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FILM TIZZY Apparently Mr. Meisenzahl, who has so much respect for the “cine ma” that it hurts, didn’t re-read his letter to you (Weekly Mail, February 12) about your “best” list of films, or he was in such a “tizzy” that nothing else mattered (I, per sonally, have always wanted to see “tizzy” in print). In one breath, he realizes that “one is completely enti tled to his or her own critique of any work of art,” then he insists that there are “certain elements that must exist.” Contradiction! Come on, ’Zally... lighten up. Go rent some cinema at Waterfront Video and chill (you might want to lay off the Speeder & Earl’s coffee for awhile, too, or go with the decaf). Everyone is entitled to an opinion, without criteria, that’s the point, that’s the deal, that’s why film is still an art form. Barney Rubble, what an actor! — Allan Nicholls Colchester
TV PACIFIES TV booster Rick Kisonak laments the fact that there are so few new Barney episodes for his young daughter to enjoy (“Tube Fed,” February 19). The answer might be that “they know some thing we don’t.” Joseph Pearce, the child develop ment and brain researcher who wrote Magical Child, described an eye-opening study that might help Rick feel better about Barney reruns. He wrote, “Recently groups of five- and six-yearolds were shown a number of regular television shows designed for their age group. For this experiment, the soundtracks were switched so that the sound did not match the imagery on any of the programs. The chil dren did not recognize the discrepancy. The reason is that the brain habituates to the single source of stim uli, regardless of its apparent variety. So the nature of the stimuli, the program, is beside the point, and so much for the wonderful information and learning programs often proposed for those six thousand hours.” (Pearce is referring here to the 6000 hours of TV the typical American child has viewed by his or her fifth birthday.) Pearce’s 1992 book, Evolutions End, explains why when you read a story to children, their brains are alive with activity that enlarges the number of neural fields involved, and how when a child watches TV, the brain is pacified, put to sleep, and so passively occupied that no other stimuli are sought. First-run or 15th re-run, it’s all the same to a child’s brain. Pearce’s estimate of the effects of this pattern is chill
ing, but worth reading. Perhaps the PBS accountants have gleaned this information and stand on solid science to deny Barney funding for new shows. — George Thabault Colchester PATCH PROPONENT I found Kevin Kelley’s recent article on the Ward 3 City Council race (“Mr. Populist,” February 5) to have been particularly revealing. It would seem that Tom Smith is a proponent of the “Old Progressive” notion that unrestrained rhetoric is a substitute for substantive policies. If he truly believes that “...global capitalism is marching this world down a self-destructive path,” then he should be running for UN SecretaryGeneral, not the Burlington City Council. For far too long have the people of the City had to listen to rantings from the City Council on matters that are of no concern to that body while the issues that affect the daily lives of the citizens, and are the true con cern of the City Council, are ignored. Consequently I am supporting John Patch as the candidate who is mindful of the real interests of the people of Ward 3. The cost and condition of rental housing, the burden of the property tax, the lacklus ter performance of the school department, the waste of precious taxpayer resources by the administration; these are the issues that concern the people and are the issues which John Patch is fully able and willing to address. His will be a voice for moderation and practical cooperation in stark contrast to the shrill and empty rhetoric of confrontation we can expect from his opponent. — Frank Driscoll Burlington ART CRITICISM Ideas, Ezra Pound wrote, are like checks. How good they are depends on how much you have in your account. To judge from recent Seven Days art reviews, one would assume that its reviewers have taken out money market accounts in Jean-Michel Basquiat. One had not thought his influence so per vasive, his art so much a cultural benchmark. Would it be Basquiat, however, if Julian Schnabel’s film about the artist had not shown in Burlington this year? The answer to that tells us, we fear, more than we want to know. (A note to Kevin Kelley: Basquiat did not die of AIDS, as you wrote in a recent review.) — Bob Buckeye Middlebury Letters Policy: SEVEN DAYS wants your rants and raves, in 250 words or less. Letters should respond to content in Seven Days. Include your lull name and a daytime phone number and send to: SEVEN DAYS, RO. Box 1164, Burlington, VT 05402-1164. fax: 865-1015 e-mail: sevenday@together.net Photographers, want to show off your stuff? Contribute a portfolio shot to "Exposure." Send it to the address above or call for more info.
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Billy Greer drug-smuggling trial opens at feder- 1 al court in Burlington (admission is free of charge). Billy the Kid, along with Stephen Hutchins and five co-defendants — one of Howard Dean? Yeah, I know, but I still just like him like so many other Vermonters. Boyish, whom is on the lam — are facing long jail terms if convicted. In a recent development one I f; energetic, down to earth. Those are some of the of the co-defendants, Gregory Stevens, a former j qualities that endear him to us. He’s also smart Chickenbone bartender, tried to ditch his attor- J . as a tack and has a sense of humor. At least the ney, Mark Keller, a former state’s attorney. In a | public Howard Dean does. But there’s another I letter to Judge Bill Sessions, Stevens claimed j Howard Dean — the evil twin. Last weekend you may have caught Ho-Ho’s Keller’s done a pretty lame job of representing him. “[Keller] told me at the beginning,” wrote I appearance on “The Editors’’ on Vermont ETV Stevens, ‘You want something done? I work | and the New York PBS station. It’s a harder for people that pay.’” 1 Canadian/American public affairs roundtable The matter was hashed out in a recent hear taped in Montreal. Last week’s subject: privacy ing before Sessions, at which, sources say, the and public officials. Oh, boy! government lawyers had nothing but praise for Ho-Ho did his usual magnificent job. He Keller’s skills. Sessions denied Stevens’ request | was forthright and direct and certainly was the for a new lawyer. 1 star of the show. And you liberals, listen up. Media Notes — Sometimes you just can’t Dean was a rock-solid advocate for the public’s win. Try to say something positive about The right to know. “The public,’’ said Dean, “has a Burlington Free Press and there’ll be someone 5 legitimate right to know about most of the who’ll take it wrong. | things I do. Item: You’ll recall a few weeks back Inside Bravo! For the first time yours truly suspectTrack’ s mention of a familiar newspaper byline ; ed Howard Dean might have an ACLU mem that appeared in the previous Sunday paper’s bership card in his wallet, after all. In Vermont, there’s a lot of openness in gov- weekly list of bankruptcy filings: “Finally, kudos to the Freeps for having the | ernment. Take the legislature. Committee journalistic integrity not to delete the name of | schedules are posted on every committee room the paper’s business writer, Stacey Chase, from door, letting the public know who’s testifying the list in Sunday’s paper of and when. Interested? Walk Vermonters who have filed for right in. Sit right down. bankruptcy. Here, here!” But what does the governor Nothing too complicated do all day? Press Secretary there, right? Stephanie Carter puts out a Wrong. weekly “public appearance Last Friday yours truly and s schedule. Take this week’s the publishers of this paper | meaty schedule. It lists six received a threatening letter IJ| “events” for the entire week. from Robert Mello, a lawyer Two of them are Ho-Ho’s representing the Freeps' bank appearance on “The Editors.’’ rupt business reporter. 'i Three of them are appearances Mello informed us that on the ski slopes of Stowe, some of Ms. Chase’s “colleagues | Sugarbush and Mount Snow to <ski in races promoting the and sources” have indicated that “Refuse to Abuse’ initiative of they interpreted yours truly’s 5 the Office of Alcohol & Drug comments to mean that Ms. Abuse. And the sixth is the govChase had in fact asked the Free I ernor’s weekly press conference. ■ ■ ■ Press to delete her name from (Last week’s was canceled at the I ■ the bankruptcy list. Mello f last minute.) Cool. But Howard I claims it may have adverse con§ Dean’>s got to be doing more I ^M sequences for her employment than that, and since he said at the Freeps, and if it turns out | emphatically on “The Editors” that “your article has seriously i the public has a right to know tarnished Ms. Chase’s reputa about most of what he does in tion or results in serious eco his official capacity as governor, nomic consequences for her,” Inside Track contacted Ms. writes Mello, “Ms. Chase | Carter. intends to hold you strictly Yours truly politely requested a copy of the accountable for all damages she sustains.” governor’s meeting schedule from last week. We Yikes! Yours truly has no desire to support <appreciate that what’s discussed is private, but Stacey Chase for the rest of her life. Honest. It who does Howard Dean meet with? Who has was 7he Burlington Free Press that informed | our governor’s ear? Fair question. Vermonters its business reporter had filed for I Yes, of course there is such a schedule. Hobankruptcy. (Maybe she could sue them}) Ho actually does a lot more than just ski. And Okay, we get the drift. So let’s be perfectly i yours truly reminded Ms. Carter of what her clear. Fact is, Inside Track did not report Ms. boss said on television last weekend. But guess Bankrupt asked to have her name deleted. Pretty | what? There’s a big difference between what the black and white, chum. Those “colleagues” and governor says and what the governor does. sources” of Ms. Chase clearly misinterpreted “You can ask for a copy,’’ replied Lady Inside Track and drew an implication that has no basis in fact or reporting. Period. J Stephanie the Snip, “but you can’t get it.” Such a sweetie. Are we clear here now? And please take | Ms. Carter said it’s a matter of “executive priv note, folks, that the above paragraph in no way implies birds don’t fly, Lake Champlain is full ilege” that gives the governor the right to keep ®secret the identity of whom he meets with on of Russian vodka or Camels Hump began long ago as a Chia Pet. a government time. None of the public’s business. : It’s all a matter of “executive privilege.” Swell. But the number-one media question of the We all know who slept in the White House’s week is whether Freeps’ columnist Sam II Lincoln bedroom and when, and we know who Hemingway’s bold prediction of Gen. Don meets with Bill Clinton, but here in Vermont Edwards’ assured re-election, as well as the 2 our chief executive doesn’t want us to know paper’s endorsement of Uncle Donny one day | what he really does each day, despite what he before the vote, were the smart bombs that put said on “The Editors.” Hey, that’s image-build M artha Rainville over the top? 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M arch 1 0 -1 7 , 1997 A M O N G T H E W E E K ’S E V E N T S Tuesday, M arch 11 N o te d Genealogist Suzanne M cV etty will give a presentation on “Tracing Your Irish R o o ts.” C ontois A u d ito riu m , B urlington C ity Hall. 7:30 pm . W ednesday, M arch 12 A w ard-w inning Irish poet R o b e rt W elch will read his poetry in Irish and English. M cA uley Hall, R o o m 201, T rinity College. 7:30 pm . T hursday, M arch 13 Films and com m entary on Irish H u rlin g and Gaelic Football, w ith Tom Barden, late o f C o u n ty D ow n, N o rth e rn Ireland* H auke Building, R o o m 107, C ham plain C $ ||||;e . 7:30 pm . ; . Friday, M arch 14 ; / T h e docum entary film, “D aughters o f the Troubles —Belfast Stories” w ill b # show n at H auke B uilding, R o o m 107, C ham plain College. 7:30 pm . A ll p re s e n ta tio n s a re fre e a n d o p e n to th e p u b lic (d o n a tio n s a c c e p te d ). Fo r in fo rm a tio n c o n ta c t N eil C a lla h a n a t 6 6 0 -1 0 4 4 .
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Days, which I placed strategical ly in the living room. I didn’t expect a tickertape parade or anything, just a little recogni tion that I had created a news paper since I saw them last. But what little discussion came up was financial: Did I think any one would want to buy the paper, and if so, for how much?
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Bv Pamela Polston oan Smith never set out to be the “first woman” any thing. It just never occurred to her that she couldn’t do it all. “All” meaning: getting her undergraduate, masters and doctorate degrees in sociology. Protesting the Vietnam War in her hometown of Chicago alongside Angela Davis. Becoming one of the first female professors at conserva tive Dartmouth College at a time when women PhDs were still called “Mrs.” Writing books with titles like Creating and Transforming Households: The Constraints o f the World Economy. Founding Women’s Studies at the University of Vermont. And, in the last two years, fighting uterine cancer while barely missing a day of work. Phis along with raising five children — part of the time as a single parent. Joan Smith is the kind of person who considers her fami ly — which she calls “a daily miracle” — her greatest accom plishment. Indeed, it was they who got the credit when she accepted a Susan B. Anthony Award from the YWCA last year. This week, during an interview in her tidy office in the Waterman building, Smith reiterates that she’s most proud of “my kids and my two-pointfive grandchildren. Nothing else actually feels like an accom plishment to me.” Vermont historians will beg to differ. Smith’s latest addition to the C.V. is Dean — the first woman dean — of the College of Arts and Sciences at UVM. With 21 departments and pro grams from philosophy to physics, Smith is in charge of a faculty and student body twice the size of Middlebury College. And with an annual budget of over $30 million that the administration would like to trim, she’s got the unenviable task of telling department chairs, “You’re doing a great job and I’m going to cut your budget.^ » Smith has learned how to be a boss, but readily admits it hasn’t been easy. “I’m the least hierarchical person on earth,” she asserts. “As much as I want to do consensus... I have to lis ten with respect — and then act.. » This dynamo dean and the recently hired first woman presi dent — Judith Ramaley, whom Smith calls “fantastic” — up the ante for female role models at UVM these days. And, she notes, half the biology depart ment, including the chair, are women.
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Smith shrugs off her anything-is-possible attitude not only to her supportive family but to the accident of her birth. “I was born in fortunate times,” she says, explaining that she matured in even better times. “I am a product of those times.” But if the war and the women’s movement defined the tenor of that era, it was Smith’s choice to become part of it. In fact, she was older than the col lege students she joined after the birth of her second baby. “A lot of women her age had a hard time with the women’s
“I was part of that... almost euphoria. I just felt that women could do better; I had this sense of p o ssibilityEven at the height of the Vietnam War, Smith adds, “you felt like if you just went on enough march es...” Though the 1990s are strik ingly different times in every way, at age 60 Smith’s world view is clear-eyed but far from jaded. “I still have a sense of the possible,” she says. “I experi ence it every day. “I’m sitting here the dean of the largest college of the state
roots that shaped Smith’s pro fessional interest in labor issues and economics — her hard working parents never made it past eighth grade; her grandpar ents were impoverished Irish immigrants. “My dad was a night watchman and delivered phone books — he always had two jobs, and he was a strong union man.” And her mother was a housewife? Smith smiles rueful ly. “I once wrote an article that started, ‘My mother never worked...’ then I started listing all the jobs she did when she
“Vm sitting here the dean o f the largest college o f the state — people can change their lives. B ut I think ids really im portant to recognize you cant do it on your own. ” — Joan Sm ith
movement,” says Elaine Harrington, a colleague and fel low feminist in the public rela tions department at UVM. “But her being female has never been an issue. She married young, had a bunch of kids, and divorced. I’ve seen a picture of her sitting on the beach with her kids, studying.” “My memory of college is being pregnant and hoping I got through my final exams before the baby was born,” Smith recalls with a wry smile.
— people can change their lives,” she continues. “But I think it’s really important to recognize you can’t do it on your own.” Smith applauds the federal assistance to students in the ’60s that enabled her to attend college and provide daycare for her children at the same time. “That’s all disappeared now,” she notes disapprovingly. “I couldn’t do now what I did then.” It was her own humble
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‘never worked,”’ she replies. “My mother always did some thing for money — typing, raising and killing chickens, seasonal jobs — besides just housework. Women are forever doing things.” The theme of “unwaged” labor continues in a book Smith is planning to publish. “It’s about how [poor] women — and men — are always doing something for money,” she explains. Despite her moth er’s ceaseless efforts to make
ends meet, her father could still take (false) pride in the fact that his wife “never worked.” oan Smith married and divorced again. In 1976 she married for the third time, to Peter Welch, an attorney and former state legislator from Hartland. “I was 12 years his senior and had five kids; he was 28 and just out of law school,” she states matter-of-factly. “But ours was a very old-fashioned courtship, really. I had a wild crush on h im ...” When Welch ran for two statewide political offices — U.S. Congress and governor — Smith was active in the cam paign, and delighted to be there. Would she be by his side if he ever runs again? “Absolutely I would be involved,” she declares vehe mently. “I love politics and politicians.... That would be fun\ I’m Irish and come from Chicago — what can I tell you?” Some political commenta tors say that Smith would have made a good candidate herself, but she prefers working behind the scenes, noting that her hus band “in some ways gets more done in private practice” to affect policy. Her own stature as an economist has influenced lawmakers, too. In 1993, the Vermont legislature was mulling over a welfare reform bill that both Smith and her friend, for mer State Senator Sally Conrad, labeled “draconian.” Essentially, the bill proposed terminating welfare benefits after two and a half years. “It was insensitive to poor women in Vermont,” Smith says. “Most women are on wel fare for a very brief period of time; [they] use welfare as a way of getting out of a bad patch. You talk to a woman on welfare and you realize that if her babysitter quits, or her car dies, she has to quit her job. “The ‘welfare queen’ idea makes me absolutely crazyT Smith storms. “This misappre hension of women’s lives.” Conrad explains that she and Smith traveled the state speak ing out and debating social wel fare officials. “Because of all the public dialogue, the legislature was interested in having her come and speak,” she recounts. “This really had an enormous effect on the bill. W ith her articulateness and forcefulness — she’s tough to beat.” In the end, the bill was kinder and gentler to women when they’re forced off welfare and into the workplace. Though still a Democrat,
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CLYDE STATS TRIO (jazz), Windjammer, 5 p.m. NC. PERRY NUNN (acoustic), Ruben James, 5 p.m. NC. DAVE KELLER BLUES BAND, Monk’s Jazz Bar, 6:30 p.m. NC. BOOTLESS & UNHORSED (Irish), Last Chance, 7:30 p.m. NC. ACOUSTIC RESIN (chant down babylon), Java Love, 9 p.m. NC. RYAN OBER & AARON FLINN (eclectic), Blue Couch Cafe, 9 p.m. $2-5. AERIUS (DJ Craig Mitchell), 135 Pearl, 9 p.m. $5. SAM BLACK CHURCH, DROWNINGMAN, THE BUSINESS (hardcore), Club Toast, 9:30 p.m. $8. MOTEL BROWN (rock-reggae), Club Metronome, 9:30 p.m. $4. THE MIX (rock), Nectar’s, 9:30 p.m. NC. BE THAT WAY (rock), Manhattan Pizza, 9:30 p.m. NG: RED BEANS & RICE (blues), Vermont Pub &: Brewery, 10 p.m. NC. HANNIBAL & AGOSTI (rock). Alley Cats, 9:30 p.m. NG COMEDY ZONE (stand-up), Radisson Hotel, 8 &: 10 p.m. $7. CHAIN REACTION (rock), Patches Pub, Holiday Inn, 9 p.m. NC. WALT ELMORE & ALL THAT JAZZ, Tuckaway’s, Sheraton, 9 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE (acoustic), Williston Coffee House, 8 p.m. $3. LIVE MUSIC James Moore Tavern, Bolton Valley, 9 p.m. NC. JIMMY T & THE KANADIAN ROCKERS (rock), Thirsty Turtle, Waterbury, 9 p.m. $2. SPIN CYCLE (rock), Charlie-o’s, Montpelier, 10 p.m. NC. MARK LEGRAND & SARAH MUNRO (folk), Main Street Bar & Grill Downstairs, Montpelier, 8 p.m. NC. (SIC) (modern rock), Mad Mountain Tavern, Waitsfield, 9:30 p.m. $3. BAD NEIGHBORS, Gallagher’s, Waitsfield, 8:30 p.m. $2. BOB O'SHEA (singer-songwriter), Cuppa’s Coffee House, Stowe, 8 p.m. $2. DOWNPOUR (rock), Rusty Nail, Stowe, 9 p.m. $5. FRANK KEHOE (acoustic singer-songwriter), Three Mountain Lodge, Jeffersonville, 6 p.m. NC. SQUAGMYRE (original rock), Cafe Banditos, Smugglers Notch, Jeffersonville, 9:30 p.m. $3. DIAMOND JIM JAZZ BAND, Diamond Jim’s Grille, St. Albans, 8 p.m. NC.
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THE PH FACTOR Congratulations to our phine phriends Phish, who, we learned last week, got a Ben & Jerry’s phlavor named after them — the Vermont equivalent to being knighted. But Phish Foock Surely the clever clan at B&J’s could have done better than that. Say, Phishy Phudge. Phrozen Phish. Cold Phishin’. Or, heck, Phantasmagorical Phudge, Phantasy Phudge Island, Hi-Phat Heaven — why be tiedyed down to the actual band name? Since their rise to the status of household name, Phish has changed our perception of the letters “ph,” even in words where they belong, like philosophy or Mt. Philo. No offense to the phab phour, but, phrankly, I’m phed up. Phew. STRICTLY BALKAN Guess what musical group from Vermont landed a gig on “Prairie Home
Companion.” Breakway? The Vermont Jazz Ensemble? Belizbeha? The Fags? Uh-uh. But if you guessed The Newark Balkan Chorus, you’re absolutely right! The nine-piece girl group sings a cappella Balkan traditional music, led by Newark, Vermont, schoolteacher Evanne Weirich, long a fan of the genre. Last month she heard about a contest on Garrison Keillor’s public radio program, called “Talent From Towns Less Than 2000.” Newark easily qualifies with a population of 354. So when a mother of one of her young charges (the singers are 11 to 17) suggested entering, Weirich didn’t waste any time. She found out this week that they made the grade. On March 15, NBC will be one of six finalists to perform at Ball State University auditorium in Muncie, Indiana, where the show is being taped. The 3500 audience members vote for their favorite act. In addition to the sheer thrill of perform ing for listeners nationwide, whoever wins can
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By: Pa me l a Pol&ton JO E LOVANO, C E L E B R A T IN G S I N A T R A (Bine Note, CD) — Admiring Frank Sinatra was a fami ly affair in the Lovano household. Long before little Joey became the “great Italian tenor” — saxophone, that is — his mom, dad, aunts and uncles were playing, singing, or just adoring the Frankster. In the liner notes of his latest record ing, Celebrating Sinatra, Lovano says the swingin’ song stylist set a standard that’s hard to live up to. Maybe so, as a crooner. But being a saxman with a sensual, melt-in-themouth sound, and sur rounding himself with equally adept players, the Cleveland native does a good job of imitating Sinatra’s laid-back, lin gering phrasings with perfect pitch. The backing
vocals of Judi Silvano add extra smoke and melancholy to some of these baker’s dozen songs, especially the opener, “I’ll Never Smile Again” and the sleepy “I’m a Fool to Want You.” Ail rely comfortably the sweet milange (orchestrat ed by conductor Manny Albam) of Lovanos languid sax work with Kenny Werner on piano, :on \ bass and AT Foster’s drums, plus any of 11 other chamber instrumentalists from viola to French horn. Celebrating Sinatra avoids the finger-snappin’ spunk its Rat Pack namesake occasionally exhibited, opting instead
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romantic-dinner department o f your CD collection. Lovano, winner of Downbeat’s Jazz Artist, Album and Saxophonist of the Year awards, bridges bop to avant-garde with his quartet at the Flynn Theatre this Friday. The funky young bass phenom Christian McBride — who plays with Lovano on 1995’s Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note) — also appears with his foursome. Word has it the two bands will collaborate on a fab finale,
WOODCHUCK’S REVENGE, LOOSE IN THE / / / t t S (self-released CD) —- I don’t even want to know what this bands name refers to, if it’s anything close to Montezuma’s. But there’s no mistaking what this backporch trio — Kristina and Peter Cady and Sandy Morse — is up to musically: old-timey traditional tunes from up in them thar hills. The three play six instruments among them, and all sing (sometimes out of tune). The songs are innocent enough; some pretty, like “W hat Song Could I Sing to You,” penned by Vermont Senator/musician Dick McCormack, and some with minor-key intrigue, like Utah Phillips’ “Paddy Welcome Back.” f t t it* W A P
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look forward to receiving something called a “silver water tower.” Weirich confess es she’s not certain what this is, but whatever. Good luck, girls! Grab ’em with that Balkan grip! (“Prairie Home Companion” can be heard at 6 p.m., Saturday, March 15. VPR will re-air the program the following day at noon.) PS. I have to share this: If The Newark Balkan Chorus doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue, keep in mind that Weirich originally wanted to call the group “a cool Croatian name that means ‘fiddle sticks.’” Luckily, she found out the word means “unhand my testicles” in Romanian, and decided to stick with English.
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Hats and head phones off to bassist extraordi naire Stacey Starkweather, who just inked a deal with Vermont’s Shiretown Records
for some of his own composi tions. It’s not every day that bass players get to front their own bands, but Starkweather — a 10-year veteran of the West Coast avant-garde group Heiroglyphics Ensemble — has impressed enough ears on this side of the continent to strike out on his own. But that doesn’t mean abandoning cur rent involvements with The Jazz Mandolin Project, Michael Ray and the Cosmic Krewe or Bad Hat (an infre quently seen experiment led by Trey Anastasio). Tentatively titled Every November, the new CD is expected out this sum mer, and will also feature heavy horns James Harvey, Dave Grippo and Dave Ellis, and Gabe Jarrett on drums. Starkweather promises to include short sonic things he calls “soundscapes.” Stay tuned. □
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her day job and strike out on her own, especially when she lacked a background in book keeping, marketing and other business essentials. “I didn’t want to go into the work blindly,” she says. As a resident of Burlington’s Old North End, Patnode qualified for an Enterprise Community grant that paid her tuition at the Women’s Small Business Program (see sidebar). Over the course of the 15-week session, she acquired the skills, as well as the self-confidence, she’d lacked. “It was a very encour aging atmosphere,” she reports. “I came out with a business plan I could take to a bank.” Another barrier was Vermont’s old tattoo law. “It used to be that only MDs Continued on page 14
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instructor who co-owns Vermont Kung Fu Academy in Essex Junction with her hus band, Arthur. “You really get to know yourself, your limitations and your effect on people. You learn who you are and what it is you want to defend; the better you know yourself, the less like ly you will need to defend your self.” While the principles and benefits of the dif0 ferent martial arts d are similar, they p offer distinct E philosophies and ^ degrees of physi ol cality for different E tastes and needs, c Makaris attribo utes the populari2 ty of her Tai Chi classes with women to its, soft, slow movements. “Other types of martial arts cater more to a dynam ic expression of energy, but Tai Chi is more a gathering,” Makaris says. “There is not any hard physical con TAE ONE ON Judy Marschke shows the way. tact, and you re not going to get mind. winded unless by choice.” “I found that [learning mar Watching one of Makaris’ tial arts] was one of the best classes is like watching a room things I ever did for myself, in full of lethargic mimes. terms of self-discovery,” says Students learning an initial Janet Makaris, a Tai Chi C ontinued on page 2 4
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LOST NATION THEATER: Kim Bent plays five characters in the comic yet mystical Western Gunslinger. Then Carol Dawes por trays a farm woman in the drama Rupert's Birthday. Montpelier High School Auditorium, 8 p.m. $10. Info, 229-0492. THEATRICAL COLLABORATION TALK: In conjunction with an exhibit, a gallery lecture looks at the evolution of production designs. Middlebury College Museum of Art, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433.
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MANIFEST DESTINY PROGRAM: A video of paintings by Sally Linder cap tures the devastation of expansionist poli cy on Native Americans. Peace & Justice Center, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Register, 863-2345. AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN H IGH ER EDUCATION: Affirmative action in higher education is the focus of a lecture entitled, “The Long Shadow of Little Rock Still Blocks the Sun Today.” Memorial Lounge, Waterman Building,
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Time magazine called him “the most promising and versatile new bassist since Charles Mingus. ” Twenty-four-year-old bass ace Christian McBride revs the rhythm in a Friday night gig at the Flynn.
in post-war Salvador. Memorial Lounge, Waterman Building, UVM, Burlington, 12:15 p.m. Free. Info, 656-1096. LIVABLE WAGE PROGRAM: Nobody can survive on minimum wage. The Vermont Job Gap Study tells you what
Vermont residents get full-day lift tickets cheap, and all the money goes to sub stance abuse programs. Sugarbush, buy your ticket 9 a.m. - noon. $10. Info, 651-1562. TOASTMASTERS MEETING:
OPEN FENCING: Make your point at a regular gathering of fencers for fitness. Memorial Auditorium Annex, Burling ton, 6:30-9 p.m. $3. Info, 865-1763.
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EAST TIMOR ACTIVIST TALK: Isabel Galhos talks about the struggles of women against murder, rape and steril ization resulting from the Indonesian invasion of East Timor. Memorial Lounge, Waterman Building, UVM, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 6582523. WOMANIST THEOLOGY OF NATURE’: In the black community, feminists are “womanists.” Chandra Taylor Smith makes the connection between goddess, earth and woman. 501 Waterman, UVM, Burlington, 4 p.m.
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G.R.A.C.E. LECTURE: The founder of Grass Roots Art and Community Effort shows slides of work created by old and disabled self-taught artists. Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 253-8358. WOMEN’S ART GROUP: Women artists meet weekly for feedback, ideas and support. Burlington Waterfront, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 862-3269.
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Junction, 1 p.m. $6/7. Register, 878-8687. STORY HOUR: Toddlers listen to sto ries at the Milton Public Library, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 893-4644.
etc BATTERED W OMEN’S SUPPORT GROUP: See February 26. 9:30-11 p.m. BLACK HISTORY MONTH LECTURE: Michael Eric Dyson, the “hip-hop intellectual,” lectures on family and heritage in North Lounge, Billings
Center, UVM, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 656-8833. INVESTIGATIVE MEDICINE SEMI NAR: Disabilities associated with coro nary problems gets discussed in Baird 794, UVM, Burlington, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 656-2005. ‘PREDICTING VERMONT’S WEATHER’: Go behind the scenes with the “Eye on the Sky” guys. Leaving from 129 Marsh Life Sciences Building, UVM, Burlington, 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-0423.
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‘CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR: SERCHING FOR CAUSES’: Thursday 8c Friday, February 27 8c 28, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Woodbury College, Montpelier. $220. Register, 800-639-6039. Examine psychological, sociological and classical the ories,
boatbuilding LAPSTRAKE BOATBUILDING: March 1-2, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. The Wood School, Burlington. $550. Info, 8644454. Beginnersfit and assemble their own eight-foot sailboat or rowing vessel with Fred Shell of Shell Boats. SKIN ON FRAME BOATBUILDING: March 7-9 8c 14-16, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. The Wood School, Burlington. $490. Info, 864-4454. Beginners build their own Cod Rib 12 canoe with Tim Clark.
computers DATABASES: Wednesday, February 26, 6-8 p.m. Department of Employment & Training, Burlington. Free to unem ployed people and Old North End resi dents. Register, 860-4057.
DECOY CARVING: Mondays, March 3-17, 6:30-9 p.m. Frog Hollow, Middlebury. $76. Register, 388-3177. Beginning and intermediate carvers will make a halfscale Canada goose in feeding position.
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dance DANSKINETICS: Wednesdays through March 5, 7:30-8:45 p.m. Congregational Church, Burlington. $10. Info, 388-1376. Creative expression is the goal of this dancercise class.
health AROMATHERAPY BASICS: Sunday, March 2, 1-3 p.m. Purple Shutter Herbs, Burlington. $15. Register, 865HERB. What is an essential oill Flow does it work1An introductory class gets you started ‘A NTI-CANCER ACTS’: Sunday, March 9, noon-2:30 8c 3:30-6 p.m. Purple Shutter Herbs, Burlington. Sliding scale fee. Register, 865-HERB. In part I hear about lifestyle changes and foods that can prevent or reverse cancer. Part II covers natural cancer treatments.
kung fu C H ’UAN FA KUNG FU: Thursdays, 5:30-7 p.m. 8c Sundays, 4-5:30 p.m. Earth Dance Healing Arts Studio, Burlington. $40 per month. Info, 8601443. Practice a martial art rooted in
spiritual and physical training. All ages and abilities are welcome.
meditation VIPASSANA MEDITATION: Sundays, 10-11 a.m. Burlington Yoga Studio. Free. Info, 658-YOGA. MEDITATION: First 8c third Sundays, 10 a.m. - noon. Burlington Shambala Center. Free. Info, 658-6795. Instructors teach non-sectarian and Tibetan Buddhist practices.
tai chi TAI CHI: Tuesdays, 6:30-8 p.m. & 8-9 p.m. Food For Thought, Stowe. $10. Info, 253-4733. John DiCarlo leads ongo ing classes.
TRADITIONAL CABINETMAKING: Monday and Wednesdays, March 3-26, 6-9 p.m. The Wood School, Burlington, $300. Info, 864-4454. Learn hand-tool and power-tool skills through traditional joinery on a pine spice cabinet.
yoga BURLINGTON YOGA STUDIO: Daily, Burlington Yoga Studio, 174 Main St. Info, 658-YOGA. Classes are offered in Astanga, Iyengar, Kripalu and Bikram styles. Beginners can start anytime. HATHA YOGA: Ongoing Tuesdays, 78:30 p.m. Earth Dance Studio, Chace Mill, Burlington. $8 or 10 classes for $70. Info,'860-3991. Lisa Limoge teach es; the first class isfree. ■ k; -
Fellow the fionnat. in clu d in g a to tc 20 word de&criptive /sentence. M ail or walk it in. Free clasaes are liite d without charge.
O s a t u rd a y music SHAWN COLVIN: The folk artist who sings “New Thing Now” tours in support of her album A Few Small Repairs. See interview, this issue. Flynn Theatre, Burlington, 8 p.m. $22.50-28.50. Info, 863-5966.
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‘EYE ON THE SKY’: Steve Moleski dis cusses weather patterns and disasters, and answers questions about the great out doors. Green Mountain Club, Waterbury Center, 7 p.m. $5. Reservations, 244-7037. WINTER FAMILY FESTIVAL: Igloo building and outdoor fun await families at the Green Mountain Audubon Nature Center, Huntington, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free. Info, 434-3068. LEGISLATIVE DAY: Hunger in Vermont is the focus of activities and workshops. Pavilion Building, Montpelier, 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 229-6377. TEEN VARIETY SHOW: Storyteller Peter Burns hosts an evening of potato jousting and performance art in a relaxed, drug-free atmosphere. Spectrum One Stop, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 862-5396. LESBIGAY YOUTH SUPPORT MEETING: Lesbian, bisexual, gay and “questioning” folks under 23 are wel come at Outright Vermont, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 800-452-2428.
CONTRA DANCE: Bill Olson calls for Scrod Pudding. Capitol City Grange, Montpelier, 8 p.m. $6. Info, 426-3734.
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LOST NATION THEATER: See February 26. ‘THE PRINCE & THE PAUPER’: See February 28, 1 8c 3 p.m. ‘DEBORAH LUBAR: This one-woman play performed by Deborah Lubar is based on the life of Countess Maria von Maltzan — a leading member of the German resistance against Hitler. Wright Theatre, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. $8. Info, 443-6433.
film ‘SENSE 8c SENSIBILITY’: Emma Thompson stars in the film adaptation of the book by Jane Austen. Dana Auditorium, Middlebury College, 4 8c 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433.
a rt ART LECTURE: In conjunction with an exhibit at the Helen Day Arts Center, art historian and curator Roger Dell talks about self-taught artists in “Inside the Imagination, Outside the Mainstream.” Stowe Library, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 253-8385.
w erds ‘WOMEN MAKING IT AS WRITERS’: Writer Cheryl Faye Smith speaks on African-American relations and the publishing business. Office of MultiCultural Affairs, UVM, Burlington, noon. Free. Info, 656-3819.
kids STORY TIME: Folks over three listen at the Fletcher Library, Burlington, 1111:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.
etc ‘SHIPWRECKS 8c ZEBRA MUSSELS’: What is happening to the many historic shipwrecks overcome by zebra mussels in Lake Champlain? Eric Tichonuk offers up-to-date research at the Lake Champlain Basin Science Center, Burlington, 1 8c 2 p.m. $2. Info, 864-6832. JACK JUMP RACE: Sit on a single ski and let it fly. Bolton Valley, 7 p.m. $16 to race, free to watch. Info, 482-4335. ‘DREAM-BODY ENSEMBLE’: Open your creative pathways with yoga, then explore improvisational “authentic move ment.” Burlington Yoga Studio, 1-4 p.m. $30. Register, 658-YOGA. ANTIQUE LECTURE: Get an intro duction to Fiestaware at the Charlotte Antique Mall, 10:30 a.m. - noon. $2. Info, 425-4837. ‘SNOWSHOE TH E NORTHERN FOREST’: Tree identification and forest stewardship come with exercise and views. Mad River Glen, Waitsfield, 10 a.m. $10. Register, 496-3551. TAYLOR LODGE SNOWSHOE: Walk three miles up the Nebraska Notch trail to the lodge. Meet at the Gazebo, Fort Ethan Allen, Colchester, 8:30 a.m. Free. Register, 878-6773.
Osunday music GOSPEL FEST: The New Alpha Missionary Baptist Church sings with spirit at the Flynn Theatre, Burlington, 6 p.m. $10.50. Info, 862-8708. JOHN GORKA: Salamander Crossing opens for the singer-songwriter with fresh bluegrass. Briggs Opera House, White
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a r t GALLERY FALK: The director of the National Museum of the Center for Afro-American Art considers the late David Jamieson. Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 7 p.m. $2. Info, 656-0750.
e tc WATERFRONT PROJECT: Dancers and artists are active participants in the third installation of this year-long com munity art event. Starts at the Pease Grain Tower, Burlington Waterfront, 9 a.m - 4 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7144. ZEBRA MUSSEL UPDATE: Get the latest on the mollusk invasion of Lake Champlain. Lake Champlain Basin Science Center, Burlington, 1 & 2 p.m. $2. Info, 864-6832. NATURE WALK: A family-oriented program explores late winter ecology in field, forest and river. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 2-3:30 p.m. $4. Register, 229-6206. WINTER ECOLOGY SKI: Learn about the winter adaptations of plants and ani mals on the mountain. Mad River Glen, 10 a.m. Kids ski and learn at 1 p.m. $8. Register, 496-3551.
care coverage. Deborah Senn, the insur ance commisioner from Washington State, is the featured guest. Room 11, Statehouse, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 800-339-9834. CAMERA CLUB MEETING: Photographers discuss the “nature slide circuit. Delahanty Hall, Trinity College, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 864-6485. ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY MEETING: Amateur observers explore the spring sky. 457 Waterman Building, UVM, Burlintgon, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 985-3269. TEEN HEALTH CLINIC: Teens get information, supplies, screening and treatment for sexually related problems. Planned Parenthood, Burlington, 3:30-6 p.m. Pregnancy testing is free. Info, 863-6326. EMOTIONS ANONYMOUS: People with depression, anxiety and other emo tional problems meet at the O ’Brien Center, S. Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 660-9036.
officer. Farrell Room, St. Edmund’s Hall, St. Michael s College, Colchester, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2674. JOB EXPO: The Burlington Business and Professional Women host 50 area employers, including Husky, IBM and Burton Snowboards. SheratonBurlington, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. $4 includes seminars. Info, 863-2568. WATERBURY TOWN MEETING LUNCHEON: Meatloaf feeds the
democratic masses. Waterbury Elementary School Cafeteria, noon. $5. Info, 244-7431.
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diamond, generalizations are a risky proposition. Still, the flu idity, grace and finesse inherent in telemarking seem to suit women well. “One of the things I notice is that women are tech nically better skiers because they have to get the finesse down, whereas men can muscle their way down the hill,” says Bridgewater, noting that female instructors have an advantage teaching this facet of the sport. Although there are many
competent male instructors, not all physical differences between the sexes can be bridged. “Our bodies and our center of gravity are a little bit lower than men’s,” Bridgewater says. “We use our hips more because we have more weight there.” Whether or not the shape of the woman lends itself to the shape of the turn, telemarking is alter nately described as
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MATTER OF CHOICE Continued from page 2 7 OB-GYNs in an H M O can also hamper family planning and public health efforts aimed at curbing transmission of HIV, Grad said. “There are pri mary care providers who will not give birth control, will not discuss birth control, with unmarried women,” she said. Grad emphasized that the most important aspect of the bill is direct access, adding that it can cost more when a woman is bounced back and forth between her primary care doctor and OB-GYN. “Twice the visits, twice the costs” is the chorus from the bill’s support ers. CH P counters that refer rals can often be made over the telephone. HM Os seem to be losing this battle. At least 19 other states now have laws giving women ill H M O s greater access to OB-GYNs, according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecolo gists. Legislation was pending or anticipated this year in 19 more states, including Vermont. J . “California, which was the first state to have managed
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“There are prim a ry care providers who w ill not give birth control, w ill not discuss birth control, with unm arried w om en' — M axine Grad, Governor's Commission on Women they’re coming full circle.” The House legislation comes as lawmakers in Vermont and elsewhere are having second thoughts about cost-conscious HM Os and the managed care they deliver.
Lawmakers, particularly on the House Health and Welfare Commitee, say they want to pass consumer protections that prevent HMOs from cutting care in the push to cut costs. Although HMOs are relatively new to Vermont, insurance executives say that by the turn of the century most Vermonters will be enrolled in health insurance plans that restrict in some ways access to specialists and hospitals. Rep. Pugh’s bill does more for women’s access than new HM O regulations proposed by the Dean administration. The administration’s draft rules would require insurers to allow women at least two visits per calendar year to an OB-GYN. And language in the proposed rules appears to limit those vis its to reproductive or gyneco logical care. Theresa Alberghini, the state’s deputy commissioner for health care administration, said the proposed regulations are far from final and could be changed to allow greater access to OB-GYNs if warranted. “Were certainly very open on this issue,” she said. □
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It’s like being against world peace. No use lamenting the Continued from page 6 fact that your best friend will barely see them. We hardly be unable to complete a single know them. Why can’t they thought without interruption for the next decade. Or, in the have their own kids?” I already case of certain journalists, that knew the answer to that one. the litde darlings will work Both my sisters-in-law were divorced and remarried, to their way into every single col older men with pre-existing umn from now until their first drug bust. families. For whatever reason, To the still unpinned, the neither of them had children. sorority of pain looks like a Their “kids” were practically my age. My mother-in-law was pretty tight-knit group. Even my most ambitious girlfriends in the market for grandchil are giving up high-level jobs to dren, and had been for a long become full-time mothers — time. Everyone in the family at least temporarily. “Being a was looking to us — more mom is better than working at specifically, to my pelvis -— to a career. It’s more fulfilling,” produce the heir. I knew all that when I mar says my friend in San Diego, who used to be a television ried him, of course. And when news producer in Beijing. She we tied the knot, I thought I chose the children, of course, might want kids some day. because anything else would There was so much time. But have been irresponsible. “I this rejection —• o f the cre can’t go back and forth like ation I did bring into the some women,” she says. “The world — was a crushing blow. kind of work I do demands an Not just because I felt dissed emotional commitment that I by these relatives living vicari don’t seem to have left over ously, but because the plans they have for me are not who 1 after being a mom.” Forgive my paranoia, but is am. To my parents’ credit, “Don’t be a nurse. Be a doctor” there a conspiracy here? Is it any wonder there are so few was the adage I grew up by. women leaders in the world The options of wife, mother, when our best women bail out homemaker never came up. Speeding down at the crucial that Massachu moment to Is it any won raise babies setts highway, I felt oppressed by der there are so instead of holy my gender for hell? Anyone fe w women notice how the first time in my life. leaders in the alone Clock tick Madeleine ri£ i ear doles it. A second our best out there — a childhood? I bright red flare *-■ women bail in like being an a sea of gray? adult, thanks. I out a t the Sometimes it may burn in takes a hard crucial m om ent blow hell for this one with a to raise babies sharp object to but impending parenthood fills instead o f break the glass me with dread. ceiling. holy hell? Two weeks ago, Okay, or a my last wild husband to take friend in New on the role of York called with a kicker. “Are mother. When I asked mine if you sitting down?” he asked, he would be willing to give up knowing me well. “We are his job and stay home all day, pregnant,” he announced with he responded, “I think we have glee. “We weren’t really trying, to look at the economic reality either.” He had promised a few of that.” In other words, who months’ warning. “You guys ever earns less money gets dia better get on the stick.” per duty. I lose. And like my The “stick” is not the prob control-freak friend from San Diego, I am not sure I would lem. Everything else is. I know my parents felt pressure to pro trust my child in the care of someone else, even my huscreate, “because everybody else it,” as my m mom put was doing it, L 1 " husband,” it. But 1 never thought I would he amends with a laugh, be in the same position 36 knowing full well I would cave years later. You mean the “long at the first cry. way, baby” is a reproductive Don’t get me wrong. I like kids. My cat is spoiled rotten. thing? W ho would have thought — with so many
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1930s to provide employment for thousands of citizens reel Continued from page 31 ing from the Depression. The clay, to create a modern scene * program had the unusual con of people enduring their daily ic sequence of giving artists more dose of boredom. In her paint economic freedom. The 18 ing, "Crated Onions,* Kramer \ works shown here reflect early turns a rural scene, an onion attempts to express what it is field, into an industrial pro to be human in the whirlwind duction area. "The urban environment \ '-•If' advancement that was sweep perforce renders us somewhat ing the country. autistic,” Kramer writes. “We avoid eye contact in crowds for artists who worked for the gov fear of making contact with a ernment from 1935 to 1943 madman or a criminal. Working in windowless rooms where temperature, light and artist Ron Slayton painted in air are controlled by powers the surteahftYsin. Joseph beyond our reach, we become Stella's painting, "Skyscrapers” habituated to stoic resignation. is a fine example of the futurist Survival increasingly depends style. on suppressing stimuli. W hat “Working Art” and Protection from over-stimula “O n the Road to Abstraction” tion then is paid for by an have in common is a commit ever-increasing incapacity for ment to interpreting the workemotional response to percep a-day world. For Kramer and tion, a kind of living death.” Newcomb, the most male-ori Kramers words could also ented sort o f work includes speak for the Wood’s collection them — a little old lady who of paintings from the WPA carries her easel around on her years — the Works Progress back and a woman in the Administration, established by prime of life who pounds iron the government in the mid under fire. □
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(Mar. 21-Apr. 19): last’s say, hypothetically speaking, that you found yourself in a position where you were being chased by an alligator. Given the fact that the average gator can easily out race Michael Jordan, let alone you, what would be your approach — again, hypothetically speaking — to eluding your carnivorous pursuer? My expert sources in south Florida assure me that running in a zigzag path would be your best bet. I suggest you employ that strategy no matter who or what might be tailing you this week. An even better idea, though, would be to avoid going anywhere near gators and their ilk in the first place.
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(Apr. 20-May 20): Have you ever run across those newspaper horoscopes with rating systems? Five stars mean your boss will suddenly realize you re the key to the company’s success, or you’ll win a car in a radio ; station contest, or a secret admirer will slip you a note that reads, “I am your ! love slave forever.” Then there are the ] one-star days. Your dog’ll eat your | homework, your best friend will blab your big secret to everyone, and even ; your mom won’t return your calls. In | my opinion, a rating system like this is totally bogus. It’s simply impossible to make such an absurdly simplistic categorization for one-twelfth o f the population. Except, that is, for Tauruses in the here and now. This ; week will be nx scars for you. „
GEM IN I (May 21-June 20): Gemini Marilyn Monroe started out
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ambitions would be better served if they changed their names. I’m not necessarily suggesting that you follow their example. But if you were ever to choose a fresh moniker in this lifetime, now would be an excellent time. At the very least, 1 urge you to dream up a vivid new alias for yourself, or a nickname that excites your imagination, or an outrageous title that makes you believe you have more power to succeed than you ever thought possible.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): If I were the kind of therapist that didn’t talk everything to death but instead gave you concrete assignments, I would advise you to study the sky and the clouds and the stars right now — preferably not just by shoving your nose in books about those subjects, but mostly through firsthand observation of the heavens. In fact, I’d try to convince you that any problems you were tormented by would magically metamorphose if only you gave yourself passionately to the great outdoors and let nature teach you secrets you didn’t even know you need to know. LCO (July 23-Aug. 22): It would be a fun week to wrap yourself in a red silk kimono and luxuriate amidst velvet pillows while a love slave showers you with kisses or a coterie o f sycophants regales you with stories o f how great
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(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You may not recognize the person you see in the mirror these days. And if you listen to the voice of reason, that may alarm you. But I’m a voice of mischievous wisdom, not of reason, and what I say is, hallelujah. Be happy and proud you’re not quite yourself, Virgo. This is your big chance to find out more about what you’re not, and to explore futures that’ve always been taboo. So go ahead and milk that curious reflection for all it’s worth. Unpredictability is power. Try being even more not yourself.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): As you languish there in captivity, 1 thought it might cheer you up to know that quite a few masterpieces have W n whipped up by people in far more dire straits than you. Libran novelist Miguel de Cervantes started Don Quixote while in the slammer, for instance. Libran writer John Bunyan was incarcerated when he penned the religious allegory Pilgrims Progress, and Libran poet e.e. cummings wrote The Enormous Room while in prison. In conclusion, Libra, consider the possibility that your current phase o f constraint and limitation is an excellent opportunity ' to wax creative. Maybe you’lIBe forced to accomplish wonders and marvels
Gemini Judy Garland was known as Frances Gumm. John Wayne, also born under the sign o f the Twins, wa: called Marion Michael Morrison by his mama. Al! these s ta ri apparently. decided as young adults that
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Capricorns, at least in 1997. This is the best year in over a decade for members of your tribe to get richer quicker.
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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Let’s see what we can do to prevent a full-blown outbreak of ergophobia, or fear o f work, among those of the Sagittarian tribe. I think it may be helpful not just to permit, but encourage you to engage in a healthy amount o f do-nothing laziness. You need a time out, you see; a retreat and respite; a period of dormancy. If you can satisfy these imperatives without guilt and recrimination, you may not have to resort to pathology. I urge you to call in sick tomorrow. If it would help, you can use this horoscope as your excuse note. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In California, where I live, Governor Wilson seems to get turned on by hurting people who have a hard making enough money to live on apparently longs to see single mommies work 50-hour weeks, and
(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Meditation exercises: 1) Picture yourself having a dream in which you produce a flame on an unlit candle by blowing on the wick. 2) Visualize a fairy tale in which the heroine fills a cup with a magic potion by holding it upside-down over a hole in the ground. 3) Imagine yourself utterly giving up on one of your fondest hopes, only to have it fulfilled within a month after that surrender.
PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20): I’d very much like you ro practice saying yes this week. I mean YES! Wherever you are, no matter who might be listening, please speak the magic word aloud — YES! — 22 times in a row, preferably with a different inflection each time. Right now, please! Don’t read on until you’ve done it. The fact is, Pisces, though I’m proud o f how much expertise you’ve developed in the art o f saying no, I fear you’ve become a little too good at it. At times lately, you’ve been invoking the nword like an automaton. And it would be a crime to do that this week, since there’ll be so many sweet reasons to scream YES! □
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WOMEN SEEKING MEN ALL LIFE’S A N A D V E N T U R E , great & small. Attractive SWPF, passionate for life, laughter, music & the outdoors, ISO similar, active, upbeat, warm-hearted S/D W M best pal and co-adventurer, 3547, N S /N D , who appreciates simple pleasures, the humor in most situations, and an intelligent woman. 64441 SWF, 22, 5’3 , ATTRACTIVE, W IT T Y and vivacious, seeking attractive, sensi tive, funny, spontaneous M. Please enclose photo. 64451 YO UR PACE O R MINE? SW NSPF, 39 serious tri-athlete in central V T seeking training partner/companion for fun, inspiration, adventure, travel and fre quent partaking o f food, coffee and beer. N o body builders or armchair athletes. 64447 H I, I AM A N ATTRACTIVE 27 YO SWNSF. I am outgoing, honest, downto-earth, fun and passionate about life! I love travel, adventure, cooking, running and anything outdoors. Are you 27-35, SNSM , happy, handsome, healthy and interested? Take a chance! 64448 TALL, V O L U P T U O U S B L O N D E , 43 (looks young), cat lover, outgoing. Interests: fine dining, wine, movies, M exican/Chinese food. G ood upbringing, neat, clean, N D , no DW I. 64444 M O RE HEART T H A N BRAIN (though no slouch in that department, either). SWF, 33, w / wide range o f inter ests (“G o” to rock climbing) seeks N SM , 30-45, to feed & cuddle. Humor, intelli gence, gentle soul, strength w /o violence are what I seek. Kids? Pets? The more the merrier. 644 4 2 LIKE ZORA NEALE H U R S T O N said, “You got to go there to know there.” I don’t want to go there alone. F, 25, seeks literate, athletic M to join me. 64414 N E E D A T E D D Y BEAR? READY T O cuddle? Blonde/blue SWF, 18, ISO SW M , 18-23, who loves to cuddle. N A /N D a M UST! Downhill skiing, reading, going to clubs are mine. What : yours? Photo a plus. 64431 O U T G O IN G , F U N , IN T E L L IG E N T attractive, professional SWF, N S, N D , NA, seeks the same qualities in a SPM, 27-33. I am a happy, secure, motivated, positive thinker who enjoys movies, plays, dinners, music, exercise, taking classes and just loving life! N othing is by chance. 64425 CHILDFREE AT LAST! SINCERE, spirited, fit, N S DWF, m id-40’s, 5’8 ”, seeks tall D /S W M , 4 5 -5 3 , with integrity, sense o f humor and love o f the outdoors to share varied interests and explore pos sibilities. 64426 C EN TRAL V ER M O N T. NS SWF, 31, attractive, intelligent, honest, optimistic, seeks N S SW M , 3 0 s, w / similar traits. We enjoy: laughter, nature, kids, books, conversation, arts, real moments. 64427 N M S M P O D O S W F ISO N M P O D O SC L M T D L P M just to hang out w/... maybe more. N o hippies, please. 64293 W O M A N , 23, W ANTS A D O O M Y black/death metal, long haired, clean, good looking, intelligent, career oriented W M who’s willing to travel. 64421
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CARPE DIEM W / SWPF, 33. Outgoing, intelligent, athletic, honest, well-travelled, outdoorsy, open, down-toearth, warm-hearted, fun F... seeks soul connection, passion, realness and depth w/ terrific SWPM w/ similar & other interests. Let’s make our lives extraordi nary tqgethenljkliJjneJindjrou^ G O O D T H IN G S C O M E IN SMALL packages. SWPF, 30’s, N S /N D , petite, physically fit/active, educated, creative, enjoys the outdoors, music, cultural events and the finer things in life... like a SWPM, 30 ’s, N S /N D , w / same interests, physically fit/active, well educated, likes kids, respectful, trusting, caring. 64258 SWF, 37, SEEKING PERSON W / SAME interests: music, crafts, antiques, gardening & a general zest for life. Great sense o f humor a must. 64248 PETITE LADY FOR ALL SEASONS! Snow bunny, beach baby, honey bear seeks same in mate, 29-42. Dare to dream. They do come true. Letter, phone, photo. 64251
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PERSON W M , 45, A T T R A C T IV E , S E N S IT IV E , caring, varied interests, seeking F, 25-45, to trade smiles, share feelings and experi ence some good times with. 64284 LO NE W O LF O N T H E PROWL. D W M , 28, seeks passionate she-wolf, 2035, for frolic in snow. Need to be athletic and howl at the moon. 64280 PO LK ADO T EYES, 2 FEET, O N E nose. N SM , 25, 5’7 ”, 120lbs., a body enjoying this life-dance; a being on fire -lets share ours, or just patty-cake. 64282 SW M , 18, SEEKS SWF, 18-20, W H O enjoys skiing, hiking, romantic evenings outdoors & a great time. Well, I may be the one for you!! 64283 LO VING, FINANCIALLY SECURE, NSW PM , 42, 5’10”, looking for a skiing partner or outdoor enthusiast, 30-45, for a fun, playful relationship. Love o f ani mals a + .6 4 2 6 5 ATTRACTIVE, FIT, 6 ’3 ”, 200LBS., looking for intelligent, athletic girl (3540) who likes sailing, skiing, tennis, water sports, live music, travel & kids. 64276 D W M , 42, PROFESSIONAL, attrac tive, looking to meet a slim, active, down to earth woman w/ a sense o f humor. Central VI'. All responses answered. 64269 ISO SF S N O W B O A R D ER W/ N O interest in children for riding on Sun. 8c Mon., Tuckerman’s for mud season, rock climbing 8f single-track biking as sum mer permits. Me: 32, SW M , winter bearded snowboard patroller, 5 9 ”, leader, slow, but tech, biker. 64272 NICE GUY, 42, LO O K ING FOR attractive, nice girl w / sense o f humor to develop relationship Sc lots o f fun with. Take a chance. 6 4 2 6 6 LIG H T UP YO UR LIFE! Honest SWPM, 3 0 ’s, energetic, active, entertain ing, humorous Sc physically fit, seeking D/SW F to share skiing, hiking, Montreal, gourmet cooking, dining out, travel, companionship Sc meaningful conversation. Friendship first! 64271
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G O O D MAN: 40, K IN D , LOVING, spiritual, very musical, handy, fit Sc good looking D W M seeks great lady who is easy-going, fun, pretty; who I can make laugh and keep happy. 64259 H I, T H IS IS JO H N . I’M 26, S W M T ~ brown hair, blue eyes, N S. I’m I60lbs. and 5 1 0 .” D on’t spend winter alone. 64245 DR U G OF CHOICE: FRENCH ROAST. Other addictions: film, baseball, garlic, jazz. Athletic, but literate SW M, 28, seeks attractive, dynamic, fit SF to explore with. 64253 FIT M USICIAN OF 23 YEARS SEEKS intellectual female for good conversation and possible music making. 64241 LADY IN RED, READY T O W IN E & dine, maybe have a good time. Looking for fun from mountains to the sun. You: 21-35 YO. Me: 27. 64246 SENSITIVE MALE. SPM, emotionally & financially secure, honest 8c caring, very active 8C fit; loves to cook, travel, dance, attractive inside 8c out ISO SPF, over 30, sensitive, attractive, fit, no fear. Race unimportant. 64256 BRU ISED, B U T N O T BROKEN. Healed, but not whole. 2 years now, still missing something... YOU. SW PM , 5 ’9 ”, 185lbs., no offspring, no alimony, ISO SWF, honest, attractive, fun to be with. Skier a plus, or wants to learn. 64257 LEAN O N ME. SW PM , 3 0 ’S, LIKES to sit by fireplace, ISO F who likes to have fun, snuggle, and quiet times for LTR. Friends first. 64237 SEEKS T H IR D SHIFTER. SW M , 44, 6 ’, 175lbs., smoker (quitting soon!), fit, creative, intelligent, seeks 3rd shift SWF (nurse?) to howl at moon w/ in LTR. You wouldn’t normally answer ad. Sense o f humor, touch o f class... let’s quit wander ing why we are alone. 64254 WARM W IN T E R SNUG G LES, laughter and passion await the right 25-40 YO SF. D W M , 43, professional, weekend dad wants to keep you warm for possible LTR. 64242
SW N SM , 34, VERY M U C H O U T D O O R S 8c inside myself. 6 mos. in V T 8c love it. Open to earthy woman with whom to breathe in rhythmic harmony. 64244 TALL, ATTRACTIVE, PRO FESSIO N AL SW NSM , 31, 6 ’3 ”, 195lbs., loves hiking, biking, golf and outdoor activi ties. I’m a well-educated professional, loves cuddling, movies 8c non-s^op laughing. I’m seeking an honest, attrac tive F, 25-34, interested in a LTR. 64252 26 YO SPW M , EDU C A TE D , ENJOYS evenings north o f the border indulging in both language Sc culture. Enjoy living like there’s no tomorrow whether it be traveling, skiing, biking, dining out or in. Let’s keep it casual 8c learn about each other. 64243 FIRST W IN TER IN CENTRAL VT. W PM, 36, seeks F, 30-40, for snowshoeing, X-C skiing, making snow angels, exploring the empty (and not so empty) places on the map. Sense o f humor, love o f children and books desired. 64250 LO NG , B L O N D E, CURLY-HAIRED 22 YO seeking tall, beautiful F for fun in the snow, sun and sack. 64238 REAL C O N N E C T IO N ? I’m 31, tall, attractive, professional, high IQ, creative, energetic, straight forward, genuine, believe relationship comes before all else. Seek friendship, commitment, heart-toheart, sharing, understanding, connec tion, love w / a woman, 25-30, who shares these traits and outlook. 64224 PASSION FOR LIFE. SW PM , 39, nordic/surfer look, bright, thoughtful, athletic, emotionally and financially secure, looking to share with S/D W PNSF, 35-42, naturally attractive, with similar attributes. 64236 ME: ATTRACTIVE, FIT, F IN A N CIALLY secure, hungry. You: young, slender, looking for trouble, tasty. Call for an unforgettable adventure! 64234
BiM, 31, ISO GENTLEMEN, 45-55, for playful encounters. Must be very discrete. 64262
WOMEN SEEKING WOMEN BiWF, 20, COLLEGE STUDENT, politi cal activist, seeks a woman to hold her hand 8c her heart. 64261
OTHER M/S/DF, 20-35? 30 YO M AVAILABLE for flexible rendezvous o f adult fun, frolic and fetish. Weight proportionate to height. Photo appreciated & discretion absolutely assured. 64435 BiWM, 31, 5’10”, 150LBS. SEEKS thin, 20-35 YO bi-couple for fun and experimen tation. 64458 TH E GUY IN TH E FURRY HAT IS IN search o f the perfect mate. Do you like smoking, Tacitus and classic rock? Wishes to pay homage to your intellect and its con tainer. 64454 ATTRACTIVE, (YOUNG) 40'S, healthconscious, gentle, intelligent bi-couple seek ing aware, sensitive, in-shape, single BiM w/ similar qualities to share sensual pleasures. 64289 RELATIONSHIPS FOR TH E 90’S. Vermont Expanded Love Network is a discussion/support group for those interested in creating/nurturing committed, multipart ner relationships. 64249
MEN SEEKING MEN GWM, 50, FRANKLIN-LAMOILLE county, seeks Bi/GM for evening & week end fun. JSC students very welcome. Must be clean, discrete. 64438 LOOKING FOR AN ADVENTUROUS soul mate to meet exciting, new challenges at my side. Come hike w/ me! 64455 SUBMISSIVE SEEKS SERIOUS MAS TER. GWM, 47, novice, open to all disci plines, begs your kind indulgence, Sir, to help expand limits in areas you deem neces sary. 64415 SUNSETS AND SHOOTING STARS. GM, 37, artist/student, good looking, NS, 165lbs. Interests: spirituality, literature, for eign films, nature & hiking. Seeking same, 28-48. 64419 GAY MAN “STEEPS FOR LOVE”... SO don’t hold back, and also try to get geared up, because I’m the treasure and it’s Valentines Day - k! 64287 20 YO M SITTING BY THE W INDOW , reading Annie Dillard, Sarah Schulman and Adrienne Rich; into social ecology, writing, walking, linguistics, bread. Discreetness is evil. 64290 ATTRACTIVE BiWM, 37, TRIM, tired of the talk, wanting sensual action now. No relationship, just fun & frolic. You: under 40, trim, playful, yet discreet and intelli gent. 64291 GWM, 40, NS, LOVES O UTDO O RS, skiing, hiking, biking, is friendly, outgoing 8e spiritually aware, ISO GWM for friendship & good times. 64264________________ BiWM, 39, 6’ 1”, ALL AMERICAN GUY ISO some good hot fun. Discrete, no strings, just fun. 64268
I SPY YOU: PANTS A R O U N D YO UR ANKLES. Me: the stall next to you, breathing deeply. I finished before you did, but we flushed together. Please don’t stall this relationship. 64452 TELE-GIRL, STO W E BIG SPRU CE Chair,“Sunday 2/9 , 3 p.m. Loved your sunny smile as we talked about your boards 8e boots in line. Wanted to join you, but was joined at the hip to my stu pid friend. Call me. Let’s ride sometime! 6 4 432
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DID YOU LOVE ROBERT BOSWELL’S Mystery Ride? I’m 46 YO and I’d like to talk. Box 110 SWF, 32, 5’2", AUBLJRN7BTUE, buxom mother; M.A. Psychology, singcr/songwriter/artist/intcllectual; have mood disor der. ISO LTR w/ kind, compassionate, funny, bright man. Box 112 SWF,H^rREUBENESQUE,“ATTRAC-~ TIVE, myriad of interests, seeking NICE GUY, 25-45, to trust, share and explore lifes gifts. Ctrl. VT/Burlington area. Box 096
SERENE B U D D H A SEEKS SM ILING lady Buddha for contemplation o f the mysteries o f the universe and our navels. Write please. Buddhas don’t do voice mail. Box 111 EARLY FIFTIES, LOOKS EARLY forties, SWM ISO F who’s never owned a computer, VCR or credit card, but has read Finnegans Wake, and wears long chambray dresses. Box 109 N S /N D P W M , ATHLETIC, SECURE, handsome, kind, honest, sensuous, diverse, adventurous, independent, some flaws. Likes: sports, outdoors, travel, good beer, music. About you: similar interests, attractive, around 40. Box 107 BLACK & W H IT E . W M seeking BF. N o strings, discrete, clean tk passionate. Any age, weight or situation. Daytime fun. Smokers welcome. Box 104 CTRL VTER7SWM;T9 ,7velT read)-----youthful, athletic, seeks an assertive, cul tivated, domineering F, 50-65. Box 102
LIFE IS M USIC (W IZN , BLUES); mountain aired thoughts; wanderlusting; bowling. Bowling??? NS, 36, ISO Cowgirl in the Sand/Heart o f Gold (‘cause I’m growin’ old). Box 103 SW M , 41, SEEKS M USIC LOVING, dance stepping gal not afraid o f having a good time. Summer’s coming. Box 101 39 YO ALASKLAN FISH ING BOAT CAPTAIN ISO adventurous V T lady. We cruise S.E. Alaska this summer; you show me V T in the fall. Photo. Box 098 PLENTY OF EVERYTHING, BUT TIM E. Handsome, driven, entrepreneur ISO truly gorgeous young vixen who deserves to be spoiled. N o chains, pre tenses, expectations. Just photo. Box 090 PASSION PURIFIES. Beauty bores. Intelligence intrigues. Sensuality stimu lates. Music mesmerizes. Smoking sucks. Caresses cheer. Alcoholics abhorrent. Seniors sexiest. Telephone tedious. Writing wiser. Box 097 70 YRS. Y O U N G DW M . Clear out your attic. I did. Saved the good times. Children/grandchildren. N o fancy word here. Just to enjoy rest o f life. Box 094
MARRIED BiWM, 38, ATTRACTIVE, well-built, seeking SBiWM. Imagine the possibilities. All letters will get a fast response. A photo is appreciated, but not necessary. Box 100 GWM, 5’10”, 1651bs., HONEST, OPENminded, loves the outdoors, hiking, biking, nature, ISO GM 20-40 for friendship and good times. Box 087
GWF, 30 ’S, SEEKS FRIENDSHIP W ITH intellectually challenging, sensitive, honest, compassionate woman. You are spiritually minded, appreciate humor, the arts, beauty, truth. Enjoyment o f outdoor activities as well as cultural pursuits desired. Creative, playful, gentle soul please write. Box 095
WF, 26, ISO STRONG, HANDSOM E M, 30-40’s, with sense o f humor for roman tic and sensual friendship. No strings, dis cretion assured and expected. Box 108 ANTI SOCIAL, BUT ATTRACTIVE SWM, 50, would like to have a woman read him Being and Time while she wears a long, black, thrift-store evening dress. Box 108
SGM, 36, W OULD LIKE TO MEET MEN interested in the esoteric as well as the erotic. NS, vegetarian preferred; intelli gence, humor, independence and honesty appreciated. People tell me my eyes are compelling. Box 105
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