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THANKS FOR SUPPORT I am writing to thank all people who have written in support o f the civil-unions bill. I don’t know if your letters have had an impact on those who oppose gay and lesbian love, but they mean a lot to me. In the m idst o f so much
‘CO RRECTING ’ TH E RECORD To vent a grievance, share an idea and request correction are three o f the joys in writing a letter to a newspaper. Recently, three writers expressed perspectives that I believe need more facts, and so I write in response to correct the record. 1. “Separation o f church and state” is found in the Communist Manifesto, not in our C onstitution for the U.S. o f A. T he point o f the First A m endm ent, as explained by Thom as Jefferson’s letter to a concerned church, is to keep the government from dictating
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every homosexual who shared their personal story told o f being abused or molested as a child! I listened to these testi monies for two years, and I wept m any tears for the tor m ent they suffered. But facts o f suffering don’t change facts o f nature; hom osexuality is still a dead-end street... As a doctor, Gov. Dean is wrong to prom ote a lifestyle choice where disease is ram pant and em otional needs are num bed instead o f being resolved... As chief executive, [he was] wrong to ask our leg islature... to approve $12,000 to prom ote this unhealthy lifestyle in our public schools... O u r children, future and pocketbooks are at stake. T he issue is not personal C o n tin u e d o n p a g e 11
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ized he didn’t want to tell them he voted against his conscience because he wanted to get reelected. It was an act of political courage that will be long remembered in the senate’s history. Sen. Elizabeth Ready (D-Addison) surprised April 25, 2000. A date to remember. A proud nobody with her “yes” vote on the civil-unions bill. moment for Vermont and a big step forward in the Chainsaw Liz is a die-hard liberal. But her invoca never-ending struggle for freedom. The word comes from the state capitol this sun- tion of former state Sen. Francis Howrigan of Franklin County was a bit of a surprise. Francis, splashed Tuesday afternoon that the Vermont the conservative patriarch of the family dairy House has voted 79-68 to concur with the state empire, caused ears to burn a few years back when Senate and send the civil-unions bill to Gov. he rose in opposition to legislation prohibiting dis Howard Dean for his signature. crimination against homosexuals. He uttered one All men and women are created equal — what sentence and one sentence only. a concept! And from this day “I don’t see,” said Francis, “why forward, all men and women in we have to be concerned about Vermont will be treated as a bunch of disease-spreading equals. At this moment, yours cornholers.” Then he sat down. truly’s thoughts are of family and When Ready rose on the the Emerald Isle. O f my name senate floor last week to express sake, my Uncle Peter, a teenage her position, she quoted farm boy shot down on the Howrigan, but not his crude streets of Dublin in 1921 by the “cornholer” remark. Instead, forces of the Crown. A young she recalled some Howrigan freedom fighter who didn’t live lines that are always near and to taste it for himself, he died a dear to her heart — “Treat the second-class citizen in the land as if you’ll live on it forev mighty British Empire. er. Treat your neighbors as if Today, freedom rings across you’ll die tomorrow.” our beautiful Green Mountains. “The gay and lesbian com No longer will our little state tol munity are my neighbors,” said erate the second-class citizenship Elizabeth. “Vermont is my of those whose love is judged to home. And I want to make sure be wrong by the self-proclaimed that we will live on together, moral leaders of our society. forever. And we will give each Today, Vermont stands tall and and every one of our neighbors proud. the respect and kindness they If God is indeed love, as John BY PETER FREYNE deserve.” writes in his gospel, then on this The debate over equal rights for gay and lesbian sunny April day, Gods smile is shining brightly on couples has roused the passions of some to the the Green Mountain State. boiling point. Some of our neighbors, caught Editorial Page Update — Time marches on. We inside a box of ignorance and fear, have, like now know from yesterdays edition of our local Francis Howrigan, blindly made some very nasty daily that the distinguished editorial board of The Burlington Free Press has “Mixed feelings on Elian.” and hurtful statements. But they’re still our neigh bors, God bless ’em, one and all. Whoop-dee-do! ^ “Within each of us is the same hate,” Ready But Vermont’s largest daily, owned and operat told Seven Days. “And within each of us is the same ed by the Gannett Co., a multi-national media capacity for compassion and inclusion. This debate giant, continues to remain silent on the landmark is about choosing,” she said. “That’s why I wanted civil-unions legislation that its news department to quote Francis, who’s been so widely quoted in reports is making history in Vermont. his unkind voice.” We know that the Freeps took a position See, Francis Howrigan’s got a kinder and gen against “gay marriage” last year. But what of “civil tler side, too. Thanks for the reminder, Senator. unions,” the compromise position that lawmakers Bernie Out of the Closet — You may recall that in in both House and Senate have approved? The one the days following the Vermont Supreme Court that’s been praised on editorial pages across the decision on same-sex marriage, we were unsuccess nation from Arizona to Chicago to Washington, ful in getting Independent Congressman Bernie D.C.? The silence from 191 College Street has Sanders to share his opinion on the gay-marriage been positively deafening. issue. Like Gov. Howard Dean, who refused to be Over the weekend our Web surfing uncovered drawn into the Elian Gonzalez soap opera during more published praise for Vermont’s forwarda talk radio appearance Tuesday, Mr. Sanders thinking approach to treating gay and lesbian rela knows that in politics one should choose one’s bat tionships on par with heterosexual pairings. This tles carefully. Every position offends somebody and one’s from the editorial page of the Hartford the wise politician doesn’t go looking for new ene Courant in Connecticut, the home state of Ethan mies. Allen. Over the weekend, we ran into O f Bernardo “Vermont is heading in the right direction,” down at the Earth Day festivities on the declared the Courant. “Its new law does not grant Burlington Witerfront and popped the question special rights to homosexuals. It gives equal treat one more time. ment before the law with regard to family circum “I think the legislature handled this issue with a stances. It promotes stable, lasting relationships.” lot of dignity,” said Sanders. “I know there are a lot The list of pro-civil-unions editorials from outof very different points of view on this issue. of-state dailies grows. The Hartford Courant joins People feel very strongly. But I think the legislators the Chicago Tribune, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, handled themselves with a great deal of dignity, The Arizona Daily Star, the Miami Herald, The and I agree with what came out of the legislature.” Washington Post, The New York Times, the Concord There you go. That wasn’t so painful, now, was Monitor and The Herald of Rock Hill, South it? Carolina. But The Burlington Free Press has lost its By the way, U.S. Sen. Jim Jeffords was also at voice when it comes to the number-one issue in the Earth Day event, and a curious Rep. Sanders Vermont. leaned in to hear just what Jeezum Jim was telling Try gargling with salt water. the TV cameras about global warming. When Remembering Francis — Too bad the floor Sanders’ turn came, we couldn’t help but ask if he’s debate in the Vermont Senate wasn’t covered by had any second thoughts about his decision to stay Vermont Public Television. 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into a rest stop to use the toilet at 4:30 a.m. W hen he returned to his car, he saw that a man had opened the trunk and taken the travel bag containing the money, then escaped in a small car driven by another person. The victim told police he hadn’t bothered to shut the door of his car when he stopped because he didn’t see anyone else around. Beauty’s in the E a rs of the Beholder
Organizers of Canada’s Miss Alberta and Miss Teen Alberta pageants showed they were serious about stressing talent over appearance by hiring a blind man to judge the compe tition. Harold Grace, 51, who was one of seven judges on the panel, said he was able to sense personalities from the way con testants spoke. “I listen to their voices and how they respond to questions,” he said. “If they’re making it up, or if they’re not genuine, I can always tell.” Tw enty-First Amendment F o llie s
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A 61-year-old German dri ver traveling through Switzerland on his way to Liechtenstein to deposit more than $247,000 in cash pulled
for cuts and bruises, Otero was booked on suspicion o f drunk en driving. • Ed O ’Rourke, who said he was burned over 60 percent of his body after being shocked by 13,000 volts of electricity when he climbed up a transformer in a “drunken stupor,” filed suit in Tampa, Florida, against six bars and stores that he said sold him liquor. O ’Rourke claimed he is “unable to control his urge to drink alcoholic bever ages,” and that the bars and stores negligently served or sold him alcohol despite his “con tinual consumption.” He also named Tampa Electric Co. as a defendant, charging the utility didn’t do enough to prevent him from slipping into a fenced, gated and locked sub station and scaling the electri cal transformer. Anim al Farm
Convinced his pigs were suffering from a highly conta gious disease, a farmer in northeastern Romania began destroying them. He had killed 10 when the vet arrived and told him the pigs were just drunk. The farmer had been feeding the animals waste from a local distillery, and about 100 of them fell into an alcoholic stupor.
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W hen Pittsburg, California, High School assistant principal Jocelyn Hendrix lost her master key, the school board billed her $17,000. Hendrix admitted she signed a form agreeing to the school board’s policy of charg ing for all costs associated with
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DONNE FOR: The medical prognosis is not good for the protagonist patient in Wit, but critical assessments of the play have been glowing. New York magazine called the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama “a dazzling and humane play you will remember until your dying day.” The New Yorker singled it out as “far and away the most celebrated play of the year.” Next week acclaimed actress Lisa Harrow comes direct from the successful Broadway production to resurrect the lead role in White River Junction — a short drive from her place in Woodstock. The Royal Shakespeare actress will keep the play kicking for a two-week run that starts next Friday at the Briggs Opera House. “She loves the play, she loves the part, and she was excited by the prospect of doing it in her home town,” says Charlie Glazer of Northern Stage. Harrow plays Dr. Vivian Bearing, an erudite English prof diagnosed with terminal uterine cancer, who documents her demise while drawing on her literary spe cialty: the sonnets of John Donne. “It is not my intention to give away the plot,” she announces early on inaihe play, “but I think I die at the end.” If a cancer comedy sounds too irreverent, remember laughter may indeed be the best medicine.
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host. The biennial Academy Awards raises money for Burlington City Arts while it recognizes outstanding achievements in local theater and film. The challenge is recalling the performances, especially in the drama department. “Two years is a long time in terms of people’s mem ories,” says Development Director Paul Ugalde, who organized the first two Bessie bashes, in 1997 and 1998. His hand-picked Green Mountain “academy” will consider Vermont-made movies and plays from 1998 and 1999 and give awards in 10 categories — down from 17 — in hopes of shortening the proceedings. After turns at both the Sheraton and the Radisson, this year’s “party of the millennium” will be held in Alliot Hall on the campus of St. Michael’s College on June 16. There aren’t too many opportunities to glitter in the Green Mountains, so go in style. Or Stihl. IN BRIEF: The word on the Super Slam-Off? “It was the big showdown. The place was packed,” Calais poet Gcof Hewitt says of the three-and-ahalf-hour culmination of biweekly poetry slams at Rhombus Gallery. Three hundred people showed up last Friday at Burlington City Hall to hear 16 poets sound off on subjects like strength, humor, anger, sex, politics and beauty, in three-minute bard bites. At 56, Hewitt was the oldest poet in the pack. “You have to win the audience and try to recite a meaningful poem at the same time,” he says of the Olympic approach to verse. The audience selected him as an “alternate” member of the People’s Republic of Vermont Poetry Slam Team. Winning wordsmiths Leah Gardner, Bethany Ogilby, Michael Nedell and Kim Jordan will travel to Providence in August to compete in the National Poetry Slam. And they’ll be exchanging stanzas this Friday at Club Metronome’s Electric Cabaret, a poetry and music benefit for the Women’s Rape Crisis Center . . . Expect to find more fact and less fluff in Vermont Magazine when Sally Johnson takes over the editorship of the bimonthly pub next month. After nearly 20 years crafting the Rutland Herald Sunday Magazine, Johnson is going glossier. “My intention is to edit for Vermonters and for people who are deeply interested in Vermont, wherever they happen to live,” she says. “I want to explore all the aspects of contemporary life in Vermont — not just the touristfriendly ones” . . . Working out is less wearing at the Body Garage in Burlington, because you can train on the wall art provided by “ Mr. M asterpiece.” The Burlington artist has painted “Matisse-type cut outs” on a couple of walls in the weight room. The red, yellow and black symbols slashes, equal signs and the like — match the colors of the room. It looks great. Too bad more businesses don’t consider art to be a pressing concern. ® V.
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• Organic Cow in Tunbridge was sold three years ago to Boston-based H.P. Hood. Two years later, Hood turned around and sold to Colorado-based Horizon Foods — the nation’s largest purveyor of organic dairy products. In turn, Horizon took its stock public, and more than a third of it was purchased by Dallas-based Suiza Foods, which controls an estimated 70 percent of New England’s raw milk supply. Farmers who supply Organic Cow with milk are expected to fare well for the time being, since the organic milk market is still rapidly expanding. But there is no guarantee that Horizon will continue to favor local suppliers, given the brand is no longer strictly identified
• California-based Pacific Gas & Electric (PG & E), one of the world’s largest utilities, has been buying up hydro electric dams throughout New England through a sub sidiary firm. Two years ago they purchased, for more than $1.5 billion, 11 hydro dams along the Connecticut River from a Massachusetts utility. Since the purchase, PG & E has pushed to lower the tax assessments of these dams as much as 75 to 80 percent in some towns. The resulting loss in taxes for a number of towns along the river will be devastating. To top it off, PG & E is not known for its environmental stewardship. Just ask anyone who’s seen the movie Erin Brockovich.
• One year after it was purchased by OneMain.com of Reston, Virginia, the Burlington-based Internet service provider Together Networks is downsizing. Local work ers expected their office would be tapped as a national call center for the parent company, net ting 200 new jobs. Last week, employees were informed the call center would instead be located in Pennsylvania, which means the company is likely to see its payroll drop from more than 60 to around 20 by January 2001. Former CEO Robin Lane, who stayed on after the buyout, recently resigned. • Employees at the BD Press and the Buyers Digest in Georgia have been nervous ever since the family-owned com pany was bought by the Gannett Corp., owner of The Burlington Free Press. With that purchase, Gannett now nearly con trols the classified-ad network in northwestern Vermont, as well as lucrative printing con tracts with smaller, rival weekly newspapers — including Seven Days. New Buyers Digest employees are also now required to take urine tests — a Gannett-wide policy. The son of former owner Jim Bodenstein, General Manager Mark Bodenstein, lasted three months under the new ownership. • Not to be outdone by their national counter parts, Vermont’s banks have been on a merging frenzy for the past three years. In 1997, Vermont National Bank took over fellow in-state lender Vermont Federal Bank. In 1999, Chittenden then gobbled up Vermont National Bank. At the same time, Cleveland-based Charter One bought Albany, N.Y.-based Albank, owner o f a dozen Marble Bank branches in Vermont. The granddaddy o f recent mergers will be finalized next month: Banknorth Group — which owns the Howard Bank, Franklin Lamoille Bank and a host o f financial services — will be taken over by People’s Heritage Financial Services of Portland, Maine. Local banks have long supported community events and cultural institutions — often competing with each other for philanthropic superiority. Mergers not only reduce the number o f sources of support, but often move
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|hough corporate takeovers usually inspire doomand-gloom predictions, not all ownership changes are as painful as they’re imagined to be. That was the view expressed by Molly Lambert, secretary of the Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development, at a recent roundtable discussion at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology about globalization and its impact on local economies. “One of the conclusions I came to in preparing for that discussion was how important it is to keep Vermont’s workforce trained and educated,” Lambert says. “If we can figure out what they are looking for in terms of skilled employees, then the by-product of national owner ship does not need to be bad.” Lambert points to a recent success: Northeast Kingdom-based Lydell Westex — which makes heat shields for Jeep Cherokees — has become a top-produc ing arm of its North Carolina-based parent company and is preparing to expand its operations. Another successful ownership change came at the for mer Simpson Paper Mill in Gilman. Rather than leave workers high and dry, the sellers waited to find a buyer who would retain employees and maintain wage levels. The reality of fewer Vermont-owned businesses in Vermont does pose at least one problem, however, for Lambert’s agency and other regional economic develop ment groups. Many of these firms, once sold, do not have on-site managers who control the company’s growth. “W hat kind of system do we set up to make these out-ofstate owners begin to think about Vermont as not just a plant or a group of workers when they make a decision?” asks Lambert rhetorically. “That’s what is difficult.” Another positive aspect new ownership offers small entrepreneurial firms — or larger, already-national ones like Ben & Jerry’s — is expanded distribution and more money for product research and design. “There are times when a company has grown to a certain level and needs to go further, but can’t with the existing ownership,” Lambert notes, “even as we look at Ben & Jerry’s and wonder whether Vermont will remain the base for that company. In the short-term, the distribution network Unilever has will help the company grow.” But the control of distribution and access to that seg ment of the market is exactly what strikes fear into the hearts of many dairy farmers. In recent years, Dallas’ Suiza Foods has grabbed New England’s milk market by the teats; its control of the region’s fluid milk supply has resulted in the closure of two dairy processors in Vermont — Seward Dairy and Fairdale Farms. Now Suiza is poised to become the lead supplier of raw and fluid skim milk at the Stop & Shop supermarket chain, a contract currently held by the St. Albans Cooperative which supplies Ben & Jerry’s with its BGH-free milk. The deal takes effect May 1. As a result, the St. Albans Coop could lose a portion of its sales to the supermarket chain. “The St. Albans Coop is an institution in the state and one of the best of its kind in the country, but Suiza has taken away their Stop & Shop market, and Unilever has bought Ben & Jerry’s,” says Ellen Taggert, executive director of Rural Vermont. “It puts them in a precarious position where they don’t have control of their market. This is especially serious because the less control of their market they have, the harder it will be to fight for higher prices for their farmers.” Other commodity markets have experienced consoli
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dation in the past few years, and it’s been bad news for small farmers. In the hog and beef industries, only a handful of major players now control the U.S. market, Taggert notes. “The thing is, you can walk into the dairy section of any supermarket right now and take a snapshot of it. You’ll see Garelick Farms, Fairdale Farms, Organic Cow, etc., and think you have all of these choices. W hat most people don’t realize is that they are all owned by the same company,” she says. “It’s not the death knell quite yet [for Vermont farmers], but it’s going in that direction.” j And as this direction continues, little is being done tq stop it — at least at the political level. Granted, Sen. ' Patrick Leahy has introduced agricultural antitrust legisla tion aimed at stopping Suiza from controlling all of New England’s milk supply. But Gov. Howard Dean has said
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— at least in the case of Ben & Jerry’s — that there is lit tle state government can do to stop such sales except hope for the best. Vermont may continue to see its companies plucked like Macintosh apples as long as the state’s political lead ership remains naive to the ways of globalization. Vermont’s congressional delegation and top elected state officials too often act as cheerleaders for the global mar ketplace. While Vermont could stand to gain access to some foreign markets, it’s likely that local companies will
become prize purchases. “They’ve bought into the myth that globalization is at§ unconditional source of good for Vermont,” says Thomas Naylor, a former economics professor at Duke University 1 and Charlotte resident. “As a result, Vermont is caught up in this sense of denial, and suffers from ‘me-tooism.’ They want to join the club,” adds Naylor, who cowrote the book Downsizing the U.S.A. and is now at work on a book examining the manifestations o f globalization. W ith more and more local companies becoming “fronts” for multi-national corporations, Vermonters’ sense of belonging and place is also usurped, Naylor adds. And that is not something that can be replicated, even by the keenest of technological gadgets. Greater than the threat of Vermont companies being taken over by out-of-state conglomerates, Naylor posits, is the shake-out that consumers could see from transnation al mergers, such as the one between AOL and Time Warner. “AOL could next buy IBM or Microsoft, or Microsoft could buy them all,” he says. “There is nothing out there to stop it. Governments are impotent against it, and consumers are mesmerized.”
ith governments helpless and consumers often unaware or apathetic, activists and capitalists are about the only ones left to direct any change. Though seemingly far-fetched, that can happen. While Ben Cohen et al. were mulling over buyout offers, anoth er Vermont company was seeking ways to avoid being a takeover target. In December, top officials at Burlington-based Seventh Generation, the nation’s leading maker of envi ronmentally safe household products, decided the compa ny’s low stock price — 80 cents a share — left it vulnera ble for a takeover. A group of 10 stockholders offered to buy up the company’s stock and turn it into a private firm. In January, after six years of being a publicly held company, 2000 shareholders agreed to sell their shares at $1.30 each, and Seventh Generation was private once again. “Given where we are, it’s a beneficial thing for us,” says Jeffrey Hollander, president and CEO of Seventh Generation. “O ur focus right now is to grow the compa ny as quickly as possible. It’s hard to have that kind of focus when you’re a public company, because you have a responsibility to shareholders and the stock value.” Cohen had the same idea at Ben & Jerry’s — taking a public company private — but the group of socially responsible investors backed out in the end because they couldn’t compete with Unilever’s offer. Seventh Generation expects greater flexibility as a private company to take more risks. And, as a result of going private, it was able to raise additional working capital from new share holders and now has $ 1 million in the bank. Though watching the torturous purchase of Ben & Jerry’s justified the choice made at Seventh Generation, Hollander doesn’t criticize the sale. “I don’t come at this deal cynically. In the scheme of things, it could have been worse,” he says philosophically. “In an ideal world it would have been great for them to go private and for them to be able to do what they want. But, it sounds like Unilever is appreciative and respectful o f the company and understands how its social mission equates to its brand value.” Only time will tell if Unilever lives up to its promises. In the end, as Hollander notes, it may not be as bad a deal as many expect. Perhaps Unilever will catch the socially responsible bug and will join with Ben and Jerry to spread “caring capitalism” throughout the world. Now, wouldn’t that be a flavorful twist? ®
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n recent weeks, as news crews in front of the Statehouse beamed the civil-unions debate around the world, the cit izens of Warren have discovered just how hot the same-sex issue really is. Here, in this quaint Mad River Valley town, divisions have popped up in a most unex pected place, where patriotism and prejudice meet. The contro versy concerns the theme chosen for the town’s famous Independence Day celebrations, its subsequent “censorship” and journalistic propriety. Earlier this month, the seven volunteers who make up Warren’s Fourth of July Committee met at Michael’s Restaurant. The set ting, with its potted palms, sandcolored walls and sisal runners, was appropriately summery. The mood among the assembled, however, was anything but sunny. At a previous meeting the com mittee had chosen the theme “If Stars Could Marry Stripes” for this year’s Fourth event, which attracts up to 15,000 celebrants. In late March, committee mem bers attended a selectboard meet ing to discuss Fourth issues and introduced the theme, which apparently raised no eyebrows at the time. But objections came from the community at once. Lisa Loomis, a Valley resident and editor of the local weekly, The Valley Reporter, was a particularly vocal
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opponent of the proposed theme. She persuaded Warren’s Board of Selectmen that it trivialized an important issue and thus would offend many people. Then Loomis wrote an article — the Reporters lead feature that week — enumerating criticisms of the theme and downplaying her own hand in lobbying against it. Following Loomis’ efforts, the selectboard voted to advise the committee to find a new theme. At the Michael’s Restaurant meeting, committee members vented their frustration with this turn of events. “Everybody has been directed solely on civil unions,” said member James Leyton. “Why not ‘If stars could marry stripes we would have a more perfect union?’ or ‘Sugarbush and Mad River could get together?”’ “A lot of people who don’t want to be involved, ever, in run ning this parade are telling us what to do,” groused Robin Lehman. “We have been screwed.” Most of the members reluc tantly agreed that, due to the unpleasant publicity, the theme would have to be changed. “We’ve got to come up with something no one can attack,” offered Jackie Leyton. “Some thing that will not require people to think or take a stand or have any opinions whatsoever.” “Freedom of Choice” was suggested, but vetoed because someone worried it would
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become an abortion debate. Another suggested simply “Freedom,” but even that was deemed too controversial, given the imagination of teenagers — each year, once the committee picks a theme for the parade, a contest is held among local stu dents to come up with the best T-shirt design incorporating it. In 1999, the theme was 1B4Y2K. Committee member Michael Plumpton wryly suggested that this year the group sponsor a float “with all of us in effigy with tape over our mouths.” In the heat of all this ill humor, four committee members considered resigning. Instead, they drafted a letter, and dug into their own pockets to take out a full-page ad in the Reporter, lamenting, “If we don’t have the freedom to express an opinion for fear of controversy, then we have nothing to celebrate this Fourth of July.” The ad accused the newspaper of fear-mongering, mind control and sabotaging their theme. It also called Loomis’ actions “nothing short of an ethical travesty.” While the copy surely proved cathartic for the committee members, it only served to incense others. For starters, The Valley Reporter offered a riposte in the same issue, suggesting that, had the committee treated the subject of same-sex unions with respect, there would not have been a problem. “W hat is wrong is mak
ing a joke out of it,” the editorial huffed. “There is nothing ‘light hearted’ about the struggle of gays and lesbians for equal pro tection under the law.” It added that the committee’s “inflamma tory rhetoric is simply spleen venting.” The Reporter did con cede, “The committee has done the right thing in changing the theme. They deserve credit,” and allowed a letter supporting the original theme to appear on the same page. That was not the end of it. Last week, the paper’s letters section was devoted entirely to the starsand-stripes matter; five out of six opin ions printed support ed the paper in its crusade. Warren resi dent Don Mayer of was “dumbfounded by the utter insensi tivity of the parade committee,” and concluded, “Thank you, Lisa, for your courage.” “It is too serious an issue to be treated with such casual flip pancy,” wrote another Warren resident, Spence Gregory. Virginia Renfew of Fayston submitted that she has been active in promoting gay issues and “for Warren to have this as a theme for its parade is an insult to me and to the gay communi
that Warren’s Fourth festivities are reputed to be boozy, brawly affairs. The town suspends its open-container ordinance for the day, and revelers regularly get plastered. Several years ago, a fatal, alcohol-related car accident marred the event. “Ultimately, the board [mem bers] are responsible for the well being of the town, and to the extent that we perceive some inappropriateness there we didn’t want to invite on the town, we
of July.” It was this consideration that ultimately swayed reluctant com mittee members to change the theme. “Are you ready to accept responsibility if problems occur?” member Vince Gauthier asked. When asked if her actions amounted to press-sponsored censorship, Loomis replied, “I don’t know how it’s censorship. The committee ended up with very prominent placement and publicity of their choice.
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had a duty to respond to what [the committee] did,” said Selectboard Chairman John Norton. “They’re not responsible for the town. We are.” Loomis had said as much her self: “The inclusion of such a high-pressure theme in a situa tion where there’s alcohol could be potentially dangerous. One of the selectmen at the meeting said that it would bring the hatemongering that was going on in Montpelier, and that’s the last thing we needed on the Fourth
Changing it was the selectboard’s decision. The committee didn’t have to change it. They didn’t have to heed the decisions of the selectboard. They didn’t have to heed the concerns of anyone.” Maybe not, but they did. And it’s a safe bet that the new, broad theme — “1900-2000 The American Century” — will inspire only historical, not hys terical, reactions. “It’s so hackneyed and banal,” said Leyton. “Hopefully people will get the point.” (7)
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Fidel for a Day he problem with places like Cuba, I was thinking the other day, isn’t so much that they’re run by all-powerful, president-for-life-type despots but that the despots always seem to wind up being wackbags. Would everybody in Miami be so mad at Castro right now if he was a well-adjusted, funloving people person who’d buddied up to the U.S., transformed his country into the island paradise it could be and raised the standard of living of its citizens through an influx of trade and tourism? Hell no. If that were the kind of guy he’d been all these years, most of the people hating him from Miami would never have left home in the first place. Who flees a tropi cal paradise for an overcrowded, crime-ridden city? Like dictatorships, though, democracy has its downside, and if you doubt that for a second, you haven’t turned on your television set lately. The problem with a dic tatorship is, you’ve got just one voice calling the shots. If it turns out that voice belongs to a nutjob, you’re out of luck. With democracy, the problem is too many voices and, let’s be hon est, most of them belong to people who are poorly informed, assuming they’ve gone to the trouble of becoming informed at all. When we talk about public debate of issues facing the nation, what we’re really talking about, more often than not, is a frustrated festival of misinformation and manipulated feelings. Increasingly, the electronic media seems to cultivate and thrive on this very tension, ill will and frustration. Where it once sought to enter tain the public, television now appears to go out of its way to arouse, enrage and divide its audi ence. The stand-off in Miami is a
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R o a d to R u i 108, a couple miles before you hit Smuggs. W hat had been a jolly evening was turning sour. t was a slow week night This is where I got a tad sarcas when I received the call to deliver a piece of lost airline tic, as if the placement of these condos was the ill-advised deci luggage up to Smugglers sion of these two people. Notch. It was welcome work: “That sure ain’t in the Vil The early spring weather was lage,”’ I pointed out. “I thought calm — no hint of precipita the whole point of the ‘village’ tion — and I never tire of the concept was setting all the units trip up Route 15. I generally within walking distance of the take the Pleasant Valley Road lifts. It seems these Sterling Ridge through Underhill Center, condos have been banished from which puts me right into the ‘ village,’ wouldn’t you say?” downtown Jeffersonville. From I thought that was pretty there it’s just a short hop up the funny, but I could tell from Mountain Road to the ski area. their eye-rolling that I was No muss; no fuss. alone on that. I plunged ahead. Through the years, I’ve dri “I take it the road is in ven many a tourist to Smuggs, rough shape.” hence I’m quite familiar with “Yeah, it’s pretty soupy,” the the resort “village.” This bag man replied. was bound for the Sterling “Well,” I said. “I got this Ridge condo units, a name I delivery up there, and I’m like didn’t recognize. Probably new the Post Office: Neither snow, construction, I thought; the front desk would give me direc nor sleet, nor soup will stop me.” I turned and walked out, tions when I got there. but noticed on exiting, they The drive up was unevent were rolling their eyes again. ful, but pleasant. It was one of This is the thing: There is those crisp, clear night skies, no mud season in Burlington. the Milky Way all ablaze. The Not really. It’s a reality I often Red Sox were blowing an earlyforget because — despite the season game, but, win or lose, occasional out-of-town fare — it was wonderfully soothing to have baseball back on the radio. I’m essentially an urban cab driver. It’s another example of The voice of the play-by-play the truth in what rural man over the dull roar of the Vermonters say about this city: crowd is, to me, like a rattle to The great thing about a baby. All in all, I was quite Burlington is that it’s so close the happy cabbie. to Vermont. In about 40 minutes, I Edwards Road is a dirt turned left into the Village at road. At its beginning, the mud Smuggler’s Notch. I pulled up appeared only a couple of inch to the Welcome Center, walked es thick, yielding a path of in and jauntily stepped up to some solidity and traction. As it the desk. wended onward and upward, “Hey there,” I greeted the that didn’t last. The ubiquitous two front-desk people, a young ruts softened up, entered a man and woman. They each gelatinous stage and then were wore long-sleeved, purple polo swallowed up entirely. The shirts emblazoned with the mud became thick, oozy, pri Smugglers Notch logo. “Could mal, primordial. In the chalky you tell me where the Sterling moonlight, the road glistened, Ridge units are?” moist and alive. The woman said, “Do you I pushed ahead at a steady have an S.U.V.?” pace — too much speed and I’d “No,” I replied. “I sure spin out of control; too little don’t.” This is not a good ques and I’d grind to a halt and sink tion, I thought. slowly into the netherworld. It’s The man said, “Do you just like the rapids, I thought: have heavy-duty winter tires?” Once you’ve entered, it’s do or “Okay,” I said, “now you die, no turning back. got me nervous. I have a regu My mind riveted with lar American car with semipiercing intensity on the next crappy tires. Just where are 10 yards, the next 10 yards, the these units?” next 10 yards. The front “The Sterling Ridge condos bumper split turbulent waves of are up Edwards Road, a few brown muck. In stretches, the miles past the Red Fox Inn,” stuff crested the bottom of the the woman said. “Do you windows. Small stones clicked know where that is?” and clacked against the under “Yeah, I think so.” Edwards carriage. Road runs north off Route B y J er n ig a n P o n tia c
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A few weeks after Mikes death, Louise Ransom attended a wedding where she met the Rev. William Sloane Coffin, who was the Yale University chaplain and, at the time, on trial with Dr. Benjamin Spock for committing conspiracy by urging young men to turn in their draft cards. “If you mothers would speak up, it would help,” Coffin told Ransom. Soon afterward, she found herself at a New York Induction Center chained to a reluctant draftee — along with several ministers and the young mans wife. “The idea was for him to refuse to take that final symbolic step to join the Army,” Ransom explains. “But there had been a lot of publicity, a lot of people showed up, and they wouldn’t let us in the building.” She grabbed a bullhorn to talk to the crowd. For the next 13 years, she would cut back on PTA meetings and Cub Scout den-mothering to continue speaking out against the war. “It was something I was driven to do,” she says of participating in nonviolent civil disobedience, making appearances on television programs and speaking at rallies and demonstrations all over the country. “It was all about publici ty, getting people’s attention and persuading them to see things in a different way.” In the process, she says she became acquainted with Grace Paley, Jane Fonda, Daniel Ellsberg, and just about
every activist, folk singer and celebrity protesting America’s presence in Vietnam. “I was one of only a few activists who had lost someone in the war,” Ransom says. “My per spective was not just theoretical, so they believed I had a right to speak. But to be effective, I had to divorce myself from the role of bereaved mother. I would have been too emotional.” Instead, she says she talked about the lives being wasted, and the young men who were dying not for a cause, but pq for the cor- vL rupt U.S. and South Vietnamese govern ments. “Not one U.S. congressman or senator lost a son or a grand son in the Vietnam War,” Ransom says angrily. “The few who served in the military were placed in ‘safe spots.’” In short, she says, our government “planned a war to send someone else’s sons to.” The Ransoms, on the other hand, had five more sons to worry about. “We were deter mined they wouldn’t go,” she says. Her husband, a respected attorney, boned up on Selective Service statutes and spent hours
counseling young men about ways they could legally avoid the draft. The Ransoms’ second-old est son lucked out with a high lottery number, but also became a teacher to get an exemption. Mark, the third-oldest, registered as a conscientious objector before President Nixon exempted boys with a brother killed in the line of duty. Finally the war was over, but Ransom’s work was hardly done.
was very pleased to be part of that effort.” More devastating, she says, was “how our veterans were treat ed by our government.” No edu cational or rehabilitative services were offered to returning vets, she says, although many had not graduated from high school. The worst off, Ransom believes, were the boys “who got hooked on cheap heroin by our own officers and the South Vietnamese,” and became unemployable after being dishonorably discharged. “These boys were suf fering from flashbacks, from posttraumatic i n stress disor der,” she says, “and turned to selling drugs and committing crimes out of desper ation.” By 1978, Ransom says, 25 percent of the U.S. male prison population were veterans of the Vietnam era. Determined to help, she headed up the U.S. Department of Labor and National Council of Churches Committee to improve employ ment opportunities for incarcer ated veterans. “We were very effective for three years, until Reagan ended it,” she says. But Ransom remained committed to corrections issues, spending nine years as director of volunteer
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services for the Vermont Department of Corrections after her family relocated to the state in 1982. Today, although she can rattle off war statistics and political theories with the authoritative ease of a general, Ransom says her activist days are behind her. Still, she writes letters to legisla tors to advocate for gun control and against nuclear weapons, and occasionally lectures about the war at Vassar College, her alma mater. Last March, for the first time, Ransom visited Vietnam. “I was finally able to let go of Mike,” she says. “Now I can let him rest in peace.” There is relief in her voice, but also a deep sadness. “We did appalling things to Vietnam during the war,” she says. “Somehow it helped me to see the country rising from the ashes.” As for the lessons America learned from Vietnam, Ransom says, “We’re not getting any less war-like. I hope my grandchil dren don’t go to war, but with conflicts raging all over the world it doesn’t look hopeful.” ® The “Vietnam War Forum, ” with speakers including Louise Ransom, Dave Dellinger, Grace Paley, Jay Craven and others, will be at the Campus Center Theater, Billings Student Center, UVM, Burlington, Monday, May 1, 7 p. m. The event is free and open to the public. Info, call 862-4929.
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he flyings the thing, you see. W hat would Peter Pan be without the flying? Just a rather cocky, self-centered boy who doesn’t want to grow up, who never changes his clothes, and who wants a girl to tuck him in at night and do his spring cleaning. A bad role model, real ly. And grounded, like the rest of us. But he could fly — not even dependent on a sprinkle of fairy dust, but by himself, with the special privilege that all children accept as magic. When I was a child, I adored Peter Pan — or rather, I was smitten by the idea of flying. The bizarre psychological nuances and plot holes of the story were lost on me: Pan and Captain Hook both want Wendy to be their mother? A mere boy gruesomely lopped off the pathologi cal pirate’s arm, which was eaten by a crocodile, who also hap pened to swallow a clock? And a dog is nursemaid to Wendy, John and Michael? With my grown up’s jaundiced eye, I think now, gimme a break. But back then, I only had eyes for Pan. In flight, that is. And long after I ceased to believe that a pocket full of fairy dust somewhere had my name on it, I continued to have flying dreams. I often flew relatively close to the ground — my airspace just cleared the treetops. It was more aero-loitering, really; my flying lacked the purposefulness of, say, Superman, or even the playful darting about of Tinkerbell and Pan. And never mind the analysis of that. Why don’t you jump out of a plane? suggested a friend, who is doing exactly that to mark his fortieth birthday. No thanks. I call that falling, not flying. Peter Pan didn’t fall; he sprang weight-
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barely five feet tall and weighs 90 pounds. T hat’s five inches and 30-odd pounds less than me. And the children, of course, are even smaller — Wendy (Kate Whalen) is 21; Michael (Bailey Hoar) is nine; John (Benjamin Paulsen) is 13; and Jane (Katie Kendall) is eight. No way was I going to fit into any of their harnesses. Besides, tech director Mike Ravey told me, if you have any back problems, forget it. H m m f... Resigned to the fact that I would probably never fly through the air with the greatest of ease, I watched the tech rehearsals instead — and dis covered that even sim ulated flight is no breeze. In fact, it’s a lot of work. W ith her experi ence, Lavoie managed to look fairly natural, lifting off and
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getting the, well, hang of it. Looking weightless is a trick many of us try to pull off down here on the ground, f but dangling in the air, our weight betrays us, desperately seeking terra firma and willing obedience to the law of gravity. As Lyric’s rehearsal progressed last weekend, I private ly began to feel something like relief, after all, that I didn’t have to experience feeling like a lumpen sack of pota toes strung up to dry. Because in the security of my seat at the Flynn, I can still imagine flawless flight — and harmless pirates, mischievous fairies and canine nannies. And I have the easy luxury of letting theater provide all the magic. (7)
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depictions o f human suffering, Scotch draws on events that took place at Lety, and the work inevitably points to the complici ty of the Czech people in the Holocaust. In Czechoslovakia, 7000 Roma were killed during the German occupation. In the rest of Europe, a half-million Roma were murdered in what they refer to as “the Devouring.” Scotch insists, though, that the exhibition is “not about the human rights of one country,” but about the “common humani ty of all people. “This is not an accusation,” she avers. “My art is not about the Czechs, its about respecting the ‘other,’ whoever the ‘other’ is.” Scotch avoids the blame game by deftly exploring the “other” through obliquely ren dered identities. It’s impossible to tell the difference between the Roma and the Czechs from her etched silhouettes; the human figures are generic. Her work could be about racism in America, or the war in Kosovo. W hat Scotch particularizes, albeit with no direct connection to the cause, are the acts of hatred and the suffering that goes with them. Her depictions of a grieving woman, for instance, are based on the story of Bozena Ruzickova, who was 18 years old and eight months pregnant when she was forced into the Lety camp. Her newborn baby died and her fiance was guil lotined in Prague for attempting to escape soon afterwards. A year later, the rest of Ruzickova’s rela tives were sent to Auschwitz. The events are specific, but Scotch’s image of grief is univer sal. She shows us the back of a woman who holds her dead infant skyward in a gesture of defiance and sorrow. Her body sways with the emotional weight
of her burden. Scotch expounds on the com monality between human beings in an etching titled “Death.” Both figures in it are faceless, nameless, anonymous. They are recognizably similar human beings; it is in their actions that they differ: One person kills, the other dies. In another etching, Scotch examines boxes of documents about the camp. Files, represent ed by the metal covers on floppy disks, take flight and disperse
etching is meant to symbolize the organic way the Roma live in the forest, marking secret paths through the woods with stones. The cross represents the Czech people and the superimposition of their way of life onto the L Roma. “The very landscape in which you live. . . defines the way you live,” Scotch says. “It imposes a world view. This engraving expresses the hope that this is a way of looking at two cultures in this space, and the way they
graves of Roma. " * At one point, several Roma families erected a cross over one of the graves. It disappeared. The Havel administration had a per manent memorial constructed five years ago. “Its the beginning of what needs to become a memorial,” Scotch fears the installation she plans to erect at the memori al will be sabotaged by groups of roving neo-Nazis who habitually beat and terrorize the Roma remaining in Lety. In order to
THE ART OF SURVIVAL Barbara Scotch surrounded by etchings of the Roma
themselves like broadsheets in the wind. Scotch returns to the overall theme of intolerance and exclu sion in the piece “Intersections.” She etched scratches in the shape of a cross on the copper plate. On either side, diagonal lines run counter to the rigid “T.” Her
interact, in the hope that they will achieve a more inclusive intersection.” The way in which the Czechs have treated the site suggests that ideal may still be a long way off. A factory farm was built there in the 1970s. Today, swine still trample the soil that covers mass
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The installation structure, made o f PVC pipe and brown awning cloth, is nearly the same size as the makeshift barracks that once housed gypsies at the camp; it is a rectangular box, four feet wide, seven feet long and six feet wide. Slide projec tions o f her etchings will flash into focus on one of the walls of the installation. In lieu of win dows, Scotch will hang photos that relate to the story of the Roma in Lety. “I want to put my images there, like thoughts on a grave,” she says. One photo-window shows a stack of small timbers. Scotch says the Roma used pieces of wood like these to build coffins. They dug mass graves when the wood ran out. Scotch is guided by an uncan ny ability to see the situation in mean detail and has relied unerr ingly on her intuition through out this project. She first learned about the Roma when she took down her “On Seeing Music” show, a series of paintings based on the music o f the composer Dvorak, at the Castle Vysoka in the Czech Republic in 1998. Shortly afterward, she met Paul Polansky. They corresponded as he wrote his book about Lety camp survivors. Scotch soon found her self immersed in the stories. “This is an experien tial journey in a way,” the artist says. “It was my wish to engrave these images. I had this sense of urgency. I felt I needed to leave a per manent record.” ®
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(DJ Robbie J; ’70s-’90s), Millennium Nightclub, 9 p.m. NC/$2. OPEN MIKE, Manhattan Pizza & Pub, 9:30 p.m. NC. KARAOKE, J.P.’s Pub, 9 p.m. NC. CHARLIE HUNTER W/CHRIS LOVEJOY & STEPHEN COPEK
(jazz-funk), Higher Ground, 9 p.m. $12/14. 18+
CANDLELIT W IN N ER World has already proven its Electric Cabaret to be a classy
KARAOKE W/MATT & BONNIE DRAKE, Edgewater Pub, 9 p.m.
NC. ART EDELSTEIN (Celtic acoustic
affair — the annual benefit for the Women’s Rape Crisis Center is a sit-down-and-make-yourself-at-home kinda evening. Until the dancing starts, anyway. This year’s lineup is bigger than ever, with acoustic performances from some of
guitar), Tavern, Inn at Essex, 6 p.m. NC. JIM PAGE (acoustic) Good Times Cafe, 7:30 p.m. $2. OPEN MIKE, Thirsty Turtle, 8 p.m. NC.
CANDIRIA, DROWNINGMAN, GUNMEN & FLIGHT PATH (hard-
core/punk), 242 Main, 7 p.m. $6. ELLEN POWELL W/MARK VAN GULDEN (jazz), Leunig’s, 7 p.m.
NC. OPEN MIKE W/D. DAVIS, Cactus
Cafe, 9 p.m. NC. DJ BUTCH (house), Club 156, 10 p.m. NC. 18+. STRAY DOGS (blues-rock), Nectar’s, 9:30 p.m. NC. DEAD TRIBUTE W/JALAPENO BROS. (15th anniversary party),
Club Metronome, 9 p.m. $5. CHROME COWBOYS (vintage
country), Red Square, 9:30 p.m. NC. LIMBERJACK COUNTY (bluegrass), Manhattan Pizza & Pub, 9:30 p.m. NC. REGGAE NIGHT (DJ), J.P.’s Pub, 9 p.m. NC. TOP 40 NIGHT (ladies’ night w/Triple X), Millennium Nightclub, 9 p.m. NC/$2. DAVE ABAIR BAND (rock), Trackside Tavern, 9 p.m. NC. MIXMASTER MIKE & RAHZEL, CH0CLAIR (hip-hop), Higher
Ground, 9 p.m. $20/22. 18+
Burlington’s best singer-songwriters and louder ones from
DIVINE GUIDANCE JAZZ BAND
(New Orleans style jazz), Henry’s Pub, 7 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE, Backstage Pub, 9 p.m. NC.
Jenn Karson (pictured) & Bad Ju Ju, Helen Keller Music and The jubilee Band. In between, expect some rhymes from the People’s Jtepubiic of Vermont Burlington Poetry Slam Team. Whew. At Metronome this Friday.
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KARAOKE W/MATT & BONNIE DRAKE, Edgewater Pub, 9 p.m.
NC.
MELISSA DAVIS (acoustic favorites), Upper Deck Pub at the Windjammer, 6 p.m. NC. DANCIN’ DEAN (country line dance & instruction), Cobbweb, 7:30 p.m. $5. OPEN MIKE, Swany’s, 9 p.m. NC. TNT KARAOKE, Thirsty Turtle, 9 p.m. NC. GORDON BOK (folk), Live Art at the T.W. Wood Gallery, 7:30 p.m. $15. EAMES BROS. TRIO (funky blues), Egress, 10 p.m. $3.
FRIDAY PICTURE THIS (jazz), Upper Deck Pub at the Windjammer, 5:30 p.m. NC. MELISSA DAVIS (acoustic), Dockside, 6 p.m. NC. DAR WILLIAMS, CARRIE NEWCOMER (singer-song
writers), Ira Allen Chapel, UVM, 8 p.m. $18/20. MICHAEL ECK (singer-song writer), Borders, 8 p.m. NC. ELECTRIC CABARET W/KATHERINE QUINN, SCOTT MCALLISTER, BLAKE HAZARD, MAGIS, GREG DOUGLASS (singer-songwrit
ers; benefit for Women’s Rape Crisis Center), Club Metronome, 7 p.m., fol lowed byJENN KARS0N & BAD JU JU, HELZN KELLER MUSIC, THE JUBILEE BAND
(alt-pop), 9:30 p.m. $7. DJS FR0STEE, LITTLE MAR TIN, 135 Pearl, 9 p.m. $4/5. LIVE MUSIC, Red Square,
9:30 p.m. NC. PERRY NUNN (acoustic),
Ruben James, 5 p.m. NC, followed by TOP HAT DJ, 11 p.m. NC. DJS ROB, ALLEN, B-WYSE & BUTCH (house), Club 156,
10 p.m. $3/4. 18+. RED LIGHT DISTRICT (rock),
Nectar’s, 9:30 p.m. NC.
weekly
FRI-2K (r&b/hip-hop; DJs
Frostee & Robbie J.), Millennium Nightclub, 9 p.m. $3/5. KARAOKE, J.P.’s Pub, 9 p.m. NC. / .-0, JALAPEN0 BROS, (groove rock), Vermont Pub & Brewery, 9:30 p.m. NC. LIVE MUSIC (rock), Alley Cats, 9 p.m. NC. COMEDY ZONE (stand-up), Radisson Hotel, 8 & 10 p.m. $ 8.
EMPTY POCKETS (rock),
Henry’s Pub, Holiday Inn, 9 p.m. NC. SAND BLIZZARD (rock), Trackside Tavern, 9 p.m. $3. FLEX PRESENTS GERMI NATE (DJs T-1000, Kazell,
Dread, Patti, Maus, Tricky Pat, Shy, Kaotik), Higher Ground, 10 p.m. (all night) $15/20. 18+ DAVE HARRISON (rock), Backstage Pub, 9 p.m. NC. R0CK-N-H0RSE (rock), Edgewater Pub, 9 p.m. NC. JOHN CASSEL (jazz piano), Tavern at the Inn at Essex, 7 p.m. NC. LIVE JAZZ, Diamond Jim’s Grille, 7:30 p.m. NC. ECLIPSE (rock), Franny O ’s, 9 p.m. NC. HARD LUCK (rock), City Limits, 9 p.m. NC. MR. FRENCH (rock), Thirsty Turtle, 9 p.m. $3. BETSY & DAN JESSIE
(cabaret/swing), Villa Tragara, 6:30 p.m. $5 with dinner. JOEY LEONE (blues-rock), Mountain Roadhouse, 9 p.m. NC. REGGAE DJ, Matterhorn, 9 p.m. $3-5. GEORGE V0LAND (jazz), J.P. Morgan’s, 7:30 p.m. NC. W ILLIE EDWARDS (blues), Charlie O ’s, 9 p.m. NC. EKIS (jazz-rock-soul), Egress, 10 p.m. $3. APATHY JONES (rock),
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SATURDAY MELISSA DAVIS (acoustic),
Dockside, 6 p.m. NC. ROB LAURENS (singer-song-
writer), Burlington Coffeehouse, Rhombus, 8 p.m. $6. TOP CATS, (men’s a capella), Ira Allen Chapel, UVM, 8 p.m. $4/5DJ LITTLE MARTIN, 135 Pearl, 10 p.m. $4/5. THE NATURALS (dance rock), Nectar’s, 9:30 p.m. NC. DJS CHIA, M00NFL0WER & SHIVA (house), Club 156,
10 p.m. $3/4. 18+.: , . ABAIR BROS.(blues-rock), Club Metronome, 7:30 p.m. $5, followed by RETR0N0ME (DJ; dance pop), 10:30 p.m. $2 . THE FLOODPLAIN GANG
(bluegrass), Red Square, 9:30 p.m. NC. KARAOKE, J.P.’s Pub, 9 p.m. NC. DJS TIM DIAZ & RUGGER
(hip-hop/r&b), Ruben James, 10 p.m. NC. FLASHBACK (’80s DJ), Rasputin’s, 10 p.m. NC. URBAN DJ NETWORK (DJs Spin & Irie; hip-hop/house), Millennium Nightclub, 9 p.m. $3/5. EKIS (jazz-rock-soul) Vermont Pub & Brewery, 9:30 p.m. NC. COMEDY ZONE (stand-up), Radisson Hotel, 8 & 10 p.m. $ 8.
GUY C0LASACC0 (singer-
songwriter), Jake’s, 6:30 p.m. NC. EMPTY POCKETS (rock), Henry’s Pub, Holiday Inn, 9 p.m. NC. SAM ARMSTRONG (jazz favorites), Tuckaway’s,
Sheraton Hotel, 9 p.m. NC.
where to go
KING SUNNY ADE & HIS AFRICAN BEATS (Afro-pop),
Adams Apple Cafe, Portland &Main streets, Morrisville, 886-4737. AlleyCats, 41 KingSt., Burl., 650-4304. Angela's, 86 Main St., Middlebury, 388-0002. Backstage Pub, 60 Pearl St., Essex Jet., 878-5494. Borders Books &Music, 29 Church St., Burlington, 865-2711. Bridge St. Cafe, Richmond, 434-2233. Burlington Coffeehouse at Rhombus, 186 College St., Burlington, 864-5888. Cactus Cafe, 1Lawson Ln., Burl., 862-6900. Cafe Delilah, 38 ElmSt., Montpelier, 229-1019. Cambridge Coffee House, Smuggler’s Notch Inn, Jeffersonville, 644-2233. Capitol Grounds, 45 State St., Montpelier, 223-7800. Charlie 0's, 70 Main St., Montpelier, 223-6820. Chow! Bella, 28 N.Main St., St. Albans, 524-1405. CityLimits, 14 Greene St. Vergennes, 877-6919. Club Metronome, 188 Main St., Burlington, 865-4563. Club 156, 156 St, Paul St., Burlington, 658-3994. Cobbweb, Sandybirch Rd., Georgia, 527-7000. DailyBread, Bridge St., Richmond, 434-3148. DiamondJim's Grille, Highgate Comm. Shpg. Ctr., St. Albans, 524-9280. Dockside Cafe, 209 Battery, Burlington, 864-5266. Edgewater Pub, 340 Malletts BayAve., Colchester, 865-4214. Egress, 35 S. Main St., Hardwick, 472-5557. Finnigan's Pub, 205 College St., Burlington, 864-8209. FrannyO’s, 733 Queen CityPk. Rd., Burlington, 863-2909. GStop, 38 Main St., St. Albans, 524-7777. GoodTimes Cafe, Hinesburg Village, Rt. 116, 482-4444. Halvorson's, 16 Church St., Burlington, 658-0278. Henry’s, Holiday Inn, 1068 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 863-6361. Higher Ground, 1Main St., Winooski, 654-8888. Horn of the Moon Cafe, 8 Langdon St., Montpelier, 223-2895. Jake’s, 1233 Shelburne Rd., S. Burlington, 658-2251. J.P. Morgan’s at Capitol Plaza, 100 Main St., Montpelier, 223-5252. J.P.’s Pub, 139 Main St., Burlington, 658-6389. Leunig's, 115 Church St., Burlington, 863-3759. Live Art at the Barre Opera House, 476-8188, or Wood Art Gallery, Montpelier, 883-9307. Mad Mountain Tavern, Rt. 100, Waitsfield, 496-2562. Mad River Unplugged at ValleyPlayers Theater, Rt. 100, Waitsfield, 496-8910. Manhattan Pizza &Pub, 167 Main St., Burlington, 658-6776. Matterhorn, 4969 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-8198. MillenniumNightclub, 165 Church St., Burlington, 660-2088. The Mountain Roadhouse, 1677 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-2800. Nectar's, 188 Main St., Burlington, 658-4771. The Nightspot Outback, Killington Rd., Killington, 422-9885 135 Pearl St., Burlington, 863-2343. Radisson Hotel, 60 Battery St., Burlington, 658-6500. Rasputin's, 163 Church St., Burlington, 864-9324. Red Square, 136 Church St., Burlington, 859-8909. Rhombus, 186 College St., Burlington, 865-3144. Ripton CommunityCoffee House, Rt. 125, 388-9782. Ri Rathe Irish Pub, 123 Church St., Burlington, 860-9401. RubenJames, 159 Main St., Burlington, 864-0744. RustyNail, Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-6245. Sha-Booms, 45 Lake St., St. Albans, 524-9014. Signal to Noise HQ,416 Pine St. (behind Speeder &Earl's), Burlington, 951-1140. Starksboro CommunityCoffee House, Village Meeting House, Rt. 116, Starksboro, 434-4254. Swany's, 215 Main St., Vergennes, 877-3667. Sweetwaters, 118 Church St., Burlington, 864-9800. The Tavern at the Inn at Essex, Essex Jet., 878-1100. ThirstyTurtle, 1S. Main St., Waterbury, 244-5223. Toadstool Harry's, Rt. 4, Killington, 422-5019. Trackside Tavern, 18 Malletts BayAve., Winooski, 655-9542. Tuckaway's, Sheraton, 870 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 865-6600. UpperDeck Pub at the Windjammer, 1076 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 862-6585. Vermont Pub &Brewery, 144 College, Burlington, 865-0500. Villa Tragara, Rt. 100, WaterburyCtr., 244-5288.
Higher Ground, 9 p.m. $16/18. 18+ SAND BLIZZARD (rock), Trackside Tavern, 9 p.m. $3. DAVE HARRISON (rock), Backstage Pub, 9 p.m. NC. R0CK-N-H0RSE (rock), Edgewater Pub, 9 p.m. NC. POSSE (country; line danc ing), Cobbweb, 8:30 p.m. $7/12. HANG TEN (rock), ShaBooms, 9 p.m. $5. DAVE KELLER BLUES BAND,
G Stop, 9 p.m. $2. KARAOKE W/FRANK, Franny
O ’s, 9 p.m. NC. JOHN LACKARD BLUES BAND, Swanys, 9:30 p.m.
NC. TOP HAT ENTERTAINMENT
(DJ), City,Limits, 9 p.m. -.
nc.
BLUE FOX & ROCKIN’ DADDYS (blues-rock), Thirsty
Turtle, 9 p.m. $3. 0LAM HABA (orig. acoustic), Egress, 10 p.m. $3. JOEY LEONE (blues-rock), Mountain Roadhouse, 9 p.m. NC. JALAPEN0 BROS, (groove rock; 15th anniversary party), Matterhorn, 9 p.m. $3-5. JESSE POTTS (acoustic), The Boonys, 7 p.m. NC. APATHY JONES (rock), Nightspot Outback, 9 p.m. $5-7.
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Sweetwaters, 11:30 a.m. NC. JIGGLE THE HANDLE, DAVE KELLER, THE HALOGENS
(groove, blues, alt-pop), East Campus, UVM, 1:30 p,m, NC. AA,
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SINGLE TRACKS Starting May 1, Swany’s in Vergennes will have a brand-new name: The Otter Creek Tavern. Why the switch? Judy Blaise bought out former partner Michael Swan Lebeau. His mid dle name gave the bar its moniker, so Blaise took hers from the river running through town (not the beer). Now the place is all hers — and the bank’s, she clarifies. Congrats . . . Heads up, fans of the former Madelines: Ex-members Scott Padden, Pat Hegarty and Kurt Herrman bring their cur rent band, Pilot tO Gunner back to town this Monday at UVM’s Billings Student Center, along with The Dismemberment Plan (who will soon be opening for Pearl Jam in Europe) and Cancer Conspiracy . . . If you happen to be in Boston Thursday night, homegirls Zola Turn would appreciate your applause at the Lizard Lounge — part of their East Coast takeover plan . . . Still mourning Jerry? Don’t fret, there’s a pretty good facsim ile coming to town this week: Dark Star Orchestra recreates historic Dead shows with uncanny resemblance and are two years into recreating a similar following. Check your disbelief at the door — this Monday and Tuesday at Higher Ground . . . When and if you see the white-knuckle sub flick U-571, pay special attention to the music. The score was composed by Richard Marvin, brother of Essex resident Beth Marvin and de facto brother-in-law of Breakaway bassist Peter Riley . . . Central Vermont singer-songwriter Patti Casey is thrilled to report she was selected as a finalist at the 2000 Kerrville Folk Festival songwriter’s contest — one of a mere 32 out of 600. She’ll be competing in Texas next month. Good luck! . . . ®
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or maybe even a Roxy Music B-side. Lyrically, Polyphonic Blues doesn’t offer m u c h ----there just aren’t that many words. W hat vocal hooks there are don’t really grab me, though the musical experience is still enjoyable overall. Sonically, it’s a solid piece of work — danceable and interesting, but not too com plex. Perhaps Kid Rhythm might take a cue from the most recent Chemical Brothers album and consider hooking up with some guest vocalists. His tracks are already pretty good, so with the right singer and some solid lyrics, Kid Rhythm could start churning out some hits. W ho knows? Maybe we’ll look back on Polyphonic Dreams as the beginning of a successful music career. I can only imagine what Gio Molla will dream up next. — Colin Clary MICHAEL MURDOCK, ROAD BOY (self-released, CD) — Michael Murdock’s debut CD, Road Boy, is less about a geographical trip — although lyrically there is some Vermont-to-New-York action — than a trip down music-history lane. That is, the Montpelier-based singer’s 10 tracks are original, but offer nothing new. That said, throwback styles are not, by definition, bad ones. Road Boy suggests, more than anything, that Murdock can write and play blues, and blues-inflected folk-rock, with the best o f ’em. He also recalls Lou Reed on a couple of tunes — “Welcome to the Street” and “Keep Your Religion O ut of My Face” — with narrative-style lyrics and delivery. And while his voice is limited in range and emotive qualities, Murdock makes the best o f it by crafting songs that remain climate-controlled — never too hot — and by adding a couple o f appealing female back-ups, Culynn Murdock and Gale Harris. To the task of interpreting his music, Murdock has wisely chosen a host o f crack musicians who are skilled enough to play with admirable restraint. Though Robin Gottfried con tributes playing on a few songs, Scott Kokins han dles most o f the electric guitar work here (Murdock plays acoustic), and his sensitive understatement serves the work well. Especially where he see-saws with keyboardist Andy Harris, whose churchy or cheesy layers also fit the mood. Kenny B. and Paul
Boffa are both credited with bass, while drummer Al Montgomery keeps things steady. O n the title track, Murdock slips into a shuffling, slinky blues feel; “D on’t Burn the Candle at Both Ends” takes it straighter, and a little livelier. “Angelina” is a pokeypaced ballad reminiscent of late ’70s-era Stones, without the Jagger swagger. The song features nice keyboard work on the bridge, abetted by a Tex-Mex accordion touch by co-producer Gus Ziesing of Low Tech Studio (three tracks were recorded ar Michael Billingsleys Montpelier studio). “Real Blues Singer” is standard-issue blues, too, while “Poverty Road” is a little more funkified and swampy. Murdock’s strong suit, besides his easy going harmonica playing, is his “text” — every song is a story, with characters, actions, sometimes heartbroke confessions. None of this abstract or mean ingless nonsense for him. T hat gift connects him more with the singer-songwriter ilk, and means his acoustic gigs are engaging even without these fine players to back him up. He does go on, though — “Keep Your Religion” and the closer, “President’s Day,” are entertaining, but epic. That, of course, would make Road Boy a welcome road companion. Murdock goes it alone at the Horn of the Moon Coffeehouse this Monday. — Pamela Polston
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The word “hysteria” comes from the Greek word for womb. Two thousand years ago, Hippocrates thought women got worked up because of a floating or unused uterus — in short, a “wandering womb.” In the 1800s, the “father of neu rology,” Jean Charcot, recognized it as a psychosomatic illness to be treated by hypnotism. The once-rampant “disease” started to disappear about the same time women got the right to vote, but some say it lives on in the form of false memory syndrome. It all comes back in a medical hystory lecture. Thursday, April 27. Hall A, Given Building, UVM, Burlington, noon - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3452.
F e te r A p r il 2 7 - 30 F l y n n T h e a t r e - B u r l in g t o n Featuring Jen Lavoie as Peter Pan Andrew Biss Bailey Hoar Benjamin Paulsen Kiowa Bryan Wayne Hobbs Geoffrey Penar Kristen Bures Melinda Hood Scott Remick Zachary Campbell Kate Kendall Robert Root Kevin Collins Steve Kendall Bethany Sheldon Steve Contompasis Kate Kennedy Heidi Tappan Nathan Courtright Billie Larson Michael Tutt Bob Cseh Emily Mara Cyndi Villarimo Josh Curtis Robert Morris Paul Watts Leon Fred Katie Owens Kate Whalen Ethan Ham Elizabeth Page N icole Williams Prod. Supervisor: Pam Carter • Artistic Director: Patrick Clow Music Director: Stan Greenberg • Assistant: Rebecca Stone Choreographer: Johanna Boyce • Assistant: Karen Amirault Stage Manager: Freda Aysse • Assistant: Barbara Tkach
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Most Americans feel powerless when it comes to curb ing commercialism and the toll it takes on neighborhoods and natural resources. In The Land That Could Be, William Shutkin singles out several areas of the country where “civic environ mentalism” has made a difference: the redevelopment of urban land for agriculture in Boston, mass-transit-based development and waterfront restoration in Oakland and sustainability strategies in suburban New Jersey. No doubt the lawyer and part-time Vermonter will share his eco-impressions of the Green Mountain State at a reading in downtown Burlington, after driving in on Williston Road. Thursday, April 27. Borders, Church Street Marketplace, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-2711.
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Fame does not always ensure immortality. Pierre DeCourcelle’s play Two Little Vagrants played 500 nights in London, to captivated English audiences. But when a Vermont theater company sought to get hold of it — the first play ever staged at the Barre Opera House — they found the English version no longer existed. Local volunteers retranslated the long-forgotten work from a copy from France’s National Library. Catch the tale of blackmail, kidnapping, romance and deceit in celebration of the venue’s 100th year— before it disappears again. Thursday, April27-29, 7:30p.m. April30, 2 p.m. Barre Opera House. $9-25- Info, 476-8188.
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The National Symphony Orchestra is accus tomed to playing in plush places like the Kennedy Center. But the local gym will do just fine in Vermont. The prestigious group is reaching out to young musicians in residencies through out the state — including members of the Vermont Youth Orchestra, who will get the chance to perform under the baton of renowned conductor Leonard Slatkin. See the maestro at work as he leads the outgoing ensemble in performances of Haydn’s Symphony No. 7, Copland’s Billy the Kid Suite and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. Friday, April 28. Athletic Center, College o f St. Joseph, Rutland, 8 p.m. $15. Info, 775-5413. Saturday, April 29. Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, 8 p.m. $11-35. Info, 864-5741.
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■ Plenty of creators have been known to suffer for their art, but being poi soned by it is another matter. Even schoolkids and craftmakers may be in harm’s way. “Most people don’t know that the products they’re using are dangerous,” says Lauren Traister of the Association of Vermont Recyclers. That’s why her group brought art safety expert Monona Rossel to speak about potential hazards and how to handle them. Artists and teachers get tips on toxic, flammable, corrosive and even carcinogenic substances that abound in studios. Saturday, April29. Bethany Church, Montpelier, 9 a.m. -3 :3 0 p.m. $5-10. Info, 229-1833.
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■ Turlough O ’Carolan was born at a bad time for bards. In the late 1600s, Ireland was overrun by English and a smallpox epidemic left him completely blind. Though traditions were giving in to tumult, Carolan hit the road as an itinerant musician. Today his harp compositions are among the most celebrated in Ireland, and his face is on the country’s 50-pound note. In his one-man music-theater piece, O’Carolans Farewell to Music., acclaimed Celtic harper Patrick Ball revisits the bard’s time and tunes with a solo session. Sunday, April 30. Montpelier City Hall, 7 p. m. $8. Info, 496-4422.
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film ‘TRULY, MADLY, DEEPLY’ DOUBLE FEATURE: In Hiroshima, Mon Amour, a French woman and a Japanese man share memories of World War II during their weekend affair. A switchboard operator and a rat-catcher team up for a tragi-comic romance in Love Affair. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 6:45 & 8:30 p.m. $6. Info, 603-646-2422.
art • Also, see exhibit openings in the art list ings. FIGURE DRAWING: The human figure motivates aspiring and accomplished artists in a weekly drawing session at the Firehouse Gallery, Burlington, 6:30-9:30 p.m. $3-6. Info, 865-7165.
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kids ‘RUMPLESTILTSKIN’: The “Traveling Storyteller” presents a puppet version of the fairy tale with songs and audience par ticipation. Fletcher Free Library, Burling ton, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. Barnes & Noble, S. Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Info 864-8001.
etc SPRING BLOOD DRIVE: Fruit, sundae: and raffle prizes await generous donors at the Red Cross Blood Center, 32 North Prospect St., Burlington, 10 a.m. - 7 p.mFree. Info, 658-6400. DRO UG HT LECTURE: Geography pro
Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux discusses the effects of last year’s water shortage in Ver mont and the likelihood of a reoccurrence. Memorial Lounge, Waterman Building, UVM, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-4389. CENTRAL AMERICA PROGRAM OPEN HOUSE: Along with a slide show and photography exhibit, Pete Shear speaks about the regions changing culture in a talk entitled “Bananas and the Backstreet Boys.” Burlington College, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 862-9616. ‘N OT IN OUR NAME’: Sr. Dianna ir Ortiz, an Ursuline nun who was kid 11 napped, raped and tortured in Guatemala, speaks about human rights. Mann Hall id Auditorium, Trinity College, Burlington, 8 \e p.m. Free. Info, 846-7195. CIVIL UNION LECTURE: A Yale histo ry prof puts the “traditional” institution in historical perspective and discusses the future of marriage. Dewey Lounge, Old Mill Building, UVM, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-4556. SLIDE LECTURE: Author and illustrator rBarbara Bash shares slides of her art and speaks of writing about the natural world o, — for children. North Lounge, Billings Student Center, UVM, Burlington, 7:308:30 p.m. Free. Info, 434-4077. NATIONAL BEREAVEMENT TELE £i CONFERENCE: Cokie Roberts moder ates a panel devoted to the subject of chil dren and adolescents dealing with loss. All Saints Episcopal Church, S. Burlington, 1:30-4 p.m. Free. Register, 658-1900. DIVERSITY TALK: History prof James Ralph examines the college’s efforts to
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diversify its population. Abernethy Room, Starr Library, Middlebury College, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-5000. ‘RELEARNING M A N H O O D ’: Men and women discuss male socialization and vio lence, its costs to individuals and society and how to break the cycle. Unitarian Universalist Church, Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-0555. ‘AMELIA’S LAST LECTURE’: Linda Myer wings it as Amelia Earhart in a per formance based on the speeches and writ ings of the aviatrix. Rutland Free Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 773-1860.
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• Also, see listings in “Sound Advice.” EN MASSE SHOW CHORUS: The local teen ensemble sings show tunes from the musical Grease. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. UNIVERSITY PERCUSSION ENSEM BLE: Student percussionists drum up audi ence support at the UVM Recital Hall, Bur lington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3040. GORDON BOK: The Maine-based folk singer of songs like “Bay of Fundy” per forms at the T.W. Wood Gallery, Vermont College, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. $15. Info, 229-9495.
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drama ‘TINTYPES’: See April 26. ‘PETER PAN’: Lyric Theatre Company presents the timeless tale about a spirited boy in Neverland who refuses to grow old. Flynn Theatre, Burlington, 8 p.m. $14-19. Info, 863-5966. ‘TW O LITTLE VAGRANTS’: The Barre Players resurrect the first play to be per formed on this stage — a melodrama about affairs, blackmail and kidnapping. See “to do” list, this issue. Barre Opera House, 7:30 p.m. $9-11. Info, 476-8188.
film ‘TH E AGE OF INNOCENCE’: Martin Scorsese directed Daniel Day-Lewis and Michelle Pfeiffer in Edith Wharton’s tale of repressed love in the Victorian era. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $6. Info, 603-646-2422.
art • Also, see exhibit openings in the art list ings. PHYLLIS HAMMOND: The author and watercolorist speaks about her book, Traveling with Wildflowers from Newfound land to Alaska. Book Rack, Champlain Mill, Winooski, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 655-0231. AFRICAN CLOTH PRINTING W ORKSHOP: Artist Mark Buku teaches kids aged 7-14 the Ghanaian art of cloth stamping. Fletcher Free Library,
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Burlington, 11 a.m. - noon. Free. Info, 865-7216. ART LECTURE: Russ Housman leads a slide show tour of the Hyde Museum in Glens Falls, N.Y. — home to mas terpieces by Rembrandt, Botticelli and Picasso. Chaffee Art Center, Rutland, noon. $5. Info, 775-0356.
rienced and novice scrummers. Fort Ethan Allen, Colchester, 5:45 p.m. Free. Info, 862-4004.
HEPATITIS-C SUPPORT GROUP: Three million Americans suffer from this still-incurable liver disease. A sup port group meets at Burgess Assembly, Fletcher Allen Healthcare, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 453-5532. SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS GROUP: Victims of violence support and educate their peers. Puffer United Methodist Church, Morrisville, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 888-5256.
SPRING BLOOD DRIVE: See April 26. WILLIAM SHUTKIN: The lawyer and author speaks about civic environ mentalist movements and his new book, The Land That Could Be. See “to do” list, this issue. Borders, Church Street Marketplace, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-2711. ‘W OM EN IN NEED’ FUNDRAIS ER: Madeline Kunin is among the speakers at this benefit for women in crisis served by the Caroline Baird Crichfield Fund. Nectar’s, Burlington, 5-7 p.m. Donations. Info, 865-6932. LEADERSHIP TALK: Vermonter Murray Banks dispenses advice on maintaining a productive balance between work and life. Proceeds benefit a scholarship fund. Vermont National Country Club, S. Burlington, 4:307:30 p.m. $35. Register, 863-3489. MEDICAL HISTORY LECTURE: St. Michael’s professor emeritus James R Chaplin gives a talk entitled “Hys teria — A New Look at an Old Dis ease.” See “to do” list, this issue. Hall A, Given Building, UVM, Burlington, noon - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3452. ‘W H O AM I, H OW SHALL I LIVE?’: A video discussion of the Andrew Cohen philosophical work tackles the big questions. Spirit Dancer Books, 125 S. Winooski Ave., Burling ton, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 660-8060. GED INFORMATION SESSION: Potential test-takers learn about changes to the General Educational Development exam via interactive tele vision. Venues around Vermont, 2-4 p.m. $10. Register, 828-5132. HEALING ARTS LECTURE SERIES: Sas Carey, a registered nurse and doctor of traditional Tibetan and Mongolian medicine, speaks about Eastern medicine. Dewey Campus Center Cafe, Johnson State College, 12:30-1:30 p.m. and Ellsworth Room, Johnson State College Library, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1386. EM OTIONS ANONYMOUS: Women suffering from depression, anx iety or other problems get support in a 12-step program. 86 Lake Street, Burling ton, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 644-1970.
words POETRY W ORKSHOP: Ted Scheu reads from his work and gives writing tips to poetry fans and aspiring authors. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 388-7523. MULTI-LINGUAL POETRY JAM: Lovers of poetry in any language share favorites from around the globe. Ellsworth Room, Johnson State College Library, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1386. EXPERIMENTAL W RITIN G FES TIVAL: Playwright Carla Harryman and Montreal-based fiction author Gail Scott read from their respective works. Man or Oak Room, Goddard College, Plainfield, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 454-8311.
kids SCIENCE CENTER STORYTIME: Children of all ages hear a traditional animal legend, Koluscap and the Water Monster\ and meet the amphibian star at the Lake Champlain Basin Science Center, Burlington, 1:30 p.m. $3. Info, 864-1848. ‘DUSK DRAMA’ WALK: A frog cho rus may cooperate on a naturalist-led stroll in search of creatures waking from winter sleep. Green Mountain Audubon Nature Center, Huntington, 7:30 p.m. $4 per family. Register, 434-3068. PARENT-CHILD BOOK GROUP: Grown-up readers and their nine-to10-year-old kids get on the same page of Jerry Spinelli’s Maniac Magee. Deerleap Books, Bristol, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 453-5684. POETRY & STORY TIME: An activ ity-filled celebration of National Poetry Month features a reading of Bruce Lansky’s Poetry Party. Barnes & Noble, S. Burlington, 3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-8001.
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etc SPRING BLOOD DRIVE; See April 26, 7:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. CAR & DOG WASH: Pre-veterinary students take care of some spring clean ing at this fundraiser. Carrigan Hall, UVM, Burlington, 10:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 656-6790. ‘HEALTH REFERENCE ON TH E INTERNET’: A representative from Fletcher Allen Healthcare Resource Center explains how to hunt down on line health information. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10 a.m. Free. Register, 865-7211. MAPLE FESTIVAL: Sweet seekers enjoy maple-flavored exhibits, cooking contests, craft and antique shows and a carnival. Venues around St. Albans, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Free. Info, 524-5800. W O O D CO C K WATCH: Forget pick up lines — the outrageous courtship flight of this native bird is something worth going out on a limb for. VINS North Branch Nature Center, Mont pelier, 8-9 p.m. $3. Info, 229-6206. ‘TAKE BACK T H E N IG H T ’: A march and speakout against violence toward women follows a T-shirt-making session at the Grand Union, Morris ville, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 888-2584. GLBTQ SUPPORT GROUP: Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and questioning youth make new friends and get support. Outright Vermont, Burlington, 6:30-9 p.m. Free. Info, 800-452-2428. BATTERED W O M EN ’S SUPPORT GROUP: Battered Women’s Services and Shelter facilitates a group in Barre, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 223-0855.
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‘T H E SKULLTIMATE THRILL’: Using an assortment of animals, mid dle-schoolers get a look at bone struc ture beneath the skin. Lake Champlain Basin Science Center, Burlington, 1:30 p.m. $3. Info, 864-1848.
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dance CONTRA DANCE: Sue Rosen calls for Bruce Rosen and David Titus at this northern-style community hoedown. Capitol City Grange Hall, Montpelier, 8 p.m. $6. Info, 744-6163.
drama ‘PETER PAN’: See April 27, 2 & 8 p.m. ‘TW O LITTLE VAGRANTS’: This show benefits the Barre Opera House. $25 or $40 per pair. See April 27. ‘SECOND CHANCE’: See April 28. MUD SEASON TALENT SHOW: See April 29. ‘T H E TRIAL OF REBECCA PEAKE’: See April 28. ‘TINTYPES’: See April 26. ‘CONVERSATIONS W IT H EMILY DICKINSON’: Belinda West portrays the poet in a play that incorporates her writings. International Commons, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 1:15 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2294. ‘DAMN YANKEES’ AUDITION: Aspiring actors 11 and up try out for the Faustian tale of a baseball fan who sells his soul to the devil for a shot at the big leagues. Waterside Hall, Adamant, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free. Info, 533-2426.
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art • Also, see exhibit openings in the art listings. SIDEWALK PAINTING FESTIVAL: Claim a square of pavement to be cre ative with chalk. City Hall Park, Bur lington, 1-4 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2535. ‘A RT HAZARD’ W ORKSHOP: Artists and craftspeople learn about the toxic, flammable, corrosive and cancercausing properties of some art supplies. See “to do” list, this issue. Bethany Church, Montpelier, 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. $10. Info, 229-1833.
words DANIEL LUSK: The local poet reads works from his recent collection, Kissing the Ground, Community Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 865-2711. LEAGUE OF VERMONT W RIT ERS: In a daylong conference, screen writer Theresa Connelly talks about writing for film, Rebecca Rupp speaks about transitioning from “fantasy to reality” and Philip Baruth takes a novel approach. Dog Team Tavern, Middle bury, 9 a.m. $26. Register, 933-4746.
kids JAPANESE FISH PRINTING: Bring a white or light-colored T-shirt to a workshop that transforms it into a fan cifully printed gyotaku. Lake Champ lain Basin Science Center, Burlington, 1:30 p.m. $3. Info, 864-1848. FAMILY WETLANDS EXPLO RATION: Muck around in local marshes to identify birds, wood frogs and amphibian life. Montshire Museum, Norwich, 9-11 a.m. $12-24. Register, 649-2200. STORYTIME: Young readers delve into classic and new tales at a laid-back,
sport SPRING BIRD WALK: Search for spring migrants on a casual stroll around the VINS North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 7:30-9:30 a.m. $5. Info, 229-6206. CANOE & KAYAK TRIP: Take to the waters of Peacham Pond with the Montpelier section of the Green Mountain Club. Meet at Montpelier High School, 10 a.m. Free. Register, 223-7035. ‘MILK & HONEY’ BIKE TRIP: Pedal pushers take in the sites — and sights — between Vergennes and Middlebury. Register, 660-2834.
etc MAPLE FESTIVAL: See April 28. TREE PLANTING DAY: Give Mother Nature — and the city arborist — a hand by planting trees around the city. Venues around Burlington, 9 a.m. Free. Info, 862-8245. RAPE CRISIS CENTER TRAIN- r ING: Approved volunteers learn how to work with survivors of sexual vio lence over the phone, in the advocacy program or by providing community education. Deborah Rawson Memorial Library, Jericho, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Free. Register, 864-0555. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY W OMEN: The group’s state convention features a buffet lunch and a performance by Belinda West as Emily Dickinson. International Commons, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. $17. Info, 655-4758. MUSHROOM HABITAT ID ENTI FICATION: Explore Vermont’s ample “outdoor pantry” in a field excursion that explains how to identify and col lect wild mushrooms. Vermont Lead ership Center, E. Charleston, 10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. $5. Info, 723-4705. MAPLE FEST ANTIQUE SHOW: Browse for battered treasures to benefit the BFA Band Boosters. St. Albans Town Educational Center, 10 a.m. 5 p.m. Free. Info, 893-6277. . \ ANTIQUE SHOW AND APPRAISAL: Five bucks an item boys you an expert assessment of your heir
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drama ‘PETER PAN’: See April 27, 1 & 6:30 p.m. ‘TW O LITTLE VAGRANTS’: See April 27, 2 p.m. ‘SECOND CHANCE’: See April 28, 2 p.m. ‘CONVERSATIONS W IT H EMILY D ICKIN SON ’: See April 29. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291. ‘T H E TRIAL OF REBECCA PEAKE’: See April 28, 2 p.m. ‘TINTYPES’: See April 26, 5 p.m. VARIETY SH O W AUDITIONS: Comics, poets, musicians and enter tainers of all sorts get a shot at a slot on a public access show. Richmond, 1-4 p.m. Free. Register for directions and time, 434-2604.
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‘SHERLOCK, JR.’: Buster Keaton plays a film projectionist who falls asleep on the job and dreams his way into the movie as a detective. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7:30 p.m. $6. Info, 603-646-2422.
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School, 9 a.m. Free. Register, 229-2062. HIKE OR BIKE: Depending on ground conditions, trip leader Carlene Squires decides between trail and tar mac. Register, 434-2533.
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‘CHILDREN OF HEAVEN’: The son of Turkish immigrants loses his sister’s only pair of shoes in this tender tale of sibling mischief set in Iran. Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, 7 p.m. $5. Info, 253-8358.
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CHILD PSYCHOLOGY TALK: An author and clinical psychologist at Harvard Medical School explores ways to boost the self-esteem, disci pline, responsibility and resilience of children and teens. Carpenter Auditorium, UVM, Burlington, 7 p.m. $15. Register, 878-2332. VIETNAM WAR FORUM: Grace Paley, Jay Craven, Dave Dellinger, Louise Ransom and Jay Moore are among panelists remembering the war on the 25th anniversary of its end. See story, this issue. Campus Center Theater, Billings Student Center, UVM, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 862-4929. SEXUALITY LECTURE: A sexuality studies prof from San Francisco State speaks about the problems faced by homosexuals of all ages. Monroe Lecture Hall, Middlebury College, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-5198. . ELDER ENRICHMENT LEC TURE SERIES: UVM political sci ence prof Frank Bryan speaks about humor in Vermont politics. S. Bur lington Community Library, 3 p.m. $5. Info, 863-5980. K NITTIN G GROUP: Needle work ers swap sewing tips and design ideas with other wool workers. Northeast Fiber Arts Center, S. Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-4981. CAMERA CLUB MEETING: Local shutterbugs focus on the topic of digi tal photography. 201 Delahanty Hall, Trinity College, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 864-6485. WORKER’S RIGHTS: Employees facing discrimination, unsafe working conditions, insurance problems and other labor issues get help from an advocate at the Workers Rights Center, Burlington City Hall, 4:308:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7184. NETW ORKING GROUP: Employee hopefuls get job leads, con nections, skills and support. Career Resource Center, Vermont Department of Employment & Training, Burlington, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 652-0322. PUBLIC MEDITATION: Take a step on the path to enlightenment in an environment that instructs begin ners and supports practiced thinkers. Ratna Shri Tibetan Meditation Center, 12 Hillside Ave., Montpelier, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-5435. BATTERED W OM EN’S SUP PORT GROUP: Women Helping Battered Women facilitates a group in Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 658-1996.
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dance SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE: Bring soft-soled shoes to this wee weekly event, where partners and kilts are both optional. First Congrega tional Church of Essex Junction, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $2. Info, 879-7618.
drama ‘TH E LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOL LO W : Students from a childrens the ater class stage the spooky classic for all ages. Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson State College, noon & 7 p.m. $3. Info, 635-1386.
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words JAN ALBERS: The Middlebury author signs copies of her new book, Hands on the Land, A History o f the Vermont Landscape. Bear Pond Books, Mont pelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 229-0774. BURLINGTON WRITERS GROUP: Bring pencil, paper and the will to be inspired to this writerly gathering at the Daily Planet, Burling ton, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 862-9647.
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aikido AIKIDO OF CHAMPLAIN VALLEY: Adults, Monday through Friday, 5:456:45 p.m. and 7-8:15 p.m. Saturdays, 911:45 a.m. Children, Tuesdays & Thursdays, 4-5 p.m. Aikido of Champlain Valley, 17 E. Allen St., Winooski. $55/month, $120/three months, intro specials. Info, 654-6999 or www.aikidovt.org. Study this graceful, flowing martial art to developflexibility, confidence and self-defense skills. AIKIDO OF VERMONT: Ongoing classes Monday through Friday, 6-7 p.m. and 7-8 p.m. Saturday, 9-10:30 a.m. Sunday, 10-11:30 a.m. Above Onion River Co-op, 274 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info, 862-9785. Practice the art o f Aikido in a safe and supportive envi ronment.
art BEGINNING WATERCOLOR: Saturday, April 29, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Artists’ Mediums, Taft Farm Village Ctr., Williston. Info, 879-1236. Kathy Bergeron teaches watercolor painting to beginners. OIL PAINTING FUNDAMENTALS: Four Thursdays, May 4 through 25, 10 a.m. - noon. Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts, 135 Church St., Burlington. $100. Register, 865-7166. Tad Spurgeon teaches adults from a disciplined, semi-classical model, beginning in monochrome and working up to a fid l palette. BEGINNING WATERCOLOR: Six Thursdays, May 4 through June 8, 7-9 p.m. Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts, 135 Church St., Burlington. $100. Register, 865-7166. Jean Cannon teaches artists with prior drawing experience. INTRO TO EGG TEMPERA: Saturday, May 6, 10 a.m. - noon. Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts, 135 Church St., Burlington. $15. Register, 865-7166. Tad Spurgeon teaches basic painting techniquesfor this straighforward and subtle medium. ‘DRAWING FOR PAINTERS’: Saturday, May 20, 10 a.m. - noon. Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts, 135 Church St., Burlington. $20. Register, 865-7166. Develop a more personal and painterly drawing style.
business ‘GETTING SERIOUS’: Four Wednesdays, May 3, 10, 17 and 24. Women’s Small Business Program, Trinity College, Burlington. $115, grants avail able. Info, 846-7160. Explore the possibili ties and realities o f business ownership, assess your skills and interests and develop a busi ness idea.
cooking ‘WRITE YOUR OWN DIET’: Monday, May 1, 6:30 p.m. Vermont Cooking School, Charlotte. Info, 425-4292. Adjust your eating patterns for long-term weightloss. ‘IDEAL WEIGHT FOREVER’: Tuesday, May 2, 9:30 a.m. Vermont Cooking School, Charlotte. Info, 4254292. Controlyour food triggers" with portion control and calorie-cutting cooking. ‘DISHES WITH FISHES’: Wednesday and Thursday, May 10 and 11, 9:30 a.m. Vermont Cooking School, Charlotte. Info, 425-4292. Learn how to buy and prepare nutritiousfish. ‘THE JOY OF SOY’: Monday and Tuesday, May 15 and 16, 9:30 a.m.
Vermont Cooking School, Charlotte. Info, 425-4292. Incorporate soy into your diet to reduce risk o f cancer and heart dis ease.
craft HAND-BUILDING W ITH CLAY: Thursday, April 27, Kids 3-4:30 p.m., Adults 5:30-7 p.m. Blue Plate Ceramic Cafe, 119 College St., Burlington. $75/four classes. Register, 652-0102. This course covers coil, pinch pot and slab con struction as well as painting and glazing. BEADED EARRINGS: Saturday, April 29, 3-4:30 p.m. Spirit Dancer Bookstore, 125 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Free. Info, 660-8060. Experiment with beads o f different colors and sizes to make earrings of your own design. PAINTING CERAMICS: Ongoing classes. Blue Plate Ceramic Cafe, 119 College St., Burlington. Free. Info, 6520102. Learn thefundamentals ofpainting ceramics. POTTERY & SCULPTURE: All ages and abilities, group classes, private lessons, studio rental. Day, evening and weekend offerings. Vermont Clay Studio, 2802 Rt. 100, Waterbury Center. Register, 224-1126 ext. 41. Enjoy the pleasures and challenges of working with clay, whether you've had a lot, a little or no experience. POTTERY, PAINTING AND PHO TOGRAPHY: Morning and evening classes, Saturday workshops and parentchild classes. Frog Hollow State Craft Center, Middlebury, Info, 388-3177 or www.froghollow.org. Take classes in callig raphy and collage.
dance ‘BEGINNING BALLROOM SAM PLER’: Six Wednesdays, April 26 through May 31, 7-8 p.m. Swing Etc. at City Hall, St. Albans. $10/class. Register, 524-1519. David Larson teachesfoxtrot, waltz, tango, cha-cha, rumba and salsa. TRADITIONAL AFRICAN DANCE: Thursday and Friday, April 27 and 28, 5:30-7 p.m. and Sunday, April 30, noon 2 p.m. Memorial Auditorium Loft, Burlington. $15/Thursday or Friday, $20/Sunday or $45/all three. Register, 864-3227. Malong Bayo teaches traditional dances o f Senegal and Mali to djembe drum rhythms. SWING: Four Thursdays, April 27 through May 18, Beginners 6:30-7:30 p.m., Advanced 7:30-8:30 p.m. Holley Hall, Bristol. $32. Register, 453-5885. Learn a variety o fdance patterns, including the Lindy Hop, as well as proper leading andfollowing techniques. ARGENTINE TANGO: Saturday, May 6. Jazzercise, Williston. $20/workshop or $45/three. Info, 879-3998 or mkiey@aol.com. Lyne Renaud and Marco Caridi teach tango waltz, milonga and straight tango techniques. ‘INTRO LATIN SAMPLER’: Ongoing Mondays through May 8, 7-8:30 p.m. Swing Etc. at Twin Oaks Fitness Center, Kennedy Dr., S. Burlington. $10/class. Info, 864-7953. Learn a different dance in each class, from merengue and salsa to rumba and bolero. BALLROOM REFRESHER: Intermediate and Advanced. Ongoing Thursdays through May 18, 7-8 p.m. Swing Etc. at Jazzercise, Williston. $12/class. David Larson helps you brush up on your foxtrot, waltz, tango, cha-cha, rumba and salsa. SWING: Classes beginning Sunday, May 14. Burlington. $40/person. Info, 8629033. Learn Hollywood-style swing in this six-week series. CUBAN-STYLE SALSA: Four Tuesdays, May 16 through June 6, 7-8 p.m. Swing Etc. at Memorial Auditorium Annex, Burlington. $35. Register, 864-7953. Get readyfor the DiscoverJazz Latin Block Party in June.
feldenkrais® AWARENESS THROUGH MOVE MENT®: Spring classes and workshops. Mondays, 7:30-8:30 p.m. 35 King St, Burlington. Fridays, 9-10 a.m. Chace Mill, Burlington. Tnfo, 434-5065. Enhance coordination, flexibility, strength
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healing UNDERSTANDING TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE: Saturday, April 29, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Fletcher Free Library, College St., Burlington. Free. Info, 985-0718. Explore the basic princi ples o facupuncture and herbology.
health ‘IS MENTAL ILLNESS A DISEASE?’: Friday, May 5, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Hampton Inn, Colchester. Register, 985-8286 or carynbf@aol.com. Dr. Thomas Szasz, author o/The Myth of Mental Illness, presents this workshop. STRESS SOLUTIONS: Tuesdays, 5:307 p.m. and Wednesdays, 8-9:30 a.m. Burlington. Info, 951-2089. Learn to pre vent and reduce stress using gentle move ment, breathing techniques, meditation, guided imagery and habit repatterning.
herbs ‘SPRING CLEANING FOR THE BODY’: Monday, May 1, 6-9 p.m. ► Purple Shutter Herbs, Main St., Burlington. $25. Info, 865-HERB. Use herbs, diet andfasting to cleanse your body this spring. GARDENING: Ongoing classes. Bramblewood Herbs and Gardens, Hinesburg. Info, 482-3500. An herbal apprenticeship program and other gardening classes are offered.
juggling JUGGLING CLUB: Ongoing Mondays, 5-7 p.m. Basement of Memorial Auditorium, Burlington. Free. Info, 8634969. Beginner-to-expertjugglers and uni cyclists convene.
kendo KENDO: Ongoing Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 6:45-8:30 p.m. Warren Town Hall. Donations. Info, 496-4669. Develop focus, control and power through this Japanese samurai sword fencing martial art.
kids OPEN STUDIO: Saturday, May 13, 10 a.m. - noon. Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts, 135 Church St., Burlington. $10. Register, 865-7166. Heather Ward helps six- to 10-year-olds explore special pro jects in media o ftheir choosing.
language ITALIAN: Group and individual instruc tion, beginner to advanced, all ages. Middlebury area. Info, 545-2676. Immerse yourselfin Italian to get readyfor a trip abroad, or to better enjoy the country's music, art and cuisine. ITALIAN: Ongoing individual and group classes, beginner to advanced, adults and children. Burlington. Info, 865-4795. Learn to speak this beautiful languagefrom a native speaker and experi enced teacher. ESL: Ongoing small group classes, begin ners and intermediates. Vermont Adult Learning, Sloan Hall, Fort Ethan Allen, Colchester. Free. Info, 654-8677. Improve your listening, speaking, reading and writ ing skills in English as a second language.
massage MASSAGE: Fall enrollment is underway. Touchstone Healing Arts School of Massage, 35 King St., Burlington. Info, 658-7715. Take classes to become a massage practitioner. FOOT REFLEXOLOGY: Ongoing classes. S. Burlington Yoga Studio, Barrett St. Info, 658-3766. Learn thisfun and easyform ofacu-pressurefoot massagefrom a certified reflexologist.
meditation RETREAT W ITH PEMA CHODRON: Six Tuesdays, May 9 through June 13, 7 p.m. and Sunday, June 4, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Montpelier Shambhala Center, 64 Main St. $75. Register, 229-1253. Engage in daily medi tation practice and see videotaped talks on the "Buddhist path o fthe three Yanas" with
Pema Chodron. ZEN MEDITATION: Mondays, 4:455:45 p.m., Thursdays, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Burlington. Free. Info, 658-6466. Meditate with a sitting group associated with the Zen Affiliate o f Vermont. ‘THE WAY OF THE SUFI’: Tuesdays, 7:30-9 p.m. S. Burlington. Free. Info, 658-2447. This Sufi-style meditation incorporates breath, sound and movement. MEDITATION: First & third Sundays, 10 a.m. - noon. Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 S. Winooski Ave. Free. Info, 658-6795. Instructors teach non-sectarian and Tibetan Buddhist meditations. MEDITATION: Thursdays, 7-8:30 p.m. Green Mountain Learning Center, 13 Dorset Lane, Suite 203, Williston. Free. Info, 872-3797. Don’t just do something sit there! GUIDED MEDITATION: Sundays, 10:30 a.m. The Shelburne Athletic Club, Shelburne Commons. Free. Info, 9852229. Practice guided meditation for relax ation andfocus.
men ‘MEN ALIVE’: Friday through Sunday, May 19 through 21. Info, 865-2247 or 482-6438. This support group allows men to be heard in a safe and supportive envi ronment.
pets DOG OBEDIENCE CLASSES: Ongoing classes for puppies, beginners and advanced beginners. Pawsitive Touch, 27 Berard Dr., S. Burlington. Info, 8635651. Strengthen your relationship with your dog and learn how to speak canine in a non-competitive atmosphere.
photography INSTRUCTION: Classes, workshops and private instruction, week-long sum mer day camps for young people. Info, 372-3104. Take classes in creative and technical camera and darkroom skills while learning to “see" with a photographic eye.
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weight-loss ‘SLIM INTO SUMMER’: Twelve Mondays, May 1 through July 17, 5:30-7 p.m. Burlington. $20/day. Info, 6589553 or www.claudiamullin.com. Focus on reducing compulsive eating while improving your body image.
BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU AND CARDIOBOXING: Ongoing classes for men, women and children, Monday through Saturday. Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy, 4 Howard St., Burlington. Info, 660-4072. Escapefear with an inte grated self-defense system based on tech nique, not size, strength or speed.
WINE TASTING: Friday, April 28, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Wine Works, 133 St. Paul St., Burlington. $20. Info, 951-WINE. Learn all about bubbly — for educated cel ebrating.
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sport ROCK CLIMBING: Daily classes, beginner to advanced. Petra Cliffs Climbing Center, 105 Briggs St„ Burlington. $40-60 private lessons. Register, 65-PETRA. Develop strength, flexibility and balance with indoor rock climbing. SKYDIVING: Ongoing classes. Vermont Skydiving Adventures, Addison. Info, 759-3483. Experience “static line," tandem and acceleratedfreefalljumps.
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yoga SPRING CLEANING W ITH KUNDALINI YOGA: Saturday, April 29, 2-5 p.m. Movement Center, 7 Court St., Montpelier. $24. Info, 234-6528. Learn yoga postures usedfor centuries to “cleanse" the body. S. BURLINGTON YOGA: Ongoing Classes. Barrett St., S. Burlington. Info, 658-3766. Focus on stretching, breathing, relaxation and centering with Hatha yoga. UNION STREET STUDIO: Daily classes for all levels. 306 S. Union St., Burlington. Info, 860-3991. Practice Astanga, Kali Ray and Kripalu styles with certified instructors Ann Burdreski, Arlene Griffin and Lisa Limoge. YMCA YOGA: Ongoing classes. YMCA, College St., Burlington. Info, 862-9622. Take classes in various yoga styles. YOGA VERMONT: Daily classes, noon, 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Chace Mill, Burlington. Info, 660-9718 oryogavermont.com. Astanga-styU “power”yoga
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WATERFRONT LECTURE SERIES: An anthropology prof speaks about traditional Native American use of the Burlington Waterfront. Lake Champlain Basin Science Center, Burlington, 7 p.m. Donations. Info, 864-1848. ETHICS AND DEMENTIA CON FERENCE: Stephen Post, author of
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o p e n in g s HEAD START ART SHOW, works by local preschoolers. Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts, Burlington, 865-7165- Reception April 26, 5-7 p.m.
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photographs of Central and South America by Pete Shear and Jennifer Freedman. Burlington College Community Room, 862-9616. Reception with slide show and lec ture April 26, 7 p.m.
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works by area elementary, middle and high school students. Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, 253-8358. Artists from Ghana lead a print making workshop at the reception, April 27, 3-5 p.m.
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PHALLUSY: THE MYTH OF MALE NESS, an MFA thesis exhibit by
Sean Folley. Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Dibden Center, Johnson State College, 888-7333. Reception April 27, 4-6 p.m. PAPER OR PLASTIC, paintings and illustrations by Sean Sims. Four Dogs and a Wish, Middlebury, 382-9474. Reception April 28, 5-8 p.m.
o n g o in g BURLINGTON AREA KIDS CELEBRATE THE EARTH,
childrens artworks that celebrate the Earth. Flynndog Gallery, Burlington, 652-9985. Through May 7. SENIOR STUDENT ART SHOW, a multi-media exhibit of works by high schoolers from the Champlain valley. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 865-7211. May 2-24. N E W H O U R S (beginning M ay is t )
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PETER CLAVELLE & BERNIE SANDERS, paintings of the local
CAROL BOUCHER, monotypes and pastels, and SHEILA H0LLENDER,
politicians by Melissa Connor, and a group portrait depicting artists and writers of Vermont. Red Square, Burlington, 862-1449. Through May 15. DIRTY DREAMS, works by students of the center’s pottery and clay sculpture program. Living/Learning Center, UVM, Burlington, 6564200. Through May 4. MICHAEL M0NTANAR0, past and present works in watercolor, acrylic, pencil and more. Beverly’s Cafe, Burlington, 862-5515. Through May. EVELYN DV0RAK-MEYER, works in watercolor and pastel. Barnes & Noble, S. Burlington, 864-8001. Through April. MIRIAM ADAMS, graphite and watercolor works accompanied by poetry. Carpenter Carse Library, Hinesburg, 482-2878. Through April.
photographs. Doll-Anstadt Gallery, Burlington, 864-3661. Through April. L J . K0PF, collages, drawings and graphic narratives. Rhombus Gallery, Burlington, 863-1512. Through April, by appointment. HORSE LEGS, an installation by Tom Shea. One-Wall Gallery, Seven Days, Burlington, 864-5684. Through May 15. ELDER ART SHOW, featuring art works in mixed media. Williston Public Library, 878-4918. Through April. JOAN CURTIS, works in colored pencil and acrylic, and DAVID UTIGER, paintings. Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery, Shelburne, 985-3848. Through May 9.
CULTURE ON THE MOVE: GHANA TO VERMONT, works by contem
porary Ghanaian artists. Fletcher Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 865-7211, Union Station, Burlington, 864-1557, and Shelburne Craft School, 985-3648. All through April. ASPARAGUS, handmade prints and lithographs by Roy Newton. Red Onion Cafe, Burlington, 8652563. Through May 30. CIRCUS, ETC., 2000, paintings by local children on carnival and cir cus themes. Alley Cat Arts, 416 f Pine St., Burlington, 865-5079. Through May 1. SIDE BY SIDE, gold-and-gemstone jewelry by Rob Greene and paint ings by Susan Osmond. Grannis Gallery, Burlington, 660-2032. Through April.
WOMEN’S RAPE CRISIS CENTER ART SHOW, works by local artists
for Sexual Violence Awareness Month. Daily Planet, Burlington, 864-0555. Through April. MICHAEL SMITH, acrylic and mixed-media paintings with a twist of surrealism. The Gallery Upstairs, Hinesburg, 482-6380. Through April. IT’S ABOUT TIM E: Contemporary and traditional handcrafted time pieces by Vermont artisans. Frog Hollow Vermont State Craft Center, Burlington, 863-6458. Through May 7. WINTER FINALE, rice paper and watercolor works by Celeste Forcier. Finale Salon, S. Burlington, 862-0713. Through May 15. HEAD SHOTS , recent figurative paintings by Ethan Murrow. Art Space 150 at The Mens Room, Burlington, 864-2088. Through April.
A WRITER’S VISION: Prints; draw
828-8743. Through July 30.
ings and watercolors by Nobel Prize-winning writer Gunter Grass. Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 656-0750. Through June 4.
AXEL ST0HLBERG, paintings.
MARTHA OGDEN BENJAMIN,
paintings. Better Bagel, Taft Corner, Williston. 879-2808. Through April. ORNAMENT AND DECORATION/ MATERIALS AND MOTIFS: An
exhibit of multi-cultural, everyday objects that show theories of orna mentation and decoration. Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 656-0750. Through June 4. RICK SUTTA, oil paintings “with impact.” Rick Sutta Gallery, Burlington, 860-7506. Ongoing.
CHAMPLAIN VALLEY MIRIAM ADAMS, watercolors and drawings in graphite. Frog Hollow Vermont State Craft Center, Middlebury, 388-3177. Through April. ENVISIONING SPRING, paintings, drawings and pottery by six local artists. Ferrisburgh Artisans Guild, 877-3668. Through May 17. ELDER ART SHOW, featuring art works in mixed media. Grist Mill, Bristol, 453-5885. Through April. ARTISTS AND THEIR CHILDREN,
works by parent and child artists. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 388-4095. Through April. TIME TO GET DRESSED, clothing and wearable art by Vermont fiber artists Dia Jenks, Mary Lynn O ’Shea, Lynn Yarrington and Ellen Spring. Frog Hollow Vermont State Craft Center, Middlebury, 388-3177. Through May 15. C EN TR A L VERM O N T HOOKED IN THE MOUNTAINS, an
exhibit of works by members of the Green Mountain Rug Hooking Guild. Joslyn Round Barn, Waitsfield, 496-6176. April 29 May 7. CLAY FOR & ABOUT THE GARDEN, pottery works. River
Street Potters Gallery, Montpelier, 224-7000. May 1-31. ART IN THE SUPREME COURT,
Mexican pastels by Sam Kerson. Supreme Court, Montpelier, 8283278. May 1-26. INGRID BATHE, sculptures in porcelain paper clay. Vermont Clay Studio, Waterbury, 244-1126. May 1-31. WATERC0L0R MASTERS OF GHANA, paintings by five contem
porary Ghanaian artists. Mist Grill Gallery, Waterbury, 244-2233. Through April. STILL LIVES, works in oil and pas tel by Jan Ghiringhelli. Phoenix Rising, Montpelier, 229-0522. Through April. MEMBERS EXHIBITION, works by more than 200 area artists. Chaffee Center for the Arts, Rutland, 775-0356. Through April. V E SSELS THAT POUR, hand crafted containers by regional artists. Vermont Clay Studio, Waterbury Center, 244-1126. Through April 29. IN BLACK AND WHITE, landscape prints by Claire Van Vliet, and FRIENDS OF THE WOOD, new work in various media by five local artists. T.W. Wood Art Gallery, Vermont College, Montpelier, 828-8743. Through April. 19TH-CENTURY PRINTS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION,
featuring etchings and engravings by Thomas Waterman Wood. T.W. Wood Gallery, Montpelier,
Vermont Arts Council, Montpelier, 828-3291. Through April. VERMONT HAND CRAFTERS:
Work by local artisans. Vermont By Design Gallery, Waterbury, 244-7566. Ongoing. ALICE ECKLES, a permanent changing exhibit of selected paint ings and prints. The Old School House Common, Marshfield, 456-8993. Ongoing. SCRAP-BASED ARTS & CRAFTS,
featuring re-constructed objects of all kinds by area artists. The Restore, Montpelier, 229-1930. Ongoing.
CULTURE ON THE MOVE: GHANA TO VERMONT, works by contem
porary Ghanaian artists. Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, 635-2727. Through April. SACRED BUFFALO, a buffalo skele ton carved with scenes from Lakota Sioux traditions. Fairbanks Museum, St. Johnsbury, 748-2372. Through August. ELDER ART SHOW, works in mixed media by artists 55 and older. St. Albans City Hall, 5241519, and North Hero Town Hall, 372-4237. Both through April. ALLOCATION, paintings and pho tographs by Alexandra Bottinelli and Robert McCann. Catamount Arts Gallery, St. Johnsbury, 748-2600. Through April. STUDENT ART SHOW: Fine arts students display works in various media. Dewey Student Center, Johnson State College, 635-1310. Through April. KAREN WINSLOW, realist portraits, landscapes and still life paintings. Vermont Fine Art, Stowe, 253-9653. Through April. 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN ARTISTS, including
landscape paintings by Vermont artists Kathleen Kolb, Thomas Curtin, Cynthia Price and more. Clarke Galleries, Stowe, 253-7116. Ongoing. « 3? & * Sssss5 %iwSt
BILL HOPPER, an exhibition of
paintings. Beldon-Noble Library, Essex, N.Y., 518-963-8079. May 1-31. COMPLETING THE PICTURE: HATS, FASHION AND FINE ART,
paintings, photographs and man nequins featuring millinery fash ions from 1820-1930. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 603-6462808. Through September 24. SCREENS & SCROLLS, Japanese paintings from the 13th through the 19th century. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 603-646-2808. Through June 18. GENEVIEVE CADIEUX, photo graphic and acoustic installations and sculptures. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Jean-Noel Desmarais Pavilion, 514-285-1600. Through July 2. JEAN DALLAIRE, paintings, draw ings and photos. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Jean-Noel Desmarais Pavilion, 514-2851600. Through April. PLEASE NOTE: Seven Days is unable to accommodate all of the displays in our readership area, thus these listings must be restricted to exhibits in truly public view ing places. Art in business offices, lobbies and private residences or studios, with occasional exceptions, will not be accepted Sendyour listings to galleries@sevendaysvt.com.
By Marc Awodey
reappear in almost everything — its just Utigers standard view of the the moon. While he seems disinclined to experiment with his wellpracticed technique or form, Utiger knowingly varies compo sitions enough to keep his body
ver since the Impressionists realized that shadows are not made from the color black, many artists have refused to work with it at all. Some would argue that black is not even a color, simply a ground that absorbs the full spectrum of white light. But black also cre ates unique dimensionality — a color applied to black lays on top of it, because that pigment is the only thing on the surface capable of reflecting light. Artists Joan Curtis and David Utiger make excellent “Tree House # 2 0 ,” by Joan Curtis use of this prin ciple in their of work from becoming stale. joint show of new works at “The Copse” focuses on a cen Shelburne’s Furchgott Sourdiffe tral grouping of trees, while Gallery. They both use black as details in the background land the foundation from which their scape also receive attention-get works are built. ting treatment. In “Falling Utiger is a landscapist whose Leaves,” a singular-central tree images are filled with glowing sheds foliage like snb\ light, paradoxically made up, in pulling the viewers eye toward part, by his use of black. His the foreground. images are painstakingly con The constructions of Joan structed from thousands of inky Curtis’ “Tree House” serfes are black dots, and tinted with thin layers of watercolor. Light often emanates from behind the scene, as in “Sugarbush,” in J which the foreground elements are dotted j with greater density and the five or six anterior ranks of trees become less dense as they recede. Each tree silhouette dangling sap buckets is almost identical, creating a j________ rhythm of form as repetitive as the made of acrylic paint and col pointillism from which it is ored pencil on black paper. She made. Small, consistently uses simple harmonies of greens, shaped pines are interspersed purples and blues in designs with the sugar maples to create that have an Art Nouveau feel, a counterpoint within the larger divided into outlined elements. theme. Each is a shallow diorama, made Utiger’s precise, illustrative of a few overlapped layers of style allows forms and motifs to paper, like a stage behind layers recur almost as obsessively as of surrounding curtain. Each they are executed. “Finlandia” tree house is a fanciful amalga has wiggly branched trees simi mation of trunk, branches and lar to those in “Sugarbush.” The inner spaces filled with figures puffy clouds that fill “The of varied scale, like dreams tran Clouds of Unknowing” reappear sitioning from scene to scene. in the nocturne “Aurora” and a “Tree House #21” has a large mist-shrouded moon seems to
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female figure enmeshed in the upper branches of the tree and three stories of rooms in the wide trunk. Curtis outlines forms with light colors on the black paper, arid her pencil strokes have the rhythm and layered blending of chalk pastel.
Like Utiger’s works, hers are as stylized as the illustrations of a children’s book, but the literally overlapping dimensional planes provide a conceptual framework that is its own aesthetic. These layers also contribute physical more than do simple illustrations. “Tree House #29” looks down from above on a bird in a nest, and below that to lovers on a blanket, a fisherman and other Earth-bound details. The sky is a bright f yellow, the grass yellowgreen, and a ladder in r steep perspective unifies the terrestrial and arboreal worlds. In other images Curtis r looks up into the tree from the ground below. ■ “Tree House #8,” for U example, is above the viewer, and its branches appear within a sideways mandala shape. The mandala, as a symbol for the universe, reinforces the content of the tree-house image — which Curtis seems to use as a metaphor for the tree of life. The works of both Curtis and Utiger seem more technical than intuitive, leaving little room for exploration beyond their clearly defined boundaries. ^Nonetheless, both have presum ably arrived at their styles through processes of discovery and winnowing, like all mature artists, and seem content to remain within those chosen, identifying parameters. ®
:ach tree house is a , fanciful amalgamation of trunk, branches and nner spaces filled with figures of varied scale,. like dreams transitionin from scene to scene.
Joan Curtis and David Utiger. Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery, Shelburne. Through May 9.
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The new WWII sub thriller from Breakdown director Jonathan Mostow gets down to business in a hurry, and doesn’t let up until the final credits roll. Matthew McConaughey stars as a disgruntled Naval lieutenant who’s just been denied his own com mand. As senior officer Bill Paxton explains, he’s just too friendly with the enlisted men and can’t be counted on to make decisions which might put them in harm’s way. McConaughey doesn’t get to pout for long, though. He ships out shortly there after with Paxton, Jon Bon Jovi and Harvey Keitel (tell me that’s not the wackiest ship in the Navy) on a mysterious surprise mission in an American sub rigged to look like a German one. Allied forces have learned that a Nazi vessel is lying disabled at sea awaiting rescue. They know a German sub is already on the way, but figure if they can get there first, they might be able to get their hands on an encryption device that would enable them to crack the enemy’s code. Well, the Americans do get there ahead of the Nazis, just not as far ahead as they might have liked. They board the damaged sub, grab the device and head back to their ship — which is promptly blown out of the water. The sur vivors are forced back into the U-boat, a leaking, limping hulk with half-dead batteries and only one torpedo in a damaged shoot.
Luckily, they’ve brought along someone who speaks German. In a matter of moments McConaughey and crew have deciphered the markings on the unfa miliar controls and have managed to dive and make their escape. Now all they have to do is figure out how to keep the Germans from finding out they’ve got the code book. This means taking out not only the sub that sank their own ship, but a humongous destroyer following in its wake, which is dropping depth charges by the dozen. AH this with a crip ups and downs aboard pled sub well inside enemy waters. Not surprisingly, McConaughey’s first com mand gets off to a rocky start, but, with a little help from grizzled career subman Keitel, the young lieu tenant rises to the occasion. The role, in fact, is rem iniscent of the one Tom Hanks played in Saving Private Ryan. Like Hanks’ character, McConaughey picks up the warrior’s art of improvisation and learns to keep a cool head in the heat of battle. The young officer’s struggle — keeping secret their possession of the stolen device and keeping his crew safe long enough to creep back into friendly waters — makes for one of the most gripping war stories in years. The cast is convincing, the writing is smart, and Mostow once again proves himself a filmmaker with a rare flair for taking the audience on a wild, adrenalin-pumped ride. In U-571, neither the story nor the exceptional effects dominate or overwhelm the other. Rather, the director strikes a desirable balance between the two elements, and the result is a high-octane blend of state-of-the-art computer work and good, old-fash ioned heroics. It’s a balancing act other directors would do well to emulate. Edge-of-your-seat suspense, unusually inventive plotting and an opportunity to watch Jon Bon Jovi get blown up by the Third Reich — this is a movie with something for everyone. ®
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College Street, Burlington, 8 6 3-9 5 15 . Where the Heart Is* 11:4 5 , 2 :15 , 4:45, 7:20, 9:50. Return to Me 2:40, 9:20, Where the Money Is 12:4 0 , 7. Cider House Rules 12 :10 , 6:30. American Psycho 3, 9:45. Rules of Engagement 12 :2 0 , 3 :10 , 6:40, 9:30. High Fidelity 12 , 2:30, 5, 7:30, 10. Erin Brockovich 12:3 0 , 3:20, 6:50, 9:40. Matinees Sat-Sun only.
Rt. 100, Morrisvilie, 8 8 8-3293. Frequency* 1, 3:30, 6:40, 9. Flintstones: Viva Rock Vegas* 12 :3 0 , 2:30, 4:30, 6:30, 8:30. 28 Days 12:4 0 , 3:40, 7, 9:05. Rules of Engagement 12:5 0 , 3:20, 6:50, 9 :10 . Matinees daily, late show Fri.-Sat. only.
CINEMA NINE (starts friday) Shelburne Road, S. Burlington, 864-5610 . Where the Heart Is* 12 :5 0 , 3:40, 6:55, 9:40. Frequency* 1, 3:50, 6:45, 9:25. Flintstones: Viva Rock Vegas* 1 2 :1 5 , 2:30, 4:55, 7:05, 9 :15 . Gossip 9:55. U-571 12 , 2:20, 4:40, 7 :10 , 9:45. 28 Days 12 :0 5 , 2 :2 5 , 4:45, 7 :15 , 9:50. Keeping the Faith 12 :3 0 , 3:20, 6:40, 9:30. Rules of Engagement 12:4 0 , 3:30, 6:50, 9:35. Road to El Dorado 1 2 :10 , 2 :1 5 , 4:50, 7. Erin Brockovich 12 :2 0 , 3 :10 , 6:30, 9:20. All shows daily.
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THE SAVOY Main Street, Montpelier, 229-0509. The Cup* 6:30, 8:30. Schedules for the following theaters are not available at press time.
CAPITOL THEATRE 93 State Street, Montpelier, 229-0343. PARAMOUNT THEATRE 241 North Main Street, Barre, 479-9621.
STOWE CINEMA Baggy Knees Shopping Center, Stowe, 253-4678. MAD RIVER FLICK Route 1 0 0 , Waitsfield, 496-4200. MARQUIS THEATER Main Street, Middlebury, 388-4841. WELDEN THEATER 104 No. Main Street, St. Albans, 527-7888.
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sive feat indeed. The filmmaker documents the fever which grips a group of Tibetan monks living in the Himalayan foothills as the World Cup takes place. The line: “Buddhism is their philosophy. Soccer is their religion.” (G) WHERE THE HEART IS **172 Uh-oh — Oprah alert! Natalie Portman plays a young mother making her spunky way in the world i Mart Williams’ big-screen version of the Winfrey-sanctioned bestseller by Billie Letts. Ashley Judd and Sally Field costar. (PG-13)
released around Halloween. It is, however, nothing short of shock ing for it to tell the story of little kids learning the violin in East Harlem and star Meryl Streep. (PG) FIGHT CLU B*** Brad Pitt and Edward Norton are teamed in the dark film from Seven director David Fincher. Based on the best selling novel by Chuck Palahriiuk, the picture concerns an under ground organization in which men meet to beat the post-modern y
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Newman plays an aging con who fakes a stroke to get transferred to a nursing home. Linda Fiorentino’s the nurse who makes him feel like a young con again. With Dermot Mulroney. (PG-13) GOSSIP **172 James Marsden, Norman Reedus and Joshua Jackson are teamed in Davis Guggenheim’s drama about a group of college students that plants a rumor and creates a deadly web of gossip with tragic results. (R) RULES OF ENGAGEMENT***172 William Friedkiri directs this mili tary courtroom drama in which Samuel L. Jackson plays a Marine involved in a mission gone awry and Tommy Lee Jones costars as the old war buddy who comes to his legal defense. Ben Kingsley costars. (R) 28 DAYS **172 Sandra Bullock plays a boozehound writer who lands in rehab and bonds with the wacky characters she meets there. Elizabeth Perkins and Diane Ladd costar. Betty (.Private Parts) Thomas directs. (PG-13) AMERICAN PSYC H O **** Welsh thespian Christian Bale plays yup pie nutjob Patrick Bateman in Mary Harrons sterilized bigscreen version of the almost uni versally reviled but surprisingly funny novel by Bret Easton Ellis. Reese Witherspoon, Chloe Sevigny and Willem Dafoe costar. (R )
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Norton makes his directorial debut with, and costars in, this comedy about two men of the cloth who worship the ground Jenna Elfman walks on. Ben Stiller costars. (PG-13) THE ROAD TO EL DORADO***
Elton John is writing tunes for ’toons again. This time around,
he sings us through the saga of two 16th-century con men who discover a Latin-American Shangri-la. Featuring the voices of Kevin Kline and Kenneth Branagh. (PG) HIGH FIDELITY ***172 Stephen (The Grifiers) Frears and John Cusack reteam for the big-screen version of Nick Hornby’s best selling novel about a thirtysome thing music geek. Sara Gilbert and Iben Hjejle costar. (R) RETURN TO M E*** Bonnie Hunt directs and costars in this weeper about a widower (David Duchovny) who winds up dating the recipient of his dead wife’s heart! Sounds Xtra iffy to us. (R) ERIN BROCKOVICH**** Julia Roberts flexes her dramatic mus cles in this fact-based saga about a struggling single mother who worked for a law firm and wound up helping California plaintiffs win a multi-million-dollar settle ment of water contamination claims against Pacific Gas & Electric in the mid-’90s. Albert Finney costars. Steven Soderbergh directs. (R) AMERICAN BEAUTY ****172 Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening play the heads of a nuclear family in the process of meltdown in the feature debut from from whitehot Broadway director Sam (The Blue Room) Mendes. The film won took home five Oscars, including Best Picture, Director and Actor. (R) THE CIDER HOUSE RULES ***172 Lasse (What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?) Hallstrom brings the beloved John Irving bestseller about a WWlI-era orphan to the big screen with a little help from Tobey Maguire, Michael Caine and Irving himself, who wrote the screenplay. (PG-13)
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— In politics, like in sports, you win some and you lose some. Last week Adelphia Cable TV mogul John Rigas won one in Vermont, but lost one in Philadelphia. Vermont’s John LeClair and the Philadelphia Flyers bumped the Rigas-owned Buffalo Sabres from the Stanley Cup playoffs, winning the series 4-1. Nice. But closer to home, the Almighty House Local Government Committee carried Rigas’ water and shot down the Burlington charter change that would let the Queen City do what a solid majority of its citi zens voted to do. On a 7-1 vote, the committee gave the of thumbs down to Burlap’s plan to establish a public-private partner ship that would wire the city with a new state-of-the-art fiber optic network. That would provide needed competition for Burlington consumers on the information highway in the areas of telephone, Internet access and cable television service. House Republican Leader Walter Freed of Dorset is adamantly opposed to the Burlington plan, as are a number ' of other conservative mischiefmakers in the House. When City Attorney Joe McNeil testified on the matter before the Commerce Committee last week, Rep. Connie Houston (R-Vergennes) suggested Burlington spend its money upgrading its sewage treatment facility instead. She just doesn’t get it. If you think it’s a bit cuckoo to have Walter and Connie telling Burlingtonians how to run their city, you’re not alone. But that’s the way it works. State govern ment has the legislative might to stifle any and all good ideas municipal governments come up with. In this case, The People’s
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Dynamic waterfront architecture firm seeks respon sible individual with excellent reception, communi cation and office skills (MS Office a plus). Full time position for team player with common sense, multi tasking abilities, patience, sense of humor.
Assistant Tour Coordinator (2 positions) Assist in all facets of tour planning. Knowledge o f Europe, Word & Excel req., 2nd language preferred. Creative flexible person w / proven organization & communication skills in travel or a sim ilar service industry. 1 Manage the daily admin, of a busy office & reception duties. Flexible, articulate person w / g reat organization & com m uni cation skills. T:
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Sabre trained, knowledge of Europe, Word & Excel. Minimum of 2 years corporate/group Travel Agency exp: Project coordination & customer service skills necessary.
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EVERGREEN HOUSE— a division of the Counseling Services of Addison County, is looking for a few substi tute and part-time workers. Experience working w/adults recovering from psychiatric illness is helpful, but will train the right person. Call Martha at 388-3468 or send resume and cover letter to 24 Washington St., Middlebury, VT 05753. EOE.
educational firm , Food Works in Montpelier. Duties include marketing, overseeing office systems (including comput ers), budget, personnel. Experience essential. Competitive salary w/ health benefits. Send resume and cover letter to: Food Works, 64 Main Street, Montpelier, VT 05602. No phone calls, please.
Linux developer with PHP, SQL, C++ and Web applica tion experience needed. www.iocus.com/jobs.
Counselor-in-Training
Greater Burlington YMCA is offering Counselor-in-training (C.l.T.) posi tions for ages 13-15 at YMCA's Camp Greylock in Ferrisburg, VT. The camping session runs from June 26 to August 18 and teens are encouraged to apply for a 2-8 week commitment.
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C.l.T.s work alongside counselors to help plan and lead small group activities, develop leadership skills, and work on problem-solving tech niques. For more information please contact Brent Mott at the Greater Burlington YMCA.
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12-15 hrs./wk. to include alternate weekends. Qualifications: knowledge/ love of books; computer/ organizational skills; cus tomer-service oriented. Send resume, 3 references to-. Bygone Books, 31 Main St., Burlington, VT 05401.
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Industry experts seek conscientious individual for entry-level position. Responsible for set-up *and breakdown o f sensory! 1 * tests and record keeping, i ► Excellent organizational and time management skills a must. Computer literacy (Microsoft Office) a plus. 35-50 hours per week. Send resume to: D.C. Enterprizes, Inc. 286 College St. Attn: Paul Songer Burlington, VT 05401
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2-3 nights/wk. evenings 5:30-11 pm. Professional environment, free meals, flexible schedule & sign-on bonus. 864-5253 or apply in person. Trattoria Delia, 152 " St. Paul St., Burlington.
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TeamEnvironment Vacation, Insurance. Meals Full time/Part time
needed at the Essex Inn, Essex, NY. Immediate open ings are avail, for all shifts. Ferry pass compensated. Call 518-963-8821. FULL-TIME BREAKFAST
cook and full-tim e house keeper wanted for Lang House, Burlington’s newest Bed & Breakfast inn. Voicemail, 652-2500 FURNITURE DELIVERY. Are you a safe driver, well-orga nized, friendly, handy with tools, able to do heavy mov ing? Call Tempo Furniture, 985-8776.
N etw ork Adm inistrator: PT/FT. Experience w ith W indows NT, Macintosh and W indows '98 systems. Send cover letter & resume to: Fax: 658-8702 / Email: brendan@cyber-doctors.com No phone calls. Join our rapidly growing team !
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Burlington, VT. Summer jobs, apply now! Part-time and full-tim e seasonal posi tions, $6-$10/hr. We are now accepting applications for the following positions: Track and Field Counselors, Gate Attendants, Park Attendants, Day Camp Directors, Playground Program Staff, Dockmasters, Day Camp Counselors, Basketball Camp Director/Counselors, Maintenance Assistants, Arboriculture Assistants, Soccer Camp Counselors, Lifeguards. To apply, submit a City of Burlington Application to: HR Department, Rm. 33, City Hall, Burlington, VT, 05401. Available in alternative for mats for persons with dis abilities. For disability access information, or to request an application, con tact Human Resources at (802) 865-7145 or 8657142 (TTY). Women, minori ties and persons with disabil ities are highly encouraged to apply. EOE
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hard working kitchen help, sushi bar help needed, good starting pay. experience helpful, not necessary. no phone calls, apply in person.
LINE COOK DISH-PREP Work in a great environemnt, in a restaurant you can be proud of. Great team, benefits, advancement. Apply in person,
HIGH-TECH HEALTH & envi ronmental company is seek ing ambitious person to establish markets nation wide. Excellent compensa tion. 888-533-0228.
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Group facilitator, 4 hours a week, a fte r school and occasional w eek ends. Send resume to: P.o. Box 307, Hardwick, 0 5 8 4 3 . (8 0 2 ) 472 -6 4 63
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SERVERS! Don't let this one get away!
We need more servers to make up to $20/hr! Hiring dependable, service & PR oriented people. Benefits include medical insurance, meal privileges, flexible schedule, and working with a great team at Burlington’s most popular seafood restaurant. Apply today! 1080 Shelburne Rd. South Burlington
service and gate attendants for the Welcome Center. Seasonal, eves. & weekends. Call, 985-8442.
Spend your days selling and shopping at the same time. Clay’s a VT-owned Co., is looking for fun and energetic individuals, seeking a career in fashion and sales. Please call, 879-1305, ext. 16.
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Retail flower and bedding plant sales people. Starts 5/1. Full- & Part-time posi tions. Flower & garden enthusiasts encouraged to apply. Oakwood Farms, Essex Jet. Call 288-8155, ask for Glenn, leave msg.
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BURLINGTON: 3-bdrm. Victorian apt. Excellent con dition. Hardwd. floors, gas heat & hot water. Close to downtown. No pets or smok ing. Avail, 5/8. $900+ utils. 658-3114. BURLINGTON: Freshly i n novated large 1-bdrm. Hardwd. firs., sunny, free W/D use. Off-street parking in owner-occupied duplex. $700+utils. Avail. 6/1. 865-0345. BURLINGTON: 2-bdrm.,6/1, $720/mo. 3-bdrm., avail, now, $990/mo. 3-bdrm., 5/15, $1300/mo. 4-bdrm. $1700. Please call, 8624042.
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REAL ESTATE HOMES FROM $5000.
Foreclosed and repossessed. No or low down payment. Credit trouble— OK. For cur rent listings call, 800-3115048 ext. 3478.
HOUSEMATES WANTED BRISTOL: Roommate(s) wanted for non-smoking, drug-free environ. Partially furnished rooms. Garden space, W/D, shared kitchen, dining & living rms. $300/ mo., incl. utils. + dep. Kids welcome. 453-5373. BURLINGTON: Subletters needed! 3-bdrm. apt. in Redstone Apts., S. Prospect St. June 1-mid Aug. Fully furnished. Incl. heat, hot water, parking. 862-1384. BURLINGTON: F subletter wanted. Beautiful brand-new 2 -bdrm. apt. 2 blocks from UVM. May 1-end of Aug. $500+1/2 utils. 656-1534, leave msg. BURLINGTON: Sublet avail. May & June. Spacious, W/D, excellent kitchen. M grad, roommate. NS or pets. Subsidized rent $250/mo. Call Josh. 863-9762.
HOUSEMATES WANTED BURLINGTON: 2 responsible students wanted to share luxurious 4-bdrm. condo on upper College St. Close to UVM & downtown. Free park ing, W/D, fully furnished, cleaning service, private courtyard, 2 balconies. NS or pets. $425/m o.+utils. 8/255/25. 658-2023 or 865-7652. BURLINGTON: Comfortable 2-bdrm. w/ F student. Dogfriendly, warm & low-key environment. Close to down town & park. $300/mo. +utiis. 865-0320. BURLINGTON: Room avail. Charming, spacious, 4-bdrm. house. Close to downtown. F preferred. Must be openminded & love dogs. Please call, 865-0136 or 652-0796. BURLINGTON: F, grad./prof. wanted to share 2 -bdrm. condo on S. Willard. Access to LR, Kit., 2BA, fireplace, storage space, W/D, and parking. $325/m o.+utils. 660-7172. BURLINGTON: 2 responsible M seek 3rd roommate for 6/1. Simple, clean 3-bdrm. downtown apt. Porch, garage, parking, basement. $36 0/m o .+ l/3 elec.+dep. Heat incl. 864-3933. BURLINGTON: Honest, friendly roommate wanted for 2-bdrm. apt. Close to school and downtown. Off-street parking. $337.50/m o., utils, incl. Avail. 6/1, 951-8832. BURLINGTON: Seeking les bian or gay-friendly F to share 2 -bdrm. downtown apt. on Pine St. Must be neat & responsible, smoker OK. Pets provided. $350-375/mo. Call, Vicky, 660-8445. BURLINGTON: Great down town location. Looking for friendly, laid-back, creative person to share our funky, beautiful apartment. Large room avail. 5/1 for $395/ mo.+ util. (No pets unfortu nately!). Keith, 865-4834.
HOUSEMATES WANTED BURLINGTON: 2 fern, grad./ young prof, females only for beautiful 4-5 bdrm. Victorian. Free laundry, park ing. Close to UVM and down town. Non-smokers. $350/ mo.+utils. 1 room avail. 5/1, 1 avail. 6/1. 859-0250. BURLINGTON: Lovely, South end apt. needs 3rd room mate, M-F, prof./grad. Large, bi-level, porches, laundry. .. $310/m o. inclusive. Avail. 5/1. 862-6453. BURLINGTON: Looking for clean, responsible, NS, female to share sunny, spa cious 2-bdrm. apt. off S. Winooski Ave. Great location w/in walking distance of downtown & waterfront. $425/mo. incl. heat & utils. Avail. 5/1. 862-1046. BURLINGTON: F, NS, prof./ grad, for 2-bdrm. in O.N.E. Off-street parking, garden space, lots of light. No dogs. Avail. 5/1. $325/m o.+ 1/2 heat & elec. Hannah, 863-8390. BURLINGTON: Feminist woman only. Child welcome. Share downtown home, gar den. Friendly, clean & order ly. NS, no pets. $325/mo.+ utils. Call, 860-6828. CHARLOTTE: Wanted! Responsible, considerate, clean & quiet person for charming & peaceful home. Two plus rooms, $450/mo. + 1/2 utils. No smoking, dogs or TV junkies. 425-3597. COLCHESTER: Responsible person, 25-30, to share artist house on Colchester pond. Very clean, quiet farm house. $425/mo. incl. all. 879-1162., after 6 pm., or leave msg. HINESBURG: Want to share a house w/three dancing, gardening, cooking, musical, free-thinking people and 2 cats? 800-acre farm, mtn. views, W/D, sorry no dogs. $250/m o.+utils. 482-5776.
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Roommate wanted. Young adult, down-to-earth, reliable & trustworthy. Pets possible. $250/mo. inch all. Call Chris, 244-9946. WEYBRIDGE: Roommate wanted to share 2 -bdrm. apt. in country setting. Mature, responsible, non-smoker. Sorry, no pets. Rent inch utils, except phone. Leave msg., 545-2490.
ROOM FOR RENT ST. ALBANS: Roommates wanted in town. Two rooms, utils, inch No smokers. Substance-free. $50/wk. Refs. req. Call, 524-0489.
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New & used. Portable/affordable. Indoor/outdoor. Hot tubs for fun. 7 Fayette Rd., S. Burl., 951-8827.
Cherry wood, 9 2 ", double pedestal table, lighted hutch & buffet, sideboard server, 8 Chippendale chairs, new, still in boxes. Cost, $11000, sacrifice $2900. 6 58-4955.
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Great condition. Must sell quick. 656-6440. SAILBOAT— Sleeps 4 close friends. 2 4 ’, lake frontage on either side. Weekend geL away of fiberglass & mahogany. 8 horsepower aux. $4500. 223-6905.
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piano duo for weddings, tea parties and other social gath erings, classical/folk/nostalgia. In/outdoors. Call Mara McReynolds, 862-3581. GETTING MARRIED? Music for your ceremony &/or reception from VT legends Rachel Bissex & Stephen Goldberg. Romantic love songs to swinging dance tunes. Jazz/Folk/Rock. 8636648.
WOLFF TANNING BEDS TA N AT H O M E B U Y D IR E C T & SAVE! C O M M E R C IA L /H O M E U N IT S FR O M $199 LO W M O N TH LY PAYMENTS F R E E C O L O R C A TA LO G C A L L T O D A Y 1 -8 0 0 -7 1 1 -0 1 5 8
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CHANGING BATT ERY CAN AFFECT ENGINE’S “BRAIN" Dear Tom and Ray: We have purchased a 1991 Buick Regal that has a dead bat tery. It had been sitting for about six months. We jum ped it and drove it to an auto shop to have it checked out. It was otherwise fine. The auto-shop people said they woidd sell me a battery for $79.95 and install it for about $30. Then they said it would, take about an hour and a half to reprogram the computer, which would cost another $35■ A friend at work told me that it’s not nec essary to reprogram the computer, as it will reprogram itself when you drive the car. Who’s rightl Should I go to my auto-parts store and buy a battery, or spend the $150 at the auto shop? — Theresa RAY: Neither. Your friend at work is right. After a battery change, the engine-manage ment computer will reprogram itself. It’s called a “relearning process,” and it happens auto matically after about five min utes of moderate-speed driving. TOM: The only thing that won’t reprogram itself are the radio presets. But this is your
new car, so you re going to reprogram the radio buttons yourself anyway, right? No great loss there. RAY: So I don’t know what that extra $35 is for. Maybe it’s the labor cost for driving the car to the doughnut shop while the computer reprograms itself. But that would be $10 worth of labor and $25 worth of doughnuts. So I wouldn’t go back to these guys. TOM : But I wouldn’t just go buy a battery and slap it in there, either. Part of the labor involved in installing a battery is checking the car’s charj system to make sure it’s tionin^ properly. If the alterna tor isnt working or if there’s a current drain somewhere, you’ll just kill the brand-new battery, too. RAY: So take it to a different shop and have the charging sys tem checked and the battery installed there. If you need the name of a good shop, go to the Car Talk section of www.cars. com and check the “MechanX-Files.” It’s a database of good mechanics whom our readers and listeners have personally recommended over the years — and we don’t charge a “repro gramming” fee to use it. Dear Tom and Ray: Gentlemen ( if I may use the term), I have a 1963 Cadillac
DeVille convertible that I won from a local radio station awhile ago. I ’m in the process o f redoing it. My problem is this: The car originally came from the Flatbush section o f New York. It was registered to an Italian lady (name withheld to protect the guilty and ME), and there are some bullet holes in the body o f the car! Should I weld them up and paint over them, or should I leave them showing for posterityl — Ray TOM: Oh, you gotta leave them, Ray. For two reasons. One is that this car has historic value. You should do some research and see if you can find out anything more about the “incident.” Maybe there’s a newspaper story or a photo that will tell you more about what happened. RAY: Then you can say, “This is the car in which Bugsy Baggiagalupe got shot after robbing Joey Baggadonuts’ pas try shop on Flatbush Avenue in ’65.” TOM: But even if you can’t find out the precise history of the car, the bullet holes will ensure that NOBODY is ever going to tow your car. I mean, would you risk it? RAY: In fact, I’m going to go see about having some fake bullet holes installed in my car later today. TOM: I wouldn’t. It just does n’t inspire the same fear when the bullet holes are in an ’87 Dodge Colt Vista. People will just assume you got caught in
the crossfire after delivering a pizza. 'f Dear Tom and Ray: I recently bought a 1995 Subaru Legacy. The car was involved in a small accident, and some work had been done on the front end. After a while, I began to wonder i f the air bags had deployed in that accident, and i f so, had they been replaced? I could ask the previous owner, but I ’d rather determine the answer independently. Is there a way I can tell i f the air bags and associ ated equipment are in place without having to go to a mechanic or dealer? — Alan RAY: Sure. Lend the car to my brother for a few hours. He tries out the air bags in just about every car he drives. TOM: Actually, it’s extremely unlikely that you’re missing any air-bag equipment, Alan. When the air bags deploy, they really tear the dashboard apart (this car has a passenger side air bag, too, and they would have both deployed together). So no one is going to just stuff the used air bag bacK into the steering wheel and sell the car. It’s just not physically possible to nide an air-oag deployment. RAY: Now, what if some unscrupulous person (we’ve heard a rumor that there are still a few unscrupulous people in the automotive industry) repaired the dashboard and replaced the steering wheel WITHOUT putting new air
bags in? Well, that wouldn’t work either, because then you’d see the “air bag” light flashing on the dashboard. TO M : The air-bag system is checked automatically whenev er you start the car. The com puter runs a diagnostic check to make sure the air bag is in place, hooked up to the sensors and ready to deploy, if neces sary. And if there’s any problem — if the sensors or wires are disconnected or if the air bag is missing — the “air bag” light stays on and flashes. RAY: I suppose it’s possible for someone to fraudulently repair the dashboard without air bags and then remove the bulb from the air-bag warning light. But even then, there’s an easy check you can perform. W hen you start the car, look and see if the “air bag” light comes on for a moment. It should light up while the computer is checking the system, then when it deter mines that everything is OK, it goes off. If the oulb nas been removed, the light will never come on, and you’ll know something’s fishy. TOM: But if the air-bag light comes on when you start the car and then goes off, your air bags are there and ready to go. Now, your job is to just drive in a way so that you never need them. Got a question about cars? Write to Click a:, i Clack in care o f this newspaper, or e-mail them by visiting the Car Talk section of cars.com on the W orldw ide Web.
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Dear Cecil — Our building is having a blood drive, and I noticed the follow ing on the promotional materials left in our office: “Donating blood is a health benefit for all men, and women over 50, by removing excess iron from the blood. Studies show that excess iron can dam age cells in the arteries, which can cause the growth o f plaque and
cause harm to the heart. ”I know women under 50 are pre menopausal and lose some blood naturally. Am I tq believe that a regular schedule o f bleeding is good for what ails you? This smacks o f the days when leeches were used to cure illness. Please set the record straight! — Jason Payne
I agree, the bloodletting angle is pretty medieval. Besides, the “iron hypothesis” is far from proven. Right now the only sure benefits for blood donors are the cursory physical exam, the warm glow of having done a good deed, and the thought that one day somebody might do the same for you. The iron hypothesis arose from the observation that pre menopausal women have a much lower incidence of heart dis ease than men but that after menopause the difference narrows dramatically. Originally it was thought this had something to do with sex hormones. However, men given estrogen suffer more heart disease than normal, and women who stop menstruating due to surgery but still have estrogen-producing ovaries suffer increased heart problems nonetheless. In 1981, trying to make sense out of this, pathologist Jerome Sullivan proposed an alternative explanation: “The greater incidence of heart diseases in men and postmenopausal women is due to higher levels of stored iron in these two groups.” Evidence: (1) diseases that cause iron buildup often result in heart failure; (2) the older a man gets, the more iron he accumulates; (3) after menopause, stored iron in women rises to the level found in men; and (4) the types of heart disease found in affluent countries are rare among impoverished peoples with iron-deficient diets. Treatment: “regular phlebotomy,” medicalese for having someone extract your blood. Some later research supported Sullivans theory. The most recent study I’ve seen, published in Heart, by David G.
• M p S *1 Meyers et a t, examined 3900 male participants in the Nebraska Diet Heart Study and found that nonsmokers who had donated blood in the past three years had a 30 percent lower risk of major heart problems. (Curiously, donating multiple times dur ing the three years, as opposed to once or twice, brought no additional benefit.) Other researchers conjectured that iron interacts with LDL (bad) cholesterol tp promote atherosclerosis, and there’s a lot of stuff about free radicals and so on that I don’t have the heart to explain. Obviously all of this was good news for blood banks. When a story about Sullivan and his hypothesis appeared in a newspa per in Melbourne, Australia, local blood donations reportedly doubled the following week. To their credit, few blood centers, with the evident excep tion of the place you dealt with, have made a big deal out of the possible health benefits of blood donation — mostly because those benefits may prove to be illusory. Critics of the Meyers study point out that the donors and nondonors weren’t evenly matched in terms of their health-risk characteristics — the donors, you won’t be surprised to learn, tended to lead healthier lives. Once risk-factor differences were corrected for, the appar ent benefit of blood donation largely disappeared. The iron hypothesis isn’t completely out the window, but the evidence that donating blood will protect you from heart disease seems pretty scant right now. But let’s not give up on bloodletting too quickly. For a few conditions it remains the treatment of choice. For example, in congenital hemochromatosis, an ailment that usually doesn’t surface until you’re in your thirties, toxic levels of iron .build up in your tissue, eventually leading to heart failure. The treatment is to have blood drawn periodically to keep iron levels under control. An equally serious disease is polycythemia vera, in which your red-blood-cel! count is too high and your blood gets “sludgy,” as one of my informants puts it, possibly leading to leukemia or other bone marrow diseases. Bloodletting helps keep the cell count down. (The drawn blood is of no use to anyone else, though — federal regulations require that it be dis carded.) So the practice might not be as barbaric as it seems. But unless you suffer from an exotic disease, chances are it won’t help you to be a pint low. — CECIL A D A M S
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TA U R U S (Apr. 20-May 20): The ancient Hebrew people observed a holiday unlike any the modern world knows. Celebrated once every 50 years, Jubilee was a time of unprecedented relaxation and free dom. Slaves were emancipated, pris oners released and debts canceled. Best of all, everyone had license to goof off. People partied as much as they worked. invite all you Tauruses to resurrect this ingenious tradition and design your own ver sion of it. During the massive gather ing of planets in your sign, which has already begun, you have every right to rejoice, declare amnesty and release yourself from every form of bondage. The stars decree a Taurus Jubilee between April 27 and May 13! GEM INI (May 21-June 20): It will not be a propitious time, Gemini, to smash bricks over your head or to set your hair on fire or to dare motorcyclists to drive back and forth over your belly. The time is very ripe, though, to fling your mental blocks off a mountaintop or to dream of setting fire to a pile of objects that symbolize your failures or to hire a massage therapist to work you over with nurturing hands until all your energy logjams are dissolved.
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SWF, MID 30S, ATTRACTIVE, ATHLETIC, FUN but responsible. No kids, no hang-ups, very little baggage. ISO S/D M w/ time & temperament to enjoy the out & indoors. 2117
DWPF, 46, ATTRACTIVE, WITTY EDUCATOR. Love to talk, think, learn & laugh, laugh, laugh. Enjoy dining out, dancing, good con versation & imported tea. ISO educated, awesome gent, 47-55. 2113
SUGAR MAMA WANTED. TALL, BEAUTIFUL SM, 24, ISO older, kinky F for erotic ren dezvous. Must be wiling to experiment in the strange and unknown. Discretion needed and assured. Married OK. 2450
IF YOU’LL BE MY MASTER, I'LL BE YOUR genie. Have my own bottle, just neediariittle rub (but tie me down or I’ll fly away),,. ... Submissive, long-haired, SWF, 23. 2045
SWM, STUDENT, ACTIVE 81 HEALTHY. ISO motivated, healthy, intellectual, perfect F, 2030, who believes “bedroom toys” includes handcuffs and doesn’t mind lying about he _________ slightly red wrists, for fun LTR.
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BEAUTIFUL BUT BUSY. 28, ISO FUN, OUTgoing, attractive, fit doll that still knows how to paint the town red. i am a professional that doesn’t have time for games. I love music, skiing, hiking and good food. And fishing. 2448______________________________
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CONSCIENTIOUS DAD W/TODDLER PARTTIME ISO S Mom for ffiendship/companionI ship. PM, early 40s, 5 7 ”, 159 lbs., fit, edu cated, idealistic, active. Letters welcome. ! 2406_____________________________________ ; ITALIAN STALLION: DWCM, ITALIAN/AMERICAN, 50s, NS, NA. ISO social, extroverted, : active Christian lady. Shapely, late 40s, over ; 5*3”, proportional weight w/interests in ; church, dining, dancing, social interactions. ______________ _________ __ : 2422 ; FRIENDLY, ATHLETIC, SHY SWM, 38, 5*5’, 135 ; lbs. ISO younger, active, SWF. Love being ; active outdoors: running, skiing, biking, hik; ing, blading. Honesty a must. Friendship, ; activities or LTR. 2420_______________ _ MY TRACTOR'S SEXY. SWM, 49, 5’M”, 170 lbs., fit, handsome, ambitious, hardworking, NS, ND. Likes animals, country, hiking, movies, Sunday drives. ISO attractive, fit, healthy, sexy, ambitious, honest F for LTR. 2416_____________________________________ 20-SOMETHING, PM, BRIGHT, ATHLETIC, W/ common sense. Keeping an eye out for a smart, attractive, 20-something F w/ fun streak. Athleticism, joie de vivre are bonuses! 2412_________________________________ ME: SM, GOOD MAN, GOOD PROVIDER, potential Dad material. You: SF who might like a little help. Try me out for size and see if I fit! 2413_______________________________ BIG, CUDDLY TEDDY BEAR, SHY, FUNNY, SWM, 23, 5’11, 230 lbs., loves movies, bicy cling, music, art, sci-fi, British comedy. ISO attractive F, 18-34, race, weight, height unimportant. 2410_____________________________
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HANDSOME, 6’4”, 220, BRAND NEW TO Burlington. Just turned 27 & didn’t have a strong, intelligent woman to give him a spanking. Can you help? 2459______________
OK, SO I’M FAT. THAT SAID - SWF, 37, ISO SM, 35-50, slightly off-beat, open-minded, appreciates the finer things. Look past my figure to the zany, passionate woman I realty am. 2115______ ___________________________
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DWPM, FIT, ATTRACTIVE DAD, 48, 6’, LOVES music, dancing, blading, outdoor activities, working out. Emotionally available, willing to take risks. ISO happiness & an LTR w/ someone special. 2460_________________________
NUCLEAR PHYSICIST, ANTHROPOLOGICALLY appropriate, deconstructionist, classical, car nival artist. DWM, 48, 6’, 175 tbs. Positive, handsome, hip, open-minded, erudite, spon taneous, procrastinating, stimulating, cos mopolitan hick. ISO interesting F for possible nuclear fusion experiments. 2458___________
QUIET, SENSITIVE, NURTURING SM, 36, physician. Novice backpacker ISO younger SF w/similar qualities for weekend Long Trail trips & misc. camping trips around VT. 2522
WISE WOMAN ISO GENTLE WARRIOR, 45+, to celebrate life and love. Relationship based on compassion, honesty, communication, commitment, intimacy, passion, playfulness, wonder. Artistic, socially concious DWPF interested in outdoors, sailing, meditation, yoga, photography, film, music, fitness. 2404
SWEET, SALTY, SEASONED F, NO BITTER aftertaste. ISO M counterpart, 45+, to stir things up and make a stew. Intelligence, warmth, humor, good “presentation.” What can you add to the pot? 2320______________
ATTRACTIVE, PETITE, SHAPELY SWF WHO loves animals, travel, outdoor activities, music, entertaining, cultural events — look ing to meet someone w/ similiar interests who is honest, open, financially secure & monogamous. 2160______________________ _
DWF, 5’6", 60, LOOKS MUCH YOUNGER. PF enjoys dancing, walking, good movies, new experiences, quiet eves, at home. Attractive, easy-going, good sense of humor, affectionate, romantic, enjoy people. 2240 _______
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FIT, ACTIVE SPF, 56, OF ECLECTIC INTER ESTS, seldom acts her age. Loves good food, conversation, books, films, also music. Wide-eyed and cynical by turns but ultimately optimistic. ISO communicative M. 2418
DWM, 32, OPEN-MINDED VIRGO W/STYLE 81 grace. Two children. Dancing, light-hearted, good conversation, honest & professionally secure. ISO SF, 25-? for friendship & possibly more. 2469_______________________________
LOOKING FOR CENTRAL VT M, 45-55, CAR ING, compassionate and romantic who enjoys being treated special and is willing to return the favor. Fun, laughter & love promised. 2119____________________________
CAN BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN? THIS attrac tive, intelligent, creative DWF, 31, mother, smoker, has grown weary of boring blind dates. ISO honest, intelligent, fun WM, 3045, personality a must. 2402_______________ ARE YOU LOOKING FOR AN UNINHIBITED SEXY GIRL? My name is Alexis, I am 28 & slender. I LOVE erotic phone conversation. If you would tike a photo, leave an e-mail or mailing address... 2408____________________
SPF, 5'5”, 125 LBS., FULL-BODIED CLASSIC \ vintage, refined by age (41), light & full of » character, crisp, refreshing and enticing with « a subtle hint of spontaneity. Seeks bold, full- * flavored accompaniment. 2213______________♦
ONE OF A KIND. DWM, NS, 46. 5’io ”. *95 lbs. Biking, hiking, concerts, museums, etc. ISO attractive, healthy, sexy, honest, sincere female to share quality time with and possibly more? 2509___________________________
LAZY, CRAZY, BRILLIANT, HANDSOME, imma ture, obnoxious, beer-drinking, cigarette smoking, smelly, horny, loud, affectionate, rebellious, passionate, dirty, adventurous, idiotic, anarcho/primitivist, creative, 5’9”, 160 lbs., un-P WM. ISO weird, hot F. 2421_______ MATURE/GOOFY, 27, IN BURL ISO ROMANCE or friendship to share the Adirondacks, Montreal, independent record stores, fun, art, giggles, cooking, empathy, sunshine and umbrellas. 2319___________________________ NEANDERTHAL ISO CAVEWOMAN FOR dinosaur hunts, making fire, gathering food, clan activities and other evolutionary activi ties. Should have stone tools, opposable thumbs, large cranial cavity. Homo sapiens encouraged to apply. 2339_________ _______ WANTED: THE AMERICAN DREAM. IMPERFECT M ISO the perfect F! Take the challenge and amaze me. I’m 23, 6’, 200 lbs., fit. 2336
music ftan. Mc<st days, I to walk out the door so I can put on one ct the old Tammy Wynette or Dolly Partcn or Patsy Cline albums I keep hid den in the back ct the closet, behind the vacu um cleaner bags. My girltriend only listens to classical music, and she believes that I’m the same. I live in constant dread that one day she’ll walk in just as I’m cranking up the volume, or that one of the tew triends with whom I’ve shared my secret will inadvertently cut me. I teel like I’m living a lie, but I’m also territied that if I come clean, my girltriend won’t respect me. Help! Duplicitous in Danby Dear Duplicitous, The truth will set you tree. Don’t walk, but run cut ct the country closet in which you have imprisoned ycurselt. Jour lover will respect you ter your honesty,
SWPM, RUTLAND AREA. 31, ENJOY OUTDOOR activities, movies, dining out or in. ISO SF, 25-38, NS, ND, for stimulating conversation, fun, romance and possible LTR. 2506_______
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DWM, CATHOLIC K OF C W/ CHURCH ANNULment. 53, ISO Catholic lady, 41-53, with same status or S to share good times & VT’s spring at my Battery Park home. LTR is my objective. 2507_________________________ _
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I AM A DOG IN A MAN’S BODY. SEEKING F, * 5-7 dog years. If you “come” we can “sit,” * “stay” and have a “cookie.” Maybe later we » can “down." 2229__________________________ « CONNECTION IS EVERYTHING. I’M 34, TALL, attractive, intelligent, professional, creative, sincere, relationship-oriented. If you’re 25 -33, know what connection really is, call, let’s see if we have it. 2237
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37YO WF, 5 ’io ”, 120 LBS., ISO UNATTACHED, hot, bi/curious F, 20-40, for pampering/play. I crave attention while boyfriend is away. 3way play when he’s not. Discretion assured.
M, 21, ISO F COMPANION. CRAZIES OK, IF medicated, but please, no fatties. 2226
Bi-CURIOUS F, 21, ATTRACTIVE, 5*4”, 130. ISO fun, uninhibited, attractive bi-sexual F, 20-23, for frivolous, titillating escapade(s). Very open-minded. Please call. 2270
DO YOU LOVE THE OUTDOORS? DO YOU love to snuggle? Attractive, athletic & very caring SWPM, 28 ISO honest, fit, emotionally mature F for outdoor adventures & life-long learning. 2221_____________________________ SWM, 2 4 ,14 0 LBS., FUNNY, ISO SWF WHO likes music, cars, movies, 420 & kids. Good bdrm. skills a plus. 20-35, no head games. Where have all the good times gone? 2203
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AFTER AN EXTENDED WALK ; and having a good time. 2322_____________ about he is again roaming the Green Mtns. ; S8tM BUDDIES WANTED! GWM, 35, 6’, 180, in praise of life & living. Climb, ski, bike, * handsome, rugged type ISO dominant M, lend your feminine energy to the celebration, j 25-45, to use, punish and humiliate me. 2159______________________________________ : 2214_____________________________________ SWM, 31, FIT AND READY. ISO 25-35, GOOD- j ME SLAVE? YOU MASTER? GIVE A CALL, SIR. looking, honest, loving for fun and sharing. • 2323__________________________________ Desire LTR eventually, but know that can * take time. Sort of new to“VT, don’t know * ME: ABOUT TO TURN 40 THIS SPRING. STOP many people. 2163________________________ « March Madness. ISO good company besides. Break the Silence because “good romance” GENEROSITY & TLC TO A F WHO IS SEXY &J X is the best truth & dare of all! 2283________ or pretty. Me: SM, medium-length hair, intel- ’ ligent, well-groomed, 39+. You: age 18-? Not X BiWM, BROWN/BROWN, ISO BiM FOR ADULT much time required. 2146__________________ * fun at your house on my lunch or on Saturdays. ISO slender, short hair, 18-36, dis I NEED INTELLECTUAL WORKOUT PARTNER. * ease-free, white or black. 2214_____________ SWM, 21, 5’8”, 160 lbs. for exercise, danc* ing, conversation, shopping. Just living it up. X GWM, 39, ISO STRONG-WILLED, INDEPEN Bright smiles and personalities only. Sense X DENT, confident GWM as partner—not other of humor a must. 2153_____________________ * half. Possess own interests and friends, will ing to accept mine, functions alone or in SPRING AHEAD W/ THIS MID-LIFE COWBOY, • pairs. Someone who lives life. 2232________ ride along life’s happy traits, share stories * around a fire & explore the unknown. ISO of j 26, BiCURIOUS WM ISO FIT, ATTRACTIVE M fit, NS F who likes to ride. 2149____________ * to initiate me. Be firm but gentle. Discrettion essential. No letters. 2165__________________ CREATIVE, SMART, SWM, 23, 6’, 165 LBS., • blonde/blue, Pisces — punk music, art films * INTELLIGENT, 20, M ISO S TO SPEND TIME & the great outdoors. ISO SWF, 18-26, for a * with sharing ideas and life. Must be dean & fun playmate!! Anything goes!! 2168_________ ” into looking good. Interests: movies, clubs, singing, shopping & hanging out. 2225 LOVING SPRING... SWPM, 56, WHAT’S impor- l tant? Friends, the country life, thoughts, val- » VERSATILE, BLONDE, BUILT, HAIRY. 2 6 ,16 0 ues, passions, humor ISO a kind woman X lbs., 5*7”, seeks other hairy, built, fun men who walks lightly on the sands of time. X for wrestling, spanking, armpits/nipples. 2169______________________ X Kinky, down-to-earth, playful exploration. Jock daddies/scruffy boys, A+. 2162_________ HANDSOME, EDUCATED, ATHLETIC, SUCESS- * FUL SWM ISO a LTR w/ an attractive, outgo- * SATURDAY MORNINGS AT COSTCO: HOT ing, spontaneous lady, 35-45. Must be will- » guys working the check out, hot guys stock- • ■ ing to be spoiled by a generous & romantic X ing shelves. Need to relax after work? This M w/ a great personality. 2170_____________ X GM will help. 2063________________________ i SPM, 27, TRANSPLANTED FLATLANDER. FIT, * SMART, SAVVY SENIOR SEEKS SIMILAR healthy, enjoys the outdoors, movies, danc- * sociable sorts for acquaintanes, possible ing, dining, searching for a down-to-earth, j friendship, enjoy conversation, pleasure, sur- J ; intelligent, PF, 23-30 for fun & friendship * prises, humor. Eves, in/out, here/there. first. 2 171____________________________ _ _ j Limited budget, unlimited enthusiasm. 2208 1 SWM, 5 ’io ”, 37, NS, ISO THE RIGHT F TO » share all the good times with. The nights at » home to cuddle. Attractive, outdoorsy, ambi- * tious. 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SOME PIG-TERRIFIC! I SPY YOU IN CENTRAL Park, Smuggler’s Notch, San Francisco, my dreams, the stars, the brilliant sun, my breath. I spy our souls at play. Love, Pippet. 2516______________________________________
SWPM, SUBMISSIVE ISO DOMINANT, strong, aggressive F for relationship and fun. Let’s explore together. 2326_____________________
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PEACE AND JUSTICE, 4/8. OUT OF NOWHERE. You: intelligent and friendly w/young com panion. Me: preoccupied and tongue-tied. Try again. 2468___________________________
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ATTRACTIVE & PETITE SWF, 38, 5’2”, 105 lbs., long brown hair, brown eyes. Enjoys music, fishing, camping, fast cars and romantic drives. ISO handsome, slender SWM, 25-38. Send photo w/letter. Box 737 PRETTY FLATLANDER ISO FRIEND, 60+, TO share love of culture, nature, & finer things of life. Box 740___________________________ SWF, 60S, NEW-FASHIONED, IRISH, LOVES words, politics, music, film, theater, sexuality, nature...not necessarily in that order. Accidental potter, deliberate writer. Consider carefully, my mind is open...Box 738________ I’M 67 WF NS - INDEPENDENT, HONEST, gardener, reader, humorous, not an extrovert. Enjoy intelligent, down-to-earth people. Can we be friends? Box 732_______________ AM I ASKING TOO MUCH? ALL I WANT IS A good-looking M escort for summertime events in Burlington. Me? Blonde, blue, early 40s (look younger), tall, fit. Let’s have fun! Make new friends! Box 733_________________ OPEN YOUR HEART & YOU WILL FIND ME. IF you’re looking for true love, you found me. 50, DWF, LTR w/DWM, 4 2-52. Who knows what true love is. Box 7 3 4 ________________
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60. Still optimistic, literate, well-traveled. Loves books, words, cooking, hiking, music, J.S.B. to B.B.K. ISO reasonably sane & fit F, 45+, Central VT, Similar interests. Box 721
30-43, to enjoy life w/. Dancing, movies, din ing out, beach or just staying home. NS ND. Box 708
DEEPLY BEAUTIFUL HEART-CENTERED. Preciously rare. Are you there? I am. 40’s. Box 7 1 3 ____________________________
PAVLOV’S DOG SEEKS RECONDITIONING. Tail, fit, SW Alpha M repeatedly beaten by loveless mother, ISO angel of mercy to remove my collar & allow me to stand on two legs. Box 722_________________________
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DPF, 48, INTRIGUED BY LIFE. ADVENTUROUS, sense of humor, love of arts, socially con scious, ISO M, 40S-50S, who is smart, funny, fit, passionate. Box 706____________________ HIPPIE CHICK ISO COOL DUDE, WHO LOVES the awesomeness of existence, to share hon est to goodness, simple, down-to-solid-earth real times w/. Have 1 child, yupper. Box 698
m m M itk in a w om an FUNNY, EDUCATED, JM. WELL- READ, NEED engaging conversation, pursue visual arts, bass on a fly rod, jazz, Bach and Krauss. Later 50s, offbeat but fully civilized. ISO LTR w/independent, smart, fit, playful F. Any bkgrd., 47-57. Picture appreciated. Box 735 WM, 35, MONTPELIER AREA. PART AM. Indian, French, Irish, English, 150 lbs., blue eyes. Never married, ND, NS, Vegetarian. Send photo. Hi, Steve. Box 735_____________ DWM, 50S, TALL, HEALTHY, STABLE, SPIRI TUAL, holisitic practitioner desires lady with hypnotic eyes, captivating smile, sensuous feet to canoe, kayak, hike, dance, travel, other, possible LTR. Box 720
SWF, 23, NEW IN BURLINGTON ISO 23-2 7, to hang out. Not into party life. Enjoys eating in, art, mostly cuddling. Must be fun & kindheartecLjnclude^^
WARM, HANDSOME, FIT, CAPTAIN ISO MATE for love boat. I am a SWPF, 45, 5’9”, Let me spoil you & let’s cruise the beautiful waters of L. Champlain this summer. Box 723______ WM. 21, INCARCERATED. JUST BECAUSE I made a mistake doesn’t mean I am a bad guy! ISO SF, 18-30 for correspondence to share thoughts & help ease the loneliness. Box 717__________________________________ ISO FUNKY JEWESS. EARLY 40S, 5’4"+- LET’S see—when I walked out this morning I thought I had everything...oops! I forgot to get married. Box 718 _________ r i SWM, 34, s T , 156 LBS., HANDSOME & handy, successful, honest, wild. ISO petite, - . attractive, adventurous F, 25-35. To become ae queen of my castle. Box 709 ■/ 0 1 I AM ONLY MORTAL, HOW THEN CAN I SWAY you to write w/so few words? Attempt # 1: Spring has this message for you: sh|ke off the solitary, wintery darkness and write to another kind and searching soul. Barely 41, tall, medium build. Box 712 ____________ ANTI-SOCIAL, CRUDE, DISGUSTING & UGLY. Mid 40s, “Gothic.” SWM, smoker, into cemetaries, dark music, horror & literature. ISO one “Gothic” SWF. I’m stuck in Rutland... bored too. Box 710
LE TS PARTY TOGETHER. SWM, MID 30'S. Good build and looks. ISO slender ladies, 25-40, who like myself, enjoy good compa ny, passionate kisses & the feeling of lovemaking. Me very clean, nice guy. Box 742
PL, 49, IN LOVE WITH NATURE, THE ARTS, spiritual practice, personal & P growth and my two cats. Seeks dance of companionship/ LTR w/ NS kindred spirit. Box 739__________
ATTRACTIVE MaWCu. EARLY 20S, ISO BiF for wife’s 1st fantasy. Husband will take part w/ wife only. Please send letters, photo & phone no. so we can tell more. Box 736
GWF, 38, SMOKER, ISO MATURE, POSITIVE, spiritual, ND, GWF w/interest in books, cats, hiking and long conversations over coffee. Sincerity, honesty and communication a must. Friendship first. Box 728
HEALTHY, SMART, PRETTY, FIT, CURIOUS WF, 31, ISO attractive, fun-loving, creative M and/or F for adventurous recreational activi ties. Box 729
mm AREN’T THERE ANY NS, BURLINGTON-AREA, 31-37, GWPM’s who are looking for friendship/dating/LTR? My magic 8-ball says “signs point to yes.” I know I can’t be fhe'bnly lonely heart around. Besides, you’ve made worse gambles w/5 bucks! Box 716_________ LOOKING FOR A DATE? WILL YOU DATE ME? I have brown eyes and hair, 200 lbs. I would like to have a relationship in or out or around North East Kingdom. P. S. I won’t mind dating a blck man. Box 741___________
DWF, 50S, FROM EUROPE, NS, PETITE, attractive, independent, secure. Like the out doors, dancing, travel, dining out, good con versations. ISO fit SPM for friendship. Let’s meet. Box 726
HALVORSONS, WEDNESDAY, 2/23. YOU: 2WF, 1BM, 4WM— kindred spirits? Search for SWIL on www. Me: SWIL dinosaur. Enjoy! Box 715
GWM, 40s, 6 'i", ROUGH, TUMBLE TYPE, EDU, neat, clean, lean, spare, masc., ND, NS, tee 81 cut-offs style. Loves outdoors, hobbies, beer, bike, swim. Spring is here, who will join me? Box 731
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