NOW!: Emerging wordsmiths ages 12 and up hone their skills in a supportive environment. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660. YOUNG ADULT ADVISORY BOARD: Middle and high school students help make the library a destination for their peers. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.

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ADVANCED-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: Language learners perfect their pronunciation with guest speakers. Private residence, Burlington, 5-6:30 p.m. $20. Info, 324-1757.

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NAKED NAPS: Raleigh, N.C.’s two-piece indie punk band rocks the house. Party Tube open. ROTA Gallery and Studio, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7 p.m. $3-10. Info, rotagallery@gmail.com. SAMBATUCADA! OPEN REHEARSAL: Newbies are invited to help keep the beat as Burlington’s samba street-percussion band sharpens its tunes. No experience or instruments are required. 8 Space Studio Collective, Burlington, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 862-5017.

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HERBAL CONSULTATIONS: Betzy Bancroft, Larken Bunce, Guido Masé and students from the Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism evaluate individual constitutions and health conditions. City Market/ Onion River Co-op, Burlington, 4-8 p.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, info@vtherbcenter.org.

YMCA’S DIABETES PREVENTION PROGRAM: A presentation prescribes practices for preventing the metabolic disease. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-2518.

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‘WIND UNDER THE MOUNTAIN: A CLASSICAL CHINESE PERSPECTIVE ON LYME DISEASE AND CHRONIC PARASITIC DISORDERS’: Healers learn to harness eastern methods for treating ongoing illnesses. Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, Montpelier, 6-8 p.m. $10-12; preregister. Info, 224-7100.

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AGENCY OPEN HOUSE & CAREER FAIR: Job seekers spruce up their résumés for on-site interviews. Washington County Mental Health Services, Inc. Children, Youth and Family Services, Barre, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 229-1399.

RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: See WED.30.

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STARRY MOUNTAIN SINGERS: Intricate vocal harmonies propel an evening of traditional tunes. College Street Congregational Church, Burlington, 7-9:30 p.m. $10-15. Info, 233-5293.

seminars

BIKE FOR BEGINNERS: A lesson in DIY maintenance readies cyclists for on-the-road repairs. Bike Recycle Vermont, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Donations; preregister. Info, 264-9687.

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

environment

FSMA PRODUCE SAFETY RULE & PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP: See THU.31, Vermont Department of Health, Burlington, 2-4 p.m.

RECYCLING 101 – IT’S EASY, AND IT’S THE LAW: Cassandra Hemenway clarifies the ins and outs of sorting household items to be reprocessed. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Coop, Montpelier, 5-6:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 2238000, ext. 202.

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EDUCATION ENRICHMENT FOR EVERYONE: The United States’ 30th president is in the spotlight in William Jenney’s talk “Calvin Coolidge: The President From Plymouth Notch.” Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2 p.m. $5. Info, 864-3516.

AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE: See FRI.1, Islands in the Sun Senior Center, Alburgh, noon-5 p.m. APRIL IN WOODSTOCK: See FRI. 1. CAREER SERVICES: See WED.30. MATH & COOKIES: Brainiacs with an affinity for arithmetic socialize over games, coffee, tea and treats. Farrell Room, St. Edmund’s Hall, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2000.

GWYNETH WALKER: As part of PoemTown Randolph, the composer finds her rhythm in a talk about setting poetry to music. Three Bean Café, Randolph, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 728-3533. LINDA LUCK: The SUNY Plattsburgh professor takes a microscopic view of food in “Molecular Gastronomy: The Science Behind Cooking.” 30 City Place, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 518-564-5279.

SPRING VERMONT JOB & CAREER FAIR: Attendees network with potential employSA S T.2 ER ers from area businesses. Franklin TH | MU S IC | TH E U P O NT B RO D Conference Center, Rutland, noon-5 p.m. Free. Info, 773-2747.

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MUD SEASON BOOK SALE: See WED.30.

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POETRY WORKSHOP WITH GUEST POET PARTRIDGE BOSWELL: Burlington Writers Workshop members break down the basics of rhyme and meter. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104.

TUE.5 art

ROCK YOUR ART OUT: Free-form creative expression eliminates the stress and tension of the day. Expressive Arts Burlington, 6:15-8:15 p.m. $20. Info, 862-5302.

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FEAST TOGETHER OR FEAST TO GO: See FRI.1. TUESDAY VOLUNTEER NIGHTS: Helping hands pitch in around the shop by organizing parts, moving bikes and tackling other projects. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. Bike Recycle Vermont, Burlington, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 264-9687.

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‘QUILT AS DESIRED?’: Needle-and-thread expert Ann Petersen is on point during a discussion of her creative process. Essex Alliance Church, 7-9 p.m. $10; free for Champlain Valley Quilt Guild members. Info, programs@cvqgvt.org.

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BEGINNER WEST COAST SWING & FUSION DANCING: Students 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

SUMMER CAMP FAIR: Representatives from local organizations offer information about summertime programs for kiddos. Interpreters and childcare are available. Sustainability Academy, Lawrence Barnes School, Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 450-0427.

film

‘GIGI’: A friendship between a rich playboy and a courtesan-in-training turns into something more in this classic comedy starring Leslie Caron. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 1:30 & 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600. ‘JERUSALEM’: See WED.30. KNIGHTS OF THE MYSTIC MOVIE CLUB: Cinema hounds view campy flicks at this ode to offbeat productions. Main Street Museum, White River Junction, 8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 356-2776.

food & drink

TASTES OF ERITREA: YEBEG TIBS & INGUDAI TIBS: Mulu Tewelde guides home cooks in preparing dishes from her native country. McClure Multigenerational Center, Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $5-10; preregister; limited space. Info, 861-9757.

games

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.30, 7 p.m. GAMING FOR TEENS & ADULTS: Players crowd around the table for friendly bouts of Magic: The Gathering and other entertaining brain busters. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 5-7:45 p.m. Free. Info, reference@burlingtonvt.gov. TRIVIA NIGHT: IF YOU DON’T KNOW, NOW YOU KNOW: Teams of quick thinkers gather for a meeting of the minds. A DJ set and prizes sweeten the deal. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0406.

health & fitness

BRANDON FITNESS BOOT CAMP: Hop to it! Get fit with strength, endurance, agility and coordination exercises. Otter Valley North Campus Gym, Brandon, 5:30-6:30 p.m. $12. Info, 343-7160.

COMMUNITY FLOW: A balanced series of postures builds strength and flexibility, promoting stamina and a sense of inner calm. Yoga Roots, Shelburne, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 985-0090. DROP-IN YOGA: Yogis bring their own mats to a hatha class led by Betty Molnar. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660. FREE YOGA: Students stretch away the blues at a community class for all levels. Whirled Tree Arts, Burlington, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 448-2141. KICKBOXING CLASS WITH BELINDA: Athletes embrace their inner badass by building endurance, strength and flexibility in a class propelled by fun music. North End Studio B, Burlington, 6:15-7:15 p.m. $15. Info, bestirredfitness@gmail.com. MINDFULNESS CLASS: See WED.30, 12:15-1 p.m.

kids

CLOWNING & CHARACTER WORKSHOP: Outgoing youngsters ages 8 and up get goofy with comical personas. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 4 p.m. $810; preregister. Info, 431-0204. CREATIVE TUESDAYS: Artists exercise their imaginations with recycled materials. Ages 8 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3-5 p.m. Free. Info, reference@ burlingtonvt.gov. FAMILY GAME NIGHT: Players ages 5 and up sit down to board-game bouts. Fairfax Community Library, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 849-2420. LEGO CHALLENGE: Children take on building challenges with colorful blocks. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291. PRESCHOOL MUSIC: Melody makers ages 3 through 5 sing and dance the morning away. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 11:30 a.m.noon. Free. Info, 264-5660. PRESCHOOL STORY HOUR: Imaginations blossom when young ’uns up to age 6 engage in themed tales and activities. Fairfax Community Library, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 849-2420. PRESCHOOL STORY TIME: Books and creative projects promote early literacy skills. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. READ TO A DOG: Tots share stories with lovable pooches. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-4918. READ TO DAISY THE THERAPY DOG: Budding bookworms join a friendly canine for ear-catching narratives. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3:15-4 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956. SPANISH MUSICAL KIDS: Amigos ages 1 to 5 learn Latin American songs and games with Constancia Gómez, a native Argentinian. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:45 a.m. Free. Info, reference@ burlingtonvt.gov. STORY TIME FOR 3- TO 5-YEAR-OLDS: Preschoolers stretch their reading skills through activities involving puppets and books. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956. STORY TIME FOR BABIES & TODDLERS: Picture books, songs, rhymes and puppets arrest the attention of children under 3. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 9:10-9:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956. TODDLER STORY TIME: Good listeners up to 3 years old have fun with music, rhymes, snacks and captivating tales. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10:30-11 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660.

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BEAUSOLEIL AVEC MICHAEL DOUCET: Spellbinding fiddle playing fuses with soulful vocal stylings in a Cajun-flavored concert. See calendar spotlight. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 7:30 p.m. $40. Info, 382-9222. DRUMMING CLASSES FOR DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING VERMONTERS: See MON.4, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 871-5002. NOONTIME CONCERT SERIES: Chapin Kaynor directs the Champlain Consort in a variety of Renaissanceand Elizabethan-era music on period instruments. The Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free; bring a bag lunch. Info, 864-0471.

seminars

CRC PRO HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES: See FRI.1. FSMA PRODUCE SAFETY RULE & PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP: See THU.31, Rutland Free Library, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

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COMMUNITY MEDICAL SCHOOL: ACCESS Uganda founder Robert Kalyesubula shares his expertise in “Global Health: A View From Uganda.” Carpenter Auditorium, Given Medical Building, UVM, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 847-2886. KIRIN NARAYAN: The professor invokes the Hindu deity Vishwakarma in the talk “Culture at Hand: The Anthropology of Creativity and the Making of a Divine Craftsman in India.” Room 125, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168. LORI KNUTSON: The clinician’s lecture “Integrative Heath Care: The Time is Now!” is just what the doctor ordered. Davis Auditorium, Medical Education Center Pavilion, UVM Medical Center, Burlington, 2-3 p.m. Free. Info, 656-9266. MICHAEL TOUGIAS: Photos of shipwrecks and Coast Guard crews illustrate the story behind the 2016 film The Finest Hours. Pierson Library, Shelburne, 1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 985-5124.

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‘THE MOUNTAINTOP’: See WED.30, 7:30 p.m.

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AUTHOR VISIT: Jennifer Armstrong dives into her book Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance. Fairfax Community Library, 5-6 p.m. Free. Info, 849-2420. MUD SEASON BOOK SALE: See WED.30. SPRING LITERATURE READING SERIES: Ambitious readers discuss designated chapters from Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup. com; limited space. Info, 383-8104. A VERMONT POETRY CELEBRATION: Five Green Mountain State wordsmiths share their gifts for verse as part of National Poetry Month. Bridgeside Books, Waterbury, wine and cheese reception, 5:30-6:30 p.m.; readings, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 244-1441.

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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.

LIFE DRAWING: See WED.30.

‘LA CAUSERIE’ FRENCH CONVERSATION: Native speakers are welcome to pipe up at an unstructured conversational practice. El Gato Cantina, Burlington, 4:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0195.

LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR NEW BUSINESS OWNERS: Entrepreneurs prepare to avoid common mistakes and employ preventative measures to protect their enterprises. FarVision, Rutland, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, info.vermont@ cweonline.org.

PAUSE-CAFÉ FRENCH CONVERSATION: Frenchlanguage folks engage in dialogue en français. ¡Duino! (Duende), Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 363-2431.

MIXED MEDIA COLLAGE WORKSHOP: See WED.30.

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VERMONT FAMILY NETWORK CONFERENCE: Parents and professionals caring for children with special needs network during a day of workshops featuring keynoter Susan Yuan. See vtfn.org for details. Hilton Burlington, 8 a.m.-4:45 p.m. $65-110. Info, 876-5315, ext. 246.

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ADULT EVENING CRAFT GROUP: Unfinished projects get the attention they deserve. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 6:15-7:45 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. KNITTERS & NEEDLEWORKERS: Crafters convene for creative fun. Colchester Meeting House, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.

HERBAL FIRST AID: BEYOND ECHINACEA & PLANTAIN POULTICES: Heather Irvine of Giving Tree Botanicals presents lesser-known herbs to add to natural medicine chests. Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, Montpelier, 6-8 p.m. $10-12. Info, 224-7100. INSIGHT MEDITATION: See WED.30. MIDDLEBURY FITNESS BOOT CAMP: See WED.30. MINDFUL WORKWEEKS: WEDNESDAY NIGHT MEDITATION: See WED.30. MINDFULNESS CLASS: See WED.30. MORNING FLOW YOGA: See WED.30. NIA WITH LINDA: See WED.30. RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: See WED.30. R.I.P.P.E.D.: See WED.30, 6 p.m. TREAD & SHRED: See WED.30.

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ZUMBA: See WED.30.

DROP-IN HIP-HOP DANCE: See WED.30. URBAN DANCE CLASS: Balance, space perception, body awareness and contemporary technique inform a lesson for hoofers of all experience levels. Room 131, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 5:30 p.m. $10. Info, 603-646-2422.

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AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE: See FRI.1, Champlain College, Burlington, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. APRIL IN WOODSTOCK: See FRI.1.

kids

BOOK DISCUSSIONS FOR HOMESCHOOLED STUDENTS: Youngsters, grouped by age, chat about celebrated titles. Call for details. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 9-10 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956. ‘DIVERGENT’ PARTY: Teenage fans of Veronica Roth’s science-fiction trilogy screen the film adaptations of the first two novels while munching on pizza. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6-11 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660. DOROTHY CANFIELD FISHER BOOK DISCUSSION: Readers ages 8 through 11 weigh in on The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher by Dana Alison Levy. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.

CAREER SERVICES: See WED.30. TECH HELP WITH CLIF: See MON.4. TURNON BURLINGTON: See WED.30.

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CLASSIC FILM SERIES: Movie lovers view cinematic masterpieces. Call for details. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581.

ONE-ON-ONE TUTORING: See SAT.2, 4-8 p.m. STORY TIME & PLAYGROUP: See WED.30. STORY TIME FOR 3- TO 5-YEAROLDS: See TUE. 5, 10-10:45 a.m.

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COMMUNITY SUPPER: See WED.30.

INTRODUCTION TO BAKING WITH NATURAL SOURDOUGH: Brotbakery’s Heike Meyer breaks down the steps of making naturally leavened loaves with a fermented culture. City Market/Onion River Co-op, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. $5-10; preregister; limited space. Info, 861-9757.

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BEGINNER ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASS: See WED.30. BEGINNER RUSSIAN CONVERSATION GROUP: See WED.30. ‘CLUB DE LECTURE’: Fatou Diome’s La préférence nationale inspires French-language conversation among readers. Klein Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 7-8:15 p.m. $3. Info, laurenceclerfeuille@yahoo.com. GERMAN CONVERSATION GROUP: Community members practice conversing auf Deutsch. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, reference@burlingtonvt.gov. INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN CONVERSATION GROUP: See WED.30. INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: See WED.30.

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.30.

INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASS: See WED.30.

health & fitness

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DANCE-BASED CONDITIONING: See WED.30. ESSENTIAL OIL BASICS: Body and soul benefit from extractions and infusions. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Coop, Montpelier, 6-7 p.m. $2-3; preregister. Info, 223-8000, ext. 202.

‘BOOM’: See WED.30.

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A CAPPELLA MASTER CLASS: Music fans observe as the Swingle Singers school local ensembles in

MICHAEL ARNOWITT: Part performance and part lecture, the First Wednesdays series presentation “An Evening of George Gershwin” explores the music and era of the American composer. Trinity Episcopal Church, Rutland, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 773-1860.

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

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FINAL BLOWOUT!

RUN WITH THE HASH: Beer hounds of legal age earn sips with an invigorating jog. Burlington City 16t-MeetingHouseOnTheGreen040616.indd 1 Hall Park, 6:30-9 p.m. $5; free for first-timers. Info, 223-5399. WOMEN’S PICKUP BASKETBALL: See WED.30.

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DAVID MCCULLOUGH JR.: In his First Wednesdays series lecture, the father of four chimes in on child rearing with “’You Are Not Special’ ... and Other Encouragements.” Norwich Congregational Church, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 649-1184. HAVILAND SMITH: The former CIA chief of counterterrorism shares his expertise in the First Wednesdays series presentation “Understanding Islamic Extremism.” St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291.

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IDEAS ON TAP: ‘THAT’S ART?’: Champlain College professor David Mills curates a conversation about encountering creative works with an open mind. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0406. MARK A. STOLER: The professor talks martial history in “Myths of World War II,” a First Wednesday series address. Goodrich Memorial Library, Newport, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 334-7902. NANCY JAY CRUMBINE: Presented as part of the First Wednesdays series, “The Legacy of Rachel Carson” examines the environmental scientist’s clarity, courage and brilliance. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4095.

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MUD SEASON BOOK SALE: See WED.30. WEDNESDAY CREATIVE WRITING 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. WEDNESDAY EVENING BOOK CLUB: Avid readers exchange ideas and opinions about Julie Otsuka’s When the Emperor Was Divine. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6:45-7:45 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660. WILLIAM E. COLBY MILITARY WRITERS’ SYMPOSIUM: Leading writers and thinkers share their work, discuss current affairs and salute literary interpretations of war. See colby.norwich.edu for details. Norwich University, Northfield, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Free; $50 for meet-the-authors dinner. Info, 485-2811. !

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EPIC MINDFULNESS MEDITATION: See WED.30.

KINGDOM ALL STARS: Middle- and high-school musicians show their stuff in a wide range of styles. Fuller Hall, St. Johnsbury Academy, 10:30 a.m. & 1 p.m. $4. Info, 748-2600.

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VERMONT PRESERVATION SOCIETY FOOD SWAP & POTLUCK: Homemade, homegrown and responsibly foraged fare changes hands at a gourmet gathering. Bring five to 10 items to swap. Incubator, Winooski, 7-9 p.m. $5; cash bar. Info, 279-3444.

TODDLER TIME: See WED.30.

EAST BAY JAZZ ENSEMBLE: The Farmers Night Concert Series continues with a swinging set channeling the sounds of classic big bands. House Chamber, Vermont Statehouse, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 828-2228.

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IN-STORE TASTING: Deirdre Heekin of La Garagista Farm + Winery introduces Vermont-made varieties. Dedalus Wine, Burlington, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-2368.

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‘EXHIBITION ON SCREEN: MATISSE: FROM MOMA AND TATE MODERN’: A behind-the-scenes look at the “Henri Matisse: The CutOuts” exhibit treats art lovers to rare archival footage of the artist, interviews and more. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 11 a.m. $5-10. Info, 382-9222.

KIDS’ OPEN GYM: See WED.30.

singing sans accompaniment. Faulkner Recital Hall, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 603-646-2422.

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ABSTRACT PAINTING: Explore the many exciting possibilities of abstract painting! Using the paint of your choice (water-soluble oils, acrylics or watercolor), experiment and add other mixed media to your work. Learn from each other, discussing ideas in supportive critique. Class includes basic materials; students are responsible for some materials (see materials list online). Instructor: Linda Jones. Weekly on Tue., Apr. 12-May 24, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $210/person; $189/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166. CLAY: THROWING SETS: In this five-week class, students will be guided through the process of creating wheel-thrown sets. Topics will include making multiples of the same piece, stacking mugs and nesting bowls, and serving sets. The intermediatelevel course is intended for students with proficiency in centering, throwing cups and throwing bowls. All glazes and firings included. Prerequisite: Wheel throwing experience. Instructor: Chris Vaughn. Weekly on Thu., Apr. 7-May 12, 12:30-3 p.m. No class Apr. 28. Cost: $175/person; $157.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166. DIY: TERRARIUMS: Join artist Laura Hale and create your own custom-designed terrarium. You’ll learn how to choose the right plants and create the right soil conditions for them to thrive. Makes a great Mother’s Day gift! All materials provided. Thu., May 5, 6-8 p.m. Cost: $35/ person; $31.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166. JEWELRY: BANGLES: Come check out the jewelry and fine metals studio by making your own silver, copper or brass bangle. Open to all skill levels. All materials included.

Instructor: Rebecca Macomber. Mon., Apr. 25, 6-9 p.m. Cost: $35/ person; $31.50/BCA members. Location: Generator, 250 Main St. (Memorial Auditorium), Burlington. Info: 865-7166. PHOTO: DOCUMENTARY STORYTELLING: An introduction to the process of documentary storytelling and discussion of subject matter, composition, editing and story structure. Group discussions and critiques as well as shooting assignments will help you to begin a new photographic project or refine works in progress. Film or digital photography welcome. Instructor: Liza Semler. Weekly on Mon., Apr. 25-May 16, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $120/person; $108/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166. WRITING ABOUT YOUR ARTWORK: Learn tips for writing a successful artist statement from curator and editor Jessica Manley. Communicate what you investigate, observe or want to express with your art and make your next grant, residency or exhibition proposal stronger. Artists from all disciplines and at all levels are welcome. Bring samples of artist statements for review. Instructor: Jessica Manley. Mon., Apr. 18, 6:308:30 p.m. Cost: $25/person; $22.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166.

climbing 3-WEEK ADULT CLIMBING CLINICS: A great introduction for those new to climbing or a way to hone skills for those who already have experience. Price includes three additional visits, gear rentals and three sessions with one of five clinics: coed beginner or intermediate, women’s beginner or intermediate, or lead climbing (for experienced climbers). Coed on Tue., Women’s on Thu. & Lead on Fri. beginning Apr. 12. Cost: $105/clinic. Location: Petra Cliffs Climbing Center and Mountaineering School, 105 Briggs St., Burlington. Info: Andrea Charest, 657-3872, andrea@petracliffs. com, petracliffs.com/climbing/ adultclasses.

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materials and snacks; bring a bag lunch. Location: River Arts, 32 Richmond St., Morrisville. Info: Sara, 888-3802.

Feldenkrais THE CARRIAGE OF THE HEAD: Many people are challenged by neck pain and finding a comfortable place for their head in space.This six-week series will help you to reorganize the carriage of the head on your spine. You will discover how to find support and mobility within yourself through a series of Awareness Through Movement lessons. Beginners welcome! Series starts in April in Burlington, Middlebury and Richmond. Starts Thu., Apr. 7, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Cost: $90/6-week series; $20 drop-in class. Location: Sacred Mountain Studio, 215 College Street, Burlington. Info: Vermont Feldenkrais, Uwe Mester, 7353770, info@vermontfeldenkrais. com, vermontfeldenkrais.com.

KIDS SEWING CAMPS!: Looking for a camp this summer full of creativity, making and fun? Nido’s Kids Camp offers beginners the basics of sewing while constructing fun projects! Learn gathering, piecing and topstitching techniques while applying finishing touches with zippers, buttons and elastic. Projects include apron, piggy bank, headband and more. More dates available! Tue.-Fri., Jul. 5-8, 9 a.m.-noon. Cost: $415/4-part, 12-hour camp; sewing machine & materials incl. Location: Nido Fabric and Yarn, 209 College St., Suite 2E, Burlington. Info: 8810068, info@nidovt.com, nidovt. com. ME AND MOM (OR DAD!) SEWING!: Children ages 7 to 13 and an adult are welcomed into our studio space for a fun threehour, learn-to sew date! Neither child or parent need any experience to attend and will be working on their own machines and will complete their own tote bag by the end of class. Sun., Apr. 3, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $105/3-hour class; materials incl. Location: Nido Fabric and Yarn, 209 College St., Ste. 2E, Burlington. Info: 881-0068, info@nidovt.com, nidovt.com.

dance DANCE STUDIO SALSALINA: Salsa classes, nightclub-style, group and private, four levels. Beginner walk-in classes, Wednesdays, 6 p.m. $15/person for one-hour class. No dance experience, partner or preregistration required, just the desire to have fun! Drop in any time and prepare for an enjoyable workout. Location: 266 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Victoria, 5981077, info@salsalina.com. DSANTOS VT SALSA: Experience the fun and excitement of Burlington’s eclectic dance community by learning salsa. Trained by world famous dancer Manuel Dos Santos, we teach you how to dance to the music and how to have a great time on the dance floor! There is no better time to start than now! Mon. evenings: beginner class, 7-8 p.m.; intermediate, 8:15-9:15 p.m. Cost: $12/1-hour class. Location: North End Studios, 294 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Tyler Crandall, 598-9204, crandalltyler@hotmail.com, dsantosvt.com.

design/build WHEEL BUILDING: Build your own set of custom wheels for your bike. Work with Old Spokes Home mechanics to design your wheels, calculate spoke length, and perform the process of lacing, tensioning and truing your dream wheels with the aid of

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an expert. Wheel parts are sold at a discount to participants. Tue., Apr. 5, 12 & 19. Cost: $100/9 hours total instruction. Location: Old Spokes Home, 322 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Christine Hill, 339-223-3392, christine@bikerecyclevt.org, oldspokeshome.com.

dreams DREAM ANALYSIS VIA JUNG’S OWN SEMINAR: Learn how Jung taught his own students to work with dreams in this course based on the notes Jung’s students took during the seminar. Led by Sue Mehrtens. Apr. 13, 20 & 27 & May 4, 7-9 p.m. Cost: $60/person. Location: Jungian Center for the Spiritual Sciences, 55 Clover La., Waterbury. Info: Sue, 244-7909.

drumming DJEMBE IN BURLINGTON AND MONTPELIER!: Learn drumming technique and music on West African Drums! Drums provided! Burlington Beginners Djembe, Wed., 5:30-6:20 p.m., starting Apr. 27, $72/6 weeks. $15/ drop-in. Djembes are provided. Montpelier Beginners Djembe, Thu., 7-8:20 p.m. starting Apr. 28, $72/4 weeks; $22/walk-ins. Six-person minimum required to run most classes; invite friends! Please register online or come directly to the first class!. Location: Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., Suite 3-G, Burlington, & Capital City Grange, 6612 Rte. 12, Berlin. Info: 999-4255, burlingtontaiko.org.

TAIKO DRUMMING IN BURLINGTON!: Study with Stuart Paton of Burlington Taiko! Beginner/Recreational Class, Tue., 5:30-6:20 p.m., starting Apr. 26, $72/6 weeks. Accelerated Taiko Program for Beginners, Mon. & Wed., 6:30-8:30 p.m. starting Mar. 28, $96/2 weeks. Kids and Parents’ Class, Mon. & Wed., 4:30-5:20 p.m., starting Mar. 28, $40/child or $76/parentchild for 2 weeks (no class Apr. 4 or 6); Apr. 25, $60/child or $112/parent-child for 3 weeks. Five-person minimum required to run most classes; invite friends! Please register online or come directly to the first class!. Location: Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., Suite 3-G, Burlington. Info: 999-4255, burlingtontaiko.org. TAIKO IN MONTPELIER!: Kids and parents’ taiko drumming, Thu., 4:30-5:20 p.m. starting Apr. 28. $48; $91 for pair. 4 weeks. Montpelier taiko class, Thu., 5:30-6:50 p.m. starting Apr. 28. $72/4 weeks; $22/walk-ins. Six-person minimum required to run most classes; invite friends! Please register online or come directly to the first class!. Location: Capital City Grange, 6612 Rte. 12, Berlin. Info: 9994255, burlingtontaiko.org.

empowerment THE HERO’S JOURNEY: DISCOVERING YOUR SELFWORTH: Boost your sense of self-worth through creativity, play, journaling and other techniques in this one-day workshop that builds on Joseph Campbell’s concept of the Hero’s Journey. Led by Sara Waskuch, consultant, creative thinker and lifelong student. Apr. 16, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost: $45/person; incl. art

POLE DANCE FITNESS CLASSES: Defy gravity and learn the art of pole! Pole is a form of dance and bodyweight exercise that anyone can do. New-client special: two classes for $30. Buy passes and reserve classes online at polefitvt.com. Classes starting Apr. 10 at North End Studio B, Burlington. Sun. morning, Mon. evening, Fri. afternoon. Cost: $15/60 minutes. Location: North End Studio B, 294 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Bohemienne Fitness, Alison M., 321-439-2275, bohemienne@ polefitvt.com, polefitvt.com. FUSION FITNESS AT HOME SCHOOL FITNESS: Join the movement of people who want fitness on their own terms, not defined by an ad or dependent upon a gym. Those who wish to push themselves at their own pace instead of being pushed to keep up with someone else. Who want challenge without punishment. Group or individual trainings offered at your location. Info: Coletta Greenbaum, CPT CES, training locally since 2006, 372-5750, homeschoolfit@ comcast.net.

gardening COMMUNITY TEACHING GARDEN: Sign up today for the Community Teaching Garden, a hands-on, 22-week beginner organic gardening course. Learn how to plant, cultivate, harvest and preserve your own vegetables and herbs. Class at two Burlington locations, May-October. More information and registration at vcgn.org. Deadline: April 1. Location: Two locations, Burlington. Info: 8614769, carolina@vcgn.org.

LEARN SPANISH & OPEN NEW DOORS: Connect with a new world. We provide high quality affordable instruction in the Spanish language for adults, students and children. Travelers lesson package. Our 10th year. Personal instruction from a native speaker. Small classes, private lessons and online instruction. See our website for complete information or contact us for details. Location: Spanish in Waterbury Center, Waterbury Center. Info: 585-1025, spanishparavos@gmail.com, spanishwaterburycenter.com.

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THE ART OF USUI/TIBETAN REIKI TRAINING: Introduction To Usui/ Tibetan Reiki: Apr. 2, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Advanced Usui Reiki Level: Apr. 23, 8:45 a.m.-4 p.m. Master Usui Reiki Level by appointment only. Location: Blissfull Wellness Center, 48 Laurel Dr., Essex Jct. Info: 238-9540, blissfulwellnessvt.com.

COMMUNITY HERBALISM CLASSES: Integrating Divination into Herbal Practice w/ Jonathan H Edwards, MSOM, LAc: Sat., Apr. 2, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Lyme Disease and Chronic Parasitic Disorders w/ Jonathan H Edwards, MSOM, LAc: Mon., Apr. 4, 6-8 p.m.; Herbal First Aid w/ Heather Irvine, Wed., Apr. 6, 6-8 p.m. Weekly events. Cost: $12/ person; preregistration required; some class require additional materials fee. Location: Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, 252 Main St., Montpelier. Info: Kathryn Hansis, 224-7100, info@ vtherbcenter.org, vtherbcenter. org.

LEARN TO DO EMDR THERAPY!: The renowned evidence-based approach for trauma and beyond. EMDRIA approved: basic training and low-cost refresher course for licensed and license-eligible clinicians. Payment plan and consults included. Get details and registration online. Part 1: May 20-22; Part 2: Jul. 15-17. Location: EMDR Basic Training, Burlington. Info: emdrconsulting.com.

BILL REED MUSICAL THEATRE SUMMER INTENSIVE: Professional musical theatre training with world-class faculty from New York City’s Circle in the Square Theatre School. Includes vocal technique, speaking voice and diction, song interpretation, Broadway dance technique, physical acting, the Alexander Technique, and yoga and stretching. All activities take place at Spotlight Vermont in South Burlington. Jun. 19-25. Cost: $700 Location: Bill Reed Voice Studio, 1967 Spear St., S. Burlington. Info: Sally Olson, sallyolson@billreedvoicestudio. com, billreedvoicestudio.com.

nature NATURAL HISTORY & BIRDING WEEKEND: Celebrate the mysteries of spring migration. With birds as your focus, explore the natural history of the landscape: investigate connections between bedrock, soils, plant distribution, animal behavior, bird ecology, and much more. Learn and practice some core routines for developing closer relationships with our feathered neighbors. Fri., May 27, 5-8 p.m., Sat., May 28, 7 a.m.-9 p.m. & Sun., May 29, 7 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Cost: $300/person. Location: Shelburne Farms, 1611 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-8686, registration@shelburnefarms. org, shelburnefarms.org.

tai chi BEGINNER TAI CHI IN BURLINGTON: We practice Cheng Man-ch’ing’s “simplified” 37-posture Yang-style form. The course will be taught by Patrick Cavanaugh, longtime student and assistant to Wolfe Lowenthal, student of Cheng Man-ching and founder of Long River Tai Chi Circle. Patrick is a senior instructor at LRTTC in Vermont and New Hampshire. Starts Wed., May 4, 9-10 a.m. Cost: $65/mo. (registration open through May 25). Location: North End Studios, 294 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Long River Tai Chi Circle, Patrick Cavanaugh, 490-6405, patrick@ longrivertaichi.org, longrivertaichi.org. SNAKE-STYLE TAI CHI CHUAN: The Yang Snake Style is a dynamic tai chi method that mobilizes the spine while stretching and strengthening the core body muscles. Practicing this ancient martial art increases strength, flexibility, vitality, peace of mind and martial skill. Beginner classes Sat. mornings & Wed. evenings. Call to view a class. Location: Bao Tak Fai Tai Chi Institute, 100 Church St., Burlington. Info: 864-7902, ipfamilytaichi.org.

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YOGA ROOTS: Yoga Roots strives to provide community experiences that promote healing on all levels with a daily schedule of yoga classes for all ages and abilities. We aim to clarify your mind, strengthen your body and ignite your joyful spirit through classes such as Anusurainspired, Kundalini, Restorative, Heated Vinyasa Flow, Gentle, Nia, Prenatal, and Teen. Check out our special offerings: free Nia demo & class w/ Rebecca Boedges: Sun., Apr. 3, 4:30-6 p.m.; Feldenkrais: Improve your Backbend w/ Uwe Mester: Sat. Apr. 9, 3-5 p.m. Location: Yoga Roots, 120 Graham Way, Shelburne Green Business Park behind Folino’s. Info: 985-0090, yogarootsvt.com. HOT YOGA BURLINGTON: Feeling stuck, overwhelmed, stressed, restless or just bored? Come try something different! Yes, it’s yoga, you know, stretching and stuff. But we make it different. How? Come and see. Hot Yoga Burlington is Vermont’s first Far Infrared heated hot yoga studio, experience it! Can you teach creative Vinyasa? Yoga teacher wanted. Get hot: 2-for-1 offer. $15. Location: North End Studio B, 294 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 999-9963, hotyogaburlingtonvt.com. INQUIRY YOGA: Yoga + sacred space. Integration of Body, Mind, Life. Gentle postures to sense, feel and directly experience your essential self with curiosity, acceptance and depth. Our bodies contain wisdom beyond words and offer continuous guidance leading us to who we are and what we want. Connect to your body. Speak the language. Listen. Every Tue. beginning Mar. 29, 6-8 p.m. Cost: $15/person. Location: The Barn at Lang Farm, 43 Upper Main St., Essex Junction (East of 5 Corners). Info: pamelaclarkyoga@gmail. com, pamelanaudaclark.com.

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HONEST YOGA, THE ONLY DEDICATED HOT YOGA FLOW CENTER: Honest Yoga offers practice for all levels. Brand new beginners’ courses include two specialty classes per week for four weeks plus unlimited access to all classes. We have daily classes in Essentials, Flow and Core Flow with alignment constancy. We hold teacher trainings at the 200- and 500-hour levels. Daily classes & workshops. $25/new student 1st week unlimited; $15/class or $130/10-class card; $12/ class for student or senior or $100/10-class punch card. Location: Honest Yoga Center, 150 Dorset St., Blue Mall, next to Sport Shoe Center, S. Burlington. Info: 497-0136, honestyogastudio@gmail.com, honestyogacenter.com.

EVOLUTION YOGA: Evolution Yoga and Physical Therapy offers yoga classes for beginners, experts, athletes, desk jockeys, teachers, fitness enthusiasts, people with who think they are inflexible. Choose from a wide variety of classes and workshops in Vinyasa, Kripalu, Core, Gentle, Vigorous, Philosophy, Yoga Wall, Therapeutics and Alignment. Become part of our yoga community. You are welcome here. Cost: $15/class; $130/10-class card; $5-10/community classes. Location: Evolution Yoga, 20 Kilburn St., Burlington. Info: 8649642, evolutionvt.com.

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EXPRESSIONS IN PAINT W/ CLAIRE DESJARDINS: Deepen your understanding of the acrylic medium as you learn innovative mark-making techniques and explore color theory on a large format. All levels welcome. Sat., Apr. 16, & Sun., Apr. 17, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Cost: $300/person; $275/ members. Location: Helen Day Art Center, 90 Pond St., Stowe. Info: 253-8358, education@ helenday.com, helenday.com.

JAPANESE LANGUAGE TUTORING: Ace your test! Pass your class! Learn something new! Lessons for yourself or the student, in your home or downtown Burlington. As an English-Japanese bilingual with a master’s degree and collegelevel language teaching experience, I can help you grasp finer points of the Japanese language for your success. Text me! By appt. Cost: $30/1-hour session. Location: Place of your choosing, Burlington. Info: Ryan Layman, 399-1268.

LEARN TO MEDITATE: Through the practice of sitting still and following your breath as it goes out and dissolves, you are connecting with your heart. By simply letting yourself be, as you are, you develop genuine sympathy toward yourself. The Burlington Shambhala Center offers meditation as a path to discovering gentleness and wisdom. Shambhala Café (meditation and discussions) meets the first Saturday of each month, 9 a.m.-noon. An open house (intro to the center, short dharma talk and socializing) is held on the third Sunday of each month, noon-2 p.m. Instruction: Sun. mornings, 9 a.m.-noon, or by appt. Sessions: Tue. & Thu., noon-1 p.m., & Mon.-Thu., 6-7 p.m. Location: Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 658-6795, burlingtonshambhalactr.org.

KUNDALINI YOGA: Railyard yoga studio. We offer six kundalini yoga classes a week, as well as dharma yoga. $14/class; $120/10-class card. Location: Railyard yoga studio, 280 Battery St., Burlington. Info: 522-3698, railyardyoga@gmail.com, railyardapothecary.com.

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BOOKMAKING: This class will guide you through the steps of creating three to four of your own hardback, hand-bound books using several binding techniques. Sat., Apr. 2, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. & Sun., Apr. 3, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Cost: $165/person; $140/members. Location: Helen Day Art Center, 90 Pond St., Stowe. Info: 253-8358, education@helenday. com, helenday.com.

FRENCH: OH LA LA! TEEN/ADULT: Fabulous French classes for you chez Wingspan Studio! Inspiring, small-group environment; experienced instructor Madame Maggie will have you speaking in no time! Join fun, interactive, encouraging class in Burlington’s South End Arts District. Private lessons available to fit your schedule and specific needs. Allons-y! Oui! Oui! Weeeee! Weekly on Tue., Apr. 26-Jun. 7. Intermediate French: 5-6:30 p.m.; Beg. French: 6:458:15 p.m. Cost: $160/7-week session of 1.5-hour classes. Location: Wingspan Studio, 4A Howard St., 3rd floor, Burlington. Info: Maggie Standley, 233-7676, maggiestandley@gmail.com, wingspanpaintingstudio.com/classes.html.

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

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Four more local albums you (probably) haven’t heard B Y D AN BOL L ES

o many records, so little time. Seven Days gets more album submissions than we know what to do with. And, given the ease of record making these days, it’s difficult to keep up. Still, we try to get to every local release that comes across the music desk, no matter how obscure or far out. To that end, here are four albums that likely flew under the radar of your average local music fan. In some cases, they represent the outermost boundaries of local music. Others simply slipped through the cracks. But each is worth a listen. !

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Vermont’s A2VT will perhaps always be best known for their Onion City anthem, “Winooski, My Town.” The 2012 video for that song, which appeared on the then-trio’s debut album, Africa, Vermont, was a mini-sensation on YouTube, going locally viral and amassing close to 50,000 views. Since then, the crew of young African refugees has added a fourth member and, under the tutelage of musical mentor David Cooper, begun work on a new full-length record, due later this year. Released in early 2016, “Let’s Get Together” is the first single from that project. If it’s representative of the rest of the album, it would seem the group is taking its energetic fusion of hip-hop and Afrobeat to even more intensely danceable levels. But a budding musical sophistication at play amid those shimmering, syncopated beats suggests genuine artistic growth. In typically sunny A2VT fashion, “Let’s Get Together” is an optimistic — and extremely catchy — call for unity. The cultural mélange is reflected in every aspect of the song, from African drumming and chants to R&B-flavored vocal melodies to modern pop and hip-hop production work. The quartet is backed by a slew of notable locals, including Cooper, Linda Bassick, Ken French, Taylor Smith and Luke Laplant, among others, as well as African percussionists Puru Nirola, Ali Dieng and Mame Assane Coly. It’s a bright,

joyous song that bodes well for that forthcoming full-length. a2vt.com

Rockin’ Ron the Friendly Pirate, “Black Snake Tale” (SELF-RELEASED, DIGITAL DOWNLOAD)

Rockin’ Ron the Friendly Pirate is a children’s entertainer from the landlocked port of Smugglers’ Notch. Over the years he’s released a handful of swashbuckling recordings aimed at delighting youngsters. And, generally speaking, that’s exactly what he’s done. Rockin’ Ron writes pleasant, often punny sea shanties that leave kiddos smiling and, as importantly, don’t drive parents to walk the plank. Ron’s latest single, “Black Snake Tale,” follows in that same vein. It’s a catchy tune and slickly produced — bonus points for the judicious use of the pennywhistle. It’s also educational, touching on the region’s smuggling history and a ship called the Black Snake that “slithers through Lake Champlain.” The material might be best suited for slightly older kids. But the singsong melody should appeal to old salts of any age. rockinronthefriendlypirate.com

Thick as Thieves, Thick as Thieves (SELF-RELEASED, CD, DIGITAL DOWNLOAD)

Thick as Thieves are an upstate New York duo composed of Katie May Erskine and Arthur Buezo, the latter of whom local audiences may know as a member of the Blind Owl Band. Buezo and Erskine are both life and musical partners, and their relationship greatly informs their self-titled debut album. The record was largely written while the couple was traveling the country, and it has an appropriately rambling feel. This is classical rustic Americana very much inspired by the road. That’s apparent from the wily opening strains of “So We’ll Ride” and holds true

throughout, especially on “The Getaway,” “Seven Hundred Miles” and “Head for the Door.” Erskine and Buezo write with a hobo-minstrel style derived from the likes of Woody Guthrie and Hank Williams. They match that shabby sensibility with loose, energetic playing and singing. Both are talented multi-instrumentalists and vocalists, and some genuinely impressive musical moments can be found. But the album’s real appeal is its casual, rootsy aesthetic, which makes it a perfect choice for a country drive. cdbaby.com/cd/thickasthieves6

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Nobles are a quartet from Worcester, Mass. But they have some Green Mountain pedigree in the form of bassist and vocalist Davis McGraw, formerly of Windsor-based rock band the Pilgrims. That group is one of the flagship bands for Upper Valley label/ collective What Doth Life. Fans of either the Pilgrims or WDL will likely find a lot to like about Nobles. The band trades in dark, dreamy indie rock with plenty of reverb-drenched guitar jangle. Opener “Ghost Cave” wouldn’t sound out of place on a Real Estate record. “Laura’s a Menace” shimmers similarly but is cut with dose of gloominess on loan from the Cure. “Chandelier” is a moody, brooding number that owes a debt to the National. Things pick up on “Triage,” which sets the preceding dreariness to a skittering drumbeat and pop hooks that wink at Cheap Trick. Nobles wear their influences on their sleeves and sometimes reveal hero worship. But that’s a common trait for new bands and hardly a deal breaker. We do get glimpses of what could happen when the band corrals and transcends its influences. For example, “Tropic Haunt” takes the previously cited sonic trademarks and injects them with welcome personality, suggesting that Nobles could soon step out on their own artistically. noblesma.bandcamp.com

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taken so long to record a full-length. Only now does Wright feel like band has settled on an ideal lineup. “The additions of BOB WAGNER (guitar) and EZRA OKLAN (drums) have been huge guiding forces musically,” she writes, adding that Wagner has penned a number of songs for the band that now make up a big chunk of the band’s repertoire. “His spirit of spunk and camaraderie were desperately needed when he joined the group and have made us all gel better as friends and as performers and, really, as a family,” Wright continues. “He’s a total badass in every way, and he’s professional and dedicated. We needed that.” She credits Oklan, the newest member of the band, with trimming the fat. “He’s worked with us a lot on simplifying our music,” she writes. “Or better yet, defining our music, stripping away the excess and getting to the heart … being a slave to ‘the song.’” Actually, to 12 songs. The new record, which is due out this summer, is composed of six brand-new songs and six that the band has been playing for a while — including one redux from the EP. Wright says the band spent a lot of time reworking material, including playing with tempo and feel, and experimenting. “We kind of massaged

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If it seems like it’s been a hot minute since we’ve heard from KAT WRIGHT AND THE INDOMITABLE SOUL BAND, well, it has. The band hasn’t played in Burlington since its New Year’s Eve gig at the Flynn MainStage. It might seem a little strange for one of Vermont’s most popular bands to take a three-month hiatus from playing in their hometown. But absence, as they say, makes the heart grow fonder. And when it comes to gigging, absence is also sometimes a savvy move. Wright and co. will return to Burlington this Friday, April 1. And they’re playing the grandest rock stage in the land, the Higher Ground Ballroom. This will be their first time headlining the Ballroom, which is a major step for a local band. Lots of locals can pack Radio Bean or the Monkey House. Several others can crush Nectar’s or ArtsRiot. But only a handful can fill the area’s marquee room. And when you do, it’s a big deal. One of the worst mistakes bands can make is oversaturating their hometown market. They need to play frequently enough to cultivate a following, but gig too much, and they run the risk of those shows becoming less special for fans. It’s a fine balance to strike, but it’s critical for those looking to level up, which certainly includes the Indomitable Soul Band. So, part of the reason they’ve sat out the winter in Burlington is to build anticipation for what figures to be their biggest local show to date. In the

meantime, the band has been touring regionally and building followings in cities all over the Northeast. And that’s not all. Earlier in March, the ISB spent time in New York City recording their debut full-length album at Studio G with producer and engineer JOEL HAMILTON. Hamilton is an in-demand producer who has worked with the likes of TOM WAITS, IGGY POP, JOLIE HOLLAND, ELVIS COSTELLO and SPARKLEHORSE, to namedrop a few. In other words, he’s the real deal. It’s interesting that Wright’s band has been as successful as it is, with only a 2013 EP to its credit. Perhaps that’s simply a sign of the times. But it could also be because the Indomitable Soul Band has always been a live act first. They were born of a weekly residency playing soul covers at Radio Bean and began building a wider following through a string of increasingly higherprofile gigs — Burlington Discover Jazz Festival, Grand Point North, the Precipice, etc. “Making a full-length record has been a very long time coming for our group,” writes Wright in a recent email. “But, in a lot of ways, this was the soonest it made sense for us.” The singer cites several personnel changes over the years as a reason it’s

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VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Improv Jam, 6 p.m., free. Life of the Party (improv comedy), 7 p.m., $5. Daily Grind (improv), 8:30 p.m., $10.

THE DAILY PLANET: John Abair (folk), 8 p.m., free. DRINK: NYT, Guthrie Galileo & Friends (soul, hip-hop), 9 p.m., free.

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HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: DJ Learic (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free. JP’S PUB: Pub Quiz with Dave, 7 p.m., free. Karaoke with Melody, 10 p.m., free.

HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Darlingside, David Wax Museum, Haroula Rose (indie folk), 7:30 p.m., $12/15. AA.

JUNIPER: Paul Asbell (guitar jazz), 8 p.m., free.

MONKEY HOUSE: Ira Wolf (new folk), 8:30 p.m., $3/8. 18+.

LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Cody Sargent Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., free.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Rehab Roadhouse (rock), 7 p.m., free. Hot Pickin’ Party (bluegrass), 8 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Irish Sessions, 8 p.m., free. Film Night: Indie, Abstract, Avant Garde, 10 p.m., free.

PENALTY BOX: Karaoke, 8 p.m., free.

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

BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Italian Session, 6 p.m., donation.

NECTAR’S: Vinyl Night with Disco Phantom, Friends for A-Dog, 6 p.m., free. Formula 5, After Funk (rock, jam), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

SWEET MELISSA’S: BYOV Thursdays, 3 p.m., free. WHAMMY BAR: John Smyth (folk), 7 p.m., free.

RADIO BEAN: Catherine Wacha (folk), 6 p.m., free. Mapmaker (rock), 7 p.m., free. Caroline O’Connor (rock), 8:30 p.m., free. Peace in the Valley (folk), 10:30 p.m., free.

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MOOGS PLACE: Open Mic, 8 p.m., free.

middlebury area

RED SQUARE: Funkwagon (funk), 6 p.m., free. DJ Pat (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

CITY LIMITS: Throttle Thursdays with DJ Gold, 9 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Josh Panda’s Acoustic Soul Night, 8 p.m., $5-10 donation.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: DJ Da.Root (hip-hop), 9 p.m., free.

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HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: David Cross (standup), 7:30 & 10 p.m., $35. 18+. MONKEY HOUSE: Professor Gall (junkyard folk), 8:30 p.m., $3/8. 18+. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Blues Jam with the Collin Craig Trio, 7 p.m., free.

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BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Michael Jermyn and the Aristocratic Peasants (folk), 6 p.m., donation. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (MONTPELIER): Cajun Jam with Jay Ekis, Lee Blackwell, Alec Ellsworth & Katie Trautz, 6 p.m., $5-10 donation. SWEET MELISSA’S: Wine Down with D. Davis (acoustic), 5 p.m., free. WHAMMY BAR: Open Mic, 7 p.m., free.

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OLIVE RIDLEY’S: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

ZEN LOUNGE: Kizomba with Dsantos VT, 7 p.m., free. Well Wednesday, 10 p.m., free.

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MOOGS PLACE: Mud City Ramblers (bluegrass), 7 p.m., free.

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Montréal and a failed relationship in the rearview. While Good Advice is definitively a breakup record, it is not exactly sad-bastard music. Produced by My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, the album bears hints of soul, country and gospel. But it’s presented through a prism of upbeat pop that’s both reassuring and contemplative. Bulat plays the Higher Ground Showcase Lounge in South Burlington on Monday, April 4, with TWIN LIMB.

PIECASSO PIZZERIA & LOUNGE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

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CITY LIMITS: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free. TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

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NAKED TURTLE: Jay Lesage (acoustic), 5:30 p.m., free.

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242 MAIN: Get A Grip, Iron Gag, Sick Day and This Time Stars Fall (hardcore, punk), 7 p.m., $8. ARTSRIOT: ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch,’ 8 p.m., $17/20. AA. Pop-Up Pearl: the ‘Hedwig’ Afterparties (dance party), 10 p.m., $10/12. AA. CHURCH & MAIN: Cody Sargent Trio (jazz), 8 p.m., free.

CLUB METRONOME: Cosmic Thursdays: Cosmosis Jones, Doctor Rick, DJ Hobbz (electro, jam), 9 p.m., $5/7. 18+. DRINK: BLiNDoG Records Acoustic Sessions, 5 p.m., free. FINNIGAN’S PUB: Craig Mitchell (funk), 10 p.m., free. HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Half & Half Comedy (standup comedy), 8 p.m., free. VT House Movement (house), 10:30 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Ethan Snyder Group (jazz), 7 p.m., free. Stephanie Nilles (jazz), 9 p.m.,

free. Friend Zone Live! (DJs), 10:30 p.m., free. NECTAR’S: Trivia Mania, 7 p.m., free. Bluegrass Thursday, 10 p.m., $2/5. 18+. RADIO BEAN: The New Old Timers (old time), 6:30 p.m., free. Shane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free.

ARTSRIOT: ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch,’ 8 p.m., $17/20. AA. Pop-Up Pearl: the ‘Hedwig’ Afterparties (dance party), 10 p.m., $10/12. AA. BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: James Harvey (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. CITIZEN CIDER: Late Nighter Music Series: Brett Hughes & Lowell Thompson do ‘Nebraska’, 10:30 p.m., free. CLUB METRONOME: Nexus Presents: Mark Farina, Cousin Dave, Harder They Come, Big Dog, Loupo, Crusty Cuts (house), 9 p.m., $15/20. 18+. HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Sugar (rock), 7 p.m., free. Bonjour Hi (house), 10 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE: D Jay Baron (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Taka (vinyl DJ), 11 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Cre8, 10 p.m., free.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Disco Phantom (eclectic), 9 p.m., free.

RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB & WHISKEY ROOM: DJ Kermit (top 40), 10 p.m., free.

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Before we draw this week’s column to a close, I want to take a moment to thank everyone who made it out last Saturday to the premiere of BILL SIMMON’s documentary High Water Mark: The

Rise & Fall of the Pants. It was a very $200 Monthly raffle special night, on so many levels. with no purchase necessary For starters, the movie is fantastic. If you were here during the reign of the PANTS in the 1990s, I almost guarantee CARRYING you’ll get misty-eyed watching it. It’s a loving throwback to a phenomenal VAPORIZERS period of Burlington rock and a INCLUDING: touching homage to a great band. PAX 2, G-PEN, If you weren’t here then, see it MAGIC FLIGHT AND anyway. Simmon’s film is relatable VOLCANO to anyone who has ever loved an underground band that never quite made it. It’s a universal story, and I think you’ll find it relevant and entertaining whether you know the Pants’ music or not. And I’m not saying 75 Main Street | 802-865-6555 that just because I’m in the film. I really 75 Main St., Burlington, VT 864.6555 believe it. Mon-Thur 10-9; F-Sat 10-10; Sun 10-8 Of course, what a treat to hear TOM www. nor ther nl i ghts pi pes . c om LAWSON sing those old songs again — doubly so backed by SWALE. It was F ol l ow us on I ns tagr am! Must be 18 to purchase tobacco products, ID required also incredible to hear folks like JAMES KOCHALKA, CRAIG MITCHELL, RYAN OBER, RYAN MILLER, CASEY RAE, JASON COOLEY, HELOISE 8v-northernlights032316.indd 1 3/16/16 3:39 PM WILLIAMS and others do renditions of their favorite Pants tunes. Miller, by the way, was a highlight of the LOUNGE night — literally, since he was wearing Christmas lights head to toe. He might have been second only to Swale vocalistWED WHAT A JOKE! keyboardist AMANDA GUSTAFSON’s heart30 STANDUP: Open Mic wrenching take on “Both Eyes Closed.” It was also cool to hear short sets THU IMPROV NIGHT! *PRIDE BENEFIT* by 1990s bands CONSTRUCTION JOE and 31 JAM / Life of the Party CHAINSAWS OF BABYLON. If you squinted — Daily Grind f t . DeAnne Smith or were drunk enough … ahem — you might almost have believed it was 1997 FRI1 SAT2 at Club Toast all over again. What a night. ! SEVENDAYSVT.COM

the songs into places that felt the most authentic,” she explains. The band’s 2013 debut EP was a solid effort and a passable companion to its electric live shows. Still, in some ways, it felt like the band played it a little too straight, too safe. If you listen to that EP and compare it to what the band sounds like now, it’s like hearing two different groups — which is actually kind of the case. “When we made the EP, we really were just winging it and doing what we knew how to do at that time,” Wright admits. “We didn’t take any chances on the EP, and we didn’t have a mentor. It was just straight-up us, exactly how we sounded at the time. We’ve matured a lot as a band since then.” Wright has matured as a singer, too. She says she’s worked immensely on her technique, her tone, delivery and phrasing. She says those improvements gave her the confidence to take risks in the studio she wouldn’t have before. “With this record we really took some sonic chances,” she writes,

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episode of Fieri’s series “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.” The celebrity chef dug the band’s electric fusion of old-school funk and hiphop so much that he hired them to play his birthday party. Clearly, the dude’s good taste extends beyond food. Sophistafunk play a two-night run at Nectar’s in Burlington on Friday and Saturday, April 1 and 2. The LYNGUISTIC CIVILIANS open Friday, and upstate New York’s MISTER F support on Saturday.

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NECTAR’S: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., free. Sophistafunk, Lynguistic Civilians (funk, hip-hop), 9 p.m., $10. RADIO BEAN: Friday Morning SingAlong with Linda Bassick & Friends (kids’ music), 11 a.m., free. The Static Circus Play the Music of Charles Manson, 6 p.m., free. Eddy Marshall Blues Band, 7 p.m., free. Little Slugger (rock), 9 p.m., free. Eastern Mountain Time (alt-country), 10 p.m., free. Canopy (rock), 11:30 p.m., free. RED SQUARE: DJ Craig Mitchell (house), 11 p.m., $5. RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: D Jay Baron (EDM), 9 p.m., $5. RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB & WHISKEY ROOM: Supersounds DJ (top 40), 10 p.m., free. RUBEN JAMES: DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): The Wee Folkestra (folk rock), 9 p.m., free. UNCOMMON GROUNDS: Eric George, Ian Burton, Sarah Jameson (folk, country, Americana), 8 p.m., free. VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: DeAnne Smith (standup), 7 & 9:30 p.m., $15. ZEN LOUNGE: Salsa Night with Jah Red (Latin), 9 p.m., $5. Friday Night Worldwide (dance), 11 p.m., $5.

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BACKSTAGE PUB: Acoustic Happy Hour, 5 p.m., free. Karaoke with Jenny Red, 9 p.m., free. COLCHESTER’S MEAD HALL: April Fools Day Mead and Comedy (standup), 7-8:30 p.m., free. HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Kat Wright and the Indomitable Soul Band, Dwight & Nicole, Jesse Dee (soul), 8 p.m., $12/15. AA. HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Felly, Gyyps (hip-hop), 7:30 p.m., $12/15. AA. JERICHO CAFÉ & TAVERN: Red Hot Juba (cosmic Americana), 7 p.m., free. MONKEY HOUSE: The Willoughbys (folk), 5:30 p.m., free. Dylan Owen, Mase Well, Blunder (hip-hop), 9 p.m., $5/10. 18+. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: The Woedoggies (country), 5 p.m., free. Phil Abair Band (rock), 9 p.m., free. STONE CORRAL BREWERY: Justin Panigutti (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free. SUGAR HOUSE BAR AND GRILL: Cyn City (rock), 9 p.m., free. WATERWORKS FOOD + DRINK: Shmelp on the Way (Grateful Dead tribute), 9:30 p.m., $5.

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BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Art Herttua & Ray Carroll (jazz), 6 p.m., donation. CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Wes Hamilton & John Ryan (folk), 6 p.m., free. Lilith Velkor (punk, grunge), 9 p.m., free. ESPRESSO BUENO: Espresso Brain-O (trivia), 7 p.m., $5. POSITIVE PIE (MONTPELIER): MIchelle Sarah Band (soul, funk), 10:30 p.m., $5. SWEET MELISSA’S: Honky Tonk Happy Hour with Mark LeGrand, 5 p.m., free. WHAMMY BAR: Marc Delgado, Peter Condaxis (folk), 7:30 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs

RIMROCK’S MOUNTAIN TAVERN: DJ Rekkon #FridayNightFrequencies (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

middlebury area

CITY LIMITS: Let it Rock Entertainment (requests), 9 p.m., free. TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Starline Rhythm Boys (rockabilly), 6 p.m., $3. Let’s Be Leonard (rock), 9 p.m., $3.

champlain islands/ northwest

14TH STAR BREWING CO.: Coon Hill John (Americana), 6 p.m., free.

northeast kingdom JASPER’S TAVERN: Funk n Roll (classic rock), 9:30 p.m., free.

outside vermont

MONOPOLE: Glass Onion (rock), 10 p.m., free. MONOPOLE DOWNSTAIRS: Happy Hour Tunes & Trivia with Gary Peacock, 5 p.m., free.

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ARTSRIOT: ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch,’ 8 p.m., $17/20. AA. Pop-Up Pearl: the ‘Hedwig’ Afterparties (dance party), 10 p.m., $10/12. AA. BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: Paul Asbell and Clyde Stats (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. CLUB METRONOME: Animal House Comedy Series: King Mecca & Friends (standup), 7 p.m., $7. 18+. Retronome With DJ Fattie B (’80s dance party), 9 p.m., free/$5.

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The Lynguistic Civilians are a Burlington rap crew who … wait, that’s not quite accurate. They are the Burlington rap crew. The LCs have been voted Vermont’s best hip-hop group in the Seven Daysies awards for five years in a row, a run not expected to end in 2016. This is largely thanks to the work ethic that has seen the group bring its engaging live show up and down the East Coast, as well as into nearly every available bar, pub and venue in Vermont. Over those years, the Civilians have built up a modest discography yet seldom managed to bottle their lightning in a studio. But their latest release, Gratified Existence, doesn’t just break that streak. It demolishes it. Gratified Existence synthesizes the best of the crew’s previous releases, especially Urban Priorities, their 2014 EP with live band the Mangroves. The new album’s production features a lot of percussion work from their longtime drummer, T.

Whip, which gives many tracks here a huge, organic sound. Even the samplebased beats sound fuller than anything the LCs have put out to date. After the flat beats and muddy mixes of their previous releases, everything here is a revelation. The album is packed with impressive guest features, kicking off with Brooklyn rap legend Masta Ace on the first track, “'88.” Several other tracks feature namebrand rappers, but several from the Green Mountains make the strongest showing. Windsor crew Maiden Voyage swing through for “All Aboard,” a posse cut of nautical puns that can get pretty painful. Vermont veteran Konflik also makes two notable appearances on “Triple Distilled” and “Certainly Working.” One of the surprise highlights is “I Like It,” a collaboration with Burlington funk-rock group Gang of Thieves that manages to be much more than the sum of its parts. While Gratified Existence is a big evolution in terms of sound, little else deviates from the script that the Civilians have been perfecting since 2011. This is party music, and the album works best

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when it aspires to be little else. On songs such as “Drink Funky,” “Beautiful” and the breezy “Learn How to Drive,” the crew is firing on all cylinders. The recording ends with two gloriously idiosyncratic weird notes. First up is “Bumpy Goose,” a very non-scary concept track about nightmares. Then comes closer “802 News,” an upbeat poprap ode to feel-good politics that wraps with a long “Feel the Bern” outro hook. Whether that one pans out to be prophecy or comedy, it may go down as the only presidential endorsement rendered in rap format. Gratified Existence is, without question, the best Lynguistic Civilians album so far. Sadly, though, this may be their final effort. Scott Lavalla has been doing a lot of solo work on the side, and Lauren Craig has relocated to Boston, which casts some uncertainty on the group’s future. If this does become a capstone production, the Civilians couldn’t have planned it better. Gratified Existence encapsulates everything about the group’s legacy, with a huge cast of significant guest artists. It’s a beautiful thing. Gratified Existence by the Lynguistic Civilians is available on iTunes. The LCs play Nectar’s in Burlington on Friday, April 1, in support of Sophistafunk.

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unfaithful lover that sears with hurt and anger. But the sonic fury almost obscures some surprisingly potent and poetic songwriting. “I felt the fall chill for the first time today / I put a sweater on and closed the windows up / For the first time since May,” Hall sings. Then, “The sky was much more gray than blue / and there were things I wished I knew / Way before I put down roots in this place.” That’s more the sort of atmospheric scene setting you’d expect to find on a sad-bastard folk record than a DIY punk tape. But that’s exactly what makes Hot Lunch great: Beneath the rough exterior is a lot of heart. Kind of like Plattsburgh itself. Hot Lunch by Bren is available at thebandbren.bandcamp.com. Bren play at Battery Street Jeans in Burlington on Friday, April 8.

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Something of a rock-and-roll renaissance is happening in Plattsburgh. Though it may be too soon to call what’s bubbling up in the Lake City a full-blown revival just yet, we’re hearing sounds — encouraging and loud sounds — from across the lake. And we like what we hear. The spark igniting the scene is a newish cassette label called Rat Pâté Records. At present, the imprint boasts a slim catalog of four recordings, three of which belong to Comrade Nixon. That band includes label founder Matt Hall. CN’s latest release, Wine and Circus, was favorably reviewed in these pages last week. It’s a snarling punk-rock gem that obliterated any skepticism about what’s going on in P-burgh. But the label’s fourth release, Hot Lunch by Bren, has us genuinely excited about the city’s nascent punk scene. Comrade Nixon favor an old-school brand of hardcore punk that recalls the likes of Minor Threat, Dead Kennedys and

Bad Brains. Bren, which also includes Hall, prove just as vicious on their debut but take a slightly different approach from their label mates. “Parade” opens the record with a punkabilly riff that nods at the Cramps. But it’s a setup. The tune takes a sharp left turn, veering close to pop-punk territory. Bren never quite yield to their pop inclinations. That’s in part due to Hall’s performance. He sings with a high-pitch, nasally whine that absolutely sneers through the speakers — think Nerf Herder’s Parry Gripp if he were more emotionally imbalanced and sarcastic. Hall brims with unhinged angst and his bandmates follow suit. Together they deliver punchy, chunky punk that hits with power and precision. “If There Was Something Going On...” is the album’s shortest and best cut. It’s an 88-second “fuck you” to an

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HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Zach Nugent (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free. Metal Outlaws (country), 7:30 p.m., free. Space Echo with Jahson Deejay (house), 10 p.m., free.

CITY LIMITS: City Limits Dance Party with DJ Earl (top 40), 9:30 p.m., free.

JP’S PUB: Karaoke with Megan, 10 p.m., free.

champlain islands/northwest

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Ben Cosgrove (folk), 7 p.m., free. Hannah Fair (folk), 9:30 p.m., free. Disco Phantom (eclectic), 11 p.m., free. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Demus (reggae), 9 p.m., free. NECTAR’S: Mikey Sweet (road dog gospel), 7 p.m., free. Spohistafunk, Mister F (funk, hip-hop), 9 p.m., $10. RADIO BEAN: Rob Williams (folk), 7 p.m., free. Jamell NYT (soul), 8:30 p.m., free. Small Change (Tom Waits tribute), 10 p.m., free. The Sun Parade (rock), 11:30 p.m., free. RED SQUARE: Mashtodon (hip-hop), 11 p.m., $5. RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Raul, 6 p.m., $5. DJ Reign One (EDM), 11 p.m., $5. RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB & WHISKEY ROOM: DJ Baron (dance party), 10 p.m., free. RUBEN JAMES: Craig Mitchell (house), 10 p.m., free. SIGNAL KITCHEN: Las Cafeteras, Mal Maiz, DJ Hector (AfroCaribbean, folk, cumbia), 8:30 p.m., $10. AA. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Abbie Morin, Lucy Dacus (folk), 9 p.m., $5. VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: DeAnne Smith (standup), 7 & 9:30 p.m., $15.

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BACKSTAGE PUB: Left Hand Black (rock), 9 p.m., free.

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Jorma Kaukonen (American roots), 8 p.m., $30/33. AA. HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: The Prom for Grownups, 8 p.m., $25/30. MONKEY HOUSE: Salvation Alley String Band (western swing), 9 p.m., $3/8. 18+. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Leno, Young & Cheney (rock), 5 p.m., free. Pabst Blue Rhythm (rock), 9 p.m., free. WATERWORKS FOOD + DRINK: Disco Brunch, 11:30 a.m., free.

barre/montpelier BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Irish Session, 2 p.m., donation.

CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Stephanie Nilles (jazz punk piano), 9 p.m., free. ESPRESSO BUENO: Roan Yelowthorn (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m., free. FEMCOM (standup), 8:30 p.m., donation.

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RUSTY NAIL: IAN Fundraiser with Named by Strangers (rock), 8 p.m., $10.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Twist of Fate (rock), 9 p.m., $3.

TWIGGS — AN AMERICAN GASTROPUB: Coon Hill John (Americana), 7 p.m., free.

northeast kingdom

JASPER’S TAVERN: Wound for Sound (dance party), 9 p.m., free.

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MONOPOLE: Let’s Be Leonard (rock), 10 p.m., free.

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THE FARMHOUSE TAP & GRILL: Silver Bridget (saw pop), 5 p.m., free. HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: DJ Dan Freeman (EDM), 10 p.m., free. NECTAR’S: Mi Yard Reggae Night with DJs Big Dog and Jahson, 9:30 p.m., $3. THE OLDE NORTHENDER PUB: Open Mic, 7 p.m., free. RADIO BEAN: Pete Sutherland & Tim Stickle’s Old Time Session, 1 p.m., free. Jason Lee (folk), 7 p.m., free. Matthew O’Neill (folk), 8:30 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Bluegrass Brunch Scramble, noon, $5-10 donation.

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

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Rising Appalachia, Kuf Knotz (Americana), 8 p.m., $18/20. AA. PENALTY BOX: Trivia With a Twist, 4 p.m., free. SUGAR HOUSE BAR AND GRILL: Vermont’s Next Star (open mic), 8 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier

BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Bleeker & MacDougal (folk ballads), 11 a.m., donation. SWEET MELISSA’S: Kelly Ravin (country), 6:30 p.m., free. Live Band Rock & Roll Karaoke, 8 p.m., free.

MON.4

burlington

HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Family Night (open jam), 10:30 p.m., free. JP’S PUB: Dance Video Request Night with Melody, 10 p.m., free. JUNIPER: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Lamp Shop Lit Club (open reading), 8 p.m., free.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free. NECTAR’S: Metal Monday: No Son of Mine, Surf Sabbath, Infera Bruo, 9 p.m., $3/5. 18+. RADIO BEAN: Jesse & Dave (folk), 7 p.m., free. Max Garcia Conover (folk), 8:30 p.m., free. Bison, Iron Eyes Cody (rock), 10 p.m., free. Latin Sessions with Mal Maiz (cumbia), 10:30 p.m., free. RED SQUARE: Mashtodon (hip-hop), 8 p.m., free.

chittenden county

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Datsik, Ookay, Drezo (dubstep), 9:30 p.m., $25/28. AA. HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Basia Bulat, Twin Limb (indie), 7:30 p.m., $12/15. AA. MONKEY HOUSE: Open Mic, 8 p.m., free/$3. 18+.

stowe/smuggs

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

northeast kingdom PHAT KATS TAVERN: Jay Natola (solo guitar), 9 p.m., free.

outside vermont

OLIVE RIDLEY’S: Karaoke with DJ Dana Barry, 9 p.m., free.

TUE.5

burlington

THE FARMHOUSE TAP & GRILL: Dale & Darcy (Celtic folk), 7 p.m., free. HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Jazz(ish), 6 p.m., free. JP’S PUB: Open Mic with Kyle, 9 p.m., free. LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Dayve Huckett (jazz), 7 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: The Woedoggies (country), 8 p.m., free. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Max Garcia Conover (folk), 9 p.m., free. NECTAR’S: Pabst Blue Rhythm, Castle Creek (blues, rock), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+. RADIO BEAN: Gua Gua (psychotropical jazz), 6:30 p.m., free. Atlas Bloom (rock), 8:30 p.m., free. Honky Tonk Tuesday with Eric George & Friends, 10 p.m., $3. RED SQUARE: DJ KermiTT, 8 p.m., free. Craig Mitchell (house), 10 p.m., free.

chittenden county

HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Gin Wigmore (singersongwriter), 8 p.m., $15/17. AA.

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DJs for a quarter century. He is best known as the creator of “mushroom jazz,” a fusion of urban beats and East Coast hip-hop suffused with organic production qualities. The sound is as heady and soulful as it is irresistibly danceable. Farina plays Club Metronome in Burlington on Friday, April 1, with support from locals COUSIN DAVE, HARDER THEY COME,

BIG DOG, CRUSTY CUTS and LOUPO.

barre/montpelier

CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Godfather Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., free. LA PUERTA NEGRA: Salsa Lessons with Dsantos, 6:30 p.m., $12.

stowe/smuggs

MOOGS PLACE: Jason Wedlock (rock), 7:30 p.m., free.

middlebury area

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

WED.6

burlington

THE DAILY PLANET: Zach DuPont (indie folk), 8 p.m., free. HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Pop, Rap Dance Party, 10 p.m., free.

MONKEY HOUSE: Chasing Days (rock), 8:30 p.m., $3/8. 18+.

JP’S PUB: Pub Quiz with Dave, 7 p.m., free. Karaoke with Melody, 10 p.m., free.

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

JUNIPER: Ray Vega Quartet (jazz), 8 p.m., free.

WATERWORKS FOOD + DRINK: Trivia Night, 7:30 p.m., free.

LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Paul Asbell Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Irish Sessions, 8 p.m., free. Film Night: Indie, Abstract, Avant Garde, 10 p.m., free.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free. NECTAR’S: Vinyl Night with Disco Phantom, Waking Windows, 6 p.m., free. Seamus the Great, Channel Two Dub Band (rock, reggae), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+. RADIO BEAN: Nathaniel Ott Homer (folk), 6 p.m., free. Ensemble V (jazz), 7 p.m., free. Justin Panigutti (singersongwriter), 8:30 p.m., free. Digisaurus (rock), 10:30 p.m., free. RED SQUARE: DJ Pat (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (MONTPELIER): Cajun Jam with Jay Ekis, Lee Blackwell, Alec Ellsworth & Katie Trautz, 6 p.m., $5-10 donation. SWEET MELISSA’S: Wine Down with D. Davis (acoustic), 5 p.m., free. WHAMMY BAR: Open Mic, 7 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs

PIECASSO PIZZERIA & LOUNGE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

middlebury area

SIGNAL KITCHEN: Baio (indie), 8:30 p.m., $12. AA.

CITY LIMITS: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Josh Panda’s Acoustic Soul Night, 8 p.m., $5-10 donation.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Standup Open Mic, 7 p.m., free. ZEN LOUNGE: Kizomba with Dsantos VT, 7 p.m., free. Well Wednesday, 10 p.m., free.

chittenden county MONKEY HOUSE: Computer Class (pop punk), 8:30 p.m., $3/8. 18+.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: The Natural Selection (rock), 7 p.m., free.

northeast kingdom JASPER’S TAVERN: Blues Jam, 7 p.m., free. PARKER PIE CO.: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

outside vermont

NAKED TURTLE: Jay Lesage (acoustic), 5:30 p.m., free. OLIVE RIDLEY’S: So You Want to Be a DJ?, 10 p.m., free. !

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MIDDLEBURY AREA

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BACKSTAGE PUB, 60 Pearl St., Essex Jct., 878-5494 GOOD TIMES CAFÉ, Rt. 116, Hinesburg, 482-4444 HIGHER GROUND, 1214 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 652-0777

BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ, 28 Main St., Montpelier, 229-9212 CAPITAL GROUNDS CAFÉ, 27 State St., Montpelier, 223-7800 CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS, 70 Main St., Montpelier, 223-6820 ESPRESSO BUENO, 248 N. Main St., Barre, 479-0896 GREEN MOUNTAIN TAVERN, 10 Keith Ave., Barre, 522-2935 GUSTO’S, 28 Prospect St., Barre, 476-7919 KISMET, 52 State St., Montpelier, 223-8646 LA PUERTA NEGRA, 44 Main St., Montpelier, 613-3172 MULLIGAN’S IRISH PUB, 9 Maple Ave., Barre, 479-5545 NORTH BRANCH CAFÉ, 41 State St., Montpelier, 552-8105 POSITIVE PIE, 20 State St., Montpelier, 229-0453 RED HEN BAKERY + CAFÉ, 961 US Route 2, Middlesex, 223-5200 THE SKINNY PANCAKE, 89 Main St., Montpelier, 262-2253 SOUTH SIDE TAVERN, 107 S. Main St., Barre, 476-3637 SWEET MELISSA’S, 4 Langdon St., Montpelier, 225-6012 THREE BEAN CAFÉ, 22 Pleasant St., Randolph, 728-3533 WHAMMY BAR, 31 W. County Rd., Calais, 229-4329

BIG PICTURE THEATER & CAFÉ, 48 Carroll Rd., Waitsfield, 496-8994 THE CENTER BAKERY & CAFÉ, 2007 Guptil Rd., Waterbury Center, 244-7500 CORK WINE BAR & MARKET, 1 Stowe St., Waterbury, 882-8227 HOSTEL TEVERE, 203 Powderhound Rd., Warren, 496-9222 PURPLE MOON PUB, Rt. 100, Waitsfield, 496-3422 THE RESERVOIR RESTAURANT & TAP ROOM, 1 S. Main St., Waterbury, 244-7827 SLIDE BROOK LODGE & TAVERN, 3180 German Flats Rd., Warren, 583-2202

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VISITING VERMONT’S ART VENUES

Art to the People White River Gallery at BALE, South Royalton B Y M EG B R A ZI LL

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“Golden Gate 3” by Lynn Newcomb

Located in the storefront of an Italianate Victorian apartment building on South Windsor Street, the Commons is operated by BALE (Building a Local Economy). A nonprofit founded and directed by Chris Wood, the organization is devoted to the creation and development of farm, food and local economy initiatives in the upper White River Valley. Part of BALE’s mission is to provide a place for all community members to gather. Accordingly, the Commons plays host to events, meetings, classes, film screenings, talks, lectures and a weekly music jam. “There are events going on all the time,” notes new gallery director and curator Dian Parker. “The artists like that it’s a community space.” After Parker saw an exhibit of her friend Laurie Sverdlove’s paintings in the space last fall, she told Wood it was a beautiful gallery. “He asked if I’d like to be the director,” she recalls. “It’s an unpaid position, so I thought I’d do it for a year. “I loved the space, and I thought, What a great way to bring in artists,” she adds. Thanks to Parker’s interest, BALE’s gallery now presents regular shows. The 500-square-foot venue is a clean, well-lit and well-proportioned space with pine floors and 12-foothigh ceilings. Pale-yellow walls, energy-efficient track lighting and tall windows work in concert to create almost-tangible warmth. Though open and airy, it’s intimate enough to encourage visitors to converse with strangers. The gallery has one limitation: Because of the room’s heavy use, nothing can be exhibited on the floor. That’s why West Hartford artist and Dartmouth College art prof Brenda Garand, who

PHOTOS: MEG BRAZILL

outh Royalton chalks up another win on its community scorecard with the launch of the White River Gallery at BALE. Not that anyone is keeping score, but “SoRo” has witnessed a rising tide of businesses and restaurants since Tropical Storm Irene hit hard five years ago. The community forged ahead on projects and programs following the storm’s devastation, remaking itself into a vibrant place to live. The town even has its own radio station. And now it has a gallery — on the walls of a space called the Commons.

THE ARTISTS LIKE THAT IT’S

A COMMUNITY SPACE.

D I A N PA R K E R

normally makes floor sculptures, will create wall-mounted ones for her exhibit at White River this fall, says Parker. The curator’s plan is to exhibit work by accomplished Vermont and New Hampshire artists, with shows changing seasonally. “I want artists to have the opportunity to be in here [for] longer than a usual gallery show,” Parker says. The longer time frame means that visitors who frequent the Commons for other reasons will be able to see the artwork multiple times. As a result, Parker anticipates that gallery-going could become a regular experience for people unaccustomed to that activity — and for some who have never set foot in a gallery before. Wood agrees. He notes, for example, that the Commons will host an upcoming meeting of individuals from six area towns hit hardest by Irene, including selectboard members and emergency responders — “people who wouldn’t typically go to an art gallery.” Last week, 17 people showed up there for a meeting on weatherization; on another night, Vermont Law School students showed the latest film in a series they’re sponsoring. It would be hard to find a venue that draws in a broader range of locals. “Every night of the week, there’s something different,” Wood reiterates.

Parker believes it’s best for White River Gallery to show a single artist at a time. “It’s a concentrated space, and it works better, I think, to have one artist, one signature,” she explains. “I ask every artist to give a talk, because to see the artist talking about their work in front of their work adds another dimension. “People don’t understand why artists charge what they charge,” Parker continues, “but when they hear artists talk about their work, it’s a way for them to gain an awareness and understanding and greater appreciation.” “I’ve never taught in an art gallery before,” says Sylvia Desautels, who teaches yoga in the Commons. “It certainly affects me a lot. The space that you practice in is important, and the art sets a tone for the space. So I love it.” Not long after Parker committed herself to a year of curating, she met Lynn Newcomb. The Worcester artist works in a variety of media, including blacksmithing, printmaking, drawing and painting, and makes sculptures from wood, steel, concrete and ceramics. “I visited her studio and fell in love with her work,” Parker says. She selected 14 of Newcomb’s etchings and one lithograph for her first exhibit in White River Gallery. That show, representing two decades of printmaking, is on view through April 8.

ART SHOWS

CALL TO ARTISTS ‘VISIONARY CONSPIRACY’: Members of the Surface Design Association Vermont chapter are invited to apply for inclusion in Studio Place Arts’ July/August exhibition, which intends to incite compassion and beauty through deploying fiber artists to craft “extreme examples of exquisiteness” with threads, textiles, wool, needles and looms. Interested artists should submit proposals to Eve JacobsCarnahan at ejcarnahan@gmail. com by May 1. To join the SDA, visit surfacedesign.org. Studio Place Arts, Barre. Info, 479-7069. ‘1-2-3-: MATH AND ART’: Studio Place Arts seeks submissions of works that address the many concerns of both art and math. Details at studioplacearts.com. Studio Place Arts, Barre. Through April 15. Info, 479-7069. AIR GALLERY CALL TO ARTISTS: We’re currently accepting applications for juried fine art and craft/artist memberships for 2016, and anticipate opening this spring. Email applications to artistinresidence.coop@gmail. com, or mail to AIR Gallery, P.O. Box 1033, St. Albans, VT 05478. AIR Gallery, St. Albans. Through March 30. Info, 527-5169.

‘BLANK SPACE’: Community members are invited to drop off a 4-by-6-inch work of art, including but not limited to drawing, painting or photograph. Open to anyone. Quimby Gallery, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville. Through April 14. Info, 626-6487. CALL FOR WRITING + ZINES: ONE Arts Center invites the public to drop off printed single pages or small zines of creative writing to be part of a monthlong art show that explores the relationship between verbal and nonverbal communication. Bring works to 72 N. Champlain St. between noon and 5 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. ONE Arts Center, Burlington. Through March 31. Info, 863-5217. FEMINIST ZINE: College Undergraduates Not Tolerating Sexism (CUNTS) seeks submissions of poems, photos, riddles, comics, short stories, rants, manifestos, etc. for publication in their forthcoming zine. Work will be printed in black and white and must fit on a 5.5-by-8.5-inch page. Send work to uvmzine@ gmail.com. Deadline: April 1. University of Vermont, Burlington. Info, uvmzine@gmail. com. THE GALLERY AT LCATV: Lake Champlain Access Television is looking for artists to exhibit visual arts at a spacious community media center in

northern Colchester. Artists must meet the criteria of LCATV membership (live, work or attend school in Colchester, Milton, Georgia, Fairfax, Westford, South Hero, Grand Isle or North Hero). Exhibitions can be one, two or three months and include a reception. Group shows are welcome. Proceeds from any sales go to the artists. Lake Champlain Access Television, Colchester. Through August 1. Info, 862-5724. LANGDON STREET ALIVE: The nonprofit seeks proposals for art installations and works on consignment to transform a downtown Montpelier block into a public art space this summer. Details at langdonstreetalive.org. Deadline: April 1, 5 p.m. Downtown Montpelier. Info, 279-6178. ‘LOCALLY GROWN’: Vermont artists and artisans living in Orange, Washington and Windsor counties are invited to submit one artwork to this annual show. All work should be framed or submitted in a way that allows it to be easily hung or displayed. Please do not submit works that have previously been shown in Chandler Gallery. Drop off works on Sunday, April 24, 4-6 p.m., and Monday, April 25, 6-7:30 p.m. Chandler Gallery, Randolph. Info, 431-0204.

OPEN FARM AND STUDIO TOUR: The 10th annual Discover the Heart of the Islands invites artists to participate in an event July 9-10, taking place at community hubs across four island towns. Deadline: April 15. More information at openfarmandstudio.com. Grand Isle Art Works. $75. Info, 372-4556. POETRY BROTHEL: The Poetry Brothel VT is seeking performers for an immersive poetry and cabaret experience that places the art of oral tradition in a bordello. All performance backgrounds welcome. Send character sketch and up to five pages of writing to poetrybrothelvt@gmail.com. More info at encounterworksproductions. com. Encounterworks Productions Salon, Burlington, Through April 22. Info, 617-780 7701. PUNK ROCK FLEA MARKET: Encounterworks Productions seeks small business owners, independent crafters, jewelry makers, clothing designers, screen-printers, local bands with cool merch, etc., for the first Punk Rock Flea Market on May 22. To register, email encounterworks@gmail.com with “Punk Rock Flea” in the subject line. Include contact info, pictures and info about what you want to sell. If you are

approved, a $20 registration fee will be collected to hold your spot. Registration deadline: May 4. Encounterworks Productions Salon, Burlington. Info, 617-780-7701. ‘SOFT BOMB BARRE’: Artists are invited to submit proposals for outdoor installations or “art explosions” involving fibers and intended to be a comforting, exhilarating form of art-asresistance. Email proposals to info@studioplacearts.com. Deadline: April 1. Studio Place Arts, Barre. $10 application fee; free for SPA member artists. Info, 479-7069. STUDIO VISIT WITH ANAÏS CASTRO: Burlington City Arts invites applications from Vermont artists interested in meeting with Montréal-based visiting critic Anaïs Castro during her April 15-16 visit. Applications must be submitted electronically as a single PDF document, include all of the info below, and be no larger than 2MB: 1. artist résumé or CV, including name, studio address, phone number and email address; 2. artist statement, intro to studio practice or general intro to your work, 250 words or less; 3. up to 10 images of recent work, captioned with title, date, medium and dimensions. Email application to Ashley Jimenez: ajimenez@

burlington

! SEABA MEMBERS ONLY SHOW: The South End Arts + Business Association celebrates its 30th anniversary with one of the largest group shows to come to its gallery walls. For every work sold, SEABA will gift a year of membership to a local artist. Reception: Friday, April 1, 5-8 p.m. April 1-June 30. Info, 859-9222. SEABA Center in Burlington.

! MARK ELIOT SCHWABE: “Ignecia; A Dystopian Morality Tale Told in Sculpture” features a narrative told in aged steel and black concrete sculptures by the Burlington artist. Reception: Friday, April 1,

! ADRIENNE GINTER: “Fauna Meets Flora,” an exhibition of exquisitely detailed hand-cut paper and archival foam-core constructions by the Putney artist. Opening reception: Thursday, April 7, 5-7 p.m. Art Walk reception: May 6, 4-7 p.m. April 5-June 30. Info, 828-5657. Governor’s Gallery in Montpelier. ! APRIL EXHIBITION: Works by 16 Vermont artist members of the cooperative gallery. Reception: Friday, April 1, 4-8 p.m. April 1-30. Info, 272-0908. The Front in Montpelier. ! ARTHUR SHALLER: “Ships and Shadows,” original collage by the Vermont artist and architect. Reception: April 7, 5-7 p.m. Art Walk Reception: May 6, 4-7 p.m. April 5-June 30. Info, 828-5657. Vermont Supreme Court Gallery in Montpelier. ! JIM EATON: “Swept Away,” color photographs by the Vermont photographer. Opening reception: Friday, April 1, 5-7 p.m. Closing reception: Saturday, April 30, 4-6 p.m. April 1-30. Info, 229-9212. Bagitos Bagel & Burrito Café in Montpelier. STOWE/SMUGGS SHOWS

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White River Gallery at BALE, South Royalton, 498-8438. balevt.org The gallery participates in South Royalton’s art walk on the fourth Friday of every month, 5 to 7 p.m.

! JOSEF ALBERS: “Formulate/Articulate,” presented in conjunction with AIGA Vermont Design Week, features examples of the renowned modernist’s print and graphic work and related ephemera, including original screen-prints from the seminal 1963 publication Interaction of Color. Reception: Wednesday, April 6, 6-8 p.m. April 4-8. Info, 865-7166. BCA Center in Burlington.

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! ‘HEART AND HOME’: Honoring the passing of the Fair Housing Act, eight Vermont artists show work that examines personal perspectives on the impact of neighborhood and community. Artists include Robert Brunelle Jr., Rick Castillo, Robin Katrick, Jennie Kristel, Winnie Looby, Amey Radcliffe, John Rovnak and Ted Wimpey. Reception: Friday, April 1, 6-9 p.m. April 1-30. $5 suggested donation after 7 p.m. Info, oneartscollective@gmail. com. Info, 338-0028. ONE Arts Center in Burlington.

! VERMONT PASTEL SOCIETY: Annual group show featuring work by society members. Reception and awards ceremony: Friday, April 1, 6 p.m. April 1-30. Info, 859-9222. Art’s Alive Gallery @ Main Street Landing’s Union Station in Burlington.

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artist. Reception: Friday, April 1, 5-8 p.m. April 1-May 15. Info, 860-4972. Vermont Art Supply and Black Horse S.P.G. in Burlington.

much less than a commercial gallery or even most nonprofit galleries would do. “I want to make prices affordable for people to buy good art to have in their homes,” Parker says. “The longer you spend with art, the more you can appreciate it.” !

VIDEO CHALLENGE: The Vermont Access Network invites Vermonters to participate in its first-ever statewide video contest. Participants can sign up on March 21, attend a brief orientation session and pay the $25 entry fee at their local community media center, where they will receive project guidelines. More info at vermontaccess.net. Various locations statewide, Montpelier, Through April 1. Info, 355-6201.

5-9 p.m. April 1-30. Info, 489-5505. The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery in Burlington.

! GOLDEN TRUE: Oil paintings by the Vermont

“Each show is going to be very different,” Parker says. “This show is black and white. The next is abstract and will be very colorful.” She’s referring to oil paintings by Charlotte artist James Vogler, an exhibit that will open on April 16. This summer will bring an exhibit of paintings by Tunbridge (and Providence, R.I.) artist Bunny Harvey, who recently celebrated 39 years of teaching at Wellesley College. Parker hopes to sell work as well as show it at White River Gallery. The venue takes a 15 percent commission,

VERMONT CRAFT COUNCIL 2016 SPRING OPEN STUDIOS WEEKEND: Shelburne Pond Studios and Sculpture Exhibit seeks artists and craftspeople to participate in their community arts event held during the statewide Open Studios Weekend May 28 and 29. Applications should include: 1. applicant’s contact info; 2. check for $35, made out to Katharine Stockman; and 3. five good-quality images of different works. Also include any special needs, e.g.,access to electricity. Email shelburnepondstudios@ aol.com, or mail to Shelburne Pond Studios, c/o Kathy Stockman, 1260 Pond Rd., Shelburne, VT 05482. Deadline: April 15. Shelburne Pond Studios. Info, 999-4394.

NEW THIS WEEK ! ‘CLAY TRANSFUSION’: Second annual UVM Pottery Co-op exhibition featuring the work of 18 artists associated with the community studio. Reception: Friday, April 1, 5-8 p.m. April 1-30. Info, 863-6458. Frog Hollow Vermont State Craft Center in Burlington.

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burlingtoncityarts.org. BCA Center, Burlington. Through April 1. Info, 865-7166.

art ‘Hyper-Utility’ Where do clay and the apocalypse intersect? For a

moment, at least, examples of such crossroads are on display in this group exhibition at the University of Vermont’s Living/Learning Center Gallery. The curatorial collaboration of ONE Arts and ArtShape Mammoth features the primarily clay-based works of four sculptors: Cori Champagne, Amy Joy Hosterman, Jane Gordon and Sande French-Stockwell. Works “simultaneously focus on optimistic perspectives of survival, sustainability and prosperity while exploring the dismal reality of consumption and overuse.” Two works by Albuquerque artist Gordon amass tiny sculptural elements to form larger installations that are visually pleasing but address bleak realities. The first of these is “Replacement System 1,” a pile of open cardboard boxes from which small clay fiddlehead-like plants “sprout.” At her opening talk, Gordon explained her concept: These seedlings were grown by a post-apocalyptic population who know of plants and farming but no longer have the knowledge or experience of earlier humans. When this reporter suggested that her work feels like the stuff of Margaret Atwood science fiction, Gordon confirmed that Atwood’s dystopian tales “directly influenced” her. Colorado-based Hosterman uses clay as a medium of and about sustainability. She digs and processes her own clay in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, using some of it to create her miniature objects, such as the juice box “0% Juice, New Flavor!” Other renderings depict a Dumpster and a claw-foot tub filled with shiny, raku-fired scraps. The latter was originally intended as a brooch for former secretary of state and ambassador Madeleine Albright. Both Roxbury, Mass., artist Champagne and Corinth sculptor French-Stockwell incorporate a little more cheer into their works. Champagne constructs functional “wearable sculpture” that somewhat humorously anticipates a new kind of homesteading. French-Stockwell has made a series of colorful, rough-hewn slab characters, which she says result from an entirely intuitive process. With names such as “Queen Arabella” and “Mother Gaia,” her creations reflect the human potential for exuberance and joy as a

‘POETS AND THE PAST’ READING: Seven local poets will read works inspired by an object in the historical society’s collection. Norwich Historical Society and Community Center, Friday, April 1, 5-7 p.m. Info, 649-0124.

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ATHENA PETRA TASIOPOULOS: Collage and illustration from found vintage portrait photography. Gallery closed April 10-17. April 2-May 14. Info, 253-1818. Green Mountain Fine Art Gallery in Stowe.

! ‘FLIGHT: EXPLORATIONS IN MOVEMENT, MIGRATION AND FREEDOM’: Artworks by gallery artists, local students and notable Syrian artists interpreting the concept of flight as it relates to ideas of freedom of expression, pilgrimage and spontaneous exploration. Reception: Saturday, April 2, 6-8 p.m. April 2-June 26. Info, 253-8943. West Branch Gallery & Sculpture Park in Stowe. ! ‘OBJECTS OF SATISFACTION’: A group exhibition co-presented by ArtShape Mammoth and ONE Arts, and curated by Margaret Coleman, which considers Immanuel Kant’s perspectives on art and art objects. Artists are Ann Barlow, Deborah Bouchette, Cori Champagne, Margaret Coleman, Chris Collins, Katie Grauer, Paul Higham, Marilyn Maddison, Jennifer McCandless, Jessica Mongeon, Rachel Morton and Christopher Thompson. Closing reception: Sunday, May 1, 2-4 p.m. April 3-May 1. Info, info@artshapemammoth.org. Vermont Studio Center Gallery II in Johnson.

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! MYK MARTINEZ: Paintings by the Vermont artist, whose works have been featured in publications throughout the state as well as in Comic News

Magazine. Reception: Friday, April 1, 5-6:30 p.m. April 1-30. Info, 496-5470. Three Mountain Café in Waitsfield.

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! DONNA ANDREYCHUK: Oil paintings described

as “landscape-inspired abstract impressionism.” Reception: Saturday, April 9, 3-6 p.m. April 1-30. Info, 989-7419. Edgewater Gallery on the Green in Middlebury.

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! ‘ENERGY’: An annual exhibit of works by local students, grades K-12. Reception: Friday, April 1, 4-7 p.m. April 1-May 14. Info, 775-0356. Chaffee Art Center in Rutland. ! ‘INSPIRING BLISS’: Select works by various artists from cartoonist Harry Bliss’ personal collection, including Robert Crumb, Jack Kirby and Maurice Sendak. Reception: Friday, April 8, 6 p.m. March 30-April 30. Info, galleries@castleton.edu. Castleton Downtown Gallery in Rutland.

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! FEATURED ARTISTS: An exhibition of work by four Vermont artists: silver jewelry by Bill and Sandra Owens, river-rock sculpture by Jen Herzer and intaglio prints of wildlife by J. Ann Eldridge. Reception: Saturday, April 2, 3-5 p.m. April 1-June 30. Info, 235-9429. Collective — the Art of Craft in Woodstock. ! ‘MUD SEASON’: Area artists exhibit a variety of works that interpret “our most cautiously optimistic season.” Reception: Friday, April 1, 5:30-7:30 p.m. April 1-30. Info, 457-3500. ArtisTree Gallery in South Pomfret. ! ‘POETS AND THE PAST’: An exhibition of historical objects alongside poems they inspired, written by local poets. Reception and reading: Friday, April 1, 5-7 p.m. April 1-May 31. Info, 649-0124. Norwich Historical Society and Community Center.

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retrospective of works by the Vermont quilt maker. Reception: Friday, April 1, 5-7:30 p.m. April 1-May 30. Info, 247-4295. Compass Music and Arts Center in Brandon.

TALK: ‘FROM GIRL CITY TO BIG LADY’: Stella Marrs shares decades of work and stories from her “beatchick” era, with themes of punk, feminism, environmental issues and the DIY aesthetics of Olympia, Wash., as a culture seed bomb. Cheray Science Hall, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, Thursday, March 31, 5:30-7 p.m. Info, 654-2667.

! KATE GRIDLEY: “Passing Through: Portraits of Emerging Adults,” life-size oil paintings paired with sound portraits. Reception: Tuesday, April 19, 6 p.m. April 4-May 27. Info, galleries@castleton.edu. Christine Price Gallery, Castleton University.

FIRST FRIDAY ART: Dozens of galleries and other venues around the city open their doors to pedestrian art viewers in this monthly event. See Art Map Burlington at participating locations. Friday, April 1, 5-8 p.m. Info, 264-4839.

! JUDITH REILLY: “The Girl With the Purple Hair,” a

VANESSA ROOT: The video artist presents “ICE-Axe,” an experiential installation exploring the bond between fear and trust. The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery, Burlington, Friday, April 1, 5-9 p.m. Info, info@vanessarootproductions.com. MONOPRINT MADNESS WITH LOIS BEATTY: The Vermont artist demonstrates the technique of monoprinting and invites guests to try their hand. This form is one of a kind and generally understood as the most painterly method among printmaking techniques. Two Rivers Printmaking Studio, White River Junction, Saturday, April 2, noon-3 p.m. Info, 295-5901. VERMONT DESIGN AWARD SHOW & FELLOW AWARD: Second annual Vermontwide curated design event featuring work selected as the year’s best in a variety of categories. Cocktail hour, 5-6:30 p.m., Vermont Design Awards ceremony, 6:30-7 p.m., Fellow Award ceremony, 7-8 p.m. Cash bar and light fare provided. University of Vermont Fleming Museum of Art, Burlington, Monday, April 4, 5-8:30 p.m. Info, communications@nhvt.aiga.org. ‘CREATING 44 LAST SUPPERS’: Peek into the inner workings and creation of an edition of large-format serigraph monoprints based on a paint-by-numbers design, created for artist Jim Riswold. Pete McCracken offers a show-and-tell slide show with outtakes and proofs from the project. Karma Bird House Gallery, Burlington, Tuesday, April 5, 5-8 p.m. $5 AIGA members, $10 nonmembers. Info, communications@nhvt.aiga.org.

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TALK: ‘HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR AS MASTER ARTIST’: University of New Hampshire history professor Jeffry Diefendorf discusses painter Samuel Bak’s childhood in wartime Vilna and his experiences and career after World War II. University of Vermont Fleming Museum of Art, Burlington, Wednesday, April 6, 6 p.m. Info, 656-0750. TALK: ‘THAT’S ART?’: Champlain College professor David Mills leads a discussion on how we react to abstract art, and ways of encountering art as more than just subjective preference. In conjunction with Vermont Humanities Council Ideas on Tap program. ArtsRiot, Burlington, Wednesday, April 6, 7 p.m. Info, 262-2626.

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ANN ALLEN AND JESSICA REMMEY: An exhibition of paintings and photography, respectively. Through March 31. Info, 859-9222. Art’s Alive Gallery @ Main Street Landing’s Union Station in Burlington. ATHENA KAFANTARIS: “Strange Music From Another Room,” an exhibition of puppets that combine craft and technology by the makerin-residence. Through May 31. Info, 540-0761. Generator in Burlington.

! ‘A BODY IN FUKUSHIMA’: Photographs of Eiko Otake, documenting a visit she and William Johnston, photographer and Wesleyan University professor of Japanese history, made in 2014 to the irradiated communities of Fukushima. Artist talk with Otake: Monday, May 23, 6-7 p.m. Through May 28. Info, 652-4500. Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, Flynn Center in Burlington. CARRIE DICKASON: “Industry Practice,” installation work created with materials that reflect the artist’s background in the automotive and textile industries of Detroit, and elicit a conversation about consumerism and waste. Through April 9. Info, 865-7166. Vermont Metro Gallery, BCA Center in Burlington. CATHERINE HALL: “Paper Pieces and Works on Paper,” new works employing techniques derived from textile dyeing and batiking, monoprints and abstract painting. Through March 31. Info, 859-9222. SEABA Center in Burlington.

‘CONTEXERE’: Named for the Latin word meaning “to weave, entwine, braid,” the show presents work by 12 local artists and explores the complex processes of verbal and nonverbal communication. Through March 31. Info, 917-232-9205. ONE Arts Center in Burlington.

GRACE TOMCZAK: “Tentacles,” a collection of drawings and collage focused on octopuses and their form. Through April 15. Info, 657-387. Petra Cliffs Climbing Center & Mountaineering School in Burlington.

MONIKA RIVARD: Photographs by the recent artist-in-residence at New City Galerie. Through April 30. Info, 863-8278. Barrio Bakery in Burlington. MONIKA RIVARD PHOTOS: Images by the Burlington photographer. Through May 31. Info, 343-1218. Scout & Co. in Burlington. NANCY TOMCZAK: Watercolors that reflect the Vermont artist’s fascination with birds. Through March 31. Info, 859-9222. The Gallery at Main Street Landing in Burlington. NINI CRANE: “Four Seasons of Watercolor,” paintings that reflect the Vermont artist’s love of nature. Through May 31. Info, 540-8333. Sequoia Salon in Burlington. OLA CARSON: “No,” mixed-media works and the first U.S. show from the Poland-born artist. Through May 17. Info, 864-5884. Karma Bird House Gallery in Burlington.

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‘POP ART PRINTS’: Thirty-seven prints significant to the advent of the pop art movement of the 1950s and ’60s, including works by Robert Indiana, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg and Andy Warhol. Also works by the era’s female artists from the Fleming’s permanent collection, including Chryssa, Sister Mary Corita Kent and Marisol. ‘SEX OBJECTS: PERSPECTIVES ON GENDER AND SEXUALITY’: An exhibition of everyday and ceremonial art and artifacts curated by 40 anthropology and art history students. SAMUEL BAK: “Survival and Memory,” paintings by the Polish artist addressing his experience as a Holocaust survivor, using a Renaissance palette and personal lexicon informed by Jewish culture. Through May 22. Info, 656-0750. University of Vermont Fleming Museum of Art in Burlington. SCOTT KING: Paintings in markers, spray paint and acrylic. Through April 30. Info, 658-4771. Nectar’s in Burlington.

! ‘A SHOW OF HANDS’: The fourth annual exhibition of 100 wooden hands decorated by local artists; an auction at the end of month will support HANDS, an organization that brings food to Vermont elders. Auction: Thursday, March 31, 5:30 p.m. Through March 31. Info, 651-8834. Penny Cluse Café in Burlington. SIENNA FONTAINE: “Acclaim of Gesture,” mixedmedia works made with walnut ink, marker, acrylic paints, spray paint and stencil work. Through June 30. Info, 859-9222. Speeder & Earl’s Coffee (Pine Street) in Burlington. WICHAI PAYUNGKE: “People of the Mara and Mwanza Regions of Tanzania,” photographs from the Burlington resident taken while managing water development projects in the African nation. Through March 31. Info, 656-1462. Center for Cultural Pluralism, UVM, in Burlington.

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HOWARD CENTER ARTS COLLECTIVE AND BELLCATE SCHOOL: Works by collective members, Bellcate students and others. Through March 31. Info, 863-3403. Fletcher Free Library in Burlington.

JULIA LUCKETT: “Food 4 Farmers,” photography documenting a nonprofit organization that works with coffee communities in Latin America to address chronic seasonal hunger. Through April 25. Info, 881-8572. Uncommon Grounds in Burlington.

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‘FROG HOLLOW’S GREEN MOUNTAIN ARTISANS’: Natalie Stultz debuts her short documentary film about Vermont artisans, in conjunction with a gallery show featuring work by the film’s subjects. Through March 31. Info, 863-6458. Frog Hollow Vermont State Craft Center in Burlington.

‘IN A FIELD WITH NO BOUNDS’: A group exhibition featuring two generations of artists with Vermont connections, with work that references internal and external landscapes and the relationship between them. Artists include Catherine Hall, Corin Hewitt, Julia Kunin, Meg Lipke, Meg Walker and Barbara Zucker. Through April 26. Info, 395-1923. New City Galerie in Burlington.

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‘DYSFUNCTION’: Ten contemporary artists use ceramics to question the social, political and economic forces that determine “proper” function. ‘NAVIGATING MEMORY: EXPLORING PLACE’: Nurjahan Akhlaq, Aqsa Shakil and Seher Shah explore the role of memory, biography and personal context in establishing historical narratives. Through April 9. Info, 865-5355. BCA Center in Burlington.

‘IMPERMANENCE’: Sculpture and drawings by Margaret Jacobs and Justin O’Rourke. Through April 30. Info, 363-4746. Flynndog in Burlington.

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CHARLIE HUDSON: Drawings by the Burlingtonbased artist. Through April 1. Info, 540-0188. The Skinny Pancake in Burlington.

‘HYPER-UTILITY’: Curated by ONE Arts and ArtShape Mammoth, the exhibit features work by Cori Champagne, Sande French-Stockwell, Jane Gordon and Amy Joy Hosterman that considers environmental futures, survival and adaptation. Through April 15. Info, 656-3131. Living/Learning Center, UVM, in Burlington.

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‘A WORLD OF ART’: Mixed-media, two-dimensional artwork acquired by Ben Bergstein and April Werner during their travels around the world. Through April 30. Info, 863-6713. North End Studio A in Burlington. ‘XOXO: AN EXHIBIT ABOUT LOVE & FORGIVENESS’: Developed by the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, this emotion-filled interactive exhibit asks you to open your heart and mind. Through May 15. Info, 864-1848. ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain in Burlington.

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‘32 DEGREES: THE ART OF WINTER’: Winterinspired works from the late 19th century to present, including contemporary photography, sound pieces, digital art, games and ephemeral sculpture, which invite visitors to experience the complexities of snow and ice. Through May 30. Info, 985-3346. Shelburne Museum. ‘BIRDS OF A FEATHER’: An exhibition exploring the illusory and deadly beauty of American wildfowl decoys, featuring models of 13 different bird species. Through May 1. Info, 985-3346. Pizzagalli Center for Art and Education, Shelburne Museum. DICK BRUNELLE: Recent abstract watercolor paintings by the Vermont artist. Through May 31. Info, 316-4265. Firebird Café in Essex Junction.

! JOHN MOYERS: “The Art of Give and Take and Give,” photographs by the Bristol artist. He hosts two gallery events in which visitors are invited to take a photo off the wall and replace it with an item of their choosing. Suggestions include a poem, sketch, written response to the image or contribution to offset printing costs. Exchange reception: Saturday, April 9, 4-6 p.m. Through April 30. Info, 989-3996. Living Room: Center of Positivity in Essex Junction. KURT MADISON: Images from the Vermont landscape photographer. Through May 31. Info, 985-8222. Shelburne Vineyard.

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‘MOTION’: A group exhibition featuring Vermont artists. Through March 31. Info, 878-8887. Jericho Town Hall. STAFF ART SHOW: Thirty-five original artworks on display were created by seven of the restaurant’s nine employees: Eli Barlow, Ashley Campbell, Gianna Cavallaro, Steve Crawford, Amila Nuhodzic, Liz Swindell and Ethan Tischler. Through April 3. Info, 985-9511. Rustic Roots in Shelburne.

! ‘THREADS OF LIGHT’: Pastel paintings by Marla McQuiston and Jane Petrillo. Reception: Sunday, April 3, 1-4 p.m. Through April 24. Info, 899-3211. Emile A. Gruppe Gallery in Jericho.

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! ‘THREE VERMONT ARTISTS’: Paintings by

Cynthia Griffith, masks by Ellis Jacobson and prints by Phillip Robertson. Reception: Thursday, April 14, 5-7 p.m. Through April 29. CHARLES FISH: “Blue Ribbons & Burlesque,” photographs taken at Vermont country fairs. Through July 1. Info, 479-8519. Vermont History Museum in Montpelier. ‘CLOSE TO HOME’: Installation and images by Elizabeth Billings and Michael Sacca, respectively, created using materials and subject matter near their Tunbridge home. Through March 31. Info, 828-0749. Governor’s Gallery in Montpelier. DIANNE SHULLENBERGER: “Circular Earth,” 20 collages made from natural objects. Through April 29. Info, 899-4993. Spotlight Gallery in Montpelier.

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DJ BARRY: “Love Your Barista,” a new series featuring stencils of coffee cups, with 100 percent of sales donated to the barista tip jar. Through April 1. Info, 479-0896. Espresso Bueno in Barre.

! DOUGLAS AJA: “African Safari,” photographs and bronze sculptures of African wildlife. Reception: Friday, May 13, 6-8 p.m. Through May 21. Info, 426-3581. Jaquith Public Library in Marshfield.

THE FRONT COLLECTIVE: A group exhibition features collective members Jesse Cooper, Ben Cheney, Deluxe Unlimited, Alice Dodge, Hasso Ewing, Glen Coburn Hutcheson, Chris Jeffrey, Maayan Kasimov, Clara Kazarov, Melora Kennedy, Alana LaPoint, Michelle Lesnak, John Matusz, Hannah Morris, James Secor and Janet Van Fleet. Gallery open Fridays, 5-8 p.m., and Saturdays, 11 a.m.-8.m. Through March 31. Info, 272-0908. The Front in Montpelier. KATE GRIDLEY: Seventeen contemporary oil portraits of young adults, each accompanied by an audio narrative accessible by cellphone. Through March 31. Info, 828-0749. Vermont Supreme Court Gallery in Montpelier. ‘LEGISLATION AS A SOURCE OF ART’: Nineteen Art Resource Association members present work inspired by laws enacted by Vermont legislators. Through March 31. Info, 223-2258. Vermont Statehouse Cafeteria in Montpelier. ‘SADDLE UP! NORWICH CAVALRY: TRAINING, TOURING AND TACTICS ON HORSEBACK’: Exhibition presenting the story of the college cavalry, including life-size imagery, sounds and historic objects. Through June 30. Info, 485-2183. Sullivan Museum & History Center, Norwich University in Northfield. ‘THEM, US & YOU’: A global, invitational exhibit includes more than 24 artists who investigate radical and socially accepted constructs of the other. Through April 18. Info, 479-7069. Studio Place Arts in Barre. TOM LEYTHAM: “The Other Working Landscape,” watercolor prints of aging industrial buildings by the Montpelier architect and artist. Through April 8. Info, 279-6403. Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin.

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ABRIE HOWE: “Into the Eyes of Animals,” drawings and acrylic paintings by the local fifth-grader. GALEN CHENEY: “To China and Back,” paintings and paper constructions created while in residence at the Da Wang Culture Highland near Shenzen, China. Through May 2. Info, 888-1261. River Arts in Morrisville. ‘INTIMACY + MATERIALITY’: A 13-artist group exhibition explores material and emphasizes methods of making through the lens of contemporary studio, social and design practices. CAROLE FRANCES LUNG, AKA FRAU FIBER: “People’s Cloth Trade Show: The T-shirt Is the Problem,” exhibition by the California artist, activist and scholar, which creates an immersive environment for visitors to learn about global production of T-shirts and how to upcycle, reuse and extend their life. Through April 10. Info, 253-8358. Helen Day Art Center in Stowe. KEN LESLIE: “Kalallit Nunaat — Grønland: Paintings and Books From Greenland,” an exhibition of paintings and multimedia works. Through April 9. Info, 635-1224. Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson State College. ‘NOTHING EVER GOES AWAY.’: Carrie Dickason exhibits large, suspended double-sided works made primarily of hand-cut paper and spray paint. Through April 1. Info, 635-2727. Vermont Studio Center Gallery II in Johnson.

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historian, educator and self-taught artist. Works include birds and waterfowl carved in remnants of a New Haven root fence, maple sugaring story boards and kinetic sculpture. Through May 21. Info, 388-2117. Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History in Middlebury. ‘DECO JAPAN: SHAPING ART AND CULTURE, 1920-1945’: The nearly 200 works in this exhibit showcase the spectacular craftsmanship and sophisticated design long associated with Japan, and convey the complex social and cultural tensions in Japan leading up to World War II, including the emergence of the “modern girl.” Through April 24. Info, 443-6433. Middlebury College Museum of Art. ‘DISCLOSURES: COMING OUT OF OBSCURITY’: Vermont artists Lily Hinrichsen and Karla Van Vliet bring to light parts of their past, with assemblages, works on paper and mixed media. Through May 7. Info, 382-9222. Jackson Gallery, Town Hall Theater in Middlebury. ‘LIFE UNDER THE SHADOW’: Acrylic paintings by Bhutanese refugee Hom Pradhan that reflect the young artist’s experience growing up in a refugee camp in Nepal. Accompanying audio by VFC co-director Gregory Sharrow. Through July 31. ‘SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE WORKING FOREST’: Collaborative exhibition featuring work by painter Kathleen Kolb and poet Verandah Porche. Through April 30. Info, 388-4964. Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury. LINDA REYNOLDS: “Years of Seasons,” watercolors and one large pastel. Through April 1. Info, 453-3188. WalkOver Gallery and Concert Room in Bristol.

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‘OUT ON A LIMB’: Member artists present tree-inspired works that reflect the personal style of each. Through May 3. Info, 247-4956. Brandon Artists Guild.

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DAISY ROCKWELL: “Odalèsque and Other Recent Paintings,” work by the artist and granddaughter of Norman Rockwell. Through May 13. $2-20 suggested donation. Info, 356-2775. Main Street Museum in White River Junction. ‘HUMAN PLUS: REAL LIVES + REAL ENGINEERING’: An exhibition offering visitors of all ages the chance to explore engineering concepts and to create a range of low- and high-tech tools that extend the potential of the human body. Through May 8. Info, 649-2200, ext. 222. Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich. ‘ICE AGE MAMMALS IN THE MEADOW’: Outdoor exhibition of life-size sculpture by Bob Shannahan and Wendy Klemperer, featuring artistic renditions of a woolly mammoth, a short-faced bear, a North American camel, a dire wolf and an American lion. Through April 30. Info, 359-5001. Vermont Institute of Natural Science Nature Center in Quechee. PRINTMAKING WITH SOLARPLATES: An exhibition of prints made using sunlight. Through March 31. Info, 295-5901. Two Rivers Printmaking Studio in White River Junction.

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DENNIS EDWARDS: Paintings by the Mad River Valley artist. Through March 31. Info, 496-5470. Three Mountain Café in Waitsfield.

DORIAN MCGOWAN: “3 in 1,” three bodies of work from the artist and professor emeritus of art at Lyndon State College. Through April 23. Info, 6951111. Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild Backroom Gallery in St. Johnsbury.

MICHAEL BALZANO: “Somebunny,” exhibition of whimsical rabbit drawings by the creator of @mydailybunny. Through April 9. Info, 244-7801. Axel’s Gallery & Frameshop in Waterbury.

HARRIET WOOD: Exuberant oil paintings that celebrate the arrival of spring and summer. Through May 16. Info, 525-3366. Parker Pie Co. in West Glover.

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! STEPHEN MALSHUK: “Antarctica: A Photographic Journey,” images of the southernmost continent by the Vermont photographer. Closing reception and artist talk: Saturday, April 16, 5-7 p.m. Through April 16. Info, 334-9166. MAC Center for the Arts Gallery in Newport.

‘THE CURIOUS COUSINS OF VERMONT OUTSIDER ARTIST GAYLEEN AIKEN’: Twenty-four of the late artist’s cardboard cutout imaginary “cousins,” which are rarely shown together, and more than a dozen drawings and paintings. CHUCK HERRMAN: “Out of the Forest,” carvings by the Vermont wood

‘WAR AND PEACE’: Paintings, watercolors and drawings that address themes of war and peace, including works by Tom Farrow, Diana Mara Henry, John Howe, Marjorie Kramer, John Rogers, Bradleigh Stockwell, Sam Thurston and Ann Young. Through April 15. Info, 323-7759. The 99 Gallery and Center in Newport.

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‘CENTERING’: An exhibit featuring five artists of regional, national and international reputation: Steve Budington, Janne Höltermann, Roberto Lugo, Billie Mandle and Seldon Yuan. Curated by art professor Jen Morris, the show includes works in video, ceramics, painting, sculptural objects and photography. Through April 15. Info, 387-6841. The Fine Arts Gallery, Landmark College in Putney. ‘CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS VS. THE MASTERS: HOMAGE, BATTLE, RECLAMATION’: Thirteen artists address the influence of their creative forebears, including works by Eric Aho, Ross Bleckner, Babette Bloch, Taner Ceylan, Kate O’Donovan Cook, Josef Fiscnaller, Pam Glick, Mimi Gross, Richard Jacobs, Sam Jury, Matt Mattingly, Yasumasa Morimura and Cathy Osman. Through June 13. ‘VISIONS FROM THE EDGE: AN EXPLORATION OF OUTSIDER ART’: Group exhibition featuring 12 artists with autism and other developmental disorders: Oscar Azmita, William Britt, Susan Brown, Chase Ferguson, Evan Gozali, Elisa Huberman, Barry Kahn, Michael McManmon, Walter Mika, Jessica Park, Alba Somoza, and Shmuel Taurog. Guest curated by Tony Gengarelly. JONATHAN GITELSON: “Are You Here?” photographs of the artist’s public project in which he installed the phrase on billboards throughout New England and upstate New York. KAREN GAUDETTE: Scratchboard drawings that metaphorically reflect a middle-aged woman’s journey to find true love. MICHAEL SACCA: “flow-MOTION,” installation of water images by the Vermont photographer. Through June 13. Info, 257-0124. Brattleboro Museum & Art Center. ‘FEATHER & FUR: PORTRAITS OF FIELD, FOREST & FARM’: Portraits celebrating the beauty, intelligence and grace of animals by nine artists. Through April 30. Info, 885-3061. The Great Hall in Springfield. GROUP EXHIBITION 2016: Works from more than 20 New England and New York artists, including Scott Nelson, Susan Osgood, Michelle Ratte, Margaret Shipman and Donald Saaf. Through April 24. Info, 251-8290. Mitchell Giddings Fine Arts in Brattleboro.

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‘3D DIGITAL: HERE AND NOW’: Innovative work in 3D art and design technology by makers with local connections, including Willard Boepple, Heather Dewey-Hagborg, Jon Isherwood and Karolina Kawiaka. Through June 15. JEN MORRIS: “Marble,” photographs by the Vermont artist. Through April 17. VINCENT LONGO: “Centers, Circles, Squares, Grids,” works by the artist recognized as the first abstract expressionist printmaker. Through May 1. Info, 447-1571. Bennington Museum. ‘WORKS ON PAPER’: Works by Barbara Ackerman, Denise Anderson, Bill Botzow, Elizabeth Coyne, the late Bill Dixon, Anima Katz, Paul Katz, Teru Simon, Paul Stitelman, Zack Ward, Chase Winkler and Greg Winterhalter. Through March 31. Info, 447-6388. Southern Vermont College Gallery in Bennington.

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ANNIE TIBERIO CAMERON: Photographs taken in the wilderness during solo camping trips. Through March 30. Info, 999-7661. Hartness Gallery, Vermont Technical College in Randolph Center. ‘DIRECTOR’S CHOICE’: Selected works by Varujan Boghosian, Pat Dipaula Klein, Helen Matteson, Ira Matteson, Nick Santoro, Hugh Townley and John Udvardy. Through July 9. Info, 767-9670. BigTown Gallery in Rochester. HARLEN HOUGHTON: “Rusticks,” compositions made with found sticks and twigs arranged behind frames of frosted Plexiglas. Through March 31. Info, 565-8296. Art of Vermont in Randolph.

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JOAN HOFFMAN: “National Park Landscapes: Celebrating National Park Service Centennial 2016,” impressionistic paintings of American natural heritage sites by the South Royalton artist. Through May 12. Info, 889-9404. Tunbridge Public Library. LYNN NEWCOMB: “The Power of Black Ink; Two Decades of Printmaking,” etchings by the Vermont artist. Through April 30. Info, 498-8438. White River Gallery at BALE in South Royalton. YOUTH ART MONTH: Paintings, drawings and other artworks created by 36 South Royalton elementary, middle and high school students. Through April 2. Info, 763-7094. Royalton Memorial Library in South Royalton.

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‘60 FROM THE 60S: SELECTIONS FROM THE GEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUM’: Exhibition featuring images by significant photographers of the era: Harry Callahan, Benedict J. Fernandez, Hollis Frampton, Betty Hahn, Robert Heinecken, Mary Ellen Mark, Roger Mertin, Arnold Newman, Aaron Siskind and Garry Winogrand. Through April 3. ‘NORMAN ROCKWELL IN THE 1960S’: Exhibition featuring 21 works that trace the artist’s transition

to addressing national issues like democracy, freedom, justice, desegregation and civil rights. Through April 3. DOUGLAS CROCKWELL: “The Other Rockwell: Douglas Crockwell,” an exhibition featuring paintings by the artist and founding Hyde trustee, whose illustrative works were included in the Saturday Evening Post, LIFE, Look and others. Through May 8. Info, 518-792-1761. The Hyde Collection in Glens Falls, N.Y. ‘POMPEII’: Nearly 200 archaeological artifacts, including bronze and marble statues, mosaics, frescoes, decorative arts and objects from daily life, offer a glimpse into the life of the once-thriving city in the Roman Empire. Through September 5. Info, 514-285-2000. Montréal Museum of Fine Arts. RAGNAR KJARTANSSON: The Iceland artist’s first major show in Canada presents three significant works that represent his explorations in performance and straddle mysticism and parody. RYAN GANDER: “Make every show like it’s your last,” an exhibition bringing together diverse elements that reflect the British artist’s interest in the circumstances of art production, as well as our perception of objects. Through May 22. Info, 514-847-6226. Montréal Museum of Contemporary Art. !

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uman beings are sometimes better at making super-sophisticated devices than at making simple decisions. This is the moral of the story told in Eye in the Sky, one of the most riveting political thrillers in years. Directed by Gavin Hood (Tsotsi) and written by Guy Hibbert, the picture is the polar opposite of last year’s claustrophobic Good Kill. That film focused on a conflicted Las Vegas-based drone pilot played by Ethan Hawke. This one has a conflicted Las Vegasbased drone pilot, too. But it also features players on three more continents. Early on, Helen Mirren glances at her snoring husband, gets out of bed and does the darnedest thing: She puts on a uniform and heads to a war room filled with giant screens. She plays Col. Katherine Powell, second in command of a joint U.S.-British operation called Egret, and this is a day she’s long awaited. For years Powell has trailed a radicalized Englishwoman, and now she’s ready to carry out the suspect’s capture as the latter meets with fellow Al-Shabaab terrorists in Nairobi. The plan calls for drone pilot Steve Watts (Aaron Paul) to perform surveillance from above, providing a wider view as Kenyan forces rush in and round up the bad guys.

Best-laid plans, as they say. Intel reveals that the woman has relocated to a safe house occupied by three of the U.S. president’s most wanted Al-Shabaab leaders, plus two new recruits who are being fitted with suicide vests. Powell instant-messages her British counterpart, Lt. Gen. Frank Benson (Alan Rickman in his final on-screen role), to request a change in the mission from “capture” to “kill.” He immediately agrees — but there’s a catch. Well, two, actually. A little girl (Aisha Takow) sets up a bread-selling stand near the safe house. And Benson must answer to a gaggle of Brit politicos who fret about bad press from collateral damage, flip-flop on the best course of action and “refer up” the decision. Meanwhile, the clock ticks, and Powell becomes ever more ticked. This is an exceptionally suspenseful film, and a smartly made one. Eye in the Sky offers a spellbinding look at the latest technology in stages — from macro to micro — to underscore the reality that there’s no place or person on the planet that Big Brother can’t watch today. In HD. We start with the cameras on the drone’s belly. Their range astonishes. But they can’t peek into a window, so a smaller device, a mechanical hummingbird, is employed.

TOUGH CALL Mirren gives a commanding performance as a military leader whose mission is compromised by unforeseen complications halfway around the world.

And who ya gonna call when the windows are covered and you need eyes inside the house? How about a remote-controlled beetle? Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips) does compelling work as a Kenyan soldier who risks his life to guide the flying spy through the front door and onto an overhead perch where it offers a view of everything happening in the home. Talk about bugging a place. The math is simple: The operatives can send a Hellfire missile through the roof and save thousands of lives. Or they can pass the buck and worry about possible YouTube postings of one child in the wrong place at

the wrong time. Unfortunately, most of the officials empowered to make the decision are simple, too. The tension inherent in watching a group of human beings with the capacity to save lives but not the courage of conviction to act is masterfully deployed throughout. Your knuckles will be white. The edge of your seat will see action for 102 minutes. And you will never think about drones in quite the same way as you did before you saw this timely, electrifying film. RI C K KI S O N AK

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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice ★★★

uring one of the many fiery climaxes of Batman v Superman, Bruce Wayne, aka Batman (Ben Affleck), turns to his loyal Alfred (Jeremy Irons) and asks what’s happening. “How to describe it?” replies the manservant, his dry diction impeccable as he watches yet another piece of Metropolis explode. That pretty much sums up this critic’s response to the latest DC Comics epic from director Zack Snyder. In Man of Steel, the 300 auteur introduced his “gritty” yet messianic version of Superman (Henry Cavill), capping the origin story with an orgy of urban destruction. Add to that recipe the pitch-dark, noirish Batman already showcased in Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy, give the two superheroes a few reasons to fight, and what do you get? An epic about two emotionally stunted people trading glowers while the world burns. There’s a decent idea at the core of this mess: Who’s the “good guy” is sometimes a matter of perspective. The film opens where Man of Steel ended. Only now we take Bruce Wayne’s street-level view as he watches Superman and his Kryptonian adversary level the city, and we absorb his mistrust of this apparent savior who is, after all, an alien. An illegal alien, as an on-the-nose picket sign proclaims later in the film, when Superman is asked to declare his intentions toward humanity at a U.S. Senate hearing presided over by Holly Hunter.

SUPER BRUISE DAY Cavill and Affleck do a lot more punching and posing than talking in Snyder’s over-the-top superhero brawl.

If only Lois Lane (Amy Adams), media maven that she supposedly is, would give Superman a tiny tutorial on public relations, instead of letting him fly away to sulk in his Fortress of Solitude. If only Batman would stop muttering about the evils of mankind, reliving his own origin story in slow motion and having lurid dystopian dreams about the Man of Steel. If only Lex Luthor (Jesse Eisenberg, bouncing around like the Joker on Adderall) weren’t the only halfway smart one of the bunch. If only

every one of these central antagonists wasn’t motivated by some version of daddy issues. But they are. And they fight. And it is very smashy and flashy, and very Wagnerian, and perhaps very satisfying to those who have dreamed of such a confrontation since the days of mashing action figures together. Viewers who mainly want to catch the franchise’s first appearance of Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) are more likely to be disappointed; she has way more charisma than screen time.

Snyder and writers Chris Terrio and David S. Goyer assemble the myriad pieces of this story in ways that are sometimes intriguingly jarring, sometimes borderline incoherent. The aforementioned dream sequence, for instance, is introduced without a transition — suddenly we seem to be watching a Paul Verhoeven camp-fest. Some viewers may wish they could stay there instead of returning to the desaturated gloom of Snyder’s urbanscapes. Perhaps it’s Nolan who deserves the blame for turning a superhero franchise into a portentous ball of pretension. Yet his Batman movies had genuine dramatic impact when they stuck to the well-mapped landscape of Gotham and the tropes of procedural dramas about terrorism and urban blight. Working on a much bigger canvas, Snyder seems to have left those humanizing connections behind. Instead of nuanced performances or telling character moments, we get shot after iconic shot of Batman or Superman silhouetted against the sallow glow of the small-minded, ungrateful world to which these titans have deigned to dedicate themselves. And yet, just as Superman looms over Metropolis, so Batman v Superman looms as a fitting monument to the excess and self-importance of modern movie blockbusters. Bloated, absurd and dramatically unengaging as it is, one can’t help agreeing with Alfred that it needs to be seen to be believed. MARGO T HARRI S O N

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NEW IN THEATERS EYE IN THE SKY★★★★1/2 Helen Mirren plays a U.S. colonel forced to debate the morality of a drone strike against terrorists when an innocent bystander gets in the way, in this topical drama directed by Gavin Hood (Ender’s Game). With Alan Rickman, Aaron Paul and Barkhad Abdi. (102 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 3/30. Capitol, Roxy)

THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT — PART 1★1/2 Plucky Tris (Shailene Woodley) and her love interest must finally escape the wall surrounding future Chicago in the almost-final installment of the popular dystopian YA series. Robert Schwentke (Insurgent) directed. With Theo James, Naomi Watts and Jeff Daniels. (121 min, PG-13)

GOD’S NOT DEAD 2: A high school teacher gets in trouble for talking about Jesus in this follow-up to the faith-based hit about the dangers of atheism in academia. With Jesse Metcalfe, David A.R. White and Ray Wise. Harold Cronk returns as director. (121 min, PG. Essex, Majestic) I SAW THE LIGHT: Tom Hiddleston plays countrywestern legend Hank Williams, a man who sang a lot about Jesus but had trouble sticking to the straight and narrow, in this biopic. Elizabeth Olsen plays his wife, Audrey; with Bradley Whitford and Cherry Jones. Marc Abraham (Flash of Genius) directed. (123 min, R. Roxy, Savoy)

NOW PLAYING 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE★★★★ A woman finds herself imprisoned by a survivalist in this low-budget “spiritual successor” to monster movie Cloverfield directed by Dan Trachtenberg. Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Goodman and John Gallagher Jr. star. (105 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 3/16) BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE★★1/2 Some viewers of Man of Steel thought its version of Superman (Henry Cavill) was just a bit too dark, and Batman (Ben Affleck) seems to agree. The two superheroes face off and tangle with Lex Luthor (Jesse Eisenberg) in director Zack Snyder’s latest entry in the DC Comics cinematic universe. (153 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 3/30)

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Home Sweet Own HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS★1/2 Sally Field plays a sixtysomething singleton who develops an obsession with her much younger coworker (Max Greenfield) and tries to hang with the hipster kids in this comedy from director Michael Showalter, who created “Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp.” (95 min, R. Reviewed by R.K. 3/23) THE LADY IN THE VAN★★ Maggie Smith plays a homeless woman who parks herself in the driveway of a playwright (Alex Jennings) and doesn’t leave, in this comedy-drama based on Alan Bennett’s memoir. Nicholas Hytner (The History Boys) directed. (104 min, PG-13; reviewed by R.K. 2/17)

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SPOTLIGHT★★★★★ Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams and Stanley Tucci are among the all-star cast of this gripping drama about the Boston Globe’s Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation into the Catholic sex-abuse scandals uncovered in the early aughts. (128 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 11/25)

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MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2★★ Fourteen years later, writer-star Nia Vardalos attempts to recapture the magic of her surprise comedy hit with this follow-up in which it’s time for another wacky wedding in the heroine’s Greek family. Kirk Jones directed. With John Corbett, Michael Constantine, Lainie Kazan and Elena Kampouris. (94 min, PG-13)

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THE BRONZE★★★ Director Bryan Buckley made this comedy about a gymnast with an international bronze medal (Melissa Rauch) become a bitter, washed-up adult fighting to maintain her status as her small town’s biggest celebrity. With Gary Cole and Sebastian Stan. (108 min, R; reviewed by M.H. 3/23)

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LONDON HAS FALLEN★1/2 In the sequel to action flick Olympus Has Fallen that apparently someone asked for, the head of the Secret Service (Gerard Butler) must protect his friend the president (Aaron Eckhart) from a plot to kill all the world’s leaders. With Angela Bassett and Morgan Freeman. Babak Najafi directed. (99 min, R) MIRACLES FROM HEAVEN★★ A 10-year-old afflicted with a rare disease is mysteriously cured after a freak accident in this inspirational drama based on Christy Beam’s book. With Jennifer Garner, Kylie Rogers, Martin Henderson and Queen Latifah. Patricia Riggen (The 33) directed. (109 min, PG)

DEADPOOL★★★1/2 Ryan Reynolds plays the snarky Marvel Comics anti-hero known as the “Merc With a Mouth,” who gets his own origin story in the feature directorial debut of animator Tim Miller. With Morena Baccarin and T.J. Miller. (108 min, R)

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WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT★★ Tina Fey plays an urbane journalist who’s a fish out of water when she takes an assignment in wartime Afghanistan in this comedy adapted from Kim Barker’s memoir The Taliban Shuffle. With Margot Robbie and Martin Freeman. Glenn Ficarra and John Requa (Bad Santa) directed. (112 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 3/9) ZOOTOPIA★★★★ A con artist fox and a bunny cop team up to uncover a conspiracy in this Disney animated adventure set in a world where critters call the shots. With the voices of Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman and Idris Elba. Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Jared Bush directed. (108 min, PG; reviewed by M.H. 3/9)

THE HATEFUL EIGHT★★★1/2 The latest from Quentin Tarantino is set in post-Civil War Wyoming, where eight not-so-nice folks, including two bounty hunters (Samuel L. Jackson and Kurt Russell) and a notorious criminal (Jennifer Jason Leigh), find themselves trapped during a blizzard. (187 min, R; reviewed by M.H. 1/13) POINT BREAK★1/2 “Inspired by” the memorably excessive 1991 action flick, this thriller tells the story of an FBI agent (Luke Bracey) who goes undercover with a crew of extreme-sports enthusiasts who just might be moonlighting as criminals. Édgar Ramírez gets the Patrick Swayze role. Ericson Core (Invincible) directed. (113 min, PG-13)

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While Hank Williams died young, his scratchy, spooky voice is immortal, so it's not surprising to see the country legend get the Walk the Line biopic treatment. What is more surprising is to see him played by Brit Tom Hiddleston. But word is that the actor acquits himself pretty well, even when doing his own singing. Elizabeth Olsen plays Williams' first wife. Marc Abraham directed the drama, which starts on Friday at the Savoy Theater in Montpelier and Merrill's Roxy Cinemas in Burlington. Offbeat Flick of the Week: We pick an indie, foreign, cultish or just plain odd movie that hits local theaters, DVD or video on demand this week. If you want an alternative to the blockbusters, try this!

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REAL FREE WILL ASTROLOGY BY ROB BREZSNY MARCH 31-APRIL 6

Aries

(MARCH 21-APRIL 20) (March 21-April 19): According to my astrological analysis, you would benefit profoundly from taking a ride in a jet fighter plane 70,000 feet above the Earth. In fact, I think you really need to experience weightlessness as you soar faster than the speed of sound. Luckily, there’s an organization, MiGFlug (migflug.com), that can provide you with this healing thrill. (I just hope you can afford the $18,000 price tag.) April fool! I do in fact think you should treat yourself to unprecedented thrills and transcendent adventures. But I bet you can accomplish that without being quite so extravagant.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “People only

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): If I had to decide what natural phenomenon you most closely

CANCER

(June 21-July 22): “Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting,” warns Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami. If that’s true, why bother? Why expend all your precious yearning if the net result won’t even satisfy your yearning?! That’s why I advise you to abandon your beloved plans! Save your energy for trivial wishes. That way you won’t be disappointed when they are fulfilled in unanticipated ways. April fool! I was messing with you. It’s true that what you want won’t arrive in the form you’re expecting. But I bet the result will be even better than what you expected.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You’re due to make

a pilgrimage, aren’t you? It might be time to shave your head, sell your possessions and head out on a long trek to a holy place where you can get back in touch with what the hell you’re doing here on this planet. April fool! I was kidding about the head-shaving and possessions-dumping. On the other hand, there might be value in embarking on a less melodramatic pilgrimage. I think you’re ready to seek radical bliss of a higher order — and get back in touch with what the hell you’re doing here on this planet.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Are you ready to fight the monster? Do you have the courage and strength and stamina and guile to overcome the ugly beast that’s blocking the path to the treasure? If not, turn around and head back to your comfort zone until you’re

better prepared. April fool! I lied. There is a monster, but it’s not the literal embodiment of a beastly adversary. Rather, it’s inside you. It’s an unripe part of yourself that needs to be taught and tamed and cared for. Until you develop a better relationship with it, it will just keep testing you. (P.S. Now would be a good time to develop a better relationship with it.)

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Your advice for the near future comes from poet Stephen Dunn. “If the Devil sits down,” he says, “offer companionship, tell her you’ve always admired her magnificent, false moves.” I think that’s an excellent plan, Libra! Maybe you’ll even be lucky enough to make the acquaintance of many different devils with a wide variety of magnificent, false moves. April fool! I lied. In fact, I think you should avoid contact with all devils, no matter how enticing they might be. Now is a key time to surround yourself with positive influences. SCORPIO

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In 1841, a British medical journal prescribed the following remedy for the common cold: “Nail a hat on the wall near the foot of your bed, then retire to that bed and drink spirits until you see two hats.” My expert astrological analysis reveals that this treatment is likely to cure not just the sniffles, but also any other discomforts you’re suffering from, whether physical or emotional or spiritual. So I hope you own a hat, hammer and nails. April fool! I lied. The method I suggested probably won’t help alleviate what ails you. But here’s a strategy that might: Get rid of anything that’s superfluous, rotten, outdated or burdensome.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): To begin your oracle, I’ll borrow the words of author Ray Bradbury: “May you be in love every day for the next 20,000 days, and out of that love, remake a world.” I have reason to believe that this optimistic projection has a good chance of coming true for you. Imagine it, Sagittarius: daily swoons of delight and rapture from now until the year 2071. April fool! I lied, sort of. It would be foolish to predict that you’ll be giddy with amorous feelings nonstop for the next 54 years and 10 months. On the other hand, I don’t think it’s unrealistic

for you to expect a lot of that sweet stuff over the course of the next three weeks.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “I am tired of being brave,” groaned Anne Sexton in one of her poems. “I’m sick of following my dreams,” moaned comedian Mitch Hedberg, adding, “I’m just going to ask my dreams where they’re going and hook up with them later.” In my opinion, Capricorn, you have every right to unleash grumbles similar to Hedberg’s and Sexton’s. April fool! The advice I just gave you is only half correct. It’s true that you need and deserve a respite from your earnest struggles. Now is indeed a good time to take a break so you can recharge your spiritual batteries. But don’t you dare feel sorry for yourself. AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In 1991, hikers in the Italian Alps discovered the well-preserved corpse of a Bronze Age hunter. Buried in the frigid terrain, the man who came to be known as Otzi the Iceman had been there for 5,000 years. Soon the museum that claimed his body began receiving inquiries from women who wanted to be impregnated with Otzi’s sperm. I think this is an apt metaphor for you, Aquarius. Consider the possibility that you might benefit from being fertilized by an influence from long ago. April fool! I was just messing with you. It’s true you can generate good mojo by engaging with inspirational influences from the past. But I’d never urge you to be guided by a vulgar metaphor related to Otzi’s sperm.

PISCES

(Feb. 19-March 20): Caligula was an eccentric Roman emperor who had a physical resemblance to a goat. He was sensitive about it. That’s why he made it illegal for anyone to refer to goats in his company. I mention this, Pisces, because I’d like to propose a list of words you should forbid to be used in your presence during the coming weeks: “money,” “cash,” “finances,” “loot,” “savings” and “investments.” Why? Because I’m afraid it would be distracting, even confusing or embarrassing, for you to think about these sore subjects right now. April fool! I lied. The truth is, now is a perfect time for you to be focused on getting richer quicker.

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get really interesting when they start to rattle the bars of their cages,” says philosopher Alain de Botton. If that’s true, Taurus, you must be on the verge of becoming very interesting. Metaphorically speaking, you’re not just rattling the bars of your cage. You’re also smacking your tin cup against the bars and trying to saw through them with your plastic knife. April fool! I lied. You’re not literally in a prison cell. And I got a bit carried away with the metaphor. But there is a grain of truth to what I said. You are getting close to breaking free of at least some of your mind-forged manacles. And it’s making you more attractive and intriguing.

resemble right now, I’d consider comparing you to a warm, restless breeze or a busily playful dolphin. But my first choice would be the mushrooms known as Schizophyllum commune. They’re highly adaptable: able to go dormant when the weather’s dry and spring to life when rain comes. They really get around, too, making their homes on every continent except Antarctica. But the main reason I’d link you with them is that they come in over 28,000 different sexes. Their versatility is unprecedented. April fool! I exaggerated a bit. It’s true that these days you’re polymorphous and multifaceted and wellrounded. But you’re probably not capable of expressing 28,000 varieties of anything.

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