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When Ben & Jerry’s postpones Free Cone Day, Burlington, we have a problem. Vermont had recorded just a single case of COVID-19 as of Tuesday — a patient who was in serious condition at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington. Gov. Phil Scott and state health officials discussed that case over the weekend, and the governor expressed confidence in Vermont’s preparations. Still, the virus was expected to spread regardless. By Tuesday, cancellations and postponements were becoming commonplace. Middlebury College announced that it is suspending on-campus classes. Students must leave the campus on Friday, March 13, and

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Be a Boss A 2017 National Women’s Business Council report states that the number of veteran women-owned businesses increased nearly 300 percent from 2007 to 2012. The White River Junction Veteran Affairs Medical Center shines a light on these enterprises by hosting the Women Veteran-Owned Business Expo. Here, budding businesspeople check out vendor exhibits, chat with entrepreneurship experts and expand their networks. SEE CALENDAR LISTING ON PAGE 49

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On Ice Those who can’t wait for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games cheer on participants in the 11th annual Howard Center Curling Challenge. Thirty-two teams convene at South Burlington’s C. Douglas Cairns Recreation Arena to compete in the sport in which players sweep the ice with brooms to direct a pucklike rock toward a target. Proceeds benefit Howard Center programs and South Burlington Rotary Club service projects. SEE CALENDAR LISTING ON PAGE 48

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WRITING FROM LIFE During his lifetime, writer Rowland Evans Robinson (pictured) published nine books, including a collection of volumes describing life in late 19th-century Vermont called Danvis Tales. Charlotte resident and longtime fan Dean Leary leads a discussion of Robinson’s fiction, history and nature writing. The talk takes place at the Rokeby Museum in Ferrisburgh and is presented in partnership with the Ferrisburgh Historical Society. SEE CALENDAR LISTING ON PAGE 49

The International Fly Fishing Film Festival makes a splash with viewers, whether they’re hooked on fishing or newly curious about the sport. A screening at Saint Michael’s College in Colchester features short films from around the world revealing the adventurous aspects of the pastime, as well as what it means to anglers on a personal level. SEE CALENDAR LISTING ON PAGE 48

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Math Rock Burlington new-wave band the Bubs celebrate the release of their new album, Cause a Fuss, on March 14, and they’re making the most of the date, which corresponds with the first three digits of pi. In addition to boogying to live tunes by the Bubs, the Pyros, Roots and Community Garden, fans can enter piemaking and -eating contests, and witness a dramatic recitation of the first 50 digits of the mathematical constant at Old Spokes Home in Burlington. SEE REVIEW ON PAGE 59

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Crossing Guards Birds aren’t the only animals on the move in springtime. In April, amphibians leave upland forests for wetland breeding grounds, which often involves crossing dangerous roadways. Nature lovers join North Branch Nature Center scientists in Montpelier for Amphibian Ecology and Road Crossing Training Night to learn how to help the state’s frogs and salamanders navigate the roads. SEE CALENDAR LISTING ON PAGE 50

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Life’s Work “My paintings are stops on a journey, and they build on each other; they are not ends or beginnings, but the flow of my life,” writes artist Ray Brown on his website. The Montpelier painter, who learned to make art with his nondominant hand following a stroke, lets viewers in on his journey with “Tumbling Toward the End,” the first solo show presented by capital city cooperative gallery the Front. SEE REVIEW ON PAGE 62

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our years ago, chilly Vermont was one of the hot spots in the nation’s solar industry. Fields of dark, shiny panels were popping up with surprising frequency in pastures where heifers had grazed. Homeowners and businesses around the state, enticed by generous federal and local subsidies, proudly bolted photovoltaic cells on their rooftops or to poles allowing them to track the sun’s arc across the sky. Solar companies were growing so quickly that Vermont had more solar jobs per capita than any other state. What a difference a few years makes. Solar developers and installers say they’ve been burned by new state regulations that have reduced the rates paid for solar power at the precise time when they’ve been socked with soaring costs. “The industry overall in Vermont has seen a dramatic decline,” said James Moore, copresident of Waterbury-based SunCommon. 12

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New grid-connection fees, longer and more restrictive permitting processes, higher installation costs, and hefty tariffs on imported panels have forced the company to look for new markets outside the Green Mountain State. “The regulatory changes over the last few years have limited solar’s growth and have limited Vermonters’ ability to participate,” Moore said. “We would love to grow more here, but we’ve looked to other places for our hiring.” That includes New York, where business conditions are favorable, he said. Solar jobs there grew by 10 percent in 2019, according to Renewable Energy Vermont, a Montpelier-based advocacy group. Meanwhile, solar jobs in Vermont have declined 33 percent since 2016, to 1,186 last year, according to statistics compiled by the Solar Foundation. During that time, the state has slid from first to third in per capita solar jobs, displaced by Nevada and Utah.

“Our jobs have literally been exported out of state,” said Olivia Campbell Andersen, executive director of Renewable Energy Vermont. “Other states are setting policies to encourage solar, but Vermont’s regulators are going in the opposite direction.” Norwich Solar Technologies is also struggling under the regulatory changes, which CEO Jim Merriam says have frustrated his company’s efforts to expand the state’s renewable energy capacity. Vermont’s regulators have pared the price utilities must pay to homeowners and others who sell their excess solar power, an arrangement known as netmetering. The per-kilowatt-hour rate for small systems has dropped 13 percent, from 20 cents in 2016 to 17.4 cents today, with more tightening ahead, according to the Department of Public Service. The rate paid to larger systems has dropped even more sharply, by 35 percent, Merriam said. “The costs have gone up dramatically for us, while the prices have come down,”

Merriam said. “What industry out there gets paid less every year and is expected to pay more every year?” The amount of new solar capacity installed annually in the state peaked in 2016 and declined for the next two years. New installations increased slightly in 2019, but they remain well below the 2016 high. Applications for new net-metered solar projects are also slumping. The total capacity of projects proposed in 2019 was 21 megawatts, roughly half the previous year’s. In the face of such dimming prospects and growing concerns about climate change, Vermont’s solar industry is pressing legislators to brighten its prospects. A renewable energy bill requiring utilities to get 100 percent of their electricity from green sources by 2030 — up from the existing requirement of 75 percent by 2032 — is viewed by many lawmakers as one of this session’s most consequential pieces of environmental legislation. There is strong support for moving the overall renewable energy goalpost outlined in S.267, said the bill’s sponsor, Sen. Chris Pearson (P/D-Chittenden). The bill includes a lifeline to local renewable energy firms that gives regulators, utilities and some lawmakers pause. The bill would double — from 10 to 20 percent by 2032 — how much power utilities and their customers would be required to purchase from renewable sources in Vermont. With no large hydroelectric or wind projects on the horizon, that means the increase in locally generated power would almost certainly come from relatively expensive new solar projects, raising concerns about the impact on ratepayers. Supporters say accelerating local renewable energy production would have a host of benefits. The proposed requirement would generate well-paying jobs, improve the grid’s resilience and ensure that new renewable energy sources actually get built. Pearson said he’s been surprised by some of the pushback this piece of the bill has received from utilities and regulators. “Is it really outlandish to suggest that one-fifth of our power and all the jobs and ancillary benefits to the economy associated with it ought to rest here?” Pearson

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Four years ago this week, Michigan Democrats handed Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) an unexpected victory and revived his foundering presidential campaign. On Tuesday night, history did not repeat itself. Former vice president Joe Biden won Michigan’s make-or-break Democratic primary by what appeared to be a decisive margin. With 63 percent of precincts reporting late Tuesday night, Biden was leading Sanders 54 to 38 percent. The margin appeared to be far wider in Mississippi and Missouri, which were called for Biden as soon as the polls closed. As Seven Days went to press, results from the other three states to vote on “Big Tuesday” — Washington, Idaho and North Dakota — were not yet clear. But it was obvious to all that Sanders had lost one of his last opportunities to stage a comeback from a serious delegate deficit. The senator had been expected to address the results at an evening rally in Cleveland, but he canceled the event after Ohio public health officials raised concerns about the spread of coronavirus. Instead, he flew home to Burlington. As of press time, it appeared he would not speak publicly Tuesday night. The latest round of voting came a week after Sanders performed poorly on Super Tuesday, when one-third of Democratic delegates were up for grabs. Biden won 10 of 14 states that day, including several that seemed Sanders-friendly: Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota and Texas. The Vermont senator’s margin of victory in California, where he’d hoped to run up the score, appeared to be just 7 percent. Heading into this week’s contests, Biden had already claimed at least 670 delegates, compared to 574 for Sanders, with dozens more yet to be assigned due

to ongoing counts in California, Colorado and Utah, according to the New York Times. In the days after Super Tuesday, two more candidates dropped out of the race — former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (DMass.) — leaving just Biden, Sanders and Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) standing. Biden’s rapid resurgence yielded several more endorsements from former foes. In the past week, Bloomberg, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) all lined up behind him. Meanwhile, Warren, a progressive ally of Sanders’, remained on the sidelines. Sanders did pick up one key endorsement on Sunday from civil rights leader Jesse Jackson Jr., whose .com 1988 presidential campaign Sanders supported. Since Biden turned around his campaign late last month with a blowout victory in South Carolina, Sanders has stepped up his criticism of the former vice president’s record. At a press conference last Wednesday in Burlington, he said that Biden was “going to have to explain” his support for the Iraq War, unpopular trade deals, entitlement reform and the 2008 Wall Street bailout. “Joe and I have a very different vision for the future of this country — and Joe and I are running very different campaigns,” Sanders said. The senator from Vermont has long prided himself on his refusal to air negative television advertisements. That changed last week when he debuted an ad highlighting a 1995 speech in which Biden calls for a spending freeze on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. After distancing himself from the Democratic “establishment,” Sanders also released a new ad featuring former president Barack Obama praising him at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. In this week’s contests, 352 delegates — or 9 percent of the total — were on the line. Next week, even more are. The March 17 primaries feature Florida, Illinois, Ohio and Arizona, which collectively dole out 577 delegates. Contact: paul@sevendaysvt.com

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Controversial software maker Clearview AI, a secretive company whose existence was publicly revealed by the New York Times in January, is facing a legal challenge in Vermont. The Attorney General’s Office filed suit against the face-search company on Tuesday, alleging that its practice of scooping up billions of online images to build a facial recognition app violates Vermont’s consumer protection statute. The civil suit is also the first legal test of a provision in the state’s data broker law, which was the only one of its kind when passed in 2018. Clearview AI practices infringe upon Vermonters’ right to privacy, are unfair and deceptive, and expose residents — including minors — to a “surveillance economy” without their consent, Attorney General T.J. Donovan said at a press conference outside the Vermont Superior Court building in Chittenden County, where the case will be heard. “We need to draw the line and hold the line here in Vermont to say that privacy matters in the online world,” Donovan said. Clearview AI’s technology allows clients to identify someone by comparing a photo to the company’s database of billions of images it has gleaned from the web. Search results are returned instantly. The company was operating almost exclusively outside public view until January 18, when the Times published an investigation under the headline “The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It.” Facial recognition is a controversial frontier in big data, but the report described a seemingly cavalier approach by founder Hoan Ton-That, of California. Much of Clearview AI’s database contains images downloaded in bulk from social media platforms such as Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Twitter and Venmo, even though many of those platforms prohibit such use. Hundreds of law enforcement agencies were already using the small startup’s software, purportedly to identify criminal suspects, when the Times published its story. Donovan said on Tuesday that no state or local law enforcement have used Clearview AI’s software. m Contact: derek@sevendaysvt.com

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Solar Flares « P.12 said. “Or should we truly be sending all of that cash out of state every month?” The Senate Finance Committee approved the bill Tuesday afternoon, but only after a sharp debate about how much rates might increase. Sen. Michael Sirotkin (D-Chittenden) expressed frustration that the amount wasn’t clear. “I spent four years trying to get the minimum wage up 50 cents, and nothing could be more regressive than rate increases on Vermonters,” Sirotkin said. Vermont Electric Power Company, which manages the state’s electric power distribution system, estimated that the grid would need $900 million in battery storage alone to handle the jump to 20 percent locally generated renewable power — a claim that some lawmakers have questioned. That could drive rates up 6 to 12 percent annually for most of the state, according to Green Mountain Power officials. Such imprecise projections have Ed McNamara, planning director for the Department of Public Service, recommending that lawmakers hit the pause button to give him time to conduct a thorough study of the impact. The issues around boosting in-state renewables are complex, and the costs to ratepayers must be carefully considered, he said. The state did “tap the brakes” on the prices paid for net-metered solar in 2017, McNamara said. The previous rates were too generous and didn’t reflect decreasing installation costs, he said. The state wants a vital solar industry, McNamara added, but also needs to keep electricity rates low so more people can be convinced to switch to electric cars and heat pumps, two strategies with the best chance of reducing Vermont’s greenhouse gas emissions. “I understand that the policies are negatively impacting solar developers, and that sucks,” McNamara said. “But my job is also to look at, overall for Vermont, how do we best meet our carbon reduction goal and affordability goals, as well.” He noted that while solar jobs have slumped, the state’s overall clean-energy workforce has remained strong as people transition to jobs in sectors such as energy efficiency. He also said that, as the industry has matured, solar companies have become more efficient and, in many cases, can complete installations with fewer workers. The best way to keep rates low and meet the state’s renewable energy goals might be to support promising projects in other states, he said. Agreeing to buy power from a future offshore wind project near Cape Cod might not create jobs for Vermonters, but it could bring cheaper renewable energy to the state, he said.

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Vermont has about 364 megawatts of solar installed — 45 percent of the state’s total renewable energy capacity. That’s enough to power about 60,000 homes on a sunny day. Because it is intermittent, however, solar makes up just 6 percent of the energy used by the grid annually. Solar’s value is greatest when the sun is strongest. But that will change with the increased deployment of batteries that allow electrons from sunlight to be stored and used after sunset. While targeted upgrades to the electric grid are needed, massive investments just to deploy “solar

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for solar’s sake” are neither wise nor necessary, McNamara said. “I’m not trying to completely disparage solar. I’m just saying there are other ways to provide renewable power to Vermonters,” he said. Just as diverse ecosystems are resilient, a power grid connected to multiple generation sources inside and outside the state is more likely to be reliable, he argued. Focusing solely on building new generation in the state at all costs is an “isolationist” approach that doesn’t really make the grid stronger, he said.

Josh Castonguay, Green Mountain Power’s chief innovation officer, cautioned against requiring that utilities such as his buy twice as much solar power. Solar has lowered the region’s need to buy electricity from out-of-state sources while the sun is shining. It has also helped spread power generation sources around the grid, which has great potential to lower costs and improve grid reliability, he said. But at some point, solar becomes too much of a good thing and the grid upgrades needed to handle an intermittent power source become a problem, he added. Solar’s dramatic rise a few years ago was probably unsustainable, and the focus should shift to diversifying, not just expanding, renewable energy in the state, he said. In response to such concerns, Pearson updated the bill to give utilities greater flexibility — lifting the cap on power purchased from Hydro-Québec and expanding the kind of projects that qualify toward meeting the 20 percent renewable energy goal. Utilities that couldn’t meet the goal would be allowed to purchase power from large in-state renewable facilities or out-of-state renewable sources. Pearson said he understands utilities would rather run their businesses “without the meddling of the legislature,” but he thinks some of the cost projections are overblown and fail to account for the economic and environmental benefits of boosting local renewables. Moore, of SunCommon, said the industry’s estimates of huge costs to boost in-state renewables seem like the latest in a long line of efforts to convince people they can’t afford to address climate change. “That’s effectively what we’ve done as a society 30 years,” he said, “and it’s not working out so well for us.” m Contact: kevin@sevendaysvt.com

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yler Scherer said his attempts at Supporters of H.783 contend that it living in sober houses — group would actually protect sober home resihomes for those fighting addiction dents. They emphasize that only homes — have all ended the same way: He was that meet certain national standards would kicked out for breaking the rules. be allowed to perform expedited evictions, First he was caught with too few which operators view as a necessary evil in tablets of Adderall, a medication to treat the complicated fight against addiction. But attention deficit disorder that contains critics say the measure would have the amphetamines. He had a prescription but opposite effect, placing a vulnerable popuhad taken a higher dosage lation at further risk. than he was allowed. The “This bill is ratifying second time, Scherer was dangerous behavior and making it so people who caught drinking, another relapse in his yearslong battle with alco- have already had trouble asserting their holism. After both evictions, he went to rights won’t even have rights to assert,” the Brattleboro Retreat, where he told said Tom Dalton, executive director of staff members he was suicidal so he could Vermonters for Criminal Justice Reform, stay for at least a few days. who works with people in recovery. “Third time, I really didn’t care,” Vermont’s two dozen recovery resiScherer said. “I ended up staying at dences aim to create a supportive envi[a] shelter and just making things a lot ronment in which people hold each other worse for myself, which is probably typi- responsible to stay sober. Most homes are cal of 90 percent of the privately run by nonprofit people [who get kicked groups and exclusively serve people struggling out]. Usually they hit the streets and they’re on a with substance-use disortear.” ders. Many of these people Scherer, 31, spoke to arrive straight from prison Seven Days last week by or inpatient recovery phone from a homeless centers. Others apply to shelter in Burlington. the homes as they would He’d been there for for any other apartment. nearly a week after he The homes offer was kicked out of his people a chance to regain TY LER SCHE RER fourth sober house in some independence in a three years — this time, structured setting. Most he said, for again taking too many pills. charge rent, and though most do not offer Scherer said he’s witnessed other in-house treatment programs, some have people meet the same fate for all sorts part-time managers or volunteers, often of transgressions: relapsing, paying in recovery themselves, who mentor the rent late, missing mandatory recovery residents. Many homes also require that people attend house meetings and either meetings. “People get kicked out [frequently],” work or enroll in school. Scherer said. “It doesn’t matter what time But while recovery residences have of day it is, how cold it is. They don’t really become an increasingly important part care where you go.” of Vermont’s response to the opioid crisis, Advocates say this common practice they are subject to virtually no regulation is a clear violation of Vermont’s landlord- or state oversight. tenant statutes, which should ensure that H.783 is intended to change that. It residents receive notice and have legal would create a voluntary certification recourse before they are evicted. Even system that would be overseen by a some of those who operate the homes say Vermont affiliate of the National Alliance they don’t know how a judge would view for Recovery Residences. Homes would expedited evictions, should someone have to meet standards aimed at fostering challenge them in court. a comfortable, family-like atmosphere. For that reason, some operators are Residents would do chores and be given lobbying for a bill under consideration in some say in how the home operates. the Vermont House that would codify the practice as legit. OUT OF RECOVERY » P.16

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news Rep. John Killacky (D-South Burlington), who cosponsored the bill, said he hopes to create consistent expectations for recovery homes while easing barriers that can make it difficult set up and run a home — an important goal, because more recovery beds are desperately needed. The state’s 212 beds are roughly 1,000 short of demand, according to a study released last year by Downstreet Housing & Community Development, a nonprofit based in Barre. “It’s an absolute crisis in our state,” Killacky said. The bill would not mandate certification, but it does include two incentives. Certified homes would be considered single-family residences for local zoning purposes, removing a barrier that can make them hard to establish. The homes could also immediately evict people for violating rental agreements. David Riegel, executive director of the nonprofit Vermont Foundation of Recovery, which runs six Vermont sober homes, said operators must sometimes quickly remove people who begin using drugs in order to protect the other residents. “We’re not holding up our end of the bargain if we’re just allowing that to happen,” Riegel said, adding that without that ability, “the whole concept — the whole principle — of recovery housing fails.” Jan-Roberta Tarjan, executive director of Dismas of Vermont, a private nonprofit that houses recently incarcerated people in transitional homes, agreed. Dismas does not operate any recovery residences, but Tarjan said many of the people they work with suffer from substance-use disorder, which is why she plans to seek certification for the organization’s homes if the bill passes. “We just need folks to know that it’s legitimate to say somebody who is inebriated is not safe to have among other people who are struggling,” Tarjan said. “They are not bad people because they relapsed. We just need them to be removed.” Supporters of the bill say it would add speed bumps to the eviction process, such as requiring that drug test results be verified by a state-approved lab before someone can be evicted. Just as important, they say, the bill contains two key safeguards that would prevent people from being kicked out into unsafe situations. First, the bill would require certified homes to verify that people being admitted have another place to stay in case they are forced to leave. Jeff Moreau, who runs the Vermont Alliance for Recovery Residences, which would oversee the program, said he would only certify homes that show they can deal with relapse in a “thoughtful way.” 16

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“It simply will not be … an immediate, ‘Sorry, guy, you’re out on the street,’” he said. Homes that do operate that way, Moreau said, “will not be certified.” Dalton doesn’t buy it, saying that even Vermont’s more professionally run sober homes evict people with no safe place to go “on a regular basis.”

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“I just don’t see that description they’re giving as consistent with what I’ve seen working for 20 years in Vermont,” he said. The second safeguard in the bill is a requirement that certified homes have an appeals process. Instead of a judge reviewing the matter, however, a superior of the “original decision maker” would. If that person owns the home, Moreau’s organization would take over the review. That’s a far less stringent process than the court system. Nothing in the bill would explicitly prohibit homes from putting somebody out on the street. That’s why Dalton scoffs at the suggestion that the bill would give individuals more protections than they have now. Recovery

home residents are already legal tenants, he argues, making on-the-spot evictions illegal. “These are existing protections people have that they’re talking about taking away,” he said. Dalton said he knows of people who have been sent back to prison after being evicted from a home because they had no other place to stay, a condition of their probation. Others who sheltered in unsafe places have overdosed or experienced rape or sexual assault, he said. “The stakes are very high,” he said. Brenda Siegel, a Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor and a recovery advocate who testified against the bill earlier this session, shares Dalton’s fears. She accused lawmakers of failing to recognize that relapse is part of recovery. The legislation reflects an antiquated notion that the only way to get better is to hit rock bottom, she added. “The people in active use are being punished actively every day. They don’t need any of us to punish them,” she said. Emily Megas-Russell, a Brattleboro social worker and psychotherapist who works for the Soma Wellness Center, said the provisions of any new law should encourage homes to support people at their most vulnerable — not make it easier to get rid of them. “How are we going to create a system of recovery residences that outsources the most intense stage of recovery?” she asked. “And to where? The streets? The police? To family?”

Threatening people who relapse with eviction “promotes people to be dishonest,” Megas-Russell added. Scherer, who is still homeless after being evicted, confirmed the social worker’s suspicions. He recalled stashing drugs for housemates and peeing into cups to help them pass a drug test. “When people are under that sort of pressure, everyone just clams up,” he said. “They’re not going to talk about it. They’re going to keep secrets and lies.” H.783 has already cleared one House committee, and lawmakers on the House Human Services Committee said they plan to hold a vote in time to move the bill to the House floor and then to the Senate this session. Rep. Jean O’Sullivan (D-Burlington), who cosponsored the bill, acknowledged all the concerns about legalizing evictions but said that she, like many other supporters, believes the bill contains sufficient protections. She conceded that some people could be evicted into unsafe situations. But multiplying the number of available beds would give more Vermonters an opportunity to get well, she asserted. “It’s not going to be perfect. No bill ever is,” O’Sullivan said. “I think the balance falls on the support of the bill.” Dalton, meantime, said he was not interested in a compromise, because everyone who lives in a sober home is at risk of relapsing. So until everyone is protected, he said, “Nobody is safe.” m Contact: colin@sevendaysvt.com

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he hardwood floors were gleaming, and the heavily insulated walls were painted a fresh white. The townhouse at 14 Lily Lane in South Burlington was in cream puff shape — and for a reason. It’s going up for sale this spring. Just a few years ago, the house and six others in the small development off Kirby Road were slated for demolition. At the time, Burlington International Airport officials planned to raze the homes after purchasing them for about $2 million with Federal Aviation Administration grant money in 2016 and 2017. The townhouses, like many homes in the neighborhood that did get demolished, were deemed uninhabitable under federal noise standards. But times — and noise levels — have changed. While the recently arrived F-35 fighter jets based at the airfield are louder than the retired F-16s, the so-called Kirby Cottages have been spared. Officials are cheering the homes’ preservation, as are housing advocates. The reversal, and recently altered plans for an airport hotel, highlight the unique role that the Queen City plays as airport owner in a neighboring municipality. Governance of the airfield has been the subject of a long-simmering dispute between Burlington and host South Burlington; in recent years, Winooski has also joined the fray.

The Onion City, the municipality hardest hit by noise from the F-35s, wants a representative on the Airport Commission. Four Burlington residents and one from South Burlington currently sit on the board, which has an oversight role in some airport operations. “It’s important to create a formal connection to ensure we’re at the table in the future, when the City of Burlington is applying for FAA funding annually and implementing noise compatibility programming for the next 10 to 20 years, or discussing other impacts the airport could bring to our community as we live and work under the path of every aircraft,” Winooski Mayor Kristine Lott wrote in an email to Seven Days. “A commission seat will ensure our voice is included in the discussion no matter who else is at that table.” Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger supports adding Winooski to the Airport Commission. But he’s steadfast in his belief that his city should remain the sole operator of BTV. In January, Burlington released a study that offers a “definitive record on a whole range of critical airport issues,” Weinberger said. “From my perspective, it puts to bed once and for all the notion that somehow, there’s something wrong

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news Homes Preserved « P.17 with the airport structure. There is really no compelling need to make the change.” That’s preposterous to South Burlington City Councilor Tom Chittenden, who has long argued for regional governance of the airport. He called the report “very biased.” “This was done by the City of Burlington. What I was calling for, and still call for, is a third party, the state, conducting a study, an analysis,” Chittenden said. “This is Burlington, who has vested interests.” Debate about how the airport operates goes back almost to its beginnings in 1919, when a group of Burlington leaders leased a 72-acre cornfield in neighboring South Burlington. The Burlington Streets Department used a horse-drawn grader to smooth out a runway, and the first plane landed in 1920. This summer, the airport will celebrate its 100th birthday with an airplane display and other events. Travel jitters in response to COVID-19, more commonly called the coronavirus, could dent passenger traffic this month, but in recent years it has boomed. Last year it hit 1.38 million. The airport’s total value is $1.04 billion, according to the report by Burlington City Attorney Eileen Blackwood. The 40-page study details the city’s investment in the property, from clearing trees to building terminals to gradually acquiring more and more acreage. It also documents how state and federal funding helped with the airport’s development and, in more recent decades, how ticket surcharges have funded the operation. The report notes various ups and downs, including a bid in 1984 by thenmayor Bernie Sanders to take $200,000 from airport coffers for general expenses of the city. The Airport Commission unanimously voted to give $300,000, according to the report, but then-governor Richard Snelling and the FAA threatened to cut off state and federal funding, citing a rule that airport-generated revenue could only be used for airport-related costs. In frustration, “Mayor Sanders offered to sell the Airport for $10 million, but there were no takers,” the report states. The study urges a continuation of the status quo and concludes that the airport “has a century-long record of success and growth and is currently thriving under strong management.” Even compromises have gotten pushback. The idea of adding Winooski to the Airport Commission is a definite “no” for Bill Keogh, a Burlington resident who sits on the board. He thinks the Onion City should pay up if it wants a say in things. “Winooski wants to watch the movie but doesn’t want to buy a ticket,” he said. 18

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GOVERNANCE OF THE AIRFIELD HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF

A LONG-SIMMERING DISPUTE BETWEEN BURLINGTON AND HOST SOUTH BURLINGTON.

The mayor envisions adding one seat for Winooski and another for Burlington, for a total of seven commissioners. He can push the issue forward without the commission’s backing, though it would need city council approval and a “yes” vote from Burlington residents. The Vermont legislature would then have to approve the change, a process that could take more than a year. Even with a seat, it’s unclear how much sway Winooski would hold on airport decision making. South Burlington, which has had a commission seat since 1973, has watched for decades as Burlington used FAA money to buy out its residents in homes near the airport. Burlington makes

payments in lieu of taxes to South Burlington and must abide by its neighbor’s land-use regulations, but it has few other obligations to its host city. Rosanne Greco, an activist opposed to the F-35s and a former chair of the South Burlington City Council, is “thrilled” the Lily Lane homes won’t be torn down. But she questions the logic behind the decision. “Why now? Why didn’t they stop 50 houses ago, or 75 houses ago, or 200 houses ago?” Greco asked. She believes there’s another explanation: “It was all about land for the developers.’’ There’s been some building on the cleared land where houses once stood, and there could be more. Developers had hoped to build a hotel on airport property south of the parking garage, but the FAA recently determined that the building’s height would impede flight radar operations. Burlington has now proposed the hotel for the north side of the garage and, pending approval from the South Burlington Development Review Board, it will go up on land where nine homes were torn down in the 1990s. “For years, it’s been a parking lot,” said airport aviation director Gene Richards. “For us to use part of that parking lot for a hotel, it fits.”

Burlington will need to make decisions about the rest of the property it now owns to the west. There, entire streets of houses have been torn down, and the area today resembles parkland. The land is currently zoned residential but, in the longer term, airport officials envision a new road and commercial development. That would require a zoning change, however, and the full cooperation of South Burlington, according to Richards and Mayor Weinberger. “I do think it would make sense for there to be some commercial development on some of those properties, but we really are looking to South Burlington to take the lead,” Weinberger said. More immediately, the airport must deal with the Lily Lane townhouses, which Richards hopes to sell for about $300,000 each. All proceeds from the sale must go back to the FAA, according to Nic Longo, BTV’s deputy director of aviation. Richards’ goal is to sell them by May 15. “This is the outcome I was seeking,” Weinberger said. “I think it’s now very likely that these homes will be ... relatively affordable homes for Chittenden County residents for generations to come.’’ The sale should also signal Weinberger’s goal, he said, to “bring an end to the home purchase and demolition program” around the airport. South Burlington City Councilor Meaghan Emery lives in the Chamberlin neighborhood near the airport and has opposed many of the teardowns. “I can certainly say I’m glad that they are putting the homes on the market,” she said. “They are beautiful; they are efficient; they serve residents; they are almost brand new.” The ever-changing airport plans make life challenging for people who live nearby, said retired photographer Jonathan Hart, who was among those who sold their Lily Lane properties four years ago. “It’s very disruptive for the neighborhood,” he said recently. “It’s very disruptive for the people who don’t know when they are coming or going. It’s just a very upsetting environment.” After a Seven Days reporter told him that the properties had been spared the wrecking ball and were going back on the market, Hart said that was good news. But he said he and his partner, who moved to a carriage house in Charlotte, wouldn’t dream of moving back to Lily Lane with the changing noise maps, evolving policies and general uncertainty about what might happen in the future to properties near the airport. “We saw the opportunity to scram, and we did,” he said. m Contact: molly@sevendaysvt.com

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William C. Lipke 1936-2020 BURLINGTON, VT.

Bill died peacefully at home, surrounded by loved ones, from complications of congestive heart disease. Known affectionately as “Professor Bill,” “Captain Bill,” “Bugs” and “Billy,” he was a lifelong learner with a curious mind and remarkable ability to connect with friends and strangers alike. A proud Michigander, Bill was born in Grand Rapids to Daniel N. Lipke and Katherine Prentiss Lipke. The second of four siblings, Bill graduated from Creston High School

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(1954) and Albion College (1958). A failed pre-med student, he was tripped up twice by inorganic chemistry and eventually turned to art history as consolation. A three-year position (19581961) teaching eighth-grade English and humanities in Milford, Mich., which he described as his most challenging and rewarding years of teaching, was followed by completion of an MA in integrated humanities at Wayne State University (1963). He earned a PhD in art history from the University of Wisconsin (1966), having spent the previous year on a Roijtman Traveling Fellowship at the Courtauld Art Institute in London. Bill completed an MA in theology and pastoral counseling from Saint Michael’s College (1996) to learn, as he remarked to his daughter, “how to pastor one’s own strayed sheep.” Bill’s entire professional career was happily and productively spent in the field of education. He taught at Cornell University (1966-69) and Reed College (1969-70), coming to the University of Vermont in 1970. He was a favorite and energetic UVM lecturer who was known for drawing inspiring connections between the past and

present. He retired from fulltime teaching as a tenured professor of art history in 2001, teaching part time for another 10 years with a special interest in firstyear seminars and advising students. Bill also served as director of UVM’s Fleming Museum of Art (1977-1979) and as interim chair of the Department of Art and Art History (1989). His scholarly publications and teaching focused on British, American and Canadian art of the 19th and 20th centuries. He held a special interest in New England and especially Vermont art and architecture, served as a trustee of the Vermont Council on the Arts (VCA), and was honored by the VCA with an Award of Merit for Distinguished Service to the Arts in Vermont. He served as a consultant to the National Endowment for the Humanities and the New England Regional Chapter of the Archives of American Art. He was an avid singer; he sang tenor (“They’re always in demand”) with various groups, including the Burlington Choral Society, Oriana, Syrinx, Social Band and the Vermont Jazz Vocal Ensemble at UVM. A dedicated sailor, runner, biker and

gym rat, Bill volunteered with Meals on Wheels and served as a hospice volunteer for more than 25 years. A “Friend of Bill’s,” he was indebted to friends both within and without the AA Fellowship who strengthened and encouraged him over the years. Bill leaves a daughter, Megan Elizabeth Lipke and family (Paris, Diego, Oscar and Francesca Smeraldo) of Great Barrington, Mass.; a son, Daniel Hall Lipke and family (Cathleen Warren, Angus and Neave Lipke) of Beverly, Mass.; and his loving partner, Emily Wadhams, of Burlington, Vt. Bill was predeceased by an older brother, Daniel P. Lipke, and a younger brother, James Ross Lipke, and followed days later by his sister, Mary Margaret Landi of Petoskey, Mich. Survivors include former wife and mother of his children Catherine Hall of Burlington, Vt.; brother-inlaw Mike Landi and his family; sisters-in-law Katherine Lipke and Svetlana Elnitsky and their families; and nieces Kerstin, Shannon, Tanya and Hannah. Memorial contributions in his name may be made to the Fleming Museum of Art, Fletcher Free Library, McClure-Miller Respite House or Carpenter’s Boat Shop, Pemaquid, Maine. A memorial gathering will be held in the marble court of the Fleming Museum on April 4 at 4:30 p.m. All are welcome!

generations of schoolchildren from the early ’70s through the mid-’00s. She taught elementary school in Addison and Vergennes, and was principal at Northeast Elementary in Rutland and associate principal at Mary Hogan School in Middlebury. A holistic approach to

educating children was always at the forefront of everything Marian did as a teacher. From yearly flea markets to benefit the humanitarian organization CARE and Chinese New Year luncheons (all with food prepared by Marian and her students) to weekly Class Star celebrations where each student would pick friends to bake a treat to share with the class, Marian created a classroom where creativity and empathy for others were valued, very often through cooking! She moved to Colorado in 2012 to be near her grandchildren, who were absolutely the loves of her life. She is survived by her children Matthew Usher,

Blythe Usher and Electra Usher Peckham; son-in-law Dan Peckham; grandchildren Ava and Charlie; and former husband Charles Usher. She is predeceased by her parents and her brother Mario Ramos Jr. A gathering to celebrate Marian’s life will be held at the UVM Alumni House in Burlington, Vt., on Saturday, May 30, at 1 p.m. All who knew her are invited to attend and to bring stories and remembrances to share with friends and family. To read more about Marian’s life, to share online memories and for additional information, visit inmemoriamservices.com/ notices/marian-santos.

Marian Santos 1945-2019 WESTMINSTER, COLO.

Marian (Ramos Usher) Santos, 74, passed away at home with her children by her side on Tuesday, December 10, 2019. She was born April 11, 1945, at Waterbury Hospital in Waterbury, Conn., to Alice and Mario Ramos. Marian grew up in Naugatuck, Conn., surrounded by a large extended family. After high school, she enrolled at Johnson State College and then received her master’s in education from the University of Vermont. She was a lifelong educator in Vermont, nurturing and inspiring

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David Stackpole

1933-2020 STOWE, VT. David Barrows Stackpole, born October 19, 1933, died peacefully on February 16, 2020, at the age of 86, surrounded by his loving family. Northern Vermont was David’s lifetime home. He grew up in Johnson, attending grade school there and graduating from Peoples Academy in Morrisville. He attended Dartmouth College, graduating in 1956, where he remained actively involved in the alumni association. From there, David went on to Cornell Law School. Upon graduating, he returned to Vermont, where he clerked in Lamoille County until he passed the Vermont bar exam. In 1964, David was the first attorney to set up private practice in Stowe, where he settled and raised his family. From 1968 to 1978, he partnered with his longtime friend Tom Amidon. He then went on to hire and, in 1993, partner with Ed French, forming the current Stackpole & French Law Offices. David served the Vermont Bar Association on various committees, including the Professional Conduct Committee. He served as state’s attorney for Lamoille County, trustee of the Village of Stowe and moderator of Stowe Town Meeting for 20 years. He was a past president of Stowe Rotary Club, a founding director and officer of Lamoille County Mental Health, a director of Lamoille Family Center and a former chair of the Johnson State College Foundation. He enjoyed years of serving on the Mount Mansfield Ski Patrol. He was involved in community theater and was instrumental in the birth of the farm-to-school movement. He became chair of the board of Green Mountain Farm to School, Inc., a nonprofit committed to delivering farm-sourced foods to

schools throughout northern Vermont. David retired in 2015 but never stopped giving wise counsel until his last breath. David was many things to many people. He spent his life in quiet service to his community — assisting and mentoring those in need well beyond his professional responsibilities. He had a wonderful way of creating fun and could find adventure in the every day. He was a devoted father and passionate grandfather. He had a unique way of seeing the individuality in people, especially his grandchildren. He encouraged and joined with them in pursuing what they love. Living in close proximity and participating in their daily lives brought them all great joy. He will be remembered for his limitless love and devotion to his family, his stewardship of the land, his passion for his community, merriment, song, dance and his infamous sense of humor. He could turn a phrase! David leaves his daughter Anna Stein and her husband, Jesse, of South Burlington; his daughter Kate Osborne and her husband, Jon, of Lake Elmore; his beloved grandchildren Abby, Eben, Linden and Cole; his sister, Beverly Webster, from Brattleboro, and her children, Carrie, Andrew, Jake and Susan, as well as their spouses and children; and his good friend and former wife, Paige Savage — all of whom he dearly loved. He was predeceased by his mother, Margaret Barrows Stackpole, and father, C. Harry Tabor Stackpole; his brother-in-law Donald Webster; and his beloved Eric Rozendaal. The family thanks the staff and residents of Copley Manor Mansfield House for their care, loving kindness and friendship during David’s final days. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 14, at the Stowe Community Church. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the Eric Rozendaal Memorial Award in the care of Vermont Land Trust (vlt.org) or Green Mountain Farm to School (greenmountainfarmto school.org). Faith Funeral Home is assisting with arrangements. Online condolences may be made by visiting faithfh.net.

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arts news Minnow Judith Chalmer, Kelsay Books, 107 pages. $18.50.

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

The Hope of Poker Westman N.E. Cardenuto, Austin Macauley Publishers, 154 pages. $10.95.

Family was always my biggest problem, and here I was, walking into the arms of one that wasn’t even related to me. Twelve-year-old Timothy “Poker” Westman got his nickname from the game his pilot father was playing when he was born. But a hard-to-reach dad is the least of his problems. After Poker’s mom dies, father and son relocate to the Indonesian island of Papua (here called by its former official name, Irian Jaya), where Dad has a new job as a transport pilot. The all-American kid learns to deal with rats, lizards and malaria while finding a new home in the close-knit expatriate community. Vermonter N.E. CARDENUTO ’s bio mentions past residence in Irian Jaya, and it shows. After an awkward start, the story hits its stride as Poker discovers his new world. The fast-paced, kidfriendly novel introduces young readers not just to an idyllic island setting but to Papua’s legacy from World War II and colonial times. As Poker wonders why expats and indigenous people have such different standards of living, so will the reader, and Cardenuto offers no pat answers. M . H.

In 2017, JUDITH CHALMER told Seven Days she planned to complete her second poetry collection following her retirement that year as executive director of arts and disability nonprofit VSA Vermont (now called INCLUSIVE ARTS VERMONT). Chalmer checked that task off her list in February when she released Minnow, her follow-up to 1995’s Out of History’s Junk Jar: Poems of a Mixed Inheritance. Divided into sections with austere titles such as “Mirror,” “Practice” and “Sense,” Minnow contains 39 poems illuminating topics such as deep love, Judaism and mindfulness. The poet’s appreciation for the natural world is evident on nearly every page. “Autumn,” for example, evokes a nature lover’s version of Skeeter Davis’ ballad “The End of the World,” with loons feeding, fog breaking and lichen curling, their activity unaffected by the narrator’s longing. Fans of the late Mary Oliver may find a local favorite in this Green Mountain State scribe. K.R.

The Crash of Flight 3804: A Lost Spy, a Daughter’s Quest and the Deadly Politics of the Great Game for Oil Charlotte Dennett, Chelsea Green, 368 pages. $27.95

As the daughter of a diplomat, I couldn’t help but feel sympathy for them, especially with my personal knowledge of what had transpired under the shah. How many people can say their dad was basically a real-life Jack Ryan? If CHARLOTTE DENNETT had simply chronicled the postwar counterintelligence work of her father, a now-famous American diplomat and spy, it would have been an absorbing read. But what makes the Cambridge lawyer and investigative journalist’s latest book so compelling is how much deeper and broader she digs than personal memoir. In The Crash of Flight 3804: A Lost Spy, A Daughter’s Quest and the Deadly Politics of the Great Game for Oil, Dennett attempts to unravel and reconcile with the 1947 death of her father, Daniel Dennett, in a mysterious plane crash. He had been assigned to the Middle East to study the proposed route of the Trans-Arabian Pipeline. Through meticulous research and reportage — including observations from her own days as a reporter in the region — Dennett uses the crash to examine the brutal and byzantine politics of oil in the Middle East. Equal parts Thomas L. Friedman and Tom Clancy, the book is a remarkable achievement whose personalized insights on geopolitics are both gripping and sobering. D.B.

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Life Is Good: Wit & Wisdom From a Vermont Homesteader Nancy Carey Johnson, Honeyberry Books, 126 pages. $12.95.

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I found myself wondering if human ashes looked anything like what I had concocted, and I began praying Dad didn’t look at them. If this quote from NANCY CAREY JOHNSON’s 2019 essay collection sounds sketchy, it’s all in good fun. Six years after her mother died, Johnson, a Brooklynite turned Vermonter, finally claimed her ashes from the funeral home on behalf of her father, who couldn’t bring himself to do so. Johnson promptly stowed the cremains in a safe spot, only to forget where that was. The Poultney-based author, songwriter and hemp farmer describes herself in the introduction as “an accidental writer.” Her book evolved from a response to a Facebook friend who, disgusted by her news feed of regurgitated memes and hateful political posts, asked friends simply to post about their days. Johnson obliged — and her friends gushed over her prose. She turned her daily reflections into short essays, which she calls a cross between the work of Erma Bombeck and Chicken Soup for the Soul. Light and pithy, Life Is Good is warm, comforting and easily digestible, like the aforementioned broth. K. P.

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n a scene in IMAGINARY, LIDA dance, theater and storytelling piece, a dancer lifts Winfield up, spins her 180 degrees, places her in a headstand and supports her while others hover about. Two dancers put mismatched, gaudy green shoes on her airborne feet; another proclaims aloud that a mustache must be shaved. Winfield is like a doll adorned with others’ judgments and expectations, her view of the world literally and figuratively upended. “I’m a very learning-disabled person,” Winfield says in an interview. “I didn’t learn to read until I was a grown-up, and I was in special-ed classrooms.” What grown-ups and peers in her life “imagined I was capable of or not,” she adds, “impacted my potential.” The Middlebury-based dancer inverted their assumptions long ago to become an interdisciplinary performing artist and educator. Winfield earned an MFA from Goddard College, has toured original work across Europe and is currently a visiting assistant professor in the Middlebury College dance program. In IMAGINARY, Winfield and four collaborating artists explore imagination — its playful, kooky, silly brilliance as well as its capacity to impose harmful limits on self and other. Part of the Middlebury Performing Arts Series, which co-commissioned the work, it was scheduled to run Friday and Saturday, March 13 and 14, at the college; it was postponed because of concerns about the coronavirus. For the series’ 100th anniversary, director ALLISON COYNE CARROLL has chosen works reflective of those past years, she says, along with “new works or new artists that will launch us into our second century.” IMAGINARY’s content and performers — who hail from Vermont and beyond — “felt like an organic fit for this season.” The genesis of the piece dates back about three years. In 2017, Winfield received a grant from the National Performance Network to create IMAGINARY, co-commissioned by the FLYNN, Jacob’s Pillow and the Yard, along with the Middlebury series. She premiered it in February of 2018 at Flynn Space in Burlington. “I remember being very drawn in by the motion and the colors and the energy,” Carroll recalls. There were “very vulnerable moments, when you heard personal stories and got sucked into them, and then [you were] drawn back out into this larger, swirling world.” But, Winfield notes, “It’s hard to make a final product on your first go.” She has since “deepened and changed” the piece as she has gained clarity on her vision. This 24

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation interdisciplinary choreographer for Middlebury’s Movement Matters residency. Based in Florida, she’s a certified Gaga instructor and had planned to offer a free workshop for the public in that movement style; it, too, has been postponed. The fifth performer in IMAGINARY, Joseph Hall, is executive director of the Kelly Strayhorn Theater in Pittsburgh, Pa., and an accomplished producer and curator. Throughout the week of the performances, Hall and the other visiting artists had planned to engage with Middlebury students and faculty in a residency. To revise the piece, Winfield and her collaborators “did a lot of talking about imagination and perception,” she says. They considered the links between imagination and success or joy. “You might imagine that if you could just have a different job, or if you had a husband with a beard, your life would be better.” In one scene in IMAGINARY, a dancer gesticulates wildly, asking the audience, “Who wants a boat, a baby, a house, a house with a yard, a good body…?” As other dancers hoist her in the air, she exclaims, “All of this could be yours!” in a breathy voice, as if worn out by the drama.

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weekend, she was set to perform it with artists from 2018 and new ones who have helped hone the work. Composer and saxophonist MATTHEW EVAN TAYLOR created the sound score, a blend of composed and improvised music.

DANCE The Middlebury assistant professor of music plays several instruments, uses a looping machine and moves around the stage with the dancers. His presence is “a really rich part of the performance now,” Winfield says. Two other artists have ties to Middlebury. Ellen Smith Ahern, who has danced with Winfield for the past 11 years, graduated from the college in 2005 and is now a social worker in Connecticut. Maree ReMalia, who has also danced with Winfield for years, served as the 2015-17

Winfield and her collaborators also considered “how our perception of others is shaped partly by the blanks that we fill in about them,” she recalls, “and how that impacts how we treat each other and, therefore, how we respond to each other.” Such patterns are “the root of racism and sexism and classism.” Solos, duets and group sequences evoke pain, compassion, confusion and adventure. Dancers wear balloons, turbans, tutus and oversize clothing. The excesses of capitalism are juxtaposed with the depths of familial longing and love. “It’s a wild and strange piece,” Winfield says. “A world is created, and then another world is created, and then another world.” IMAGINARY is playful, political, sad and “very, very funny,” she adds. She likens it to “a roller coaster of parts that are all sections of our human experience — and how imagination is part of all of those experiences.” Contact: elizabeth@sevendaysvt.com

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ew wars have been researched, written about and documented in literature and film more than World War II. But when Walesborn journalist JACK FAIRWEATHER first heard the true tale of Witold Pilecki, a Polish resistance fighter who volunteered to be imprisoned in the Auschwitz concentration camp in order to report back to Allied forces what was occurring inside, he thought the story cried out for deeper investigation. Fairweather, a former Iraq and Afghanistan war correspondent now living in Charlotte, spent years retracing Pilecki’s steps and re-creating his harrowing life and tragic death. Working with a team of Polish researchers, Fairweather pored over CULTURE

concentration camp records, Polish government files and the written testimonies of thousands of Auschwitz survivors. The result of his meticulous research was the 2019 book The Volunteer: One Man, An Underground Army, and the Secret Mission to Destroy Auschwitz, which received international critical acclaim. In late January — the same week as the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz — The Volunteer received the 2019 Costa Book of the Year award, which is among the United Kingdom’s most prestigious literary awards and comes with a £30,000 ($38,000) prize. Fairweather’s book, which quickly rose to the top of the Sunday Times’ best-seller list, was chosen from among the winners

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Prior-itizing Was it the Carhartts that did it, or the work boots and sparkly dress? The Elmer Fudd hat? Maybe just the broad grins, with tongue firmly in cheek. Whatever the appeal, the Vermont-style pinup-girl calendar that JULIE GAGNON PRIOR put together last year was a resounding success. At 10 bucks a pop, she’s made more than $10,000. You do the math. But it wasn’t just for giggles. Prior’s goal was to raise money for Lyme disease. That is, to make a whopping donation to the nonprofit information and advocacy organization Vermont Lyme. Last Sunday, at her home in Grand Isle, Prior was able to hand over a check for $10,300 to founder REBECCA ZELIS. As the organization’s website explains,

Lyme is “caused by an infection with the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi, spread to humans by black-legged ‘deer’ ticks.” As of 2017, the state of Vermont had the highest rate of confirmed and probable Lyme disease cases in the nation, according to the Vermont Department of Health. Prior is one of them. Two years ago, after an unfortunate delay that prevented getting

of five categories of Costa awards — first novel, novel, biography, poetry and children’s book — as the overall book-of-theyear winner. Until The Volunteer, Pilecki’s gripping life story was virtually unknown outside of Poland, where today he is considered a national hero. Now, Pilecki’s biography is likely to reach an even wider audience. In February, Fairweather sold the movie rights to London-based House Productions and its cofounder and Oscar-winning producer Tessa Ross, whose film credits include Billy Elliot (2000), Slumdog Millionaire (2008), 12 Years a Slave (2013) and Ex Machina (2014). Because Fairweather wrote Pilecki’s story with almost cinematic detail, it seems ideally suited for translation to the big screen. When Pilecki, as a 39-year-old cavalry officer and member of the Polish Underground State, was taken to Auschwitz in September 1940, little was known about the Nazis’ horrific mission metastasizing inside: the Final Solution, now known as the Holocaust — the mass murder of European Jews and millions of others. During his two and a half years in the death camp, Pilecki organized a resistance movement; smuggled out intelligence reports; stole equipment, food and other supplies; and killed SS officers and Nazi informants. He later escaped Auschwitz himself and joined in the Warsaw uprising. Despite his heroism, Pilecki wasn’t greeted as a hero of the Polish people after the war. Arrested by Poland’s Soviet-backed communist regime, he was put on trial, ruled a traitor and enemy of the state, and executed. The Polish government sealed all official records of his wartime exploits for half a century. “It really gets to the core of bravery and sort of pushes us to explore what we know about the war [and] what we know about what is humanly possible to endure,” immediate treatment, she was diagnosed with Lyme and now displays 20 symptoms, she said. Prior is scheduled for surgery to relieve the most painful one, occipital neuralgia. “It goes into your neck, to the back of the head and over the top,” she said. “It feels like knives. Basically, the surgery is going to save my life. “That’s why the calendar means so much to me,” Prior added. “I don’t want anyone to have to go through this. It’s fucking hell.” She is quick to credit local support — businesses and craft fairs that sold the calendar, and media attention that included an article in Seven Days. Selling a thousand calendars in the Champlain Islands alone was amazing, Prior said: “I can’t thank the community enough. It’s mind-boggling.” One unexpected outcome of her experience: Prior, a self-described “redneck,” has become a columnist for the North

Fairweather said about Pilecki in a recent interview. “There’s this adventure story and the survival story, of course, and his fight against the greatest act of evil ever perpetrated by mankind.” Since its release last June, The Volunteer has been translated into 18 other languages, from Icelandic to Hebrew; a much-anticipated Polish-language version is due out in May. The book is now sold at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. Fairweather has also signed a book deal with children’s publisher Scholastic to pen a young-adult version of The Volunteer, which is due out in 2022. Last September, Fairweather cocurated an exhibition titled “The Volunteer: Witold Pilecki and His Mission in Auschwitz,” which is on display through March at the Pilecki Institute, near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. In attendance at its opening were representatives of the Pilecki family, Auschwitz survivors, high-ranking German government ministers and Poland’s ambassador to Germany. Since then, Fairweather has continued to travel extensively to promote the book, speaking to Polish groups and Jewish congregations throughout North America and overseas. The events attract people from diverse backgrounds, most of whom previously knew nothing about Pilecki. Some share their own stories with other attendees of surviving the Nazi death camps. “Knowing that I was speaking to a witness in the audience was just incredibly, incredibly moving,” Fairweather said. “Of course … [that] is what Pilecki was all about: bringing people together. That’s how he was able to be so successful, in Auschwitz and beyond.” m Contact: ken@sevendaysvt.com

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Hero-based Islander, a community newspaper covering the islands. Previously she shared her personal stories on Facebook, which caught the attention of the paper’s editor and publisher, TONYA POUTRY. Prior said she had never wanted to be on a soapbox — “I’d rather run a chain saw,” she quipped — but has found she enjoys the outlet provided by “Julie’s World.” The column is “about positive things,” Prior said. “I’m driven to make a difference in the world.” PAME L A P O LS T O N

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he person I picked up had just completed a late lunch at Istanbul Kebab House, the Turkish restaurant on lower Church Street. I took a gander at him as he figured out the shotgun seat-belt situation; he was a fit middleaged guy with still-reddish hair and a trim beard to match. How cosmopolitan is Burlington circa 2020? I thought as we pulled away from the curb, southbound toward my customer’s hotel room in Shelburne. When I moved here in 1979, your Queen City dining choices in “ethnic” cuisine consisted of a sprinkling of Chinese and Italian joints. Now we have eateries featuring savory dishes that span the globe. Of even greater import, this vast expansion of food choices mirrors the ethnic and racial diversification of the local population itself. What an amazing cultural transformation over a mere 40 years, I mused. “Bradley McGuinn,” the man said, a broad smile on his face as he extended his hand toward me. “Brad.” “Jernigan Pontiac,” I said, reaching over to shake hands. I appreciated both the pithy, old-school introduction and his willingness to press flesh in this age of rampant germophobia. With an unsolicited, enthusiastic greeting like that, it was a safe bet that Brad was amenable to a chat. And, as luck would have it, so was I. “So, Brad — where ya visiting from?” I asked. “Oh, I live in Montpelier,” he replied. “Once or twice a year, I treat myself to a weekend in Burlington. Mostly for the food, be honest.”WORD THEtoARTFUL “Nothing to be ashamed of about WEDNESDAYS > 9:00 p.m.that,” I said. “B-town’s culinary offerings are a friggin’ cornucopia, if I’m using that word

right. What do you do for work, if I may ask?” Someone once pointed out to me that asking about work is a very male conversational opener. This is, of course, a generalization, but women often talk through a list of other, more personal matters before broaching the W word. “I do etchings — engravings, to be technically accurate — for tombstones and other stonework. At times, I get a commission for a portrait, which is fun. It’s all handwork and folks appreciate that. Enough, anyway, to keep a roof over my head.”

“Yeah, I was napping on the couch when the water came up through the floorboards. I had, like, two minutes to evacuate. A neighbor came by knocking wildly at the door, and it was a mad scramble choosing what to save. The whole thing was, like, so unreal, like something out of a Stephen King novel. In less than an hour, the entire house was totaled, just washed away.” “Jeez, I can’t even imagine.” “But, in the end, it was only things. I’d been through heavier loss earlier in my life. My mother grew up in great wealth. Humbly, she always said, but I’m talking about cooks, butlers, chauffeurs — the

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AND IT WAS A MAD SCRAMBLE CHOOSING WHAT TO SAVE. “Has digital technology cut into your business?” “What do you think?” Brad replied, chuckling. “I think yes,” I answered, chuckling along. “Hey, I can relate, having suffered at the hand of the digitized black plague known as Uber. Not that I’m bitter.” “Oh, I can see that,” Brad replied, and we laughed together. “Do you have a piece of work that you’re most proud of?” I asked. “Like, where your vision for the engraving was most fully realized?” “I did, but I couldn’t show you a picture. I was renting in East Montpelier in 2011 and lost nearly everything in the Irene flooding. Everybody had told me to digitize the old photos of my work, but I never got around to it.” “Oh, man! What a loss. Were you at home when the river rose?”

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whole nine yards. Her father, my grandfather, was an engineer who had perfected the first practical central heating system and owned patents on the key components. This made him a fortune. “My own father left our family when I was 11,” Brad continued. “He was a tough man to have as a father. Outwardly, to the world, he was friendly and jovial, but he harbored a burning jealousy toward anyone he perceived to have ‘more’ than him — talent, money, friends, just about anything. And this resentment extended to our mother and me and my siblings.” “Sounds like a harrowing emotional environment to grow up in,” I commiserated. “Nothing that six years of therapy couldn’t cure,” Brad said. From the look in his eyes, I could tell he was being not flippant but serious and that the therapy had done him a world of good. “The coup de grace, so to speak, was

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when my mother died, and we got our first look at the will,” he continued. “We kids assumed we’d be inheriting perhaps millions, but apparently my father had, at some point, pressured our mother and engineered a change in the estate distribution. He received the lion’s share, and the four of us split a pittance, like $65,000. We went to lawyers but were told it was totally legit.” With that, Brad exhaled and paused for a moment. “So, as I said,” he said, “I’ve grown familiar with loss.” Taking in this man’s story, I reflected that I, too, have experienced loss. I daresay I share this in common with every other human who has ever walked the planet. And, from my understanding of the feeling, I can guess which one of the losses hit Brad the hardest. I’d say it wasn’t the destruction of his work photos and sundry personal belongings in the flood or the treacherous theft of his inheritance. As he told me, “It was only things.” What takes the deepest toll is emotional loss, like being raised by a father who, living with his own damaged and unhealed heart, continually lashes out against his near and dear ones. Pulling up to Brad’s hotel, I thought, Six years of therapy sounds about right. Good on him for taking the leap, putting in the time and getting the help he deserved. m

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need to find $5 million to renovate it. “She gets overcommitted. She’s always overscheduled. But she’s a marvelous fundraiser,” said Pat Robins, cofounder of the Church Street Marketplace and former BCA board chair.

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a portion of the funds for those cultural activities. Kraft raises at least half of the rest of the money single-handedly. Most recently, she spearheaded the purchase of a building at 405 Pine Street that now houses the organization’s art studios. Kraft and her team

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oreen Kraft doesn’t really want to talk about Doreen Kraft. During a recent reception for new exhibitions at the BCA Center on Church Street, she preferred to direct a reporter’s attention to everyone else in the room: a dedicated board member; Burlington’s supportive mayor; the brilliant director of another local nonprofit. Upstairs in her office, the longtime executive director of Burlington City Arts praised its successive gallery curators and explained how willing they had been to do hands-on work and volunteer extra time. She talked up a waitress at a restaurant that was partnering with BCA, who, unacquainted with Kraft, recently encouraged her to make a donation to the organization. Kraft excels at this kind of schmoozing, probing and promoting at the same time. People describe her as a coach, an advocate, a great listener — essentially, who she is to other people, as if her role is to reflect the best version of everyone around her. It’s an approach that has helped her grow BCA — through the administrations of five different mayors — from a janitor’s closet in the basement of city hall to a municipal department charged with fostering public art and culture. Since the organization’s founding in 1980, Kraft, 68, has been a driving force. For the last 25 years, she’s led BCA as it has created galleries and studios, developed art classes and summer camps, curated art in public spaces, won and distributed grants, and organized citywide events such as Festival of Fools and Highlight, Burlington’s New Year’s Eve celebration. The city contributes

“Everybody takes her calls. Everybody goes to lunch with her.” Jacqueline Posley, a recent transplant to Vermont by way of the state’s Stay to Stay program, joined the BCA board last June. She said that in her home state of Mississippi, she felt the arts were only for people with money. At BCA, she said she felt valued more for her willingness to make connections in the community than the depth of her pockets. She describes Kraft as an inclusive and unpretentious leader. “Doreen will put out the food trays, will sweep the floors,” Posley said. “Every job that needs to be done, I could see Doreen doing it.” Robins credited BCA’s long-running success with Kraft’s ability to take risks and, more importantly, pull them off. If this story were a documentary, there’d be short takes of nearly a dozen Burlington leaders all saying the same thing: BCA would not exist today without Kraft, despite her attempts to redirect the spotlight. When BCA is praised, Kraft’s name is attached. When it’s criticized, she is often targeted personally. This particular arts job also comes with political perils. BCA is an arm of city government and whoever happens to be running it, and Kraft is, technically, an annual appointee of the mayor. She navigates it all with a highly developed sense of direction and diplomacy. “I love to see and engage with people who believe that the arts are central to community life,” Kraft said. “And if I can be a part of that process and move that forward and make that more possible and attainable, then my heart sings.” She’s deeply loyal to Burlington: “I cannot imagine doing this anywhere else.” Working the gallery opening at the BCA Center, Kraft noticed immediately

when Mayor Miro Weinberger walked in. She asked her boss if he’d be willing to speak to the crowd, then jumped into action to corral all the featured artists and curators to start speeches before he had to leave, and gave a glowing, on-thespot introduction praising Weinberger’s support for BCA. It was a calculated move on Kraft’s part, honed from decades of experience. But her words, delivered in a loud but warm New York-accented alto, rang totally authentic.

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that the BCA Center is respected in the broader contemporary art community. Many considerations go into the shows the BCA Center puts on throughout the year. Ferrell said they aim for various levels of “accessibility,” meaning: how much interpretation to add so people can understand and enjoy the work, and how much to challenge the audience. She also tries to balance showing Vermont artists and national artists, and integrating the two rather than having a separate gallery for Vermonters as was done in the past. For example, local artist Stella Marrs guest-curated the current main-floor exhibit, “Apocalypse Diet,” at the BCA Center, featuring Vermont and national artists. COURTESY OF JESSE LLOYD GUMA

When he became mayor of Burlington in 1981, Bernie Sanders had an agenda. On it was a desire to “make the arts more accessible to all, regardless of social, economic or physical constraints.” But he faced a powerful board of aldermen, known today as the Burlington City Council, who stymied his attempts to hire staff and appoint department heads. So Sanders created the Community and Economic Development Office, along with a youth office and the Mayor’s Task Force on the Arts, to circumvent the board of aldermen’s control. Kraft was appointed to the cultural task force and became its first paid employee in 1983, working out of a closetsize office. Soon known as the Mayor’s Arts Council, the group started a concert series in Battery Park and cofounded the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival with the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts in 1985. In 1990, the Mayor’s Arts Council became an official city department, renamed Burlington City Arts. Kraft was on the board at the time but didn’t become executive director until 1995. Like Fletcher Free Library, BCA derived only a portion of its budget from taxpayers. Today, it gets 40 percent of its $2.2 million operating budget from the city and 60 percent from philanthropy and outside grants. Kraft had the requisite fundraising skills to make that arrangement workable. As it turned out, she also had a knack for recruiting young talent. When Pascal Spengemann came to Burlington in 1995, planning to stay for only a few months, he saw BCA’s Firehouse Gallery on Church Street and thought it was cool that there was art on Burlington’s main drag. BCA had converted the ground floor of the historic firehouse into a gallery that same year. Through the windows, he saw makeshift walls and paintings hung with fishing line.

But one day during business hours, Spengemann went by and the space was closed. So he went next door to city hall, found Kraft, and convinced her to hire him to supervise the gallery and keep its doors open. Spengemann lobbied to take over the curatorial duties, and after he put on a well-received test-run show, Kraft let him take the reins. “I was pretty green and looking for something to do, and she really believed in me,” Spengemann said. “I felt really supported by her.” Under his supervision, the Firehouse Gallery began to gain recognition. In 1998, the Burlington City Council approved a

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proposal to renovate the old firehouse building into a visual arts center, and the newly formed BCA Foundation launched its first capital campaign. In 2004 the renovation was finished, and in 2011 it was renamed the BCA Center. Today, curator Heather Ferrell cites receiving grants from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts as evidence

Sara Katz started working at BCA in 1999, but it was after she volunteered to help out in Kraft’s garden that she got to know the director. The two chatted, pulled weeds and began what is now a 20-year working relationship. “She’s curious about people,” said Katz, who has since become the organization’s assistant director. “I was just, like, a 22-year-old nobody at that time, and she wanted to know how I thought.” Today, Katz is BCA’s behind-the-scenes force, making sure administrative tasks are handled so Kraft has time to be the face of the organization. “You know, she’s just this kind of public dynamo,” Katz said. “She’s really incredible with human relationships. She just understands people in a really intuitive way, so it makes a lot of sense for her to be out in the world as much as possible.”

Kraft grew up in New Rochelle, N.Y., and majored in studio art at the University of New Mexico. But, unsure what to do after graduation, she fell in with “a group of merry pranksters,” she said. Kraft moved to a farm in Bethel, Vt., as part of the backto-the-land movement. Though she enjoys gardening, she admitted it was a hard year. “There was just no question I was not cut out to be a farmer,” Kraft said. She started teaching an art class at a local high school and met Robin Lloyd, who was teaching in nearby Rochester. Lloyd was making films, which Kraft had never done before. But they started working together, and Lloyd taught her the medium. They both moved to Burlington, into the house on Maple Street where Lloyd still lives today, and Kraft went back to school at the University of Vermont, studying film production in the communications department. (She also did stints at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and Hampshire College.) Kraft and Lloyd were both influenced by the work of Maya Deren, an experimental filmmaker whose work focused on Haitian vodou. In 1973 the two took the first of many trips to Haiti, where they made a short film about the country’s colorful painted buses. Later, Kraft and Lloyd commissioned local artists to make paintings that they then used in a 20-minute stop-motion animated film, called “Black Dawn,” exploring Haitian history. The French government bought copies for all of its embassies; Kraft said it’s the only movie of hers that has ever made money. She and Lloyd founded a production company called Green Valley Media in 1974; Kraft still sits on the board. Kraft also embarked on more personal filmmaking projects, including a reenactment of her mother’s childhood in a convent school in Ireland. Kraft called that still-unfinished work her “film in a can.” She’d like to edit it someday, but “it’s not something you can do on a weekend,” she noted. “I mean, I would need a sabbatical, and they don’t have sabbaticals in the arts.” In a way, making films helped prepare Kraft for her job at BCA. “In the early days … I would be petrified of being onstage or, you know, introducing concerts at Battery Park,” she said. “People would push me out there. “If you have a camera and a microphone, you have an excuse to pretty much ARTS AND KRAFT SEVEN DAYS MARCH 11-18, 2020

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Arts and Kraft « P.29 ask a lot of questions and get to talk to people,” Kraft said. Still, she added, “There are days that I go an entire day and literally, when I get home, I can’t speak. I’m, like, done. I have to go through that quiet time, listen to music, listen to news, just transition out of the day and also reflect.” Kraft lives in East Charlotte with her husband, artist Marvin Fishman, whom she met making films. The couple is thinking of moving back to Burlington, where Kraft hasn’t lived since the 1990s. If they do it, she said, she’d actually miss the commute, which marks a defined transition between her job and her home. Kraft doesn’t always achieve work-life balance. Most recently, she has lost sleep over the purchase of the new building on Pine Street. A walk through the empty warehouse that BCA now owns — 9,000 square feet of which will be converted into new studio space and a community room — reveals just what a mammoth task this renovation will be. Especially when you factor in BCA’s commitment to making the building net zero in energy consumption. Kraft said she hopes to get it done in three years. She’s already started giving tours of the building and reaching out to potential 30

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donors. “She’s very good at establishing the vision, and she’s very good at then asking for people to support it,” said Chris Thompson, a former BCA Center curator and former executive director of Generator maker space. “Having done a lot of fundraising myself recently,” he added, it taught him that “you have to believe passionately in the mission. And if you believe strongly enough in the mission, you’re willing to ask anybody for anything.”

SOUTH END ‘PLAN’

Kraft has often been compared to another local woman who built a thriving arts organization: Andrea Rogers. She was the founding executive director of the Flynn, instrumental in transitioning it from a moribund movie theater to a restored art-deco performing arts center. Rogers ran the Flynn for 29 years before retiring in 2010. BCA focused on the visual arts because it was underrepresented in Burlington’s arts scene. Avoiding duplication of the Flynn’s performing arts programming and classes was helpful to what Rogers described as a “good working relationship” with BCA, citing their collaboration in producing the annual Burlington Discover Jazz Festival. “We were both dedicated to our own institutions,” Rogers said. “There’s no

question about that. And I think, because we were early leaders of our institutions, the both of us could be charged with being too protective of our own kingdoms. I’m sure I was considered that, and she probably has been, too.” It’s a diplomatic way of acknowledging that Burlington’s arts community has seen some turf battles over the years. BCA has run into resistance from the artists and business owners along the Pine Street corridor — later dubbed the South End Arts District — who were protective of their neighborhood and fiercely opposed to any development that might threaten scarce, affordable studio space. They rallied behind the South End Arts and Business Association, which created and still organizes Burlington’s annual South End Art Hop. Whether or not it was warranted, some believed that BCA — and, by extension, Kraft — wanted to stake a claim in the South End, perhaps because of the organization’s city-department status. That came to a head with planBTV. In June 2015, the city released a draft of a plan to redevelop the South End — the postindustrial area of Burlington along Pine Street and Flynn Avenue. BCA, with the help of a National Endowment for the Arts grant, recruited artists to create works that would engage the public and solicit comments on the proposed plan.

I love to see and engage with people who believe that the arts are central to community life. D O R EEN K R A F T

But in August, many of those artists became disenchanted with the process and didn’t think their voices had been heard. They worried that a proposed zoning change to allow more housing in the area would displace them, and they believed BCA was complicit. Amey Radcliffe, one of the artists who received funding for a community engagement project, put it this way in a recent email to Seven Days: “I don’t necessarily feel that the artist/activists that emerged at that time were fully heard or fully understood. If BCA were less under the purview of the Mayor, we might see BCA taking more independent stands and actions — less in-step with the Mayor’s development agendas for the area.”

A sculpture of Mayor Miro Weinberger holding puppets of Planning Director David White (left) and Doreen Kraft

was misunderstood, and our role in that planning.” Relations have improved since then. SEABA’s current executive director, Christy Mitchell, said she’s excited to have another organization with a stake in the South End and sees BCA as a potential ally in getting new signage and maps pointing tourists to Pine Street. Radcliffe said she thought the perception of BCA in the area was generally positive and that the purchase of the building on Pine Street could provide new opportunities for South End artists. Steve Conant, owner of Conant Metal & Light and the Soda Plant — and an early member of SEABA — said he’d been aware of a “turf war” between the two organizations, though not when he was directly involved. “It’s hard to complain about an organization that anchors 30,000 square feet of real estate and commits it to the arts,” Conant said. “That’s the biggest risk in the South End: the loss of real estate that supports the arts.”

THE POLITICS OF ART

Signs began to appear around the neighborhood, according to local media reports, including ones that read, “BCA: Will you stand with the arts community to preserve industrial zoning in the SEAD?” At that year’s South End Art Hop in September, artists built a temporary cardboard house across the street from ArtsRiot that was dubbed “Miroville.” Kraft was also the subject of some Art Hop protest art. One of the buildings in

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Doreen Kraft across from the new BCA studios

the Howard Space — the warren of artist studios at Pine and Howard streets — was topped with a large sculpture depicting Weinberger holding puppet versions of Kraft and the city’s director of planning, David White, on strings. “I tried to buy it,” Kraft said of the artwork. “I stood there that night, and I remember saying to people, ‘I do get this. I understand it, you know? I’ll take the criticism.’ But I also felt that BCA

BCA’s relationship with the city is a doubleedged sword. On one hand, it provides the organization with a significant portion of its budget, covering staff and overhead costs. It also provides easy connections with other city departments and a larger stake in city decision making. On the other hand, the public money opens the organization up to criticism about how those funds are used. Dissatisfaction with Weinberger generally casts a shadow on his appointees. Kraft, one of the original members of the Sanders administration, has another challenge: walking a line between the passionate, activist tendencies of the community and the bureaucratic nature of city government. John Franco, once Sanders’ assistant city attorney, has represented opponents of the Weinberger administration in court; Steve Goodkind, another original Sanders appointee who headed up the Department of Public Works, ran against Weinberger in 2015. Among the original group of Bernie acolytes that former Seven Days columnist Peter Freyne called the “inner circle of Sanderistas,” Kraft is the only one still on the city payroll. Lloyd is a longtime peace activist in Vermont and said that has led to friendly disagreements between her and Kraft. For example, BCA’s annual Festival of Fools often lands on the August anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War II. “I said, ‘OK, Doreen, you’re having a Festival of Fools, but I’m going to walk down Church Street with ashes on my

head impersonating what happened in Hiroshima many years ago,’” Lloyd described with a laugh. Because of their long-standing friendship, Lloyd said, she and Kraft can usually work out a deal when their interests collide. In the case of the Festival of Fools, Lloyd planned her demonstration on the waterfront after the last festival act had performed there. The women agree to disagree on other controversial city projects, too, such as the long-planned and much-delayed construction of the Champlain Parkway through the South End. “She’s a very loyal person for what she gets involved with,” Lloyd said. “I think she’s a vital person for Miro, because she has contacts with a lot of people he might not have within the arts community and with the alternative community.” Lots of people confide in Kraft. “Not that she gossips,” said Lloyd, “but she could certainly do a lot of gossiping if she wanted to.” “I’m just pretty open and honest with people,” Kraft said. “Not that we haven’t had knock-down, drag-out debate on certain issues, you know, but I think people respect my role in the city and that you can’t have another identity outside of BCA. It’s just not possible. I can be active in causes, but I certainly can’t take sides, because Burlington City Arts has to be neutral … I don’t think I hold back on my opinion; I just use it appropriately.” Kraft said the BCA board has considered, multiple times, whether staying associated with the city is the best path forward. “We’ve gone through that exercise to sort of really look at ourselves at that time and to analyze the relationship with the city,” Kraft said. “There have been mayors who said, ‘You know, it’s a good exercise, because are we holding you back from becoming something you could be more of if you weren’t associated with the city?’” But the answer, Kraft said, is always no — the benefits always outweigh the costs. BCA’s new Pine Street studio space proves her point. “We would not exist if it wasn’t for the platform of the city,” she said. “Either we wouldn’t exist or we’d be a completely independent nonprofit that probably would have accomplished a quarter of what we’ve accomplished today. I think we stand on the shoulders of the city for what we’ve done.” m Contact: margaret@sevendaysvt.com

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Shelburne Farms drainage ditch overflow into field after heavy rains

landscapes — captures rain where it falls, cleans it and slows its flow, “allowing time for it to percolate, infiltrate and evaporate,” Rubin said. The goal of these efforts is to keep water where it can nourish the landscape rather than degrade it.

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Shiitake mycelium (white underground vegetation) for mycoremediation in Colchester

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ew weather patterns are affecting Vermont, according to the state’s climate change website. Some locals might welcome rising average temperatures and shorter winters, but more intense storms? Not so much. Increasing precipitation means more flooding in basements and backyards. Cities and towns must work harder to manage and clean stormwater before it reaches our waterways. And farmers face pressure to keep phosphorus and other agricultural chemicals from leaching into Lake Champlain, where they cause bluegreen algae blooms and other hazards. While many Vermonters are working to reduce the state’s carbon footprint, others are focused on adapting to the changing climate. Two in particular are working to clean and reduce the volume of stormwater runoff: Jess Rubin and Juliana Dixon. Rubin is the founder and creative director of MycoEvolve, which conducts research, provides education, and offers landscape analysis and enhancement to homeowners, businesses, farmers and municipalities. The Burlington resident, who holds a master’s degree in environmental studies, has been working in the field for more than 20 years. Through MycoEvolve, a business extension of Rubin’s earth- and faithbased education company Roots and Trails, she aims to help ecosystems recover and thrive through mycoremediation and phytoremediation. In the former, fungi break down toxins; in the latter, plants provide “reparative infrastructure,” Rubin said. “The key to fungi’s alchemical potential lies in their collaboration with microbes and plants,” she explained. “Fungi are bridges.” Applying both forms of bioremediation can improve soil health, filter water, store carbon, improve plant health and enhance pollinator habitat. To mitigate the destructive effects of increased precipitation, Rubin promotes “green stormwater infrastructure.” The term was coined in the mid-1990s, and the practice has gained traction over the past decade. Traditional gray stormwater infrastructure is composed of curbs, gutters, drains and other structures that move water away from the built environment and into waterways. In contrast, green stormwater infrastructure — made of living organisms often arranged in aesthetically pleasing

Rachelle Gould’s rain garden

Dixon is the owner of Salix Solutions, a licensed BLUE rainwater mitigation consulting company. Run by the Tethys Corporation, BLUE educates property owners on pollution sources, evaluates their property’s capacity to handle stormwater, recommends infrastructure improvements and confers various certifications. In 2018, the City of Burlington ran a pilot project called BLUE BTV in collaboration with Lake Champlain International and the Lake Champlain Sea Grant. Working with Dixon, BLUE BTV helped residents register for free BLUE services, provided online videos for do-it-yourselfers and offered rebates for infrastructure improvements. These included rain barrels, tree plantings and the creation of pervious driveways, which allow water to seep into the soil below. Rachelle Gould participated in this pilot project at her triplex on Front Street. The building sits a few meters from a street drain, and water had consistently pooled along one side of her house on its way there. Dixon recommended a rain garden, a pervious driveway and a rain barrel near the street. A rain garden is a depression in the ground that’s filled with drainage materials such as crushed stone and covered with native shrubs, perennials and flowers. It’s carefully designed to hold stormwater until it gradually soaks into the ground. HOLDING BACK THE TIDE SEVEN DAYS MARCH 11-18, 2020

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Holding Back the Tide « P.33 Gould, who already had two rain barrels, chose to install the rain garden and a third barrel and put up gutters over her porch. Dixon recommended that Rubin do the rain garden installation because of her experience in watershedfriendly landscaping. The installation cost about $1,000, Gould said, but city funds helped defray all but a few hundred. “I watch it with great excitement when it rains,” Gould enthused about the rain garden. “You can’t tell what’s going on underground. It just looks like gravel with some plants.” But when it rains, she said, the water “goes into the gravel and disappears. I’ve never seen it pool.” Her rain garden even absorbed a downpour last Halloween, when 3.3 inches of rain fell on Burlington in six hours.

This year, the towns of Williston and Colchester have hired Dixon’s Salix Solutions to run BLUE programs much like Burlington’s. State stormwaterdischarge permits require that towns reduce phosphorous, E. coli and other contaminants in their waterways and help residents understand and mitigate such contaminants, according to Christine Dougherty, Williston’s stormwater coordinator. Williston “is committing $10,000 to help offset the costs” to residents who participate in its pilot program this summer, she said. “We’re running this pilot to see what kind of interest Williston residents have.” Meantime, Colchester is offering the program again after a successful 2019 pilot. “Our goal was to get 10 homeowners,” said Karen Adams, the town’s technical services manager, “but about COURTESY OF JESS RUBIN

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Gould is an assistant professor in the environmental studies program and the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Vermont. She studies the relationships between ecosystems and well-being. Though she’s pleased that the rain garden is doing its job, she also likes “that it’s a symbol of putting a little bit of time and energy into this project that is benefiting the lake.” Her single garden “is not making a giant difference,” Gould acknowledges, “but if everyone had one by their house, it would make a difference.” Sixty properties were evaluated during the BLUE BTV project, and 15 owners installed some form of green stormwater infrastructure, according to Dixon. Based on that reduction of impervious surface area, she estimated that the new infrastructure keeps 322,000 gallons of stormwater from running into the lake each year, assuming an average annual rainfall of 36 inches. Had all 60 homeowners taken action, installations could have diverted nearly 2 million gallons annually.

25 signed up, and more are on a waiting list for this year.” The town offers rebates to help defray installation costs through a grant from the state’s Clean Water Initiative Program.

CLEANING UP

In addition to helping residents understand and improve stormwater management on their properties, Colchester has contracted with Rubin’s MycoEvolve for a pilot mycoremediation project. The aim is to reduce E. coli and phosphorus concentrations in Smith Creek, which runs through municipal property and is one of 18 impaired waterways in the Malletts Bay watershed, Rubin said. According to Adams, the creek flows along a series of well-established neighborhoods where no recent development can account for steadily increasing levels of the two contaminants. Rubin’s team believes that the levels of E. coli — which tests show is generated

Any day, any occasion...Come by today and belly-up! by wildlife activity, not by humans — are probably increasing due to degradation of underground networks in forests, she said. These networks transport nutrients and offer natural filtering services. One culprit could be the Japanese snake worms that a colleague and adviser of Rubin’s, professor Josef Görres of UVM’s Department of Plant and Soil Science, found in the area. This invasive species eats through organic matter and soil layers at an alarming rate. It has been threatening perennial ecosystems throughout the Northeast and Midwest over the past decade, Rubin said, and could be contributing to the creek’s increased pollutant levels. While Görres researches how to control the snake worm, Rubin is testing mycoremediation and phytoremediation as tools for uptaking phosphorus and degrading E. coli in the creek and adjacent woodland. Last August, she and her team strategically placed logs and large filtration socks in the creek after inoculating some of them with saprophytic fungi (shiitake and turkey tail), which live on dead or decaying matter. They also planted mycorrhizally dipped native plants along the eroded banks. By measuring pollutant levels before and after water flows through each filtration system, Rubin’s team will determine which treatment is most effective. “There are no silver bullets, and the ultimate solution is to stop the sources of pollution through changed land practices,” Rubin said. But “we’ll also keep trying strategies to remediate damaged areas. “We’re going to get more data in the spring” at Smith Creek, she continued, “but the most exciting data so far is that the combination of mycorrhizal and saprophytic fungi seems to be decreasing both E. coli and phosphorus concentrations.” If additional data bear out those positive results, Adams plans to do follow-up studies to help Colchester develop new ways to manage these pollutants. “It can be very expensive to remove phosphorus and E. coli from the environment,” she said. “So this might be an opportunity for a lower-cost application: You’re using native materials. You’re returning what is essentially the forest filter to the forest. That’s a heck of a lot cheaper than constructing gravel wetlands and man-made features that are supposed to mimic what the natural environment does.” In addition to leading MycoEvolve, Rubin is pursuing a second master’s degree, at UVM, focused on ecological design. Her thesis project is a case study in using mycoremediation strategies to

reduce phosphorus in agricultural runoff at Shelburne Farms while also increasing pollinator habitat. “Agriculture contributes 41 percent of base phosphorus loading on the Vermont side of the Lake Champlain, according to a report put out by the EPA in 2016,” Rubin said. The focus of her research is a drainage ditch alongside an agricultural field at Shelburne Farms now used as sheep pasture and compost staging. The ditch is overgrown with glossy buckthorn, a nonnative species that crowds out native plants, decreases soil’s filtering capacity and increases erosion. Rubin aims “to reestablish ecological structure, function and succession” by encouraging biodiversity. “Mycoremediation is a young field,” Görres said. Rubin’s research has the potential not only to clean up toxins but also to demonstrate how mycorrhizae can improve crop performance. “If you already have a lot of phosphorus in your soil, why add more?” he asked rhetorically. “Try making the plants more efficient at uptaking it through mycorrhizal associations.” On March 11 and 15, Rubin will offer free workshops at the Fletcher Free Library in Burlington. At the first, participants can learn how mycoremediation breaks down toxins in soil and water. At the second, Rubin offers strategies for enhancing bird, pollinator and wildlife habitat. Rubin believes that everyone can use such practices — farmers, municipalities, homeowners — and that they should be taught in schools. “I call today’s youth the remediation generation,” she said. While she applauds youths’ activism, she encourages them “to better understand earth systems and hone skills to create a remediation workforce. It’s astounding how old microbes, fungi and plants are; how much potential they have in earth repair; how many toxins are in our environment … As we de-grow to save the planet from our species, we can create jobs that, instead of extracting and producing, actually clean, nurture and support earth health.” m Contact: elizabeth@sevendaysvt.com

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The Gospel Truth Theater review: Marie and Rosetta, Vermont Stage BY AL E X BR O W N

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osetta Tharpe was a musical meteor who blazed through the 1930s and ’40s as a singer and guitarist, performing a swinging, emotional fusion of gospel and blues that laid the foundation for rock and roll. She was immensely popular but faded into obscurity just as her musical contributions were embraced by Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Little Richard and other early rock artists. Many presentday music fans don’t know her name, but if they recognize guitar distortion in electric blues and the roaring vocal freedom of rock, they know Rosetta’s mark on music. In recent years she’s been rediscovered. In 2018, she was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, 44 years after her death and long after the men she inspired were enshrined. In 2016, George Brant’s play Marie and Rosetta premiered. Now, Vermont Stage is offering the dramatization, which is packed with Rosetta’s signature songs. Brant tells a life story in 90 minutes by focusing on a single rehearsal, when Rosetta auditions Marie Knight, the singer who would be her partner onstage in the late ’40s. The setting is a funeral home with a piano, the kind of spot Rosetta has to seek out while touring. She can sleep and practice there, and start working up numbers with Marie. On the road in the segregated South, she can’t count on a hotel room and needs her white bus driver to buy her food, she tells Marie. The action centers on an audition but has room for plenty of biography as the two characters convey their history while getting to know each other. Constance Jewell Lopez plays Rosetta with warmth and no-nonsense worldliness. As a gospel singer, her style includes equal measures of pain and ecstasy, and she manages the suffering in her own life with practical — and sometimes joyful — self-confidence. Marie is a traditional gospel singer who doesn’t personalize songs with riffs or unique phrasing. Her straight, unaffected style is sweet but too restrained for Rosetta’s taste. In addition to an enchanting contralto voice, Erica Durham gives Marie wide-eyed youthfulness and charming awe of her musical hero. Rosetta sees potential in Marie, but the churchgoing girl will need to

Erica Durham (left) and Constance Jewell Lopez

get comfortable with the risqué songs Rosetta perfected while singing to white audiences at New York City’s Cotton Club. The act is gospel and blues, and Marie is timid at first. Lopez

THOUGH FILLED WITH SONGS,

THE PLAY HAS MORE STORY THAN A JUKEBOX MUSICAL. makes Rosetta a funny, gentle mentor; Durham’s Marie becomes a willing pupil when coaxed to move her hips while she sings. Soon enough, she learns how to pour the music out of her body. Musically, the play shows Marie’s journey from a quiet, pious singer to a woman ready to cut loose at the piano and exult in song. Durham is affecting when she gives way to laughter and giddiness, as if Rosetta has at long last pressed her “on” switch.

Using the musical performances in such an intimate way is an arresting theatrical premise, and it often works. But one critical element of Rosetta’s music is undermined without an audience for her to acknowledge. Because the play aims her singing at Marie alone, the rowdy jubilation of her style is lost without that outward drive. Though filled with songs, the play has more story than a jukebox musical in which a little dialogue is excuse to present a concert. Brant has tried to give the flavor of two lives, and director Jarvis Antonio Green sets a storytelling tone of low-key, offhand remarks. It’s not a sentimental story about the attention Rosetta deserved but a look at her enjoying herself at her peak and handing Marie a new musical vision. The play serves up carefully researched morsels about Rosetta’s life, but that’s not enough to give it much dramatic fire, and little happens onstage. It’s widely believed that Marie and Rosetta were lovers, a relationship this production doesn’t explore beyond a friendly caress. Because Brant

fits the action into one night, there’s hardly time for attraction to build, but this unexplored aspect shows the limitations of a single slice of time. To enlarge the scope, the playwright crafts a clever ending that a review shouldn’t spoil. The play gives the characters some warm moments, but it can’t dramatize any obstacles for them. Marie can tell about a tragic house fire, and Rosetta can indicate a rivalry with Mahalia Jackson, but dramatically the play has no real conflict. The only arc is watching Marie absorb the ideas that early rock artists would pick up from Rosetta more indirectly. The musical performances by Lopez and Durham might send viewers home eager for more of Rosetta’s nasty guitar and fervent singing. The actors are fine singers, and though they don’t actually play their instruments, they show the energy of live music making. Hidden backstage, Andy Pitt plays electric and acoustic guitars through the theater’s speakers, and music director Randal Pierce plays a baby grand. Lopez and Durham have studied the physical moves to play the instruments and do a credible job of mimicry. A detailed set by Chuck Padula and lighting by Dan Gallagher add visual interest. Costume designer Emily Taradash gives Marie a pure white dress and Rosetta a stylish gown. The music Rosetta inspired would eventually sweep her off the sales charts. She was, after all, still singing her hits of the 1930s to 1950s audiences. Music was changing, and musicians and audiences didn’t pause to recognize her contribution at the time. But her performing fire still glows every time a guitar growls and a voice socks a listener in the last row. This play lets audiences see it light up Marie’s face, and perhaps surrender to it themselves. m

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he quote “Laws are like sausages. Better not to see them being made” is often attributed to 19th-century German political leader Otto von Bismarck. However, according to a 2008 New York Times “On Language” column, the popular phrase may actually have originated with a Vermonter: John Godfrey Saxe. The poet and (briefly) Chittenden County state’s attorney said, “Laws, like sausages, cease to inspire respect in proportion as we know how they are made,” as quoted in 1869. Regardless of who’s credited for comparing the messy work of governing to sausage making, both activities were

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taking place in Waitsfield on March 3 in ways that inspire full respect. At the elementary school, community members were engaged in town meeting, Vermont’s annual tribute to grassroots democracy. Meanwhile, about a mile away at 151 Mad River Canoe Road, butcher Erika Lynch sliced up Vermontraised pork to feed into a grinder. Lynch, 42, founded her business, Babette’s Table, in 2017 aiming to craft European-style cured and preserved meats from whole pigs raised on local farms. Fresh sausage, like the 100-pound batch in progress on Town Meeting Day, was not part of her original business plan. LISTEN IN ON LOCAL FOODIES...

“Sausage just doesn’t interest me as much, personally,” Lynch admitted, as she ran her knife through hunks of pink and white pork from Pigasus Meats in South Hero. “I was always more fascinated with the curing.” But, as any entrepreneur knows, adapting while keeping an eye on the prize is key to success. “You have to figure out what you want to hold on to, what is your line in the sand,” Lynch said. Lynch continues to refine and market her salamis and other cured pork products. Over the past few months, she has also taken on value-added processing for three Vermont farms from which she

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sources pork for Babette’s Table. “It’s a two-way relationship,” she explained. In early February, Lynch took on another responsibility: managing the food production and storage facility where she operates her business. “Somebody had to step up and do it,” she said with a resigned smile. The 4,550-square-foot building operated for eight years as the Mad River Food Hub, serving as an incubator for a number of successful businesses. That roster includes Vermont Bean Crafters, Joe’s Kitchen at Screamin’ Ridge Farm, and Vermont Salumi, all of which graduated to their own production facilities. Other food and beverage companies, including Lawson’s Finest Liquids, rent storage space in the building. Mad River Food Hub founder and champion Robin Morris was ready to shift his focus. With fewer newly hatched food and beverage companies seeking incubator space, he said, he felt the time was right to transform the facility from an incubator into an “accelerator” that would help established brands scale up. But his search for a successor found no takers. While Babette’s Table had reached the acceleration phase, Lynch was not ready to go out on her own. Because she works with raw meat destined for human consumption, her products require a complex food safety plan and a U.S. Department of Agriculture-certified production plant with an inspector on-site for a portion of each production day. That is all well established at the hub building. “I still need this facility,” Lynch said, while taking a lunch break in the office. So she established a new business called 151 Warehouse to manage the space, which still hosts a handful of food producers such as Vermont Raw Pet Food, along with storage for Lawson’s Finest and others. She’s trying to keep management tasks to one morning a week. The true heart of Lynch’s primary TRIMMING THE FAT

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After decades of work in the restaurant business, St. Albans resident EBEN HILL will open his own restaurant, the DRAKE, in late April at 30 South Main Street in St. Albans, he told Seven Days. Hill will run the 25-seat restaurant and bar with his wife, TESSA HILL, in the space that was previously home to La Casa Burrito. That restaurant is moving to 50 Kingman Street in St. Albans and changing its name to LA CASA LOCO BAR & GRILL. Hill, 45, got his first restaurant job at SHORE ACRES in North Hero when he was a teenager. It was the start of a career that would come to include owning the Broken Arrow, a mobile food business the Hills operated in South Hero and on the road for six years. “I’m slowly growing my business,” Hill said. He sees the Drake as a logical development from his former eatery: “The Broken Arrow grew up and got a brick-andmortar [space].” In a nod to the name of the restaurant, the Drake’s signature dish will be duck-fat gravy poutine, to which diners can add duck confit or pulled pork. Other menu items include Waldorf salad, steak frites and three varieties of tacos — carnitas, fish and veggie. Tessa, who is also a sculptor, will manage the front of the house; Hill will work in the kitchen. Local diners might know him from bartending jobs in Burlington, where he’s worked at the (since-closed) Green Room, the DAILY PLANET and HOTEL VERMONT. “When I was 20, I got a bartending job, and I got absolutely hooked and obsessed, and I’ve never

looked back,” Hill said. “My folks were bewildered: ‘You’re gonna be a bartender as a profession?’ They’re both educators. I’ve won them over.” Opening his own restaurant “means the world to me,” he said. “It’s my biggest dream. And we’ve picked a community that could use some fresh food. And it’s already on that track.” The Drake will serve lunch and dinner Tuesday through Saturday.

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nyone who’s eaten a Hubbardston Nonesuch, Knobbed Russet or Sheep’s Nose apple in Vermont in the past 20 years has likely tasted Zeke Goodband’s work. The orchardist is legendary and a champion of old and odd varieties of heirloom apples. His fruit has brightened up apple bins in co-ops around the state, and his influence has changed Vermonters’ perception of what an apple can be: golden and purple, as well as red and green; russeted or gnarled skin, as well as smooth. It’s been a winter of change for Goodband, 66. He’s moving from the hills of southeastern Vermont, where he developed and tended Scott Farm Orchard in Dummerston for 19 years, to the open landscape of Shoreham for a new role as orchard manager at Champlain Orchards. Goodband was fired from his job as the orchard manager at Scott Farm in January. He told Seven Days that he was let go for falling in love with and having a consensual relationship with a coworker. Susan McMahon, the executive director of Landmark Trust USA, the nonprofit that owns and operates Scott Farm, confirmed this. While the abrupt end to his tenure at Scott Farm caught Goodband by surprise, he might have predicted that he would land at Champlain Orchards. He has gotten close to making the move in the past, getting as far as drawing up contracts with owners Bill Suhr and Andrea Scott several times over the last dozen years. When Goodband reached out to the couple, he said, “They threw me the life preserver.” 40

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His time at Scott Farm has paralleled Suhr’s at Champlain Orchards, though neither could remember exactly where or when they met. “Bill and I have sort of asked each other to the dance a couple of times,” Goodband said. “Until now, we’ve never actually made it out on the floor.”

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Sitting in the historic red building attached to Champlain Orchards’ farm market on a gloomy March day, it’s clear that the two are old friends, if not dance partners. They both admit to working too much and get excited when the conversation turns to apple genetics. They share the same values of fruit growing: making sure it’s safe for the environment and for their families. “Bill has a young family,” Goodband said. “When I started out doing this, I had a young family, too. I wanted to grow the safest, best fruit for them. “We’re kindred spirits,” he said of Suhr. “I want to make his life less of a grind so that his kids remember that their father loved doing this. In an orchard, you can always work — 24 hours a day, seven days a week — which is what I did for a long time. I’m hoping Bill’s going to learn from some of my mistakes; I want him to spend more time with his family, to shut off the lights and go home.”

For Suhr’s part, hiring an experienced, dedicated orchard manager like Goodband is part of his vision for the future of Champlain Orchards. “I’d like to see this farm succeed,” he said. “Not just in this generation, but I want it possibly to be of interest to my children.” To him, success means creating a diversified business that can make payroll and adapt to a changing climate and consumer demands. “Dreaming alone is lonely, and I find that Zeke is a great sounding board,” Suhr said. “Together we will challenge ourselves and maybe set an example of a fruit business in Vermont that is durable in the long haul.” In the meantime, it’s Goodband who is adapting — to the topography, terroir and trellising of the orchards of the Champlain Valley. Addison County’s open space, and the climate buffer that the lake creates, are starkly different from the growing conditions in southern Vermont. Furthermore, while Goodband has grown high-density, trellised trees in the past, the majority of his experience has been working with the larger trees common in traditional orchards. Champlain Orchards is about two years away from completing a renovation of its main farm from large trees to the more efficient high-density growing system, in which trees are grown on dwarf rootstock supported by trellises and planted closer together than they would be as standard, standalone trees. While it might seem sad to lose old trees, the sentimentality is outweighed

by increased safety for workers during harvest: With high-density trellised systems, they don’t have to climb ladders to pick, which can be dangerous in large trees, particularly during wet and windy conditions. In addition, more exposure to sunlight leads to riper fruit, as well as an almost 50 percent reduction in inputs such as fertilizer, fungicides and insecticides without sacrificing yield. The 300-acre orchard still has some larger trees, mostly located on properties leased from neighbors. Among them is a small parcel in Bridport, where fresh eating apples are planted alongside multipurpose varieties such as Ashmead’s Kernel. Those trees need a little TLC, because the parcel is far from the main farm and planted on difficult soil, without irrigation. Suhr thinks Goodband will find comfort in its challenges. “The landscape here is so different

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Suhr sees the value in expanding his orchard’s genetic bank to prepare for the unknown, whether that be undiscovered cider varieties or newly invented products. Goodband agrees, and he’s quick to remind consumers that someone, at some point in time, decided that each apple had value. Apple trees don’t grow true-to-seed, meaning that the trees must be grafted to reproduce a specific variety. “It’s almost like passing it from hand to hand,” Goodband said. “Each apple has its own story, and those stories are worth preserving, too.” Learning the stories of the newer, disease-resistant varieties growing at Champlain Orchards has been a fun lesson, Goodband said, and he sees their allure. “[The apples] will go through his review process, and if they pass muster, he might offer them to some of his customers,” Suhr said with a laugh. He admires Goodband’s relationships with produce buyers around the state and wants to be sure the integrity of Champlain Orchards’ fruit lives up to Goodband’s reputation as a grower. “He sees the fruit through the whole process,” Suhr said, noting that Goodband doesn’t confine his duties to the orchard. “The respect buyers have for him is a gift; it’s an extra.” Goodband, a soft-spoken man who tends to brush away compliments, said he just wants to know that the apples are going to good homes. Produce buyers are his interpreters, conveying the stories of each apple to their customers. Ultimately, it’s their job to convince Vermonters that there’s more to the apple family than Honeycrisp, Fuji and Gala. “When you plant a tree in your nursery, it takes two years there and then three in the orchard before you’re harvesting fruit,” Suhr said. “You’re speculating on that variety, and it’s really important to have folks on our team that are taking that level of pride and ownership.” That’s the perspective Goodband brings to Champlain Orchards. At an age when some orchardists might be ready to retire, he’s looking forward to this new chapter and to collaborating with his longtime friend. “It’s a bit like being a baseball manager: You give your best, but you know that you might start out on one team and end up on another team someday,” Goodband continued. “If you’re looking at what teams are … looking for a manager, [then] finding people with good hearts should be the top priority. It is for me, at least.” m

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Waitsfield Farmers Market and the newly launched Mad River Taste Place, also founded by Morris. Today, Babette’s Table has 25 regular restaurant and retail accounts, mostly in Vermont. Lynch has added pork sourced from Pigasus Meats and PT Farm, which raises animals in New Hampshire and Vermont. Lynch’s relationship with the three Vermont-only farms involves making value-added products for them to sell under their own brands. Her dual role as customer and processing partner makes her doubly valuable to the farmers. “Erika is an incredibly important customer for us. She values how our animals are raised, and we’ve worked together

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business, Babette’s Table, is outside that office, though — hanging in a climatecontrolled room two doors away. Opening the heavy, insulated door, she revealed rows of stainless-steel racks from which dangled hundreds of curing salamis tied with string. The room smelled richly meaty and savory, with base notes of acidity and funk. Different batches were distinguished by their plumpness; salamis lose moisture and contract as they age. The exteriors displayed various degrees of powdery white mold. “We inoculate them with a penicillin-type mold,” Lynch said — a harmless, protective bacterium. Two racks held whole-muscle cuts of pork: loin becoming what is called lomo in Italian, coppa made from the top of the shoulder, and leg for prosciutto. In contrast, salamis are, essentially, cured sausages made from ground meat and fat. Unlike the fresh sausage that Lynch had ground earlier from trim, though, her salamis contain meat and backfat weighed separately for the optimal blend. Small chunks of fat were visible through the casings of the newest batch. “That’s ideal,” Lynch said with satisfaction. “That’s how my mentors did it.” She wasn’t referring to the Mad River Food Hub team, though she said she owes much to its members, especially Morris, with whom she still consults; the facility’s former meat production manager, Bill Cavanaugh; and Jacob Finsen of Artisan Meats of Vermont, who ran his nowclosed business there and “took me under his wing,” she said. By “mentors,” Lynch meant master butcher-charcutiers Kate Hill and Dominique Chapolard, with whom she studied in southwestern France for two months in 2016. Lynch traveled there with her spouse, Julie Morton, along with their two young children. The pair had moved in 2009 from Colorado back to Morton’s native Vermont. Both were teachers, but Lynch was seeking change. After long days of working with teenagers, she said, “I was just spent all the time. I didn’t have the resources for my own kids.” She had always loved and appreciated food. “I grew up in Kentucky in a family where everything revolved around food,” she said, “but I knew restaurant work was not going to work for my family, and there were too many bakers already.” A 2012 report from the Vermont Housing & Conservation Board’s Farm & Forest Viability Program caught Lynch’s attention. It highlighted the market demand for high-quality dry-cured meat. To learn more, Lynch went to France to

take Hill and Chapolard’s course, which covered the entire process, from butchering Chapolard’s own animals to making charcuterie — including saucisson sec, the French version of Italian salami. At the time, Lynch said, no one was teaching this kind of full-cycle approach in the U.S. Back in Vermont, Lynch used the Mad River Food Hub’s USDA-inspected plant and equipment to experiment and then to launch Babette’s Table, named in homage to the 1987 Danish film Babette’s Feast. She sourced pork from Snug Valley Farm in East Hardwick and from the Fayston meat operation associated with von Trapp Farmstead cheese. To start, Lynch sold products at the

to come up with a price point that works well for both of us,” said Kelsey O’Connor, co-owner with her husband of Pigasus Meats. The sausage Lynch makes for their farm has also allowed the couple to expand retail distribution. “It feels like we are finally able to hit our stride,” O’Connor said. While Lynch was busy processing the O’Connors’ pork, Emily Virzi of von Trapp Farmstead poked her head in the door. She had stopped by to pick up some stored meat. Virzi explained that the von Trapp pig herd exists to provide an in-house use for the whey produced during cheesemaking; it makes great pig feed, creating a closed loop. With Lynch’s help, that whey-fed pork becomes fresh pork sausage and von Trapp Farmstead’s own line of salamis, which the company can sell to accounts around the Northeast. “What she’s doing enables us to continue doing what we’re doing,” Virzi said. Virzi’s partner, Rose Thackeray, also happens to be Lynch’s sole part-time employee. The 5-month-old position reflects the business’ growth. Investment in equipment has enabled Lynch to grow while making her production more efficient. “In 2017, I was producing batches 30 to 50 pounds at time,” she said. “Now I can do 500 to 600 pounds in less time than it took to do those smaller amounts. It’s a totally different game.” She hopes to receive a Working Lands Enterprise Initiative grant for a large stuffer, which will further increase the efficiency of sausage and salami making. Lynch has also made compromises for efficiency, however, such as using primal cuts and trim rather than starting with whole animals, as her mentors taught her. Like many early-stage entrepreneurs, Lynch constantly examines her balance sheet and checks that proverbial line in the sand. While measuring out spices to season the sausage, she paused to toast whole cumin seed on the stove. “I don’t think a lot of sausage makers toast their spices fresh,” she said. Another potential compromise Lynch is considering is stapling her salamis closed instead of hand-tying them. “But that would make us look like everyone else,” she said ruefully. “What is it you’re going to hold on to?” Lynch asked rhetorically. “Everyone has to figure that out for themselves. Is it bestquality spices? Is it local meat? Not doing whole animals? That’s one thing I gave up. But local meat, that’s our line in the sand. I won’t give that up.” Contact: pasanen@sevendaysvt.com

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Montpelier, announced on February 22 on Facebook that he would close the café on March 15. The restaurant, which opened in 2011, has been for sale for six months. The post reads in part: “I am writing to our larger Bagitos family with a heavy heart to announce that unless a buyer miraculously appears in the next 2 weeks, we will be closing our doors at 2pm on Sunday, March 15.” Pfeffer concludes by thanking the community and his staff: “[I]t’s been a good run and I very much

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brunch service shortly after announcing that the restaurant was for sale, but he offered popup-style dinners there several nights a week in February. A banner on the restaurant’s website, dated March 2020, states: “We regret to announce that Vergennes Laundry by CK is permanently closed.” Kruse, who purchased the bakery and café at 247 Main Street from founding owners DIDIER and JULIANNE MURAT in fall 2017, could not be reached for comment. Jordan Barry

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CHITTENDEN COUNTY 2050 STUDY PUBLIC OUTREACH: Vermonters share their thoughts and ideas for the Interstate 89 corridor through Chittenden County. Dinner is provided. Winooski City Hall, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 865-1794. COFFEE TALK: Friends, neighbors and AARP Vermont volunteers catch up on upcoming activities and issues facing older Vermonters. JP’s Restaurant and Deli, Essex Junction, 9-10 a.m. Free. Info, vt@aarp.org. EARLY CHILDHOOD DAY AT THE LEGISLATURE: An inspiring day of advocacy, education and networking includes workshops, lunch with legislators and a rally on the Vermont State House lawn. Capitol Plaza Hotel & Conference Center, Montpelier, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. $35-100; preregister. Info, 229-4281.

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CAT BUXTON: A lecture series rooted in farming and gardening with an eye on the climate crisis continues with a conversation on building and maintaining healthy, resilient soil. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581. MYCOREMEDIATION STRATEGIES FOR WATERSHED RESTORATION: A workshop with educator Jess Rubin creates space for participants to investigate approaches to curbing neighborhood toxins. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 839-8286. NINA LANY: The ecologist shares her expertise in a talk on black-throated blue warblers, phenology and climate. Room S-103, Thaddeus Fairbanks Science Wing,

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Show of Strength In a promotional video, Peking Acrobats performers tumble through a stack of metal hoops, spin and juggle tables with their feet, and balance on one arm atop a tower of chairs. It seems that gravity is no obstacle for this elite troupe of Chinese gymnasts, jugglers and cyclists. Audience members are head over heels for jaw-dropping feats of physical strength, endurance and dexterity performed against a backdrop of live music and special effects. As the New York Post put it, “Obviously these are the kind of athletes capable of doing 21 impossible things before breakfast.”

PEKING ACROBATS Tuesday, March 17, 7 p.m., at Flynn Main Stage in Burlington. $15-45. Info, 863-5966, flynntix.org.

Find visual art exhibits and events in the art section and at sevendaysvt.com/art.

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

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

MAR.17 | THEATER

SHE’S GOT YOU “Patsy had incredible vocal technique. She was a very powerful singer and very versatile, capable of growling or purring, vaulting octaves with ease,” music historian Paul Kingsbury told NPR in 2000 of the late singer Patsy Cline. “But beyond just the raw technique, Patsy was able to give you a window into her soul.” Cline’s formidable voice and soul-baring style are two characteristics that have made her an enduring queen of country music, even decades after her 1963 death at the age of 30. Her songs continue to fill rooms across the U.S. by way of Memories of Patsy: The Patsy Cline Tribute Show. This nationally touring concert pulls heartstrings with country and crossover hits such as “Crazy,” “Walkin’ After Midnight” and “I Fall to Pieces.”

Sugar, Sugar The arrival of spring in Vermont brings rainy days, muddy roads and, of course, maple syrup. The Middletown Springs Historical Society fêtes the state’s famous flavor with the 32nd annual Middletown Springs Maple Festival. In keeping with the society’s dedication to preserving the past, festival attractions include a presentation on the history of maple sugaring, as well as a demonstration of early techniques by Phillip Mahar (pictured). Hot soup and chili from Sissy’s Kitchen fill bellies, and sugar on snow, syrup-smothered pancakes and maple cotton candy satisfy many a sweet tooth. A silent auction, kids’ activities, and live acoustic tunes by Paul Morgan and friends round out the celebration.

MIDDLETOWN SPRINGS MAPLE FESTIVAL Sunday, March 15, 1-4 p.m., at Middletown Springs Historical Society. Free. Info, 235-2376, middletownspringshistoricalsociety.org.

MEMORIES OF PATSY: THE PATSY CLINE TRIBUTE SHOW Friday, March 14, 7 p.m., at Barre Opera House. $32.50-39.50. Info, 476-8188, barreoperahouse.org.

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MAR.15 | FAIRS & FESTIVALS SEVEN DAYS MARCH 11-18, 2020

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Room 207, Bentley Hall, Northern Vermont University-Johnson, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1474. ‘PIEDS NUS DANS L’AUBE’: A 2017 drama shown as part of the Québec Film Festival portrays the unexpected events challenging a young poet and his family living on the Saint-Maurice River banks. Room 101, Cheray Science Hall, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2000. ‘TOKYO GODFATHERS’: Anime fans geek out over Satoshi Kon’s 2003 adventure about three homeless people searching for the parents of a newborn baby found in the streets of Tokyo. Shown Monday with English-language subtitles and Wednesday with dubbing. Palace 9 Cinemas, South Burlington, 7 p.m. $11.50. Info, 660-9300. ‘WOMAN AT WAR’: Halla, the main character in this 2018 thriller, wages a one-woman-war on the local aluminum industry. Shown in Icelandic with English subtitles. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600.

food & drink

COOK THE BOOK: Home cooks bring a dish from The Pioneer Woman Cooks: The New Frontier: 112 Fantastic Favorites for Everyday Eating by Ree Drummond to a palate-pleasing potluck. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-4918.

games

BEGINNERS’ BRIDGE: Those looking to get in on the card game learn the basics from longtime player Grace Sweet. Waterbury Public Library, 6-8 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 244-7036. BRIDGE: Players of varying experience levels put strategic skills to use. Milton Public Library, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 893-4644. BRIDGE CLUB: Players have fun with the popular card game. Burlington Bridge Club, Williston, 9:15 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. $6. Info, 872-5722. MAH JONGG: Participants of all levels enjoy friendly bouts of this tile-based game. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 1-3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

health & fitness

ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION EXERCISE PROGRAM: Folks of all ages ward off osteoporosis in an exercise and prevention class. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 7:30, 9 & 10:40 a.m. Free. Info, 223-3322. CHAIR YOGA: Whether experiencing balance issues or recovering from illness or injury, health-conscious community members drop in for a weekly low-stress class. Waterbury Public Library, 10:1511:15 a.m. Free. Info, 244-7036. HEALING ART & WRITING: Simple writing, drawing and storytelling exercises for those touched by

cancer or chronic illness reduce stress. Hope Lodge, Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 658-0649. RESILIENCE FLOW: Individuals affected by traumatic brain injuries engage in a gentle yoga practice. Sangha Studio — Pine, Burlington, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 448-4262. SPIRAL ENERGETICS: This viscoelastic yoga practice incorporating hammock and twin tail suspensions is designed to work with the body’s natural inclination to swing, bounce, push and pull. Silk Swing Studio, Burlington, 7-8 p.m. Free for first-timers; preregister at silkswingstudio.com. Info, 662-0012. UNWIND AT LUNCHTIME: A 30-minute class delivers a powerful neurotransmitter cocktail — think serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin, endorphins — via weightless spiral decompression, elongation and full-body touch. Silk Swing Studio, Burlington, 12:15-1:15 p.m. Free for first-timers; preregister at silkswingstudio.com. Info, 662-0012. YOGA4CANCER: Meant for anyone affected by the illness, this class aims to help participants manage treatment side effects and recovery. Sangha Studio — North, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Donations. Info, 448-4262.

language

BEGINNER & INTERMEDIATE/ ADVANCED ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSES: Learners take communication to the next level. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211. LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: SPANISH: ¡Hola! Language lovers perfect their fluency. KelloggHubbard Library, Montpelier, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. ‘PARLIAMO ITALIANO’: Folks who have studied some Italian join Vermont Italian Cultural Association members for a biweekly conversation. Email for Colchester location. 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, vermontitalianclub@gmail. com. SOUTH HERO FRENCH CONVERSATION: Catherine Hellman hosts a French-language chat fest. Worthen Library, South Hero, 11 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 372-6209.

montréal

‘THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGIN’’: Louise Pitre and W. Joseph Matheson step into the spotlight for a concert celebration of Jewish musical artists of the 1960s. Sylvan Adams Theatre, Segal Centre for Performing Arts, Montréal, 1 & 8 p.m. $67. Info, 514-739-7944.

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Find club dates in the music section. 40TH ARMY BAND: Founded in 1907, the iconic group plays traditional patriotic tunes as part of its winter tour. Vermont Statehouse, Montpelier, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 338-3480.

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American folksongs to classics from Mozart, Brahms and Britten, a wide variety of choral music finds eager ears. United Reformed Church, New Haven, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 388-1345. MENTALLY INTUNE: Singers find harmony in a community chorus for people living with depression. No experience or talent required. Rumney Memorial School, Middlesex, 6:30-8 p.m. Donations. Info, 272-7209. OLD NORTH END NEIGHBORHOOD BAND TEEN MUSIC JAM: Be they accomplished or beginner musicians, young players find harmony in the traditional music of Burlington’s past and present immigrant groups. Boys & Girls Club, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 881-8500.

talks

PETER LACKOWSKI: Community members listen and learn as the Latin American activist leads a discussion of “The Other Americas: Venezuela, Bolivia and Cuba” as part of the Vermont Institute for Civic and International Involvement’s community engagement forum. Center of Recreation & Education, O.N.E. Community Center, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 355-4968. TARA WATSON: Immigration and income inequality are the driving topics behind the annual Economics Department Omicron Delta Epsilon Guest Lecture. Room 101, Cheray Science Hall, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2000. ‘TRANSITIONING INTO THE COMMUNITY’: Part of the League of Women Voters Criminal Justice in Vermont Speaker Series, this talk takes a hard look at the challenges Vermonters face when released from corrections

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art Find visual art exhibits and events in the art section and at sevendaysvt.com/art.

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

music + comedy Find club dates at local venues in the music + nightlife section and at sevendaysvt.com/music. All family-oriented events are now published in Kids VT, our free parenting monthly. Look for it on newsstands and check out the online calendar at kidsvt.com. Learn more about highlighted listings in the Magnificent 7 on page 11.

facilities. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

Vermonters. Nomad Coffee — South End Station, Burlington, 9-10 a.m. Free. Info, vt@aarp.org.

tech

crafts

INTRODUCTION TO HTML5 & CSS3: Tech-savvy students in this three-part workshop learn the base language supporting all web pages. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 865-7217. TECH HELP WITH CLIF: Electronics novices develop skill sets applicable to smartphones, tablets and other gadgets. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, noon & 1 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-6955. TECH SUPPORT: Need an email account? Want to enjoy ebooks? Bring your phone, tablet or laptop to a weekly help session. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 3-5 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291. TECHNOLOGY NIGHT: Browser extensions become second nature during a class with Vermont Technical College’s Ken Bernard. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

theater

‘CITRUS’: Written by 2018 Kennedy Center Hip-Hop Theater Creator Award recipient Celeste Jennings, this choreopoem fuses dance, music and spoken word to chronicle the experiences of black women in America from 1840 to the present day. Barrette Center for the Arts, White River Junction, 11 a.m. & 7:30 p.m. $17.75-57.75. Info, 296-7000. ‘MARIE AND ROSETTA’: Rosetta Tharpe was a critical influence on the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Elvis Presley and Ray Charles. This Vermont Stage production of George Brant’s play chronicles her first rehearsal with Marie Knight, with whom she would form one of the most revered musical duos in American history. Black Box Theater, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $29.70-33. Info, 862-1497.

words

FOOD & LIT BOOK DISCUSSION: Inspired dishes are on the menu during a discussion of Cooking With Fernet Branca by James Hamilton-Paterson. Kiss the Cook, Middlebury, 6 p.m. $5; preregister; limited space. Info, 388-2061.

THU.12 activism

TOXIC WHITENESS DISCUSSION GROUP: Peace & Justice Center representatives facilitate a conversation on the harmful effects of white supremacy on communities and individuals. Peace & Justice Center, Burlington, 5:306:30 p.m. Free. Info, 881-8883.

community

COFFEE TALK: Friends, neighbors and AARP Vermont volunteers catch up on upcoming activities and issues facing older

FIBER ARTS THURSDAYS: No matter their specialty, fiber artists hone their craft together. Sewing machines are available. 2Creative Community, Winooski, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 2creative community@gmail.com.

environment

BILL MCKIBBEN: The nationally known author and environmental activist commands attention with “The Biggest Thing in the World: A Report From the Front Lines of the Climate Fight.” Green Mountain Technology & Career Center, Hyde Park, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 888-4628. COMMUNITY CLIMATE ACTION FILM SCREENING & DISCUSSION: Selections from SunCommon’s Climate Action Film Festival shine a light on solutions to the climate crisis. Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, erin. rocheleau@suncommon.com.

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TAX HELP: Low- and middleincome taxpayers, especially seniors, get help filing their taxes. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 9:15, 10:15, 11:15 a.m. & 12:15 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-6955.

p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 552-8105. TASTING: A Lawson’s Finest Liquids brand ambassador serves up beer samples. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 3-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 496-4677.

games

CHITTENDEN COUNTY CHESS CLUB: Checkmate! Strategic thinkers make calculated moves as they vie for their opponents’ kings. Shaw’s, Shelburne Rd., South Burlington, 7-9:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-5403.

health & fitness

CHAIR YOGA WITH SANGHA STUDIO: Supported poses promote health and wellbeing. Champlain Senior Center, Burlington, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 448-4262. COMMUNITY MINDFULNESS: A 20-minute guided practice with Andrea O’Connor alleviates stress and tension. Tea and a discussion follow. Winooski Senior Center, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 233-1161. KARMA KLASS: DONATIONBASED YOGA FOR A CAUSE: Active bodies hit the mat to support local nonprofits. The Wellness Collective, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. Donations. Info, 540-0186.

TROPICAL FISH CLUB MONTHLY MEETING: Speakers ranging from local hobbyists to nationally known aquarium aficionados share their expertise. Essex Junction VFW Post, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 372-8716.

SEED CLINIC: Small magnetic beads taped to acupressure points offer support for those experiencing difficult or stressful times. Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, Montpelier, 6:30-8 p.m. Donations. Info, clinicseed@gmail.com.

fairs & festivals

SPIRAL ENERGETICS: See WED.11, 10:30-11:30 a.m.

BURLINGTON IRISH HERITAGE FESTIVAL: See WED.11.

film

See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section. ‘BOMBSHELL: THE HEDY LAMARR STORY’: A 2017 documentary focuses on a Hollywood star in her real-life roles as an actor and an inventor. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600. CASTLETON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: Movie lovers feast their eyes on a diverse lineup of foreign cinema spotlighting women directors. See castleton.edu for details. Castleton University, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 800-639-8521.

food & drink

COMMUNITY LUNCH: Gardengrown fare makes for a delicious and nutritious midday meal. The Pathways Vermont Community Center, Burlington, 1-2 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 309. IN-STORE TASTING & DEMO: Foodies drop in for maple bacon popovers. Kiss the Cook, Middlebury, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 349-8803. SUSHI & SAKE: Gourmands gather for hand-rolled maki at this weekly pop-up event. The North Branch Café, Montpelier, 4

SWING YOUR PAIN AWAY: Similarities between silk fabric and connective tissue become clear in a class designed to calm the nervous system, unwind tissue tension and restore viscoelastic resiliency. Silk Swing Studio, Burlington, 7-8 p.m. Free for firsttimers; preregister at silkswing studio.com. Info, 662-0012. TAI CHI FOR FALL PREVENTION: Active bodies boost their strength and balance through gentle flowing movements. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 9:30 & 10 a.m. Free. Info, 223-3322. UNWIND AT LUNCHTIME: See WED.11. YANG-STYLE TAI CHI: Slow, graceful, expansive movements promote wide-ranging health and fitness benefits. Wright House, Harrington Village, Shelburne, 4-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 735-5467. YOGA: A Sangha Studio instructor guides students who are in recovery toward achieving inner tranquility. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 5-6 p.m. Free. Info, 448-4262.

language

HAVE LUNCH IN FRENCH: Bag meals in hand, attendees brush up on their linguistic abilities. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 793-1176.

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lgbtq

CREATING INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENTS FOR LGBTQ+ YOUTH: Geared toward community members, service providers, educators and families, this interactive workshop helps participants increase fluency in inclusive concepts, terminology and practices. First Universalist Parish, Derby Line, 6-8 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, mara@ outrightvt.org.

montréal

‘THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGIN’’: See WED.11, 8 p.m.

music

Find club dates in the music section. 40TH ARMY BAND: See WED.11, Mount Abraham Union High School, Bristol, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 338-3480. THE FRETLESS: Four string players who divide their time between Toronto and Vermont bring a fresh approach to folk music. Richmond Congregational Church, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $15-23. Info, 434-4563. SONGWRITING WORKSHOP: Seth Melvin Cronin guides Burlington Writers Workshop musicians and singers in structuring original strains. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 578-3362.

seminars

BICYCLE COMMUTING BASICS: Before hopping in the saddle, two-wheeled travelers learn the fundamentals, from safety to essential gear. REI, Williston, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 316-3120.

talks

CHARLES DELANEY: Folks lend an ear for “The Abenaki Nation,” a presentation and discussion. Burlington Cohousing East Village, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0833. FIRST WEDNESDAYS ENCORE: A video screening gives attendees a second chance to hear historian David Herzberg’s talk “The Opioid Crisis: A Historical Perspective.” Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 1:30-2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955. SOUTH BURLINGTON ROTARY CLUB WEEKLY MEETING SPEAKERS: Presenters share their expertise on a wide range of topics. 252 Tavern, DoubleTree by Hilton, South Burlington, 7:308:30 a.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 864-6854.

theater

‘THE CAKE’: Bekah Brunstetter’s dramatic comedy delves into the intersection of faith, marriage and politics in modern America — via the battle for a wedding dessert. A post-show discussion follows. Randolph Union High School, 7:30-9:15 p.m. $6-9. Info, 728-3397. ‘CITRUS’: See WED.11, 2 & 7:30 p.m. ‘CRY HAVOC!’: Stephan Wolfert’s one-person play illustrates how

soldiers of Shakespeare’s time wrestled with the same hopes and fears that occupy today’s veterans and their families. Grange Hall Cultural Center, Waterbury Center, 7:30 p.m. $15-25. Info, grangehallcc@gmail.com. ‘MARIE AND ROSETTA’: See WED.11. ‘ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE VELVET’: A one-act, studentdevelopment play presented by Rutland High School’s Encore Theatre asks audience members to consider what it’s like to be different. Rutland High School, 7 p.m. $5. Info, 770-1134. ‘WORKING’: Studs Terkek’s bestselling book of interviews with American workers informs this musical presented by Middlebury College Musical Theatre. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 7:30 p.m. $6-10. Info, 382-9222.

beginners’ session, 7:45 p.m.; dance, 8-11 p.m. $9; free for kids 12 and under. Info, 877-3698.

etc.

BEYOND BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Childcare and dinner are provided for an evening of conversation, education and reflection with students and staff. Burlington High School, 5:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 864-8474. MONTSHIRE UNLEASHED: Grown-ups let their scientific curiosity run wild during afterhours activities. Local fare, wine and Jasper Murdock’s Alehouse brews are available for purchase. Montshire Museum of Science, Norwich, 6:30-9 p.m. $7-10; free for members. Info, 649-2200.

focuses on balance and lowerbody strength. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 10:40 a.m. Free. Info, 223-3322. FELDENKRAIS COMMUNITY CLASS: An open mind and the ability to get on the floor and back up are the only requirements for participating in slow, gentle movements that reveal new ways to live with the body. The Wellness Collective, Burlington, 8:30-9:30 a.m. Donations; preregister. Info, 540-0186. GONG MEDITATION: Sonic vibrations lead to healing and deep relaxation. Yoga Roots, Williston, 7:30-8:30 p.m. $18. Info, 318-6050. SPIRAL ENERGETICS: See WED.11.

TEEN ADVISORY BOARD: High school students come in for a craft and a snack. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

SUN 73 TAI CHI: A sequence of slow, controlled movements aids in strength and balance. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 1-2 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3322.

DAYTIME BOOK GROUP: Readers consider The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman. Milton Public Library, 2-3 p.m. Free. Info, 893-4644.

fairs & festivals

UNWIND AT LUNCHTIME: See WED.11.

film

FRI.13

See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section.

WARM GENTLE YOGA: Not too hot, not too difficult and not too expensive, this class is open to all ages and ability levels. Hot Yoga Burlington, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Donations. Info, 999-9963.

words

bazaars

RUMMAGE SALE: Deal seekers browse a treasure trove of secondhand scores. Champlain Valley Christian Reformed Church, Vergennes, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Free. Info, 989-9201.

conferences

STEPPING FORWARD TOGETHER: CREATING SOLUTIONS THAT PROMOTE HEALTH EQUITY: Vivian H. Jackson, senior policy associate for the Georgetown University National Center for Child and Human Development, keynotes a day of workshops and discussions aimed at advancing equality. Davis Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, 7:30 a.m.4:30 p.m. $150; preregister. Info, 223-1773.

dance

BALLROOM & LATIN DANCING: Singles, couples and beginners are welcome to join in a dance social featuring waltz, tango and more. Williston Jazzercise Fitness Center, 8-9:30 p.m. $10. Info, 862-2269. ECSTATIC DANCE VERMONT: Inspired by the 5Rhythms dance practice, attendees move, groove, release and open their hearts to life in a safe and sacred space. Christ Episcopal Church, Montpelier, 7-9 p.m. $10. Info, fearnessence@gmail.com. LIDA WINFIELD DANCE: Blending dance, theater, storytelling and original live music, IMAGINARY is a quirky, innovative and socially ELED ANC that explores how poignantCwork imagination informs perception. Dance Theatre, Mahaney Arts Center, Middlebury College, 7:30 p.m. $6-22. Info, 443-6433. QUEEN CITY CONTRA DANCE: Turning Stile come through with live tunes while Mary Wesley calls the steps. Shelburne Town Hall,

BURLINGTON IRISH HERITAGE FESTIVAL: See WED.11.

‘THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR’: Comedy, romance and mystery propel this timeless love story starring Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison and Natalie Wood. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 745-1391.

food & drink

PORK LOIN TAKEOUT DINNER: Folks forgo cooking in favor of picking up pork, gravy, mashed potatoes, corn, salad and dessert. Local delivery is available for people in need. Waterbury Center Community Church, 4-6 p.m. $9; preregister. Info, 244-8089. PUBLIC CUPPING: Coffee connoisseurs and beginners alike explore the flavor notes and aromas of the roaster’s current offerings and new releases. Brio Coffeeworks, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 777-6641. TASTING: See THU.12, Village Market of Waterbury, 3-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 496-4677.

games

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.11, 9:15 a.m. CHESS CLUB: Checkmate! Players make strategic moves and vie for the opposing king. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955. TRIVIA NIGHT: Players put on their thinking caps for an evening of friendly competition benefiting the Vermont Youth Orchestra. Elley-Long Music Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 6-8 p.m. $10-50. Info, 655-5030.

health & fitness

CHAIR YOGA: Students with limited mobility limber up with modified poses. Sangha Studio — North, Burlington, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 448-4262. EXERCISE FOR HEALTH: Strength training with light weights

YANG 24 TAI CHI: Students get an introduction to a gentle form of exercise said to benefit internal organs. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 2-3 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3322.

holidays

QUEEN CITY GHOSTWALK: PADDY WHACKED! THE IRISH HISTORY BUS TOUR: Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, author Thea Lewis leads an adventure into Burlington’s true-crime past, sharing untold stories of misbehaviors committed by and against the city’s Irish residents. 345 Pine St., Burlington, 7 p.m. $35. Info, 324-5467.

language

INTENSIVE ENGLISH PROGRAM CELEBRATION OF LEARNING: Speakers of other languages are recognized for their achievements in English-language reading, writing, grammar and conversation. Farrell Room, St. Edmund’s Hall, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2000.

music

Find club dates in the music section. EAGLEMANIA: Eagles fans flock to a note-for-note tribute to the band behind “Hotel California.” Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 7 p.m. $29-39. Info, 775-0903. THE FRETLESS: See THU.12, Woodstock Town Hall Theatre, reception, 6:30 p.m.; concert, 7:30 p.m. $25-30; free for kids 15 and under. Info, 457-3981. HIROYA TSUKAMOTO: The Japanese-born fingerstyle guitarist takes listeners on a sonic journey with his unique blend of jazz, folk and world music. York Street Meeting House, Lyndon, 7-9 p.m. $10-15; free for kids under 13. Info, 535-8959.

TURTLE UNDERGROUND SHOWCASE: Students and members of the public convene for a complimentary concert in a coffee house-style setting. International Commons, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 6 p.m.-midnight. Free. Info, 654-2000. WINTER WINE DOWN MUSIC SERIES: Oenophiles let loose with live music by the Buck Hollers, award-winning wine and mouthwatering eats. Snow Farm Vineyard, South Hero, wine service begins, 5 p.m.; music, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 372-9463.

SAT.14 bazaars

MARCH MEDIA MADNESS SALE: Browsers search for treasures among a large selection of CDs, LPs and DVDs. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3403. RUMMAGE SALE: See FRI.13, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.

dance

outdoors

FAMILY CONTRA DANCE: Hoofers of all ages follow callers’ instructions and move to lively music by the Woodbury Strings Mega Jam Band. The Schoolhouse, South Burlington, 3-4:30 p.m. Donations; free for kids. Info, woodburystrings@gmail.com.

talks

GREEN MOUNTAIN CABARET: The local burlesque company brings “sass, class and astronomically talented New England performers” to the stage in this body-positive variety show. Flynn Space, Burlington, 8 p.m. $20-30. Info, 863-5966. D See LIDA WINFIELD DANCE: CELE CAN FRI.13.

SAP RUN BIRD MONITORING: Ornithology enthusiasts don binoculars in search of winged species. Office building, Green Mountain Audubon Center, Huntington, 8-10 a.m. Donations. Info, 434-3068.

EDUCATION & ENRICHMENT FOR EVERYONE: VPR Classical host James Stewart considers two composers in “Chromatic Color: Exploring the Connections Between the Lives and Music of J.S. Bach and Frederic Chopin.” Sanctuary, Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2-3 p.m. $5; $45 for the series. Info, 658-6554.

theater

‘THE CAKE’: See THU.12. ‘CITRUS’: See WED.11, 7:30 p.m. ‘DRINKING HABITS’: The nuns at the Sisters of Perpetual Sewing have been making wine to keep the convent out of the red. Will two undercover reporters spill their secrets? Presented by the Essex Community Players. Essex Memorial Hall, 7:30 p.m. $16-18. Info, 878-9109. ‘MARIE AND ROSETTA’: See WED.11. ‘MONTY PYTHON’S EDUKATIONAL SHOW’: Classic sketches and songs enliven the Champlain Valley Union High School Theatre Program’s biennial student-directed production. Champlain Valley Union High School, Hinesburg, 7:30-9:15 p.m. $6-9. Info, 482-6991. ‘ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE VELVET’: See THU.12. ‘WORKING’: See THU.12.

words

SPIRITUAL BOOK STUDY GROUP: Not a religious book club, this group focuses on examining worry, doubt, depression and other obstacles in everyday life. Barre Area Senior Center, 1 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 479-9512. YA BOOK CLUB: Young adult readers share their perspectives on A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson. Barnes & Noble, South Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 864-8001.

SECOND SATURDAY SWING DANCE: Quick-footed participants get into the groove with the help of deejayed tunes. Bring clean shoes with non-marking soles. Champlain Club, Burlington, beginner lesson, 7:30 p.m.; dance, 8-10:30 p.m. $5. Info, 864-8382.

education

CENTRAL VERMONT INDEPENDENT SCHOOL FAIR: Representatives from preschools through high schools share information on their respective curricula and philosophies. Unitarian Church of Montpelier, 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-1010.

etc.

LEGAL CLINIC: Attorneys offer complimentary consultations on a first-come, first-served basis. 274 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 383-2118. SANCTUARY CITY COFFEEHOUSE: Locals bring a dish to pass and a song, poem or story to share in an open-mic setting. First Unitarian Universalist Society of Burlington, 6-8:30 p.m. Donations. Info, herbschr@gmail.com. STUNT KITE FLIERS & ARCHERY HOBBYISTS MEETING: Open to beginning and experienced hobbyists alike, a weekly gathering allows folks to share information and suggestions for equipment, sporting locations and more. Presto Music Store, South Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 658-0030. VERMONT ODYSSEY OF THE MIND TOURNAMENT: Students of all ages test their wit in a creative problem-solving competition. Champlain Valley Union High School, Hinesburg, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Info, 434-3209. VERMONT RAILS MODEL RAILROAD SHOW: Locomotive enthusiasts follow the tracks to a large display of this popular SAT.14

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Resort, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 760-4634.

hobby. Collins Perley Sports and Fitness Center, St. Albans, 10 a.m.4 p.m. $2-6; free for kids under 6. Info, 598-0905.

talks

ALISON WRIGHT: The National Geographic photographer who has work on view at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center considers “Grit and Grace: The Empowerment of Women at Work in Global Communities.” Next Stage Arts Project, Putney, 7:30 p.m. $12-15. Info, 387-0102.

fairs & festivals

BURLINGTON IRISH HERITAGE FESTIVAL: See WED.11. INTERNATIONAL FLY FISHING FILM FESTIVAL: Eight short films take viewers on a thrilling journey into the art and adventure of the sport. Demos, raffles, drawings and giveaways top off the afternoon. McCarthy Arts Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 2 p.m. $10. Info, joshua.gerasimof@ projecthealingwaters.org.

film

See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section. ‘NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM’: When a new security guard takes his post at the Museum of Natural History, he finds that an ancient curse causes the animals and exhibits on display to come to life. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 2-3:45 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

food & drink

APRÈS CHIC: Two ticket options give revelers access to festivities such as Ice Dance International’s world premiere performance, cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, and a dance party. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 5-10 p.m. $50150. Info, 760-4637. BURLINGTON WINTER FARMERS MARKET: More than 30 stands overflow with seasonal produce, prepared foods and artisan wares. Davis Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, burlingtonfarmers market.org@gmail.com. CAPITAL CITY WINTER FARMERS MARKET: Meats, cheeses, crafts and more change hands at an off-season celebration of locally grown food. Caledonia Spirits, Montpelier, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 279-7293. JUNIOR IRON CHEF VERMONT: Middle and high school students put their culinary skills to the test in this annual statewide competition highlighting local ingredients. Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $3; $5 per family. Info, 373-2431. PIE BREAKFAST: Coffee and a silent auction complement slices of double-crusted dessert. Derby Elementary School, 8-11 a.m. $5. Info, 873-3162. PIE FOR BREAKFAST IN MARSHFIELD: Dessert comes first when diners dig into sweet and savory pastries on National Pi Day. Proceeds support the library. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 9-11 a.m. $4-7 for all-you-can-eat pie. Info, 426-3581. PIE FOR BREAKFAST IN SHELBURNE: Folks celebrate Pi day with all-you-can-eat sweet, savory and flatbread pies, as well as live music by Shady Rill. Shelburne Vineyard, 8-11 a.m. $5

WED.11 | MUSIC | 40th Army Band

or bring a pie for two tickets. Info, 985-8222.

Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Donations. Info, 748-2600.

preregister. Info, tmccarney@ shelburnefarms.org.

games

CERUTTI-REID DUO: A varied and evocative classical program for piano and viola delights fans of the genre. Brandon Music, 7:30 p.m. $20; $45 includes dinner; preregister; BYOB. Info, 247-4295.

MOUNT HUNGER & THE RESERVOIR HIKE: A side trip to the Reservoir restaurant and bar rewards hikers who tackle a moderate 4.5-mile trek. Contact trip leader for details. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 355-7181.

BORDER BOARD GAMES: Attendees geek out over tabletop pastimes such as Catan, Dominion and Ticket to Ride. Derby Line Village Hall, 5-11:30 p.m. Free. Info, 873-3028.

health & fitness

HEALING ART & WRITING: See WED.11, Mountainview Medical Meeting Room, Building B. Central Vermont Medical Center, Berlin. Info, 225-5400. NEWBIE NOON HOT YOGA: First-timers feel the heat as they get their stretch on in a (very) warm environment. Hot Yoga Burlington, noon. Free; preregister. Info, 999-9963. SPIRAL ENERGETICS: See WED.11, 10:30-11:30 a.m.

holidays

QUEEN CITY GHOSTWALK: PADDY WHACKED! THE IRISH HISTORY BUS TOUR: See FRI.13. ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARTY: Vermonters celebrate with beers, cheers and local Celtic rock band Prydein. Enosburg Opera House, 7-10 p.m. $15 includes Irish pub food; cash bar. Info, 933-6171.

language

‘DEUXIÈME SAMEDI’: Frenchlanguage speakers chat and chew in a casual atmosphere. La Villa Bistro & Pizzeria, Shelburne, noon-1:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, michelineatremblay@gmail. com.

lgbtq

PRIDE YOGA: LGBTQ individuals and allies hit the mat for a stretching session suited to all levels. Sangha Studio — Pine, Burlington, 5-6 p.m. Donations. Info, 448-4262.

montréal

‘THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGIN’’: See WED.11, 8 p.m.

music

Find club dates in the music section.

CATAMOUNT ARTS BLUEGRASS NIGHT: The Kowal Family and Bob Amos & Catamount Crossing are the featured performers during an evening chock-full of traditional tunes. Masonic Hall, Catamount SEVEN DAYS MARCH 11-18, 2020

EAGLEMANIA: See FRI.13, Strand Center Theatre, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 8 p.m. $29-54. Info, 518-563-1604, ext. 105. ELOISE & CO.: Becky Tracy and Rachel Bell showcase their musical chops on fiddle and accordion. Burnham Hall, Lincoln, 7:30 p.m. $10; free for kids and teens. Info, 388-6863. AN EVENING OF SONGS & ARIAS: Middlebury College students travel from the baroque era to the D present with varied CELE composiCAN Hall, Mahaney Arts tions. Robison Center, Middlebury College, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168. LIZ & DAN FAIELLA: The siblings bring traditional music to life with mesmerizing finger-style guitar and lyrical fiddling. Seven Stars Arts Center, Sharon, 2 p.m. $15. Info, 763-2334. MEMORIES OF PATSY: THE PATSY CLINE TRIBUTE SHOW: “Crazy,” “San Antonio Rose” and “Walkin’ After Midnight” are just a few of the classic country hits that comprise this musical homage to the singer who died in 1963. See calendar spotlight. Barre Opera House, 7 p.m. $32.50-39.50. Info, 476-8188. THE SATURN PEOPLE’S SOUND COLLECTIVE: Jazz and post-rock sensibilities meet world music sounds in this 20-person band directed by Vermont’s Brian Boyes. Plainfield Town Hall Opera House, 7:30 p.m. $5-15. Info, 498-3173. SATURDAY KARAOKE: Amateur singers belt out their favorite tunes. Burlington VFW Post, 7:3010:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-6532. UPSTATE: Hailing from New York’s Hudson Valley, the band dabbles in folk, jazz, gospel, R&B and rock musical styles in songs from its 2019 album Healing. Weston Playhouse Second Stage at Walker Farm, 7:30 p.m. $18-38; free for kids 12 and under. Info, 824-8167.

outdoors

FOREST BATHING: Folks unplug, slow down and experience nature through a guided mindfulness practice. Farm Barn, Shelburne Farms, 10 a.m.-noon. $25;

sports

HOWARD CENTER CURLING CHALLENGE: Teams hit the ice to raise money for recipients of the organization’s services. C. Douglas Cairns Arena, South Burlington, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Free for spectators. Info, 859-5037. IAN MULLER RAIL JAM: Skiers and riders show off their moves in a competition benefiting the Ian Muller Memorial Scholarship. Burke Mountain Resort, registration, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.; competition, 1:30 p.m. $10; free for spectators. Info, thomas.anderson@ northernvermont.edu. ICE DANCE INTERNATIONAL: Following a weeklong residency in Stowe, the troupe treats spectators to a display of movement and fitness. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain

FOMO? Find even more local events in this newspaper and online:

art Find visual art exhibits and events in the art section and at sevendaysvt.com/art.

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

BROOKE MOEN: The local Chinese medicine practitioner looks at what this year has in store in “2020: Year of the Rat.” Light Club Lamp Shop, Burlington, 5-6:30 p.m. $18 includes post-talk audio download. Info, 777-2276.

theater

‘THE CAKE’: See THU.12. ‘CITRUS’: See WED.11, 2 & 7:30 p.m. ‘DRINKING HABITS’: See FRI.13. ‘MARIE AND ROSETTA’: See WED.11. METROPOLITAN OPERA LIVE IN HD: ‘DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER’: Bass-baritone Sir Bryn Terfel stars in the title role of the cursed sea captain doomed to sail the open ocean for eternity in one of Wagner’s earliest operas. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 12:55 p.m. $16-25. Info, 748-2600. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 1 p.m. $10-24. Info, 382-9222. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1 p.m. $10-25. Info, 603-646-2422. ‘MONTY PYTHON’S EDUKATIONAL SHOW’: See FRI.13. RUTLAND’S GOT TALENT: Amateur and professional performers step into the spotlight for an eclectic evening of entertainment. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 7 p.m. $20. Info, 775-0903. ‘WORKING’: See THU.12.

words

CHAPTERS IN HISTORY FIVE: TROUBLING TIMES: Nonfiction fans sink their teeth into Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream by Doris Kearns Goodwin. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581. PSYCHEDELIC STORIES OF TRANSFORMATION: An herbal elixir bar serves up relaxing beverages during an open-mic storytelling session about personal psychedelic experiences. Railyard Apothecary, Burlington, 7-11 p.m. $5. Info, 540-0595.

SUN.15 bazaars

2C’S SUNDAY MARKET: From brewers and bakers to artists and farmers, purveyors tempt shoppers with locally produced offerings. 2Creative Community, Winooski, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 2creativecommunity@gmail.com. MARCH MEDIA MADNESS SALE: See SAT.14, noon-6 p.m.

community

COMMUNITY MINDFULNESS PRACTICE: Sessions in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh include sitting and walking meditation, a short reading, and open sharing. Evolution Physical Therapy & Yoga, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, newleafsangha@gmail.com.

dance

BALKAN FOLK DANCING: Louise Brill and friends organize participants into lines and circles set to complex rhythms. Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, 3:30-6:30 p.m. $6; free for first-timers; bring snacks to share. Info, 540-1020. DANCE ON SCREEN: RIVERDANCE: Filmed in Dublin, an on-screen 25th anniversary performance celebrates the art of Irish dance. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 5 p.m. $712. Info, 603-646-2422. FESTIVAL CEILI: Step dancing, live music and cultural information await folks of all ages at this annual Burlington Irish Heritage Festival frolic. Burlington City Hall Auditorium, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, admin@burlingtonirishheritage. org. FLIP FABRIQUE: In Blizzard: Taking the Stage by Storm, the Canadian cirque troupe celebrates winter’s thrills and chills with juggling, acrobatics and live music. Flynn Main Stage, Burlington, 3 p.m. $25-55. Info, 863-5966. ISRAELI FOLK DANCING: No partner is required for a beginnerfriendly session of circle and line dances. Call to confirm if the weather is questionable. Social Hall, Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $5. Info, 864-0218. SALSALINA SUNDAY PRACTICE: Salsa dancers step in for a casual social. Salsalina Dance Studio, Winooski, 5-8 p.m. $5. Info, eingelmanuel@hotmail.com.

environment

COMMUNITY CLIMATE ACTION FILM SCREENING & DISCUSSION: See THU.12, Varnum Memorial Library, Jeffersonville, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 398-7118. CREATE A COLLAGE: Adults and teens channel their climatecrisis messages into works of art with guidance from Kathryn Wysockey-Johnson. Radiate Art Space, 3-5 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, radiate.art.space@gmail. com. EXTINCTION REBELLION OPEN GENERAL MEETING: Concerned about the climate crisis and not sure what to do about it? Environmentally conscious individuals learn about ongoing work and opportunities to take action. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 4-6 p.m. Free. Info, xrchamplain@ protonmail.com.

etc.

HU CHANT: SOUND OF SOUL: People of all faiths lift their voices in a spiritual exercise followed by contemplation and conversation.

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Eckankar Center, Burlington, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 800-772-9390.

Center, Middlebury College, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

SOCIAL SUNDAYS: A weekly community event offers music, refreshments and art workshops for families. Milton Art Center & Gallery, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 355-6583.

CHRISTINE MALCOLM: The Northern Vermont singer-songwriter brings a blend of folk, country, rock and blues from her 2019 album I Like You. United Church of Westford, 4-5 p.m. Donations. Info, 879-4028.

fairs & festivals

BURLINGTON IRISH HERITAGE FESTIVAL: See WED.11. MIDDLETOWN SPRINGS MAPLE FESTIVAL: From sap to syrup, Vermont’s liquid gold steals the show at this 32nd annual family-friendly fête. See calendar spotlight. Middletown Springs Historical Society, 1-4 p.m. Free. Info, 235-2376.

film

See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section. JEWISH JOURNEYS FILM SERIES: ‘THE INTERPRETER’: Two elderly men grappling with unresolved conflicts from the Holocaust take a road trip. A discussion follows. Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 2-4:30 p.m. $5-10. Info, 598-7975. ‘PRECIOUS GURU: JOURNEY INTO THE WILD HEART OF THE SECOND BUDDHA’: Triptych Journey, a Burlington arts and storytelling organization, presents a multimedia artistic response to its eight-week trip across Asia tracking the legend of Padma Sambhava, or Guru Rinpoche. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 2-4 p.m. $10. Info, 633-4136.

games

GAMES PARLOUR: Strategic thinkers bring favorite tabletop competitions to play with others. Champlain Club, Burlington, 2-8 p.m. $5. Info, orsonbradford@ gmail.com.

health & fitness

SPIRAL ENERGETICS: See WED.11, 4 p.m.

language

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

montréal

‘THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGIN’’: See WED.11, 2 & 7 p.m.

music

Find club dates in the music section. ALL-COMERS JAM: New England contra and square dance tunes are in the spotlight during a democratic jam session. Seven Stars Arts Center, Sharon, 4-9 p.m. Free. Info, 763-2334. CELTIC MUSIC CONCERT: Irish and Scottish traditions fuse with musical conventions LED from other NCE cultures inCA an imaginative recital. Robison Hall, Mahaney Arts

JASON LYLE BLACK: Known as The Backwards Piano Man, the composer combines music and comedy in a family-friendly concert during which he tickles the ivories with the piano behind his back. See calendar spotlight. Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 4 p.m. $10-25. Info, 603-448-0400. NEW HAMPSHIRE TROUBADOURS: Fourteen singers specialize in madrigal and a cappella music. Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Upper Valley, Norwich, 4:30-6:30 p.m. $15-20. Info, 649-8828. NIGHTSHADE KITCHEN: Mizrahi Jewish cuisine pairs perfectly with intimate performances by Western Den, Olivia Barton and Bear’s Tapestry. Congregation Ruach haMaqom, Burlington, 7-10 p.m. $7-10. Info, nightshadekitchen @gmail.com.

outdoors

BOLTON VALLEY CELEBRATION & APRÈS SKI: Bon Temps Gourmet appetizers await outdoor adventurers who take in the scenery on guided backcountry ski and showshoe tours. Bolton Valley Backcountry & Nordic Sports Center, 12:30-5 p.m. $20; free for kids 12 and under; additional cost for day pass and rentals; preregister. Info, 262-1222. SALAMANDER SERIES: Nature lovers emerge from hibernation to prepare to become community scientists helping Vermont’s amphibians make it across the road on their big migration night. Green Mountain Audubon Center, Huntington, 5-6 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, rae.bronenkant@ audubon.org. WOMEN WHO BIRD: BIRDFRIENDLY MAPLE: Open to women and woman-aligned individuals, a new group finds common ground in the mutual love for nature and birds. No dogs, please. Green Mountain Audubon Center, Huntington, 9-11 a.m. Donations; preregister for snowshoes and tracking gear. Info, 434-3068.

seminars

ETHICALLY REWILD OUR NEIGHBORHOODS: Educator Jess Rubin shares simple strategies to enhance bird, pollinator and wildlife habitats while supporting watershed health. Fletcher Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 2-3:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 839-8286.

talks

RICHARD ALLEN: An illustrated lecture illuminates notable figures in Williston history. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. SUSAN OUELLETTE: The history professor presents “The Boston Massacre: Propaganda and the

Politics of Anti-British America.” Ethan Allen Homestead Museum, Burlington, 2-3 p.m. Free. Info, 865-4556.

theater

‘CITRUS’: See WED.11, 5 p.m.

Tarmogoyf-slinging madness ensues when competitors battle for prizes in a weekly game. Brap’s Magic, Burlington, 7-11 p.m. $8. Info, 540-0498.

health & fitness

‘DRINKING HABITS’: See FRI.13, 2 p.m.

ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION EXERCISE PROGRAM: See WED.11.

‘MARIE AND ROSETTA’: See WED.11, 2 p.m.

CHAIR YOGA WITH SANGHA STUDIO: Supported poses promote health and wellbeing. Heineberg Senior Center, Burlington, 10:45-11:45 a.m. Free. Info, 448-4262.

METROPOLITAN OPERA LIVE IN HD: ‘DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER’: See SAT.14, Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 12:55 p.m. $10-23. Info, 775-0903. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1 p.m. $1025. Info, 603-646-2422. ‘MONTY PYTHON’S EDUKATIONAL SHOW’: See FRI.13, 2-3:45 p.m. WEST RUTLAND VARIETY SHOW: Talented performers take the stage with music, comedy and dance numbers. Proceeds benefit the West Rutland Food Shelf. West Rutland Town Hall, 3 p.m. $5-8; $20 per family. Info, 438-2490.

words

DEAN LEARY: A long-time reader of 19th-century Vermont writer Rowland Evans Robinson’s works, Leary leads a discussion of Robinson’s nature, history and fiction writing. Presented in partnership with the Ferrisburgh Historical Society. Rokeby Museum, Ferrisburgh, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 619-417-4654. SPOKEN WORD SUNDAYS: Artful language used aloud inspires listeners. 2Creative Community, Winooski, 4-6 p.m. Donations. Info, 2creativecommunity@gmail. com.

MON.16 crafts

HANDWORK CIRCLE: Friends and neighbors make progress on works of knitting, crocheting, cross-stitch and other creative endeavors. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581.

etc.

TAX HELP: See THU.12.

fairs & festivals

BURLINGTON IRISH HERITAGE FESTIVAL: See WED.11.

film

See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section. ‘TANGERINE’: A 2015 comedic drama shot with three smartphones follows a transgender working girl as she chases down the man who broke her heart. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600.

games

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.11, 6:30 p.m. MAGIC: THE GATHERING — MONDAY NIGHT MODERN:

setting. Off Center for the Dramatic Arts, Burlington, 7:309:30 p.m. Free. Info, playmakersvt @gmail.com.

words

RAJNII EDDINS: Known for works addressing race and white supremacy, the Burlington poet shares original pieces. Not recommended for kids under 12. Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society, Middlebury, 4-6 p.m. Donations. Info, 989-8726.

COMMUNITY HERBAL CLINIC: Supervised clinical interns offer guidance and support to those looking to care for themselves using natural remedies. By appointment only. Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, Montpelier, and Railyard Apothecary, Burlington, 4-8 p.m. $10-30; additional cost for herbs; preregister. Info, 224-7100.

VOICES OF COLOR SHOWCASE: People of color exercise their artistry when sharing stories and poetry. Light Club Lamp Shop, Burlington, 8-10:30 p.m. $1. Info, 660-9346.

language

MILK WITH DIGNITY TOUR: Vermont farmworkers spread the word about Migrant Justice’s program dedicated to promoting human rights on dairy farms across the state. Hear updates and learn how to get involved. First Unitarian Universalist Society of Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 881-8883.

PLATTSBURGH CONVERSATION GROUP: French speakers maintain their conversational skills in a weekly meet-up. Plattsburgh Public Library, N.Y., 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, ajobin-picard@ cefls.org.

montréal

‘THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGIN’’: See WED.11, 7 p.m.

music

Find club dates in the music section. MAD RIVER CHORALE REHEARSAL: The community chorus welcomes newcomers in preparation for its spring concerts. Chorus Room, Harwood Union High School, South Duxbury, 7-9 p.m. $75 for the season. Info, 496-2048.

talks

STATE OF THE WORLD COMMUNITY DISCUSSIONS: Activist Sandy Baird leads an open forum reflecting on and analyzing current events in a nonjudgmental setting. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7211. ‘WOMEN AND POLITICS SINCE 1800’: In honor of Women’s History Month, a panel of Castleton University faculty members provides insight into the history of women and politics. Jeffords Auditorium, Castleton University, 5 p.m. Free. Info, 800-639-8521.

tech

TECH HELP WITH CLIF: See WED.11.

theater

‘A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM’ AUDITION: Thespians vie for roles in BarnArts Center for the Arts’ production of William Shakespeare’s whimsical play to be performed outdoors in June and July. First Universalist Church and Society, Barnard, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 234-1645. PLAYMAKERS: Playwrights develop new work in a collaborative

TUE.17 activism

agriculture

NICKO RUBIN: Green thumbs get the dirt on fruit trees during a talk with the owner of East Hill Tree Farm. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581.

business

WOMEN VETERAN-OWNED BUSINESS EXPO: A showcase of local enterprises owned by women who have served their country includes vendor exhibits, a workshop and resources for aspiring entrepreneurs. White River Junction VA Medical Center, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 295-9363, ext. 6134.

community

COMMUNITY DROP-IN CENTER HOURS: Wi-Fi, games and art materials are on hand at an open meeting space where folks forge social connections. GRACE, Hardwick, 9 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 472-6857.

crafts

COMMUNITY CRAFT NIGHT: Makers stitch, spin, knit and crochet their way through projects while enjoying each other’s company. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211. CRAFTERNOON: Provided materials pave the way for new creations. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

dance

SWING DANCING: Quick-footed participants experiment with different forms, including the Lindy Hop, Charleston and balboa. Beginners are welcome. Champlain Club, Burlington, 7:309:30 p.m. $5. Info, 448-2930.

education

COLLEGE STEPS OPEN HOUSE: Potential students learn the ins and outs of a nonprofit organization that provides transition programming for college-bound pupils with learning and social challenges. Northern Vermont University-Johnson, 10:30 a.m.noon. Free; preregister. Info, 578-0035.

environment

INFORMATIONAL MEETING: Locals stay in the loop on the development of the White River community solar project. BALE Community Space, South Royalton, 5:45 p.m. Free. Info, chris@balevt.org.

etc.

PAST LIVES, PRESENT UNDERSTANDING: A gathering hosted by Eckankar allows participants to explore ways in which past lives can bring insight to the present. Rutland Free Library, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 800-772-9390.

fairs & festivals

BURLINGTON IRISH HERITAGE FESTIVAL: See WED.11. CAREER FAIR: Job seekers get face time with representatives from a wide range of businesses. Snow date: March 31. Stannard Gymnasium, Northern Vermont University-Lyndon, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 626-6413.

film

See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section. CASTLETON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: See THU.12. ‘NINE TO FIVE’: Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin command the screen as under-valued office workers who get revenge on their sexist boss. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600. ‘THE WIZARD OF OZ’: There’s no place like home! Judy Garland takes viewers on a journey down the yellow brick road in this timetested classic. Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7-9:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 540-3018.

food & drink

OYSTERS & JAMS: Foodies indulge in shellfish, five-dollar draft beers and live tunes. Lawson’s Finest Liquids, Waitsfield, 4-8 p.m. Free. Info, 496-4677.

games

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.11, 7 p.m.

CRIBBAGE LEAGUE: Participants ‘SWAN LAKE’: The Russian aim for a value of 15 or 31 in this National Ballet interprets good competitive card game. The versus evil in its production Boardroom Café, Burlington, of Tchaikvosky’s masterpiece. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 7 TUE.17 P.50 p.m. $25-45. Info, 775-0903. SEVEN DAYS MARCH 11-18, 2020 49

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MAH JONGG: Fun, friendship and conversation flow as players manipulate tiles. Milton Public Library, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 893-4644.

THRU-HIKE BASICS: This class is designed to give prospective Pacific Crest Trail, John Muir Trail or Appalachian Trail hikers and backpackers a solid foundation for planning a trip on the trail. REI, Williston, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 316-3120.

health & fitness

sports

6-9 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 540-1710.

COMMUNITY HERBAL CLINIC: See MON.16, Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, Montpelier, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. REIKI CLINIC: Thirty-minute treatments foster physical, emotional and spiritual wellness. JourneyWorks, Burlington, 3-5:30 p.m. $10-30; preregister. Info, 860-6203. TAI CHI FOR FALL PREVENTION: See THU.12. TUESDAY GUIDED MEDITATION: Participants learn to relax and let go. Stillpoint Center, Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 318-8605. WARM GENTLE YOGA: See FRI.13.

holidays

ST. PATRICK’S DAY TOWER BELLS: Traditional Irish tunes ring out from giant bronze instruments. Trinity United Methodist Church, Montpelier, 11:58 a.m. Free. Info, 229-9158.

language

ITALIAN CONVERSATION GROUP: Parla Italiano? Language learners practice pronunciation and more in an informal gathering. Hartland Public Library, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 436-2473. LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: ITALIAN: Speakers hone their skills in the Romance language over a bag lunch. KelloggHubbard Library, Montpelier, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. PAUSE-CAFÉ FRENCH CONVERSATION: Frenchlanguage fanatics meet pour parler la belle langue. ¡Duino! (Duende), Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 430-4652.

lgbtq

CREATING INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENTS FOR LGBTQ+ YOUTH: Geared toward community members, service providers, educators and families, this interactive workshop helps participants increase fluency in inclusive concepts, terminology and practices. Emory Hebard State Office Building, Newport, 1-3 & 4:30-6:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, mara@outrightvt.org.

montréal

‘THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGIN’’: See WED.11, 8 p.m.

music

Find club dates in the music section. ACOUSTIC OPEN MIC: Local musicians and spoken word artists step into the spotlight. Charlotte Grange, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, mikemando802@gmail.com.

for title. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

SUN.15 | MUSIC | Christine Malcolm

‘MY FURNITURE HAS WHEELS’: Part documentary and part experimental film, this moving picture excavates dementia, memory, life and how to live it. A filmmaker Q&A follows. Alumni Auditorium, Champlain College, Burlington, 5:30-6:45 p.m. Free. Info, johnr59@gmail.com.

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

games

BEGINNERS’ BRIDGE: See WED.11. BRIDGE: See WED.11. BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.11.

health & fitness

ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION EXERCISE PROGRAM: See WED.11.

talks

CHAIR YOGA: See WED.11.

CURRENT EVENTS DISCUSSION GROUP: Sandy Baird moderates a forum for the lively and courteous expression of views on the issues of the day. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6955. RACE CONVERSATIONS: Guided by Ijeoma Oluo’s book So You Want to Talk About Race, community members explore concepts of culture, power and equity with facilitator Life LeGeros. Waterbury Public Library, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 244-7036. REBECCA MUNKELWITZ & CHANEL PROVOST: NVU-Lyndon’s Meet the Artist series continues with a talk by two graphic designers. Room 111, Harvey Academic Center, Lyndonville, 11:30 a.m. Free. Info, barclay.tucker@ northernvermont.edu.

theater

‘A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM’ AUDITION: See MON.16. PEKING ACROBATS: An elite troupe of Chinese gymnasts, jugglers, cyclists and tumblers dazzles with gravity-defying feats of flying fancy. See calendar spotlight. Flynn Main Stage, Burlington, 7 p.m. $15-45. Info, 863-5966.

words

BROWN BAG BOOK CLUB: Readers voice opinions about The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 12:301:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. BURLINGTON FREE WRITE: Aspiring writers respond to prompts in a welcoming atmosphere. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 999-1664. GEOF HEWITT: Lit lovers mush into dog sledding season with the second installment of “Dogged Resolve: Gary Paulsen’s Canine Adventures,” a two-part Vermont Humanities book discussion. South Burlington Community Library, University Mall, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 846-4140. WINE & STORY OPEN MIC: Prompts inspire first-person narratives told to a live audience. Shelburne Vineyard, 7:30 p.m. $5. Info, 863-1754.

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HEALING ART & WRITING: See WED.11. RESILIENCE FLOW: See WED.11. SPIRAL ENERGETICS: See WED.11. UNWIND AT LUNCHTIME: See WED.11. YOGA4CANCER: See WED.11.

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agriculture

JON RAMSAY: The director of Hardwick’s Center for an Agricultural Economy shares thoughts on sustainable agriculture. Room S-103, Thaddeus Fairbanks Science Wing, Northern Vermont University-Lyndon, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, alan.giese@ northernvermont.edu.

conferences

VERMONT FARMERS MARKET CONFERENCE: Learning and networking opportunities engage market managers, board members and organizers. Vermont Law School Environmental Law Center, South Royalton, 8:30 a.m. $2050. Info, 434-4122, ext. 21.

crafts

KNITTER’S GROUP: See WED.11.

etc.

MEMORABLE TIMES CAFÉ: Those living with mild to moderate memory loss and their care partners convene for casual social time. Refreshments are provided. Vermont History Center, Barre, 1:30-3 p.m. Free. Info, 476-2681.

fairs & festivals

BURLINGTON IRISH HERITAGE FESTIVAL: See WED.11.

film

See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section. ALMOST THERE: MOVIES ABOUT THE FUTURE: Cinephiles feast their eyes on a futuristic film. Call for title. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581. ‘GLENN MURCUTT: SPIRIT OF PLACE’: Shown as part of the

Architecture + Design Film Series, a 2016 documentary follows Australia’s most famous living architect as he designs a Melbourne mosque. Burlington City Hall Auditorium, reception, 6 p.m.; screening, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7166. ‘HE NAMED ME MALALA’: This 2015 documentary profiles a young woman who survived being shot for speaking out against a policy forbidding girls to attend school. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600. MOVIE: Snacks are provided at a showing of a popular film. Call

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ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE OF THE LAKE CHAMPLAIN REGION SOCIAL HOUR: Francophones fine-tune their French-language conversation skills over cocktails. Hilton Garden Inn Burlington Downtown, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, info@aflcr.org. BEGINNER & INTERMEDIATE/ ADVANCED ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSES: See WED.11. GERMAN CONVERSATION GROUP: Community members practice conversing auf Deutsch. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211. LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: SPANISH: See WED.11. SOUTH HERO FRENCH CONVERSATION: See WED.11.

lgbtq

GLAM GAYME NIGHT: Friends bond over contests ranging from easy to advanced-level. Bring or borrow a game. The Boardroom Café, Burlington, 6-9 p.m. Free. Info, 540-1710.

montréal

‘THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGIN’’: See WED.11.

music

Find club dates in the music section. MDOU MOCTAR: Known for his mastery of the Tuareg guitar, the Niger-based musician entertains members of the campus and local communities. Alexander Twilight Theatre, Northern Vermont University-Lyndon, 7 p.m. $20; free for NVU students, faculty and staff. Info, tim.mikovitz@ northernvermont.edu. OLD NORTH END NEIGHBORHOOD BAND TEEN MUSIC JAM: See WED.11. SONG CIRCLE: Singers and musicians congregate for an acoustic session of popular folk tunes. Godnick Adult Center, Rutland,

7:15-9:15 p.m. Donations. Info, 775-1182.

seminars

AMPHIBIAN ECOLOGY & ROAD CROSSING TRAINING NIGHT: Nature lovers emerge from hibernation for an informational session on helping Vermont’s amphibians cross the road during their spring migration. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 229-6206. BEGINNER’S BEEKEEPING: Eager hobbyists learn what all the buzz is about as Hugh Gibson covers the basics of the honey-making insects. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

talks

CURRENT EVENTS CONVERSATION: Newsworthy subjects take the spotlight in this informal discussion. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 878-4918. HOME-BUYING: A CANDID CONVERSATION: Local professionals share their expertise in areas such as real estate, mortgages and home inspections during a panel discussion. Delta Hotels Burlington, South Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 879-8790. SANDEEP CHAKRAVORTY: Lecturing as part of the Vermont Council on World Affairs Speaker Series, the consul general of India in New York offers his perspective on the state of relations between India and the U.S. The Gallery at Main Street Landing, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. $15-30; free for students. Info, vinson@vermont.org. WINOOSKI YOUTH WELLNESS & SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION FORUM: A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION: A complimentary meal fuels community members for a presentation on Onion City youth substance-use data, as well as strategies to support wellness in local youngsters. Cafeteria. Winooski School District, 6-8 p.m. Free; preregister for childcare. Info, 655-4565.

tech

INTRODUCTION TO MICROSOFT WINDOWS: Let’s get technical! Students learn to use the mouse, keyboard and operating system components. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 865-7217. TECH HELP WITH CLIF: See WED.11. TECH SUPPORT: See WED.11.

theater

‘MARIE AND ROSETTA’: See WED.11.

words

NO-PRESSURE BOOK GROUP: Want the camaraderie of a book club without the deadline? Lovers of the written word bring their current reads to a casual conversation with drinks and munchies. Zenbarn, Waterbury, 5:45-6:45 p.m. Free. Info, 244-7036. m

classes THE FOLLOWING CLASS LISTINGS ARE PAID ADVERTISEMENTS. ANNOUNCE YOUR CLASS FOR AS LITTLE AS $16.75/WEEK (INCLUDES SIX PHOTOS AND UNLIMITED DESCRIPTION ONLINE). SUBMIT YOUR CLASS AD AT SEVENDAYSVT.COM/POSTCLASS.

art ART & POTTERY IN MIDDLEBURY: Adult Classes: Noel Bailey Mug Workshop, Pastels, Monday & Thursday Wheel & Handbuilding, Oils, Garden Design With Judith Irven, Found Faces: Upcycle Collage, Clay Garden Planters, Kintsugi: The Art of Broken Pottery, Drawing, Kids’ Classes: Clay Wheel and Hand Building, Where the Elves and Fairies Live. Various. Location: Middlebury Studio School, Middlebury. Info: Barbara Nelson, 247-3702, ewaldewald@aol.com, middleburystudioschool.org. CALLIGRAPHY IN MONTPELIER: A Calligraphy Primer: Basics to Blooming. The focus of this class is to give both the artist and the average person an introduction to calligraphy in its varying forms. We’ll explore “foundational” and uncial hand (think Roman and Celtic lettering), copperplate (elegant and flourishing), and Gothic (old English, black-letter). Wed., 6-7:30 p.m., Apr. 29, May 6,13, 20 & 27. Cost: $150/person incl. all supplies needed. Location: The Drawing Board, upstairs classroom, 22 Main Street, Montpelier. Info: Inkwell Vermont & the Drawing Board, Chris Carfaro, 9996520, vermontcarfaro@gmail. com, inkwellvermont.com.

BCA Studios

Burlington City Arts winter/spring class registration is now open! Find these classes and many more at burlingtoncityarts.org. GRAPHIC NOVEL: Ages 18 & up. Instructor: Rachel Lindsay. Learn the art of visual storytelling through this immersive class in the comics discipline. Students will learn a broad range of techniques for communicating with both words and pictures, with an emphasis on using pen and ink. The class will also review the work of a variety of cartoonists as inspiration for student work. Some basic drawing experience is encouraged; students should be comfortable with and enjoy doodling. BCA will provide all basic materials. Register at burlingtoncityarts. org. Thu., Mar. 26-Apr. 30, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $225/person; $202.50

for BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Melissa Steady, 865-7166, msteady@burlingtoncityarts.org, burlingtoncityarts.org. ADULT WHEEL, OPTION 8: Instructors: Kate McKernan, Sheilagh Smith and Kim DeMaria. Curious about the pottery wheel? Spend a Friday night with our pottery instructors at the BCA Clay Studio. A ticket includes a wheel-throwing demonstration at the beginning of class, access to a wheel, and time to try making a bowl or cup. There is a $5 additional fee per clay piece to be fired and glazed by the studio. Ticket purchases for this class are nonrefundable. Fri., Mar. 27, 7-9 p.m. Cost: $10/participant; $9 for BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Melissa Steady, 865-7166, msteady@burlingtoncityarts.org, burlingtoncityarts.org. ARTIST BOOKS + ZINES: Ages 18 & up. Instructor Andrew Frost. Have you wanted to make a book or zine but didn’t know where to start? Bring your project ideas and create unique artist books and zines from start to finish in this eight-week, hands-on class. Sequencing choices, layout in Adobe InDesign, digital printing and hand-binding techniques are covered. Register at burlingtoncityarts.org. Mon., Mar. 30-May 18, 6-8 p.m. Cost: $270/person; $243 for BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Melissa Steady, 865-7166, msteady@burlingtoncityarts.org, burlingtoncityarts.org. ARTS INTEGRATION: Ages 18 & up. Instructors: Kate McKernan and Alissa Faber. In this workshop, participants will discuss the basics of Arts Integration and the benefits of a cross-curricular teaching approach. Participants will be introduced to completed school residency projects, facilitated by local teaching artists, and will learn strategies and tips to implement their own collaborative arts projects in a variety of settings. Fri., Apr. 3, 10 a.m.-noon. Cost: $25/person; $22.50 for BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Melissa Steady, 865-7166, msteady@burlingtoncityarts.org, burlingtoncityarts.org. DARKROOM CRASH COURSE: Ages 18 & up. Instructor: Rebecca Babbitt. Explore the traditional, analog, black-andwhite darkroom! Learn how to properly expose black-and-white film, process film into negatives, and make silver gelatin prints. Students will leave with the

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skills and confidence to join the darkroom as a member. All 35mm film, paper and darkroom supplies included. Bring your manual 35mm or medium-format film camera and an exposed roll of black-and-white film to the first class. Register at burlingtoncity arts.org. Mon., Mar. 23-Apr. 13, 6-9 p.m. Cost: $180/person; $162 for BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Melissa Steady, 865-7166, msteady@burlingtoncityarts.org, burlingtoncityarts.org. DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY OPTION 3: Ages 18 & up. Instructor: Mark LaRosa. No experience necessary. Learn the basics of making a great photograph from initial exposure to editing and printing in this comprehensive eight-week class. This class starts with an overview of camera controls and functions, including aperture, shutter speed, ISO ratings, shooting in RAW, lens choices, metering techniques, and more. Organizing and editing files in Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop are covered, and students will leave with a selection of high-quality prints made on our archival Epson printer. This class also includes assignments and supportive critique sessions to discuss the composition, content and concepts explored in your photographs. A DSLR Camera with Minimum Camera Raw Plugin version 10.1 or lower and a Maccompatible portable flash or hard drive required. Thu., Apr. 2-May 21, 6-8 p.m. Cost: $240/person; $216 for BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Melissa Steady, 865-7166, msteady@burlingtoncityarts.org, burlingtoncityarts.org. DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECTS: Do you shoot digital images and have a project idea to explore? This eight-week class challenges you to edit and refine your photographs to create the portfolio of work you envision. Organizing and editing techniques in Adobe Lightroom, printing on our Epson large format printers and more are covered, tailored to individual student interests. This class also explores ideas in contemporary photography through select readings and covers the technical, aesthetic, and conceptual aspects of your work through supportive weekly critique sessions. Register at burlingtoncityarts.org. Fri., Mar. 27-May 15, 10 a.m.-noon. Cost: $270/person; $243 for BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Melissa Steady, 865-7166, msteady@ burlingtoncityarts.org, burlingtoncityarts.org. DIGITAL PRINTING CRASH COURSE: Ages 18 & up. Instructor: Mark LaRosa. Prerequisite: proficiency editing digital photographs in Adobe Photoshop or Lightroom. Are you comfortable with organizing, editing and sizing your digital photographs in Photoshop or Lightroom but have never printed your work? Curious about testing paper surfaces or printing large? This intensive workshop goes through

the basics of printing to the largeformat, archival inkjet Epson printers at the BCA Photo Labs. Bring a selection of digital files on a Mac-compatible external flash or hard drive to the first class. Register at burlingtoncityarts.org. Thu., Mar. 12, 19, 6-8 p.m. Cost: $60/person; $54 for BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Melissa Steady, 865-7166, msteady@ burlingtoncityarts.org, burlingtoncityarts.org. FAMILY CLAY, OPTIONS 7, 8, 9 & 10: All ages. Instructors: Kate McKernan, Kim DeMaria and Sheilagh Smith. Spend a Friday night with your family! Ticket provides a wheel demonstration at the beginning of class, wheel access (ages 6+), hand building, unlimited clay, and time to create. Youth must be accompanied by an adult. Adults may assist their child(ren) free of charge. Additional tickets required for adults to join the fun and either hand build or use a wheel on their own. $5 fee per piece for your work to be fired and glazed by the studio. Finished pottery available for pick-up three weeks after visit. Tickets are nonrefundable. Register at burlingtoncityarts. org. Fri., Mar. 20, 27, Apr. 3, 10, 5-6:30 p.m. Cost: $10/person; $9 for BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Melissa Steady, 865-7166, msteady@burlingtoncityarts.org, burlingtoncityarts.org.

FAMILY JEWELRY: Ages 6 and up. Instructor: Kate McKernan. Limited seats: six people. Spend a morning with teaching artist Kate McKernan in BCA’s jewelry studio. Using our studio equipment, fine metals and beads, your family will create beautiful and wearable works of art. All supplies are provided, no experience needed. Youth must be accompanied by an adult. Adults may assist their child(ren) free of charge. Additional tickets are required for adults who’d like to join the fun and work on their own jewelry. Sun., Apr. 5, 10 a.m.-noon. Cost: $10/person; $9 for BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Melissa

Steady, 865-7166, msteady@ burlingtoncityarts.org, burlingtoncityarts.org. LIFE DRAWING, OPTIONS 6, 7, 8, & 9: Ages 18 & older. Instructor: Misoo Bang. *Purchase a drop-in card and get the sixth visit for free! Spend the evening with other local artists drawing from one of our experienced models. Please bring your drawing materials and paper. Purchase a ticket to hold your spot; drop-ins are welcome if space is available. Register at burlingtoncityarts. org. Fri., 7-9 p.m., Mar. 13, 20, 27, Apr. 3. Cost: $10/person; $9 for BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Melissa Steady, 865-7166, msteady@burlingtoncityarts.org, burlingtoncityarts.org. LINOCUT: Ages 18 & up. Instructor: Ashley Stagner. Students create small designs with the relief technique of linoleum block printing. We will print these one-color blocks by hand or with the printing press, and then add color by experimenting with watercolor paints. A fun opportunity to make cards and other art to share, since we will have the chance to print multiples once you make your block. Please bring ideas or sketches (8” x 10” or smaller) to the first class so we can get started right away! All other materials will be provided. Register at burlingtoncityarts. org. Tue., Mar. 24-Apr. 14, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $150/person; $135 for BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Melissa Steady, 865-7166, msteady@burlingtoncityarts.org, burlingtoncityarts.org. PHOTOGRAPHING YOUR ARTWORK, OPTION 5: Ages 18 & up. Instructor: Mark La Rosa. 90-minute, assisted photography session, work one-on-one with a BCA professional to photograph your two- or three-dimensional artwork in the BCA Lighting Studio. BCA staff handles the lighting and camera work during the shoot and applies basic color correction, density, and contrast adjustments to each image in BCA’s Digital Lab. Bring up to 10 unframed pieces no larger than 40” x 60” or 10 objects no larger than 24” x 24”. BCA provides a digital camera during the session and a flash drive for taking home. Register at burlingtoncityarts.org. Wed., Mar. 18, 10:30 a.m.-noon, or 1:30-3 p.m. Cost: $120/person; $108 for BCA Members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Melissa Steady, 865-7166, msteady@burlington cityarts.org, burlingtoncityarts. org. PHOTOGRAPHY & SCREENPRINTING WORKSHOP: Ages 18 & up. Instructor: Renee Greenlee and Kate McKernan. Transform your digital photographs into screen-printed artwork in this immersive full-day workshop. Using the digital lab, students learn how to edit image files for screen-printing and print digital transparencies of their edited

photographs. Using the printmaking studio, students transform their images into prints on both paper and T-shirts, posters, bags and more. Bring a selection of digital images on a Maccompatible flash or hard drive to the workshop. Register at burlingtoncityarts.org. Sat., Mar. 21, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $90/person; $81 for BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Melissa Steady, 865-7166, msteady@burlingtoncityarts.org, burlingtoncityarts.org. SCREEN PRINTING, OPTIONS 2 & 3: Ages 18 & up. Instructor: Kara Ware. This introduction to screen printing will show you how to design and print T-shirts, posters, fine art and more. Discover a variety of techniques for transferring and printing images using hand-drawn, photographic or borrowed imagery. Students will learn how to apply photo emulsion, how to use an exposure unit and how to print on a variety of surfaces. Class price includes the use of studio equipment, emulsion, transparencies and ink, as well as open studio access during the weeks of your class. Students can bring their screens or rent one through the studio. No experience necessary. Register at burlingtoncityarts.org. Thu., Mar. 19-May 7, 6:30-9 p.m.; or Tue., Mar. 24-May 12, 9:30 a.m.noon. Cost: $340/person; $306 for BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Melissa Steady, 865-7166, msteady@burlingtoncityarts.org, burlingtoncityarts.org. WHEEL THROWING, OPTION 4: Ages 18 & up. Instructor: Dan Siegel. This class introduces students to clay, pottery and the ceramics studio. Working primarily on the potter’s wheel, learn the basics of throwing and forming techniques, while creating functional pieces such as mugs, cups and bowls. Students will also be guided through various finishing techniques using the studio’s house slips and glazes. No previous experience needed. Class price includes your first bag of clay and open studio access during the weeks of your class. Additional clay is sold separately at $22/25-pound bag. Register at burlingtoncityarts.org. Wed., Apr. 1-May 20, 1:30-4 p.m. Cost: $340/ person; $306 for BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Melissa Steady, 865-7166, msteady@ burlingtoncityarts.org, burlingtoncityarts.org.

dance DANCE STUDIO SALSALINA: Salsa classes: nightclub-style, group and private, four levels. Beginner walk-in classes, Tue., 7 p.m. $15/ person for one-hour class. No dance experience, partner or preregistration required, just the desire to have fun! Drop in anytime and prepare for an enjoyable workout. Location: 32 Malletts Bay Ave., Winooski. Info: Victoria, 598-1077, info@salsalina.com. DESIGN/BUILD

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design/build UX DESIGN BOOTCAMP: In this 12-week, full-time course, you will learn both user experience (UX) design and user interface (UI) design. You will quickly advance through topics of increasing complexity, applying creative problem-solving skills to design based on research. You will leave this course career ready, knowing every step of the design process. Jun. 8-Aug. 28, Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Location: Burlington Code Academy, 182 Main Street, Suite 305, Burlington. Info: Sadie Goldfarb, 978-380-2440, sgoldfarb@burlingtoncode academy.com, burlington odeacademy.com.

drumming DJEMBE & TAIKO: JOIN US!: New sessions Mar. 23, May 18, Jul. 6, Sep. 7, Oct. 26 & Jan. 18! Classes for adults, kids & parents. Parade & conga classes. Taiko for adults, Tue., 5:30-6:20 p.m., and Wed., 6:30-7:50 p.m. Djembe for Adults, Wed., 5:30-6:20 p.m. Kids and Parents World Drumming, Wed., 4:30-5:20 p.m. Kids and Parents Taiko, Tue., 4:30-5:20 p.m. Drums provided. Montpelier-Barre classes coming soon! Schedule/ register online. Location: Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., Suite 3G, Burlington. Info: 999-4255, burlingtontaiko.org.

Flynn Classes & Camps

AFRO-FUSION JAM CLASS: All ages. This class explores traditional African dance with powerhouse instructor Bonisiwe Luthuli. Bonisiwe draws from her ties to South Africa, imparting the value of folks of all ages dancing together. Sun., Mar. 15-May 3 (no class Apr. 12, 26), 10:30 a.m.-noon. Cost: $130/person. Location: FlynnArts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: Sarah Caliendo, 652-4537, scaliendo@flynncenter. org, flynncenter.org. CHOOSE YOUR ADVENTURE: Ages 8-10. Instructor: Tracy VicoryRosenquest. Choose a character from your favorite movie or story to bring to life on stage in an adventure story where the characters work together to overcome an obstacle. Create this story together and become your favorite character! Mon.-Fri., Apr. 20-24, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost: $350/ person. Location: FlynnArts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: Sarah Caliendo, 652-4537, scaliendo@ flynncenter.org, flynncenter.org. DANCE FLOOR MOVES: Ages 55+. Instructor: Rose Bedard. Dance Sampler: Irish step, salsa and swing: 3/17-3/31; $65/three-week

session. Dance Sampler: hip-hop, jazz and social dances: 4/7-5/5 (no class 4/21); $85/four-week session. Spring on the Dance Floor are three- and four-week series of classes to learn partner and group dances in a social setting. Participants will learn a sequence of steps in Irish step, salsa and swing Mar. 17-31, and hip-hop, jazz and social dances Apr. 7-May 5. The dance sequences you learn will go in your dance-floor toolbox for your next wedding invitation or to bring to the Flynn’s Dance Floor Parties coming this summer! Location: FlynnArts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: Sarah Caliendo, 652-4537, scaliendo@ flynncenter.org, flynncenter.org. FLYNN CLASSES AND CAMPS: Week-long vacation camps run 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Optional extended care until 5 p.m. is available Mon.-Thu. for $15/day. Each camp culminates with a final performance/showcase, held on Fri. at 2:30 p.m.,that is free and open to all family and friends! Location: FlynnArts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: Sarah Caliendo, 652-4537, scaliendo@flynncenter. org, flynncenter.org.

take flight, children use drama and movement to discover a new world daily. Mon.-Fri., Apr. 20-24, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost: $350/ person. Location: FlynnArts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: Sarah Caliendo, 652-4537, scaliendo@ flynncenter.org, flynncenter.org. MINI DANCERS: Ages 3-5. Instructor: Tracy Martin. Using children’s books as the foundation for encouraging movement, students tell stories, create characters, work together and discover self-expression. As we dance stories each week, students gain fundamentals, play with music and have fun! Wed., Mar. 18-Apr. 8, 3-3:45 p.m. Cost: $45. Location: FlynnArts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: Sarah Caliendo, 652-4537, scaliendo@flynncenter. org, flynncenter.org.

KINETIC KIDS FOR HOMESHOOLERS: Ages 5-8. Instructor: Tracy Martin. This dance class for homeschoolers focuses on fun, laughter and expression. Through structured games and improvisations, each child discovers their movement artistry and distinct voice, with an emphasis on body and spatial awareness, ensemble building and self-confidence. Wed., Mar. 18-Apr. 8, 1:45-2:45 p.m. Cost: $55. Location: FlynnArts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: Sarah Caliendo, 652-4537, scaliendo@ flynncenter.org, flynncenter.org. MAGIC TREEHOUSE ADVENTURES: Ages 6-8. Instructor: Annalisa Ledson. Through Jack’s journeys in the popular children’s series, we take thrilling trips through time and space: on pirate ships, elephants’ backs, through the Flynn theater and on rockets to outer space. Encouraged to let imaginations

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gardening BOTANICAL BLOCK PRINTS : Presenter: Jen Berger. Carve fun botanicals to stamp on canvas bags! Join visual artist Jen Berger to learn the basics of carving linoleum. Bring your own (4x6) image, or make one in the group. Leave with your own reusable linoleum block, two printed canvas bags and the knowledge to make many more! Register at gardeners.com/ store Sun. Mar. 22,1-4 p.m. Cost: $50. Location: Gardener’s SupplyBurlington, 128 Intervale Rd., Burlington. Info: Meredith White, 660-3505, meredithw@gardeners. com, gardeners.com/store. COMMUNITY TEACHING GARDEN: Learn how to grow your own organic vegetables, culinary and medicinal herbs, small fruit, and cutting flowers in a unique garden education program. This six-month-long course follows the rhythm of the growing season through weekly lessons and hands-on garden work. Wed., 5:30-7:30 p.m., May-Oct. Cost: $550/66 hours of class; incl. all gardening materials. Location: Ethan Allen Homestead, 1 Ethan Allen Homestead, Burlington. Info: Vermont Community Garden Network, Carolina Lukac, 8614769, carolina@vcgn.org, vcgn. org.

FLYNN SUMMER CAMPS: The Flynn is also currently registering for week-long Performing Arts day camps. Camps are available for youth ages 3-20 and explore genres from dance, to acting, to musical theater, to radio, to film. Check our website for full listings at flynnarts.org. Mon.-Fri., Apr. 2024, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost: $350/ person. Location: FlynnArts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: Sarah Caliendo, 652-4537, scaliendo@ flynncenter.org, flynncenter.org. HIP-HOP FOR KIDS: Ages 8-12. Hip-Hop for Kids relies on the fundamentals of our adult hiphop class, simplifying techniques and styles as self-expression and confidence are encouraged for the newest generation of dancers. Instructor: Rose Bedard. Thu., Mar. 12-May 7 (no class Apr. 23), 4:25-5:25 p.m. Cost: $130/person. Location: FlynnArts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: Sarah Caliendo, 652-4537, scaliendo@flynncenter. org, flynncenter.org.

dancers alike as we explore three genres of dance: hip-hop, jazz and lyrical. Students learn how to emote or communicate lyrics through choreography while developing performance skills. Fri., Mar. 20-May 8, 4:25-5:25 p.m. Cost: $130. Location: FlynnArts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: Sarah Caliendo, 652-4537, scaliendo@flynncenter.org, flynncenter.org.

MUSIC TOGETHER: Caregivers & children 0-5. Instructor: Alison Mott. Join Alison in singing, dancing, and playing drums, bells, shakers, and triangles as parents/caregivers actively model enthusiastic participation. A community of families shares songs, chants and movement activities in a relaxed setting. Mon., Mar. 30-Jun.8 (no class Apr. 20), 10-10:45 a.m. Cost: $155/person. Location: FlynnArts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: Sarah Caliendo, 652-4537, scaliendo@flynncenter. org, flynncenter.org. RHYTHM KIDS: Ages 5-8. Instructor: Alison Mott. In Rhythm Kids, students explore rhythm, social and listening skills, self-expression, and self-confidence by playing with music from around the world, naturally building musicality that helps them prepare for formal music lessons. Sun., Mar. 29-Jun. 7, (no class Apr. 19), 11-11:45 a.m. Cost: $155/ person. Location: FlynnArts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: Sarah Caliendo, 652-4537, scaliendo@ flynncenter.org, flynncenter.org. YOUTH DANCES: HIP-HOP, JAZZ, LYRICAL: Ages 5-7. Instructor: Rose Bedard. This class welcomes beginners and experienced young

COMPOST 101: Presenter: Mike Ather. Learn how to make compost the right way. Your plants will thank you for it. Register at gardeners.com/store. Sat., Mar. 21, 9:30-11 a.m. Cost: $15. Location: Gardener’s Supply-Burlington, 128 Intervale Rd., Burlington. Info: Meredith White, 660-3505, meredithw@gardeners.com, gardeners.com/store. LANDSCAPE DESIGN: Are you an avid gardener looking for new inspiration? Want a better understanding of selecting and placing plants? This four-part series by landscape designer Silvia Jope is the answer. Register at: gardeners. com/store. Thu., Mar. 5, 12, 19 & 36, 6-8 p.m. Cost: $180. Location: Gardener’s Supply-Burlington, 128 Intervale Rd., Burlington. Info: Meredith White, 660-3505, meredithw@gardeners.com, gardeners.com/store. LOW-MAINTENANCE GARDENS: Learn how to have a lush and attractive landscape that requires a minimal amount of input in terms of regular care. Register at gardeners.com/store. Presenter: Becca Lindenmeyr. Sat., Mar. 7, 9:30-11 a.m. Cost: $15. Location: Gardener’s Supply-Burlington, 128 Intervale Rd., Burlington. Info: Meredith White, 660-3505,

meredithw@gardeners.com, gardeners.com/store. ORCHIDS 101 : Presenter: Ellen Bortner. Learn the basics of orchid care with practical, easyto-understand advice from our orchid expert, Ellen. During this workshop, you will learn all the basics of successful orchid growing plus have an opportunity to repot your orchid. Fee includes: workshop, one orchid and an orchid pot. Sat., Mar. 14, 2-4 p.m. Cost: $50. Location: Gardener’s Supply-Williston, 472 Marshall Ave., Williston. Info: Meredith White, 660-3505, meredithw@ gardeners.com, gardeners.com/ store. RAISED BED GARDENING : Presenter: Charlie Nardozzi. Learn the different materials used for making raised beds, matching the plants you grow and your garden situation with these materials. Sat., Mar. 14, 9:30-11 a.m. Cost: $15/person. Location: Gardener’s Supply-Burlington, 128 Intervale Rd., Burlington. Info: Meredith White, 660-3505, meredithw@ gardeners.com, gardeners.com/ store.

healing arts AYURVEDA POSTPARTUM DOULA TRAINING: Serve the women and families in your community during a time of huge transition and growth. During this training, you will learn about pregnancy, birth and postpartum through the lens and language of Ayurveda, while receiving training in traditional postpartum care practices balanced with practical understanding for modern women. Mon.-Fri., Apr. 6-10, 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Cost: $995/5-day training. Location: The Ayurvedic Center of Vermont, 34 Oak Hill Rd., Williston . Info: Allison Morse , 872-8898, info@ ayurvedavermont.com, yurvedavermont.com. TRANSFORMATIONAL BREATHWORK: Breathwork is an active form of meditation and somatic healing practice. It uses a three-part breath that quiets the mind, gets you fully present in your body and opens your heart. When you bring consciousness to breathing, transformation can happen, which in turn supports life change. Sun., Mar. 15, 5:307:30 p.m. Cost: $30/2-hour class. Location: Railyard Apothecary, 270 Battery St., Burlington. Info: 540-0595, emma@railyard apothecary.com, railyard apothecary.com.

herbs BEYOND THE BRUSH: Learn practical ways to better care for your mouth with herbs, including the teeth, gums, mouth tissues and throat. Oral care is often portrayed as isolated from the rest of the body, however, there is much more to the story! Thu., Mar. 12, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Cost: $15/1-hour class. Location: Railyard Apothecary, 270 Battery St., Burlington. Info: 540-0595, emma@railyardapothecary.com, railyardapothecary.com.

DIGESTIVE HEALTH SERIES: This series of three classes will provide the basis for understanding how to use herbs to relieve a broad range of digestive symptoms. Come to one, or all three for a discount! Wed., Mar. 18 & 25, Apr. 1, 6:30-8 p.m. Cost: $20/person; save $10 when you sign up for all three. Location: Railyard Apothecary, 270 Battery St., Burlington. Info: 540-0595, emma@railyardapothecary.com, railyardapothecary.com. HERBAL SPAGYRICS INTENSIVE: Join herbalist Daniel Wiseman for a two-day intensive to learn the basic keys of Spagyrics: the science and philosophy of herbal alchemy. Class material will introduce the history, theory, terminology and laboratory practices of this ancient art and its numerous incarnations throughout the human story. Sat. & Sun., Mar. 28 & 29, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Cost: $200/2-day intensive. Location: Railyard Apothecary, 270 Battery St., Burlington. Info: 540-0595, emma@railyardapothecary.com, railyardapothecary.com. NATURAL APPROACHES TO DIABETES: Diabetes and blood sugar dysregulation are some of the most common and fastgrowing diseases in Westernized societies and are caused largely by our diet and lifestyle choices. Learn about these common diseases and what you can do to prevent or manage them with diet and food! Tue., Mar. 17, 6:30-8 p.m. Cost: $20/1.5-hour workshop. Location: Railyard Apothecary, 270 Battery St., Burlington. Info: 540-0595, emma@railyard apothecary.com, railyard apothecary.com.

language SPANISH CLASSES STARTING SOON: Register now, don’t wait. Classes starting March 23-26. Our 14th year. Learn from a native speaker in lively small classes, individual instruction or student tutoring. You’ll always be participating and speaking. Lesson packages for travelers. Also lessons for children; they love it! See our website or contact us for details. Beginning week of Mar. 23. Cost: $270/10 weekly 90-minute classes. Location: Spanish in Waterbury Center, Waterbury Center. Info: 585-1025, spanishparavos@gmail.com, spanishwaterburycenter.com.

martial arts VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU: Brazilian jiujitsu is a martial arts combat style based entirely on leverage and technique. Brazilian jiujitsu self-defense curriculum is taught to Navy SEALs, CIA, FBI, military police and special forces. No training experience required. Easy-to-learn techniques that could save your life! Classes for men, women and children. Students will learn realistic bully-proofing and self-defense life skills to avoid becoming victims and help them feel safe and secure. Our sole purpose is to help empower people by giving

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them realistic martial arts training practices they can carry with them throughout life. IBJJF and CBJJ certified black belt sixthdegree instructor under Carlson Gracie Sr.: teaching in Vermont, born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A five-time Brazilian National Champion; International World Masters Champion and IBJJF World Masters Champion. Accept no Iimitations! Location: Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 55 Leroy Rd., Williston. Info: 598-2839, julio@bjjusa.com, vermontbjj.com.

Media Factory

EDITING WITH ADOBE PREMIERE: This workshop provides an overview of the most-used features of Adobe Premiere. Learn how to configure the workspace, import and organize media, make edits and fine tune them to create a finished program. Also learn how to add music and adjust audio levels, add titles, and export your finished project. Register at bit.ly/btvmediafactory or call

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flexibility, vitality, peace of mind and martial skill. Beginner classes Sat. mornings & Wed. evenings. Call to view a class. Location: Bao Tak Fai Tai Chi Institute, 100 Church St., Burlington. Info: 3636890, snake-style.com.

651-9692. Fri., Mar. 13, 1 p.m. Cost: $25/person suggested donation. Location: Media Factory, 208 Flynn Ave., Suite 2G + 2K, Burlington. Info: Gin Ferrara, 651-9692, ginf@retn.org, bit.ly/ btvmediafactory.

at burlington.shambhala.org. Location: Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 658-6795.

IMOVIE ON COMPUTERS: Create a powerful story with this easyto-use editor. You will learn and practice essential iMovie editing skills, including: creating and managing new projects; importing videos and photos; inserting and trimming clips; and adding music, text and graphics. We will supply iMac computers for your use during this workshop. Register at bit.ly/btvmediafactory or call 651-9692. Mon., Mar. 16, 1 p.m. Cost: $25/person suggested donation. Location: Media Factory, 208 Flynn Ave., Suite 2G + 2K, Burlington. Info: Gin Ferrara, 651-9692, ginf@retn.org, bit.ly/ btvmediafactory.

INNER CHILD HEALING: A healing workshop to explore our relationship with our inner child. Includes sharing, instruction, sound therapy (toning with nine crystal singing bowls), guided meditation, journey work with drumming, EFT tapping and ceremony. We’ll welcome that kid into our hearts for greater joy, laughter and happiness in daily life! Sun., Mar. 22, 10. a.m-4 p.m. Cost: $100/ person. Location: Lightheart Sanctuary, 236 Wild Apple Rd., New Haven. Info: Maureen Short, 453-4433, maureen@gmavt.net, lightheart.net.

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200-HR YOGA TEACHER TRAINING: The UVM Campus Rec 200-HR Yoga Teacher Training is all new for 2020/21! Learn all about the enhancements we’ve made and get all of your questions answered at our upcoming info sessions. Early registration open February 14-March 20. Don’t miss out on the discounted rate! go.uvm.edu/yoga. Location: UVM Campus Rec Studio, 97 Spear St., Burlington. Info: John McConnell, 488-0124, mindbodyfitness@ uvm.edu, uvmcampusrec.com/ sports/2017/7/5/yoga-school. aspx.

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NEW BEGINNER TAI CHI CLASS IN WINOOSKI: We practice Cheng Man-ching’s “simplified” 37-posture Yang-style form. The course will be taught by Patrick Cavanaugh, longtime student and assistant to Wolfe Lowenthal, student of Cheng Man-ching and founder of Long River Tai Chi Circle. Patrick is a senior instructor

EVOLUTION YOGA: Practice yoga in a down-to-earth atmosphere with some of the most experienced teachers and therapeutic professionals in Burlington. All are welcome. Try our Yoga for Healthy Back Series, Tue., Mar. 3-Apr. 7; or Kaiut Yoga for Biomechanical Health Series, Thu., Mar. 5-Apr. 9. This is your invitation to enjoy learning the

LEARN TO MEDITATE: Taught by qualified meditation instructors at the Burlington Shambhala Meditation Center: Wed., 6-7 p.m.; Sun., 9 a.m.-noon. Free and open to anyone. Free public meditation: weeknights, 6-7 p.m.; Tue. and Thu., noon-1 p.m.; Sun., 9 a.m.-noon. Classes and retreats also offered. See our website

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at LRTCC in Vermont and New Hampshire. Starts Mar. 10, 6-7 p.m., open registration until Mar. 31. Cost: $65/month. Location: North End Studios Winooski, O’Brien Community Center, 32 Malletts Bay Ave., Winooski. Info: Long River Tai Chi Circle, Patrick Cavanaugh, 490-6405, patrick@ longrivertaichi.org, longrivertaichi.org. SNAKE-STYLE TAI CHI CHUAN: The Yang Snake Style is a dynamic tai chi method that mobilizes the spine while stretching and strengthening the core body muscles. Practicing this ancient martial art increases strength,

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basics and start exploring the benefits of a yoga practice. Daily drop-in classes including $10 community classes. Yoga Wall and Yoga Therapeutics classes led by physical therapists. Dive deeper into your practice! $10-$15/ class; $140/10-class card; $10/ community class. New students $100/10-class card. New! Student Monthly Unlimited just $55/ mo. Location: Evolution Yoga, 20 Kilburn St., Burlington. Info: 8649642, evolutionvt.com. LAUGHING RIVER YOGA: Located in a beautiful setting overlooking the Winooski River. We offer inspirational classes, workshops and trainings taught by experienced teachers from a place of wisdom and love. Class types include Vinyasa, Katonah, Kripalu, Jivamukti, Yin, Restorative and Gentle. All bodies and abilities welcome. Explore our Prenatal Yoga training March 28-29. Daily classes, workshops, 200- and 300-hour yoga teacher training. Cost: $49/first month of unlimited classes; workshop & training prices vary. Location: Laughing River Yoga, Chace Mill, Suite 126, Burlington. Info: 343-8119, laughingriveryoga.com.

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Into the Light

On Don’t Sweat It, local indie rockers Community Garden embrace a positive outlook — and a new name LUKE AWTRY

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ome take a new name to escape the past. Others rebrand to signal a new future. When Burlington indie rockers Community Garden — formerly known as Entrance to Trains — changed their name last year, a little of both was at work. “It definitely feels like a new project,” explains singer, guitarist and lyricist Alex Raine, 27. That’s despite the fact that the outfit’s personnel hasn’t changed. Raine says that he and his twin brother, Evan, started Entrance to Trains in college as “a little folk duo.” But when they added their lifelong friend and collaborator Remi Russin, 26, to become a trio, their sound kept changing. “And eventually we just wanted a name to fit where we were going,” Alex says. Where the band is going, at least emotionally, is up. Entrance to Trains’ final album, Thirty Days Without an Accident, was a shiny yet gloomy slice of newwave-leaning rock, complete with dour lyrics sung in the detached melodic delivery typified by New Order’s Peter Hook. Released in 2018, the record solidified 54

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the local buzz about the band that had like friends accustomed to having quiet built around a pulsating live show and dialogues. increasingly distinctive sound. The trio’s “What the songs are saying is, ‘Look, captivating take on the genre also filled no matter what happens, you can be OK. a void created when like-minded local You can be happy,’” Alex continues. “And indie-rock bands such as I understand how cheesy Bison dissolved. that might be. But this was As Community Garden, sort of about me learning the group has begun to that it’s OK to put out this stretch out within an kind of record.” angular, bass- driven Evan agrees wholesound, like newly minted heartedly. Both Raines adults becoming confident possess easygoing demeanin their own skin at last. ors. But when speaking And confident they are. about their music, each On their excellent new takes on a quiet, almost record Don’t Sweat It, studious intensity. AL E X R AINE released on March 6, the “Honestly, I feel like trio takes its DIIV-meetswe’ve been building up this early-Cure sound out of the gloom and into sound for years and years,” Evan says. “And the sunlight. now we can have this positive vibe and feel “There’s a bit of a theme to the record,” happy to put these feelings out there.” Alex reveals, sitting with his bandmates in On a record full of instructions for how a coffee shop booth. Together in a social to stay light on your feet — witness song setting, the three relax into familiar roles titles such as “Don’t Sweat It,” “Brush from growing up together in Swanton. It Off ” and “Be Honest” — Community They huddle closely when they talk, Garden have created an album that

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doubles as a supportive friend. Over 10 songs, it checks in on you and reminds you that all is not lost. About halfway through the driving, life-affirming “Brush It Off,” for example, Alex sings what could be a statement of intent for the band’s new name and sound. “I brush it off and to the side, I let myself enjoy the ride,” he sings, echoed in perfect harmony by his brother. “I brush it off and to the side, I ease and calm my restless mind.” While Russin is also excited by the group’s sunnier musical outlook, it took him a while to realize it was happening. “Until I hear our songs recorded, I have a really hard time digesting everyone’s parts,” the bassist admits. “So it’s cool when we get the masters back and I can hear the lyrics. It makes me want to look at Alex and say, ‘Hey, man. I’m glad you’re doing so well!’” Don’t Sweat It started to come together a little more than a year ago. The band wrote and rehearsed the new songs and INTO THE LIGHT

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Advance to Go

This just in: Advance Music, Burlington’s long-standing, independent gear shop and all-around musicians’ hub, has been sold to national chain Music & Arts. Longtime owner MIKE TROMBLEY inked the deal on Wednesday, March 4. He told Seven Days that the new ownership, which itself is owned by Guitar Center, plans to “keep the vibe in the store” the same. We’ll have an in-depth look at the change and what it means for the local music community next week.

Sick Beat

JORDAN ADAMS

Did you watch “The Last Man on Earth” before its untimely cancellation in 2018? The Fox sitcom takes place in the aftermath of a deadly virus that

wipes out nearly all of the population, leaving only a ragtag band of misfits to live out their personal drama and existential crises in a postapocalyptic world. It was one of my favorite TV shows of the last decade. But now, because of COVID-19, the highly infectious coronavirus sweeping the globe, the series has lost a smidge of its hilarity. Just a smidge, though. That WILL FORTE cracks me up. As reported by Seven Days’ KEVIN MCCALLUM, the first person infected with COVID-19 in Vermont has been identified. The virus is here, and we can expect disruption. As of press time, no major nightlife events in Vermont have been canceled. But it certainly could happen. Cancellations outside of Vermont — such as the shocking recision of South by Southwest, the music/film/tech conference in Austin, Texas — are reverberating to local residents, namely rock band CLEVER GIRLS. The Burlington group, which is currently

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on tour, was set to play a number of shows in the Austin area, potentially including an official SXSW showcase. “I found out [about the cancellation] as soon as the news broke while watching a live broadcast on my phone,” front person DIANE JEAN wrote in an email to Seven Days. “My initial reaction was fury,” she continued. “I am not at all worried about catching COVID-19. But after zooming out a bit, I am realizing that it is important to protect the at-risk populations of any community. Lots of conflicting emotions going on over here.” It’s unclear whether any of the band’s scheduled shows in and around Austin are moving forward. This comes atop another recent setback the band faced. A portion of the members’ gear was stolen just before they embarked on their current tour. Fortunately, Clever Girls were able to recoup the loss through a successful crowdfunding campaign. “It sucks that this is all happening,” Jean wrote, noting the emotional and financial toll the sudden cancellations have taken on the group — not to mention that the SXSW performances were particularly crucial since the conference is “crawling with industry folks.” Clever Girls are currently ramping up to a new record, as was heralded by the release of two new singles, “Spark” and “Remember Pluto.” Seven Days reached out to a number of performing arts venues and nightclubs in the area to find out what’s being done to ensure the safety of its patrons. So far, most responses have been more or less identical. “We’re being super vigilant,” Vermont Comedy Club co-owner NATALIE MILLER responded via email. She wrote that hand sanitizer and disinfectant wipes are readily available for staff and SOUNDBITES

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The Lil Smokies

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Anti-Flag Grade 2, Doll Skin

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Against Me! Stef Chura

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Neil Zaza The Arbitrary

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Social Destruction Robot Clean, Pink-802

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Familiar Faces at Foam Brewers, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free.

Events may be canceled due to the coronavirus. Please check with event organizers in advance.

Irish Sessions at Light Club Lamp Shop, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Nobby Reed Blues Jam at Twiggs — An American Gastropub, St. Albans, 6 p.m. Free.

WED.11 Danny & the Parts (country) at Orlando’s Bar & Lounge, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free.

Open Mic with Andy Lugo at Manhattan Pizza & Pub, Burlington, 9:30 p.m. Free.

Django Soulo (singer-songwriter) at Moogs Place, Morrisville, 8 p.m. Free.

Open Mic with Austtin at Monopole, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 10 p.m. Free.

Drugstore Cowgirl (311 tribute) at Manhattan Pizza & Pub, Burlington, 10 p.m. Free.

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Open Mic at Whammy Bar, Calais, 7 p.m. Free.

Mike Martin and Geoff Kim (jazz) at Leunig’s Bistro & Café, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free.

Open Mic Night at Moogs Place, Morrisville, 8:30 p.m. Free.

The Mosaic Band (funk, jam) at Nectar’s, Burlington, 8 p.m. $5/8. 18+.

Open Mic with Alex Budney at Localfolk Smokehouse, Waitsfield, 8:30 p.m. Free.

Nico Suave’s Improv Surprise (rock) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 10 p.m. Free.

Open Stage Night with Matt Blair at Orlando’s Bar & Lounge, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free.

The Ray Vega Latin Jazz Sextet at Juniper, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. Free. Sarah King (singer-songwriter) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. Free. The Ursine Context (jazz fusion) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free.

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The Big Pick (open bluegrass jam) at Hatch 31, Bristol, 8 p.m. Free.

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Dave Mitchell’s Blues Revue at Red Square, Burlington, 3 p.m. Free.

Wednesday Night Dead with Zach Nugent (Grateful Dead tribute) at Zenbarn, Waterbury, 7 p.m. Free. Zack DuPont and Tom Pearo (folk) at Light Club Lamp Shop, Burlington, 9 p.m. Free.

THU.12 American Roots Night at Zenbarn, Waterbury, 7 p.m. Free. B-Town (blues) at On Tap Bar & Grill, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. Free. Blackwolf (blues, Americana) at Edson Hill Dining Room & Tavern, Stowe, 6:30 p.m. Free. Casey Abrams (Postmodern Jukebox) (jazz) at Club Metronome, Burlington, 7 p.m. $20/25. First Taste: Bohdi, David Chief (hip-hop) at Nectar’s, Burlington, 9:30 p.m. Free/$1/$3. 18+. Frenzie (funk, soul) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 10:30 p.m. Free. Hayley Jane with Annie in the Water (jam) at Pickle Barrel Nightclub, Killington, 8 p.m. $12.72. Ian Mack Trio (jazz) at Foam Brewers, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Light Club Jazz Sessions and Showcase at Light Club Lamp Shop, Burlington, 10:30 p.m. Free. The Lil Smokies, Quaker City Night Hawks (rock) at Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, South Burlington, 8:30 p.m. $17/20. Mel (folk-pop) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free.

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shop: a T-shirt printed with the hashtag #HoesArePeopleToo. The Bronx-born comic is known for telling it like it is, as she does in her recurring “Motivational Monday” social media videos. Brillon also dishes out wise words in “Mess in Progress,” a podcast cohosted with her longtime friend and producer Katherine G. Mendoza. As it reads on the podcast’s landing page, the two “help the masses (and themselves) get it together one mess at a time.” Brillon performs Thursday through Saturday, March 12 through 14, at the Vermont Comedy Club in Burlington. Shane Hardiman Trio (jazz) at Light Club Lamp Shop, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. Free.

Chris and Erica (rock, country) at Twiggs — An American Gastropub, St. Albans, 6 p.m. Free.

Goodman Fiske (covers) at Pickle Barrel Nightclub, Killington, 8 p.m. $10-20.

Laura Fedele (singer-songwriter) at 1st Republic Brewing Company, Essex Junction, 6 p.m. Free.

Suburband Samurai, Adulting, Downboy (punk) at Monkey House, Winooski, 8:30 p.m. $3/8. 18+.

Chris Lyon (Americana) at Highland Lodge, Greensboro, 6:30 p.m. Free.

Hayley Jane (singer-songwriter) at the Skinny Pancake, Burlington, 5 p.m. Free.

Lee Ross, Blackwolf (jam) at Orlando’s Bar & Lounge, Burlington, 8 p.m. Free.

Dillon, Day Tripper, Mister Burns, Jarv (hip-hop) at Light Club Lamp Shop, Burlington, 7 p.m. $5.

Hell Point, the Screwtape Letters, Victim of Metal (metal) at City Limits Night Club, Vergennes, 9:30 p.m. Free.

Lush Honey (soul, funk) at Monopole, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 10 p.m. Free.

FRI.13 Antara (singer-songwriter) at Waterworks Food + Drink, Winooski, 9 p.m. Free.

Eames Brothers Band (rock, blues) at Moogs Place, Morrisville, 9 p.m. Free.

Anti-Flag, Grade 2, Doll Skin (punk) at Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, South Burlington, 8 p.m. $18/20.

Especially Cowboys (bluegrass) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. Free.

Honky Tonk Happy Hour with Mark LeGrand at Sweet Melissa’s, Montpelier, 5:30 p.m. Free.

Friday Life, Sweet Sphinx (rock) at the Howlin’ Mouse Record Store, Rutland, 7 p.m. $5.

Jeff and Gina (folk) at the Tap Room at Switchback Brewing Co., Burlington, 6 p.m. Free.

Friday Morning Sing-Along with Linda Bassick & Friends (kids’ music) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free.

Jesse Agan (singer-songwriter) at On Tap Bar & Grill, Essex Junction, 5 p.m. Free.

Beg, Steal or Borrow (Old & In the Way tribute) at Tres Amigos & Rusty Nail Stage, Stowe, 9 p.m. $8/12. Blue Rock Boys (bluegrass) at the Old Foundry at One Federal Restaurant & Lounge, St. Albans, 6:30 p.m. Free.

The Full Cleveland (yacht rock) at Red Square, Burlington, 7 p.m. $5.

The High Breaks (surf) at Foam Brewers, Burlington, 8 p.m. Free.

Justin Panigutti Band (rock) at On Tap Bar & Grill, Essex Junction, 9 p.m. Free.

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Family Night (open jam) at SideBar, Burlington, 9 p.m. Free. Open Mic at SideBar, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Open Mic Night with Kyle Stevens at the Double E Lounge at Essex Experience, Essex Junction, 6:30 p.m. Free.

WED.18

Irish Sessions at Light Club Lamp Shop, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free.

The Medallions (disco, funk) at Club Metronome, Burlington, 9 p.m. $10. Miku Daza, Ecce Shnak (punk) at Zenbarn, Waterbury, 9 p.m. $8/10. Morning Giants (progressive rock) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 11:30 p.m. $5. Percy Hill (jam) at Nectar’s, Burlington, 8 p.m. $15/20. Raised By Hippies (blues-rock) at Monkey House, Winooski, 5 p.m. Free. Rebecca Padula (folk) at El Toro, Morrisville, 7 p.m. Free. FRI.13

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John Lackard Blues Jam at Sweet Melissa’s, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. Free. Old Time Sessions at Rabble-Rouser Chocolate & Craft Co., Montpelier, 6 p.m. Free. Open Mic with Andy Lugo at Manhattan Pizza & Pub, Burlington, 9:30 p.m. Free. Open Mic with Austtin at Monopole, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 10 p.m. Free. Tom Caswell Blues Jam at Hatch 31, Bristol, 7 p.m. Free.

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concerned about my own upcoming travel plans. In a few weeks, I’m supposed to fly to southern England and Copenhagen to see two of my biggest musical heroes: British siren GOLDFRAPP and Danish alt-pop weirdos WHEN SAINTS GO MACHINE, respectively. I haven’t seen the former in about 10 years, and I’ve never seen the latter. I’d be devastated to miss out on either. Not nearly as devastated as the families of the thousands of people who’ve already died from the virus, of course. A soiled vacation is nothing compared to losing a loved one. Coincidentally, Vermont singersongwriter KRIS GRUEN has scheduled a European tour that coincides with my dates in the Danish capital. Obviously, I’m planning to check that out, too. According to Gruen’s management, his tour is still on. However, Danish authorities have called for a cancellation or postponement of “all events in March with attendance of over 1,000” people, according to the Local, a European English-language news network. Even if the ban continues into April, Gruen’s show is not likely to be affected, given the 500-head capacity of Lille Vega, the venue at which he’s set to perform. Consider this only the first installment of COVID-19-related coverage as it pertains to local music and nightlife. As much as I hate to say it, I fear there will be more news to report in the coming weeks.

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Left Eye Jump (blues) at Red Square, Burlington, 2 p.m. Free. Lush Honey (soul, funk) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 10 p.m. $5.

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Native Tongue (rock) at Gusto’s, Barre, 7 p.m. $5.

Remember Baker (bluegrass) at Stone Corral, Richmond, 8 p.m. Free.

NightHawk (rock) at On Tap Bar & Grill, Essex Junction, 9 p.m. Free.

Roost, Daddy Debby (electronic, post-punk) at Positive Pie II, Montpelier, 10 p.m. $3.

O’hAnleigh (Irish) at Notte, Middlebury, 8 p.m. Free. The Oliworld Glee Club, Indulash, Parental Misguidance (rock) at the Skinny Pancake, Hanover, N.H., 6 p.m. Free.

The Rupert Selection (jam) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 10 p.m. $5. Rustic Overtones (rock) at Double E Performance Center’s T-Rex Theater, Essex Junction, 8 p.m. $15/20.

The Pilgrims, Morning Giants (rock) at Charlie-O’s World Famous, Montpelier, 9 p.m. Free.

Ryan Leddick (indie rock) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free.

Reid Parsons (folk) at Juniper, Burlington, 9 p.m. Free.

Ryan Montbleau, Ali McGuirk (rock) at ArtsRiot, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $20.

Ryan Sweezey (singersongwriter) at Light Club Lamp Shop, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free.

Sabrina Comellas (singersongwriter) at Juniper, Burlington, 9 p.m. Free.

Shane Murley Band (folk-rock) at Red Square, Burlington, 6 p.m. $5.

Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues) at Nectar’s, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free.

Shawn Mullins (singer-songwriter) at the Engine Room, White River Junction, 7 p.m. $25/30.

Sklarkestra 4tet (jazz) at Bleu Northeast Seafood, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free.

VSO Juicebox (classical, children’s music) at ArtsRiot, Burlington, 4 p.m. $5-25. VSO Presents: Jukebox (chamber music) at ArtsRiot, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $10-25.

Sky Blue Boys (bluegrass) at Whammy Bar, Calais, 7:30 p.m. Free.

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The Steppes (rock) at RabbleRouser Chocolate & Craft Co., Montpelier, 8:30 p.m. Free.

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Wylie Shipman (singersongwriter) at El Toro, Morrisville, 7 p.m. Free.

Straight Jacket Slumber Party (rock, reggae) at Hostel Tevere, Warren, 9 p.m. Free.

Laura Jane Grace, the Gainesville, Fla., band keeps rousing, anarchic, melodic punk at the center of its crosshairs. The quartet has had quite the rise since its formative years in the early 2000s, climbing the ladder from DIY labels to

Yanks in the Attic (Irish) at the Skinny Pancake, Burlington, 7 p.m. $10.

Supernatural (rock) at the Old Post, South Burlington, 9 p.m. Free.

mainstream success. In 2012, Grace publicly came out as transgender, leading the group to release its acclaimed 2014

Zak Trojano (Americana) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 8:45 p.m. Free.

Tim Brick (country) at Gusto’s, Barre, 5 p.m. Free.

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Weird Phishes (Radiohead tribute) at Nectar’s, Burlington, 11:45 p.m. Free.

SAT.14 Against Me!, Stef Chura (punk) at Higher Ground Ballroom, South Burlington, 8 p.m. $22/25. Andrew Moroz (jazz) at Bleu Northeast Seafood, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Artie Toulis and Friends (folk) at Whammy Bar, Calais, 7:30 p.m. Free. Austin James & the Nomads (folk, soul) at 14th Star Brewing Co., St. Albans, 6 p.m. Free.

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Chromatic (electronic) at Red Square, Burlington, 11 p.m. Free. Vinyl Night with ‘Seven Days’ Staff and DJ Disco Phantom (eclectic) at Monkey House, Winooski, 5:30 p.m. Free.

THU.12

D Jay Baron (hip-hop) at Red Square, Burlington, 10 p.m. Free.

album, Transgender Dysphoria Blues. Catch Against Me! on Saturday, March 14, at the Higher Ground Ballroom in South

Back in Black: The True AC/DC Experience (sold out) at Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, South Burlington, 8:30 p.m. $17.

The Bubs (album release), the Pyros, Roost, Community Garden (punk) at Old Spokes Home, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $10.

Fashawn and J Stone, Cognac Cousins, the Four Horseman, Mister Burns (hip-hop) at Monkey House, Winooski, 9 p.m. $12/15.

The Hot Chocheys, Zach Haithcock (jam) at Orlando’s Bar & Lounge, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. Free.

Bearly Dead (Grateful Dead tribute) at Tres Amigos & Rusty Nail Stage, Stowe, 9 p.m. $12/15.

Cooie DeFrancesco Blues Band at the Lodge at Spruce Peak, Stowe, 1:30 p.m. Free.

George Murtie (singer-songwriter) at Stone Corral, Richmond, 8 p.m. Free.

Bob Gagnon and Andy Smith (jazz, blues) at Moogs Place, Morrisville, 9 p.m. Free.

Cooper (Americana) at the Old Foundry at One Federal Restaurant & Lounge, St. Albans, 6:30 p.m. Free.

Goodman Fiske (covers) at Pickle Barrel Nightclub, Killington, 8 p.m. $10-20.

Jacob Green and Jeanne Sengretto Miller (rock) at the Parker Pie Company, West Glover, 8 p.m. Free.

Brett Lanier and Pappy Biondo (acoustic) at Light Club Lamp Shop, Burlington, 9 p.m. $5. Brickdrop (funk) at Foam Brewers, Burlington, 8 p.m. Free.

Drunk Off Diesel, Untapped, No Son of Mine, Executive Disorder, Obtusum (metal) at Monopole, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 10 p.m. Free. The Fabulous Wrecks (rock) at On Tap Bar & Grill, Essex Junction, 5 p.m. Free.

DJ A-RA$ (open format) at Red Square, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. DJ Abby and Friends (vinyl DJs) at Dedalus Wine Shop, Market & Wine Bar, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. DJ Bay 6 (hits) at Gusto’s, Barre, 8 p.m. Free. DJ Cre8 (open format) at Red Square Blue Room, Burlington, 10:30 p.m. Free. DJ Disco Phantom (open format) at Finnigan’s Pub, Burlington, 10 p.m. Free.

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DJ Craig Mitchell (open format) at Red Square, Burlington, 11 p.m. $5. DJ Cre8 (open format) at Manhattan Pizza & Pub, Burlington, 10 p.m. Free. DJ Fattie B (open format) at Rí Rá Irish Pub & Whiskey Room, Burlington, 10 p.m. Free. DJ Kaos (hits) at Gusto’s, Barre, 9 p.m. Free.

Green Kettle Band (bluegrass) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Grippo Funk Band at Nectar’s, Burlington, 9 p.m. $7. The High Breaks (surf) at Hostel Tevere, Warren, 10 p.m. Free.

Jennings and McComber (folk) at the Den at Harry’s Hardware, Cabot, 7 p.m. Free. Kind Bud (acoustic) at Green Mountain Lodge & Pub, Island Pond, 3 p.m. Free. Kyle Stevens (singer-songwriter) at Smitty’s Pub, Burlington, 8 p.m. Free.

DJ Raul (Latin) at Red Square Blue Room, Burlington, 5 p.m. Free.

SAT.14

DJ Taka (eclectic vinyl) at Light Club Lamp Shop, Burlington, 11 p.m. $5.

DJ Dakota (open format) at Rí Rá Irish Pub & Whiskey Room, Burlington, 10 p.m. Free. DJ Earl (hits) at City Limits Night Club, Vergennes, 9 p.m. Free.

Jack Broadbent (singer-songwriter) at ArtsRiot, Burlington, 8 p.m. $18. Matt Hagen (singer-songwriter) at Foam Brewers, Burlington, 1 p.m. Free. Pete Sutherland and Tim Stickle’s Old Time Session at Radio Bean, Burlington, 1 p.m. Free. Southtown Bluegrass at the Skinny Pancake, Burlington, noon. Free. The Televisionaries (surf) at Hostel Tevere, Warren, 5 p.m. Free. Third Shift (rock, country) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 10 p.m. Free.

SUN.15

DJ Taka (eclectic vinyl) at Light Club Lamp Shop, Burlington, 11 p.m. $5. DJ ATAK (electronic) at Red Square Blue Room, Burlington, 11 p.m. $5.

SUN.15

No Scrubs ’90s Night with DJ Two Sev at Club Metronome, Burlington, 10 p.m. Free.

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Disco Brunch with DJ Craig Mitchell at Misery Loves Co., Winooski, 11 a.m. Free.

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DJ Two Sev (open format) at Red Square, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Mashtodon (open format) at Red Square, Burlington, 11 p.m. Free.

WED.18

DJ Cre8 (open format) at Red Square, Burlington, 11 p.m. Free. DJ KermiTT (open format) at Red Square, Burlington, 9 p.m. Free.

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One of the most enticing things about the Bubs is their live show. The Burlington punk group first began as a home recording project of front person (and Chittenden County forester) Ethan Tapper. Since then, it’s grown into one of the most vibrant Queen City groups. At the moment, no other local band has tapped into the same spastic channel in which the self-proclaimed “trash kitten orchestra” has found itself. Sporting matching white jumpsuits, the Bubs have an unfettered charisma and wild stage energy that makes them instantly likable. The group successfully bottles its effervescent essence on its debut LP, Cause a Fuss. The Bubs are fun to watch in large

A WEEK THIS WEEKEND: part because of how the band members interact while tearing through their catalog of pop-punk, garage-rock bops. But the songs themselves — and the way they’ve been captured on the new album — are a whole lot of fun, too, even without the eye candy. Recorded, mixed and mastered by Tank Recording Studio’s Rob O’Dea, Cause a Fuss is a rousing reintroduction to the Bubs. Composed of revamped versions of previously released demos, as well as a selection of new material, the record acquaints the listener with the Bubs’ striking attitude and modus operandi. For instance: If a chorus can be shouted, it is shouted. The same was true on Golden Thread, the Bubs’ demo album released approximately one year ago. While that collection was mostly strung together with grain and grit, the new record flexes the group’s dynamic range. The peaks are

more dazzling when the journey begins in the valley. For example, the softly sung verses of de facto title track “Fuss,” underscored by a chunky bass riff, melt away into the rousing chorus of “It’s all I can do but scream before I hit rock bottom / I got drunk and I think I caused a fuss.” Tapper has also truly come into his own as a lead vocalist. His flouncing vocals slide in and out of falsetto with great effect, imparting a continual sense of urgency. He and his cohort sing of the kind of existential dread that threatens to derail modern life at any given moment, such as romantic inscrutability (“You’re So Enigmatic,” “Right Person, Wrong Time”) and personal instability (“Pest,” “Golden Thread”). Capturing the fighting spirit of the Ramones, the effortless cool of the Kinks and the wall-of-sound choruses of the Cars, the Bubs are a punk-flavored Everlasting Gobstopper. Cause a Fuss is available at thebubsvt. bandcamp.com on Saturday, March 14. The band celebrates its release the same day at Old Spokes Home in Burlington.

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Blue Boys. In this setting the Lindners specialize in close harmony, à la famed old-time country duets such as the Louvin Brothers, the Delmore Brothers and their namesake, the Blue Sky Boys. But on their latest release, Sky’s the Limit, the Lindners broaden their sonic scope, incorporating a cohort of musical pals who are almost as locally legendary. Sky’s the Limit unfolds over three suites. The opening act consists of four tunes performed by the Sky Blue Boys proper, including three originals and, opening the album, a cover of the Delmore Brothers’ “Rollin’ On.” Bassist Carrie Cook, aka Cookie, joins on “Coyote Rag,” giving a preview of what’s to come in the album’s second act. Credited as the Sky Blue Boys & Cookie, the record’s middle section highlights Cook’s talents as a bassist and vocalist. She particularly shines on the trio’s version of “One of Those Days,” penned by local songwriter Ellen Jewell. Cook’s dusky delivery, paired with breezy harmonies from the Lindners, gives the shadowy tune just the right touch of sinister foreboding.

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Gina Brillon (standup) at Vermont Comedy Club, Burlington, 7 p.m. $15-27.

Seth Yacovone (blues) at Moogs Place, Morrisville, 7 p.m. Free.

The Mainstage Show (improv) at Vermont Comedy Club, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. $5.

TUE.17 B-Town (blues) at Red Square, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free.

FRI.13

Brew HaHa featuring Justin Lander (standup) at River Arts, Morrisville, 6:30 p.m. $10.

Both of Us (jazz, experimental) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Dead Sessions Lite (Grateful Dead tribute) at Moogs Place, Morrisville, 8 p.m. $7.

Footworks (Gaelic) at Stone Corral, Richmond, 7:30 p.m. Free. The Full Cleveland (yacht rock) at Monkey House, Winooski, 9 p.m. $5/10. 18+. George Petit Trio (jazz) at Leunig’s Bistro & Café, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Grin & Bear, Sentient Moss (alternative) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. Free. Grup Anwar (classical Arabic) at Light Club Lamp Shop, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Honky-Tonk Tuesdays with Pony Hustle at Radio Bean, Burlington, 10 p.m. $5. Lowell Thompson and Friends (roots-rock) at Hatch 31, Bristol, 7 p.m. Free. Super Stash Bros. (jam) at Orlando’s Bar & Lounge, Burlington, 8 p.m. Free. Ukulele Kids with Joe Beaird at the Skinny Pancake, Burlington, 9:30 a.m. Free.

WED.18 Cody Sargent Trio (jazz) at Leunig’s Bistro & Café, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Dan Ryan Express (jazz) at Juniper, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. Free. Django Soulo (singer-songwriter) at Moogs Place, Morrisville, 8 p.m. Free.

March Madness (improv) at Vermont Comedy Club, Burlington, 7 p.m. $5.

THU.12

Dirt Merchant Mondays featuring Discount Face Tattoos, S.U.S. (rock) at Orlando’s Bar & Lounge, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. Free.

Everybody’s Favorite Irish Drinking Songs Band (sing-along) at Red Square, Burlington, 3 p.m. Free.

WED.11

Open Mic at Vermont Comedy Club, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. Free.

Craigen: Craig Mitchell and Matt Hagen (acoustic) at Lawson’s Finest Liquids, Waitsfield, 5 p.m. Free.

Dead Set (Grateful Dead tribute) at Nectar’s, Burlington, 9 p.m. $5/8. 18+.

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Gina Brillon (standup) at Vermont Comedy Club, Burlington, 7 & 9:30 p.m. $15-27.

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Gina Brillon (standup) at Vermont Comedy Club, Burlington, 7 & 9:30 p.m. $15-27. Leather Neck (jam) at Orlando’s Bar & Lounge, Burlington, 8 p.m. Free.

Karaoke with DJ Amanda Rock at City Limits Night Club, Vergennes, 9 p.m. Free.

Karaoke Night with Jenny Red at Park Place Tavern & Grill, Essex Junction, 9:30 p.m. Free.

Lamp Shop Lit Club (open reading) at Light Club Lamp Shop, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free.

The Mosaic Band (funk, jam) at Nectar’s, Burlington, 8 p.m. $5/8. 18+.

Karaoke with Glitter Bomb Entertainment (Spanish karaoke) at Dale Boca Argentinean Café, Winooski, 8-11 p.m. Free.

Karaoke with Dave Bourgea at Burlington St. John’s Club, 8:30 p.m. Free.

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Neil Zaza, the Arbitrary (rock) at Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, South Burlington, 8 p.m. $20/23. Nico Suave’s Improv Surprise (rock) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 10 p.m. Free. R.A.P. Ferreira, Kaila Chare (hip-hop) at ArtsRiot, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. $15. The Shanty Rats (sea shanties, sing-along) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Wednesday Night Dead with Zach Nugent (Grateful Dead tribute) at Zenbarn, Waterbury, 7 p.m. Free. Zack DuPont and Tom Pearo (folk) at Light Club Lamp Shop, Burlington, 9 p.m. Free. Zeus Springsteen, Jesse Taylor Band (rock) at Monkey House, Winooski, 8 p.m. Free.

trivia, karaoke, etc. WED.11 Karaoke at JP’s Pub, Burlington, 10 p.m. Free.

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Trivia Night at Moogs Place, Morrisville, 5:30 p.m. Free. Trivia Night at the Parker Pie Company, West Glover, 7 p.m. Free. Trivia Night at Spare Time Family Fun Center, Colchester, 7 p.m. Free. Trivia with Tim Rouselle at Mill River Brewing BBQ & Smokehouse, St. Albans, 7 p.m. Free.

THU.12

Karaoke with DJ Jon Berry & DJ Coco at Olive Ridley’s, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 9 p.m. Free. Trivioke with Glitter Bomb Entertainment (trivia and karaoke) at Dale Boca Argentinean Café, Winooski, 6 p.m. Free.

SAT.14 Brooke Moen: Year of the Rat Talk (discussion) at Light Club Lamp Shop, Burlington, 5 p.m. Free.

Karaoke at JP’s Pub, Burlington, 10 p.m. Free.

Karaoke with DJ Jon Berry & DJ Coco at Olive Ridley’s, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 9 p.m. Free.

Karaoke with Mike Lambert at Park Place Tavern & Grill, Essex Junction, 9:30 p.m. Free.

OpinioNation at the Friendly Toast, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free.

SUN.15

Trivia Mania at Nectar’s, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Trivia Night at 1st Republic Brewing Company, Essex Junction, 6 p.m. Free.

FRI.13 Happy Hour Tunes & Trivia with Gary Peacock at Monopole Downstairs, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 5 p.m. Free.

Karaoke with Samantha Dickey at Ruben James, Burlington, 10 p.m. Free. Kiah Morris (spoken word) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free.

Karaoke with DJ Molotov at Charlie-O’s World Famous, Montpelier, 9:30 p.m. Free. Karaoke with Glitter Bomb Entertainment at the Rotisserie, South Burlington, 8 p.m. Free. Trivia at the Skinny Pancake, Hanover, N.H., 6:30 p.m. Free. Trivia with Top Hat Entertainment at On Tap Bar & Grill, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. Free.

WED.18 Karaoke at JP’s Pub, Burlington, 10 p.m. Free. Karaoke with DJ Amanda Rock at City Limits Night Club, Vergennes, 9 p.m. Free. Karaoke with Glitter Bomb Entertainment (Spanish karaoke) at Dale Boca Argentinean Café, Winooski, 8-11 p.m. Free. Trivia Night at Moogs Place, Morrisville, 5:30 p.m. Free. Trivia Night at the Parker Pie Company, West Glover, 7 p.m. Free.

MON.16

Trivia Night at Spare Time Family Fun Center, Colchester, 7 p.m. Free.

Karaoke with Rob Jones at Manhattan Pizza & Pub, Burlington, 9:30 p.m. Free.

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Karaoke at JP’s Pub, Burlington, 10 p.m. Free.

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Good Clean Fun! (family-friendly improv) at Vermont Comedy Club, Burlington, 5 p.m. $5/10.

SUN.15

March Madness (improv) at Vermont Comedy Club, Burlington, 7 p.m. $5.

MON.16

Comedy & Crêpes featuring Lindsay Jane Haddad (standup) at the Skinny Pancake, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Nathan Hartwick and Natalie Miller (improv) at Stearns Performance Space, Northern Vermont UniversityJohnson, 7 p.m. Free.

TUE.17

Randy’s Cheeseburger Picnic Tour (standup) at Club Metronome, Burlington, 7 p.m. $25.

WED.18

March Madness (improv) at Vermont Comedy Club, Burlington, 7 p.m. $5. Open Mic at Vermont Comedy Club, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. Free.

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Remi Russin, Evan Raine and Alex Raine

Into the Light « P.54 reimagined some older tunes, all while intentionally pushing themselves toward more upbeat and positive sonic territory. The hallmarks of Entrance to Trains were all still there: the Raine brothers’ vocal harmonies; Alex’s effects-laden guitars, which simultaneously occupy lead and rhythm space in a delicate balance; Evan’s dynamic drumming, equal parts groove and syncopated aggression; and Russin’s melodic, searching bass playing. They just needed to focus those elements through the lens of their new name and new songwriting. Burlington-based musician/producer Kevin Bloom was brought in to track the record. As the front person for neo-psychedelic tricksters and scene contemporaries the Dead Shakers, Bloom was well acquainted with Community Garden’s sound. But he was still surprised as the sessions began, specifically by the Raines’ vocals. “Evan and Alex describe what they do as ‘harmonies,’” Bloom explains, “but to me it feels more like they were in unison with timbre/tone shaping. They really have this special sound together.” The band cut all 10 tracks in one day. Rigorous rehearsals prior to going into the studio helped make that quick turnaround possible. But the three musicians also share a bond that few other bands have. The Raine twins met Russin in third grade and lived down the street from him in Swanton. By seventh grade, they had formed a band and were playing Green Day and Blink-182 covers in their basements. “We all developed our ears and talents at the same time,” Russin says. “Well, in the same room, too. I just think it’s really evident when you listen to our songs. There’s a familiarity beneath the tones.”

That familiarity permeates the record as the three of them explore a new collective identity and their music’s new place in their lives. “It’s funny,” Alex says with a shrug. “We definitely didn’t mean to do this with the album’s sequencing, but the songs sort of describe my happiness over time from front to back.” “I think before, we were so preoccupied with a feeling,” Evan adds. “It was kind of like, ‘Hey, I have these negative experiences, and I need to write about them and put them out into the world.’ Now, we’re all in happier places in our lives, and we’re trying to spread that vibe.” “Maybe we’re escapist rock,” Russin suggests — though all three laugh hard enough at the idea that it’s unlikely they’ll change their genre on Bandcamp anytime soon. Alex’s smile turns into a determined look as he tries to sum up his band’s new album. “Look, it’s a record about positivity,” he says. “And putting out a positive record is necessary sometimes.” Even as his bandmates share a few more “escapist rock” jokes, Alex stares ahead with an earnestness buoyed by his newfound musical positivity. He finally decides what he wants his final word on Don’t Sweat It to be. “It’s really important to remind everyone that not everything sucks,” he says. “Community Garden is here, and we’ve got your back.” m

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“Ray Brown: Tumbling Toward the End,” the Front B Y AMY LI LLY

between group and solo exhibits. Hasso Ewing and Michelle Lesnak, two fellow gallery members, chose the paintings from among Brown’s extensive output in his home studio while he was in rehab,

according to his wife, Jody. The works date from 2008 to 2019 (more recent ones can be viewed around the corner at the Drawing Board, an art-supply and framing store the couple owned from

1983 to 2007). Yet they continue experiments with form that Brown began 60 years ago. Born in Brookline, Mass., Brown attended the Massachusetts College PHOTOS : PAMELA POLSTON

ay Brown’s exhibit at the Front in Montpelier will close on March 29, two weeks before his 80th birthday. Though currently recovering from heart and lung ailments in a rehab facility, Brown came out in a wheelchair last Friday to attend his opening. The show’s title references the last volume of poetry by his friend David Budbill, who died in 2016. If the title seems to suggest imminent mortality, though, the oil paintings are mainly focused on ways of seeing in the here and now. Most of the works explore landscapes and buildings, either as abstracted geometric forms or as semi-realistic forms reduced to their essentials. Three small works depicting a trio of vessels channel Giorgio Morandi; Brown’s own varied collection of vessels shows up in six still lifes of flowers in bud vases. This is the Front’s first solo exhibition, inaugurating the collectively owned gallery’s new plan to alternate monthly

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“View of Lucca” AMY LILLY

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of Art and Design in Boston from 1959 to ’63 — the height of abstract expressionism. “I thought when I went to art school — and I was madly wrong about this — that I would learn to paint like the late 19th-century painters,” Brown recalled by phone before the opening. Instead, he learned to imitate Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning. In an interview that appears in the 2019 documentary Ray Brown: Portrait of an Artist, by Nat Winthrop (available on YouTube), Brown identifies his great leap forward as an artist: the moment when he thought to marry abstraction with landscape. A series of Italian landscapes on view at the Front, made from sketches Brown did during five visits to that country, demonstrate his ongoing interest. “View of Lucca” depicts a cluster of heavily outlined rectilinear shapes set between a stepped green landscape and dark blue sky, both as geometrically rendered as the Tuscan town. The similarly flat “Tuscany Square” and “Tuscany #4” pursue the same idea with more freedom, as do three “Assisi” paintings. In these, earth and blue sky — or perhaps water — appear merely as select blocks of color in compositions with many. After college, Brown attended the storied Cranbrook Academy of Art in

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Michigan, where he found his “own style,” he said. At the time, that meant religious paintings based on Bible scenes. He returned to the Boston area to teach in several schools and museums before Healthy, non-smoking participants moving to Vermont with Jody in the early (18-30 years old) needed for a 4 visit 1980s. UVM study on a chemical system in the Brown has been painting Vermont’s healthy brain. Participants will receive $400 for completion of the study. landscapes, barns and gabled houses ever since. Examples included in the Contact us at 847-8248 or exhibit seem to indicate a preference for brainage@uvm.edu. a greater degree of realism when it comes CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH UNIT to Green Mountain scenes. “Hardwick,” “Hardwick II,” “Grey Sky” and “Blue Sky” Sign up today at render the buildings as blocky forms in sevendaysvt.com/enews. perspective. Some are set against a scrim of dark green forest, or include textured grass in the foreground or defined — if12v-nest.indd 1 11/19/15 12v-uvmdeptpsych-Brainstudy062718.indd 11:03 AM 1 6/28/18 11:38 AM geometrically rendered — cloudscapes. Perhaps the least realistic of these is “Ochre Buildings,” if only because the monocolored trio of buildings has no recognizable arrangement — they look like cardboard cutouts — and the color is atypical for the area. Equally surprising color choices inform the four flat-perspective paintings titled “Newcomb’s Forge #1,” “Villa,” “Two Villas” and “Three Villas.” The first is an ode to the abstract forms of a friend’s forge in Massachusetts, minus the expected black of that apparatus. It depicts two red rectangles with white tips extending toward each other from the top and bottom of a green background. In the villa paintings, blocks of yellow stand out among blocks of bright green and dark red. In Winthrop’s film, Brown says he discovered early on that he was color blind — or at least that he didn’t “see colors the way other people saw them.” He appears to have viewed this trait as an obstacle to overcome — an attitude the artist has brought to many challenges. At the age of 66, for example, Brown had a stroke that disabled the right side of his body. Over time, he taught himself to paint with his left hand. When asked what drives him to start a painting, Brown replied, “the need to paint. I paint every day, or I read. Right now I’m reading a book about color.” Brown’s exhibition at the Front may be a tumble toward the end, or it may simply be the determined continuation of a life’s work. Contact: lilly@sevendaysvt.com

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f HOWARD CENTER ARTS COLLECTIVE: New paintings, weavings, collages, drawings and more by members of the collective. Reception: Wednesday, March 11, 5-7 p.m. March 11-April 29. Info, mmoran@howardcenter.org. The Pathways Vermont Community Center in Burlington. f ‘UNNATURAL LIGHT’: A group exhibit of artworks that live in the dark, producing their own light, curated by Alex Costantino. Reception: Friday, March 13, 5-9 p.m. March 13-28. Info, 578-2512. The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery in Burlington.

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Wise Collection Studio in White River

Junction typically shows This month, it presents an unusual exhibition be a fundraiser for the

Joanne Wise lived in

f MATT NECKERS: “Ascension,” sculptural installation by the Eden-based artist. Reception: Thursday, March 19, 3-5 p.m. March 16-April 3. Info, 635-1469. Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Northern Vermont University, in Johnson.

mad river valley/waterbury f ‘LEARTE: A CELEBRATION OF CREATIVITY’: A

group show of more than 20 Vermont artists featuring paintings in oil, pastel and watercolor as well as photography and 3D works in clay, glass, metal and fiber. Reception: Sunday, March 29, 5-6:30 p.m. March 11-April 18. Info, 496-6682. Festival Gallery in Waitsfield.

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f ‘ACROSPIRES’: New work from printmakers Lois

Beatty, Linda Bryan, Rachel Gross, Judy Lampe, Sheri Hancock-Tomek and Erika Lawlor Schmidt. Reception: Friday, March 13, 5-8 p.m. March 12-April 18. Info, 877-2173. Northern Daughters in Vergennes.

f COURTNEY ALLENSON: Paintings and woodblock prints inspired by photographs of fish landed by family and friends. Reception: Friday, March 13, 5-7 p.m. March 13-April 12. Info, 382-9222. Town Hall Theater in Middlebury.

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f ALISON WRIGHT: “Grit and Grace: Women at

Work,” 30 large photographs printed on aluminum panel that showcase the strength and perseverance of women around the world. f LIZ LAVORGNA: “Coffee & Conversation,” a multimedia installation featuring stories of those who have experienced homelessness. f ‘POSTCARDS TO BRATTLEBORO: 40 YEARS OF MAIL ART’: Postcards, cutouts, drawings and poems sent and received over nearly 50 years by Stuart Copans, known in the mail-art world as “Shmuel.” f ROGER CLARK MILLER: “Transmuting the Prosaic,” a two-part installation presenting modified vinyl records with listening stations, and a looped film in which the Mission of Burma cofounder translates traffic patterns into

EVENTS MAY BE CANCELED DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS. PLEASE CHECK WITH EVENT ORGANIZERS IN ADVANCE.

SEVEN DAYS MARCH 11-18, 2020

TALK: TERRY BODDIE: The artist discusses his “Blueprints” series, the origins of the 19th-century process cyanotype, and how he uses it to examine the structural relationships between chattel slavery and the prison industrial complex. Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, Saturday, March 14, 3 p.m. Info, 362-1405.

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TALK: KYLE STAVER: The New York-based artist gives a slide talk about her paintings. Red Mill Gallery at Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Friday, March 13, 8-9 p.m. Free. Info, 635-2727.

the works of its members.

studio: selections from

exhibition featuring Pamela Wilson, Sarah Burns, Kimberly Hamlin and Alanna Phinney, whose work in traditionally feminized craft and performance mediums dovetails with community-based social practice. Third floor gallery. f ‘FUTURES’: An exhibition featuring 24 contemporary artists who envision our future through the lens of science fiction; part of “2020 Vision: Seeing the World Through Technology,” a statewide initiative of the Vermont Curators Group Reception: Friday, April 17, 7-9 p.m. March 17-May 2. Info, 479-7069. Studio Place Arts in Barre.

OPEN STUDIO FIGURE DRAWING: Sessions featuring a variety of approaches to working from the figure are suited to all levels of drawing, painting and sculpture backgrounds and expertise. Easels and tables available. River Arts, Morrisville, Tuesday, March 10, 3-5:30 p.m. $10. Info, 888-1261.

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‘LAND, WATER, LIGHT’: Works by more than 20 local watercolorists. March 13-30. Info, juliefurq@yahoo.com. All Souls Interfaith Gathering in Shelburne.

f ‘THE EDGES AND THE CORNERS OF THE DAY’: An

Collective, Winooski, Wednesday, March 18, 6-8 p.m. $5-10 donations. Info, 662-3050.

the Wise Collection.

TALK: TRACI MOLLOY: The artist discusses her work creating large-scale multimedia projects with trauma survivors; part of Women’s History Month programming. Jeffords Auditorium, Castleton University, Thursday, March 12, 12:30 p.m. Free. Info, elicia.mailhiot@castleton.edu.

Japan for four years in the late ’70s, where she

TALK: YEVGENIYA BARAS: The New York-based visiting artist gives a slide talk about her works in oil and paper pulp. Red Mill Gallery at Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Sunday, March 15, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 635-2727.

began collecting works in contemporary printing. After relocating to Houston, she cofounded

‘VANISH SERIES: ART AND PROCESS’: Vermont fine-art landscape photographer Jim Westphalen discusses his work. Edgewater Gallery on the Green, Middlebury, Thursday, March 12, 5-7 p.m. Info, 458-0098.

the Texas Print Alliance. Wise moved to the Upper Valley in 1993

VISUAL ARTS LECTURE SERIES: KRISTINA AGUILERA SKVIRSKY: The video and performance artist speaks about her dual experiences of life in the U.S. and Ecuador. Bennington College, Tuesday, March 17, 7-8:30 p.m. Info, 440-4399.

and continued to represent Japanese and American artists until 2005. The group of prints she donated to the studio can be seen at tworiversprintmaking.org. Mostly abstract works by five Japanese artists and one Texan,

ONGOING SHOWS

they are revelatory in style and technique. Through March 31. Pictured: “No. AD 11,” an

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etching by Karin Broker. an orchestral score. f ‘STEVEN KINDER: 552,830’: Large-scale, monochromatic portraits of homeless individuals in New York City. f STEVEN ROSE: An immersive environment designed to reflect the beauty of syncopated movement, based on the artist’s experience of a 5.8-magnitude earthquake. f WESLEY FLEMING: “Silvestris, Wild and Untamed,” glass replicas of the wildflowers and insect pollinators native to New England woodlands. Reception: Saturday, March 14, 3-5 p.m. March 14-June 14. Info, 257-0124. Brattleboro Museum & Art Center.

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‘FORM AND RELATION: CONTEMPORARY NATIVE CERAMICS’: Works by indigenous artists Anita Fields, Courtney M. Leonard, Cannupa Hanska Luger, Ruben Olguin, Rose B. Simpson and Roxanne Swentzell that address complex themes including identity, gender, land, extraction and more. March 14-August 9. Info, 603-646-2426. Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, in Hanover, N.H.

ART EVENTS ART AND CONVERSATION: Adults and 50-plus lifelong learners convene for guided dialogue and an art activity inspired by Brigitta Varadi’s exhibit “Exploring the Invisible.” BCA Center, Burlington, Wednesday, March 11, 9:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7166. BCA COMMUNITY FUND Q&A: An information session about the fund that supports artists and small arts organizations with a year of funding for

VISUAL ART IN SEVEN DAYS:

projects that address community needs through the arts. BCA Center, Burlington, Wednesday, March 18, 5 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7166. CELEBRATE THE ARTS NIGHT: More than 500 pieces of visual art, musical performances, theater, poetry reading, business products, food and more. Champlain Valley Union High School, Hinesburg, Wednesday, March 18, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, abowker@ cvsdvt.org. COMMUNITY ART OPEN STUDIO: A self-guided art-making event for all ages. Many art materials to choose from. Expressive Arts Burlington, Wednesdays, March 11 and 18, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., and Thursday, March 12, 12:30-3:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 343-8172. ‘DESIGNING YOUR FUTURE IN 3D’: A workshop using the library’s new 3D printer, open to tweens 10 and up and parents/guardians. Preregister at fletcherfree.org. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, Thursday, March 12, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0023. ‘DID YOU KNOW?’: ELLERY FOUCH: The assistant professor in the American Studies department at Middlebury College and Sheldon Museum trustee presents a talk titled “The Glass Ballot Box and Political Transparency.” Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History, Middlebury, Wednesday, March 18, noon. Info, 388-2117. FIGURE DRAWING SOCIAL: A two-hour session to allow artists to practice figure drawing and form study in a friendly, inclusive environment. Model provided; all skill levels welcome. BYOB. Wishbone

ART LISTINGS AND SPOTLIGHTS ARE WRITTEN BY PAMELA POLSTON. LISTINGS ARE RESTRICTED TO ART SHOWS IN TRULY PUBLIC PLACES.

‘ANEW’: A traveling exhibition of works in a variety of mediums and styles by 29 local artists with disabilities, presented by Inclusive Arts Vermont. Through April 24. Info, 652-4500. Amy E. Tarrant Gallery in Burlington. ‘ANIMAL TRANSFORMATIONS’: Objects from the permanent collection that represent animal-human relationships, curated by UVM’s Museum Anthropology class, led by professor Jennifer Dickinson and the museum’s manager of collections and exhibitions, Margaret Tamulonis. ‘LET’S HAVE A BALL’: Vibrant paintings by Samuel Wood Gaylor featuring spirited social scenes from the New York art world 1913-36. ‘WARP: WAR RUGS OF AFGHANISTAN’: Woven rugs that document the history of the war-torn region, incorporating stylized representations of political figures, Kalashnikovs, flags, maps, drones and more amid floral and geometric patterns. Through May 8. Info, 656-0750. Fleming Museum of Art, University of Vermont, in Burlington. ‘APOCALYPSE DIET: WHAT WILL WE EAT?’: Curated by interdisciplinary artist Stella Marrs, the exhibition by Jane Adams, Suzanne Anker, Andrea Haenggi, Ellie Irons, Anne Percoco, Li Sumpter and Candace Thompson challenges viewers to rethink our relationship to food production within the context of climate change. BRIGITTA VARADI: “Exploring the Invisible,” an installation of more than 2,000 ceramic tiles created by the artist and community members during Varadi’s residency at Shelburne Farms last summer. ESTEFANIA PUERTA: “Sore Mouth Swore,” an immersive, mixed-media installation that addresses displacement, identity and language by the immigrant Latina artist. Through June 7. Info, 865-7166. BCA Center in Burlington.

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ART SHOWS

‘EMPATHY & ETHOS’: An installation by Liz Conard and Kaylie Flannigan that explores “a culture of understanding” around the spectrum of mental and physical illness. Through May 10. Info, kaylieflannigan @gmail.com. Burlington Record Plant. KARA TORRES: Graffiti-influenced paintings by the local artist coincide with the gallery’s grand opening. Through March 21. Info, artssowonderful2@gmail. com. Arts So Wonderful Gallery in Burlington. SHARON RADTKE: “Wild Things,” photography that captures the personalities of birds and other wildlife in the artist’s backyard in Milton, and beyond. Through March 14. Info, 865-7211. Fletcher Free Library in Burlington.

f ‘STRENGTH IN NUMBERS’: Works in multiple mediums by artists who meet regularly to support their art making: Dorsey Hogg, Jenn Hart, Barb Crandall, Dee Christie, Alice Trageser, Kimberly Desjardins, Sara Wolfson, Krista Verriotto, Dodi Gomez, Jenn Volansky, Tina Logan, Beth Coleman, Judy Klima, Eliza Collins and Mags Conant. Reception: Friday, March 13, 5-8 p.m. Through April 24. Info, 363-4746. Flynndog Gallery in Burlington. VANESSA COMPTON: “Passage,” collages that address themes of social justice through the lenses of gender, race and implicit personal privilege by the Burlington artist. Through April 25. Info, 324-0014. Soapbox Arts in Burlington.

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‘CREATURE COMFORT: ANIMALS IN THE HOUSE’: An exhibition of objects from the museum’s permanent collection as well as on loan that illustrate the human-animal bond, including domestication, emotional connections and ethical treatment. Through August 23. Info, 985-3346. Pizzagalli Center for Art and Education, Shelburne Museum. ‘HEART SHOW’: More than 100 heart-shaped works by local artists, sales of which benefit Camp Thorpe in Goshen, a summer camp for children with disabilities. All donations matched up to $15,000. Through March 29. Info, 448-0108. Rustic Roots in Shelburne.

f HOWARD KALLEN: A retrospective of watercolors by the Long Island artist (1924-50). Reception: Sunday, March 15, 1-4 p.m. Through April 19. Info, 899-3211. Emile A. Gruppe Gallery in Jericho. ‘NOT MY AMERICA’: An exhibition of film, visual and performance art featuring Aaron Masi, Bettina Desrochers, David Schein, Dominique Vitali, Doug Hoffman, Eden Stern, Jen Berger, Jenni Bee, John Douglas, Kate Longmaid, Kelly Hickey, Kristian Brevik, Matt Morris, Maxwell Comejean, Michael Kuk, Rhoda Ratray, Rob Koer, Ross Connelly, Sara Baker, Travis Will and Vanessa Compton. Through March 17. Info, 718-415-7135. 2Creative Community in Winooski. ‘QUIET TIME’: More than 20 artists present 2D works including photography, watercolor, oil, ink, fabric, stained glass and mixed media. Through March 31. Jericho Town Hall. ‘WOMEN SPEAK: RESISTANCE ART’: An exhibition featuring mixed-media artist Meta Strick, fiber artist India Tresselt and painter, illustrator and cartoonist Sarah Rosedahl, created in response to recent political and cultural events and concerns. Through March 31. Info, 434-3036. Richmond Free Library.

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CAT MCQ & JEANNE THURSTON: “United Signs of America,” photographs by McQ, in the second-floor gallery, takes the viewer on a road trip looking backward. Paintings by Thurston, on the first floor, feature intense, dimensional bars of color. Through March 28. Info, 595-5252. Center for Arts and Learning in Montpelier.

f ‘THE DAMES’: Photographs and oral histories, prepared by the Vermont Folklife Center, about 13 members of the National Society of Colonial Dames of America. Reception: Thursday, April 23, 3-5 p.m. Through July 31. ‘THE SHELDON RELIC CHAIR’: Middlebury historian Henry Sheldon’s 1884 Windsor-style “relic chair,” with each spindle carved from a fragment of different sites of local, national and historical significance, paired with a version

constructed by Middlebury College students in 2018. Through August 1. Info, 479-8500. Vermont History Museum in Montpelier. ‘EITHER I WOKE UP, OR COME BACK TO THIS EARTH’: An exhibition of video and sculpture by VCFA alumnx A_Marcel, Melissa McClung and Corey Pickett that considers how we mediate the past — through objects, digital and physical archives and technologies — to contend with present conditions. Through March 27. Info, 828-8804. College Hall Gallery, Vermont College of Fine Arts, in Montpelier. ‘FORGED & FIRED: THE ART OF WEAPONRY’: With items from the permanent collection and loans from other museums, the exhibit includes swords, sabers, daggers, knives, guns of various kinds and 25 works of art; as well as steampunk weapons and reproductions from Star Wars and “Star Trek.” Through December 18. Info, 485-2183. Sullivan Museum & History Center, Norwich University, in Northfield. HEATHER KRALIK: “Within Landscapes,” paintings by the Vermont artist. Through March 31. Info, 2296206. North Branch Nature Center in Montpelier. ‘MOVEMENT, MOMENTUM AND NARRATIVE: NEW HAMPSHIRE 2020 PRIMARY’: A collection of photographs by Josh Kuckens exploring candidate events, voters and the political spectacle leading up to primary day in New Hampshire. In the Quick Change Gallery. Through April 15. Info, 479-7069. Studio Place Arts in Barre. NITYA BRIGHENTI: “Of Cities and Deserts,” oil paintings and watercolors featuring nomadic landscapes, still lifes and portraiture by the Vermont artist, poet and architect. Through March 30. Info, 279-5558. Vermont Supreme Court Gallery in Montpelier. RAY BROWN: “Tumbling Toward the End,” a solo show of paintings by the Montpelier artist, and the first solo exhibition presented by the gallery. Through March 29. Info, 552-0877. The Front in Montpelier.

f ‘RECOLLECTION’: Works by central Vermont members of the Art Resource Association that address themes of memory, transition and learning from the past. Reception: Saturday, March 14, 1-3 p.m. Through March 26. f ‘TELL ME WHAT’S REALLY GOING ON’: A group exhibition that addresses social justice and injustice, and looks at political art through both a historical and contemporary lens, curated by Jen Berger. Reception: Friday, April 3, 4-8 p.m. Through April 30. Info, 262-6035. T.W. Wood Gallery in Montpelier.

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REGIS CUMMINGS: “Flowers, Faces, Familiar Places,” paintings by the local artist. Through March 21. Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin. ‘THAW: A CONVERSATION’: A multimedia exhibition by artist Evie Lovett and poet Diana Whitney, whose encaustic paintings and poetry, respectively, are inspired by the Connecticut River. Through March 14. Info, 738-3667. The Garage Cultural Center in Montpelier. THOM EGAN: Prints and relief blocks. Through March 31. Info, 223-3338. Kellogg-Hubbard Library in Montpelier. ‘VERMONT ARTISTS TO WATCH 2020’: The Vermont Art Guide and Vermont Arts Council present a survey of contemporary local art in exhibition and print. Curator Ric Kasini Kadour asked 10 Vermont art professionals to nominate other artists who are making work that commands attention. Through March 27. Info, 828-3291. Spotlight Gallery in Montpelier.

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‘ART OF SOUND’: In participation with “2020 Vision: Seeing the World Through Technology,” a statewide initiative of the Vermont Curators Group, this group exhibition created by Kelly Holt features works that present a variety of ways to interact with sound, from ambient to immersive. Artists are John Bauer, Susan Calza, Sean Clute and Otto Muller of the Rural Noise Ensemble, and Kathryn Lipke Vigesaa. Through April 30. Info, 760-4634. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort. STOWE/SMUGGS

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f BRENDA GARAND: The sculptor and Dartmouth

College studio art professor exhibits drawings that address a vocal disability due to an illness. Closing reception: Wednesday, March 25, 3-5 p.m. Through March 26. Info, 635-2727. Red Mill Gallery at Vermont Studio Center in Johnson. CYNTHIA BOWLER: A retrospective of mixed-media work by the late Vermont artist. Through March 13. Info, 635-1469. Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Northern Vermont University, in Johnson.

f KATERINA HRDLICKA: “Mindscapes,” landscape

paintings in oil. Reception: Thursday, March 26, 5-7 p.m. Through April 21. Info, 888-1261. River Arts in Morrisville.

‘LOVE LETTERS’: A group show of nine local and international artists that celebrates the concepts of love and relationships of many kinds. Through April 18. Info, 253-8358. Helen Day Art Center in Stowe.

‘WINTER IS HERE’: Photographs of the season by Orah Moore, Dorothy Koval and Ross Connelly, members of the River Arts Photo Co-op in Morrisville. Through April 23. Info, 253-2691. Plate in Stowe.

‘ORIGINS: SKIING AND RIDING IN VERMONT’: “Green Mountains, White Gold” is a photographic journey through Vermont’s ski history, and “Surfing Snow: Vermont Inspired Boards” tells the story of snowboard technology with examples from Burton’s archives, curated by VTSSM Hall of Famer John Gerndt. Through October 31. Info, 253-9911. Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum in Stowe.

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‘VIDEOS ON LOOP: A group exhibition of short timebased works by nearly 20 recent residents, running in loops on two projections. Curated by Sandrine Schaefer. Through April 22. Info, 635-2727. Vermont Studio Center Gallery II in Johnson.

‘ARTISTIC EXPRESSIONS IN WOOL’: Fifteen artists exhibit works that show the creative potential of sheep’s wool, as well as its practical qualities. Part of the Vermont Wool Felting Project. Through March 13. Info, 244-7036. Waterbury Public Library.

f ORAH MOORE: “Faces of Vermont,” portraits by the fine-art photographer. Artist’s talk: Tuesday, March 24, noon Through March 28. Info, 244-7801. Axel’s Gallery & Frame Shop in Waterbury.

CALL TO ARTISTS ‘2-BY-2’ COMMUNITY EXHIBIT: Artwork measuring two inches square welcome from artists of all ages for an exhibit through March 19. Work can be brought to the gallery or mailed to gallery director Barclay Tucker, Quimby Gallery, NVU, 1001 College Rd., Lyndonville, VT 05851. Quimby Gallery, Northern Vermont UniversityLyndon, Lyndonville. Through March 17. Info, barclay.tucker@northernvermont.edu. ‘THE ART SHOW’: Seeking artwork for a show in which anyone is invited to bring one piece. All sizes/media accepted. Drop-off time for artwork is every First Friday of the month between 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Opening reception 6-9 p.m., with people’s choice-awarded mini grant. The Gallery at RL Photo, Burlington. Through July 3. $10 entry fee. Info, publicartschool@gmail.com. ‘BORDERS: ILLUSIONS THAT CONSTRAIN US’: The museum seeks works that share visions of birds, borders and boundaries for our 2020 art exhibit. What borders do birds encounter? How do their boundaries connect to human borders or those of other species? How do and will these encounters alter us, birds and the borders themselves? Submission info: birdsofvermont.org. Deadline: March 16. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington. Free. Info, 434-2167. COMMUNITY FUND APPLICATION OPEN: Burlington City Arts’ Community Fund, which provides one-year funding of up to $3,000 for Burlington-based practicing artists, creative professionals, or small arts organizations, is accepting applications. Grants are in two categories: individual artists/informal artist groups and organizations. BCA Center, Burlington. Through April 20. Info, burlingtoncityarts.org. FAIR HOUSING MONTH CALL TO ARTISTS: The Fair Housing Project of CVOEO with T.W. Wood Gallery and Old North End Arts Center invite artists to submit work that symbolizes home and how the Fair Housing Act continues to shape our communities. Submission form: tinyurl.com/ fairhousingmonth2020. More info, email Corrine at cyonce@cvoeo.org. Deadline: March 24. Burlington City Hall. Free. Info, 660-3456. ‘FOR THE BIRDS’: Across Roads Center for the Arts with the Grange Hall Cultural Center will present a curated exhibition about and in appreciation of birds. Interpretations

include their physical appearance, flight and migration patterns, songs, social structures and historical or regional significance. All mediums accepted. Proceeds of the exhibit to benefit ARCA school scholarships. Details at grangehallcc.com. Deadline: April 15. Artwork drop-off: May 17. Grange Hall Cultural Center, Waterbury Center. Free. Info, grangehallcc@gmail.com. GALLERY COOPERATIVE: The gallery is a collection of artists, each expert at their chosen medium, who display their artwork in monthly shows. The new rotation schedule begins in June. Artists interested in applying can learn more at strandcenter.org or contact gallery director David Monette, at 518-563-1604 or david. monette@strandcenter.org. Strand Center for the Arts, Plattsburgh N.Y. Through June 1. HIGH SCHOOL/MIDDLE SCHOOL EXHIBITION: Homeschooling parents and local art teachers in Essex, Clinton and Franklin counties are invited to submit their students’ works in this juried show for grades six through 12. Drop off artwork March 19-27. Strand Center for the Arts, Plattsburgh N.Y. Info, 518-563-1604. ‘KNOTS’: The museum welcomes contributions of any kind for its 2020 exhibit about knots, from personal artifacts (crocheted doilies, prayer bracelet, a knot that saved your life?) or stories to fully realized art projects. Details at museumofeverydaylife.org. The Museum of Everyday Life, Glover. Through April 18. Info, claredol@sover.net. LOOKING FOR ARTISTS: Seeking artists for second gallery in the University Mall. Send photos of the work you’d like to submit to artssowonderful2@gmail.com. All forms of art welcomed and encouraged. Deadline: April 15. Arts So Wonderful Gallery, Burlington. MUD (SEASON) 2020: Now accepting artwork by Vermont and New Hampshire artists for the upcoming exhibition opening March 27. Details at artistreevt.org. Drop-off dates: March 9-12. ArtisTree Gallery, South Pomfret. $15. Info, 457-3500. ‘THE PARADE IS COMING!’: This show (July 7 to August 22) includes work in a variety of mediums and installations that depict the excitement, content and colors associated with parades, as well as more solemn

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processions and marches. In addition to works on the walls, we’ll assemble a parade involving a group of artists’ sculptural works. Deadline: April 24. Info at studioplacearts.com. Studio Place Arts, Barre. $10; free for SPA members. Info, 479-7069.

TRUCKIN’ TUESDAYS: Seeking family-friendly musicians to busk for at least one hour, 6-8 p.m., on Tuesdays through the summer. More info at vtapple@upickvermont. com. Adams Farm Market, Williston. Through April 30. Info, 879-5226.

‘PORTFOLIO SHOWCASE’: SEABA is seeking 2D artwork in various mediums for quarterly exhibitions. Artists may exhibit up to 10 pieces, medium to large in size, with one edge being a minimum of 24 inches. Paper or photo works should be framed, canvas pieces may be unframed. Email images of work to info@ seaba.com for consideration, with the subject line Portfolio Showcase, or for more details. Technology Park, South Burlington. Through March 18.

UNIVERSITY MALL MURAL PAINTING: Local artists are invited to work with lead designer Michael Mullan and Arts So Wonderful to help create this new mural. University Mall, South Burlington, Wednesday, March 11, 8 a.m., and Sunday, March 15, 10 a.m. Info, artssowonderful2@ gmail.com.

SABLE PROJECT ARTIST RESIDENCY: A summer artist-in-residence program is geared to younger artists in their twenties or thirties; deadline March 15. The summer guest artist residency is for professional individuals or groups, who will be asked to teach a workshop or present their work; deadline April 1. Apply at thesableproject.org. The Sable Project, Stockbridge. Info, info@ thesableproject.org. SPRING NEW MEMBER JURY: All styles of fine art and crafts welcome. Judging criteria include originality, impact, clarity, craftsmanship, consistency of style and quality, presentation and marketability. Apply at brandonartistsguild.org. Brandon Artists Guild. Through March 13. Free. Info, thebag@ brandonartistsguild.org. SWEETEN YOUR PALETTE FOR A SAPPY ART SHOW: The Vermont Maple Festival and gallery seek work in any medium with a theme, “Vermont Maple: A Sweet History” for juried exhibition. Cash prizes awarded for Best of Show, and first, second and third place in each category: Process, People, Scenic and Using Maple Syrup. Online registration at vtframeshop.com. Deadline: April 12. Village Frame Shoppe & Gallery, St. Albans. Free. Info, 524-3699. ‘THIS IS VERMONT’ PRINT SERIES: The downtown Burlington store is hosting its second annual print series featuring works by Vermont artists. Submit 2D artwork that represents the state. Selected artists will receive a cash-value purchase contract. Details at commondeer.com. Deadline: March 15. Common Deer, Burlington. Info, britt@commondeer.com.

VOLUNTEERS TO PAINT ELECTRICAL BOX: Arts So Wonderful is seeking individuals to paint an electric box in St. Albans. If interested, please email artssowonderful2@gmail.com. You will be asked to include an outline of what you will paint and colors needed. Arts So Wonderful Gallery, Burlington. Through June 1. WATERBURY ARTS FEST: The Waterbury Arts Fest is now accepting artist applications for its July event. One hundred artists and craftspeople are chosen for quality and range of art mediums, including painting, pottery, fiber art, weaving, glasswork, baskets, jewelry, woodwork and sculpture. Learn more at waterburyartsfest.com. Deadline: April 3. Downtown Waterbury. $15 application fee; $50 non-tented booth; $80 tented booth. Info, 793-6029. WATERCOLOR GROUP EXHIBITION: SEABA is seeking artworks utilizing watercolors as a medium for quarterly exhibitions. Artists may exhibit up to 10 pieces of varying sizes and content; must be framed and ready to hang. Email images of work to info@seaba.com for consideration, with the subject line Watercolor Group Exhibition. The Innovation Center of Vermont, Burlington. Through March 18. WORLD BREASTFEEDING MONTH ART EXHIBITION: Seeking Vermont artists to contribute artworks on the exhibition theme, “Breastfeeding is central to our community.” Objectives are to promote breastfeeding and showcase the beauty of mothers and babies. More info at cvmc.org or breastfeeding@cvmc. org. Deadline: June 19. Central Vermont Medical Center, Berlin. Free. Info, 371-4415.

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ASHKA DYMEL: “Designs in Geometry,” fine jewelry inspired by the Bauhaus. Through March 31. Info, 458-0098. Edgewater Gallery on the Green in Middlebury. HONG CHUN ZHANG: “Hair Story in Charcoal and Ink,” drawings by the contemporary Chinese American artist in which waves of hair become a channel for her explorations of personal identity. Through May 3. ‘LOST LUXURIES: ANCIENT CHINESE GOLD’: An exhibition exploring the artistry and history of ancient Chinese gold (circa 500 BCE-900 CE) and the story of how it entered American museum collections. Digital features bring to life recent excavations and traditional goldsmithing techniques. Through April 19. ‘WEIMAR, DESSAU, BERLIN: THE BAUHAUS AS SCHOOL AND LABORATORY’: An exhibition of artworks that considers the Bauhaus’ (1919-33) far-reaching influence on the practice and teaching of art, design and architecture, as well as its enormous social and political impacts. Through April 19. Info, 443-5007. Middlebury College Museum of Art. PAUL FORLENZA: “Boats, Barns and More: Images From Ireland, Prince Edward Island and Vermont” by the local photographer. Through March 27. Info, 4534728. Walkover Gallery and Concert Room in Bristol. ROBERT O’BRIEN: Watercolors of the winter landscape. WOODY JACKSON: Paintings and prints featuring iconic Holsteins in colorful landscapes. Through March 31. Info, 458-0098. Edgewater Gallery at Middlebury Falls.

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EMILY BICHT: New work in pen and ink, silk-screen and ceramics that embody the idea of the American dream home. Through April 17. Info, 747-8996. The Alley Gallery in Rutland.

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‘ELEMENTS OF GLASS: FROM THE WORKSHOP OF SIMON PEARCE’: A collaborative exhibition with the renowned Vermont glassmaker explores the transformation from sand to glass, from design to finished product. Through March 31. Info, 649-2200. Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich. JOAN HOFFMANN: “America’s Public Lands,” impressionistic plein air oil and watercolor landscapes at national parks and monuments by the South Royalton artist. Through March 31. LUCY OWEN: “First Flowers,” paintings that explore composition and form while examining the biological subject. Through June 30. Info, 295-4567. Long River Gallery in White River Junction.

f KATIE RUNDE: Realist portrait paintings by the Bethel-based artist. Reception: Friday, February 28, 4-6 p.m. Through March 20. Info, 457-3500. ArtisTree Gallery in the Village in Woodstock. WISE COLLECTION: SELECTED JAPANESE PRINTS: Prints collected by Joanne Wise; sales to benefit the studio. All images viewable at tworiversprintmaking. org. Through March 31. Info, 295-5901. Two Rivers Printmaking Studio in White River Junction.

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f ‘2-BY-2’ COMMUNITY EXHIBIT: Tiny works measuring no more than two inches square by artists of all ages. Closing reception: Tuesday, March 17, 6 p.m. Through March 19. Info, barclay.tucker@ northernvermont.edu. Quimby Gallery, Northern Vermont University-Lyndon, in Lyndonville. ‘THE ARTISTIC UNIVERSE OF ROBERT WALDO BRUNELLE JR.’: Paintings by the Vermont artist and former president of the Northern Vermont Artist Association. Through April 18. Info, 748-0158. Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild Backroom Gallery in St. Johnsbury. G.R.A.C.E. ARTISTS: Fifteen works of art by past and present participants in Hardwick-based Grass Roots Art and Community Effort, including Dot Kibbee, Gayleen Aiken, Merrill Densmore, Ruth Linberg, Phyllis Putvain, James Nace, L. Fogg, Ken Bridges, Maggie Smith, Charlie Wells, Josie Van Leuven and Mary Ann Casey. Through April 14. Info, 525-3366. The Parker Pie Company in West Glover.

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‘INSIDE OUT: HIDDEN ART IN NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS’: X-ray images of taxidermied animals and seashells, along with historic mounts and photographs of the objects. Through December 31. Info, 748-2372. Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium in St. Johnsbury.

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ROSS CONNELLY: Photographs from travels to Ireland. Through March 31. Info, 586-2414. Craftsbury Community Care Center in East Craftsbury.

‘CIPX DARTMOUTH WITH KALI SPITZER & WILL WILSON: Photographer Wilson conceptualized the Critical Indigenous Photographic Exchange, which responds to ethnographic photography of Native Americans in the early 20th century. He and Spitzer take tintype photos of locals during a residency and display them alongside labels written by the subjects. Through March 29. COLLEEN RANDALL: “In the Midst of Something Splendid,” abstract paintings on canvas and paper by the art faculty member. Through May 31. ‘RECONSTITUTION’: A group exhibition of artists who counter the long-held Eurocentric narratives of museums and encourage agency in creating current and future histories. Through May 31. ‘SCHOOL PHOTOS AND THEIR AFTERLIVES’: An exhibition that sets an array of school photographs in dialogue with works by contemporary artists who have reframed them, drawn from the museum’s permanent collection as well as loaned images. Through April 12. ‘SHIFTING THE LENS’: Contemporary Indigenous Australian photography from the permanent collection featuring images by Christian Thompson, Fiona Foley, Bindi Cole, Michael Cook, Darren Siwes, Tony Albert and Michael Riley. Through June 21. Info, 603-646-2426. Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, in Hanover, N.H.

12TH ANNUAL HIGH SCHOOL EXHIBITION: Artworks in a variety of mediums and styles by area students. Through March 13. Info, 603-448-3117. AVA Gallery and Art Center in Lebanon, N.H.

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2020 OPEN JURIED EXHIBIT: Images by Peter Crabtree, Isabella Dellolio, Bill Gore, Bruce Hooke, Bernie Kubiak, Kelsey Sucena and Evelyn Swett. Juried by Andrea Rosen of the Fleming Museum of Art. Through April 26. Info, 251-6051. Vermont Center for Photography in Brattleboro.

f ‘A CHANGING FORM’: A group exhibit of fine-art ceramics. Third Friday reception: Friday, March 20, 5-8 p.m. Through April 4. Info, 289-0104. Canal Street Art Gallery in Bellows Falls.

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‘MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE’: A suite of exhibitions addresses topical issues: Photographic portraits from the Yellow Tulips Project tackle the stigma associated with mental illness; the Forty-Seven Main Street Artists Group demonstrates the inspirational power of abstract self-expression in paint; Gisela Gamper documents her personal journey of love and mourning; Terry Boddie examines the legacy of the transatlantic slave trade; Carl Austin Hyatt shows portraits made from two decades of travels in the Andes of Peru; and local students present themselves as they want to be seen in mixed-media portraits. Through March 15. Info, 362-1405, info@svac.org. Yester House Galleries, Southern Vermont Arts Center, in Manchester. RICHARD D. WEIS: “Beyond Words,” a solo show of paintings by the Vermont artist. Through March 14. Info, 768-8498. Ellenbogen Gallery in Manchester.

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DIANE LEIFHEIT: Pastel plein air paintings of Adirondack scenes and warmer locales by the upstate New York artist. Through March 27. Info, 518-563-1604. The Gallery Cooperative in Plattsburgh, N.Y.

Vanessa Compton Born in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, Vanessa Compton has been drawn, in her life and her artwork, to a near polar opposite: the American

CHRIS GROSCHNER: Found-object assemblages inspired by the seasons, the time of day, the past and the endless river of time. Through March 14. Info, 685-4699. North Common Arts in Chelsea. JANET CATHEY: “Play of Light,” a solo exhibition of abstract printmaking. Through March 25. Info, 728-8912. White River Craft Center in Randolph. JYL EMERSON: A solo show of paintings by the local artist. Through April 30. Info, 889-9404. Tunbridge Public Library.

Southwest. Also a musician, she has lived and studied in Senegal and Ghana. As a visual artist, Compton has chosen collage as her métier, a medium particularly suited to making statements through juxtaposed images. In “Passage,” her striking exhibit that opened last week in Burlington’s Soapbox gallery, the large-scale collages “are not entirely uninformed by the state of the world and the state of the heart,” Compton writes. Viewers will find much to contemplate in her thoughtful and exquisitely constructed works. Through April

‘EGYPTIAN MUMMIES: EXPLORING ANCIENT LIVES’: An international exhibition created by the British Museum combines arts and science to tell the stories of six people who lived along the Nile in ancient times. Through March 29. Info, 514-2852000. Montréal Museum of Fine Arts. IAN BURCROFF: “Precarity,” acrylic on canvas paintings that reflect the fragile nature of our current times. Through March 27. Strand Main Gallery in Plattsburgh, N.Y. ‘PAINTING NATURE WITH A MIRROR’: A selection of 1980s paintings by more than 20 Canadian artists from the permanent collection. Through March 22. ‘POINTS OF LIGHT’: Six works spanning nearly 40 years of moving-image art from the museum’s video collection. Through June 14. Info, 514-847-6226. Montréal Museum of Contemporary Art. m

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BASKET CASE Affleck’s performance as a hard-drinking high school coach didn’t help his stalled career rebound.

The Way Back ★★

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basketball star whose life has become one long, meaningless bender. Jack Cunningham drives to his construction job with vodka in a travel mug. He heads home with a beer from the cooler on the floor and spends most nights in a place that’s practically a caricature of a dive bar, only to be walked home by an elderly patron. Then he gets up, has a brew in the shower and does it all over again. Until the Father Superior of Jack’s alma mater offers him a shot as coach of the team he long ago led to victory. Suddenly Jack has to clean up his act and find a sport jacket that still fits. The latter, oddly, proves the greater challenge. Defying the laws of drinking, Jack’s instantly thirst free; the next thing we know, his ragtag squad is racking up the wins. Against all odds — except, of course, the odds in a Hoosiers rip-off — his protégés are off to the regionals in short order. The screenplay, cowritten by Brad Ingelsby, has more for Jack to overcome, though. We’re informed that his father was a problem drinker. That alone might have adequately accounted for Jack’s problem, but the film’s creators elected to err on the side of Job-level tribulation. He’s also experienced a failed marriage (sound familiar?) and a horrific family tragedy that comes up strangely late in the game — and affords Af-

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he makers of The Way Back clearly hope you have a lot on your plate — that you’re so busy you’ve barely got time to buy a ticket, shed a tear, feel inspired and race to the next thing on your to-do list. The last thing anyone involved with this movie wants is for members of the audience to stop and think about what they’ve just watched. “One shot for a second chance”? Keep moving; nothing to see here would’ve made a more fitting tagline. Variously described as a rousing underdog sports saga and a moving tale of one man’s quest for redemption, The Way Back is really way more along the lines of public relations for Ben Affleck’s precarious sobriety. The actor has spent much of the past half-decade in divorce court, the tabloids and rehab. His career has foundered since the glory days of Argo, which feels like way more than eight years in the rearview. That won the Oscar for best picture of 2012. His latest wasn’t the best picture of last weekend. Speaking of glory days: It’s easy to see which wheels started turning in the star’s head when he read the script cowritten by director Gavin O’Connor (Miracle) and why. The film tells the story of a former high school

again fell off the wagon just as shooting was set to commence. The shot clock certainly hasn’t run out for this star. He’ll get others. He’s got promising comeback projects in the works. If Affleck is going to make it back to his former Hollywood prominence, however, one thing’s a slam dunk: Rookie plays like this one most definitely won’t be the way.

fleck the convenient conceit that bad habits derive from bad luck. In addition to being dull, derivative and undistinguished by contributions either in front of or behind the camera, the film is insufferably pandering and disingenuous. The arc of the principal character’s redemption isn’t credible for a second, and Affleck presents as a self-pitying husk of his former screen self. Perhaps that’s in part because he once

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Emma. ★★★★★

STAREDOWN Taylor-Joy plays an influencer with a ruthless appetite for perfection in the new adaptation of Austen’s novel.

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usic-video director Autumn de Wilde has made the perfect version of Jane Austen’s Emma for the Instagram era. If that sounds like a slam, it’s not. The movie is a gallery of carefully curated visuals — towering pastel cakes you can almost taste, jutting hats and Empire-waist dresses to match, lightfilled Georgian interiors, flowers galore. But it’s not just about those surfaces. No, this sparkling satire takes aim at the image curator herself — Emma Woodhouse (Anya Taylor-Joy), the privileged, headstrong young woman at the center of Austen’s novel. She’s introduced to us as she directs her servants, with great seriousness, in the cutting of hothouse flowers for her governess’ bridal bouquet. This Emma is a matchmaker for her friends and neighbors, but her instincts for control go beyond that. She lives a relentlessly posing, performative life — much like an influencer’s feed — and treats her rural village like the set for a photo shoot in which she expects to see nothing that doesn’t please or flatter her. When she does anyway, the trouble starts — and so does the fun. The plot revolves around Emma’s interactions with two young women who challenge her control. Her puppyish protégée, Harriet Smith (Mia Goth), for whom she’s determined to find an illustrious husband, persists in crushing on a lowly farmer. Then there’s her nemesis-by-default, Jane Fairfax (Amber Anderson), who’s a potential rival 68 SEVEN DAYS MARCH 11-18, 2020

for the affections of Mr. Churchill (Callum Turner) and, perhaps more importantly, a dark blot on Emma’s pastel world. In the background lurks Mr. Knightley (Johnny Flynn), the only person who openly challenges Emma’s assumptions — or, as we’d say these days, calls her out. While the script (by novelist Eleanor Catton) elegantly conveys the essentials of Austen’s

book, de Wilde’s direction emphasizes what words hide — the physical punctuation, as it were (that period in the title can’t be random!). This version features an emotional nosebleed, a startling flash of nudity and plenty of nonverbal comedy. In Emma’s first scene with Jane, the contrast between the former’s perkiness and the latter’s glumness is so exaggerated it makes us laugh. Later, when Emma discovers Jane has a

talent she lacks, her crisis of self-worth is written all over her face, comic and tragic at once. The physical comedy gets broader in the supporting characters. Emma’s dad (Bill Nighy) flutters around complaining of chills and drafts, Mr. Elton (Josh O’Connor) is such a smarmy suck-up you want to slap him, and Mrs. Elton (Tanya Reynolds) keeps her nose in the air at all times. They’re caricatures, yes, but in the vein of The Favourite, with an absurdity that feels like a direct emanation of their world. Though de Wilde’s Emma is a period piece, one feels the influence here of Clueless (1995), in which writer-director Amy Heckerling found surprising (or not) parallels between Austen’s landed gentry and the students of an elite LA high school. Both movies revel in shallowness and stylization while gently leading their protagonists — and the viewer — toward the deeper humanism that Austen promoted within the strictures of her time. Taylor-Joy’s Emma is almost as immature as Alicia Silverstone’s version; her disdain for chatty Mrs. Bates (Myra McFadyen) has a mean-girl edge. Yet it’s impossible not to feel for her when she faces her limitations and starts the painful process of growing into a person who doesn’t judge everyone against her own studiously cropped and filtered ideal. Maybe, after all, Austen’s rigidly stratified Regency world isn’t as different from our own as we’d like to think. MARGO T HARRI S O N

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NEW IN THEATERS BLOODSHOT: Robocop meets Memento? Vin Diesel plays a soldier who’s revived from death with superpowers and angsty memories of his slain wife in this sci-fi action drama from first-time director Dave Wilson. With Eiza González and Sam Heughan. (109 min, PG-13. Bijou, Essex, Majestic) BURDEN: A former Klansman (Garrett Hedlund) trying to change his life takes shelter with a community-minded minister (Forest Whitaker) in this drama from first-time writer-director Andrew Heckler. (117 min, R. Roxy) GREED: Steve Coogan plays a billionaire fashion mogul throwing himself a lavish birthday party in this satire of the 1 percent from writer-director Michael Winterbottom (The Trip). With Isla Fisher and Shirley Henderson. (104 min, R. Roxy) THE HUNT: Twelve strangers are abducted and forced to serve as human prey in this horror thriller, a controversial Trump-era twist on “The Most Dangerous Game.” Hilary Swank, Ike Barinholtz and Wayne Duvall star. Craig Zobel (Compliance) directed. (89 min, R. Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Palace) I STILL BELIEVE: K.J. Apa plays Christian music star Jeremy Camp in this inspirational biopic, also starring Britt Robertson, Gary Sinise and Shania Twain. Andrew and Jon Erwin (I Can Only Imagine) directed. (115 min, PG. Capitol, Essex, Majestic) WENDY: Director/cowriter Benh Zeitlin follows up Beasts of the Southern Wild with a fantastical riff on the Peter Pan story from the point of view of the girl (Devin France) whom Peter (Yashua Mack) carries off to Neverland. (112 min, PG-13. Roxy)

NOW PLAYING 1917HHHH1/2 Director Sam Mendes brings us a one-take World War I movie about two privates tasked with carrying a crucial message across enemy lines. With Andrew Scott, Benedict Cumberbatch and Richard Madden. (118 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 1/15) THE ASSISTANTHHHH A young assistant (Julia Garner) to a Hollywood mogul faces challenges to her pride and morals over the course of one work day in this #MeToo-inspired vérité drama from director Kitty Green (Casting JonBenet). With Matthew MacFadyen and Makenzie Leigh. (87 min, R; reviewed by M.H. 3/4) BAD BOYS FOR LIFEHHH Will Smith and Martin Lawrence return as the titular maverick cops (last seen in 2003) to take down a Miami drug boss in this action comedy threequel. With Vanessa Hudgens. Adil El Arbi and Billal Fallah (Gangsta) directed. (123 min, R) BIRDS OF PREYHHHH In the latest installment of the DC Comics cinematic saga, Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) teams up with a group of female superheroes on a rescue mission. Also starring Mary-Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Rosie Perez and Ewan McGregor. Cathy Yan (Dead Pigs) directed. (109 min, R; reviewed by M.H. 2/12) THE CALL OF THE WILDHH1/2 The dog is fully animated, but Harrison Ford is not, in this family adaptation of Jack London’s novel about a sled dog fighting for his life in the Yukon. Dan Stevens, Omar Sy and Karen Gillan also star. Chris Sanders (The Croods) directed. (100 min, PG) CORPUS CHRISTIHHHH A young convict (Bartosz Bielenia) undergoes a spiritual transformation and, once released, lies and lucks his way into becoming a small town’s priest in this Oscar-nominated drama from Polish director Jan Komasa (Warsaw 44). (115 min, NR)

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DARK WATERSHHH A lawyer (Mark Ruffalo) takes on DuPont for polluting West Virginia farmland in this fact-based drama from Todd Haynes (Carol), also starring Anne Hathaway, William Jackson Harper and Tim Robbins. (126 min, PG-13; reviewed by R.K. 12/11) EMMA.HHHH1/2 Anya Taylor-Joy plays a young woman who’s convinced she knows what’s best for her friends but is clueless about herself in this new adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel from director Autumn de Wilde, also starring Johnny Flynn, Bill Nighy and Mia Goth. (125 min, PG; reviewed by M.H. 3/11) THE GENTLEMENHH1/2 An unscrupulous private detective (Hugh Grant) tangles with a drug lord (Matthew McConaughey) who has ties to Britain’s aristocracy in this action flick from cowriter/director Guy Ritchie, also starring Charlie Hunnam and Michelle Dockery. (113 min, R) IMPRACTICAL JOKERS: THE MOVIEHH The hiddencamera comedy game show comes to the big screen, as troupe members challenge one another to hoodwink unsuspecting bystanders. Brian Quinn, Joe Gatto and James Murray star. Chris Henchy directed. (93 min, PG-13) THE INVISIBLE MANHHHHH In this modern horror twist on H.G. Wells’ novel, Elisabeth Moss plays a woman who fears that her abusive ex, supposedly deceased, has found a way to torment her without being seen. With Oliver Jackson-Cohen and Aldis Hodge. Leigh Whannell (Upgrade) wrote and directed. (110 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 3/4)

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JOJO RABBITHHHH Everybody has an opinion on this anti-Nazi satire from Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok), in which a young follower of Hitler (Roman Griffin Davis) makes discoveries that change his world. With Thomasin McKenzie, Scarlett Johansson, Sam Rockwell and Rebel Wilson. (108 min, PG-13; reviewed by R.K. 11/13) JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVELHH1/2 Teens caught in a virtual-reality game face yet more dangerous challenges in this sequel to the 2017 comedy-action hit Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, again directed by Jake Kasdan. Karen Gillan, Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart and Awkwafina star. (123 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 12/18) ONWARDHHH In Pixar’s latest family animation, two elf brothers living in a suburban fantasy world go on a quest to connect with the father they never knew. With the voices of Tom Holland, Chris Pratt and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Dan Scanlon (Monsters University) directed. (102 min, PG) ORDINARY LOVEHHH1/2 A longtime married couple (Liam Neeson and Lesley Manville) face new challenges when one of them receives a cancer diagnosis in this drama from Lisa Barros D’Sa and Glenn Leyburn (Good Vibrations). (92 min, R) PARASITEHHH An unemployed family finds plenty to do — and money to be made — in an affluent home in this satirical drama from Bong Joon Ho (Snowpiercer). With Kang-ho Song and Yeo-jeong Jo. (132 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 11/6) PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIREHHHHH In 18thcentury France, an aristocrat (Adèle Haenel) falls in love with the artist (Noémie Merlant) hired to paint her portrait in this romantic art-house drama from director Céline Sciamma (Girlhood). (119 min, R; reviewed by M.H. 2/26) SONIC THE HEDGEHOGHH1/2 The classic Sega game comes to multiplexes as a family adventure about a small-town cop enlisted to help a speedy blue critter defeat an evil mastermind (Jim Carrey). With Ben Schwartz and James Marsden. Jeff Fowler makes his feature directorial debut. (99 min, PG) THE TRAITORHHH Director Marco Bellocchio (My Mother’s Smile) tells the story of Tommaso Buscetta (Pierfrancesco Favino), a Sicilian Mafia member who was one of the first to turn informant. With Luigi Lo Cascio and Fausto Russo Alesi. (145 min, R) THE WAY BACKHH Ben Affleck plays a onetime high school basketball star and current alcoholic washup who seeks redemption by coaching his own former team in this sports drama from director Gavin O’Connor (The Accountant). (108 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 3/11) Untitled-34 1

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65 Main St., Middlebury, 388-4841, middleburymarquis.com

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10 Fayette Dr., South Burlington, 864-5610, palace9.com

The Assistant (except Thu) Corpus Christi (except Thu) Dark Waters (except Thu; with panel discussion at Fri screening) Portrait of a Lady on Fire (except Thu & Fri) **The Weight of Water (Thu only)

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The Gentlemen **Just Mercy (Wed only) Onward

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454 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-4678, stowecinema.com

wednesday 11 — thursday 12 1917 Onward Sonic the Hedgehog friday 13 — thursday 19 1917 The Invisible Man Onward (2D; 3D Fri & Sat only)

241 N. Main St., Barre, 479-9621, fgbtheaters.com

wednesday 11 — wednesday 18

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21 Essex Way, Suite 300, Essex, 879-6543, essexcinemas.com

wednesday 11 — thursday 12 1917 Birds of Prey *Bloodshot (Thu only) The Call of the Wild *The Hunt (Thu only) *I Still Believe (Thu only) Impractical Jokers: The Movie The Invisible Man Onward (2D & 3D) Sonic the Hedgehog The Way Back

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222 College St., Burlington, 864-3456, merrilltheatres.net

wednesday 11 — thursday 12 The Assistant Emma. Knives Out Ordinary Love Parasite Portrait of a Lady on Fire The Traitor friday 13 — thursday 19 The Assistant *Burden Emma. *Greed Parasite Portrait of a Lady on Fire *Wendy

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wednesday 11 — sunday 15 & wednesday 18 Closed on Monday and Tuesday.

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155 Porters Point Rd., Colchester, 862-1800, sunsetdrivein.com

Closed for the season.

PLAYHOUSE MOVIE THEATRE Onward

26 Main St., Montpelier, 229-0598, savoytheater.com

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104 N. Main St., St. Albans, 527-7888, weldentheatre.com

wednesday 11 — thursday 12 The Call of the Wild Fantasy Island (Thu only) Onward friday 13 — thursday 19 Schedule not available at press time.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus poet Gary Snyder said, “Three-fourths of philosophy and literature is the talk of people trying to convince themselves that they really like the cage they were tricked into entering.” Personally, I think that many of us, not just philosophers and writers, do the same thing. Are you one of us? Your first assignment during the next four weeks will be to explore whether you do indeed tend to convince yourself that you like the cage you were tricked into entering. Your second assignment: If you find that you are in a cage, do everything you can to stop liking it. Third assignment: Use all your ingenuity, call on all the favors you’re owed and conjure up the necessary magic so that you can flee the cage.

PISCES

GEMINI

(FEB. 19-MARCH 20): I suspect your fantasy life will be especially potent in the coming weeks. Your imagination will have an enhanced power to generate visions that could eventually manifest as actual events and situations. On the one hand, that could be dicey, because you can’t afford to overindulge in fearful speculations and worried agitation. On the other hand, that could be dramatically empowering, because your good new ideas and budding dreams may start generating practical possibilities rather quickly.

ARIES

(March 21-April 19): Giacomo Puccini’s famous opera Tosca premiered in 1900. It featured a heroine named Tosca. In 1914, Puccini’s favorite Tosca, a soprano singer named Maria Jeritza, was performing in a production at New York’s Metropolitan Opera. As she got ready to sing an aria entitled “I Live for Art,” she stumbled and fell. Rather than struggle awkwardly to rise, she pretended that this was all quite natural — called for in the script. She sang the entire piece while lying on the floor. Puccini loved it! Ever since then, most of the singers who have played the role of Tosca have sung “I Live for Art” while prone. I suggest you regard this as an inspirational teaching. What lucky accidents could you make into permanent additions or enhancements?

(May 21-June 20): “Your body is not a temple,” declared author and celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain. “It’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.” I half agree with him. I’m deeply devoted to regarding the body as an amusement park. It should be a source of endless fun and enjoyment. We have the right — indeed, I’d say a duty — to wield our bodies in ways that immerse us in the mysteries and miracles of pleasure. But here’s where I disagree with Bourdain: I believe the body is also a temple that deserves our reverence and respect and protective tenderness. Your assignment in the coming weeks, Gemini, is to raise your commitment to treating your body as both an amusement park and a holy temple.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Early in his career,

Cancerian painter Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796-1875) sold only a few paintings. But eventually his luck improved. Once he was financially successful, he became very generous. He wielded his influence to get jobs for other artists and mentored many artists, as well. Sometimes he added a few dabs of paint to the finished works of younger, struggling painters, then signed the canvases with his own name so that the works could more easily be sold. The coming weeks will be a favorable time to adopt your own version of Corot’s approach toward those around you who could benefit from your help and support. (P.S. It’s in your selfish interest to do so, although the reasons why may not be clear for a while.)

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Composer Brian Eno has testified that African music underlies and influences much of his work. He exults in the freedom and unpredictability it encourages. Why? Here’s one reason: In African songs, there are often multiple rhythms. And they’re not locked together; they float freely in relationship to each other. Eno says this is different from Western music, whose salient quality is that all the rhythmic elements are contained “in little boxes” — locked into a tyrannically mechanical clockwork pattern. According to my reading of the astrological omens, dear Leo, the coming weeks will be an excellent time for you to experiment with Eno’s insight. How? Escape mechanical clockwork patterns and activate the “multiple, free-floating rhythm” metaphor in everything you do. VIRGO

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Are you interested in enhancing your mastery of togetherness? Are you open to my suggestion that you should seek out practical education about the arts of intimacy? Would you be willing to meditate on how you might bring additional creativity and flair into your close alliances? If you answered yes to those questions, the next six weeks will provide you with ample opportunities to dive into all that fun work. “Collaboration” and “cooperation” will be words of power for you. “Synergy and symbiosis” should be your tender battle cry.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): As you come to the climax of your Season of Good Gaffes and Lucky Bloopers, I’ll remind you of folk singer Pete Seeger’s definition of a “productive mistake.” He said it had these five qualities: “1. made in the service of mission and vision, 2. acknowledged as a mistake, 3. learned from, 4. considered valuable, 5. shared for the benefit of all.” Let’s hope, Libra, that your recent twists and turns fit at least some of these descriptions! SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Would you consider making one more push, Scorpio? Can I coax you to continue your half-confusing, halfrewarding quest? Are you willing to wander even further out into the frontier and take yet another smart risk and try one additional ex-

periment? I hope so. You may not yet be fully convinced of the value of these forays outside of your comfort zone, but I suspect you will ultimately be glad that you have chosen what’s interesting over what’s convenient. P.S. In the coming weeks, you could permanently expand your reservoir of courage.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): A tradi-

tional astrologer might say that you Sagittarians typically spend less time at home than any other sign of the zodiac. Some of you folks even rebel against the idea that having a stable home is a health-giving essential. You may feel that you can’t be totally free unless you always have your next jaunt or journey planned, or unless you always have a home away from home to escape to. I understand and appreciate these quirks about your tribe but am also committed to coaxing you to boost your homebody quotient. Now would be a perfect time to do that. You’re more open than usual to the joy and power of cultivating a nurturing home.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The more crooked the path, the faster you’ll get to where you’re going. Every apparent detour will in fact be at least a semi-valuable shortcut. Any obstacle that seems to block your way will inspire you to get smarter and more resourceful, thereby activating lucky breaks that bring unexpected grace. So don’t waste even a minute cursing outbreaks of inconvenience, my dear, because those outbreaks will ultimately save you time and make life easier. (P.S. During the coming weeks, conventional wisdom will be even more irrelevant than usual.) AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): When I was a

young adult, I was unskilled and indigent. Many restaurants exploited my feeble prowess at washing pots and pans and dishes, but the meager wage they paid me barely kept me fed and housed. You will perhaps understand why, now that I’m grown up, I am averse to cleaning pots and pans and dishes, including my own. That’s why I pay a helper to do that job. Is there an equivalent theme in your own life? An onerous task or grueling responsibility that oppressed you or still oppresses you? Now is a good time to find a way to declare your independence from it.

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MOUNTAINS, SUNSHINE, COFFEE, CONNECTION I am a fit, caring, down-to-earth person looking to share adventures. I hope to have honest and interesting conversations and maybe learn something in the process. I am also innately curious and will want to learn all about you. I have no interest in small talk — I’m looking for authenticity. I’m happy to chat and would like to meet in person. lovemountains, 54, seeking: M,l

INSIGHTFUL, CREATIVE, ADVENTUROUS Outdoorsy, attractive brunette. Poet, explorer of spirituality and personal growth, lover of nature. I love hiking, paddling, exploring new mountains, towns and ideas with others ... feeling what we’re drawn to along the way, sharing thoughts and impressions. Fairly flexible and easygoing. Healthy minded; not big into alcohol, not into drugs. Waterpoet, 57, seeking: M,l

LIBERAL, MUSICAL, READER I love to read, listen to and make and write music, sing and talk with my friends, play the guitar, be with children, be outside, contra dance. A goal is to visit every library in Vermont. I am a conscientious composter, and I grow tomatoes. I am a retired kindergarten teacher and minister. Seeking a man for friendship/ relationship. musicdance, 77, seeking: M,l

PREFER BEING OUTDOORS AND ACTIVE Genuine, honest and an active listener. I like to cook and eat real food that is locally produced/raised. Gardening (veggies, not so much flowers), hiking, biking, running, snowshoeing, eradicating invasive plants — most anything outdoors will do. VTu4ia, 44, seeking: M,l

ENTHUSIASTIC, EARTH-SPIRITUAL, GREGARIOUS DRAGONFLY LADY Namaste. I’m a naturalist/writer who enjoys hanging out with insect enthusiasts, woods walking, photographing wildlife by kayak, and enjoying time with close friends and family. I’m looking for a man to share passions with me, especially if they include exploring used book stores, artisan/newage shops ... adventures we can discuss over surf and turf or sushi. Namaste. DragonflyLady9, 71, seeking: M,l CENTERED, SENSUAL, TALL AND FIT If I could spend a day with any two men, they would be Freddie Mercury and Leonard Cohen. Sunday morning in bed — really hot black coffee, the paper and music. If you are a Trump voter, smoker or narcissist, we won’t hit it off. If you love books, movies and my two favorite men listed above, we probably will. Zenda889, 66, seeking: M,l HONEST, FUN AND HAPPY Hi! Thanks for reading this! I’m happy and satisfied with life — no regrets! Looking for that one person who has the right mix of drive, adventure and honesty to handle a secure, well-adjusted Boston sports fan. Life is definitely a glass half full! Love to travel and especially love the beach. Feel free to ask anything, and good luck! Phuntimes, 57, seeking: M,l OUTDOORSY, HONEST, HEALTHY MUSIC LOVER Hi there! I’m an optimistic, funny, smart, nature- and animal-loving kind of gal. Spending time together with someone who makes you smile, and has your back, is a gift. I’m a world traveler who has recently returned to Vermont. I am looking for a friend first to enjoy life and Vermont. If it turns into something more, bonus! Bella2020, 62, seeking: M,l FUNNY, CUTE, SHORT, EDUCATED, MULTIRACIAL “In a relationship, you’re promising to care about everything. The good things, the bad things, the terrible things, the mundane things ... all of it, all of the time, every day. You’re saying, ‘Your life will not go unnoticed, because I will notice it. Your life will not go un-witnessed, because I will be your witness.”. ShortyBoots, 60, seeking: M,l

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MEN seeking... HARDWORKING, FRONT-PORCH SITTING I am a steward of Small Hill Farm in Lincoln, Vt. I like working the land and have marketed a variety of crops over the years. I enjoy craft beer sampling — not interested in smoking or drugs. Attend yoga once a week. 251 Club member. Etienne, 71, seeking: W,l CARING, HUMOROUS, AMBITIOUS, POSITIVE PERSON I’m very happy, positive, caring, ambitious, funny. Good sense of humor, and I love conversation. Working76, 61, seeking: W,l JUST A SIMPLE GUY Looking for a companion. Must enjoy outdoor activities. JustSimpleGuy, 58, seeking: W,l SEX, NIGHTCLUB, GAMING I am a positive person, and I try to live life as best as I can. I am an active and outgoing person, and I try to find time to try new things. I try to care about the people around me. I am determined, independent and I know what I want in life. Musictraveler, 35, seeking: W,l SOMEONE’S EVERYTHING Winter... Am a simple, outdoors guy. Haven’t found anything I don’t like as of yet. Work slots and enjoy my down time. Never pass up a day outside doing something. Love all seasons, as Vermont has so much to offer. Am happy-go-lucky who always smiles. :). Lamborgini4me, 62, seeking: W,l

OPEN-MINDED AND PLAYFUL Happy-go-lucky, open-minded guy looking to please and be pleased. Up for almost anything; tell me what to do, and I will accommodate. Put me on my knees and fulfill your needs and fantasies. Iwanttoplay, 39, seeking: M, TM, TW

BI GUY FOR BI WOMAN I am a closet bi male looking for a closet bi female. Looking to enhance our bi experiences with couples and other individuals. If you have any interest, get in touch with me. letsdothis69, 61, seeking: W

THE BIG EASY Big on the outside, pleasant on the inside. Looking for long-term companion for dinner, theater, and just living life. I am a retired civil engineer with many interests, a good listener, easygoing, look much younger than my age. I enjoy Thai food, cooking for you, local travel,and sites, hiking and more. Ready to share everything with the right woman. SpirirtYoung, 68, seeking: W,l

QUIETLY EXPLORING LIFE I’m recently retired and looking forward to the next part of my life. Looking to meet someone who is open, easygoing, honest and likes to travel the back roads. MovingOn, 67, seeking: W,l

SEEKING PEACE IN THE NOW This isn’t my favorite format, and I’m glad to chat by email. I am a secure person in my profession and person, and I enjoy recreation and renewal by the lake and in the woods. I am open-minded, kind and curious. Email me if you’d like to talk more. Lakewalker4life, 49, seeking: W COUNTRY MUSIC TYPE OF GUY I am an easygoing person with a big heart who wants a friend and maybe a boyfriend, if we would want each other and get along with each other. Like to do things together with the right man. Bearliker, 63, seeking: M, Cp COMPASSIONATE, KIND, LIKE TO PLEASE I’m easygoing, down-to-earth and love to see others happy! Would love to meet a kind, compassionate yet firm, open-minded person! Vtdandougherty, 59, seeking: M, TW, Q, NC, NBP, Cp,l OUT OF HIBERNATION I’m a 56-y/o bi married guy on the DL looking for someone to play with me. I am a GL bigger guy, strong, athletic, bear type. Gray/blond hair, blue eyes. I like to take charge: top. Looking for 420 cool, toys, etc. Clean, safe, tested. Expect the same. Interested in mornings. grigor, 55, seeking: M LOOKING FOR A GOOD MATCH I am interested in meeting someone who truly enjoys the sensation of long, passionate kisses. Slow, relaxed meetings to exchange physical pleasure. down_to_earth, 59, seeking: W SEEKING COOKING AND FOREST-BATHING FRIEND I like to spend time in the woods, biking, cross-country skiing, walking and more. I work hard and have good friends, just not that special someone. If you are interested in learning more, please email me. I know you are out there. :) I would like to meet someone who is low-key and truly active. VTMTGUY, 55, seeking: W,l OLD-SCHOOL EMPATHY I enjoy the small things in life. I’ve always been the nice guy who trusts the wrong people, and that has just made me a better person. I’m looking for compassion on a deep level, honesty and someone who is not afraid of being real. I enjoy trying new things and not being in charge. :) Mrlivelife38, 38, seeking: W LOOKING FOR A LOVER Competent DIYer, DIYing, looking for a woman to do it with. I’m naturally kind. And brave. I’m still healthy and in good shape. Lucky. I bought a boat on Malletts Bay. Fixing it up now for sailing Lake Champlain this summer. It would be nice to have a cocaptain. Looking for friends first, and last relationship. Unshellfish, 64, seeking: W,l

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THE NURTURY MANAGER Looking for dinner company willing to deliberate bridging the political gaps. I relish exploring new dance moves, fishing spots and social arrangements that nurture community. By gender nonconforming, I mean enrolling in home ec; in 1970, that was a radical move. My degree is in elementary education. I offer wisdom from extraordinary life experiences, unflagging curiosity and a spiritual foundation. abear, 67, seeking: W

TRANS WOMEN seeking... IS THERE ANY HOPE? I’ve been a closeted trans ever since childhood, but just starting transition now, at 63. So many regrets. Life has not been kind. Wondering if there’s anyone out there who can love me for who I am, and let me love them for who they are. LaydeeBird, 63, seeking: M,l SUBMISSIVE SEEKING... Looking to expand my experiences. I am open to many different scenes and roles. tina1966, 54, seeking: W, TW, Q, NC, NBP, Cp, Gp GENEROUS, OPEN, EASYGOING Warm, giving trans female with an abundance of yum to share (and already sharing it with lovers) seeks ecstatic connection for playtimes, connections, copulations, exploration and generally wonderful occasional times together. Clear communication, a willingness to venture into the whole self of you is wanted. Possibilities are wide-ranging: three, four, explorations, dreaming up an adventure are on the list! DoubleUp, 62, seeking: Cp,l

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MATTY WITH THE BIG SMILE I was walking with my son on Rose Street last summer. Not sure what we saw in each other from so far away, but we both had shit-eating grins down the block. You said I was gorgeous and that you hoped my man knew how lucky he was. He didn’t. But that’s over! Would love to see that smile again. When: Thursday, August 1, 2019. Where: Rose Street. You: Man. Me: Woman. #915011 CHIROPRACTOR OFFICE ROMANCE I’ve seen you few times at my chiropractor’s office. It seems like we are flirting, but I can’t tell for sure. I am hoping we are, because I think you are quite cute. I’m not bold enough to ask you out unless I know you feel them same. I’ll do my best to remember your name this time! When: Friday, March 6, 2020. Where: doctor’s office. You: Woman. Me: Nonbinary person. #915010 FRIDAY A.M., CUMBY’S, RICHMOND, 3/06 Dressed in a gray jacket with leopardprint shoes, I looked in while you looked out. I said hello to Bill. You turned to leave, and we locked eyes. Time stopped. Brown Tundra hunk, you followed me in my blue Dodge toward Hinesburg, and I was bummed when you headed away to Williston. You: tall, strong and instantly attractive! Wowser! When: Friday, March 6, 2020. Where: Richmond Cumberland Farms, 7:15 a.m. You: Man. Me: Woman. #915009 DEAR BURLINGTONIANS Like many of us, I support democratic socialism. I draw the line at sharing foot stank. When you are in a public place, please for the love of Satan and Lady frikken Gaga, keep your dang shoes on. When: Wednesday, March 4, 2020. Where: coffee shops. You: Group. Me: Man. #915003

THE FAITH THAT GROWS I’ll speak to you like the chorus to the verse / Chop another lime like a coda with a curse / Come on like a freak show takes the stage / We give them the games we play, she say / “I want something else to get me through this life, baby.” When: Wednesday, March 4, 2020. Where: the Velvet. You: Woman. Me: Man. #915002

YOU HAVE A NICE FACE You seemed a little lost, so I took it upon myself to redirect you to the bar. Your smile was captivating. This, paired with the phrase “You have a nice face,” took me by a lovely surprise. We shared a second smile as I left up the stairs. Would you care to share a third? When: Thursday, February 27, 2020. Where: Orlando’s open mic. You: Woman. Me: Genderqueer. #914996

COFFEE, THEN LOVE Not sure if I am that woman, but you sound an awfully a lot like a guy I just met, and he ghosted me. If this is him, then why don’t we throw in some Legos, too. When: Thursday, March 5, 2020. Where: Champlain Farms. You: Man. Me: Woman. #915004

WE KINDA DANCED TO RHJ You are seeing someone now, which sometimes has me feeling guilty for feeling this way — but occasionally I wonder, is it wrong of me to want one night with you? Just to cuddle and badly sing along to our favorite songs? It’s not even sexual in nature. I just want a good last memory of holding you in my arms. When: Saturday, October 1, 2016. Where: Lake Champlain. You: Man. Me: Woman. #915001

BEAUTIFUL BARNYARD SERVER You: long blond hair tied in a pigtail, black pants, black shoes, tattoo on your arm. Me: black sweater and tried to order a BBCO Need but settled for the Lunch. You have a stunning smile and are outright gorgeous. Too bad I didn’t have the courage to ask your name. Your smile at me made me knees weak. When: Tuesday, February 25, 2020. Where: Barnyard Pizza. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914995

HANKSVILLE WOMAN FROM GOOD HEALTH We met a few weeks ago. I have metal in my leg from too much football, and you have metal in your spine from California. You spoke of taking care of your parents. You were compassionate, positive and wonderful. I’ve been thinking of you since. I’d love to get in touch. When: Thursday, February 20, 2020. Where: Good Health. You: Woman. Me: Man. #915008

WE POINTED AT EACH OTHER I just happened to be thinking of you when I saw you for the second time today. The coincidence surprised me, and I was compelled to point. There’s more to it than that, but I’ll tell you that some other time ... if we ever cross each other’s paths. You have a warm and inviting way about you. When: Tuesday, March 3, 2020. Where: on the street. You: Woman. Me: Man. #915000

CUTIE BLUE-EYED ANGEL 1234 You were holding your hands close to your face in a pinching shape, excited by the sun and beautiful day. I thought you must be the most endearing and scintillating woman I had ever seen. You had confidence I could feel, a heart God couldn’t make, eyes of an angel and the love of a saint. Be mine. When: Monday, February 24, 2020. Where: Golden Road. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914994

HANDSOME AT 5 A.M. I noticed you looking at the coolers of drinks. You asked what I was doing up so early while we both got our coffees. Thanks for buying mine! Can I buy the next coffee?! When: Sunday, March 1, 2020. Where: Maplefields, Colchester. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914999

HEY THERE, GORGEOUS You: the gorgeous blue eyes and the cool shades that I commented on. We held hands. I know you probably forgot my number. When: Saturday, February 22, 2020. Where: McDonald’s drive-through. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914993

CO-OP CUTIE You: in the craft beer aisle, searching for a special flavor. Me: in the next aisle over, doing the same. I found that flavor when I saw you in your red hoodie, gently picking up each can with those strong hands. Maybe sometime, somewhere we can sip a brew from the same glass. Would love to see you again. xoxo When: Friday, March 6, 2020. Where: Hunger Mountain Co-op. You: Man. Me: Woman. #915007 BABY, BABY! No one wears those plaid pajamas like you do. I can’t wait for my next asparagus omelette. I love you so. When: Thursday, March 5, 2020. Where: in the kitchen. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #915006

LYNDONVILLE LADY You paid for my meal surreptitiously and were gone when I discovered the fact. Provide some details of that day in your response and permit me to reciprocate your coy kindness. When: Saturday, February 29, 2020. Where: Lyndonville. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914998

CITY MARKET ON 3/5 To the woman with great salt-and-pepper hair, black jacket and cool boots: You reappeared, passing in front of my vehicle. Sometimes a seemingly insignificant encounter makes a difference. I just wanted to say, “Thank you.” When: Thursday, March 5, 2020. Where: City Market. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #915005

I WISH YOU KNEW Every week I see you. I might seem unavailable, but secretly I wait for the day you tell me you’re leaving him. I’m able to tell you my biggest secrets, and you act like it’s no big deal I feel balanced with you. I’ll get the coffee, then let’s fall in love. When: Friday, February 28, 2020. Where: Vermont. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914997

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Dear Reverend, Things are heating up with a person I’ve had a crush on for quite a while. I want to make a move and kiss them, but the coronavirus epidemic has me wondering if that’s not such a good idea. Am I being overly concerned?

Coro-not-kissing

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All of the information swirling around about COVID-19 — aka the coronavirus — and people’s reaction to it is pretty scary. No wonder it has you thinking twice about putting your lips on someone. Would I full-on-the-mouthkiss a total stranger right now? Absolutely not. Or maybe ever. But you’ve known this person a while. As long as you have no real reason to believe that either of you has been exposed to the virus, I say go for it. You can catch a lot of things from kissing someone,

FORGOT PURSE, MISERY LOVES CO. Friday evening. Very cute woman. You came back to your table for your purse, and we spoke together about my man-purse. (I grew up in Montréal.) Kicking myself that I didn’t ask for your name. Would love to be in touch, maybe share a drink and learn more about each other. Hope we connect! When: Friday, February 21, 2020. Where: Misery Loves Co., Winooski. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914992 TRISHA FROM AUSTIN, TEXAS 10 a.m. I thought you were from New Hampshire. I had so much fun talking to you! I hope you get the job at the hospital. I would love to grab a coffee with you and go for a walk together. When: Saturday, February 15, 2020. Where: BTV airport. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914991

even when there’s no epidemic. Has that ever stopped you before? COVID-19 is a virus, just like the common cold or the flu. As long as you’re relatively young and healthy, if you do contract the disease, it probably won’t be worse than having the flu. Get plenty of rest and fluids, and you’ll survive. The most important thing is to keep it from spreading to those who would be more adversely affected, such as the elderly

VISITING YOUR SISTER FROM OVERSEAS We made small talk at the register. You humored my attempts at an English accent. Enjoy the slopes, but don’t stay out too long. Half the fun is coming back in to something warm! When: Saturday, February 15, 2020. Where: Moretown. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914990 COURTNEY AT MORRISVILLE PRICE CHOPPER You were the cashier when I was helping my mother with groceries. You noticed me checking you out and smiled. I asked about your tattoos, and we chatted a bit as I bagged the groceries. I’m the guy with the spiked necklace. I hope you notice this. When: Thursday, February 13, 2020. Where: Price Chopper, Morrisville. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914989 WAS THAT YOU, SHANNON? There is that moment when the heart skips a beat and you feel the energy around you circulate. Best Italian food in Winooski. You: tall, blond and glowing. Me: tall and frozen. I should have had you open the door? When: Friday, February 14, 2020. Where: Frank’s. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914988 VTC BASKETBALL GAME You look like someone I’ve met before. I heard you talking to your son about the game and loved your way of communicating and encouraging him. When: Sunday, February 9, 2020. Where: VTC. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914986 BUMBLE MATCH WHO FLEW AWAY We matched. You liked that I didn’t have a smartphone and said, “I’m in love.” I liked that mountains were in your blood and said, “I’m in love.” It was your move. Then you flew away. How am I supposed to track you down without a smartphone? When: Saturday, February 8, 2020. Where: online. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914984 HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY, LULLABY LAD Everything about you resonates with me. Our heartwarming relationship deserves two [injured] thumbs up. I sure am glad we both swiped right. Love you ‘til your teeth turn black — oh wait, they already have! Xoxo. When: Thursday, November 21, 2019. Where: Hinge. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914983

or people with compromised immune systems. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has all the information you need at cdc.gov. Currently there’s only one presumptive positive case of coronavirus in Vermont and no evidence of community spread in the state. We can keep it that way with commonsense hygiene that should be practiced all the time. Wash your hands; don’t touch your face a lot; don’t shake hands and then suck your thumb. All the stuff your mom told you. However, if your crush invites you to go on a cruise or an all-expenses-paid trip to Italy anytime soon, take a rain check. Good luck and God bless,

The Reverend

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Looking for a fun friend. Me: woman 60 years young. Active, adventurous, creative, fit, friendly, flexible, fun, generous, improvisational, independent, outdoorsy, silly, smart, stubborn. You: man, 45 to 60 years young. Charming, educated, fit, flexible, funny, generous, independent, kind, outdoorsy and happy. #L1396 I’m a 37-y/o man seeking a man. Pretty low-key guy. Goodlooking for my age. Want to find the man who will complete me. Hope to hear from you! #L1394

A lady in jeans / prefers meat to beans / in the fall of life / not anyone’s wife / locally organic / not into panic / cooks on fire / Computer’s on a wire / well trained in art / a generous heart / spiritually deep / easy to keep. I’m a W, 52, seeking M. #L1398 Gay white male looking for hookups, maybe more; see where it goes. 5’10 and a half, dark brown hair, good looking, brown eyes, slender. I clean and do windows for a living and run a rescue for animals and give them a forever home, so you have to be an animal lover. If interested, get back to me. #L1390

GWM in late 60s, very friendly, honest, caring and understanding. I’m retired, home alone, and it is very lonesome. It’s been a long winter. Looking for a friend who can help me out once in a while. I don’t look or act my age at all. I have been recouping from surgery. I can tell you more later if you write. Should have a car. Live in central Vermont. #L1398 I’m a 47-y/o male seeking a woman 33 to 47. I am looking for a long-term relationship leading to marriage. I’m a gentleman, honest, loyal, looking for one woman to spend my life with. #L1395

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I’m a W seeking a M. I’d like to meet a happy man who focuses on the good things in the world and shares my interest in nature, animals, music, star/ UFO gazing and possibly future tiny house living. #L1393 53-y/o virgin looking to meet cute girls between 23 and 43. She’s gotta like to wrestle, be fun, be playful and like the outdoors. Be honest; no games. I don’t do drugs, drink, smoke or chew. Friends first. Been hurt too many times. Trust and honesty are important in friendships and relationships. Please write to me and send a picture. #L1392 I’m a 56-y/o male seeking a male same age or older. I am a fella who likes interesting people. I like to think it could enhance life and make it more fun. #L1391

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We bumped butts about 8:00 at the Walmart in Berlin. You turned around and asked if I enjoyed that as much as you. You wore rimmed glasses. You had cat food in your cart. I would really like to meet you. Me: woman. You: man. #L1382

I’m a GWM, blonde/blue, seeking a GWM. Like everything but anal. Live near Ticonderoga, N.Y. Seeking between 45 and 70. #L1386

Single woman, 61, looking for friendship first with like-minded single man, 58 to 66. Looking for intellectual conversation, sharing mutual interests and activities. Good sense of humor, sense of adventure and spontaneity a plus. Love the idea of a written start to something new. Love of a good cup of coffee a plus. Sorry, nonsmokers only. I’m 5’9, so you should be taller. Write me about what you are looking for. Hope to hear from you soon. #L1380

Senior bi male. Top seeking sub. Bottom. Keep me warm all winter. Horny day and night. I’m clean and discreet. Oral is hot. I love to watch every drop. Be my bitch. #L1385 I’m a fella seeking interesting humans. Reasonable human searching for interesting people to act as momentary diversions on the road to the grave. Make life interesting! #L1383

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I’m a 60-y/o male seeking a male. Very fit and clean early senior looking for other seniors for relaxation and fun. #L1379

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No hearing will be held and a permit may be issued unless, on or before March 30, 2020, a person notifies the Commission of an issue or issues requiring the presentation of evidence at a hearing, or the Commission sets the matter for a hearing on its own motion. Any person as defined in 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c)(1) may request a hearing. Any hearing request must be in writing to the address below, must state the criteria or sub-criteria at issue, why a hearing is required and what additional evidence will be presented at the hearing. Any hearing request by an adjoining property owner or other person eligible for party status under 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c)(1)(E) must include a petition for party status under the Act 250 Rules. Prior to submitting a request for a hearing, please contact the district coordinator at the telephone number listed below for more information. Prior to convening a hearing, the Commission must determine that substantive issues requiring a hearing have been raised. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law may not be prepared unless the Commission holds a public hearing. If you feel that any of the District Commission members listed on the attached Certificate of Service under “For Your Information” may have a conflict of interest, or if there is any other reason a member should be disqualified from sitting on this case, please contact the District Coordinator as soon as possible, and by no later than March 30, 2020. If you have a disability for which you need accommodation in order to participate in

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this process (including tions. A copy of the ap12:54 PM participating in a public3/2/20plication and proposed hearing, if one is held), permit are available for please notify us as soon review at the office as possible, in order to listed below. The appliallow us as much time cation and a draft permit as possible to accommo- may also be viewed on date your needs. the Natural Resources Board’s web site (http:// Parties entitled to nrb.vermont.gov) by participate are the Muclicking on “Act 250 nicipality, the Municipal Database” and entering Planning Commission, the project number the Regional Planning “4C1065-8C.” Commission, affected state agencies, and adNo hearing will be held joining property owners and a permit may be isand other persons to the sued unless, on or before extent that they have a March 26, 2020, a person particularized interest notifies the Commission that may be affected by of an issue or issues rethe proposed project un- quiring the presentation der the Act 250 criteria. of evidence at a hearing, Non-party participants or the Commission sets may also be allowed the matter for a hearing under 10 V.S.A. Section on its own motion. Any 6085(c)(5). person as defined in 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c)(1) may Dated at Essex Junction, request a hearing. Any Vermont this 4th day of hearing request must be March, 2020. in writing to the address below, must state the By: /s/Rachel Lomonaco criteria or sub-criteria at Rachel Lomonaco, Disissue, why a hearing trict Coordinator is required and what 111 West Street additional evidence Essex Junction, VT will be presented at the 05452 hearing. Any hearing 802-879-5658 request by an adjoining Rachel.Lomonaco@ property owner or other vermont.gov person eligible for party status under 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c)(1)(E) must ACT 250 NOTICE include a petition for MINOR APPLICATION party status under the #4C1065-8C Act 250 Rules. Prior to 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001 submitting a request - 6093 for a hearing, please On February 26, 2020, contact the district coorVermont Student Asdinator at the telephone sistance Corporation, number listed below for Winooski, VT 05404 more information. Prior and City of Winooski, to convening a hearing, 27 West Allen Street, the Commission must Winooski, VT 05404 filed determine that substanapplication number tive issues requiring 4C1065-8C for a project a hearing have been generally described as raised. Findings of Fact modifications to exterior and Conclusions of Law lighting and signage for may not be prepared VSAC and Vermont PBS unless the Commission on a previously-permitholds a public hearing. ted building within the Winooski Downtown If you feel that any of Redevelopment Project. the District Commission The Project is located at members listed on the 10 East Allen Street in attached Certificate Winooski, Vermont. of Service under “For Your Information” may The District 4 Environhave a conflict of intermental Commission is est, or if there is any reviewing this applicaother reason a member tion under Act 250 should be disqualified Rule 51—Minor Applicafrom sitting on this

case, please contact the District Coordinator as soon as possible, and by no later than March 26, 2020.

It is hereby Ordained by the City Council of the City of Burlington as follows: That Chapter 27, Streets and Sidewalks, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Burlington be and hereby is amended by amending Article V, House Numbering, as follows:

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ARTICLE V. HOUSE ADDRESS NUMBERING AND STREET NAMING

Parties entitled to participate are the Municipality, the Municipal Planning Commission, the Regional Planning Commission, affected state agencies, and adjoining property owners and other persons to the extent that they have a particularized interest that may be affected by the proposed project under the Act 250 criteria. Non-party participants may also be allowed under 10 V.S.A. Section 6085(c)(5).

27-100 Enhanced 911 Coordinator appointment The city council shall have such authority and responsibility relating to the appointment of the Enhanced 911 (E911) Coordinator to serve as the City’s liaison to the Vermont 911 System on all database and mapping maintenance issues, maintain the municipal addressing system, and share information regarding new and revised addresses and street names.

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27-1001 Authority to name and number. The street commissioners E911 Coordinator, subject to the orders and ordinances of the city council and in conformance with state law, the Vermont State E911 standards, and the provisions of this article, shall be authorized to name all newly proposed public and private streets, rename both public and private streets subject to Title III, Article 27 of the City Charter, number and renumber all property parcels, buildings, and units, and from time to time, as the convenience of the public may require, direct numbers to be affixed to or inscribed on all dwelling houses and other buildings or parts of buildings fronting on a public or private street, alley, or public place.

By: Stephanie H. Monaghan District Coordinator 111 West Street Essex Junction, VT 05452 802-879-5662 stephanie.monaghan@ vermont.gov CITY OF BURLINGTON ORDINANCE 3.24 Sponsors: Office of City Planning, Ordinance Committee Public Hearing Dates: __ First reading: 09/09/19 Referred to: Ordinance Committee Rules suspended and placed in all stages of passage: In the Year Two Thousand Twenty An Ordinance in Relation to STREETS AND SIDEWALKS — E911 — Building Numbering & Street Naming

27-1012 Duty to affix numbers. It shall be the duty of

SEVENDAYSVT.COM/CLASSIFIEDS every owner or occupant to affix such numbers as directed by the street commissioners E911 Coordinator to his their parcel, building, unit, or dwelling. 27-1023 Form, size, material and manner of affixing numbers to be determined by street commissioners. The street commissioners E911 Coordinator shall determine the form, size and material of numbers, and the mode, place, succession, and order of inscribing and affixing them on houses or other buildings, or property parcels. 27-103 Variance from article permitted. The street commissioners may, on application, grant a variance from the provisions of this article. 27-104 Method of numbering. Addressing of new streets, and readdressing of existing streets, shall follow Vermont State E911 standards using a 5.28 ft. increment with odd numbers on the left and even numbers on the right. The numbering of parcels, dwellings, and buildings shall proceed continuously from the

place of beginning and each number shall be as nearly opposite its alternate as possible. 27-105 (a) North and south streets. In all streets running in a north and south direction, the numbering shall commence at the end of such street at or nearest Pearl Street or its continuation and proceed in a direction away from Pearl Street or its continuation. The odd numbers shall be on the west side of all such streets and the even numbers on the east side. 27-106 (b) East and west streets. In all streets running in an east and west direction, the numbering shall commence at the west end of such streets. The odd numbers shall be on the south side of all such streets and the even numbers on the north side. 27-107 (c) Streets crossing Pearl Street. The names of streets crossing Pearl Street shall be prefixed by the word “South” on the south side of Pearl Street, and by the word “North” on the north side of Pearl Street.

(d) Dead End Streets The numbering of streets which have the same entrance and exit, and cul-de-sacs, shall ascend from their beginning with odd numbers on the left and even numbers on the right. (e) New North End Streets The numbering of streets accessed from North Avenue, north of Convent Square, shall ascend from their intersections with North Avenue, or from their intersections with streets that lead to North Avenue. Odd numbers shall be on the left and even numbers on the right. (f) Re-Address Notification In the case of readdressing of an existing street, the E911 Coordinator shall notify affected properties in writing of their new addresses thirty (30) days prior to implementation, and provide an opportunity for comment. Such notification may be transferred electronically or by US Mail. In addition, the E911 Coordinator may also hold public informational meeting(s).

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(g) Multi-Unit Building Unit Numbering 1. Residential units shall be named “Unit” or Apt”. 2. Commercial, office, and other non-residential use units shall be named “Suite”. 3. Buildings with all unit entrances located on the first floor may be numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc. Buildings with no more than 5 units may be numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 regardless of unit entrance location. Otherwise hotel-style unit numbering shall be applied (e.g. units on the first floor in the 100’s ascending from 101, units on the second floor numbered in the 200’s ascending from 201, and so forth to the top floor). 4. Units numbered with letters, fractions, and decimals are prohibited. 5. Street address numbering may be applied in lieu of unit numbering to first floor unit entrances at the discretion of the E911 Coordinator. 6. Buildings on corner lots shall use the same street name for all units. 27-105 Vanity Address Prohibition Any use of building and place names and/or numbers that mimics the City’s E-911 street

naming and addressing system by using a fictitious, or “vanity,” address consisting of a combination of a number, name, and/or place type (e.g. “1 City Square”) that has not been assigned by the City and do not otherwise comply with the requirements of this Article are prohibited. 27-1086 Penalties. An owner or occupant of a building or part of a building who shall neglect or refuse for sixty (60) days to affix to the same the number designated by the E911 Coordinator street commissioners, or who shall affix to the same or retain thereon more than one (1) day a number contrary to the direction of the Enhanced 911 Coordinator commissioners shall be fined as provided by section 1-9. 27-1037 Variance from article permitted. The street commissioners E911 Coordinator may, on written application, grant a variance from the provisions of this article. A variance from the provisions of this article may be granted if all of the following facts are found and specified in a written decision:

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a) That there are unique circumstances or conditions present that the authorization of a variance is necessary to enable the reasonable addressing of property; b) No unnecessary hardship has been created by the applicant; and, c) That the variance, if authorized, will represent the minimum variance necessary that will afford relief and will represent the least deviation possible from the provisions of this article, The E911 Coordinator shall give written notice of their decision to all interested parties no later than thirty (30) days after receipt of an application for a variance. In rendering a decision in favor of an applicant, the E911 Coordinator may attach such conditions as are considered necessary and appropriate under the circumstances to implement the purposes of this article. 27-108 Appeals. (a) Any owner of parcels, dwellings, or buildings, or any other interested person, may appeal an action or failure to act by the E911 Coordina-

tor. A written notice of appeal shall be filed with the office of the city attorney within fourteen (14) calendar days of receiving the actual notice of the order or action complained of, and shall set forth in detail the grievances of the appellant. (b) The City Council’s License Committee shall meet within forty-five (45) days of the filing of the notice of appeal. All hearings shall be public, and all interested parties shall be given an opportunity to be heard and to present evidence and arguments. (c) The City Council’s License Committee shall give written notice of its decision to all interested parties no later than thirty (30) days after the close of the hearing. The decision of the City Council’s License Committee shall be final. 27-109—27-118 Reserved. ** Material stricken out deleted. *** Material underlined added. CITY OF BURLINGTON ORDINANCE 4.06 Sponsor: Office of City Planning, Planning

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Commission, Ordinance Committee Public Hearing Dates: 02/18/20 First reading: 12/16/19 Referred to: 1/6 Worksession Rules suspended and placed in all stages of passage: Second reading: 02/18/20 Action: adopted Date: 02/18/20 Signed by Mayor: 03/03/20 Published: 03/11/20 Effective: 04/01/20 In the Year Two Thousand Twenty An Ordinance in Relation to COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE –Accessory Dwelling Units ZA #20-03 It is hereby Ordained by the City Council of the City of Burlington as follows: That Appendix A, Comprehensive Development Ordinance, of the Cod-e of Ordinances of the City of Burlington be and hereby is amended by amending Section 5.2.3, Lot Coverage Requirements; Section 5.3.4 Nonconforming Uses; 5.3.5, Nonconforming Structures;

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[CONTINUED] Section 5.4.5, Accessory Dwelling Units; Section 8.1.14, Stacked and Tandem Parking Restrictions; Article 13, Definitions; and Appendix A-Use Table All Zoning Districts, thereof to read as follows: Sec. 5.2.3 Lot Coverage Requirements Where a maximum lot coverage is specified pursuant to the requirements of Article 4, no building or part of a building or impervious surface or other form of coverage shall exceed such maximum allowable except as specifically authorized by this ordinance. (a) Calculating Lot Coverage As written. (b) Exceptions to Lot Coverage In all districts, the following shall not be counted as lot coverage: (1) - (9) As written (10) The DRB may grant

an exemption from maximum lot coverage limits for up to 650 sq. ft., of the lot area occupied by an ADU. To grant such an exemption, the DRB must find that the existing lot coverage has been lawfully created, and that the proposed location, site design, and improvements will enable on-site management of the first one inch of stormwater runoff from the lot area of the ADU exceeding the applicable lot coverage limit, and will not have undue adverse impact on public rights of way based on the review of the DPW Stormwater Program Manager. Sec. 5.3.4 Nonconforming Uses (a) Changes and Modifications: A nonconforming use may be changed to a conforming use pursuant to all applicable provisions of this ordinance. When a nonconforming use has been made conforming, it shall not be made nonconforming again. Any change or modification to a nonconforming use, other than to full conformity under this Ordinance, shall only be allowed as specified below and shall require conditional use approval pursuant to the provi-

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sions of Article 3, Part 5 by the DRB. (1) Nonconforming Non-Residential Use: As written (2) Nonconforming Residential Use: A change or expansion of a non-conforming residential use may be allowed subject to conditional use approval pursuant to the provisions of Article 3, Part 5 by the DRB provided: A. Such an expansion does not add any dwelling units except as may be permitted for adaptive reuse or residential conversion bonuses approved per the provisions of Sec. 4. 54. (d) (7) and for Accessory Dwelling Units per the provisions of Sec.5.4.5.; B. Such an expansion does not increase the degree of non-conformity of any non-conforming structure; and, C. In such cases where the non-conforming residential use is located in a zoning district where residential uses are generally permitted, expansion of a nonconforming residential uses into an existing and previously uninhabited attic or basement within the principle structure may be permitted subject to administra-

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structural repair, or mov- mity except as provided ing of a non-complying below. structure pursuant to Within the residential any applicable providistricts, and subject to sions of this Ordinance. Development Review Any change or modificaBoard approval, existing Proposed changes to Appendix A Use Table per ZA-20-03 Accessory Dwelling Units (b) Discontinuance: As tion to a nonconforming nonconforming singlewritten. structure, other than to family homes and comfull conformity under munity centers (existing Sec. 5.3.5 Nonconform- this Ordinance, shall enclosed spaces only) ing Structures only be allowed subject that project into side to the following: and/or rear yard set(a) Changes and Modifi1. Such a change or backs may be vertically cations modification may reduce expanded so long as Nothing in this Part the degree of nonconthe expansion does not shall be deemed to formity and shall not encroach further into prevent normal mainincrease the nonconforthe setback than the tenance and repair or existing structure. Such

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expansion shall be of the existing nonconformity (i.e. setback) and shall: i) Be subject to conformance with all other dimensional requirements (i.e. height, lot coverage, density and intensity of development); ii) Not have an undue adverse impact on adjoining properties or any public interest that would be protected by maintaining the existing setbacks; and, iii) Be compatible with the character and scale of surrounding structures. Existing accessory buildings of 15 feet in height or less shall not exceed 15 feet tall as expanded. Within all districts, and subject to the Development Review Board approval, structures for the purpose of creating an ADU may be constructed on lots with legally nonconforming lot coverage per Sec.5.2.3 (b) 10. 2. Such a change or modification shall not create any new nonconformity; and, 3. Such a change or modification shall be subject to review and approval under the Design Review provisions of Article 3, Part 4. When any portion of a nonconforming structure has been made conforming, it shall not be made nonconforming again except as provided for historic building features pursuant to Sec. 5.2.6(b)(3). A non-conforming residential structure may be enlarged up to the dimensional standards of the underlying zoning district, subject to review and approval by the DRB pursuant to Art. 3, Part 4 Design Review and Art. 3, Part 5 Conditional Use Review. Adap-

tive reuse or residential conversion bonuses may allow a greater expansion than the underlying zoning district allows approved per the provisions of Article 4. (b) Demolition. As written. Sec. 5.4.5 Accessory Dwelling Units (a) Accessory Units, General Standards/Permitted Uses: Where there is a primary principal structure on a lot which exists as an owner-occupied single family residence, one accessory dwelling unit, that is located within or appurtenant to such single family dwelling, shall be allowed as a permitted use if the provisions of this subsection are met. An accessory dwelling unit means an efficiency or one- bedroom apartment that is clearly subordinate to the primaryprincipal dwelling, and has facilities and provisions for independent living, including sleeping, food preparation, and sanitation. No accessory unit shall be inhabited by more than two adult occupants. An accessory unit shall not be counted as a dwelling unit for the purposes of density calculation. Additionally, there must be compliance with all the following: 1. The property has sufficient wastewater capacity as certified by the Ddepartment of Ppublic Wworks; and 2. The unit does not consist of more than 800 sq. ft., or 30 percent (30%) of the total habitable floorGross Floor Aarea of the building of the principal home, inclusive of the accessory dwelling unit, whichever is greater; and

3. Applicable setback and coverage requirements are met, except as provided for in Sec. 5.2.3 (b) 10; and 4. One additional parking space which may be legally allocated to the accessory unit must be provided for the accessory unit; and, 54. A deed or instrument for the property shall be entered into the land records by the owner containing a reference to the permit granting the accessory unit prior to the issuance of the certificate of occupancy for the unit. Such reference shall identify the permit number and note that the property is subject to the permit and its terms and conditions including owner occupancy. No certificate of occupancy shall be issued for the unit unless the owner has recorded such a notice. (b) Conditional Use Approval for Accessory Units: If any of the following are also proposed, conditional use approval, as well as development review provisions of Article 6 shall be required: 1. A new accessory structure; 2. An increase in the height or habitable floor area of the existing dwelling; 3. An increase in the dimensions of any parking area; (c) (b) Discontinuance of Accessory Units: Approval of an accessory dwelling unit is contingent upon owneroccupancy of either the single-family principal or accessory dwelling unit as a primary residence. For purposes of this section, owner-occupancy means that, after the creation of the accessory unit all individuals listed on the deed for the property must reside in the primary principal unit or in the accessory unit. If neither the primary principal unit nor the accessory unit is no longer owneroccupied as a primary residence, the approval for the accessory dwelling unit is void and the kitchen of the accessory dwelling unit must be removed within 90 days with the entirety of the property being occupied as a single unit. When an accessory unit that is the result of additional square footage and/or a new accessory structure is proposed to be removed, revised floor plans and a revised site plan shall be required to be submitted for review and approval.

Furthermore, where additional square footage is added to a single family home for purposes of creating an accessory unit and the accessory unit is at any point discontinued, none of the additional square footage shall be eligible for the purposes of increasing the number of unrelated adults that may be allowed to inhabit the property. Sec. 8.1.14 Stacked and Tandem Parking Restrictions Except as otherwise provided below, all parking facilities shall be designed so that each motor vehicle may proceed to and from the parking space provided for it without the moving of any other motor vehicle. (a) Stacked or valet parking may be allowed if an attendant is present to move vehicles. If stacked parking is used for required parking spaces, a written guarantee must be filed with the City ensuring that an attendant will always be present when the lot is in operation. The requirements for minimum or maximum spaces continue to apply for stacked parking. (b) Tandem Parking may be allowed for single family detached dwelling units, accessory apartments, duplex dwelling units, and dedicated employeeonly parking signed as such. In no case shall more than 4 parking spaces (2 pairs) in total be provided in tandem on any one lot. (c) Stacked parking shall be allowed for singlefamily detached dwelling units and Accessory Dwelling Units with no requirement for an attendant to be present.

Sec. 13.1.2 Definitions. For the purpose of this ordinance certain terms and words are herein defined as follows: Unless defined to the contrary in Section 4303 of the Vermont Planning and Development Act as amended, or defined otherwise in this section, definitions contained in the building code of the City of Burlington, Sections 8-2 and 13-1 of the Code of Ordinances, as amended, incorporating the currently adopted

edition of the American Insurance Association’s “National Building Code” and the National Fire Protection Association’s “National Fire Code” shall prevail. Additional definitions specifically pertaining to Art. 14 planBTV: Downtown Code can be found in Sec. 14.8, and shall take precedence without limitation over any duplicative or conflicting definitions of this Article. *** Accessory Dwelling Unit or Apartment (ADU): An efficiency or one-bedroom apartment that is clearly subordinate to a single-family dwelling, and has facilities and provisions for independent living, including sleeping, food preparation, and sanitation., provided the unit does not exceed 30% of the total habitable floor area of the single-family dwelling. *** APPENDIX A – Use Table – All Zoning Districts — *See proposed changes per excerpt attached. ** Material stricken out deleted. *** Material underlined added. CITY OF BURLINGTON ORDINANCE 3.23 Sponsor: Office of City Planning, Ordinance Committee Public Hearing Dates: First reading: 09/23/19 Referred to: Ordinance Committee Rules suspended and placed in all stages of passage: In the Year Two Thousand Twenty An Ordinance in Relation to BURLINGTON CODE OF ORDINANCES – Signs—In Public Ways and Projections over Sidewalks It is hereby Ordained by the City Council of the City of Burlington as follows: That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Burlington be and hereby is amended by amending Chapter 21, Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions, Section 21-5, Signs in public ways; on vehicles and amending Chapter 27, Streets and Sidewalks, Article III, Projections Over Sidewalks, thereof to read as follows: 21-5 Signs in public ways; on vehicles.

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(a) - (c) As written. (d) If applied for and permitted pursuant to this subsection, an advertisement or sign, sandwich board sign, or other type of advertising material or structure may be placed in or on a sidewalk or greenbelt adjacent to businesses located in any of the city’s Commercial, Waterfront Commercial, General Commercial, Neighborhood Commercial, Central Business District Downtown Mixed Use (except the Church St. Marketplace District), Neighborhood Mixed Use and Enterprise zones as defined by the Burlington Comprehensive Development Ordinance. Notwithstanding the limitations on districts in which signs may be permitted, existing businesses with existing authorized signs in the right-of-way shall be allowed under a permit applied for and granted under these provisions; this right shall expire upon the termination of the business. For signs in districts where they are allowed, signs that are currently licensed but do not meet the criteria can apply for a variance without the need to find extraordinary circumstances.

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The public works director or his or her designee shall be responsible for granting or denying permits. (1) - (7) As written. State law reference—Advertising generally, 13 V.S.A. § 301 et seq. ARTICLE III. PROJECTIONS OVER STREETS AND SIDEWALKS1 27-63 Permit required for awnings, shades, flags and banners. No person shall establish or maintain an awning, canopy, shade,,or flag, or display a banner, or any appurtenance sign or article of merchandise over a public street or sidewalk without a written permit from issued by the city. 27-64 Reserved. Compliance with orders of city council required. Any person who shall establish or maintain an awning, shade, flag, banner or sign under a permit issued pursuant to this article shall in all respects conform to such directions as to the location, extent, material, construction and maintenance thereof as shall be ordered by the city council.

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Unit # M-95, Cindy Carey, Contents Household Goods NOTICE OF LEGAL SALE View Date 03/19/2020 Sale Date 03/20/2020 Dave Daignault Unit #59 Easy Self Storage 46 Swift South Burlington, VT 05403 (802) 863-8300 NOTICE OF SELFSTORAGE LIEN SALE LYMAN STORAGE, 10438 Route 116, Hinesburg VT 05461, 802-482-2379 Notice is hereby given that the contents of the self-storage units listed below will be sold at public auction by sealed bid at the Lyman Storage facility. This sale is being held to collect unpaid storage unit occupancy fees, charges and expenses of the sale. The entire contents of each self-storage unit listed below will be sold, with the proceeds to be distributed to Lyman Storage for all accrued occupancy fees (rent charges), attorney’s fees, sale expenses, and all other expenses in relation to the unit and

Contents of each unit may be viewed on Saturday 03/28/2020, commencing at 10:00 a.m. Sealed bids are to be submitted on the entire contents of each self-storage unit. Bids will be opened onequarter of an hour after the last unit has been viewed on Saturday 03/28/2020. The highest bidder on the storage unit must remove the entire contents of the unit within 48 hours after notification of their successful bid. Purchase must be made in cash and paid in advance of the removal of the contents of the unit. A $50.00 cash deposit shall be made and will be refunded if the unit is broom cleaned. Lyman Storage reserves the right to accept or reject bids. UNIT 005 ~ SUSAN WARD 3547 N 116 HINESBURG VT 05461 UNIT 012 ~ LAUEA BODWITCH 22 COMMERCE STREET #10 HINESBURG VT 05461 UNIT 033 ~ STEVEN J TILLEY 4025 CASE STREET MIDDLEBURY VT 05753 UNIT 044 ~ DOUG MEAD P.O. BOX 224 HINESBURG VT 05461 UNIT 048 ~ SUSAN D BRACE 1567 HOLLOW ROAD N FERRISBURG VT 05473 UNIT 104 ~ VANESIA

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27-65 Reserved. Permit fee. The fee for a permit required by this article shall be five dollars ($5.00). 27-66 Revocation of permit. The permit required by this article may be revoked by the city council for cause. 27-67 AwningsProjections to be supported from above. All awnings erected projections over a public street or sidewalk shall be cantilevered or supported from above so by metal rods and so attached to buildings as to leave the walk unobstructed thereby. Columns or posts extending to the ground are prohibited. 27-68 Height of awnings projections above sidewalk. All awnings hereafter erected, and any replacement of an existing awning, projections over a sidewalk that could impede or obstruct the free flow of pedestrians and service vehicles shall be at least seven (7)eight (8) feet above the sidewalk finished grade.

a club or charitable, educational or religious organization, nor shall it apply to such signs, marquees or other structures or banners which because of long-standing presence or great community interest have been designated of special public significance by the board of aldermen. 27-71 Reserved. Editor’s note—An ordinance of Jan. 9, 1995, repealed the provisions of § 27-71, which pertained to the penalty for violation of this article and which derived from Rev. Ords. 1962, § 4207. 27-7269—27-83 Reserved. 1 Charter reference— Power of city council to regulate signs or awnings, § 48(XXXVII). Cross reference—Illuminated signs, § 8-76 et seq.

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27-69 Signs, marquees and similar structures prohibited in certain area; exception. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, on and after December 21, 1965, no sign, marquee, other structure or banner except an awning, the design of which has been approved by the planning commission, shall be erected, established or maintained so as to protrude or project over any public street or public sidewalk in that area which is bounded on the north by properties fronting on the north side of Pearl Street, on the east by properties fronting on the east side of South Winooski Avenue, on the south by properties fronting on the south side of Main Street and on the west by properties fronting on the west side of St. Paul Street. No signs, marquees, other structures or banners existing in this area before said date shall be replaced or removed and rehung which if new would be in derogation of this section, unless permission of the board of aldermen is obtained for the purpose of temporary removal and repair and for no other purpose. 27-70 Article not applicable to certain flags and signs. The provisions of this article shall not apply to a national or state flag, or to the flag of

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COLEMAN-MACARTHUR 442 RT 116 STARKSBORO VT 05487 UNIT 213 ~ SCOTT M CAREAU 99 ANDERSON PKWY SO BURLINGTON VT 05403 STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT ENVIRONMENTAL DIVISION IN RE. COSTCO LAND USE PERMIT AMENDMENT DOCKET NO. 20-3-20 VTEC #4C0288-19F NOTICE OF APPEAL NOW COMES Appellant R.L. Vallee, Inc. (“Vallee”), by and through the undersigned counsel, and hereby files this appeal pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 6089 and 10 V.S.A. § 220 of the District #4 Environmental Commission’s February 28, 2020 Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Order, along with Land Use Permit #4C028819F which amended Land Use Permit #4C0288-19C. A copy of the Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Order and Permit Amendment is attached hereto. This appeal concerns property located on Lower Mountain View Drive in Colchester, Vermont. The property in question is owned by the Costco Wholesale Corporation (“Applicant”). In this amendment request, Applicant seeks relief from, and the alteration of, traffic mitigation conditions proposed by the Applicant in application #4C0288-19C and required by this Court in In re Costco, No. 41-4-13 Vtec (Vt. Super. Ct. Envtl. Div. 27, 2015) (Durkin, J.). Specifically, in the prior proceedings, Applicant proposed as traffic mitigation the expansion of Lower and Upper Mountain View Drive. Applicant also proposed and promised that it would not operate its fueling station until the required improvements were made to Lower and Upper Mountain View Drive. In this amendment request, Applicant seeks relief from this promise and its proposed mitigation. Applicant now seeks the right to operate its fueling station for limited hours until the improvements are made to Lower and Upper Mountain View Drive. Operation of the fueling station before the required mitigation is complete will make

Vallee’s access less safe. Vallee owns land at the western terminus of Lower Mountain View Road and has a driveway that provides safe access to Vallee’s property through a connection to Lower Mountain View Drive. Most of the traffic leaving Applicant’s property uses Lower Mountain View Drive, which causes a queue to form at the intersection with Route 2/7. This queue has a tendency to block ingress or egress from Vallee’s property. Any increase in trip generation, i.e. operation of the fueling station, will lengthen this queue, and make the blocking occur more often. The mitigation Applicant seeks relief from was designed and required, in substantial part, to address this queuing and blocking and mitigate impacts at the Lower Mountain View Drive intersection. Operating without the mitigation will increase the queuing and blocking and decrease the safety and efficiency of the Lower Mountain View Drive intersection. This change negatively impacts Vallee’s safe ingress and egress. Vallee has a particularized interest in keeping its property access as safe as possible and so the amendment request negatively affects Vallee’s particularized interest. In Application #4C0288-19C, the Commission determined that Vallee had party status based on these facts. In the instant application, #4C0288-19F, the Commission similarly determined that Vallee was entitled to Final Party Status under Criteria 5, 9(K) and 10. Thus, Vallee has party status and standing to appeal. Vallee believes that these negative impacts can be avoided by Applicant abiding by its promise to operate its fueling station after the required mitigation is complete. Applicant cannot meet its burden under Rule 34(E) of the Act 250 Rules (encoding the Stowe Club Highlands doctrine into the Act 250 Rules) to allow this Court to grant the relief Applicant seeks. Nor can Applicant establish that unreasonable congestion or unsafe conditions with respect to use of highways will not occur if the fueling station is operated prior to the construction of

the mitigation at Lower Mountain View drive as originally promised by Applicant. Nor can Applicant establish that operation of the fueling station will not impair the function, efficiency or safety of Route 2/7 and Lower Mountain View Drive if the fueling station is operated prior to the construction of the mitigation at Lower Mountain View drive as originally promised by Applicant. Following well established Act 250 law and holding Applicant to its commitment would prevent the negative impacts to Vallee’s access. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: In order to participate in this appeal, you must enter an appearance in the Vermont Environmental Court within twenty-one (21) days of receiving this Notice of Appeal. Notices of Appearance should be mailed to Jennifer Teske, Court Office Manager, Vermont Superior Court—Environmental Division, 32 Cherry Street, Suite 303, Burlington, VT 05401. DATED at Burlington, Vermont this 4th day of March 2020. Respectfully submitted, MSK ATTORNEYS By: /s/ Alexander LaRosa_ Alexander LaRosa, ERN 5814 275 College Street, P.O. Box 4485 Burlington, VT 054064485 Phone: 802-861-7000 (x119) Fax: 802-861-7007 Email: ajlarosa@mskvt. com Attorneys for Appellants STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT PROBATE DIVISION CHITTENDEN UNIT DOCKET NO.: 1104-819 CNPR In re ESTATE of Tammy L. King NOTICE TO CREDITORS To the Creditors of: Tammy L. King, late of Williston, Vermont I have been appointed to administer this estate. All creditors having claims against the decedent or the estate must present their claims in writing within four (4) months of the first publication of this notice. The claim must be presented to me at the address listed below with a copy sent to the Court. The claim may be barred forever

if it is not presented within the four (4) month period. March 11, 2020 William Wade, c/o Claudia I. Pringles, Esq. 32 Main St. #370 Montpelier, VT 05602 802-223-0600 cpringles@pringleslaw. com Name of Publication: Seven Days Publication Date: March 11, 2020 Vermont Superior Court Chittenden Unit (Probate Div.) 175 Main St. Burlington, VT 05401 March 11, 2020 STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CHITTENDEN UNIT PROBATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. 221-2-20 CNPR In re Estate of Beverly A. Gavin NOTICE TO CREDITORS To the creditors of Beverly A. Gavin, So. Burlington,Vt I have been appointed executor of this estate. All creditors having claims against the decedent or the estate must present their claims in writing within four (4) months of the first publication of this notice. The claim must be presented to me at the address listed below with a copy sent to the court. The claim may be barred forever if it is not presented within the four (4) month period. Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2020 /s/ Mary A. Elkins Signature of Fiduciary Executor: Mary A. Elkins 170 Cote Road Richmond, Vermont 05477 (802) 434-2439 mary72489@yahoo.com Name of publication Seven Days Publication Date: March 11, 2020 Name and Address of Court: Probate Division of Vermont Superior Court, Chittenden Unit PO Box 511 Burlington, VT 05402 STATE OF VERMONT VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT WASHINGTON UNIT, CIVIL DIVISION DOCKET NO: 53-1-17 WNCV MTGLQ INVESTORS, LP v. JOELL J. MARTEL AKA

JOELL MARTEL AND KRISTINE E. MARTEL AKA KRISTINE MARTEL OCCUPANTS OF: 18 Winter Meadow, Barre VT MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER 12 V.S.A. sec 4952 et seq. In accordance with the Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure entered August 19, 2019, in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by Joell J. Martel and Kristine E. Martel to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for First Horizon Home Loan Corporation, dated November 28, 2005 and recorded in Book 227 Page 606 of the land records of the City of Barre, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder, by virtue of the following Assignments of Mortgage: (1) Assignment of Mortgage from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for First Horizon Home Loan Corporation to MetLife Home Loans, a division of MetLife Bank, N.A. dated October 23, 2008 and recorded in Book 249 Page 688; (2) Assignment of Mortgage from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for First Horizon Home Loan Corporation to MetLife Home Loans, a division of MetLife Bank, N.A. dated November 17, 2011 and recorded in Book 267 Page 885; (3) Assignment of Mortgage from MetLife Bank, National Association, also known as MetLife Home Loans, a Division of MetLife Bank, N.A.to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association dated May 1, 2013 and recorded in Book 276 page 876: (4) Assignment of Mortgage from JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association to Federal National Mortgage Corporation dated January 7, 2015 and recorded in Book 285 Page 918 and (5) Assignment of Mortgage from Federal National Mortgage Corporation to MTGLQ Investors dated February 11, 2019 and recorded in Book 346 Page 102 all of the land records of the City of Barre for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 18 Winter Meadow, Barre, Vermont on April 10,

2020 at 10:00 AM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To wit: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Joell J. Martel and Kristine E. Martel by Warranty Deed from Kevin G. Moore, Sr. and Tammy M. Moore, of even date about to be recorded. Being all of the same land and premises conveyed to Kevin G. Moore, Sr. and Tammy M. Moore by Warranty Deed from Paul W. Howard and Constance M. Howard dated November 12, 1999, and recorded November 16, 1999, in Book 178, Page 306 of the City of Barre Land Records. It being all of the same land and premises conveyed to Paul W. Howard and Constance M. Howard by Warranty Deed from Donald R. Seaver and Linda Seaver Devereaux, dated July 22, 1993 and recorded in the Barre City, Vermont Land Records in Book 152 at Page 507. It being all of the same land and premises conveyed to Donald R. Seaver. and Linda Seaver Devereaux, tenants in common, by Warranty Deed of First Vermont Bank & Trust Company, Trustee of Ardith M. Seaver Trust, which deed is dated November 23, 1992 and recorded on December 16, 1992 in Book 150 at Pages 149-50 of the Barre City, Vermont Land Records, It being all of the same land and premises as were decreed to First Vermont Bank & Trust Company, Trustee of the Ardith M. Seaver Trust, by Decree of Partial Distribution of the Probate Court, District of Washington in the Estate of Ardith M. Seaver, dated November 3, 1992 and recorded in Book 150 at Page 147 of the Barre City, Vermont Land Records. The subject land and premises are commonly known as being located at 18 Winter Meadow, Barre City, Vermont. This conveyance is made subject to and with the benefit of any utility easements, springs rights, easements for ingress and egress, and rights incidental to each of the

same as may appear more particularly of record, provided that this paragraph shall not reinstate any such encumbrances previously extinguished by the Marketable Record Title Act, Chapter 5, Subchapter 7, Title 27, Vermont Statutes Annotated. Reference may be had to the above –mentioned deeds and to their records and to all prior deeds and their records in the City of Barre, Vermont Land Records for a more complete and particular description of the herein conveyed land and premises.

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Reference is hereby made to the above instruments and to the records and references contained therein in further aid of this description. Terms of sale: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described. TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within sixty (60) days after the date of sale. The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale. DATED : February 24, 2020 By: /s/ Rachel K. Ljunggren_ Rachel K. Ljunggren, Esq. Bendett and McHugh, PC 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 Farmington, CT 06032 STATE OF VERMONT VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT WASHINGTON UNIT, CIVIL DIVISION

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the same will be sold at Public Auction at 149 Airport Road, Unit E, Waitsfield, Vermont on April 1, 2020 at 11:00 AM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To wit:

[CONTINUED] DOCKET NO: 658-1218 WNCV U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-BC2 v. NANCY MALCOLM, TRUSTEE OF THE CAROL CONKLIN WHEELOCK REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST U/T/A FEBRUARY 16, 2007 AND FLYIN CHALETS CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION OCCUPANTS OF: 149 Airport Road, Unit E, Waitsfield VT MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER 12 V.S.A. sec 4952 et seq. In accordance with the Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure entered January 6, 2020, in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by the late Carol Conklin Wheelock to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for EquiFirst Corporation, dated September 21, 2006 and recorded in Book 123 Page 321 of the land records of the Town of Waitsfield, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder, by virtue of an Assignment of Mortgage from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for EquiFirst Corporation to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Structured Asset Securities Corporation Mortgage PassThrough Certificates, Series 2007-BC2 dated September 11, 2018 and recorded in Book 170 Page 183 of the land records of the Town of Waitsfield for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing

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Being all and the same lands and premises as were conveyed to Carol C. Wheelock by Warranty Deed of Ray Campanile and Camille Campanile dated August 22, 2005 and recorded August 24, 2005 in Book 118, pages 501-503 of the land records of the Town of Waitsfield, Vermont. Being all and the same lands and premises as were conveyed to Ray Campanile and Camille Campanile by Warranty Deed of Sara E. Tucker dated June 29, 2004 and recorded June 30, 2004 in Book 112, pages 308-309 of the land records of the Town of Waitsfield, Vermont. Being Unit E, together with the undivided percentage interest in and to the common areas and facilities appurtenant to said Unit, in Fly-In Chalets A, a condominium existing under and pursuant to Declaration of Condominium of Fly-In Chalets A dated April 30, 1979 and recorded May 8, 1979 in Book 33, pages 357-391 of the Waitsfield Land Records, which includes Exhibits (floor plans, site plan and as-built certification among them), Bylaws and Administrative Rules and Regulations, and recorded in Book 39, pages 112-146 of the Fayston Land Records. Subject to and with the benefit of rights, restrictions, covenants, terms, rights-of-way and easements referenced in the above mentioned deeds and instruments and their records, or otherwise of record in the Town of Waitsfield and Fayston Land Records, and subject to terms and conditions of state and local land use regulations and any permits issued by any state or local authority under those regulations, which are valid and enforceable at law on the date of

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this deed - not meaning by such language to renew or reinstate any encumbrance which is otherwise barred by the provisions of Vermont law. Reference may be had to the above mentioned deeds and their records, and to all prior deeds and instruments and their records, for a more particular description of the herein conveyed lands and premises. Reference is hereby made to the above instruments and to the records and references contained therein in further aid of this description. Terms of sale: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described. TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within sixty (60) days after the date of sale. The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale. DATED : February 21, 2020 By: /S/Rachel K. Ljunggren, Esq. Rachel K. Ljunggren, Esq. Bendett and McHugh, PC 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 Farmington, CT 06032 STATE OF VERMONT VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT WINDSOR UNIT, CIVIL DIVISION DOCKET NO: 275-6-18 WRCV NEWREZ LLC, F/K/A NEW PENN FINANCIAL,

LLC, D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING v. BRADFORD C. HOUK AND DARYL M. HOUK OCCUPANTS OF: 214 Vt Route 11 W, Chester VT MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER 12 V.S.A. sec 4952 et seq. In accordance with the Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure entered September 5, 2019, in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by Bradford C. Houk and Daryl M. Houk to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Flagstar Bank, FSB., dated May 19, 2011 and recorded in Book 126 Page 52 of the land records of the Town of Chester, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder, by virtue of the following Assignments of Mortgage: (1) Assignment of Mortgage from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Flagstar Bank, FSB to Ditech Financial LLC, dated April 5, 2018 and recorded in Book 183 Page 220 and (2) Assignment of Mortgage from Ditech Financial LLC, by NewRez LLC f/k/a New Penn Financial, LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing to NewRez LLC f/k/a New Penn Financial, LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing dated June 13, 2019 and recorded in Book 195 Page 163, both of of the land records of the Town of Chester for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 214 VT Route 11 W, Chester, Vermont on March 25, 2020 at 10:45 AM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To wit: Property Description For Property Located at 214 VT Route 11 W. Chester Owned by Bradford C. Houk and Daryl M. Houk Being all and the same lands and premises

conveyed to Bradford C. Houk and Daryl M. Houk by Warranty Deed of Damien R. Noel dated September 4, 2003 and recorded in Volume 90 at Page 462 [452] of the Town of Chester Land Records. The property is described in its aforesaid Deed from Noel to Houk as follows: Being all and the same land and premises conveyed to Damien R. Noel by Decree of Distribution of the Windsor District Probate Court in the Estate of Hettie M. Paige dated March 25, 2002 and recorded March 29, 2002 in Book 88 at Page 276 of the Chester Land Records and in said Decree described as follows: Being all and the same lands and premises as were conveyed to H. Raymond Paige and Hettie M. Paige, as husband and wife, by the following deeds: Warranty Deed from Harry D. and Ina M. Gardner, dated July 8, 1964, recorded in Book 41, Page 137; and by Administrator’s Deed of Russell A. Clark, Administrator of the Estate of Margaret E. Sherwin, dated January 14, 1970, recorded in Book 44, Pages 333-4, both in the Chester Land Records. Reference is hereby made to the above instruments and to the records and references contained therein in further aid of this description. Terms of sale: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described. TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within sixty (60) days after the date of sale.

The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale. DATED : February 24, 2020 By: /s/ Rachel K. Ljunggren__ Rachel K. Ljunggren, Esq. Bendett and McHugh, PC 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 Farmington, CT 06032 THE CONTENTS OF STORAGE UNIT 0104495 LOCATED AT 28 ADAMS DRIVE, WILLISTON VT, WILL BE SOLD ON OR ABOUT THE 26TH OF MARCH 2020 TO SATISFY THE DEBT OF TURMAX PRINT COPY INC. Any person claiming a right to the goods may pay the amount claimed due and reasonable expenses before the sale, in which case the sale may not occur. THE CONTENTS OF STORAGE UNIT 0200225 LOCATED AT 28 ADAMS DRIVE, WILLISTON VT, WILL BE SOLD ON OR ABOUT THE 26TH OF MARCH 2020 TO SATISFY THE DEBT OF EDWARD BROWN. Any person claiming a right to the goods may pay the amount claimed due and reasonable expenses before the sale, in which case the sale may not occur. TOWN OF BOLTON NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The DRB will hold two public hearings on Thursday, March 26, 2020, starting at 6:30 pm at the Bolton Town Office to consider the following applications: Application 202008-CU: Bolton Valley Resort, Applicant & Owner: request Conditional Use approval to build 1,696 sq. ft. outdoor pool & associated pool deck & dining patio adjacent to Sports Center building at 4302

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Bolton Valley Access Rd. The property is located in the Resort Village district. (Tax Map # 4-4180126) The Board will also accept additional testimony with regard to the following project, a continued hearing from its February 27, 2020 meeting: Application 2020-06CU: Applicant: Richard J. Weston, Property Owner: (same) – Request Conditional Use approval to build 1,290 sq. ft. single family dwelling at 1811 Happy Hollow Rd. The property is located in the Forest Zoning District. (Tax Map # 124101901) The hearings are open to the public. Additional information may be obtained at the Bolton Town Office, Mon.-Thur. from 8:00-4:00PM. Pursuant to 24 VSA §§4464(a)(1)(C) and 4471(a), participation in this local proceeding, by written or oral comment, is a prerequisite to the right to take any subsequent appeal. If you cannot attend the hearing, comments may be made in writing prior to the hearing and mailed to: Zoning Administrator, 3045 Theodore Roosevelt Highway (US Route 2), Bolton, Vermont 05676 or via email to: zoningbolton@gmavt. net VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT FRANKLIN UNIT PROBATE DIVISION, SS. DOCKET NO. 433-1219 FRPR IN RE THE ESTATE OF JEFFREY SCOTT MORSE LATE OF RICHFORD, VERMONT NOTICE TO CREDITORS To the creditors of the Estate of JEFFREY SCOTT MORSE, late of Richford, Vermont. I have been appointed to administer this estate. All creditors having claims against the decedent or the estate must present their claims in writing within 4 months of the date of the publication of this notice. The claim must be presented to

me at the address listed below with a copy sent to the court. The claim may be forever barred if it is not presented as described above within the four [4] month period. Dated: March 4, 2020 Signed: s/ Linda L. Thompson, Administratrix Address: c/o David C. Buran, Esq. Law Offices of David C. Buran PC 78 Severance Green, Suite 106 Colchester, VT 05446 Telephone: (802) 8788588 Address of the Court: Superior Court, Franklin Unit Probate Division 17 Church St St. Albans, VT 054782272 Name of Publication: Seven Days First Publication Date: 3/11/2020 WHITNEY HILL CATHEDRAL SQUARE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES Cathedral Square is seeking proposals for full Architectural services for the renovation of Whitney Hill, an affordable, 44 unit, senior living community on 10.9 acres in Williston. The property is comprised of a one-story community building, a two-story residential building containing 14 units, and an additional two-story residential building containing 30 units with a separate but connected auxiliary building. Complete RFP details and all exhibits can be found at Works in Progress, 20 Farrell Street, South Burlington. Deadline for proposals is March 26, 2020 no later than 4pm. For all questions regarding this project please call Greg Montgomery at (802) 859-8812, or email montgomery@ cathedralsquare.org. No questions relating to the proposal will be entertained after March 24th at 5pm. Cathedral Square is an equal opportunity employer. Women Owned, Minority Owned, Locally

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and information on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Th ey emphasize shared experiences, emotional support and coping techniques in care for a person living with Alzheimer’s or a related dementia. Meetings are free and open to the public. Families, caregivers and friends may attend. Please call in advance to confirm date and time. Four options: first Monday of every month, 2-3 p.m., at the Residence at Shelburne Bay, 185 Pine Haven Shores, Shelburne; fourth Tuesday of every month, 10-11 a.m., at the Residence at Quarry Hill, 465 Quarry Hill Rd., South Burlington; second Tuesday of every month, 5-6:30 p.m., at the Alzheimer’s Association Main Offi ce, 300 Cornerstone Dr., Suite 130, Williston; second Monday of every month, 6-7:30 p.m., at Milton Public Library, 39 Bombardier Rd., Milton. For questions or additional support group listings, call 800-272-3900. ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION TELEPHONE SUPPORT GROUP 2nd Tuesday monthly, 4-5:30 p.m. Pre-registration is required (to receive dial-in codes for toll-free call). Please dial the Alzheimer’s Association’s 24/7 Helpline 800-2723900 for more information. ARE YOU HAVING PROBLEMS W/ DEBT? Do you spend more than you earn? Get help at Debtor’s Anonymous plus Business Debtor’s Anonymous. Wed., 6:30-7:30 p.m., Methodist Church in the Rainbow Room at Buell & S. Winooski, Burlington. Contact Jennifer, 917-568-6390. BABY BUMPS SUPPORT GROUP FOR MOTHERS AND PREGNANT WOMEN Pregnancy can be a wonderful time of your life. But, it can also be a time of stress that is often compounded by hormonal swings. If you are a pregnant woman, or have recently given birth and feel you need some help with managing emotional bumps in the road that can come with motherhood, please come to this

free support group lead by an experienced pediatric Registered Nurse. Held on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month, 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Birthing Center, Northwestern Medical Center, St. Albans. Info: Rhonda Desrochers, Franklin County Home Health Agency, 527-7531. BETTER BREATHERS CLUB American Lung Association support group for people with breathing issues, their loved ones or caregivers. Meets first Monday of the month, 11 a.m.-noon at the Godnick Center, 1 Deer St., Rutland. For more information call 802-776-5508. BRAIN INJURY SUPPORT GROUP IN ST. JOHNSBURY Monthly meetings will be held on the 3rd Wed. of every mo., 1-2:30 p.m., at the Grace United Methodist Church, 36 Central St., St. Johnsbury. Th e support group will offer valuable resources & info about brain injury. It will be a place to share experiences in a safe, secure & confi dential environment. Info, Tom Younkman, tyounkman@vcil.org, 800-639-1522. BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF VERMONT Montpelier daytime support group meets the 3rd Thu. of the mo. at the Unitarian Church ramp entrance, 1:30-2:30 p.m. St. Johnsbury support group meets the 3rd Wed. monthly at the Grace United Methodist Church, 36 Central St., 1:00-2:30 p.m. Colchester Evening support group meets the 1st Wed. monthly at the Fanny Allen Hospital in the Board Room Conference Room, 5:30-7:30 p.m. White River Jct. meets the 2nd Fri. monthly at Bugbee Sr. Ctr. from 3-4:30 p.m. Call our helpline at 877-856-1772. CANCER SUPPORT GROUP Th e Champlain Valley Prostate Cancer Support Group will be held every 2nd Tue. of the mo., 6-7:45 p.m. at the Hope Lodge, 237 East Ave., Burlington. Newly diagnosed? Prostate cancer reoccurrence? General discussion and sharing among survivors and those beginning or

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rejoining the battle. Info, Mary L. Guyette RN, MS, ACNS-BC, 274-4990, vmary@aol. com. CELEBRATE RECOVERY Overcome any hurt, habit or hangup in your life with this confi dential 12-Step, Christ-centered recovery program. We offer multiple support groups for both men and women, such as chemical dependency, codependency, sexual addiction and pornography, food issues, and overcoming abuse. All 18+ are welcome; sorry, no childcare. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.; we begin at 7 p.m. Essex Alliance Church, 37 Old Stage Rd., Essex Junction. Info: recovery@ essexalliance.org, 878-8213. CELEBRATE RECOVERY Celebrate Recovery meetings are for anyone with struggles with hurt, habits and hang ups, which includes everyone in some way. We welcome everyone at Cornerstone Church in Milton which meets every Friday night at 7-9 p.m. We’d love to have you join us and discover how your life can start to change. Info: 893-0530, julie@ mccartycreations.com. CENTRAL VERMONT CELIAC SUPPORT GROUP Last Thu. of every month, 7:30 p.m. in Montpelier. Please contact Lisa Mase for location: lisa@ harmonizecookery. com. CEREBRAL PALSY GUIDANCE Cerebral Palsy Guidance is a very comprehensive informational website broadly covering the topic of cerebral palsy and associated medical conditions. It’s mission it to provide the best possible information to parents of children living with the complex condition of cerebral palsy. cerebralpalsy guidance.com/ cerebral-palsy. CODEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS CoDA is a 12-step fellowship for people whose common purpose is to develop healthy & fulfilling relationships. By actively working the program of Codependents Anonymous, we can realize a new joy, acceptance & serenity in our lives. Meets

Sunday at noon at the Turning Point Center, 179 So. Winooski Ave., Suite 301, Burlington. Tom, 238-3587, coda. org. DECLUTTERERS’ SUPPORT GROUP Are you ready to make improvements but find it overwhelming? Maybe two or three of us can get together to help each other simplify. 989-3234, 425-3612. DISCOVER THE POWER OF CHOICE! SMART Recovery welcomes anyone, including family and friends, affected by any kind of substance or activity addiction. It is a science-based program that encourages abstinence. Specially trained volunteer facilitators provide leadership. Sundays at 5 p.m. at the 1st Unitarian Universalist Society, 152 Pearl St., Burlington. Volunteer facilitator: Bert, 399-8754. You can learn more at smartrecovery.org. DIVORCE CARE SUPPORT GROUP Divorce is a tough road. Feelings of separation, betrayal, confusion, anger and self-doubt are common. But there is life after divorce. Led by people who have already walked down that road, we’d like to share with you a safe place and a process that can help make the journey easier. This free 13-week group for men and women will be offered on Sunday evenings, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Sep. 8 through Dec. 1, at the North Avenue Alliance Church, 901 North Ave., Burlington, VT. Register for class at essexalliance. churchcenter.com. For more information, call Sandy 802-425-7053. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUPPORT Steps to End Domestic Violence offers a weekly drop-in support group for female identifi ed survivors of intimate partner violence, including individuals who are experiencing or have been affected by domestic violence. Th e support group offers a safe, confi dential place for survivors to connect with others, to heal, and to recover. In support group, participants talk through their experiences and hear stories from others who have experienced abuse in their relationships.

Open 24/7/365. Post & browse ads at your convenience. Support group is also a resource for those who are unsure of their next step, even if it involves remaining in their current relationship. Tuesdays, 6:30-8 p.m. Childcare is provided. Info: 658-1996. EMPLOYMENTSEEKERS SUPPORT GROUP Frustrated with the job search or with your job? You are not alone. Come check out this supportive circle. Wednesdays at 3 p.m., Pathways Vermont Community Center, 279 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Abby Levinsohn, 777-8602. FAMILIES, PARTNERS, FRIENDS AND ALLIES OF TRANSGENDER ADULTS We are people with adult loved ones who are transgender or gender-nonconforming. We meet to support each other and to learn more about issues and concerns. Our sessions are supportive, informal, and confi dential. Meetings are held at 5:30 PM, the second Thursday of each month at Pride Center of VT, 255 South Champlain St., Suite 12, in Burlington. Not sure if you’re ready for a meeting? We also offer one-on-one support. For more information, email rex@pridecentervt.org or call 802-238-3801. FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF THOSE EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS This support group is a dedicated meeting for family, friends and community members who are supporting a loved one through a mental health crisis. Mental health crisis might include extreme states, psychosis, depression, anxiety and other types of distress. Th e group is a confi dential space where family and friends can discuss shared experiences and receive support in an environment free of judgment and stigma with a trained facilitator. Weekly on Wednesdays, 7-8:30 p.m. Downtown Burlington. Info: Jess Horner, LICSW, 866-218-8586. FCA FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP Families coping with addiction (FCA) is an open community peer support group for adults 18 & over struggling with the drug

or alcohol addiction of a loved one. FCA is not 12-step based but provides a forum for those living this experience to develop personal coping skills & draw strength from one another. Weekly on Wed., 5:30-6:30 p.m. Turning Point Center, 179 So. Winooski Ave., Suite 301, Burlington. thdaub1@gmail.com. FOOD ADDICTS IN RECOVERY ANONYMOUS (FA) Are you having trouble controlling the way you eat? FA is a free 12-step recovery program for anyone suffering from food obsession, overeating, undereating or bulimia. Local meetings are held twice a week: Mondays, 4-5:30 p.m., at the Unitarian Universalist Church, Norwich, Vt.; and Wednesdays, 6:30-8 p.m., at Hanover Friends Meeting House, Hanover, N.H. For more information and a list of additional meetings throughout the U.S. and the world, call 603-630-1495 or visit foodaddicts.org. G.R.A.S.P. (GRIEF RECOVERY AFTER A SUBSTANCE PASSING) Are you a family member who has lost a loved one to addiction? Find support, peer-led support group. Meets once a month on Mondays in Burlington. Please call for date and location. RSVP mkeasler3@gmail.com or call 310-3301 (message says Optimum Health, but this is a private number). GRIEF AND LOSS FOCUS GROUP FOR MEN Fridays, 10-11:30 a.m. Continues through March 27. Please join us as we learn more about our own grief and explore the things that can help us to heal. Th ere is great power in sharing our experiences with others who know the pain of the loss of a loved one, and healing is possible through the sharing. BAYADA Hospice’s local bereavement program coordinator will facilitate this weekly, eight-week group through discussion and activities. Everyone from the community is welcome; however, space is limited. To register, please contact Bereavement Program Coordinator Kathryn Gilmond at kgilmond@bayada.com or 802-448-1610. Start

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date to be determined, based on registration. bayada.com. GRIEF SUPPORT GROUPS Meet twice a month: every second Monday from 6-7:30 p.m., and every third Wednesday from 10-11:30 a.m., at Central Vermont Home Health & Hospice in Berlin. Th e group is open to the public and free of charge. More info: Diana Moore, 224-2241. HEARING VOICES SUPPORT GROUP This Hearing Voices Group seeks to find understanding of voice hearing experiences as real lived experiences which may happen to anyone at anytime. We choose to share experiences, support, and empathy. We validate anyone’s experience and stories about their experience as their own, as being an honest and accurate representation of their experience, and as being acceptable exactly as they are. Weekly on Tuesday, 2-3 p.m. Pathways Vermont Community Center, 279 North Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 802-777-8602, abby@ pathwaysvermont.org. HELLENBACH CANCER SUPPORT Call to verify meeting place. Info, 388-6107. People living with cancer & their caretakers convene for support. HELP AND HEALING FOR THOSE WHO ARE GRIEVING Wednesdays, 5:30-7 p.m. Walking With Grief: Sharing your sadness, finding your joy. Please join us as we learn more about our own grief and explore the things that can help us to heal. Th ere is great power in sharing our experiences with others who know the pain of the loss of a loved one, and healing is possible through the sharing. BAYADA Hospice’s local bereavement support coordinator will facilitate our weekly group through discussion and activities. Everyone from the community is welcome. To register, please contact Bereavement Program Coordinator Kathryn Gilmond at kgilmond@bayada. com or 802-448-1610. Bayada Hospice, 354 Mountain View Dr., Ste 305, Colchester.

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support groups [CONTINUED] INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS/PAINFUL BLADDER SUPPORT GROUP Interstitial cystitis (IC) and painful bladder syndrome can result in recurring pelvic pain, pressure or discomfort in the bladder/pelvic region & urinary frequency/ urgency. These are often misdiagnosed & mistreated as a chronic bladder infection. If you have been diagnosed or have these symptoms, you are not alone. For Vermont-based support group, email bladder painvt@gmail.com or call 899-4151 for more information. KINDRED CONNECTIONS PROGRAM OFFERED FOR CHITTENDEN COUNTY CANCER SURVIVORS The Kindred Connections program provides peer support for all those touched by cancer. Cancer patients as well as caregivers are provided with a mentor who has been through the cancer experience & knows what it’s like to go through it. In addition to sensitive listening, Kindred Connections provides practical help such as rides to doctors’ offices & meal deliveries. The program has people who have experienced a wide variety of cancers. For further info, please contact info@vcsn.net. KINSHIP CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP A support group for grandparents who are raising their grandchildren. Led by a trained representative and facilitator. Meets the second Tuesday monthly from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. (Jan. 14, Feb. 11, Mar. 10, Apr. 14) at Milton Public Library. Free. For more information, call 802-893-4644 or email library@ miltonvt.gov. Facebook.com/events/ 561452568022928. LGBTQ SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE SafeSpace offers peer-led support groups for survivors

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MARIJUANA ANONYMOUS Do you have a problem with marijuana? MA is a free 12-step program where addicts help other addicts to get & stay clean. Ongoing Wed. at 7 p.m. at Turning Point Center, 179 So. Winooski, Suite 301, Burlington. 861-3150. MYELOMA SUPPORT GROUP Area Myeloma Survivors, Families and Caregivers have come together to form a Multiple Myeloma Support Group. We provide emotional support, resources about treatment options, coping strategies and a support network by participating in the group experience with people that have been though similar situations. Third Tuesday of the month, 5-6 p.m. at the New Hope Lodge on East Avenue in Burlington. Info: Kay Cromie, 655-9136, kgcromey@aol.com. NAMI CONNECTION PEER SUPPORT GROUP MEETINGS Bennington, every Tue., 12-1:30 p.m., CRT Center, United Counseling Service, 316 Dewey St.; Burlington, every Thu., 3-4:30 p.m., St. Paul’s Cathedral, 2 Cherry St. (enter from parking lot); Berlin, second Thu. of the month, 4-5:30 p.m., CVMC Board Room, 130 Fisher Rd.; Rutland, every 1st and 3rd Sun., 4:30-6 p.m., Rutland Mental Health Wellness Center, 78 S. Main St. If you have questions about a group in your area, please contact the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Vermont, program@ namivt.org or 800639-6480. Connection groups are peer recovery support group programs for adults living with mental health challenges. NAMI FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP Bellows Falls, 3rd Tue. of every mo., 7 p.m., Compass School, 7892 US-5, Westminster; Brattleboro, 1st Wed. of every mo., 6:30 p.m., 1st Congregational Church, 880 Western Ave., West Brattleboro; Burlington, 2nd & 4th Tue. of every mo., 7 p.m., HowardCenter, corner of Pine & Flynn Ave.; Berlin, 4th Mon. of every mo., 7 p.m. Central Vermont Medical Center, Room 3; Georgia, 1st Tue. of every mo., 6 p.m.,

Georgia Public Library, 1697 Ethan Allen Highway (Exit 18, I-89); Manchester, 3rd Mon. of every mo., 6:30 p.m., Equinox Village, 2nd floor; Rutland, 1st Mon. of every mo., 6 p.m., Rutland Regional Medical Center, Leahy Conference Ctr., room D; St. Johnsbury, 4th Wed. of every mo., 5:30 p.m., Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital Library, 1315 Hospital Dr.; Williston, 1st & 3rd Mon. of every mo., 6 p.m., NAMI Vermont Office, 600 Blair Park Rd. #301. If you have questions about a group in your area, please contact the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Vermont, info@namivt. org or 800-639-6480. Family Support Group meetings are for family & friends of individuals living mental illness. NARCONON SUNCOAST DRUG AND ALCOHOL REHABILITATION AND EDUCATION Narconon reminds families that overdoses due to an elephant tranquilizer known as Carfentanil, has been on the rise in nearly every community nationwide. Carfentanil is a synthetic opiate painkiller 100 times more powerful than fentanyl and 1000 times stronger than heroin. A tiny grain of it is enough to be fatal. Click here to learn more about carfentanil abuse and how to help your loved one. You can also visitnarconon-suncoast.org/drug-abuse/ parents-get-help.html for more information. ADDICTION SCREENINGS: Narconon can help you take steps to overcome addiction in your family. Call today for a no cost screening or referral: 1- 877-841-5509 NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS is a group of recovering addicts who live w/ out the use of drugs. It costs nothing to join. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using. Info, 862-4516 or cvana.org. Held in Burlington, Barre and St. Johnsbury. NAR-ANON BURLINGTON GROUP Group meets every Monday at 7 p.m. at the Turning Point Center, 179 So. Winooski Ave., Suite 301, Burlington. The only requirement for membership is that there be a problem of addiction in a relative

or friend. Info: Amanda H. 338-8106. NEW (AND EXPECTING) MAMAS AND PAPAS! EVERY PRIMARY CAREGIVER TO A BABY! The Children’s Room invites you to join our weekly drop-in support group. Come unwind and discuss your experiences and questions around infant care and development, self-care and postpartum healing, and community resources for families with babies. Tea and snacks provided. Weekly on Thursdays, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Bring your babies! (Newborn through crawling stage). Located within Thatcher Brook Primary School, 47 Stowe Street, childrens roomonline.org. Contact childrens room@wwsu.org or 244-5605. NORTHWEST VERMONT CANCER PRAYER & SUPPORT NETWORK A meeting of cancer patients, survivors & family members intended to comfort & support those who are currently suffering from the disease. 2nd Thu. of every mo., 6-7:30 p.m., St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 11 Church St., St. Albans. Info: stpaulum@myfair point.net. 2nd Wed. of every mo., 6-7:30 p.m. Winooski United Methodist Church, 24 W. Allen St., Winooski. Info: hovermann4@ comcast.net. OPEN EARS, OPEN MINDS A mutual support circle that focuses on connection and selfexploration. Fridays at 1 p.m., Pathways Vermont Community Center, 279 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Abby Levinsohn, 777-8602. OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS (OA) A 12-step program for people who identify as overeaters, compulsive eaters, food addicts, anorexics, bulimics, etc. No matter what your problem with food, we have a solution! All are welcome, meetings are open, and there are no dues or fees. See oavermont.org/ meeting-list for the current meeting list, meeting format and more; or call 802-8632655 any time!

POTATO INTOLERANCE SUPPORT GROUP Anyone coping with potato intolerance and interested in joining a support group, contact Jerry Fox, 48 Saybrook Rd., Essex Junction, VT 05452. QUEEN CITY MEMORY CAFÉ The Queen City Memory Café offers a social time & place for people with memory impairment & their fiends & family to laugh, learn & share concerns & celebrate feeling understood & connected. Enjoy coffee, tea & baked goods with entertainment & conversation. QCMC meets the 3rd Sat. of each mo., 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Thayer Building, 1197 North Ave., Burlington. 316-3839. QUEER CARE GROUP This support group is for adult family members and caregivers of queer, and/or questioning youth. It is held on the 2nd Monday of each month from 6:30-8 p.m. at Outright Vermont, 241 North Winooski Ave. This group is for adults only. For more information, email info@outrightvt. org. QUIT TOBACCO GROUPS Are you ready to be tobacco free? Join our FREE fi ve-week group classes facilitated by our Tobacco Treatment Specialists. We meet in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere. You may qualify for a FREE 8-week supply of nicotine replacement therapy. Contact us at (802)-847-7333 or quittobaccoclass@ uvmealth.org. RECOVERING FROM RELIGION Meets on the second Tuesday of each month at Brownell Public Library, 6 Lincoln St, Essex Junction, 6-8 p.m., unless there’s inclement weather or the date falls on a holiday. Attendees can remain anonymous if they so choose and are not required to tell their story if they do not wish, but everyone will be welcome to do so. The primary focus of a Recovering From Religion support group is to provide ongoing and personal support to individuals as they let go of their religious beliefs. This transitional period is an ongoing process that can result in a range of emotions, as well as a ripple effect of

consequences throughout an individual’s life. As such, the support meetings are safe and anonymous places to express these doubts, fears and experiences without biased feedback or proselytizing. We are here to help each other through this journey. Free. SCLERODERMA FOUNDATION NEW ENGLAND Support group meeting held 4th Tue. of the mo., 6:30-8:30 p.m. Williston Police Station. Info, Blythe Leonard, 878-0732. SEX & LOVE ADDICTS ANONYMOUS 12-step recovery group. Do you have a problem w/ sex or relationships? We can help. Shawn, 660-2645. Visit slaafws.org or saa-recovery.org for meetings near you. SEXUAL VIOLENCE SUPPORT HOPE Works offers free support groups to women, men & teens who are survivors of sexual violence. Groups are available for survivors at any stage of the healing process. Intake for all support groups is ongoing. If you are interested in learning more or would like to schedule an intake to become a group member, please call our office at 864-0555, ext. 19, or email our victim advocate at advocate@ sover.net. STUTTERING SUPPORT GROUPS If you’re a person who stutters, you are not alone! Adults, teens & school-age kids who stutter & their families are welcome to join one of our three free National Stuttering Association (NSA) stuttering support groups at UVM. Adults: 5:30-6:30, 1st & 3rd Tue. monthly; teens (ages 13-17): 5:30-6:30, 1st Thu. monthly; school-age children (ages 8-12) & parents (meeting separately): 4:15-5:15, 2nd Thu. monthly. Pomeroy Hall (489 Main St., UVM campus. Info: burlingtonstutters.org, burlingtonstutters@ gmail.com, 656-0250. Go Team Stuttering! SUICIDE SURVIVORS SUPPORT GROUP For those who have lost a friend or loved one through suicide. Maple Leaf Clinic, 167 N. Main St., Wallingford, 446-3577. 6:30-8 p.m. the 3rd Tue. of ea. mo.

SUICIDE HOTLINES IN VT Brattleboro, 2577989; Montpelier (Washington County Mental Health Emergency Services), 229-0591; Randolph (Clara Martin Center Emergency Service), 800-639-6360. SUPPORT GROUP FOR WOMEN who have experienced intimate partner abuse, facilitated by Circle (Washington Co. only). Please call 877-5439498 for more info. SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE If you have lost someone to suicide and wish to have a safe place to talk, share and spend a little time with others who have had a similar experience, join us the 3rd Thu. at the Faith Lighthouse Church, Rte. 105, Newport (105 Alderbrook), 7-9 p.m. Please call before attending. Info: Mary Butler, 744-6284. SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE -- S. BURLINGTON Who: Persons experiencing the impact of a loved one’s suicide. When: first Wednesday of each month, 6-7:30 p.m. Location: S. Burlington. This group is currently full and unable to accept new participants. Please call Linda Livendale at 802-272-6564 to learn about other groups within driving distance. We are sorry for the inconvenience. Thank you! THE COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS SUPPORT GROUP The Compassionate Friends international support group for parents, siblings and families grieving the loss of a child meets every third Tuesday of the month, 7-9 p.m., at Kismet Place, 363 Blair Park Rd., Williston. Call/email Jay at 802-373-1263, compassionatefriendsvt@ gmail.com. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) chapter meeting. Hedding United Methodist Church, Washington St., Barre. Wed., 5:15-6:15 p.m. For info, call David at 371-8929.

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At Vermont Creamery, our employees are our greatest The University Vermont is an Equalthat Opportunity/Affi Action resource. Weofare a community empowersrmative our team to Employer. Applications from women and people from diverse racial, engage and live our mission every day. We know that the ethnic, and cultural backgrounds are encouraged to apply. whole is greater than the sum of its parts, and here, the whole is powered by a spirit of collaboration & transparency. Benefits matter; that’s why we offer a competitive package. Our benefits program includes medical, vision & dental insurance, retirement plans & a total well-being approach. Perks to keep you healthy & happy include a wellness program, time off & tuition assistance. A certified B Corp since 2014, we’re using our business as a force for good.

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to oversee financial operations, business planning, and budgeting. The finance and operations director works closely with the executive director to oversee financial operations, strategic planning, and budgeting. This position’s portfolio includes financial management, human resources, benefits management, basic information technology support, and serving as an effective liaison to the board finance committee. 10:27 AM The person in this position supervises a part-time finance administrator and reports to the executive director. For a full job description, please go to vermontartscouncil.org/ about-us/employment.

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The Director of the Vermont Convention Bureau leads efforts to bring meetings and conferences to Vermont, introduce new visitors to the state, and grow our economic Lead Hazard Control Project Manager3/9/202V-MajesticAuto022620.indd 4t-VTCreamery031120.indd 1 5:57 PM 1 2/25/201x2 11:48 JobsAM Filler.indd 1 1/14/20 12:30 PM Research Experiences for High School opportunity. If you are an experienced Students and Teachers VHCB’s Healthy & Lead-Safe Homes Program is seeking an experienced marketing professional that has a construction professional to oversee the development and completion of lead strong entrepreneurial spirit and can hazard control projects throughout the State. This position provides assessment Vermont EPSCoR supports high school teams of a teacher and develop and execute new strategies, of lead paint hazards, development of mitigation plans, and direct oversight of two students to conduct independent research on stream we would love to hear from you. construction activities. It requires on-site interaction with property owners, tenants, ecology, water quality and land use management. contractors and affordable housing developers and extensive state-wide travel. Full job description at vermont. Apply by April 1 Knowledge of the hazards associated with lead paint and mitigation preferred. org/chamber/job/vcbdirector. To Participating teachers receive a $1,000 stipend QUALIFICATIONS: Substantial experience in housing rehabilitation, specificaapply, e-mail cover letter & resumé tion writing and preparation of bid and contract documents. Experience with and $1,000 in equipment funds for their school! to vermont@vermont.org with specification development or construction management software preferred. Participants receive free room and board during a the subject line: VCB Director. Vermont Drivers License and reliable vehicle required. Ability to obtain necessary summer training week at Saint Michael’s College. professional certifications/licenses in Vermont. Required training will be provided. The VT Convention Bureau is a division Full-time position with comprehensive benefits. EOE. Please reply with letter of of the Lake Champlain Chamber. For more information and to apply: www.uvm.edu/epscor/highschool interest and résumé to: Laurie Graves, VHCB, 58 E. State Street, Montpelier, Vt. LCC provides equal employment 05602 or jobs@vhcb.org. Position open until filled. See the full job description opportunities to all applicants for at: vhcb.org/about-us/jobs employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. Funding provided by NSF OIA 1556770 To apply, please call 802-479-9371 or apply online at: vermontcreamery.com/our-team.

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Operations Support

True North is a year-round therapeutic program for adolescents and young adults located in Waitsfield in the Mad River Valley. We are seeking a full-time, yearround Operations Support person. Seasonal positions are available from May to October in The ideal candidate is an adaptable Buildings & Grounds, Events, Inn, Market Garden, team player with a positive attitude Restaurant, and Welcome Center/Farm Store. who is willing to work both indoors For more information about specific positions visit and outdoors performing a variety of tasks associated with the shelburnefarms.org/about/join-our-team logistics of running our program. or join us for the job fair on March 28th! Tasks including food packing Shelburne Farms is an EOE, committed to fostering a culturally and rationing, gear outfitting, Full time hours with no late nights. Generous aware learning community open to multiple perspectives. transportation and facilities store discount, group health insurance and more. maintenance. Candidates must Apply today at: middlebury.coop. be willing to work weekends and occasional evenings. A clean and 1 3/3/20 11:12 AM valid driver’s license is required. 4t-MiddleburyNaturalFoodsCoop030420.indd 1 3/3/20 4t-ShelburneFarmsJOBFAIR030420.indd 10:00 AM EMERGENCY ROOM RNs Competitive salary and The Emergency Room at Northeastern comprehensive benefits offered. Vermont Regional Hospital (NVRH) Benefits include health, dental, is currently looking for experienced vision and accident insurance, an Emergency Room RNs. Full-time, employee assistance program and a SIMPLE IRA. part-time, and per diem positions available. Seeking Adult Family Care Coordinator for our Burlington, VT Send resumes to: location. Care Coordinator will assume the role of program The Emergency Room RN position provides direct jobs@truenorthwilderness.com development, intake and transition care coordination, marketing care, evaluates outcomes, consults with other and outreach, and strategic planning for the implementation and specialties as required, and adjusts nursing care management in our Vermont Comforts of Home program. Qualified processes as indicated. Working well under pressure, 1 3:34 PM candidates will possess a passion for supporting a wide variety 3v-TrueNorthWildernessProgram022620.indd 2/20/20 RNs collaborate with other health team members of individuals in need of services, organizational and program to coordinate medical and nursing management of development experience, as well as visionary skills to develop patient care. Our knowledgeable and passionate relationships with individuals, their families and external professional RNs continuously learn and grow within their roles partners. Competitive salary with Comprehensive Health, Dental, at NVRH thanks to our tuition reimbursement, loan and Vision Insurance Coverage. Generous PTO package and Retirement plan; this is a full-time salaried position. repayment, and scholarship programs. OFFICE SERVICES Applicants are encouraged to apply directly to Marie Zura at Apply: nvrh.org/careers. COORDINATOR 802-662-5978, or via email: mzura@uvs-vt.org.

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Human Resources Generalist

Human Resources Generalist for agency with 23 employees. Coordinate a variety of personnel matters, including acting as Plan Administrator for employee benefit programs. Applicants must have a bachelor’s degree in human resources or related field & 5 years’ HR experience, prior payroll processing & 401K administration experience & knowledgeable in all areas of employee relations. SHRM-SP or PHR certification preferred. This is not a State of Vermont position.

FULL-TIME BARISTA/SANDWICH TEAM POSITION Previous food service/cash handling experience necessary. Job requirements include: • Customer Service • Making espresso drinks and sandwiches to order. Please contact Hannah at buyer@redhenbaking.com or (802)-223-5200 x19.

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DISHWASHING AND GENERAL CLEANING: We are hiring for a position washing dishes and doing general cleaning around our bakery and cafe. We are looking for a team player who enjoys good food, customer service and loves cleaning. Come work with a great bunch of people in our bustling business! Contact Randy at randy@redhenbaking.com or (802) 223-5200 x12.

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Statewide affordable housing provider/manager needs a professional individual to 10:50 AM assist Executive Management; provide support to governing boards, administration, human resources & finance with overall responsibility for office services & facility management. Individual will use a variety of computerized programs including word processing, Excel, Access & others. Full time position located in Montpelier, VT.

Send resume and cover letter to hiring@ccvs.vermont.gov or mail to:

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Vermont Center for Crime Victim Services 58 South Main St., Suite 1 Waterbury, VT 05676

Send a cover letter & resume: HR, VSHA, 1 Prospect St., Montpelier, VT 05602-3556.

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Highway Maintenance Worker

Farmers To You in Berlin, VT is hiring a Bookkeeper/Office Manager. Farmers To You is a mission based organization rebuilding the regional food system. Become part of our fun, team oriented work environment. For more information, visit us at: farmerstoyou.com/employment.php.

We’re seeking to hire servers and bartenders to join our hardworking and energetic team. If you’re interested in the opportunity, drop off a resume in person, or email to:

The Town of Jericho is accepting applications for a Lawrence@mandarinvt.com Highway Maintenance Worker Level II. This is a fulltime position which requires a CDL and the ability to routinely work outside of regular working hours. 2h-FarmersToYou030420.indd 1 2/28/20 t-Mandarin031120.indd 11:31 AM 1 3/10/20 12:21 PM The ideal candidate will have at least two years of WE’RE LOOKING FOR A TEAM LEADER WITH A PASSION FOR experience in highway maintenance, snow plowing, SOCIAL JUSTICE TO JOIN US AS OUR NEW construction procedures and methods at the municipal level. Equipment operation experience is a plus.

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The starting hourly wage is dependent on qualifications. The Town of Jericho offers excellent benefits, including health and dental insurance and a retirement plan. An application and job description can be downloaded from jerichovt.org. They are also available at the Jericho Town Hall, at 67 VT Rt. 15, Jericho, M-F 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

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Competitive salary & benefits www.LCLT.org package. Burlington office. Resumes reviewed beginning April 3rd. EOE.

Position is open until filled.

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Training & Compliance Specialist This position plays a key role in all aspects of compliance at VGS. This position will develop and maintain a training program for operations personnel that incorporates regulatory requirements, provides ongoing continuing education, supports employee progression to address succession planning, and ensures operational redundancy in key roles. In addition, this position also leads on-boarding for contractors and ensures our compliance-related documentation is relevant, aligns with current regulations, and is used correctly around the Company. The right person is comfortable and confident keeping up to date on Federal and State regulations and industry codes including natural gas safety as well as working with a variety of different individuals, both internally and externally.

BENEFITS: TOTAL REWARDS Our generous benefits package includes comprehensive healthcare coverage, 401(k) with employer contributions and bonus potential. See all the details and apply for this position at vermontgas.com/about/career-opportunities. Diversity & Inclusion Statement: We are committed to building a work community that is inclusive & represents a vibrant diversity of background, experience, perspective, & thought. Candidates across all markers of identity (age, race, gender, ability, communication style, etc.) are highly encouraged to apply. Please go to vermontgas.com to view the full job descriptions and apply today!

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30 Champlain hours/week The Lake Land

Trust is Champlain a growing regional The Lake Land Trust is a growing regional landorganization conservation land conservation organization saving the islands, shoresaving the islands, shorelands, lands, and natural areas, and protecting the and Lake'snatural water quality, since 1978. areas, and 3/9/20 6:39 PM Competitive salary & benefits package. protecting the Lake's water Burlington office. Resumes reviewed beginning July 10th. EOE. To apply, quality, since 1978. see full job description on our website.

Completed applications can be submitted to Paula Carrier in person, via email at pcarrier@jerichovt.gov or via mail to PO Box 39, Jericho, VT 05465.

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Financial Advisor One Day In July is hiring financial advisors in Vermont and New Hampshire.

www.onedayinjuly.com/careers We have opportunities for licensed advisors as well as a training program for people interested in the field. One Day In July LLC is an equal opportunity employer.

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The Center for An Agricultural Economy seeks a Staff Accountant responsible for all daily accounting tasks, including preparing tax documents and financial reports, posting general ledger transactions and journal entries, processing payroll, and the overall maintenance of operational management accounts. Working in close coordination with CAE’s Bookkeeper and Director of Operations, the Staff Accountant will handle the organization’s accounting and financial administration activities while helping to expand CAE’s financial management tools and systems. The Staff Accountant is charged with maintaining CAE’s accounting procedures and healthy organizational financial profile by ensuring compliance with applicable state and federal policies and GAAP principles. See the full job description at: hardwickagriculture.org. Send resumes to: kristin@ hardwickagriculture.org

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Senior Designer Vermont’s premier continuing care retirement community is adding members to it's team!

Social Media & Content Manager Hello Burlington promotes the region as a great place for travel, meetings, and events. We’re ready to up our social media game and need help strategizing and managing content creation. If you have a background in social media management and digital marketing, and you love living in the Burlington area, we’d love to hear from you. View the full job description at helloburlingtonvt.com/work. To apply, email a cover letter and resumé to info@helloburlingtonvt. com with the subject: “Social Media & Content Manager.” Hello Burlington is a division of the Lake Champlain Chamber. LCRCC provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.

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of the world’s leading brands.

Supports the CEO to help him achieve his and the company’s performance goals.

Packaging Line Operator

Responsible for daily operations of canning and kegging lines in our Waitsfield brewery. For more information visit: lawsonsfinest. com/about-us/joinour-team.

Wake Robin provides a fine dining experience with a focus on farm to plate freshness, and a work environment that is hard to find in the restaurant industry. • We work from scratch, not from a box • 40% of our produce is local/organic • Innovative on-site protein butchering and smoking • Manageable schedule ending in early evening • Superb kitchen facilities with excellent benefits Our cook will have experience producing high quality soups, sauces and entrees from scratch, demonstrate experience in all aspects of cooking from grilling to sautéing, and pay strong attention to the quality of food consistency & delivery.

We’re seeking a strategic thinker who loves what they do and thrives in a fast paced, team environment. High standards for creative execution, delivery, and communication are critical. The right individual will be a problem solver with a high EQ, an awareness of design trends, a passion for brands and the ability to bring ideas to life across a variety of media. A minimum of five years creative experience and demonstrated ability to deliver superior design

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solutions within tight deadlines is required.

This service position performs a variety of custodial, floor maintenance, light maintenance and repair duties under general supervision throughout the Wake Robin campus, common areas, independent living units, and health center. A minimum of one year of hands-on experience as custodian/housekeeper or an equivalent combination of education and experience is required.

Compensation is based on experience and capabilities. Benefits include medical and dental, 401k with profit sharing, ski and ride discount passes and an exceptional work environment. email: careers4@selectdesign.com www.selectdesign.com/senior-designer

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VT STATE PARKS (temporary) Montpelier, VT

Department of Planning & Zoning seeks two highly motivated self-starters with excellent customer service skills to join their team. The Coordinator will assist the public, implement permit review and long range plans, and manage the department’s permitting software. Successful applicants for the Planning and Zoning Coordinator will have a B.A. or B.S. degree in planning or a related field. Annual compensation is $44,105 to $49,429 plus a competitive benefit package. See complete Job description and apply online at colchestervt.gov/321/Human-Resources or submit cover letter, resume and application by April 1, 2020 to slabarge@colchestervt.gov. E.O.E. The Technician will perform technical work initiating and coordinating permitting functions for the department. Successful applicants for the Planning Technician will have a relevant degree in planning, environmental or political science, etc. Annual compensation is $41,280 plus a competitive benefit package. See complete Job Description and apply online at colchestervt.gov/321/Human-Resources or submit cover letter, resume and application by April 1, 2020 to slabarge@colchestervt.gov. E.O.E

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Wake Robin offers an excellent compensation and benefits package and an opportunity to build strong relationships with staff and residents in a dynamic community setting. Interested candidates can send their resumes to hr@wakerobin.com or fill out an application at wakerobin.com/employment. Wake Robin is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

We are looking for an ambitious, energetic and talented person for this temporary administrative job opportunity with Vermont State Parks in our central office located in Montpelier, VT. This is a temporary but full-time (40 hours a week) state job for approximately 32 weeks in duration under the supervision of the Chief of Park Operations. • $19.33 per hour • Monday–Friday for approximately 32 weeks (up to a total of 1280 hours) How to Apply: Email a cover letter and resume to: Ellen.McCarron@vermont.gov. If you have questions about the position, please contact Ellen McCarron via email or phone at (802) 272-5991. The work will be highly varied, ranging from miscellaneous administrative office duties to more advanced duties relating to our developing facility maintenance program. Computer skills are a must, such as fluency with the standard Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Word and Excel at a minimum) as well as general technology such as using cell-phone based apps. Additionally, familiarity with GIS and databases would be preferred for one of the projects envisioned for this position. Come work with our team if you are interested in furthering the worthy cause of getting people outside and enjoying Vermont’s beautiful state parks!

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Twincraft is a custom contract manufacturer for natural bar soap and premium liquid skincare, working with many of the world’s top personal care brands. We are searching for passionate candidates who appreciate skincare products to join our highly dynamic and artisanal production environment.

Green Mountain Painters is looking for talented individuals to join our growing team. Earn excellent pay working a great summer job. Plenty of room to grow and advance your career. Please fill out application at vtpainters.com/jobs

Twincraft Team Members Needed Do You Want to Join a Growing Business Making Innovative Products? Our liquids skincare facility in Essex Junction is recruiting team members looking to grow and develop as we expand our products. Would you enjoy a role which encourages the following: • • • • • •

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Care Coordinator/ Scheduler

Detail oriented with an eye to capture variations Effective communication and collaboration Comfortable making and implementing decisions Perseverance and spirit to see a project through completion Gathering data, investigating and problem solving Multi-tasking in a fast paced setting

If any of these pique your interest, we encourage you to apply or reach out to us to learn more about what opportunities are available. The starting wage could be $20.00/hour or higher based on the potential value you will be bringing to our business. We offer extensive benefits to our employees and their families, which aligns with the philosophies of Twincraft.

Love people? Looking for a challenge? Let’s talk! Our ideal candidate will be outgoing and professional with strong administrative, communication and customer service skills. Ability to prioritize quickly is essential. Experience working with Seniors is a plus.

We look forward to hearing from you, so please apply by visiting our website, twincraft.com, or submitting a resume to jobs@twincraft.com.

Call 862-7200 or e-mail resume to sue.richardson@ griswoldhomecare.com.

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COLCHESTER FIRE DEPARTMENT The Fire Captain will have the responsibility for motivating, supervising, training, and evaluating subordinate-level employees. This individual will be responsible for prioritizing, scheduling, and completing tasks associated with non-emergency response activities such as pre-fire planning, fire and life safety education, and training activities; will supervise and participate in the care and maintenance of fire stations, apparatus, equipment; and perform, assign, direct, and supervise firefighting and medical emergencies. The Fire Captain will perform administrative duties assigned by the Fire Chief, Assistant Chiefs, or Town Manager, in the Fire Chief’s absence. This individual should have a genuine desire to become an active participant in the Colchester community.

This position is multi-faceted and would require a blend of knowledge & understanding of early childhood and progressive elementary education as well as experience fundraising and marketing for independent schools. Salary: $58,000 - $62,000, 12-month employee.

Please send a resume and cover letter highlighting your interest and experience to hiring@ bellwetherschool.org.

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New Moon is looking to add a couple line cooks to our team. The right candidate will have a culinary background, be hard working, a team player, and enjoy interacting with our customers.

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Breakfast shifts: Mon-Friday, 7-11:30am Sundays, 7:30am-2:30pm Salad shifts: Mon-Friday, 8am-3:30pm Sundays, 9:30am-3:30pm

Desired minimum qualifications are 6 years of service in an Officer’s position with a Fire Department, State Certified FF I, FF II preferred, Hazmat Operations level, ICS Certifications, State Certified EMT-A. Experience in managing employees in an accountable manner; experience in office technologies including Word and Excel; general knowledge of equipment and building maintenance; proficient in writing, math skills, and interpersonal skills. See colchestervt.gov/321/Human-Resources for complete job description and to apply. Salary range is $52,432 - $55,228 plus a competitive benefit package. Submit cover letter, resume and application by 3PM Friday April 3, 2020. E.O.E.

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Sandwich shifts: Sun-Friday, 10:30am-6pm We are closed on Saturdays. Must be able to work on Sundays. Pay is based on experience and tips are shared with the cooks and crew members. Please respond to this ad with your resume and availability. rebecca@newmoonvt.com.

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Summer Camp Seeking Staff — Summer 2020 Camp Dudley at Kiniya is a beautiful summer camp for girls located on Lake Champlain in Colchester, VT. We are seeking summer staff who are team-oriented, and like being in a community dedicated to fun, service and leadership. Room-and-Board available, and competitive pay. Trips Coordinator Responsible for all logistics for wilderness trips up to 3 days in length in the Green Mountains. WFR training and knowledge of the Long Trail a plus! Tennis Instructor Experience instructing youth a plus! Athletics Staff Support team and individual sports including soccer, basketball, softball, lacrosse, archery, tennis, golf, and more. Experience in 2 or more areas is required. Maintenance Staff Looking for an energetic and positive person to join our summer maintenance team. Daily tasks will include landscaping and grounds work, trash, recycling, and compost collection. Additional tasks will depend on individual skill set. Experience with equipment is a plus! Early Childhood Caregiver Looking for someone with experience caring for and engaging kids age 2-3 year olds outside in nature. CPR and first aide knowledge a plus!

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DOCKET CLERK POSITIONS The Vermont Judiciary is recruiting for fulltime, permanent & part-time temporary Docket Clerk positions to perform specialized clerical duties including data entry and extensive customer service over the phone. Positions in Burlington. High School graduate and two years of clerical or data entry experience required. Starting at $17.11 per hour. Permanent positions come with excellent benefits, paid holidays and leave time.

COURT OFFICER Recruiting for a full-time permanent & a part-time temporary Court Officer. The position provides security and ensures safety to courthouse occupants, as well as oversight of courtroom operations. Positions in Burlington & Rutland. High School graduate and two years in a responsible position required. Starting pay $17.11 per hour. Permanent positions come with excellent benefits, paid holidays and leave time. Go to vermontjudiciary.org/employmentopportunities/staff-openings for more details, how to apply and other recruitments. Open until filled.

Analyst or Senior Analyst Seeking applicants for either of these roles to join our hard-working, fun-loving, dedicated and collaborative team. If you’re passionate about improving our world, transforming the way we use and produce energy, promoting social justice, and enjoy the company of “energy geeks” and their dogs, we’d love to hear from you. Please visit energyfuturesgroup. com/careers to view the job description and application instructions.

Equal opportunity employer.

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Electronic Technician Needed

Basin Harbor is Hiring-Work Where you Play!

Waterfront Operations Manager The Waterfront Operations Manager provides oversight to the scheduling and staffing of Basin Harbor’s Waterfront, including guest interaction, clerical duties, and training. High School Diploma or GED, and one to three years’ related experience and or training is required. This is a full-time, seasonal position.

Reservations & Revenue Manager The Reservations & Revenue Manager is responsible for maximizing room revenue through the management of room inventory, market mix and pricing strategy; supervises the processing of guest reservations and group room blocks, oversees the Reservations staff, and is responsible for training and developing them to encourage maximization of hotel revenue. Reservations & Revenue Manager works in conjunction with the Sales & Marketing department to achieve targeted goals. Three to five years of experience in hotel/resort reservations & revenue management and experience with hospitality CRM systems are required. This is a Full time – Year Round FLSA Exempt position. Diversity helps us build a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, skills, and perspectives. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. For more information and to apply, please visit basinharbor.com/jobs.

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Director of Science & Freshwater Programs Want to help save the planet? THE NATURE CONSERVANCY in Vermont seeks a dynamic professional to serve as its full-time Director of Science and Freshwater Programs. This is an exceptional career opportunity for a highly motivated, curious, and skilled individual interested in joining the world’s leading conservation organization. The Director of Science and Freshwater Programs will provide science leadership and support for The Nature Conservancy’s strategic conservation priorities in Vermont. Additionally, they will provide strategic leadership on freshwater projects such as watershed restoration, flood resilience, and climate adaptation efforts. The ideal candidate will have a proven record of conservation success in their respective field and an ability to work nimbly on a team with diverse skill sets. Experience working with various stakeholder groups such as public agencies, NGOs, landowners, municipalities and academic institutions is also desirable. The Nature Conservancy is a global non-profit that works in all 50 states and in over 70 countries. Join a growing team that is committed to building a future where both nature and people thrive. We offer a competitive salary with a comprehensive benefits package and professional development opportunities. A master’s degree and 2 years’ related experience or equivalent combination required. For a complete position description and to apply, visit tinyurl.com/svpnfh3. The application deadline is Midnight EST March 29, 2020.

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Long standing Audio Electronics manufacturer looking for a component level troubleshooting and repair technician.

FULL TIME OR PART TIME POSITION AVAILABLE. Technical school degree, equivalent Military training or equivalent hands-on experience required. Must be proﬁcient in the fundamentals of basic electronic theory along with experience using a digital volt meter and oscilloscope. Lifting heavy items will be required at times. Dealing with the general public by phone and email will be a regular occurrence so good people skills will be necessary.

Salary will be based on experience. Send resumes to USASER@BRYSTON.COM

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Lawrence Memorial Library

DIRECTOR

The Board of Trustees of the Lawrence Memorial Library in Bristol, VT is seeking an experienced, community focused and forward-thinking Director who will: • Work collaboratively with staff & community to lead LML into the future. • Make informed decisions regarding programming and technology. • Possess strong organizational, financial, technological, and supervisory skills. • Communicate personably and effectively with library patrons, staff and Board of Trustees. • Manage the day-to-day running of the library. QUALIFICATIONS: Relevant education in library science and prior experience working in a public or school library. A Bachelor’s Degree is required. A Master’s Degree is preferred. This is a salaried position. Salary and benefits are commensurate with experience and education. Please submit a resume with cover letter and three letters of recommendation to lmlhiringcommittee@gmail. com. The position, which begins June 15, 2020, will be open until filled. Preference will be given to candidates who submit their applications prior to March 31st, 2020. EOE

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When you work for the State of Vermont, you and your work matter. A career with the State puts you on a rich and rewarding professional path. You’ll find jobs in dozens of fields – not to mention an outstanding total compensation package.

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The DMH Care Management Director is a liaison between designated psychiatric units Vermont hospitals and the DMH. The incumbent will be responsible for oversight of mental health inpatient services including voluntary and involuntary care, fiscal and administrative issues. The incumbent will also work closely with Vermont courts and law enforcement to ensure individuals within the legal system receive treatment at the appropriate levels of care. For more information, contact Samantha Sweet at samantha.sweet@vermont.gov. Department: Mental Health. Status: Full Time. Job ID #6241. Application Deadline: March 19, 2020.

REGISTERED NURSE II – MIDDLESEX

We are looking for a compassionate, service-oriented individual to fill our Registered Nurse II position on the overnight shift for the 7-bed Middlesex Therapeutic Community Residence. In this role you will establish and develop one to one relationship with individual residents and help maintain a therapeutic environment within the residence. Come and join a dedicated team who works every day to improve our resident’s lives and help them to succeed. For more information, contact Michelle Lavallee at michelle.lavallee@vermont.gov. Department: Mental Health. Status: Full Time. Job ID #5082. Application Deadline: Open until filled.

FIN ANCIAL MAN AGER III – WATERBURY

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to be part of a great team in the ever-evolving world of cost allocation in State accounting? Senior, professional accounting work and responsibility in the maintenance, review and reconciliation of financial records, primarily those associated with cost allocation. The ideal candidate will have strong understanding of Excel, human service funding streams, cost allocation principles, and an understanding of Uniform Guidance. For more information, contact Ed Dwinell at (802) 241-0672 or Ed.Dwinell@vermont.gov. Department: Children and Families. Status: Full Time. Job ID #5588. Application Deadline: March 18, 2020.

HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINIS TRATOR III – WATERBURY

The Vermont Department of Human Resources seeks a strong HR generalist to join a dynamic team supporting multiple departments in the Agency of Human Services. The ideal candidate will work effectively with all levels of employees and management, organize and prioritize work effectively and adapt to changing demands in a fast-paced environment. Duties will include varying degrees of work in multiple HR disciplines. Emphasis will be on the administration of labor relations and employee relations. For more information, contact Valerie Nikel at valerie.nikel@ vermont.gov. Status: Full Time. Job ID #6304. Application Deadline: March 16, 2020.

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Mansfield Hall is a private, innovative residential college support program for students with diverse learning needs. We are looking for dynamic individuals to fill the following position:

STUDENT LIFE CASE MANAGER We are seeking a dynamic individual to serve as one of our three Student Life Case Managers. This person will supervise direct service staff, case manage and coach students, partner with parents, and build a cohesive team and strong community. The ideal candidate will possess a master’s degree in social work or in a related field, have residential program experience, a background in mental health and/or educational programming, strong writing skills, and a commitment to ongoing professional development. Apply online at: mansfieldhall.org/employment. 5h-MiddleburyCollege031120.indd 1 4t-MansfieldHallSTUDENTLife030420.indd 1

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Join our team of creative educators in a progressive academic environment. We are hiring a Pre K & K/1 full-time teacher for the 2020-21 school year. Creativity, experience and love of kids are key!!

3/9/20 PERSONAL CARE ASSISTANT/ COMPANION

(Family managed) Part time or full time for the right person. 44 hours available. Personal care and Companion for a young man in Grand Isle. Individual is non-verbal and uses depends. Assist with his daily shower and follow stretches daily. Please call Lynda for job details at 802-355-3904.

Competitive wages. Must be able to pass a background check. Send resumes to:

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Visit farm and forestry applicants and borrowers throughout the state, analyze loan requests, prepare loan write-ups, service a diverse loan portfolio and perform annual financial analyses. 6:15 PM

Knowledge of agricultural and/or forest industry, strong written and verbal skills, and excellent customer service are required. Previous agricultural lending experience, proven team approach and a bachelor’s degree in a related field are preferred. Leadership experience is a plus. Successful candidates will have a positive customer service attitude, strong written and verbal skills, and accuracy and attention to detail. Computer literacy and ability to learn financial database software is required. Each position includes travel within the State of Vermont. Email cover letter and resume to: Cheryl Houchens, Chief Risk and Resources Officer chouchens@veda.org or mail to: VEDA, Attn: Cheryl Houchens 60 Main Street, Suite 202, Burlington, VT 05401 VEDA offers a competitive salary and benefits package and is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.

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