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Regardless of what Peter Diamondstone says, Bernie should get your vote [“A Former Ally Says Bernie Sanders Has Changed,” July 29]. Diamondstone is clearly a thoughtful and caring guy, one who has stuck to his guns for a long time, and thus he deserves our respect. However, it just doesn’t make sense to impugn his former colleague’s integrity nor to ignore his many notable achievements. And while we’re on the topic of Bernie naysayers (are you listening, Barney Frank?), I would vote for anyone — female, male, black, white or green — with the level of integrity, effectiveness and compassion that Bernie has demonstrated over the course of his long political career. He’s got the vision, the transformative ideas and the experience to get the job done in the right way, especially for the underdogs in our society. So although I am sorry that Bernie’s candidacy might harm Hillary Clinton’s chances of finally grabbing the brass ring,
his ability to saddle our former secretary of state with the prospect of having to continually trot toward the left is invaluable. Knowing Bernie, he’ll continue to stir up the field by mounting a credible challenge to any and all Democratic contenders. So keep on campaigning yourself hoarse, Bernie, by giving voice to important issues that otherwise would not crop up. And know that many of us are betting on you to finish at the head of the pack. Russ Weis
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[Re “Who Decides? New Buoys in Lake Champlain Roil Colchester Board,” July 22]: If this were a perfect world where everyone was courteous, was aware of the safety of others and obeyed rules, we would not need traffic lights, stop signs or safety buoys. Unfortunately, people can be ignorant of laws, indifferent to the safety of others and just plain careless. Last summer, as I was swimming in Lake Iroquois, I was hit by a careless boat driver. I was pulling a bright pink buoy, which doesn’t help if the driver isn’t looking. I had severe injuries from which I continue to recover. The driver was speeding in a no-wake zone near the shore. Vermont law states that, “Within 200 feet of shore, dock, swim area, person in water and other vessels or anchorage, speed must be less than 5 miles per hour and must not create a wake.” From a boat or land it is difficult to judge how far from shore this is. Putting safety buoys at 200 feet does not impede boat navigation in the least. It is a reminder to slow down and be aware of other users of the lake. Boats can proceed slowly within the 200 feet limit, as they must when no buoys are present. If we had better enforcement of boat laws, maybe kayakers and swimmers would not feel so vulnerable. Colchester selectboard member Marc Landry states that the buoys create “a sense of exclusivity in that neighborhood that they’re not entitled to.” That is nonsense. What is created is a safety zone where users of the water might not have to fear the “literally hundreds of boats” that “park in that area on hot summer days.” Jane Marinsky
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n the nearly five years since ARTHUR and THERESA BREAULT closed their beloved department store in downtown Morrisville, a coalition of nonprofits and government organizations has revitalized the sprawling property. The threebuilding block now boasts affordable housing, first-floor commercial space and a new restaurant called Pizza on Main. The symbolism will be clear when House Speaker SHAP SMITH (D-Morristown) formally kicks off his gubernatorial campaign Wednesday in the shadow of Arthur’s Department Store: Vermont is in transition, the four-term speaker will argue, and he’s the guy to lead the way. “I want to be governor because this is the place I grew up,” he tells Seven Days. “I see a Vermont that has incredible opportunity if we make the right investments in the state.” In order to win what are expected to be hard-fought primary and general election races, Smith himself will have to revitalize his own public persona. Though he’s widely respected as a master of the inside game within the Statehouse, he’ll have to prove he can win over voters outside 1 8/11/15 8:14 PMhis tiny Lamoille County House district, which he’s represented since 2003. “I think he’s the right person at the right time, and he’ll be a great leader,” says Sen. CLAIRE AYER (D-Addison), who has signed up as Smith’s campaign treasurer. “He just has to get out there and be visible.” Smith will also have to counter perceptions that he’s no different from retiring Gov. PETER SHUMLIN, whose popularity has faded in recent years. In a preview of attacks to come, the Vermont Republican Party has for months referred disparagingly to the “Shumlin-Shap Economy.” “I don’t think Shap would be a significant departure from Shumlin,” says Rep. PATTI KOMLINE (R-Dorset), who has previously served as campaign manager for a likely Republican opponent, Lt. Gov. PHIL SCOTT. “I think we’d get more of the same — and Vermonters can’t afford more of the same.” Indeed, asked what legislation he’d most like to sign into law in his first year Featuring Work and Videos as governor, Smith says, “It would be a by Select Frog Hollow Artisans bill that would allow people who went to on Church Street college in-state and committed to stay instate — giving them relief from their college debt.” Sounds an awful lot like Shumlin’s Don’t miss the Church Street Vermont Strong Scholars program and Marketplace/Frog Hollow Artisan former Republican governor JIM DOUGLAS’ Craft Market running Wednesdays Vermont Promise Scholarship proposal in August from 4 - 8 pm before that. “Those are things the current and WWW.FROGHOLLOW.ORG former governor have focused on in the 85 Church St. Burlington VT 802-863-6458 past, but I don’t think we’ve done enough,”
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Smith counters. The legislature rejected the latter; the former has yet to take effect. In making a case for his candidacy, the speaker says he’s “good at bringing people together, working to set a direction and getting it implemented.” That’s true: Throughout his tenure, Smith has presided over a no-drama House — in contrast to an anarchical Senate — and has never lost a vote on the floor. “There’s been an incredible amount of work done in the seven years I’ve been speaker, and I’m pretty proud of the amazing stuff that’s been done,” he says. Smith’s biggest successes? He points to overriding Douglas’ gay marriage veto, encouraging renewable energy development and raising the minimum wage — all initiatives spearheaded by Shumlin.
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“Here’s the thing: All of those things I identified, they wouldn’t have happened without me in the leadership role I was in. I fought like hell to make sure that each one of those happened,” the speaker says. “It’s one thing to say you want to do something. It’s another to do it.” Smith is quick to cite his policy differences with Shumlin, with whom he has often waged fierce, behind-the-scenes battles — most recently when Smith and his fellow legislators nearly provoked a veto of this year’s budget and tax bills. Among his biggest accomplishments, he says, was defeating Shumlin’s 2013 attempt to trim the Earned Income Tax Credit. BILL LOFY, who served as Shumlin’s first chief of staff and is staying neutral in the primary, says he finds it “amusing” that Republicans would paint Smith as Shumlin’s errand boy. “Having been through plenty of legislative scuffles with Shap, I can tell you from personal experience that he is his own leader with his own priorities,” Lofy says.
“When it comes to trying to get an agenda through the House, Shap Smith is a pain in the ass — and I mean that as a compliment.” Smith, a married father of two and an attorney with Burlington-based Dinse Knapp McAndrew, also points to his “significant stylistic differences” with the incumbent. “I don’t tend to be as — I’m just not as — I’m a more restrained personality than the governor is,” the 49-year-old says with a laugh. “Let’s just put it that way.” That’s for sure. Unlike Shumlin — a brash, smoothtalking pol who loves to press the flesh — Smith is disciplined, deliberate and wonky. The diminutive, goateed speaker has a good sense of humor, but he doesn’t exactly animate crowds — and he excels at deploying boring quotes to keep out of an unfavorable news story. Perhaps, after six years of Shumlin’s shoot-from-the-hip style, Vermonters are up for a more restrained, less-colorful chief executive. What they’d get ideologically from Smith is less clear. He’s often pilloried from the right as a tax-and-spend liberal, and he’ll certainly have to answer for the many tax hikes he’s presided over as speaker. But Smith gets just as much flak from liberals, who see him as a milquetoast moderate, insufficiently committed to their priorities. MICHELLE SALVADOR, vice president of the Vermont State Employees’ Association and chair of a new advocacy group called Rights and Democracy, says Smith’s presidential endorsement of HILLARY CLINTON over hometown hero BERNIE SANDERS, was “confusing.” And she calls “concerning” Smith’s record last session of supporting state workforce cuts and Shumlin’s decision to ditch single-payer health care reform. “What we need is leadership that doesn’t back away from addressing those important issues,” says Salvador, a Worcester resident and constituent of Smith’s. The speaker has definitely backed away from single-payer in the years since he helped Shumlin sign Act 48 into law. “I don’t think, at this point in time, the landscape is such that we could move forward with single-payer in the next year or two,” Smith says, adding that he does hope to increase access to and reduce spending on health care. But try as he might, the speaker may find it difficult to move beyond the health care wars that have dominated Vermont and national politics in recent years. Rep. DON TURNER (R-Milton), the House minority leader, blames Smith for providing “no
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oversight over Vermont Health Connect” as the federally mandated insurance exchange has sputtered along. “We have oversight,” Smith says, “but ultimately whether it succeeds or fails depends on the people who are executing the plan.” For now, the speaker is focused on the task at hand: prevailing over potential Democratic opponents, such as former senator Matt Dunne and Transportation Secretary Sue Minter, neither of whom has formally announced their intentions. To that end, Smith has signed up former KSE Partners lobbyist Liz Sortino to manage his campaign, Democratic operative SeLene Hofer-SHaLL as a fundraising and operations consultant and Washington, D.C.-based Diane feLDMan — a veteran of Shumlin’s and Congressman Peter WeLcH’s (D-Vt.) campaigns — as pollster. “We’re getting the organization up and running and starting to talk to people about money,” Smith says. Rep. tony KLein (D-East Montpelier), a longtime ally of Smith’s, says he believes the speaker will prevail. “He’s gotta learn how to shed that lawyer exterior and really let people get to know him,” Klein says. “And I think that if he’s successful in his campaign, which I have every belief he will be, it will be because people have gotten to know the real Shap.”
It’s early yet, but the two legislators most buzzed about as Smith’s replacement are Rep. Mitzi JoHnSon (D-Grand Isle) and Rep. SaraH coPeLanD HanzaS (D-Bradford). Johnson, a 44-year-old consultant originally from New York, has spent 13 years in the House. She won bipartisan praise this year, her first as chair of the House Appropriations Committee, for her work balancing a challenging budget. “It’s not something I would rule out,” Johnson says of the speakership. “But my focus right now, as you know, is making sure we move our budget back to a really sustainable track.” A 45-year-old café owner who grew up in the Upper Valley, Copeland Hanzas has spent 11 years in the House. She won her first term as majority leader last winter, providing her an opportunity to serve as Smith’s understudy. “The question is still unanswered as to whether I will run for speaker, but it’ll have a lot to do with whether I’m the last person standing when we figure out who should do the job,” she says. That won’t be until December 2016, which means there will be plenty of time for others to make their case. After all, Smith was not exactly the heir apparent when Symington stepped down. The then-42-year-old vice chair of the House Ways and Means Committee initially faced off against four other candidates: then-Democratic House members MarK LarSon, caroLyn PartriDGe, JoHanna LeDDy Donovan and JoHn roDGerS. This time around, the caucus could elevate a younger member who has sought a leadership post in the past — such as Rep. JiLL KroWinSKi (D-Burlington), Rep. KeSHa raM (D-Burlington) or Rep. SaM younG (D-Glover) — to speaker or majority leader. Or it could entrust the speakership to a veteran, such as Rep. tiM JerMan (D-Essex), the caucus’ deputy whip, Ways and Means Committee Chair Janet anceL (D-Calais), Education Committee Chair Dave SHarPe (D-Bristol) or Klein, who chairs the House Energy Committee. “If the situation occurred where everybody fell by the wayside and I was looked at — if drafted, I would consider it,” Klein says. One thing’s for certain: As Johnson says, “The chess board is gonna shift a lot in the next session with everything we have to do.” m
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When Smith announces his candidacy, he’ll also make clear that he’s staying put as speaker for the 2016 legislative session. “I believe I made a commitment, and I have a responsibility to see it through,” he says of his two-year term. That decision may pose challenges for his candidacy — every decision he makes will be viewed through a political lens — but it will also keep him in the limelight. Smith wouldn’t be the first legislative leader to make such a move. Welch and Shumlin both remained Senate president pro tem as they prepared to run for their current jobs, as did Smith’s predecessor, former speaker Gaye SyMinGton, who ran for governor in 2008. But Turner, the House minority leader, says it would be a “conflict” for Smith to seek higher office while serving as speaker. He worries Smith will hijack the House agenda to support his political campaign. “I personally feel that if you aspire to be governor, you should step down,” Turner says. Either way, Smith will be viewed by many as a short-timer — and his potential successors will likely spend the session demonstrating they’re up to the job.
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Palmer, wearing baseball caps and civilian clothes over their police shirts, sat nearby in Connor’s truck. Within minutes, a Honda pulled into the parking lot. Smith sat in the front passenger seat. Driving was Jorge Burgos, a 36-year-old Latino man who has a criminal record in Vermont and Massachusetts. Connor and Palmer drew their guns and ran toward the Honda. The Honda sped forward and Palmer fired his .40-caliber Glock 22 into the car. Burgos steered the car onto Route 5 and sped past two marked police cars that were rushing to the scene. He led police on a brief chase before several cruisers boxed him in about eight miles away, in Claremont, N.H.
Burgos told officers that he couldn’t raise his left arm — he had been shot. He underwent surgery at a nearby hospital. Smith was taken to prison. As is customary in police shootings, an outside agency — in this case, the Vermont State Police — was called in to investigate. “Officer Palmer indicated that he fired what he believed to be three rounds at the operator, as the operator accelerated the vehicle towards him while in very close proximity,” Vermont State Police Detective Sgt. Robert Patten wrote in an affidavit. Connor told Patten a similar story. He said that Burgos had driven “straight towards” Palmer: “Officer Connor was adamant that had Officer Palmer not been
able to sidestep, Burgos would have run him over.” A few days later, investigators discovered that Ferguson’s had a security camera covering the parking lot. The tape, which did not have audio, apparently contradicted the officers’ accounts. It showed Palmer standing well to the side of the Honda — not in front of it — when he opened fire, according to police affidavits. When confronted with the footage, “Officer Palmer pointed out the portion of the video where he believed he began firing at the operator of the [Honda],” Patten wrote. “Officer Palmer indicated that although it was his perspective that he was in front of the [Honda] when it began spinning its tires and accelerating forward, the video makes it appear as if he’s alongside the front driver’s side wheel.” In interviews with police, Burgos was adamant that he hadn’t tried to run anyone over. He said that he didn’t know that Palmer and Connor were cops: He simply saw two men, guns drawn, wearing civilian clothes, suddenly charge him. Burgos said the officers never identified themselves, though they both told investigators that they shouted “Police!” Palmer and Conner are both white. Windsor County State’s Attorney Michael Kainen said that when he saw the video, he decided he couldn’t prove that Burgos had attempted to injure Palmer. “Originally, it sounded to me as though Ryan was more in front of the car than he was when we watched the video,” Kainen said in an interview. “It didn’t look to me as though we could get a conviction.” Smith was incarcerated in New Hampshire. Burgos was freed, but within months, he was arrested on drug charges in Massachusetts. Meanwhile, Palmer returned to active duty. Though the state police were still conducting their inquiry, Sampson assumed Palmer would be cleared. “I thought it was over,” Sampson said. “I didn’t feel there was anything more than a typical investigation to declare it was fine. I wasn’t concerned.” The chief’s feelings were understandable. Vermont police officers have used potentially deadly force — sometimes killing people — dozens of times in recent years and have been cleared of wrongdoing. In 18 years in office, Vermont Attorney General Bill Sorrell has declined to bring charges in dozens of such cases. A rare exception was in 2013, when, along with Chittenden County State’s Attorney T.J. Donovan, Sorrell obtained an indictment
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against former Winooski police officer Jason Nokes, who shot and wounded an unarmed mentally ill man. Nokes eventually pleaded no contest to two misdemeanors. Sorrell declined to prosecute a trooper who in 2012 fired a Taser at an unarmed mentally ill Thetford man who died. Sorrell also declined to prosecute three Brattleboro officers who shot a mentally ill man with a knife who allegedly walked toward them inside a church. Critics say Sorrell’s office is too reluctant to charge officers. “It’s very, very rare,” said Springfield attorney and former state legislator Tom Costello, who represented the family of the Brattleboro man. “It’s left to the victims, to tort law, to [civil] courts.” But in July, seven months after the Windsor bust, Sorrell announced that he would prosecute Palmer. A grand jury returned indictments for aggravated assault with a weapon, a felony, and reckless endangerment, a misdemeanor. Palmer faces up to 16 years in prison. “We thought it was an appropriate case to bring to the grand jury,” Sorrell said. “We present the evidence we think is relevant.” Palmer’s attorney, Dan Sedon, said the charges are baseless. “His actions were lawful and performed in the course of his duty,” Sedon said. The 10-member Windsor Police Department has, for years, handled patrol work in its community of 3,500 and left drug investigations to the state police. That changed when Sampson was hired as chief in August 2014 from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office in Florida. He named Palmer and Connor detectives, assigned primarily to drug investigations. It was a response to a surge of drugs coming into southern Vermont from out of state, Sampson said. “We will be aggressive,” Sampson said in a recent interview. “We’re not going to sit back and let it happen. We will make arrests.” But the chief acknowledged that Palmer and Connor had received no special training in drug enforcement before they set up the sting involving Smith and Burgos. He said he hopes to get them training in the future. According to department records reviewed by Seven Days, Palmer, a seven-year officer, had never pulled his gun before the November incident. “I think he is a good officer. I am, frankly, pretty sympathetic to Ryan,” Kainen said.
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Palmer grew up in Windsor, graduated from Windsor High School and is an Air Force veteran who served combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. Most police officers who face an inquiry are placed on leave. But Sampson has allowed Palmer to remain on duty — though he has been limited to desk duty and, because of a judge’s order, given up his gun. Even those officials who support Palmer acknowledge there were flaws in the raid. Officials say it is highly unusual for a civilian such as Place to participate in a drug raid. Further complicating matLa Mer ters, Place is the victims’ advocate in the Natura Bissé Windsor County State’s Attorney’s Bobbi Brown Office. She often Trish McEvoy sits in court and Laura Mercier serves as a liaison SkinCeuticals between crime victims and prosecutors. Place told Seven Days she supports the department’s fight against drugs. “When Ryan approached me that day, I was happy to assist in these efforts,” she said. “It wasn’t the best-thoughtCorner of Main & Battery Streets, out operation, is what I would M-Sa 10-8, Su 11-6 Burlington, VT • 802-861-7500 say,” Kainen said. 4 0 www.mirrormirrorvt.com Sampson said that an in802 862 5051 ternal investigation, which S W E E T L A D YJ A N E . B I Z will begin when the criminal case ends, will focus on how Connor and Palmer carried 1 8/17/15 8v-sweetladyjane081915.indd 1 8/14/158v-MirrorMirror081915.indd 1:59 PM out the bust. Sampson and Sedon said that Sorrell’s decision to file charges may have been influenced by a string of national controversies about videodocumented police actions. “We have a climate in this country right now of taking [police] cases to grand juries,” Sampson said. Kainen agreed. “I think there’s greater concern by prosecutors look— Gawker, July 17, 2015 ing at officers’ use of force given what’s happening nationally, and that may be why,” Kainen said. But Sorrell, who will face a primary challenge from Donovan in 2016, scoffed at any suggestion that he has is on the... been influenced by outside events. “We have a standard that we have brought to these cases for a long time,” Sorrell said. “We take a hard look at these.” He acknowledged he might struggle to convince 12 jurors to convict a well-liked police officer. Windsor residents have posted supportive comments on social media and reached out to Sampson to voice what he called “overwhelming” backing for Palmer. Said Sorrell: “I think Find out what Bernie is up to this week at the average citizen gives even more benefit of the doubt to an officer than an average citizen. But we haven’t been afraid to bring tough cases to juries.” m facebook.com/BernieBeat @BernieBeat
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urlington Mayor Bernie Sanders didn’t attend the June 1987 press conference that opened with a bombshell. Assessor Rosaire Longe did his bidding, announcing that the city had sent a tax bill to the Medical Center Hospital of Vermont, the venerable institution on the hill now known as the University of Vermont Medical Center. The amount the Sanders administration sought from the hospital, which, as a charitable institution, had been considered tax-exempt: $2.9 million. Spencer Knapp, the hospital’s legal counsel then and now, was in the president’s office when the hefty bill arrived. “Our jaws dropped to our chests,” he recalled. A couple of hours later, hospital president James Taylor stood before news cameras to denounce the Sanders’ plan to “put us on the tax rolls.” He vowed: “We will not pay the bill. We will pursue all the channels proper and appropriate to protest it.” Sanders himself publicly weighed in with a press conference the next day. He argued that seeking taxes from the medical center was about fairness for taxpayers. The hospital had a $100 million budget, he said, but paid “nothing in taxes, nothing in lieu of taxes and nothing for the services they receive,” meaning fire, police and other municipal protections. He threw jabs about the hospital trustees meeting behind closed doors and administrators’ salaries: “There are a heck of a lot of people up there making a heck of a lot of money,” he said pointedly. A reporter asked Sanders if taking on a respected institution was politically risky. After squeaking out a 10-vote victory to capture the mayor’s office in 1981, he had been reelected mayor twice by comfortable margins — but Sanders had statewide ambitions. He replied, “I have to do what I think is right.” In a telephone interview nearly 30 years later, Taylor said what was upsetting about the tax bill was “having it show up without any prior discussion.” He recalled that hospital officials appreciated that Burlington had a significant percentage of tax-exempt properties. At the time, however, the concept of
hospitals making payments in lieu of taxes wasn’t an established practice, he said, adding, “We did have some reluctance to do anything that would put pressure on others.” Hospital officials claimed moral high ground in the 1987 tax fight. A July 1 hospital newsletter argued, “The effects of stripping the hospital of its tax-exempt status are far-reaching. The first to suffer would be patients. The finance office estimated the cost of the average patient stay would increase by about $300.” The hospital went to court “in a week,” Knapp said, suing to stop the city from collecting the tax. The first payment of more than $724,000 was due soon. Sanders had begun challenging the medical center soon after he became Burlington’s mayor in 1981. In a September letter that year to Herluf Olsen, then the hospital president, Sanders laid out his view of the institution’s role: “The essence of what we are presenting is a request for a change of spirit on the part of MCHV toward our community. We want MCHV and the physicians associated with it to begin taking a more active role in community health care by using their vast resources for the common good.” The mayor found ways to pressure the hospital. He opposed its plan to expand to 450 beds in a new building, arguing that it would raise rates for patients. The hospital scaled back the project. Sanders also testified against the hospital’s budget increases in proceedings before regulators.
Jeanne Keller, hired by Sanders as health insurance administrator, recalled the first time she saw the mayor try to extract support from hospital officials. He invited the hospital’s trustee chair, the medical director and the CEO to meet him at a free clinic in Burlington’s Old North End. The health center needed money, and the mayor was trying to help, Keller said. “These guys had to sit in the waiting room to talk with the mayor,” Keller recalled. In the meeting, Sanders first invited the center’s staff to describe its needs. “And then Bernie did his Bernie thing to them,” Keller said. He asked why the hospital couldn’t supply a doctor once a week to supplement the center’s staff. “I was just in awe,” Keller said. “That fearlessness.” Although she doesn’t remember if anything came of it, Keller said, whatever the response, “it wasn’t much.” Sanders appointed a task force to seek out new sources of revenue for Burlington. When its members
suggested taxing the hospital and the University of Vermont, Sanders and what was then known as the city’s board of aldermen put the question to voters in March 1986. Voters said yes, but the state legislature refused to approve the city’s proposed charter change. Sanders continued to push in 1987. He tried, without success, to force the medical center to match a city grant to support the Visiting Nurse Association. He asked the Vermont attorney general if it was legal for the hospital trustees to meet behind closed doors. He set up another task force — this one to look at health care — and gave them a mission, found in written form among his papers: “It seems to be that the question that must be debated in our community is a very fundamental one and that is, ‘Should the practice of medicine, and the whole health care system, be run as a corporate business generating huge profits and incomes to higher-ups in that profession, or should health care be a right to which all Americans are entitled at the lowest possible cost?’” Ultimately, the assessor sent the hospital a tax bill, and the hospital sued. The court fast-tracked a trial, which ran several days in August 1987. The city asked the court to declare that the hospital was taxable, or that portions of it were taxable, or that a public vote was required for it to receive an exemption from property taxes. “We took the view they didn’t provide enough charitable care to qualify” for a tax exemption, Joseph McNeil, then city attorney, said in a recent interview. The hospital had provided $1.5 million in free care, but “much of what they were calling charitable care was really uncollectable debt,” McNeil said. Translation: hospital bills that people couldn’t pay. Superior Court Judge John Meaker issued his decision on September 22, ruling against the city on all counts. “For Judge Meaker, essentially, the hospital is charitable because it is a
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hospital,” Sanders complained in statement he released at the time. “If an institution provides virtually no free care to the poor, hounds people for payment and destroys credit ratings and has executives and physicians associated with the hospital earning very large incomes — how in any common-sense understanding of the word can this institution be described as ‘charitable’?” “Taking on the establishment and fighting for social change — in this instance a fair tax policy for Burlingtonians and a hospital policy which will show compassion for the poor — is not an easy task,” Sanders said in the same statement. He persuaded the aldermen to appeal the ruling to the Vermont Supreme Court. The city lost again. Still, McNeil said, Sanders’ challenge ultimately paid off. “We lost — in a legal sense — but we gained ground in the sense that the result was both [the hospital] and UVM have entered into fee-for-service agreements with the city ... It was only this action that provided the political discussion and notoriety. It was the catalyst for a better result that has lasted to the present.” By the time the city and hospital reached a 30-year agreement on payments, in 1999, Sanders was a congressman representing Vermont. Knapp recalled that the deal was negotiated while the hospital was starting its Renaissance Project — a makeover and expansion that would eventually cost more than $350 million. At the time, Knapp said, the city had “considerable leverage” because the medical center needed local permits. Later, the project took a criminal turn, and the hospital’s CEO took a plea for conspiring to defraud a state regulatory agency. The institution’s public image reached an all-time low. Since its first payment of $325,000, the hospital’s annual fee-for-services bill has grown to $446,000; the amount automatically increases by 2 percent each year. Elsewhere in the country, many major nonprofit institutions now contribute to city coffers in return for the municipal services they receive. And today, the medical center provides about $9 million in charitable care, not including uncollectable debt. The quarterly board meetings have been open to the public since at least 1995, according to medical center
spokesman Mike Noble. And the city’s infamous tax bill is framed. Knapp found it pretty easily among his things at the office. John Franco, who was assistant city attorney in 1987, said Sanders’ campaign against the medical center sowed the seeds for his vision of universal health care. The tax battle spotlighted the shortcomings of the U.S. health care system, such as the high cost of health insurance and access to care based on what people can afford, he said. In its appeal of the tax case, the city challenged the judge’s reliance on the hospital’s assertion about its open-door admission policy. The city argued that it could have provided testimony from patients who were denied admission because of their inability to pay. Neither Sanders nor his campaign or Senate staff would talk about this bit of history or comment on what it says about how he might govern now that he has set his sights on the nation’s highest office. But Terry Bouricius, a Progressive alderman in the 1980s, had plenty to say. He said the tax fight showed Sanders’ values when it comes to tax burdens and income disparities. Trying to tax the hospital was a way to shift the burden of the regressive property tax from city residents. Bouricius said that fair taxation has always been a moral issue for Sanders. Erhard Mahnke, another 1980s alderman, agreed there is a “clear thread” running from Sanders’ hospital tax fight to the present: “He is not afraid to challenge the establishment, and he cares very deeply about ordinary Americans.” At 73, Sanders continues to use electoral politics — the collective will of voters and his rhetoric — to try to force large and powerful institutions to change. “He is all about building movements,” said Keller, who worked for Sanders from 1981 to 1986. Bold initiatives, such as presenting a $2.9 million tax bill to the state’s largest medical center, “draw attention to the possibilities,” she said. Today, as Sanders crisscrosses the country in his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, Keller said, “His message to these crowds is, we have to build a movement … a movement that will keep the pressure on, no matter who is president.” m
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short period of time, it’s going to cause some trauma,” he said. “It’s a significant obligation going forward,” said A.J. LaRosa, a lawyer with the Burlington firm Murphy Sullivan Kronk, who follows stormwater regulations. “I don’t think a lot of people understand what they are going to be required to do.” LaRosa and Pomerleau both said they’ll be watching closely as state officials work out details, such as which
standards are required — they are wary the 2002 requirements could be altered — and whether developers will be able to count on the rules staying the same for the foreseeable future. “If you’re going to spend a great deal of money, you want assurance it’s effective and it’s not going to be changed in five years,” Pomerleau said. Developers will have input on the rules being written that will set the standards for the permits that regulate such projects, Monks said, before they’re inked — by the 2018 deadline. Property owners in the Lake Champlain basin are required to start work on their old lots no later than October 2023; those elsewhere have until October 2028. The state is gathering information about how many properties will be affected, Monks said. He estimated that only about 10 percent of parcels that will be covered by the law are currently subject to stormwater permits. More regulation will slow the flow of oil, grease and heavy metals from cars, nutrients from pet waste, and road salt that rainwater takes from parking lots to rivers and streams. The toxic mix threatens fish and wildlife, kills vegetation and fouls drinking water downriver. In a 2013 report, the state Agency of Natural Resources determined that stormwater runoff from developed land such as parking lots accounts for 14 percent of the phosphorus in the Lake Champlain basin. Agriculture accounts for 40 percent of the poisonous element. Too much of it in the lake creates a hospitable environment for potentially toxic blue-green algae blooms, which have plagued parts of Lake Champlain in recent years and can harm people, animals and plants. Blooms
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ost people who walk by the parking lot next to the state office building at 133 State Street in Montpelier are unlikely to notice anything special about it. Neat white lines on the blacktop mark off spaces for 107 cars. But to Chris Kilian, Vermont director of the Conservation Law Foundation, the tarmac is cause for excitement. “It’s actually really neat to see,” Kilian said, as he led a guided tour of Montpelier parking lots, pointing out the good, the bad and the promising. Kilian could chat all day about Vermont storm drains, a topic he’s been studying for 25 years. Entering a parking lot, the tall and talkative environmentalist is thinking not about where to park a car, but where the rainwater flows. Often, stormwater washes pollutants that gather on impervious surfaces directly into waterways. But at 133 State Street, the water runs through curb cuts and into two rock gardens. There, it seeps into the ground, gets filtered through gravel and porous soil and irrigates a variety of plants — leafy trees as well as ground-hugging shrubs, which provide lush green between patches of pavement. A new state law will require many more parking lots around Vermont to employ such pollution-prevention techniques. “For the first time, strong programs have been created to deal with runoff from town roads, state highways, and large parking lots and rooftops,” Kilian enthused. But what’s good for the environment could prove expensive for scores of unsuspecting property owners. These new requirements garnered little attention or debate during the last legislative session. They were part of a larger clean-water bill that Vermont lawmakers passed before adjournment last spring. The new law requires that all impervious surfaces three acres or larger employ pollution-mitigation measures that meet state standards. Those standards were set back in 2002 but did not apply to projects built before then, so plenty of existing parking lots and large rooftops were grandfathered in. Not any more. Now property owners will have to make upgrades at many shopping centers, hospitals, colleges and office buildings built before 2002. Rarely are developers required to make retroactive changes. “It’s a big deal for landowners,” said Padraic Monks, stormwater program manager at the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation. “This idea that someone’s going to come knocking on your door, so to speak, and say, ‘You have to do this.’ That’s pretty new.” Ernie Pomerleau said he doesn’t yet know how many of his company’s shopping plazas and other properties will need work. It’ll be expensive, the president of Pomerleau Real Estate predicted, noting that some parcels could require sophisticated solutions that simultaneously incorporate several practices to manage stormwater. “To go back and retrofit everything in a
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have already forced officials to tempo- plants need to tolerate both wet and rarily close beaches in the Burlington dry conditions. “Getting the right mix area this summer. Typically, the blooms of plant species turned out to be critiworsen in late summer. cal,” he said. “The first round of plants Over the years, Kilian’s organization needed supplementing after the first has sued developers whose projects are few years.” contributing to the problem. In a 2003 The measures could be even more lawsuit, CLF sought to force Hannaford effective if the lot had permeable paveBros., owner of the Kmart parking lot ment, which allows stormwater to seep in South Burlington, to get a federal through the surface, Kilian said. But stormwater discharge permit to control it’s still a vast improvement over most runoff into Potash Brook. CLF lost. nearby parking lots. Under the new law, the Kmart plaza There are other examples of innovalot should — by 2023, if not sooner tive approaches, on public and private — need a new permit that will require land around the state, which the DEC has mitigation, Kilian said. “Everybody still highlighted on its website: a rain garden says the Kmart plaza is the quintessen- along the Otter Creek in Middlebury, tial example of what needs to change,” porous asphalt at a hotel and apartment Kilian said. “Now maybe we’ll get it complex in Essex Junction. At the new changed, but it’s going to take time.” Waterbury office complex that is under CLF also sued the federal construction, runoff from roofs, parking Environmental Protection Agency to lots and entry roads will feed into drainpush for stricter standards on how much age swales rather than the nearby river. phosphorus is allowed A short way down to go into the lake. In from the 133 State Street 2010, the EPA agreed to lot in Montpelier, Kilian withdraw approval of pointed out problems at Vermont’s 2002 watera state-owned lot behind quality plan after CLF the Department of argued it failed to meet Motor Vehicles just feet federal Clean Water Act away from the Winooski ChRiS KiLiAn, standards. Last week, River: “Whatever is on COnSERvAT iOn L Aw FOundAT iOn the state and the EPA the parking lot goes announced an agreeinto the river,” he said. ment on a new plan to reduce phospo- That includes trash, bird poop, winter rous entering the lake by 34 percent. salt and sand, and gas and oil residue. This year’s state law establishes a “This is another parking lot that just has Clean Water Fund, which will be fi- contouring to a storm drain, and then nanced by a 0.2 percent surcharge on there’s a big pipe that sticks out of the the state’s property-transfer tax. It is river bank. The total flow distance from expected to raise $5.3 million in 2016. the time the water goes into the river is The money will pay for state staff to like 40, 50 feet total.” help towns, farmers and loggers impleJust north of the DMV lot, the city of ment measures to reduce pollution such Montpelier owns a lot that Kilian conas barring cows from streams and stan- siders a sign of hope. Known as the Carr dardizing tilling practices, and also to lot, the property is a former brownfield boost enforcement of regulations. where the city plans a public-private The upshot: Eco-friendlier lots such development that will include a bus as the one at 133 State Street should station. The city is awaiting word on become less of a rarity. That lot was part two state grants that will help fund of an EPA program that put a demon- stormwater mitigation measures, said stration project in every state capital, Kevin Casey, community development said John Ostrum, the state engineer specialist for Montpelier. It hopes to who oversaw the project that was com- break ground next year on a project pleted in 2010. EPA paid for the design that will include permeable pavement, work. The state DEC chipped in a grant trees and rain gardens with a temporary to cover the cost of the curb cuts and stormwater holding pond. landscaping. Ostrum said there was an Well aware that many state legislators incremental cost — $50,000 — to adding pass by this spot, Casey said he hopes the green stormwater features, but the the project will serve as a model of enlot was due for repaving anyway. vironmentally thoughtful development No parking spots had to be sacrificed that can be used elsewhere in Vermont. in what turned out to be a more func- “We’re hoping legislators can say, ‘We tional layout for the lot, according to actually put money toward this project, Ostrum. The gardens, technically called and this is what we should be doing.’” m “bioretention systems,” do require greater maintenance, he admitted. The Contact: terri@sevendaysvt.com
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Never give up, work with your team and, if you have a chance, learn to operate an AK-47 before gun-toting pirates kidnap you on the high seas. That was the lesson Captain Richard Phillips delivered last Thursday to about 1,000 people at the Vermont Captive Insurance Association’s annual conference at the Sheraton in South Burlington. While the crowd had assembled to network about the self-insurance market known as “captives,” Phillips talked about a very different kind of captivity — the type where U.S. Navy SEALs come to the rescue instead of accountants and lawyers. Dressed in a blue blazer and buttondown shirt, Phillips almost could have passed for one of the many bankers, CPAs, lawyers and insurance gurus there. His story, though, was way more exciting than the patter about reinsurance, asset allocation and risk management. In 2009, the Underhill resident and merchant marine captain was navigating the
Maersk Alabama along the east coast of Africa, when Somali pirates attempted to hijack his ship — and Phillips wound up getting kidnapped. The story made international headlines and inspired a movie starring Tom Hanks. Phillips recalled how he wound up for several days with pirates in a lifeboat. At one point he grabbed an AK-47 — but didn’t know how to work the weapon. (“I do now,” he said.) At another point, he tried to swim away. The pirates beat and bound him. Navy SEAL snipers shot three of the pirates and rescued him. Phillips recalled the feeling: “I’m alive. I made it. I’m outta here.” Phillips retired from the high seas last year. These days, he gives talks and autographs copies of his book, A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs and Dangerous Days at Sea. The broader lesson from his experience is to persist, he told the crowd. “When you vow you won’t quit,” he said, “something will happen to make your situation better.”
Tech Company Expands in South Burlington They make computers rugged enough to operate in mine shafts and on dusty factory floors. But there’s nothing rough about the expanded headquarters of Logic Supply in South Burlington, which last Thursday celebrated a sleek $4 million makeover that added 21,000 square feet to its headquarters between Route 116 and Interstate 89. Politicians, business leaders and friends of the company gathered to toast the business and tour the redesigned facility, where “blah” is definitely not part of the corporate ethic — think purple rugs, turquoise chairs and orange walls. The company café and event space could pass for a hip New York City restaurant dining room, and yes, that espresso machine in the corner is for employee use. With a general absence of clutter in the office spaces, the Logic building seems designed to invite clear thinking. “We’re neat and tidy people,” Lisa
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Sanders Meets With ‘Longtime Friend’ Jesse Jackson in Chicago When Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. first ran for president, then-Burlington mayor Bernie Sanders agreed to meet with the civil rights leader during a February 1984 visit to Vermont. Four years later, Sanders endorsed Jackson’s 1988 campaign, introduced him at a University of Vermont speech and held a fundraiser for him at the Windjammer Restaurant. Now, some three decades later, the tables are turned. During a brief fundraising trip to Chicago on Monday, Sanders — now a U.S. senator and candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination — sought Jackson’s counsel. While the precise nature of the meeting wasn’t clear, a
Sanders spokesman indicated in a brief statement that the two discussed matters related to racial justice. Twice this summer, Black Lives Matter protesters confronted Sanders during public events, forcing a strained discussion about his commitment to fighting discrimination. “Longtime friends, the senator and the civil rights leader held a very productive hour-long meeting on important issues confronting the country and the African American community,” spokesman Michael Briggs wrote in the statement. Jackson confirmed the meeting Monday on Twitter but did not provide further details.
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ary Lacy’s clothing, hair and hands are polka-dotted with paint — a minor matter for a muralist. Lately, though, that speckling has been more tenacious than usual. Lacy has been pulling long days to complete her latest project before Burlington’s South End Art Hop begins on September 11. She landed a plum commission: the decoration of the twin silos in front of the Pine Street headquarters of Dealer.com. For this, her largest commission to date, Lacy has given her signature “stained glass” style a twist. In most of her works, such as the mural of a huge hummingbird on an exterior brick wall in downtown Burlington, the artist has used multicolored, tessellated shapes as puzzle pieces that form plants or animals. To liven up the dull, obtrusive silos, however, Lacy is going nonrepresentational, using those shapes simply as shapes. The idea of Lacy’s altering her recognizable aesthetic came from Jill Badolato, 42, Dealer’s director of social responsibility. Says Lacy, “Jill really pushed me for this one. I didn’t expect to be challenged like that, but she did, and I’m grateful for that.” Badolato, who has a background in marketing and photography, has worked for Dealer for 10 years and held her current title for more than two. Through her efforts, Dealer has emerged as one of the most reliable supporters of local artists. One of Vermont’s largest corporate employers, Dealer is known nationally for marketing software packages that have become standard in the automotive
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sales industry. Locally, Dealer is known as an unusually generous promoter and patron of artistic creativity. The company’s public lobby doubles as an art gallery that features a rotating collection of work by Vermont artists. While the works in Dealer’s permanent collection are not for sale, those in the lobby and elsewhere in the building are. Artists set their own prices. In two years, says Badolato, Dealer has facilitated the sale of $125,000 in artwork. Company policy is to take no commission on any sales and to purchase at least one piece from every featured artist. When Seven Days visits Dealer’s bustling HQ, Badolato arrives fresh from a meeting with kids at the King Street Center, her normally speedy delivery further amped up by too many cups of lemonade. As she leads Seven Days on a tour of the facility — which includes two gyms, a mini golf course and a restaurant for which the company chef butchers hogs in-house — it becomes clear that Badolato is sincere about finding creative ways to pay local artists fairly for their works. Dealer’s large, colorful offices are bedecked with Vermont artists’ work. Abby Manock spent months designing and creating the colorful exterior of a Dealerfunded food truck; Scott Campbell created a lively “art wall” for Burlington’s King Street Center, a longtime recipient of Dealer’s corporate largesse; Manock, Campbell, Lacy and photographer
designed, of all things, sails for the Dealer-supported Floating Gallery, a project that benefits the Lake Champlain Community Sailing Center. Employees, too, are encouraged to make and display their own creative work; several hallways sport photographs and paintings by past and present Dealerites. Badolato typically collaborates with artists to develop the themes and ideas their works will represent, but she stops short of giving specific stylistic guidance. “You don’t want to change what the artists will do, but you can help inform them about what will work for this particular space,” she says. Largely owing to Badolato’s efforts, many of the interior walls of Dealer’s offices have become de facto art galleries. Works by Campbell enliven numerous workspaces; one nook contains a pair of arresting, Basquiat-esque canvases by the late painter Mikey Welsh, a former bassist for the band Weezer. Displayed prominently in Badolato’s office are three of Sipe’s startling, large-scale photographic portraits of Burlington homeless men. It’s not news that a large company supports the arts. Corporate patronage has been a vital source of artists’ income for millennia. Notable historical examples include the Venetian and Florentine merchants who bolstered those cities’ art scenes as long ago as the 13th century, and the wealthy landowners in feudal Japan who sponsored the creation of tableaux
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and epic verse. Today, multinational corporate behemoths maintain worldclass art collections; the outdoor sculpture garden at PepsiCo’s Purchase, N.Y., headquarters is a good example. But, as Manock argues, it can be hard these days for lesser-known artists to connect with patrons who pay fair prices. “Most of the projects that are calls to artists in Burlington ask for artwork and then donate the proceeds to something else,” says Manock by phone from her home in Brooklyn, to which she recently decamped. “People just want artwork for cheaper than what the artist would normally charge for selling the piece.” Manock opines that Badolato is “doing an amazing job trying to make Dealer relevant to the community, and has been totally successful in hiring artists for big projects that are real. Dealer provides real résumé-building opportunities for artists,” Manock continues. “Not many other companies put money towards the arts in that way.” Dealer has purchased several of Manock’s works. In addition to hiring her to paint the Fork in the Road food truck, the company has purchased an arboreal four-panel banner from the artist, and more of her works hang throughout the building. “[Badolato] hangs my work in places where people see it,” says Manock. “That means a lot.” One of Nicholas Heilig’s paintings hangs in a well-trafficked area of Dealer’s main
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floor, its stark black and white contrast- [the finished work will be] representative ing sharply with the company’s vividly of the big, bold energy of Dealer.com.” colored walls. Heilig says that if he had to Badolato explains that her company give the untitled painting a name, he’d call has wanted to paint the unsightly silos it “Kryoman,” in honor of the costumed, for years. An initial request for proposals, fire-spewing musical robot dude who in- on which the company collaborated with spired the work at a 2013 “live painting” the South End ArtS And BuSinESS ASSociAtion event. Heilig, who has since relocated to (SEABA), went out about four years ago. Colorado but spends several months each But that plan was never realized, in part year in Vermont, also praised Dealer’s because Dealer.com was purchased by a commitment to local art. public company called Dealertrack. That “[Dealer] treated me and compen- company was later, in turn, purchased by sated me very fairly for my time with the the private company Cox Automotive, a Kryoman piece,” he says in a phone inter- sale that occasioned Badolato’s resurrecview. “[Company execution of the silos project. tives] seemed very downThis time, the company to-earth, very friendly, and has not partnered with they really appreciated SEABA, but the formal what I was doing. It’s nice unveiling of Lacy’s work to see that type of leaderis scheduled to take place ship. They’re making a at the SEABA-sponsored good amount of money, Art Hop. and they’re putting it right Lacy’s burgeoning back into the area.” career has been silo-cenBadolato says the tric lately. She was one painting of the silos is an of four finalists in the important project for her competition to paint two and her employer. With massive disused silos its two large campuses in Jeffersonville. This ABBy MAnOCk talented 24-year-old muand major name recognition, Dealer.com has a strong presence ralist from Jericho suddenly finds her in Burlington’s South End. But few who work in high demand. Though she’s modest about her recent are not employees or business partners have reason to enter the Pine Street success, Lacy knows that having her name building to see the many artworks on on the Dealer silos could give her nascent display. Lacy’s colorful silos will soon career a major boost. Which is why she’s become the unmissable face of Dealer’s been getting up at dawn and putting in commitment to public art. That’s a far 12-hour days inside a small “bucket” at cry from their original function as a the end of a mechanized crane. The silos storage space for plastic beads to be are 32 feet tall and, as Lacy puts it, “a long processed into filaments: The building way around.” Now that her work will be in front of one of the most noticeable buildused to be a bristle factory. Badolato not only encouraged the ings on a busy street in the artsy South direction of Lacy’s mural but provided its End, those long-useless silos may well name: “Inside Out.” The idea, Badolato define her career for years to come. m says, was to “take the color, space, energy and interior of this building and this cul- Contact: ethan@sevendaysvt.com ture, and bring it to the outside. People are always curious about what goes on in INFo here, and it’s a big building in the middle To learn more, visit dealer.com and of a pretty small town. I really feel that marylacyart.com
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year of our republic. I invited Rich [Cowden, director of the fine arts center at Castleton] down here to riff. We talked for four hours. I said, ‘What if we were to do a project that was about civic engagement, reflected the political season of 2016 and had entertainment options?’” Cowden also had his school’s educational curricula in mind. He described himself and Bouchard as “politicos,” and said they found common ground. How can we contribute to the Rutland community, to civic engagement and to the
university mission? Cowden remembers thinking. About Project 240 he says, “What a great way to demonstrate in a real and tangible way what we mean by ‘liberal arts’ … One of our lofty goals is to elevate the discourse.”
general election debates,” he continues. “[Washington correspondent] David Sanger of the New York Times is [hosting] one.” Offers are out to Vermont politicians past and present to host other events. Project 240 is not the first collaboration of the Paramount and the nearby college — recently rechristened a university. Last year, Bouchard says, the institutions copresented two events that “were very successful and brought in a lot of students.” The university has extended its presence in Rutland in recent years with the Castleton Downtown Gallery, as well. And four years ago, Bouchard says, Both Bouchard and Cowden see civic CU President David Wolk looked into engagement as the heart of their bipar- purchasing a building adjacent to the tisan — and mostly free — series. For theater with the intention of creating “a example, local hosts from spectacular black box thepolitics, academia and jourater.” Though that project nalism will provide comwas designed and received mentary before the debate a federal grant, it is on hold screenings and moderate for financial reasons. discussions after. “People With Project 240, both can debate the debate,” institutions — along with Bouchard says. the Castleton Polling “The meat and potatoes Institute — expect not only of the program will be the to attract students and local R i c h Co w d e n
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eads up, walls of Burlington. Several area businesses will be getting an exterior makeover this week, as University of Vermont-born organization Art on Board returns to the Green Mountain State for a series of mural-painting sessions. Originally a UVM capstone project in 2013, Art on Board is now in its third year of operation and riding a wave of momentum that cofounders Ben Weigher and Tim Andreasen could not have anticipated. Even before it was a class assignment, “We knew we wanted to do an event with our creative friends involving action sports and art,” says Weigher, who now lives in New York City. “That is exactly the kind of place Burlington is — a town that brings together those sorts of people.” The then-seniors jumped at the
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t’s been incubating for nine months, and this week Rutland’s Paramount Theatre and Castleton University are happy to announce the birth of … Project 240! Both the performing arts organization and the university are excited to tout their unprecedented collaboration, which they’re doing at a press conference-and-cocktail party on Wednesday, August 19. Project 240, explains Paramount’s executive director Bruce Bouchard, is an ambitious series of 17 presentations to take place at the theater over 14 months. The series will combine civic engagement, education and entertainment and aims to engage community members and college students alike. (Only the students will be required to write papers about it.) Presentations include live, highdefinition broadcasts of the Democratic and Republican presidential debates and conventions; renowned filmmaker Ken Burns showing clips from his “American Experience” series; a program of patriotic music by the U.S. Army Brass Quintet alongside Castleton student musicians; the satirical group the Reduced Shakespeare Company performing
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opportunity to mix their creative aspirations with a class project. But they had no idea at the time that it would last beyond graduation. Now, Art on Board hosts what Weigher refers to as “communitycentric events.” The organization’s goal is to promote positivity, creativity and youth engagement in action sports. Art
on Board events have ranged from a free skateboard clinic for Seattle youth to live art shows in Manhattan featuring handpainted snowboards. Art on Board receives blank boards as donations from Burton, then distributes them to its stable of contributing artists. Those artists turn the boards into canvases for their unique works,
which are auctioned off at events. The proceeds have gone to such causes as the Burlington City Arts scholarship fund and Burton’s Chill foundation, a charity that teaches life skills to underprivileged youth through board sports. Art on Board is funded through donations, sponsorships and purchases made at its live auctions and online store. The latter offers artist-designed T-shirts and cobranded daypacks created by Burlington’s Hemetic Trading Co. Other Vermont collaborators have been Switchback Brewing Co. and UVM. When Weigher moved to New York after college, he recalls, he began reaching out to the city’s street artists, asking them to contribute their work to Art on Board. He was amazed at the amount of positive feedback, Weigher says, in the New York area and beyond. He and Andreasen were soon collaborating with artists whose work appears on the covers of publications such as HYPEBEAST and Juxtapoz. As part of this outreach, Weigher made contact with Manhattan-based muralist Mitchell Schorr. This week,
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residents but to have an impact on voter registration. “Wouldn’t it be cool if we went back after the election and Rutland City spiked in voter turnout?” Cowden says. Asked what the university gets out of it other than enhanced classroom curricula, he replies, “Selfishly, does Castleton get exposure from this? Yes, absolutely, but it’s the kind of exposure we want. We want to show our friends in the media that there were 500 students in the audience.” Many of Castleton’s undergrads, Cowden continues, “are first-generation college students. A lot of them underestimate what is out there [in the world] and how they can contribute to it.” For his part, Bouchard says that the “future health of nonprofit arts organizations may exist with [their] nearest college or university.” With Project 240, he hopes to fill the Paramount with engaged citizens. But also, he says, “We get a relationship with one of our most important neighbors.” m
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At the Waterfront Shelter last Sunday, a few dozen picnickers and onlookers turned out for the phenomenon that was “Big Lady!” The 35-foot-high inflated woman, created by artist Stella MarrS, was the guest of honor at the laid-back Big Lady Picnic, organized by Burlington City artS. Described on its website as “An event celebrating the ‘World’s Tallest Inflatable Woman,’” the gathering resembled a casual family party on a lazy summer afternoon, albeit one attended by a very large, silent, shiny female. Some attendees took advantage of the provided cut-your-own red-andwhite-checked tablecloths and claimed a spot in the shade. Others stood around gawking at the silver Mylar creation while DJ Takahiko Matsui cranked out tunes. With a roundish, short-armed body filled with air and a head full of helium, Lady bobbed in the welcome breeze off Lake Champlain and didn’t say a word. Marrs, whose installations and video works address feminist and environmental issues, is a participant in BCA’s upcoming “Of Land and Local” exhibit opening in September. On Sunday, she looked happy, and perhaps relieved, to have pulled off — or rather, pumped up — her inflated woman. Marrs states she has sought to “redefine public space” with some of her projects. And that she did with this one. Big Lady’s starry crown brought the Statue of Liberty to mind and — even without a torch — she briefly owned a corner of the Burlington waterfront.
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Schorr will create new editions of his signature mural series, titled “Da Race,” at locations including Pearl Street Beverage and the back of the downtown Mobil station on South Winooski Avenue. Weigher describes “Da Race” as “an ongoing, progressive series that pits a protagonist ice cream truck, representative of the common man, in a race against sleeker racing cars.” Schorr has been commissioned to paint previous installments for the GM Plaza in Detroit, Mich.; the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation; and ONLY NY, a clothing company, among others. Local production company the Main idea will document Schorr’s Vermont creations. Weigher expects to host a premiere of the film this fall in Burlington. m
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Dear Cecil,
Why did Paleolithic humans kill mammoths? Evidence suggests early people hunted and killed woolly mammoths and butchered them for meat and hides. I realize that killing a mammoth must have impressed paleo girls, but before the invention of Tupperware and refrigeration, what did you do with the resulting tons of meat? Either you’d have to have the biggest barbecue ever or else try to preserve (and carry around) lots and lots of mammoth steaks. Considering the additional problem of drawing every carnivore and scavenger for miles, wouldn’t it make more sense to kill paleo bunnies and other small game? Curious Vegetarian
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To which the obvious response is: So? Easy kill or not, the result would have been the same: fewer mammoths. One study found that hunters mainly went after juveniles and females and avoided adult males — a good way to wipe out a species. Fact is, even if we were reasonably scientific and responsible about it, the natural tendency would have been to hunt mammoths ’til they were gone.
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experts wonder if we weren’t mainly finishing off mammoths laid low by other causes. That said, the consensus among scientists nowadays is that some human communities took to mammoth hunting in a big way. In fact — and I told you this question had relevance to our own day — we may have hunted them to extinction. Why go after mammoths and not bunnies? For the same reason Costco members drive right past the 7-Eleven — acquiring food in bulk is more efficient. A typical adult mammoth is thought to have been good for well over a thousand pounds of meat — more than two million calories. Add in the bone marrow and fat, and a mammoth could probably have kept 30 people fed for two weeks. A block of time like that gives you a chance to get organized.
mammoth butchery sites show some but not many signs of carnivore gnawing. Other animals hunted alongside mammoths include horses, reindeer, wild oxen, wolves, foxes and, yes, bunnies. Mammoths were also valued for their skin and bones — spears and knives made from mammoth ivory could be used to kill and butcher more mammoths. Stretch a dried mammoth skin over a frame of its bones and tusks, and you’ve got yourself a tent. So Paleolithic tribes may not have let the mammoths they’d bagged go to waste. That was no comfort to the mammoths. As we’ve seen in other realms, efficient resource exploitation typically results in more consumption, leading some to speculate that our ancestors drove mammoths to extinction. That’s by no means proven. Studies of the Clovis peoples of North America have come to mixed conclusions, with some believing it was too dangerous to hunt Pleistocene megafauna unless they were sick or wounded. Others maintain there just weren’t enough of the biggest animals to make them a primary food source. Analyses of teeth and such indicates mammoths may have been under environmental stress anyway — in other words, we may have hunted them because they were easy targets.
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unnies? This is effete modern thinking. For primitive humans, the main concern wasn’t too much food but too little. OK, taking down a mammoth to keep the clan fed for a week sounds like overkill. But if the choice is between sustainable environmental practices and survival, you know what’s going to win. In other words, this seemingly obscure question is a parable for our times. Before we get all big-picture, let’s acknowledge what we don’t know. For starters, we can’t be certain early humans hunted mammoths on a regular basis. Human and mammoth fossils often turn up in the same locations, and stone weapon tips have been found embedded in mammoth bones, so clearly we went after them on occasion. But some
Specialization would likely have emerged early in a mammothhunting clan. The hunters would prepare their weapons for the next expedition, leaving the foodprep team to focus on what was surely job No. 1 for Paleolithic chefs: keeping the leftovers from going bad. No Stone Age cookbooks are extant, but meat-preservation techniques have been known since ancient times. An obvious one during the last ice age would have been freezing, and in fact Plains Indians used to bury meat in the snow during winter; they’d also dry meat after large kills. Chinese historians have found that salt was harvested from inland dry lakes more than 8,000 years ago; many primitive cultures used salt to preserve meats, vegetables and even their dead. Animal bones at one Paleolithic ruin show signs that the meat had been smoked. More exotically, underwater storage has been proposed as a means of meat preservation — experiments by a University of Michigan paleontologist show fresh-butchered meat could be stored in a peat bog for up to two years. Archeological evidenc points to mammoths being cut into large pieces for transport, with butchery occurring both at the scene of the kill and back at dedicated meat-processing sites. These locations no doubt attracted scavengers, but that may have been less a problem than an opportunity — nosy predators risked joining the mammoths on the spit. Bone accumulations at
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Though I have never been sexually aTTracTed To men, I know a legIt hunk when I see one, and thIs guy was leadIng-man materIal. “We took in close to $1,500 this weekend. But I should tell you that Ricky — that’s my mate — is an exceptional artist. He really is.” “You know, I’ve got to tell you — if you were magically transported back to, like, 1967, you would fit in seamlessly with the original hippies of that era. I mean, the way you look, your approach to life. I’m sure no one would realize you’re a visitor from the future.” My customer laughed and grinned at me. “Well, thanks, mate. I feel like I don’t really belong in this time, so I take that as a compliment. I’ve played festivals all over Australia that are filled with, like, makebelieve hippies, playing the part for the weekend. My parents were the real deal, both of them artists. My sister and I grew
was that I declined his offer to come back to their room at the end of the day. Though he didn’t quite say it directly, it was clear that ganja was going to happen.” “Wow, you could have smoked weed with Toots. Why’d you say no?” “I’d stopped doing all drugs years before then. It’s just one of my things, and I stick to it. But, as I said, there is a tinge of regret there. I would have had a great story for my grandchildren.” I paused to reconsider that last thought. “Well, maybe not the grandkids,” I revised. “You know what, mate? The next time you tell the story, it could end with a night of sparking it up with Toots. I mean, what’s the harm? But it’s a good story even without it.” As my customer paid me the fare, he said, “I wish you could come up to Montréal to see Ricky play. It’s very reggae influenced. I’m sure you would love it.” “I’m sure I would, too, but it’ll have to wait ’til your next visit to Burlington, brother.” I pulled out one of my cards and handed it to him, adding, “Call me when you pass through again.” I didn’t think that would happen, but I genuinely enjoyed being part of his life for 15 minutes. Vicariously, by osmosis, I’d rekindled that long-ago feeling of being young and footloose. On good days like this one, I feel like J.D. Salinger once described himself: paranoid in reverse. I think folks are plotting behind my back to make me happy. m All these stories are true, though names and locations may be altered to protect privacy.
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t the top of Church Street, two pairs of 20-foot-tall inflatable men danced for two days and nights as I considered them from the vantage point of my passing taxi. It was Burlington’s Festival of Fools weekend, and, at some point during the second day, the inflatables’ ceaseless, frenetic bobbing and weaving began to freak me out. It’s been decades since I experimented (teenage scientist that I was) with LSD, but a flashback was not out of the question. Those giant wavy guys were a bad trip! But I recovered. A steady flow of customers has a way of curing all ills, and the Festival of Fools provided that in spades. A tall young man hailed me from the curb, and I pulled over. He was gorgeous. “Could you take me to Northgate Road, I think it is? I’m staying there with friends.” “Sure thing,” I replied, and we took off, escaping the crowds. Though I have never been sexually attracted to men, I know a legit hunk when I see one, and this guy was leading-man material. His brown hair, just brushing his shoulders, was parted in the middle. A snug black T-shirt revealed a lean, muscular torso, while a rope belt held up his blue, well-worn Levi’s dungarees. His green eyes sparkled with vitality as he relaxed beside me in the shotgun seat. Hot damn, dude was handsome. I wondered what life was like for this person, whose beauty was one in 10,000. Hopefully, he was using the power of his looks for good. I had a feeling he was; he struck me as open, friendly and humble. “Are you visiting town for the Festival of Fools?” I asked as we hooked around Battery Park and onto North Avenue. “No, we actually had no idea. We were here for a weekend of busking, heading up to
up on a desolate island with maybe 850 people, no electricity. Real back-to-nature stuff. I loved it.” “This is off the coast of Australia?” I asked. “Oh, no — I’m a Kiwi, mate. New Zealand.” “Wow — now that’s just extra cool,” I said, chuckling. “Your ancestors must have been, like, prisoners from England, right? Booted off the old island and banished to the New World. Oh, the bloody English.” “No, mate,” he corrected me with a laugh. “You’re confusing us with Australia. That’s not to say I’m not descended from a long line of scoundrels, though.” “Now, I understand that New Zealand has treated the indigenous people with a good degree of fairness and justice. Do you interact much with the native folks — the Maori, right?” “Oh, yes. The island we grew up on is filled with Maori families. My sister recently married a Maori man, and my niece, their daughter, became a Maori princess. It was quite an amazing ceremony. Her name is Blossom. She really is a little princess, let me tell you.” As we approached the Northgate development, “Pressure Drop” by Toots & the Maytals came on the radio. “Do you know who this is?” I asked my customer. “Of course I do, mate. That’s Toots, one of the original reggae performers. We love Toots.” “Well, many years ago, he was performing in Burlington and I got to drive him around for a full day. Him and his lady friend, who I think might have been his manager, too. We went shopping and picked up his dry cleaning, and he treated me to dinner at an Indian restaurant. He was such a beautiful guy, kind and generous to the many fans who approached him in public. He just somehow radiated this powerful, loving energy. My only regret
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n Sunday mornings at the Burlington Friends Meeting Bhutanese and Tibetans in Vermont House, a small gathering of Vermont Quakers comare looking for spaces to munes in silence with God. This has been a familiar call their own scene in New England for a few hundred years. The congregation B Y KY ME LYA SARI
that worships in the adjacent Bassett House on North Prospect Street is much livelier. Since mid-July, the Vermont Hindu Temple — an organization seeking to build its own gathering place — has been holding services as part of weekly meetings in the historic home that once belonged to Mary Martha Fletcher, namesake of Burlington’s library and, until recently, its hospital. At the beginning of the group’s first meeting in July, a Hindu priest set up a small altar on a fireplace mantle. Beneath a framed print of animals filing into Noah’s ark, he placed a small picture of the four-armed Hindu god Vishnu, a miniature statue of the elephant god Ganesha, candles, a coconut husk and two
vases of flowers. Two helpers handed out more flowers to the group of nearly four dozen worshippers. Most of them were Bhutanese men in their fifties and sixties who came to the United States in recent years from refugee camps in Nepal. Many wore long cream or beige tunics and Dhaka topis, traditional Nepali hats. The priest then led the group in worship in Nepali. They prayed for peace and health and honored their ancestors. At the end of the ritual, the devotees placed their flowers at the altar. The somber mood gave way to joy as the group began its kirtan session — meditative singing of devotional hymns.
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They clapped their hands as they chanted the names of Hindu gods and goddesses, sang about them and praised their qualities. They sang: Gopala Gopala, Devakinandana Gopala. Devakinandana Gopala. Devakinandana Gopala. Translated from Sanskrit, it means: “Baby Krishna, baby Krishna, is the joy of his mother.” Guitar, harmonium and flute players accompanied the rising and falling voices, along with a percussionist on the tabla, a traditional hand drum. The tabla player’s face glistened with sweat as he matched the tempo of the chanting. Although most of these Hindus have a private altar at home, they still wanted to come together to pray. In Vermont, that’s not always possible. The nearest Hindu temple is in Albany, N.Y., and only a fraction of the area’s current Hindu worshippers can fit in their new weekly meeting spot at the Bassett House.
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In an interview before the initial, midJuly service, Basu Dhakal, a member of the Vermont Hindu Temple’s interim executive committee, explained that for the first meeting, they invited 30 pandits, or priests. These were the people who would ultimately run the temple. Others had wanted to attend that gathering — and they may be able to attend future meetings — but the space is limited. “We couldn’t even invite our own mothers,” Dhakal said. Dhakal is an enthusiastic 33-year-old nursing student who lives in Burlington. A Bhutanese Hindu, he came to Vermont in 2012 and is active in the newly organized effort to establish a temple in the area, a place where the community’s elderly can socialize and carry out religious practices at any time of the day, and where the younger generation can learn the Nepali language and customs. The Bhutanese aren’t alone in wanting to find a place that can be used to fulfill their religious, cultural and educational needs. Tibetans in Vermont are seeking to build their own community center, too. Both groups arrived in the Green Mountain State from the Himalayan region of southern Asia, though at different times and for different reasons. They’ve established businesses and restaurants — Seven Days food writers reviewed five of them last week — and have woven themselves into the fabric of the community, especially in the Burlington area. Now they’re seeking to build spaces of their own.
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He pointed out that the Bhutanese organizers invited members of local kirtan groups to participate in the temple’s inaugural service. One of them, Jeffrey Reicker, gushed about leading the group while being accompanied on guitar. He said the experience was “wonderful.” State Rep. Kesha Ram (D-Burlington), who works as a public engagement specialist for Burlington’s Community and Economic Development Office, is also Hindu. In her spare time, she serves as a volunteer adviser for the temple. Ram, who
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Compared with the Bhutanese community, Vermont’s Tibetan group is smaller — albeit more established. A crackdown by the Chinese government against a Tibetan uprising in 1959 forced thousands into exile, including the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of six million Tibetans. Under the Immigration Act of 1990 and through a Tibetan lottery, 1,000 Tibetan exiles in Nepal, India and Bhutan received U.S. visas. Twenty-six of them immigrated to Burlington in 1993. However, unlike other immigrants who arrived in Vermont as refugees, the Tibetans were classified as “displaced people” and did not receive financial
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attended multiple temples while growing up in Los Angeles, came to Burlington in 2004 to study at the University of Vermont. She said it is important for the Bhutanese to have their own space. “For many Hindus, particularly for those who are new to the U.S, it’s difficult to separate their cultural and social needs from their religious and spiritual ones,” Ram said. “The temple is also a civic gathering place for people.” Building a temple will require serious fundraising. Ram expects it will take five to 10 years.
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Bhutanese refugees began arriving in Vermont in the last decade. Most of them are descendants of ethnic Nepalis who settled in Bhutan in the 19th century to cultivate the land. They developed the area and prospered, with some becoming high-ranking government officials. The Citizenship Act of 1958 granted them citizenship rights. But in 1989, King Jigme Singye Wangchuck implemented the “One Nation, One People” policy, as fear of the burgeoning Nepali community grew. He imposed the culture and religion of the local majority, the Buddhist Drukpas, on the Nepali settlers. Tens of thousands of ethnic Nepalis were stripped of their Bhutanese nationality and expelled from Bhutan, and an entire generation was born and raised in refugee camps in Nepal and India. The refugee crisis lasted 16 years before, in 2006, the U.S. offered to resettle the refugees; other countries including Canada and Australia subsequently followed suit. Between 2008 and 2013,
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Bhutanese refugees were one of the three largest groups to be resettled in the U.S. To date, the U.S. Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration said about 80,000 Bhutanese refugees have been admitted to the country. The Vermont Refugee Resettlement Project puts the local number at 1,653. But because refugees often relocate to be closer to family members, the temple group estimates there are about 2,200 Bhutanese in the state. And more may be on the way — VRRP is anticipating resettling additional Bhutanese refugees in Vermont, in particular those whose family members are already here. Some of these new arrivals are Buddhist and Christian, but most are Hindu. For these Hindus, their daily life, culture and religion are intrinsically linked — just like “nail and flesh,” said Bidur Dahal, another member of the Hindu temple’s executive team. Dahal, 40, arrived in Vermont in 2012 and lives in Colchester. He works as a medical case manager and interpreter at VRRP. “If there is no temple in the community, the life of the people will be difficult and spiritually hollow,” he said. The temple will fulfill multiple needs — spiritual, social and cultural — in ways that nonprofit groups can’t, Dahal said. The temple will be particularly important to the elderly Bhutanese, who tend to spend most of their time indoors and feel isolated, especially during Vermont’s long winter months. Even so, Dhakal emphasized that the temple isn’t just for the Bhutanese. Although the refugee community is spearheading the creation of the Vermont Hindu Temple, the executive team welcomes all Hindus and anyone who’s interested in Hinduism.
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assistance from the U.S government. Rather, Burlington’s nonprofit Tibetan Resettlement Project was created in 1991 to help them get established. The community now consists of about 160 individuals — close to 40 families. The Tibetan Resettlement Project is now defunct. Its former director, Jim Kelley, a science teacher at Edmunds Middle School, is cochair of the Tibetan Association of Vermont committee tasked with establishing a community center. Although the Tibetans have used the Burlington Shambhala Center and the Vajra Dakini Nunnery in Lincoln, they still want a space of their own. A gathering space will give the Tibetans “a sense of permanence,” said Kelley, whose wife, Yangchen, is Tibetan. “People have to have a place to do things together to keep [them] alive.” With the help of a local architect, Kelley’s committee now has a blueprint for a proposed facility. It also has a three-phase plan and is looking to buy a plot of land. With that, it could begin constructing outbuildings, such as a pavilion, and a main structure with a classroom, prayer hall and shrine. The space will be modeled on those found in India, where the community can gather to pray, have tea, catch up on news, and dance and sing traditional songs. “We feel good about our plan,” Kelley said, adding that he expects the committee’s efforts to take between 10 and 15 years to come to fruition. Even before the Tibetans rallied around the idea of building a community center, they were already working toward preserving their culture. In January 2011, the Tibetan Association of Vermont started a weekend school so that the younger generation could learn Tibetan language and traditions. Today, the school has 12 pupils in pre-K and second grade. Wearing variations of the traditional Tibetan dress, mostly
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brought from India, the students meet every Sunday at the Association for Africans Living in Vermont, at 20 Allen Street next to St. Joseph’s Co-Cathedral. In late July, during their last class before the summer break, the children started their morning by singing the Tibetan national anthem. Sitting upright, with their palms facing each other and resting against their chests, they then chanted Buddhist mantras and prayed for the Dalai Lama’s health. A teacher intermittently called out students’ names, and they would immediately straighten their backs and bring their slackening hands closer. Most of the girls wore ankle-length robes bound at the waist by a sash, while the boys wore bell-sleeved shirts to go with their less-than-traditional athletic shorts. The pre-K pupils traced letters of the Tibetan alphabet, while those in second
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grade practiced writing the days of the week. The students conversed with one another in English, though they mostly spoke in Tibetan with their instructor, Tseten Anak. Born and raised in a Tibetan settlement near Mysore in southern India, he now lives in South Burlington and works as a nursing assistant. Anak is vice president of the Tibetan Association of Vermont. “At school,” he said, speaking in his measured voice, “it’s a reminder of where they came from.”
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Merging Multiple Identities
While the Tibetan and Bhutanese groups are keen to preserve their cultures, they are not trying to remain distinct and separate from American society. Although cultural preservation may be “seen as a sign of separation,” that’s “not really the case,” said Noriko Matsumoto, an immigration scholar in the sociology department at the University of Vermont. Matsumoto explained that current scholarship views preservation of one’s native culture and assimilation into a new society as being consistent with each other. “The maintenance of ethnicity is compatible with being American,” he said. Tenzin Lhakhang, secretary of the Tibetan Association of Vermont, credits the U.S. for “helping us when we couldn’t stand on our own.” But, he said, “We need to remember we are Tibetans.”
Using the Jewish population and its cultural centers as an example, Lhakhang said it’s possible for any individual to have multiple identities. A person can be Jewish and American. Kesha Ram is Hindu and Jewish; she calls herself a “HinJew.” In the same way, a person can be Tibetan or Buddhist and American. The older Tibetans came to the U.S with their customs and want to pass them on to their children. They’re aware they need to learn the ways of their new country, too. Both the Tibetan and Bhutanese groups said that the new spaces they envision will serve as hubs of cultural exchange — other communities would be welcome to use them. That’s the long-term vision. For now, they know a huge task lies ahead: achieving financial solvency. Both communities plan to hold fundraising events and seek private donations to bolster those from their own members. Although assuming the burden of a mortgage is a “scary undertaking,” according to Kelley, the Tibetans said the project is worthwhile because the community center would be theirs. Dahal, speaking for the Bhutanese executive team, said the temple would mark an end to what he describes as the Bhutanese refugees’ “spiritual homelessness.” There is clearly a demand within the community. Although the Hindu Temple group restricted attendance at its inaugural service, a few extra congregants tagged along. Eighty-three-year-old Ganga Maya Dahal was one of them. Through a translator, she said she enjoyed the gathering. “We had many people,” she said. “We were together and it felt nice.” m Contact: kymelya@sevendaysvt.com
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cocaine addict stops smoking crack and attends counseling sessions. As a reward, his drugtreatment counselor gives him gift certificates to local stores. A patient who’s obese, sedentary and at high risk for a heart attack starts exercising and eating right because his cardiologist gives him a free gym membership. A pregnant heroin addict stops shooting up in exchange for payment of her utility bills. Drug addictions, eating disorders and other highrisk behaviors rarely have simple solutions. But Stephen Higgins knows that even small material incentives can make a huge difference when they’re offered in conjunction with proper counseling and medical supervision. And he has years of scientific data, including independent research from around the world, to prove it. Higgins is a professor and vice chair of the University of Vermont’s department of psychiatry and director of the Vermont Center on Behavior and Health. An expert on human behavior and addiction, he’s spent the past 30 years at UVM studying cocaine, opioid and tobacco dependencies, especially among economically disadvantaged populations. Higgins is credited with pioneering an addictiontherapy method known as “contingency management,” wherein patients earn financial or material rewards for abstaining from drugs. Those incentives, which patients tailor to their unique needs, steadily increase in value over time but remain contingent on passing routine drug tests. If a patient fails a urinalysis, the “carrots” disappear, and the patient starts over from square one. Developed at UVM during its landmark cocaine studies of the 1980s and early ’90s, Higgins’ method was later used successfully to treat heroin addicts and pregnant smokers. Today, the VCBH, which was established in 2013, is researching the method’s use to combat other major causes of chronic disease and premature death, including obesity and patient noncompliance with medical instructions. The fundamental principles underlying Higgins’ research have found applications beyond the field of chemical dependency, too, in the realms of epidemiology, health care reform and criminal justice. Yet, so far, they haven’t trickled down in a significant way to the day-to-day treatment of addicts outside an academic setting. The method has proved so effective that the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have awarded VCBH $34.7 million in grants to expand its research into other areas of public health, making Higgins one of the university’s biggest grant recipients. Just last month, he landed a five-year, $3.6 million grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Its goal is to help 250 low-income mothers quit smoking and thus reduce their young kids’ exposure to secondhand smoke. Why the focus on patients from lower income brackets? A facile explanation would be that Higgins, 61, grew up in a working-class neighborhood of Philadelphia — he was the first in his family to attend college. But, while Higgins did witness the consequences of heroin addiction during his inner-city upbringing, he says his current interest in the links between poverty and poor lifestyle choices isn’t motivated by personal factors, just stats.
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Long ago, Higgins and his fellow researchers observed that the success rate of patients trying to overcome addictions closely correlates to their socioeconomic status. Though the physiology of chemical dependency doesn’t distinguish between rich and poor, researchers know that many bad lifestyle options — smoking, drug use, unhealthy diet, lack of exercise — cluster in lower economic strata. Higgins wondered: What’s driving such differences? And why do certain socioeconomic groups respond better to behavioral interventions than others? Clearly, he notes now, education and family upbringing play important roles. But Higgins identified other common behavioral threads among patients who were economically disadvantaged. Patients of modest means, be they cocaine users or cardiac patients recovering from bypass surgery, are more likely to focus on the present and discount the importance of the future. As a consequence, options that are more desirable in the short-term rather than the longterm can unduly influence their decision making. Such tendencies are by no means unique to addicts or the poor, Higgins emphasizes. All of us make similar decisions every day, consciously and unconsciously, as we compare different commodities and weigh their relative worth: Should we eat a kale salad or a slice of pizza for lunch? While the former is good for our hearts and won’t make us gain weight, the other is tasty, cheaper and delivered right to our door. How does the human fondness for instant gratification dictate the use of incentives in treating drug addiction? Higgins explains that most of us have “naturalistic”
incentives to make healthy choices. All humans are physiologically capable of becoming addicts, yet most people don’t, because they don’t want to lose their jobs, go to jail or ruin relationships with family. To those who do become addicts, all those naturalistic incentives may seem “probabilistic” — that is to say, the dire consequences seem less likely to occur, at least in the short-term. And people who are economically disadvantaged may find it difficult to think and plan for five years in the future when they don’t know where they’ll be in five months, or even five weeks. During the cocaine studies, Higgins discovered that every time patients produced a clean urinalysis and earned another reward, they became more “invested” in the changed behavior. The instant gratification they got from each new reward actually triggered the same pleasure centers in their brains as the substances they had been using. Once the incentives go away, however, do the healthy behaviors endure? “That’s the big question,” Higgins says. “I had shown with cocaine [treatment] that, if you pair it with counseling around lifestyle changes, the incentives can produce changes that are sustained for several years.” After the cocaine studies, Higgins took on the problem of smoking among pregnant mothers, which is known to produce lower birth weight and other complications. Researchers had been studying possible interventions to get expectant moms to stop using tobacco since the 1980s. When Higgins implemented the incentives program with
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a group of such women, he produced a 35 percent success rate, compared with a 7 percent rate in his control group — a fivefold improvement. Similar studies under way in Scotland and Australia are producing comparable results. “Thus far,” he says, “everyone has been successful.” Could similar incentives help lowincome cardiac patients stick to healthy regimens? Higgins’ colleague at VCBH, Diann Gaalema, is now collaborating on a study of the use of contingency management among such patients with Dr. Phil Ades, a pioneer in cardiac rehabilitation at the UVM College of Medicine. As Higgins explains, patients from lower-income backgrounds tend to have both more complicated medical histories and lower participation rates in cardiac rehab. “You could provide them with the best pharmacology or the best technology for stents,” he says. “But if you can’t get your patients to take their medicines or quit smoking, it can undermine everything.” That’s a serious problem, Higgins notes, because the evidence says that when patients don’t do rehab, their odds of dying or being rehospitalized within the next few years increase dramatically. Gaalema and Ades want to see whether incentives can increase participation rates among lower-income patients. Thus far, Higgins says, the data look “really promising.” Yet another VCBH study focuses on weight gain among obese pregnant women. The Institute of Medicine recommends that obese women gain very little weight during their pregnancies, yet “that’s easier said than done,” Higgins says, “especially among a population that tends to gain weight.” The study provides expectant mothers with incentives to stay within specific weight parameters, along with nutrition counseling. Higgins says those results have been encouraging so far, too. In the decades since contingency management was developed at UVM, it’s been adopted in other settings beyond the world of drug treatment. Years ago, Higgins notes, his research helped lay the foundation for the nation’s first drug courts — treatmentfocused alternative-justice programs for nonviolent offenders. When the cocaine studies began, he says, drug courts didn’t exist. By the time the studies concluded in the 1990s, there were about 2,000 such courts nationwide, including in Vermont. “I think that’s one of the great outcomes of our work,” Higgins says. Contingency management has also been used in Africa by the International Monetary Fund to persuade fieldworkers to visit health clinics for HIV testing. In the United States, many corporate employee-wellness programs have adopted the method to get workers to do timely
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ome galleries in Vermont are known for showcasing innovative work by contemporary artists. But a current show at the historic Shelburne Museum demonstrates that some Vermont designers were edgy 200 years ago. Jean Burks, the museum’s recently retired senior curator, has assembled an eye-opening exhibit of about 50 pieces of furniture made in Vermont during the first half of the 19th century. While some of the items on display in the Pizzagalli Center for Art and Education conform to preconceptions of staid
Nahum Parker sofa, 1830
and sturdy Yankee craftsmanship, many might startle visitors with their colorful, exuberant styling. Indeed, a few pieces are so baroque, they look as though their makers didn’t know when to stop. These ornate bureaus and tables might not appeal to a viewer with conservative taste, but they’ll surely bring a smile to all but the crustiest observer. Visitors already interested in vintage Vermont furniture, or design generally, will find this an enriching, even thrilling exhibit. Those with little knowledge of this particular decorative arts genre can learn a lot, even if some of the pieces seem similar and the amount of information feels a bit staggering. “Rich and Tasty: Vermont Furniture to 1850” opens with one of its stateliest objects: a Greek Revival sofa made in Middlebury around 1830. Its blue upholstery, framed with stamped brass, features a pattern of airborne bees. A delightfully quirky piece is situated close by. A pair of drawers, each with two pulls, rests atop the elongated stem and wheeled base of this brightly finished stand, which looks like a four-eyed version of the extraterrestrial E.T. This idiosyncratic, expertly crafted piece was made by Nathan Burnell in Milton in 1853, but not every object in the show is so firmly attributed and dated. In fact, some designers and builders are unknown. Burnell made sure to inscribe the stand with his name and its year of execution. He also listed it — in his elegant handwriting — in a leather-bound ledger that’s on display. Perhaps due to the stand’s curiosity value, it ranks as one of the most expensive items in Burnell’s accounting book, which records its sale to Daniel Onion for $35.
Fancy chair, 1822
A desk made in Londonderry in 1852 is another likably odd piece. The front of its drawers have been carved and painted, trompe l’oeil style, to resemble book spines. Perhaps a local bibliophile commissioned the cleverly inventive desk. And don’t overlook the base of a decorative sideboard made in Randolph in 1829, with toenails — or possibly claws — carved into its feet. A fancy chair built in 1822 propitiously features on its backrest a painted view of a building at the University of Vermont that, two years later, was destroyed by fire. The warm colors and lighthearted design of a number of the pieces may seem surprising products of a state in which, in the 19th century, mostly rural residents lived hardscrabble lives. Burks says she was “stunned” by not only the “wildly veneered” objects she located and borrowed for the show, but also by the sophistication of their forms. “I was blown away by the beauty and by how much it was influenced by urban style centers,” she said in an interview. Many of the 1,000 or so Vermont furniture makers of the preindustrial era were aware of what was considered chic in Boston and New York. In some cases,
DESIGN the styles they emulated had originated The inspiration for Burks’ farewell an ocean away from remote Vermont. A show lies in a 1995 exhibit organized by text panel accompanying a lovely bow- the Bennington Museum and presented front bureau made in Norwich around at the Shelburne. Burks, who was then 1815 notes that it was inspired by a Louis curator of decorative arts, considered XV design imported to Boston from Paris. that first-ever exhibit of early Vermont Burks presents visitors with back- furniture revelatory. She said she exground information pected the pieces might for every item in the resemble the austere show. But none of the Shaker designs that extensive commentaries were her academic explains the “Rich and specialty. Instead, she Tasty” title. It’s revealed found the Vermont look in an introductory essay uniquely exuberant for in the show’s impresits time and region. sively large catalog. It took Burks 20 Philip Zea, president of years to locate addithe Historic Deerfield tional pieces from that site in Massachusetts, era and to identify many J EAN B U RKS, CU RATOR quotes the June 2, 1829, of their makers. Most of edition of the Vermont the works included in Gazette, explaining that Bennington “Rich and Tasty” are on loan from four cabinetmaker Hastings Kendrick was private collections, she notes. Only a moving to a Main Street shop where he couple also appeared in the 1995 show, intended to manufacture “a variety of and just five of the 50 pieces currently rich and tasty furniture from the best on display come from the Shelburne’s materials and in the best manner.” permanent collection.
I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY THE BEAUTY
AND BY HOW MUCH IT WAS INFLUENCED BY URBAN STYLE CENTERS.
The contemporary Vermonters from whom Burks borrowed certain pieces generally did not treat them as precious antiques to be admired but never used. One lender, Burks recounts, joked about being reluctant to part with a bureau — even temporarily — because, he said, “Where else will I put my socks?” A few pieces do show wear. For example, the finish on the seat and comb-backed headrest of a 190-year-old rocking chair made in Shelburne Falls has been abraded over the generations. “Rich and Tasty” does not extend beyond 1850, Burks explains, because Vermont furniture generally ceased to
be handmade after that point. “The industrial revolution brings mass production and makes the pieces less interesting and less unique,” she says. But many Vermont artisans are again designing and building furniture by hand. Perhaps Burks can be persuaded to come out of retirement and organize a show of “rich and tasty” pieces from the 21st century.
INFO “Rich and Tasty: Vermont Furniture to 1850” is on view through November 1 at the Pizzagalli Center for Art and Education, Shelburne Museum. shelburnemuseum.org
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Bliss in a Box Off-gassing bad juju inside Montpelier’s Life Vessel b y K EN PI C AR D
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hen it comes to alternative medicine, I place myself squarely in the camp of scientific-evidence-based skeptics. Over the years, I’ve tried acupuncture and visited a chiropractor a few times. Eventually, I concluded that the results were felt most acutely in my checking account. Similarly, I’ve never warmed to “energy healing,” especially those disciplines that freely intermingle medical and pseudoscientific terminology, e.g., “electromagnetic meridians,” “biofields” and “quantum energy.” I’m as curious as any science nerd about string theory and particle physics. I’m just not convinced that anyone can use them to recalibrate my qi. Still, when I received an invitation from Wendy Halley, owner of Lucid Path Wellness in Montpelier, to test-drive her “Life Vessel,” I was game. Having already reported on sensory deprivation tanks, smartphone-based placebos and healing tuning forks, I’ll try anything once. Especially if it’s noninvasive, painless and free. When I arrived at Halley’s State Street office, she wasn’t draped in the New Age trappings one might expect from her online bio, which describes her 20 years as a clinical psychotherapist and shamanic healer. In fact, when I stepped into her waiting room, she was cleaning a motorcycle spark plug. “Can you tell if this thing is shot?” she asked abruptly, holding it up for my perusal. I’d read Robert Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance in my twenties but pled ignorance on the finer points of both Buddhism and smallengine repair. The Life Vessel, I learned later, was invented in 1998 by Barry McNew, a former horse breeder with no medical or scientific training. According to Todd Strane of Life Vessel Advanced Wellness, the San Juan Capistrano, Calif., company now licensed to manufacture and sell the vessels — at $89,000 apiece — the patented technology is designed to “assist the body with its innate abilities to self-regulate and self-heal.” As Strane explained by phone, the vessel induces natural relaxation states
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Wendy Halley in the Life Vessel
that alter everything from your brain waves to your autonomic functions, thus allowing your body to “rebalance and detoxify” itself. “In layman’s terms,” he added, “it’s almost like a forced state of meditation.” Similarly, Halley described the Life Vessel experience as “mega-sleep in a really condensed period of time.” Halley, a New York native who served four years in the Air Force before entering the healing arts, saw an interview with the inventor of the Life Vessel in September 2013. Intrigued, she searched for a Life Vessel in Vermont but couldn’t find one. “Within 48 hours of watching that interview,” she recalled, “I had my flight to Colorado booked and my session [in a Life Vessel] scheduled, which happened to be the closest one to us at the time.” Halley claimed she experienced both physical and psychological effects from her sessions, including the offgassing of bodily toxins, a reduction in
allergic reactions, and the elimination of longtime infections in her tonsils and sinuses. “I have never been as altered as I have been in the Life Vessel,” she said. “It was profound right off the bat.” Halley purchased her own vessel in October 2014 and now operates one of just 16 Life Vessel centers nationwide, according to Strane. People have come to her with a variety of health and relaxation goals. Some seek relief from symptoms related to cancer, Parkinson’s and Lyme disease. Others are longtime meditators or consciousness-expanding thrill seekers. According to Halley, several of the latter compared their experience in the vessel to ingesting the powerful hallucinogen ayahuasca, “minus the vomiting.” “I pretty much say, ‘I have no idea what’s going to happen for you,’” she said when I asked her what to expect. “When your body gets a chance to heal itself, it does some pretty amazing
things, but I don’t make any claims or guarantees.” Halley walked me into the dimly lit back room where her Life Vessel resides. Basically, it’s a horizontal pine box about the size and shape of a tanning bed, with a thin mattress pad inside but no pillow. At one end is a high-end digital sound system that pipes music through a series of speakers lining the vessel’s walls. As in a tanning bed, the occupant lies inside, face up. Inside the lid, directly over the occupant’s face, hangs a single multicolored light bulb surrounded by six mirrors. Although the original, U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved Life Vessel contained an infrared lamp, this model features a normal, rainbowcolored incandescent bulb, which likely explains the snarky moniker one online skeptic gave it: “disco coffin.” The FDA certified the Life Vessel as a “medical product” that “provides sound and light for a form of relaxation
I have never been as altered as I have been In the lIfe vessel. It was
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I had expected the colored bulb over my face to flash, spin or change colors, but it remained steady throughout the session. Nevertheless, my breathing slowed as I drifted off into a meditative state. At one point, I caught myself snoring. Researching the Life Vessel later, I understood why the FDA had weighed in on its therapeutic value. The testimonials on the official lifevessel.com website,
many of which are anonymous, will raise eyebrows among medical professionals. Several users claim it relieved symptoms related to lupus, multiple sclerosis, migraines, Parkinson’s, PTSD, depression, infertility and anxiety, among other ailments. One woman, the mother of 16- and 18-year-old daughters, asserts that the Life Vessel greatly relieved one daughter’s attention deficit disorder and the other’s asthma — plus, it made her warts go away. Another mother says her autistic son’s behavior and communication skills improved. Yet another user, from Newport Beach, Calif., claims he’s “cancer-free” and owes his physical well-being to the vessel. “I know the Life Vessel didn’t cure my cancer,” he clarifies, “but I wouldn’t be here today without it.” Strane acknowledges that some testimonials were problematic enough for the Life Vessel’s manufacturer that they had to be removed or edited, given that making unproven medical claims will quickly draw the attention of federal regulators. Indeed, the Life Vessel homepage includes a disclaimer stating that claims made there “are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease or illness” and that sessions in the Life Vessel “are not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.” “Sometimes there are misperceptions and miscommunications,” Strane told me. “We try really hard to make sure everybody follows the letter of the law when trying to attempt to explain the Life Vessel.”
Couldn’t people just as easily lie down on a couch, drop in a CD of Windham Hill classics, turn their stereo up to 11 and get similar results? “Quite honestly, I’ve said to people before, ‘If you’re a good meditator, you don’t need the Life Vessel,’” Strane said. “But only one in a thousand people are good meditators.” Personally, I emerged from the vessel feeling rested, refreshed, hungry and slightly buzzed. Though Halley had warned that I might experience minor discomfort at old surgical sites, I felt none. Then again, I once fell asleep during a CT scan. When my session was complete, Halley handed me a cup of unsweetened electrolytes to replenish those I’d lost during my vibraphonic nap. “You don’t realize it,” she said, “but your body is working really hard right now.” Overall, my trip in the Life Vessel was calming and meditative. I communed with no spirit animals, but I didn’t vomit, either. And Halley was right when she said, “It’s such an intense dose of relaxation that your body gets to do a lot of stuff it ordinarily doesn’t get to do.” Such as lie flat on its back, listening to music, on a workday. I can think of far worse ways to spend an hour in Montpelier, especially when the legislature is in session.m Contact: ken@sevendaysvt.com
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therapy” — a description that would seem to apply equally well to my television set/bong/La-Z-Boy combo. Before climbing aboard, I asked Halley if there were any contraindications to using the Life Vessel. She said she doesn’t recommend its use for patients with congestive heart failure, because users are advised to drink at least a gallon of water per day for three days after each session. (Four sessions in the Life Vessel normally cost $355, and a single session is $95; “summer wellness special” prices are $295 and $75, respectively.) Otherwise, Halley insisted that the Life Vessel is safe for any age or medical condition. I could wear any clothing I preferred inside, but no metal, jewelry or belts. Metal objects inside my body, such as surgical rods, screws and plates, were OK. Lying down, I realized that my jeans had metal rivets, but since this wasn’t an MRI machine, I figured, What could go awry? Finally, I asked how the music was selected. “The inventor hasn’t revealed why he chose the music he’s chosen,” Halley explained, and clarified that the rhythms aren’t the kind meant to entrain your brain waves to specific frequencies. “The music is meant to be therapeutic, so if you don’t like it, sorry,” she said. As I reclined for my chakra-shocking hour in the surround-sound sauna, Halley lowered the lid, closed the side hatch and turned on the tunes. I soon heard a mix of relaxing and ethereal melodies — tinkling piano keys, jingling wind chimes, noodling pan flutes, blowing breeze — that I could feel reverberating through my body.
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hen David Fried started Elmore Roots Nursery in 1981, he contacted a local extension agent to find out what fruit he could grow. The agent said his land, located in one of Vermont’s coldest climates, could only support apples — and just two varieties at that. Fried knew the man was wrong. “I had hiked the Long Trail in Vermont and lived on fruit along the way,” he recalls. He saw blackberries and pears growing wild in the unforgiving north and figured he could diversify his farm. He started by planting gooseberries and currants. Kiwis came a few years later when “an itinerant kiwi peddler” stopped by the farm. “Everyone says there’s no way you can grow kiwis here,” he says. “But we’ve had kiwis for about 30 years.” Though Fried proved long ago that practically anything can grow in the state’s most inhospitable environments, only recently have some growers ventured beyond the standard apples, strawberries and blueberries. Greater awareness of permaculture and its need for biodiversity has inspired farmers to steadily introduce unexpected fruits — with big health benefits — into the local food system. Few have won over customers with such ease as John and Nancy Hayden of Jeffersonville’s Farm Between. Their secret? Bubbles and ice. The Burlington Farmers Market regulars turn their organic fruit into syrups that flavor sodas and snow cones. Recent varieties have included pink Champagne currant, maple-wild cherry and elderberry-ginger. These fruits are just a small selection of the plants grown at the demonstration farm and nursery on Route 15. Both Haydens are ecologists by training. John was an extension agent himself before becoming an onthe-farm dad in 1992. The pair enjoys developing new systems to allow for growing uncommon fruits. In fact, the Haydens replaced their livestock and veggies with fruit exclusively 12 years ago. They get help, too, by choosing plants that appeal to bees as much as humans. The reasons are ethical, as well as practical. “We need the bees. No bees, no fruit, no snow cones, no pies,” John Hayden says. In August, strawberries are long gone and blueberries are on the wane, but bushes are heavy with black aronia berries. “We’re really bullish on aronia and elderberry,” John says, looking out over the recently harvested elderberry bushes. He farmed about 300 pounds of the berries this season. What doesn’t go
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into his syrups is sold to herbalists and food producers. Citizen Cider wants some elderberry syrup to experiment with, he says. It may produce a sequel to the cidery’s Currant Affair, which used Farm Between black currants. With workshops and tours open to the public, the Haydens invite visitors to see their pollinator gardens and whatever fruits and berries are in season. Some are experiments that still don’t yield enough berries for the public to consume. But curiosities such as thimbleberries and nannyberries could appear in snow cones someday. Right now, John Hayden is especially interested in bush cherries such as the ultra-sweet Nanking cherry — which grow better in Vermont than cherry trees, such as the common Prunus avium, or sweet cherry — as well as nuts and pears. Hazelberts could one day make hazelnut-flavored syrups, while a revival of Vermont-grown pears could stir up the cider world with an opportunity for companies to make local perry, the pear equivalent of hard cider. What else would Hayden like to grow? “I really wish I could grow peaches,” he says wistfully. It’s not impossible, says Fried, and we don’t have to wait for greenhouse gasses to get us there. He just picked his first peach, grown in the protection of a high tunnel greenhouse. And climate change has nothing to do with his ability to grow peaches and apricots, Fried says. It’s just a matter of finding cold-hardy varieties, as he did with his kiwis so long ago. Soon, he’ll even have pawpaws, also known as soursop or cherimoya. In Elmore, a cover of sugar maple protects the plant’s big tropical leaves in the cold months. Meghan Giroux of Vermont Edible Landcapes in Richmond has seen pawpaws and even goji berries grow in the Green Mountains. For the latter, all you need is sandy soil, she says. If it’s just a matter of finding the right breed for the right patch of land, why don’t more Vermonters grow “exotic” fruit? As a nursery owner and agroecosystem land planner, Giroux has observed locals’ reticence to try new fruits. “The American palate is really unrefined,” she suggests. When jonesing for a berry fix, most of us reach for sweet blueberries, strawberries and raspberries. “What [people] don’t know is that, in this climate, we can grow quite a lot of different fruits,” Giroux says. “They just don’t necessarily fit into that palate.”
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Haskap • What does it taste like? John Hayden says it’s like a “strawberry-blueberry cross.” David Fried refuses to call it by its alternate name, honeyberry, because he says these blue honeysuckle relatives taste better than honey. • Is it good for you? Yep. It has three times the antioxidants of a regular blueberry and is particularly high in potassium, calcium and vitamin A.
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• What does it taste like? Aronias are often called chokeberries (not to be confused with chokecherries), but they’re not as pungent as the name suggests. Though slightly astringent, the ripe berries have a green, grassy taste with a hint of sweetness. • Is it good for you? “Aronia has the highest antioxidants of anything we grow,” says Hayden. Recent studies have noted the berry’s ability to inhibit artificially induced cancer in rats. It’s also a flavonoid superstar.
Seaberry • What does it taste like? Tart. For some, the fruit’s low sugar content is refreshing, but most people prefer it with sweeteners. • Is it good for you? Heck, yeah. “It’s really food medicine,” says Shawn Smith Hoffman. The berry is commonly used in Europe in both cosmetics and nutritional supplements because of its collection of essential fatty acids, high carotenoids and unexpected wealth of protein.
Quince • What does it taste like? Acidic. Unless they’re bletted (overripened off the branch), quince is too hard to eat.They should be processed before consumption. • Is it good for you? Quince is not one of the best, especially since you’ll probably have to mix it with sugar, but the fruit is exceptionally high in phytonutrients and has been used to fight cancer and speed metabolism.
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and meat business with Dan — convened for a meeting the morning after the burn. Still in shock and low on sleep, Dawn pondered whether — not how — they would start over. “At 50, you consider these things,” she said. But for the others, the meeting was about design. What would they rebuild in the space? Three separate insurance policies ensure the farm will recover. Last week the area still smelled of burnt feed and manure, but a $20,000 insurance advance jump-started cleanup and rebuilding. “It’s coming along,” Gilbert said, as Dawn surveyed the turned-up rocks and metal scrap piled in the yard. “Every day we’re gaining on it.” In time, the barn will rise again, and the Bouchers plan to build it better and more efficient than before. For now, Dawn has suspended cheesemaking and paused her weekly market trips to Burlington, which will halve 2015 earnings for the meat-and-cheese end of the business.
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“We’ve had to stop everything,” she Anecdotal evidence suggests that said. many agricultural properties are Farming depends on countless under- or uninsured. With an aging moving parts — livestock, machinery, farmer population, fires can be a weather, personnel. When essential death knell for many operations. infrastructure disappears, snags such In early 2014, Critter Meadows as damaged fences, tractor breakdowns Farm owners Merri and Dan Paquin and animal injuries become compli- chose to purchase winter heating fuel cated ordeals. over insurance for their Williamstown “Those little things start to bother organic dairy. “[Insurance] was the you,” Dawn said. last thing I felt I could “That last shoe keeps cut,” Merri said, wringdropping.” ing her wrists at her State fire safety edukitchen table last week. cation and information “I just figured, I could chief Micheal Greenia pause it and pick it back says many farms never up after the winter and recover. “Nothing can we would be OK.” bring a farm to its The Paquins bought knees in a single, decitheir herd in the 1980s, sive blow faster than a then bounced around fire,” he said in a phone north-central Vermont, interview. mostly as tenant farmGreenia is a member ers, until 2007, when J E NN Y N ElSoN, of the Vermont Barn Agricu ltu rA l ADVi SE r they landed at an old Fire Prevention Task dairy in Williamstown. Force, a group of farmThey dubbed the place ers, firefighters, insurance workers and Critter Meadows and purchased the reps from state agencies, the University property a few years later. of Vermont Extension and the state’s Finally settled, the farm began to congressional delegation that works to diversify. They added meat ducks, educate farmers on fire prevention and rabbits and goats to the business. “We mitigation. felt like, for the first time ever, we Hard data on barn fires are tough to were going to be in the clear,” Merri pin down, but Greenia estimated that recalled. Then, on a frigid March Vermont farms suffered 109 structure night just days before the ag inspector fires in 2014. Local fire departments was scheduled to sign off on the meat responded to nearly 600 agricultural operation, the Paquins’ barn burned. structure fires between 2010 and 2014. The farmers saved 58 of their 117 “We’ve seen the loss of so many barns cattle. Of these — badly burned and and farms to fire in the last 30 years,” ailing from the smoke — 30 perished said task force member Jenny Nelson, within two weeks. Twenty-three of agriculture policy adviser to Sen. Bernie the farm’s 27 bred heifers, all due to Sanders. “You lose your barn, and you calf the following month, aborted really think twice about whether you want to get back into farming.” burneD up » p.44
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their babies. That spring, the four calves born on the farm were stunted and sickly. No one conducted a damage assessment (this usually happens during the insurance claim), but the Paquins estimated the loss at more than $500,000. Merri said representatives from Organic Valley (the farm’s milk co-op) and officials from Vermont’s ag department pressured her to send the remaining cows to slaughter and buy new stock. But the farmers held tight to what was left of the herd they’d been working with for three decades. “These animals survived for a reason,” Merri said. “We’ve invested time and money into them. They’re part of our family.” Still, she added, “you start to wonder, Why not ship them for beef ? Would it be more humane? You’re torn with those thoughts.” A neighbor offered his barn, and the Paquins moved their cows down the road. Outfitting the building for milking cost $18,000, but it worked as a stopgap measure. Though the barn has no pasture access — a requirement for certified organic milk — the farmers cut fresh grass and bring it to the cows daily. They take them out for exercise and are slowly nurturing the burned animals back to health. Meanwhile, the farmers cobbled together a new home barn on a shoestring budget with the help of friends, family and a hired hand, who was also injured in the blaze. This spring, seven of the Paquins’ eight new calves were strong, healthy heifers that will join the milking stock in years to come. “At first it was like, Oh, my God, what have I done?” Merri said. “I made a conscious decision to not have insurance.” Apparently, a lot of farmers make the same call. Merri said 114 dairy farmers came to offer support in the days following the fire. Nearly all of them told her that they, too, lacked adequate insurance. Average insurance premiums for a farm with 115 milkers cost $3,000 to $7,000 per year, according to Kevin Bourdon, a farm safety specialist at Co-operative Insurance Companies in Middlebury. Co-operative is the leading farm insurer in Vermont and, though the company wouldn’t disclose how many agricultural policies it carries, Bourdon said they insure “approximately 75 percent of Vermont’s existing dairies.” Basic math suggests
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the company covers about 650 of Vermont’s 868 milk producers, and hundreds of non-dairy operations. In the last year, Bourdon said Co-op handled nine barn fires totaling more than $100,000 each, and that average years bring six or seven barn-fire claims. While Co-op is not Vermont’s only farm insurer (other companies were similarly mum about their numbers), it seems safe to conclude that when the state’s dominant farm insurer handles fewer than 10 of the state’s annual 100-plus farmrelated structure fires, many of those fires never see an insurance claim. But not all on-farm structure fires are barn fires, and not all barn fires involve animals. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s national census, Vermont is currently home to 7,300 farms — more than 6,400 of them non-dairy. In recent years, Maple Wind Farm (vegetables and meat) lost a barn in Richmond, as did Pete’s
Greens (vegetables) in Craftsbury. But particularly when livestock are involved, fallout from the fire can cause farms to fail long after the smoke clears. Earlier this month, Organic Valley moved Critter Meadows’ milk onto a nonorganic truck, citing the Paquins’ lack of pasture access as a breach of organic practice. The co-op will reassess the farm on October 1, but if the family can’t finish the milk room, pump room and a four-stall milking area in their new barn, it could lose its primary source of income. That’s a tight deadline, and Merri Paquin is rethinking her business model. She’s looking for other co-op options to pursue if they can’t stay with Organic Valley. She’s researching on-site processing that would enable Critter Meadows to sell milk independently. And they’re chipping away at the new barn that will bring their cows home. “If we’re making progress every week,” Merri said, “then we’re making progress.” m Contact: hannah@sevendaysvt.com
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In the eyes of kurt StAuDtEr, the executive director of the VErmoNt brEwErS ASSociAtioN, breweries fail for three reasons: crappy beer, undercapitalization and lack of business sense. For the past year, he and grEgorY DuNkLiNg, director for the business of craft beer program at the University of Vermont, have been tackling the latter issue. Their collaboration has resulted in a new, online program at UVM that will equip 30 to 40 students with business chops suitable for the craft-beer industry. The three-month course caters to college grads with one to five years of marketing or business experience, as well as individuals already working in the beer industry. “The objective is for people to go through a 12-week deep dive into the craft-beer sector,” says Dunkling. After a mandatory crash course in craft-beer fundamentals, students must specialize in digital marketing, sales or operations. The certificate program will begin in February. Dunkling says he plans to offer the class three times a year and to expand enrollment as interest increases.
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Sofia’s Pizzeria has returned to St. Paul Street in Burlington. Well, sort of. Owner omEr ALicic is slinging his pies and calzones once again, but now it’s as SoFiA’S DELi at NEigHborHooD mArkEt at 457 St. Paul. Fans will still be able to dig into Alicic’s Manhattan Stromboli, filled with homemade meatballs, but he says his new location next to PANAcEA PizzA means he’s de-emphasizing his doughy creations. Instead, he and business partner VASiLE romAN are focusing on sandwiches, wraps and pasta. mckENziE couNtrY cLASSicS meats fill most of the sandwiches, but besides the meatballs, Sofia’s also serves up made-to-order eggplant and chicken Parmesan over pasta or on subs. Fans of European fare can pick up Bosnian smoked meat and European cheeses. But the back case is a particular treasure trove for Eastern European food lovers. A small New York company is behind the indulgent smetannik, or sour cream cake. Ten varieties of cake are in stock, including caramel, honey and almond. To celebrate what began as a soft
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Open Barn Party: Cheese sampling, farm tours, storytelling and live music by Two Cents in the Till round out a family-friendly rural frolic. Family Cow Farmstand, Hinesburg, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-7222.
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Peacham Historical Association Annual Meeting: Textile expert Lynne Bassett offers quilt evaluations before presenting "New England's Early Quilts and Quilt Makers." Quilt evaluations, 2-5 p.m.; talk, 7 p.m. Peacham Congregational Church, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 592-3049. Quilt Exhibition: Windsor County artists are on point at the 29th annual display of patchwork prowess complete with activities and demonstrations. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $4-14; free for kids under 3. Info, 457-2355.
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Men's Group: A supportive environment encourages socializing and involvement in senior center activities. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 223-2518. Peer Support Circle: Participants converse freely in a confidential space without giving advice or solving problems. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, 5-6 p.m. Free. Info, 777-8602. Project 240 Unveiling: A multimedia presentation and Q&A session provide a preview of 17 upcoming events, including public discourses, patriotic music and satirical theater encouraging civic engagement. Cocktails and appetizers round out the evening. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, info@project240.org.
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Knitters & Needleworkers: Crafters convene for creative fun. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.
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AfroLatin Party: Dancers ages 18 and up get down to the kizomba, kuduro and kompa with DsantosVT. Zen Lounge, Burlington, lesson, 7-8 p.m.; party, 8-10 p.m. $6-12; free for party. Info, 227-2572.
Brattleboro African Dance: Students at all levels practice movement and rhythm with Pape Ba from Senegal. The Stone Church, Brattleboro, drum, 6:15-7:15 p.m.; dance, 7:15-8:45 p.m. $10-25. Info, 258-6475. Drop-in Hip-Hop Dance: Beginners are welcome at a groove session inspired by infectious beats. Swan Dojo, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. $13. Info, 540-8300. Ecstatic Dance Vermont: Jubilant movement with the Green Mountain Druid Order inspires joy, transformation and divine connections. The Open Space, Hardwick Inn Building, 7-9 p.m. $10. Info, 505-8010. Guinean Dance: Sidiki Sylla leads mixed-level lessons in African steps. Burlington Memorial Auditorium Loft, 5:30-7 p.m. $13-15. Info, 859-1802.
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Dog Days of Summer: Canines make a splash at this pup-friendly pool party benefiting the Central Vermont Humane Society. Limit of two dogs per adult. Rain date: August 20. Montpelier Public Pool, 5-6:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 476-3811. Tech Help With Clif: Folks develop skill sets applicable to smartphones, tablets and other gadgets. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, noon-1 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-6955. TurnON Burlington: Communication games encourage participants to push past comfort zones and experience deep connections. OneTaste Burlington, 7:30-8:30 p.m. $10. Info, 410-474-9250, cj@onetasteburlington.us. Wagon Ride Wednesdays: Giddyap! Visitors explore the working dairy farm via this time-tested method of equine transportation. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. $4-14; free for kids under 3. Info, 457-2355.
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Orleans County Fair: A historic grandstand hosts harness races, tractor pulls and demolition derbies at a yearly community celebration complete with agricultural displays, live entertainment, and a beer and wine garden. Orleans County Fairgrounds, Barton, 8 a.m. General admission, $10-17; camping, $10-30. Info, orleanscountyfair.net. Stowe Tango Music Festival: From empanadas to dancing and live music, Latin American traditions head to the Green Mountains, courtesy of the Argentine Tango Society. Various Stowe and Morrisville locations, 3 p.m. Prices vary; most events are free. Info, 779-9669.
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Founding Father In 1929, a father walked into a pawnshop and purchased a type of accordion called a bandoneon for his 8-year-old son. That boy was Astor Piazzolla, who went on to pioneer the nuevo tango style of music. Four ambitious Vermontbased musicians (who happen to be two married couples) have joined forces to explore the Argentine composer’s repertoire. Annemieke and Jeremiah McLane hold down the piano and accordion, respectively, while Daniel Gaviria and Sarah Cullins provide guitar and soprano vocals. Pieces such as “Los Pájaros Perdidos” and the milonga “Oblivion” constitute a program honoring the visionary whose contributions to the genre are celebrated around the globe.
The Piazzolla Project Saturday, August 22, 7:30 p.m., at Brandon Music. $20; $40 includes preshow dinner; preregister; BYOB. Info, 247-4295. brandon-music.net
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Why so serious? Performance artist Kristina Wong proves that social criticism doesn’t have to be heavy. In stage shows such as Going Green the Wong Way and Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, the comedian has covered everything from sustainable living to global poverty to mental illness with whip-smart commentary and acerbic wit. Showing her mettle beyond the stage, Wong has written for xoJane and Jezebel, and presented on American Public Media’s “Marketplace.” The funnywoman is in the spotlight with an excerpt from her solo show The Wong Street Journal as part of the New York Theatre Workshop.
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Tuned In Rising Appalachia’s website describes their music as “community building through sound.” True to their word, the band, fronted by sisters Leah Song and Chloe Smith, embrace what they call the “Slow Music Movement,” trading buses and hotels for touring by train and lodging with locals. It seems to be working. The troubadours have taken their folk- and world-music-inspired show across the United States and all the way to Europe, the Caribbean and Central America; and they’ve been featured on National Public Radio and recognized by the Huffington Post. The southern-born siblings are at the center of a mini festival at Willow Crossing Farm with selections from Wider Circles.
RISING APPALACHIA Sunday, August 23, festival, 3 p.m.; concert, 8 p.m., at Willow Crossing Farm in Johnson. $20-30; free for kids 12 and under. Info, 863-5966. flynntix.org
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Insight Meditation: Attendees deepen their understanding of Buddhist principles and practices. Wellspring Mental Health and Wellness Center, Hardwick, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 472-6694. Mindfulness Class: Exploring Restful States: Meditative techniques cultivate a tranquil state of mind and body. Students may attend one or all sessions of the four-week series. First-time participants should email for additional information. Exquisite Mind Studio, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. Donations; preregister. Info, nina@ ninalarosa.com. Outdoor Backyard Boot Camp: Ma'am, yes, ma'am! A fitness expert helps folks increase strength, energy and agility. Call for details. Private residence, Middlebury, 7-8 a.m. $10. Info, 343-7160. Push-ups in the Park: Fitness fanatics get a sweat on at a fast and furious workout that benefits local charities. Oakledge Park, Burlington, 6-7 a.m. $5-15 suggested donation. Info, 658-0949. R.I.P.P.E.D.: Resistance, intervals, power, plyometrics, endurance and diet define this high-intensity physical-fitness program. North End Studio A, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $10. Info, 578-9243.
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'All in the Family' Film Series: Themed movies provide age-appropriate entertainment. Call for details. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581. Bookmobile: The traveling library makes the rounds to loan summer reads. See williston.lib. vt.us for details. Various locations, Williston, outdoors 5-6:45 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. The Good, the Bad & the Really, Really Final Summer Reading Party: Little lit Itchy: Hikers learn to identify poison ivy, melovers are lauded with a No Strings Marionette dicinal jewelweed and other local flora. A-Side performance of The Hobbit. Each child gets a free Beach, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 4 p.m. book to mark the achievement. Brownell Library, $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to Essex Junction, 2-3:15 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, confirm. Info, 244-7103. 878-6956. Water Striders: Nature lovers don appropriate Kindergarten Story Time: Good listenfootwear for an exploration of the creatures that ers hear tales about school and meet other reside along the Stevenson Brook. Meet at the kiddos entering kindergarten this fall. Brownell nature trail, Little River State Park, Waterbury, Library, Essex Junction, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 1:30 p.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregis878-6956. ter; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103. Read to Hank the Therapy Dog: Tykes cozy 'Weather' or Not, You'll Get There From up for a story session with a retriever. Burnham Here: Up-to-the-minute forecasts inform folks as Memorial Library, Colchester, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 they plan to bike, hike, paddle or drive through p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660. the heart of Vermont. Nature Center, Wacky Wednesdays: Bubbles: Little River State Park, Waterbury, Small scientists ages 6 and up 5:30 p.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 design, build and test a prototype and under; preregister; call to solution. ECHO Leahy Center for confirm. Info, 244-7103. Lake Champlain, Burlington, 12:30-1:30 p.m. $10.50-13.50; seminars free for kids 2 and under. Info, Basic Car Care Knowledge: 864-1848. Mike Delco of AAA drives Water Play: End of home information on how to Summer Reading fix a flat tire and what oils to Celebration: Bookworms check. Dorothy Alling Memorial bring a swimsuit or change of s l th Library, Williston, 6 p.m. Free. Info, si clothes for an aquatic program em m da us 878-4918. ic a l FA finale. Highgate Public Library, 10 a.m. ’ | COURTESY O Wednesday Night Inspirations: Free. Info, 878-6956. Participants seek purpose through reflection in author Maria Blon's "Living Passionately" worklgbtq shop. Yarn and Yoga, Bristol, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Gayme Night with GLAM: Fueled by snacks, Info, 453-7799. players engage in board and video contests. Bring or borrow a game. Pride Center of Vermont, sports Burlington, 7:30-10 p.m. Free. Info, 860-7812. Catamount Mountain Bike Series: Riders tackle varied terrain on three different courses montréal in a weekly training session. Catamount Outdoor 'The Dybbuk': A Dora Wasserman Yiddish Family Center, Williston, 6 p.m. $3-10. Info, Theatre Production tells the story of love caught 879-6001. between two worlds and a community conflicted Summer Trail Series: Athletes take to wood by religion and superstition. The play is in Yiddish and field on a 5K run while kiddos stretch their with English and French supertitles. Segal Centre legs on a one-half kilometer course. Trapp Family for Performing Arts, Montréal, 8 p.m. $24.50-59. Lodge, Stowe, 6-7 p.m. $3-6; free for bike club Info, 514-739-7944. members with season pass and kids 12 and under with parent racing. Info, 253-5755. music Women's Pickup Basketball: Drive to the Burlington City Arts Lunchtime Concert hoop! Ladies dribble up and down the court Series: An open-air stage hosts the Burlington during an evening of friendly competition. See superduo of guitarist Brett Hughes and singer Kat meetup.com for details. Leddy Park, Burlington, Wright. BCA Center, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free. 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, carmengeorgevt@gmail.com. Info, 865-7166. rm
Sunscreen Free Movie: 'The Book Thief': A young girl in World War II Germany finds respite in stealing titles to share with others in this 2013 drama starring Geoffrey Rush. Woodstock Town Hall Theatre, 7:30-9:45 p.m. Free. Info, 457-3981. 'Who Done It?': This 1942 comedy sees Abbot and Costello as two aspiring mystery writers who become entangled in a real-life murder. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600.
Singers & Players of Instruments: Musicians of all levels bring voices and gear to meet and mingle with fellow performers. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, 5-6 p.m. Free. Info, 999-7373. Wednesday Night Live: Fans get fired up for a folk-rock set by Twelve Strings. B-Side Playground, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 7 p.m. $2-3; free for kids 3 and under; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103. The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die: The eight-member band delivers an atmospheric emo sound via heavy guitar effects, synthesizer, cello and trumpet. Pianos Become the Teeth and Turnover open. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. $13-16. Info, 540-0406.
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Current Events Conversation: An informal open discussion delves into newsworthy subjects. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. Donna Marie Stepien: The designer discusses the golden ratio as a common thread among disciplines in "Simpli-PHI: The Common and the Profound" as part of the Doorways to Design Summer Lecture Series. Yestermorrow Design/ Build School, Waitsfield, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 496-5545.
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'Guys and Dolls': Popular ditties such as "A Bushel and a Peck" pepper this upbeat musical about petty gamblers, street-corner sermonizers and nightclub performers, staged by the Weston Playhouse Theatre Company. Weston Playhouse, 2 &, 7:30 p.m. $47-61. Info, 824-5288. 'A Midsummer Night's Dream': Love triangles and magical mishaps abound in Shakespeare's whimsical comedy staged by Town Hall Theater's Young Company. Middlebury Town Hall Theater, 7 p.m. $5-10. Info, 382-9222. 'The Road to Where': Cass Morgan and a trio of performers take viewers on a journey to Ireland through words and songs in a Weston Playhouse Otherstages production. Weston Rod & Gun Club, 7:30 p.m. $32. Info, 824-5288. 'White Christmas the Musical': Production Kickoff: Thespians warm up for the fall production of Irving Berlin's holiday play, getting information about auditions and volunteer opportunities. Spotlight Vermont, South Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 658-1484.
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Book Discussion: Booker Prize Winners: Michael Ondaatje's The English Patient inspires conversation among readers. Dover Free Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 348-7488. Bread Loaf Writers' Conference Lecture Series: Notable wordsmiths weigh in on different aspects of their craft. See middlebury.edu for details. Bread Loaf Campus, Ripton, 9 a.m. Free; call to confirm. Info, 443-2700. Bread Loaf Writers' Conference Reading Series: Acclaimed writers share works in various genres. See middlebury.edu for details. Bread Loaf Campus, Ripton, 4:15 & 8:30 p.m. Free; call to confirm. Info, 443-2700. Creative Writing 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. Greensboro Arts Alliance & Residency's Writers' Forum: Men and women of letters take notes at a two-week conference themed "The Joy of Words," featuring readings, workshops and panel discussions. See mirrorarts.org for details. Various Greensboro locations. $10-50. Info, 533-7487. Women's Veterans Book Club: Ladies who have served their country meet to discuss poems, short stories and essays over a light dinner. VA Women's Comprehensive Care Center, White River Junction VA Medical Center, 5 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 295-9363, ext. 5743.
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Cannabis Conversations: Citizens join senator Joe Benning and members of the Vermont Cannabis Collective for a candid conversation on the future economy of legalization in Vermont. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600. Franklin County Regional Chamber of Commerce Mixer: Friends and colleagues catch up in a relaxed environment while learning about current community projects. Maple Leaf IT, St. Albans City, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $5-8; preregister. Info, 524-2444. M.A.G.I.C.: Masculinity and Gender Identity Conversation: Folks of any and all gender identities convene for a casual discussion on topics ranging from inequality to language and media to food. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, 2-3 p.m. Free. Info, 370-5369.
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Third Thursday Mixer: 'Our Lake': Community artists, engineers and entrepreneurs exchange ideas at a themed event. Generator, Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0761.
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israeLi/WOrLd & COnTra/square danCe: Teachers Danny Pollock and Nils Fredland lead split stepping sessions in dance styles from around the globe. Bring soft-soled shoes and snacks to share. Elley-Long Music Center, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 7-10 p.m. $8. Info, 730-2174.
uvM MediCaL CenTer FarMers MarkeT: Locally sourced meats, vegetables, bakery items, breads and maple syrup give hospital employees and visitors the option to eat healthfully. Davis Concourse, UVM Medical Center, Burlington, 2:30-5 p.m. Free. Info, 847-5823. WaTerbury FarMers MarkeT: Cultivators and their customers swap veggie tales and edible inspirations at a weekly outdoor emporium. Rusty Parker Memorial Park, Waterbury, 3-7 p.m. Free. Info, 881-7679.
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COMMuniTy MindFuLness: A 20-minute guided practice led by Andrea O'Connor alleviates stress and tension. Tea and a discussion follow. Winooski Senior Center, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 233-1161. FOrza: The saMurai sWOrd WOrkOuT: Students sculpt lean muscles and gain mental focus when using wooden replicas of the weapon. North End Studio A, Burlington, 6:30-7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 578-9243. piLaTes WiTh Mary reGeLe: Fitness fanatics drop in to fine-tune their flexibility, posture and core strength. River Arts, Morrisville, 6:30-7:30 p.m. $5. Info, 888-1261. sup yOGa CLass: Balance is key in a stretching session atop standup paddleboards. Equipment is available for rent. North Beach, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. $5-15; $6-8 for park fee. Info, 651-8760.
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MushrOOMs deMysTiFied: Fungi fans learn about different varieties — fabulous and fearsome alike — found throughout the park. Nature Center, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 11 a.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103. rOCkin' The LiTTLe river i: Visitors explore a reforested encampment and discover how the Civilian Conservation Corps lived during the 1930s. Meet at the Waterbury Dam Granite Monument, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 4 p.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103. sTreaM WaLk: Nets in hand, outdoor enthusiasts traverse the water on a guided hike. Stevenson Brook Trail, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 1:30 p.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103. sunseT aquadvenTure: Stunning scenery welcomes paddlers of all abilities to explore the Waterbury Reservoir in search of local wildlife. Meet at the Contact Station, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 6:30 p.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; limited space; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103. 'WeaTher' Or nOT, yOu'LL GeT There FrOM here: See WED.19.
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'The arT OF peaCeFuL parenTinG': Facilitator Pamela Mele teaches parents how to put power struggles to rest by setting limits and establishing routines for children. Warren United Church of Christ, 7-9 p.m. $15-25; preregister; limited space. Info, 508-498-4920.
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TUE 8 STEPHEN P. KIERNAN: 7PM THE HUMMINGBIRD Celebrate the launch of Kiernan’s new novel with flying candy and t-shirts, and readings from The Hummingbird. Ticketed event.
THU 10 BARBARA MURPHY & DAVID HUDDLE 7PM Join us for an evening of poetry with Murphy (Almost Too Much) and Huddle (Dream Sender). Ticketed event.
THU 17 MAJOR JACKSON: ROLL DEEP 7PM Jackson, the author of four collections of poetry and a UVM professor, will discuss his latest work. Ticketed event.
WED 23 BRENDAN KELLY: 7PM THE YIN & YANG OF CLIMATE CRISIS
piCkup ruGby: Veteran players and newbies alike lace up for a two-hand-touch match. Personal cleats or running shoes and water required. Fort Ethan Allen Athletic Fields, Colchester, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, burlingtonrugbyevents@gmail.com. verMOnT peanuT buTTer Cup: Competitors, buoyed by standup paddleboards, cut through the water in pursuit of peanut-butter prizes. Equipment is available for rent. North Beach, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. $5; $6-8 park fee. Info, 651-8760.
Examine the current climate crisis through the lens of Chinese medicine at this book launch celebration. Ticketed event. Ticketed events are $3 per person, and come with a $5 coupon good toward the purchase of a book by the featured author.
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Join us for some monkey business this September 19th in Burlington and Essex, when we’ll celebrate with Curious George goodies (while supplies last) and a Curious George story time at 11am in Burlington.
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MiLTOn FarMers MarkeT: Honey, jams and pies alike tempt seekers of produce, crafts and maple goodies. Hannaford Supermarket, Milton, 4-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 893-1009. suMMervaLe: dried appLe rinGs: City Market representatives lead as foodies slice salubrious snacks at a weekly agricultural gathering. Intervale Center, Burlington, 5:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 861-9700.
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CenTraL verMOnT ChaMber MusiC FesTivaL: Town Hall Theatre, Open rehearsaL: World-class chamber 67 Main St., Stowe musicians hone their craft. Chandler Music Hall, 2nd floor of the Randolph, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 728-6464. Akeley Soldiers CraFTsbury ChaMber pLayers: See WED.19, Memorial Hardwick Town House, 7:30 p.m. $10-125; free for Building kids 12 and under. Info, 800-639-3443. By Richard Nelson and Tim Rice druM CLass: Percussion players make rhythmic music in an African-inspired lesson with Ismael Music by Benny Andersson and Bangoura. Red Cedar School, Bristol, 6-7:15 p.m. Bjorn Ulvaeus, formerly of Abba! $13-15. Info, 859-1802. eLLis MiLLs brOWn baG suMMer COnCerT SHOW DATES: series: The Starline Rhythm Boys bring their honky-tonk stylings to an al fresco performance. Courtyard, Christ Episcopal Church, Montpelier, noon. Free. Info, 223-9604. FrOnT pOrCh COnCerT series: Icelandic band Kaleo captivate folk fans. Lebanon Opera House, TICKETS: $25 adults • $15 for 18 and under N.H., 7 p.m. Free. Info, 603-448-0400. stowetheatre.com • tickets@stowetheatre.com LiMbO LOunGe: The eight-piece ensemble marry or at the box office (two hours before showtime). rhythms from around the world as part of the Mount Holly Summer Concert Series. Belmont Village Green, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 259-2562. rani arbO & GreG ryan: Dynamic vocals and virtuosic fiddle find an eager audience at an outdoor concert. Hancock Town Green, 6:30 p.m. 12v-stowetheater081215.indd 1 8/10/15 3:39 PM Free. Info, 767-3660.
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FeasT & FieLd MarkeT: Locally grown produce, homemade tacos and strains from the Silver Lake Chamber Music Festival are on the menu at a pastoral party. Clark Farm, Barnard, market, 4:30-7:30 p.m.; concert, 5:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 999-3391. GirLs' niGhT OuT: Energized by cocktails and appetizers, ladies shop ’til they drop at an indoor and outdoor market of area vendors. The Essex Culinary Resort & Spa, 5-8:30 p.m. $20. Info, 603-708-1318. MOunT MansFieLd sCaLe MOdeLers: Hobbyists break out the superglue and sweat the small stuff at a miniature construction skill swap. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 879-0765. Open hOuse: Visitors meet staff and learn about services available for kids and adults with disabilities at VSA Vermont's new location. VSA kids Vermont, Essex Junction, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, aFTer-hOurs Teen vOLunTeer parTy: 871-5002. Summer library helpers chow down queen CiTy GhOsTWaLk: WiCked at a pizza party recognizing their WaTerFrOnT: A spooky stroll efforts. Brownell Library, Essex along the shores of Lake Junction, 5-7 p.m. Free; preregChamplain with Thea Lewis ister. Info, 878-6956. elicits thrills and chills. Meet CraFTsbury ChaMber at the fountain at the bottom pLayers Mini-COnCerTs: of Pearl Street 10 minutes Young music lovers take before start time. Battery Park, in classical compositions Burlington, 8 p.m. $18; preregwith their adult companions. ister. Info, 863-5966. Fellowship Hall, Greensboro suMMervaLe: Locavores fête United Church of Christ, 2 p.m. op TE ol farms and farmers at a weekly Free. Info, 800-639-3443. UR itA CO N | E event centered on food, brews, kids' opE LeGO CLub: Brightly colored interr A liVE E Ncor activities and live music. Intervale Center, locking blocks inspire developing minds. Burlington, 5:30-8 p.m. Free; cost of food and Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 4-5 p.m. drink. Info, 660-0440. Free. Info, 264-5660. Tea & FOrMaL Gardens TOur: Explorations of pLainFieLd presChOOL sTOry TiMe: Little the inn and its grounds culminate in a traditional ones ages 2 through 5 discover the magic of cup-and-saucer affair. The Inn at Shelburne literature. Cutler Memorial Library, Plainfield, Farms, 2:30-4 p.m. $18; preregister. Info, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 454-8504. 985-8442. presChOOL MusiC: Kiddos have fun with song and dance. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, fairs & festivals Williston, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. OrLeans COunTy Fair: See WED.19. rapTOrs in residenCe: Fans of feathered fliers sTOWe TanGO MusiC FesTivaL: See WED.19, 7 stretch their wings and experience the birds p.m. of prey firsthand. Shelburne Farms, 1-1:30 p.m. Regular farm admission, $5-8; free for members verMOnT FesTivaL OF The arTs: See WED.19. and kids under 3. Info, 985-8686. film read TO a dOG: Book hounds ages 5 through 10 curl up with a good story and a furry friend. FiLM disCussiOn: 'FreedOM & uniTy: The Fairfax Community Library, 4-5 p.m. Free; preregverMOnT MOvie': A screening of Part 3 of the ister for a time slot. Info, 849-2420. six-part documentary highlights the history and culture of the Green Mountain State. Warren language Public Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 496-3656. Mandarin Chinese CLass: Language lovers ThrOWbaCk Thursday FiLM series: 'Mary practice the dialect spoken throughout northern pOppins': A drab family gets a visit from a magiand southwestern China. Agape Community cal nanny portrayed by Julie Andrews in this 1964 Church, South Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, musical. Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 503-2037. 10:30 a.m. $2. Info, 518-523-2512.
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Burlington Business Fair: Those interested in starting or growing a business with local, state and federal resources network with area professionals. Burlington City Hall, hiring employees workshop, 10 a.m.; alternate lending workshop, noon. Free. Info, 865-7187.
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Feast Together or Feast to Go: Senior citizens and their guests catch up over a shared meal. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, noon-1 p.m. $7-9; preregister. Info, 262-6288.
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'Eat My Art Out': Local dancers, musicians and visual artists showcase works-in-progress in an informal setting that encourages audience feedback. Swan Dojo, Burlington, 7 p.m. $10. Info, 540-8300. Quilt Exhibition: See WED.19. Take Home an Islands Treasure: Collectors bid on cabinets adorned by regional artists in an auction benefiting Camp Ta-Kum-Ta. Camp TaKum-Ta, South Hero, 6:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Free. Info, 372-8400.
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Book Discussion: 'Sustainability': Bibliophiles voice opinions about Wendell Berry's Another Turn of the Crank. North Hero Public Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 372-5458. Bread Loaf Writers' Conference Lecture Series: See WED.19. Bread Loaf Writers' Conference Reading Series: See WED.19, 4:15 & 8:15 p.m. Greensboro Arts Alliance & Residency's Writers' Forum: See WED.19. Town House Forum: A provocative reading and discussion series hosts authors, poets and memoirists. See townhouseforum.com for details. Strafford Town House, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 765-4037.
Community Hatha Yoga: Students move at their own pace in a gentle, reflective practice. South End Studio, Burlington, 5:15-6:15 p.m. $6. Info, 683-4918. Fitness for Every Body: Let's get physical! Strength, agility, coordination and cardiovascular exercises are modified for folks of all ability levels. Charlotte Senior Center, 9-9:45 a.m. $10. Info, 343-9170. Laughter Yoga: Breathe, clap, chant and giggle! Both new and experienced participants reduce stress with this playful practice. Bring personal water. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 999-7373. Recovery Community Yoga: See WED.19.
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'Chess the Musical': The Stowe Theatre Guild presents a Cold War-era rock musical about two chess masters who fight over the same woman. Stowe Town Hall Theatre, 8 p.m. $15-25. Info, 253-3961. Dementia-Friendly Intergenerational Puppet Project: Through a series of classes, artists from No Strings Attached Marionette Company prepare young adults and folks 50 and up with memory disorders for a public performance. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 3:30-4:30 p.m. $20 for series; preregister. Info, 262-6284. Dorset Theatre Festival: 'I Hate Hamlet': A Hollywood star, haunted by the ghost of John Barrymore, abandons a lucrative TV role to play Shakespeare's tragic protagonist in Paul Rudnick's acclaimed comedic drama. Dorset Playhouse, 8 p.m. $20-49. Info, 867-2223. 'Guys and Dolls': See WED.19, 7:30 p.m. The Metropolitan Opera Live Encore: Theater buffs screen a broadcast production of Aida, Verdi's Egyptian epic of love and politics. Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 7 p.m. $5-15. Info, 518-523-2512. 'A Midsummer Night's Dream': See WED.19. 'The Road to Where': See WED.19.
The Art House Summer Celebration: Families flock to an annual fest featuring local eats, live and silent auctions, kids' activities, and tunes by Abbie Morin & Co. to support the Art House. The Art House Gallery, Studio & School, Craftsbury Common, 6-9 p.m. $20; free for kids 12 and under. Info, 586-2200. Bluebird Fairy Card Readings: Sessions with artist Emily Anderson offer folks insight into their lives. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 5-10 p.m. $5. Info, 238-4540. 'Downton Abbey'-Inspired Weekend: Diehard fans may come in character to a weekend of etiquette lessons, tea times, riding, cooking and embroidery based on the popular BBC program. Governor's House in Hyde Park. $280-335; additional cost for some activities. Info, 888-6888. Queen City Ghostwalk: Darkness Falls: Paranormal historian Thea Lewis highlights haunted happenings throughout Burlington. Meet at the steps 10 minutes before start time. Burlington City Hall Park, 8 p.m. $18; preregister. Info, 863-5966.
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Bill Powers: A talk presented by the Salisbury Historical Society illustrates Silver Lake's timeline with more than 180 images. Salisbury Congregational Church, 7 p.m. Free. Info, wjpowers@lakedunmorevt.com.
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Francesca Blanchard: Charlotte's own chanteuse blurs linguistic lines in French- and Englishlanguage songs. Bread & Butter Farm, Shelburne, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 985-9200. INORA Brass Quintet: The ensemble celebrates the parallel between brass music and Vermont's natural beauty with a program that bridges styles and time periods. Warren United Church of Christ, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Free. Info, 496-6682. Jon Hatchett Band: New Orleans, honky-tonk, rockabilly and western swing traditions influence the troubadour's tuneful set. Plainfield Town Hall, 8-11 p.m. Free. Info, 454-1286. Summer Music at Grace: Frevo interpret compositions by Piazzolla, Gershwin, and Lennon and McCartney, among others. Grace Episcopal Church, Sheldon, 7:30 p.m. $10-15. Info, 326-4603. Valley Jam Vermont: Gang of Thieves, Bow Thayer, Holy Ghost Tent Revival and others are on the bill at a three-day fest complete with camping, tubing, vendors and kids' activities. See valleyjamvt.com for details. Tweed River Tubing, Stockbridge. $12-140. Info, info@valleyjamvt.com.
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Interpretive Hike: Farms to Forests: History buffs walk back in time on a guided tour of reforested Little River Settlement ruins. Meet at the History Hike parking lot, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 11 a.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103. 'Weather' or Not, You'll Get There From Here: See WED.19.
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'Chess the Musical': See THU.20. 'Circle of Sawdust': A one-man multimedia show pulls back the curtain on Circus Smirkus founder Rob Mermin's life under the big top. Unadilla Theatre, Marshfield, 7:30 p.m. $10-20. Info, 456-8968. Dorset Theatre Festival: 'I Hate Hamlet': See THU.20. 'Gruesome Playground Injuries': Physical scars map the history between two childhood friends in Rajiv Joseph's drama directed by Joanne Greenberg. Phantom Theater, Edgcomb Barn, Warren, 8-10 p.m. $15. Info, 496-5997. 'Guys and Dolls': See WED.19, 7:30 p.m. 'The Road to Where': See WED.19. 'Savin' Up For Saturday Night: The Honky Tonk Musical': Love hurts when two rootin'tootin' best friends fall for the same lady in Jeff Goode and Richard Levinson's toe-tapping romp. Depot Theatre, Westport, N.Y., 8 p.m. $27-29. Info, 518-962-4449. 'SUDS: The Rocking 1960s Musical Soap Opera': Hits including "Respect" and "You Can’t Hurry Love" propel a lighthearted romp about a young woman, her guardian angels and a laundromat, staged by QNEK Productions. Haskell Free Library & Opera House, Derby Line, 7:30 p.m. $13-15. Info, 748-2600. 'There Once Was ... A Midsummer's Evening of Fairy and Folk Tales': Thespians use improvisation, standup and songs to put a twist on traditional Russian, Italian and Swedish stories. Spice Performing Arts Studio, Rochester, 7:30 p.m. $15. Info, 767-4800.
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Bread Loaf Writers' Conference Lecture Series: See WED.19. Bread Loaf Writers' Conference Reading Series: See WED.19, 4:15 & 8:15 p.m. Creative Writing Workshop: Lit lovers analyze works-in-progress penned by Burlington Writers Workshop members. 22 Church St., Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104. Greensboro Arts Alliance & Residency's Writers' Forum: See WED.19.
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Drop-In CArvIng STuDIo: Artists work independently to prepare woodblocks for use at a future steamroller printmaking workshop. Tools and materials are provided. Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, 1-4 p.m. $20; preregister. Info, 253-8358. QuIlT ExhIbITIon: See WED.19.
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book SAlE: Bibliophiles browse hundreds of titles. Live music, food and drink round out the event benefiting the library. Jeudevine Memorial Library, Hardwick, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 472-5948.
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WomEn'S CIrClE: Those who identify as women gather for readings, discussion and activities. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, 5-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 302.
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CrAfT ShoWCASE: Shoppers browse beaded jewelry, fabric collage, decoupage tinware, hand-knit items, felt work and doll clothes at a Vermont Festival of the Arts event. 1240 Kew Vasseur Rd., Fayston, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 496-2839.
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burlIngTon forEST prESChool opEn houSE: Prospective students and parents meet teachers and take a tour to get information on a nature immersion program for children ages 2 through 5. Ethan Allen Homestead, Burlington, noon-3 p.m. Free. Info, 310-0728.
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brEAkfAST on ThE fArm: Come and get it! A morning meal gives way to a self-guided tour of a dairy-producing facility. Nea-Tocht Farm, Ferrisburgh, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 828-2430. CIDErSToCk 2015: Hard cider, tasty fare and hot tunes from Vermont-grown acts such as Madaila and Kat Wright & the Indomitable Soul Band make for a sizzling summer soirée. See calendar spotlight. The Woodchuck Cidery, Middlebury, 2-10 p.m. $20-25; free for kids 12 and under. Info, 388-0700. hop JAm: Craft-beer lovers sip samples from top-notch breweries while grooving to live music by Soul Monde, Rough Francis, the Southern Belles and others. Bolton Valley Resort, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. $40-45. Info, 496-6466. orlEAnS CounTy fAIr: See WED.19, 8 a.m. QuEChEE SCoTTISh fESTIvAl & CElTIC fAIr: Bagpipe bands, sheepdog trials, highland dancing and live music anchor a Scottish soirée. Quechee Polo Field, Hartford, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. $10-15; free for kids under 5. Info, 295-5351. SToWE TAngo muSIC fESTIvAl: See WED.19. vErmonT fESTIvAl of ThE ArTS: See WED.19. WAbAnAkI ConfEDErATIon CElEbrATIon: All are welcome to honor Native American traditions with arts, crafts, storytelling, wampum readings, drumming, dancing and a Grand Entry Ceremony at noon. Farm Barn, Shelburne Farms, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Regular farm admission, $5-8; free for members, residents and kids 2 and under. Info, 985-8686.
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'DuCk Soup': Cinephiles mark Jon Stewart's departure from "The Daily Show" with a screening of the Marx Brothers' 1933 political satire on 16mm film. Newman Center, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, serious_61@yahoo.com. 'grEAT gATSby' pArTy: Cinephiles dress in their best 1920s garb to view the 2013 adaptation of The Great Gatsby starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan. Marquis Theatre & Southwest Café, Middlebury, 9 p.m.-midnight. Free. Info, 388-4841. monTpElIEr movIE on ThE STATEhouSE lAWn: Phone home! A boy helps an extaterrestrial friend return to outer space in Steven Spielberg's 1982 family drama E.T. Vermont Statehouse lawn, Montpelier, 8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-9604.
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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. QuEEn CITy ghoSTWAlk: DArknESS fAllS: See FRI.21. rovEr hAzArDouS WASTE pICkup: The Chittenden Solid Waste District's mobile collection unit roams for household refuse. Landry Park, Winooski, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 872-8111. uvm hISTorIC Tour: Professor emeritus William Averyt references architectural gems and notable personalities on a walk through campus. Ira Allen statue, University Green, UVM, Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. Free; preregister. Info, 656-8673. WInD Tour: Attendees are blown away by a tour of energy-producing turbines. Meet at the bottom of the mountain, Lowell Mountain, 10 a.m. & 12:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 744-6664.
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A CommEmorATIon of ThE rETurn of ThE CIvIl WAr SolDIErS: Living history presentations, a robbery reenactment and a welcomehome dance pay tribute to the St. Albans soldiers who returned from battle in the summer of 1865. Period attire is encouraged at the dance. Call for details. Various St. Albans locations, 9:30 a.m.-11 p.m. Free; dance, $10. Info, 524-4842. 'fArm To bAllET': Artistry meets agriculture as dancers reinterpret classical pieces to benefit the the Heartwood Fable Collective. Farm-fresh tacos and cider are available. Clark Farm, Barnard, 6 p.m. $10-20; free for kids 12 and under. Info, 999-3391. grEEn mounTAIn SWIng bEnEfIT ConCErT & DAnCE: Concertgoers in soft-soled shoes cut a rug to benefit the Shep Resnik Music Scholarship. Capital City Grange, Montpelier, 7:30-10 p.m. $10; free for kids 18 and under. Info, 496-3764. mulTIformATIonAl ISrAElI & InTErnATIonAl DAnCE: Dancers learn all the right moves at a workshop led by Danny Pollock. Bring soft-soled shoes and snacks to share. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 2:30-4 p.m. $3. Info, 730-2174. SWIng DAnCE: Quick-footed participants experiment with different styles, including the lindy hop, Charleston and balboa. Indoor shoes required. Champlain Club, Burlington, beginner lesson, 8 p.m.; dance, 8:30 p.m. $5. Info, 864-8382.
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mediCine buddha puja: A healing practice helps attendees address illness on personal and interpersonal levels. Milarepa Center, Barnet, 2-3 p.m. Donations. Info, 633-4136. outdoor baCkyard boot Camp: See WED.19, 8-9 a.m. r.i.p.p.e.d.: See WED.19, 9-10 a.m.
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Central Vermont Chamber musiC FestiVal: a speCial ConCert For kids: Esteemed musicians introduce good listeners to a string-andpiano version of "Peter and the Wolf." Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 10:30 a.m. $6. Info, 728-6464. hands-on glassblowing projeCts & Classes: sunCatCher: Aspiring artisans ages 7 and up choose natural and nautical designs to create colorful window hangings. Orwell Glass workshop, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Vergennes, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $15-20; preregister for a time slot. Info, 475-2022. raptors in residenCe: See THU.20. saturday drop-in story time: A weekly selection of music and books engages all ages. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 264-5660. saturday story time: Parents and kids gather for imaginative tales. Phoenix Books, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 448-3350. stowe land trust summer naturalist program: Junior nature lovers head outdoors for guided walks and themed activities. Meet at the Mill Trail trailhead, Mill Trail Cabin, Stowe, 10:30 a.m. & 1 p.m. Free. Info, 253-7221.
super sCienCe day: miCroworlds: inVestigation oF the Very small: Hand lenses and microscopes magnify everything from the weave of a T-shirt to invertebrates in pond water. Montshire Museum of Science, Norwich, 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Regular admission, $13-16; free for members and kids under 2. Info, 649-2200. 'tree oF liFe' pendant-making workshop: Creative minds ages 16 and up use wire and stone beads to design one-of-a-kind jewelry. Fairfax Community Library, 10-11:30 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 849-2420.
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alasdair Fraser & natalie haas: sCottish Fiddle & modern Cello: The bow-and-string masters have audience members in awe with jawdropping renditions of ancient airs and contemporary Celtic songs. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe, 8 p.m. $20-37. Info, 760-4634. Central Vermont Chamber musiC FestiVal: 'Viola quintets by the masters': String players celebrate the musical minds of Mozart and Brahms. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 8 p.m. $25-45; free for students. Info, 728-6464. Cooler in the mountains ConCert series: Entrain hop from genre to genre, shifting between rock, blues, calypso, zydeco, jazz and funk. Snowshed Lodge, Killington Resort, 3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 422-6201. ladusa Chang-ou & phillipe prud’homme: The award-winning musicians make keys and strings sing with the Sibelius Violin Concerto and other lyrical works. Fisk Farm Art Center, Isle La Motte, grounds open for picnicking, 6:30 p.m.; concert, 7:30 p.m. $15-28; lawn seating free for kids with paying adults. Info, 238-7040.
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Caledonia Farmers market: Growers, crafters and entertainers gather weekly at outdoor booths centered on local eats. Parking lot, Anthony's Diner, St. Johnsbury, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 592-3088. Capital City Farmers market: Meats and cheeses join farm-fresh produce, baked goods, and locally made arts and crafts. 60 State Street, Montpelier, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-2958. 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 & Café, Burlington, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 864-1807. 'downton abbey'-inspired aFternoon tea & etiquette talk: Participants nosh on little sandwiches, warm scones and tea cakes while taking notes on Edwardian mealtime minutiae. Governor's House in Hyde Park, 3 p.m. $25; preregister. Info, 888-6888. 'downton abbey'-inspired dinner & etiquette talk: See FRI.21. middlebury Farmers market: See WED.19. mount tom Farmers market: Purveyors of garden-fresh crops, prepared foods and crafts set up shop for the morning. Parking lot, Mount Tom, Woodstock, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 457-2070. newport Farmers market: See WED.19. northwest Farmers market: Locavores stock up on produce, garden plants, canned goods and handmade crafts. Taylor Park, St. Albans, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 827-3157. norwiCh Farmers market: Farmers and artisans offer meats, maple syrup and produce alongside baked goods and handcrafted items. Tracy Hall, Norwich, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 384-7447.
rutland County Farmers market: See WED.19, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. shelburne Farmers market: Harvested fruits and greens, artisan cheeses, and local novelties grace outdoor tables. Shelburne Town Center, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 482-4279. sugarbush Food & wine sampler: Oenophiles sample 15 vinos and three food pairings. Those with more lofty ambitions take a chairlift ride to the top of Gadd Peak for a farm-totable supper served under the stars. Gate House Base Lodge, Sugarbush Resort, Warren, 1-9:30 p.m. $40-140. Info, 583-6725. swanton Farmers market: Shoppers get their share of farm-fresh produce, meats and breads. Village Green Park, Swanton, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 868-7200. 'Vintage murder ... a murder mystery dining experienCe': Suppertime sleuths crack the case of a fictional winery owner's suspicious death. Amazing Grace Vineyard & Winery, Chazy, N.Y., 6 p.m. $30 includes dinner and the show; preregister. Info, 518-215-4044. waitsField Farmers market: A bustling bazaar boasts seasonal produce, prepared foods, artisan crafts and live entertainment. Mad River Green, Waitsfield, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 498-4734. wine tasting: Samples of Beaujolais Crus please palates at a casual sipping session complete with cheese and bread. Trapp Family Lodge, Stowe, 4-6 p.m. $20; preregister. Info, 253-5742.
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Lake ChampLain Chamber musiC FestivaL: First FestivaL saturday: Violin, cello and horn master classes give way to a presentation on wind instruments and an opening reception hosted by violinist Soovin Kim and the festival board. Elley-Long Music Center, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 11 a.m., 1:30 & 3 p.m. $10-20. Info, 863-5966. Lustre kings: Listeners can't help but dance to a lively outdoor set by the rollicking roots rockers. Weather permitting. Sun Deck, Bromley Mountain, Peru, 1-4 p.m. Free. Info, 824-5522. the piazzoLLa projeCt: Four musicians band together to explore the sounds of Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla's nuevo tango. See calendar spotlight. Brandon Music, 7:30 p.m. $20; $40 includes preshow dinner; preregister; BYOB. Info, 247-4295. spring street band: Listeners move and groove to rock, folk and discograss strains at a JEMS Summer Concert Series event. Amos & Julia Ward Theatre, Jay, N.Y., 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, jemsinformation@gmail.com. vaLLey jam vermont: See FRI.21. Woods tea Company: Sea shanties, folk songs and Celtic music make up a high-energy program with a sense of humor. Pratt Hall, Montgomery, 7 p.m. $15. Info, 326-2211.
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boLton vaLLey 5k: Runners and walkers make strides to benefit Vermont Adaptive Ski & Sports. Kiddos get in on the action with a 1K fun run. Bolton Valley Resort, 7-11 a.m. $10-30. Info, 786-4991. diamond isLand regatta: Sailboats with Lake Champlain Performance Handicap Racing Fleet ratings bolt to the finish line. A lobster dinner follows. Point Bay Marina, Charlotte, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Free. Info, tetchell@middlebury.edu. mini goLF Fundraiser: Animal lovers play 18 holes to support the Central Vermont Humane Society. Rain date: August 23. Lots-O-Balls Mini Golf, Duxbury, 1-5 p.m. $5-7. Info, 244-0144.
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'Farm to baLLet': Artistry meets agriculture as dancers reinterpret classical pieces to benefit the project's 2016 season and Spotlight Vermont. Farm-fresh food, hayrides and cows round out the fun. Von Gal Farm, Essex Junction, 6 p.m. $20-25; free for kids 12 and under. Info, farmtoballet.org. israeLi danCing program & potLuCk israeLi LunCh: Folks work up their appetites at a family-friendly dance, then refuel with a luncheon before a teen and adult lesson. Bring softsoled shoes for dancing. Jewish Community of Greater Stowe, 11 a.m. Donations. Info, 253-1800. martha graham danCe Company: The renowned modern dance troupe brings artful and experimental choreography to Lake Placid for the first time in 20 years. Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. $20-25. Info, 518-523-2512. speCiaL israeLi guest danCe teaCher: All are welcome to join hands in a circle and learn beginner and advanced movement patterns with teacher Danny Pollock. Bring soft-soled shoes. Social Hall, Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $5. Info, 730-2174.
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2 PM Workshop - Writing and Publishing Place, Dede Cummings, Sile Post 7 PM Reading - Reading Place, Sara Dillon (Planning for Escape), Nancy Hill, Sheila Post (The Road to Walden North), Bret Stanciu (Hidden View) Workshop and Reading, The Tent on the Green
barns & bridges oF the mad river vaLLey: A self-guided tour leads folks to postcard-perfect views of rural structures. Vermont Festival of the Arts Gallery, Waitsfield, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 496-6682. 'doWnton abbey'-inspired Weekend: See FRI.21. musiC, art & tea: Tin Penny accompany an afternoon tea party featuring works by painter Henry Arnold. Fisk Farm Art Center, Isle La Motte, 1-5 p.m. Free. Info, info@ilmpt.org. Queen City ghostWaLk: WiCked WaterFront: See THU.20.
AUG 21 7 PM The Joy of Being a Working Writer Chris Bohjalian (Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands and The Light in the Ruins) Reading and Reception, Highland Lodge
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barbeCue bonanza FestivaL: All-you-can-eat barbecue fare fuels families for an evening of live local music, hayrides, lawn games, kids' activities, a giant bonfire and a mechanical bull. Basin Harbor Club, Vergennes, 4-9 p.m. $15-30; free for kids under 5. Info, 475-2317. orLeans County Fair: See WED.19. stoWe tango musiC FestivaL: See WED.19, 2 p.m. vermont FestivaL oF the arts: See WED.19.
Single workshop or reading: Suggested Donation of $10. Workshop and Reading: Suggested Donation of $15. Pass for Unlimited Workshops and Readings: $50. Tickets are available 30 minutes before event on site.
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ChoCoLate tasting: See SAT.22. domingo: Foodies find roasted peppers, seasonal produce, delicious meals, crafted products and good conversation at a weekly market. Kingsbury Market Garden, Warren, 4-8 p.m. Free. Info, 496-6815. 'doWnton abbey'-inspired aFternoon tea & etiQuette taLk: See SAT.22. south burLington Farmers market: Farmers, food vendors, artists and crafters set up booths in the parking lot. University Mall, South Burlington, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 207-266-8766. Winooski Farmers market: Area growers and bakers offer ethnic fare, assorted produce and agricultural products. Champlain Mill Green, Winooski, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, winooskimarket@gmail.com.
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vCam’s digitaL editing CertiFiCation: Adobe Premiere users get familiar with the most recent version of the editing software. Prerequisite of VCAM Access Orientation or equivalent, or instructor's permission. VCAM Studio, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 651-9692. vermont veterans' home presentation: A talk for veterans and their families details the admission process and services available at the residential and health care campus. American Legion, St. Albans, 2-3 p.m. Free. Info, 447-6539.
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Beachside community yoga: Yogis of all skill levels celebrate summer with a sequence of shoreline stretches. Personal mat required. Proceeds benefit the Shelburne Food Shelf. Shelburne Beach, 8-9 a.m. $5-10 suggested donation. Info, 985-0090. doterra essential oils Party: Kathy Stubbs and Chris Miller explore the versatile properties of therapeutic oils. Marquis Theatre & Southwest Café, Middlebury, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4841. healing arts from the himalayas: Students learn the restorative power of massage and yoga from yogi Nitin Gill in three sessions. Sangha Studio, Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. $20-25 suggested donation. Info, 904-962-8445. nia With linda: Drawing from martial arts, dance arts and healing arts, sensory-based movements push participants to their full potential. South End Studio, Burlington, 9-10 a.m. $14. Info, 522-3691. sunday sangha: community ashtanga yoga: Students hit the mat to breathe through a series of poses. Grateful Yoga, Montpelier, 10-11:30 a.m. $1-20 suggested donation. Info, 224-6183. suP yoga class: See THU.20, Waterbury Center State Park, 6-8 p.m. $5-15; $2-4 for park fee. Info, 253-2317. suP yoga class: See THU.20.
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the collection's free Kids' crafting event series: Young creatives take to a covered sidewalk for artistic expression. Mad River Green, Waitsfield, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 496-6055. discovery sundays: Inquisitive minds have fun with hands-on explorations of science, technology, engineering and math. Vermont Institute of Natural Science, Quechee, noon-4 p.m. $11.50-13.50; free for kids 3 and under. Info, 359-5001, ext. 228. family maKer day: BreaK it — maKe it: Tinkerers tool around with old machines and scavenge parts to construct new contraptions. American Precision Museum, Windsor, 1 p.m. Donations. Info, 674-5781. hands-on glassBloWing Projects & classes: suncatcher: See SAT.22. sundays for fledglings: From feathers and flying to art and zoology, junior birders ages 5 through 9 develop research and observation skills. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 2-2:45 p.m. Regular admission, $3.50-7; free for members; preregister. Info, 434-2167.
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floW aBcs: Attendees acquire the tools necessary to fully access the present moment. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4:45-6 p.m. Free. Info, 989-9684. floWProgram: Anything is possible! Participants gain the tools to create conditions for a purposeful and positive life. Peace & Justice Center, Burlington, 1-4 p.m. Free. Info, 989-9684.
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choose your oWn adventure hiKing series: Adventure seekers confer with park interpreters to map out routes meeting individual needs. Little River State Park, Waterbury, 2 p.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103. junior ranger WraP-uP: Young agents of the land team up with volunteers to remove invasive exotic honeysuckle shrubs in the War of the Weeds. Meet at the Nature Center, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 10 a.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103. the magic of Bird migration: See SAT.22, Nature Center. Little River State Park, Waterbury, 9 a.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103. rocKin' the little river ii: tour of WaterBury dam: Folks meet at the top of Vermont's largest hand-built earthen dam for a guided walk along the crest, complete with mountain views. Little River State Park, Waterbury, 11:30 a.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103. 'Weather' or not, you'll get there from here: See WED.19, Contact Station, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 12:30-2 p.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103.
'the dyBBuK': See WED.19, 2 & 7 p.m. PiKnic electroniK: DJ sets and beat-driven music propel a dance party of epic proportions. See piknicelectronik.com for details. Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montréal, 2 p.m. Prices vary. Info, 514-904-1247.
lgBtQ fiBer arts grouP: A knitting, crocheting and weaving session welcomes all ages, gender identities, sexual orientations and skill levels. Pride Center of Vermont, Burlington, noon-2 p.m. Free. Info, 860-7812. Queer PotlucK & storytelling: Bring a dish to pass for an evening of shared food and conversation. Pride Center of Vermont, Burlington, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Free. Info, 860-7812.
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north face race to the toP of vermont: Hundreds of runners, hikers and mountain bikers tackle the state's highest peak to benefit the Catamount Trail Association. Kids ages 4 through 14 take on a noontime fun run. Stowe Mountain Resort, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. $10-50. Info, 864-5794. st. alBans raid half marathon: Individual runners and two-person teams make like bandits and speed through downtown St. Albans. Twiggs — An American Gastropub, St. Albans, 8 a.m. $4060; preregister. Info, 524-2444. vermont Peanut Butter cuP: See THU.20, Waterbury Center State Park, 6-8 p.m. $5; $3 park fee. Info, 253-2317. 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. Leddy Park, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, carmengeorgevt@gmail.com.
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laKe chamPlain chamBer music festival: oPening concert: A program of works by Beethoven, Ludwig and Brahms showcases esteemed chamber musicians. A reception follows. Elley-Long Music Center, St. Michael's College, Colchester, pre-performance lecture, 2:15 p.m.; concert, 3 p.m. $15-30. Info, 863-5966. rising aPPalachia: The roots duo doles out Americana tunes at a farm-based mini festival featuring food, labyrinth walks, crafting and herbal workshops. Barika open. See calendar spotlight. Willow Crossing Farm, Johnson, festival, 3 p.m.; concert, 8 p.m. $20-30; free for kids 12 and under. Info, 863-5966. valley jam vermont: See FRI.21.
central vermont chamBer music festival: 'viola Quintets By the masters' encore Performance: String players celebrate the musical minds of Mozart and Brahms. North Universalist Chapel, Woodstock, 4 p.m. Donations. Info, 728-6464.
laKota oneheart: The healer stresses humane farming and working in harmony in "Stone and Dream Medicines." Health Hero Farm, South Hero, 1:30-3 p.m. Donations. Info, 233-0064.
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'Adventures in MiMe & spAce': Rob Mermin memorializes his mentor, mime and humanitarian Marcel Marceau, with a multimedia tribute. Unadilla Theatre, Marshfield, 7:30 p.m. $10-20. Info, 456-8968. dorset theAtre FestivAl: 'i hAte hAMlet': See THU.20, 3 p.m. 'the overtAkelessness circus And pAgeAnt': The races and competitions of the modern world come to life in a passionate production. Bread and Puppet Theater, Glover, museum tour, 1 p.m.; show, 3 p.m. $10. Info, 525-3031. 'the roAd to Where': See WED.19, 3 p.m. 'sAvin' up For sAturdAy night: the honky tonk MusicAl': See FRI.21, 5 p.m. 'suds: the rocking 1960s MusicAl soAp operA': See FRI.21, 2 p.m. 'there once WAs ... A MidsuMMer's evening oF FAiry And Folk tAles': See FRI.21, 2 p.m. 'White christMAs the MusicAl' Adult Auditions: Actors and actresses read for roles in a fall production of Irving Berlin's holiday play. Spotlight Vermont, South Burlington, 8 a.m. & 1 p.m. Free. Info, 658-1484.
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JoAn hutton lAndis suMMer reAding series: Paige Ackerson-Kiely and Carolyn Kuebler regale lit lovers with works of poetry and fiction. Big Town Gallery, Rochester, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 767-9670.
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silent FilM series: Performer Rob Mermin hosts as cinephiles screen soundless pictures with full orchestral scores. Unadilla Theatre, Marshfield, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 456-8968.
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triviA night: Teams of quick thinkers gather for a meeting of the minds. Lobby, Hotel Vermont, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 651-5012.
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gentle yogA: Restorative poses combine with meditation and breath work to decrease stress and tension. Laughing River Yoga, Burlington, 7:30-8:45 p.m. Donations. Info, 683-4918. outdoor bAckyArd boot cAMp: See WED.19, 5:30-6:30 p.m. pilAtes With MAry regele: See THU.20. r.i.p.p.e.d.: See WED.19. recovery coMMunity yogA: See WED.19.
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'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, 878-6956. hAnds-on glAssbloWing proJects & clAsses: suncAtcher: See SAT.22. nAture connections: ArchAeology: Emerging explorers take pictures on a guided hike around the park. A discussion and themed craft complete the day. Niquette Bay State Park, Colchester, 10 a.m.-noon. Park admission, $2-4; preregister; limited space. Info, 893-5210. preschool Music: See THU.20, 11 a.m. TAR S
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First-tiMe kindergArtners: Kids and parents gear up for the school year at a meet-and-greet complete with stories, activities and an open discussion. Each new student gets a free book. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10:3011:30 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660.
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tiM brookes: The writer spells out how the story of a culture can be told through orthography in "Disappearing Alphabets and the Future of the Written Word." Community Room, EastView at Middlebury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 989-7500.
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creAtive Writing Workshop: See FRI.21, 6:30 p.m. edWArd l. rubin: The shutterbug discusses his book of photography, "Vermont: An Outsider's Inside View." Bennington Free Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 442-9051. toM drury: The novelist and essayist shares his gift for words. Lowe Lecture Hall, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, 8-9 p.m. Free. Info, 635-2727.
FeAst together or FeAst to go: See FRI.21. 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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beginner West coAst sWing & blues Fusion dAncing: Students get schooled in the fundamentals of partner dance. North End Studio B, Burlington, 8-9 p.m. $9-14. Info, burlingtonwestie@gmail.com. ecstAtic dAnce: Free-form movements encourage a union between body, mind and music. Swan Dojo, Burlington, 7:15-8:45 p.m. $3-5. Info, 540-8300. interMediAte & AdvAnced West coAst sWing: Experienced dancers learn smooth transitions and smart stylings. North End Studio A, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $9-14. Info, burlingtonwestie@gmail.com. interMediAte eAst coAst & lindy hop: Hoofers perfect techniques and pick up new steps at a drop-in lesson, then stick around for a full-on swing dance. Champlain Club, Burlington, lesson, 6:30-7:30 p.m.; dance, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $8-10. Info, 448-2930.
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'AirplAne!': When the crew falls ill, an ex-pilot with a fear of flying is the only person who can land the craft in this 1980 comedy starring Leslie Nielsen and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 540-3018. doWntoWn rutlAnd suMMer Movie series: 'cAddyshAck': Fore! Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield and Bill Murray hit the links in this 1980 golf-inspired comedy. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 775-0903. knights oF the Mystic Movie club: Cinema hounds screen campy flicks at this ode to offbeat productions. Main Street Museum, White River Junction, 8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 356-2776. lost city underground FilM society: 'lolitA': Oddball, independent, foreign and classic films entertain movie lovers. Big Picture Theater and Café, Waitsfield, 7:30-9 p.m. $5. Info, 496-8994. 'one night in the tropics': Abbott and Costello make their big-screen debut in this 1940 comedy. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600.
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sustAinAble Williston series: A panel of alternative transportation experts steers the conversation toward Earth-friendly transit methods. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.
60-Minute experience: ropeWork: Nautical nuts ages 8 and up twist and tie strips of twine to make a Turk's head keychain. Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Vergennes, 2-3 p.m. $15-25 includes museum admission; preregister. Info, 475-2022.
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leArn About your co-op 'the dybbuk': See WED.19, 7 council: A presentation p.m. spreads information on serving Ki Ng NG KI on the co-op council and opens the Do OF mA music SY E l l St T floor to questions. Community Room, R ArS | CO U lAke chAMplAin chAMber Music Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 5:30FestivAl: FestivAl MondAy: David Ludwig's 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-8000, ext. 202. presentation "Inside Pitch: The Winds of Beethoven" precedes Randall Scarlata and Gloria dance Chien's performance of Schumann's Dichterliebe, MAli dAnce: Students practice their moves in A Poet’s Love. Elley-Long Music Center, St. an African dance class led by Pape Ba. Burlington Michael's College, Colchester, 10:30 a.m. & noon. Memorial Auditorium Loft, 5:30-7 p.m. $13-15. $10-20. Info, 863-5966. Info, 859-1802.
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Midday CoMMunity Mindfulness: Nina Rosa leads an afternoon practice aimed at achieving peace and well-being. Exquisite Mind Studio, Burlington, 12:15-1 p.m. Donations. Info, nina@ ninalarosa.com. outdoor Boot CaMp: Hop to it! Folks get fit with strength, endurance, agility and coordination exercises. Rain location: Otter Valley North Campus Gym. MarineEngine.com, Brandon, 5:306:30 p.m. $12. Info, 343-7160. sup yoga Class: See SUN.23.
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BookMoBile: See WED.19, 5-6:15 p.m. Hands-on glassBlowing projeCts & Classes: sunCatCHer: See SAT.22. Meet sMokey Bear & woodsy owl: Environmentally conscious tots have an educational meet-and-greet with the iconic spokesanimals. ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 10 a.m. $10.50-13.50; free for kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848. MusiC & MoveMent story tiMe: Wee ones get the wiggles out with songs and narratives. Highgate Public Library, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956. 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. raptors in residenCe: See THU.20. 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. u.s. forest serviCe: sustainaBility & CliMate CHange: Experts chat with young nature lovers about changing landscapes. ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 11 a.m.-noon & 2-3 p.m. $10.50-13.50; free for kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848.
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'la Causerie' frenCH Conversation: Native speakers are welcome to pipe up at an unstructured conversational practice for students. El Gato Cantina, Burlington, 4:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0195. pause-Café frenCH Conversation: French students of all levels engage in dialogue en français. Burlington Bay Market & Café, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 881-0550.
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'BaCH in CHurCH': Bow in hand, cellist Deborah Pae showcases two suites by Bach. The Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Burlington, 12:15 p.m. Free. Info, 864-0471. lake CHaMplain CHaMBer MusiC festival: festival tuesday: David Ludwig's presentation "Inside Pitch: The Winds of Mozart" leads to a chamber master class with Peter Stumpf. Elley-Long Music Center, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 3 & 4:30 p.m. $10-20. Info, 863-5966. sHape note sing: Locals lend their voices to four-part harmonies at this weekly sing-along of early American music in the "fa-sol-la-mi" tradition. Bread and Puppet Theater, Glover, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 525-6972. tuesday nigHt live: Kat Wright & the Indomitable Soul Band provide the soundtrack to a pastoral party featuring good eats. Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Legion Field, Johnson, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 635-7826.
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estate planning: Experts elucidate the process of protecting personal property and providing for posterity. Unsworth Law, PLC, Essex Junction, 2-4 p.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 879-7133.
learning How to aCCess & Cultivate your 'wise one' witHin: Participants open their ears to their inner voices with guidance from life coach Robin Cornell. Community Room, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. $6-7; preregister. Info, 223-8000, ext. 202. MediCare & you: an introduCtion to MediCare: Members of the Central Vermont Council on Aging clear up confusion about the application process and plan options. Central Vermont Council on Aging, Barre, 3-5 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 479-0531.
sports
CataMount trail running series: Novice and experienced runners break a sweat in weekly 2.5K and 5K races. Catamount Outdoor Family Center, Williston, 6 p.m. $3-8. Info, 879-6001. piCkup rugBy: See THU.20.
talks
lisa Brooks: The visiting scholar takes to the podium with her talk "Recovering Native Space and Decolonizing New England History." Haybarn Theatre, Goddard College, Plainfield, 7:15-9 p.m. Free. Info, 800-468-4888.
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'tHe road to wHere': See WED.19. 'wHite CHristMas tHe MusiCal' adult auditions: See SUN.23, 5:45 p.m.
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adult Book disCussion group: J. Courtney Sullivan's Maine inspires lively discussion. Copies are available for checkout. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 1-2 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660. Best of eXteMpo 2010: The top raconteurs of five years ago revive their greatest storytelling hits for a live audience. Brookfield Old Town Hall, 8 p.m. Donations. Info, 276-3535. infinite suMMer: 'uBiquitous Catatonia: questions, anyone? *gulp*': Ambitious readers discuss pages 883-981 of David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest. 22 Church St., Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104. puBliCation party: 'disCovering flavor': Vermont author Helen Labun Jordan introduces readers to her new book with food samples and a short reading. Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 229-0774.
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on-farM worksHop: seeding, infrastruCture & Zero-grain: After a morning talk on transitioning to organic practices at Harrison's Homegrown, attendees head to Mike's Farm for a pasture walk and discussion of grower Mike Eastman's no-grain methods. Harrison's Homegrown, Addison, 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. $20 includes lunch. Info, 434-4122.
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strategy for suCCess series part 2: 'your sMartpHone is sMart Business': Dave Southwick doles out tech-savvy tips for increasing efficiency at work. St. Albans Free Library, 4-5:30 p.m. $10; free for Franklin County Chamber of Commerce members; preregister; limited space. Info, 524-2444. wHat's neXt for verMont's CliMate CHange eConoMy?: Community members are invited to share ideas at a regional forum focused on the opportunity to create jobs and develop solutions to stem the impact of climate change. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 225-6091.
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crafts
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AmeriCAn red CroSS Blood CliniC: Healthy donors give the gift of life. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 1-6 p.m. Free; preregister for a time slot. Info, 223-2518. teCH HelP witH Clif: See WED.19. turnon BurlinGton: See WED.19. wAGon ride wedneSdAyS: See WED.19. wind tour: See SAT.22, 10 a.m.
fairs & festivals
CAledoniA County fAir: Vermont's oldest fair celebrates the state's rural roots with amusement rides, a children's barnyard, agricultural shows, a demolition derby and musical acts. Caledonia County Fair Grounds, Lyndonville, 7 a.m. $10-17. Info, 748-2600. Vermont feStiVAl of tHe ArtS: See WED.19.
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BurlinGton City ArtS lunCHtime ConCert SerieS: Cool cats Calloway Taxi deliver an a cappella jazz recital from an outdoor stage. BCA Center, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7166. Community eVeninGS At tHe fArm: Rockand-roll staples Swale entertain picnickers with songs from The Next Instead. Shelburne Farms, gates open for picnicking, 5:30 p.m.; concert, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 985-8686. KinGdom All StArS: Ten middle school musicians show their stuff with a wide range of styles including jazz, blues, country, soul, funk and traditional. Main Stage, Caledonia County Fair Grounds, Lyndonville, 7 p.m. $10-17. Info, 748-2600. lAKe CHAmPlAin CHAmBer muSiC feStiVAl: feStiVAl wedneSdAy: A chamber quartet captivates listeners with a program titled "An Evening of Baroque Music." FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $15-30. Info, 863-5966. SinGerS & PlAyerS of inStrumentS: See WED.19. wedneSdAy niGHt liVe: Award-winning songwriter Colin McCaffrey strums and sings his folky strains. B-Side Playground, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 7 p.m. $2-3; free for kids 3 and under; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103.
tHe Good, tHe BAd & tHe reAlly, reAlly itCHy: See WED.19. wAter StriderS: See WED.19. 'weAtHer' or not, you'll Get tHere from Here: See WED.19.
food & drink
seminars
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health & fitness
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Summer trAil SerieS: See WED.19. women'S PiCKuP BASKetBAll: See WED.19.
talks
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dorSet tHeAtre feStiVAl: 'i HAte HAmlet': See THU.20, 3 & 8 p.m. 'lA dePot dAnGereuSe' PlAy reAdinGS: Theater lovers throng to a reading of God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza followed by a discussion with the actors. Depot Theatre, Westport, N.Y., 8 p.m. $10-20. Info, 518-962-4449. 'tHe roAd to wHere': See WED.19.
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Gender Pride BooK CluB: Page-turners evoke lively discussions among readers. Pride Center of Vermont, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 860-7812. trAnS & Queer PotluCK: Transgender, gender-nonconforming and queer folks and their allies meet, greet and eat in a safe and comfortable setting. The Whetstone Studio for the Arts, Brattleboro, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 860-7812.
Styling Mirror Mirror Sequoia Salon
2 runway shows at 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. featuring new looks by local designers
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BooKmoBile: See WED.19. muSiC & moVement Story time: See TUE.25. reAd to HAnK tHe tHerAPy doG: See WED.19.
eriK nielSen: The composer's discussion covers A Fleeting Animal: A Vermont Opera for These Times in anticipation of the production's September opening. Pierson Library, Shelburne, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 985-5124. PAul HAnKe: The veteran Yestermorrow instructor connects the dots between disciplines in "Architecture as Art" as part of the Doorways to Design Summer Lecture Series. Yestermorrow Design/Build School, Waitsfield, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 496-5545. rutlAnd deAtH CAfé: Folks meet for a conversation about death, aimed at accessing a fuller life. Pyramid Holistic Wellness Center, Rutland, 7-9 p.m. Free; donations accepted. Info, 353-6991.
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inSiGHt meditAtion: See WED.19. mindfulneSS ClASS: exPlorinG reStful StAteS: See WED.19. outdoor BACKyArd Boot CAmP: See WED.19. PuSH-uPS in tHe PArK: See WED.19. r.i.P.P.e.d.: See WED.19. reCoVery Community yoGA: See WED.19. SoulSHine dAnCe: See WED.19.
BiKeS for BeGinnerS worKSHoP: A lesson in DIY maintenance readies cyclists for on-the-road repairs. Bike Recycle Vermont, Burlington, 5:307:30 p.m. Donations; preregister. Info, christine@ bikerecyclevt.org. emBodyinG leAderSHiP: Sarah Lipton helps participants manifest a creative, empowered vision. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 5:30-7 p.m. $8-10; preregister. Info, 223-8000, ext. 202.
Designers Include • Campbell Whalen • Lillian Dean • Sean Avram, HyperFocus Art • Jenna Baginski, Intuition • Catherine Griffiths Scholze, CatherineScholze.com • Kara Magee • Blixtar Alizarin Avilix, Moss&Buttermilk • Zoë Crane • Abigail Feeney • Ellery Harkness • Edith Langdell, Edith Langdell Designs • Planned Parenthood of Northern New England • Megan Mahoney • Lisa Lillibridge, Dakota 1966
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dunGeonS & drAGonS niGHt: Quick thinkers 14 and up, grouped by age, rely on invented personas to face challenges and defeat enemies. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 5:30-7:45 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.
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'BuCK PriVAteS': At attention! Bud Abbott and Lou Costello join the ranks to avoid incarceration in this 1941 military farce. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600.
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ART & POTTERY IN MIDDLEBURY: Adults: Mon. Night Oils, Tue. Beaded Jewelry, Wed. a.m. Int./Adv. Painting, Wed. Night Wheel, Thu. a.m. Clay Hand Building, Thu. a.m. Oils, Thu. Drawing, Thu. Mixed-Media Pastel. Children’s after-school Pottery: Wheel & Hand Building, Wed. Art of Nature, Sat. a.m. Art, Art of the Selfie, Art of the World. Location: Middlebury Studio School, 2377 Rte. 7, Middlebury. Info: Barbara Nelson, 247-3702, ewaldewald@aol.com, middleburystudioschool.org.
START UP: BUSINESS PLANNING: Apply today for our 15-week Start Up: Comprehensive Business Planning course. Learn the language of business while developing your business plan and a solid support network. An experienced entrepreneurinstructor team and guest experts lead you through all the elements you’ll need for your business: marketing, finance and management. Define your own success. 15 weeks starting Thu., Sep. 10. Every Thu., 5:30-9 p.m., & every other Sun., noon-6 p.m. Cost: $2,500/15week course. Location: Mercy Connections, 255 S. Champlain St., Burlington. Info: Mercy Connections Women’s Small Business Program, Gwen Pokalo, 846-7338, gpokalo@mercycon nections.org, wsbp.org.
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Call 865-7166 for info or register online at burlingtoncityarts.org. Teacher bios are also available online. PHOTO: DIGITAL SLR: Explore the basic workings of the digital SLR camera to learn how to take the photographs you envision. Demystify F-stops, shutter speeds, sensitivity ratings and exposure, and learn the basics of composition. Bring your camera and owner’s manual to class. Weekly on Wed., Sep. 16-Oct. 21, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $170/ person; $153/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, Burlington. Info: Burlington City Arts, burlingtoncityarts.org. DESIGN: ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR: Learn the basics of Adobe Illustrator, a creative computer program used to create interesting graphics and more! Learn how to layout and design posters and other single-page documents. Explore a variety of software techniques and create projects suited to your own interests. This class is appropiate for beginners. Weekly on Tue., Sep. 15-Oct. 20, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $205/person; 184.50/ BCA members. Location: BCA Center, Burlington. Info: Burlington City Arts, burlingtoncityarts.org.
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LEARN TO KNIT I: In this threepart class, you will learn how to swatch a gauge, cast on, knit, purl, increase, decrease, bind off and piece together your first hat. Wed., Sep. 16, 23 & 30, 6-8 p.m. Cost: $78/3 2-hour classes; materials incl. Location: Nido Fabric and Yarn, 209 College St., suite 2E, Burlington. Info: 881-0068, info@nidovt.com, nidovt.com. LEARN TO SEW SERIES: Take our two-part Learn to Sew series beginning Mon., Sep. 21, with Learn to Sew 1. Learn machine basics and fundamental sewing techniques. Follow up with our Learn to Sew II class on Mon., Sep. 28, to continue building your sewing repertoire. Leave with finished projects and inspiration. Register today! Mon., Sep. 21 & 28, 6-9 p.m. Cost: $96/2 3-hour classes; materials incl. Location: Nido Fabric and Yarn, 209 College St., suite 2E, Burlington. Info: 881-0068, info@nidovt.com, nidovt.com.
coaching PERSONAL FINANCE COACHING: Enroll today to find hope, clarity and support in your personal financial life. Work individually with a personal finance coach to define your needs and action plan. Participate in group coaching to gain access to guest experts, resources, and support from other women like you. Participate in one or both programs. Rolling admission, kicks off Sep. 1. Cost: $50/ongoing individual coaching sessions; 3 group sessions/mo. Location: Mercy Connections, 255 S. Champlain St., Burlington. Info: Mercy Connections’ Women’s Small Business Program, Gwen Pokalo, 846-7338, gpokalo@mer cyconnections.org, wsbp.org.
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ADULT: LANDSCAPE IN OIL: Instructor: Stephanie Bush. In this class students will explore various painting techniques that will make landscape painting accessible to even the very beginner. The instructor will describe methods that will allow you to accurately render an environment through techniques such as sighting and using a view finder. Weekly on Thu., Sep. 24Nov. 19, 5:30-7 p.m. Cost: $232/ person; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648, theshelburnecraftschool.org/news/projects/ workshop-landscape-inoil-0801-0802. ADULT: METALS: Instructor: Sarah Sprague. This class will focus on jewelry design, small sculpture or functional art. Each student will complete a series of practice pieces before designing and creating a wearable finished piece out of sterling silver. Every week there will be several demonstrations including sawing, drilling, piercing, annealing, texturing, jump rings, forming and soldering techniques. Weekly on Thu., Sep. 17-Nov. 19, 6-8 p.m. Cost:
$335/person; member discount avail. Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648, theshelburnecraftschool.org. BEGINNER CLAY: Instructor: Rik Rolla. A great course for beginners looking to learn the fundamentals of basic wheel-throwing techniques. You will learn how to center, throw, trim and glaze. After you craft your pottery on the wheel, Rik will guide you to create finished pieces for the electric oxidation kiln. You will leave with several functional pieces. Weekly on Tue., Oct. 13Dec. 1, 10 a.m-noon. Cost: $260/ person; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648. CLAY HAND AND WHEEL: Instructor: Dasha Kalisz. This class is designed for the intermediate and advanced student with an interest in altering wheel-thrown objects and in expanding the possibilities of surface design. Students will be encouraged to think about their style and how shape, line, repetition, pattern and imagery are serving the individual work to promote their vision. Each class will include a demonstration and time to practice newly learned techniques; the instructor will provide individual assistance. Prerequisite: Beginning Wheel. Weekly on Sat., Sep. 26- Dec. 5, 10 a.m.-noon. Cost: $335/ person; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648. COMPOSITION: Instructor: Kalin Thomas. In this course, students will learn the essential vocabulary of expression, which can be applied to any style and in any medium. Each class will work with specific compositional issues in small sketches in pencil and in paint. Working mostly with abstract and semi-representational forms, students will compose a picture in their own style. This class is open to artists in all mediums and of all skill levels. Weekly on Wed., Sep. 23-Oct. 28, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Cost: $174/ person; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648. SHAKER HALL TABLE: Instructor: Ryan Cocina and Chris Ramos. A comprehensive introduction to woodworking, this course explores the basic principles of lumber selection, hand-tool and machinery usage, milling, joinery, and finishing. Students will build their own Shaker-style hall table, taking the project from blueprint through completion, learning to both organize and conceptualize a furniture project and gain familiarity with the wood-shop environment. Weekly on Mon., day & night classes. Cost: $450/ person; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648.
Cost: $90/person. Location: 55 Clover La., Waterbury. Info: Sue Mehrtens, 244-7909.
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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: Splash (summertime; weather permitting)/North End Studios, 0 College St./294 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Tyler Crandall, 598-9204, crandalltyler@ hotmail.com, dsantosvt.com.
drumming DJEMBE IN BURLINGTON!: Learn drum technique and rhythms on West African drums! Djembes provided! Location: Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., suite 3G, Burlington. Info: 999-4255, classes@burlingtontaiko.org, burlingtontaiko.org. TAIKO DRUMMING IN BURLINGTON!: Come study with Stuart Paton of Burlington Taiko! A five-person minimum required to run most classes; invite friends! Location: Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., suite 3G, Burlington. Info: 999-4255, classes@burlingtontaiko.org, burlingtontaiko.org.
empowerment WOMEN’S HERSTORY: Learn about the past through the lens of women’s experience in this nine-month survey that combines reading and discussion. Nine books (one a month) are supplemented with some of the key essays and articles by prominent feminists. Students should have read Woman’s Evolution by Evelyn Reed before the first class. Led by Sue Mehrtens, teacher and author. Sep. 3, Oct. 1, Nov. 5, Dec. 3, Jan. 2, Feb. 6, Mar. 5, Apr. 2, May 7, 7-9 p.m.
AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT: Overcome aches and pains, reduce muscle tension and increase your self-knowledge, flexibility and awareness of your body. Upcoming Series: Improved Balance starts Sep. 20 in Middlebury; Unlocking the Jaw and Throat starts Sep. 22 in Charlotte; Oiling the Hip Joints starts Sep. 23 in Richmond. For details and more information (including testimonials) about the Feldenkrais-Method please visit website or give me a call. Tue. & Wed. starting Sep. 1, 9:30-10:30 a.m.; 1st class free. Location: Sacred Mountain Studio, 215 College St., 3rd floor, Burlington. Info: Vermont Feldenkrais, Uwe Mester, 735-3770, uwemester@ gmx.net, vermontfeldenkrais. com.
gardening VERMONT MASTER COMPOSTER 2015 COURSE: Learn how to turn food scraps and yard trimmings into “black gold” with the Vermont Master Composter 4 week mini-course. The course provides training on the science behind backyard composting, sponsored by the University of Vermont Extension Master Gardener program and Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation. Register now! Weekly on Thu., Sep. 17-Oct. 8, 6:15-9 p.m. Cost: $50/noncredit course. Location: Various locations, Bennington, Brattleboro, Johnson, Lyndon, Montpelier, Middlebury, Newport, Randolph Ctr., Rutland, Springfield, St. Albans, White River Jct. & Williston. Info: 656-9562, master.gardener@uvm.edu, uvm.edu/mastergardener. REGIONAL WORKSHOPS FOR GARDEN LEADERS: Join community and school garden leaders this fall for a Grow It! workshop near you! Learn strategies and swap ideas for your garden programs. For workshop locations, dates, and registration, call or visit the website. Presented by Vermont Community Garden Network in partnership with Charlie Nardozzi. All events 4-7 p.m. Cost: $30/person; VCGN members are eligible for discounted registrations. Location: Various locations, see website. Info: Vermont Community Garden Network, Libby Weiland, 861-4769, libby@vcgn.org, vcgn. org/what-we-do/growit.
healing arts WELLNESS, SELF-CARE & MASSAGE: Vermont’s longestoperating massage school, the Universal Institute of Healing Arts, founded and directed by Bob Onne, offers Wellness, SelfCare and Massage classes. The school is located in Middlesex,
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just outside of Montpelier. Class details on website. 10 Tue. Semester 1 (of 2) starts Sep. 22, 6:30-9 p.m. Cost: $600/10week semester. Location: The Universal Institute of Healing Arts, 90 Three Mile Bridge Rd., Middlesex. Info: Bob Onne, 2294844, classinfo@universal-in stitute.com, universal-institute. com. Arvigo Maya Abdominal Therapy: Taught by Dr. Sarah Wylie. This three-day course is an opportunity to learn an ancient Maya massage for the abdomen, bringing relief to many health concerns such as painful periods, infertility, painful intercourse, abdominal/ pelvic scar tissue, back pain, indigestion and anxiety. For self care only. Oct. 2-4. Cost: $450/ person; VSAC eligible: inquire for more info! Incl. tuition, educational materials, 30-minute educational session w/ an Arvigo practitioner, & morning & afternoon tea. Location: Natural Family Health Clinic, 14 School St., Bristol. Info: Arvigo Institute, Sarah Wylie, 349-6598, seeds@ redblossommedicine.com, arvigotherapy.com.
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to work. No instruction — open studio time. Aug. 15, 16, 22 & 23. Cost: $20/person; preregister. Location: Helen Day Art Center, Stowe. Info: helenday.com, 2538358, education@helenday.com, helenday.com. Handbuilding with Clay: Focus is on functional and sculptural pieces using slabs, coils and molds to shape and form the clay. Surface techniques and decoration will also be explored. Weekly on Tue., Sep. 15-Oct. 20 (6 weeks). Cost: $125/members; $150/nonmembers. Location: Helen Day Art Center, Stowe. Info: Helen Day Art Center, 2538358, education@helenday.com, helenday.com.
jewelry Create Your Personal Talisman: Is there a habit you keep meaning to put into place, but you haven’t managed it yet? Do you need a reminder to exercise? Breathe deeply? We will take some time to research symbols. Then we will carve wax models of our personal symbols, and cast our models in bronze. Sat. & Sun., Sep. 12-13, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $200/12 hours of class + materials. Location: Home studio, S. Burlington. Info: Courtney Reckord, 310-7858, cwreckord@ gmail.com, etsy.com/shop/ courtneyreckord.
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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.
meditation Learn to Meditate: Through the practice of sitting still and following your breath as it goes out and dissolves, you are connecting with your heart. By simply letting yourself be, as you are, you develop genuine sympathy toward yourself. The Burlington Shambhala Center offers meditation as a path to discovering gentleness and wisdom. Shambhala Café (meditation and discussions) meets the first Saturday of each month, 9 a.m.-noon. An open house (intro to the center, short dharma talk and socializing) is held on the third Friday of each month, 7-9 p.m. Instruction: Sun. mornings, 9 a.m.-noon, or by appt. Sessions: Tue. & Thu., noon-1 p.m., & Mon.-Thu., 6-7 p.m. Location: Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 658-6795, burlingtonshambhalactr.org.
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4th Annual Steamroller Printmaking Workshop: Join fellow families and artists in making some BIG prints with heavy machinery at Sushi Yoshi in Stowe. A great time for all! Sat., Sep. 12 (rain date Sep. 13). Cost: $20/person. Location: Sushi Yoshi parking lot, Mountain Road, Stowe. Info: Helen Day Art Center, 253-8358, education@helenday.com, helenday.com.
psychic PSYCHIC DEVELOPMENT CLASS: This is a 10-week Basic Psychic Development class, which I have been teaching successfully since 1975. Everyone is born with natural psychic abilities. Babies and young children are all psychic, just as we were. Our culture teaches us to ignore these abilities, so if we want to reawaken them we need to practice the skills we have forgotten. 10 Thu., Sep. 10-Nov. 12, 7-10 p.m. Cost: $175/10 3-hour classes. Location: Bernice Kelman, 12 Kelley Rd., Underhill. Info: Bernice Kelman, 899-3542, kelman.b@juno.com, loving-now.com.
tai chi Beginner Tai Chi in MONTPELIER: At Long River Tai Chi Circle, we practice Cheng Man-ch’ing’s “simplified” 37 posture Yang-style form. The three pillars of our study are Form, Sensing Hands, and Sword. Patrick is a senior instructor at Long River in Vermont and New Hampshire and will be teaching the classes in Montpelier. Starts Tue., Sep. 8, 7:15-8:15 p.m. Cost: $65/mo. Location: Bethany Church, 115 Main St., Montpelier. Info: Long River Tai Chi Circle, Patrick Cavanaugh, 490-6405, patrick@longrivertaichi.org, longrivertaichi.org. Mindful Breath Tai Chi: This session will explore a variety of tai chi practices: qi gong, Yang (5:15-6 p.m.) and Sun (6-6:45 p.m.). For those who are
well-being Find Your Authentic Self: Connect with your authentic self through reflective exercises, energetic visualization techniques and transformative group process. Help yourself release the stories and patterns that bind you, and take your next steps in your life and your relationships with increased confidence and ease. Sun., Sep. 13, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $150/person; lunch incl.; preregistration required. Location: Knoll Farm, 700 Bragg Hill Rd., Fayston. Info: Eastern View Integrative Medicine, Lindsay Jernigan, 229-8270, info@drlindsayjernigan.com, drlindsayjernigan.com.
writing The Yoga of Journaling: Learn how to start a customized writing practice using journaling techniques such as Dialoguing, Lists of 100, Springboards, and Clustering that provide bodymind-soul benefits for healing and well-being. Sat., Aug. 22, 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Cost: $75/4-hour class. Location: Living Room: Center of Positivity, 8 Railroad Ave., Essex Junction. Info: Joanna Tebbs Young, 747-0761, joanna@wisdomwithinink.com, wisdomwithinink.com.
Evolution Yoga: Evolution Yoga and Physical Therapy offers a variety of classes in a supportive atmosphere: Beginner, advanced, kids, babies, post- and pre-natal, community classes and workshops. Vinyasa, Kripalu, Core, Therapeutics and Alignment classes. Become part of our yoga community. You are welcome here. Cost: $15/ class; $130/10-class card; $5-10/ community classes. Location: Evolution Yoga, 20 Kilburn St., Burlington. Info: 864-9642, evolutionvt.com. Yoga Roots: Yoga Roots provides 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 Anusura-inspired yoga all levels, Therapeutic Restorative, Heated Vinyasa Flow, Gentle and Slow Yoga! Our summer schedule is off to a great start with Fri. and Sun. yoga at the beach; Vinyasa Flow, Thu., 9 a.m.; & noon yoga daily. Upcoming events: Therapeutic Restorative yoga w/ Sound Healing, Aug. 7, 5:30 p.m.; Basics of Flow, Aug. 11, 7:30 p.m.; and Sacred Sound Sanctuary, Jul. 25 & Aug. 29, 5 p.m. Location: Yoga Roots, 120 Graham Way, Shelburne Green Business Park behind Folino’s. Info: 985-0090, yogarootsvt.com. Burlington Hot Yoga: Try something different!: Hot Yoga in the summer?! Of course; here’s why. Our modern Far Infrared (FIR) heat is not as oppressive as traditional hot yoga, offering a gentler yet therapeutic yoga experience. Besides the many benefits of yoga, FIR helps heal muscle and joint injuries as well as arthritis and skin conditions. Yoga for everyone with creative Vinyasa style in our 93-degree newly remodeled studio. Come and enjoy Hot Yoga Burlington; classes daily. Get hot: 2-for-1 offer. $15. Go to hotyogaburlingtonvt.com. Location: North End Studio B, 294 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 999-9963.
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YOGASURF: Unique local retreat makes the logistics of learning to surf easy! Ideal for all levels of yoga practitioners/surfers. Includes three yoga classes, surf lessons, wetsuit and board rental, and nourishing vegetarian meals. Reenergize while immersing yourself in the natural elements of Maine’s seacoast.
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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.
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, honestyoga studio@gmail.com, honestyoga center.com.
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Alliance Francaise: Fall Session: 11-week French classes for adults. Evening and morning classes available. Our classes serve the entire range of students, from true beginners to those already comfortable conversing in French. New: a new location in downtown Burlington added to our other two locations in Colchester and Montpelier. New: French classes for 8-to10-year-old children in our Burlington location. Contact us for more information about the schedule, our fees and our other activities. Classes starting Sep. 21. Cost: $245/course; $220.50 for AFLCR members. Location: Alliance Francaise of the Lake Champlain Region, Colchester, Montpelier and Burlington locations. Info: Micheline Tremblay, 881-8826, michelineatremblay@ gmail.com, aflcr.org.
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BILL REED VOICE STUDIO AUDITIONING: Bill Reed Voice Studio is auditioning new students for the fall semester. Offering classes and private lessons for students and adults. For an audition, please contact Sally Olson, managing director, admin@billreedvoicestudio. com, or visit billreedvoicestudio. com. Location: Bill Reed Voice Studio, South Burlington. Info: 862-7326, admin@billreedvoice studio.com, billreedvoicestudio. com.
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Drop-In Carving Studio for Steamroller Printmaking Event: Drop by Helen Day Art Center to prepare your woodblock in advance for our fourth annual Steamroller Printmaking event, which is on September 12 at Sushi Yoshi in Stowe. We’ll provide carving tools, plywood (or bring your own) and space
ANNOUNCING SPANISH CLASSES: Join us for adult Spanish classes this fall. Our ninth year. Learn from a native speaker via small classes, individual instruction or student tutoring. You’ll always be participating and speaking. Lesson packages for travelers. Also lessons for young children; they love it! See our website or contact us for details. Beginning week of Sep. 14; 10 weeks. Cost: $225/10 classes of 90+ mins. each. Location: Spanish in Waterbury Center, Waterbury Center. Info: 585-1025, spanish paravos@gmail.com, spanish waterburycenter.com.
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interested in learning tai chi and those who want a taste of the different styles. Pamela Brady (qi gong) Janet Makaris (Yang) and Elizabeth Wirls (Sun) are longtime practitioners and certified instructors. Aug. 19, 5-7 p.m. Cost: $10/2-hour class. Location: Ascension Lutheran Church, 95 Allen Rd., S. Burlington. Info: Elizabeth Wirls, 862-8866.
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Watercolor: Fall’s Vibrant Colors with Robert O’Brien: Focus is on painting the splendor of New England’s fall landscape. Students will learn the layering process and techniques for creating light and shadow. All levels welcome. Tue. & Wed., Sep. 1 & 2. Cost: $175/members; $200/nonmembers. Location: Helen Day Art Center, Stowe. Info: Helen Day Art Center, Stowe. Info: helenday.com, 2538358, education@helenday.com, helenday.com.
Sep. 11-13. Cost: $330/3-day retreat. Location: Liquid Dreams Surf Shop/Dixon’s Campground, York & Cape Neddick, Me. Info: Gaby G Yoga, Gaby Goldberg, 860-268-4585, gabygoldberg@ gmail.com, gabygyoga.com.
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music Beach House play the Higher Ground Ballroom in South Burlington on Thursday, August 20. SEVEN DAYS: I thought the personalized Single Finder and the Setlist Creator were clever ways to interact with your fans. Where did those ideas come from? VICTORIA LEGRAND: Alex had the set list generator idea a while ago and we thought it would be a cool way to interact and get to know fans in each city. We’re just starting to get the results, and it’s been interesting. As for the singles, it’s just a way to subvert the idea of set singles. People get to find their own singles. It doesn’t have to be this staunch, predictable thing. That’s not how we perceive singles. It’s just another song, another gateway. So this allows fans to find their own gateway.
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SD: Has anything surprised you from the Setlist Creator results? VL: Right now it’s probably only based on the 20 people who have done it. But there are subtle differences in each city, which is fascinating. And who knows why? It helps that we have five records’ worth of songs to choose from. You couldn’t do it if you only had one album. But we’ll see what song becomes the most popular song ever. [Laughs]
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epression Cherry, the fifth and latest record from indierock duo Beach House, is as notable for its swirling synth atmospherics and haunting vocals as for what it lacks: live drums. On their 2012 record, Bloom, the two leaned heavily on bombastic percussion to augment and fortify their typically dreamy sonic aesthetic. The album’s muscularity was a counterweight to Victoria Legrand’s airy melodies and Alex Scally’s shimmering instrumental textures. Freed of percussive cacophony, Depression Cherry is a more impressionistic work that invites listeners to lose themselves in its fragile layers of astral
sound. The album is meant to be experienced. It’s like the musical equivalent of floating in a bioluminescent bay under a canopy of starlight. Seven Days recently spoke with Legrand by phone from her home in Baltimore. We asked about the new record, balancing art and commerce, and two new interactive features the band recently unveiled on its website. The first is a Setlist Creator that allows fans in each city on the band’s upcoming tour to request the songs they’d like to hear. The second is the Single Finder, which chooses tracks from the new record based on individual preferences from earlier Beach House albums.
and a natural sense of ourselves in where we’re comfortable and where we’re not. We’ve done commercials and had our music on TV shows. But all the decisions were based on whether we felt it was right and if the damage level would be something we could handle, or if it would be irreversible. And that’s different for every artist. If we had a mantra, it would probably be that we’re always trying to feel like ourselves in whatever we’re doing. And that will change over time. But being in tune is key in trying to maintain integrity or whatever truth you feel. SD: It sounds like that’s a fluid thing that could change or grow as you do. VL: Growth is something I find to be an interesting subject for any artist. Some people would say their idea of growth is playing in arenas all over the world and being the successor to Bono, or whatever. But another band’s idea of success might be that they just get to keep making records and interact[ing] with their fans and pay[ing] rent. There are so many different places to be. And it comes down to one choice at a time. And that’s what we’ve done. SD: Big, dumb rock journalist question: What does “Depression Cherry” mean? VL: What does it mean to you?
SD: I don’t imagine you’re too worried about having that one hit song — the curse single that you have to play every night? VL: We’re lucky. The closest song to that we have is probably “Zebra.” Neil Young said that the worst thing that can happen to you is a hit. But we’ve avoided that. We don’t have a traditional hit. Every once in a while there’s a song you kind of get tired of playing. But the fact that someone else wants to hear it is more important. You have to remember that, while you do it day in and day out, for someone it’s the one night in three years that they’ll see you, and that it’s very special for someone else.
SD: I was afraid you might say that. VL: [Laughs] I could describe what it means to me, but even for me it keeps changing. I think the title is unique. It’s somewhat playful and somewhat confrontational. Those two words just came to me side by side. And I think when that happens, when those little lightning bolts strike, you can’t ask “why?” You accept it and see what happens in time. And those words just wanted to be the title of the album. As far as what it means, I think that’s our gift to people who listen. I’ve heard many different interpretations of it. I think you should give yourself the freedom to decide what it means to you and not have me ruin it for you.
SD: You seem to have struck a balance between navigating commercial success and maintaining your own ideas of artistic integrity. Do you have a specific philosophy that guides you in that? VL: We don’t necessarily have a philosophy. But we do have intuition
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It’s a busy weekend on the music festival front as we head into summer’s home stretch. So in descending order of preference based on which festivals have a mechanical bull… The Basin Harbor Club in Vergennes celebrates its third annual BBQ Bonanza this Sunday, August 23. In addition to all-you-can-eat Q, the musical menu includes local fingerstyle guitar wunderkind MATTEO PALMER, AARON FLINN’s SALAD DAYS, funky New Hampshire-based string band HOT DAY AT THE ZOO and local bluegrass outfit the MAD MOUNTAIN SCRAMBLERS. And, yes, there really is a mechanical bull — which, while awesome, seems like a really bad idea on a stomach full of brisket. Moving on to fests that don’t have a mechanical bull, Woodchuck Hard Cider in Middlebury hosts its second annual Ciderstock music fest this Saturday, August 22. Nonlocal headliners include CAGE THE ELEPHANT and NEW POLITICS. But I suspect locals
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If you’ve been paying close attention the last couple of years, you might have noticed that I have an affinity for Manhattan Pizza & Pub, on the corner of Church and Main streets in Burlington. No, it’s not because of Philly Friday, though I do love me a good cheesesteak on the cheap. And it’s not because I pine for the wasted nights of my youth, wandering among the throngs who gather like drunken lemmings on that corner when the bars close. And it’s not even because they’re secretly one of the best beer bars in town. OK, that’s actually part of it. But more importantly, it’s because Manhattan has quietly become a legit, albeit under-the-radar, hotspot for local music. If you don’t believe me, drop by
at some point this weekend. You’ll be glad you did. On Thursday, August 20, local alt-rock trio APARTMENT 3 take to the pizza joint’s cramped stage. Last month I reviewed that band’s debut recording, Porch View EP, in these very pages. I’ll save you the trouble of digging through the stack of old Seven Days in your bathroom and say that I liked the EP quite a bit. Produced by JOEY PIZZA SLICE — which, come to think of it, is a rather nifty coincidence — it’s shabby, grimy and overtly influenced by the PIXIES. All of which whispers sweet, slurred nothings to my personal garage-rock sensibilities. It also was born out of and pays homage to steamy drunken nights in BTV’s Old North End. And that speaks to my possibly unhealthy sense of nostalgia. (See: pining for wasted youth, above.) More importantly, it just flat-out rocks. For as much as I enjoy Manhattan, I can’t tell you that the sound is great, exactly. But that should suit Apartment 3’s lo-fi bent just fine. On Friday, August 21, grab a Philly — pro tip: Cajun fries, yo — and catch the next installment of DUKE AEROPLANE & THE WRONG NUMBERS’ summer-long Vermont homecoming tour. Something like the VERMONT JOY PARADE’s drunken, black-sheep stepbrother, these ragtag rapscallions are best experienced in a live setting, preferably one with easy access to absurd amounts of alcohol. (See: great beer bar, above.) After all, DA&TWN themselves describe their woozy take on New Orleans jazz and blues as R&B&D, which stands for “rhythm and blues and drunk.” Finally, closing out the weekend on Saturday, August 22, are REVEREND BEN DONOVAN & THE CONGREGATION. I’m not sure about Donovan’s clerical
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SD: I don’t know if this album is stripped down, exactly, but the vocal melodies seem more prominent than on your most recent records. Am I imagining that? VL: It’s not that it’s stripped down. There are still many layers of guitar and organ and keyboard. But the feeling you’re describing is probably due to the natural evolution of our music. Every album changes in terms of song structure and Untitled-5 1
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arrangement. With Bloom, we reached a point where we had incorporated live drums in the writing process. So there was an energy to Bloom that we hadn’t done before. Even on Teen Dream [2010], drums were more punctuation. And on Devotion [2008], live drums weren’t all over every song. That really happened on Bloom, where they had a real force. But after touring Bloom, we realized how much of a presence the drums were and we decided to try to not have as much of that presence in our lives and in our writing. So it’s not that these songs are more simple. It’s a deceptive simplicity. But we don’t have as many crashing cymbals and drums. And when you don’t have that presence, the songs open up. The arrangements become more spatial and you notice subtle changes more viscerally. And that happens vocally, too. So the most intentional thing we did was removing the amount of live drums. So a little less is a little more. m
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through Sunday, August 23. Highlights include RICK REDINGTON & THE LUV, CASIO BASTARD, GANG OF THIEVES, HOLY GHOST TENT REVIVAL, SOPHISTAFUNK and KOSHA DILLZ. Last but not least is the inaugural “mini-festival” at Willow Crossing Farm in Johnson this Sunday, which is part music fest, part permaculture seminar, part artisan craft fair, part yoga session and a whole lotta Vermontiness. On the music side of things, the headliner is acclaimed New Orleans-based worldfolk band — and founders of the Slow Music Movement — RISING APPALACHIA. They’ll be joined by local masters of the ethereal dubscape BARIKA, local bluegrass band the TENDERBELLIES and irie selectors SATTA SOUNDS.
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and MADAILA will upstage both. BTW, this show will be something of a homecoming for everyone’s favorite Spandex-clad rock-stars-in-waiting — that would be Madaila. About half of the band, including front man MARK DALY, originally hails from Middlebury. Continuing on our festival booze cruise, the annual Hop Jam beer and music fest at Bolton Valley Resort is also this Saturday and offers a robust lineup of suds and bands. Slated to appear are headliners the RYAN MONTBLEAU BAND, local-ish bluegrass crew CABINET, trombone virtuoso NATALIE CRESSMAN, alt-country outfit the MALLETT BROTHERS, Virginia-based Americana act the SOUTHERN BELLES and DJ PAUL NICE. The local slate features ROUGH FRANCIS and organ funksters SOULE MONDE. It lacks a bull, but the Valley Jam in Stockbridge does feature picturesque scenery and the opportunity to go tubing on the White River in between sets. The three-day hoedown at the former site of the Tweed River Music Festival runs from Friday, August 21,
keyboardist SHANE HARDIMAN — all of the Indomitable Soul Band. Rounding out the group is frequent Scott collaborator guitarist DANIEL MARC. According to Wagner — who writes that seeing DTB at the old Higher Ground in 2011 basically changed his life and set him on a path toward becoming a ginger guitar god — the group will play some of Scott’s new tunes and a few familiar jam staples to boot.
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stowe/smuggs area THE BEE'S KNEES: Heady topper Happy Hour with David Langevin (piano), 5 p.m., free. Alex Smith (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m., donation.
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northeast kingdom LE BELVÉDÈRE: Fishhead Unplugged (acoustic rock), 6 p.m., free.
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So they failed on that score. However, SM succeeded wildly in creating gritty tunes imprinted with deliriously catchy
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melodicism and soul swagger that shred the lines between old-school punk, pop and rock. We love them — especially
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MONOPOLE: open mic, 10 p.m., free. 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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vocalist Christina Halladay and the Category 5 hurricane that is her voice. But we’re glad they’ve allowed other bands to live … for now. Catch Sheer Mag at the Monkey House in Winooski this Sunday, August 23, with locals APARtmENt 3 and VIcIoUS GIFt.
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Vermont expat Willa Mamet and Green Mountain guitarist Paul Miller have known each other since she was a little girl and Miller was a visiting family friend. During that time they discovered that wonderful things happened when they sang together. And so began a journey that has most recently culminated in a new record, Let Somebody Love You, a followup to the duo’s 2013 debut, East Hill Road. Mamet now lives in Oakland, Calif., and, in the great tradition of many Vermont-born artists, is busy at multiple occupations. Bodyworker. Photographer. Crafter of hand-carved mezuzahs and other folk-art Judaica. And now, she’s a folk diva. (And yes, her father is playwright David Mamet, though she would prefer him left out of this discussion, please and thanks.) In her collaborations with Miller, Mamet lets her compadre do the heavy
lifting, musically. Freed of accompanying duties, she proceeds to caress lyrics with her sultry low voice, exploring each song and infusing it with heart and soul. For his part, Miller provides classy, pared-down guitar and vocal accompaniment that almost always sounds lush and right. That’s not surprising. Miller has been a versatile sideman for a variety of acoustic groups since before Willa Mamet was born. He’s currently one of six featured vocalists in the Bluegrass Gospel Project. He spent years before that as an indispensible member of popular Vermont combo Coco and the Lonesome Road Band. In addition to his skills as a guitarist, Miller has a sweet voice custom-made for harmony singing. On Let Somebody Love You, his solos can be heard on verses of Kenny Rogers’ classic “The Gambler” and on George Strait’s “The King of Broken Hearts.” But the stars really align when
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half bottle of Jack Daniels and a few Marlboros. It’s evident in subtler ways, too. Self-produced and recorded at her own Pepperbox Studio in Chelsea, Horse Thief is perhaps the most vibrantsounding record in Stykos’ voluminous canon. But that bright sheen obscures the tumult embedded in her unflinching songwriting and stormy arrangements. On the opening title track, Bow Thayer’s bojotar — that’s half banjo, half resonator guitar — slithers around Stykos’ moody acoustic arpeggios. Meanwhile, Patrick Ross’ simmering fiddle lurks in the background, waiting to strike. The effect is ominous, crafting a perfect framework for Stykos’ rustic tale. “It’s Over” is a late-night confessional, presented like a one-way conversation between Stykos and the dying embers of a fire. Here, she ruminates with smirking honesty on a fading love, finding bitter irony in the notion that time, which
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Contrary to what L.L.Bean might have you believe, rural life is not all horse-drawn sleighs, crackling fires and double-knit sweater vests. Especially for those who purposefully live in the most remote nether regions of the state, the idyllic splendor and serene isolation of the Green Mountains comes at a terrific cost. It’s a hardscrabble existence marked as much by backbreaking labor and frostbitten fingers as by beauty and solitude. Having lived off the grid in northern Vermont for decades, songwriter Kristina Stykos knows this well. That delicate balance between the harsh and the heavenly has characterized her music, both sonically and thematically, dating back to the early 1980s. But it has never emerged as so fundamental to Stykos’ writing, playing and singing as it does on her latest record, Horse Thief. Setting aside specifics for the moment, there is a hard-earned, rough-hewn quality to every nook and cranny of the record. It emerges most obviously in Stykos’ weary vocal rasp, which sounds something like Iris DeMent after a
Mamet and Miller vocalize together. This CD could just as easily be titled Willa and Paul Play You Some More of Their Favorite Songs From Many Sources. Their widely varied menu includes Joni Mitchell’s “River,” Old Crow Medicine Show’s version of “Wagon Wheel,” Richard Thompson’s “Dimming of the Day” — à la Bonnie Raitt — and a torchy cover of the Eagle’s “Desperado,” the song that provides the lyric for this album’s title. Theirs is a simple formula: just two great voices and a guitar. Sometimes that’s all you need. And the pleasure here is in the simplicity of that delivery. At their best, Mamet and Miller invite you into that Vermont kitchen where they first found musical magic so many years ago. Touring in support of their new record, the duo plays a string of upcoming Vermont dates, including at a house concert in Calais on Wednesday, August 26; the new Flying Stage in Barre on Saturday, August 29; and the Whammy Bar in Calais on Thursday, September 3. Let Somebody Love You is available at kitchen-table-music.com.
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JUNIPER: Alicia Phelps (jazz), 9 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Shane Hardiman trio (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Apartment 3 (rock), 9 p.m., free. NECTAR'S: trivia mania, 7 p.m., free. Bluegrass Thursday: Under the Willow, 9:30 p.m., $2/5. 18+. RADIO BEAN: Alicia Phelps (jazz), 6 p.m., free. Jazz Sessions with Julian chobot, 6:30 p.m., free. The out of towners (disco funk), 8 p.m., free. Shane Hardiman trio (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. monoprix (rock), 9:30 p.m., free. Grundlefunk (funk), 11 p.m., free. RED SQUARE: The Pizza tapes (bluegrass), 7 p.m., free. D Jay Baron (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free. RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB & WHISKEY ROOM: mashtodon (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): John Daly trio (folk rock), 8 p.m., $5-10 donation.
MONKEY HOUSE: Bless the child (hip-hop), 8:30 p.m., $3/8. 18+. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Jenni Johnson & the Junketeers (jazz, blues), 7 p.m., free. PENALTY BOX: Karaoke, 8 p.m., free.
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THE KNOTTY SHAMROCK: open mic, 8 p.m., free. SWEET MELISSA'S: BYoV Thursdays, 3 p.m., free. Seth Yacovone (blues), 7:30 p.m., free. WHAMMY BAR: Brian Burns Bluegrass Experience, 7 p.m., free.
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THE BEE'S KNEES: Fred Brauer (blues), 7:30 p.m., donation. MOOG'S PLACE: open mic, 8 p.m., free.
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CITY LIMITS: trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.
ZEN LOUNGE: Senayit tomlinson (singersongwriter), 8 p.m., $5. coyote Ugly country Night, 10 p.m., free/$5. 18+.
TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: 3rd Thursday comedy Night: Ryan Kenyon, 7 p.m., free. DJ Stevie B (dance party), 10 p.m., free.
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THE STAGE: Whistling Ridge (americana), 8 p.m., free.
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NAKED TURTLE: Ladies' Night with DJ Skippy, 10 p.m., free. OLIVE RIDLEY'S: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.
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BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: Jake Whitesell (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. BREAKWATER CAFÉ & GRILL: Phil Abair Band (rock), 6 p.m., free. CLUB METRONOME: ’90s Night with DJ Fattie B, 10 p.m., free/$5. HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Brett Hughes (Americana), 8 p.m., free. Bonjour Hi (house), 10:30 p.m., free.
MOOG'S PLACE: Abby Sherman (folk), 6 p.m., free. Stone cold Roosters (western swing), 9 p.m., free. RIMROCK'S MOUNTAIN TAVERN: DJ Rekkon #FridayNightFrequencies (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free. RUSTY NAIL: cropduster (rock), 9 p.m., free.
mad river valley/waterbury THE CIDER HOUSE BBQ AND PUB: tim Kane (piano), 6 p.m., free.
middlebury area
CITY LIMITS: city Limits Dance Party with top Hat Entertainment (Top 40), 9:30 p.m., free. TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Under the Willow (folk), 9 p.m., $3.
northeast kingdom
JASPER'S TAVERN: cobalt Blue (rock), 9:30 p.m., $3.
JUNIPER: John Daly trio (folk rock), 9 p.m., free.
PHAT KATS TAVERN: Live music, 9:30 p.m., free.
LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: michel Lajeunesse (accordion), 8 p.m., free.
THE STAGE: Live music, 6 p.m., free. Karaoke, 8 p.m., free.
MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Duke Aeroplane & the Wrong Numbers (R&B&D), 9 p.m., free.
outside vermont
NECTAR'S: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., free. on the Spot trio, Bootleg, Dionysia (funk, rock, blues), 9 p.m., $5.
MONOPOLE: Live music, 10 p.m., free.
RADIO BEAN: Friday morning Sing-Along with Linda Bassick & Friends (kids' music), 11 a.m., free. James Harvey (jazz), 7 p.m., free. Lindsay clark (experimental folk), 8:30 p.m., free. GEPH (progressive jazz metal), 10 p.m., free. odysseus Finn (ritualistic rock), 11:30 p.m., free.
NAKED TURTLE: Runaway 5 (rock), 9 p.m., $5.
RED SQUARE: Left Eye Jump (blues), 4 p.m., free. The High Breaks (surf), 8 p.m., $5. DJ craig mitchell (house), 11 p.m., $5.
MONOPOLE DOWNSTAIRS: Happy Hour tunes & trivia with Gary Peacock, 5 p.m., free.
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BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: Gina & Jeff (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free.
RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ con Yay (EDM), 9 p.m., $5.
BREAKWATER CAFÉ & GRILL: Quadra (rock), 6 p.m., free.
RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB & WHISKEY ROOM: Supersounds DJ (top 40), 10 p.m., free.
CLUB METRONOME: Retronome with DJ Fattie B (’80s dance party), 9 p.m., free/$5.
RUBEN JAMES: DJ cre8 (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.
FRANNY O'S: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.
THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): People Like You (psych rock), 8 p.m., $5-10 donation.
HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Xenia Dunford trio (folk), 8 p.m., free. DJ Kush Jones (trap), 10:30 p.m., free.
VERMONT PUB & BREWERY: Soulstice (reggae), 10 p.m., free. ZEN LOUNGE: Jah Red (Latin), 8 p.m., $5. Feel Good Friday with D Jay Baron (hip-hop), 11 p.m., $5.
BACKSTAGE PUB: Acoustic Happy Hour, 5 p.m., free. Karaoke with Jenny Red, 9 p.m., free. HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Hollis Brown, Whale oil (rock), 8:30 p.m., $10/12. AA. JERICHO CAFÉ & TAVERN: The Brevity Thing (rock), 8 p.m., free. MONKEY HOUSE: About time (jazz), 5:30 p.m., free. Five of the Eyes, the Pilgrims (rock), 9 p.m., $3/8. 18+.
JUNIPER: Gold cheng (eclectic), 9 p.m., free. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Reverend Ben Donovan & the congregation (country), 9 p.m., free. NECTAR'S: Sun Speak (electric chamber music), 7 p.m., free. Sophistafunk, Doctor Rick (hip-hop, funk), 9 p.m., $7. RADIO BEAN: The Geoff Kim Project (world), noon, free. troll 2 (scum rock), 5:30 p.m., free. Kristen Ford (indie rock), 8:30 p.m., free. Little Slugger (garage pop), 10 p.m., free. Bison (disco punk), 12:30 a.m., free. RED SQUARE: Live music, 7 p.m., free. mashtodon (hip-hop), 11 p.m., $5.
WATERWORKS FOOD + DRINK: Steady Betty (rocksteady), 10 p.m., free.
RUBEN JAMES: craig mitchell (house), 10 p.m., free.
barre/montpelier
THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): About time (jazz), 8 p.m., $5-10 donation.
BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Jim Thompson (singer-songwriter), 6 p.m., donation.
VERMONT PUB & BREWERY: Questionable company (rock), 10 p.m., free.
CHARLIE-O'S WORLD FAMOUS: Wes Hamilton (rock), 7 p.m., free. Sun Lions (rock), 10 p.m., free.
ZEN LOUNGE: Paul Asbell (jazz), 8 p.m., $5. old School Revival (hip-hop), 11 p.m., $5.
ESPRESSO BUENO: Stroke Yer Joke! comedy open mic, 8 p.m., free.
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POSITIVE PIE (MONTPELIER): Evan crandle and the too Hot to Handle (rock, funk), 10 p.m., $5. SWEET MELISSA'S: Honky tonk Happy Hour with mark LeGrand, 5 p.m., free. Dave Keller & Johnny Rawls (blues), 9 p.m., $5. WHAMMY BAR: o'Hanleigh (Celtic), 7 p.m., free.
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BACKSTAGE PUB: The Remedy (rock), 9 p.m., free. HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Studio two: the Beatles tribute, 7 p.m., $17/22. AA. MONKEY HOUSE: Balls Deep, Funbridge (rock), 9 p.m., $3/8. 18+. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Third Shift (rock), 5 p.m., free. The Real Deal (R&B), 9 p.m., free.
THE BEE'S KNEES: Randall Kromm (folk), 7:30 p.m., donation. SAT.22
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BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Irish Session, 2 p.m., donation. The Barn Band (folk), 6 p.m., free. CHARLIE-O'S WORLD FAMOUS: Early Bird Open Mic, 7 p.m., free. Phil Yates & the Affiliates, the Mountain Says No (rock), 10 p.m., free. ESPRESSO BUENO: James Secor (acoustic), 7 p.m., free. Bleeker & MacDougal (folk), 8 p.m., free. SWEET MELISSA'S: Penny Arcade (jazz), 5 p.m., free. Bob Levinson Trio (blues), 9 p.m., $5.
stowe/smuggs area MOOG'S PLACE: Tim Brick (country), 9 p.m., free.
RUSTY NAIL: Stowe Tango Festival Presents: Festival Milonga, 7 p.m., free.
mad river valley/ waterbury
THE CIDER HOUSE BBQ AND PUB: Dan Boomhower (piano), 6 p.m., free.
middlebury area
51 MAIN AT THE BRIDGE: Anthony Santor Jazz Group, 8 p.m., free. CITY LIMITS: City Limits Dance Party with DJ Earl (top 40), 9:30 p.m., free. TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Hot Neon Magic (’80s New Wave), 9 p.m., $3.
northeast kingdom JASPER'S TAVERN: NIXMIX (DJ), 9 p.m., free.
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PARKER PIE CO.: The Green Mountain Playboys (Cajun), 8 p.m., free. THE STAGE: Dale Cavanaugh (folk), 6 p.m., free. Chickweed (folk), 8 p.m., free.
outside vermont
MONOPOLE: Knott Dead (Grateful Dead tribute), 10 p.m., free.
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NAKED TURTLE: Strange Brew (rock), 9 p.m., $5.
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BREAKWATER CAFÉ & GRILL: Phineas Gage Project (folk), 3 p.m., free. FRANNY O'S: Kyle Stevens' Happiest Hour of Music (singersongwriter), 7 p.m., free.
Gilchrist (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m., free. The Brevity Thing (acoustic ass kicking), 9 p.m., free. Remi Russin (instrumental rock), 10:30 p.m., free.
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CLUB DATES
THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Bluegrass Brunch Scramble, noon, $5-10 donation. Spark Open Improv Jam & Standup Comedy, 7 p.m., $5-10 donation.
chittenden county BACKSTAGE PUB: Karaoke/ Open Mic, 8 p.m., free.
MONKEY HOUSE: WW Presents: Sheer Mag, Apartment 3, Vicious Gift (rock), 8:30 p.m., $10/12. 18+. PENALTY BOX: Trivia With a Twist, 4 p.m., free.
barre/montpelier BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Bleeker & MacDougal (folk), 11 a.m., donation.
THE SKINNY PANCAKE (MONTPELIER): Travis Cyr (singer-songwriter), 6 p.m., $5-10 donation.
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in pickin’ traditions. But these musicians happily embrace an array of other sounds, too, including folk, rock, reggae
SWEET MELISSA'S: Abby Jenne (rock), 1 p.m., free. Paper Waves (rock), 5:30 p.m., $5.
and soul. The result is a progressive take on bluegrass that’s garnering buzz from Chicago — where the band spends
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part of the club’s weekly Bluegrass Thursdays series.
THE BEE'S KNEES: Howard Ring Guitar Brunch, 11 a.m., donation.
northeast kingdom THE STAGE: Open Mic, 5 p.m., free.
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CLUB METRONOME: Metal Monday: Razormaze, Writing in the Skies, No Son of Mine (metal), 9 p.m., $5/10. 18+. FRANNY O'S: Standup Comedy Cage Match, 8 p.m., free. HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Family Night (rock), 10:30 p.m., free. JP'S PUB: Dance Video Request Night with Melody, 10 p.m., free. JUNIPER: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Nosy Mangabe (jazz folk), 8:30 p.m., free. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free. NECTAR'S: Tar Iguana (jam), 10 p.m., free/$5. 18+. RADIO BEAN: Out of Our Hands (acoustic), 7 p.m., free. Melissa Plett (folk ass kickery), 8:30 p.m., free. Latin Sessions with Mal Maiz (cumbia), 10:30 p.m., free.
the summer — to its winter nest in Tampa. On Thursday, August 20, the snowbirds flock to Nectar’s in Burlington as
Hollow Deck, Steam Tractor (alt-pop), 8:30 p.m., $3/8. 18+. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Open Mic with Wylie, 7 p.m., free.
barre/montpelier
SWEET MELISSA'S: Kelly Ravin (country), 8 p.m., free.
stowe/smuggs area MOOG'S 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.
LEUNIG'S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Geoff Kim & Friends (jazz), 7:30 p.m., free.
chittenden county
MONKEY HOUSE: Moon Honey, Wren Kitz (indie), 8:30 p.m., $3/8. 18+. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.
barre/montpelier BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: The People's Café (poetry), 6 p.m., donation.
CHARLIE-O'S WORLD FAMOUS: Karaoke, 8 p.m., free. SOUTH SIDE TAVERN: Open Mic with John Lackard, 9 p.m., free.
CLUB METRONOME: Dead Set (Grateful Dead tribute), 9 p.m., free/$5. HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: DJ Dan Freeman (trap), 10 p.m., free. JP'S PUB: Open Mic with Kyle, 9 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Lotango (tango), 8:30 p.m., free.
THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Kidz Music with Raphael, 11:30 a.m., $3 donation.
NECTAR'S: Brittany Kennell, Xenia Dunford Trio (folk rock), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+.
THE OLDE NORTHENDER PUB: Open Mic, 7 p.m., free.
chittenden county
RADIO BEAN: Stephen Callahan Trio (jazz), 6:30 p.m., free. Joe Redding (gangsta rap), 9 p.m., free. Honky Tonk Tuesday with Brett Hughes & Friends, 10 p.m., $3.
MONKEY HOUSE: Sara Kendell,
ZEN LOUNGE: Killed It! Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.
MOOG'S PLACE: Jason Wedlock (rock), 7:30 p.m., free.
burlington
NECTAR'S: Mi Yard Reggae Night with DJs Big Dog and Jahson, 9:30 p.m., $3.
HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band (blues), 8 p.m., $33/35. AA.
JP'S PUB: Pub Quiz with Dave, 7 p.m., free. Karaoke with Melody, 10 p.m., free.
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RED SQUARE: Mashtodon (hip-hop), 8 p.m., free.
RADIO BEAN: Clare Byrne (singer-songwriter), 11 a.m., free. Old Sky (country), 1 p.m., free. Travis Cyr & Strings of Calamity (folk), 3 p.m., free. Jeremy
RED SQUARE: Bob Levinson Trio (blues), 7 p.m., free. Craig Mitchell (house), 10 p.m., free.
SWEET MELISSA'S: Live Music, 7 p.m., free.
MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Collin Cope & Chris Page (rock), 9 p.m., free.
HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: DJ eMajor (trap), 10 p.m., free.
Under the Willow take an open-arms approach to bluegrass. Sure, the quartet is well versed
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TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Karaoke with Roots Entertainment, 9 p.m., free.
WED.26 burlington
LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Irish Sessions, 8 p.m., free. Film Night, 10 p.m., free. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free. NECTAR'S: VT Comedy Club Presents: What a Joke! Comedy Open Mic (standup comedy), 7 p.m., free. Yonrico Scott & Friends (blues, soul, funk), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+.
SWEET MELISSA'S: Wine Down with D. Davis (acoustic), 5 p.m., free. WingWalker (rock), 8 p.m., free.
stowe/smuggs area THE BEE'S KNEES: Heady Topper Happy Hour with David Langevin (piano), 5 p.m., free. MOOG'S PLACE: Curtis Evans Kile (folk), 8 p.m., free. PIECASSO PIZZERIA & LOUNGE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.
RADIO BEAN: Kelly Ravin (country), 7 p.m., free. Barbacoa (surf noir), 8:30 p.m., free. Sammich (jam), 10 p.m., free.
RUSTY NAIL: Open Mic, 9:30 p.m., free.
RED SQUARE: The Pizza Tapes (bluegrass), 7 p.m., free. DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., free.
CITY LIMITS: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.
THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Josh Panda's Acoustic Soul Night, 8 p.m., $5-10 donation. ZEN LOUNGE: Kizomba with Dsantos VT, 7 p.m., free. Loveland with DJ Craig Mitchell, 10 p.m., free/$5. 18+.
chittenden county
HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Blackalicious, New Breed Brass Band, Mertz (hip-hop), 8:30 p.m., $20/22. AA.
BREAKWATER CAFÉ & GRILL: John Lackard Blues Band, 6 p.m., free.
ON TAP BAR & GRILL: The Woedoggies (country), 7 p.m., free.
THE DAILY PLANET: Seth Yacovone (blues), 8 p.m., free. Ray Vega and North (jazz), 8 p.m., free.
barre/montpelier
HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Wildlife Music Collective (house), 10 p.m., free.
THE SKINNY PANCAKE (MONTPELIER): Cajun Jam with Jay Ekis, Lee Blackwell, Alec Ellsworth & Katie Trautz, 6 p.m., $5-10 donation.
BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Chris Bell (folk), 6 p.m., donation.
middlebury area
TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.
northeast kingdom JASPER'S TAVERN: Below Zero Blues Jam, 7 p.m., free. LE BELVÉDÈRE: Fishhead Unplugged (acoustic rock), 6 p.m., free. PARKER PIE CO.: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free. THE STAGE: Open Mic, 6 p.m., free.
outside vermont
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VISITING VERMONT’S ART VENUES
Midcentury Marvel The Bundy Modern, Waitsfield
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PHOTOS: JEB WALLACE-BRODEUR
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n the 1960s, when Waitsfield was a haven for New York City transplants keen on fox hunts and polo matches, an architect and resident named Harlow Carpenter decided the area needed contemporary art. Armed with a master’s in architecture from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design and family money — his mother was heir to the Bundy Time Recording Company fortune, a precursor to IBM — Carpenter bought 80 hillside acres with a single, steep access road off Route 100. There he designed a gallery for the clearing at the top. When it was completed in 1962, the Bundy Center for the Arts, as Carpenter called it, was a rare example of high modernism in Vermont. The gallery was flat-roofed and roughly cubic in shape, with a front and back of glasscurtain walls. The buff-colored brick frame of the building seemed to float over a smaller fieldstone base. A row of 24-foot-high vertical louvers on the exterior shaded a double-height gallery, which displayed huge paintings by the likes of Antoni Tàpies and Milton Resnick, according to a 1969 brochure. Smaller works hung in upstairs rooms that also contained a modernart library outfitted with now-iconic furniture by Eero Saarinen. Sculpture by Louise Nevelson and others filled the grounds, some of it reflected in the pond in front. Admission was free. As the decades passed, neglect took its toll on the Bundy. Carpenter died in 2009, and by the time June and Wendell Anderson bought the building in 2014, it looked like a teardown. But Wendell, a builder who has constructed numerous high-end houses in Connecticut, and June, a residential real-estate agent for 23 years, recognized the “innate quality” of the building. “Harlow didn’t spare any expense,” June notes. The couple has restored the architectural gem, returning the main gallery to its original function and remaking the rest into their home. They opened the Bundy Modern, as they have rechristened it, to the public on July 30 with a reception for a summer show of paintings by Warren artist Julia Purinton. The Andersons don’t have a particular interest in midcentury structures; they tend to buy and renovate them for their homes because they’re usually “the worst house on the best block,” says June. In Connecticut, they lived in a 1948 bungalow that they meticulously restored according to plans found in the attic. And they spent years restoring their first home in Vermont, a 1962 ski house at Sugarbush Resort, before moving into it in 2010. The Bundy has perhaps the most prestigious modernist pedigree of any of the Andersons’ home renovations. Carpenter completed his graduate degree in 1956, when Spanish architect Josep Lluís Sert was dean of the Harvard design school (1953-1969), and German Bauhaus cofounder Walter Gropius had recently retired from chairing the architecture department (1938-1952). Even if Carpenter didn’t take classes with Gropius, he would have absorbed the German’s influence from the curriculum, which Gropius and his Bauhaus protégé Marcel Breuer remade on their arrival. That curriculum leaned heavily on what architect Philip Johnson and others dubbed the International Style, which called for architecture to shed all historical reference and decoration in the service of functionality and form.
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That training explains why Carpenter, in 1958, persuaded his parents, Alfred St. Vrain and Helen Bundy Carpenter, to fully fund Harvard’s first arts center. At Sert’s invitation, the building was to be designed by the era’s god: the Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier. Completed
in 1963, a year after the Bundy went up, the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts would become the only building in North America designed by Le Corbusier. Carpenter’s son, Sebastian Carpenter, now a fine furniture maker in Boston, recalls his father talking about Gropius and Le Corbusier. “He was a big fan of all those guys,” says the 50-year-old. The elder Carpenter saw Le Corbusier’s plans for the Harvard center as they were developing, says his son. Examining photos of the Bundy, Boston-based preservation architect David Fixler was struck precisely by its Corbusian look, he says. Fixler is cofounder and president of the New England chapter of Docomomo, an advocacy organization for the preservation of the modern era’s buildings. As a principal in EYP Architecture & Engineering, Fixler has worked on a number of iconic modern buildings, including the United Nations headquarters. For him, the Bundy’s glazing is reminiscent of Sert’s work; the flat roof, minimalist detailing and buff brick recall Johnson’s early houses. And the “levitation” of the building over its fieldstone base resembles Breuer’s work of the same period. “It’s a handsome structure,” Fixler declares. “He’s thought through the proportions.” The Bundy’s high modernism, Fixler adds, sets it apart from Vermont’s other modernist experiment, the Prickly Mountain design-build movement begun by David Sellers and other Yale architects. That group was working precisely in opposition to the kind of architectural training Carpenter received. (Sellers, who attended the Bundy opening, says he and Carpenter knew each other.)
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f ‘Avian Encounters’: Watercolors and watercolor collages by Nancy Tomczak. Reception: Friday, September 4, 5-7 p.m. Wednesdays. Info, 828-3291. Spotlight Gallery in Montpelier.
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f ‘Edge of Nature’: Artwork in a variety of media by eight women artists, who explore the joy and variety of nature. Reception: Friday, August 21, 6-9 p.m. August 21-October 14. Info, 253-2597. Comfort Farm in Stowe. Stowe Tango Music Festival Art Exhbition: Artworks inspired by the passionate Argentine dance. Through August 22. Info, 779-9669. Stoweflake Mountain Resort & Spa.
middlebury area
Glorious Glass: Fused and blown glass by Alyssa Oxley, Bud Shriner and Micaela Wallace. Creative Space Gallery, Vergennes, Through September 30. Info, 877-3850.
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f ‘Love of Kinship’: Diverse artwork from members and a former director. Reception: Friday, August 21, 5-7 p.m. August 21-October 17. Info, 775-0356. Chaffee Art Center in Rutland.
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f ‘Collecting and Sharing: Trevor Fairbrother, John T. Kirk and the Hood Museum of Art’: Almost 140 paintings, drawings, photographs, sculptures and early American furniture from the Fairbrother-Kirk collection and the Hood Museum, featuring works by Andy Warhol, Marsden Hartley, Carl Andre, John O’Reilly, John Singer Sargent and many others. Art Talk: Friday, September 25, 4:30 p.m. August 22-December 6. Info, 603-646-2095. Hood Museum, Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H.
art events Artist Talk: Jacob Hashimoto: The artist-inresidence discusses his work. Lowe Lecture Hall, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Thursday, August 20, 8-9 p.m. Info, 635-2727.
BCA Summer Artist Market: A juried outdoor market featuring handmade original fine art and crafts by Vermont artists and artisans, in conjunction with the Burlington Farmers Market. Burlington City Hall Park, Saturday, August 22, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Info, 865-7166.
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‘4th Annual Art Educators Unite!’: An exhibition of works in a variety of mediums by 17 self-described “artrageous” female art educators and artists. Curated by SEABA. Through August 31. Info, 859-9222. VCAM Studio in Burlington. ‘Abstract Spotlight’: Paintings by Cameron Schmitz and Johanne Yordan, and photography by Douglas Biklen. Through September 19. Info, 865-7166. Vermont Metro Gallery, BCA Center, in Burlington. Ashlee Rubinstein: “Fast and Furious Food,” representational paintings of “bad” food. Through August 29. Info, oneartscollective@gmail.com. ONE Arts Center in Burlington. Brooke Monte and Alex Dostie: “Monte vs. Dostie,” surreal abstractions and geometryinspired paintings by the Burlington artists. Through August 29. Info, 660-9005. The Gallery at Main Street Landing in Burlington. Carl Rubino: “It’s Not What You Look At. It’s What You See,” photographs with themes including architectural, natural and urban landscapes, abstracts, and multiple-exposure images. Through August 28. Info, 518-524-8450. Hinge in Burlington. ‘Excerpts From the West Side’: Sculpture and installation created by artists who have worked and studied at the Carving Studio & Sculpture Center in West Rutland, including Don Ramey, Bart Uchida, Carol Driscoll, Charles Austin, Kevin Donegan, B. Amore, Glen Campbell and Jackie Kirkman Campbell. Through September 25. Info, 617-780-7701. RL Photo in Burlington. Ginny Joyner: “Inspired by Vintage,” watercolors, giclée prints and cards. Through August 31. Info, 488-5766. Vintage Inspired Lifestyle Marketplace in Burlington. The Innovation Center Summer Show: Group exhibits of local artists on all three floors. First floor: Alana LaPoint, Ashley Veselis, Casey Blanchard, Elizabeth Bunsen, Liz Cleary, Meryl Lebowitz, Michael Buckley and Tom Merwin. Second floor: Elizabeth Nelson, James Vogler, Jeffrey Trubisz, Lyna Lou Nordstorm, Michael Pitts and Robert Green. Third floor: Haley Bishop, Jacques Burke, Jessica Drury, Lynn Cummings and Meryl Lebowitz. Curated by SEABA. Through August 31. Info, 863-6903. The Innovation Center of Vermont in Burlington. Jacques Burke: Ink, watercolors, acrylic, spraypaint and other mixed media on canvas. Through August 31. Info, 658-6016. Speeder & Earl’s Coffee (Pine Street) in Burlington.
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Take Home an Islands’ Treasure Auction: Live auction at which visitors will bid on 18 cabinets donated by Sam’s Wood Furniture, each painted in a unique fashion by 18 different artists. Proceeds will go to the artists and Camp Ta-Kum-Ta. Camp Ta-Kum-Ta, South Hero, Friday, August 21, 7-9 p.m. Info, 372-8400.
Warren Kimble Retrospective: Gallery Talk: Kimble gives a talk in conjunction with his current exhibition. Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History, Middlebury, Wednesday, August 26. Info, 388-2117.
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Artist Talk: Judith Simonian: The New York City recipient of a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship gives a talk as part of her residency. Lowe Lecture Hall, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Friday, August 21, 8-9 p.m. Info, 635-2727.
Henry Arnold: Watercolors by a former landscape architect as part of the Sunday series featuring art, tea and live music in the garden. Fisk Farm Art Center, Isle La Motte, Sunday, August 23, 1-5 p.m. Info, 928-3364.
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Jean Cherouny: “My Home,” two semiabstract series including “Unforceable” and “Truthless” presented as a 10-year retrospective. Through August 31. Info, 651-9692. RETN in Burlington.
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The Bundy is also unique within bought out his siblings. Michael used the Carpenter’s sparse oeuvre. The architect building as his bachelor pad. When the designed an American Red Cross build- Andersons first saw it, Michael’s hang ing in Oregon, where he was born, and a glider was suspended from the main galfew more in Vermont that were far less lery ceiling. modern than the Bundy, his son recalls. Working with builders Matt Groom These were the family house, barn and and Whitney Phillips of Warren Pieces, the pool house on Cold Springs Farm Road, Andersons launched numerous renovaon 300 acres Carpenter owned abutting tions. More than halfway through the prothe gallery property; his studio in down- cess, a local plumber located Carpenter’s town Waitsfield; and the original plans in a friend’s Moretown firehouse. attic. But that discovery After the Bundy, didn’t disrupt the restoraCarpenter would design tion, says Groom. “[The only one more building, Andersons] were up at night his New Hampshire house. thinking about this stuff,” He became a sculptor the builder says. “They who worked with antique really understood the era.” farm tools. “I think he They kept the builddidn’t want to work for ing’s bones intact. The anybody,” Sebastian exBundy’s original builder plains. Deeply interested was Warren Ketcham, in art, the architect had whom Carpenter declared a significant collection, the area’s finest. The brick Jun e An der son some of it displayed at the he laid is marred only by an Bundy. Sebastian recalls indelible layer of interior accompanying his father white paint that reaches on road trips to artists’ studios to pick halfway up the main gallery walls. The up works loaned to the gallery. sculptural steel light fixtures are origiBurlington artist Bill Davison appreci- nal, as are the slate floor and built-in ated Carpenter’s enthusiasm for art. Now bookshelves. retired from teaching printmaking at the The Andersons, who eventually want University of Vermont for 37 years, in the to render the building net-zero using solar 1960s, Davison was a painter influenced power, also restored the original radiators by Ad Reinhardt and Barnett Newman. He to working order and now power them and his artist friends used to drive to the with a high-efficiency propane heater. Bundy “almost every weekend” to peruse They plan next to revamp the pond and the art and the library, he says. Davison’s replace the louvers, some of which they own work was included in a 20-artist show found in a pit out back. at the Bundy in 1967. “Our MO was to enhance what already “At that time in Vermont, there was not existed,” June says. In any case, she adds, much regard for what was called modern “You really can’t do much to alter it. You art,” Davison recalls. “I was an unknown just have to get out of its way.” artist from Vermont doing 4-by-6-foot, For preservationists such as Fixler and solid black canvases. For Harlow to show Devin Colman, the Vermont state archithese things was remarkable.” tectural historian, the Andersons’ homeYounger generations, including cum-public-space renovation is an ideal Carpenter’s own children, remember the example of adaptive reuse. Bundy as their school. Starting in 1970, “It’s great to save a building, but if the architect operated it as an alternative there’s no use, eventually it will fall apart K-6 school and opened it to the public again,” Colman notes. And the Bundy was each summer. Warren resident Camilla worth saving. “That rural approach, the Behn, 40, remembers gathering on the winding access road, and then you come green slate floor of the lofty gallery for upon this modernist cube floating in the daily yoga. landscape — it’s such an unexpected sight,” In 1981, Carpenter moved his family he says. m to Massachusetts and gave the gallery to local painter David Millstone, who also INFO bought Carpenter’s Cold Springs property “Julia Purinton: Everyday Magic,” Saturdays and turned it into an inn. When Millstone and Sundays, noon to 5 p.m., through died in 1998, he left the Bundy to his four August 31 at the Bundy Modern in Waitsfield. children; one of them, Michael Millstone, bundymodern.com
f ‘Reveal’: Fine art photographers in this juried exhibit depict the nude figure, exploring expressive, evocative or revealing imagery. Reception: Friday, August 21, 5:30 p.m. August 20-September 13. Info, 777-3686. Darkroom Gallery in Essex Junction.
Craft Showcase: The private residence converted to a pop-up gallery is exhibiting beaded jewelry, fabric collage, découpage tinware, hand knits, felted work and doll clothes, as part of the Festival of the Arts. Isabella Frost, Fayston, Saturday, August 22, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Info itf@gmavt.net.
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Jean Luc Dushime: “A Global Connection,” photographs that investigate social and political structures that perpetuate war, violence, misunderstanding and miscommunication. Milton Rosa-Ortiz: “An Ode to Time,” an exploration of the aging process using driftwood taken from Lake Champlain. Rick Norcross: “The Faces of Rock & Roll: 1969 to 1974,” images by the longtime leader of western-swing band Rick & the All-Star Ramblers and former music critic-photographer. Through September 19. Info, 865-7166. BCA Center in Burlington. Jesse Azarian: “Paintin’ Idiot Show,” works by the Calais artist. Through August 31. Info, 318-2438. Red Square in Burlington. Kristen M. Watson: “{stratum},” mixed-media works that explore translucence and the act of artistic appropriation. Through August 28. Info, 578-0300. Designers’ Circle Jewelers in Burlington. ‘The Live Show’: A SEABA fundraiser featuring live painting through July and exhibited in August. Through August 31. Info, 859-9222. SEABA Center in Burlington. ‘Looking Out: The Self-Taught Art of Larry Bissonnette’: Bold mixed-media paintings by the Vermont artist and international spokesman for autism, in his first solo show. Through August 29. Info, 863-5966. Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, Flynn Center, in Burlington. ‘Maritime Burlington’: An interactive exhibit organized by the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum under a tent at Perkins Pier: hands-on activities, historic photos, highlights from the museum’s nautical archaeology work and research, and lake tours. Through October 12. Info, 475-2022. Perkins Pier in Burlington. ‘Never Had No One Ever: The Art of Collage’: Artworks that explore “the human experience of discovery through loss” by Carl David Ruttan, Molly Bosley, W. David Powell, Shavon Kenney, Athena Tasiopoulos and Paula Grenon. Through October 27. Info, 735-2542. New City Galerie in Burlington.
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‘Works Both Ways’: 2D and 3D mixed-media works by artists who are also poets and writers: Bren Alvarez, Merche Bautista, Sharon Webster, Tina Escala, Genese Grill, Marian Willmott, Roger Coleman and Jon Turner. Through September 4. Info, 363-4746. Flynndog in Burlington.
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Peter Bartlett: Abstract paintings. Through August 31. Info, 865-7211. Mezzanine Gallery, Fletcher Free Library, in Burlington.
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‘On the Waterfront’: A waterfront-themed exhibition in conjunction with the 10th annual Lake Champlain Dragon Boat Festival. Through August 30. Info, 914-584-1215. Art’s Alive Gallery @ Main Street Landing’s Union Station in Burlington.
StaciAnne K. Grove: “No More Hiroshimas,” an interactive exhibition of design, photography, paper sculptures and video that marks the 70th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. Through September 30. Info, 862-9616. Burlington College.
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‘American Moderns, 1910-1960: From O’Keeffe to Rockwell’: Almost 50 artworks in a variety of styles that explore the range of American modern painting and sculpture. Includes works by Georgia O’Keeffe, Milton Avery, Marsden Hartley, Stuart Davis, Arthur Dove, Elie Nadelman, Rockwell Kent, Luigi Lucioni and Norman Rockwell. Through September 13. ‘Rich and Tasty: Vermont Furniture to 1850’: A decorative arts showcase of furniture from Shelburne Museum and other collections that helps define the styles, economics and aesthetic innovations in 19th-century Vermont design. Through November 1. Info, 985-3346. Pizzagalli Center for Art and Education, Shelburne Museum.
‘Reveal’ Nothing gets people talking like a nude image. The art of the figure is unveiled in an exhibition of juried photographs
at Darkroom Gallery in Essex Junction from August 20 to September 13. The juror was Daniel Power, founder of independent powerHouse Books in Brooklyn, N.Y. In a statement, he writes, “I looked for work that embraced simplicity in depicting beauty, daring in depicting fresh perspectives on tired cultural clichés, and flashes of eroticism in composing stark and compelling compositions of the living, breathing still life.” Have a look and decide for yourself whether he succeeded in his mission. A reception is Friday, August 21, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Pictured: “Les coups de soleil” by Carr Kizzier.
‘Birds of a Fiber’: A community art show. Through October 31. Info, 434-2167. Birds of Vermont Museum in Huntington. ‘Collage’: Collage in various media by members of the Milton Artists’ Guild. Through August 31. Info, info@lcatv.org. LCATV in Colchester. Emily Mitchell: Whimsical and vibrant acrylic paintings by the Richmond artist and educator. Through August 31. Info, 985-9511. Rustic Roots in Shelburne.
visual art in seven days:
‘Travel With Ogden Pleissner’: A selection of the artist’s lesser-known American and European landscapes, along with other American paintings from the museum’s permanent collection. Judy B. Dales: “Ahead of the Curve,” an exhibit of contemporary quilts from the last 18 years of the artist’s flowing, abstract style. Through October 31. Info, 985-3346. Shelburne Museum. ‘A Midsummer’s Night’: The brewery’s new gallery celebrates with works by local artists inside and out. Through August 25. Info, oneartscollective@ gmail.com. Burlington Beer Company in Williston.
art listings and spotlights are written by nicole higgins desmet and pamela polston. Listings are restricted to art shows in truly public places.
‘Moonlight In Vermont’: A group show by 25 local artists in a variety of media. Through August 31. Info, ealexander22@yahoo.com. Jericho Town Hall. Rory Jackson: “Printed Light,” giclée prints on canvas depicting Vermont and Ghana. Through August 31. Info, 985-8222. Shelburne Vineyard. ‘Running the Gamut: From Realism to Abstraction’: A group show featuring the paintings of Daniel Gottsegen and 15 other artists. Through September 1. Info, 985-3848. Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne.
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Art resource AssociAtion new MeMber exhibit: work in a variety of media by central vermont artists in celebration of ARA’s 40th anniversary. Through september 18. info, 262-6035. T. w. wood Gallery in montpelier. ‘creAtive cosMos’: paintings, prints, weaving, sculpture and digital images inspired by the cosmos and scientific discoveries by sabra Field, paul Calter, Cameron davis, Janet van Fleet, bhakti Ziek, marcus Greene and Jim Robinson. Through september 7. f ‘Fleeting MoMents: why we go on’: Thirteen vermont artists exhibit photography, sculpture and mixed-media works made from the pulp of recycled combat uniforms, in response to the themes of love, loss, hardship and joy in A Fleeting Animal, an upcoming opera by david budbill and erik Nielsen. Reception: saturday, August 22, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Through september 27. info, 922-4127. Chandler Gallery in Randolph. edwArd l. rubin: “vermont: An outsider’s inside view,” 28 photographic portraits and landscapes from the book by the same name, by the Californiabased art photographer and production designer. Through August 31. info, 323-573-0525. vermont statehouse Card Room in montpelier.
elinor osborn: photographs of northern owls by the vermont nature photographer. Through August 30. info, 454-0141. blinking light Gallery in plainfield. ‘A legAcy oF cAring: Kurn hAttin hoMes For children’: A historical exhibit of Kurn hattin homes for Children, founded in 1894 in westminster to offer a safe home and quality education for disadvantaged children in a nurturing, rural environment. Through september 30. info, 828-2291. vermont history museum in montpelier. MArinA epstien: more than 20 years of paintings ranging from early surrealist and abstract expressionist to more figurative and symbolic works. Through september 15. info, 229-6297. vermont supreme Court Gallery in montpelier. Mid-suMMer show: New artworks by members. Through August 31. info, 839-5349. The Front in montpelier. studio plAce Arts suMMer 2015: “strength,” a group show of traditional and nontraditional work that explores the meanings of strength, whether of force or spirit, main Floor Gallery; “spirit images,” drawings and words by eleanor ott, second Floor Gallery; and “Nature scapes and other worlds,” paintings, installation and sculpture by Ruth hamilton, Third Floor Gallery. Through August 29. info, 479-7069. studio place Arts in barre.
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tinA vAlentinetti: “windows: looking in, looking out,” photography of and about windows. Through August 28. info, 223-2518. montpelier senior Activity Center.
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‘2015 legAcy collection’: landscapes painted by 25 living and 13 deceased artists that reflect the legacy of museum namesakes and artists Alden and mary bryan. Through december 30. ‘generAtions’: works by 30 artists and the artists who taught them, showing influences and how techniques evolve over time. Through september 7. info, 644-5100. bryan memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville.
the mundane with this show of abstract art, which eschews the merely picturesque. The paintings, blown-glass objects and October 14 at Eriksson Fine Art’s Comfort Farm in Stowe. “The artworks in this exhibition aren’t picture-perfect,” gallery owner and curator Gunnel Clarke writes. “These are works inspired by nature, nature. They are more evocative than descriptive.” The eight expressive female artists are Kate Stiassni, Randi Solin, Natalie Blake, Karen Tusinski, Barbara Gordon, Irma Cerese, Sky Hoyt and Hannah Sessions. A reception is Friday, Poppy Field” by Tusinski.
pAul stone: surreal, dreamlike New england landscape paintings. Through september 30. info, 253-1818. Green mountain Fine Art Gallery in stowe. ‘photogrAphing the Flower’: photographs by seven participants in River Arts’ workshop taught by Kent shaw. Through November 2. info, 888-1261. morrisville post office. ‘slope style’: Thirty-five fully accessorized vintage ski outfits, with a special section of the exhibit dedicated to vermont ski brands. Through october 31. info, 253-9911. vermont ski and snowboard museum in stowe. tod gunter AviAtion Art: illustrations currently include the F4u Corsair, a wwii fighter, and the F-4 phantom ii, a fighter-bomber active in vietnam. more drawings and renderings are continually added. Through december 31. info, 734-9971. plane profiles Gallery in stowe. mAd RiveR vAlley/wATeRbuRy shows
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‘exposed’: The 24th annual outdoor exhibit features 18 sculptures and installations by regional artists, sited at the gallery, downtown and along the recreation path. Through october 14. ‘now you see Me: the best oF the northeAst MAsters oF Fine Arts 2015’: The third biennial exhibition featuring emerging contemporary artists from Québec, New england and New york working in a variety of media. Through August 23. info, 253-8358. helen day Art Center in stowe.
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f clArK derbes: “self-portrait,” polychromed sculpture, wall pieces and works on canvas influenced by the graveyard of truck beds in burlington’s south end. Reception: saturday, september 26, 6-8 p.m. Through september 30. f vAl rossMAn: Abstract works in pastel on paper, and acrylic on aluminum. Reception: saturday, september 26, 6-8 p.m. Through october 5. info, 253-8943. west branch Gallery & sculpture park in stowe.
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ART THERAPY ASSOCIATION OF VERMONT: MEMBER ART SHOW: A juried show of works by Vermont art therapists representing the clienttherapist relationship and personal insights into healing. Through September 17. Info, 595-3788. Big Picture Theater and Café in Waitsfield. BIG RED BARN ART SHOW: More than 30 local artists exhibit paintings, monoprints and sculpture. New pieces are added throughout the month. Through August 30. Info, 496-6682. Big Red Barn Gallery at Lareau Farm in Waitsfield. CERAMIC SCULPTURE SHOW: Works by more than 20 Vermont ceramic sculptors. Through August 31. Info, 224-7000. The Mud Studio in Middlesex. DAVID GARTEN: “My Personal Cuba – A Photographic Retrospective of 31 Visits Over 21 Years,” on view in a converted storefront as part of Vermont Festival of the Arts. Through September 7. Info, 496-5516. Village Square in Waitsfield.
PETER FRIED: “Addison: Land Meets Sky,” an exhibit of Addison County landscapes in the artist’s new gallery. Through October 8. Info, 355-1447. Peter Fried Art in Vergennes. ‘PHOTO VOICE: NINE RESIDENTS SHARE IMAGES OF A TROUBLED AND TREASURED NEIGHBORHOOD’: Images that reflect, record and relay what is important about everyday life by nine nonartist residents of Rutland City’s Northwest neighborhood. Through October 3. Info, 388-4964. Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury. RORY JACKSON: “Weather the Storm,” paintings inspired by clouds, light on water, and the simple structure of Vermont summer landscapes. Through August 31. Info, 989-7419. Edgewater Gallery in Middlebury. TOM FELS: “Line and Shadow: Cyanotypes and Drawings,” large prints from the artist’s Arbor and Catalpa Series, 2011-14; smaller minimalist drawings from his Linea Series, 2014; and a large drawing from the recent Classics Series. Through September 20. Info, 382-9222. Jackson Gallery, Town Hall Theater in Middlebury.
GMCC 26TH ANNUAL PHOTO SHOW IN THE ROUND BARN: An annual community-based photography exhibit as part of the Vermont Festival of the Arts. Through September 7. Info, 496-7722. Inn at the Round Barn Farm in Waitsfield. JAMES MCGARRELL & MARK GOODWIN: A selection of imagistic paintings, 1984-2004, as well as drawings on tile and paper by McGarrell; and painting, drawing, collage and prints by Goodwin. Through September 6. Info, 767-9670. BigTown Gallery in Rochester.
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KATHRYN WIEGERS: “The Rutland Muralist,” a variety of mural paintings. Reception: Friday, August 28, 6 p.m. Through September 19. Info, 468-1266. Castleton Downtown Gallery in Rutland. ‘METAMORPHOSIS: A LOVE OF CHANGE’: Sculpture by Paedra Bramhall and Patrick Farrow and ceramic work by Stephen Procter on the theme of individual changes over a lifetime. Through August 29. Info, 775-0356. Chaffee Downtown Art Center in Rutland.
champlain islands/northwest ARTIST IN RESIDENCE: AUGUST SHOW: Utilitarian and decorative objects by collaborators Larry Langlais and Barb Langevin, with paintings in a variety of media by El Towle. Through August 31. Info, 933-6403. Artist in Residence Cooperative Gallery in Enosburg Falls. DAVID STROMEYER SCULPTURE: The artist opens his private park to visitors for the summer and early fall. On view are about 50 large-scale sculptures that represent four decades of work inspired by the rhythms, forms and patterns of the Vermont landscape. Through October 12. Info, 512-333-2119. Cold Hollow Sculpture Park in Enosburg Falls.
‘HUICHOL: ART OF A THREATENED SHAMANIC CULTURE’: Intricate yarn paintings of four indigenous artists from west-central Mexico; José Benítez Sánchez, Guadalupe González Ríos, Juan Ríos Martínez and Pablo Taizán de la Cruz, presented with historical and contemporary photographs, music and cultural artifacts. Through September 6. Info, 498-8438. BALE Community Space in South Royalton.
IVY LEAF: Abstract artwork in a variety of media. Reception: Friday, August 28, 5-7 p.m Through September 26. Info, 763-7094. Royalton Memorial Library in South Royalton. JEN VIOLETTE AND LINDA ROSENTHAL: Mixed-media and still-life wall sculptures and handblown glass, and abstract photography, respectively. Through September 30. Info, 4571298. Collective — the Art of Craft in Woodstock. KEITH SONNIER: A survey of early neon works, 1968-1989, by the American artist. PETER SAUL: In a retrospective exhibit that spans his career 1959 to 2012, the American artist presents colorful paintings that incorporate humor, pop-culture imagery, irreverence and occasionally politically incorrect subject matter. Open weekends and Wednesdays by appointment. Through November 29. Info, info@hallartfoundation.org. Hall Art Foundation in Reading. ‘PREHISTORIC MENAGERIE’: Six life-size prehistoric animals sculpted using natural materials by Bob Shannahan. Through September 7. Info, 649-2200. Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich.
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JEFF PERROTT & KRISTI KOHUT: Watercolor monotypes and oil-on-paper paintings with bold colors and exuberant energy. Through August 22. Info, 617-842-3332. Walker Contemporary in Waitsfield.
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CASTLETON ALUMNI ART EXHIBTION: Artworks by 16 graduates from 1982 through 2014. Through August 28. Info, 468-6052. Rutland City Hall.
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JULIA PURINTON: “Everyday Magic,” large-scale landscapes and nature paintings in oil, acrylic and mixed media exploring the mystery and commonality of the human-to-nature experience. Through August 30. Info, 583-5832. The Bundy Modern in Waitsfield.
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KARLA VAN VLIET: “Dream Risen,” paintings inspired by dreams and the unconscious. Reception: Saturday, September 5, 6-8 p.m. Through September 26. Info, 244-7801. Axel’s Gallery & Frameshop in Waterbury.
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creative cabinets come to auction on Friday, August 21, at 7 p.m. at Camp Ta-Kum-Ta in South Hero. There’s still a little time to see the works displayed on location — see the event’s Facebook page for more info. Raffle
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KATHLEEN MCGUFFIN AND KARLA VAN VLIET: “Making Sacred Connections,” oil painted parables and abstract works, respectively, during the Vermont Festival of the Arts. Through September 6. Info, 496-3065. Waitsfield United Church of Christ.
‘AMERICA’S MICHELANGELO: THE LIFE AND CLASSICAL WORKS OF CONSTANTINO BRUMIDI’: An exhibit of text and images in honor of the works of Constantino Brumidi, the artist who painted the “Apotheosis of Washington,” in the US Capitol Dome in Washington, D.C., in celebration of its ongoing restoration. Through October 12. $6. Info, 765-4288. Justin Morrill Homestead in Strafford.
WESTON ART GUILD: Watercolor and oil paintings by nine guild members. Through August 31. Info, 496-5470. Three Mountain Café in Waitsfield.
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‘LOCAL COLOR’: Paintings, textiles, pottery, glass and other media by 45-plus member artists exploring Vermont’s natural and built environment. SEAN DYE: Vermont landscapes in oil, acrylic and pastel. Through September 30. Info, 338-0136. Creative Space Gallery in Vergennes. BOB SCHATZ: “Spaces,” black-and-white photos of the homes of American writers, including Eudora Welty, William Faulkner, Margaret Mitchell and Ernest Hemingway. Through August 31. Info, 458-0098. Edgewater Gallery in Middlebury. BRETT SIMISON: “Vermont Morgan Horse,” photographs of horses, scenery and people. Through September 15. Info, 388-1639. The National Museum of the Morgan Horse in Middlebury. ‘THE FARM: DRAWINGS OF ROWLAND EVANS ROBINSON, 1850-1880’: Drawings from agricultural papers capturing 19th-century Vermont farm life and times by a member of the museum homestead’s family. Through October 25. Info, 877-3406. Rokeby Museum in Ferrisburgh.
‘ART ON THE FARM’: Sculpture and painting by six artists who live and work in Vermont: Chelsie Bush, Ian Campbell, Pamela Fraser, Amy Morel, Nicko Moussallem and Otto Pierce. Thursdays. Info, edythe.f.wright@gmail.com. Clark Farm in Barnard. ‘WARREN KIMBLE, ALL-AMERICAN ARTIST: AN ECLECTIC RETROSPECTIVE’: The internationally known Vermont artist exhibits a lifetime of work, including his “Sunshine” series, “Widows of War” paintings and sculpture, and more recent “House of Cards” and “Into the Box” series, which features open-faced boxes filled with found objects and architectural assemblages. Also on view is the Kimbles’ personal collection of folk art. Through October 18. Info, 388-2117. Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History in Middlebury.
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ALTHEA BILODEAU AND KATHY DOMENICUCCI: “Colors of Summer,” contemporary feltwear and oil paintings, respectively. Through September 1. Info, 247-4956. Brandon Artists Guild.
‘BIRDS ARE DINOSAURS’: An exhibit tracing the evolution of birds from their ancestors includes skeletons and life-size replicas by paleo-artist Todd Marshall. Hands-on activities include a replica dig site. Through October 31. $11.50-13.50. Info, 359-5000. VINS Nature Center in Hartford. CRISIS DE OCTUBRE; THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS’: The 9th annual Slavo-Vermontia-philic exhibition featuring art, artifacts, memories, music and photographs of the Cold War era from the United States, Russia and Cuba. Through November 1. Info, 356-2776. Main Street Museum in White River Junction.
TOM SCHULTEN: Vivid works by the renowned Dutch painter of consensusism. Through December 31. Info, 457-7199. Artemis Global Art in Woodstock. ‘UNBOUND VOL. V’: A juried group show that explores the book as concept, object and format by regional artists. Through August 22. Info, 457-3500. ArtisTree Gallery in South Pomfret. ‘WELCOME TO DNA LAND’: The third annual summer show of collages and prints by Ben Peberdy and W. David Powell. Through August 31. Info, 295-0808. Scavenger Gallery in White River Junction.
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“ART + COMPUTER / TIME”: Computer-generated artwork from the Anne and Michael Spalter Digital Art Collection from 1954 to the present. Through September 27. DEBRA BERMINGHAM: “Threaded Dances,” surreal landscapes in oil. Through October 25. JIM DINE: “People, Places, Things,” a retrospective in multiple media. Through October 25. RAY RUSECKAS: “Close to Home,” landscapes in pastels. Through October 25. RODRIGO NAVA: “Expanded Forms,” steel sculptures on the museum grounds. Through October 25. Info, 257-0124. Brattleboro Museum & Art Center.
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from municipalities, nonprofit arts and/or non-arts organizations, schools, libraries, downtown associations and more. Individual artists may not apply. Deadline: October 1. Vermont Arts Council, Montpelier. Info, 828-3291. Display your arTworK!: Looking for artists to grace our walls with beautiful pieces for a two-month exhibit. Please respond with a portfolio and dimensions
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f Dianne Taylor Moore: “This Side of the River,” vibrant pastel landscape paintings of Vermont and New Hampshire. Reception: Friday, August 21, 3-5 p.m. Through October 3. Info, 748-0158. Northeast Kingdom Artists Guild in St. Johnsbury. ‘Dinosaur Discoveries: ancienT Fossils, new iDeas’: Fossils and models reveal how current thoughts on dinosaur biology have changed since the 1990s. Organized by the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Through December 15. Info, 748-2372. Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium in St. Johnsbury. Donna Jean saFForD: A 25-year retrospective of 50 paintings. Through September 8. Info, 3341966. MAC Center for the Arts Gallery in Newport. ‘DusT’: Displays include samples of “this most ubiquitous substance” from around the world and the cosmos, as well as unique moments in the history of dust and a visual history of dust removal. Through November 30. Info, claredol@sover.net. The Museum of Everyday Life in Glover. JeFF way: “Heads Up,” paintings in acrylic and oil of faces in flux. Through September 14. Info, 525-3366. Parker Pie Co. in West Glover. saM ThursTon: Paintings and drawings depicting portraits of the artist’s friends and Newport street scenes. Through August 30. Info, 334-2626. Newport Natural Market & Café.
of your pieces to art@ dailyplanet15.com. The Daily Planet, Burlington. Deadline: August 29. Info, 862-9647. MonTpelier arTsFesT: Seeking regional artists to show work during Montpelier ArtsFest, October 3. Please submit website address or five low-res images to rhitzig@myfairpoint.net. Submission deadline: August 21. Downtown Montpelier. Info, 279-6178.
norTh BenninGTon ouTDoor sculpTure show: Outdoor sculptures sited in and around the village by 44 artists. Through October 25. Various locations around North Bennington.
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‘aires liBres’: This annual public art exhibition takes place all over downtown Montréal, with video and photographic installations, sculptures, and a special exhibit titled “Politics of Empathy.” Through September 7. Info, 514-861-7870. Downtown Montréal.
‘can you DiG iT?’: A community exhibit celebrating music-album cover art, in the Rotunda Gallery. Through October 11. ‘hoMer’s aMerica’: Selections from the museum’s permanent collection include five Civil War works as well as prints of children at play. On view in Hoopes Gallery. Through September 16. ‘The laTe DrawinGs oF anDy warhol: 1973-1987’: Fifty drawings, some of them on view for the first time, by the late pop artist; organized by the Andy Warhol Museum. Wood Gallery. Through September 12. Info, 518-7921761. The Hyde Museum in Glens Falls, N.Y.
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‘MeTaMorphoses: in roDin’s sTuDio’: Nearly 300 works by the French sculptor, including masterpieces shown for the first time in North America, in collaboration with the Musée Rodin in Paris. Through October 18. Info, 514-285-2000. Montréal Museum of Fine Arts. ‘repeaT’: A group show with works in multiple media by Deborah Morris, So-Il, Leslie Fry, Penelope Umbrico, Sarah Lutz, Tiffany Matula, Zachary Keeting and Andrew Forge. Through August 23. Info, 603-646-1397. Strauss Gallery, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, in Hanover, N.H.
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‘GrassrooTs arT: inwarD aDorinGs oF The MinD’: Folk, outsider and visionary artists’ works from the museum’s and Gregg Blasdel/Jennifer Koch collections include textiles, ceramics, weathervanes, drawings, paintings and sculpture. Through November 1. ‘people/place: aMerican social lanDscape phoToGraphy, 1950-1980’: Photographs exploring the human condition within the public sphere and the social landscape by Jonathan Brand, John Hubbard, Neil Rappaport, Garry Winogrand and Lee Friedlander. Through November 8. JenniFer Koch anD GreGG BlasDel: Seven collaborative prints from a series titled “Marriages of Reason” by the Burlington artists. Through October 16. Info, 447-1571. Bennington Museum.
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‘Dan shapiro: The laTe years’: Works on paper, 1970-1983. In conjunction with two other exhibitions featuring the artist’s paintings and prints. Through August 30. Info, 681-7161. The Left Bank in North Bennington.
‘a celeBraTion oF upper valley arTisTs’: Paintings, prints and drawings by Barbara Bragg, Patty Castellini, Sheri Hancock-Tomek, Michael Heffernan, Judy Lampe and Richard Wilson. Through September 20. Joaquin anDres: “the jump off...,” abstract travel collages of framed works, books, boxes and postcards made from magazines, recycled hemp paper and recycled flower-pressed papier-mâché. Through August 31. Info, 603-448-3117. AVA Gallery and Art Center in Lebanon, N.H.
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‘Dan shapiro: BenninGTon anD BeyonD’: Paintings from 1947-1969, on view in the Usdan Gallery. In conjunction with two other exhibitions featuring the artist’s printmaking and works on paper. Through August 30. Info, abby05201@gmail. com. Info, 442-5401. Bennington College.
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ann peMBer anD Mina anGelos: “Watercolor,” paintings from the upstate New York members of the American Watercolor Society. Through September 13. Info, 518-564-2474. Burke Gallery, Plattsburgh State Art Museum, N.Y.
‘waTer ways: Tension anD Flow’: Landscape and portraiture photography from the permanent collection that explores “water’s impact on human life and humanity’s impact on water.” canaleTTo’s veDuTe prinTs: An exhibition honoring collector and donor Adolph Weil Jr. features etchings from the early 1740s of Venetian scenes by Antonio Canaletto. Through December 6. Info, 603-646-2095. Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, in Hanover, N.H.
verMonT arTisTs Group show: Fine art and handcrafted goods by 110 Vermont artists exhibited in a former grist mill. Through October 17. Info, 533-2045. Miller’s Thumb Gallery in Greensboro.
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movies The End of the Tour ★★★★★
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n the three decades-plus I’ve been lucky enough to get paid to watch movies, I’ve watched a lot of them about artists, and most of them have blown. Movies about writers are the worst. Filmmakers haven’t figured out how to translate the creative process into images, or how to show what a great mind is thinking. Until now. With The End of the Tour, director James Ponsoldt (The Spectacular Now) has broken Hollywood’s long losing streak. As a result, the most remarkable novelist of our age is the subject of the most remarkable picture of the season — possibly the year. Ponsoldt gets around the challenge of making an artist’s inner world visible simply by letting David Foster Wallace speak for himself. Adapted from David Lipsky’s 2010 Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself, the movie re-creates the Rolling Stone writer’s encounter with Wallace on the last leg of his 1996 book tour for Infinite Jest. The film is essentially a five-day conversation. With the publication of the complex, encyclopedic Infinite Jest, a literary star had been born. Lipsky convinced his editor to let him profile Wallace; though the piece was never published, the interviews yielded a treasure trove of cassette tapes. When Wal-
lace committed suicide in 2008, the journalist realized he had a priceless cultural artifact packed away in his apartment. Happily for us, Ponsoldt realized that the record of Lipsky’s interviews contained the makings of profound and riveting cinema. The filmmaker’s second stroke of genius was in casting Jason Segel in the starring role. A more astonishing dramatic debut is impossible to imagine. Look past the signature wire-rims and bandanna and study his eyes, voice and body language. This is acting at its most quietly precise. Jesse Eisenberg plays Lipsky. Here he suggests the character he played in 2005’s The Squid and the Whale grown up, but still in search of a literary father figure. He flies out to Bloomington, Ill., to meet with Wallace, and winds up staying at the author’s house, accompanying him to a Minneapolis bookstore reading, eating a lot of junk food and having a life-changing chat. And that’s the movie. It’s virtually all talk. Normally that would be the kiss of death for a film, but here it’s David Foster Wallace doing the talking. It’s fascinating to listen in as the two men take the measure of one another and perform the tricky ritual of the celebrity interview. The script offers a mesmerizing study of the process and the subtle shifts in the
A TALE OF TWO DAVIDS Ponsoldt turns a five-day talk into riveting cinema with a little help from a revelatory performance by Segel.
dynamic between the two — journalist and subject, wannabe and genius, stable guy and terribly troubled human being. This dance is rendered with insight and nuance by screenwriter and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Donald Margulies. The two discuss B movies, the vice grip of television, malls, cheeseburgers. One high point is the explanation Wallace offers for his poster of Alanis Morissette (it involves a hilarious fantasy he harbors of eating a baloney sandwich with the singer). What hits hardest is a more serious moment near the end. Wallace knows his guest envies, even idolizes, him and so gives him a
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DRIVEN TO DISTRACTION Two children of the ’70s supervise their dad as much as vice versa in Forbes’ directorial debut.
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nfinitely Polar Bear is a modest but worthwhile film that brings us back to a semi-forgotten, not-so-innocent era — America in the 1970s, when kids were less supervised and parents let it all hang out. It was a time when a woman could leave her young daughters in the care of their bipolar dad, who was frequently off his meds and smoked like a chimney, and the neighbors’ sole source of tongue wagging was the prospect of a man doing domestic chores.
Unlike The Ice Storm and other films that have implicitly chastised the parents of that era for their imperfections, this autobiographical directorial debut from Maya Forbes puts everything in context. It’s not the portrait of a generation but of a single unique, surprisingly resilient family. As a depiction of mental illness, Infinitely Polar Bear doesn’t fall into the trap of making mania seem consistently zany and adorable. But it does acknowledge that, under the right
haunting parting gift: an unguarded account of the depression and alcohol abuse that led to the author’s time in rehab. Afterward, too stunned to turn on his tape recorder, Lipsky grabs the nearest piece of paper and scribbles frantically. Until that moment, it hasn’t been clear whether these two people could become something like friends. They might as well have been from different planets. In its own way, this movie that starts with a suicide has the most unlikely of happy endings. RI C K KI S O N AK
REVIEWS circumstances, the larger-than-life behavior of someone like Cameron Stuart (Mark Ruffalo) can be charming and comic. It’s just that he more often lands in the wrong circumstances. Cam is the descendant of a Boston Brahman family living in bohemian semi-squalor; his supercilious grandmother (Muriel Gould) holds the family fortune in her death grip. Maggie (Zoe Saldana) didn’t see anything wrong with Cam when they married — after all, she points out, it was the ’60s, when “everybody was having a breakdown.” Another breakdown and a hospitalization later, Maggie faces facts: Cam will never be the family breadwinner. But to obtain a better life for her daughters, she needs an MBA, which means attending school in New York and leaving Cam with the kids in Boston. Saldana does graceful work as a loving mom making hard choices. But the heart of the film is the rambunctious family unit formed by Cam, 10-year-old Amelia (Imogene Wolodarsky, Forbes’ daughter) and her younger sister, Faith (Ashley Aufderheide). Educated at the best schools and vain of his heritage, Cam often acts like a bright, bratty kid doing a James Stewart impersonation; unable to respect him as an authority figure, his daughters instead attempt to out-brat him. At times, his needy, volatile behavior
terrifies them. But they never forget his good heart or his good cooking — and neither does the film. Forbes has loosely structured her memoiristic account of this unusual year, using Super 8 montages to convey the passage of time and the flavor of the era. She doesn’t follow Amelia closely enough to craft a coming-of-age narrative; to the extent that anyone grows up here, it’s Cam, who learns to be less scared of his family responsibilities. This role is right in Ruffalo’s wheelhouse; his intensity often has a manic edge. Less expected — but welcome — is the naturalness of the two young actors, who play the kids as loud, bossy, boisterous and believable. (“Totally polar bear” is Faith’s rendering of her father’s diagnosis.) The authenticity of the proceedings might remind viewers of Boyhood. While that film offered progression and a broader perspective on family history, this one encapsulates one phase of such a history and then ends. Viewers in search of catharsis or resolution won’t find them here. But Infinitely Polar Bear is a vivid snapshot of one family surviving in a state of chaotic, affectionate imperfection — and of a time when kids “raising themselves” was seen not as neglect but as normal. MARGO T HARRI S O N
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new in theaters AmeRicAN UltRA: Adventureland awkward couple Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart reunite in this action-comedy about a stoner-slashsleeper-government-agent whose killer skills are reactivated when the cIa tries to terminate him. nima nourizadeh directed. (95 min, R. capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace) tHe eND oF tHe toURHHHH1/2 Jason Segel trades comedy for drama in his role as novelist david foster wallace, as interviewed by Rolling Stone reporter david lipsky (Jesse Eisenberg) over the course of five days in 1996. James Ponsoldt (The Spectacular Now) directed. (106 min, R. Reviewed by R.K. 8/19. Roxy, Savoy) HitmAN: AgeNt 47: a genetically engineered killing machine (Rupert friend) must take down a sinister corporation with plans to create an army of assassins just like him — only deadlier. aleksander bach directed this thriller based on the video game series. (96 min, R. bijou, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Paramount, welden) pHoeNiX: In postwar berlin, a wounded holocaust survivor (nina hoss) gets facial-reconstruction surgery. It proves to be the perfect disguise to find out if her husband betrayed her to the nazis in this suspenseful film written and directed by christian Petzold. (98 min, Pg-13. Roxy) siNisteR 2: In this winner of unoriginal Plotline of the week, a mom (Shannyn Sossamon) and her sons move into a rural home that’s clearly haunted — this time by the evil spirit of bughuul. with James Ransone from the original 2012 film. (97 min, R. Essex, Palace)
now playing AmYHHHHH asif Kapadia’s acclaimed documentary uses both personal and public footage to chronicle the tragically short life of singer amy winehouse. (128 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 7/29) ANt-mANHH The latest Marvel movie brings us Paul Rudd as a con man recruited to save the world in the guise of … an ant-size superhero. a script coauthored by Edgar wright promises some tongue in cheek. with Michael douglas and Evangeline lilly. Peyton Reed (The Break-Up) directed. (117 min, Pg-13; reviewed by R.K. 7/22)
tHe giFtHHHH1/2 actor Joel Edgerton wrote, directed and stars in this thriller about a happy married couple (Jason bateman and Rebecca hall) whose lives are disrupted when the husband’s old friend shows up bearing gifts and secrets. (108 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 8/12)
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love AND meRcYHHHHH Paul dano and John cusack portray brian wilson at two different stages of life in director bill Pohlad’s biographical drama, which explores the beach boy’s mental breakdown and his search for a perfect studio sound. with Elizabeth banks and Paul giamatti. (119 min, Pg-13; reviewed by R.K. 6/17) tHe mAN FRom U.N.c.l.e.HH1/2 The ’60s spy-fi tV show gets its inevitable adaptation as a big-screen comedy adventure, with director guy Ritchie (Snatch) at the helm. armie hammer and henry cavill play the Kgb and cIa agents, respectively, who team up for a midcentury mission. with alicia Vikander and Elizabeth debicki rockin’ the period garb. (116 min, Pg-13) miNioNsHH young viewers of Despicable Me and its sequel liked the supervillain hero but loved his gibberish-spouting minions. So hollywood gave the kids what they craved — an animated tale entirely devoted to minion backstory. Sandra bullock, Jon hamm and Michael Keaton provide the human voices. Kyle balda and Pierre coffin directed. (91 min, Pg; reviewed by M.h. 7/15)
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iRRAtioNAl mANHH1/2 woody allen’s latest drama stars Joaquin Phoenix as a philosophy professor seeking inspiration in unsettling places, and Emma Stone as the student who follows him there. with Parker Posey. (96 min, R)
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FANtAstic FoURH1/2 Josh trank (Chronicle) directed this reboot of the forgettable film series based on the Marvel comics featuring a foursome of young people with extraordinary powers, now played by Miles teller, Kate Mara, Michael b. Jordan and Jamie bell. (100 min, Pg-13)
iNsiDe oUtHHHH1/2 The latest Pixar family animation takes us inside a young girl’s mind to witness her warring emotions — personified as independent beings, voiced by amy Poehler, bill hader, Mindy Kaling and others — as she confronts changes in her life. Pete docter (Up) and Ronaldo del carmen directed. (94 min, Pg; reviewed by M.h. 6/24)
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tHe stANFoRD pRisoN eXpeRimeNtHHH1/2 This drama from director Kyle Patrick Alvarez re-creates the infamous psych study in which college students were asked to role-play convicts and guards — with ugly consequences. Ezra Miller, Michael Angarano and Billy Crudup star. (122 min, R) stRAiGHt oUttA comptoNHHH1/2 This biopic chronicles the origins of hip-hop group NWA and their rise in the late 1980s from the streets of Compton to global fame. O’Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins and Jason Mitchell star. F. Gary Gray (Friday) directed. (147 min, R) teD 2H1/2 In the sequel to writer-director Seth MacFarlane’s comedy hit about a grown-up boy (Mark Wahlberg) and his foul-mouthed giant teddy bear companion (voiced by MacFarlane), the bear must prove his personhood before he can become a dad, and we’re just confused now. With Amanda Seyfried and Jessica Barth. (115 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 7/1)
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(julY 23-Aug. 22) english author barbara Cartland published her first novel at age 21. by the time she died 77 years later, she had written more than 700 other books. some sources say she sold 750 million copies, while others put the estimate at two billion. In 1983 alone, she churned out 23 novels. I foresee a barbara Cartland-type period for you in the coming months, Leo. between now and your birthday in 2016, I expect you to be as fruitful in your own field as you have ever been. And here’s the weird thing: one of the secrets of your productivity will be an enhanced ability to chill out. “relaxed intensity” will be your calming battle cry.
aries (March 21-April 19): you’d probably prefer to stay in the romantic, carefree state of mind. but from what I can tell, you’re ripe for a new phase of your long-term cycle. your freestyle rambles and jaunty adventures should now make way for careful introspection and thoughtful adjustments. Instead of restless stargazing, I suggest patient earth-gazing. Despite how it may initially appear, it’s not a comedown. In fact, I see it as an unusual reward that will satisfy you in unexpected ways. taurus
(May 21-June 20): The ancient Greek epic poem the Iliad is one of the foundational works of Western literature. Written in the eighth century bCe, it tells the story of the 10-year-long trojan War. The cause of the conflict was the kidnap of Helen of troy, reputed to be the world’s most beautiful woman. And yet nowhere in the Iliad is there a description of Helen’s beauty. We hear no details about why she deserves to be at the center of the legendary saga. Don’t be like the Iliad in the coming weeks, Gemini. Know everything you can about the goal at the center of your life. be very clear and specific and precise about what you’re fighting for and working toward.
liBra (sept. 23-oct. 22): “The greatest and most important problems of life are all in a certain sense insoluble,” said psychologist Carl Jung. “They can never be solved, but only outgrown.” I subscribe to that model of dealing with dilemmas, and I hope you will consider it, too — especially in light of the fact that from now until July 2016 you will have more power than ever before to outgrow two of your biggest problems. I don’t guarantee that you will transcend them completely, but I’m confident you can render them at least 60 percent less pressing, less imposing and less restricting. And 80 percent is quite possible.
caNcer (June 21-July 22): The comedian
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(Aug. 23-sept. 22): ‘’on or about December 1910, human character changed,’’ wrote english author Virginia Woolf in 1924. What prompted her to draw that conclusion? The rapidly increasing availability of electricity, cars and indoor plumbing? The rise of the women’s suffrage movement? Labor unrest and the death of the king? The growing prominence of experimental art by Cezanne, Gauguin, Matisse and Picasso? The answer might be all of the above, plus the beginning of a breakdown in the british class system. Inspired by the current astrological
(oct. 23-nov. 21): Hundreds of years ago, Hawaiians celebrated an annual holiday called Makahiki. It began in early november and lasted four months. no one worked very much for the duration. There were nonstop feasts and games and religious ceremonies. Community-building was a featured theme, and one taboo was strictly enforced: no war or bloodshed. I encourage you scorpios to enjoy a similar break from your daily fuss. now is an especially propitious time to ban conflict, contempt, revenge and sabotage as you cultivate solidarity in the groups that are important for your future. you may not be able to make your own personal Makahiki last for four months, but could you at least manage three weeks?
sagittarius (nov. 22-Dec. 21): Located in Ann Arbor, Mich., the Museum of failed Products is a warehouse full of consumer goods that companies created but no one wanted to buy. It includes caffeinated beer, yogurt shampoo, fortune cookies for dogs and breath mints that resemble vials of crack cocaine. The most frequent visitors to the museum are executives seeking to educate themselves about what errors to avoid in their
own companies’ future product development. I encourage you to be inspired by this place, sagittarius. take an inventory of the wrong turns you’ve made in the past. use what you learn to create a revised master plan.
caPricorN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.” Virtually all of us have been guilty of embodying that wellworn adage. And according to my analysis of the astrological omens, quite a few of you Capricorns are currently embroiled in this behavior pattern. but I am happy to report that the coming weeks will be a favorable time to quit your insanity cold turkey. In fact, the actions you take to escape this bad habit could empower you to be done with it forever. Are you ready to make a heroic effort? Here’s a good way to begin: undo your perverse attraction to the stressful provocation that has such a seductive hold on your imagination. aQuarius (Jan. 20-feb. 18): “everything
I’ve ever let go of has claw marks on it,” confessed the late, great author David foster Wallace. Does that describe your experience, too? If so, events in the coming months will help you break the pattern. More than at any other time in the last 10 years, you will have the power to liberate yourself through surrender. you will understand how to release yourself from overwrought attachment through love and grace rather than through stress and force.
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(feb. 19-March 20): “Most people love in order to lose themselves,” wrote Hermann Hesse in his novel Demian. but there are a few, he implied, who actually find themselves through love. In the coming months, Pisces, you are more likely to be one of those rare ones. In fact, I don’t think it will even be possible for you to use love as a crutch. you won’t allow it to sap your power or make you forget who you are. That’s good news, right? Here’s the caveat: you must be ready and willing to discover much more about the true nature of your deepest desires — some of which may be hidden from you right now.
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omens, I’ll borrow her brash spirit and make a new prediction: During the last 19 weeks of 2015, the destiny of the Virgo tribe will undergo a fundamental shift. ten years from now, I bet you will look back at this time and say, “That was when everything got realigned, redeemed and renewed.”
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I’ve slept with a bunch of women recently. I was pretty heartbroken after a breakup and went a little crazy having lots of sex with lots of different girls. Now some girl I had sex with called me up and said she has genital herpes. She thinks I’m the one who gave it to her. I went to the doctor, and it seems I do have herpes also — but I had no idea. She was pretty pissed about it. Thing is, I had sex with her a while ago and then with a bunch of other women after. What should I do? Also, I just got back together with the girl I really like and had broken up with, and we have slept together a lot since then. Now I probably gave her herpes, and she is going to find out that I had sex with all these women. I don’t want to lose her. I don’t know what to do.
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in every six Americans between the ages of 14 and 49 has genital herpes. It’s pretty common, and one of the tough things about it is that most people don’t know they have it until they experience sores. It sounds like your sex buddy felt the symptoms before you did. There is no cure for genital herpes, but I imagine your doc explained how to manage it with medication. I highly suggest you get on board with a treatment plan pronto. It sucks, but you’re stuck with it. Next step: Apologize to the girl who alerted you to the problem and move on. You didn’t intentionally give her herpes, right? You can’t make her feel better, but you can warn the other women with whom you had unprotected sex. It’s time to make some uncomfortable phone calls. Yes, it’ll be awkward. But you have to fess up and encourage these ladies to get tested. Contact long-ago sex partners, too; this particular STD may have been dormant in you for longer than you think. It’s important to give these women a chance to ask questions and react honestly. Offer them resources, and don’t get defensive; remember how you felt when you found out. The sooner you tell them, the sooner they can seek any necessary treatment. The harder conversation will be with your girlfriend. Do it in person, right away. You absolutely cannot be intimate with her again until she knows. And if you have already had sex with her while knowing about your situation, shame on you. Tell her what happened. Be completely honest. She’ll likely be bummed to learn about the other women, but you were broken up — that’s part of the deal. Show your support by offering to go with her to get tested. If she gets upset or angry, give her space. It’s a lot to take in. Hopefully, she’ll be understanding, and you can move past this together. If you take the proper precautions and get treatment, there’s no reason why you two can’t maintain a healthy sexual relationship. Fingers crossed.
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