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Workers cleaning up a school storeroom last July in Costa Mesa, California, mistakenly threw away some 3000 rare fossils that had just been catalogued. The collection was being stored at Lindbergh Elementary School during summer vacation in 17 boxes, all wrapped and marked with a list of contents on top. T h e Mesa Consolidated Water District, which paid $90,000 to collect and identify the fossils, didnt discover the loss until August — too late to recover them. Spokesperson Mary F. Urashima noted that the landfill they were taken to receives about 4500 tons of garbage a day.

Baby Love In Labasa, Fiji, one Fijian couple and an ethnic Indian couple discovered that their babies had been switched at birth 14 months earlier at the Labasa hospital. After the mothers from different ethnic groups endured months of taunts over the physical features of their sons, the mix-up came to light when a friend of the Fijian family chanced to see the Indian mother with her baby and put the two families in touch. T h e local Daily Post reported that both families were pleased to learn the truth but were happy to keep the child they had raised from birth.

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Fn FOLLOWING THE TEETOR TRIAL N o question, the best show in town is at Chittenden Superior Court, where two of the best trial attorneys in the state are going headto-head in T h e Great Vermont Media Trial. Fired reporter Paul Teetor vs. Gannett — the world's largest media empire. For the defense: 59-year-old Bob Rachlin, of Downs Rachlin & Martin. Known in the legal community as "The Prince of Darkness," the bearded Rachlin has an impressive array of notches on his belt. Attorneys drop by the courtroom just to see him in action, and perhaps pick up a few pointers gratis. He's tough and smooth. Real smooth. For the plaintiff: 39-year-old Ritchie Berger — the front-runner of his generation to take Rachlin's crown. Born and raised in Rutland, Berger is the courtroom equivalent of the Rangers' Mark Messier storming the net. He's T h e Terminator. Messier's a goalie's worst nightmare, and Berger is a chilling sight for anyone in the witness box. Then there's the one and only Paul Teetor. He overcame a stuttering problem as a child to become a certified loudmouth. He's pushy and abrasive — he prefers "persistent" and "feisty" — and his vanity is boundless. W h e n he joined The Burlington Tree Press six years ago, he lied about his age. He played Dorian Gray on his personnel forms where he claimed to be 38. Later he told Editor Ron Thornburgh he was 35. The trial is expected to last through next week. Here are some of the highlights from the first four days: • Assistant Judge Althea Kroger almost stole the show on opening day and caused a mistrial at the same time. You see, Althea had sat on the bench during jury draw. Later she was seen talking to a juror by County Clerk Diane Lavallee. Judge Alden Bryan began the trial by informing Rachlin and Berger of this. Spotting Kroger seated in the last row of the packed courtroom, Bryan asked her to come forward and explain her actions. She said she had noticed on the juror information sheets that one of the jurors subscribed to Commonweal, a Catholic magazine she reads as well. She was just being her friendly self. No whistles. No evil spirits. Now Althea knows judges aren't supposed to have private little chit-chats with members of a jury. • Thornburg, one of the defendants in this case, flew in from Utah to attend. W h e n he took the stand Monday afternoon, the Bergermeister greeted him with a friendly "Welcome to Vermont." N o question, Berger would like the jury to see it as a trial pitting a Vermonter against three out-of-state newspaper editors and a multi-billion dollar Virginiabased corporate monster. • Rachlin began his surgery on Teetor Friday by entering the dream world. Teetor has previously testified he'd always had a dream of being a writer. T h e Prince of Darkness wanted to know exactly when that dream began. T h e n he wanted to know why Teetor never wrote for his high school paper, or for The Kenyon Review, a notable literary magazine, he attended Kenyon College. Rachlin's

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mission was obvious: the destruction of Paul Teetor as a person. He wasn't able to achieve that in five hours of cross-examination, and in the process Vermont's F. Lee Bailey appeared at times to be an old-fashioned fuddy-duddy. • Much of the early going has been a battle of personnel records. Berger accentuates the positive. Rachlin highlights the negative. But the most crucial one may be the performance evaluation Teetor got when he was put on three months' probation in 1992. T h e principal criticism was "lack of production." But Assistant Managing Editor Juli Metzger flunked math. She had totaled his bylines over a seven-month period. Not only did she add them up wrong, but she had him down for nine bylines in the first month. Berger produced Teetor's clip file and had Thornburg count them. Not nine, 18. Oops. • Teetor was sacked for what Thornburg said was inaccuracy in his story on the racism forum. Four people who attended that forum — Police Chief Kevin Scully, former City Council President Bill Aswad, Phi Doane, a leader of the Asian community, and former Channel 3 City Hall Reporter Christina McKenna — all testified that Teetor's story was accurate. • Former Mayoral Assistant Rodney Patterson testified on video. He's currently the acting director of minority student affairs at Michigan State. Patterson had been deposed on February 23 at Rachlin's office. Rachlin spent the first 20 minutes on Patterson's academic and ministerial resume — he's an ordained Baptist minister. When things finally got to the punchline, Rev. Patterson boasted about how by 10 a.m. on the morning Teetor's story «f ran, he was planning a noontime protest march on the Free Press. He said he could get 100-15Q, people to turn out. He testified he wanted a "public apology" from the paper, a rewrite of the story on page one, and he wanted Teetor fired. O n cross-examination, when Berger referred to his "three demands," Patterson smiled and said they weren't demands — just things he wanted to "share" with the Free Press management. He got word around 11 a.m. that Teetor would be fired and he canceled the protest. • Berger flashed several Sam Hemingway columns on the screen, including one in which Hemingway wrote that a local woman involved in a messy divorce had been referred to as a "social misfit" by Judge Matthew Katz. In fact, that was the opposite of what Katz had written. Despite a letter to the editor complaining, Hemingway's error was not investigated, the mistake never corrected. "In hindsight," said Thornburg, "I should have pursued that. It was a serious error." • W h e n Teetor finally got off probation in January 1993 — two months before the forum — Metzger wrote he was "meeting most of his expectations." Thornburg faxed a copy to Gannett H Q in Virginia, where it was edited. W h e n it came back, "most" had been changed to "some." A week earlier, Thornburg testified he'd called Gannett H Q and said, "I want to fire Paul Teetor." He was told to prepare a record. There's a lot at stake here: Paul Teetor's future. T h e reputation and image of our local daily. And the heavyweight crown of Vermont trial attorneys. Stop by. Admission is free of charge. •

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BREAD AND BUTTER: M u P P e t Man Jim Henson and publicity-shy Peter Schumann are not exactly a match made in puppet heaven. But before he died, Henson made a cash donation — $25,000 — that got the first Bread and Puppet documentary rolling. Eight years later, Jeff Farber came out with

Brother Bread, Sister Puppet — an 80-minute documentary he likens to "a piece of music in four movements." Experience, not analysis, is what Farber was after. His interviews are limited to insiders, like ringmaster Paul ZaJoom. Novelist Grace PaJey provides some narration. Check out the film Friday at Burlington College — the fourth of 10 in the Vermont Filmmaker Series organized by Kenny Peck.

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f J his time of year, as millions of Irish-Americans revel in tipsy nostalgia for a land they've never known, it's especially easy to see Greg Delanty as a clich^d figure: the bard with a brogue a n d the look of a leprechaun, the kind of canned Irishman he laments both in person and in his poetry. "I'm all for it — t h e m having a bit of f u n on St. Patrick's Day," Delanty remarks in the cluttered comfort of his book-crammed apartment on South Winooski Avenue. "It's just that I'm also a bit wary of them cultivating the caricature of the drunken Irishman." T h e St. Michael's College English

tdig to his roots with his pen. For Delanty, examining the situation of the Irish abroad is akin to exploring his native country's "fifth province." He's decided that this missing, mythical realm ~ ~ imagined because "province" means "divided into fifths" — can be located in the consciousness of all those who have emigrated from the Four Provinces. Last night I combed sleep's shore for its name. A familiar adze-crowned man appeared waving his crook's question mark, nursing a flame

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Department lecturer and poet expresses similar concerns — about himself, in this instance — in "Christopher Ricks's Oxford." T h e poem recounts Delanty's visit to a British friend s alma mater: It all seemed a parody of English order & monocled high seriousness, but then wasn't I a parody of the Irish with my hangover & rebellious inferiority, or was it superiority? Both perhaps. The cultured fuschia flourishing in floral regiments made me feel as alien as back in America.

Delanty has set out to mine this motherlode of material, excavating his identity m u c h in the manner of Ireland's Nobel poet laureate, Seamus Heaney, w h o vowed in an early work to

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l t h o u g h he "arrogantly, euphorically" declared himself a poet at age 17, it has taken a long time for Delanty, now 37, to find his authentic voice. He's also overcome the blockage that caused his words to seize u p when he arrived as a stranger in the United States. It took six years for a

U V M on the advice of an Irish critic who had been a visiting professor at the school. Broughton remembers Delanty's early days in the U.S.: "It was a shock for him to come from a relatively small country where poetry is highly prized and poets are regarded with huge respect, to this sprawling landscape without much respect at all for poetry and poets, at least not living ones. Greg discovered he had to make his own way here. It did help that he was Irish, of course — what with that lovely accent and all — but his success is a measure of his hard work, courage and considerable talent."

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T h e alienation of being Irish in America is a recurrent theme — perhaps the d o m i n a n t theme — in Delanty's increasingly prominent poetry. It's a vein that, oddly enough, he explains, has been largely untapped in the volumes of verse composed by the troubadors of the Irish diaspora. "It's been done a lot in songs," he notes, "but always in that sentimental, m o u r n ful manner." >

N o w in his ninth year as a part-time lecturer at St. Michael's College, Delanty has settled securely into Vermont and America. He's become a U.S. citizen and is married to Patricia Ferreira, a professor of AfricanAmerican literature at James Madison College in Virginia.

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Delanty's poems have appeared in several prestigious outlets in this country, including Atlantic Monthly, New Republic and Antioch Review. In addition to the three published collections of his own work —- Cast in the Fire, Southward and American Wake — he is co-editor of the soon-to-be released Jumping Off Shadows: Selected Contemporary Irish Poets. His is clearly a rising star.

Like most expatriates, however, Delanty cannot — does not want to — sever the linkages to the land of his origin. H e returns to Ireland each summer for a couple of months, visiting his mother and the many friends who have not moved away. Delanty is stamped indelibly by his native Cork. H e grew up in a middle-class household, the son of a printer who died the same year that Greg left for America. " W h a t was lovely about him was that he was an ordinary bloke," Delanty says of his father, the subject of several poems. It was in Cork City that he was hardschooled by Catholic brothers, suffering the corporal punishments that would turn him away from the faith of his ancestors. N o t entirely, though: Delanty reflects that he's "gotten a lot" f r o m Catholicism. " O n the level of the imagination, it's a marvelous religion, really — full of so many mysteries, you know." O n his annual pilgrimages to Cork, the ex-patriate notices the differences that now distinguish him from his boyhood mates. " M y complication with them," Delanty muses, "is that they're allowed to change, but they don't allow me the same privilege." He's now nearly as American as he is Irish, a condition sarcastically bemoaned in "Fat Yank's Lament": ,

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SAM'S PLANET (acid jazz), Club Metronome, 9 p.m., $4. PERCY HILL, KRISTY MULLER TRIO (groove rock), Club Toast, 9:30 p.m., $5/7. SMOKEHOUSE (rock), Nectars, 9:30 p.m. No cover. BOOTLESS & UNHORSED (Irish), Last Chance, 7:30 p.m. No cover. GENERIC SOUL (DJ), 135 Pearl, 9 p.m., $4. PAUL ASBELL (acoustic blues, jazz), Burlington Coffeehouse, City Market, 9 p.m., $3. GEORGE, BY GEORGE! (acoustic morsels), Java Love, 9 p.m. No cover. MIKE TROMBLEY EXPERIENCE (rock), Buddahs, 9 p.m. No cover. WHISKERS & LACE (rock), Patches, Holiday Inn, 9 p.m. No cover. MARTY MORRISSEY (Irish), Vermont Pub & Brewery, 9:30 p.m. No cover. VIPER HOUSE (acid jazz-Rink), Last Elm Cafe, 9 p.m. Donations. MATTHEW BUCKLEY (Highland pipes), Local Legends Coffeehouse, Daily Bread, Richmond, 7:30 p.m., $3.50. LIVE BUJEGRASS, Mad Mountain Tavern, Waitsfield, 9:30 p.m., $1. ^ ^

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CLYDE SIATS TRIO (jazz), Windjammer, 5 p.m. No cover. PURE PRESSURE (soul Rink), Club Metronome, 9 p.m., $4. 5 SECONDS EXPIRED, 6L6, FLY SPINACH FLY, DIESELMEAT (hardcore), Club Toast, 9:30 p.m., $5. COSY SHERIDAN (new folk), Burlington Coffeehouse, City Market, 9 p.m., $6. ALEX BETZ, STEVE GOLDBERG JAZZ TRIO, Samsara, 9 p.m. No cover. COMEDY ZONE (stand-up), Radisson Hotel, 8 & 10 p.m., $7. 8084 (rock), Buddahs, 9 p.m., $3. BOOTLESS & UNHORSED (Irish), Last Chance, 7:30 p.m. No cover. THE X-RAYS (rock), Nectars, 9:30 p.m. No cover. KIM KING'S JUKEBOX (DJ), 6 p.m., followed by CRAIG MITCHELL (DJ), 135 Pearl, 9 p.m., $6. JAZZ NIGHT, Cafe No No, 8 p.m. No cover. OUTER MONGOLIA, THE FIDDLEHEADS, CLOUD PEOPLE (mellow rock), Last Elm Cafe, 9 p.m. Donations. WHISKERS & LACE (rock), Patches, Holiday Inn, 9 p.m. No cover. HIGHLAND WEAVERS (Irish), 5 p.m., followed by ELLEN POWELL & COMPANY (jazz), Tuckaways, Sheraton Hotel, 8:30 p.m. No cover. JOHN DREW PETERSEN (acoustic), Williston Coffeehouse, 8 p.m., $4. SMOKIN' GUN (rock), Wolfs Lair, Colchester, 9 p.m., $2. PLANET DANCE BAND (Rink, ska, worldbeat), Toms Riverside Grill, Bristol, 9 p.m., $3. OPEN MIKE (acoustic), Artists Guild, Rochester, 8 p.m., $1. THE URGE (blues), Charlie-os, Montpelier, 10 p.m. No cover. MICHAEL SULLIVAN TRIO (jazz), Main Street Bar and Grill Downstair, Montpelier, 8 p.m. No cover. DAVE KELLER (acoustic blues), Inn at Walkabout Creek, Stowe, 8 p.m. No cover. PARKS DEPT. (rock), Mad Mountain Tavern, Waitsfield, 9:30 p.m., $3. ^

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SUNDAY BRUNCH SPECIAL (acoustic), Burlington Coffeehouse, City Market, 11 a.m. No cover. ACOUSTIC SUNRISE (open jam), Java Love, 11 a.m. No cover. JOHN MAYALL & THE BUIESBREAKERS (British blues legends), 7 p.m., $15/17, followed by DEREK TRUCKS BAND (Southern blues-rock), Club Metronome, 10 p.m. No cover. THE LAST E M STRING BAND (Irish), Club Toast, 9 p.m. No cover/$l under 21. THE X-RAYS (rock), Nectars, 9:30 p.m. No cover. MEN'S HEALTH PROJECT T-DANCE (St. Paddys Day Party, DJ), 135 Pearl, 7 p.m. No cover. JIM JANNINGS (jazz), Main Street Bar & Grill, 11 a.m. No cover. DAVE KELLER (acoustic blues), Diamond Jim's Grille, St. Albans, 5:30 p.m. No cover.

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SETH YACAVONE (rock), Nectars, 9:30 p.m. No cover. SOLID CITIZEN, SPILL, SPIDER DAVE (alt-rock), Club Metronome, 9 p.m. No cover. OPEN MIKE WITH SCOTT WEBER (acoustic), Vermont Coffeehouse at Vermont Pasta, 8 p.m. Donations. BLUE FOX (blues-rock), Alley Cats, 9 p.m. No cover. WOMEN'S NIGHT, Last Elm, 8 p.m. Donations.

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FOLK JAM, Last Elm Cafe, 8 p.m. Donations. OPEN MIKE KNIGHT (acoustic), Java Love, 8 p.m. No cover. FLASHBACK: HITS OF THE '80S (DJ), Club Toast, 9 p.m. No cover/$3 under 21. PHAT TUESDAY (acid jazz/Rink), 9 p.m. No cover. TOUGH JUDGES (rock), Nectars, 9:30 p.nf. No cover. PARIMA JAZZ BAND, ParimaThai Restaurant, 8 p.m. No cover.

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Days editors and i co-publishers, Pamela Polston and Paula Roudy, have chosen to handle fallout from the Burlington ALANA*community with regards to a frontpage presentation of the Paul Teetor case in the last issue ("Hard Pressed," Seven Days, March 6). After reading that sterling piece of journalism, written by Peter Freyne, I thought about what it was in the article which didn't feel right to me. Was it the sub-headline associating Teetor and Freyne with a "landmark case about race, truth and political correctness?" O r was it Freyne referring to members of the Burlington African-American community as "several local blacks?"Or was it the editors' inclusion of Freyne's extraneous reporting of Reverend Rodney Pattersons choice to I « J 1 be "continued on the city payroll through the end of the Fiscal year despite distancing himself f r o m the new mayor, Republican Peter Brownell?" I thought that it might have been the overspacious emphasis on Freyne's word-forword comparisons of Metzger's clarifications and Teetor's article that are at issue in the trial. Rather than providing a concise summary of the discrepancy, Mr. Freyne drags everyone through more than several uses of a highly derogatory racist

front page. This was a hefty part of a feature article that attempted in part to illustrate that there is a discrepancy between what Teetor saw and heard at the community meeting, what a videotape recorded, and what Free Press representative Metzger published in a follow-up article. * O f course, inquiring minds want to know all of the juicy stuff, so here is Freyne all too willing to tell it like it is. And! Freyne is on the front page of Seven Days citing, word-for-word, what the white woman said in a racially derogatory manner to Shirley Boyd Hill, an AfricanAmerican, in the grocery store. VV7 .1 F 1 Was that necessary" for people t o read and re-read in order to grasp the essence of the Teetor trial? I had to read "Ni - -ers are always complaining" twice in the same story because Freyne was simply reporting "matters of fact." O n e must go to the farthest length possible in order to get to the truth, right? But what about the way in which the African-American community's concerns about Teetor's alleged exploitation of the racial dynamics of the

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container by the side of the Dublin Road in Urlingford, Kilkenny — near the birthplace of my father — packed to the rafters with $ 2 0 0 million worth of marijuana. And there's no shortage of scandals at work on the Isle of

Saints and Scholars. Brendan Comiskey, the bishop of Ferns, is getting plenty of press these days for his handling of child sex-abuse cases in his diocese. H e got even more notoriety under last week's headline, "Bishop Denies Consorting W i t h Prostitutes." Best of luck, your excellency. We've all heard of PCP, right? You know, angel dust. Apparently the Irish have come up with an interesting use for it — creative people, the Irish. . They inject P C P into beef cattle to help them bulk up. Paid by the pound, you know. It's quite illegal, and the European Union has hit Ireland with a $130 million fine. Jesus, Mary and St. Joseph! And, of course, there's politics. Bet you didn't know Jean Kennedy Smith, the U.S. Ambassador to Ireland, has been censured by Secretary of State Warren Christopher. According to the Times' Washington writer Conor O'Clery, Smith received a letter of reprimand last week for "allegedly retaliating against two officials who dissented from her decision in January 1994 to recommend a U.S. visa for Mr. Gerry Adams." Adams is the point man for Sinn Fein, f the political arm ' of the IRA. As for the Troubles, it's much clearer on the other side of the Atlantic that British Prime Minister John Major deserves the blame for the IRA's decision to end the cease-fire it declared 18 months ago. And it appears the London bombings have done wonders to get Major ofT the dime and into negotiations. His demand that the IRA decommission all its weapons no longer exists. All-party talks have been scheduled for June 10. Keep your fingers crossed, and check out the World Wide Web. Sinn Fein has its very own Web site, so you can take the Republican pulse without any filter at all. And while you're visiting, be sure to check out The Belfast Telegraph, the largest paper in the North. This online stuff is absolutely brilliant — as the Irish say I'm hooked. Hey, it's cheaper than Aer Lingus. •

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palding Gray has a new goal: He wants to ski every mountain in America — at least every one with a lift — before he dies. He's descended about a dozen so far. And he's as obsessive about this goal as he has been about everything else in his remarkable, much talkedabout life — talked about, that is, by him. Spalding Gray is a monologuist, a quirky, disarmingly candid, sit-down comedian who's made a career out of openly sharing everything in his life and on his mind. Call it psychiatric performance art, therapeutic storytelling. Call him a lucky man. When Gray performed at the Flynn Theatre two years ago, he was recovering from the agonies of writing a novel and from an unusual eye disease. Both conditions messed with his head in a big way, and then were turned into brilliant, wry monologues. Since then other, even more significant, things have happened to Gray. He married his longtime love and producer, Renee Shafransky. He had an affair with his neighbor, which resulted in a pregnancy — first-time fatherhood at age 53. His therapist and his father

both died. Gray found himself tumbling into an emotional abyss. And how did he deal with the fall? He learned to ski. "I'm skiing my way through a mid-life crisis," he quips, though in truth he prefers not to trivialize his experiences with such a circumspect label. The nuances — told in exquisite, discomfiting, entertaining detail — provide the fodder for his performances in Burlington, a work-in-progress called "It's a Slippery Slope." The unprecedented run of four shows this week and next is already sold out. In between, Gray will of course be barreling down the sides of several Green Mountains. At the beginning-of a phone interview from Maine last weekend, Gray admits he's "chomping at the bit" to hit the road. It's a beautiful, sunny day and the six hours between him and Jay Peak are weighing on him. He's been up since 6:30, and is pacing the hotel room in his snowsuit. For once, Gray is in a hurry to finish talking. But not before he shares how skiing is both a huge metaphor and a huge reality in his life right now. About how skiing his way from the West — where, he says, he

something totally alone." About how he doesn't like cross-country skiing as much as downhill because it gives him too much time to think. In Gray's determined assault on every mountain, he's encountered the frustrations common to all skiers and, particularly, ski areas: lack of snow. But,

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1061 WEN ©Wednesday music H I G H SCHOOL BAND CONCERT: T h e 77-member North C o u n t r y Union Band plays contemporary tunes for legislators and the public. Statehouse, Montpelier. 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 828-2228.

U V M , Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 434-4077. 'VIOLENCE & WOMEN'S WRITI N G ' : Tomoko Kuribayashi discusses her book entitled, Creating Safe Space. 201 McAuley, Trinity College, Burlington, 11:45 a.m. Free. Info, 658-0337 ext. 297.

kids SCHOOLHOUSE OPEN HOUSE: T h e parent-cooperative elementary school open its doors to interested families. Rice High School, Burlington, 5:307:30 p.m. Free. Info, 658-4164. 'AMERICAN G I R L T E A PARTY': Kids

V E R M O N T J O B EXPO: Schmooze with potential employers at this job fair sponsored by Burlington Business and Professional Women. Sheraton-Burlington, noon - 8 p.m. $3. Info, 879-1553. ADOPTION SUPPORT GROUP: Meet at All Saint's Church, S. Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 860-1350. ' T H E D A T I N G G A M E ' : Attention bachelors and bachelorettes: This updated stage version of the old television show offers free food, cheap beer and lots of laughs. Club Metronome, Burlington, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-5684.

d a n c e C O N T A C T I M P R O V : You need gravity — and guts — to participate in this weekly kinetic convergence. Memorial Auditorium Loft, Burlington, 7:15 p.m. $1. Info, 860-3674.

f i l m ' H O M E T O T I B E T ' : A documentary by Vermont filmmaker Alan Dater captures the Tibetan struggle under repressive Chinese occupation. A discussion follows in Billings Theater, U V M , Burlington, 8 p.m. Donations. Info, 658-2867.

t h e a t e r S P A L D I N G GRAY: T h e monologuist tries out his work-in-progress, It's a Slippery Slope, about learning to ski and becoming a father for the first time. Flynn Stage, Burlington, 8 p.m. $19. Info, 863-5966. O P E N REHEARSAL: Watch the production of Lonely Planet evolve over the months. Big City Players rehearse at Burlington Square Mall, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 863-5884.

art ' E U R O P E A N P A I N T I N G S ' : Curatorscholar Anne Lowenthal gives a lecture entitled, "Perspectives on European Paintings from the New York Historical Society." Musical Rehearsal Hall, Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 388-3711 ext. 5007. D R A W I N G SESSION: Artists get inspiration from a live model. Artspace, Burlington, 6:30-9:30 p.m. $5. Info, 862-2898.

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JAPANESE FILM SERIES: Free-ter looks at the freelance life in the Weathervane Dining Room, LivingLearning C o m m o n s , U V M , Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 656-4477. ' W O M E N IN B E I J I N G ' : Robin Lloyd screens her documentary film about the FAHL COLORS: The haunting vocals of Mary Fahl are never out of Vermont delegation of season. October Project blows north this week for a Friday gig at women in Beijing. Alumni the Flynn Theatre. Auditorium, Champlain College, Burlington, 7 p.m. in grades two through eight make a "mob Free. Info, 860-2700. cap" with a parent. S. Burlington Library, ' V I D E O G R A M S O F A REVOLU3:30 p.m. Free. Register, 658-9010. T I O N ' : Many amateurs contributed d a n c e T H E WALDORF CLASSROOM': footage to this sobering analysis of the C O N T R A D A N C E : Rachel Nevitt calls Parents discuss and experience the Lake , 1 9 8 9 Romanian revolution. Billings for the Last Elm String Band at Cafe No Champlain Waldorf School, Shelburne, Theater, U V M , Burlington, 7:30 p.m. No, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Donations. 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 985-2834. Free. Info, 862-3361. Info, 865-5066.

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w o r d s G R E G DELANTY: T h e Irish poet reads at Burlington College, 8 p.m.. Free. Info, 863-4906. ' R E F L E C T I O N S O N N A T U R E ' : Poet Cynthia Huntington, author of The Fish Wife, reads at North Lounge, Billings,

Wendi Stein perform at Burlington City Hall, 8 p.m. $7. Info, 863-4906. 'LADIES FIRST': Robin Lane presents entertaining historical portrayals of Mary Todd Lincoln, Abigail Adams, Jacqueline Kennedy and other White House women. Mann Hall, Trinity College, Burlington, 12:45 p.m. Free. Info, 658- . 0337. ' W H O KILLED M U L T I C U L T U R A L ISM?': A one-act play benefits the Committee on Temporary Shelter. McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 7 p.m. $1. Info, 654-2535. ...THE AMAZING T E C H N I C O L O R D R E A M C O A T ' : T h e biblical story of Joseph is retold with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. McCulloiigh Center, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. $5. Info, 388-MIDD.

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IRISH H E R I T A G E FESTIVAL: T h e week-long celebration of Irish culture continues with a lecture on a local Civil War hero of Irish descent. Fletcher Library, Burlington, noon. Free. Info, 86;,-4906.

t h e a t e r SPALDING GRAY: See March 13. 'SEA MARKS': A simple Irish fisherman becomes involved with an upwardly mobile Welsh farm girl in this play about place and purpose. Rodger Dodge and

O P E N R E A D I N G : Area poets have their say at Cover To Cover Bookstore, Randolph, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 728-4206. 'FULL F R O N T A L N U D I T Y ' : T h e local poetry performance group bares all — metaphorically. Crow Bookstore, 14 Church St., Burlington, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 860-7453.

kids H O L I S T I C E D U C A T I O N TALK: "Preparing O u r Children for a Complex World" describes diverse applications of holistic education in public and private schools. Bellwether School, Williston, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-9752. S T O R Y T I M E : Children of all ages hear stories at Kids Town, S. Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 862-2807. PARENTS A N O N Y M O U S : Terrible twos or teens? Get support for parenting while your kids play next door. Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 800-639-4014.

etc IRISH H E R I T A G E FESTIVAL: It took a coalition of ethnic minorities to overturn a century of "entrenched Republican

Yankee establishment" at Burlington City Hall. D a n Casey talks local political history at the Fletcher Library, Burlington, noon. Free. Info, 863-4906. 'CHANGE, CHALLENGE AND C O M M U N I T Y ' : Congressman Bernie Sanders is a guest speaker at this community dialogue about the organizational and political legacy of Burlington. Wheeler School, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 656-2005. ' T H E C H I L D R E N O F STALIN & H I T L E R ' : An illustrated lecture looks at the red-brown youth movement in Russia — a cooperation between left and right extremes against the center. B-106 Angel, U V M , Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3131. • RUSSIAN L E C T U R E : Valentina Maksimova talks about upcoming presidential elections in Russia. Severance Room, Kalkin Hall, U V M , Burlington, noon. Free. Info, 6568274. P O L I SCI L E C T U R E : Noted author and economist Mancur Olson considers the relationship between capitalism, socialism and dictatorship. 110 Kalkin Hall, U V M , Bur-lington, 3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-4324. T R O P I C A L FISH CLUB: New African Cichilds are the featured fish at this regular monthly meeting. V F W Hall, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 482-3616. 'A C A P I T O L DAY F O R C U L T U R E ' : Arts lobbyist David Graham is the keynote speaker at this day of advocacy and awards. Learn how to survive budget cuts at Vermont Historical Society, Pavilion Building, Montpelier, 8:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. $3. Register, 828-3291. ALASKA SLIDES: T h e people, wildlife and wilderness of Alaska are the subjects of researcher and mountaineer David Anderson. Martin Manor, Goddard College, Plainfield, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 454-8311. TOASTMASTERS MEETING: Professional and non-professional people hone their speaking, listening and leadership skills. Econolodge, S. Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 862-6142. O U T R I G H T M E N ' S G R O U P : Gay and bisexual men under 23 talk about their issues. Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-9677. C A N C E R S U P P O R T G R O U P : People dealing with cancer get support based on the work of the National Wellness Communities. Cancer Wellness Center. Chace Mill, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Register. 865-3434. C O U R S E IN MIRACLES: Seekers of "spiritual wisdom and psychological insight" meet in Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Donations. Info and location, 660-4878.

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C E L T I C C E L E B R A T I O N : W o o d s Tea C o m p a n y compares Celtic notes with Belfast guitarist Seamus K e n n e d y for an evening of traditional and not-so-traditional Irish e n t e r t a i n m e n t . Ira Allen Chapel, U V M , Burlington, 8 p . m . $'12. Info. 9 8 5 - 9 5 5 1 . O C T O B E R P R O J E C T : T h e b a n d plays

Sheraton-Burlington, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. $6. Info, 6 5 7 - 2 5 0 5 . ' N E W B U R L I N G T O N SINGLES': Unattached folks gather at the O ' B r i e n Center, S. Burlington, 8 p.m. $3. Info, 985-9171. OUTRIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: Gay, lesbian, bisexual and questioning youth are invited to an ongoing support group meeting. Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 8 6 5 - 9 6 7 7 .

T a k u m t a . Info, 8 6 2 - 4 3 3 2 . S O N G S & S T O R I E S : Robert Resnik entertains at the Fletcher Library, Burlington, 11-11:45 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

e t c IRISH S U P P E R : A community dinner feeds folks at Quality Suites, S. Burlington, 6 : 3 0 p . m . $ 1 2 . 5 0 . Info, 8 6 2 - 8 2 1 9 . 'WOMEN C O M E TO T H E FRONT': A B C correspondent Bettina Gregory speaks at the o p e n i n g of an exhibit that

M O Z A R T R E Q U I E M : T h e Montpelier C h a m b e r Orchestra is joined by Central Vermont singers at Bethany C h u r c h , Montpelier, 8 p . m . $10. Info, 2 2 3 - 2 4 2 4 .

ST. P A T R I C K ' S D A N C E : Wear green, and bring your own bottle, to a dance party with Sound Advice. Knights of C o l u m b u s Hall, Essex J u n c t i o n , 8 p . m . $ 1 5 per couple. Info, 8 7 8 - 8 3 1 4 .

t h e a t e r '...THE AMAZING T E C H N I C O L O R D R E A M C O A T ' : See March 14. ' N U N S E N S E ' : Sisterly advice takes on new m e a n i n g in this h a b i t - f o r m i n g musical c o m e d y about Catholic sorority. M a n n Hall, Trinity College, Burlington, 8 p.m. $6. Info. 8 7 2 - 2 7 3 8 . ' T H E B U T L E R D I D I T ' : T h e Gate Players stage a classic mystery spoof. Georgia Elementary-Middle School, 7:30 p . m . $5. Info, 8 4 9 - 2 4 8 0 .

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features writings of eight female journalists d u r i n g World War II. M c C a r t h y Arts Center, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 7 p . m . Free. Info, 6 5 4 - 2 5 3 5 . FINDING C O M M O N GROUND': Alan H o l t looks at the relationship between buildings and landscapes on campuses t h r o u g h o u t history. 101 Stafford Hall, U V M , 12:20 p . m . Free. Info, 6 5 6 - 2 0 0 5 . S E N I O R S W I M : Folks over 50 exercise in an 86-degree pool. Y M C A , Burlington, n o o n - 2 p . m . Free. Info, 862-9622. V E R M O N T FLOWER SHOW: "The world of gardens" is the t h e m e of this annual floral fest. Forty exhibitors are expected to put down roots afthe

M O Z A R T R E Q U I E M : See March 15, D i b d e n Center, Johnson State College, 7 p.m. Donations. I R I S H H E R I T A G E FESTIVAL: Atlantic Bridge is two w o m e n and one man playing a dozen traditional Irish instruments. Award-winning Irish step dancers accompany the troupe at Burlington City Hall, 8 p.m. $7. Info, 8 6 3 - 4 9 0 6 . I G N A T S O L Z H E N I T S Y N : T h e Soviet Vermonter puts his famous fingers to work on Bach's Goldberg Variations. T h e piano recital starts at 7:30 p.m.; a lecture begins at 7 p.m. at the N o r t h Congregational C h u r c h , St. Johnsbury. $10. Info, 8 0 0 - 8 0 5 - 5 5 5 9 .

d a n c e FLYNN B E N E F I T D 4 N C E A R T Y : MidLife C h r y s l g r ^ ^ K f c ^ T p ^ J n n u a l T h e a t r e , Burlingt o f f r ^ m . $30. Info, 8 6 3 - 5 9 6 6 . B A L L R O O M D A N C E : Learn to foxtrot f r o m 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Essex Junction High School Cafeteria, 7 p.m. $7. Info, 655-1763. S O U T H B O U N D : Central Vermont's country western band plays for an allages smoke- and alcohol-free dance party. M o r e t o w n Town Hall, 8 p.m. $5. Info, 8 0 0 - 6 3 9 - 1 3 8 3 .

t h e a t e r '...THE AMAZING T E C H N I C O L O R D R E A M C O A T ' : See March 14. 2 & 8 p.m. ' N U N S E N S E ' : See March 15. P E T E R B U R N S : Local performance artist Peter Burns plans to kill himself in this creative culmination. Cafe N o N o , Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 865-5066.

f i l m V E R M O N T F I L M M A K E R SERIES: jeff Farber of Montpelier presents his award-winning social action documentary, Brother Bread Sister Puppet. Buriington College, 7 p . m . Free. Info, 8 6 2 - 9 6 1 6 .

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e t c V E R M O N T F L O W E R S H O W : See March 15. 'RADICAL VISION QUEST': The African-Native American bisexual professor of divinity Elias Farjaje-Jones shares his "radical vision quest." T h e V e r m o n t Coalition for Lesbian and G a y Rights sponsors the talk at United C h u r c h of Christ, D a r t m o u t h College, Hanover, N . H . , 4 p.m. Donations. Info, 8 0 2 889-9413. C R O S S - C O U N T R Y SKI T R I P : Ski 10 moderate miles along the Stowe rec path. Meet in Montpelier, 9 a.m. Free. Register, 2 2 3 - 7 0 3 5 . S N O W S H O E H I K E : Traipse six difficult miles u p Pico Peak. Meet at U V M Visitor Parking, Burlington, 7 a.m. Register, 8 6 2 - 3 9 4 1 .

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J k * A R T A T T A C K : David G r a h a m is a self-made lobbyist. D u r i n g the N e w H a m p s h i r e primary, he placcd ads, wrote op-ed pieccs and relentlessly quizzed the candidates on t h e politics of p e r f o r m a n c e . H e shares his strategies with like-minded Vermonters T h u r s d a y at Cultural Advocacy Day. Bring b u t t o n - m a k i n g materials.

O • P E T A L P U S H I N G : Psyched for spring? H u r r y o n d o w n to the V e r m o n t Flower Show, where the jonquils a n d tulips are in full b l o o m . T h e display gardens are reason enough to check o u t the horticultural hardware. But t h e soft goods are w h a t d r a w most people in — 9 , 0 0 0 people smelled the roses last year.

T * S T E E R Q U E E R : Elias Farajaje-Jones delivers m o r e like a preachcr t h a n a professor. But his lectures are t h e radical stuff of an AfricanNative A m e r i c a n bisexual on the queer c u t t i n g edge. H e talks a b o u t race, class, a n d gender oppression S u n d a y m o r n ing at t h e Unitarian C h u r c h . A potluck follows at the Last Elm Cafe.

m u s i c I R I S H H E R I T A G E FESTIVAL: A traditional Irish ceili features local musicians, tea and soda bread. Take your ears and your instruments to McAuley Hall, Trinity College, Burlington, 12:15-2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 8 6 3 - 4 9 0 6 .

t h e a t e r ' N U N S E N S E ' : See March 15, 2 & 7 p.m.

w o r d s S P O R T P O E T R Y R E A D I N G : Entries in the sports poetry contest sponsored by the V e r m o n t Council on the H u m a n i t i e s get a hearing at Barnes &C N o b l e Bookstore, S. Burlington, 2 p . m . Free. Info, 8 6 4 - 8 0 0 1 .

e t c V E R M O N T F L O W E R S H O W : See March 15. ELIAS FARAJAJE-JONES: See March

O * MEATING OF T H E M I N D S : Bigger was supposed to be better w h e n H o w a r d Lyman went chemical. N o w the fourth-generation M o n t a n a farmer is of the opposite o p i n i o n . Pushing "food choices that are good for animals, good for the planet and good for public health," the ag activist talks Tuesday at G o d d a r d College.

• A W O M A N ' S PLACE: Hard to believe, ladies, b u t it could be worse. O t h e r countries prohibit w o m e n f r o m driving, o w n i n g land a n d w i n n i n g custody of their children. A panel of international students p u t s feminism in global perspective next Wednesday at C h a m p l a i n College.

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'A D U C K O N M Y W I S H L I S T ' : See March 15. Book Rack, Wino.oski, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 6 5 5 - 0 2 3 1 . G I R L S S C I E N C E P R O G R A M : Awardw i n n i n g engineer-author Judith C o h e n is publisher of a series of books encouraging girls to go into science. She reads at Barnes &C Noble, S. Burlington, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 8 6 4 - 8 0 0 1 .

Yankees controlled Buriington for more than a century before a coalition of Irish, Italian, Jewish, German and French-Canadian residents voted in James Burke. The first Irish Catholic mayor in Burlington wins one more time in a Thursday lecture at the Fletcher Free Library.

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' H O O P D R E A M S ' : T h e dramatic d o c u mentary about the lives of two inner-city b-ball hopefuls shows at Twilight Hall, M i d d l e b u r y College, 4 & 7:30 p . m . Free. Info, 3 8 8 - 6 4 3 3 .

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16, Unitarian C h u r c h , Burlington. Info, 655-7691. V E R M O N T BISEXUAL B R U N C H : Dr. Elias Farajaje-Jones talks about c o m m o n agendas at a potluck b r u n c h . Last Elm Cafe, Burlington, n o o n . D o n a t i o n s . Info, 8 6 5 - 4 8 2 9 . 'GREAT AMERICAN M E A T O U T ' D I N N E R : Totally vegetarian foods celebrate a "less violent diet." Williston Coffeehouse, 5 p . m . Take food and eat free, or pay $ 7 . 5 0 . Reservations, 4 5 3 3945.

C A M E R A C L U B M E E T I N G : Lite V Lens exhibits photos f r o m its winter excursion. 2 0 1 Delahanty Hall, Trinity College, Burlington, 7 p . m . Free. Info, 864-6485. B U S I N E S S BREAKFAST: Entrepreneurs share ideas over coffee. C a f e N o N o , Burlington, 7 : 3 0 a.m. Free. Info, 865-1208. F I T N E S S DAY: Use of the pool and weight r o o m are free today at Twin Oaks, S. Burlington, 5:30 a.m. - 9 p.m.

Free. Info, 6 5 8 - 0 0 0 2 . B L O O D D R I V E : Share a pint with a stranger. Elks Lodge, Barre, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. " D o n a t i o n s . " Info, 6 5 8 - 6 4 0 0 . T E E N H E A L T H C L I N I C : Teens get information, supplies, screening and treatment for sexually-related problems. Planned Parenthood, Burlington, 3:30-6:30 p . m . Pregnancy testing is free. Info, 8 6 3 - 6 3 2 6 . EMOTIONS ANONYMOUS: Suffering f r o m cabin-fever? People with depression, anxiety and other emotional

problems meet at-the O ' B r i e n Civic Center, S. Burlington, 7:30 p . m . D o n a t i o n s . Info, 6 6 0 - 9 0 3 6 .

p . m . Free. I n f o , 2 4 4 - 6 3 5 2 .

d a n c e D A N C E R S & M U S I C I A N S O F BALI: T h e 15-piece gamelan orchestra chimes while c o s t u m e d dancers take you on a Balinese village experience. Flynn T h e a t r e , Burlington, 8 p . m . $ 1 2 - 2 1 . 5 0 . Info, 8 6 3 - 5 9 6 6 . A student-geared short matinee starts at 11 a . m . for $5- A talk with the artistic director begins at 6:30 p . m . at 147 M a i n St.

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C O M M U N I T Y BAND PRACTICE: Musicians of all levels rehearse w i t h the W a t e r b u r y C o m m u n i t y Band. W a t e r b u r y Congregational C h u r c h , 7

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S U G A R - O N - S N O W PARTY: T o u r the sugarbush, and check out the d e m o s and exhibits. Sweet treats will be for sale. Green M o u n t a i n A u d u b o n N a t u r e C e n t e r Sugarhouse, H u n t i n g t o n , 1-4 p.m. Free. Info, 4 3 4 - 3 0 6 8 . C R O S S - C O U N T R Y SKI T R I P : T h e state park in Underhill features decent late season skiing. Meet at U V M Visitor Parking, Burlington, 8:30 a.m. Free. Register, 8 7 8 - 6 6 1 8 .

N A N C Y M E A N S W R I G H T : T h e poetnovelist reads f r o m her latest book, Mad Season. Aiken Hall, C h a m p l a i n College, Burlington, 7 p . m . Free. Info, 8 6 0 - 2 7 0 0 . W R I T E R S W O R K S H O P : Wordsmiths of all persuasions are invited to this weekly gathering. C a f e N o N o , Burlington, 7 : 3 0 p . m . Free. Info, 865-5066.

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S T O R Y T I M E : C h i l d r e n of all ages hear stories at Kids Town, S. Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 8 6 2 - 2 8 0 7 . S T O R I E S : Listen at the Children's Pages, W i n o o s k i , 10 a.m. Free. Info, 655-1537.

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O P E N R E H E A R S A L : W o m e n bring their vocal chords to a h a r m o n i o u s rehearsal of the C h a m p l a i n Echoes. Knights of C o l u m b u s Hall, Burlington, 7 p . m . Free. Info, 8 6 4 - 6 7 0 3 .

S T O R Y H O U R : Kids between three and five engage in artful educational activities. M i l t o n Public Library, 10:30 a.m. & 1 p.m. Free. Info, 8 9 3 - 4 6 4 4 .

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B L O O D D R I V E : See M a r c h 18, Colchester High School, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. or M t . Mansfield U n i o n H i g h School, Jericho Center, 9 a.m. - 1:30 p . m . ' W O M E N IN A M E R I C A N POLIT I C S ' : Does gender make a difference? H i s t o r y and the u n t a p p e d potential of w o m e n as a political force will be addressed by Bruce Spector. 201 McAuley, Trinity College, Burlington, 11:45 a.m. Free. Info, 6 5 8 - 0 3 3 7 . 'EATING W I T H CONSCIENCE': A f o u r t h - g e n e r a t i o n M o n t a n a farmer talks a b o u t the impact of chemically-based agriculture on the e n v i r o n m e n t . M a r t i n M a n o r , G o d d a r d College, Plainfield, 7 : 3 0 p . m . Free. Info, 4 5 4 - 9 3 8 4 . ' W O M E N & W I L D E R N E S S ' : A n n e La Bastille, ecologist and author, offers slides and words. Bentley Hall, Johnson State College, 6 p . m . Free. Info, 6 3 5 1386.

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' T H E S O U N D OF N E W ORLEANS': Gary G i d d i n g s captures the early classical jazz era in his 9 0 - m i n u t e d o c u m e n tary, Satchmo Louis Armstrong. Clockhouse, G o d d a r d College, Plainfield, 1:30 p . m . Free. Info, 4 5 4 8311.

w o r d s P O E T R Y R E A D I N G : David Wojahn reads f r o m Last Empire a n d other awardw i n n i n g works. V e r m o n t Studio C e n t e r Lecture Hall, J o h n s o n , 7:30 p . m . Free. Info, 6 3 5 - 2 7 2 7 .

k i d s S T O R Y T I M E S : C h i l d r e n 18 m o n t h s to three years old listen at 10:30 a.m., those three to five at 9:30 a.m., and kids over four get a chance at 3:30 p . m . S. Bur-lington Library. Free. Info, 658-9010.

BALI HIGH: A gamelan orchestra accompanies the Dancers of Bali as they tell age-old stories through gestures and facial expressions. The performance is Tuesday at the

BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP: If you've recently lost a loved one, gather with others w h o u n d e r s t a n d . Adult Day Center, Visiting Nurses Association, Colchester, 7 p . m . Free. Info, 6 5 8 - 1 9 0 0 .

e t c F E M I N I S T H I S T O R Y TALK: What did political cartoons convey a b o u t women's right to vote? A feminist historian talks about "images of social reform" in the American Suffrage M o v e m e n t . St. E d m u n d s Hall, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 7 p . m . Free. Info, 6 5 4 - 2 5 3 5 .

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Burgess Hall, Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington. Free. Register, 865-2278. 'MAPLE SUGAR MAGIC': Preschoolers and their parents collect sap and watch it boil. . Green Mountain Audubon Nature Center Sugarhouse, Huntington, 1 p.m. $3. Register, 434-3068.

e t c ' T H E D A T I N G GAME': See March 13. T H E S O U L O F POLIT I C S ' : Jim Wallis wrote the best seller. He speaks on faith and politics in "Beyond Religious Right and Secular Left." McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2535. ' W O M E N IN P O L I T I C S IN MY H O M E C O U N T R Y ' : A panel of international students describes various situations. D E E P S E A D R A M A : An Irish fisherman Alumni Auditorium, falls for an upscale landlubber in Sea Champlain College, Marks. Wendi Stein and Roger Dodge Burlington, noon. Free. Info, 860-2700. play out their differences Thursday at TRANSPORTATION Burlington City Hall Auditorium. M E E T I N G : The Metropolitan Planning Organization wants your input on the comprehensive transportation planning process. So they've taken their show on m u s i c the road. Williston Town Hall, 3 p.m. M O Z A R T R E Q U I E M : See March 15, Free. Info, 658-3004. Statehouse, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 828-2228.

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f i l m 'BICYCLE T H I E F ' : A 1948 masterpiece of social realism follows a poor worker in search of his stolen bike. T h e subtitled Italian film shows at Billings Theater, UVM, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info. 862-3361.

k i d s 'HAPPY DAY GYMAGERY': Three- to six-year-olds and their parents explore storytelling with movement and props.

and ar! listings are due in writing on the Thursday before publication. SEVEN DAYS edits for space and style. Send to: SEVEN D A Y S , P.O. Box 1164, Burlington, VT 05402-1164.

art & craft SHELBURNE CRAFT SCHOOL: Spring session begins April 1. 5 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info, 985-3648. Adults and kids select from classes in painting, drawing, figure portrait, luood, clay, fiber and jewelry. SINGLE M O T H E R S MAGAZINE: Mondays, 10 a.m. - noon. Burlington College. Free. Register, 865-3258. Young moms explore creative writing and art. A new magazine, O u r Lady ofWelfare, will publish the best works.

bartending B A R T E N D I N G : Spring classes. Information: P.O. Box 8071, Burlington, 05402.

business ' C O N F L I C T R E S O L U T I O N IN T H E WORKPLACE': March 1 4 , 2 1 & 28, 9 a.m. - noon. Woodbury College, Montpelier. $100. Register, 229-0516. Managers and employees learn to strengthen their communication and problem-solving skills.

dance M O D E R N / J A Z Z : Beginners, Thursdays, 7:15 p.m. Slow-intermediate, Tuesdays, 7 p.m. Intermediate-advanced, Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m. Olympiad, S. Burlington. $9. Info,-985-5216. Jane Selzer leads ongoing classes.

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''GRIEV1N G R I E V I N G , LOSS, T R A N S I T I O N ' : Monday-Wednesday, March 17-19. Bishop Booth Conference Center, Burlington, $325. Register, 985-3315. Come together as a live-in community to work through losses and transitions.

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Chiropractic offers anti-osteoperosis tips for menopausal women. 'FAT B U D G E T I N G ' : Monday. March 18, 7-8 p.m. Burgess Hall, Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington. Free. Register. Learn how to eat less fat.

parenting ' L E A R N I N G F R O M O U R CHILD R E N ' : Wednesday, March 13, 7-8:30 p.m. Fletcher Library, Burlington. Free. Register, 865-7216. Iren Smolarski discusses the parent-child relationship.

language SPANISH: Seven weeks, 6-8:30 p.m. Intermediate, Mondays starting March 18. Advanced, Wednesdays starting March 13. Escuela Latina, Burlington. $225. Register, 865-3047. Conversational Spanish is taught to six students at a time.

meditation M E D I T A T I O N IN M O V E M E N T & MUSIC: Tuesday, March 19, 7 9 p.m. All Saints Church, S. Burlington. Free. Register, 658-2447. A study circle focuses on the Lord's Prayer in Aramaic. YIPAASSANA M E D I T A T I O N : Sundays, 10-10:50 a.m. Burlington Yoga Studio. Free. Info, 658- YOGA. Bill Petrow guides the meditation. M E D I T A T I O N : First & third Sundays, 10 a.m.- - noon. Burlington Shambala Center. Free..Info, 658-6795. Non-sectarian and Tibetan Buddhist practices are taught.

skiing W O M E N ''S ' N O R D I C CLINICS: Backcountry Tour, $50. Saturday, March 16. Telemark, Sunday, March 17, $90. Stowe Mountain Resort. Register, 800-253-4SKI. Hone your skills. Equipment is included.

tai chi TAI C H I : Tuesdays, 6:30-8 p.m. & 8-9 i.m. Food For Thought, Stowc, $10. nfo, 253-4733. John DiCarlo leads an ongoing class.

music ' I N T R O T O I N D O N E S I A N GAMELAN': Monday, March 18, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Flynn Stage, Burlington, $12. Register, 863-8778. Members of the Dancers and Musicians of Bali show off their gongs, chimes and drums in a handson exploration. I N T R O T O M U S I C T H E O R Y : Eight Thursdays starting March 21, 4:30-6 p.m. Music Room, Edmunds Elementary School, Burlington. $100. Register, 658-3199. Learn the basics of melody, harmony and dynamics to enhance your musical understanding. ADVANCED M U S I C T H E O R Y : Eight Tuesdays starting March 26, 4:30-6 p.m. Music Room, Edmunds Elementary School, Burlington. $100. Register,

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'LAYBACK THEATRE: Workshop, Saturday, March 16, 1-5 p.m. Chace Mill, Burlington. $10. Class, Wednesday, March 20, 7-9 p.m. Burlington Friends Meeting. Donations. Register, 863-5053. Learn to improvise real life based on storytelling, movement and music. A performance ensemble may be formed.

m W O O D W O R K I N G : Spring classes at The Wood School, Burlington. Register, 864-4454. Cabinetmaker and chairiuright Timothy Clark teaches skills while you build a Windsor chair, Shaker bench, double-bladed canoe paddle or wooden hay fork.

f O G A : Daily, Burlington Yoga Studio. 174 Main St. Info, 658-YOGA. Beginners can start anytime. Classes are offered in Iyengar, Kripalu, Bikram and Kundalini styles. YOGA: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 8 a.m. Wednesdays, 5:30 p.m. Food for Thought, Stowe. $6. Info, 253-4733. Kate Graves leads an ongoing class.

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he Sneakers' Jazz Band is history. After 14 years of Tuesday night sessions at . the Winooski restaurant-bar for which it's named, the band is out of work. T h e band, of course, has also made history: Since the dawn of the ReaganBush Age, a fluctuating lineup of Vermont's finest have made great music in a bar barely big enough to hold them, much less the audience. T h e demise of Sneakers' jazz institution is the hardest hit of several blows to the local jazz scene over the last few months. Steady jazz nights have also been cancelled at Halvorson's in Burlington and Waterworks in Winooski. About the only jazz spots left are the weekly rotation at the Sheraton, an early Friday evening gig for Clyc}e Stats' trio at the W i n d j a m m e r — both on Williston Road — and a Tuesday night affair for mostly student-aged musicians, at the Parima Thai restaurant in Burlington. This attenuation of Burlington-area jazz ironically takes place at a time when the genre is enjoying a renaissance across the country. A recent New York Times article celebrated the fact that Big Apple jazz clubs are hotter than ever — in part because of appreciative European tourists. Jazz at Lincoln Center this year attained the cultural status of opera and Euro-classical music, gaining full institutional support. If the Burlington jazz scene isn't exactly booming, it's not for lack of talent. Few clubs anywhere could boast a better "house" act than T h e Sneakers Jazz Band. O n any given Tuesday their numbers would usually include Paul Asbell, known by most Vermonters for his 16 years with T h e U n k n o w n Blues Band, but whose consummate guitar has also been heard

$40, tops." T i m Halvorson, owner of Halvorson's restaurant on Church Street, agrees. " T h e jazz musicians are the best guys in

with nearly all the Chicago blues giants. T h e rhythm section would likely include the mighty Clyde Stats on bass and Bruce Sklar on piano — both of w h o m have also anchored Pure Pressure for 13 years — and the indomitable Jeff Salisbury on drums. T h e front line has featured alto sax maharishi Dave Grippo and Joe Somerville playing a lot of trumpet — before Joe became Joey or acid jazz had been invented.

to come out on a Tuesday night." Halvorson verifies that customers are reluctant to go out on week nights. H e reports that "five or six years ago, we'd

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For the past several months, the band's been led by Burlington's best-kept "secret": James Harvey — composer, trombonist, pianist, d r u m m e r and founder of the legendary H - M o b . Some jazz fans would go so far as to argue that the H M o b was Vermont's greatest band, ever. Harvey left town for awhile to play with jazz greats around the country, from the late D o n Cherry to Peter Apfelbaum's Hieroglyphics Ensemble. Astonishingly, his return to Burlington has been greeted with a near-total silence from the media.

Gouvin and Halvorson consider their jazz shut-down as more of a "hiatus" than a permanent cancellation. They both plan to have jazz again, probably in the summer. But Gouvin says he's likely to book different acts for one-night stands rather than resume a weekly gig with the same players. Wednesday night's bluegrass, for instance, has been more successful with rotating bands each m o n t h .

o why are local jazz venues closing down? Most answers converge on the same hard truth that cinema owners have long expressed about showing art films: T h e numbers aren't there. If there ain't enough people bending elbows at the bar, clubs can't afford to pay the band. And there's a limit to how cheaply they can be paid — wages are about the same as 1980s — and still make a living. " T h e musicians have made a big sacrifice, keeping it going all these years," says Sneakers owner John Gouvin. "They definitely weren't doing it for the money." Gouvin — who's made his own sacrifices, Asbell notes, to keep the music coming — indicates that the players took h o m e $20 or $25, "maybe

mm% a Tuesday night it was st room-only in Sneakers — b a t those days are over, it seems. Cynical voices have suggested that area music fans simply don't like jazz as much as they think they do. After all, why are musicians of, say, Ellen Powell's stature relegated to suburban motel lounges when dozens of rock bands work downtown every month? James Harvey says his answer to that question "would need too much pruning" to be usable. T h e vitality of jazz has always depended to some degree on alcohol sales. While many would argue that, as an art form, jazz is America's authentic classical music, it's undeniably a club-based genre. So if the (imbibing) crowds aren't there, sooner or later the music won't be, either. Unfortunately, foundations don't hand out grants to bars and restaurants.

the world," he says. "They're willing to do it for almost nothing, but sooner or later you have to respect that this is what they do for a living. You have to wonder," Halvorson adds, "about asking them to come out for 10 bucks a night." But why has the audience stopped coming out? "The demographics changed pretty quickly on us," says Gouvin. "People got older, started having kids and not really wanting

be packed on Thursday nights." Chris McCurley, manager of Waterworks, says that after trying more than five years, the restaurant by the river had failed to become the jazz nightspot they'd hoped for. "We didn't have the turnout," he laments. Paul Asbell has another interpretation: " N o b o d y goes there anymore cause it's too crowded." T h e Yogi Berra-ism could be the epitaph of

Hiatus or no, Vermont's jazz fans will m o u r n the loss of its longest-running venue. Even in urban areas one of the genre's biggest obstacles is the lack of long-term gigs — the kind of continuity that allows bands to really grow with each other. Bruce Sklar summed up the loss of Sneakers for musicians and fans alike: " T h e biggest thing we'll miss is a weekly place to practice our art, with the people we really want to play with, at our highest level." •

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Foreground: "Gungalyle by Jeffrey Burt IF B Y L A N D In "Surroundings: Landscape and Beyond" nearly everything is "beyond." The assortment of paintings and sculptures, curated by Pascal Spengemann for the Firehouse Gallery's latest, stretches the horizon, as it were, of land — and scape. None of the classic, cloistered minutiae of New England panoramas for this show. "Surroundings" is a foray into the diverse imaginations of local artists, whose interpretations of the show's theme are traditional, such as the pastoral charcoal sketch of Michael Heffernan, or contemporary manipulations — like Levin Pfeuffers "RE," a mural-sized black-and-white photograph made to look like two negative frames. Recalling the work of Anselm Kiefer, paint, dirt and sand transform this evocative double-take of bound cornstalks in a field. Jolene Reynolds Shepard's "landscapes as escape mechanisms" are minimal, raw, Diebenkorn-esque. Both the works and the rough pine frames seem unfinished; the gray-blue light and broadstroked impressions of land and sky suggest a fascination with open, windswept country. Three young artists whose work is only tangentially referential to landscape are Lars-Erik Fisk, Gerritt Gollner and Jeffrey Burt. Fisk's ingenious "Street Balls" — made of "street," i.e., concrete — are seven weighty spheres ranging from about 10 inches to four feet in diameter. Painted with yellow-line street paint, they cheerfully dominate the small gallery like faux toys. Equally playful, Burt's sculptural trio reflects botany— three phases of a plant — in steel, bronze, rubber and railroad spikes. Gollner, a UVM senior, paints spare but texturally rich canvases with the scribbly energy of Basquiat or Twombly. Her penciled, vaguely architectural references, blurred like last-minute erasures, suggest cityscapes — and perhaps modern life — in the process of entropy. Each of the 12 artists in "Surroundings" contributes a unique vision; like picture windows, each invites further viewing. -Pamela Polston march

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^ wn up, Vermont audiences! We've got a nasty habit — standing ovations. Formerly reserved for the very best performances, the standing ovation has become the de rigueur response to any schmo on the shiny side of the footlights. T h e brilliant and banal alike are heralded within our borders like the coming of Elijah the Prophet. A hearty clap, a rousing cheer just aren't enough anymore. So prevalent is the Standing O that virtually any performer who leaves 'em sitting in Vermont theaters had better give it up for a day job. Gone is the time when we stood because we couldn't contain ourselves. We were swept to our feet. We didn't think, we didn't carefully fold our coats and put them on our seats first. There wasn't time. We were upright, weeping, before we remembered the baby snoozing in our laps. Programs flew. Toes were trod upon. And performers knew they had done something. Now the Old Stander is only a gauge of quality in its absence. Simple sustained applause — once a respectful display — is now considered as rude as a sneeze in the face. But, you say, doesn't the hard-working shower tenor deserve as much loving attention as the diva? Well, no. Now that the Big O marks our starting point, we have to turn cartwheels in order to show an artist that we really mean it this time. Meanwhile some poor wretch in Rutland is selling the family homestead to self-pub-

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Will the real performing aficionado please sit down? Standish, our upright urge can be traced to the medieval Easter pageant. The immortal words, resurrexit Dominus — the Lord is risen — "not only hearken us to the lesson of the ascension, they indeed stir in us the desire to rise, to strive for divine reunion, to reach for heights. Plus," writes Standish, "the obvious link between the Easter egg and ovation — the Latin root ova — is too strong to be ignored." 3. Various forms of the following legend have been told in

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Two blunt facts: (1) Even though a large minority of Sagittarians are athletically skillful, an even higher percentage are clumsy oafs. (2) Even though I've personally known many Archers who are great nurturers, traditional astrology says you're the black thumbs of the zodiac. Two controversial prophecies: (1) In the next few weeks you will be as graceful and smooth as you've ever been, even if normally you bang your elbow on every passing door frame. (2) For perhaps the first time in your life, you will apparently have a green thumb. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In my astrological opinion, you need a spirit animal to guide you through the deep, dark forest you'll soon be wandering through. How about a turtle? After all, speed will not be of the essence. In fact, if you proceed leisurely, you'll learn more and enjoy the trip better. And you'll certainly benefit from a totem that helps you feel like you're at home no matter where you go. So how about it? Are you confident enough to make the right choice, even though it would be so much cooler to have an eagle or wolf as your spirit guide? AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I dreamed that in one of my past lives I was the Fool for Henry II, British king in the 12th century. If that's true, it might explain why I love to dispense crazy wisdom in my present incarnation. I also dreamed that in your past life you were a barefoot doctor in rural China. You never required your patients to pay y»u unless and until they were cured. If that's true, it could explain why you don't charge enough for your services today, and why you don't convey to the people who matter just exactly how much you're worth. Consider the possibility that your financial attitudes are more suited to ancient China than the modern global economy — and then start changing them. PISCCS (Feb. 19-Mar. 20): "Dear Dream Doctor: I dreamed I was being born. It was rending, like the end of the world and the beginning of the world overlapping. The nurse took me and handed me into the arms of the woman who had birthed me. Shock! It was not my mother's face I beheld — but my own! Shhppooooky! What's it all mean? — Fresh-Faced." Dear Fresh-Faced: You're getting die chance to be born again. Not in the cartoony fundamentalist Christian sense, but like in the old mydis where the heroine undergoes a symbolic death and then returns to her life so utterly transformed its as if she's been reincarnated. • © Copyright 1996

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THE BIRDCAGE * * * How times have changed. When Edouard Molinaros comic milestone, La Cage aux Folles, appeared in 1978, the film was the definition of outrageousness. Just watching it made you feel like some sort of accomplice. Part of the fun, of course, was the certain knowledge that you could appreciate things diat mainstream tastes, wouldn't tolerate in a million years. Well, 15 or 16, anyway. Suddenly you can't walk through a small-town cineplex without tripping over a cross-dressing comedy. And not only that: Big-time L O V E B I R D Robin Williams stars in the mother of all hetero movie stars actually consider it a savvy career cross-dressing comedies, reborn. move to star in them. Ah, Phil Donahue, farewell. Your work here is done. The latest is Mike Nichols* remake of the original, starring Robin Williams and Nathan Lane as a gay couple who masquerade as mom and dad when Williams' son brings home his fiancee's conservative parents for a visit. Home is a flamboyant affair, situated over a drag club that Williams owns and where Lane performs. The laughs come as the couple hides naughty objets d'art, practice walking like John Wayne, and ultimately come face-to-face with its worst nightmare: an ultra-right-wing senator played by Gene Hackman. All walls have indeed come down in the last decade and a half. The audience with which I watched The Birdcage couldn't have been more mainstream, or more thoroughly entertained, as they rooted for Williams and Lane in their deception of the stuffy senator. Of course, outside the theater horhophobia is alive and well, and on closer inspection, the instant popularity of this film doesn't really contradict that. I wonder how boffo the opening weekend box-office receipts would have been if the principal roles were played by openly gay actors, instead of two heteros with the Disney Seal of Approval (Williams provided the genie's voice in Aladdin, Lane that of The Lion King's Timon). I found it telling also that die premise of the story seemed to meet with so litde consternation. Is it so easy to accept the notion of a young man raised with loving care announcing that he is about to be married and would sure appreciate it if the old man would lose the limp wrist long enough for the in-laws to drop by? Nichols carefully tailored his remake to prevailing tastes. Unlike die original, The Birdcage offers few behind-the-scenes glimpses of life in the cross-dressing club for which it is named. Except for the occasional swishy comedy bit and his Wardrobe, the character played by Williams steers clear of overtly gay mannerisms. In many respects, Nichols appears to have been influenced by the same impulse which motivated the embarrassed son: the urge to make these figures palatable for regular folk. Don't get me wrong: The Birdcage is good for a few laughs, if in a routine, TV-sitcom kind of way. And it's probably a healthy thing for millions of Americans to have the opportunity to empathize with gay characters as they plot against a regressive, small-minded politician. The film is a device constructed expressly for the purpose of making people feel good about their ability to do so. As well they should. I just wonder how many of them will walk out of die theater patting themselves on the back and then proceed at the earliest opportunity to vote for some character exactly like Hackmans.

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UP CLOSE AND P E R S O N A L * * * Michelle Pfeiffer's a novice T V reporter, Robert Redford a veteran producer. Together they make beautiful news coverage in the latest from Fried Green Tomatoes director Jon Avner, H E L L R A I S E R 4 : B L O O D L I N E ( N R ) T h e further adventures of that bald moron with all the pins stuck in his head. I F LUCY F E L L * * Eric Shaeffer and Sarah Jessica Parker star here as best friends who make a pact to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge if they don't fall in love by the end of the month. At first glance diis might sound like just another trendy suicide movie. But these characters make jumping off a bridge seem like a good idea. HOMEWARD BOUND 2 : LOST I N SAN F R A N C I S C O ( N R ) Michael J. Fox reprises his role as the voice of Chance, one of three household pets who, despite being dearly beloved, keeps getting left behind in strange places. Sort of like Home Alone with fleas. DOWN P E R I S C O P E * * * M*A *S*H meets "McHale s Navy" in this comedy about an irreverent officer assigned to a rusted-out joke of a submarine. Major League's David Ward is at the helm. RUMBLE I N T H E B R O N X * * * Hong Kong action legend Jackie Chan stars here as a cop who travels to New York for a wedding and vows to save a beautiful woman he meets there from a gang of bikers who are bothering her in a big way. HAPPY G I LM0 R E * * The first of the year's upcoming glut of golf movies, the latest from SNL's Adam Sandler concerns a loveable putz (get it?) who turns out to be a genius on the links. M U P P E T T R E A S U R E I S L A N D * * * A warm and literally fuzzy adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson classic, with Tim Curry as Long John Silver. Directed by Jim Henson's son Brian. MAN W I T H A P L A N * * * * Vermont filmmaker John (Vermont is For Lovers) O'ftrkris latest effort features an actual dairy farmer named Fred Tutde who, finding himself unable to pay his taxes, decides on a new career: Congressman. A wonderfully whimsical mix of fact and fiction.

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ARTISTIC VIRGO WWF, 5'5, hazel green eyes looking for Mr. Right to explore the universe. Let stars guide us together. 50s60s. 64509 SWF, 21, SEEKS SOMEONE T O HAVE FUN, take walks, movies, shop, star gaze. So if you are 21/27 lets talk. Must love ani mals. 64510 30 YO SWF SEEKS SWM T O SPEND numlteoSackmaybe ^ TIME W I T H when I have time! Totally lotion onfy by, and seeking, persons war 18 committed to my children, but occasionally need companion to do things with. 64490 PERSONAL ABBREVIATIONS SWF LOOKING FOR A N/S MAN T O A = Asian, B = Black, C = Christian, D = HELP ME get a life without getting into Divorced, F = Female, G = Gay, H = the bar scene. 26 YO. 64491 Hispanic, J = Jewish, M = Male, ND=No SEDUCTIVELY SMART, SVELTE, Drugs, NS = Non-Smoking, P= Professional, SUPER SUSAN seeking same sleek sweet single manto sensationally serenade S = Single, W = White or Widowed serendipity. 64492 SWF. ARE YOU SILLY, SMART? Sexy? Healthy? Adventuresome? Party-animal? W O M E N SEEKING M E N Spontaneous? Talkative? Super-duper? You've got it, babe! 64493 FEMALE FOOTBALL FAN ALSO I N T O SWF, BLONDE, BLUE EYES, ENJOYS golf, surfing, sailing, dancing & hiking O U T D O O R S , dancing and laughing. seeks intelligent, well-bred, financially & Looking for a kind, honest, financially emotionally secure man, 25-45 into secure white male with a sense of humor. romance and strong, humorous women. 64494 64147 LONELY DESIRABLE DRINKER AUTHENTIC, ADVENTUROUS, FUNSEEKS the lime in my vodka gimlet. 64495 LOVING, drug-free, sensitive male who I AM SICK OF P U T T I N G UP W I T H appreciates antiques, dancing, culture, BULLSH*_T. I want someone who knows the meaning of self-respect & consideration cooking, nature, massage and travel. 64115 for others. 64496 TALL, TALENTED, LOVES ANIMALS " AND daily walks with man's best friend. SIGOURNEY WEAVER, CATHERINE Looks are important but when it goes to DENEUVE. Been told I look like both. your head, it's not. Spirit surrounds. 64118 DWPF, 40's, loves gardens, sports, outSWF, 42, SLIM, ATTRACTIVE, ATHdoors, photography, beach &C wind travel LETIC, N/S, mother of one. first-time perand adventure, hugs and conversaton, seeks sonal. Recently back from Florida; not into NSM with twinkle in his eye, sense of bar scene. Looking for PSWM for companhumor, love of life and of me. 64507 ionship, long walks, good conversation, SWF, 24 BLONDE, BLUE EYES enjoys possible LTR. 64119 the wild life. If you can dish it out I can SWF, ZAFTIGLY ITALIAN, SEEKING take it! All you can handle. 64517 SM, 30-40 for banter and enormoudy tacIF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR 100% tile activities. If you can devour thi and WOMAN, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT laugh simultaneously, contact me i,nmediYOU'LL GET. SWF, 23, blonde, blue eyes. ately. 64143 I've got class and adventure written all over SWF, 28, SEEKING THAT sensitive heart me! 64519 to help another heart to see what a life of DWF, N E W T O T H E SINGLES SCENE. togetherness would find each other. 64144 Relationship seekers move on. Mature, funI AM LOOKING FOR SOMEONE loving man only. 64521 CONSIDERATE, beautiful, fun and intelYOU'RE MY MOUNTAIN, I AM YOUR ligent, with a touch of the darker side. A lit— CLIMBER. You provide the challenge, I'll tie tormented. 64154 bring the rope. 64523 ARE YOU GENTLE? Me: 22, quiet, CIRCUIT BREAKERS BUSTING. I'm happy, sexy. You: 23-27, beautiful, funny, in 120 volts of excitement. You: a grounded love with life and yourself. N/S, ND. Don't outlet. Can you provide the power? 64525 need me, want me. 64187 I'M A PRETZEL. Can you salt me? 64527 ARE YOU AMBIGUOUS? T H I N K BUT I'M A STABLE ATOM LOOKING FOR D O N ' T ACT? EXPECT T O G O A FREE ELECTRON T O RIP ME DUTCH? Then don't apply. SWF, 32, APART and rise me to a higher level. Can who's never done this, just wants a real date. you do it? 64529 64190 ADVENTUROUS, WILD SWF, 24 ISO A SDNS. MAKE ME LAUGH. Active, outSWM, 25-33 T O challenge me & tame going professional looking for same. Likes me. If you are active, ambitious, & can movies, dancing, skiing, golf and dining make me work - call. 64531 out. Likes quiet times, too. 64192 IRISH COLLEEN, 52 SUMMERS, 23 YO LOOKING FOR FUNNY, TALL, SEEKS HER EQUAL: honest, warm &c OUTGOING, AWESOME guy who can passionate man for all seasons & all reasons. deal with a strong, independent, 90s kind Love camping, swimming, dogs, travel, conof woman. 64193 versations of depth. I'm 5'6", blue-eyed, TALL/OUTDOORSY HIKER/SKIER larger-sized woman (20) with a heart & wanted for fun/outrageous times w/ tall, soul as big! 64569 slim, attractive, athletic 31 YO F. 64194 FULL M O O N WICCAN WOMAN, 40s, WARM, WITTY, ENGAGING SWF, 40, with a joyful soul. Veggie, active, adventureseeks good-heartecf, intelligent, responsible some. Loves nature, animals, conversation, N/S man, 40s to 60s to share mutual suptraveling, homesteading, books and fun. port, recreational interests, and life advenLoving men with imagination. 64563 tures. 64432 PRETTY FUNNY ITALIAN, 32, looking SWF, 27, 5'8", (PULP FICTION BEAUfor friend W / M / N D must be cute and like TY), witty, adventurous, sensitive girl who to drink beer; fishing, camping - no strings. adores laughter, animals, and romance. LONELY WARM-HEARTED SWF, Seeking a "man" of the same qualities, who 22YO. Happy, quiet, fit, petite and fun to is physically and spiritually fit, and who be with. Interested in dancing, music, doesn't take life for granted or seriously. movies, indoor & outdoor activities. SEEKTrust me, you won't be disappointed. ING SWM (22-27) handsome, considerate, humorous, spontaneous, and just a great 64407 guy. LOOKING FOR LTR N/S. No earO U T G O I N G SWF LOOKING FOR rings or tattoos. 6457G NEW ADVENTURES, seeks adventurous, intelligent, secure, tall, dark-haired SWM, 23-30 for romance. 64434 M E N SEEKING W O M E N SWF SEEKING 40ISH BIKER MAN FOR adventure and danger. Boots with SINCERE, SPIRITED NS/NA 30YO buckles a must. I like tattoos... 64437 SWM; homeowner, advocate, writer, phoSEEKING SPONTANEITY! SWF, 20, tographer w/no kids (yet) and no STD's likes local bands, coffee, talk. Looking for seeks passionate, caring woman for friendfunny, open-minded SWM, 18-23 YO for ship, companionship, and possibly an LTR. hanging out with and seeing what happens. Please leave name, address, and/or phone # 64400 when you call. 64145 SWF, 21, LONG HAIR, BIG BROWN WANTED: BEAUTIFUL, INTELLIEYES, 5'6" looking for tall man, 21-29 G E N T DOWN-TO-EARTH fun-loving, who loves to laugh and make me laugh. naughty-but-nice spontaneous W with bed6445 8 room eyes and in great shape ready to get SICK OF BEING SINGLE SWF. Very busy! 64120 pretty, gorgeous smile, looking for tall, DWM, 41, I N T O SKIING, HIKING, handsome man, 21-28. Personality, love of RUNNING AND other outdoor activities music very important. Give me a call. looking for F for fun and friendship. 64122 6445 9 SEEKS T O RECREATE SPARKS LONG WANTED: STAR-GAZER, NATURE GONE, proceed down the path of reaching LOVER W I T H sense of adventure. Must where we.can compliment each other. be tall, attractive, and sincere, LIKE ME! Active walker &C volunteer; CUT T H E 6446 0 DECK. 64124 STALLION BATALLION. N O T O N E DWPM LOOKING FOR 25-35 YO S or BUT many and all at once. Come one DWF. Skier, outdoors-oriented preferred. come all for the ride of your LIFE. 64461 Come with me and see what life has to I AM VERY FREE-SPIRITED, LOOKoffer. 64126 ING FOR a male age 38-50 for friendship FREE-SPIRITED, FREE-THINKING first and possibly a relationship after awhile, YOUNG JOURNALIST - SWM, 22, 64463 looking for someone for spending days, "MACINTOSH" woman with appealing nights, concerts, walks, talks, drives & quiet "SOFTWARE" seeking "MACINTOSH" time. No mean people. 64130 man with "HARD DRIVE." Let's stroll the SWM LOOKING FOR A FRIEND AND "INTERNET," fly through "CYBERMAYBE more. Looking for 22-28 YO SWF SPACE." then "CRASH." 64466. that's into dancing. Me: attractive, blue eyes

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30 YO WRITER STRUGGLING T O KEEP DAY JOB, into environmental issues. You are happy and interested in rock climbing and recycling. 64132 SWM, 51.1 LIKE T O dance, downhill ski I am 5'8," 170 lbs. good personality, openminded. Brown hair & blue eyes. 64142

Loves breadmaking and tea rituals. Seeks loving companion and goddess. 64433 SOME ONE W H O WANTS A long-term relationship, who likes to spend time together, watch movies, likes animals. N/S, N/S. 64430 PROFESSIONAL SWM, 38, ATTRACTIVE, FIT, educated, honest, enjoys outdoors, films, books, travel, sports; seeks similar N/S, caring, intelligent, open-minded'SWPF. 64455 FRESH START, DWM, 44. Sincere, attractive. Fit with mildly cynical sense of humor. Interested in off-beat movies, music, books. Love walks in woods, trusting relationships, unconditional giving. ISO secure, outgoing, intelligent, compassionate SWF, 37-45 for friehdship, possible LTR. M e n s e e k f n a W o m e n 64456 SHM LOOKING FOR FUN times. 160 lbs, 5'11", black long hair, age doesn't matter. Snowboarding, good food, films. You: athletic, health-conscious but into good times. 64454 SWM, 34 SEEKS SF, 25-33 W H O ENJOYS outdoors, hiking, running, skiing, blading, mtn. biking, etc...Looking for friendship leading to possible relationship. 64446 I ENJOY SPORTS, MOVIES, SUNSETS AND rises, ATVs and like trying new things. Looking for F who likes same and is petite, Med, built. 64448 OTHER HALF O U T THERE. SWPM, 26, looking for humorous, outgoing, SWPF to share sunsets, wine and dining and time. 21-29. Don't delay; you'll miss out. 64450 LOOKING FOR WILD W O M E N SKIERS, especially of the 3-pin kind. Just moved here from the wild, wild west and am looking for someone to make some turns with. 64451 I Personal of tl \e week NS SWM, 35, 5 7 " , 178 LBS., hazel eyes. Romantic, considerate, easy-going, downI wins dinner for two at to-earth guy seeks LTR with NSF who loves Coyotes Tex-Nex Cafe! cats, outdoors, good food & wine, is bright and healthy. I'm ready for a serious commitment. 64452 CONFUSED, SHORT, HANDSOME? PWM, 34, seeking PF for fun times, DWM, 35, SEEKING T H E IMPOSSIwarmth, companionship, and whatever else BLE. Honest, tolerant, fun-loving, athletic, may come as a result of. 64156 for whatever happens. Burned too many SWM, 6'2", BLONDE HAIR, BLUE times. No head games, this might be it! EYES seeks independent, long-legged hiker, 64453 20-35 to enjoy adventures, romance, backROMANTIC LAWYER (query: contradicrubs with. Non-animal lovers need not tion in terms?) questing for cherishable apply. 64164 querida grail lady: professional, over-educat5'8" 200# 46 YO FORMER LIBERAL ed, willowy tomboy born in 50's. AND HOPELESS ROMANTIC turned Compassionate, iconoclastic qucster is middle-aged cynic. Don't mind laughing at quasi-literate, semi-cultured, emphatically my own foibles. ISO attractive fellow curoutdoorsy, quietly vibrant liberal inhabiting mudgeon. 64167 6'4" slim, N/SDWM, non-equine body. MID-40'S BACHELOR: BLUE EYES, (Enough "q's" already!) Quoth the quetzal FAIR HAIR, tall & handsome, professional soul mate: "Evermore!" 64465 seeks similar SWF to ski, skate, sail and SWEET, STABLE, SECURE SWM, 31. enjoy life. 64168 seeks sultry sophisticated SWF, N?S, special SWM, 140 LB OUTDOOR TYPE SEEKS someone to share with. Sensible, sense of FRIEND FOR seasoned adventures. Dinners humor, swift response. See you soon? 64468 included. Do you like fat cats? 64169 SWM, 32, ISO A WOMAN, (looks not DWM, TALL, DARK, AND HANDimportant), to hold & love. Are you lookSOME, with rugged Banana Republic flair. ing for passion? Let's meet and discover. Seeks SF who enjoys taking care of herself 64469 and will communicate. Catlike eyes a plus. SWM, 28, SEEKS SWF, 24-28 T O share 64188 intellectual conversation, outdoor endeavSEEKING WOMAN WHO'S LOVING, ors, and romantic trysts. Serious replies BEST FRIEND, WORKS AT life, has only, please! 64472 what life takes. 64413 TALL ATHLETIC SINGLE PROFESSWM ISO SF W H O LIKES MOVIES AT SIONAL. Outgoing, spontaneous, enjoys H O M E AND out, pool, camping and long outdoors, good listener who likes to be country drives. I don't mind cooking or always doing something. Seeks fun, outgodoing my share. 64414 ing athletic SF. 18-30. 64502 MUSICALLY-INCLINED, N O T SWM (ATHLETIC, FINANCIALLY AFRAID T O BE A DORK, comfortable in SECURE, GREAT SHAPE, 5'10"), sick of almost any situation. 25-40 W sought by being single looking for SWF, 26-35 who's into having nothing but fun; windsurfing, sometimes-bearded, conversational man fly fishing, camping, dining, movies, etc. with dark eyes and a nifty smile. 64415 SEXY LATIN LOVER W I T H A WIN64501 NING PERSONALITY, good looks and BIZARRE, HYPERACTIVE, DELUgreat sense of humor seeks a sweetie to keep SIONAL SEX MANIAC seeks SF with me warm on cold winter nights. 64418 similar qualities. 64503 SWM, FRONT-ROW RIGHT NEXT I'M A SEMI HEALTH N U T W I T H black Wednesday night. Seeking SWF for fun. curly hair and I love to travel. You are hon64419 est, drug-free N/S vibrant F with love for MAN SEARCHING FOR A LITTLE life. 64478 CUTIE for some cuddling, partying, and SWPM SEEKING SWF T O SPEND just having fun. You won't be disappointed. TIME W I T H . Share stories, have fun 64424 inside or out, doesn't mind a traveler but RECIPE FOR FUN: add skiing, travel, will always come back to cuddle. 64479 laughter, theatre, music. Mix with honesty, ALL I WANT IS SOMEONE I CAN'T respect. Bake for however long it takes. RESIST. I can't just give you the world, but 64425 we could earn it. Business partner/love. SINCERE, WARM, SPIRITUAL SWM, Let's go! 64480 32, 5'10", enjoys sunsets, skiing, sailing, MM SEEKING COMPANION FOR windsurfing, cycling, planting trees. ISO OVERNIGHTS IN BURLINGTON. attractive, slender, athletic, intellectual, Plenty of experience at the art of love. See compassionate, politically progressive NS you soon! 64481 SWF, 25-30. 64438 D O YOU NEED A GUY T O WASH SWPM, 36, SEEKING SWPF. Enjoy YOUR HAIR and give you a rose petal movies, sports, music, dancing and dining. massage after a hard day? Call me! I'm waitRomantic, fun, independent, good sense of ing. 64482 humor! Very active, dirty blonde hair, blue MULTI-MILLIONARE W H O HAS eyes, 5'11", 195 lbs. seeking a woman with EVERYTHING IN LIFE except you to fill the same qualities. If you're that woman, the passenger seat in my Ferrari, Lear jet, give me a call! 64435 etc. All inquiries answered. 64483 SPRING FEVER DAYS with nights still BIKER, SMOKER, BROKEN HEART, cold. Walk with me on a sunny day and BROKEN HARLEY. Need a woman to lets cuddle on a cold night. DWM, 42, mend both. Harley is a '67, biker is a '62. professional, new in town seeks loving lady, 64484 25-40 (kids are cool), fairly attractive, and SWM, LIKES ACTION, SPORTS, OUTclassy yet down to earth with great sense of DOORSY-ADVENTURE TYPE. Seeks F, humor, for friendship and possible relation22-35 who shares my interests. Like dancship. 64411 ing, dining, movies &c theater. 64485 SPIRITUAL AND KIND-HEARTED, 36 I LIKE/YOU LIKE: exercising, tan lines, YO veggie, attractive, communicative, thongs, hard bodies, smiles, sports, beaches, active, into nature, Wicca, Siamese cats. beer, travel, shopping, long wet kisses, driving, movies, almost all food. 64486

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I I Compatibles SWM, 22YO PROFESSIONAL SEEKS ACTIVE F willing to try most anything. I enjoy outdoor activities, yet enjoy renting a movie. Also enjoy partying and going out. 64487 CONFIDENT, WELL-BUILT MALE W I T H A PLETHORA OF INTERESTS wants to find a F with cooking skills. Stay at home and bear many children! 64488 BIG VT TEDDY BEAR SEEKING BEAR to help get over winter blues. 20-38 N/S. Size unimportant; it's what's inside that makes you beautiful. 64489 K N I G H T IN ARMOR! SWM, 19, romantic, caring and sensitive. I am looking for a woman who I can spoil. 64506 BEARDED PIRATE (smoker) seeks petite, outgoing, fun to be with lassie, 24-40YO for boating, passion, beard rubs, much more. Good looks, good build. Call. 64512 HER BLUE EYES AND GOLD HAIR, forged in the north with mine over a thousand past years. Her molten soul, come weld to mine. (20-37) 64511 CARING, SENSITIVE, ALL-AROUND NICE GUY looking for a friend and maybe more, age 20-25. 64535 SUPER-GROOVY COMPUTER TECHNICIAN W H O CAN FIX A PC IN A FLASH ISO a tall, athletic partyer 21-30 YO for good times, fun in the sun, and quiet evenings. I am a cutie pie. Call! 64537 EAGLES, DEEP BLUE SKY, endless walks of beaches silver. Haven't slept in days, love has evil ways, bring me my mistress blue. 64541 H O P I N G FOR A FAIR WEATHER SAILING and rollerblade partner for sunset rendezvous. I'm a mid-40s SWM who needs to be active. 64547 SWM, 26 5'10", 180 LBS. Enjoys dancing, movies, sports an playing pool. Seeking adventurous and spontaneous SWF, 21-30 for fun and friendship, then, who knows what?? 64549 SAILOR, MID-40S, SWM. ENJOY the best years of our lives together. Let's sail & ski into the sunset - looking for SWF to share the fun. 64550 IF YOU ARE CONFIDENT, LOVE T H E O U T D O O R S , and enjoy home-made nights inside call an help me enjoy my last four weeks in Burlington. 64553 I'M A QUIET, RESERVED KIND O F GUY. I'm looking for Michael Douglas' Demi Moore. Let's do it in the officc. 64555 I AM A TREE STANDING TALL AND STRONG. I'm waiting for the right girl to come along and climb me. 64557 90S MOUNTAIN MAN LOOKING FOR MY MOUNTAIN W O M A N to hike, bike and share some time together inside an out. Come hang out on my mountain. 64559 RURAL DWM. 41, SEEKING W W H O ' S HANDY W I T H A CHAINSAW. Animals, land, an home matter. Looking to romp, cook, sup and share. Do you speak Quebecois? 64565 SEARCHING FOR AN HONEST, ATTRACTIVE SF with a positive attitude and healthy lifestyle to build a LTR with this WWM, 28, 5'10", 175 lbs. 64570 WANTED: LIFE/BREEDING PARTNER to lovingly co-create expressive, enlightened little beings. Requirements: health, big heart,, brains, creativity, beauty. Money would be nice. Me? SM, 38, artist, educated - former Nice Jewish Boy From Scarsdale - I offer what I seek, and more. 64571 SM, 33, UNDERSTANDS T H E UNFLAPPABLE yet sopoforic mind. May seem solemn, but highly contagious to the fact that solitude sucks! Seeking that female libertine who can deduce me. 64561 1953 DWM, G O O D CRANK, body, dependable, doesn't smoke, may need alignment sometimes, sters to nudist resorts, seeks fun passenger with minimal baggage for long trip. 64546 SWM, 24, 165 LBS, LET'S G O HIKING, biking, dancing, you name it, I'm there. 64544

W O M E N SEEKING W O M E N DANCING LIGHT seeks true love. N/S, ND, GPF, 48, spiritual, miracle-minded, passionate, artistic, self-aware, physically active, with present inner child. Seeking similar. 64474 SPIRITED, FUN-LOVING WOMAN SEEKS T H E SAME for friendship and more. Woman would be N/S and would N O T be afraid of intimacy. Take a chance! 64480 FTM, TRANSGRESSIVE, TRANSGENDERED BUTCH LESBO looking for same for TRANS support & political action 64526 OKING FOR SOMEONE A LITTLE CRAZY A N D FUN. Great times on their way with me personally is a must and so is sexual awareness. 64528

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F O U N D MYSELF O U T I N T H E BACKW O O D S ; would love sweet friend to share some of this with. I'm 27, affectionate, playful, with a cute buzz cut. I love to write and dance. Come out of hibernation! I need to meet more Vermont women. 64572

M E N SEEKING M E N C L O S E T E D G W M , 27, 6', 160#, B R O W N / B L U E . ENJOY skiing, dancing, travel and just relaxing. Seeking 18-30 YO attractive gay or bi male for friendship and more. 64401 DAD, looking for a couple of bad boys. 64530 G W M , 32, L O O K I N G F O R A GUY. Love sports, enjoy outdoors. Love to cook for T W O . Looking for the right for friend and maybe more. 64532 G W M , 38, ENJOYS J U S T A B O U T A N Y T H I N G . Looking for a sincere, honest man to share my life with - 19-45. 64534 G W M , 27, B R N , H A Z , 150# enjoys biking, pool, travel and spontaneity. Seeking 20 to 32YO w/ similar interests. Masc A+. 64536 G M , 23, B R O W N HAIR, B R O W N EYES, I N T O C R O S S D R E S S I N G , trips to the city, romantic dinners and bubbly bath seeks same, 18-25. Possible relation• ship material. 64538 MAMA BEAR L O O K I N G F O R PAPA O R CUBBY. Beer in the fridge. Sanka and Pop Tart to go for breakfast. 64540 34 YO S E E K I N G C O M P A N I O N LOVER F R I E N D . Honest, subdued but aggressive, loyal and true. Something you can't find just anywhere. 64542 TONNY7KOMANTIC, STRAIGHT A C T I N G central V T G W M , 26, 5'11" 190 loves dinner, movies, dancing, walks. Seeks honest, intelligent, G W M , 20-30 for friendship and more.64476

I SPY A G R A N D D A T I N G G A M E A M I G O playing pool. Teach me to sink some holes!! 64548 I SPY A SEXY H O S T W I T H A GREAT VOICE, you keep me listening to W1ZN!! Now that rocker has taken the plunge, you should swing. 64550

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PERSONAL, you smiled and walked away. Then put in your own ad. No call back. What happened? 64552 HEYTTLLTtNSWER Y O U R P E R S O N A L You walked away. Wrote ad saying you regret, me: tall, dark. You: blonde, thin. 64554 M I C R O G R E l N TOYOTA O N 2 / 2 9 Williston Road. We flirted at red light. Me: red jeep. Thought you were cute. Let's get together. 64556 ogetn YOU: P U R P L E N O R D I C A VEST, round glasses, nice smile, gorgeous eyes. We spoke of sex on a ski lift - interested in trying it out? 64558 YOUHAVOHOULDER-LENGTH HAIR, SULTRY DARK EYES & a gray vneck sweater. We talked about how our old roommates were nymphomaniacs. 6458

musical - seeks secure, bright, fit, loving man (45-55) for friendship and intimacy. 64467 SWPF, 24, I N T E R E S T E D IN too many , things, (indoor + outdoor) seeking similar in fun, educated S W P M , 25-30, NS. 64088 WARM A N D G E N E R O U S , H E A R T FUELED BY the magic of Native American ways looking for a man who shares spiritual self. Outdoors, quiet moments, cowboy way wanted. 64146 SWF, 22, SEEKS F U N - L O V I N G 20-26 YO to stay home and entertain me. 64116 I LIKE LEATHER. I LIKE T H E SMELL of a man after a good night of dancing. I ' don't like smoke. Possessiveness and jealousy should not be in your vocabulary if you want to answer this a3. 64117 SF, 29 YO DESIRES M I N T E R E S T E D IN fun and adventurous dating relationship. Young and self-directed males respond. I enjoy music, dancing, biking, tennis, volleyball. 64149 LIKE T O HAVE FUN S K I N N Y D I P P I N G in cold water, eat strawberries with white wine before and after. 64151 S W F L O O K I N G F O R A SEXY man who likes to play house. I'd like to take care of you. 64152 L O O K I N G F O R N O N - L O S E R w/ artsy flair. I'm a tall, upbeat Sagittarius w/a KILLER personality. 64155 LOVING, C A R I N G ONLY IN M E M O RY - strong lady seeking stronger, good. looking guy who can fix cars and wash dishes. 64191 W O M A N O F T W O NATURES: ADVENTURER AND PHILOSOPHER, SYBARITE A N D A S C E T I C - seeks man, 40s, to satisfy both selves. Be brainy and built. Be funny and thoughtful. Be wild and shy. Be ready for anything and happy with tranquility. But don't be a smoker.64409 SWF, 34, X / C SKI RACING + O T H E R outdoor fun. Laughing, travelling, foreign cooking, morning person. N / S . N / D , tall, thin. Let's ski at Trapp's. 64402

W E W E R E I N NECTARS, you told me your name was Habooda. You had dark hair - a bob - and you kept saying SH*T! S O N O F A BITCH! and I don't know why. You also kept screaming "Jeff Healy is blind!" Call me! 64562 Y O U W E R E W E A R I N G A BLACK BLAZER W I T H A STAR O N Y O U R BREAST. You had full red lips and a sexy smile. We briefly talked about sex on a plane. 64564 SWEET MAGGIE W I T H T H E F L O W E R OVER Y O U R HEART, answer my ad and you won't be disappointed, nor should you be surprised. Guess who. 64566 ™ I SAW T H E T W O O F Y O U PASSING T H E BEAT at the chance. I was playing pool, not on a table, and have dreamt since. 64513 Y O U W E R E AT A W E D D I N G and we met at the bar. We talked of music and love. And I asked you to call! 64515 B E T T Y O N M 5 W : I'm still waiting for you to join me on Wed. night. Your wnderful Ron. 64543 SAM; ONLY T H E STRONG SURVIVE. You run to challenge not flee art and religion, equal life, man to man. Are you or aren't you?? Ready? 64514 I SPY W I T H MY BIG B R O W N EYES an L.A. Boy I want to run away with. Right now. I love you. No, you. 64516 PEARL'S, 3/8. You: Handsome butch, quiet type. You looked my way. Care to gt serious? 64518 Y O U W E R E AT N A K E D B R U N C H and briefly at Parima'. Heard you saw the flirts. Want to talk? 64520 M O N P L S O J O . Oh, so cute. 64522 ~ SNARLY REE)HEAD W I T H CAT F E T I S H . "Works" at PJC. Long to paint your toenails pink. Don't keep me in suspenders. 64524 AT T H E 3 / 2 M O N T P E L I E R C O N T R A D A N C E : Wendy from Fletcher, red hair, calm eyes. Me: blue shirt, tail out. Set fell apart, but we came together. 64568 YOU W R O T E T O T O M MESSNER and you stapled your pillowcases. I'm gonna kick your butt for writing to Tom Messner. 64567

HI, YOU, U M , ME. Like fun, wish for sun, hot dog bun. 64445 H I I AM J O H N , I AM looking for a nice woman to settle down with. I am 37 and I could put you in heaven. 64447 S W M , 35, 5 7 " , 165 LBS. Hiking, biking, dancing, dining! ISO S/DWF, 25-38 with old-fashioned values. 64449 5WM7TOTS OF FUNTENJOYS SWIMM I N G , hiking, biking, all outdoor activities. Seeking SWF under 30 for companionship 64123 hip and romance. ro P U O T T C A T V E G E T A R I A N : IF YOU C A R R O T ALL about peas & justice, then lettuce get together see what may turnip. Income (celery) not important. 64166 P O L I S H P R I N C E RECENTLY R E T U R N E D F R O M HIMALAYAN FORAY. 38YO S W M , heart-centered, athletically-inclined, conversationally fit, seeks inquisitive W (30s) possessing equal amounts of brains, beauty, and brazenness. 64170 L O O K I N G FOR P S W F N O KIDS for fun and good lines. I'm 32, 5 1 0 " , 180 lbs. 64121

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C E N T E R E D , SMART, DAFFY & SWEET. DWPF, 40, looking for similarly wise, genuine man to share life. Trade stories, Laugh, ski, hike, cook - have adventures. O h , the places we'll go! Box 002. S W F - P R O F E S S I O N A L STYLIST IN N E W YORK + Vermont. Enjoys reading, movies, and deep conversations. Seeking new friendship in Vermont. 64457 FIRE'S LIT - C O M E O N IN! SWNSFintense, informed, imaginative and , tra-la,

S W CALVIN A N D H O B B I S H G U Y who loves the unexpected searching for my Hobbes, someone who's up for anything, looking to create fun and craziness. Age 1925. 64073 36 YO, 6 FT, B L O N D HAIR, BLUE EYES SEEKS a W from 30-40 who likes to take care of their man as I like to take care of them. 64125 NS, R O M A N T I C , T H R I L L - S E E K I N G M who enjoys varied interests such as flying, snowboarding. ISO sincere, risk-taking W w h o loves life. 64128 N E W T O T H f e AREA looking for friendfor dining, movies, outdoor sports, romantic evenings. Nice personality, like to laugh, have fun and maybe more. 64157 28 YO M, Y O U N G C H E F , Likes caring women, 21 to 35 YO. Like skating, outdoors and personal times alone to talk. 64158 SM, ENJOYABLE, LIKES G E N U I N E . Seeks the same. Every-day nice guy. To be more specific would be vague. 64416 23 YO A N D I'VE L E A R N E D art is precious, love is fragile, and music makes everything beautiful. W h a t have you learned? 64159 STALLIONS, R O M A N C E , C A N D L E L I T D I N N E R S - 25 YO S W M ISO lady in red who enjoys above. Looking for a meaningful relationship. 64160 S W M S E E K I N G ALL N O N - T R A M P S , 23-27. Must be good-looking and have healthy body and mind. 64161 F B E T W E E N 35-40 LIKES QUALITY time at home, NS, light drinker who wants a long-lasting relationship. Healthy and drug-free. 64162 BIG GUY SEEKS L I T T L E W O M A N . Blonde, 5'11", blue eyes, looking for a true heart. Like just about any adventure, reruns. We'll become friends or more! 64420 S W M LIVES F O R T H E N O W , the woods & the kindness of the world. 5 1 0 " , 175 lbs, good-looking, 22YO. 64412 S W M , 43, SEEKS SDW. Kids okay. 30-45 for LTR, dinners out, nights in, weekends on the road. You clean and I'll cook. 64422 D I V O R C E D , Y O U N G , EARLY 40s likes water-skiing, eating out, walks, dogs, cars, travel. Fit, 6'2" ISO exciting, fit, sincere woman to share good times. 64163 O U T G O I N G , SENSITIVE, C O N S I D E R ATE PARTY ANIMAL, Capricorn, not a player. Wish to meet woman that won't throw things at me, confident, open-minded with an analytical mind. 64077 LEAR J E T S E E K I N G PASSENGER for the friendly skies. Must be willing to watch the movie while taking off. The sky is the limit. 64080 S W P M L O N G S F O R FIT, ACTIVE, F U N - L O V I N G , sensual woman who enjoys laughter, movies & music who I'll wine, dine & massage. Write me your dream vacation or fantasy. 64075 B A C H E L O R G U Y SEEKS BACHEL O R E T T E for dinners, laughs, and possibly more. Class of 1973. Interests: performing & listening to music. Maybe some dancing. j'"g- Box 001. S N O W C O U N T R Y V E R M O N T Non-craditional woman, 33+, sought to share nontraditional life of off-the-beaten track travel, adventure and romance. Box 003. DANCIN,' PRANCIN,' ROMANCIN,' Life's not a game. SBM, fit & strong, seeks

F, the same (30-45). Work nights, ample time, write me, let's get fine! Photo. Box 005- : 5 ' I I " , 170 LBS./GREEN EYES Love music, plays & more & cook & want my own kids & need a good friend & lover. 64427 Y O U N G E R M A N S E E K I N G AN O L D E R W O M A N , 25-40. Must have nice eyes, very mature and athletic. Friendly, good sense of humor. Kids OK!!!! Must be able to spend some time alone without kids!!! Please respond; can't wait to hear from you. 64112 28 YO GUY. N O T E N O U G H space here to really say anything so let's get a drink at the pub. 64428. O U T D O O R F R I E N D : D W M , 52, SEEKS female companion for cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, hiking, bicycling & canoeing in the Adirondack^ & Green Mountains. 64477 SWM, 4 o , N£V£R MARRI^D S E E K S — SWF FOR intellectual pursuit of chamber music for flute and guitar. Guitars my gig. Clarinet or soprano sax works too! Box 007 URBAN TREEHUGGER S W M , 27, seeks peace on Earth, Megabucks, and an honest, grounded, bathed gal pal to share modest vices, quality time. Please write Box 009 ANYONE O U T THERE? SWM, college student, 21YO, N / S and fit, 5'10" with brown hair and eyes seeks SF who enjoys exercising, reading, hiking, laughing and being a bit unusual. Box 010

SEXY, SHY, SAVVY, SWEET, S O P H I S T I CATED, SPIRITUAL, creative, intelligent poet who thrives on the quest for knowledge, enlightenment and oneness whose eyes put me under a spell. 64110 F U N , C R I T T E R - L O V I N GAL seeks witty gal who likes to bike and hike. 64111 O U T D O O R TYPE, D O E S N ' T K N O W how to dance but is willing to learn. Slow dance is no problem. 64189

L O O K I N G F O R F R I E N D S and potential. G W M , late thirties, with many and varied interests. Good person to talk with and share time. 64475 T U N N Y , ROMANTIC, STRAIGHTA C T I N G central V T G W M , 26, 5'11" 190 loves dinner, movies, dancing, walks. Seeks honest, intelligent, G W M , 20-30 for friendship and more.64476

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