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BIG HEAVY RESPONSE Rael One-Cloud recemly wrote [Weekly Mail, March 3] to express her opinions about local sociology, city government, bad coffee, Burlington’s police force, local radio, Phish’s suc cess, Filene’s in Burlington, our local ecology, PooPoo Magazine (R.I.P.), and more. Somehow or other Big Heavy World ended up in this eclectic mix, giving me the pleasure o f an opportu nity to wish Rael a public thanks and append my best wishes to her agenda o f raising awareness of the issues of the poor. The curious thing about Rael’s let ter, aside from its charming breadth of subject, was its spin on the topic of Big Heavy World. Her point seemed to be that Big Heavy World is trying to raise national attention toward Burlington’s original music community while giving the “barest of lip service to the idea of helping the poor,” a comment that desires inspection. Big Heavy World’s dual mission from its inception in 1996 has been to

promote Burlington’s music while con currently supporting worthy humani tarian services. We’ve brought local bands together for live performances and compilation CD projects that have benefitted causes such as Spectrum Youth and Family Services, The Women’s Rape Crisis Center, and Viet Nam Assistance for the Handicapped... It’s a cause for wonderment that we have to remind Rael that for three years Big Heavy World has also been producing projects such as a weekly acoustic open-mic at the usually amplified former Club Toast (Rael per formed); compilation CDs of every genre featuring more than 50 Burlington artists (Rael submitted material for consideration); an on-line guide to Burlington bands through which the music industry might locate new talent (Rael is listed); free Web pages that can be updated at will for any band that requests one (including Rael); an on-line shop of Vermont music (Rael’s spoken word compilation CD is offered); and weekly on-line

KURT W R IG H T ’S LEGACY You know I try to be funny and often 1 am But sometimes I get fnyself in somewhat o f a jam. And when this behavior happens I feel quite the dunce. I think o f mom’s advice to think twice and speak once. I was crackin’ on Kurt Wright, it was a throwaway line, Somethin’ about him likin’ all the wine he could find. - I never expected it to appear in the paper. Actually, I was hopin’ it would disappear in a vapor. But I do know every, morning when I come here to play r; T hat there’s Jots o f people, listenin' to all that I say. A nd if I -do say something theJeaSt bit improper, I’ve got Peter Freyne to flush me down the hopper. And remember, anything I say, I’m just tryin’ to get a rush, W hether it’s about Kramer or Breadtruck or that Kurt is a lush. So from now on, on Champ I’ll make one thing real clear: Believe half of what you see and none of what you hear. And, yes, I called Kurt Wright to let him know what I was thinkin’, But his wife said he couldn’t get up, he’d been out all night...campaigning! — Tom Brennan ; Burlington

they hand an overwhelming victory to Peter Clavelle; they saved a less-thanfriendly school board’s bacon from the fire as well... The Progressives proved that the voters still care deeply, not only about the City of Burlington, but about the Progressive Coalition as well. W hen the chips were on the table, the Progressives used their depth of experi ence, a resurgent group of young peo ple entering their ranks and good oldfashioned hard work to turn what was in fact a very tight race into a Progressive landslide... They earned it. So forgive us if we crow a little, Peter. This victory was as im portant to us as it was sweet. And don’t concern yourself overmuch with the loud demands of some that you eat crow. As many a Progressive has learned in the past, and everyone discovers eventually, it tastes much like chicken. — John D. Gallagher Burlington

club listings, sponsored by Seven Days, to promote live local music (including Rael’s performances)... Somehow or other Big Heavy World deserved, according to Rael, to get a stick up the butt from a local musican that’s benefitted for years from our efforts... took issue with our goal of creating a “Seattle-style hype of the place.” I extend my gratitude to her, however, for noticing. — James Lockridge Founder, Big Heavy World Burlington

PROGRESSIVES EARNED VICTORY Peter Freyne need not eat as much crow as he and some others seem to think [Inside Track, March 3]. After all, his assessment of the closeness of the Mayor’s race was not dissimilar from the Progressives’ own analysis.. Everyone believed this was to be a tight contest. Yes, Virginia, the Progressives were scared. However, what is worth noting about this was their reaction. The Progressives hit the streets, organized their supporters and got them to the polls in the very manner that the Founding Fathers had envisioned a political faction should. N ot only did

C O R R EC T IO N : Due to a technological error that we normally avoid at Seven Days, we lost the last line of Paula Routly’s cover story last week, “The Baird Essentials.” That last line was: There’s no turning back. Sorry for any consternation.

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going through the roof. The reason? The Almighty War on Drugs. According to statistics from the Federal Bureau of Prisons, That’s what a few Statehouse lobbyists jok ingly dub the limited edition “best-seller” due to ;first-time drug offenders serve an average of just under seven years in the slammer. That’s three hit the hallways and committee rooms under times as long as folks charged with manslaughter Montpeculiar’s golden dome on Monday.) get. And a lot of people are getting tired of it, According to Secretary of State Deb Marko including some of the frontline troops. witz, 500 copies of the “Lobbyist Directory” are Special Agent James Bradley has seen it all. being printed this week. We’re talking collectors’ He’s the 52-year-old boss of the Drug item, folks. That’s because the 100-page volume will contain mug shots of Vermont’s registered Enforcement Administration’s Vermont shop. He started on the beat back in 1969, when the professional lobbyists along with a list of their agency was called rfie Bureau of Narcotics and clients as of January 31, 1999, and the public Dangerous Drugs. You might policy issues they track. expect the head of the DEA Everyone from tree huggers to to be some kind of Chuck Big Tobacco’s water boys will be Norris “lock ’em up and included. throw away the key” guy. Gotta love the democratic process! Bradley isn’t. Au contraire. He’s put more people behind Despite initial grumblings bars than he can remember, from the hired-gun business lob yet he’ll tell you straight up byists known as “The Suits,” “enforcement isn’t the answer” they’ve all behaved “just wonder to the pervasive use of illegal fully” in complying with the drugs. new statute, says Director of The only way to be effec Elections Ellen Tofferi, who’s in tive, says Vermont’s top “narc” charge of The Pig Book project. (don’t hear that term much However, at first, a few petulant anymore), is to have a “three pros complied with the photo pronged approach.” requirement by submitting pho According to the King James tocopies of their driver’s licenses. version of the War on Drugs, “I didn’t like it at first,” says that means “education, treat Steve Kimbell of Kimbell ment and enforcement.” Sherman & Ellis. “But,” he Politicians, notes Bradley, notes, “there’s a mug book for love giving money to law legislators that lists their bios, so why not have another publica BY P E T E R F R E Y N E enforcement. “It’s always something people run on,” he tion for other people involved in says, “but it doesn’t necessarily equate.” Despite the [legislative] process?” billions of dollars thrown at the illegal drug Markowitz says The Pig Book could end up problem in the last 20 years, “There still is a on the secretary of state’s Web site. Good idea. large population using drugs in America. We’re Currently there’s an excellent database of lobby not solving it.” ists and their clients, but it’d be so nice to see That’s a refreshingly honest assessment from their smiling faces, too. And that’s fine with the the DEA’s top cop in the Green Mountains. hired guns — great free advertising for potential Hello, Congress? It’s high time for another CiUt-of-sta.te corporate clients, they say. <is approach, because the War on Drugs is broken “It’s all about a sense of fairness,” says Rep. and in serious need of fixing. Ann Seibert of Norwich. Since there’s already Sacrificial Justice? — “Hang down your head, V‘The Stud Book” on legislators, says Seibert, “they can read up on us. It’s time we read up on John Dooley...hang down your head and cry” could still end up being one of the top hits at them.” With full-time lobbyists outnumbering the 180 lawmakers in the building, says Seibert, the Statehouse this year. Legislative sources tell “lawmakers would like to know when they see a Inside Track the reappointment of Associate lobbyist sitting in their committee just who that Justice John Dooley is not a lead-pipe cinch lobbyist represents.” The Pig Book will be an despite the fact that Democrats hold the majori excellent resource for lawmakers, too, she says. ty. The Republicans, they say, will vote against They’ll know just who to contact for informa Dooley because of the Brigham decision that tion on the issues of the day. spawned Act 60. Moderate Democrats will vote And, says Ann the Big Tobacco Slayer, the against him because of the infamous “driveway new publication will point out “some very stark decision” that made your driveway a public conflicts of interest,” particularly for The Suits highway: And, sources say, an unknown number who simultaneously represent tobacco companies of other Democrat lawmakers may blackball His and health care organizations. Royal Plumpness because of “the arrogance fac tor.” Sure enough, a check of the on-line lobbyist database turns up some rather interesting client The move by Sen. Peter Shumlin to nix the lists. secref balloting and make the vote on judicial retention a public vote is dead. Nice try, Take Kimbell Sherman & Ellis. They repre Shummy. The House just won’t play along. sent Philip Morris Management as well as two Statehouse veterans caution you can never tell hospitals and Blue Cross-Blue Shield. with a secret ballot. That’s because history sug How about the dynamic duo of Anthony gests, when it comes to a secret ballot, “everyone Otis and Tim Meehan? Otis & Meehan do the Statehouse bidding of R. J. Reynolds, along with lies.” Vermont’s chiropractors, osteopaths and pharma Eagle Update — Bernie Rome tells Inside Track his $10,000 investment in the start-up of The cists. Kind of cradle-to-grave representation. Addison Eagle has been returned. Skip Vallee got And take that other prominent member of his five grand back, too. Meanwhile Rep. Vermont’s Team Tobacco lineup — Bill Connie Houston’s dream weekly has a new Shouldice of Shouldice and Associates. Billy the office in Middlebury, and Managing Editor Tom Bad lobbies for Philip Morris on the one hand, and the American Red Cross, podiatrists and the Lavoie tells Inside Track the first issue is due out at the end of next week. Cool. Vermont Ambulance Association on the other. Meanwhile, Bernie II is none too high on After you’ve smoked all the butts you can, Ruth Dwyers second try for Gov in 2000. “I Shouldice will get you a ride to the emergency think Ruth Dwyer is the wrong person,” says room. Lights and siren, please! Rome. “She lost. She seems to lose sight of that. Yes sir, The Pig Book is going to top the We’ve had enough losers. She seems to think charts. Bet there’ll be a second printing. she’s the heir apparent because she got 41 perWar on Drugs Update — Sunday’s New York V cent.^ » Times reported on the cutting-edge social para Rome says he’s not running. Not at this dox in the U.S. — the crime rate is dropping time.® coast-to-coast, but the U.S. prison population is

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Truly Better Living.... Wired magazine reported that in Finland, which has the most cell phones per capita in the world, callers can dial the number o f a vending ma chine, which dispenses a soft drink and adds the cost to the callers phone bill.

Better Than M ood R in gs Workers at the Icolub lubricants factory in Rio de Janeiro now wear buttons on their uniforms to let others know how they feel. A green button means everything is fine. A yellow button means that something is not going well. A red button means there is a serious problem. “If a guy is wearing a red, better not even joke with him ,” plant coordinator Antonio Sergio Borges said. Production head Fabio .Esperanca noted that when the project began four years ago, workers were reluctant to use yellow or red buttons, but today 80 percent o f the facto ry’s 137 workers have used yellow buttons as “a way of facilitating communication.”

black 1984 Porsche. After his arrest, Gatling told investiga tors that Kyzer had humiliat ed him and made him feel he was unworthy to own a Porsche.

These Su d s For Your John Wayne Riley, 15, and Billy Grimes, 12, jumped aboard a slow-moving train outside in Hamilton, Ohio. Later they switched trains to head back home, but the box car doors slammed shut while they were sleeping. They were trapped without heat, light, food or water, but survived by drinking beer, which the box car W2£ filled with, before being rescued eight days later.

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Two teen-age girls walked into a shoe store in Birmingham, Alabama, bor rowed a pen and paper from employee Sonya Graham, then wrote her a note that said, “I have a gun in my pants, give me all the money.” Graham said she told the girls, “You came at a bad time. I have a customer to wait on.” W hen the girls offered to wait, Graham went CD to the back of the store and b/) Se lle r Beware S= sounded the store’s silent , James Gatling Jr., 23, was ^ 03 alarm, summoning police. ■*—> convicted of murdering auto </) mechanic Harry Kyzer in T3 Newport News, Virginia, after W hy They Call It Dope -o W hen Ewel Simon Greene o Kyzer wouldn’t sell him his

showed up at the Madison Gppnty courthouse in Edwardsville, Illinois, to be married, a deputy using a metal detector discovered a metal pipe in his pocket. A search turned up a small amount of marijuana. Judge Dan Stack offered to conduct the wedding ceremony, then sentenced Greene to a year’s probation and a $100 fine on the drug charge, commenting, “I wanted to sentence him for criminal stupidity.”

Fool M e Twice Police charged Levi Sweet, 48, of Perth, New York, with discharging a firearm across a public highway after he shot at what he thought was a deer but which turned out to be a mechanical decoy used for the past 15 years to nab poachers. The previous year, Sweet was charged with shooting at the same decoy.

Dishonest M istak e s When four patrons at the Spearmint Rhino Night-club in Oxnard, California, tried giving counterfeit $100 bills to strippers at the club, one of the dancers spotted the bogus bills and alerted club officials, who called police. Police Sgt. Tom Chronister said the dancer was able to recognize the fake currency, even in the

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R e p o r t e r ’s unday, March 7, 1999 — Bedad! Pundits still yakking about Monica, even though they promised not to. Polls say no one cares, remem ber? America has spoken! Education! Social Security! The Ford Gargantua! Q uit laughing. Press can’t help it if Social Security isn’t sexy. Media reaction to the “new” Monica just business as usual, sanctimony mixed with never-ending pruri ence and sentimentality. Those lips, those eyes, that smoothed-back hair! Monica giggles, Monica weeps: “Mommy made a big mistake.” Absolute tri umph of the therapy cul ture — it’s no one’s fault. Just a girl with “low self esteem” lifting her dress and showing her panties to the President. You know, “flirtatious.” (Also end of the English language as we know it.) Never did Barbara Walters more deserve the “Baba Wawa” label. .Who decided this desiccated refugee from Le Cirque was a journalist in the first place? Female broadcast journalists now all required to have speech impedi ments, lest it be seen that the empress is just a scan dalmonger with good light ing. “And that is the undewstatement of the yeaw,” she replies to Monica’s “Mommy” line. The woman ought to be taken out and shot as a ser vice to the nation. Bows to no one in her phony sym pathy, unless it’s Diane Sawyer, who ought to be boiled in oil. I’ve hobnobbed with these witches once or twice in New York — it’s really easy to do. Just show up and make sure they see your knees knocking together. During the scandal over my sister’s kidnapped kids last spring, their producers called every five minutes. Endless series of Britts and Janes and Claires — just doing their job, of course. Ms. Wawa’s tearing around the ABC building, they tell me, shouting, “Get me the mother! Get me the mother! I’ll do anything. I’ll fly to Virginia! I’ll eat a tuna sandwich!”

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Big guffaw at this address. Producers say: “You’re making this really hard for us, Peter. She wants that interview!” Same with Sawyer — I have the letters. How terribly she must have suffered, etc., etc. W ho gave them per mission to call me Peter? They turn on her, of course, when she goes to another network. No par ticular reason — says she can’t look at Baba Wawa without laughing. Not good for PR. Producers aghast: “Does she know what Barbara Walters can do for her?” Sister sends e-mail to Baba direct: Go away! Seconds pass. Sawyer comes back with interview with lying ex-husband and happy, chirpy daughters. “You be the judge.” Despite protests, “objectivity,” etc., Sawyer fails to disclose she’s “like this” with lying exhusband’s attorney — “best friends,” says attorney else where, ever since William Kennedy Smith rape-trial days. Gotta love it — the public has a right to know! And now Juanita Bwoaddwick! Sorry, no can care. “A pattern revealed” — what else is new? Michael Hirshorn captures essence of media complicity in Slate. “As the finally aired NBC report of last night made clear, the alle gations are very likely true or at least substantially true. It would take tortured logic and some very Byzantine reasoning to con coct a scenario, at least, in which the charges could be shown to be false.” Can’t argue with that. “Byzantine reasoning” now the same as presumption of innocence (see end of English language, above). Don’t give a rat’s ass about Juanita and her scenario. I’d take her, Paula Jones, Kathleen Willey and any one else lurking in the shadow of a newspaper office and lock ’em in a room with nothing but a fork and a salt shaker. Ten years later, we can open the door and see who’s left. Same goes for Clinton, of course, all politicians, and the CEOs of every company in the Fortune 500. Quote of the week,

from big shot at Sun Microsystems, responding to fears about privacy on the Internet: “You already have zero privacy — get over it.” Charming country. Times reports without irony that food lines are length ening while U.S. economy, “wearing the rest of the world’s woes as lightly as a silk scarf, waltzed merrily into 1999 even faster than previously thought.” Seems that 20 million people don’t have enough to eat — get over it. Forty million with no health insurance — who cares? Personal bankruptcy also on the rise, driven largely by credit-card debt. Note to letter-writers: Don’t bother. Credit-card accounts now routinely bought and sold by giant banks. Bank that issues you credit not always bank that collects your debt. Times says collecting bank can charge any rate of interest and impose any kind of penalty, “subject only to the handful of rem ainingj^tte ^ usury ceilings” and regard less of the original terms of credit. So you can sign up at 5.3 per cent and go down at 29. Law forbids it with mortgages and car loans, damn it. Greatest country on Earth. Leader of the free world. Recently blocked international agree ment for control on sale of genetically altered food products. Rest of world concerned about safety. U.S. says regulation “would entangle the world’s food supply in red tape.” Quick thinking. Eggs still selling briskly, though. Fifty thousand cur rently offered by tall, ath letic, infertile couple to tall, athletic, ovulating woman with SAT scores over 1400. “We have heard that only 1 percent of the college pop ulation is over 5-feet-10 inches tall with over 1400 SAT scores,” says agency for brainy, infertile jocks. Advertisement running only on Ivy League cam puses, but women respond ing from all walks of life. Brainy, infertile jocks express shock and dismay. W hat’s the rate of interest on their babies, do you think? ®

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who answer the bingo call each year. Stuart Coleman, owner of the Bondville-based Bingo Supply of Vermont, guesses that around 175 organizations regu larly run games here. Most of these operations are small-scale events set in senior homes and parish halls. Some, like those run by the American Legion in Rutland and the Modern Woodsmen in Wells, bring in over 200 players. And four times a year, a thousand-plus bingo hot-bloods turn out — with or without fezzes and tiny cars — to play mega-bingo with the Shriners at the Pownal Race Track. In the Burlington area, bingo afficionados can play seven days a week by hopping between a dozen regular games. And some do.

By Ruth Horowitz onday is bingo night at the Elks Club in Burlington’s New North End. Inside the wood-paneled banquet hall, beneath the hand some stuffed head o f an elk, more than a hundred players — most over 50, and almost all women — chat with their seatmates, sip their Diet Cokes, and wait for the fun to begin. In Vermont, gambling is pro hibited except to raise money for charity. Bingo may not have the drawing power of, say, pro wrestling or NASCAR racing, but in Masonic Lodges, VFW posts and Catholic school cafe terias across the state, this game of chance is big stuff. No one seems to know the actual number of Vermonters

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Who plays bingo? According to Michael Weiss, author of The Clustering o f America, a marketing analysis of American communities, the typical bingo player is a politi cal moderate with a highschool education, a high-pay ing, blue-collar job, and a taste for snowmobiles and power boats. Here at the Elks Club, an informal survey turns up several widows, a retired IBMer, an accounting supervisor, a woman on public assistance, a supermarket cashier and a judge. A woman I’ll call Loretta — she’s shy about revealing her real name — has settled into her traditional seat by the wall, the same seat she’s occupied every Monday night for more years than she cares to count. Though Loretta plays only once a week, she still qualifies as a bona fide bingo buff. Set before her are 30 bingo cards bearing the 750 numbers she’ll mind, deftly and efficiently, for the next three hours. From home, she’s brought her own flowered tin of translu cent bingo chips, her pink mag netized wand for sweeping up the bingo chips, and her pink and yellow “dabbers” for mark ing the paper bingo cards she’ll buy in the course of the evening.

Other players have personal ized their spaces with good luck shrines — a shiny penny on each “free” square; a toy fourleaf clover; a stuffed lion; a troll doll; framed photos of the kids back home. Loretta makes do with a handful of plastic charms. For humor value, she’s also included a joke: a plastic token that wears a top hat and is labeled with the words, “Oh, shit!” That’s what every player mutters, Loretta divulges with a giggle, whenever someone else hollers “Bingo!” The chit-chat dies down as the first game begins. At the front of the room, numbered balls bounce on a column of air inside the “cage.” One by one, the balls are sucked to the mouth of a tube, where video cameras send their image to several TV screens. Experienced players like Loretta keep an eye on the screens, and have most of their cards marked before the caller announces the number. Slower players can follow the game’s progress on the big Autotronic score board, which indicates the numbers called, how many balls have been drawn so far, and which pat terns are being played. In “Regular” bingo, the object is to cover all the num

bers forming any straight line. In “Postage Stamp,” players attempt to form a four- number square in a corner. “Little Joe” refers to the box around the free square in the center of the card, and “Six-pack” is a twoby-three rectangle. After about 30 balls have been drawn, someone calls bingo and the room is filled with the sound — not of every one else muttering “Oh, shit,” but of a hundred plastic wands sweeping up 3000 metalrimmed chips. W ith so many players competing, the chances of winning are fairly low. Loretta and her friends all agree, though, that they play to have a good time, not to get rich. In addition to the $25 Loretta invests in her 30 cards at the door, she might shell out another $50 on the instant-win “break-open” cards and special tear-off games sold inside. Vermont law limits bingo prizes to $400 per game. The take is lower at the Elks Club, where the pot maxes out at $100, and proceeds are split between as many players as win at once. “You never get back what you put in,” Loretta acknowledges good-naturedly. This easy-going, low-stakes atmosphere is part of what gives

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this bingo hall its reputation for being “nice” — a distinction that pulls players in from all over the county. “Elks was voted the best bingo in the area,” brags Loretta, who lives right here in the neighborhood. Bob Steele, the volunteer who runs the Elks’ bingo operations, explains, “We bend over backwards to have a scrupulously honest operation, and to have it appear so. People feel comfortable coming here.” Honesty — in fact and in image — became an issue among Vermont’s bingo opera tors in 1992. That’s when a group calling itself “The Regular Veterans’ Association” came in from Texas to manage Broadacres Bingo Center, in Malletts Bay. The state charged that the group was violating gambling laws by illegally profit ing from the game. The case went all the way to the Vermont Supreme Court, which ruled that although the intent of the law was to ban gambling profiteer ing, the statutes were written too vaguely to be enforced. The charges were dismissed, but the indictments exposed the potential for bingo sleaze in Vermont. “There was the per ception that bingo was no longer the church basementtype deal, but large gaming companies were moving in and using loopholes in the law to make money from it,” recalls Assistant Attorney General David Tartter, who helped argue the case. The Legislature responded to this perception in

1994 with a massive bingo-law revision designed to ensure that charities — and only charities —- make money from the game. One key to keeping bingo kosher is regulating the extra chances sold inside the hall between regular games. According to a source familiar

players paid the admission price. Today, break-open sales are carefully monitored. But they remain a significant source of revenue for bingo halls, and a mighty temptation for some bingo players. Steele won’t say

ers of the (mostly male) hawk ers who circulate the hall, prod ding and cajoling, and the sus ceptibility of the (mostly female) clientele. Loretta, for one, is an easy mark. For the seventh or eighth time tonight, the same smiling

Set before her are 30 bingo cards bearing the 750 numbers she’ll mind, deftly and efficiently, for the next three hours. with Vermont’s bingo scene, at least one contractor who ran games before 1992 took home a full 90 percent of the proceeds, leaving a scanty 10 percent for the charities his games ostensi bly benefitted. His modus operandi? Pocketing all the pro ceeds from break-opens and other special games sold after

how many bingo bucks the Elks rake in, but he does reveal that about 40 percent of their total proceeds come from instantgratification gimmicks with names like “Viagara Falls,” “Kiss My Bass” and “The Whole She-bang.” The success of these sales seems to hinge on two factors: the persuasive pow-

Elk approaches her table. First he sits down across from her and tells the lady beside him, “I’ll be seeing you Thursday. I’m going to be delivering Meals on Wheels.” The woman laughs flirta tiously. “Oh, no, you’re not. I won’t let you in.” “I’ll be there, all right,” the

Elk smiles back. Then he catch“Don’t you know better T than to come here?” Loretta says, giggling. And then she just does exactly what she’s done every other time he’s come by. Loretta hands over a crumpled wad of dollar bills. The Elk counts off a small stack of folded cards, and Loretta breaks them open in quick, mechani cal succession. One by one, glancing at their insides just long enough to ascertain that they’re not winners, she tosses them into the trash. “Do you know why we play this game?” a woman asks. “To relax,” Loretta wryly replies. “If you can call it that.” Watching Loretta, you know that she isn’t just here to relax, nor to feed a gambling compul sion. She’s here, it seems, because it must simply Teel right: to sit in her regular seat and to see her Monday friends and feel the translucent bingo chips sliding through her fingers. Loretta comes to Elks bingo because Elks bingo is where Loretta belongs. Across the room, a player sneezes. A dozen female voices pipe up in unison, chorusing an instant, “Bless you.£ Loretta shakes her head and laughs. “This is the place to come if you want to get blessed,” she says. “Everybody blesses you here.” ® Exquisite Corpse Artsite is hosting a “Gallery Bingo Night” on Thursday, March 11, at 8 p. m. with an antique bingo ball dispenser and vintage cards. Info, 864-5884.

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What do women want? Their say ■ — and pay B y P a m e la P o lsto n orking women are mad as hell; and they aren’t going to take it any more. That’s one thing you might deduce from a recent study by the AFL-CIO and the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), in which more than 50,000 American women responded to questions about what’s good and what’s bad at their jobs. The numberone concern was equal pay — or rather, lack thereof. As of 1997, the latest year for which data are available, women make on average 74 cents to men’s dollar. Look at it this way: W ithout any change in this sit uation, a 25-year-old woman can look forward to losing more than $523,000 —■compared to her male counterpart — over her working career. That hurts.

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the national'average, making 79 cents to men’s dollar, or $112 a week less. Add another six cents if she’s a “union maid” — the AFL-CIO has made more head way on the issue. But multiply even those gaps by a lifetime of wage-earning and there’s still plenty of room for improve ment. Despite the passage of the Equal Pay Act in 1963 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 — both of which pro hibit wage discrimination on the basis of gender — improve ment has been taking a long time. “BPW has been working on the pay issue since 1919,” Carroll says, noting that getting equal pay for equal work has already taken longer than it took women to get the vote. A self-employed photogra pher, Carroll is past president and former legislative chair of

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stick.” The Fair Pay Act would also ban retaliation against workers who challenge pay practices. Another current bill — co sponsored by Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy — is the Paycheck Fairness Act, which would essentially strengthen the penalties for Equal Pay Act vio lations.

he wage gap hurts — not only women but all of society — in lots of ways. American families lose a stun ning $200 billion annually because of women’s lesser pay. If married women were paid as much as comparable men, their family income would rise by 6 percent. If single working mothers were paid what compa rable men earn, the poverty rate of that group could be cut in half. Women of color fare much worse, in general, than white women, according to statistics from the AFL-CIO/IWPR: African-American women make 65 cents, and Latinas 57 cents, to men’s dollar. A recent study found that nearly 40 percent of working poor women could leave welfare programs behind if they received pay equity increases, reports the National

Committee for Pay Equity ~ (NCPE) in Washington, D.C. The implications for the chil dren in these families — for education, health care, nutri tion and other needs, and their own prospects for the future — is enormous. Barbara Morrow of the Vermont Governor’s Commission on Women also notes the wage gap’s effect on Social Security and other retire ment benefits for women. “It just makes sense for the econo my,” observes Carroll, “for women to get paid more.” Men as well as women pay the price for unequal wages. In addition to lowered family

study. Gk&rlyLth£ o f work hurts both genders. , N C PE reports indicate that pay equity adjustments would bring a great savings to taxpay ers in the reduction of welfare and related programs, while costing only a 3.7 percent wage increase to businesses. One of the lingering myths, in fact, is that paying women more would be too costly for employers. The AFL-CIO’s research refutes this. Besides, voluntary compli ance is far less expensive than litigation. So if pay equity is such a good thing, why don’t we have it now? That answer is complicated.

ical arid service-industry jobs, 3-v according to AFL-ClO data. ^ \ In Vermont, a December 1997 state Department of Personnel analysis o f full-time employees revealed that 62 per cent of those making $15,900 or less were female. Among employees making $16,000 to $32,900 there was approximate gender equity, but above that, the number of women declined dramatically: from 40 percent in the $33,000-42,900 category to 18 percent in the $55,00069,900 category. The telling shorthand is that 70 percent of administrators are male, while 84 percent of clerical workers are female. Some of the wage gap can be explained by differ ences in education, experience or time in the workforce — such as, for instance, when women choose to stay home and raise children. But a far more signifi cant factor, according to the National Committee on Pay Equity, is enduring discrimina tion. In other words, some jobs pay less simply because they are dominated by women or people of color, regardless of the

Just getting women to talk about pay discrimination seems even harder than talking about sexual harassment. Why? Quite simply, 74 cents are better than none. incomes, men who take jobs in predominantly female fields lose an average of $6259 a year. When the percentage of women rise in predominantly male fields, such as pediatrics, wages tend to fall in that field, accord ing to the AFL-CIO/IWPR

For starters, a primary reason for the wage gap is not just that women are paid less for compa rable work, but that women and people of color are still clustered into low-paying occu pations. More than half of working women hold sales, cler

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A m e r ic a ’s “new m o n e y ” le a v e s a c a sh critic co ld new $100 bills that haveNbeen floating around for the past year or so and wonder whose Monopoly set-they came from. O f course, my problem could be that I see hundreds so rarely I forget what they look like. But the hundred was only the beginning. Take the new $50 bill. Take a couple — they won’t buy much, anyway. The Treasury Department (motto: “Spend as many as you like, we’ll print more.”) has moved beyond the really big bills and is working its way down to money the rest of us might see in our wallets. Well, for a few minutes at a time, anyway. The problem was technolo gy. Apparently the old bills were getting too easy to counterfeit. One day someone woke up and

B y M a d D og s loyal, red-blooded Americans we all feel it’s our civic duty to be pre occupied with money. How to get it, how to save it, how to keep the federal government from taking it all, and how to justify having spent so much of it on those expensive new shoes, that we add up all the money we threw away on those lame Batman sequels, including, of course, the barrels of welloiled popcorn we ate in the process, a product, incidentally, which has the highest profit margin this side of a defense contract. Obviously money is impor tant to us. Maybe that’s why it’s so disconcerting to look at the

realized that anyone named McGyver with a broken spatu la, a piece from a Lego set, some kite string and a friend who was a government engraver could duplicate one in minutes. This had to be stopped. The new $50 bill — like its predecessor, the $100 — looks just like the old one, only dif ferent. First there’s the micro printing, which mean lots of teeny-tiny words are buried in Ulysses S. Grant’s shirt collar and in the border. This was done so you’ll have something to do while standing in long lines at the bank waiting to be charged for not using the ATM: “Find the hidden words on the new $50 bill and win big prizes!” Then there’s the security

thread which is embedded in the paper to the right of the portrait. When you hold the bill up to a bright light the words “USA FIFTY” and a flag appear on the thread; when held under an ultraviolet light, the thread glows yellow. This is how you can tell the_$50 bill from the $100 bill — the thread on the hundred glows red. Well, that and the big numbers all over it. This is actu ally part of a secret plot by the government to help out the black-light •industry, a group which still has ware houses full of old Jimi Hendrix posters they want to get rid o£ The government also figures this will keep kids off the street and in their bedrooms checking out the new bills while saying “cpol” and “rad” and “I can’t remember — did I steal this fifty from Mom or Dad?” This helps explain why they’re using color-shifting ink on the number in the lower right-hand corner. When you look at it straight on it looks green, but from an angle it looks black. How fun! Mood money! But the biggest change is in President Grant. Besides mak ing him look a lot like Ernest Hemingway, his portrait — like

Ben Franklin on the hundred — is larger than the bill itself. According to the Treasury Department, this was done so the bills could, double as Famous American Trading Cards. Just kiddihg. Actually, they said the enlarged por traits would make the bill

easier to recognize. If that was the case, why didn’t they just take Grant off completely and put a huge “50” on the front, kind of like they did on the back, where they slapped a big number in the lower right-

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cien cy class. They say they’re planning to make similar changes to all our paper money, though probably not to the $1 bill. This is because they’re still talking about eliminating the dollar bill completely and replacing it with a coin. They claim this simple move would save the government S i00 mil lion over the first five years. Big

Thirty five percent of Americans already favor placing ads on the dollar bill if it will help cut the deficit or lower taxes.

deal, they could do that by cut ting President Clinton’s Big Mac allowance. Apparently it costs 3.7 cents to print a $1 bill that lasts for 18 months. A coin, on the other hand, would Cost 8 cents to make and would last 30 years. The problem is, 85 percent of the people polled say they prefer paper. The solution is to subsidize the dollar bill. Companies already pay to have their name plas tered on everything from race cars to baseball stadiums to the Olympics. Why not put ads on money? You don’t think the public would go for it? Think again. Another poll found that 35 percent of Americans already favor placing ads on the dollar bill if it will help cut the deficit or lower taxes. Hey, even I couldn’t have made this one up. So any day now you may be able to walk into your favorite store and pay for your purchase with Coke ones, Roto-Rooter fives and an Earl Scheib 10. Or, of course, you could whip out your broken spatula, that piece from an old Lego set, and some kite string and print your own. Hey, they probably wouldn’t look any sillier. ®

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orders — perhaps to spend more on solving the Y2K prob lem. But a major brokerage house had just put a strong buy on the stock the week before. Imagine how those guys feel. “Don’t confuse brains with a Bull market” is an old line on Wall Street. It’s important to remember. So is the fact that the stock market is only indirectly related to economics. It’s a function of human fear, greed and appre hension all overlaid on a busi ness cyck. There is am6W teYrrt1

One big reason , you win or lose i staring at vo the mirror. We all have a lot of ps chological quirks hat affect how we act as investors. — behavioral finance — that describes this marriage of psy chology and investing. One big reason you win or lose is staring at you in the mirror. We all have a lot of psychological quirks that affect how we act as investors. Ask people to rate their dri ving skills, and 80 percent will say they are above average. Ditto with the stock market. Overconfidence is rampant. How else to explain trading lev els that have soared from 20 percent two decades ago to 100 percent today? O n average, investors are holding their stocks less than one year, com pared to four to five years pre viously. Investors are pretty

CREAM OF THE CROP Investors in Ben & Jerry’s found patience paid off. cocky about their ability to see into the future. But the future can be pretty uncertain. Just ask IDX Another psychological quirk that trips us up is regret. We will go to great lengths in life to avoid looking stupid. Losing money in the market can do a number on your self-esteem. On the one hand, we think we should have been able to do something to avoid it. O n the other, we don’t want to repeat the experience. A cat that sits on a hot stove once won’t do it again. But it probably won’t sit on a cold stove, either. IDX stockholders definitely got burned last week. But instead of focusing on the regret they feel, they should be thinking, “This could be a real buying opportunity.’’ The same thing happened to Ben & Jerry’s five years ago. The stock fell from 32 to 10 over a twoyear period. Everything was going wrong. Earnings were

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Adam’s Apple, Portland & Main St., Morrisville, 888-4737. After Dark Music Series, Knights of Columbus Hall, Middlebury, 388-0216. Alley-Cats, 41 King St., Burl., 660-4304. Backstage Pub, 60 Pearl St., Essex Jet., 878-5494. Billy Bob’s, Keith Ave., Barre, 479-5664. Blue Tooth, Access Rd., Warren, 583-2656. Boony's, Rt. 236, Franklin, 933-4569. Borders Books & Music, 29 Church St„ Burlington, 865-2711. Brewski, Rt. 108, Jeffersonville, 644-5432. Cactus Cafe, 1 Lawson Ln., Burl., 862-6900. Cafe Banditos, Mountain Rd., Jeffersonville, 644-8884. Cafe Ole, North Common, Chelsea, 685-2173. The Cage, Bolton Rd., Waterbury, 244-5457. Cambridge Coffee House, Smugglers’ Notch Inn, Jeffersonville, 644-2233. Champion’s, 32 Main St., Winooski, 655-4705. Charlie O’s, 70 Main St., Montpelier, 223-6820. Chicken Bone, 43 King St., Burlington, 864-9674. Chow! Bella, 28 N. Main St., St. Albans, 524-1405. Club Extreme, 165 Church St., Burlington, xxxxx. • Club Metronome, 188 Main St., Burlington, 865-4563. Cobbweb, Sandybirch Rd., Georgia, 527-7000. Danny’s Pub, Keith Ave., Barre, 479-5664. Diamond Jim’s Grille, Highgate Comm. Shpg. Ctr., St. Albans, 524-9280. Edgewater Pub, 340 Malletts Bay Ave., Colchester, 865-4214. Emerald City Nightclub, 114 River St., Montpelier, 223-7007. Franny O's 733 Queen City Pk. Rd., Burlington, 863-2909. Gallagher's, Rt. 100 &. 17, Waitsfield, 496-8800. Giorgio’s Cafe, Tucker Hill Lodge, Rt. 17, Waitsfield, 496-3983. Good Times Cafe, Hinesburg Village, Rt. 116, 482-4444. Greatful Bread, 65 Pearl St., Essex Jet., 878-4466. Ground Round, 1633 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 862-1122. Halvorson's, 16 Church St., Burlington, 658-0278. Henry’s, Holiday Inn, 1068 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 863-6361. Higher Ground, 1 Main St., Winooski, 654-8888. Jake's, 1233 Shelburne Rd., S. Burlington, 658-2251. J.P.’s Pub, 139 Main St., Burlington, 658-6389. LaBrioche, 89 Main St., Montpelier, 229-0443. Last Chance Saloon, 147 Main, Burlington, 862-5159. Leunig’s, 115 Church St., Burlington, 863-3759. Live Art at the Barre Opera House, (schedule) 883-9307; (tickets) 476-8188. Mad Mountain Tavern, Rt. 100, Waitsfield, 496-2562. Main St. Bar & Grill, 118 Main St., Montpelier, 223-3188. Manhattan Pizza, 167 Main St., Burlington, 658-6776. Morgan's at Capitol Plaza, 100 Main St., Montpelier, 223-5252. The Mountain Roadhouse, 1677 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-2800. Nectar’s, 188 Main St., Burlington, 658-4771. Neshobe Sportsman Club, Rt. 73, East Brandon, 247-9578. The Nightspot Outback, Killington Rd.. Killington, 422-9885 135 Pearl St., Burlington, 863-2343. Pickle Barrel, Killington Rd., Killington. 422-3035. Radisson Hotel, 60 Battery St., Burlington, 658-6500. Rasputin's, 163 Church St., Burlington, 864-9324. Red Square, 136 Church St., Burlington, 859-8909. Rhombus, 186 College St., Burlington, 865-3144. Ripton Community Coffee House. Rt. 125. 388-9782. Ruben James, 159 Main St., Burlington. 864-0744. Rude Dog, 14 Green St., Vergennes, 877-2034. Rumble Rock Tavern, Sugarbush Village. Warren. 583-6862. Rusty Nail, Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-6245. Sai-Gon Cafe, 133 Bank St., Burlington, 863-5637. Sneakers Bar & Grill, 36 Main St., Winooski, 655-9081. Swany's, 215 Main St., Vergennes, 877-3667. Sweetwaters, 118 Church St., Burlington, 864-9800. The Tavern at the Inn at Essex, Essex Jet., 878-1100. Thirsty Turtle, 1 S. Main St., Waterbury, 244-5223. Three Mountain Lodge, Rt. 108, Jeffersonville, 644-5736. Thrush Tavern, 107 State St.. Montpelier, 223-2030. Toadstool Harry's, Rt. 4, Killington, 422-5019. Trackside Tavern, 18 Malletts Bay Ave., Winooski. 655-9542. Tuckaway's, Sheraton, 870 Williston Rd., S. Burlington. 865-6600. Vermont Pub & Brewery, 144 College, Burlington, 865-0500. Villa Tragara, Rt. 100, Waterbury Ctr., 244-5288. Windjammer, 1076 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 862-6585. Wobbly Barn, Killington Rd., Killington, 422-3392.

WEDNESDAY PAT AUSTIN, BILL PATTON & ROB GUERRINA (jazz), Leunig’s, 7:30

p.m. NC. KARAOKE, 135 Pearl, 9:30 p.m.

NC. DISCO FUNK (DJs John Demus & Tim Diaz), Ruben James, 11 p.m. NC. JO MO FO (funk/r&b), Nectar’s, 9:30 p.m. NC. STEVE BLAIR (jazz), Red Square, • 9:30 p.m. NC. HIP-HOP DJ NIGHT, Rasputin’s, 9:30 p.m. NC. SWING LESSONS (advanced class with David Larson), Club Metronome, 8 p.m. $3, followed by BUCK & THE BLACK CATS (rocka billy), 10 p.m. $3. OPEN MIKE W/PICKLE, Manhattan Pizza, 9:30 p.m. NC. KARAOKE, J.P.’s Pub, 9 p.m. NC. COSMIC LOUNGE (DJs Patti & Tricy Pat), Club Extreme, 9 p.m. NC. ACOUSTIC JAM W/HANNIBAL HILL

(rock), Alley Cats, 6 p.m. NC. SEBADOH, PLAYTOPIA (alt-rock), Higher Ground, 9:30 p.m. $10/12. LAST NIGHT’S JOY (trad./orig. acoustic), Good Times Cafe, 7:30 p.m. Donations. TNT (DJ & karaoke), Thirsty Turtle, 9 p.m. N C. DJ MR. CLEAN?, HOUSE BAND

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TANTRUM (rock), Champion’s,

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PICTURE THIS (jazz), Windjammer,

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(jazz), Leunig’s, 7:30 p.m. NC.

Main, 6 p.m. $5.

CHAD HOLLISTER (pop-rock),

BOOTLESS & UNHORSED (Irish),

hop), Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. $23.

Sweetwaters, 9 p.m. N C. WIDE WAIL (alt-pop), Red Square, 9:30 p.m. NC. THE DETONATORS (blues/r&b), Nectar’s, 9:30 p.m. N C .METRO M ASSIVE (hip-hop/dancehall w/DJs Hub & Diaz), Club Metronome, 9 p.m. NC. DJ NIGHT, Club Extreme, 8 p.m. NC. KARAOKE NIGHT, Rasputin’s, 9:30 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE W/D. DAVIS, Cactus Cafe, 9 p.m. NC. CHAMELEONS (Latin jazz/r&b), Vermont Pub & Brewery, 9:30 p.m. NC. GUY C0LASACC0 (singer-songwriter), Jake’s, 6:30 p.m. NC. DAVE ABAIR BAND (rock), Trackside Tavern, 9 p.m. NC. ORGANIC GROOVE FARMERS, NET WORK (backporch folkgrass, jazz),

Higher Ground, 9:30 p.m. $4/6. KARAOKE W/MATT & BONNIE DRAKE, Edgewater Pub, 9 p.m. NC. DJ & KARAOKE, Thirsty Turtle, 9:30

p.m. NC. BL00Z0T0MY (jump blues), Mountain Roadhouse, 9 p.m. N C. REGGAE NIGHT (DJ), The Matterhorn, 9 p.m. NC. PLATFORM SOUL (’70s funk), Rusty Nail, 8:30 p.m. $5. OPEN MIKE, Gallagher’s, 8:30 p.m. $4/7. IRENE SCHR0EDER (jazz clarinet), Giorgio’s Cafe, 7 p.m. N C. OPEN MIKE, Rumble Rock T av ern ^ Sugarbush Village, 8 p.m. NC. MARK LEGRAND (Americana),. Thrush Tavern, 7:30 p.m. NC. KARAOKE, Danny’s Pub, 9 p.m. NC. KARAOKE, Swany’s, 9 p.m. NC. SETH YAC0V0NE, DAVE KELLER BLUES BAND, Wobbly Barn, 8:30

p.m. $7.

Last Chance Saloon, 7:30 p.m. NC. ZOLA TURN (alt-rock unplugged),,

Burlington Coffeehouse at Rhombus, 8 p.m. $6. ERIC BRENNER (acoustic), 135 Pearl, 6 p.m., N C, followed by EVO LUTION (DJ Craig Mitchell), 10 p.m. $5. ROB SKANE (garagefolkrocknroll), Borders, 8 p.m. NC. MARK BRISS0N (acoustic), Sweetwaters, 9 p.m. NC. PERRY NUNN (acoustic), Ruben James, 5 p.m. N C, followed by DJ NIGHT, 10 p.m. NC. NETWORK (jazz), Manhattan Pizza, 9:30 p.m. NC. CHROME COWBOYS (vintage coun try), Red Square, 9:30 p.m. NC. U.N.I. (reggae), Club Metronome, 9 p.m. $5. HUGE MEM BERS (rock), Nectar’s, 9:30 p.m. NC. HOUSE PARTY (DJs Spin & Dude), Club Extreme, 9 p.m. NC. CURRENTLY NAMELESS (groove rock), Vermont Pub & Brewery, 9:30 p.m. NC. DJ NIGHT (Butch, Dubee, B-Wyse; hip-hop, r&b, dancehall), Chicken Bone Cafe, 10 p.m. $2. COMEDY ZONE (stand-up), Radisson Hotel, 8 & 10 p.m. $8. DJ NIGHT, Franny O s, 9 p.m. NC. BAHAMA M AM A BASH W/TAMMY FLETCHER & THE DISCIPLES (8th

annual party; soul/blues/benefit for 'akeV 7;£0 p.m, $5 donaABAIR BROS, (rock), Henry’s Pub,

Holiday Inn, 9 p.m. NC. RAY VASS0 (acoustic), Ground Round, 8 p.m. NC. EAST COAST MUSCLE (blues-rock), Trackside Tavern, 9 p.m. $2. BIM SKALA BIM (ska), Higher Ground, 9:30 p.m. $6/8.

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snowstorm was just in time for the SnoCore Tour, though if we get any more the bands ironically won’t be able to find Burlington for the drifts. The young

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sonic mixer DJ Spooky is first up in a

(Caribbean), Villa Tragara, 6:30 p.m. $7.50. PLATFORM SOUL (’70s funk), Rusty Nail, 8:30 p.m. $5. LIVE M USIC (rock), Gallagher’s, 9 p.m. $4. (SIC) (alternafunk), Mad Mountain Tavern, 9 p.m. $4.

night of hip-hop-electronica-alt-rock that includes Black Eyed Peas, Soul Coughing and Everclear. Oh, yeah, and a “Snowblast Expo” with all the snow

JAY GEILS & MAGIC DICK BLUES TIME, Emerald City Nightclub,

sports hooha you could possibly want.

9 p.m. $14/17. GLENDAN ENGALLS (jazz), Morgan’s, Capitol Plaza, 7 p.m. NC. DERRICK SEMLER & THE MODERN BLUES BAND, Charlie O ’s, 9 p.m.

NC. MARK LAVOIE (blues harmonica),

Three Mountain Lodge, 6 p.m. NC. BLUE FOX & ROCKIN’ DADDIES

(blues-rock), Mountain Roadhouse, 9 p.m. NC. MR. FRENCH (rock), The Matterhorn, 9 p.m. $3-5. CHAD, ELBOW (pop rock), Toadstool Harry’s, 9:30 p.m. $3. SHAB00 ALLSTARS (rock/funk), Wobbly Barn, 8:30 p.m. $7. CRUMB (rock), Nightspot Outback, 9:30 p.m. $7.

SATURDAY BOOTLESS & UNHORSED (Irish), Last Chance Saloon, 7:30 p.m. N C. MIGHTY MIGHTY B0SST0NES (skapunk), Ross Sports Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 8 p.m. $18. EDDY LAWRENCE (singer-song- , writer), Burlington Coffeehouse at Rhombus, 8 p.m. $6. SENSIBLE SHOES (rock/r&b), Nectar’s, 9:30 p.m. NC. FACT0RIA (DJ Little Martin), 135 Pearl, 10 p.m. $4/5. DJ NIGHT (hip-hop/r&b DJs), Ruben James, 9 p.m. NC. JAMES HARVEY (jazz), Red Square,

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TANTRUM (rock), Champion’s,

9:30 p.m. NC. RETR0N0ME (DJ Craig Mitchell), Club Metronome, 10 p.m. NC. DANCE PARTY (DJs), Club Extreme, 9 p.m. NC. KARAOKE, J.P.S Pub, 9 p.m. NC. FLASHBACK (’70s-’80s DJ), Rasputin’s, 9:30 p.m. NC. HIP-HOP NIGHT, Ruben James, 11 p.m. NC. KIP MEAKER (blues), Vermont Pub & Brewery, 9:30 p.m. NC. SOLOMONIC SOUND SYSTEM (reg gae DJ), Chicken Bone, 10 p.m. $1. COMEDY ZONE (stand-up), Radisson Hotel, 8 & 10 p.m. $8. GUY C0LASACC0 (singer-songwriter), Jake’s, 6:30 p.m. N C. ABAIR BROS, (rock), Henry’s Pub, Holiday Inn, 9 p.m. NC. HIGHLAND WEAVERS (Irish), Tuckaway’s, Sheraton Hotel, 9 p.m. NC. ADAM ROSENBERG (acoustic), Ground Round, 8 p.m. N C. EAST COAST MUSCLE (blues-rock), Trackside Tavern, 9 p.m. $2. CONSTRUCTION JOE (alt-country>, Sneakers, 9:30 p.m. $4.

9 p.m. N C. RED HOUSE (rock), Backstage Pub,

8:30 p.m. $2.

TAMMY FLETCHER & THE DISCI PLES, BL00Z0T0MY (soul/blues;

PICTURE THIS (jazz), Tavern at Inn at Essex, 8 p.m. NC. SAND BLIZZARD (alt-rock), Edgewater Pub, 9 p.m. N C. BACK ROADS (country; round & square dancing), Cobbweb, 8:30 p.m. $7/12. CHRIS KLEEMAN (acoustic blues), Good Times Cafe, 8 p.m, $6. STONE MT. QUARTER (rock), Thirsty Turtle, 9 p.m. $3. NETWORK (jazz), Emerald City Nightclub, 9 p.m. $5. (SIC) (alternafunk), Mad M ountain Tavern, 9 p.m. $4. LIVE M U SIC (rock), Gallagher’s, 9 p.m. $4/7. COMEDY NIGHT, Rumble Rock Tavern, Sugarbush Village, 8:30 p.m. $2. JUKEBOX HEROES (rock), Blue Tooth, 9 p.m. $3/4. U.N.I. (reggae), Rusty Nail, 8:30 p.m. $5. JOEY LEON & CHOP SHOP (blues), M ountain Roadhouse, 9 p.m. NC. THE DETONATORS (blues/r&b), The

jum p blues), Higher Ground, 9:30 p.m. $5.

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THE SEBADOH (Sub Pop Records, CD) — It’s easy to see why indie idols Sebadoh have stuck it out through umpteen albums: vocalist/guitarist Lou Barlow simply isn’t out of ideas yet. The trio’s latest, The Sebadoh, is 15 songs’ worth of evidence. With new drummer Russ Pollard in tow, Barlow and bassist/vocalist Jason Loewenstein churn out textured, lyrically thoughtful tunes that embrace enough harmonic pop for lovers of melody, and enough low-fi, dissonant darkness to keep their indie cred. Some of these tracks are longer than either style usu ally commands: The lovely “Tree,” at 4:17, could be considered majestic if it had more lavish, U2-like production. As it is, the song is quietly arresting. Even the Beck-like radio hit, “Flame,” clocks in at 4:56, but it’s not a second too long. Barlow slows it way down for “Love is Stronger,” vocally a ballad, instrumentally saved from sheer sweetness by strident guitar chords. “Thrive” is an eloquent piece of alt-pop. Not to worry, this ain’t all pretty: The album kicks in with a wash of white noise; “Colorblind” thrashes carelessly; “Cuban” is all ragged edges, sideways syncopation and wailing vocals; and the closer, “Drag Down,” is a screamer with vestiges of Dinosaur Jr. Sebadoh has a way of coming up from underneath and grabbing you by the balls — or whatever — before you realize what’s happening. Seb-versive, I call it. This Wednesday at Higher Ground, with Playtopia. — Pamela Polston SEBADO H,

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M IG H T Y B L U E K IN G S, LIVE FROM CHICAGO (R-Jay Records, CD) — Sizzle, steam and sensuality emanate from this Chicago eight-piece, who look as good as they sound. In case there was any doubt, this disc includes adulatory audience response — recorded live last summer at Chicago’s Metro — that grows more manic as the songs pile up. The Kings are more than hometown heroes; Live debuted at the top of Billboards blues charts. Guided by Ross Bon’s mighty big voice, the disc jumps right in with “Buzz Me,” a song a certain local radio station would be wearing out if they played the blues (the preeminence of “Jump, Jive and Wail” suggests blues with enough swing in it would not be out of place). These 13 tracks have plenty of swing, indeed — tunes like the jumpin’ “Baby Drives Me Wild” and the boogie beast “Meet Me in Uptown” are dispersed pretty frequently among more standard Chicago blues fare. Then there’s the surprisingly successful cover of Jimi Hendrix’ “Manic Depression,” which Mighty Blue Kings have turned into a jagged, jazzified ode.— and Bon’s voice sounds eerily like that of the ’60s icon. “Grinnin’ Like a Chessy Cat” slows it down, giving Bon the chance to croon and Chris Foreman’s Hammond and Geof Bradfield’s sax to share the spotlight. John Sandfort contributes the other dueling sax, and the driving rhythm section — drummer Jerry Devivo and bassist Clark Sommers— is tight as a barrel. As is often the case with live recordings, there’s a certain band-audience interaction that does n’t really translate — this one being a sing-along to the elementary-schoolish “Green Grass Grows All Around.” Other than this Burl Ives-like departure, however, Live in Chicago is as sophisticated and cat-cool as you’d expect. Plenty of opportuni ty for local jivers when Mighty Blue Kings swing into Higher Ground this Tuesday. — Pamela Polston

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motion at this informal gathering of spontaneous movers and shakers. Memorial Auditorium Loft, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 860-3674.

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MUSICA FEMINA: Womens music from China to New Orleans highlights this multicultural celebration and discus sion. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3040. ‘FAIR M ELODIES’: Vermont writer and musician Arthur Edelstein explores the life of Irish harpist Turlogh O ’Carolan in word and tune. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 660-1044. GOSPEL W O RK SHO P: Singer Fontella Bass of “Rescue Me” fame shares the secrets that made her an r&b sensation. Vergennes Opera House, 78:30 p.m. Free. Info, 877-6737.

‘EATEN ALIVE’: Broadway actress Mimi Wyche goes solo in a dramatiza tion about her struggle with eating disor ders. McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2535.

dance BURLIN GTON C ON TACT JAM: Explore and expand your range of

film ‘DEFYING T H E O D D S ’: This film shows four diverse women breaking ground in new fields. A discussion fol lows at the UVM Women’s Center, 34 South Williams St., Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 656-7892. ALFRED H IT C H C O C K LECTURE: John Bertolini zooms in on “Hitchcock’s Signature Appearances and What They Mean.” Starr Library, Middlebury College,4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-5502.

art FIGURE DRAWING: The human figure motivates aspiring and accomplishei artists in a weekly drawing session at th< Firehouse Gallery, Burlington, 6:30-9:3 p.m. $3-6. Info, 865-7165. LU N C H T IM E LECTURE SERIES: Ii conjunction with a current exhibit, Bill Lipke discusses his guest-curated show on “small-scale” 20th-century sculpture Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 12:15 p.m. $3. Info, 656-0750. AMERICAN ART LECTURE: Yale prof Jules Brown discusses “American materials and American culture” in light of an exhibit borrowed from the Shelburne Museum. Concert Hall, Center for the Arts, Middlebury Collegf 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433. W IN SLOW H O M ER LECTURE: An artful alum offers “Revelations for the Eye” — a look at milkmaids as portraye by Winslow Homer. Concert Hall, Center for the Arts, Middlebury Collegf 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-5007.

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It s been about a year since the Good Friday Peace Agreement was signed in Northern Island, but Irish Heritage Festival reveling will make it seem like yesterday. Conceived three years ago as a cul tural alternative to the annual beer bash, the week-long celebration features writers lecturing on “the troubles,” a screening of the John Ford epic film The Informer, an Irish banquet and enough tradi tional music and dance to do the Green Mountains proud. Give the renowned Celtic musicians Dervish a whirl at the Flynn Theatre on St. Patrick’s Day. Wednesday, March 10 - Friday, March 19. Venues around Burlington. Info, 660-1044.

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D o n ’t you th in k artists stru g gle h ard enough w ith o u t having to co n ten d w ith th e Y2K bug? T h is a n d o th er challenges on the arts horizon are am o n g the topics covered du rin g A rts A dvocacy Day. A rtists, arts advocates a n d legislators m ingle at lectures, listen to a legislative “pep talk ,” do lunch w ith elected representatives an d toss aro u n d h o t arts issues w hile m usicians, actors and cartoonists rove th ro u g h th e corridors o f power. T h e day culm inates w ith an awards cere m o n y for distinguished artists an d arts supporters.

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Call it an orchestral oxy moron: “Classical” music is still being composed. Not only that, but some of those modern music makers hail from Vermont. At an upcoming concert, the state’s only group performing “new” classical music, the Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble, presents works by local luminaries David Gunn, Brian Johnson and Dennis Bathory-Kitsz. The six-member ensemble also plays a “monumental” work by Olivier Messiaen and a turn-of-thecentury tune by Charles Ives. Sunday, March 14. Flynn Theatre, Burlington, 7 p.m. $12. Info, 863-5966.

ords flTERS GROUP: Works written [.“love and dedication to the word” the workshop treatment in this litersupport session. Burlington, 7-9 p.m, »Call for location, 864-5808. ETRY READING: Read, relax and tond at this open reading. Rhombus bry, 186 College St., Burlingt n, 8 i $3-6. Info, 865-3144. •MEN’S POETRY READING: *1poets Anna Blackmer and Valerie opatnick read from their respective »■Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, Free. Info, 865-7211. ent - c h i l d b o o k d i s c u s N: Grown-up readers and their 1112-year-old kids compare notes on Lowry’s The Giver. Deerleap Books, °1.7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 453-5684.

ds !GAND STORYTIME: The !r-chree crowd drops in for tunes des. Fletcher Free Library, 'gton, 10 a.m. Free. Info, '216. •NG PARENTS A ND BABIES •LJP: Something fun and education ' s in store at this gathering of ’parents and their kids up to age H.O. Wheeler School, Burlington, ‘2 p.m. Free. Info, 864-0377. Yl IME: Four- and five-year-olds Stories, songs, fingerplays and crafts. Burlington Community Library, toFree. Register, 652-7080.

STORIES: Little listeners hear stories, snack and make crafts at the Children’s Pages, Winooski, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 655- 1537.

etc STRESS R ED U C TIO N W ORKSH OP: Holistic healer Patrick MacManaway offers tips on neutralizing “geopathic” stress at home and work. Healing in Common, Shelburne, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 985-2266. V ERM O NT ADULT LEARNING CENTER: Adult learners drop in to brush up on reading, writing and math skills. H.O. Wheeler School, Burlington, 8:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 864-0377. BLOOD DRAWING: Share a pint with a stranger at this special “Made in Vermont” event featuring a 3 p.m. acoustic performance by Godphrey’s Myth. Red Cross Blood Center, 32 North Prospect St., Burlington, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. Free. Info, 658-6400. POLITICAL SCIENCE SEMINAR: Learn how the Middle East peace process is affecting Burlington’s sister cities in Bethlehem and Arad. 523 Waterman, UVM, Burlington, noon. Free. Info, 656- 1096. INTERNATIONAL LECTURE SERIES: Professor Kevin Trainor takes a look at politics and religion “on parade” in Sri Lanka. John Dewey Lounge, Old Mill, UVM, Burlington, 12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-1096. W O M E N ’S C EN TER LECTURE:

You won’t find the word “VER MONT” spelled out in big, white letters on any local hillsides, but that doesn’t mean movies aren’t being made here. Just ask Jay Craven, the man behind the home grown films Where the Rivers Flow North and A Stranger in the Kingdom. He discusses the ups and downs of shooting in-state at an upcoming presentation. Craven will also screen In Jest, the Making of..., a behind-the-scenes reel he put together with Vermont high school students on the set of his latest feature. Monday March 15■ Burlington College, 6:30 p. m. Free. Info, 862-9616.

Becky Dinwoodie of the American Civil Liberties Union discusses “Protecting W omen’s Health and Reproductive Freedom at Home and Abroad.” UVM W omen’s Center, 34 South Williams St., Burlington, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-0364. A .D .H .D . PARENT SU PPO R T N IG H T : Doctors and educators discuss research and medication for kids with Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder. Austin Auditorium, Fletcher Allen Healthcare, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 651-7615. URBAN FORESTRY VOLUNTEERS: Branch O ut Burlington holds its month ly meeting to spruce up the city. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 862-8245. ‘W O M E N IN SCIENCE’ LECTURE: University of Wisconsin profjaleh Daie shares her views on “Women as Participants and Players” in the science game. Dinner and discussion follow at Ramada Inn, S. Burlington, 5-8 p.m. $30. Info, 879-2648. WALDORF SC H O O L OBSERVA T IO N : Looking for an alternative to public education? Get an inside look at a grade school that emphasizes experiential learning. Lake Champlain Waldorf School, Shelburne, 8:30-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 985-2827. ‘ICE STORM REVISITED’: People who experienced last year’s deep freeze bring stories, photos and videos to a group reminiscence. Sheldon Museum,

This dynamic, high-spirited band from County Sligo has been widely hailed as the '90s successor to the Irish traditional bands Planxty and the Bothy Band. They were a runaway hit at the 1997 Champlain Valley Folk Festival, weaving their "hypnotic brand of traditional magic, leaving their audience in a state of toe-tapping excitement" (Dublin Evening Herald). Sprightly ballads in Gaelic and English are interspersed with highenergy reels and jigs on fiddle, flute, accordion, bouzouki, and mandolin. In Association with Burlington's Irish Heritage Festival

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M o n d a y , M a r c h 15 “Irish Music Concert" - A mix of traditional Irish tunes to benefit the Celtic College. 7:30 pm, College Street Congregational Church. T uesday , M a r c h 16 “Researching Your Irish Roots” Presentation by local genealogist Lawrence O ’Keefe. 7:30 pm. McAuley Hall, Trinity College. W e d n esd a y , M a r c h 17 “S t Patrick’s Day Fun Run” - join us for the annual 2-mile trek. 5:30 pm, Edrr unds School. Info: 434-5017. “St. Patuck’s Day Concert” by Dervish, the masterful band from County Sligo. Co-presented by the UVM Lane Series and the Flynn Theatre. 7:30 pm, Flynn Theatre. F riday , M a r c h 1 9 “Meet the Artist Reception” - Meet artist Chris Hanley, whose show “Eireann Go h-alann (Beautiful Ireland)” is on display, at this wine and cheese reception. 4 pm, Isabel’s on The Waterfront. “Club Metronome Concert” Canada’s leading Celtic-inspired folk-rock band, Great Big Sea, will close out the festival. 21+ show, 9:30 pm, Club Metronome

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MUSICA FEMINA: See March 10. SN O-CO RE TOU R: Cutting-edge sports meet cutting-edge music as Soul Coughing, Everclear, Black Eyed Peas and DJ Spooky get down at Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. $23. Info, 863-5966. N E W ENGLAND W IN D S: The woodwind corps o f the U.S. Air Force band plays classic and contemporary jazz hits for an all-ages audience. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, noon. Free. Info, 865-7211. ORGAN CONCERT: Carilloneur George Matthew Jr. plays organ music by American and Canadian composers at the Congregational Church, Middlebury, noon. Free. Info, 388-7634. ‘M U SIC O F AMERICA’: The Vermont National Guard’s 40th Army band performs tunes popular and patriotic at the Georgia Elementary and Middle School, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 524-6358. JAM SESSION: Bring your instru ment, and lots o f spirit, to an open public performance led by jazz trum peter Lester Bowie. Vergennes Opera House, 7-8:45 p.m. Free. Info, 877-6737.

film ‘T H E STAR’: Bette Davis plays an actress whose star is fading in this film costarring Sterling Hayden. VT CARES, 361 Pearl St., 7 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2437.

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MARC AWODEY: The man behind the poetry machine dispenses verses from his collection Telegrams From the Psych Ward and Other Poems. Book Rack, Champlain Mill, Winooski, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 655-0231. B O O K DISCUSSION SERIES: Leah Hager Cohen’s Glass, Paper, Beans is the subject o f this laid-back literary gathering. Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 229-0774. ‘T IT LIN G YOUR POEM S’: Poets get hip to headlines in a workshop on the name game. Isley Public Library, Middlebury, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 388-7523.

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sport ‘FITNESS FOR PARENTS’: A light workout helps parents start the day on the right foot. H .O. Wheeler School, Burlington, 9:30-10 a.m. Free. Info, 864-0377. W O M EN ’S RUGBY: The Burlington Rugby Football Club invites beginning and veteran scrummers to spring training. Mater Christi School, Burlington, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-3529. ADRIAN BURGESS: The worldclass mountaineer tells tales of tri umph, travails and terror “In Search of Everest.” Campus Center Theater, Billings Student Center, UVM, Burlington, 7 p.m. $5. Info, 800282-3963.

etc V ERM O NT ADULT LEARNING CENTER: See March 10. BLOOD DRAWING: See March 10. Mark Hughes draws caricatures from 4-6 p.m. IRISH HERITAGE LECTURE: Political columnist Peter Freyne remembers life as “a rebel’s son” as part of the week-long Irish Heritage Festival. See “to do” list, this issue. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, noon. Free. Info, 660-1044. GALLERY BINGO N IGH T: Take a chance on an antique bingo ball dis penser, vintage-style cards and prizes donated by local businesses. Exquisite Corpse Artsite, Burlington, 8-11 p.m. Free. Info, 864-5884. CO M PU TER CAREERS TALK: High-tech Vermont companies are looking for qualified employees. Get in on the action at 501 Waterman, UVM, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 656-2085. CONVERSATIONAL FRENCH: Converse with fellow Francophiles at intermediate and advanced levels in this informal social cercle. Firehouse Gallery, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 326-4814. ‘DEMOCRACY AND W O M E N ’ TALK: Why do so few women speak

up at town meeting? Poli-sci prof Frank Bryan examines how females fare. See “to do” list, this issue. Memorial Lounge, Waterman, UVM? 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-4389. ARTS MEETING: Take the “ArTrain” to a meeting of local culterati interested in putting arts on the agenda in Franklin County. Northwestern Medical Center Conference Center, St. Albans, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 868-3351. ULSTER C O N FLIC T LECTURE: Belfast-born author Jack Holland tackles “the troubles” as part of the week-long Irish Heritage Festival. Mann Hall Auditorium, Trinity College, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 660-1044. LEADERSHIP PANEL: Phish front man Trey Anastasio, Gov. Howard Dean and other head honchos high light this talk about taking charge. See “to do” list, this issue. Holiday Inn, Shelburne Rd., S. Burlington, 4-7 p.m. $20. Info, 863-3489. AMPHIBIANS SLIDE SHOW: Green is more than a color at this eco-presentation that examines the state of the swamp. Charlotte Town Office, 7-9 p.m. $5. Info, 425-4937. TOASTMASTERS M EETING: Wannabe public speakers develop communication and leadership skills at the Best Western Conference Center, S. Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 878-3550. LAKE CHAMPLAIN BYWAYS: The “heritage” offshoot of the Addison County Regional Planning Commission meets at the Firehouse, Vergennes, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 388-3141. BETTY DEGENERES TALK: That’s right — Ellen’s mom. She describes her work as spokesperson for the Human Rights Campaign’s National Coming O ut Project. See “to do” list, this issue. Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson State College, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1253. ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SERIES: A staffer at the Center for Northern Studies takes a leisurely look at Arctic ecotourism. Annex Lounge, Gifford Hall, Middlebury College, 12:20-1:20 p.m. Free. Info, 443-5210.

E M O TIO N S ANONYM OUS: Women suffering from depression, anxiety or any other mental or emo tional problem find sorority in this 12-step support group. Seneca Center, Champlain Mill, Winooski, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 660-9036.

music N O R T H E R N HARMONY: The 20member vocal group of traditional and shape-note singers trumpet the start of their national tour: They’re joined by the a cappella group Social Band. St. Paul’s Cathedral, Burling ton, 8 p.m. $8. Info, 426-3210. JAZZ DESSERT: Swing tunes go with the shortcake at this “dessert concert” featuring wind and jazz ensembles. Alliot Hall, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2535. T H E W IN D TH A T SHAKES T H E BARLEY: The traditional-style tunesmiths entertain book browsers at Deerleap Books, Bristol, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 453-5684. GOSPEL MASTER CLASS: Singer Fontella Bass of “Rescue Me” fame shares the secrets that made her an r&b sensation at this vocal workshop. Vergennes Opera House, 7:30-9 p.m. $10. Info, 877-6737.

drama TED D Y ROOSEVELT: Ted Zelewski saddles up to play the “Cowboy President” in this one-man m show for kids. Cambridge Elementary School, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 644-2233. ‘T H E LOGGER’: Actor Rusty Dewees swings onto the scene with his one-man “Vermont play in two 7 ax.” Don Commo accompanies the rustic raconteur on fiddle. Johnson State College, 8 p.m. $10. Info, 888-7140. ‘M E M O IR ’: Turn-of-the-century actress Sarah Bernhardt comes to life in a debut production from New Group Theatre. See review, this issue. A.R.T. Studio Theatre, Hannaford

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words JULIA ALVAREZ: The acclaimed author of How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents reads original poems and selections from her first pub lished work of nonfiction, Something to Declare. Studio Theatre, Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-5937.

kids SO NG A ND STORYTIME: The under-three crowd drops in for tunes and tales. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10:15 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. ‘M USIC W IT H ROBERT RESNIIC: Kids sing songs with the musical host of Vermont Public Radios folk show “All the Traditions.” Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Register, 865-7216. STORY H O U R: Toddlers listen to stories at the Milton Public Library, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 893-4644.

sport FITNESS G UEST DAY: Tired o f the same old workout? Take part in a step-aerobics, walk-interval or circuit training class at either location of Twin Oaks Sports & Fitness, S. Burlington, 5:30 a.m. - 10 p.m. Free. Info, 658-0001.

etc EM O TIO N S ANONYM OUS: See March 11. This co-ed section wel comes men. BLOOD DRAWING: See March 10. Crafts from Pond’s Edge will be raf fled off. SPELLCASTING W O RK SH O P: Wannabe witches learn to work their magic in an introductory lesson at Spirit Dancer Books, Burlington,

6:30-8 p.m. Donations. Info, 660-8060. W O M EN IN T H E ARTS AWARDS: Six area arts leaders, including departing conductor Kate Tamarkin, are honored with Susan B. Anthony awards and a banquet at the Radisson Hotel, Burlington, 6 p.m. $35. Register, 862-7250. ‘PLANE CRASH O N CAMEL’S H U M P ’: Historian Brian Linder talks about a World War II bomber that missed its mark. See story, this issue. Twilight Hall, Middlebury College, 7 p.m. $4 Green Mt. Club members, $7 non-members, info, 244-7037. ‘SHABBAT ACROSS AMERICA’: Temples across the nation welcome unaffiliated and non-Jews to a Friday night service and festivities. Temple Sinai, S. Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-1546. H AITI BENEFIT BOO K SALE: Book brokers turn words o f encour agement into much-needed supplies for a needy Port au Prince hospital. Durick Library, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2535. C H ILD PSYCHOLOGY LEC TURE: A child psychology prof looks at “Old and New Approaches to the Study o f Pretense Play.” Farrell Room, St. Edmunds Hall, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2535. ‘POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS D ISO R D ER ’: A psychiatrist special izing in rape and anxiety discusses her book on “prolonged exposure as ther apy.” Farrell Room, St. Edmunds Hall, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2535. ‘LIVES IN T H E ARTS’ SYMPO SIUM: A reception for two artists kicks off two days o f panel discus sions, readings, performances and film screenings celebrating the work o f alumnae artists. Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 5 p.m. Free. Info, 443-5937. C H ILD POVERTY CON FER ENCE: Kid advocates in the Vermont Campaign to End Childhood Hunger convene to redouble their efforts. Capitol Plaza, Montpelier, 8:30 a.m. -

4 p.m. $30-35. Info, 229-6337. ‘NATURALIST TRAVELS’ TALK: Take a gander at bird life in a modern Eskimo village in Alaska — without leaving your chair. VINS North Branch N ature Center, Montpelier, 78 p.m. Free. Register, 229-6206. ‘EYE O N T H E WEATHER’: A weather researcher looks at global cli matic change using dendochronology, or tree ring analysis. Fairbanks Museum, St. Johnsbury, 7:30 p.m. $5. Info, 748-2372. G LBTQ SUPPORT GROUP: Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and questioning youth make new friends and get support. Outright Vermont, Burlington, 6:30-9 p.m. Free. Info, 800-452-2428. BATTERED W O M E N ’S SUP PO RT GROUP: Women Helping Battered Women facilitates a group in Burlington, 9:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 658-1996.

music ‘M USIC OF AMERICA’: See March 11, UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Info, 654-0480. LESTER BOWIE & FONTELLA BASS: Jazz trumpeter Lester Bowie is joined by the gospel singer of “Rescue Me” fame at this soulful session. Vergennes Opera House, 7:30-9 p.m. $10. Info, 877-6737. CYRUS C H E ST N U T TRIO : The rollicking jazz rhythms of this piano man swing through the Concert Hall, Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. $9. Info, 443-6433. ROM ANTIC PERIOD MUSIC: The Montpelier Chamber Orchestra puts listeners in the mood with a pro gram featuring Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A Minor and works by Beethoven and Dvorak. Bethany Church, Montpelier, 8 p.m. $10. Info, 244-8354. JIM BEER AND T H E RIVER: The Indian singer-songwriter and his award-winning group perform folk tunes to spread the word about the Dawnland Center for addiction

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dance ‘CELEBRATION FO R C H ID D REN ’: Vermont Contemporary Ballet members mimic the ocean’s waves and run “Ribbons” around this program designed with kids in mind. Alumni Auditorium, Champlain College, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $5. Info, 878-2941. ‘HUSTLE’ DANCE: Step back, Saturday Night Fever style, to the days of disco. Pairs and singles strut their stuff at CB’s, Susie Wilson Rd., Essex Junction, 8:30 p.m. $12. Info, 8622207. ‘GAIA’: Dancer-choreographer Lisa Gonzales is accompanied by violinist Laura Markowitz in a collaborative solo work — part of the “Lives in the Arts” symposium. Room 232, Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-5937. SW ING DANCE: Let loose after a lesson, with live music by Swingset. Unitarian Church, Montpelier, 7 p.m., $8. Info, 223-4712. R O U N D A ND SQUARE DANCE: Joyce Tenney calls for a mainstreamand plus-level dance hosted by the Central Vermont Squares. Montpelier Grange Hall, 7:30-10:30 p.m. $4. Info, 485-6739.

drama ‘M EM O IR ’: See March 12. ‘T H E LOGGER’: See March 12. ‘A RAGE O F DREAM ING SH EEP’ A UDITIONS: Playwright David Moats seeks actors for a May produc tion of his semi-historical play about a conspiracy to assassinate the gover nor of turn-of-the-century Idaho. Rhombus Gallery, 186 College St., Burlington, 2-6 p.m. Free. Register, 518-585-9028. ‘JESUS C H R IST SUPERSTAR’ A UD ITION S: St. Michael’s Playhouse is seeking actors and singers for the Bible-based rock opera. McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2904. ‘JO SEPH A ND T H E A M AZING...’ A UD ITION S: The Lamoille County Players seek people with choral back

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‘T H E W O RLD O F T O M O R ROW”: Jason Robards narrates this documentary about the Art Deco extravaganza and New York World’s Fair of 1939. Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, 7 p.m. Donations. Info, 253-8358. ‘EVE’S BAYOU’: An AfricanAmerican girl encounters adultery, voodoo and murder on a quest for her father’s affection. Dana Auditorium, Middlebury College, 3 & 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433. C H ILD R EN ’S FILM FESTIVAL: The son of an explorer braves the Arctic winter with the help of an adopted dog in Kayla, suitable for kids eight and up. Savoy Theater, Montpelier, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 229-0598.

art O PEN PAINTING: Bring your palette and brush to this creative expression session. Art Gallery of Barre, 1-4 p.m. Free. Info, 685-7770.

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in Vermont. Book Rack, Champlain Mill, Winooski, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 655-0231. ‘ISABELLE EBERHARDT PRO JE C T ’: A playwright and composer celebrate the life of the 19th-century writer with an ambient reading — part of the “Lives in the Arts” symposium^Studio Theatre, Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-5937;

kids STORYTELLING SHOWCASE: For two days, Vermont kids tell tales tall and terrific with the help of raconteur Recille Hunrell. Barnes & Noble, S. Burlington 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 864-8001. STORY TIM E: Kids three and up listen to literature read aloud. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

sport TEN N IS TOURNEY: Mixed-dou bles teams swing into action at Twin Oaks Sports & Fitness, Kennedy Dr., S'. Burlington, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Free. Info, 658-0001. VOLLEYBALL CLINIC: Expect ser vice with a smile at this net-working event. Twin Oaks Sports &C Fitness, Farrell St., S. Burlington, 1-3 p.m. $12. Info, 658-0002. T EN N IS RATING N IG H T : “Visual verifiers” Joyce Doud and Mia Ross rate your serving status at Twin Oaks Sports &C Fitness, 75 Farrell St., S. Burlington, 4 & 5 p.m. $21. Info, 658-0001. SN O W SH O E HIKE: Trek up Spruce Mountain at a moderate pace — 4.5 miles in all, round-trip. Meet at Montpelier High School, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 223-3005.

etc H A ITI BENEFIT B O O K SALE: See March 12. ‘LIVES IN T H E ARTS’ SYMPO SIUM: See March 12. Events throughout the day start with a breakfast reception at 9:30 a.m. D O W SIN G DISCUSSION: The Chittenden County Chapter of Dowsers delivers a lecture entitled “Comm unity and Ecology: Living

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See March 13, Chandler Music Hall, Randolph. ‘JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR’ AUDITIONS: See March 13, noon 3 p.m. Musicians try out today. VERM ONT CONTEMPORARY MUSIC ENSEMBLE: The six-mem ber group performs the work of Vermont composers Brian Johnson, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz and David Gunn along with pieces by Olivier Messiaen and Charles Ives. See “to do” list, this issue. Flynn Theatre, Burlington, 7 p.m. $12. Info, 863-5966. IRISH MUSIC AND DANCE: The more, the merrier is the motto of this traditional-tunes jam session that is expected to attract the state’s top players— part of the Irish Heritage Festival. Burlington City Hall Auditorium, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 660-1044. LAURENTIAN SINGERS: The mixed-voice choir from St. Lawrence University performs a program of sacred, secular, colonial and classical tunes at the Unitarian Universalist Society, 152 Pearl St., Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 315-229-5585. DIANA FANNING: Works by Debussy and Haydn are on this solo program, along with the rarely per formed “On an Overgrown Path,” by Czech composer Leos Janacek. Concert Hall, Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433. MATT SHULMAN: The New York jazz trumpeter comes home to jam with friends and benefit Catamount Arts. Lyndon Institute Auditorium, Lyndonville, 7 p.m. $10. Info, 748-2600.

dance ‘CELEBRATION FOR CH IL DREN’: See March 13, 6 p.m.

drama ‘T H E LOGGER’: See March 12, 2 p.m. ‘JOSEPH AND T H E AMAZING ...’ AUDITIONS: See March 13. 'T H E AWFLES MESS I EVER WAS IN ’: Historians chronicle the hardships faced by 19th-century New England women when their men

went westward. Waterbury Area Senior Center, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 244-6648. ‘GUYS & DOLLS’ AUDITIONS: Feeling lucky ? Try out for a spring staging of the great gambling musi cal. Goodrich Memorial Library, Newport, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 334-8145.

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film ‘D OW N BY LAW’: Roberto Benigni, Tom Waits and John Lurie play New Orleans jailbirds who find comical chemistry on the road to freedom. Burlington College, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 862-9616.

kids STORYTELLING SHOWCASE: See March 13. STORYTIME: Young readers delve into classic and new tales at a halfhour happening. Borders, Church St. Marketplace, Burlington, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 865-2711. KAYAK W O RK SHO P: Go with the flow at this introductory class for kids eight to 12 years old. Twin Oaks Sports & Fitness, Farrell St., S. Burlington, 5-6 p.m. $12. Info, 658-0002.

sport TEN N IS TOURNEY: See March 13, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. PLAY READING: Local literati fall for Harold Pinter’s The Lover. Rhombus Gallery, 186 College St., Burlington, 6:30 p.m. $3-6. Info, 865-3144. ‘PIG ’ RACE: Costumed skiers race through obstacles on their way down “the Pig.” Don’t miss the Spam sculp ture, hog roast or pig pinata. Blueberry Hill Ski Center, Goshen, noon. $25. Info, 247-6735. M O U N T MANSFIELD HIKE: Snowshoers head for the “Chin” via the Long Trail on a difficult trek. Meet at Montpelier High School, 8 a.m. Free. Info, 888-3375. SN OW SH OE AND BUSHWACK: Bring snowshoes and lunch on an 11-mile climb up Camel’s Hump and bushwack back toward Bold Mountain. Info, 658-5583.

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aromatherapy BASIC AROMATHERAPY: Two Wednesdays, March 10 and 17, 6 :3 ^ 9 p.m. Star Root, Battery St., Burlington. $35. Info, 862-4421. Explore essential oils, blending and “carrier oils" in this two-part class. IN T R O T O AROMATHERAPY: Tuesday, March 23, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Purple Shutter Herbs, Main Street, Burlington. $20. Info, 865-HERB. Look at the history o f essential oils and their uses pleasurable and medicinal.

art STAINED GLASS W O RK SH O P: Six weeks, March 22 through April 26. Mondays, 6:30-8:30 p.m. or Thursdays, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Quicksilver Studios, 4 Howard St., Burlington. $75/six weeks. Register, 865-6056. Get an introduction to the copper fo il technique used to make stained glass. ART CLASSES: Classes starting in February and March. Above Firehouse Gallery, 135 Church St., Burlington. Info, 865-7166. Elders, adults, teens and children take classes in clay, acrylic or mixed media. ELDER ART PROGRAM : W inter classes starting in February. Locations in Burlington, S. Burlington, Winooski, Williston, Richmond, Bristol, S. Hero and St. Albans. $32-40, new students; $ lb24, returning students. Info, 6587454. Aspiring artists 55 and up learn to use charcoal, oil, watercolor, acrylic and matting.

business ‘G E T T IN G SERIO U S’: Four Mondays, April 5, 12, 19 and 26. Burlington. $115. Grants available. Info, 846-7160. The Womens Small

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computer CYBERSKILLS VERM ONT: Ongoing day, evening and weekend classes. Old N orth End Technology Center, 279 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info, 860-4057, ext. 20. Take small, hands-on classes in Microsoft Office, the Internet and ecommerce.

Ongoing Wednesdays, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. and 3-8 p.m. Middlebury. Donations. Info, 388-7684. Exchange stress and pain for health, with help from this 10-minute “bal ancing”session.

herbs ‘FLOWERS IN W IN T E R ’: Thursday, March 18, 6-8 p.m. Purple Shutter Herbs, Main St., Burlington. $8. Info, 865-HERB. Lift your spirits with a slide show pre sentation o f local edible and medicinal plants.

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K ITCH EN SKILLS AND T E C H NIQUES: Monday, March 15, 6-9 p.m. Isabel’s O n the Waterfront, Lake St., Burlington. $40. Register, 865-2522. Learn useful chopping skills and other techniques to help you cook like a pro.

KENDO: Ongoing Wednesdays and Fridays, 6:45-8:30 p.m. Warren Town Hall. Donations. Info, 4964669. Develop focus, control and power through this Japanese samurai sword-fencing martial art.

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SW IN G LESSONS: Saturday, ITALIAN: Ongoing individual and March 27, 7-10 p.m. Hinesburg group classes, beginner to advanced, Elementary Gym. $10, $5 for kids. adults and children. Burlington. Info, 482-3620. Get instruction before , Info, 865-4795. Learn to speak this your swing into action with the CVU beautiful language from a native speaker and experienced teacher. Jazz Band. A RG EN TIN E TANGO: Tuesdays SPANISH: Flexibly scheduled indi through April 13, 7:30 p.m. vidual and small group classes. Jazzercise, Williston Rd., S. Hinesburg or at your location. Info, Burlington. $10/class. Info, 775482-2387. Students o f all abilities get 1823. Learn the “dance o f passion”— instruction in Spanish conversation the most challenging partner dance. and grammar with an experienced, certified teacher. fe lde n krais® ESL: Ongoing small group classes, ‘AWARENESS T H R O U G H beginners and intermediates. M O V E M E N T ’: Mondays, 7:30Vermont Adult Learning, Sloan Hall, 8:30 p.m. 35 King St, Burlington. Fort Ethan Allen, Colchester. Free. Fridays, 9-10 a.m. Chace Mill, Info, 654-8677. Improve your listen ing, speaking, reading and writing Burlington. Info, 434-5065. Enhance coordination, flexibility, strength and skills in English as a second language. awareness with the guided movement m assage sequences o f Feldenkrais®. FO O T REFLEXOLOGY: Classes flowers beginning soon. S. Burlington Yoga FLOWER ARRANGING: Ongoing Studio, Barrett St. Info, 658-3766. Learn this fu n and easy form o f acu small group classes. Hinesburg. $20. Info, 482-3444. Learn the art o f dry pressure foot massage from a certified flower arranging and how to recognize reflexologist. common and exotic varieties.

meditation healing ‘KABBALAH AND H EALING’: Friday, March 19, 7-10 p.m. Healing in Comm on, 4076 Shelburne Rd, Shelburne. $15. Register, 496-9022. Learn powerful models for healing yourselfand others, based on ancient Jewish mysticism. ‘RYSE’: Four classes beginning Saturday, March 13, 1-5 p.m. ' Plainfield. Info, 888-3087. Learn to “realizeyour subtle energy systems. ” ‘T H E R A PE U TIC T O U C H ’:

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‘T H E WAY OF T H E SUFI’: Tuesdays, 7:30-9 p.m. S. Burlington. Free. Info, 658-2447. This Sufi-style meditation incorporates breath, sound and movement. M EDITATION: Thursdays, 7-8:30 p.m. Green M ountain Learning Center, 13 Dorset Lane, Suite 203, Williston. Free. Info, 872-3797. Don't ju st do something, sit there! M EDITATION: First & third Sundays, 10 a.m. - noon. Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 S. Winooski

Ave. Free. Info, 658-6795. Instructors teach non-sectarian and Tibetan Buddhist meditations. G U ID ED M EDITATION: Sundays, 10:30 a.m. The Shelburne Athletic Club, Shelburne Commons. Free. Info, 985-2229. Practice guided meditation for relaxation and focus.

‘AURA PH O T O G R A PH Y ’: Saturday and Sunday, March 20 and 21, noon-5 p.m. Spirit Dancer Books, 125 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington. $15. Info, 660-8060. See your aura in color and get a computer interpretation and personal reading.

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N ARCOTICS ANONYM OUS: O ngoing daily groups. Various loca tions in Burlington, S. Burlington and Plattsburgh. Free. Info, Help Line, 862-4516. I f you’re ready to stop using drugs, this group o f recovering addicts can offer inspiration. PROBLEM DRINKER?: Group now forming in Burlington. Free. Info, 864-4635. Join a group o f peo ple seeking an alternative to Alcoholics Anonymous.

support groups D ID G E R ID O O W O RK SH O P: Friday, March 19, 6-8 p.m. Spirit Dancer Books, 125 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington. $7. Info, 6608060. Learn the history, playing and breathing techniques o f the Australian didgeridoo. DRUM CLASSES: Thursdays, 7:158:45 p.m. Memorial Auditorium Loft. $10. Info, 660-4305. Master drummer Mohamed Soumah teaches traditional rhythms from Guinea, West Africa. D RU M M IN G : Mondays, 5:45-6:45 p.m. and 7-8:30 p.m. Burlington. Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Montpelier. $5-10/class. Info, 223-9560. Emily Lanxner offers classes in Caribbean steel drums and womens ensemble drumming.

photography PHOTOGRAPHY: Private or group, basic and intermediate classes. Grand Isle or Burlington. Info, 3723104. Learn darkroom skills as well as how to choose, use and exploit the camera to express your creative style in color and black and white.

reiki USUI REIKI II: Saturday, February 27, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Spirit Dancer Books, 125 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington. $150. Info, 660-8060. Commune with your “Reiki guides, “ discuss building a practice and get an attunement.

self-defense BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU: Ongoing classes for men, women and chil dren, Monday through Saturday. Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy, 4 Howard St., Burlington. Info, 6604072 or 253-9730. Escape fear with an integrated self-defense system based on technique, not size, strength or speed.

spirit SPRIN G E Q U IN O X C ER EM O NY: Saturday, March 20, 7:30-9 p.m. Spirit Dancer Books, 125 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington. $9. Info, 660-8060. Celebrate “Eostre,” the time o f equal day and night, otherwise known as the equinox.

writing POETRY W O R K SH O P: Thursdays, 1 p.m. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury. Free. Info, 3887523. Bring a poem or two to read and discuss at this ongoing workshop.

yoga S. B U R L IN G T O N YOGA: O ngoing Mondays and Tuesdays, 6:30-7:45 p.m., Thursdays, 4:155:30 p.m. and Wednesdays, 9-10:15 a.m. Barrett St., S. Burlington. Info, 658-3766. Focus on stretching, breath ing, relaxation and centering with Hatha yoga. K U N D A LIN I YOGA: Ongoing Tuesdays, 8-9:30 a.m., Fridays, 5:307 p.m. beginning March 19. Sun Do and The Movement Center, 7 Court St., Montpelier. Info, 234-6528. Take Kundalini yoga classes fo r a vig orous, meditative and healing practice. YOGA: Wednesdays, 7 p.m. Green Mt. Learning Center, 13 Dorset Lane, Williston. $8. Info, 872-3797. Practice yoga with Deborah Binder. YOGA AT T H E CREAMERY: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7-8:30 p.m., Fridays, 9:30-11 a.m., Saturdays, 4-5:30 p.m. The Creamery, Shelburne. $10/class, $60/eight classes. Info, 482-2490. Practice Iyengar style yoga using props to help align the body. YOGA V ER M O N T : Daily classes, 12 p.m., 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Chace Mill, Burlington. Info, 6609718. Astanga style “p ower"yoga class es ojfet sweaty fu n fo r all levels o f expe rience. YMCA YOGA: Ongoing classes. YMCA, College St., Burlington. Info, 862-9622. Take classes in vari ous yoga styles.

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art FIGURE DRAWING: Artists of all abilities are welcome to participate in this weekly session. Fresco Studio, Union Station, Burlington, 6-8:30 p.m. $3-5. Info, 862-4893.

words BOO K DISCUSSION: Leanne Leahy leads this discussion of two Kaye Gibbons tomes, Ellen Foster and A Virtuous Woman. Barnes & Noble, S. Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 864-8001.

kids ‘SIN G IN G W IT H ROBERT’: Local folkie Robert Resnik plays for kids at the H .O . Wheeler School, Burlington, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 864-0377. STORYTIME: Children from three to five enjoy stories, songs, fingerplays and crafts. South Burlington Community Library, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 652-7080. CREATIVE MOVEMENT: Kids two to five get into the groove by using their bodies to dance and pre tend. H .O. Wheeler School, Burlington, noon - 12:45 p.m. Free. Info, 864-0377.

etc V ER M O N T ADULT LEARNING CENTER: See March 10. HAITI BENEFIT BOO K SALE: See March 12. BLOOD DRAWING: See March 10. The salsa keeps flowing, courtesy of Miguel’s Stowe Away. SEW ING W O RK SHO P: Jean Wolvington lends art experienced hand at this stitching session. H .O. Wheeler School, Burlington, 9 a.m. 12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-0377. BATTERED W O M EN VOLUN TEERS: Attend an orientation ses sion covering domestic violence edu cation and volunteer opportunities with Women Helping Battered

Women. UVM Worhen’s Center, 34 South Williams St., Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 658-3131. REIKI CLINIC: Get a hands-on intro to an ancient healing technique that relieves pain and reduces stress. 35 King St., Burlington, 6:30-9 p.m. Free. Info, 865-9813. ‘T H A N K Y O U ’ CELEBRATION: The United Way throws a bash fea turing buffet, bar and dancing to Blues for Breakfast. Higher Ground, Winooski, 6-9:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-7541. EC O N O M IC DEVELOPMENT PANEL: Does the countryside have to be sacrificed for economic vitality? That question is on the agenda at the Rarnada Inn, S. Burlington, 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free. Info, 864-7541. INDIAN PAINTING LECTURE: A Japanese-Chilean anthropologist leads the way in “Imagining the Land of Beauty and Goodness: The Painting of Mapuche Indians Dreams of Heaven.” 101 Cheray Science Hall, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 4 p.m. Free. Info, * 654-2535. ‘BEYOND SCIENCE’: Explore the boundaries of science and spirituality in a discussion of the book by physi cist-turned-priest John Polkinghorne. St. Michael’s College Chapel, Colchester, 5:15 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2342. ‘SPIRITUALITY AND SCIENCE’: A physics prof explores the elusive “common ground” between faith and facts. McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s College, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2535. 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. BATTERED W Q M EN & SU P- j .... , . PO RT GROUPS: Women Helping Battered Women facilitates a group in Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 658-1996. Also, the Shelter Committee facilitates a meeting in Montpelier, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 223-0855.

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AMATEUR MUSICIANS ORCHESTRA: Vermont Sym phony violinist David Gusakov oversees this weekly harmonic con vergence of amateur musicians in the Music Room, S. Burlington High School, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $5. Info, 985-9730.

VERMONT JAZZ ENSEMBLE: After a day of workshops, four competition-winning student bands mix it up on stage with the Vermont Jazz Ensemble. Flynn Theatre, Burlington, 7 p.m. Donations. Info, 863-5966.

words BURLINGTON WRITERS GROUP: Bring pencil, paper and the will to be inspired to this writerly gathering. Daily Planet, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 862-9647.

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STORY TIME: Kids under three listen in at the South Burlington Community Library, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 652-7080. STORY HOUR: Kids between three and five engage in artful edu cational activities. Milton Public Library, 10:30 a.m. &c 1 p.m. Free. Info, 893-4644.

sport WOMEN’S RUGBY: See March 11.

etc VERMONT ADULT LEARN ING CENTER: See March 10. BLOOD DRAWING: See March . 10. Singer-songwriter Kate Barclay plays from 5-7 p.m.

BATTERED WOMEN’S SUP PORT GROUP: Meet in Barre, 10:30 a.m. - noon. Free. Info, 223-0855.

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STORIES AND CRAFTS:

GENEALOGY WORKSHOP:

Children cut and paste to the chase after a morning story. Borders, Church St. Marketplace, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 865-2711.

HOMESCHOOLERS GYM AND CRAFTS: Stay-at-home stu dents take part in extracurricular activities at the Burlington Boys and Girls Club, Oak St., Burling ton, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. $1. Info, 860-1299.

Lawrence O ’Keefe helps Emerald Isle descendants retrace their roots as part o f the Irish Heritage vFestival. 201 McAuley Hall, Trinity College, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 660-1044. ‘W HAT IS NEWS?’: WCAX-TV’s evening newscaster Marselis Parsons discusses the media from the inside out at the South Burlington Community Library, noon. Free. Info, 652-7080.

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the musical host of Vermont Publ ic 'Radio.s ffolk/shbw “Altche 1'A Traditions.” Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Register, 865-7216.

Association cosponsors this open m eetingipr in&yidM&deaJ^g; ,,, with the loss of a loved one. Adult Day Center, 25 Prim Rd., Colchester, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 860-4410.

INFANT-TODDLER PLAY GROUP: The under-three crowd crawls, climbs and colors while caregivers converse at this lunchincluded gathering. H .O . Wheeler School, Burlington, noon - 3 p.m. Free. Info, 864-0377.

FATHERS AND CHILDREN TOGETHER: Dads and their kids get together for stories, craftsand a fatherly chat. H .O . Wheeler School, Burlington, 5-7 p.m. Free.. . Info, 864-0377.

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CLASSICAL MUSIC TALK: Musica Propria director Jack Austin offers a spoken prelude to songs on the VSO’s upcoming concert program. Borders, Church St. Marketplace, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-2711. OPEN MIKE NIGHT: Bring your own talent to a performance potluck, a.k.a. the “Cambridge Coffee House” at Smuggler’s Notch, Jeffersonville, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 644-2233. ‘GENIUS & SOUL’: Gershwin and Ellington musically mesh in this collaboration of tenor Francois Clemmons and pianist JeffMarder. Concert Hall, Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433.

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BURLINGTON CONTACT JAM: See March 10. ‘AMELIA EARHART’: Linda ' Myer plays the record-breaking aviator in a one-woman flight through the flappers-and-Freud era. State House, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 828-2455.

drama ‘OH, VICTORIA’: Montpelier actress Sarah Longman Payne plays Victoria Woodhull in a onewoman show about the first female presidential hopeful. Waterbury Area Senior Center, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 244-1234.

musicians from County Sligo, Ireland, perform traditional Irish tunes to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.

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Marian Mosher leads this inves tigative discussion of Nora DeLoach’s Mama Solves a Murder. Barnes & Noble, S. Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 864-8001. ‘GREAT WOMEN’ DISCUS SION: Herald Remarkable Women o f the Twentieth Century with a dis cussion of Kristin Golden’s book

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with a day of workshops that include preparing for Y2K. See “to do” list, this issue. State House, Montpelier, 10 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 828-5422. EDUCATORS W O RK SHO P: “Making Curriculum” is the theme of this gathering of administrators, teachers and grad students from the public, private and homeschool scenes. The Gailer School, Shelburne, 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. $25. Info, 655-6048. H O M EO W N ER SH IP O RIEN TATION: Potential buyers learn how to shop — and pay — for a home at the Burlington Community Land Trust, 179 South Winooski Ave., 5:30 p.m. Free. Register, 660-0642. FAMILY SUPPER: Local folks dish it out at this neighborly meal. H .O . Wheeler School, Burlington, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-0377. MARITAL HISTORY LEC TURE: A history prof uses “The Saga of Horace and Jane” to revisit marital mores in 19th-century New York. Farrell Room, St. Edmunds Hall, St. Michael s College, Colchester, noon. Free. Info, 654-2535. D ONALD E. AXINN: The bigshot office park developer and pub lished novelist and poet applies the_< creative process to art, science and business at this lecture. Geonomics Center, Middlebury College, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-5795. K N IT T IN G GROUP: Needle workers swap techniques and design ideas with other wool work ers. Northeast Fiber Arts Center, S.

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To audition call 654-2904 This revolutionary rock opera will open the 1999 season of professional theatre at Saint Michael’s Playhouse. Jesus Christ Superstar is a vibrant and passionate musical that launched the mega-careers of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Actors’ Equity has awarded the Playhouse a number of roles that can be cast from the large and talented pool of non-union performers in the greater Burlington area.

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SO NG AND STORYTIME: The under-three crowd drops in for tunes and tales. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. YOUNG PARENTS AND BABIES GROUP: Something fun and educational is always in store at this gathering of young parents and their kids up ro age three. H .O . Wheeler School, Burlington, noon - 2 p.m. Free. Info, 864-0377. STORYTIME: Four- and fiveyear-olds enjoy stories, songs, fingerplays and crafts. South Burlington Community Library, 11 a.m. Free. Register, 652-7080. STORIES: Little listeners hear sto ries, snack and make crafts at the Childrens Pages, Winooski, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 655-1537.

sport ST. PATRICK’S DAY FUN RUN: Work up an appetite for corned beef and cabbage on this two-miler organized by the Irish Heritage Festival. Edmunds School, Burling ton, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 434-5017.

etc V ER M O N T ADULT LEARN IN G CENTER: See March 10. BLOOD DRAWING: See March 10. Crafts from Lium’s of Vermont will be raffled off. ARTS ADVOCACY DAY: Spend St. Patricks Day the artful way

Burlington, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 865-4981.

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pull off, since it requires audi ences to imagine events only sed to be everyone had described by characters. Playwright, director and cast 15 minutes o f fame coming to them. m ust give us enough to go on. Nowadays you can’t be a selfIn Memoir, two out o f respecting celebrity w ithout a three o f those parties pull their book about your life. Walk weight, while the third adds to the load. through a book store right now, I swear, and you’ll see shelves Under Pozzebon’s capable y direction, actors Geri Amori lined with “celebrity memoirs” and Morgan Foxworth find of people you didn’t even know charming chemistry as were celebrities to begin with. As memoirs gO, the debut Bernhardt and Pitou, respec tively. Though aging and in production o f the New G ro u p s declining health, the irascible Theatre o f Vermont bucks that trend in two ways: For one = Bernhardt is a strict task-master, thing, M em oif is not a memoir, insisting that Pitou act out per sonalities from their past to but a play about the writing o f ; invigorate the memoir she is a memoir —* one based on the life and careen of-trend-bucking ^dictating to him. The staid Pitou initially resists this exer actress Sarah l^fflhardt. For ’ ' anothemJBernhardt actually cise but finally plays along. seenj^to have had a life story ' Funny thing, Bernhardt admits, worth telling. Pitou actually has talent. The role-play-within-a-play ensues T hrough the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Bernhardt to delightful effect. blazl world stages and movie screens is similar to Foxworth and with kinetic performances in Am ori’s: to bring vivid life to >utsy roles — am ong them, something lying flat on the damlet, playing the prince, page. Memoir is liveliest when der associations with real-life dramatizing the nuances, the royalty and celebrity were give-and-take, o f her relation equally legendary. She was, as ship with Pitou. If on the sur Memoir director Vicki Pozzebon face the two seem combative, says, “the original superstar.” discerning the underlying ten As plays go, Bernhardt’s derness in their association is Memoir also departs from con easy. T hat both Bernhardt and vention. Consisting primarily o f Pitou stubbornly refuse to yield dialogue between Bernhardt to the degradations o f age — and life-long confidante and she is frail, he is comically secretary Georges Pitou, this absent-minded — extends the episode in the faded star’s twicom m on ground they have long ight years labors to wring max shared. imum drama from m inim um Foxworth shines as the very action. It’s a difficult trick to proper, somewhat prissy Pitou.

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In tweed vest and trousers, and later in silk pajamas, he is the picture o f propriety that haunt ed Bernhardt as a youth, rebelliously catapulting her into the ater life. That he remains so formal when dealing with his intimate companion makes for a humorous odd-coupling; he’s the Felix Unger to her Oscar Madison. Audiences o f U V M ’s staging o f The Dining Room last fall will remember Foxworth as a standout, particularly in his turn as the crotchety grandfa ther being pum ped for money by a grandsbifc ,1 ^ ? . mines similar terrain, deftly using the stiff mannerisms o f his station to suggest the wounded soul beneath the sur face. His one m om ent “out of character,” in which he describes a humiliating sexual encounter, is perhaps the most riveting o f the entire play. Amori holds her own in what is arguably the more chal lenging o f the roles. Aside from a red wig that didn’t seem to fit very well, she is credible as the imperious fading star, scurrying about in a shawl, sipping cognac at sunrise if she damn well pleases, collapsing from life’s strain. Emotionally,

Amori’s role swings from scold ing to contemplative — has her life am ounted to a blessed thing? Amori is strongest when reenacting scenes from her past, bringing to her performance another level o f theatricality.

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W hile grappling w ith this rigor ous work, cast and crew were devastated by the tragic death o f producer C liff Rivers — just days before the play opened. Rivers’ wife Kathleen decided the show m ust go on. It was then up to the Memoir team to make it happen. Under ideal circumstances, staging a play can be a Herculean task. One can only imagine the pressures that cast and crew endured in their final preparations o f Memoir. W ith this play — ded icated to Rivers — these theater artists have served his m em ory w ith aplomb. ®

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ing landscapes, portraits and still lifes. Middlebury College Museum of Art, 443-5007. Through April 25. W INTER’S PROM ISE: Willard Metcalfe in Cornish, New Hampshire 1909-1920, paintings by the American Impressionist. Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N .H ., 603-646-2814. Through March 14. IM P R E SS IO N S , oil paintings by Lorraine C. Manley. Sugar Mill Art Gallery, St. Albans, 893-7860. Through April. GRANNIS GALLERY, featuring the work of designer/goldsmith Timothy Grannis and other jewelry artists. Bank Street, Burlington, 660-2032. Ongoing. SILK SCREEN PRINTS by Sally Stetson. Shimmering Glass Gallery, Waterbury, 244-8134. Ongoing. ELLEN HOFFMAN, pencil drawings, and TOM MERW IN, paintings. Merwin Gallery, Castleton, 4682592. Ongoing.

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ing exhibit responding to life and death by Joan Curtis, Kerstin Nichols, Carolyn Shattuck and R.G. Solbert. Firehouse Gallery, Burlington, 865-7.165. Through March 21.

featuring re-constructed objects of all kinds by area artists. The Restore, Montpelier, 229-1930. Ongoing.

ART IN THE S U P R E M E COURT,

paintings and sculptures by Friedrich Gross. Supreme Court Bldg., Montpelier, 828-4788. Through March 19. THE BACHELOR’S BREAKFAST, new

paintings by Robert Waldo Brunelle Jr. Bread and Beyond, Williston, 899-1106. Through April 1. THE W ARM TH OF WORDS: Wisdom and Delight Through Storytelling, featuring recorded stories by Vermonters aged 10 to 90. Vermont Folklife Center, Middle-bury, 3884964. Through April. A COUNTRY OF SOULS: REFLEC

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Recent Works of Beeken/Parsons. Francis Colburn Gallery, UVM, Burlington, 656-2014. Through March 12. TERRY RACICH AND RICHARD W EIS, monotypes and charcoal/pas-

tels/oils, respectively. Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery, Shelburne, 9853848. Through March 24. NATURE’S EYE, wildlife photogra phy by Brian Machanic. Finale, 31 Swift St., S. Burlington, 862-0713. Through March. GEORGE SM IT H : SCU LPTURE AND DRAWINGS, and TOIL AND SPIN : RECENT W ORK BY KATHLEEN SCHNEIDER. Fleming Museum,

19TH AND 20TH CENTURY A M E R I CAN A RTISTS including landscape ,

paintings by Vermont artists Kathleen Kolb, Thomas Curtin, Cynthia Price and more. Clarke Galleries, Stowe, 253-7116. Ongoing. FU RNISH INGS AND PAINTINGS by

Ruth Pope. Windstrom Hill Studio/Gallery, Montpelier, 2295899. Ongoing. PLEASE NOTE: Seven Days is unable to accommodate all o f the dis plays in our readership area, thus these listings must be restricted to exhibits in truly public viewing places. Art in business offices, lobbies and private residences or studios, with occasional exceptions, will not be accepted.

B y M arc A wodey he current exhibit at Stowe’s Helen Day Art Center, “Modernist Prints 1900-1955,” presents a cross-section of the most vital stylistic trends o f the first half o f the receding 20th century. It also describes the trium ph o f a monum ental innovation that may someday make those times seem more significant than the high Renaissance. As the word “Modernism” is ren dered quaint by the next mil lennium, art historians will probably recognize that the most brilliant accomplishment o f that era’s great artists was to throw out the old thesis of rational, literal representation in favor of a proud subjectivi ty. Their innovation was the mastery o f abstraction. One o f the most daring o f these was a Russian emigre, Wassily Kandinsky. His color lithograph, “Kleine Welten V II” (“Small Worlds VH”),' is an agitated jum ble o f hardedged lines and shapes, on a black field. Its colors are white, blue and yellow, and green where blue and yellow areas intersect. Though view ers may be tempted to find references to the natural world in this work, Kandinsky was not. He contrasted broader lines in the upper right o f the piece with finer, languid lines in the lower left. The struc tures in the top half o f the image are denser, and none of his lines break out of the blackness o f the picture’s edge. Kandinsky’s small world is

Futurism to two-dimensional design. His 1921 “Cover for W endingen” is just a few smooth shapes in gray, peach and black, joined by thin lines that serve a dual purpose. W ith connecting half-circles and supplementary flat dia grams, various triangles in the negative field become as

“Composition,” by Fernand Leger im portant as the positive shapes. Also with geometric forms, Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque and others tried to define a new way o f envisioning the world o f objects. T he purest phase of Cubism had already passed for Picasso by the time

Other half-circles, wavy lines, and hash marks — all black on brown paper —

integrate the flat, figura

tive element into hard-edged hapes of the modern worl [Hi one without objects, and in this non-objective approach he was seeking a pure spiritu ality for his images, much like the American Abstract Expressionists would do a half-century later. Another Russian in this exhibit, El Lissitzky, used flat geometric shapes and color relationships based on value, while applying early minimal ist ideas derived from

ograph, “C om position,” is somewhere between the total abstraction o f Kandinsky and the figuration o f Picasso. Leger used the cones, circles, rectangles and triangles o f Cubism in a way that seems as intuitive as Kandinsky, yet he has also inserted a round, full face behind one o f the central

he created the 1930 etching, “N uba being instructed by Pythagoras.” Nevertheless his elongation o f N uba’s arm, and other subtle distortions that intertwine the clean, razorthin lines o f pupil and master, dem onstrate that Picasso did not abandon his earlier notions; his work had simply evolved toward less dogmatic parameters. Fernand Leger’s 1920 lith-

unshaded geometric forms. O ther half-circles, wavy lines, and hash ma&s -— all black on brown paper — integrate the flat, figurative element into hard-edged shapes o f the m odern world. T he woodcut “Fantail Pigeon,” by the American M ilton Avery, presents anoth er kind o f figurative abstrac tion. His seems devoid o f the ory, a utilitarian sort o f sim plification. Avery also needed no Audubonesque fastidious ness to make his bird descrip tive. All he needed to do to make his hum ble squab come to life was layer a fan shape in Payne’s gray and a tear-drop body onto a sea o f cobalt blue. As contem porary — rather than M odern — artists take advantage o f discoveries from the heroic age described in this exhibit, it seems ever more clear that the current age is one o f visceral abstrac tionists. H ow this volatile time o f artistic ferm ent will eventually be labeled is any one’s guess. Perhaps the m oniker “Twentieth C entury” will be awesome enough. ®

“Modernist Prints 1900-1955,” Helen Day Art Center, Stowe. Through April 3. march 10, 1899

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authoritative history o f the Camel’s H um p bomber crash. Motivated by a longstanding curiosity about the wreck, the amateur historian produced a 132-page account o f the inci dent for the Waterbury Historical Society in 1978. It now serves as the basis for his audio-visual presentations. Unlike the current spate of World War II movies and trib utes to “The Greatest Gener ation” — to borrow Tom Brokaw’s best-selling title — the tone o f Lindner’s work is less dramatic and more focused on establishing the facts o f a wartime tragedy set in our own backyard. It is, however, no less compelling. Suggesting that the distance between H untington and Hollywood m ight not really be that great, Lindner says a num ber o f misconceptions persist even among those familiar with the plane crash. “You can go to Waterbury, H untington or Duxbury even today and find people who will say, ‘O h, I remember that night, it was a horrible storm ,’ which is not at all true,” the 47-year-old insur ance executive says equably. Although the Army chalks the accident up to “pilot error,” Lindner is more generous in his

as little as 18 inches closer to the Cham plain Valley, it might have missed the m ountain com pletely. Instead, the B-24 bom ber clipped^the trees and rocks at a speed o f 215 miles per hour. Analytically describing the gut-wrenching demise o f 36,000 pounds o f alum inum and steel, one bounce and cart wheel at a time, Lindner still manages to conjure an R-rated reality. “Some o f the bodies o f the dead crewmen were thrown out o f the plane where the nose and cockpit had once been,” he writes. “The plane then bounced and skidded over their remains, m utilating them .” W hen the plane eventually came to rest, nine o f the 10 crewmen were dead. M iracu lously, the turret gunner, who’d been dozing in the rear o f the fuselage, survived the crash with only a broken knee and a gash over one eye. T he afterm ath o f the crash, especially the search and rescue o f PFC James W ilson, is one o f the most intriguing chapters in the Cam el’s H um p story. According to Lindner, W ilson’s rescue was hampered by bad weather and, to a cer tain degree, Army mismanage ment. Low clouds masked the

In collecting the remai the nine servicemen who die in the crash, the “rescu |crew” managed to miss one of two fully intact corpses. assessment. He says while the skies were clear that night, the New England weather was a significant contributing factor. The desire to stay warm — it’s cold at 8000 feet — is what motivated the pilot to fly lower and, unknowingly, on a colli sion course with Cam el’s Hum p. And, Lindner notes, a new blanket o f snow that fell earlier in the day would also have affected the depth percep tion o f the pilot and navigator. Whatever the cause, the plane first hit the west side o f the m ountain just 100 feet below the summit. Based on recent calculations, Lindner believes that had the plane been

wreck for the first 24 hours, so it wasn’t until m idafternoon on O ctober 17 that a rescue plane spotted the crash site and reported its position to Capt. Thom as Behr o f Westover Field, who’d come to the Burlington Airport to coordi nate the search and rescue efforts. T he first radio call placed the crash site on the southeast face o f the m ountain. Unfortunately, a second call using inaccurately plotted map coordinates put the wreckage on the opposite side o f the m ountain. Consequently, the Army and Vermont State Guard mistakenly rushed out to head

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effort and aftermath. His historian’s devotion to detail is a lesson the Army would have done well to em u late. In collecting the remains o f the nine servicemen who died in the crash, the “rescue crew” managed to miss one of two fully intact corpses. T hat body was found by three unsus pecting hikers poking around the remnants o f the crash in the spring o f 1945, a full six m onths after the nine families had supposedly buried their sons and husbands with full military honors. Over the years, the plane has, in a sense, been cannibal ized by souvenir hunters col lecting small shards of metal. Although removing any part of the wreck has always been for bidden, the somewhat morbid reflex is perhaps not surprising, considering that the pilfering began with the original rescue crews back in 1944. In recent years, the only remaining wreckage that’s easily visible is a section o f the right wing, which came to rest beside the Alpine Trail. A less tangible but more appropriate reminder o f the incident is Norwich University’s M ountain Rescue Team, which was formed in part as a response to the Cam el’s H um p crash. Some hikers come to Cam el’s H um p with a sense of history as much as a desire for impressive views. For them it may be appropriate to amend the Green M ountain Club’s mantra: “Take nothing but pic tures, leave nothing but foot p rin ts...an d appreciate those who have gone before us.” ®

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SINGLE, RESPONSIBLE, pro fessional woman w/ older, wellbehaved dog looking for apt. in Burlington to rent/share/sublet. Starting as soon as 4/15. Call Karen, 8 8 8 -6 9 8 4 .

1 9 5 0 s style apt. near U VM — W/D, new gas water/heat. No smoking, no pets. $650/mo. + utils. Avail. 6/1. 6 5 8 -2 5 7 8 .

BUY CARS! FROM $ 5 0 0 .

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bdrms. upstairs, living/kitchen/ bath downstairs. Porch, offstreet parking, pleasant walk to town. $485/mo. 8 7 7 -2 4 6 8 .

Once again, it seems, we’ve got our work cut out for us. Heading up the do-not camp was Stuart Nelson Jr., head veterinarian for the famous Iditarod dogsled race cur rently under way in Alaska. This 1100-mile event lasts two weeks and features several dozen dog teams and their mushers racing from Anchorage to Nome in some of the most grueling conditions imaginable. The temperature falls to 40 below (at which point, I might note, Fahrenheit and Celsius thermometers read the same). Dr. Nelson says he’s seen lots of frostbitten canine parts, including the nipples, uvula, and prepuce — no wonder the Iditarod has been condemned by animal-rights groups. But he’s never seen any frostbitten feet. He thinks this may result from some peculiarity of the canine circulatory system. When people are exposed to extreme cold, vaso constriction in the extremities reduces the flow of blood there, helping reduce heat loss and maintain the body’s core temperature. Maybe this doesn’t happen with dogs. Or maybe they just have more blood vessels down there. Whatever the case, it’s not something peculiar to sled dogs. The doc says he’s never seen frostbitten dog feet in private practice, either. He sees this as a survival mechanism: If a dog can’t move, it dies. Other vets doubt that dogs enjoy any special protec tion, though they do concede that frostbitten paws are rare. A 1975 veterinary account of the Iditarod, written before Dr. Nelson’s time, mentions a few cases, but these occurred because booties intended to protect dogs with paw blisters were tied too tight. Researchers have induced frostbitten paws in the lab to learn more about human frostbite, sug gesting there’s no great difference between us and the pups circulationwise. One vet believes dogs are protected by the thick epithelial pads on the bottoms of their feet, their somewhat higher body temperature (100 to 102.5 degrees Fahrenheit), their thick fur (remember that the frostbitten areas noted by Nelson were hairless), and their practice of

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BURLINGTON to SO. BURLING TON. I am a recent arrival to town looking for a ride to work M-F, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (3028)

BURLINGTON to COLCHESTER. I am a teachers’ aide looking for a ride to Colchester. My hours are 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (3026)

BURLINGTON to SUGARBUSH. I’m a ski bum, working at Sugarbush, looking to share dri ving to/from the mountain. Hours are 8 to 4, varying days. (3022)

WINOOSKI to ESSEX JCT.: I am looking for a ride to IBM. I work 7 p.m. to 7:30 a.m., schedule varies. (3024)

BURLINGTON to U-MALL. I am being relocated to the mall and am seeking ride M-F/S, 9 to 6 . (2999)

RICHFORD to BURLINGTON. I work weekends and am looking to share driving. Hours are 6 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. (3001)

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curling their paws next to their bodies when sleeping. I doubt we need to look for an explanation any more exotic than that. Dogs don’t wear clothes, either, but they withstand conditions that would kill you or me. Dear Cecil, For years I ’ve heard that nickel-cadmium batteries which are not fully discharged will “develop a memory”upon recharging and — after a time — i f they are only partially used each time before recharging, eventually the full capacity o f the battery will not be available. Is this true? — Hobberstad It’s a myth, bud, though one with a basis in fact. Many years ago in the space program it was discovered that a computer-monitored nicad battery repeatedly discharged to exactly 25 percent capacity did develop “memory” — even tually a quarter of its charge became permanently unavail able. But this kind of thing seldom, if ever, occurs in earthbound applications. More commonly one sees a condition that mimics true memory, called voltage depression. In some overcharged batteries the available voltage may drop partway through the discharge cycle, spoofing a low-battery monitor (on a laptop computer, say) into indicating that the battery is low. But there’s still plenty of good juice left. Fully discharging a single nicad cell (e.g., a flashlight battery) is usually harmless and may sometimes be desir able. But fully discharging a true nicad battery — that is, a series of cells wired together, which you typically find in your higher-voltage devices — is definitely a bad idea. One cell may become hilly discharged, but the remaining cells continue to force current through it, causing permanent damage. So the best advice is, don’t fully discharge your nicad batteries, and don’t overcharge them, either. CECIL ADAMS

Is there something you need to get straight? Cecil Adams can deliver the Straight Dope on any topic. Write Cecil Adams at the Chicago Reader, J 1 E. Illinois, Chicago, IL 60611, or e-mail him at cecil@chireader.com.

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Sweetheart...what’s this strange-looking silver cannister on the bathroom counter?

prof./grad student to share quiet So. End house, non smoking, garden. $400/mo. + 1/2 utils. Call 8 6 0 -1 3 1 8 .

But isn’t that a dangerous chemical, Ted? You really shouldn’t leave it lying around.

They must have been some "tricks’.’..there’s shards of brown glass all over the bathroom.

BURLINGTON: Female house mate to share 4-bdrm. apt. No smokers/pets. New North End, private beach, yard, porch. Reasonable rate. 8 6 2 -5 5 0 9 . BURLINGTON: Share with 4 people in large house on So. Winooski Ave., parking. $245/mo. + utils. 8 6 5 -3 8 6 5 .

Oh, that’s just som e liquid nitrogen, babe.

BURLINGTON: 2 prof, women seek similar 3rd roommate. Sunny, hdwd. firs., porch, gar den, parking, quiet neighbor hood, close to waterfront/ downtown. No pets. Avail, now. $280/mo. + 1/3 utils. 6 5 8 2 2 4 4 (h) or 6 5 4 - 2 6 3 1 (w).

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B U T WHEN HE RETURNEP T o WORK, HE HATEP HlS J o B EVEN m o r e th an b e f o r e .

HE SPEN T HlS NEXT VACATION A S AN INMATE IN THE PRlSoN .

WHEN HlS FOUR WEEKS WAS UP HE WAS EAG ER T o G o BACK T o WORK.

THIS WORKEP Fo r SEVERAL YE A R S, UNTIL HE BECAM E A C C U SToM E P T o PRlSoN LlFE.

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M arch 11-17 ARIES-(Mar. 21-Apr. 19): In the history of your tears, the current flow is modest compared to some of the tidal waves of the past. Never theless, dramatic bursts could over come you at unpredictable moments this week. I’m secretly hoping that at least a couple of these will occur while you’re in polite company. Showing vulnerability, believe it or not, might be just the thing to endear yourself to certain people — especially those who’ve previously been put off by your invincibility. Experiment with increasing your dependence, Aries, or at least your interdependence. Coyly hint that you’ll accept more help.

TAURUS

(Apr. 20-May 20): My child is a Taurus, as are two of my siblings. My crack assistant Gretchen and my dream interpreter Amy were both born under the sign of the Bull, as was one of my favorite Sons of God, Buddha. In light of the richness my life has been blessed with by members of your tribe, you can understand why I’m always eager to find ways to lighten your load, especially during 1999’s subtle yet exacting soul labors. That’s why I’m praying every night in your behalf to the sixth century Spanish saint, Isidro, a farmer who was famous for getting the angels to do his plowing for hitji. W ith his intercession, I’m hoping to coax a bunch of spiritual allies into giving you a hand in all your dirtiest work. From what I can tell, my efforts are already working.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Roger von Oech, author of A Whack on the Side o f the. Head, describes the struggles of a frozen-fish company whose latest product wasn’t selling well. The flavor was blah, everyone agreed, but the company was stumped about how to improve it until someone suggested putting a predator in the tanks where the fish

lived before being harvested. Soon after, the fish began tasting fresher, apparently because the presence of their enemy kept them vigorous and alert. The moral of the story, according to von Oech: “Have something at stake — survival, self esteem, money, reputation — so that you’ll be motivated to make your idea successful.” This is exactly the thought you need to keep uppermost these days.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): I’ve discovered that some people read and take to heart all 12 of my horoscopes each week. Although I discourage this in general, I recog nize that there are a few people out there who can truly benefit from such a scattershot approach. These are broad-minded explorers who’re passionate about escaping simplistic categories; adaptable curiosity-seek ers who love to be experimenting on several frontiers at once; in other words, rebel coyote tricksters like you, Cancerian — at least the you that you are now. This is one time when you won’t be driven crazy — and might actually thrive — by communing with the messages of all 12 signs.

LEO

(July 23-Aug. 22): It came to pass that the Goddess appeared to me in a vision and and told me of a rooster who’d soon win a cock fight in rural Maurice, Louisiana. “Bet on Cocky Wizard,” she urged, “and you will double your money.” “But Shining Lady,” I protested, “aren’t cock fights cruel and illegal?’ And She said unto me, “I will pro tect you from karmic harm as long as you promise Me that you will donate your earnings to Leos who are seeking creative ways to better their finances.” Obeying Her com-

These days I try to get hooked on people, pursuits and potions that are good for me, or at least not bad. Since I have a tendency to become infatuated with unavailable women, for instance, it’s better to do it with wise priestesses whose books I can learn from, rather than narcissistic femme fatales who think ruination is glamorous and exciting. And it’s far better to channel rny competi tiveness into working hard to become a better writer instead of indulging in revenge fantasies against petty tyrants who’ve crossed me. I mention this, Scorpio, because it’s prime time to upgrade the quali ty and integrity of your own obses-

mand, I bet on Cocky Wizard, and just as she predicted, won $30. Which is why I now say that whosoever of you are among the first 30 people to tell me why you deserve it, I will mail you a dollar blessed with the Goddess’s Special Financial Juju. Use it wisely during this propitious period for improving your cash flow. Box 761, Petaluma, CA 94953.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Long ago in the land we now call Denmark, brides and grooms traded clothes at their wedding ceremony. The folklorists say it was to befud dle the demons. I can’t help but wonder if it wasn’t also a symbolic attempt to get inside each other’s skin. W hat do you say we revive and expand that sexy old tradition in time for the peak of your mating season? I dare you and your sweet heart to try on each other’s wardrobes until you find the outfit that evokes your most profound empathy.

PISCES

(Feb. 19-Mar. 20): W hen you Pisceans are at your best, you integrate the functions of the left and right brains better than any other sign. A good example is the Piscean poet James Merrill, who won a Pulitzer Prize for a long book of poetry that blended dazzling wit and refined sensibility with chan neled transmissions from disembod ied spirits. I bring this up, my friend, because you are now at your most integrated. This week I expect you to coordinate robust imagina tion with deft analysis again and again, creating at least one tour de force, possibly more.

SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Very interesting kind of makeover you’ve been experienc ing lately, Sagittarius, it’s like your astral body has been getting liposuc tion and a face lift; as if your karma has been the beneficiary of a lube job and tune-up. All the alterations, in other words, have been going on beneath the surface, and therefore may not be visible yet. By the equinox, though, the results of the inner refurbishing should begin to show, and soon thereafter your outer environment will shift to match the changes.

LIBRA

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I’d like to suggest three exercises to help you prepare mentally for the com ing week. 1) Ask a plumber about his approach to installing pipes that’ll help water run uphill. 2) Pick the brains of the masterful singers and actors you know. Get them to tell you their secrets for putting on a great show when they’re in a funky mood. 3) Whip up a bowl of mashed potatoes and Fruit Loops. Then find a Way, as you gobble it up, to bend your mind into such a shape that it is truly fun and tasty.

QUARIUSon 0-Feb. 18): Think globally, ut act locally. Plan for the future, but act in the pre sent. Dream of all the masterpieces you’d be thrilled to create, but work on just one at a time. Lust for every enticing soul you see, but only make love to the imperfect beauty you’re actually with. Allow yourself to be flooded with every last feeling that bubbles up from your subconscious, but understand that only a very few of these feelings need to be forceful ly expressed. Be passionately attuned to all the injustices and hypocrisies you see around you, But be selective when choosing which of those you will actually fight.

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Jan. 19): When the road ahead forks, I’m hoping that you’ll figure out a magic way to take both paths simultaneously. If you do somehow manage to split yourself in two, I promise that the two paths will con verge again in the month of May. By a mysterious quirk in the laws of psychophysics, however, the paths will never come together again if you follow only one of them now.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Having realized early on that I had a strong obsessive streak, I’ve learned to choose my manias wisely.

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IF U CN RD THS, U CLD HV A GRT DT! DWPM, 43 , educated, active, fit, enjoys bicycling, hiking, conversation, books, travel. ISO significant other. Ctrl. VT, but will travel. 2694__________________

LETS MEET NOW AND AVOID THE sum mer rush! SW PM, 33, handsome, witty and brainy, seeking very bright, very pretty, younger student or prof., 23-28, to get to know, share fun with. 2697

FUN, FUN, FUN. That’s what I’m looking for. SWM, 40s, 145 lbs., 5’9”, nice looking, loves to travel, hike, etc. Let’s have an adventure together, it’s more fun. 2702____________________________

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hunting the forest for its mate. I’m ready and I’m willing. Are you the tiger I want to tame? 2643_________________

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VASTLY UNDERAPPRECIATED MID-40S MaM seeks F for occasional coffee and maybe more. Good-looking, smart, tal ented and sensual. Maybe you’re in the same boat? Grab an oar. 2620_________

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STARING AT MOON, SHARING SENSUAL satiation sky song, incense, herbs, wine, candles, honey blossoms, stars shining like dancing fireflies. We’ll frolic feverishly with you. Our dreams will come true. 2583______________________

DWM, 35, STRONG SILENT TYPE, attractive, easy-going, romantic. Likes outdoors activities. Likes children. ISO woman who is old-fashioned, emotionally secure, 28-38. 2662______________

partying, movies, techno, adventures w/ an independent, attractive lady who likes to dress up. Gothic a +. 2668

DWM, 50s, INTENSE, INTERESTING per sonality who appreciates the simple, natural, honest qualities in life & peo ple. ISO attractive SWF, late 40S-50S, NS, ND. P.S.— plays jazz piano. 2669 ISO A LITTLE ROMANCE. Active, attrac tive, 47, 6’i ”, NS, kids. Interests include dancing, XC-skiing, music, cooking, theater, blading. Emotionally available & willing to take risks. 2671 WANNA DANCE? NO MIND GAMES! No baggage! Seeking friendship, fun and romance! Playful SWPM, 41, witty, charming conversationalist, adventur ous, athletic type desires attractive, fit SWPF, 33-40. Outrageous, outspoken, classy, sassy...all OK! 2672___________

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damsel-in-distress seeks 18-23 YO to rescue me from everyday blahs. Let’s talk about musicals and politics while sipping a hot cup of cider. 2733_______

STELLA GET YOUR GROOVE. Attractive & fit PBM ISO very mature or older woman, 45 max (maybe). Age is nothing but a number. 2575______________

SWM, 40ISH, 5*8", FIT, EDUCATED, hoping to meet a kind but courageous woman for monogamous relationship. Prefer someone in Burlington locale or with email, and under 5’6”. 2571______

JOIN ME ON THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED. DWM, 34, NS, ND, 6’i ”, 180 lbs., car ing, funny. Enjoys conversation, chil dren, walks, bicycling, music, reading, and sharing thoughts & feelings. Seeking F with similar interests. 2572

NEED TO ROMANCE? Me: SWM, 34, thin/trim, 5’n ”, 135 lbs., Burl. If you like cuddling, togetherness, romance, campfires, sitting in the sun, let’s talk.

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tual, romantic, speak to the animals, wise & teachable, sexual, wiccan. Me: 29, strong, attractive M, 5’9 ”, 167 lbs., blonde/brown, muscular, rock climbing, magic, 420, nude sunbathing. 2587

IN THE CANOE OF LIFE THERE ARE paddlers &paddlees. The best relation ships share the paddle. I’m looking for an educated, low-maintenance, confi dent, wacky, funny feminist to share with. Athletic DPM, 39, NS, 5’9”, ISO cosmological constant, social justice & a good time. 2576

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SPM, 41, 5’6”, 140 lbs., seeking athlet ic F or BiF companion who thinks freely, values independence, lives deliberately and shares my enthusiasm for outdoor activities. 2584___________

COSMIC MALE, 34, BROWN-EYED, bearded, handsome, seeks F for millennium relations. Piercing a +. 2588 DPWM, 52, IN POST-DIVORCE FRIENDship phase. Interested in getting to know intelligent, interesting, active and attractive woman, step-by-step. Sense of humor important. 2600____________

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INTEGRITY & HUMOR. SW M, 44, w/ high marks for integrity/humor would like to meet attractive, fit, NS woman, 33-50, who enjoys sports, good food, laughter & friends. Children OK, 2719

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woman who is proud to wear her bike shoes in public and carry a helmet and backpack. Bike Power!

TRUE-LOVE BELIEVER ISO WISE, sensu al goddess, 40-5oish, slim to

lovely, dark & deep. Free spirit loves running, drawing, jazz, children, nature, photography, hiking, writing, being w/ someone special. NS, 5 ’9”, 160. 2718

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fit F for company & fun. I find the eyes the most attractive feature of a woman. Tall, athletic, very attractive, great smile, easy to get along. Not seeking LTR right away. Strong sex drive has kept me single. Safe-sex people only, please. 2716________________

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mund/Siddhartha, creative, contempla tive, univ. grad., world traveler, SWPM, 28, 5 ’9”, 145 lbs., athletic, cute. ISO PF, sexy, athletic, attractive mistress/ love mentor for Sunday morning coffee/ “Afternoon Delight." 2715________

LIFT ME UP. SOON TO BE SEPARATED, 4oish Dad needs a DWF who’s been there, done that, and didn’t buy the Tshirt. Share with me your insight, strength, love and affection and get it back 100-fold. 2679

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SWM, 26, SCORPIO SEEKS ATTRACTIVE,

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LIFE'S BETTER..WITH POSITIVE MENTAL attitude. SW PM, 29, fit, 150 lbs. Seeking female friendship, possible LTR. Passionate climber, mountaineer, back-country skier, many skills, inter ests. House-trained, honest, reliable. Enjoys learning, sharing, having fun when work’s done. 2710______________

UVM STUDENT, 18, CAN’T SIT STILL. If you feel a weird need to get up & sing karaoke, take pictures of your food, or get lost in the woods in the middle of April, give me a call & maybe we can do all three. ISO F, 18-24, with energetic attitude. 2644___________________ SMART, POLITICAL DYKE WITH A good sense of humor, craving the end of winter, is ISO someone similar to hang out with, friendship & the rest?? 2651

UVM STUDENT, 21, POET & ATHLETE who laughs a lot. Groove into my world; dance the night away. Fill the voids that taint my existence. Seize me and my day. 2616

Aeekinq men LOOKING FOR THE PERFECT GUY? GWM, 23, blonde, blue eyes, nice-looking, thin, ISO LTR w/ athletic M, 18-30. I’m

Aeekinq women BARRE AREA, 35, PETITE 81 FUN-LOV ING. Seeking GF who enjoys nature, the arts, spirituality, literature, etc. A F who also values the art of communica tion, commitments & a LTR. 2720 BEAUTIFUL, ATHLETIC BIWF, 31, blonde, 5’7”, recently relocated, seeks openminded, secure, charming woman for fun, friendship and whatever else might happen. 2725_________________ ATTRACTIVE, FREE-SPIRITED SF WHO enjoys music, dancing, the outdoors, conversation, and a daily 420 seeks the same, 18-29. Please, no lipstick, big-hair femmes, but must be attrac tive. 2731

an outdoor lover, animal appreciator. Let’s discover happiness together. 2750

GWM, 33, 6’, 170 LBS., BR./BR., goa tee, workboots & jeans type, seeking cutie with a great personality. Be out, NS, ND, positive outlook and love to laugh. Dog lover who prefers modesty over arrogance. 2774_______________ NEW TO SCENE. SWM, 50, seeks top males for fun and friendship. Age/race open. I’m 5’n ”, med. build, blue eyes, brown hair. 2736 ______________ GWM, 35, LOOKING FOR WELL-BUILT, sincere, down-to-earth friends. Must love the mountains of northern VT. You should have a good heart and love nature. Call me. 2742

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NEW TO VT: 23, BROWN HAIR, BLUE eyes, 6’2”. Hobbies: video games, par tying, 420, movies, and making people laugh. Looking for straight-acting M, 18-25, similar hobbies, up for partying the night away. 2645_________________

M skinqrnsn, aunt MASCULINE, CONFIDENT GWM, athletic, 30s, 6’, 175 lbs., intelligent, fun, out

smooth body, long legs, painted toe nails, high heels. Seeking gentle younger man. Treat me like a woman. Any race. Kinky nights. Sensual fun and kisses. 2649__________ __________

GWM, 50S, SCORPIO. I’M CARING, pas sionate, honest, sincere. Seek a 40+

MISCHIEVOUSLY SENSUAL AND

male; must be a top. Looks not impor tant, only sincerity and honesty. All replies answered. 2661________________

GWM, 45, LOVES TO COOK, GARDEN ING, travel, long drives. ISO GWM, 35-

scathingly cynical GWM, 28, ISO a lum berjack who wilt read me Italian fairy tales while I sleep and show me earthly delights as I wake. 2653______________

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for LTR and friends. Let’s get to know each other. 2690_______________

sual, conscious, worldly, ISO WM, tall, hairy, muse., sexy, smart, 35-40. 2612

GWPM, 42, 5’9”, 160 LBS., stable life,

ME: YOUNG COLLEGE BOY, NICELY BUILT, kinda yuppie-ish, tired of bar scene. You: young (under 25), thin, intelligent 81 honest. Let’s get together, have coffee & discuss the world. 2615 GWM, 28, 6’, 180 LBS., ISO 40+ disci

loves traveling, music, movies, snu g gling, outdoors. One-man guy, not into one-night stands. ISO GWM, 25-45 , friendship leading to romance. 2667

IKNOW YOU ARE HERE IN BURLINGTON. You are 18-25, blonde/green(?),

plinarian father figure w/ large build for guidance, fun, life lessons. 2622_______

straight-acting, cool, funny, cute. Do you exist? I do. Anyone? Hello? 2680

SW GRAD STUDENT, 28, SHY, SMART, busy, handsome. New to scene. Loves movies, traveling, cooking, books. Looking for GWM, 20-30, for romance, LTR and/or friendship. 2624

GWM, 38, 5'n", 210 LBS. IS ANYONE out there? Looking for gay friends, etc., for fun or whatever! I am average-look ing and seek people who are real. Possible LTR. Hurry. 2683

To respond to Letters Only ads:

Seal your response in an envelope, write box # on the outside and place in another envelope with $5 for each response. ;pons< Address to: PE RSON TO PERSON c/o SEVEN DAYS P.O. Box 1164, Burlington, VT 05402

ly and bored, but don’t want a rela tionship; but looking for fun-filled wild & erotic nights. 2705_________________

FEISTY & ENGAGING, CUTE/SEXY SWF, 32, fit, runner, passionate about every thing. own business. Desires SWPM, jo-42,' worldly, centered, tall, sexy nesomprph. Active listener, soulful, maginative, intuitive, NS, Scrabblef?). Pho,to appreciated. Box 470

ISO SWM, NS, fit, clean, smart, likes tennis, sailing, Rollerblading, or golf; at least 5’io ” & under 30. For friendship, ipssible summer romance. Box 471

naughty females for friendship and spanking-good times! Safe, sane, dis creet, limits respected. Discipline can be fun! Let’s talk. 2712________________

SWM, 28, FUN, HONEST 8t INTERESTED

ATTRACTIVE, INTELLIGENT, WITTY M, 36, 5’u ”, 160 lbs., in long-term, loving

in meeting others who like to have good times and fun. Into all that feels good and is agreed upon by all. D/D free. 2766___________________________

relationship, seeks female for fun and passion. No commitment, just mutual pleasure. You supply the bubble bath, I’ll bring the champagne. 2713_________

TALL, ATTRACTIVE, VERY ATHLETIC SWM, 27 , ISO 2 or more slim, attrac tive females, 18-30, for sexy, good times. Call now. 2768 _______________ ENERGETIC FEMALE AEROBIC DANCERS, 18-35, for bra and panty aerobic video.

Loves walking, massage, reading, writ ing, cats, creativity, gardening, learning. ISO F, M, CU for friendship, ecstasy, conversation, integration, fun & maybe even excellent sex. 2675______________

A Bachelor Party production. Please inquire. 2773_________________________

DWM, 40, INTERESTED IN MEETING women, 35-60, who want to be intel

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lectually, physically and orally pleased. Discreet, safe, fixed. ,Call or write. 2688

through your skies doing back flips? W M ISO F, 27 -45, to enjoy sensual/erotic outings. Love to tease, then please female form. Attractive, healthy, confi dential. 2741

BiWM, 36, HAIRY, FIT, FIERCELY LOYAL

sense of humor seeks intelligent M, 55 -65 , with same for friendship, maybe more. No God freaks, egocentrics, big ots. Color, national origin irrelevant. Box 460_____________________________

SHARP, ATTRACTIVE, INTERESTING SF, 41, with toddler, wants another kid.

LOVE L IF E -T H A r S ABOUT IT. SWF, 47 , seeking companion and serious heat. Thrills and peace. Let’s exchange crazy ideas and photos. I promise to write all brave souls who respond. Box 455 SIBLINGS SEEKING SUITABLE SUITOR. Two sisters secretly scoping suitable males for 3rd sis stuck with stale mate. Must be sufficiently sensitive, silly, snappy, sincere, Scrabble-loving, sexy, sledding fiend. Box 449

TALL EDUCATED, HANDSOME, VERY athletic SWM, 27 , ISO intelligent, slim, attractive F, 35-45, for discreet, sensual fun. Race/marital status unimportant. Send letter w/ photo to receive same. Box 474_____________________________

WANT ROMANCE. DWPM, 60, slim, tall, NS, social drinker, honest, reliable, seeks attractive, affectionate F, 40-60, likes travel, dining out, walking, tennis, financially secure. Poss. LTR. Box 463

DWM, 58, DOWN-TO-EARTH, NS, LIKE to meet a lady, NS, not overweight, but most of all a lady who can be true to one man. Box 464_________________

TENDER LOVING CARE AND RESPECT available from gentle man in late 50s

SWPM, 27, 5’9", 180 LBS., FIT, INTO music & work (hence the ad). Seeking mature, attractive SWF for serious quality time. Photo helpful, but not req. It’s just a letter, c’mon. Box 453

STEADY-ROLLIN’ MAN. DWM, 6’i", 35, 178 lbs., handsome, fit, good kisser, laid-back, well-read, traveled, handy, ambitious. Interests: sailing, blues, W.C. Fields. ISO attractive, intelligent, adventurous, sensuous lady friend. LTR. Box 447_________________________

DWM, 28, NEEDS LITTLE PSYCHO. Are

from NY side of lake. Invest a postage stamp & short note. Who knows? Box 4 6 7 _________________________________

SPIRIT-FILLED C DAD WHO BELIEVES that “Mountains bow down, the seas will roar at the sound of Your Name.” Looking for same, see a movie, walk along Lake Champlain. Box 468_______

NORTHERN VT M, 48, NOT PART OF the

BARLEY GIRL & PARTY P, LAWD HOW I miss your fat faces sm ooshed together in the snow. Let’s get together for feta pancakes soon. We’ll sing the happy song. 2763___________________ ________

YOU WERE AT KOVALS BAKERY, THURS. 2/25, 7:30 a.m., driving a tan wagon, tall, long black hair, blue jeans. You took your coat off and sat down with a male friend. Me: carpenter, black hair, green coat. Please let us meet. 2747

CROSSING PATHS ALL YEAR: Stone Soup (your work), Muddy Waters, around town. You: brown, curly hair, glasses. Me: red hair, glasses. Words never exchanged, only glances & smiles. Up for spontaneous, off-beat fun? 2771_____________________________

COYOTES, SAT. EVENING, 2/20. You: pretty woman chatting with friend after dinner with lots of others. I was leav ing with my two sisters. Our eyes connected. Wanna play? 2748_____________

THURS., 2/25, PARKING LOT OF Chitten den Bank, near mall. You: Escort. Me: walking in w/ a friend. Am I imagining things? I’m game to find out. L8r. 2739

looking for possible LTR with someone who likes snowboarding, dancing and walk abouts. You: sense of humor, honest, ND, and comfortable with your self. Like me. Box 458________________

Seeks male with same desire. Must be attractive, intelligent, solvent, healthy. Prefer permanent romantic relationship, but may consider other possibilities. Write for more info. Serious inquiries only. Photos appreciated. Box 452

^TRACTIVE BLONDE, GREEN-EYED SWF, NS, 19, co-ed at elite university

BiWM ISO BiCU or GM WHO CAN BE totally feminine on occasion to share my 2-family home in country. Black a +. Discretion assured, very reasonable rent. 2760___________________________

YOUNG SWM, GREAT LOOKS 81 BODY,

LITERATE, ARTICULATE, HONEST F W/

^ hair, brown eyes, enjoys beach, hiking, candles, sushi, music, and woodstove heat. ISO similar, honest man. Box 469

ATTRACTIVE DOMINANT SWPM, 3 3 . muscular, 5’8”, 175 lbs., looking for

DWPF, SHY AT FIRST, WARM, CUTE,

ic, tall SW gentleman, NS, for cinema soiree, delicatessen tete a tete, friend________ ship. VT islands. Box 459

INDEPENDENT, CONFIDENT, INTELLIGENT, humorous, 43, mother of one (5), great shape, attractive, auburn

hairy chest or deep voice or both. I also like men in uniform. You must be R2-46. Box 475

sports, music, cooking, quiet times. Not into bars, one-night stands. 2604

great smile, 4oish, loves traveling, gar dening, exercise. Seeks nice g u y charming, grounded, well-balanced, active listener— for LTR. Sense of humor a must. Photo. Box 473________

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GWM, 38, SEEKS NS, SPIRITUAL, edu cated G/BiM, 30-40, for LTR. Enjoy all

PASSIVE CROSSDRESSER, BIWM, 40S,

going, attractive, genuine, looking to meet guys in Champlain Valley area. You be college-educated, masculine, attractive and aged 23-35 . 2656

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MaBiWF, 29, ISO BIF, NS, FUN, FIT, intellectual, sexual, with-it. Not seeking LTR, feminagendas, nicaddicts, techno phobes. Make-up and bi-lingual a plus. Great face, brown eyes preferred. Happiness, contentment, brains absolutely required. Box 461__________

GWPF, 34, ATTRACTIVE, DISCREET, pas sionate romantic who loves the compa ny of feminine women. ISO friendship first with a discreet, NS GWPF, 35-50, who enjoys movies, music, cooking, communicating & long walks. Take a chance, I’ll respond to all. Box 457 I’M LOOKING FOR A WOMAN I CAN share my life with. I’m caring, loving, warm, understanding, friendly, honest, loyal & lots more. I hope to hear from you lovely ladies. Box 450

EDUCATED, LONG-DIVORCED, LONGhaired, tall, slender WM, 55 , blue-col lar, jeans & boots, menial job, old car, smoker. Seeking slender, intelligent F for snuggling, cuddling, rabidly affec tionate LTR. Box 443

rush-to-Burlington-weekend-scene, seeks F, 25 -35, to climb mountains,* canoe and garden. I love movies, but watch no TV. Box 456

Bi-CURIOUS M, MID-40S, STOWE AREA, outdoors type, biker, distance runner, seeks clean & discreet, fit BiM/CU for weekday workout 8r massage. Box 472

MaWM, LATE 50S, SEEKS Ma/SF, 45+, for sensual LTR. I am clean, discreet, NS, available most anytime. Have prop erty in quiet country setting. Box 466

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