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re Vermont reporters required to turn over their tape recordings, video footage and notebooks to state prosecutors? In a 2018 decision that could strengthen press freedom in Vermont, a Superior Court judge evidently ruled no. But because the ruling involved a secret investigative procedure known as an inquest, it’s remained under seal; in fact, its very existence was unknown. On Tuesday, the Vermont Supreme Court heard arguments over whether the ruling should be made public. That would provide a first look at how the courts are interpreting Vermont’s new media shield law, a 2017 statute intended to protect reporters and their sources from the long reach of law enforcement. (Seven Days was among the news outlets that lobbied for its passage.) The case revolves around 38 minutes of video footage WCAX-TV captured in January 2018 as police fatally shot a suspected bank robber on the grounds of Montpelier High School. Washington County State’s Attorney Rory Thibault convened an inquest to determine whether authorities acted appropriately and subpoenaed the footage. Citing the shield law, WCAX moved to quash the subpoena, calling it “a classic fishing expedition” and arguing that the prosecutor could make his case without enlist-
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ing the press. Judge Howard VanBenthuysen apparently agreed — but he denied a subsequent motion from the station to unseal his own opinion. On Tuesday at the state’s highest court, a lawyer for WCAX argued that judicial decisions, whenever possible, should be made public. But Thibault said that, due to the confidential nature of inquests, disclosing a decision could jeopardize an investigation. Justice Beth Robinson asked Thibault whether VanBenthuysen’s decision “contained information that would compromise an ongoing investigation.” “I would have to concede to your honor, in this particular case, no,” the county prosecutor said. “But that is not always going to be the case in an inquest proceeding.” Chad Bowman, a Washington, D.C., attorney representing WCAX’s parent company, Gray Television, pounced on the admission and added that the inquest was never all that secret, given that its existence was announced at a press conference. “This case is about an attempt to create a presumptive rule that all court decisions relating to inquests are automatically sealed,” Bowman said. “Because nothing in the record supports the sealing of this subpoena decision.” Read reporter Paul Heintz’s full story at sevendaysvt.com.
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to conduct searches during traffic stops. Legalized possession, they worried, would take away their most reliable source of probable cause, preventing them from finding whatever else might be stashed under the passenger seat. “That’s the booger in all of this,” Jennifer Morrison, then-president of the Vermont Association of Chiefs
of Police, told Seven Days before possession became legal. But the practice was problematic even before the law took effect. In 2017, former officer Christopher Lopez was caught lying about smelling marijuana to justify a car search the year before. He resigned, and prosecutors had to drop more than a dozen cases he’d investigated. In January, the Vermont Supreme
Court found that the faint scent of marijuana was not enough to justify a 2014 search of Gregory Zullo’s car by state police. Zullo, who is African American, had to walk eight miles after a trooper with a history of questionable searches towed his car and refused to give him a ride home. Research by professor Stephanie Seguino of the University of Vermont has shown that people of color in Vermont are more likely to be stopped and searched, even though they are less likely to be caught with contraband. Fewer searches will hopefully lead to more equitable treatment for black drivers, del Pozo said. DEREK BROUWER SEVEN DAYS MAY 15-22, 2019
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is set up is a perfect example of how the white savior complex is perpetuated in the media. In case you haven’t heard the term “white savior complex,” it “refers to a white person who acts to help nonwhite people, with the help in some contexts perceived to be self-serving,” according to Wikipedia. Here are some examples: white people volunteering in African countries; “saving” hijab-wearing Muslim women; watching movies with white teachers “inspiring” low-income students of color. The white savior complex is a racist idea that reinforces the notion that white people are superior and can save “poor” people of color. How can we work to create new narratives in the media, in our schools and in our minds that don’t reinforce white superiority, even when a white person is doing a good job?
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award to be renamed. Instead, they cited the fact that no one knows who Fisher is and that her initials create confusion with a certain state agency. Does anyone remember who Randolph Caldecott or John Newbery were? I doubt it, yet the awards in their names are two of the most highly respected in children’s literature today. Alas, there is nothing DCF can do to change her initials, but that seems like a weak reason to change the award’s name. The removal of Fisher’s name from the book award is the result of a sad misreading of history.
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What a shame that in a state with very little public recognition of the accomplishments of women, some people decided to go after Dorothy Canfield Fisher [Off Message: “Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award to Be Renamed,” May 3]. She was an early Paul Carnahan 20th-century author and nationally known MONTPELIER activist for a variety of causes, including reading, libraries and child welfare. Her accomplishments went beyond her literary NOT SO SUPER output and deserve recognition. In the cover photo illustrating the May Contrary to what some have asserted, 1 “‘Super’ Hero” story, superintendent Fisher was not a leader in the eugenSean McMannon, a THROUGH SUNDAY! ics movement. Nancy middle-aged white Gallagher’s compreman, is standing tall hensive book on and proud in front of eugenics in Vermont the Winooski Educahas only one reference tional Center, a district to Fisher — as a member with 58 percent of the Committee on students of color. His the Conservation of image is clear and in Vermont Traditions and focus. Like a white Ideals, a subcommittee version of God, a light of the Vermont Commisis beaming from his sion on Country Life. She head, and the words was not a member of the “‘Super’ Hero” are in CITY eugenics subcommittee. bold. ROCK N ONIO REIGN SUPREME STATE OF THE UNION Fisher’s role in the Just in front of eugenics movement was him, barely recognizable, so ambiguous that the state library board are blurred images of dark-skinned childismissed that as a reason for the book dren running about. The way this photo Superintendent is Sean McMannon ski teaching Winoo a thing or two about school spirit BY MOLLY WALSH, PAGE 30
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Like downtrodden fans of the New York Mets, those expecting Vermont to legalize the commercialization of cannabis in 2019 find themselves echoing a sad old refrain: “Maybe next year.” Though the proposed TAX-AND-REGULATE BILL is up in smoke for now, pot remains a burning topic. Just ask advocate LARISA BOLIVAR, the keynote speaker at the VERMONT CANNABIS & HEMP CONVENTION. Curiously, the state is seeing a drop in MEDICAL MARIJUANA card registrations, even as some patients turn to CANNABIS TO WEEN OFF OPIOIDS and senior citizens learn about REEFER’S RX POTENTIAL. Speaking of education, a few local colleges are rolling out DANK DEGREES. Got munchies? AMY BACON concocts canna-confections for CHAMPLAIN VALLEY DISPENSARY, and at least one local chef dishes DOPE DINNERS on the sly. We politely suggest he consult etiquette expert LIZZIE POST of the Emily Post Institute on the proper way to set a table for a sensi-smorgasbord.
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n Monday morning, a new mood could be felt in the Vermont Statehouse. Adjournment seemed imminent, and momenOpen at 11am • Closed Sunday tum was building toward departure. Principles that seemed crucial throughout the 802-748-6510 session began to feel more … disposable. 220 Railroad Street, St. Johnsbury Or, if you prefer, their disposal seemed inevitable in the rush to close up shop this Saturday, May 18. 16t-videoking051519.indd 1 5/9/19 11:05 AM By day’s end Monday, the disposal process was well under way, and the carnage was coming into focus. There was one advance on a key bill: A Senate measure to establish a 24-hour waiting period for handgun purchases finally cleared the House Judiciary Committee CHANNEL 15 after a weeks-long delay. It seems to be on track for passage this year, though Gov. PHIL SCOTT hasn’t committed to signing it. In other areas, the news was not so MONDAYS > 6:30 P.M. good. The two Democrat-dominated chambers of the legislature continued GET MORE INFO OR their cold war over competing priorities, WATCH ONLINE AT with the Senate pushing a minimum wage VERMONTCAM.ORG increase and the House fighting for paid family leave. Then, on Monday evening, lawmakers acknowledged that a bill to 16t-vcam-weekly.indd 1 5/7/19 11:56 AM legalize the retail sale of cannabis would not pass this year. It was the perfect portrait of a session that may be remembered for the Democrats’ failure to wield the political power they won in the 2018 election. It was clearly more of a struggle than it could have been, and many are feeling the strain. “I’m a high-energy person,” said Senate Majority Leader BECCA BALINT (D-Windham). “This weekend, I took not one nap, but two. I never do that. I feel really profoundly tired. I’ve been trying to figure out why.” Balint offered a few ideas: angst over President DONALD TRUMP and events in Washington, D.C.; increased communications from constituents over social media; and the high expectations that arose from last November’s vote, which gave the Democrats and Progressives a combined supermajority in the House and increased their supermajority in the Senate. “The voters gave us a pretty strong loc al, fres h , o r i g i n a l mandate in 2018,” said Progressive/ Democratic Lt. Gov. DAVID ZUCKERMAN. “2020 will be equally so, if not stronger. This two years is the best opportunity I’ve seen to take bold action. We’ve made some progress, but I don’t think we’ve made as 1076 Williston Road, S. Burlington much as the voters wanted.” Especially on issues the Democrats 862.6585 emphasized in last fall’s campaigns. www.windjammerrestaurant.com “We came in with really clear priorities
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around minimum wage and paid family leave,” said Rep. SARAH COPELAND HANZAS (D-Bradford). “We ran on these issues and climate change. The voters gave us strong majorities. And yet we seem reluctant to put forward bold versions of these ideas.” Climate change has been a particular disappointment. Some modest steps have been taken, but nothing that comes close to fulfilling expectations — or that would get Vermont back on track to meeting its climate action goals. Elsewhere, items on the Democratic agenda have followed three paths. A few
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have moved briskly, such as the twin measures to protect reproductive rights in state law and the state Constitution. There are those that have failed to cross the finish line, or seemed destined to die. The cannabis bill is now at the top of this list, but there are others: a bill to tighten regulation of toxic chemicals and another that would toughen rules on hydrofluorocarbons (a greenhouse gas used in some commercial applications), a ban on corporate political contributions and a study of the state’s dysfunctional public campaign financing system. That’s right, a study failed to move. Sad. The final category is the largest. These are bills that have moved through the legislature or may do so by session’s end — but with substantially more difficulty than might have been expected. Atop this list are the minimum wage and paid family leave bills. Earlier in the session, the House quickly passed a paid family leave program while the Senate approved a boost in the minimum wage to $15 an hour by the year 2024. Recently, each body has substantially weakened the other’s pet bill. Last week, the Senate Finance Committee reduced the paid leave program’s benefits, significantly lowering its costs. On Monday, the Senate Appropriations Committee moved the bill to the full Senate without endorsing it — an unusual step that signals deep unease. Also Monday, the House Appropriations Committee approved a diluted version of the minimum wage bill and, even then, only narrowly approved it. As
the bill now stands, the minimum wage would increase by 2.25 times the inflation rate until it reaches $15 an hour — which, at current projections, wouldn’t happen until 2026 or later. “I’m very disappointed that minimum wage and paid family leave are being watered down,” said Rep. ROBIN CHESNUTTANGERMAN (P-Middletown Springs), leader of the House Progressive caucus. “It’s questionable whether half a loaf is better than none.” Many other bills have been moving slowly, often bogged down by differences between House and Senate. For instance, a universally popular bill to test all drinking water sources in schools and childcare centers has dragged on endlessly and is still being worked out in conference committee. Senators are particularly rankled by “the number of bills that just aren’t moving,” said Sen. DICK SEARS (D-Bennington). “It has been frustrating at times.” Indeed, several Senate bills were assigned to House committees in mid- to late March — only to stall for several weeks. Sen. PHIL BARUTH (D/P-Chittenden) believes that some of the House-Senate tension comes from a change in gubernatorial strategy. “In the last two years, Phil Scott drew a red line on taxes,” said Baruth. “That united the House and Senate. This time, by intent or inaction, Scott decided to do nothing. Without a common enemy, you start fighting among yourselves.” Or you start trying to craft legislation that might win the governor’s signature — which can devolve into negotiating against yourself. Part of the House’s problem is a result of the November election, which brought forward a massive first-year class of 40 new state representatives. And fully half of the House’s 14 standing committees have new chairs this year. “Bills have come out more slowly from committees with new chairs,” said Copeland Hanzas, who was appointed in January to lead the House Government Operations Committee. “My committee is mostly new to our policy area. For a first-time chair, that’s difficult to manage.” Two of the bitterest House-Senate standoffs have involved a pair of schoolrelated bills: the lead testing measure and a bill to allow some school districts a one-year delay in implementing consolidation plans under Act 46. The former is being worked out in a conference committee. The latter has fallen victim to differences between the two chambers’ education committees.
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Summer camps for kids ages 5-16. House Education Committee chair KATE WEBB (D-Shelburne) was asked if her first-year status contributed to the pair of disputes. “Possibly,” she replied. “But everything broke down with [Senate Education Committee chair] Phil Baruth last year, as well.” Oh, snap. And Baruth snaps back. “The House Education Committee got into the weeds [on the bills],” he said. “And having gotten into the weeds, they tend to think their view is correct with a capital C.” Sounds like a healthy relationship. And now cannabis will have to wait ’til next year. Which means a full tax-andregulate system may face further delay beyond the projected full retail implementation date of July 2021. That’s a bitter pill to swallow for those wanting to establish cannabis-related businesses and for the many lawmakers who don’t necessarily support legalization but prefer it to the current law, which only allows personal cultivation and possession. The legislation is complicated, to be sure. It would create a regulated marketplace for a product, complete with permitting, licensure, oversight, allowable advertising and tax collection. Still, it passed the Senate easily on March 1, with more than half the session remaining. Somehow that wasn’t enough time for the House. Speaker MITZI JOHNSON (D-South Hero) had explanations at the ready. The bill touched on the jurisdictions of seven different committees, which slowed its progress. And, she added, “This was never on our must-pass list for this year.” Sure. But there are only a handful of must-pass bills each session: the budget, a revenue bill, the transportation bill and the capital expenditure bill. A lot more than that is expected. And Copeland Hanzas, whose committee had primary jurisdiction over the cannabis legislation, said her panel laid the groundwork for passage. “It came out of my committee on a 10-1 vote,” she said. “I think it’s just not a priority. It’s a shame.” And a failure to meet the hopes of all those Democratic voters. “There are high expectations,” said Balint. “We put those on ourselves, as well. I want us to be using the power we have.” Maybe next year.
farming has already become a booming industry, creating new business opportunities in Vermont and elsewhere. Longtime Montpelier lobbyist TODD BAILEY is seeing fields of green. His firm, Leonine Public Affairs, has begun a national business in cannabis advocacy, which he will lead. Initially, Leonine’s primary client is Trace, a blockchain system developed by two Vermonters, JOSHUA DECATUR and PAUL LINTILHAC. The program provides a secure way to track cannabis plants. “If you have a functioning seed-to-sale system used by regulators and the businesses, everyone would know where the seeds came from, who grew them, who harvested, and who processes and sells,” Bailey said. But Trace isn’t the only outfit in the field. “The industry is quite competitive,” said Bailey. “There can be issues in the legislative arena over how contracts are granted. We will have to make sure laws are fair and sensible and regulations are written well.” The business of hemp cultivation began to explode, according to Bailey, thanks to the 2018 federal farm bill. It allowed states to regulate commercial hemp farming, and many are rushing to get on board. “States like Florida, with significant losses in the orange crop, will be aggressive on hemp,” Bailey said. “This could be a $22 billion industry within three years. It’s a huge opportunity.” Bailey had been looking for a way to move his work to Philadelphia, where his wife recently started a new job. It’s a convenient hub for the heavy travel schedule he expects to maintain — and a place where he has roots, as you can tell from his Philly sports-heavy Twitter feed. That will mean changes in Leonine’s Statehouse personnel. NICK SHERMAN (whose father, veteran lobbyist BOB SHERMAN , cofounded Leonine, back when it was known as Kimbell Sherman Ellis) will be president of the Vermont government relations team, spearheading the efforts of four staff lobbyists in one of Montpelier’s biggest advocacy firms. m
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ince Vermont legalized growing and possessing cannabis in July 2018, the number of registered medical marijuana patients has dropped off sharply. Now the dispensaries that pioneered growing and selling medical pot in the state say their futures rely on selling recreational weed in a legalized marketplace. The medical program lost approximately 500 patients, from a high of about 5,700, in the 10 months since partial legalization took effect, according to the Vermont Department of Public Safety, which oversees the registry. More could choose not to renew their cards, which cost $50 annually. Dispensary operators say sales have declined by about 20 percent since last July. “I’m hoping we’ve found our bottom at this point,” said Shayne Lynn, executive director of Champlain Valley Dispensary and Southern Vermont Wellness. “But I don’t know if we have. And that’s the part that’s very nerve-racking.” The slump could deepen: Leaders of the Vermont House announced this week that a closely watched bill to legalize the retail sale of cannabis would have to wait until next year for a vote, potentially delaying the development of a recreational market. High overhead costs have long kept dispensary operators from competing with the illicit market. They say a flood of product grown and sold illegally since last year has only compounded the problem. And curious customers have gone to check out the goods in Massachusetts, home to newly legal recreational dispensaries, according to Christopher Walsh, the president at Grassroots Vermont, a medical dispensary based in Brandon. “We all expressed concern when this went down with the July 1 law, and everything is unfolding exactly as we said it would,” Walsh said. “The only people who got hurt in this are the medical dispensaries.” Those dispensaries are at a pivotal juncture. To stay afloat and provide the best care possible, their owners argue, the for-profit medical businesses must be allowed to sell recreational cannabis in the “adult-use” market, if and when the state legalizes it. That revenue could help stanch the flow from the medical side. “We always have been and always will be a medical program,” said Amanda Kitchen, who serves as chief compliance officer for the Vermont Patients Alliance, a Montpelier
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dispensary, and works with another dispensary, PhytoCare, which is located in Bennington. “Even if we do participate in adult use, it would be to subsidize the medical program. That is our priority.” Walsh was more forceful in his assessment. “Don’t let there be adult use or full legalization without the guys that have spent all this money to be compliant not being able to play in that arena,” he said. “I mean, that’s just asinine to me.” But other legalization advocates worry that the three dispensary operators who run the state’s five medical cannabis businesses focus more on profits than on patients. Eli Harrington, a cofounder of the media and events company Heady Vermont and a registered Statehouse lobbyist, thinks that the program is not working properly and could become an afterthought should lawmakers eventually legalize selling recreational weed. “Is the medical marijuana program meant to serve people who are sick and provide them with medical cannabis, or is it meant to protect the investments of the dispensary owners?” Harrington said. “Corporate welfare is not a compelling enough argument … They’ve had no competition for years. What other advantages do they need to prove they can serve people’s needs?” The dispensaries have lobbied at the Statehouse this session for changes to both the medical program and the recreational cannabis law. According to filings with the Secretary of State’s Office, the Vermont
Cannabis Trades Association, an outfit representing multiple dispensaries, and Grassroots Vermont have paid lobbyists almost $17,000 combined as of mid-April. Until this week, it seemed like money well spent. A recent version of S.54, the Senate-passed bill to create a regulated cannabis market, would allow medical dispensaries to sell recreational pot and get first dibs at it. The amended measure calls for five “integrated licenses,” available only
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to the medical dispensaries, that would allow them to act as cultivators, wholesalers, product manufacturers and retailers and to operate testing laboratories. Others involved in the market would need to apply for specific licenses that would allow them to cultivate cannabis, for instance, or make weed-infused products. The legislation would give dispensaries a five-month head start selling weed before other retailers could open up shop. Lawmakers won’t finalize the bill and send it to Gov. Phil Scott this session, but they could pick it back up in its current form in January 2020 and finish the job. Rep. Sarah Copeland Hanzas (D-Bradford) thinks the licenses are an important
aspect of the measure that would allow dispensaries to continue running “seed to sale” operations. She chairs the House Government Operations Committee, which added the integrated licensing provision to the bill and approved it earlier this month. “They are experienced at this, they know how to cultivate, they know how to formulate certain kinds of consumables, and I think there probably is a great niche for them in the marketplace,” said Copeland Hanzas, who noted that other aspects of the bill aim to give illegal growers a chance to become legit. Harrington firmly opposes giving the medical dispensaries a head start. He thinks all licensees in a new market should begin at the same point — no leg up for anyone. He worries that the dispensaries already wield too much power. He pointed to a recent report, first published on his website, that Champlain Valley Dispensary allegedly grew hundreds of pot plants at a vegetable farm in Craftsbury while claiming the crop was hemp. Test results showed the plants, grown in an unsecured greenhouse in violation of state law, had high levels of THC, the psychoactive compound in cannabis. Lynn hasn’t commented on the issue beyond a statement that read, in part, that the company “acted in compliance with all state laws and regulations.” It’s unclear whether the Vermont Department of Public Safety, which is tasked with regulating dispensaries, has disciplined the company. Public Safety spokesperson Adam Silverman declined Seven Days’ request for interviews with two employees of the Vermont Crime Information Center, which oversees the program: Lindsey Wells, the medical marijuana program administrator, and Jeffrey Wallin, the center’s director. Silverman did say that the department can suspend or terminate a dispensary’s operating license — but it has never done either. “Our medical dispensaries have not been held to the standards of any other states,” Harrington said. “The fact that there’s been no publicly acknowledged enforcement action since the program started means we’ve either got the cleanest, best medical program that’s ever been devised, and no human’s ever made an error — or it means that there’s no effective regulation.”
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Harrington’s organization has written before about patient complaints concerning moldy or subpar product sold at dispensaries. He noted that, unlike in other states, there’s no requirement that medical businesses use third-party testing, meaning the dispensaries vouch for their own product’s potency and cleanliness. And registered patients have long complained of high prices, limited product selection and a bureaucratic system that’s difficult to navigate. Francesca Thompson says such problems drove her out of the program. She received her medical cannabis card in October 2017 and signed up as a patient at Grassroots Vermont after a doctor diagnosed her with pancreatitis. Prescription meds didn’t help, so she turned to weed. After driving some 90 minutes to Brandon from her home in Dorset, Thompson would wait in a sterile room and pick out her products. She found little direction from the dispensers, who couldn’t help her find a strain that eased the pain of her condition. Per state regulations, she transported any medicine she bought from the dispensary in a locked box. “I felt like a criminal in a system that was supposed to be set up to help me,” she said. Thompson eventually switched dispensaries — a process that is allowed only every 30 days and requires patients to pay $25 — but was disappointed with Bennington’s PhytoCare, too. She didn’t renew her card last October because, by then, she’d found relief on what she called the “gray market” with a grower who helped her find a strain that lessened her pain, for half of what she paid to a dispensary. “It just is broken,” said Thompson, who testified at the Statehouse earlier this year about her experience. “The system forces you to go out in a gray market to get well in a state that has a program. And so, why aren’t they looking at fixing that? And why aren’t they addressing the patients’ needs and the rights of the patients? I mean, isn’t that the whole point of the program?” S.117, a bill to change some aspects of the program, is also not likely to pass this session. Despite the program’s shortfalls, it retains an important place in the cannabis ecosystem, said Matt Simon, a lobbyist and the New England political director for the Marijuana Policy Project, a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy organization. “For one thing, products shouldn’t be taxed for medical patients,” Simon
said. “Another consideration is that there are underage patients who need it and can’t have access through an adultuse system. Whatever happens, we need to keep the medical program.” In 2004, Vermont became the eighth state to legalize medical marijuana. Dozens of other states have followed suit since, but Vermont’s program is still the only one overseen by a division of law enforcement, according to Simon; other states created boards or directed their health department to oversee their programs. Initially, Vermont patients had to grow their own or acquire it from a caregiver, and few medical conditions made a person eligible. Mark Tucci was one of the bill’s architects. He suffers from multiple sclerosis and had for years championed cannabis as a medicine. Advocates had to make compromises to get a bill approved, he acknowledged. Legislators concerned about cannabis diversion, youth use and impaired driving had the upper hand, and the resulting law focused more on prevention than on patients, according to Tucci. “Despite all the restrictions we had … compared to what we had before, which was the Dark Ages — hell yeah, I’m happy with how it turned out,” said Tucci, who still proudly recites his Vermont medical marijuana patient number: 77921. The restrictions loosened as the years passed. In 2011, legislators permitted four medical cannabis dispensaries, though the law initially mandated that the businesses run as nonprofits; in 2013, the first three opened. The state issued a fifth medical marijuana dispensary license in 2017, and legislation allowed for each to open a satellite location. Simon noted that other states that have legalized recreational sales have allowed medical dispensaries to participate. But Vermont’s medical dispensary operators interviewed for this story all expressed frustration with the legislative process. Even after years of promising developments and changing attitudes toward cannabis, they still don’t know what their future holds. The medical program is about “supporting Vermonters in accessing cannabis,” Lynn said. “We’ve done it for six years, and we want to continue to do it because it’s real, and a lot of Vermonters depend on us … But the reality right now is that without S.54 moving forward, we’re going to be under a lot of pressure the next one to two years.” m
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“I wouldn’t say any of them were desperate,” Folks said. “You knew that [Maria] was addicted and living out of a truck?” Darrow followed. Then he peppered Folks with similar questions about his coercive tactics with each of the eight women who’d testified against him, plus two others who didn’t appear in court because they died of drug overdoses before trial. (Seven Days does not identify victims of sex crimes without their consent and is using pseudonyms for the female witnesses in this story.) The government then played video footage Folks had recorded. A self-described “video freak,” he had placed cameras around his drug houses and kept a journal to track footage of sexual encounters — material that became crucial evidence for the prosecution. Assisted by more than 20 monitors around the courtroom, jurors
watched one in which Folks filmed himself urinating onto the backs of two women who were bending over in front of him. “You’re urinating on her, and you think she benefited equally from that?” Darrow asked rhetorically. The federal prosecutor’s strategy worked. One day after Folks’ testimony, the jury found him guilty of six humantrafficking charges, including one count of trafficking a minor, in addition to a half dozen felony drug charges and another for operating a prostitution business. Folks, 44, faces at least 15 years and up to life in prison. His sentencing date has not been set. Federal prosecutors described the verdict as a landmark in their effort to crack down on a depraved by-product of the opioid epidemic. While it was not the first human-trafficking prosecution in Vermont, Folks’ case was the first to go to trial. Kate O’Neill laid out the details of his crimes in an April cover story as part of Seven Days’ ongoing “Hooked” series. Last Thursday’s verdict showed that a Vermont jury would believe women who testify about how their addiction was exploited to coerce them to prostitute, U.S. Attorney Christina Nolan said. “I’m hoping this paves the way for other victims to come forward and have their voices heard,” she said. Nolan described Folks’ case as one of the most “egregious” she’s seen as a prosecuWALKING THE TALK tor in Vermont. She compared his treatment of the women to torture. The three prosecutors worked full time to prepare the complex case against Folks, with resources from the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division in Washington, D.C., and investigative help from the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and local police. A victimwitness coordinator helped prepare the women to testify, Nolan said. “We really poured a lot into it,” she said of a case that revealed an alarming local problem. ON THE MARK Folks was accused of running intertwining drug and sex operations based in Burlington’s COURTESY OF BURLINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT
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oman after woman took the stand to describe how Brian Folks pulled them into his Burlington drug- and sextrafficking ring. Some said he used charm. One, his primary drug runner, got a tattoo of his name. The more common narrative, however, was that he used heroin and crack, upon which they were dependent, to coerce them into having sex with strangers. Yet when it was his turn to testify in U.S. District Court in Burlington on May 8, Folks maintained that he was no pimp. “I don’t like that phrase,” he told the jury in a gravelly voice. He wore a clean white dress shirt. “What word do you like?” one of the three federal prosecutors, Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Darrow, asked. “You can call it whatever you want. I’m not one of them,” Folks answered. The trial would turn on how the jury viewed the man before them. He was either a predator who manipulated drug-addicted women or, as Folks suggested, a fixer who kept his prostitutes safe for a fair fee. The women who alleged coercion were lying, Folks testified. The sex acts they performed — with clients at local motels and with him on video — were always consensual. They may have been addicted to heroin, which he supplied, but the relationship was transactional. Asked if he believed the women “benefitted equally” from the arrangement, Folks answered: yes. Folks’ experienced lawyers, Mark Kaplan and Natasha Sen, showed the jury how the women’s stories had changed over time, how some of them had also prostituted on their own and how Folks hadn’t prevented them from leaving what he called “the hustle.” But coercion is a mind game, and Darrow wanted the jury to see that Folks was an experienced player. He read Folks’ own words from the time of his arrest, when he’d told police that he wasn’t “a stupid person” and that he “studied people.” “I’m a chess player,” Folks elaborated on the stand. “I anticipate what’s going to happen.” With that, Darrow saw an opening, and his questioning, which had been mired in semantic quibbles, gained momentum. Surely Folks, as a self-proclaimed student of people, knew the women he worked with were vulnerable for exploitation?
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Old North End from 2012 to 2016. The Poor memory is common among sex workers, some of whom lived in drug trauma victims, but her recall was so houses, split their prostitution earnings weak that Judge William K. Sessions sent with Folks. They also served as baggers the jury out of the courtroom so he could and drug runners for Folks’ heroin ask Alisha if she had taken drugs before business. The women were addicted to testifying. She had been clean for three drugs, and their portions of the earnings years, she explained, but had a 1-year-old usually went to buying drugs from Folks. child and was losing sleep over the trial. He used their addictions to control them, “I’m wicked upset, nervous,” she said. withholding drugs if they didn’t perform “It’s been rough.” certain sex acts either with clients or with Alisha wasn’t alone in her reluctance. him. Court records show that another victim The “portfolio” of video record- had previously asked a victim assistance ings, photos and handwritten records specialist “if she really had to testify he amassed was part of a pornography and how much jail time she would face startup business, Folks testified, but for failing to appear.” She then stopped prosecutors said the images answering the government’s corroborated the women’s calls, so prosecutors asked the accounts. judge to detain her as a material Most of them were already witness. She was jailed briefly addicted to heroin or crack before an original 2018 trial date when they met Folks, accordto ensure that she would appear ing to testimony. Alisha, the in court. first victim to be sworn in, said In the end, she took the stand her father taught her how to to testify against Folks, along inject heroin. By 17, she was with seven other women. a heavy user, and she and her Collectively, they painted a picture of a man who used dad began breaking into cars to get money for drugs. humiliation, guns and physiFolks said he was running cal blows, in addition to drugs, an erotic photography business to control them. Folks had a at the time, selling pornogramanslaughter conviction in phy to prisoners in New York. New York, which at least some of Alisha’s father proposed his them knew about, court records daughter as a potential model. show. He introduced her to Folks Nolan, who listened in on in July 2013, just before she parts of the testimony, told Seven turned 18. Days her office was “blown ALISHA During their first meeting, away” by the women who spoke Alisha said, prostitution came up. up. Soon, Folks had photographed and “I couldn’t believe how well they were advertised her on Backpage, a website able to testify — how strong they were, used by escorts before federal law how clear they were,” she said. “It was enforcement shut it down in 2018. very powerful.” Alisha wore hoop earrings and a halfShe described the verdict as vindicaup ponytail as she tried to recount turning tion for them and said she hoped it would tricks in four Burlington-area motels to be a “healing moment.” pay for her addiction. Folks had sex with The victims were not present when her, which she understood to be part of the jury announced its decision last the job. He also asked her to perform Thursday at 9:30 p.m. — after just unusual sex acts on camera, promising six hours of deliberation. Folks, who heroin in return. On one of those occa- had taken notes and whispered to his sions, he withheld a portion of the heroin attorneys throughout the trial, jotted he’d promised because Alisha looked, she down each jury finding on a notepad. said, “like I was being raped.” He showed no emotion. “He had a hold on me, I guess, because But the trial’s emotional significance he had what I wanted. I was blinded by had come up during Alisha’s testimony. the drugs,” she said. Folks’ attorney, Kaplan, asked her if she Alisha’s testimony underscored the had been able to make choices freely difficulty of prosecuting a human-traf- while working for Folks. ficking case. She had trouble recalling “No, because the drug has a hold over when key events occurred and struggled you. It takes over,” she said. to answer some basic questions, including “Are you finding it easier every day to where conversations took place. She gave put that behind you?” Kaplan asked. contradictory answers about working as a “Yeah,” she replied. “This is closure.” m prostitute, to the visible frustration of the government’s attorneys. Contact: derek@sevendaysvt.com
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End Game: A New Vermonter’s Guide to Late-Session Legislative Strategy and Shenanigans B Y K E VI N MCCA LLUM
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he Vermont Statehouse seemed like a bastion of transparency and openness in
January. Relaxed legislators chatted amiably with lobbyists, reporters and constituents. Committee room doors were wide open or, when closed, the business going on inside was clearly posted on the wall outside. Public input and participation in legislative drafting was encouraged, and regular folks, if so inclined, could generally track bills of interest. Even a reporter new to Vermont, such as yours truly, could figure out pretty quickly how the process worked and manage to write a reasonably coherent story or two about the goings-on under the golden dome. Fast-forward to the last few weeks of the legislative session, however, and it’s another world. Most committees have finished their work. A few tense legislative leaders are scrambling to modify key bills so they can pass gubernatorial muster. And, more often than not, the closed committee rooms feature no agenda outside — only a hanger on the knob that reads “Meeting in Progress.” “This time of year, there’s no way that a member of the public can figure out what’s even going on if you’re not here in the building all the time,” said Karen Horn, a lobbyist for the Vermont League of Cities & Towns. Even veterans like Horn find the endof-session machinations mysterious. Nevertheless, Horn and others who have watched the Statehouse over many years say understanding last-minute legislative maneuvering often comes down to recognizing a handful of largely unseen dynamics at work. Here are a few of them.
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“Toward the end of the session, there’s probably 30 members who have to pull all the loose ends together before the [legislature] can adjourn,” said Vince Illuzzi, a former Republican senator who now lobbies for the Vermont State Employees’ Association. Leaders of the House and Senate appropriations, tax-writing and institutions committees play central roles as they try to figure out how to fulfill the wish lists of their fellow legislators, Illuzzi said. In a session’s early days, according to Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman, members of the General Assembly determine what they want to do, and the community reacts. Now, legislators are trying to figure out “what the final ‘how’ is going to be.” “Those are conversations happening with smaller groups of people,” Zuckerman added.
CONFERENCE KABUKI
To reconcile versions of the same bill passed by the House and the Senate, the two chambers often appoint three members each to a “conference committee” whose job it is to forge compromise and iron out last-minute details. The ad hoc committees are supposed to stick to the language in either version of the bill in question, but that doesn’t always happen. Conferees sometimes add new provisions that haven’t been debated more broadly. And once four members of a conference committee sign off on a compromise, the full House and Senate can only vote yea or nay — and can’t tinker with it further. That can result in “bastard, mutant, hybrid policies” that aren’t based in reality but that “several powerful people thought sounded good,” said Rep. Cynthia Browning (D-Arlington), a frequent thorn in the side of Democratic leaders. To her, conference committee work often feels “stage-managed” by party leadership, leaving little room for substantive debate, she said.
One lobbyist described conference committees as kabuki theater, more for show than substance, with the real decisions being made by the party leaders behind the scenes. “Everybody around here likes to talk about transparency, but this time of year it’s in short supply,” the lobbyist said.
SECRET MEETINGS
As the end of the session approaches, the number of closed-door meetings between legislative leaders, committee chairs and the governor’s staff increases sharply. Senate President Pro Tempore Tim Ashe (D/PChittenden) and Speaker of the House Mitzi Johnson (D-South Hero) meet — inside the Statehouse and out — with one another, colleagues and committee chairs to strategize their end game. There are also plenty of impromptu meetings between key legislators and members of Gov. Phil Scott’s administration, giving some the inside track and leaving others wondering. “It’s all about personal relationships at the end of the session,” Horn said. That can leave first-year legislators with a distinct disadvantage when it comes to understanding what’s up this time of year. Rep. Patrick Seymour (R-Sutton) said that as a Republican and a newbie, he doesn’t expect to be fully briefed on the majority party’s strategy. But he doesn’t think its members should be holding off-site strategy meetings, either. “I believe in transparent government, and I don’t think you get transparent government by secret meals,” Seymour said. Many explain away the closeddoor meetings as a necessary fact of life as the pace of decisions quickens, deadlines loom and leaders need space to speak freely without every word being publicly scrutinized. After meeting privately with Ashe and Scott last Friday afternoon, Johnson said she knows such meetings set tongues wagging.
“When this door is closed, people will jump to complain about decisions being made without them,” Johnson said. Most of the time, however, such conversations are either to address logistical realities, such as when the House should convene and for which bills, or to smooth ruffled feathers. “Sometimes it’s like couples counseling for committee chairs,” Johnson said. “I kid you not.” But sometimes those meetings have included a quorum of a committee or even the majority of the House or Senate, calling into question whether those in attendance are doing public work in private. Senate Secretary John Bloomer likened the process to a family sitting around the dinner table, the parents taking input from children — to a point. “Then mom and dad have to make a decision, and they may chat in front of you and they may not,” Bloomer said. Zuckerman said he knows members of the media and advocates for bills decry such meetings as lacking transparency, but he feels it’s often “just too messy” for 50 or more people to be expected to reach consensus under deadline pressure. “I don’t think it’s sort of the nefarious, cigar-smoking backroom-deal stuff that’s the politics of the past and movies,” he said. “I think it’s relevant minds coming together to draw a conclusion that three different and sometimes disparate entities can all come together on.”
HOSTAGE-TAKING
Legislation that seems to have broad support sometimes stalls for reasons that aren’t immediately apparent. A closer look, however, can reveal the true reason. “There’s a lot of hostage-taking at this stage,” said Steve Howard, a former Rutland House member who serves as executive director of the VSEA. “It’s happening right now, and it’s happened every legislative session going back 30 years, at least.” Legislators in positions of power commonly hold back some bills so that they can exchange them for progress on others. This gamesmanship often increases as adjournment nears and major bills, such as
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the budget, are about to pass, Zuckerman said. “A lot of times the budget may be ready or close to ready, and there may be one or two bills that leadership or the governor would like to see happen, and the budget bill will not quite get [approved] by the conferees until those other bills are ready,” he said. There’s nothing underhanded about it, he said. It’s just a fact of life when the process has moved into a phase in which decisions need to be made. Chairs of conference committees are often in a position to conduct such horsetrading, said Amy Shollenberger, a lobbyist and owner of the firm Action Circles. Chairs, who are always appointed from the opposite chamber of the one from which the bill originated, control when and how often the committee meets — or whether it meets. “There is never an obligation for anyone to take the next step in anything in Vermont,” Shollenberger said.
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Only a few bills need to pass the legislature every year to keep the state running. Most consider the “must-pass” bills to include the state budget, the tax bill, the transportation bill and the capital bill. The budget is nearly always the last to pass. For this reason, it can often be the bill of last resort. “The budget is like the last Christmas tree to hang your ornament on,” Shollenberger said. Often, smaller bills or pieces of bills that failed to overcome other hurdles — such as a conference committee breakdown — can get dusted off and hung on the budget. That happened recently with H.531, which would increase childcare subsidies and similar spending by $10.5 million. After the House passed the bill, the Senate stripped it of its bill number and incorporated it into the
larger budget bill, said Sarah Kenney, a lobbyist for Let’s Grow Kids, which advocates for better childcare in the state. Now, the bill lives on as Section E318 of the budget. An item important to one body can get tacked on to another bill that the other chamber supports in an effort to ensure passage. The Senate recently added weatherization subsidies language, which missed the legislature’s midterm crossover deadline, to a House bill on bottle returns. Meanwhile, the House added language that would allow police to stop motorists for not wearing a seat belt — a provision the Senate does not support — to the seemingly unrelated cannabis retail bill, which the Senate does support. “The primary seat belt law is getting tacked on to every bill left, right and center by the House,” Zuckerman observed.
RUNNING OUT THE CLOCK
The session had been expected to end on May 18, but there are already predictions that it might be extended. Legislators don’t want to push off adjournment, because they have lives to get back to, and it costs about $250,000 per week to keep the Statehouse gears turning. To get that work done by May 18, parliamentary rules governing how quickly bills can move through the process can be suspended. That takes a three-quarters vote of either chamber, a percentage Democrats and Progressives in the Senate can usually muster but those in the House, which has 43 Republicans, might struggle to pull off. “It’s the only thing that we have the power to tell them no on,” Seymour said. That can put Republican legislators in the unfamiliar position of being in the driver’s seat. Lobbyist David Mickenberg recalled an instance several years ago when a workers’ compensation bill he was pushing died, not because it was voted down but because Republicans declined to suspend the rules and the clock ran out. “When a change in the rules is needed, the minority party becomes powerful in a way they weren’t during the rest of the session,” he said. m Contact: kevin@ sevendaysvt.com
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ulie Pierson, 78, expertly knitted an afghan while she listened to a panel of experts talk about medical marijuana. About 20 of her neighbors, many aided by canes and walkers, were also assembled in the common room at the Residence at Shelburne Bay. The presentation was part of a twice-monthly lecture series at the senior living facility, but it was the first of its kind on this topic. “We exist to try to help people use cannabis in a medicinal way,” Paul Jerard, a physician’s assistant and owner-director of the Vermont Cannabinoid Clinic in Burlington, told the group of elders on April 26. Jerard sat on the panel with three others: Lindsey Wells, the medical marijuana program administrator at the Vermont Department of Public Safety; medical cannabis patient Ed York; and Ada Puches, outreach coordinator at the Champlain Valley Dispensary. Their overarching message: Cannabis products may relieve some health problems that are common among seniors. Puches and Jerard took turns pointing out that cannabis has the potential to work as a pharmaceutical alternative. York, a retired stockbroker, shifted the presentation from professional pitch to personal storytelling. He told the audience that by eating two cannabis cookies each night, he has weaned himself off a nightmarish regimen of pain meds. “It’s been a lifesaver,” said York, who lives in Westmore. “I don’t think I would be here today without the cannabis.” York’s health challenges began around 2001, when doctors diagnosed him with multiple sclerosis. Then a horse kicked him and broke his hip. He used crutches for two years and was in constant pain. Doctors prescribed OxyContin, fentanyl, Ambien and, finally, methadone to get him off the opioids. Discovering he might be on methadone forever, he said, felt like a sentence to live as a zombie. “My brain was, like, fried. I couldn’t think,” York recalled. “I weighed 265 pounds, and I couldn’t walk from here out to the parking lot, and I thought, Things have got to change.” His doctor suggested that he try medical cannabis. York said his wife was “totally opposed to it” — a line that elicited chuckles from the audience — but he won that argument and obtained a medical marijuana card.
He began experimenting with cannabis. Over two years, York weaned himself off all of his prescription meds except for an antidepressant, he said. The marijuana cookies ease a constant numbness in his legs without the side effects of the prescription drugs, he said. A ruddy complexion and fit-looking physique helped make York’s case. It didn’t hurt, either, that he approached the topic with the punch lines and timing of a comedian. A white-haired woman asked about dosages. York said it might take some experimenting. He made some mistakes in the beginning. The first time he ate an infused cookie, nothing seemed to happen, he said. So he ate another. And another. “So I end up eating three cookies and, man, I’m off the planet,” York said, prompting laughter. Try small amounts and pay attention to how your body responds, he continued. “You learn how to do it. It’s your body, and you know your own body.” He tried eight different strains of cannabis and also learned from a marijuana review app called Leafly.
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How much do York’s cookies cost?, asked another audience member. About $200 a month, York replied. Does insurance cover it? No, he said. Many in the Medicareeligible crowd frowned at that news. Nobody asked about recreational pot use to take them “off the planet.” In fact, medicinal users don’t even have to get high, panelist Puches told the residents. Dispensary staff help customers determine their “optimal dosage,” she said, and follow the general rule that individuals new to medical marijuana should “go low and go slow.” Speakers focused on marijuana’s potential to alleviate chronic pain, nausea, seizures and other symptoms related to cancer, epilepsy, glaucoma, PTSD and multiple sclerosis. The U.S. Food & Drug Administration has not approved marijuana plants for treatment of health problems, but it has, since 2016, green-lighted three drugs that contain cannabinoids. With a growing list of cannabis-laced products available for medical use,
SAINT MICHAEL’S GRADUATE PROGRAMS including tinctures, lozenges and even suppositories, it’s important to know what’s right for each individual, panelists said. Jerard said his clinic could act as a “guide.” Dispensary staffers rarely recommend smoking pot, for example, according to Jerard. Smoking can aggravate certain respiratory conditions. Moreover, some patients prefer a sloweracting method, such as ingesting infused foods or beverages. Older adults shouldn’t feel they would be out of place at dispensaries. Many Champlain Valley Dispensary patients are 50 to 70 years old, “so it’s an older-Americans program in many ways,” explained Puches. The seniors sat in rows of chairs set up in the open living area, which has the vibe of a comfortable hotel lobby. Staff drifted by, as did residents who were on their way to the lap pool or the on-site beauty salon. Not all the chairs were filled, and some audience members seemed to find the information overwhelming. “I have all these choices, and I don’t know what to do and I don’t know how much to take,” one woman lamented. Others wanted to know about traveling with medical cannabis. Marijuana laws vary from state to state, and possession remains illegal in the federal codes, panelists explained. So don’t fly with it, Wells said. Roadside stops and testing for pot also came up. The bottom line: Don’t drive under the influence, the panelists said. No one in the group looked so inclined. After an hour and a quarter of talk, residents scooped up handouts and buttonholed panelists for followup questions. “I thought it was very helpful,” Pierson said, as she put away her knitting. “I didn’t know anything about it, and I didn’t think it had any relevance to me, but now I think it might.” She wondered aloud if cannabis might help her sinusitis, an inflammation of the nasal cavity, which she said has only worsened despite conventional treatment. “If it doesn’t help, say goodbye to it,” she said. “If it does, hip hip hooray.” m
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Vermont House Leaders Say Cannabis Bill Is Smoked for the Year
A bill to legalize the sale of cannabis in Vermont appears to be dead for the year. Four state representatives told Seven Days Monday night that the bill, S.54, had run out of time to pass the House in the current session, which is scheduled to adjourn at the end of the week. Though the personal use and cultivation of marijuana has been legal in Vermont since last July, retail sales remain prohibited. In March, the Senate passed S.54, which would implement a tax-and-regulate system in 2021. The bill was marooned in the House Government Operations Committee for weeks and only recently moved to the House Ways and Means Committee. “My own take: We got the bill about a week ago,” said Rep. Scott Beck (R-St. Johnsbury), a member of Ways and Means
and a supporter of S.54. “There are so many layers in the bill. I felt that it required a lot of time.” Government Operations Committee chair Sarah Copeland Hanzas (D-Bradford), whose committee approved the bill last week on a 10-1 vote, noted Monday that S.54 “would have had to get out of [Ways and Means] today” to have a chance at final passage. “We had a conversation about a number of questions they had,” Copeland Hanzas continued. “None seemed insurmountable. If we had another week, they could have been worked out.” Rep. Sam Young (D-Glover), a member of Ways and Means, said he would have preferred to postpone adjournment if necessary to get the bill across the finish line. “If we want to completely abandon our
agenda, sure, we can adjourn on Friday,” he said. Since this is the first year of a two-year legislative session, the House can pick up any bill in 2020 where it was left off this year. “We’ll be able to move quickly” next year, House Speaker Mitzi Johnson (D-South Hero) said. Until Monday, House leadership had been saying that final passage this year was still possible. That view seems to have been retroactively amended. A delay until next year “makes no sense from a policy perspective,” said Dave Silberman, a Middlebury attorney and advocate of a tax-and-regulate system. “All of Gov. Scott’s concerns had been addressed in a good faith way. And here we are at the goal line, and it’s gone.”
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has issued a list of demands, including that Burlington police fire the officers involved. Inside a packed Burlington City Hall Auditorium on Monday, Councilor Ali Dieng (D/P-Ward 7) said the incidents are indicative of a problem with leadership. He told del Pozo it was embarrassing to learn about the Meli and Jok cases from the media eight months after the incidents. Councilor Jack Hanson (P-East District), the lone councilor who attended BLM’s community meeting on police brutality last week, asked why del Pozo didn’t release the footage sooner “to build trust with the community.” “That’s an issue we have to solve,” del Pozo replied, noting that the council, city attorney and police commission should work on guidelines about the release of such footage. Hanson and fellow councilors Brian Pine (P-Ward 3) and Max Tracy (P-Ward 2) asked about disciplining police who are found to use unreasonable force, such as in the Meli case. Pine asked why that officer, Sgt. Jason Bellavance, received a lesser punishment than the officers who drank beer confiscated from a traffic stop last December. City attorney Eileen Blackwood quickly shut down that line of questioning. Del Pozo also declined to fully answer when Pine asked, “Why do we keep failing as a community? What is at the heart of what’s happening?” “It’s hard to say too much that won’t bear on litigation,” del Pozo said, noting “this is not the forum” to discuss race and bias. But many community members wanted to discuss just that. A large crowd hosted a speak-out outside City Hall before the meeting, taking turns at the mic to express their distrust of police and a need to dismantle systemic racism in Burlington and beyond. Many speakers funneled into the council meeting, using the public forum to direct their concerns at city officials. “My voice is not the one you need to hear, but there are too many voices that have been silenced,” said Julie Macuga, who added that she’d been raised in an affluent, white family and grew up thinking police were there to protect people. “Take a few moments to consider what it must feel like to fear for your life just because you exist in this world,” she said.
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and member of the Vermont Bar Association. Laurie was predeceased by her parents, as well as her sister and brother-in-law, Diane and Erwin La Motte, of Burlington. Laurie is survived by her son, Julien LaClair Katims; her nephew Aric LaMotte; her beloved cat Glinda; and several friends. A service will be held at a yet-to-be-determined time and place in the near future.
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1961-2019 It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of Laurie Ann LeClair on April 4, 2019. She was born in Burlington, Vt., on October 2, 1961. Laurie rose through poverty and adverse circumstances to obtain a diverse education on several continents. After attending Burlington schools, she went on to graduate summa cum laude from the University of Vermont in 1986 and magna cum laude from Vermont Law School in 1990 with a Juris Doctorate. She also attended the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis in Nice, France, for opera and the Institute for European Studies in Vienna, Austria, for opera and Lieder performance. Laurie was a vivacious, gifted, kind and intelligent women. As an attorney, she dedicated herself professionally to fighting for social justice, and she focused on helping young people. Laurie was a longtime board member of Vermont Dental Care
Sandy Milens Sandy Milens died on January 20. A celebration of his life will take place Saturday, May 18, 2 p.m., at Film House/Lake Lobby, Main Street Landing, 60 Lake St., 3rd floor, Burlington VT. Please join us to share memories and stories of Sandy.
Alia & Anthony Liberatore Wedding Alia Barbano-George and Anthony Liberatore were gloriously united in marriage May 4 at Sleepy Hollow in Huntington, Vt. Everyone danced the night away. May all your dreams come true!
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After a lengthy debate last Thursday, the Vermont House passed legislation that would ban single-use plastic grocery bags and styrofoam carryout containers. It would also require that restaurants and other establishments provide plastic straws only by customer request. The bill, S.113, passed on a voice vote, but an earlier procedural vote of 120 to 24 showed that it had broad support in the chamber. Last Thursday’s debate was dominated by House Republicans, who alternated between criticizing the legislation and asking highly specific hypothetical questions about its implications for Vermonters and local businesses. Rep. Bob Helm (R-Fair Haven) accused the bill’s supporters of “fear-mongering” about the evils of plastic waste and the impact of Vermont’s trash on the global plastic problem.
Community Health Centers of Burlington Unionization Effort Ends With Mixed Results A razor-thin majority of medical professionals at the Community Health Centers of Burlington agreed to unionize in a vote last Thursday at the nonprofit organization’s Riverside Avenue headquarters. The secret ballot to join the American Federation of Teachers, Vermont union passed 43-41 among physicians, registered nurses, social workers and others at the centers’ eight regional practices, according to an emailed statement from AFT-Vermont. However, a second group of so-called “nonprofessional” staff — medical assistants and health care support staff — defeated the unionization effort by a vote of 47-32. But organizers of the effort alleged the administration unfairly impacted the election process. “We started with a clear majority who supported our union,” medical assistant and union organizer Megan Cronkite said in an emailed statement. “However, weeks of management intimidation, threats and promises took its toll, and we did not win today, but we are not giving up.” The union, called Community Health United, is considering filing a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board due to “illegal threats and promises made by the CHCB administration, which tainted the election process,” the statement said. AFT-Vermont organizer Matt McGrath refused to give specifics about the claims. Kim Anderson, CHCB’s director of development and communications, was shocked to learn about the union’s allegations. “It’s surprising to me, but obviously, they’re our staff, and we want to work with them, and we want to make sure everybody has the education and knows the impact of this decision,” she said. “That’s been our only focus.” Anderson said the administration distributed flyers and emails prior to the vote. One of those emails, obtained by Seven Days, says unions can make promises even if they can’t guarantee them: “The law assumes you know when something is too good to be true,” it says. In the emailed statement, organizer Andrea Solomon, a physician assistant, said the newly formed union would negotiate a contract “that will make CHCB better for employees and the patients we serve.”
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“It’s certainly not good, but it’s not that bad,” Helm said of the material, adding that he will “not take the blame for any [plastic bags] that are in the ocean.” Rep. Patrick Brennan (R-Colchester) then took the floor and asked if businesses would still be allowed to give out plastic lids for paper cups. “Most lids are opaque,” Brennan pointed out. “Is that still OK?” Rep. Bill Lippert (D-Hinesburg) wasn’t impressed by the hair-splitting in the extended floor debate. “We should be embarrassed,” he said on the House floor, adding that the bill was vocally supported by youth activists looking to the legislature to protect their future. This week, the House and Senate appointed a conference committee to resolve differences between their respective versions of the bill. Though Gov. Phil Scott has not made a firm commitment, he suggested at a press conference last Thursday that he’d be willing to sign it.
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t seems only right that someone who’s been an artrepreneur on Burlington’s Pine Street for the past 15 years should rise up to helm the SOUTH END ARTS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATION. And that’s exactly what has happened. Last week, CHRISTY MITCHELL, founderdirector of the S.P.A.C.E. GALLERY in the SODA PLANT, was named executive director of the nonprofit that organizes the annual South End Art Hop. She replaces interim director JEANNE KIRBY, who is rejoining the board. Previous ED ADAM BROOKS stepped down last December. A graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design and an artist herself, Mitchell has been an active member of the city’s art scene since her arrival. In addition to launching S.P.A.C.E. — which also rents small studios to emerging artists — she has opened other working artist spaces in the South End, such as the SATELLITE ARTS studios behind Feldman’s Bagels. The director of maker space GENERATOR in its early years, she was instrumental in securing the legal designation of “South End Arts District.” The new position brings Mitchell back to an organization she knows well;
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from 2010 to 2012, she served as assistant director (to then-ED ROY FELDMAN) and interim director until Brooks was hired. Since then, the board has turned over completely; in recent months, members have “been trying to do a lot on their own,” Mitchell said in a phone interview. “When I heard that SARAH [DREXLER, assistant director and curator] had left in March, I thought it would be a good time to step in.”
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At that point, SEABA appeared to be weathering some troubles. In addition to losing both of its staffers, the nonprofit learned last December that its lease at 404 Pine Street would not be renewed. (ARTSRIOT has expanded into the space.) Currently operating from a significantly downsized office in Generator on Sears Lane, SEABA no longer has a central, highly visible presence in the neighborhood.
But Mitchell said conversations with board president SETH MOBLEY and other members left her impressed. Moreover, “When they didn’t have that space anymore, they didn’t have that overhead,” she noted. “They got a lot of things in place.” One of those “things” was the perpetuation of Art Hop — SEABA’s biggest endeavor by far. Artist and venue registrations are open, and Mitchell arrives with planning for the 27th annual event in September already under way. Asked if Hoppers can expect any changes this year, Mitchell virtually bubbled over. “We’re paring some things down so it’s more art-centric and less party-on-the-street,” she said. “I want to make sure everything makes sense strategically, so people can see building entrances. We’re going to make zones [with color-coded signs] so people will know they’ve hit them all.” The juried show will take place in a new, soon-to-be-revealed location, Mitchell continued. She’s rethinking the presentation of STRUT, the Saturdaynight fashion show, and envisioning the creation of light projections on the street.
“I’ve already roped in all these makers at Generator,” Mitchell said with a laugh. “I’m trying not to have too many ideas so I can focus.” Art Hop aside, Mitchell is also ruminating on the broader role of SEABA — how it can better fulfill its foundational mission of serving artists and businesses in the hood. “I’ve thought about a marketing platform for the South End,” she said. “I want to think about how to engage different communities. “Some people have felt like they couldn’t reach SEABA,” Mitchell added. “I’ll have the SEABA cellphone on me and can respond.” She’s not waiting for people to come to her, though; South Enders can probably expect a visit from Mitchell any day now. “I can’t wait to really listen to the needs of our creative community,” she said, still bubbling. “There’s lots to do, but it’s all fun.” m Contact: pamela@sevendaysvt.com
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the East Corinth Congregational Church, located across the street from Box B Ranch. Church volunteers will serve dinner and help run a tour of filming locations. On his website, Caperton invites fans to come in costume and watch from the barn’s hayloft if they prefer. While the July event requires advance tickets — and has been getting national publicity — the public will have another opportunity to check out Box B Ranch, Buik notes. On Saturday, May 25, the barn will host the church’s Third Annual Flea and Art Market, which includes a lunch by donation. Speaking of films shot in Vermont, the MIDDLEBURY NEW FILMMAKERS FESTIVAL recently announced a new $1,000 award to be presented at the conclusion of its fifth annual fest on August 25: the Shouldice Family Prize for Best Vermont-Made Film. In a press release, MNFF producer LLOYD KOMESAR writes, “creating a Vermontcentric prize like this is a major milestone in our development.” Both shorts and features are eligible, provided they were created SHORT TAKES
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ack in the days when big Hollywood crews still came to Vermont, Tim Burton used the hamlet of East Corinth as the setting for Beetlejuice (1988). While plans for a sequel to the beloved horror comedy appear to have been scuttled, a special screening this July 20 aims to revive its bucolic creepiness at Box B Ranch, the East Corinth barn where the film’s sets were built. “The cemetery [set] was on my front lawn,” says LORI BUIK, who owns the barn, in a phone call. She wasn’t there when Beetlejuice was shot but says her dad “told me how nice the crew was.” Decades later, Buik got a call from Kenny Caperton, creator of On Set Cinema, a North Carolina-based “film series that takes fandom a step further with rare movie screenings of cult favorites and horror classics at their actual filming locations,” according to its website. Caperton, whose home is a replica of Michael Myers’ house from Halloween, wanted to screen Beetlejuice in the town where it all began. On Buik’s suggestion, the screening became a fundraiser for
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scrappy arts organization — or anyone, really — wants to hear: Its lease would not be renewed. Founded in 2010 in an Old North End building at the corner of Archibald Street and North Winooski Avenue, OC would have to find new quarters by the end of May 2019. Well, guess what? After all those months of looking, says OC director LAURA ROALD, the nonprofit found new quarters right next door. As it happens, BEN BERGSTEIN and APRIL WERNER, who have long operated NORTH END STUDIOS in the same building, “were trying to figure out [their] next chapter simultaneously,” says Roald. After the couple decided to move some of their activities to the O’BRIEN COMMUNITY CENTER in Winooski, the two smaller studios, B and C, became available. They had been used for dances, community meetings and yoga classes. (The large Studio A will remain in the building for the foreseeable future; Bergstein and Werner have also begun programming events at the O.N.E. COMMUNITY CENTER on Allen Street.) Roald, board members and a crew of volunteers will spend the next month or so transforming Studio B into a black-box theater: moving lighting equipment, window covers and seating into the new space; installing a false floor (so as not to ruin the hardwood dance floor); and, of course, painting the walls black. “This will be more of a pure blackbox studio,” Roald says, noting that the space can be configured to fit the renter’s needs. The current 65-seat OC occupies the building’s former loading dock, which gives it a natural proscenium stage. “There are lots of creative possibilities [in the new space],” Roald says. “I’m excited to see what people do with it.” She adds that the board’s goal is to be able to offer the same “basics” that the OC has had for nine years. That poses two challenges: “how to make the technical booth movable” and how to assemble “systems we can offer for projections, to meet the demands of the users,” Roald says. With the move, the OC is giving up its modest office space, but it’s gaining a smaller room (Studio C) that can serve as a green room on production nights and a rehearsal hall for events with typically modest turnouts, such as play readings. Roald anticipates being able to rent the room for other community uses, as well. Right now, it’s all about getting the
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new performance space up and running. “This is a pretty wild and exciting time for us,” Roald says. Studio B will not be the OC’s forever home, however. “We have until October 2022,” Roald explains. “We’ll continue to look for a space with higher ceilings and more visibility. We’ve struggled with getting people aware of who we are and where we are.” Roald says she hasn’t heard anything yet about what might move into the OC’s old space. But if it’s a food or drink enterprise — which has been the trend in the neighborhood — she thinks that’s just fine. “We love having an active social life around us,” she says. “We just want to make sure artists have spaces to go to.” This Saturday, May 18, OC is throwing itself a closing-night party, open to the public. On Sunday, Montpelier’s LOST NATION THEATER will hold private auditions in the space, Roald says. And then the OC will prepare for another grand entrance in July. PAME L A P O LS T O N
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Short Takes « P.27 in Vermont. MNFF, which screens filmmakers’ debut or second works, already presents an array of awards. The fest will accept submissions through May 21; for more info, see middfilmfest.org. What does Burlington School District’s INTEGRATED ARTS ACADEMY have in common with musicians Kelis and Nick Cave and “Game of Thrones” cocreator D.B. Weiss? They’re all showcased in Blink Films’ documentary The Creative Brain, an exploration of human ingenuity based on The Runaway Species: How Human Creativity Remakes the World by Anthony Brandt and David Eagleman. The documentary’s narrator describes IAA as “a school on the poor side of the tracks” that was saved by “a radical new approach, to put creativity and the arts at the heart of every subject.” Kids are shown learning geometry via abstract art in AURIE THIBAULT’s fourthgrade classroom, while principal BOBBY RILEY opines, “The skills that are embedded in the artistic experiences are making them better people.” According to a press release, Brandt learned about IAA in 2015 and included it in the book, which led to the magnet school’s involvement in the film. You can see The Creative Brain as part of IAA’s 10-Year Magnet Celebration on May 30 — or stream it on Netflix now. Speaking of documentaries, the VERMONT INTERNATIONAL FILM FOUNDATION
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n the way to Marshfield, my customer, Kevin Branley, was riding shotgun. He had come to Burlington for an appointment with his rheumatologist. I’m aware that people can develop illnesses at any age, but Kevin seemed slightly too young to be interacting with rheumatologists. “Ya know how to get to my address?” he asked. “Oh, yeah. I get down your way quite a bit,” I replied. “Years ago, actually, I bought a dachshund from a farm family in Marshfield. It sounds unlikely, but I guess they’d been breeding the long little dogs for years. The lady of the house led me into the barn, and there were about six pups crawling around their mother. They paid me no mind, except for this one — the runt of the litter — who scurried up to me and began assaulting my ankles. Turned out to be a great dog. I still miss that pooch.” As we angled onto the highway, Kevin shifted uncomfortably in his seat. “Jeez, this arthritis is a pain in the butt,” he said. “You mean literally?” “Yeah, I guess I do,” he replied, managing a chuckle. “Are you able to still work?” “No, I worked for as long as I could, but now I’m drawing disability.” “What have you done as a job?” “Well, I grew up on a farm, so that means I can do just about anything — welding, mechanics, carpentry, you name it. After high school, I joined the service for a few years. That would have been the Reagan era, when we were
between wars, thank goodness. When I got out, an uncle got me a job working the granite in Barre. I stayed at that for nearly 20 years.” “Were you actually mining the stone? My older brother did that for a few months, years ago, and told me it’s incredibly dangerous in the pits. He said they supply you with a hard hat and steel-reinforced boots, as if that’s going to help.”
were starting to dominate the market. The stone they ship to the U.S. is, like, 70 percent cheaper, and it’s killing the industry over here. So, I read the writing on the wall and switched to a job at Green Mountain Coffee in Waterbury.” “Oh, that’s a good company. How’d that suit ya?” “It was all right, I guess. Decent pay, good benefits. The constant supervision did drive me a little nuts. I guess you
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“No, I was a polisher, the same job my grandfather did. I actually used the same machine he did. And I don’t mean the same type of machine. I mean the same exact machine.” “That’s kind of amazing. Do you think it’s still in use?” “No, they use a diamond technology now. But it still takes a lot of skill. I got where I didn’t require a supervisor at all. They’d just roll in the slab, and I knew exactly what to do with it.” “Why’d you leave? Was the arthritis coming on?” “Yeah, that was starting to be a problem. Also, the dust. On some days, it’d get so bad you couldn’t see one end of the factory to the other. All the old guys had lung problems. I guess it’s better now, with the newer ventilation equipment. But mostly I left because the Chinese
could tell I’m a guy used to working on his own. Anyway, after a few years, there were layoffs. I was offered a position in the Williston facility, but I couldn’t see doing the daily commute, and I sure as hell didn’t want to move from Marshfield. Plus, the arthritis was getting real bad, so I hung it up.” We exited the highway in Montpelier and headed east on Route 2. To our left, the Statehouse’s golden dome shone in the afternoon sun. Atop the dome, Ceres, the 15-foot-tall goddess of agriculture and fertility, smiled benignly. Sculpted from a block of mahogany in 2018, it’s the third iteration of the old girl. I remembered that the carving took place in the Vermont Granite Museum in Barre, just down the road. Which made me think of the man sitting beside me. A couple of miles further, I again
thought of Kevin as we passed the mostly shuttered granite sheds on the other side of the river. I guess he did get out while the getting was good, I thought. Ironically, the Chinese didn’t get him, but the arthritis did. As we drove through Plainfield and approached Marshfield, I asked, “So, is there anything you do for fun, man? You still hunt and fish?” Just about every rural Vermonter I’ve ever met — and not just the menfolk — either hunts or fishes, or both, so this question was a safe bet. Snowmobiling’s another good one. “Never been much on the hunting, but I do love fishing,” he replied. “What kinda fish do you go after?” I asked. This was a semi-dumb question, I know, but in my defense, I am a city boy. I went fishing but once in my life: on a pond located within Brooklyn’s Prospect Park back when I was a small fry. By the ’60s, the fish had largely disappeared from this neglected, urban body of water, but I do recall catching something. “What do I go after?” he indulged me, a waggish smile on his face. “Anything with fins, brother. Anything with fins.” m All these stories are true, though names and locations may be altered to protect privacy.
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of spirit is really connected between the two subjects.” Higher Etiquette is a quick, fun read. Like her great-great-grandma, Lizzie writes with a deft touch, striking a balance between humor and insight. That’s impressive, given how much information the book imparts. Over 166 pages, she makes a compelling case for moving beyond stoner stereotypes. “When we think about pot and think, It’s so not etiquette, that’s one really standard stereotype,” Lizzie said. “But all types of our population are engaged with this plant. So what I’m really excited about with this book is helping to break the stigmas around cannabis.” As legalization spreads around the country and cannabis culture enters the mainstream, that’s a worthy and perhaps commercially savvy goal. But Lizzie had to convince her family of its validity. “It’s a whole new area of thought for us, of etiquette,” said Lizzie’s father, Peter Post. He edited the book with his wife, Tricia Post, and until recently was the managing director of the Post Institute. Now, Lizzie and cousin Daniel Post Senning run the institute as copresidents.
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ince Emily Post published her first book on etiquette in 1922, her name has been synonymous with manners. Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics, and at Home is now in its 19th edition and remains the gold standard for the best behaviors in a civilized society. Likewise, the Emily Post Institute, which the New York City author and socialite founded in 1946, is still the country’s foremost arbiter of propriety. While Post died in 1960, her descendants have carried on the family business from the institute’s Burlington offices, using books, blog posts and podcasts to rule on matters ranging from elegant table settings to wedding decorum to polite smartphone usage. Yet their latest offering might have fans asking, in the nicest possible way, what the folks at the venerable Post Institute have been smoking. March saw the release of a book by Post’s great-great-granddaughter, Lizzie Post: Higher Etiquette: A Guide to the World of Cannabis, From Dispensaries to Dinner Parties. Like other publications under the Post Institute banner, it’s a guide intended to help readers navigate tricky social situations. But the society referenced in this book is “high” in a whole new sense. Lizzie’s book, the sixth she’s authored or coauthored for the institute in her 12-year tenure, offers advice on a broad range of cannabis-related topics, including how to pass a joint around a circle, how to behave in a dispensary and the best tactics for dealing with a weed-mooching friend. (Turn to Seven Days’ advice column, Ask the Reverend, on page 98 for a take on that last issue.) While some might struggle to reconcile cannabis and manners, Lizzie doesn’t see any incongruity. Quite the opposite. “Etiquette, from an Emily Post perspective, is about treating people with consideration and respect and honesty,” the 36-year-old explained. “Good etiquette is about building positive interactions with one another. That, I think, really does carry throughout cannabis culture. “A lot of people want you to have a good time with this plant; they’re happy to share,” she continued. “And that kind
Peter recalled that, when his daughter pitched a book about weed etiquette a year and a half ago, some members of the Post clan were skeptical.
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“There was some reticence among my brothers and sisters as to whether this is what Emily Post ought to be doing, but Lizzie really pushed it,” said Peter. For his part, he believes his great-grandmother would approve. “It’s no different to me than Emily Post writing about alcohol and over-imbibing and how to deal with it,” explained Peter. “She was a teetotaler; she didn’t drink. But she recognized that that was part of society
and she needed to be able to address those questions. This is part of society, too. “It’s not a function of whether smoking pot is right or wrong,” Peter continued. “If it’s out there, and people are going to be using it, the question is: How do we interact with each other when we do use it? “And that’s what etiquette is about,” he said. “Etiquette is about how we interact with each other in all kinds of situations. It’s drinking; it’s somebody who wants to have a cigarette; it’s anything.” Cannabis now included. If weed seems like an unlikely topic for Emily Post, Lizzie seems like an unlikely candidate to take over the family biz, by her own admission.
“I was not the prim and proper child one might imagine would aspire to be an Emily Post etiquette expert,” she revealed with a chuckle. “I believe the term ‘fresh’ was applied frequently.” Lizzie grew up in Charlotte and attended the University of Vermont, where she graduated with a BS in art education. She said she had no intention of joining her parents and sister at the institute — until the day in her junior year when her father summoned her to his office. “I thought I was getting called in because I’d overdrawn a bank account or something,” she recalled. Instead, Peter and his siblings wanted to tell her about a gap they’d identified in the institute’s roster of advice, one they thought she could help fill. “[The institute’s advice] went from high school or college graduation right to getting married, and that’s just not how people live these days,” said Lizzie. “There’s a good decade in between for a lot of people.” That realization led to Lizzie’s first book for the institute, How Do You Work This Life Thing? Published in 2007, the book was aimed at twentysomethings navigating independence for the first time. It tackled seemingly un-Post-like topics such as messy roommates, deadbeat friends and malingering couch surfers. Lizzie hasn’t looked back since. She’s a coauthor of the 18th and 19th editions of Etiquette, as well as the third edition of The Etiquette Advantage in Business: Personal Skills for Professional Success. She also coauthored two books with her sister, Anna Post: Emily Post’s Wedding Etiquette 6th Edition and Emily Post’s Great Get-Togethers: Casual Gatherings and Elegant Parties at Home. “When you’re out there writing for the family, you kind of join forces on a lot of different things,” Lizzie said. Higher Etiquette, by contrast, was largely a solo endeavor. The publisher fast-tracked the book, meaning Lizzie had only about five months to research and write it. She traveled to Colorado, Oregon and California to meet with growers, legal experts and others in the cannabis field. In the process, she learned about everything from the science of THC — a topic that occupies a significant chunk of the book — to weed-enhanced yoga
to paint-and-puff classes. Anecdotes from candid conversations she had during her research found their way into the book, along with many hours of formal phone interviews. “It helped paint this great picture,” Lizzie said, “because I talked with everyone about their expertise, and then just about cannabis in their life.” As an example, she recalled talking with a lawyer who had taken his mother to a cannabis education class. “She was surprised at how many women were there,” Lizzie recalled. “She didn’t realize cannabis would be a female-connecting thing.” Connections of all kinds provide the philosophical framework for Higher Etiquette. They inform every bit of advice Lizzie offers, whether she’s outlining the most sanitary ways to share a bowl or vape pen, discussing how to talk to kids about cannabis — and the best protocol for consuming around minors — or suggesting respectful ways to indulge around friends who pass on grass. “What’s really important is to give people the tools to interact in a positive way so that they build relationships rather than hurt them,” Peter said, “because that’s really what etiquette is all about.” One way in which Higher Etiquette succeeds in connecting people is by catering to high and low culture and everything in between. “The people I’ve met who put on cannabis dinner parties, they’re doing it with gourmet chefs, and they’re doing it with outstanding table settings that I could never replicate myself,” Lizzie said. “But I look at cannabis as a lot more everyday, applying to both the stonerdude culture that people imagine it to be as well as this elevated new space that it’s been occupying.” She believes bridging the cultural gap could go a long way toward making attitudes about cannabis evolve. “I know people are often surprised when they find out it’s a part of my life,” Lizzie said. “I look forward to the day when that’s not such a big surprise.” m
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hampered by political hurdles and barriers to funding, colleges and universities seem to be warming to the notion that this stillcontroversial plant merits serious study. At the end of April, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University alumnus donated $9 million to his alma maters to fund studies on the effects of cannabis on the brain. The gift was reportedly the largest to date in support of independent research on cannabinoids. In 2016, UVM became the first medical school in the country to offer a noncredit certificate program in cannabis science and medicine. McHenry, who also serves as the program’s director, said there’s a waiting list every year. Other Vermont institutions are starting to capitalize on the cannabis rush. In September, Vermont Technical College will offer a CBD and greenhouse cash crop certificate, which will provide training in the science and regulatory protocols of CBD cultivation over three two-day sessions. At Champlain College, students will be able to study cannabis marketing as an elective starting this fall. The course, intended for upper-level students, examines the evolution of the cannabis industry and the legal and cultural shifts taking place across the country as cannabis moves from contraband to commodity. “We’ve always been responsive to emerging fields, which I think is one of our strengths as an institution,” said Laurie Quinn, Champlain College’s senior vice president for academics. “In our curriculum, we place a strong emphasis on what is relevant, and it wouldn’t be responsible to act as if this major conversation around cannabis weren’t happening.” She added: “We’re not promoting cannabis; we’re helping students be thoughtful and considerate as they prepare to enter a world where this is the reality.” Marketing professor Elaine Young, who designed the course, is practically giddy about the opportunity to dedicate a semester to the subject. “The emergence of the cannabis market is such a rich place for academic study,” she said. “How many times do you get the chance to be in the middle of something this huge?” Huge is probably the right word, particularly from an economic standpoint. In 2018, legal cannabis sales in North America totaled nearly $12 billion,
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he class called Medical Cannabis, an elective offered at the University of Vermont, meets in a low-ceilinged auditorium on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 4:25 p.m. Karen Lounsbury, a professor of pharmacology who co-teaches the course, has already heard every possible joke about this time slot. Her typical dry response: “We give the students five minutes to let things take effect.” To be clear, showing up stoned is not encouraged or in any way permitted, but the lectures do have an in-jokiness about them. During a class near the end of the semester, Monique McHenry, an assistant professor of pharmacology, presented a PowerPoint slide with a graph illustrating the relatively high price of legal cannabis compared to the price of illegal cannabis — which, for the purposes of the course, means the stuff you might buy from your neighbor. “Does anybody in here know what the average illegal market price per pound is for marijuana?” McHenry asked. Nobody raised a hand. McHenry let out a slightly self-conscious giggle. “Good to know,” she said. Medical Cannabis, dedicated to the biology of the plant and the sociopolitical morass surrounding its use, is open to students in UVM’s graduate pharmacology, biochemistry and medical science programs, as well as upper-level undergraduate science majors. In the context of the course, emphasized Lounsbury, the preferred nomenclature is cannabis, never “marijuana,” a term fraught with Prohibition Era animosity toward the drug’s perceived foreignness. (But, as the phrasing of McHenry’s question suggests, old habits die hard.) According to Lounsbury, the point of the class isn’t to encourage the future medical professionals of America to hitch their wagons to Big Canna but to give them scientifically vetted information so that they’re not relying on Google’s vast, undifferentiated pool of flotsam. Since Lounsbury first offered the course in 2016, she said, the cannabis landscape has changed dramatically: “I have to redo my slides every year, because there’s always new legislation, new research, new clinical trials, new topics that emerge as the medical and recreational markets continue to grow.” While the field of cannabis studies remains on the fringes of academia,
according to New Frontier Data, which tracks the cannabis industry. By 2027, sales are projected to reach $47.3 billion. That boom means a corollary increase in cannabis-sector jobs: New Frontier estimates that by 2025, the industry will employ at least 630,000 workers. Globally, cannabis is expected to become a $57 billion industry within the next decade. For colleges and universities in Vermont facing declining enrollment and budget deficits, like Castleton University, that projected growth represents an opportunity to attract students with courses and certificate programs that promise to prepare them for in-demand jobs. This fall, Castleton will offer a cannabis studies certificate, a multidisciplinary program that combines sociology, business, philosophy and industry training in the form of an internship. Sociology and anthropology professor Phil Lamy, one of the program’s founders,
initially wanted to design a course of study that would provide a counterweight to what he and his colleagues felt was a staggering amount of misinformation circulating in the public discourse around cannabis. “Over the past few years, a lot of the commentary from law enforcement and the medical establishment has sounded like stuff you’d hear in the 1930s,” said Lamy. “Like smoking marijuana leads to addiction, which has not been confirmed. Or that smoking marijuana leads to the same diseases caused by smoking cigarettes, which has also not been proven. So we decided it was our duty, as academics, to inform people and get involved in the debate.” Unlike the UVM and VTC certificate programs, the Castleton program will be integrated into the university’s standard course catalog; students can sign up for individual classes — such as Cannabis,
Culture & Consciousness, which focuses on the socially constructed role of cannabis — without committing to the entire three-course program. After completing the three core classes, students will be eligible for a semester-long internship at a Vermont cannabis company. So far, said Lamy, several businesses — including Luce Farm, a hemp grower in Bethel; and Grassroots Vermont, a dispensary in Brandon — have expressed interest in taking on Castleton interns. “We’ve been getting calls and emails from cannabis organizations saying that they want to hire our students. They don’t want people who just like weed; they’re looking for people with professional skills,” said Lamy. Robert Riggen, director of patient services at Grassroots Vermont, is eager to see more applicants with cannabis credentials. “Nobody employed at our
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dispensary currently has a certificate or degree specifically in cannabis,” he said. “As one of the hiring managers, I can say that if someone had such a degree or certificate, they would certainly stand out.” But the regulatory landscape those job seekers are about to enter is strange, to say the least. Case in point: When Castleton first developed the cannabis studies program, said Lamy, the administration wanted to ensure that the subject matter, a federally banned substance, wouldn’t preclude students from using their federal loans to cover the cost of the credits. According to Maurice Ouimet, Castleton’s dean of enrollment, a Department of Education official informed him that students would only be eligible to use their federal loans toward cannabis courses if they were enrolled in 15 credits for the semester; for context, a full course load, per the feds, is 12 credits. Based on that logic, as Ouimet understood it, a student’s federal loans would cover the cost of a cannabis course only if that student were taking more than the federally established minimum number of credits in a given semester — in this case, five classes rather than four. Upon hearing this news, Lamy said, Castleton scuttled plans to offer cannabis courses over the summer. “Our goal was to make the program accessible to
nontraditional students and people with full-time jobs, but if they receive federal loans, those wouldn’t apply for individual summer courses,” he said. To head off any possible issues, Castleton posted a disclaimer on the cannabis studies certificate program web page, part of which reads: “Federal financial aid cannot be used to cover the cost of any cannabis course. Federal financial aid can be applied toward a 12 credit (fulltime) course load not including cannabis courses … It is important to note that students who drop below 15 credits and remain enrolled in a cannabis course will be billed directly for the cannabis course credits.” In spite of the cautionary language, said Lamy, all three certificate program courses have already filled up for the fall semester. But something seemed fishy to him about the Department of Education official’s assessment of federal loan eligibility. “I have found no written rules to that effect, and it sounds, well, kind of arbitrary,” he said. “I don’t know if there’s any legal basis to what we were told, but we’re trying to get some of our legislators involved to clear that up.” Given the murky relationship between state and federal cannabis laws, what authority, if any, does the federal Department of Education have in determining whether a student can use federal loans to cover courses in a program like Castleton’s? According to Scott Giles, president of the Vermont Student Assistance Corporation, the answer is most likely none. “To the best of my knowledge, there is no document, policy or regulation that would allow the Department of Education to deny financial aid coverage based on the content of a course offered by an accredited institution as part of a degree program,” he said. But Lamy seems undeterred by what will most likely turn into a mind-numbing game of bureaucracy telephone. “Cannabis is in a really chaotic space right now — it’s exploding, but it’s still illegal,” he said. “It’s that chaos that makes it all the more important to educate people.” m
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my Bacon cradles a large square slab of gelled strawberry purée and sets it on a machine called a guitar cutter. The cutter has a base of tines that hold the slab in place. Bacon pulls down a lever, and rows of taut wires slice through the slab, creating a musical hum when they vibrate against the tines, like the strum of a guitar. Then she turns the slab 90 degrees and cuts through it again. The result: cubes that will be coated with sugar crystals and divided into packages of 20. Each of these sugar-coated cubes is infused with 5 milligrams of THC — tetrahydrocannabinol, the psychoactive compound found in cannabis. Bacon, 48, describes this delicacy by its French name, pâte de fruits. But the patients who purchase the fruity cubes from Champlain Valley Dispensary’s stores in Burlington and South Burlington, or the company’s Southern Vermont Wellness branches in Middlebury and Brattleboro, know them more modestly as “gummies.” No matter the name, these sour strawberry treats — made with a pectin-based purée, rather than cheaper gelatin found in many similar candies — demonstrate Bacon’s efforts to make medical marijuana not just edible but appetizing. These aren’t your garden-variety pot brownies. If someone’s using a guitar cutter to cube gummies, they’re trafficking in highquality confections. 36
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Bacon, a culinary-school-trained chef who once worked for revered restaurateur Alice Waters, now parlays those expert cooking skills into edibles and other products for the dispensary. As CVD’s production manager, she concocts cookies, brownies, candies, beverages, tinctures and salves as the delectable delivery systems for the therapeutic properties of THC. And she can’t taste any of it. Under strict state regulations, the dispensary cannot divert any of its products — even to those who make them — outside of its tightly restricted sales outlets. CVD must account for every drop of THC it uses. And dispensary workers can’t buy the product to try themselves unless they have a medical marijuana card registered with the state. The company’s CBD products, however, are an exception. These are made with cannabidiol, a compound extracted from the hemp plant that doesn’t make people high. Bacon oversees those, too, under CVD’s Ceres Natural Remedies brand, which is sold to the general public. Medical marijuana is just that: medicine. But Bacon believes even medicine should be delicious. “They deserve to have good food put into their body that tastes good,” she says of medical marijuana patients, many of whom use the drug to ease pain or discomfort. “If this little strawberry pâte de fruits makes their day, I’m happy about it.”
Bacon focuses on flavor and, along with her handful of employees, crafts CVD’s entire menu by hand, without automation. To perfect each recipe, she does taste her confections — but samples them before adding THC. And she uses local and organic ingredients whenever possible. For instance, a new line of little square crackers called Cheese
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Nibs contains the Cellars at Jasper Hill Farm’s Cabot Clothbound cheddar, one of Vermont’s most awarded — and most expensive — cheeses. Bacon says she tried other cheddars but found them not up to snuff. She uses Callebaut chocolate from Belgium in the gluten-free brownies and Deep Mountain Maple syrup from Vermont for maple-flavored lozenges and maple fudge, an early spring special. For the bases of CVD’s apothecary products, such as salves, Bacon stirs up a stock of organic herbs, including arnica flower and chamomile, into a coconut oil base.
Once she has perfected a base recipe, Bacon works to ensure that each product contains a precise amount of THC or CBD. For example, each 8-gram sea-salt caramel contains exactly 10 milligrams of THC. “Amy’s job, in a nutshell, is to create recipes that have distributed cannabinoids evenly across the batch, with consistent formulation,” says CVD director of marketing Bridget Conry. Bacon isn’t allowed to discuss how she achieves uniform THC distribution in her products, even in general terms. CVD keeps a tight lid on her process, which it considers proprietary, Conry says. Bacon’s efforts, however, are evident to Tammy Long. She’s an ovarian cancer survivor who lives in South Londonderry and has consumed CVD’s edibles for more than four years. Long’s go-to is the ginger molasses cookie, which she says has a nice flavor and, more importantly, gives her a reliable dose of THC every time. “The consistency has been pretty spoton,” Long says. “I know what to expect in terms of getting high.” Bacon is a Colchester native and credits her mother — whom she describes as an “incredible” cook — with instilling her love of good food. After graduating from the University of Vermont with an English degree, Bacon followed her passion for cooking to the California Culinary Academy in San Francisco. From there, she got a kitchen job at Waters’ Berkeley restaurant, Chez Panisse, where she stayed for three years. When Bacon became pregnant with her first daughter, she and her husband, Tom, returned to Vermont. They settled in her hometown to raise a family, which now includes three children. Bacon went into private catering, doing her own gigs and occasionally picking up work with other caterers. But something was missing. “I love working with food, but I also have this need to help people,” she explains, noting that her mother and sister are both nurses. “I was looking for a little bit more meaning in my work, a little bit more of a connection.” Her husband’s connection to CVD founder and executive director Shayne Lynn led Bacon to the dispensary and its then-nascent edibles program in December 2014. At the time, Conry oversaw the company’s kitchen — essentially just a Crock-Pot and a convection toaster oven on a table in the CVD offices, she recalls. But demand for edibles was growing, and Conry needed someone else to handle production. Bacon knew nothing about edibles or THC infusion, but she had plenty of experience with food and how to prepare it for others. She and Conry
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soon equipped the infusion kitchen at CVD’s production facility in Milton with top-notch appliances, including the guitar cutter. “Amy brought in the professional skills that were necessary to run a commercial kitchen,” Conry says. “You don’t need to know the cannabis part to work in the cannabis industry. You need to have the right professional skills coming in. We’ll teach you the cannabis part, or we’ll learn it together.” Bacon says she leans toward the savory side of cooking, but at CVD she has grown proficient at sweets. Fats and sugars are ideal for binding to cannabinoids, she explains, and cookies and candies seem to have the most appeal to medical marijuana users. Today, Bacon’s work involves as much of the scientific as the sensory. Most of her edibles use what the company calls “activated oils” that carry THC. Extracted from the plants in CVD’s nursery using a high-tech carbon dioxide method, the oils vary from thin and viscous to dense and jam-like. Bacon chooses the oil for each recipe after determining how it will distribute through the batter or dough. Then it’s all about the math. She knows the weight of each candy or cookie and the amount of THC it should contain. Bacon multiplies
that number of milligrams times the number of items in the batch to calculate the total amount of THC she needs. Then she looks at the concentration of THC in the oil, which tells her how much she’ll need for the whole batch. She sometimes uses heat or other means to manipulate the oil and ease its even spread through the mixture. “You can’t just pour it in,” she says. Precision is key. That’s true of baking in general, but in most commercial kitchens the baker doesn’t have to record the exact weight of the sugar she uses in a binder notebook — as Bacon does for THC — before dumping it into the mixer. She doesn’t have to ensure that the exact same number of granules of sugar end up in each cookie. (And, of course, in any other kitchen a baker would not only be allowed to taste the final product but would be required to do so to ensure it turned out as intended.) A CVD inventory employee must sign out each jar of activated oil that Bacon uses and, when she returns it, register the difference in weight to match it against the amount Bacon recorded having put into the recipe. When the items are finished and packaged, she writes the total weight of the package and the percentage of THC it contains on a different ledger. All of the math, documentation and repetition in the CVD production kitchen can get tedious, Bacon admits. “That’s when you put the patients in front of your brain,” she says. “It’s going to make someone’s day better.” m
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arolyn Evans was in her forties the first time she tried rolling a joint. It didn’t go well. “I was all thumbs,” she recalled with a laugh. But the 48-year-old former dental hygienist from Jacksonville, Vt., wasn’t doing it to get high. A patient at Southern Vermont Wellness, a medical cannabis dispensary in Brattleboro, Evans suffers from cervical stenosis resulting from multiple car accidents and repetitive work injuries. The degenerative condition compresses her spine and causes severe pain, numbness and weakness in her limbs. After a dozen surgeries, she was unable to work and, in 2013, was deemed 100 percent disabled. In 2017, after 13 years of taking prescription pain meds, including morphine, fentanyl and oxycodone, Evans began tapering off opioids; by May 2018, she’d quit them entirely. Evans’ pain hasn’t disappeared — far from it. But fearful of overdosing on the powerful painkillers and concerned about their long-term health consequences, she decided that cannabis was a safer option. Evans also found it objectionable that if she requested additional pain meds, some medical professionals “stereotyped” her as a drug-seeking addict. Evans, who’s never struggled with drug addiction, now takes a low-dose naltrexone, a medication often used to treat alcohol and opioid dependence. Mostly, though, she uses cannabis to relieve her symptoms. “I have to say, since I’m off [opiates], I feel a ton better than I did,” she added. “I still have pain, but I’m not in a fog all the time. I feel a lot healthier.” Of the approximately 5,200 patients on the Vermont Marijuana Registry, at least three-quarters report using cannabis to treat chronic pain. It’s unknown how many use it to wean themselves off opioids or medications, such as methadone and buprenorphine, that are used to treat opioid dependence. Unlike states such as New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, Vermont doesn’t specify “opioid-use disorder” as a qualifying medical condition for the registry. But according to a spokesperson for the Vermont State Police, which oversees the program, anecdotally it’s believed that some patients use it for that purpose. For decades, marijuana was derided as the “gateway drug” that opened the door to more dangerous and addictive substances.
But a growing body of scientific evidence suggests that the gateway can swing in the opposite direction. Patients who’ve taken prescription painkillers for years are now consuming cannabis as an “exit drug” to reduce or eliminate their opioid dependence, as are those with opioid-use disorder who’ve struggled through vicious cycles of rehab and relapse. Advocates of this approach say that cannabis could be a potent tool for ending America’s opioid crisis, which now claims more lives annually than handguns and automobile crashes.
But not everyone is ready to give cannabis therapy the green light. Substancetreatment professionals remain especially wary of this approach, given that many of them treat clients with multiple dependencies that include cannabis-use disorder. While they acknowledge that smoking pot is safer than, say, intravenous heroin use, few seem willing to recommend it to their clients given the dearth of peerreviewed studies to demonstrate its efficacy on opioid-use disorder. However, patients are already seeking it out for that purpose. Paul Jerard is a
physician assistant with 15 years of clinical experience, mostly in the emergency department at the University of Vermont Medical Center. In April 2018, he founded the Burlington-based Vermont Cannabinoid Clinic, which advises patients in Vermont and elsewhere about how to use cannabis to treat various conditions. According to Jerard, the vast majority of people who come to him are looking for alternatives to pain meds, including some who have opioid-use disorder. As Jerard pointed out, opioids aren’t well tolerated by many patients, especially
Vote for me for Best Mortgage Broker elders, because they can cause drowsiness, constipation and nausea. “And, of course, there’s the ever-present danger of overdosing and dying,” he added. Jerard said he occasionally sees the fortysomething man complaining of “back pain” who really just wants a registry card to get high rather than to get off pain meds. Still, even for patients who won’t stop taking opioids, Jerard said that cannabis can be beneficial. “In fact, one of the interesting and encouraging things about cannabinoids is that they work synergistically with opioids,” he added. Indeed, in a paper titled “Emerging Evidence for Cannabis’ Role in Opioid Use Disorder,” published online in the September 1, 2018, issue of Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, researchers found that by combining cannabis with opioids, patients achieved the same level of pain relief at lower opioid dosages, thus reducing their risk of accidental death. In 2017, 101 Vermonters died of non-suicide opioid overdoses, including 33 who succumbed after taking too many prescription meds. One of New England’s most ardent advocates for using cannabis to stem the opioid crisis is Dr. Dustin Sulak, an osteopathic physician and medical director of the Falmouth, Maine, office of Integr8 Health. His practice’s 16 health care providers in three offices in Maine and Massachusetts treat more than 20,000 patients, many with medical marijuana. Sulak answered questions from Seven Days via email and also referenced his May 10, 2016, public lecture “Cannabis as a Solution to the Opioid Epidemic,” held at the University of Southern Maine in Portland. Sulak explained how cannabis can tackle some of the most intractable problems associated with the opioid epidemic. Adding cannabis to opioid regimens, he said, enhances their painkilling properties while also preventing patients from developing a tolerance to them, thus reducing the need to escalate their dosage. Sulak pointed to a 2016 Michigan study of 244 medical cannabis patients who were using cannabis for pain. Patients reported a 64 percent decrease in opioid use, fewer side effects from other medications and a 45 percent improved quality of life. He also cited a 2014 study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, which found that states with medical marijuana laws had, on average, a 25 percent lower rate of accidental opioid deaths. As for patients already struggling with addiction, Sulak said that cannabis is effective in treating opioid withdrawal symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, cramping, muscle spasms, anxiety, agitation, restlessness and insomnia. And its
safety profile is better than buprenorphine and methadone, he noted, both of which pose greater risks for abuse, diversion and accidental death. “I’m not putting these treatment options down,” Sulak clarified. “These treatments save lives … but they’re not enough. We need something more.” Cannabis, Sulak contended, can also change opioid-dependent brains by promoting neuroplasticity, or physiological changes in their structure related to forging new behaviors and thought patterns. “That’s exactly what we need to get someone out of that addictive cycle into a new phase in their life.” Because addiction is known to have a genetic component, relatives of people with substance-use disorders are at heightened risk of developing addiction problems themselves. When Windham County resident “Kay” was seriously injured on the job in 2007 by lumber that blew off a trailer and knocked her down, she was left disabled with four rods in her
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hip. Despite persistent pain that made her unable to work for three years, Kay refused to take opioids. Kay had never struggled with drug addiction, but her sister did, and Kay didn’t want to go down the same path. At the time of Kay’s injury — and to this day — her sister has been hooked on opioids. A registered nurse who was herself injured on the job, she eventually lost her nursing license after getting caught changing a patient’s prescription and stealing meds from another. Kay’s nephew was born opioid dependent and was taken from his mother for the first year of his life. As Kay put it, “It was a horror story.” Since 2007, Kay has used cannabis to treat her pain. (She’s on Vermont’s marijuana registry and asked that her real name not be used out of concern that it might affect her employment status.) Though she never consumes cannabis before work, she uses it daily for pain, typically by smoking or vaping it and by consuming edibles and cannabis oil. “My sister and her situation really
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scared me, to be honest,” she said. “Opiates are such a sad, sad situation right now.” But it’s not the responsible cannabis user, like Kay, that Kurt White worries about. White is a social worker, a licensed drug and alcohol counselor, and director of ambulatory services at the Brattleboro Retreat. For four years he was also president of the Vermont Association of Addiction Treatment Providers, which represents about 20 treatment organizaSenior Mortgage Loan Originator NMLS: 103643 tions statewide. White, who’s been involved in substance-abuse treatment for more than two decades, said that using marijuana as a substitute for harder drugs is nothing 30 Kimball Avenue, Suite 200 new. For years it was referred to, somewhat tongue-in-cheek, as “marijuana South Burlington, VT maintenance.” ublocal.com • 802.318.7395 Most people, he acknowledged, can use cannabis and never develop problems with it. He’s mostly concerned about the 8v-unionbankkellydeforge051519.indd 1 5/10/19 11:06 AM 10 to 15 percent of the population who lose control over their consumption and become addicted, especially young people and those with mental health problems. “Those negative consequences [of marijuana use], on the whole, are of a lesser magnitude than the negative consequences associated with something like IV heroin use. But it doesn’t mean they’re nonexistent,” he added. “And people who have an existing addiction to one drug are much more likely to have an addiction to other drugs.” Moreover, if you look at the populathe tion addicted to opioids, he said, they tend to be very heavy cannabis users who consume it in compulsive ways. Still, like many substance-treatment Introducing a sage professionals, White said that he subscribes to the idea of “patient selfand sassy adviser determination as a core value of our to answer reader profession.” That is, patients will make questions on matters their own choices, and if they choose a path that’s less harmful than another one, large and small. he’ll support their decision. Still, that doesn’t mean he’s ready to recommend What’s your problem? cannabis based on the current body of Send it to: clinical research. asktherev@sevendaysvt.com “Being professional providers, we generally go where the evidence leads us and try not to jump the gun,” he added. “The science just isn’t there yet.” m
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n 2001, Larisa Bolivar moved from a corporate job near Washington, D.C., to Colorado as a self-described “medical marijuana refugee.” She was using weed to help her address a diagnosed case of posttraumatic stress disorder. Since then, Bolivar has been working, in business and in politics, to help others access the same benefits she’s found. “Cannabis saved my life, and I knew that when I first consumed it,” she told Seven Days in a phone interview. Bolivar started as a consumer, buying on the down-low in the D.C. area. Since moving to Colorado, she has opened (and later closed) a legal-but-unregulated dispensary, started multiple cannabis- and hemp-related businesses, and become an outspoken advocate for a legal, regulated cannabis economy that rights the wrongs of America’s war on drugs. As head of the Cannabis Consumers Coalition, Bolivar is traveling the country to push states toward policies that benefit cannabis users and, especially, groups that she says have been targeted by the drug policies of the past. Bolivar will be in Vermont this weekend as keynote speaker at the second annual Vermont Cannabis & Hemp Convention, held at the Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex Junction. With Vermont’s marijuana policies still up in the air in Montpelier last week, Seven Days talked with Bolivar about her path from D.C. corporate recruiter to cannabis trailblazer. SEVEN DAYS: You got your start in the very early years of medical cannabis in Colorado and the nation at large. What barriers were patients facing back then as they tried to interface with the medical marijuana system? LARISA BOLIVAR: A lot of it was limited information — education — and then prohibitive costs: doctors charging a premium, and the registration card itself, which was a few hundred dollars back then. So … safe access to affordable, quality marijuana was an issue. [Users] were still going to neighborhood dealers or cultivators, and a lot of them eventually became part of the caregiver network, and then some of them even became
LB: I would say the No. 1 issue are barriers to entry that keep people who were most affected by the drug war out of the industry itself. Criminal records related to drug charges, high entry costs. My master’s thesis was [on] enduring racial disparity after cannabis legalization, which is when I started working on the issue of social equity and realized it’s not just people of color. It’s also poor people, because these were targeted communities. I think the best solution for this would be to use tax revenue to create grants or small business loans and create a program for people who were most impacted by the war on drugs, so they can get some capital injection to start businesses and the training they need to operate a successful business.
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business owners … They were paying $300 to $400 an ounce back then. Of course, there were robberies of patient and caregiver [growers]. These things led to the call for regulation, especially when people like myself started opening up storefronts without regulations. SD: In Vermont, many elected officials are concerned that we’re going to do this [legalization] and there’s going to be all these unintended consequences. What have you seen as the most common growing pains when retail comes online?
SD: What were the findings of your thesis, and how have they shaped your work since then? LB: Well, I discovered that the main reason people of color aren’t participating in the cannabis industry is, first, fear … which is not unfounded, because of the targeted drug war. And data show that in states where they have already legalized cannabis, the arrest rates for people of color versus whites is still disproportionately high. The other reason would be access to capital, and that means not just money but social capital. SD: What do you mean by “social capital”? LB: Social capital is: Our parents aren’t members of a country club and don’t have all those connections. We don’t have connections to high-powered attorneys to help beat marijuana charges, which is why we have more black and brown people in jail for nonviolent cannabis offenses than white people … Social capital means social power, if you will. Connections to politics, connections to small businesses, having that network where you can go and raise money … That’s not very feasible for someone who grew up in a poor urban center and whose only worldview was that poverty. SD: And in an industry that’s already predominantly white… LB: It’s over 80 percent white male.
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Stirring the Pot « P.41 SD: What are the implications of those disparities in Vermont, where the general population is even whiter than that? As lawmakers here figure out exactly what a tax-and-regulate system looks like, what should they think about and put into the bill? LB: Where you guys don’t have a very diverse state, what you do have is one of the highest opioid-abuse rates and death rates in the country. And so, whether [cannabis is] addressed recreationally or medically, this is something that can save lives and maybe give back to the communities most damaged by the opioid crisis, and let that be part of the social equity. If you look at Missouri, they’re expunging marijuana records. So that’s another way to address the issue that removes identity politics from it. SD: There’s some awareness of the problem of “bro culture” and how easily white dudes could dominate the cannabis industry. As a woman advocating in statehouses and also working on the business side, how
have you been received? Has your message been received differently because of your identity? LB: I come from both sides of this: I come from the advocacy, activism side, but I was a technical recruiter from the mid-to-late ’90s in the D.C. area, and that’s all militaryindustrial, if you want to talk about bro culture. [Laughs.] My concern is basically the corporate takeover of everything in general … I also studied the loss of individual influence on policy as a result of corporations basically hiring lobbyists to write laws. I mean, it’s really as simple as that with [2010 Supreme Court ruling] Citizens United [v. Federal Election Commission]. Where cannabis comes into play … it’s a new industry, and veils have not really even been created yet. Whereas other industries like the oil and gas or pharmacy, et cetera, they are so large and so powerful and omnipotent and oligarchal, that it’s almost impossible to pierce the veil. That’s the problem we’re facing — my cosmic issue is that this behavior is impacting policy already all over the nation, and we just need to stop it at the cannabis level. That’s actually a hope of mine: creating a
model industry that shows we can have fair competition and fair practices, so it’s not viewed as a winner-take-all scenario — even though that’s what we [in the United States] promote. Sometimes that behavior and mind-set is pathological — people will throw their grandmother under the bus to win. I just don’t think … any of that is healthy. SD: What should states do to prevent the kinds of corporate-industry takeover you’re talking about? LB: I think it’s just making sure that there are laws that help small businesses start and flourish. We have, for example, a very robust microbrewery industry here in Colorado. So long as we keep it fair for smaller operators — and we have to be, as an industry, very vigilant that new regulations coming in don’t impact that. SD: How do we design a policy that’s going to effectively bring the cannabis economy into this new regulated system? How do we prevent it from becoming a divided economy where there’s still a robust black market? LB: That is largely related to consumers
and creating a fair and competitive marketplace, and providing consumers a multitude of options that meet their demand. I see some states trying to limit THC percentage in plants, and that’s going to drive people back to the black market. You can’t take something out of prohibition and then re-create prohibition through regulation. Meeting consumer demand is essential: having properly tested cannabis, allowing advertising … The lifeblood of your company outside of money is marketing. You’ve got your product or your service … but then, it’s not always “build it and they will come.” You have to be able to promote what you’re doing and [show] why it’s better … If you can’t show consumers what you have, they’re going to go to what’s most familiar, and that could be their best friend or nextdoor neighbor. m Contact: taylor@sevendaysvt.com
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price covers the food and the experience, Bobby said, with the cannabis infusion a gift from the cook. “Generally, the [diners] are cannabis enthusiasts between 20 and 45, but I’d very much like to get into the boomer realm,” Bobby said. “I know people like my parents would love events like this, but it’s hard to network in the gray market.” Bobby grew up in suburban Washington, D.C., with a fondness for the traditional Jewish food — brisket, matzo ball soup, kosher chicken — that his artist mother cooked for holidays. He also loved the everyday cooking of his Peruvian housekeeper. “I’d be off doing homework or playing video games, and the smell of garlic would lift me like a cartoon,” Bobby said. “And suddenly I’d be standing next to her.” At his catered bar mitzvah, Bobby insisted on one menu item: a mashed potato bar. Guests could load up their potatoes with sides of butter, bacon, cheese, chives and sour cream. Bobby said he’s pretty sure he was the only kid who “utilized” this food option. “I walked around with a martini glass filled with mashed potatoes,” he said. “It was great.” When Bobby was 19, he ate an ounce of weed in a fit of fear that he’d be caught by authorities. Chewing and swallowing the plant material took roughly — and it was rough — 15 minutes, but Bobby did it. “Prohibition will force you to do some crazy things if you think you’re going to get in trouble,” he said. In Vermont, where he moved for college, Bobby developed a passion for beer; he didn’t miss a Cannabis-infused sausage and gravy release from Hill Farmstead Brewery for BOBBY five years, he said. He has scores of beer POSITION: Freelance cannabis bottles at his home, a “solid 80 percent” chef who also has standard made in Vermont. catering gigs this summer “I’m too big of a beer snob for my own LOCATION: Burlington good,” said Bobby, letting out a big, boomAGE: 30 ing laugh — an audible trademark. INSTAGRAM: @hauteandheady Cannabis products could contribute to CUISINE TYPE: Varied, including Vermont in the way craft beer has, Bobby themed dinners of Italian, French Burlington cannabis chef provides down-low catering believes. “Even as late as we are to the Canadian and new American party, the quality of our goods [and] articuisine B Y S A LLY POL L AK sanal production is a very Vermonty mindCULINARY TRAINING: Ran the set,” he said. snack bar at his boarding school; worked for a local caterer and a obby, a cannabis cook in Burlington, turned With a full-fledged career in Over pizza and beer, Bobby talked food truck. Also a lifelong home 30 last month and called it “terrifying.” The his preferred field on hold, Bobby with Seven Days about cooking with cook: “You can’t go through career he envisioned has stalled. A decade ago, does a little down-low catering. He cannabis, the munchies and his family, 30 years of gluttony without in a college course, Bobby wrote a business also makes prepared foods such as including being the grandson of Hololearning how to cook a thing or plan for a restaurant that would specialize in cannabis- “Bobby’s blackout barbecue sauce,” caust survivors. “I’m very proud of that two.” infused food. Then as now, however, state and federal whose ingredients includes cannabis, fact, especially in this day and age,” he law would make such an enterprise illegal. (Bobby spoke and sells them by word of mouth. A said. “There’s a lot of hatred fomented to Seven Days on the condition that his last name not be few times a year, Bobby holds multicourse catered meals, toward minority groups, especially immigrants. And published because his cannabis catering is prohibited sometimes in his own backyard, other times at Airbnb my grandfather did the American dream as an illegal under Vermont law.) rentals. He’d like to do that more often, but there are logis- immigrant. He came over here under someone else’s “I thought it would’ve been legalized by the time I tical challenges. name and was able to provide a living and an education graduated college,” Bobby said. “And when I graduated The meals cost $75 to $250 per person, depending on for his kids and grandkids.” from college, I thought within the next two years. State the number of courses, the type of food, the beer or wine government has ruined and sunk bill after bill.” pairings, if any, and the potency of the infusions. The COVERT CUISINE » P.48
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SD: When you’re cooking with cannabis, how do you balance its flavor profile with its potency? B: Concentrates make it really easy to do that — using hash oil or distillate, various forms of concentrated cannabinoids. Most food-grade extracts are relatively flavorless, especially distillate, which is distilled THC. It doesn’t taste like plant material at all; it has a little bit of an off flavor, but not much of one. It also makes it easy to dose.
SEVEN DAYS: How’d you get into cooking with cannabis? BOBBY: It actually fascinated me well before I ever imbibed myself. My family’s always been pretty big into weed. Both my parents imbibe. My sisters imbibe. It wasn’t open knowledge as a child, but by the time I was in my late teens, it was all pretty obvious. I went to a summer camp in Maine. There were a few SD: If you cook with the flower, how do you decarb things the counselors would it? [The process formally always do on their days off, called decarboxylation and one was go to a head shop activates the THC.] called the Wake and Bakery. I B: I just simmer it in olive oil was a fan of wordplay, despite or butter for an extended time the fact that I wouldn’t imbibe — at least an hour. It’s been a for a number of years. But I long time since I made stanthought that was the greatest dard weed butter. I let my nose thing on the planet. guide me. B O BBY Also, I have a cousin who’s a well-known breeder and cultivator on the West Coast. SD: Not many ingredients have a million names — Having never met him, just seeing the reverence in my weed, ganja, spliff, dope, herb, grass, nug, cannabis, parents’ eyes whenever he was brought up in conversa- pot, flower, reefer. What word do you use? tion made me realize that I could be accepted by my family B: I’m a stickler for “cannabis.” I’ll use slang terms should I decide to go in that route. every once in a while. I prefer not to call it marijuana, And cooking with weed was my two biggest passions because the term is steeped in racist history. And I think referring to it by its scientific name is a big step in meeting. destigmatization. SD: How particular are you when it comes to pairing SD: What do you make for the munchies that can strains with certain dishes? B: Not as particular as I’d like to be, simply because top Cheetos, which have it all: salt, color, crunch, Vermont doesn’t have that much that I can draw from. I’m value and a big bag for grabbing? very picky with the quality of flower and concentrate that B: That’s a hard question. When you get stoned enough, I’m willing to use, so that really just limits me even further. you can put Ploughgate [Creamery] butter on anything.
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SD: What’s the first thing you made with pot? B: Oatmeal butterscotch cookies, and then mac and cheese.
“Bobby” pouring marijuana flower-laced milk as he makes cannabis-infused sausage and gravy
SD: If you get paranoid smoking pot, can eating it instead help? B: Honestly, it’s probably gonna be worse. I know people
SAMPLE OF CANNABISINFUSED FEAST Fresh Ricotta Cannabis-infused ricotta with crackers, honey and fresh fruit (~100mg)
Meatballs Beef/pork-blended meatball on house foccacia with romesco sauce (~150mg)
Anglotti del Plin Cheese-stuffed pasta with corn and bacon in a whey butter sauce (~150mg)
Porchetta Roasted pork roulade with creamy polenta, broccoli rabe and mixed-apple mostarda (~150)
Olive Oil Cake Olive oil cake with creamy lemon and pistachio gelatos (~150mg)
that smoke like chimneys, and they’ll eat a couple hundred milligrams of THC and suddenly they’re in a cold shower trying to calm themselves down. SD: Why not just smoke a bowl and call Leonardo’s [Pizza]? B: It’s a valid point, [but] there’s a time and place for everything. m Contact: sally@sevendaysvt.com
SAUSAGE AND GRAVY Bobby recommends this recipe for cannabis-infused gravy. It makes five to six servings. INGREDIENTS
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4 to 5 cups whole milk 7 grams to 1 ounce ground cannabis, according to personal preference 1 pound breakfast sausage 3 to 5 tablespoons flour Black pepper, cayenne pepper, salt and/or garlic powder to taste
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Heat milk in pot on stove. Add cannabis to heated milk. Simmer and let steep for at least 25-45 minutes, stirring regularly and ensuring that it does not boil. Bring a large pan to medium to medium-high heat and add breakfast sausage. Cook sausage until it begins to brown and render fat. Slowly add flour until it begins to bind to sausage and sops up all rendered fat. Mix and continue to cook for another minute or two. Strain cannabis from heated milk. Add heated milk to pan of sausage. Add black pepper, cayenne, salt and/or garlic powder to taste. Stir regularly as mixture reduces on low to medium heat. Serve with biscuits.
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ae Alexander and her husband, Bill, noticed a strange but fairly regular occurrence at her Vermont Thai Restaurant, which she formerly ran in Milton. Couples would come in and “the wife” would enjoy the Thai curries, noodle dishes and soups Kae prepared, while “the husband was waiting to get a burger after,” said Bill. That is to say, the husbands were taking up space in the restaurant but not paying for its food. No restaurant owner likes that arrangement. At her new restaurant, Victoria’s Café in South Hero, Kae designed her menu to reach diners who seek and fear the curry. The result? A large menu that includes dishes familiar to anyone who’s eaten Thai food stateside — pad Thai, massaman curry, pad krapow — but also cheeseburgers and maple duck. Kae based the Thai parts of the menu on what people had ordered most frequently at her previous establishment. Some of the harder-to-find Thai offerings available in Milton, such as deep-fried eggs in tamarind sauce, didn’t make the cut. However, her daily specials offer what Bill — who augments Kae’s intermediate English — calls “more exotic dishes.” These include homemade rice noodles (guay tiaw), which take eight hours to steam, or fullsize egg rolls, which have proven popular. In a phone interview, Kae said she learned cooking from her mother. Originally from Thailand, she had her first restaurant job at 19 or 20, in the food court of a department store in Bangkok. She went to college for interior design but found she liked cooking better. Soon enough, Kae became a chef at the Dusit Thani, one of the oldest luxury hotels in Bangkok. (Recently closed, it’s slated to be demolished and rebuilt.) Unlike in the U.S., where fine-dining kitchen staffs tend to be hierarchical, she said that, even as a newly hired cook at Dusit Thani, she and the other chefs cocreated the menus. Kae went on to own multiple restaurants across 50
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Thailand, including Chon Buri in Bangkok, where she and Bill first met. In 2011, she moved to Vermont, and the two married. Kae, 37, has been cooking in Vermont since 2012, when she launched a Thai catering business. In 2013, she opened Vermont Thai Restaurant in Milton, which stayed open for about a year. Between that March 2014 closure and opening Victoria’s Café in December 2018, Kae said, she learned how to make “American food by hand” by working at Chef’s Corner in Williston. She also worked as a line chef at the University of Vermont Medical Center. Kae even got a taste of bland American cuisine by working at Panera and Olive Garden. But if cooking at chain restaurants where the food is largely prefabricated was a step down after owning restaurants, Kae didn’t complain about the experience.
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She simply expressed appreciation for being able to have her own place again, with control over what she serves. “It’s been my dream for a long time,” she said. “I want to do my style.” Another big event during this time: Kae and Bill welcomed a daughter, Victoria. Now 2, she is the café’s namesake.
Located on Route 2, the main drag in South Hero, Victoria’s Café serves locals, visitors, part-time residents and ferry commuters. Its interior mirrors the ThaiAmerican mix of the menu, with a poster of Pink Floyd, an illustrated print of a vaguely European bistro, elephant figurines and artificial orchids.
On a recent Thursday evening there, I began with the kanom jeep ($7), a sort of open-faced dumpling made with ground chicken, crispy browned garlic and tender homemade rice wrappers. Light, delicate and savory, it came with a tangy brown dipping sauce. A dish of Chinese origin, it’s commonly found in Thailand, Kae said. Although the American part of the menu included some intriguing options — maple duck with rosemary ($22), and a fusion-y roasted duck stir-fry with sweet basil and jasmine rice ($22) — I opted for one of the trusty curries: red, spicy, with vegetables ($15). As I waited for its arrival, I overheard timid-sounding customers ordering “the dumplings” and “No. 22” rather than venturing to pronounce “gyoza” and “pad see ew.” But who’s to judge? Best not a Vermont food writer sitting alone and reading Lolita with a four-pack of microbrews from the gas station down the road. (The restaurant was BYOB at the time; as
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of May 1, it began serving beer and wine with an emphasis on Vermont beverages.) The red curry, loaded with thinly sliced bamboo, bell peppers, carrots and broccoli, was on the sweet side. And to my palate, it was on the mild side of medium. To crank up the heat, my eager high-school-age waitress brought me red pepper flakes and Sriracha. I wondered if she was the first server I’ve had who was born in this millennium, as I contemplated my mortality alongside the coconut milk. After my meal, and again in a later phone interview, Kae emphasized her willingness to adjust dishes to her customers’ palates. “I say, if it’s not spicy enough, please let me know. I want the customer happy. I try to put real Thai chile peppers for customers I know like it,” she said. “That’s why I try to remember customers. I think one real chile pepper would be perfect for you.” Kae prides herself on remembering regular customers’ preferences and
happily adapts dishes upon request. Broccoli instead of peppers in a mild, gluten-free curry? No problem, she said — just ask. On the low side of the Scoville scale, Thai desserts tend to be quite sweet and fruity, and Victoria’s mango sticky rice was a satisfying example. Warm, sweetened coconut milk was stirred into the sticky rice, topped with fresh mango, strawberries and black sesame seeds. Though Kae doesn’t judge her customers who order burgers or tacos, she has not given up hope on the spice-averse and said she’s seen plenty of customers broaden their eating habits already. “Husband don’t want the Thai food, then he tries it, and next time they come back, they all order Thai food,” she said with a laugh. m
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NAMI VERMONT PATHWAYS TO WELLNESS CONFERENCE: Advocates, family members and mental health providers network during a full day of innovative workshops and keynote speeches. Champlain College, Burlington, 8:30 a.m.4:15 p.m. $45-80; preregister. Info, 876-7949.
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FIBER RIOT!: Creative types get hooked on knitting, crocheting, spinning and more at an informal weekly gathering. Mad River Fiber Arts & Mill, Waitsfield, 5-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 496-7746. KNITTER’S GROUP: Needles in tow, crafters share their latest projects and get help with challenging patterns. All skill levels are welcome. South Burlington Community Library, University Mall, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 846-4140. ZINE CLUB: SUMMER’S COMING: Creative types explore various writing styles and art techniques as they craft simple, printed forms of expression. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.
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MEMORABLE TIMES CAFÉ: Those living with mild to moderate memory loss and their care partners convene for casual social time. Refreshments are provided. Vermont History Center, Barre, 1:30-3 p.m. Free. Info, 476-2681. SENIOR THESIS PRESENTATIONS: Film and Media Culture students reveal the culmination of their studies. Room 229, Axinn Center, Starr Library, Middlebury College, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.
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‘A.K.A. DOC POMUS’: A 2012 documentary about an unlikely rock-and-roll icon strikes a chord with viewers. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581. ‘COCO BEFORE CHANEL’: Audrey Tautou portray’s Coco Chanel in a 2009 biopic about the iconic fashion designer. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600. ‘DINOSAURS ALIVE 3D’: Audience members embark on a virtual hunt for fossilized clues revealing the behavior and world of extinct reptiles. Northfield Savings Bank 3D Theater: A National Geographic Experience, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 11 a.m., 1 & 3 p.m. $3-5 plus regular admission, $11.50-14.50; admission free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848. ‘LE AMICHE’: Upon returning to her hometown of Turin, Italy, a Clelia befriends a group of wealthy and cultured women. Shown in Italian with subtitles. Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro, 6 p.m. $5. Info, 533-2000.
MAY.20 | FILM Personal Best May 2018 marked the 30th anniversary of the People’s United Bank Vermont City Marathon & Relay. Running the 802, a new documentary film by runner and Your Personal Best Fitness Coaching owner Maurice “Moe” Brown, follows four participants as they prepare for the 26.2-mile endeavor. With various running backgrounds — one woman started running at age 62, while another has already completed 11 marathons — each subject shares his or her singular training experience. In addition to revealing the life-changing effects that marathon running can have on individuals, the 2019 picture also spotlights the energy and excitement that the race brings to Burlington each year.
‘RUNNING THE 802’ Monday, May 20, 7-8:30 p.m., at the Savoy Theater in Montpelier. See website for additional date. $6-8. Info, moe@personalbestfitness.net, mpoweredrunning.com.
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‘MYSTERIES OF THE UNSEEN WORLD 3D’: An awe-inspiring picture reveals phenomena that can’t be seen with the naked eye. Northfield Savings Bank 3D Theater: A National Geographic Experience, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, noon, 2 & 4 p.m. $3-5 plus regular admission, $11.50-14.50; admission free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848. WED.15
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VERMONT BUSINESSES FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY SPRING CONFERENCE: Mamava CEO and cofounder Sascha Mayer offers remarks at the start of a day of workshops, exhibitors and exploration of the theme “Champion Change in the Workplace and Marketplace.” Davis Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. $165-215. Info, 862-8347.
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Saucy Spectacular Tapping into the time-tested tradition of Weimar-era performance, Burlington’s long-running theater troupe Spielpalast Cabaret presents its annual spectacular. Backed by the Spielpalast Band, a live house orchestra, this irreverent group of singers, dancers and actors offers audience members a break from daily drudgery though songs, satirical skits and searing humor. Select performances, known as the “scandalous shows,” enter the realm of risqué. Folks may arrive one hour early for cocktails and preshow entertainment, and should leave the kids at home. Prepare for what production manager Jenna Giguere describes in a press release as “a journey back to the Weimar years, where sass, jazz and wit are ever in supply.”
SPIELPALAST CABARET Friday, May 17, 8 p.m.; Saturday, May 18, 8 & 11 p.m.; and Sunday, May 19, 8 p.m., at Black Box Theater, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, in Burlington. See website for additional dates. $25-28. Info, 863-5966, flynntix.org.
FOLLOW THE LEADER Like the late author Howard Frank Mosher, Glover resident and musician Kyle Woolard finds ample artistic inspiration in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. Recording and performing under the name Glorious Leader, Woolard, who sings and plays guitar in the indie band the Anatomy of Frank, released My Kingdom, his first solo EP, earlier this month. “The music is a reflection of the Northeast Kingdom,” he explains in an email, “an aural representation of its slender dirt roads, sparkling lakes, peeling wooden farmsteads, maple sugaring houses, cold
mountains, warm people and six to eight months of snowfall.” Acoustic guitar in hand, Woolard introduces his songs to a Greensboro audience alongside violinists Roy MacNeil and Nikki Kim, pianist Grant Woolard, and vocalist Holly Lillis. GLORIOUS LEADER Friday, May 17, 7 p.m., at Performance Studio, Highland Center for the Arts, in Greensboro. $10-15. Info, 533-2000, highlandartsvt.org.
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Country Remix For casual fans, the name Billy Ray Cyrus most likely evokes the boot-stomping strains of “Achy Breaky Heart,” the country crooner’s 1992 breakout hit. But the Kentucky-born entertainer has many more achievements under his tooled-leather belt. He has sold more than 9 million records, scored five Billboard Hot Country Songs and starred alongside his daughter Miley on the Disney Channel show “Hannah Montana” from 2006 to 2011. Most recently, Cyrus reentered pop-culture consciousness by lending his voice to a remix of “Old Town Road,” the countrified No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hit by hiphop artist Lil Nas X. New and longtime fans alike sing along in Rutland.
BILLY RAY CYRUS Sunday, May 19, 7 p.m., at Paramount Theatre in Rutland. $62.50-72.50. Info, 775-0903, paramountvt.org.
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‘WHO CARES ABOUT KELSEY?’: A panel discussion follows a screening of this 2012 documentary about a young woman striving to reach her goal of graduating from high school. Burlington High School, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-8456.
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BURGERS & BEERS: The Queen City eatery teams up with Zero Gravity Craft Brewery to offer six unique bun-and-patty options, each paired with a palate-pleasing beverage. Butch + Babe’s, Burlington, 5-9 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 495-0716. COMMUNITY SUPPER: A scrumptious spread connects friends and neighbors. The Pathways Vermont Community Center, Burlington, 5-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 300. FRIENDS OF THE STOWE FREE LIBRARY FUNDRAISER: Library supporters dine at a new restaurant combining LatinX and Asian foods. Over the Wall, Stowe, 5-7 p.m. $10. Info, 253-6145. RAISE A GLASS TO MMCTV: Imbibers sip suds to support Mt. Mansfield Community Television. Each pour in a commemorative glass benefits MMCTV. Stone Corral Brewery, Richmond, 3-10 p.m. Free. Info, 434-2550.
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BRIDGE CLUB: Players have fun with the popular card game. Burlington Bridge Club, Williston, 9:15 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. $6. Info, 872-5722. CARD GAMES, CRIBBAGE & PINOCHLE: Card sharks engage in friendly competition. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 223-3322.
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ACROYOGA CLASS: The mindfulness and breath of yoga meet the playful aspects of acrobatics in a partner practice. No partners or experience required. Sangha Studio — Pine, Burlington, 7-8:15 p.m. Donations. Info, 448-4262. BONE BUILDERS EXERCISE CLASSES: Folks of all ages ward off osteoporosis in an exercise and prevention class. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 7:30, 9 & 10:40 a.m. Free. Info, 223-3322.
CHAIR YOGA: Comfortable clothing is recommended for this class focused on balance, breath, flexibility and meditation. Barre Area Senior Center, 11 a.m.-noon. Free; preregister. Info, 479-9512.
8 CUERDAS: Soprano Sarah Cullins and guitarist Daniel Gaviria join forces for a spirited afternoon concert. Stowe Community Church, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 253-7792.
HELPING YOURSELF TO HEALTH WITH HEALTHY LIVING WORKSHOPS AT CVMC: Paige Loeven outlines Central Vermont Medical Center’s workshop offerings. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, info@hunger mountain.coop.
OLD NORTH END NEIGHBORHOOD BAND TEEN MUSIC JAM: Be they accomplished musicians or just starting out, young players find harmony in the traditional music of Burlington’s past and present immigrant groups. Boys & Girls Club, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 881-8500.
RESILIENCE FLOW: Individuals affected by traumatic brain injuries engage in a gentle yoga practice. Sangha Studio — Pine, Burlington, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 448-4262.
SONG CIRCLE: Singers and musicians congregate for an acoustic session of popular folk tunes. Godnick Adult Center, Rutland, 7:15-9:15 p.m. Donations. Info, 775-1182.
YOGA4CANCER: Meant for anyone affected by the illness, this class aims to help participants manage treatment side effects and recovery. Sangha Studio — North, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Donations. Info, 448-4262.
VERMONT GIRLS CHOIR AUDITIONS: Young vocalists vie for spots in a professional singing ensemble and education program. Various locations statewide. Free; preregister. Info, vermontgirlschoir@gmail.com.
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ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE OF THE LAKE CHAMPLAIN REGION SOCIAL HOUR: Francophones fine-tune their French-language conversation skills over cocktails. Juniper, Burlington, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, info@aflcr.org. BEGINNER & INTERMEDIATE/ ADVANCED ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSES: Learners take communication to the next level. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211. ENGLISH CONVERSATION: Language learners make strides — and new friends — in an ongoing discussion group. South Burlington Community Library, University Mall, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 846-4140. GERMAN CONVERSATION GROUP: Community members practice conversing auf Deutsch. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211. LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: SPANISH: ¡Hola! Language lovers perfect their fluency. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.
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GAYME NIGHT: Friends bond over contests such as Cards Against Humanity, Jenga Giant and Scrabble. Bring or borrow a game. Pride Center of Vermont, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 860-7812.
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‘INDECENT’: Inspired by true events, Paula Vogel’s buzzworthy new play, presented by the Segal Centre for the Performing Arts, is an homage to the art of making theater. Sylvan Adams Theatre, Segal Centre for Performing Arts, Montréal, 1 & 8 p.m. $53-67. Info, 514-739-7944.
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BIKE BASICS FOR BEGINNERS: Looking to hop in the saddle this summer? Caleb Magoon of Waterbury Sports elucidates bicycle anatomy, cleaning and maintenance. Waterbury Public Library, 6:30-8 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 244-7036.
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‘CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS?’ SPEAKER SERIES: Listeners consider “Single-Issue Politics,” presented by the League of Women Voters. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 229-4737. CURRENT EVENTS CONVERSATION: Newsworthy subjects take the spotlight in this informal discussion. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 878-4918. ‘LIFE AFTER DEATH’: All are welcome to discuss what lies beyond the veil in an open conversation hosted by Eckankar. Upper Valley Food Co-op, White River Junction, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 800-772-9390. NATHANIEL SHARP: Curious minds learn about the state’s citizen science projects such as Mountain Birdwatch, Vermont eBird and Vermont Atlas of Life on iNaturalist. Maclure Library, Pittsford, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 483-2972.
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TECH HELP WITH CLIF: Electronics novices develop skill sets applicable to smartphones, tablets and other gadgets. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, noon & 1 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-6955.
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‘ONCE’: A street musician and a Czech immigrant fall in love in this modern musical set in the streets of Dublin and presented by Northern Stage. Barrette Center for the Arts, White River Junction, 7:30 p.m. $19-59. Info, 296-7000. PLAY SCRIPT-READING CLUB: Storytelling enthusiasts unleash their inner thespians during a monthly reading of preselected scripts. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 6 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-4918.
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HOT TOPICS IN YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE: A panel of four local authors delves into current issues related to YA reads. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291. WRITING CIRCLE: Words pour out when participants explore creative expression in a lowpressure environment. The Pathways Vermont Community Center, Burlington, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 303.
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CHARLIE NARDOZZI: Attendees learn to grow a classic English country garden from the green thumb often heard on Vermont Public Radio. Richmond Free Library, 1 p.m. Free. Info, deborah. worthley@uvm.edu.
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FRANKLIN COUNTY REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MAY MIXER: Friends and colleagues catch up during an evening of lively conversation, refreshments and raffles. 30 Congress St., St. Albans, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $5-8; preregister. Info, 524-2444.
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POC IN VT AFFINITY GROUP: People of color come together in the name of sharing stories and building community in a predominately white state. Peace & Justice Center, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2345.
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MOUNT MANSFIELD SCALE MODELERS: Hobbyists break out the superglue and sweat the small stuff at a miniature construction skill swap. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:308:30 p.m. Free. Info, 879-0765.
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‘COMPOSTING AND RECYCLING: HOW TO KEEP RESOURCES OUT OF THE LANDFILL’: An interactive presentation by Lauren Layn of the Chittenden Solid Waste District demystifies the process of recycling and composting food scraps. South Burlington Community Library, University Mall, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 846-4140.
ECOTOPIA BURLINGTON: EcoCultureLab and Generator launch their Third Thursday Gatherings with an evening of imagination, conversation and play centered around visions of an equitable, flourishing, joyful and post-carbon Burlington in the year 2049. Generator, Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, ecoculture@uvm.edu.
‘SAGA OF TANYA THE EVIL: THE MOVIE’: Fans of Japanese animation view this 2019 film following a little girl destined to become the most dangerous among the sorcerers of an imperial army. Shown with subtitles. Palace 9 Cinemas, South Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $12.50. Info, 660-9300.
GREEN DRINKS: Locals learn about the new Go! Vermont rideshare app at a gathering hosted by Sustainable Woodstock. Worthy Kitchen, Woodstock, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 457-7281.
COMMUNITY LUNCH: Gardengrown fare makes for a delicious and nutritious midday meal. The Pathways Vermont Community Center, Burlington, 1-2 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 309.
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THE ILLUSIONISTS: Magicians dazzle audience members of all ages with thrilling and sophisticated acts. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 7 p.m. $59. Info, 775-0903. LAUREN RAINBOW: The psychic medium purports to channel healing messages from the beyond. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 7 p.m. $25. Info, 540-0406. SYNC!: Those looking to trade screen time for face time check their phones at the door to engage in a surprise activity with new friends. Study Hall, Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. $20 includes two beer vouchers. Info, 391-4281.
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See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section. ‘DINOSAURS ALIVE 3D’: See WED.15. ‘MYSTERIES OF THE UNSEEN WORLD 3D’: See WED.15. ‘OCEANS: OUR BLUE PLANET 3D’: See WED.15. ‘PAS SUR LA BOUCHE’: Audrey Tautou stars in this Frenchlanguage farce about the games of the heart. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600.
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games
CHITTENDEN COUNTY CHESS CLUB: Checkmate! Strategic thinkers make calculated moves as they vie for their opponents’ kings. Shaw’s, Shelburne Rd., South Burlington, 7-9:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-5403.
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BEGINNERS TAI CHI: Students get a feel for the ancient Chinese practice. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 223-1772. BONE BUILDERS: Seniors rise and shine with an exercise program meant to increase bone density and muscle strength. Barre Area Senior Center, 8:309:30 a.m. Free. Info, 479-9512. CHAIR YOGA WITH SANGHA STUDIO: Supported poses promote health and wellbeing. Champlain Senior Center, Burlington, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 448-4262. COMMUNITY MINDFULNESS: A 20-minute guided practice with Andrea O’Connor alleviates stress and tension. Tea and a discussion follow. Winooski Senior Center, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 233-1161. FALLS PREVENTION TAI CHI: Students improve their ability to stay steady on their feet. Barre Area Senior Center, 3:45-4:45 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 479-9512. YANG 24 TAI CHI: Slow, graceful, expansive movements promote wide-ranging health and fitness benefits. Great Room, Wright House, Harrington Village, Shelburne, 4-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 735-5467. YOGA: A Sangha Studio instructor guides students who are in recovery toward achieving inner tranquility. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 5-6 p.m. Free. Info, 448-4262.
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FLYNN SHOW CHOIRS: More than 80 of Vermont’s top singers, actors and dancers ages 9 through 18 perform Broadway favorites and pop hits with live accompaniment. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 6 & 8 p.m. $12-16. Info, 863-5966. LEBANON HIGH SCHOOL SPRING BAND CONCERT: Student musicians toot their horns in a lively performance. Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 7 p.m. Free. Info, 603-448-0400. NIGHTSHADE KITCHEN: A unique meal made up of regional cuisine pairs perfectly with original sounds by Elma Niacci and Guthrie Galileo. North End Studios, Burlington, 8-11 p.m. $5; $8 for food; preregister. Info, nightshadekitchen@gmail.com. PAMELA Z: This composer and media artist combines a wide range of vocal and electronic techniques to create compelling solo works. Faulkner Recital Hall, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. Free; limited space. Info, 603-646-2422. VERMONT GIRLS CHOIR AUDITIONS: See WED.15.
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HEBREW & YIDDISH CALLIGRAPHY WORKSHOP: From holding the pen to basic strokes, new skills become stronger during a class with Randi Hacker. Beth Jacob Synagogue, Montpelier, 5-7 p.m. Donations; preregister. Info, programming@ bethjacobvt.org. HOMESHARING INFO SESSION: Locals learn to make the most of spare space in their homes by hosting compatible housemates. HomeShare Vermont, South Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 863-5625.
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JOEY DORWART CRANE: Drawing on his experience in the solar industry, the speaker sheds light on how far Vermont has come in harnessing the power of the sun as part of the Yestermorrow Speaker Series. Yestermorrow Design/Build School, Waitsfield, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 496-5545. LUNCH & LEARN: Local author Tanya Lee Stone presents “Girl Rising: Changing the World One Girl at a Time.” Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, noon. $6. Info, 863-4214. PAUL S. GILLIES: Speaking as part of the Third Thursday series, the author presents “History of the Vermont Supreme Court.” Vermont History Museum, Montpelier, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 479-8500. ‘TWO CONTESTS: COMPETING IN BIATHLON’: Panelists dive into the sport combining cross country skiing and marksmanship as part of the museum’s Red Bench Speaker’s Series. Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum, Stowe, 6:30 p.m. $10. Info, 253-9911.
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‘AMÉLIE: THE MUSICAL’: Student performers breathe life into a theatrical adaptation of a 2001 French film about a naive Parisian girl who finds love. Fuller Hall, St. Johnsbury Academy, 7 p.m. $5-10. Info, 748-8171. ‘ONCE’: See WED.15, 2 & 7:30 p.m.
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BENJAMIN DANGL: Nonfiction fans fête the launch of The Five Hundred Year Rebellion: Indigenous Movements and the Decolonization of History in Bolivia. Phoenix Books, Burlington, 7 p.m. $3. Info, 448-3350.
ECSTATIC DANCE VERMONT: Inspired by the 5Rhythms dance practice, attendees move, groove, release and open their hearts to life in a safe and sacred space. Christ Episcopal Church, Montpelier, 7-9 p.m. $10. Info, fearnessence@gmail.com. ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCE: Thal Aylward, Carol Compton and Chris Rua provide music for newcomers and experienced movers alike. David Millstone calls. Elley-Long Music Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 7-9:30 p.m. $10-15. Info, mdkent@comcast.net.
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OPENING WEEKEND QUARRY TOURS: Folks explore the world’s deepest dimensional quarry and take a turn on an outdoor granite bowling lane. See tours. rockofages.com for details. Rock of Ages Quarry, Graniteville, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 661-1102. THE SPARKLE CLUB: Those in need of a little rest and relaxation start the weekend off right with access to the Healing Lodge, Sanctuary Lounge and locker rooms, plus a mini bottle of Champagne or rosé. The Spa at Spruce Peak, Stowe, 5-7 p.m. $30. Info, 760-4782.
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See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section. ‘DINOSAURS ALIVE 3D’: See WED.15. FAMILY MOVIE: Popcorn and drinks augment an all-ages flick. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:30-8:15 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955. ‘MYSTERIES OF THE UNSEEN WORLD 3D’: See WED.15. ‘OCEANS: OUR BLUE PLANET 3D’: See WED.15.
WILLISTON LIBRARY’S WRITING SERIES: Aspiring authors join educator Steven Shepard for an overview of the manuscript preparation process. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 1-2:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-4918.
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BALLROOM & LATIN DANCING: Singles, couples and beginners are welcome to join in a dance social featuring waltz, tango and more. Williston Jazzercise Fitness Center, 8-9:30 p.m. $10. Info, 862-2269. CONTEMPORARY DANCE AND FITNESS STUDIO DANCE PERFORMANCES: Movers of all ages twist and twirl through a variety of forms in this 45th annual showcase. Barre Opera House, 7-10 p.m. $12-17. Info, 229-4676.
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CHAMPLAIN VALLEY DINNER TRAIN: Passengers feast on a three-course meal while riding the Green Mountain Railroad from Burlington to Middlebury and back. Union Station, Burlington, 5:30-8:30 p.m. $89. Info, 800-707-3530. PUBLIC CUPPING: Coffee connoisseurs and beginners alike explore the flavor notes and aromas of the roastery’s current offerings and new releases. Brio Coffeeworks, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 777-6641. RAISE A GLASS TO MMCTV: See WED.15, noon-11 p.m. TRUCK STOP: Mobile kitchens dish out mouthwatering meals and libations. Live DJs and outdoor entertainment add to the fun. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 5-10 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 540-0406.
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BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.15, 9:15 a.m. CARD GAMES, CRIBBAGE & PINOCHLE: See WED.15. GAME SHOW NIGHT: Fans of televised competitions such as Family Feud, Wheel of Fortune and Press Your Luck vie for prizes. Marquis Theatre & Southwest Café, Middlebury, 7:30-9 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4841.
health & fitness
ADVANCED SUN TAI CHI 73: Participants keep active with a sequence of slow, controlled movements. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 1-2 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3322. BONE BUILDERS EXERCISE CLASSES: See WED.15, 7:30 & 10:40 a.m.
CHAIR YOGA: Students with limited mobility limber up with modified poses. Sangha Studio — North, Burlington, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 448-4262. GONG MEDITATION: Sonic vibrations lead to healing and deep relaxation. Yoga Roots, Williston, 7:30-8:30 p.m. $18. Info, 318-6050. LIVING RECOVERY: Folks overcoming substance abuse move, breathe and make positive change in a moderately paced flow yoga class. Sangha Studio — Pine, Burlington, 4-5 p.m. Donations. Info, 448-4262. TAI CHI STUDIO: Beginners and experienced practitioners alike perfect their steps with limited guidance. Barre Area Senior Center, 11:30 a.m.-11:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 479-9512. TAI CHI YANG 24: Students get an introduction to a gentle form of exercise said to benefit internal organs. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 2-3 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3322.
music
Find club dates in the music section. APRIL VERCH BAND: Joined by fellow string-instrument players Cody Walters and Alex Rubin, the Canadian fiddler, singer and stepdancer puts a fresh spin on old-time sounds. First Congregational Church, Lebanon, N.H., 7:30 p.m. $8.50-18.50. Info, 603-448-0400. FLYNN SHOW CHOIRS: See THU.16.
GLORIOUS LEADER: Multiinstrumentalist Kyle Woolard of the orchestral indie group the Anatomy of Frank brings his solo project to the Vermont stage. See calendar spotlight. Performance Studio, Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro, 7 p.m. $10-15. Info, 533-2000. THE NEXT GENERATION: Classical instrumental training shines in this showcase for talented young musicians. Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph, 7:30 p.m. $10-16. Info, 728-6464. PAUL ASBELL JAZZ QUINTET: The lifelong guitar player tunes into his own blend of jazz, roots and blues in songs from 2018’s Burmese Panther. Hayloft, ArtisTree Community Arts Center & Gallery, South Pomfret, 7:309:30 p.m. $20. Info, 457-3500. ROCK CITY: Barre’s rock-and-soul chorus harmonizes to tunes from the ’60s through the ’00s. Barre Elks Lodge, 7:30 p.m. $10. Info, lmw2452@gmail.com. VERMONT GIRLS CHOIR AUDITIONS: See WED.15.
outdoors
BIRDING ON THE BOARDWALK WITH GMC: Avian enthusiasts join Green Mountain Club members for a stroll in search of species commonly encountered along the Long Trail. Barnes Camp Visitor Center, Stowe, 7-9 a.m. $25. Info, 229-6206.
tech
TECH TUTOR: Techies answer questions about computers and devices during one-on-one help sessions. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 4-6 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-4918. FRI.17
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‘ALL TOGETHER NOW: THE POSSIBLY TRUE STORY OF A THING THAT ALMOST HAPPENED’: Beatlemania takes over as the Borderline Players present a comedy based on a local legend that the Fab Four nearly met at the Haskell Free Library. Haskell Free Library & Opera House, Derby Line, 7:30 p.m. $12-15. Info, borderline players@outlook.com. ‘AMÉLIE: THE MUSICAL’: See THU.16.
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‘CARMEN’: Barn Opera presents Georges Bizet’s classic work about a soldier who succumbs to a woman’s seductive charms. Brandon Music, 7:30 p.m. $50; preregister; limited space. Info, 800-838-3006. ‘THE LION KING JR.’: Williamstown Middle High School students share Disney’s family-friendly musical adventure of a lion destined to rule. Williamstown Middle/ High School, 7-9 p.m. $4-6. Info, 433-5350. ‘NIGHT OF JANUARY 16TH’: Written by Ayn Rand and presented by St. Johnsbury Players, this courtroom drama centers on the trial of a femme fatale accused of murdering her lover. Twelve audience members are selected to act as the jury. St. Johnsbury School, 7:30 p.m. $810. Info, 274-4496. ‘ONCE’: See WED.15. SPIELPALAST CABARET: Burlesque beauties perform rip-roaring musical numbers during an evening of Weimar-style theatrics anchored by a raucous house orchestra. See calendar spotlight. Black Box Theater, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 8 p.m. $25-28. Info, 863-5966.
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RUTH STONE FOUNDATION READING SERIES: Poets Christine Kanownik, MC Hyland, Lauren Hunter and Leanne Ruell take the floor for the latest installment of a series hosted by writers Bianca Stone and Ben Pease. Wishbone Collective, Winooski, 6-9 p.m. Free. Info, hello@wishbonecollectivevt.com. WOMEN VETERANS BOOK GROUP: Those who have served in the U.S. military connect over reading materials and lunch. Burlington Lakeside Clinic, 12:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 657-7092. WRITER’S BLOCK: Scribes bring essays, short stories, one-act plays and poems to be critiqued by a supportive audience. Barre Area Senior Center, 10-11:30 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 479-9512.
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CHAMPLAIN VALLEY AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MONTHLY MEETING: Activists gather with the goal of advancing human rights. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, champvalleyai@gmail.com. PEACE PICNIC: Families join Veterans for Peace to eat a picnic lunch, walk the paths and discuss strategies for fostering nonviolence. Spirit in Nature Interfaith Path Sanctuary, Ripton, meeting, 10 a.m.; picnic, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 496-3300.
agriculture
PLANT SWAP & SALE: Cultivators exchange and purchase herbs, flowers and vegetables. Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, Montpelier, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 224-7100.
bazaars
SPRING FLING FLEA MARKET: Antiques, crafts, collectibles, baked goods and other takehome treasures catch shoppers’ eyes. The Old Village Church, Newbury, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 866-5343.
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VERMONT CANNABIS & HEMP CONVENTION: This second annual gathering offers two full days of exhibitions, seminars and speakers. Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. $25-40. Info, 391-4251.
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QUEEN CITY MEMORY CAFÉ: People with memory loss accompany their caregivers for coffee, conversation and entertainment. Thayer House, Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 656-4220.
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art Find visual art exhibits and events in the art section and at sevendaysvt.com/art.
film See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section and at sevendayst.com/movies.
music + comedy Find club dates at local venues in the music + nighlife section and at sevendaysvt.com/music. All family-oriented events are now published in Kids VT, our free parenting monthly. Look for it on newsstands and check out the online calendar at kidsvt.com.
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CONTEMPORARY DANCE AND FITNESS STUDIO DANCE PERFORMANCES: See FRI.17. CONTRA DANCE: Dereck Kalish calls the steps at a traditional social dance with high-energy music by Atlantic Crossing. Capital City Grange, Berlin, Introductory session, 7:45 p.m.; dance, 8-11 p.m. $5-15. Info, 225-8921. OLD-FASHIONED BARN DANCE: Fueled by local fare and craft beer and cocktails, revelers move and shake to live honky-tonk tunes by the Starline Rhythm Boys. 42 Whetstone Brook Rd., East Craftsbury, 6-10 p.m. $10; free for kids 12 and under. Info, 586-9683.
education
NORTHERN VERMONT UNIVERSITY-JOHNSON COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY: Keynote speaker Cyndi Lauper is on hand to honor graduates. Members of the general public may watch from the South Lawn or view a simulcast in the Dibden Center for the Arts. Northern Vermont University-Johnson, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 635-1219. SUNY PLATTSBURGH COMMENCEMENT: A morning ceremony for School of Business and Economics/Education and Health and Human Services students paves the way for an afternoon event for Arts and Sciences graduates. Field House. SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 9 a.m. & 2 p.m. Free; limited space. Info, 518-564-2010. THINKING ABOUT HOMESCHOOLING Q&A: Members of the homeschool community answer questions and discuss their experiences in this interactive workshop. Kids are welcome. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 878-4918.
environment
HOME ENERGY TOUR: Members of the public investigate an energy-efficient abode. Private residence, 670 Cemetery Ridge Rd., Greensboro, 10 a.m. Free. Info, craftsburyenergy committee@gmail.com.
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LEGAL CLINIC: Attorneys offer complimentary consultations on a first-come, first-served basis. 274 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 383-2118. OPENING WEEKEND QUARRY TOURS: See FRI.17. STUNT KITE FLIERS & ARCHERY HOBBYISTS MEETING: Open to beginning and experienced hobbyists alike, a weekly gathering allows folks to share information and suggestions for equipment, sporting locations and more. Presto Music Store, South Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 658-0030.
film
See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section.
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‘DINOSAURS ALIVE 3D’: See WED.15.
FLYNN SHOW CHOIRS: See THU.16, 1 & 3 p.m.
‘MYSTERIES OF THE UNSEEN WORLD 3D’: See WED.15.
GREEN MOUNTAIN YOUTH SYMPHONY AUDITIONS: Musicians of varying skill levels vie for spots in the organization. Center for Arts and Learning, Montpelier, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 888-4470.
‘OCEANS: OUR BLUE PLANET 3D’: See WED.15.
food & drink
BURLINGTON FARMERS MARKET: More than 90 stands overflow with seasonal produce, flowers, artisan wares and prepared foods. Burlington Farmers Market, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, burlingtonfarmersmarket. org@gmail.com. CHAMPLAIN VALLEY DINNER TRAIN: See FRI.17. CHOCOLATE TASTING IN MIDDLESEX: Candy fanatics get an education on a variety of sweets made on-site. Nutty Steph’s Granola & Chocolate Factory, Middlesex, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Info, 229-2090. HOT DOG DAYS OF SUMMER: Free frankfurters satisfy snackers. Green Mountain HarleyDavidson, Essex Junction, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4778. RAISE A GLASS TO MMCTV: See WED.15, noon-11 p.m. WINE RELEASE PARTY: Three new vinos make taste buds dance at a sipping soirée complete with tours, live music, cheese tasting and case discounts. Lincoln Peak Vineyard, New Haven, 2-5 p.m. Free. Info, 388-7368.
health & fitness
3WISHES DANCE PARTY: Certified SharQui instructors around the world host bellydance bashes to help fans celebrate the premier of Disney’s live-action film Aladdin. BeauSoleil Tanning, Plattsburgh, N.Y., noon-1 p.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 518-572-9153. NEWBIE NOON CLASS: Firsttimers feel the heat as they get their stretch on. Hot Yoga Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 999-9963.
language
ARMENIAN LANGUAGE: Singing, dancing, drama and games promote proficiency. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 2-3 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.
lgbtq
PRIDE YOGA: LGBTQ individuals and allies hit the mat for a stretching session suited to all levels. Sangha Studio — Pine, Burlington, 5-6 p.m. Donations. Info, 448-4262.
montréal
‘INDECENT’: See WED.15, 8 p.m.
music
Find club dates in the music section. BELLA VOCE WOMEN’S CHORUS OF VERMONT: Songbirds lift their voices in “They Called Her Moses.” Not recommended for kids under 5. Stowe Community Church, 7:30 p.m. $17-20. Info, 863-5966.
HANDEL SOCIETY OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE: Directed by Robert Duff, the 100-voice choral group delivers a powerful rendition Handel’s “Messiah.” Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. $10-25. Info, 603-646-2422. LAST TRAIN TO ZINKOV: The father-and-son duo’s Eastern European roots shine through interpretations of Appalachian old-time, swing and classical music performed on violin, viola and banjo. Adamant Community Club, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $15; free for kids 12 and under. Info, 454-7103. ‘LONESOME TRAVELER: THE CONCERT’: Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul & Mary is the special guest star in this concert version of the acclaimed Off-Broadway musical celebrating the folk music genre. Strand Center Theatre, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. $2055. Info, 518-563-1604, ext. 105. MARK VIOLETTE: A parlor piano performance punctuates the museum’s opening weekend. Old Stone House Museum, Brownington, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Donations. Info, 754-2022. SAMARA PIANO QUARTET: Based in Keene, N.H., the foursome presents works by Brahms, Mozart and Turina. Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro, free masterclass, 4 p.m.; concert, 7 p.m. $10-15; preregister for masterclass. Info, 533-2000. SPRUCE PEAK CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY: “Family, Fun, Five B’s” gives appreciators of all ages the opportunity to hear masterworks from Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Bartok and Bridge in an interactive setting. An artist meet and greet follows. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 7 p.m. $10. Info, 760-4634. VERMONT GIRLS CHOIR AUDITIONS: See WED.15. WHO’S BAD: THE ULTIMATE MICHAEL JACKSON EXPERIENCE: Gravity-defying dance moves and uncanny interpretations of classic songs such as “Billie Jean” and “Smooth Criminal” make for a power-packed celebration of hits. Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 7:30 p.m. $25-35. Info, 603-448-0400. WORLD FIDDLE DAY CELEBRATION: Violin, viola, cello, double bass and other related instruments take center stage at this musical get-together. Burlington Violin Shop, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free; preregister to perform. Info, mark.sustic@gmail.com.
outdoors
CENTURY COUNT XXIV: Citizen scientists join in Rutland County Audubon’s annual attempt to tally 100 or more species at area birding hotspots. Bring a bag lunch. Price Chopper, West Rutland, 6 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Info, birding@rutlandcountyaudubon. org. GMC STOWE AREA TRAIL WORK: Nature lovers in work clothes and sturdy boots give back to the community by tending to Stowe-area trails with the Green Mountain Club. Contact leader for alternate meeting place. Montpelier High School, 8 a.m. Free. Info, dreamon@myfairpoint. net. SILENT WALK & FOREST BATHING: Folks unplug, slow down and experience nature through a guided mindfulness practice. Shelburne Bay Park, 9-10 a.m. Free. Info, 391-4356. SPRING BIRD WALK: Botanist Bob Popp and others lead a forested trek in search of feathered fliers. Meet at the parking lot. Rain date: May 19. Stranahan Town Forest, Marshfield, 7:30-10 a.m. Free. Info, 426-3581. SPRING TRAIL WORK: Volunteers ready the Long Trail for the hiking season. Contact trip leader for details. Free; preregister. Info, 862-3941. SPRINGTIME SILENT WALKS: Heart and mind feel the benefits of a wordless stroll on the park’s groomed path. Leashed dogs are welcome. Shelburne Bay Park, 9-10 a.m. Free. Info, 391-4356. WORLD MIGRATORY BIRD DAY CELEBRATION: Avian enthusiasts spread their wings during a day of guided bird walks, an educational talk and lunch. Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge, Swanton, 5:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 868-4781.
sports
FRIENDCHIPS 5K FUN RUN RACE FOR MENTORING: Runners pound the pavement at a fundraiser for the FriendCHIPS Mentoring Program. Founders Memorial School, Essex Junction, 9:30 a.m. $15-25. Info, 878-6982.
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LEARN DISCUSS OPEN HOUSE N AV I G AT I N G O P T I O N S WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 5–7PM AT BURLINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Get informed and speak with experts about the Noise Exposure Map Update. Learn about current and future aircraft operations and how these impacts may affect your home and community. Those that live in neighboring communities who are affected are especially encouraged to join us! No formal presentation. All are welcome.
HEARTS FOR HUNGER 5K & 1K FUN RUN/WALK: Athletes make strides for the Vermont Foodbank’s Backpack Program. Champlain Valley Union High School, Hinesburg, 9 a.m.-noon. $12-16. Info, 482-3352. RICHARD’S RIDE: Athletes honor the eponymous cyclist with a range of rides for hardcore and casual pedalers alike. See bikereg.com for details. Cochran’s Ski Area, Richmond, 8:30 a.m. $20-70; certain rides free for kids. Info, jbikenski@gmail.com.
theater
‘ALL TOGETHER NOW: THE POSSIBLY TRUE STORY OF A THING THAT ALMOST HAPPENED’: See FRI.17. ‘AMÉLIE: THE MUSICAL’: See THU.16, 2 p.m. SAT.18
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MEGAN GRISWOLD: Those seeking a path in life attend a reading, signing and Q&A with the best-selling author of The Book of Help: A Memoir in Remedies. ArtisTree Community Arts Center & Gallery, South Pomfret, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 457-3500.
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SOCIAL JUSTICE SYMPOSIUM & BLOCK PARTY: Community members scope out opportunities to get involved with local organizations. Rutland High School, 12:30-5 p.m. $15; free for attendees under age 25. Info, 863-2345.
agriculture
BURLINGTON TREE TOURS: Outdoors lovers learn to identify common species on a moderately paced walking tour of the Queen City’s urban forest. Hilton Burlington, 10 a.m. $15. Info, bs@ burlingtontelecom.net.
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BALKAN FOLK DANCING: Louise Brill and friends organize participants into lines and circles set to complex rhythms. Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, 3:30-6:30 p.m. $6; free for firsttimers; bring snacks to share. Info, 540-1020.
BOLSHOI BALLET IN CINEMA: ‘CARMEN SUITE/PETRUSHKA’: Dancers leap and twirl across the screen in broadcast performances of a one-act ballet by Cuban choreographer Alberto Alonso and a new creation by contemporary choreographer Edward Clug. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 12:55 p.m. $6-18. Info, 748-2600. CONTEMPORARY DANCE AND FITNESS STUDIO DANCE PERFORMANCES: See FRI.17, 1-4 p.m. SALSALINA SUNDAY PRACTICE: Salsa dancers step in for a casual social. Salsalina Dance Studio, Burlington, 5:30-8 p.m. $5. Info, eingelmanuel@hotmail.com.
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NORTHERN VERMONT UNIVERSITY-LYNDON COMMENCEMENT: Students receive their diplomas following a speech by Vermont filmmaker Bess O’Brien. Soccer field, Northern Vermont UniversityLyndon, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 626-6406. UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY: Wise words from Ford Foundation president Darren Walker set the stage for the university’s graduation proceedings. University Green, University of Vermont, Burlington, 8:20-11 a.m. Free. Info, 656-3272.
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DISMAS DINNER & AUCTION: Award-winning documentary filmmaker Bess O’Brien keynotes this annual event honoring Rutland Dismas House donors and volunteers. Holiday Inn, Rutland, 3-7 p.m. $60. Info, 775-5539. HU CHANT: SOUND OF SOUL: People of all faiths lift their voices in a spiritual exercise followed by contemplation and conversation. Eckankar Center, Burlington, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 800-772-9390.
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BURLINGTON RECORD FAIR: Fans of the vintage music medium browse thousands of LPs from Northeast shops and private dealers. DJ sets add to the good vibrations. Nectar’s, Burlington, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free; $5 from 11 a.m.-noon. Info, burlingtonrecordfair@gmail.com.
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See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section. ‘DINOSAURS ALIVE 3D’: See WED.15. ‘ESCAPE FROM ROOM 18’: Motivational speaker and former neo-Nazi gang member John Daly is on hand for a discussion following a screening of a 2017 documentary chronicling his experiences making amends for past actions. For mature audiences. Beth Jacob Synagogue, Montpelier, 4-6 p.m. $18. Info, programming@bethjacobvt.org. ‘MYSTERIES OF THE UNSEEN WORLD 3D’: See WED.15.
‘OCEANS: OUR BLUE PLANET 3D’: See WED.15.
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CHOCOLATE TASTING IN MIDDLESEX: See SAT.18. FOOD FOR TALK: A COOKBOOK BOOK CLUB: Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer stimulates minds — and appetites. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3-5 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 863-3403. RAISE A GLASS TO MMCTV: See WED.15, noon-11 p.m.
games
GAMES PARLOUR: Strategic thinkers bring favorite tabletop competitions to play with others. Champlain Club, Burlington, 2-8 p.m. $5. Info, orsonbradford@ gmail.com.
health & fitness
TECH-ASSISTED MEDITATION MEETUP: Mobile devices and headphones in tow, participants explore digital tools and techniques for achieving deep focus. Satori Float & Mind Spa, Shelburne, 2-3 p.m. Free. Info, 498-5555.
language
‘DIMANCHES’ FRENCH CONVERSATION: Native speakers and learners alike chat en français. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, stevenorman@fastmail.fm.
montréal
‘INDECENT’: See WED.15, 2 & 7 p.m. PIKNIC ÉLECTRONIK MONTRÉAL: DJ sets and beat-driven music propel a dance party of epic proportions. See piknicelectronik. com for details. Plaine des jeux, Montréal, 2-10 p.m. $16-119. Info, 514-904-1247.
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Find club dates in the music section. ALL-COMERS MUSIC JAM: Irish, Scottish and French Canadian tunes ring out during a democratic jam session. Seven Stars Arts Center, Sharon, 4-9 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, egale@ syr.edu. BELLA VOCE WOMEN’S CHORUS OF VERMONT: See SAT.18, McCarthy Arts Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 3 p.m. $17-20; free with St. Mike’s ID. BILLY RAY CYRUS: Fans don their best boots for a performance by the country star known for his 1992 breakout hit “Achy Breaky Heart” and, more recently, his singing on “Old Town Road” by Lil Nas X. See calendar spotlight. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 7 p.m. $62.50-72.50. Info, 775-0903. HANDEL SOCIETY OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE: See SAT.18, 2 p.m.
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HELIAND CONSORT: Through letters and music of Brahms and the Schumanns, the chamber music ensemble offers a glimpse into a tragic and beautiful story of love, friendship and art Plainfield Town Hall Opera House, 4-6 p.m. $5-15. Info, 498-3173. JARLATH HENDERSON TRIO: The uilleann pipe master imports the famed folk sounds of the Emerald Isle to the Green Mountains. Piper’s Den open. United Community Church, St. Johnsbury, 6:30 p.m. $12-30. Info, 748-2600.
MEET THE SINGERS RECITAL & RECEPTION: The stars of the Opera Company of Middlebury’s upcoming performance of Massenet’s Cendrillon sing their favorite arias and mingle with attendees over drinks and hors d’oeuvres. Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society, Middlebury, 5 p.m. $35; cash bar. Info, 382-9222. MONTPELIER COMMUNITY GOSPEL CHOIR SMALL CHOIR: Local vocalists present a cappella arrangements of gospel tunes in the African American tradition. The Old Meeting House, East Montpelier, 6 p.m. $10-15. Info, 778-0881.
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OPEN HOUSE & FOREST CANOPY WALK UPDATE & TOUR: Folks learn about an in-progress exhibit featuring an elevated boardwalk giving visitors a fresh perspective on the landscape. Vermont Institute of Natural Science Nature Center, Quechee, 3-5 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 359-5000, ext. 219. SPRING WILD PLANT WALK: Delight in spring ephemerals! Participants check out buds and emerging flowers, and learn wild edibles and medicinal properties of local herbaceous plants, trees, and shrubs. Wisdom of the Herbs School, Woodbury, 1-3 p.m. $1020; free for kids; preregister. Info, 456-8122.
VERMONT YOUTH CYCLING GROUP RIDE: Youngsters in grades 5 through 12 hit the trails, then enjoy games and skill sessions. Fairgrounds Trails, Poultney, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. $10; free for Slate Valley area youth. Info, 233-1402.
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OPENING NIGHT: Hot wheels! Racing fans head to the track for the 53rd season opener, including street-legal spectator races. Devil’s Bowl Speedway, West Haven, 5 p.m. $10-12; free for kids 12 and under. Info, 265-3112. BARNARTS RACE AROUND THE LAKE: Lunch, live music and an awards ceremony await athletes who break a sweat on a 5K run/ walk and a 10K run to raise funds for BarnArts. Silver Lake State Park, Barnard, registration, 9:15 a.m.; 10K, 10:30 a.m.; 5K, 10:45 a.m. $15-40. Info, 234-1645.
talks
MARY DINGEE FILLMORE: In “Remember and Resist: The Dutch Example,” the author of An Address in Amsterdam looks at ways in which people of the past defied the Nazis. Steele Room, Waterbury Municipal Building, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 244-7036.
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‘ALL TOGETHER NOW: THE POSSIBLY TRUE STORY OF A THING THAT ALMOST HAPPENED’: See FRI.17, 2 p.m. ‘THE LION KING JR.’: See FRI.17, 3-5 p.m. ‘NIGHT OF JANUARY 16TH’: See FRI.17, 2 p.m. ‘ONCE’: See WED.15, 5 p.m. SPIELPALAST CABARET: See FRI.17.
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BUSINESS PLAN BASICS: Burgeoning entrepreneurs learn the how-tos of creating a document laying out their objectives and strategies for reaching them. Center for Women & Enterprise, Burlington, 2-4 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 391-4870.
crafts
HANDWORK CIRCLE: Friends and neighbors make progress on works of knitting, crocheting, cross-stitch and other creative endeavors. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581.
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‘RUNNING THE 802’: An inspiring documentary follows four runners as they prepare for the 30th annual Vermont City Marathon & Relay. See calendar spotlight. The Savoy Theater, Montpelier, 7-8:30 p.m. $6-8. Info, moe@ personalbestfitness.net.
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BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.15, 6:30 p.m. CARD GAMES, CRIBBAGE & PINOCHLE: See WED.15. MAGIC: THE GATHERING — MONDAY NIGHT MODERN: Tarmogoyf-slinging madness ensues when competitors battle for prizes in a weekly game. Brap’s Magic, Burlington, 6:30-10 p.m. $8. Info, 540-0498.
PITCH: Players compete in a trick-taking card game. Barre Area Senior Center, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 479-9512.
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health & fitness
COMMUNITY DROP-IN CENTER HOURS: Wi-Fi, games and art materials are on hand at an open meeting space where folks forge social connections. GRACE, Hardwick, 9 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 472-6857.
BONE BUILDERS EXERCISE CLASSES: See WED.15. CHAIR YOGA WITH SANGHA STUDIO: Supported poses promote health and wellbeing. Heineberg Senior Center, Burlington, 10:45-11:45 a.m. Free. Info, 448-4262. COMMUNITY HERBAL CLINIC: Supervised clinical interns offer guidance and support to those looking to care for themselves using natural remedies. By appointment only. Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, Montpelier and Railyard Apothecary, Burlington, 4-8 p.m. $10-30; additional cost for herbs; preregister. Info, 224-7100. GUIDED GROUP MEDITATION: In keeping with the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh, folks practice mindfulness through sitting, walking, reading and discussion. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 7:158 p.m. Free. Info, 505-1688.
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Find club dates in the music section. VERMONT GIRLS CHOIR AUDITIONS: See WED.15.
sports
CORN HOLE LEAGUE: Partners vie for cash prizes in a popular lawn game. Barre Elks Lodge, 6:30-10 p.m. $10. Info, 279-5776.
talks
ETHAN TAPPER: The Chittenden County forester gets to the root of how forest management fits into the Transition Town vision of creating a self-sufficient community. Jericho Community Center, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 829-8168. KEVIN MCKENNA: Nitya Brighenti’s paintings of Russian authors illustrate the University of Vermont professor’s lecture “Great Russian Writers of the 19th Century.” Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.
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MONTHLY BOOK GROUP FOR ADULTS: In the Time of Butterflies by Julia Alvarez sparks conversation. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581. VOICES OF COLOR SHOWCASE: People of color exercise their artistry when sharing stories and poetry. Light Club Lamp Shop, Burlington, 8-10:30 p.m. $1. Info, 660-9346.
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COMMUNITY CRAFT NIGHT: Makers stitch, spin, knit and crochet their way through projects while enjoying each other’s company. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211. HANDWORK WITH HEATHER: EMBROIDERED COIN PURSE: Adults and teens transform provided materials into eye-catching pouches for carrying change. South Burlington Community Library, University Mall, 5-6:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 846-4140.
dance
SWING DANCING: Quick-footed participants experiment with different forms, including the Lindy Hop, Charleston and balboa. Beginners are welcome. Champlain Club, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $5. Info, 448-2930.
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ENCHIRIDION: Curious minds meet for a deeper look at the philosophy of stoicism with the Burlington Stoicism Group. Panera Bread, South Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, meetup. com.
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See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section. ‘DINOSAURS ALIVE 3D’: See WED.15. ‘MYSTERIES OF THE UNSEEN WORLD 3D’: See WED.15. ‘OCEANS: OUR BLUE PLANET 3D’: See WED.15. ‘STARSHIP TROOPERS’: Set in the distant future, a 1997 action flick sees humans waging war against a race of giant alien insects. Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7-9:15 p.m. Donations. Info, 540-3018. ‘THE WAY HOME: WOMEN TALK ABOUT RACE IN AMERICA’: This film follows 64 women of various backgrounds over eight months as they share their experiences of racism in America. Stick around after for a facilitated discussion. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 7-9 p.m. $5-15. Info, 223-2518.
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BEGINNER/INTERMEDIATE TAI CHI: Whether they’re new to Sun-style practice or wish to review core moves, students join Elizabeth Wirls for some gentle exercise. South Burlington Recreation & Parks Department, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 735-5467. BONE BUILDERS: See THU.16. COMMUNITY HERBAL CLINIC: See MON.20, Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, Montpelier, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED TAI CHI: Time for individual questions and mentoring augments an hour of instruction. South Burlington Recreation & Parks Department, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 735-5467. REIKI CLINIC: Thirty-minute treatments foster physical, emotional and spiritual wellness. JourneyWorks, Burlington, 3-5:30 p.m. $10-30; preregister. Info, 860-6203. TAI CHI TUESDAYS: Friends old and new share a healthy pastime. Barre Area Senior Center, advanced, 1 p.m.; intermediate, 2 p.m.; beginner, 3 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 479-9512. TUESDAY GUIDED MEDITATION: Participants learn to relax and let go. Stillpoint Center, Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 318-8605.
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BUSINESS ENGLISH: Nonnative speakers with intermediate-toadvanced proficiency broaden their vocabulary with industry jargon and idioms. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3403. ITALIAN CONVERSATION GROUP: Parla Italiano? Language learners practice pronunciation and more in an informal training. Hartland Public Library, 12:302:30 p.m. Free. Info, 436-2473.
‘LA CAUSERIE’ FRENCH CONVERSATION: Native speakers and learners are welcome to pipe up at an unstructured conversational practice. El Gato Cantina, Burlington, 4:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0195. LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: ITALIAN: Speakers hone their skills in the Romance language over a bag lunch. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. PAUSE-CAFÉ FRENCH CONVERSATION: Frenchlanguage fanatics meet pour parler la belle langue. Burlington Bay Market & Café, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 430-4652.
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Find club dates in the music section. ‘FUNNY FACE’: Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire grace the silver screen in this classic film about an unlikely fashion model. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 1:30 & 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600. MILTON COMMUNITY BAND REHEARSAL: New musicians may join the ensemble as they hone their skills in preparation for their summer concert. Cornerstone Community Church, Milton, 7-8:45 p.m. Free. Info, 893-1398. MOUNT MANSFIELD UNION HIGH SCHOOL CHORUS: Young singers shares highlights of their spring program. Bring a bag lunch. The Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 864-0471. VERMONT GIRLS CHOIR AUDITIONS: See WED.15.
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SPRING WILD PLANT WALK: Delight in spring ephemerals! Participants check out buds and emerging flowers, and learn wild edibles and medicinal properties of local herbaceous plants, trees, and shrubs. Wisdom of the Herbs School, Woodbury, 5-7 p.m. $1020; free for kids. Info, 456-8122.
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BROWN BAG BOOK CLUB: Readers voice opinions about Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. BURLINGTON FREE WRITE: Aspiring writers respond to prompts in a welcoming atmosphere. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 999-1664. CHARLES FERGUS: A reading and book signing introduce readers to the author’s latest pageturner, Make a Home for Wildlife: Creating Habitat on Your Land Backyard to Many Acres. Galaxy Bookshop, Hardwick, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 472-5533. WINE & STORY OPEN MIC: Prompts inspire first-person narratives told to a live audience. Shelburne Vineyard, 7:30 p.m. $5. Info, 863-1754.
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SHOWING UP FOR RACIAL JUSTICE: LIVING ROOM CONVERSATIONS ABOUT RACISM: Community members focus their energy on ending white supremacy. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free; preregister for childcare. Info, 426-3581.
business
CENTRAL VERMONT CHAMBER BUSINESS AFTER HOURS RECEPTION: Networking and refreshments entice members, friends and community leaders. ClearChoiceMD Urgent Care, Berlin, 5-7 p.m. $10-15; preregister. Info, 229-5711.
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FREE AIKIDO CLASS: A one-time complimentary introduction to the Japanese martial art focuses on centering and finding freedom while under attack. Aikido of Champlain Valley, Burlington, 6:15-7:15 p.m. Free. Info, 951-8900.
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VERMONT WOMENPRENEURS SPRING SHOWCASE: CELEBRATING MOMPRENEURS: Entrepreneurs strengthen connections at a gathering focused on women balancing business with motherhood. Vermont Comedy Club, Burlington, 6 p.m. $20. Info, mieko@radiancestudiosllc.com.
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RACE CONVERSATIONS: Guided by Ijeoma Oluo’s book So You Want to Talk About Race, community members explore concepts of culture, power and equity with professor William Edelglass. Waterbury Public Library, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 244-7036.
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FIBER RIOT!: See WED.15. KNITTER’S GROUP: See WED.15.
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BECOME AN APPRENTICE: Career seekers gather information about Vermont’s many apprenticeship opportunities in fields such as plumbing, electrical work and masonry. Richmond Free Library, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 434-3036. WED.22
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‘THE BRIDGE’ INAUGURAL GALA: A CELEBRATION OF LOCAL INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: Journalist Garrett Graff keynotes an evening of special guests, a silent art auction, Café Anna hors d’oeuvres, and live music by Bella and the Notables. College Hall Gallery, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, 6 p.m. $55; $100 for two; cash bar. Info, friendsofthebridge18@gmail. com. DEATH CAFÉ: Folks meet for a thought-provoking and respectful conversation about death, aimed at accessing a fuller life. Pyramid Holistic Wellness Center, Rutland, 7-9 p.m. Free; donations accepted. Info, 353-6991.
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ACROYOGA CLASS: See WED.15. BONE BUILDERS EXERCISE CLASSES: See WED.15. CHAIR YOGA: See WED.15. FIVE ESSENTIAL STRATEGIES FOR TACKLING AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE NATURALLY: Doctor Seth Osgood reviews how a holistic approach to nutrition and lifestyle can help optimize immune function. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, info@hungermountain.coop.
ROCK VOICES REHEARSAL: Singers ages 18 and up bring their powerful pipes to a practice with a new community rock-music choir. Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $260 for the season. Info, tony@rockvoices.com. VERMONT GIRLS CHOIR AUDITIONS: See WED.15.
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GLOBAL TALK, LOCAL TASTE: Local beers in hand, activists, scholars and professionals discuss global climate change
NURSING BEYOND A YEAR MEET-UP: Breastfeeding parents connect over toddler topics such as weaning and healthy eating habits. Aikido of Champlain Valley, Burlington, 9:30 a.m. Free. Info, 985-8228.
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See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section. ‘DINOSAURS ALIVE 3D’: See WED.15. ‘MYSTERIES OF THE UNSEEN WORLD 3D’: See WED.15.
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‘TAKING ROOT: THE VISION OF WANGARI MAATHAI’: Friends of the Winooski River’s Shawn White leads a discussion about planting trees in Montpelier following a showing of this 2008 documentary about a Nobel Peace Prize-winning Kenyan environmental activist. KelloggHubbard Library, Montpelier, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. ‘WATER LILIES OF MONET: THE MAGIC OF WATER AND LIGHT’: Art hounds embark on an onscreen journey through the life and work of Impressionist painter Claude Monet. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $6-15. Info, 748-2600. ‘WIDOWS’: Following the deaths of their criminal husbands, four women from disparate backgrounds band together to reclaim their futures in this 2018 drama. Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro, 6 p.m. $5. Info, 533-2000. ‘WISCONSIN RISING’: Sam Mayfield’s documentary captures Wisconsinites’ 2011 battle for basic workers’ rights — the largest, sustained resistance of its kind in U.S. history. Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2345, ext. 9.
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at a Vermont Council on World Affairs networking gathering. Queen City Brewery, Burlington, 5:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, vcwa@vermont.org. GREAT DECISIONS: ‘STATE OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT AND DIPLOMACY’: How will recent changes in the usual ways of conducting diplomacy affect ongoing relationships between the U.S. and other countries? Participants examine this and other questions during a discussion of world affairs. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955. RANDALL BALMER: “What You Didn’t Know About Evangelicalism” examines the long and complex history of the Christian tradition. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4095.
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agriculture MAKE & TAKE SHADE-LOVING PLANTER: Join Red Wagon Plants to learn about the best plants to grow in containers for shady areas, using perennials, annuals, foliage and even edible plants! Choose from our wide selection of plants and pots after hours, and enjoy the greenhouse with light refreshments and drinks (feel free to BYOB). Tue., Jun. 4, 6-7:30 p.m. Cost: $50/1.5-hour class incl. plants, soil, containers & light refreshments. Location: Red Wagon Plants, 2408 Shelburne Falls Rd., Hinesburg. Info: Julie Rubaud, 482-4060, julie@ redwagonplants.com, redwagonplants.com/events.
com/classes. 2020 schedule: Feb. 8-9, Mar. 7-8, Apr. 4-5, May 2-3, Jun. 6-7, Jul. 11-12, Aug. 15-16, Sep. 12-13, Oct. 17-18, Nov. 14-15. Cost: $2,795. Location: The Ayurvedic Center of Vermont, 34 Oak Hill Rd., Williston. Info: Allison Morse, 8728898, ayurvedavt@comcast.net.
ART LESSONS FOR SMALL GROUPS: Art Room 140 VT offers small group and private art lessons for those who want to improve their skills and learn techniques to improve their art. Whether you have a child who loves the creative process or want to develop your own abilities, Art Room 140 VT is a great place to be. Tue., 10 a.m.-noon, or Thu., 6-8 p.m. Cost: $150/3 2-hour classes. Location: Art Room 140 VT, 4 Laurel Hill Dr., South Burlington. Info: Janet Armentano, 774-8400403, janet_armentano@hotmail. com, artroom140vt.com.
Ayurveda 200-HOUR AYURVEDA INTEGRATION PROGRAM: Join us in learning and immerse yourself in the oldest surviving preventative health care system. This program is ideal for yoga teachers, counselors, therapists, bodyworkers, nurses, doctors, wellness coaches, herbalists, etc. VSAC approved and payment plans available. Can transfer hours to Kripalu’s Ayurveda Health Counselor program. More information at ayurvedavermont.
culinary ORGANIC COOKING CLASSES: Allorganic cooking classes offered throughout the summer! Join us in our renovated farmhouse kitchen for a three-hour culinary adventure. Hands-on preparation, with professional chef tips and tricks, followed by a well-earned sit-down meal. Please check out our website for class details and calendar: faywoodgardens.com. Twice per week Cost: $70/3-hour class. Location: Faywood Gardens, 31 Faywood Rd., Grand Isle. Info: Faywood Gardens, Lisa Ruoff, 7771266, info@faywoodgardens.com, faywoodgardens.com.
dance DANCE STUDIO SALSALINA: Salsa classes: nightclub-style, group and private, four levels. Beginner walk-in classes, Wed., 6 p.m. $15/person for one-hour class. No dance experience, partner or preregistration required, just the desire to have fun! Drop in anytime and prepare for an enjoyable workout. Location: 266 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Victoria, 598-1077, info@salsalina.com.
art ART & POTTERY IN MIDDLEBURY: Adult Classes: Clay Hand-Building & Wheel, Oils, Digital Photography, Watercolors, Pastels, Art Bookbinding, Plein Air Painting. Kids’ Classes: Clay Hand-Building & Wheel, Colored Pencil Drawing. Morning Art Camps: Dragons, Art is Delicious, Art of Israel, Nature Art, Welcome to the Zoo, 5 Days of Fun, World of Color, Art is Everywhere. Location: Middlebury Studio School, 2377 Rt. 7, Middlebury. Info: Barbara Nelson, 247-3702, ewaldewald@aol.com, middleburystudioschool.org.
Horner, 779-1650, ahorner@ burlingtoncodeacademy.com, burlingtoncodeacademy.com.
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climbing ADULT CLIMBING CLINICS: In addition to being a full-body workout, climbing is a great way to meet new people. Our adult clinics offer a friendly environment to learn (or improve upon) skills while experiencing the growing Vermont climbing community. Our instructors are trained to focus on movement while also building proper technical skills. Weekly classes start May 28. Cost: $105/3 2-hour sessions, incl. gear & 3 additional visits. Location: Petra Cliffs Climbing Center, 105 Briggs St., Burlington. Info: Andrea Charest, 657-3872, andrea@petracliffs. com, petracliffs.com.
computers CODING BOOTCAMP: Want to become a software engineer or web developer? In this 12-week Coding Bootcamp, you will learn JavaScript by working with peers to build real software applications, build your portfolio and receive one-on-one mentorship with our career coach. 93% employment rate for career-seeking grads. Grants and scholarships available. Starts Jun. 3. 12 weeks, 500 hours & alumni support. Location: Burlington Code Academy, 182 Main St., Burlington. Info: Alexander
CARPENTRY BOOT AND MITTEN CAMP FOR ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS: We’ll cover tools, materials, techniques, parts of a house, lumber list and cut list. We will frame a floor, deck it, get a rafter pattern and put up two walls, framed for window and door. Call for details. Preregistration required. Sat., May 25, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $125/sliding scale. Location: Bakersfield. Info: 933-6103, vermonttinyhouses.com.
drumming TAIKO AND DJEMBE CLASSES IN BURLINGTON!: Open classes in September. New drumming sessions begin the weeks of 10/8, 11/26, 1/7, 2/4, 3/11, 5/6. Intermediate Taiko: Mon., 6-8:20 p.m. Taiko for Adults: Tue., 5:30-6:20 p.m., & Wed., 6:30-7:50 p.m. Djembe for Adults: Wed., 5:30-6:20 p.m. Taiko for Kids and Parents: Tue., 4:305:20 p.m. World Drumming for Kids and Parents: Wed., 4:30-5:20 p.m. Drums provided. Conga classes, too! Visit schedule and register online. Location: Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., Suite 3G, Burlington. Info: 999-4255, burlingtontaiko.org.
empowerment MAKING YOUR KITBAG WORKSHOP: In “Aion,” Jung warned his students that “..anyone who is destined to descend into a deep pit had better set about it with all the necessary precautions rather than risk falling into the hole backwards.” (Collected Works, 9ii, paragraph 125) This workshop helps
students take those “precautions” by identifying those items, ideas and pieces of information that can support them in times of spiritual crisis. An invaluable adjunct to the spiritual journey and useful for anyone who works with his or her dreams. May 18, 10 a.m.-noon. Cost: $35/person. Location: Jungian Center for the Spiritual Sciences, 55 Clover Ln., Waterbury. Info: Sue, 244-7909. STORY CLOTH: A VISUAL STORYTELLING WORKSHOP: Do you have a story to tell? Stitch, tack, weave or hot glue your personal experience of joy, grief, inspiration or healing into a Story Cloth. Find inspiration from family stories, dream imagery or politics. Art speaks an easily understood language of personal expression. What does your story look like? May 25, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $100/ person; $85 discounted early registration by 5/15; incl. mountains of quality materials. Location: Expressive Arts Burlington, 200 Main St., #9 , Burlington. Info: Topaz Weis, 343-8172, topazweis@gmx.net, expressiveartsburlington.com/ workshops.
fitness ZUMBA ON THE DECK!: The Greater Burlington YMCA is hosting two Zumba classes on the deck at the Community Sailing Center! Sail through Latin, Hip Hop, Pop and International rhythms as the music exhilarates us and the views astound us! For all levels, ages 16 and older. Tue, May 21, & Thu, May 30, 5:306:45 p.m. Cost: $12/1.25-hour Zumba class for Y members; $20 for nonmembers. Location: Community Sailing Center, 505 Lake St., Burlington. Info: Greater Burlington YMCA, Amy Arnold, 652-8184, aarnold@gbymca.org, gbymca.org.
weeks. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 652-4543, flynnarts.org. CIRCLE SINGING: Instructor: Jody Albright. Do you love to sing? Are you looking for a different group singing experience? Are you new to singing and want to try? This group singing workshop is open to all levels of experience and is based on a group singing method used by Bobby McFerrin. Tue., Jun. 4, 4-5:30 p.m. Cost: $15/ person. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 652-4543, flynncenter.org. INTRO TO CONTEMPORARY DANCE: Teens and adults. Instructor: Rose Bedard. Dropins welcome. Tue., Jun. 4-Jul. 23, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Cost: $110/8 weeks; $15/hour to drop in. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 652-4543, flynnarts.org.
BURLESQUE: Ages 18+. Instructor: Doctor Vu. Drop-ins welcome. Mon., Jun. 10-Aug. 5 (no class Jul. 22), 6:30-7:30 p.m. Cost: $110/8 weeks; $15/hour to drop in. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 652-4543, flynnarts.org. BURLESQUE: ACT DEVELOPMENT: Ages 18+. Instructor: Doctor Vu. Mon., Jun. 10-Aug. 5 (no class Jul 22), 7:35-8:35 p.m. Cost: $110/8
WELDING AND BASIC METALSHOP (3 TRAININGS IN 1!): In this course, you will learn how to use the metal shop equipment to construct basic forms in metal, using forming and welding techniques. We will begin with the metal shop tools to learn to prepare our material to specifications. Later, we will cover basic techniques in both MIG and TIG welding, including tacking, stitching, seam welding, typical metal joinery and basic frame making. Wed., Apr. 24-May 15 (4 weeks), 6-8:30 p.m. Location: Generator, Burlington. Info: 540-0761, generatorvt.com.
SUMMER DANCE MASH-UP: Teens and adults. Instructor: Rose Bedard. Drop-ins welcome. Tue., Jun. 4-Jul. 23, 6:35-7:35 p.m. Cost: $110/8 weeks; $15/hour to drop in. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 652-4543, flynnarts.org. TAP LEVEL I & II: Teens and adults. Instructor: Mia Fishkin. Drop-ins welcome. Wed., Jun. 5-Jul. 31 (No class Jun. 12). Level I: 5:30-6:30 p.m; Level II: 6:357:35 p.m. Cost: $110/8 weeks; $15/ hour to drop in. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 652-4543, flynnarts.org.
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BALLET LEVEL I & II: Teens & Adults. Instructor: Elizabeth Brody. Drop-ins welcome. Mon., Jun. 3-Jul. 23. Level I: 5:30-6:30 p.m; Level II: 6:35-7:35 p.m. Cost: $110/8 weeks; $15/hour to drop in. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 652-4543, flynnarts.org.
and troubleshooting. This tool training is required before members can use the TIG welder. Equipment: Miller Diversion 180 TIG Welder. Prerequisite: Metal Shop Training. Mon., 5:30-8:30 p.m., Jun. 3 & Aug. 5. Location: Generator, 40 Sears Ln., Burlington. Info: 540-0761, generatorvt.com.
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR: Learn the basics of Adobe Illustrator, including the pen tool, pathfinder, image trace and more. This class will include instructor-led exercises and projects. You will leave with a strong foundation of skills along with learning many “shortcuts” in the program. Also a perfect class for those who want to be more proficient with the laser cutter. Mon., 6/17-6/24 or 8/19-8/26, 6-8:30 p.m. Location: Generator, 40 Sears Ln., Burlington. Info: 540-0761, generatorvt.com. KIDS’ SUMMER CAMPS!: Sign up for both camps in the same week and receive 20% off both camps! Learn how to light up your wardrobe, create a game with a 3D printer/laser cutter, build your own chair in the wood shop, or design and print your own stickers and shirts with a vinyl cutter! Jun. 24-29 &/or Jul. 8-12, 9-noon & 1-4 p.m. Location: Generator, 40 Sears Ln., Burlington. Info: 5400761, generatorvt.com. TIG WELDER TRAINING: This class provides instruction on welding safety, machine setup and settings, basic welding practices,
ANNOUNCING SPANISH CLASSES: Spanish classes start in June. Learn from a native speaker via small classes or personal instruction. You’ll always be participating and speaking. Lesson packages for travelers, lessons for young children; they love it! English as Second Language instruction online. Our 13th year. See our website or contact us for details. Cost: $225/10 weekly classes of 90+ min. each. Location: Spanish in Waterbury Center, Waterbury Center. Info: 585-1025, spanishparavos@gmail.com, spanishwaterburycenter.com. FRENCH CLASSES AT WINGSPAN FOR ADULTS/TEENS & KIDS: Tune up your French or get a head start before summer travel. Parlez-vous francais?! Held in beautiful art atelier. Interactive, fun, structured, supportive. Experienced instructor, lived in West Africa/Paris. Six-week session. Grown-ups: Take French with your teens, or sign up yourself. Focus on key conversational vocabulary and phrases! Kids class: youth learn French with art, music, movement. Allons-y! Adults/Teens: Wed., May 22-Jun. 26; Beginner: 5-6:30 p.m.; Intermediate: 6:30-8 p.m. LANGUAGE
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Kids: Mon., May 13-June 17, 3-5 p.m. Cost: $180/adult/teen (age 14+); $150/kid (age 4+). Location: Wingspan Studio, 4A Howard St., Burlington. Info: Maggie Standley, maggiestandley@gmail.com, wingspanstudioeduc.com. PRACTICE YOUR FRENCH THIS SUMMER!: Alliance Française is offering two summer sessions: an early session starting on June 3 and a late session starting on July 15 in Burlington and Montpelier. These six-week sessions will offer courses for all language levels. Read about our first session at aflcr.org or write to Micheline at education@aflcr. org. Location: See, website. Info: aflcr.org.
martial arts VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU: Brazilian jiujitsu is a martial arts combat style based entirely on leverage and technique. Brazilian jiujitsu self-defense curriculum is taught to Navy SEALs, CIA, FBI, military police and special forces. No training experience required. Easy-to-learn techniques that could save your life! Classes for men, women and children. Students will learn realistic bully-proofing and self-defense life skills to avoid them becoming victims and help them feel safe and secure. Our sole purpose is to help empower people by giving them realistic martial arts training practices they can carry with them throughout life. IBJJF and CBJJ certified black belt sixth-degree instructor under Carlson Gracie Sr.: teaching in Vermont, born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. A five-time Brazilian National Champion; International World Masters Champion and IBJJF World Masters Champion. Accept no Iimitations! Location: Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 55 Leroy Rd., Williston. Info: 598-2839, julio@ bjjusa.com, vermontbjj.com.
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A DAY WITH AN ARTIST: If you ever find yourself asking “How do they do it?” when looking at an artist’s work, now is your chance to go to the source and find out! Shadow a professional artist as they create during a typical day. Learn tools and techniques specific to their practice while working alongside. Sat., 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Cost: $100/4-hour class Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648, info@shelburnecraftschool.org, shelburnecraftschool.org.
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This intermediate-level course explores slow alternative methods of firing clay from Japanese Raku to Eastern European Obvara to ancient “baked clay” in a pit. Mon., 10 a.m.-noon, Jun. 17-Jul. 29. Cost: $290/2-hour class. Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648, info@shelburnecraftschool.org, shelburnecraftschool.org. BASKET WEAVING: Join Alexa Rivera to learn the art of weaving a harvest basket with a finished leather strap that’s perfect for harvesting leafy greens in the garden, foraging in the woods or bringing with you on a trip to the market or farm stand. All skill levels are welcome. Sat., 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Jul. 6. Cost: $100/ person; materials incl. Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648, info@shelburnecraftschool.org, shelburnecraftschool.org. CRAFT OF SONG WRITING: Musical expression is essential to nurturing an artistic spirit. In this course, students are encouraged to develop their own musical voice through the art of song writing. Designed for musicians who can play and sing but who are ready to learn the next steps in writing their own songs. Thu., 5:30-7:30 p.m. Cost: $150/2-hour class Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648, info@shelburnecraftschool.org, shelburnecraftschool.org.
massage ASIAN BODYWORK THERAPY PROGRAM: This program teaches two forms of massage: amma and shiatsu. We will explore oriental medicine theory and diagnosis, as well as the body’s meridian system, acupressure points, and yin-yang and five-element theory. Additionally, Western anatomy and physiology are taught. VSAC nondegree grants are available. FSMTB-approved program. Starts Sep. Cost: $6,000/625-hour program. Location: Elements of Healing, 21 Essex Way, Suite 109, Essex Jct. Info: Scott Moylan, 2888160, scott@elementsofhealing. net, elementsofhealing.net.
tones, and water versus sky. This course is open to all skill levels and all painting mediums. Tue., 6-8 p.m., Jul. 9-Aug. 12. Cost: $192/2-hour class. Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648, info@shelburnecraftschool.org, shelburnecraftschool.org.
a.m.-noon. Classes and retreats also offered. See our website at burlington.shambhala.org. Location: Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 658-6795.
ADVANCED STAINED GLASS: Students will learn how to assemble a stained glass panel using the traditional lead channel method. Students will learn advanced techniques. This class is for people who already have some prior experience working with stained glass, as the basics of glass cutting won’t be covered. Sat. & Sun., 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Jun. 15 & 16. Cost: $355/2-day workshop Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648, info@shelburnecraftschool.org, shelburnecraftschool.org.
LEARN TO MEDITATE: Taught by qualified meditation instructors at the Burlington Shambhala ALTERNATIVE FIRING CLAY: Meditation Center: Wed., 6-7 p.m.; Ever wonder how to get a smoky Sun., 9 a.m.-noon. Free and open earthen patina with ceramics? Or to anyone. Free public meditaare you curious about what it was tion: weeknights, 6-7 p.m.; Tue. like to fire clay before electricity? and Thu., noon-1 p.m.; Sun., 9 68 SEVEN DAYS MAY 15-22, 2019
DRAWING WORKSHOP: Drawing consists of understanding perspective, understanding light and understanding the structure of the object. This workshop will look at these concepts and develop a practice for applying them. It is impossible to learn how to draw in a day, but you will learn how to approach any drawing. Sat., 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Jun. 8. Cost: $110/6-hour workshop Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648, info@shelburnecraftschool.org, shelburnecraftschool.org. EN PLEIN AIR: Want to learn the fair weather art of painting outdoors? Students learn how to capture the essence of picturesque Vermont landscapes, from the fleeting light to the range of
INTRO TO WOODWORKING: Interested in woodworking and looking for a way to get started? This introductory course is designed to give beginner students the basics in using hand tools and shop machinery to design and make a beautiful one-of-akind shaker table. Wed., 6-9 p.m., Jul.10-Sep.11. Cost: $575/3hour class. Location: Shelburne Craft School , 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648, info@shelburnecraftschool.org, shelburnecraftschool.org. LYRICAL PROSE: This creative writing course will center on writing beautiful prose, either fiction or nonfiction. The writer Frances Cannon will guide students through three phases: craft, create and critique. Students will build a small body of work, either fresh work generated during this course or recent work from students’ passion projects. Tue., 10 a.m.-noon, Jul.10-31. Cost: $128/2-hour class Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648, info@shelburnecraftschool.org, shelburnecraftschool.org.
$192/2-hour class. Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648, info@shelburnecraftschool.org, shelburnecraftschool.org. PASTEL WORKSHOP: Join Robert Carsten, PSA-mp, IAPS-mc for a fun and educational pastel workshop emphasizing skies as a dominant element in our landscapes. This workshop will explore the luminous and varied qualities of sky and clouds, perspective, and more. Sat., 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Jul. 27. Cost: $130/6-hour workshop. Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648, info@shelburnecraftschool.org, shelburnecraftschool. org.
OIL PAINTING 1 & 2: Interested in learning how to paint with oil but not sure where to start? Do you have some oil painting experience but need technical and material guidance? Beginner students learn the fundamental techniques of oil painting, while students who have some knowledge are challenged with more in-depth study and practice. Tue., 9-11 a.m., Jul.9-Aug.12. Cost:
DHARMA YOGA WHEEL TRAINING: Become a certified DYW teacher in our two-day immersion with the yoga wheel founders themselves. They will guide you through multiplelevel classes, giving you an inside look at how we structure our classes. Anatomy and how to use the wheel. Open to anyone; no teaching background required. Sat., Jun. 1, & Sun., Jun. 2, time TBA. 2-day class. Location: Honest Yoga, 150 Dorset St., South Burlington. Info: Danielle Vardakas, 488-0272, honestyogastudio@gmail.com, honestyogacenter.com.
WATERCOLOR 1 & 2: Are you interested in playing with watercolor techniques to get cool effects and to learn more ways to have fun with the medium? This course is open to anyone who is brand new to watercolor, as well as to students who want to explore further the limits of the medium. Thu., 6-8 p.m., Jul.10-Aug. 14. Cost: $192/2-hour class Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648, info@shelburnecraftschool.org, shelburnecraftschool.org. WOOD TURNING: Are you looking for an introduction to wood turning? Join us in our warm, light-filled wood shop to learn the beautiful art of wood turning. Over the course of three weeks, students will learn how to turn a chunk of tree trunk into a wooden bowl or vessel. Mon., 6-9 p.m., Jun. 10-24. Cost: $270/3-hour class. Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648, info@shelburnecraftschool.org, shelburnecraftschool.org.
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MIXED-LEVEL CLAY: Are you new to wheel-throwing? Or have you just learned how to throw on the wheel and are looking for a way to practice and improve your skills? This course is for beginner- to intermediate-level wheel throwers and offers guided instruction that nurtures and challenges beginner potters. Wed., 6:308:30 p.m., Jun. 26-Aug. 7. Cost: $290/2-hour class. Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648, info@shelburnecraftschool.org, shelburnecraftschool.org.
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SNAKE-STYLE TAI CHI CHUAN: The Yang Snake Style is a dynamic tai chi method that mobilizes the spine while stretching and strengthening the core body muscles. Practicing this ancient martial art increases strength, flexibility, vitality, peace of mind and martial skill. Beginner classes Sat. mornings & Wed. evenings. Call to view a class. Location: Bao Tak Fai Tai Chi Institute, 100 Church St., Burlington. Info: 3636890, snake-style.com.
well-being RELATIONSHIP MANUAL: Relationships challenge us, and we can easily find ourselves having more conflict than enjoyment and love. Relationship Manual is like a road map through the complexity. Certified relationship coach Beth Martell will teach what trips us up and what leads us to the love we know is possible. Sun., Jun., 2 1-3 p.m. Cost: $40/2-hour educational seminar. Location: Holiday Inn, 1068 Williston Rd., S. Burlington. Info: Beth Martell Life Coaching, Beth Martell, 881-4161, beth@martellcoaching.com, martellcoaching.com.
EVOLUTION YOGA: Practice yoga in a down-to-earth atmosphere with some of the most experienced teachers and therapeutic professionals in Burlington. Daily drop-in classes include $5 Community, Vinyasa, Kripalu, Yin, Meditation, Yoga Wall and Yoga Therapeutics led by physical therapists. Dive deeper into your practice with Yoga for Life, a semesterbased program of unlimited yoga, weekend workshops and mentorship. Transform your career with our Yoga Teacher Training rooted in anatomy and physiology and taught by a faculty of healthcare providers who integrate yoga into their practices. $15/class; $140/10-class card; $5-10/community class. Location: Evolution Yoga, 20 Kilburn St., Burlington. Info: 864-9642, evolutionvt.com. SANGHA STUDIO | NONPROFIT, DONATION-BASED YOGA: Sangha Studio builds an empowered community through the shared practice of yoga. Free yoga service initiatives and outreach programs are offered at 17 local organizations working with all ages. Join Sangha in both downtown Burlington and the Old North End for one of their roughly 60 weekly classes and workshops. Become a Sustaining Member for $60/ month and practice as often as you like! Daily. Location: Sangha Studio, 120 Pine St. and 237 North Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 448-4262, Info@sanghastudio.org, sanghastudio.org.
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Society of Chittenden County
Fabulous Feline Foto Contest
WINNERS!
Our first ever Fabulous Feline Foto Contest was a big success! Thank you to everyone who entered and voted — we received 72 photo submissions and raised over $6,200! Since 1901, HSCC has been providing services for animals and humans alike in our community. Funds raised will help fulfill our mission, strengthen our programs, and care for the more than 1,000 animals that come through our shelter each year.
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People’s Choice
ALEX “Alex was adopted from the Humane Society of Chittenden County in 2016, when her and her litter were found under a porch. She loves to snuggle and purrs as soon as she is picked up, and gives plenty of kisses with her sandpapery tongue!”
Judges’ Pick
BELLA “We adopted Bella in September 2014 from HSCC and she has been the fluffiest, most amazing, and loving addition to our family. At 9 years young, Bella can run the length of the house in 5 seconds flat and goes nuts for little fuzzy mouse toys and, of course, treats! Her squishy face-eyed smile brightens up our every day!”
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Vermont rapper/comedian Omega Jade finds catharsis in humor and hip-hop BY J US T I N B O L A N D
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mega Jade was in her element, holding court at Burlington’s Light Club Lamp Shop and reminiscing on the long path that brought her to the Green Mountains. “My first impression of Vermont? Extreme culture shock,” she said. Born in Arizona and raised in San Diego, the rapper and comedian likely meant that in more ways than one. “It was cooooold,” she said with a bitter chuckle, still weary from winter. “I’m from Cali, so just saying it was cold is such an understatement.” Describing her sense of displacement further, she added, “I couldn’t purchase certain food and hair products unless I left the state, and I didn’t really see many people of color until I moved to Burlington.” At that, Jade, 40, grew contemplative, flashing back to bleaker times. Given her outsize personality, it’s jarring to contemplate this single mom feeling uncertain
and small, as she described herself, when she arrived in 1999. Jade’s circumstances have certainly changed since. That she chose to meet a reporter at one of the more eclectic venues in the Queen City was no accident. Light Club Lamp Shop is home to her Rhyme and Unreason Show, a semi-regular series that features a chaotic mashup of standup comedy and freestyle rap. The showcase has become an unlikely success story for its hardworking host. And it’s emblematic of her diverse skill sets as a rapper, comic and producer. In conversation, Jade is a roller coaster of contradictions. She’s brutally honest and stubbornly evasive in equal measure. She boasts a sort of confident insecurity, narrating her own social anxiety in real time and, of course, cracking jokes. When asked about her musical upbringing in California, she demurred: “My circumstances wouldn’t allow me
to really experience the local scene.” She didn’t explain, but she didn’t have to. One of the best singles in Jade’s catalog, “United States of Dope Men,” sketches it out in broader strokes: “First I was a latchkey / then I went state custody / I was taking Thorazine before I was a teen.” The song is more than an autobiography, though. In it, Jade connects the dots of her lived experience to a broader culture of drug dealing, even taking shots at the famously fake rapper Rick Ross along the way. Blurring the lines between personal and political is a common thread throughout her work, whether rapping or cracking jokes. Jade came to comedy in 2015 under unusually dire circumstances. She had suffered a nervous breakdown after fighting back against an abusive man. Following the altercation, she was arrested and sent to the Brattleboro Retreat, where she had an awakening of sorts.
“I realized that the more angry or upset I was, the more humorous I became,” she recalled. “My therapist at the time told me that if I didn’t pursue comedy or some outlet, she expected to see me return. So…” At that, she shrugged and laughed. Comedy turned out to be exactly the right prescription. Doing standup around Burlington offered both catharsis and a confidence boost. It also reconnected Jade with her spoken-word roots. “Poetry has always been an outlet for me, and doing comedy made me think I could pull off being an MC, too,” she explained. Now, if you’re going to make an impression in the 802 rap scene, the best place to do it is Third Thursdays at the Monkey House in Winooski. The monthly gathering has been a hub for local hip-hop for years, thanks to the tireless efforts ALPHA OMEGA
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Return of the Hack
It’s been just shy of two and a half years since I filed what I thought would be my last Soundbites column for this esteemed paper. Not that I’m counting — OK, I might be counting — but that’s roughly 120 issues in which my byline has not appeared atop the music column in Seven Days. And I’ve gotta tell ya, it’s been glorious. Not that I didn’t enjoy being the Seven Days music guy for a decade or so, because I surely did. We had some good times together, right? Still, when the time came to pass the pen to someone else, I was ready. And I’ve quite taken to my rock-writer golden years, thank you. Not feeling like I need to be out at 11 p.m. on a Tuesday to catch some new band’s set has done wonders for my disposition, not to mention my boyish complexion. And bouncing around the likes of Waking Windows or the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival as a civilian has been a delight — though it comes at a cost. As I told a coworker recently, “I’m woefully out of the loop” on what’s fresh in the local scene. She misunderstood and thought I said willfully out of the loop, which might not have been far off the mark. I was mostly joking — I do still edit the music section, after all, and I chip in with the occasional album review or feature. However, like an aging pitcher, my fastball is probably not what it used
to be, at least for the purposes of this column. But a funny thing happened on the way to the retirement home: Music editor JORDAN ADAMS took a long-overdue vacation and asked me to fill in for him. To quote MICHAEL CORLEONE in The Godfather: Part III (and please read in your best AL PACINO voice): “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!” And so here we are, together again, just like old times. So what’s new, friends?
Listening In Sadly, I don’t share Jordan Adams’ superpower to get songs stuck in others’ heads — and for that I’m thankful, ‘cause I hate it when that happens. But here are some releases I’ve been enjoying of late. Follow sevendaysvt on Spotify for weekly playlists with tunes by artists featured in the music section. A.A. BONDY, Enderness RHIANNON GIDDENS, there is no Other JUDY AND THE JERKS, Music for Donuts EP CHARLY BLISS, Young Enough MAC DEMARCO, Here Comes the Cowboy
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Here’s something that’s not new: going to see one of your favorite bands in concert and being bewildered, bordering on offended, when no one else shows up. That was the case last year when CHARLIE FRAZIER went to see blues giants SUGAR RAY RAYFORD and DANIELLE NICOLE at Higher Ground. Frazier, the longtime leader of the local band BLUES FOR BREAKFAST and DJ of the WIZN radio show of the same name, was dismayed by the embarrassing turnout. So he did what any self-respecting modern fan would in a similar situation: He bitched about it on Facebook. Rare is the social media rant that actually leads to action. But Frazier’s was the exception. He and fellow blues brothers DENNIS WILLMOTT (LEFT EYE JUMP) and SANDY COMBS — the hepcat who raised the money to build the BIG JOE BURRELL statue on Church Street — put their frustration to good use, reconstituting the long-dormant Vermont Blues Society in an effort spread the word. In an email to Seven Days, Frazier, aka Mr. Charlie, writes that he was inspired — or, as he put it, “goaded” — into action by a similar organization across the lake founded by his friend LAURA CARBONE: the Plattsburgh Blues & Jazz series. According to Frazier, PB&J shows regularly draw 100 to 150 attendees, which is impressive given the disparity in population between the Lake City and the Queen City. The shows also always feature peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, which likely helps the draw. (OK, I made that part up. But they totally should serve PB&J at PB&J, amirite?) Frazier explains that the VBS was a vibrant and active group back in the early 1990s, but it eventually “withered on the vine.” Part of that withering was due to folks just not wanting to hustle to get the word out, which back in the day meant, like, talking to people and hanging show posters and such. Enter the internet. Between its website and Facebook page, the VBS serves as a clearinghouse for blues news in Vermont. It maintains a calendar of blues shows around the region and is a great resource for blues SOUNDBITES
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fans in the Green Mountains in general. The group, which hopes to eventually launch outreach and education programs around the state, is a registered nonprofit and affiliated with the Blues Foundation, an organization that champions the blues on a national level. (BTW, the Blues Foundation honored Frazier with its Keeping the Blues Alive award in 2016, and it’s easy to see why.) This Sunday, May 19, the VBS throws its official comingout party at the Double E in Essex Junction. The late-afternoon/ early-evening shindig starts with a mixer and music by guitarist and Saint Michael’s College music prof BILL ELLIS. An informational summit follows, capped by a blowout blues jam with Willmott, BOB MCKENZIE, TOM BUCKLEY, JEFF SALISBURY, COOIE DEFRANCESCO, local British bluesman TOM CASWELL and many others. Plus, it should all be over in time to catch the inevitably disappointing conclusion of “Game of Thrones,” after which we’ll likely all have the blues.
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Speaking of the Double E, on Saturday, May 18, the hot spot hosts MAX WEINBERG’S JUKEBOX, a unique interactive show featuring the E STREET BAND drummer and former “Late Night With CONAN O’BRIEN” bandleader. Here’s how it works: Audience members choose the set list
from more than 300 songs, and then Mighty Max and his crack band play ’em — kinda like a human jukebox, see? The show costs more than a quarter, but I’m guessing it’ll be worth it. TWIDDLE-heads take note: The band
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has partnered with Burlington’s CashorTrade to make the company its official secondary market ticket broker. For the uninitiated, CashorTrade operates an online market where fans can buy or exchange tickets for face value. Also for the uninitiated, Twiddle are an insanely popular local jam band. They’re also the second big-time act Trevor Wade to partner with CoT, following guitarist BILLY STRINGS, in an effort to curb predatory scalpers. Keep that in mind when you’re looking to score tix for TumbleDown at Burlington’s Waterfront Park this summer. In comedy news, local standup KATHLEEN KANZ hosts an intriguing show this Friday, May 17, at Half Lounge in Burlington. It features comedian and Moth StorySLAM winner TREVOR WADE and their storytelling and comedy show “Clownfish.” The hourlong piece is an insightful and often hilarious exploration of gender, sex and relationships, among other things. Or, as Wade writes in the show’s press materials, “It’s honest as all get-out, glam as Hell, as weird as America, and also happens to rhyme. I promise not to disappoint (unless you’re my dad).” m Untitled-102 1
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THE DOUBLE E LOUNGE AT ESSEX EXPERIENCE: Jam Nation (open jam), 7:30 p.m., free.
burlington
THU 16 | FRI 17 | SAT 18
CLUB METRONOME: Oliver Kennan (soul), 8 p.m., free/$5. 18+.
JERICHO CAFÉ & TAVERN: Irish Session, 7 p.m., free.
JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.
THE OLD POST: Salsa Night with DJ JP, 7 p.m., free.
JUNIPER: The Ray Vega Latin Jazz Sextet, 8:30 p.m., free.
ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Jenni and the Jazz Junketeers, 7 p.m., free.
LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Mike Martin and Geoff Kim (jazz), 7 p.m., free.
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LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Irish Sessions (traditional), 7 p.m., free. Giovanina Bucci (blues, soul), 9:30 p.m., free.
FRI 24 | SAT 25
BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Italian Session (traditional), 6 p.m., free. WHAMMY BAR: Open Mic, 7 p.m., free.
MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free.
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VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Open Mic, 7 p.m., free. Indie Rumble (improv), 8:30 p.m., $5.
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CITY SPORTS GRILLE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.
THE DOUBLE E LOUNGE AT ESSEX EXPERIENCE: Ukulele Shenanigan with Ukulele Clare, 5:30 p.m., $5. 5/13/19 10:25 AM Burlington Songwriters (singersongwriter), 6:30 p.m., free. HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Bad Bad Hats (pop-rock), 7:30 p.m., $10/12. JERICHO CAFÉ & TAVERN: Bluegrass Session, 7 p.m., free.
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MONKEY HOUSE: Blessed (post-punk, experimental), 9:15 p.m., $5/10. 18+. THE OLD POST: Karaoke with D Jay Baron, 8 p.m., free. STONE CORRAL BREWERY: Trivia Night, 7:30 p.m., free.
barre/montpelier
CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Eli Elkus (folk), 6 p.m., free. SWEET MELISSA’S: D. Davis (acoustic), 5:30 p.m., donation. John Lackard Blues Jam, 7:30 p.m., free.
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MOOGS PLACE: Trivia Night, 6:30 p.m., free. Jim Charanko (Americana), 8 p.m., free.
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ZENBARN: Wednesday Night Dead (Grateful Dead tribute), 7 p.m., free.
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THE HOWLIN’ MOUSE RECORD STORE: Firstbourne, Mourn the Light, Crypitus (metal), 8 p.m., $5.
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their career in the mid-2000s, they made unobtrusive, sunny
HARDWICK STREET CAFÉ AT THE HIGHLAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS: The Zeichner Trio (Irish, old-time), 6 p.m., free.
corporate pop. It’s possible that their very palatability made them
HIGHLAND LODGE: Trivia Night, 6:30 p.m., free.
less visible than Top 40 contemporaries such as Michelle Branch
PARKER PIE CO.: Sean Ashby (singersongwriter), 7 p.m., free.
how to fit in — sometimes to a fault. When the sisters started
and Avril Lavigne. Perhaps that’s why, in 2009, they struck out on their own as the short-lived indie group 78violet: to differentiate themselves from the pack with an artsy moniker and edgier sound. The duo recently returned to its original name and continues to pursue a metallic, ’80s-inspired brand of sparkling pop. Catch Aly & AJ on Friday, May 17, at the Higher Ground Ballroom in South Burlington. ARMORS add support.
randolph/royalton BABES BAR: Randy and Forrest (old-time), 7 p.m., free.
outside vermont
MONOPOLE: Open Mic with Lucid, 10 p.m., free.
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DRINK: Downstairs Comedy Open Mic, 8 p.m., free. FINNIGAN’S PUB: DJ Craig Mitchell (open format), 10 p.m., free.
CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: Karaoke with DJ Amanda Rock, 9 p.m., free.
FOAM BREWERS: Dan Ryan Express (jazz), 7 p.m., free.
HATCH 31: Rough Cut Blues Jam, third Wednesday of every month, 7 p.m., free.
HALF LOUNGE: DJ SVPPLY & Bankz (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.
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LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Jake Whitesell Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., free.
PARKER PIE CO.: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.
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SIDEBAR: Godfather Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.
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RADIO BEAN: Hailey Moll (jazz), 7 p.m., free. Stacey Kelleher (pop, country), 8:30 p.m., free. Midweek Mosaic (jam), 10 p.m., $5. RED SQUARE: Joe Moore Blues Band, 7 p.m., free. DJ Cre8 (open format), 11 p.m., free.
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MOOGS PLACE: Open Mic Night, 8:30 p.m., free.
ORLANDO’S BAR & LOUNGE: Hayley Jane (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free.
JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.
LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Shane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 8:30 p.m.,
$5. Light Club Jazz Sessions and Showcase, 10:30 p.m., free. NECTAR’S: Trivia Mania, 7 p.m., free. Mi Yard Reggae Night with DJs Big Dog and Jahson, 9:30 p.m., $5. ORLANDO’S BAR & LOUNGE: Nina’s Brew (blues, roots), 10 p.m., free. RADIO BEAN: NoMad Stories (world, psychedelic), 6:30 p.m., free. Elijah Kraatz (world), 8:30 p.m., free. Radio Compass (garage pop), 10:30 p.m., free. RED SQUARE: Sweet William and Sugar Cone Rose (Americana), 4 p.m., free. The Starline Rhythm Boys (rockabilly), 7 p.m., free. D Jay Baron (mashup, hip-hop), 11 p.m., free. RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Cre8 (open format), 11 p.m., free. VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Joel Kim Booster, Kwasi Mensah (standup), 7:30 p.m., $15. The Mainstage Show (improv), 9 p.m., $5.
outside vermont
OLIVE RIDLEY’S: Karaoke with DJ Jon Berry & DJ Coco, 9 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Out in the Valley Happy Hour, third Thursday of every month, 6:30 p.m., free.
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ARTSRIOT: Barbacoa (surf), 8 p.m., free. BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: Marty Fogel (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. BURLINGTON ST. JOHN’S CLUB: Karaoke, 8:30 p.m., free. CLUB METRONOME: AJJ, Tyler Daniel Bean (folk-punk), 7 p.m., $16/18. Move B*tch: 2000s Hip-Hop Night with DJ SVPPLY, 10 p.m., free. FOAM BREWERS: Emma Cook & Questionable Company (indie pop), 9 p.m., free. JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free. JUNIPER: John Abair and His Good Pals (folk), 9 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Elma Niacci (acoustic), 7:30 p.m., free. DJ Taka (eclectic vinyl), 11 p.m., $5. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Moochie (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.
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REVIEW this Chance McNiff, Baby9ir1 (SELF-RELEASED, DIGITAL DOWNLOAD)
On Chance McNiff ’s previous albums, the Brattleboro artist has shown himself to be a man of few words. With 2013’s Sequoiahedron and 2017’s thoughts count and Seasons ¢hange, McNiff has taken listeners on aural journeys through experimental electronic soundscapes free of lyrics. He flip-flops on his most recent LP, Baby9irl, which he describes on Instagram as his “sensitive new-age hiphop album.”
Count Hamilton, Too Many Beards (SELF-RELEASED, DIGITAL DOWNLOAD)
From the farthest reaches of outer space come Count Hamilton. They have braved interstellar travel for one reason and one reason alone: to talk to you about beards. You heard me. The band’s new release, Too Many Beards, is a concept album about beards. And, dare I say, it’s about time. Vermont has beards everywhere: beards on the mountain, beards on the streets, beards on ladies, beards on dogs — I’ve seen it, trust me. Thankfully, Count Hamilton are here to take on the subject with the necessary gravity. Composed of Alex Vitzthum on vocals, bass and keys; Lucas Hamilton on
McNiff is also a farmer, and his social media is populated by a mix of nature photos and hip-hop appreciation videos. This compelling combination of interests carries through the 11-song collection, released on March 17. Lyrics mix hiphop tropes with pastoral vocabulary: “Centipede look at me when I walk / Rest in peace if my foot makes you stop / Firefly you light up the dark / Little one you a work of art,” he warbles on “Little One.” McNiff ’s voice sounds highly processed throughout the album as he raps and sings his original lyrics. The result is a hazy, intoxicated vibe in the vein of
SoundCloud artists such as Diveliner and Teddy. The beats, culled from nearly a dozen different producers from around the country, provide a light-trap backdrop for McNiff ’s musings on Moby-Dick, his girlfriend and the natural world. Denver producer XANNY DEVITO’s beat on “I flex Bob Ross” stands out for its acoustic guitar lick looped over a trap rhythm, reminiscent of work by Goth Boi Clique’s Horse Head. McNiff has displayed his production skills on previous efforts, so it would have been interesting to hear his own take on hip-hop beats. Regardless, the collection he curated feels interesting and of the moment. Aside from the parade of producers, the only feature is by McNiff ’s mother, who is heard delivering an expletive-
filled tirade in a thick Bronx accent at the end of “Sophia.” Rhythmic delivery isn’t McNiff ’s strongest suit on this album. Neither are snappy metaphors. However, the lyrics are weird enough to leave an impression (e.g., “Yeah she really rare / But not like meat”). Listening to McNiff ’s words might leave you scratching your head, but odd is better than ordinary. In a 2017 blog post for Seven Days, Amelia Devoid wrote that with McNiff ’s third offering, Seasons ¢hange, “genre dies, convention is ended and the stiff grid world ceases to exist.” With Baby9irl, McNiff continues to push boundaries and provoke thought while exploring a new genre. Baby9ir1 is available at chancemcniff. bandcamp.com.
drums and percussion; and Gabe Allen on guitar, Count Hamilton are just the latest iteration of Vitzthum’s menagerie of oddball projects. In 2017, under the moniker Clam, the opera-trained singer/ composer released Sonnendruck, a fusion of electro-pop and a cappella vocal stylings. A year later, he went in on feel-good indie rock as Homeboy Aurelio before founding Count Hamilton. Too Many Beards opens with a wash of static, followed by a sonic montage of different beard-centric sound clips. We hear a voice, as if over a radio, declaring that Jesus was the most recognizable bearded man before the song takes on a frantic, Devoesque energy. “There’s no such thing as too many beards,” Vitzthum sings in a slightly deranged tone. The dissonance of the title track
gives way to a sunny, synth-driven jaunt, “Up Too Late.” If you took an LCD Soundsystem song and mixed it with a Beach Boys-on-mescaline vibe, you would be getting close to the specific sort of weird achieved here. Vitzthum continues his broader trend of sonically branching out. This time around, he incorporates hip-hop, as on “Flibbed feat. Yung Scruff,” a rap about rolling joints, magic gnomes and, of course, beards. The album also exhibits a strong strain of juvenile sexual energy. “Cunnilingus,” which is about exactly what you think it’s about, features the lyrics, “It’s a perfect morning for cunnilingus / Take your panties off, get ready for my kisses.” Vitzthum croons the melody with all the ardor of a mildly intrigued android. Throughout the record, the listener is treated to dialogue between band members commenting on and laughing at their own ridiculousness. The effect is similar to when comedians break character mid-sketch: You either love
it or hate it. As it stands, I love it. The album holds a sketch-comedy-via-Captain Beefheart feel, including a diatribe about putting kimchi on clam chowder. Too Many Beards is at its strongest when leaning into indie rock, such as on “Air Balloon.” The breeziness of the songwriting, the crispness of Allen’s guitar and Vitzthum’s highly malleable voice soaring over jazz-tinged chord progressions create such a distinct sound. It would be a signature trait if this were almost any other band. Count Hamilton seem intent on exploring the outer boundaries of pop writing, though. While they’re doing that, they’ll keep pontificating about beards and whether there are too many. (Spoiler: Their answer is that there can never be too many beards.) So, go on, download this weird-ass concept record about facial hair. No, seriously. It’s one hell of a listen. Too Many Beards is available at counthamilton.bandcamp.com.
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RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Raul (salsa, reggaeton), 6 p.m., free. Reign One and DJ ATAK (house), 11 p.m., $5.
MOOGS PLACE: John Lackard Blues Band, 9 p.m., free.
REVELRY THEATER: Boom City (improv), 7:30 p.m., $7. Late Night with Thelma Forbanks (variety), 9:30 p.m., $7.
RADIO BEAN: Friday Morning Sing-Along with Linda Bassick & Friends (kids’ music), 11 a.m., free. Matthew Fowler (singersongwriter), 7 p.m., free. Ellen Adams (folk, country), 8:30 p.m., free. Henry Finch & the Capacity Ensemble (soul, rock), 10 p.m., $5. RED SQUARE: The Suspects (covers), 4 p.m., free. The Last Minute (rock), 7 p.m., $5. DJ Craig Mitchell (open format), 11 p.m., $5. RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ KermiTT (eclectic), 9 p.m., $5. REVELRY THEATER: MOMCOM (standup), 8 p.m., $7.
VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Joel Kim Booster, Kwasi Mensah (standup), 7:30 & 9:30 p.m., $20/27.
chittenden county HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Aly & AJ, Armors (pop-rock), 8 p.m., $25-250. HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Dub Trio, Among Criminals (metal, dub), 8:30 p.m., $15/17.
THE OLD POST: Phil Abair Band (rock), third Friday of every month, 9 p.m., free. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: King Me (acoustic), 5 p.m., free. Razed on Radio (rock), 9 p.m., free. STONE CORRAL BREWERY: Katie Lyon, 8 p.m., free.
barre/montpelier
BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Yuriy Kolosovskiu (acoustic), 11:30 a.m., free. Dave Loughran (singer-songwriter), 6 p.m., free. CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Z-Jaz (jazz), 6 p.m., free. Western Terrestrials (roots, country), 9:30 p.m., free. GUSTO’S: Tim Brick (country), 5 p.m., free. Imagine That (covers), 9 p.m., $5. MULLIGAN’S IRISH PUB: Michael Stridsberg (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free.
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RED SQUARE: Left Eye Jump (blues), 3 p.m., free. Close to Nowhere (rock), 7 p.m., free. Mashtodon (open format), 11 p.m., $5.
EL TORO: Cooie Sings (Americana), 6 p.m., free. The Buck Hollers (Americana), 9 p.m., free.
MONKEY HOUSE: Dark Star Project (Grateful Dead tribute), every third Friday, 5 p.m., free. DJ Disco Phantom (open format), 9:30 p.m., free.
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10 p.m., $5. Jesse Taylor Band (rock), 11:30 p.m., $5.
ORLANDO’S BAR & LOUNGE: Kind Bud’s Kind Dubs (acoustic), 9 p.m., free.
MAGIC HAT ARTIFACTORY: The Morning Giants (rock), 7 p.m., free.
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SWEET MELISSA’S: Honky Tonk Happy Hour with Mark LeGrand, 5:30 p.m., free. WHAMMY BAR: Kelly Ravin and Halle Jade (country), 7 p.m., free.
JERICHO CAFÉ & TAVERN: Shane Murley Band (folk-rock), 6 p.m., free.
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NECTAR’S: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., free. The Karina Rykman Experiment, Kudu Stooge (rock), 9 p.m., $5.
THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Troy Millette (folk-rock), 7:30 p.m., free.
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ZENBARN: Billy Wylder, Golden Oak (folk, rock), 8:30 p.m., $8/10.
middlebury area
CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: Nos4a2, Slightly Used, Chris and Erica, Victim of Metal (rock), 9:30 p.m., free.
champlain islands/ northwest 14TH STAR BREWING CO.: Justin LaPoint (folk), 6 p.m., free. TWIGGS — AN AMERICAN GASTROPUB: AliT (singersongwriter), 7 p.m., free.
THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Green Mountain Roots (Americana, rock), 8 p.m., free. SMITTY’S PUB: Paul Detzer (rock, country), 8 p.m., free. VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Good Clean Fun! (family-friendly improv), 5 p.m., $5. Joel Kim Booster, Kwasi Mensah (standup), 7:30 & 9:30 p.m., $20/27.
chittenden county THE DOUBLE E LOUNGE AT ESSEX EXPERIENCE: Max Weinberg’s Jukebox (rock), 8 p.m., $40-180.
randolph/royalton
HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Dizzy Wright, Demrick, Reezy, Jahni Denver (hip-hop), 8:30 p.m., $20-150.
outside vermont
HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Tim Baker (singersongwriter), 8 p.m., $12/14.
BABES BAR: Karaoke, 7 p.m., free.
MONOPOLE: Empire Rooks (soul, reggae), 10 p.m., free. MONOPOLE DOWNSTAIRS: Happy Hour Tunes & Trivia with Gary Peacock, 5 p.m., free. OLIVE RIDLEY’S: DJ Skippy (hits), 9 p.m., free.
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ARTSRIOT: Gina Yashere, Kwasi Mensah (standup), 8:30 p.m., $15. BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: James Harvey (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. CLUB METRONOME: No Ordinary Love with Moochie (R&B), 10 p.m., $5. FOAM BREWERS: Billy Wylder (indie), 9 p.m., free. JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free. JUNIPER: Duncan & Stokes (folk), 9 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Mary McGinniss & the Selkies (folk-rock), 7 p.m., free. Jennifer Porter (blues, soul), 9 p.m., $10. DJ Taka (eclectic vinyl), 11 p.m., $5. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Blanchface (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free. NECTAR’S: Dale and Darcy (folk), 7 p.m., free. The Blind Owl Band (bluegrass, rock), 9 p.m., $5. ORLANDO’S BAR & LOUNGE: Mike MacDonald (singersongwriter), 9 p.m., free. RADIO BEAN: Suzi Brown (folk-pop), 7 p.m., free. Kimaya Diggs Duo (folk, soul), 8:30 p.m., free. The Vaughns (indie rock),
JERICHO CAFÉ & TAVERN: John Daly Trio (rock), 6 p.m., free. MONKEY HOUSE: Channel Tres (house, hip-hop), 9:30 p.m., $10. THE OLD POST: Saturday Night Mega Mix featuring DJ Colby Stiltz (open format), 9 p.m., free. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Nerbak Brothers (rock), 5 p.m., free. Last Kid Picked (rock), 9 p.m., free. PARK PLACE TAVERN: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., free. STONE CORRAL BREWERY: Southtown Bluegrass, 8 p.m., free.
barre/montpelier
BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Irish Session, 2 p.m., donation. Barry Bender (singersongwriter), 6 p.m., free. BUCH SPIELER RECORDS: Community DJ Series (vinyl DJs), 3 p.m., free. CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Stolk, Be-er (rock), 9:30 p.m., free. GUSTO’S: Kevin McEnerney (singer-songwriter), 6 p.m., free. DJ LaFountaine (hits), 9:30 p.m., free. THE DEN AT HARRY’S HARDWARE: Allison Rogers (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free. WHAMMY BAR: Jenn and John (folk), 7 p.m., free.
stowe/smuggs
EL TORO: Stefani Capizzi (folk), 6 p.m., free. Yestrogen (rock), 9 p.m., free. MOOGS PLACE: Chris, Fran and Christine (Americana), 9 p.m., free.
audience he knew he was gay before he knew he was Asian. This was because he grew up in an all-white adoptive family in an even whiter town in the American South. Sharp as hell with biting wit to spare, the comic is also a writer and producer on Comedy Central’s 2019 sitcom “The Other Two” and recently appeared as a high-strung photographer in Hulu’s
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dramatic comedy “Shrill.” Booster performs Thursday through Saturday, May 16 through 18, at the Vermont Comedy Club in Burlington. KWASI MENSAH opens. TRES AMIGOS & RUSTY NAIL STAGE: Fully Completely Hip: The Tragically Hip Tribute, 9 p.m., $15/18.
middlebury area
CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: DJ Earl (hits), 9 p.m., free.
RUBEN JAMES: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Bluegrass Brunch, noon, free. VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Fanny Pack (standup), 7 p.m., $5. Mix Tape (improv), 8 p.m., free.
champlain islands/ northwest
chittenden county
upper valley
MISERY LOVES CO.: Disco Brunch with DJ Craig Mitchell, 11 a.m., free.
TWIGGS — AN AMERICAN GASTROPUB: Lloyd Tyler Band (rock, folk), 7 p.m., free.
THE ENGINE ROOM: Toga Glow Party featuring Livemixkings (EDM), 9 p.m., $5.
outside vermont
MONOPOLE: Wickmore Jazz Trio, 10 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Lydia Gray Quartet (jazz, world), 7 p.m., free.
SUN.19 burlington
HALF LOUNGE: Open Decks, 10 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Tina & Her Pony (indie folk), 8 p.m., free. NECTAR’S: Burlington Record Fair, 11 a.m., free/$5. RADIO BEAN: Pete Sutherland and Tim Stickle’s Old Time Session, 1 p.m., free. Cursed on Earth (folk), 7 p.m., free. 2% (DJ set) (eclectic), 10 p.m., $5. RED SQUARE: DJ Ianu (open format), 3 p.m., free. Zach Rhoads Trio (rock), 7 p.m., free. Two Sev (open format), 11 p.m., free.
THE DOUBLE E LOUNGE AT ESSEX EXPERIENCE: Vermont Blues Society Kickoff Party, 4 p.m., free/$12.
barre/montpelier
BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Eric Friedman (folk), 11 a.m., free. SWEET MELISSA’S: Live Band Karaoke, 8 p.m., donation.
MON.20 burlington
ARTSRIOT: The Dove & the Wolf, Michelle Blades (indie folk), 8:30 p.m., $10. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Lamp Shop Lit Club (open reading), 7 p.m., free. Open Circuit: Backline — Full Band Open Mic (full-band open mic), third Monday of every month, 9 p.m., free. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., free. RADIO BEAN: TUFA and the Pride (rock, folk), 7 p.m., free. Yes Ma’am, Holy Locust (country, blues), 9 p.m., free. RED SQUARE: Mashtodon (open format), 10 p.m., free. SIDEBAR: Open Mic, 7 p.m., free. Family Night (open jam), 9 p.m., free.
THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Comedy & Crêpes (standup), 7 p.m., free.
chittenden county
MONKEY HOUSE: Erin CasselsBrown (indie folk), 6 p.m., free.
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LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Shane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Grup Anwar (classical Arabic), 7:30 p.m., free. LINCOLNS: Laugh Shack (standup), 8:30 p.m., free. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Wonderkid (singer-songwriter), 9:30 p.m., free. NECTAR’S: Dead Set (Grateful Dead tribute), 9 p.m., $5. RADIO BEAN: Alex Cano, Ryan Martin (folk-rock), 7 p.m., free. Honky Tonk Tuesday with Ponyhustle, 10 p.m., $5.
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RED SQUARE: CRWD CNTRL (open format), 7 p.m., free. DJ A-RA$ (trap, house), 10 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Ukulele Kids with Joe Beaird (sing-along), 9:30 a.m., free.
chittenden county ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Trivia with Top Hat Entertainment, 7 p.m., free. WATERWORKS FOOD + DRINK: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free. TUE.21
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CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Karaoke with DJ Vociferous, 9:30 p.m., free.
stowe/smuggs
MOOGS PLACE: Haley Jane (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m., free.
middlebury area
HATCH 31: Kelly Ravin and Friends (country), 7 p.m., free.
outside vermont
THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.
WED.22 burlington
ARTSRIOT: No Vacation, Okey Dokey, Full Walrus (indie), 8:30 p.m., $13. JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free. JUNIPER: Marty Fogel Quartet (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Paul Asbell Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Irish Sessions (traditional), 7 p.m., free.
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MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free. NECTAR’S: Funkwagon, Lyon’s Disciple (funk), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+. ORLANDO’S BAR & LOUNGE: Hayley Jane (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free. RADIO BEAN: The Brennan Kensey Band (acoustic), 7 p.m., free. Adlai Waxman and Zachary DeFranco (Americana), 8:30 p.m., free. Midweek Mosaic (jam), 10 p.m., $5. RED SQUARE: The Mojo Kings (rock), 7 p.m., free. DJ Cre8 (open format), 11 p.m., free. SIDEBAR: Godfather Karaoke, 10 p.m., free. VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Open Mic, 7 p.m., free. Indie Rumble (improv), 8:30 p.m., $5.
chittenden county
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SWEET MELISSA’S: D. Davis (acoustic), 5:30 p.m., donation.
stowe/smuggs
MOOGS PLACE: Trivia Night, 6:30 p.m., free. Jim Charanko (Americana), 8 p.m., free.
mad river valley/ waterbury
ZENBARN: Wednesday Night Dead (Grateful Dead tribute), 7 p.m., free.
middlebury area
CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: Karaoke with DJ Amanda Rock, 9 p.m., free.
northeast kingdom PARKER PIE CO.: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.
CITY SPORTS GRILLE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.
randolph/royalton
THE DOUBLE E LOUNGE AT ESSEX EXPERIENCE: Burlington Songwriters (singer-songwriter), 6:30 p.m., free.
outside vermont
THE OLD POST: Karaoke with D Jay Baron, 8 p.m., free.
BABES BAR: Randy and Forrest (old-time), 7 p.m., free.
MONOPOLE: Open Mic with Lucid, 10 p.m., free.
STONE CORRAL BREWERY: Open Mic Night, 8 p.m., free.
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house with brooding rap vocals. The artist’s versatile music fills a space between ampedup dance-floor debauchery and ultra-chill backroom hedonism. His darkly oblique vocals seem to emanate from a bottomless void, buoyed by glamorous beats and anchored by rounded synth bass. Each track seems to glisten with beads of sweat. The combination of sounds and emotional chaos churns in a vortex of crystalline production, primal feelings and an unquenchable desire to dance them all out. Check out Channel Tres on Saturday, May 18, at the Monkey House in Winooski.
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of Scottie Raymond and Luke Gauthier. Raymond represents the Anthill Collective, the street-art crew that hosts the annual Above the Radar graffiti festival on Burlington’s waterfront. Gauthier, who produces as ILLu, represents Equal Eyes Records, the state’s first real hip-hop record label. “The cypher is the most important proving ground in hip-hop, period,” explained Gauthier of the group freestyle rap session. “And especially for our local scene. You have to deliver. That’s what it’s all about.” Montpelier rapper Sed One of the hiphop duo Boomslang vividly remembered Jade’s first delivery at Third Thursdays. “Huge presence, great energy,” he raved. “A fantastic MC.” Jade has since hosted the event twice, which is a distinct local honor. “Hosting is a tricky, demanding gig, but she’s a rock star,” said Raymond. “Super positive, always funny. She’s a gift to our scene, for sure.” Jade was at first baffled by her own success. “I was surprised by how welcoming the hip-hop community was,” she said. “I met my producer the first time I went to a cypher! The first time!” That producer was Burlington’s Rico James, with whom she’s recorded several
tracks that are available on SoundCloud. Asked about her influences, Jade cites Lauryn Hill and Bahamadia. “I miss the female MCs who were empowering and encouraged seeking knowledge,” she said. To a person, Jade’s hip-hop colleagues praise her confidence. But to hear her tell it, it’s all part of the act. “Believe it or not,” she confided, “it’s only been a year since I was having an anxiety attack before every show.” Jade credits meditation and visualization with helping to steel her nerves — that and her four children.
“I believe that what I am doing will be something I can pass on to them,” she said, adding that her resilience might be the best lesson she can impart. “I think my confidence only comes from the fact that I was willing to try and fail but still keep going.” Just as comedy led to hip-hop, DIY promotional work has led Jade to discover a new talent: production. Those who participate in her comedy-rap hybrid events agree that she’s not kidding about the “controlled chaos” at her shows. Jade conceded that she runs a tight ship.
“My work ethic comes from a mix of only having myself to depend on and the fact that I’m a bit of a control freak,” she offered. “I know it’s a calling,” she said of curating events. “I enjoy the process of putting on a show. I take the time to consider every aspect. Now it’s become a thrill I look forward to. Like, I really don’t need a drink at a show, because I get a high from the experience.” Jade refuses to be reduced to an inspirational redemption story. When I dubbed her a success, she cackled back, “I’m still broke!” When I described her as multitalented, she blew it off, asserting that she’s really more like “a jackass of all trades.” In discussing her recent accomplishments, Jade emphasized that they have been simply “what I had to do.” Just the same, it’s impossible to miss her quiet pride — or her hunger. “We’re all looking forward to where her music goes next,” confirmed Sed One. “It’s like she’s spitting bars to prove to everybody that ever doubted her wrong. Including herself.”
INFO Omega Jade performs at the Comedy & Cupcakes showcase, Friday, May 24, 7:30 p.m., at FlynnSpace in Burlington. $25. flynntix.org Omega Jade’s music can be found at soundcloud.com/omega_jade.
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Female sculptors make a strong showing at Montpelier’s new Garage Cultural Center S T O RY & PHO TO S B Y AMY LILLY
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he Garage Cultural Center, Montpelier’s newest arts-and-culture venue, opened with a bang last Friday. Three hundred people were expected at its inaugural event, a sculpture show called “UNbound! 4 Women Sculptors Let Loose!” Five hundred showed, according to Jodi Kelly, the visionary behind the space. Some of the community buzz arose from seeing a handsome industrial brick building, built as a family-owned automobile garage in 1910, restored to use after sitting empty for 10 years. The Garage’s size and location also appeal. At 1,500 square feet with 14-foot ceilings, its second-story multipurpose space is far bigger than the handful of other venues where art is exhibited in the Capital City. And the building is centrally located just off State Street, between the farmers market corridor and the North Branch of the Winooski River, which a rebuilt side deck with café tables overlooks. Jodi and her husband, Dan Kelly, who split their time between Plainfield and Norwich, spotted the building five years ago. The couple owns the successful Stonecliff Animal Clinic of New Hampshire in Lebanon, where Dan is the vet and Jodi is the practice manager. They were looking to open a second office. At the same time, Jodi, a professional photographer and amateur potter and chef, imagined creating a cultural space that would accommodate her interests and more. The Garage was the perfect solution. The Kellys took on a long-term lease and renovated the building at their own expense, remaking the first floor as a veterinary clinic and the second as an arts center. In the middle of the latter is a sleek, full-size industrial kitchen, where Jodi plans to hold culinary pop-up events and chef classes. “It’s my dream kitchen — in fact, I want to move in,” she joked during a recent tour. Other planned uses for the space include book signings, photography seminars, performance-art events and a talk about another successful repurposing of a historic building: the Kent Museum in nearby Calais. The floor is also rentable for private events. On view through the end of May, “UNbound!” features sculptures by Sande French-Stockwell of Vershire, Hasso Ewing of Calais and Amber Geneva of North Pomfret on a scale that few other local spaces could accommodate. It’s an unusually cohesive group show, owing to the three artists’ collaboration over the past year. The women participated in an arts study program called “Art Matters: Narratives of Authenticity” with Dr. S. Cooper, an artist who teaches at the Mud Studio in Middlesex. Cooper, aka SXC, who developed the course to help artists explore and better articulate their visions, is the fourth artist of the show’s title, though her work is not on view. Over a year, the four met regularly in their studios to share critical analysis of admired artists’ and one another’s approaches. The result was a new clarity of expression for each. As French-Stockwell noted during a phone conversation, “Hasso and I had been making small work, and Amber had had an artist’s block for 10 years.” 80
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“Afloat #2” by Hasso Ewing in front of the space’s industrial kitchen
All three women’s work in the show is near-life-size or larger, displaying thematic crosscurrents that include women’s strength and an affinity with animals.
The show begins outside with French-Stockwell’s enormous black spider suspended from a tree beside the river. The realistic creature’s body bears a gray-haired woman’s smiling face — that of the late sculptor Louise Bourgeois, who is famous for her large-scale metal sculptures of spiders, created in honor of her mother’s protective strength and creativity. French-Stockwell titled her tribute “Mother and Child,” suggesting the elderly sculptor is also the child. Her work continues in the first-floor entry with a bust of Hillary Clinton as a Celtic warrior queen (“Warriors, Boudica to Hillary”). Upstairs, she depicts Frida Kahlo as an antlered deer pierced with arrows (“Power Thru Pain”) and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader
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G i n s b u rg Geneva’s two works as a capeat the Garage use wearing female animals to superheroexplore how the lenses ine toppling through which women the Greek column see and are seen affect of patriarchy (“Our their understanding of Wonder Woman”). themselves and their French-Stockwell place in the world. agreed with the “We can only see who suggestion that her we are by noticing how work is not ambiguwe are seen,” her artist ous. “That’s me!” she statement reads. declared with a laugh, “Sitting Pretty” is a noting that she has trio of cows unnaturally purple hair just like seated on their hindquarters on a circle of her own larger-thanlife bust. “Sande” casts artificial turf. Simultaa confident gaze over “Power Thru Pain” by neously emaciated and the exhibit, a painted Sande French-Stockwell muscular, two of the tattoo of wings on her long-horned bovines bare shoulder blades bow their heads in signaling the artist’s subservient postures. newfound potential. The third appears to beg Ewing ’s installalike a dog. tion of life-size female E v e n G e n e v a ’s swimmers and ravens powerful standing is compelling for her lioness, titled “The ability to capture Expectation of Her corporeal expression Gaze,” communicates and movement. Thin a desire to please. The and Caucasian, the bronze-colored figure swimmers are dressed is based on an art-book in loosely fitting, photo of a 5,500-yearantiquated-looking white swimsuits and old pre-Sumerian sculpture representing caps that evoke 1950s beachwear. Though female power. Her massive shoulders and their faces are featureless, they buckle a bulbous musculature signal leadership, flipper (“Flipper Adjustment”) or grip but the flattened ears and twisted posture a ring-shaped life preserver around the — the lioness looks over her shoulder, waist (the hanging sculpture “Afloat #2”) her head tucked and her front paws and with the attitudes of distinct individuals. arms meeting neatly at her chest — evoke The Calais artist counts Swiss sculptor supplication. Alberto Giacometti’s elongated figures Geneva found inspiration as a sculpamong her inspirations. Her work at the tor in a material new to the U.S.: Pal Tiya. Garage, which began as a project for the Unlike clay, the New Zealand-made 2018 Art at the Kent show “Backstory,” product is affordable, lightweight and is a convergence of varied influences in weatherproof. The artist is a materials her background. Ewing studied sculp- aficionado who has worked in ceramics ture, particularly bronze figure casting, and welded steel as a student at the School at the Rhode Island School of Design, did of the Art Institute of Chicago, made metal commercial work as a graphic illustrator lampposts at a sandcasting foundry and and ran a landscape-design business for explored fiberglass at a boat-building 17 years. facility. Pal Tiya was a revelation for her, “I realized that with my history, I had a Geneva said; she introduced it to Ewing whole lot of information about the human and French-Stockwell, and the latter body,” she said. sculpted her spider from it. Ewing’s female “Standing With a “UNbound!” is a striking show that Raven” references the Nordic god Odin celebrates female creators — not least the and his ravens Hugin and Munin, who fly Garage founder who has brought these around the world gleaning information sculptors’ show to the public. for the god. One raven is tucked under the swimmer’s arm; the other rises from her Contact: lilly@sevendaysvt.com outstretched hand in a series of five flying postures. In a poem included in Ewing’s INFO artist statement, the ravens call down “UNbound! 4 Women Sculptors Let Loose!” to humans, urging them to change their through May 31 at the Garage Cultural Center ways and help the environment. in Montpelier. garageartsvt.com
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f MAX KRAUS: Photographs by the retired engineer, inspired by life and explorations around Middlebury. Reception: Friday, May 17, 5-7 p.m. May 17-June 16. Jackson Gallery, Town Hall Theater, in Middlebury.
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‘EXPLORING THE WORK OF HAROLD WESTON’: Nature writer and Middlebury College professor emeritus John Elder discusses the paintings currently on view, followed by a tour of the exhibition with Weston’s granddaughter, Rebecca Foster. Preregistration appreciated. Shelburne Museum, Saturday, May 18, 2 p.m. Free with museum admission. Info, 985-3346. FIBER FEST: CROCHETING: Three simple crochet stitches will be combined to make flowers. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, Friday, May 17, 2-3 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.
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FIBER FEST: NEEDLEFELTING: From fluffy fiber to cute critters, learn about the magic of needle felting. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, Friday, May 17, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660. FIBER FEST: QUILTING & COLORS: Learn how combining colors can give surprising results when you quilt. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, Thursday, May 16, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660. FIBER FEST: RUG BRAIDING: Upcycle old cotton T-shirts for a new way to use traditional braided-rug techniques. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, Wednesday, May 15, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660. FIBER FEST: RUG HOOKING: Use thin strips of colorful wool to learn how hooked rugs are made. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, Friday, May 17, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660. FIBER FEST: SASHIKO/VISIBLE MENDING: Give old clothes a new lease on life and add originality in the process. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, Thursday, May 16, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660. FIBER FEST: SPINNING: See how a spinning wheel works and how fibers are spun together to create unusual yarns. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, Friday, May 17, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660. FIGURE DRAWING SOCIAL: Live model. All skill levels welcome. Bring your own supplies, BYOB. Wishbone Collective, Winooski, Wednesday, May 22, 6-8 p.m. Donations. Info, 603-398-8206. OPEN STUDIO FIGURE DRAWING: Sessions featuring a variety of approaches to working from the figure are suited to all levels of drawing, painting and sculpture backgrounds and expertise. Easels and tables available. River Arts, Morrisville, Tuesday, May 21, 3-5:30 p.m. $10. Info, 888-1261. OPEN STUDIO PAINT FOR FUN: Spend two hours painting, drawing or collaging. No experience needed. Many materials provided. Closed during school holidays. Expressive Arts Burlington, Thursday, May 16, 12:30-2:30 p.m., and Tuesday, May 21, 9-11 a.m. Donations. Info, 343-8172. PECHAKUCHA NIGHT: PKN is back! A dozen local creatives share their work in a rapid-fire slidepresentation format. This is the first event in its new venue. FlynnSpace, Burlington, Wednesday, May 22, 7 p.m. $7. Info, flynntix.org. PHOTO CO-OP: Lens lovers gather to share their experience and knowledge of their craft. Gallery at River Arts, Morrisville, Thursday, May 16, 6-8 p.m. $5. Info, 888-1261. POP-UP EXHIBIT: Piermont, N.H., encaustic artist Stephanie Gordon and Bradford photographer Kathy Davidow show their work. Reception: Saturday, May 18, 4-6 p.m. Towle Hill Studio, Corinth, Saturday, May 18, noon-6 p.m., and Sunday, May 19, noon-3 p.m. Info, 439-3730. ‘RE-CONSTRUCTING CLIMATE CHANGE’: Local artists Cinse Bonino, Carin Lilly, Wylie Garcia, Kristian Brevik, Bianca Lima, Kim Desjardins, Amber, Linsey Brunner and Jen Berger display dioramas that explore the causes, symptoms, science, politics and emotions of climate change. Proceeds of sales benefit 350VT. Radio Bean, Burlington, Tuesday, May 21, 5-6:30 p.m. Info, attherootvt@gmail.com. STREET ART SCAVENGER HUNT: An outdoor adventure on your motorcycle or car. Preregistration required; email kim@greenmtnharley.com by May
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ARTIST TALK: PAMELA WILSON: The Barre artist discusses her newest body of ceramic pieces, which includes vessels fired with wood for four days in an anagama-style wood kiln. Studio Place Arts, Barre, Saturday, May 18, 1:30-2:30 p.m. Info, 479-7069.
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CALL TO ARTISTS CALL TO WRITERS: POETRY + PROSE READING: Call to writers of all ages and experience levels (including none) to submit original one-page poetry or prose in response to the current Al Salzman exhibit of large-scale political paintings at Flynndog gallery for the Voicing Art Reading event on June 22. Writers must visit the gallery in person or via video tour with the Poartry Project founder and write a family-friendly work in direct response. Deadline: June 13. Free. Info, poartryproject@ gmail.com. CHELSEA ARTS ON THE GREEN MARKET AND FESTIVAL: New England artists and artisans are invited to submit work for consideration to participate in this August 31 event. Deadline: June 1. North Common Arts, Chelsea. $75. Info, chelseaartscollective@gmail. com, chelseavt-arts.com. ‘EYE SPY!’: This show invites artists to share work that focuses on eyes, whether human, animal or imaginary creature, and one or multiple sets of eyes, for an exhibition July 9 through August 23. Deadline: May 24. Studio Place Arts, Barre. $10 submission fee; free for SPA members. Info, 479-7069, studioplacearts.com. GALLERY COOPERATIVE: Seeking local artists to display
their work in monthlong shows. The new rotation schedule begins in June. Deadline: June 1. Strand Center for the Arts, Plattsburgh N.Y. Info, 518-5631604, strandcenter.org. ‘PROMISE HEARTS’: Just as our heart beats to support our lives, so must we beat on to support and heal our nation, environment, society and world. Use your artistic side to create a promise in 2D or 3D that helps to set our world back on the right beat. Silent auction proceeds benefit artist-chosen nonprofits. Deadline: June 10. Grand Isle Art Works. $15. Info, 378-4591, grandisleartworks.com. ‘ROCK SOLID XIX’: This annual exhibit showcases stone sculptures and assemblages by area artists, September 17 through November 2. We are also looking for 2D works that display the qualities of stone. Deadline: August 2. Studio Place Arts, Barre. $10 submission fee; free for SPA members. Info, 479-7069, studioplacearts.com. SOLO & SMALL GROUP SHOWS: SPA uses its secondand third-floor spaces for solo and small group shows. Artists are encouraged to submit a proposal for consideration of such a show in 2020. Deadline: June 28. Studio Place Arts, Barre. $10 submission fee; free for SPA members. Info, 4797069, studioplacearts.com. SOUTH END ART HOP: Artists can register to show work or
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AL SALZMAN: Five large painted murals and a selection of round drawings by the Vermont artist. Reception: Thursday, May 30, 5-8 p.m. Through June 30. Flynndog Gallery in Burlington. Info, 371-7158. ALM@ PÉREZ: “Robopoems: Quadruped@s,” robotic sculptures, large-scale photographs and bilingual poetry that explore the intersection of robotics and humanity. BARBARA ZUCKER: “Adorned (Hairstyles of an Ancient Dynasty),” black-and-white paintings and acrylic abstractions that examine how hair has been used to signify cultural meanings worldwide. ‘IMPERFECT SOCIETIES’: Film and photography by Kiluanji Kia Henda and Tuan Andrew Nguyen that addresses history, trauma and nationhood within the trope of science fiction. 9. REBECCA WEISMAN: “Skin Ego,” a large-scale, immersive installation including video, sound, sculpture and photography that examines “subconscious and psychological spaces of identity.” Through June 9. Info, 865-7166. BCA Center in Burlington. THE ART SHOW NO. 18: An open call exhibition of works by local artists in a variety of mediums. Through May 31. The Gallery at RL Photo in Burlington. ‘FROM NATURAL TO ABSTRACTION’: A group show that represents beauty as seen in the eyes of a variety of Vermont artists. Curated by SEABA. Through May 31. Info, 859-9222. RETN & VCAM Media Factory in Burlington.
enter the juried exhibit, and businesses can register to show artists’ works for the 27th annual, three-day arts festival in Burlington’s South End. Deadline: July 4. SEABA Center, Burlington. Info, 859-9222, seaba.com. SUMMER JURIED SHOW: Artists are invited to submit work for an exhibit to run July 2 to August 30. All artistic media will be considered. Submission form on gallery website. Deadline: May 19. T.W. Wood Gallery, Montpelier. $25 for three pieces of art; $10 for each additional. Info, 262-6035.
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‘UNBOUND: VOL IX’: The juried annual book-arts exhibition is open to artists working in New England and New York who are 18 or older. The theme is simple: using books as material or format. Deadline: June 28. ArtisTree Community Arts Center & Gallery, Woodstock. Info, artistreevt.org. WATERFRONT ART WALK: Call to artists to submit work into the 2019 Waterfront Art Walk, which will occur every other Sunday for the summer (weather permitting). Please include sample pieces and mediums, and indicate whether you’d like to be involved in only the June 2 event or in later walks, as well. Deadline: May 19. ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington. $5. Info, artstudentsgallery@ gmail.com.
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GROUP SHOW OF VERMONT ARTISTS: Works by Dennis McCarthy, Evan Greenwald, Frank DeAngelis, Janet Bonneau, Janie McKenzie, Jordan Holstein, Kara Torres, Lynne Reed, Marilyn Barry, Mike Reilly, Rae Harrell, Robert Gold, Stephen Beattie, Tatiana Zelazo, Terry Mercy and Travis Alford on a rotating basis. Curated by SEABA. Through May 31. Info, 859-9222. The Innovation Center of Vermont in Burlington. JAMES BENOIT: “The Sun Returns to the Northern Sky,” color photographs, including local scenes lit by the light of early spring and midsummer, by the Burlington photographer. VERMONT COMIC CREATORS SHOW: An exhibition by members of the statewide comic arts organization, a coalition of more than 170 Vermont-based comic creators. Through May 30. Free. Info, 863-3403. Fletcher Free Library in Burlington.
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MAY MEMBERS EXHIBITION: Gallery members showcase one to three pieces of artwork that they are proud of, is new for them, or best exemplifies their unique style. Through May 25. Info, 578-2512. The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery in Burlington. MISHA KORCH: Botanical illustrations in ink and watercolor. Curated by SEABA. Through May 31. Info, 859-9222. Speeder & Earl’s Coffee in Burlington. ‘PROGRESSION: THE MAKING OF VERMONT’S NEXT GENERATION OF FURNITURE-MAKERS’: An exhibition featuring the work of students and graduates of the Vermont Woodworking School. Through May 31. Info, 863-6458. Frog Hollow Vermont Craft Gallery in Burlington. ‘RE-CONSTRUCTING CLIMATE CHANGE’: A diorama exposition curated by local artist and activist Jen Berger that reflects artists’ reaction to questions about climate change. Through May 29. Info, 922-1429. Radio Bean in Burlington. BURLINGTON SHOWS
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ROBERT GOLD: Small paintings of everyday scenes in vivid colors. Through May 31. Info, 377-2579. Drifter’s in Burlington. ‘A SAMPLE OF JAZZ RECORDS’: Archival photographs and posters and commissioned prints from artist Felix Sockwell. Photographs contributed by Luke Awtry and Michael Worthington. Through June 30. Info, 652-4500. Amy E. Tarrant Gallery in Burlington. STEVE HADEKA: “Riffing on the Modern Birdhouse,” midcentury avian homes by the Burlington woodworker. Through May 31. Info, info@pleasantranch. com. Penny Cluse Café in Burlington.
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VERMONT COMIC CREATORS GROUP SHOW: Comics and cartoons by the local member group. Through May 30. Info, srosedahl@yahoo.com. Fletcher Room, Fletcher Free Library in Burlington.
f ‘VULVA EPIPHANIES’: Fine art photographs created by Jocelyn Woods in collaboration with Gordon Fischer. Reception: Thursday, May 30, 6-8 p.m. Through June 14. Flynndog Station in Burlington.
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ANTHILL COLLECTIVE: The Burlington graffiti artists install work in the brewery’s Artifactory. Through July 31. Info, 658-2739. Magic Hat Brewing Company in South Burlington. ‘BEYOND MUD SEASON’: A harbinger of spring, the exhibition features watercolors by Monique Dewyea, Adrienne Fisher and Susan Bull Riley; textile marbling by Linda and Dean Moran; photography by Luci Wilcox; and “painterly” digital photographic images by Roarke Sharlow. Through May 26. Info, 899-3211. Emile A. Gruppe Gallery in Jericho. DAN HIGGINS: “Winooski, One Photo at a Time,” color images that reflect the diverse people of the Onion City. Sponsored by the Winooski Peace Initiative. Through May 15. Info, 847-6534. O’Brien Community Center in Winooski. ELIZABETH ALLEN: “Outside Influences Through the Seasons,” landscape paintings by the Williston artist. Through June 11. Info, 985-3848. Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne. HAROLD WESTON: Works by the modernist painter and social activist (1894-1972) dubbed “the Thoreau of the Adirondacks.” Through August 25. ‘JOHNNY SWING: DESIGN SENSE’: The first in a series exploring the processes of innovative regional artists, this exhibition provides a glimpse into the philosophy and practice of the Vermont lighting and furniture maker, whose works are based on welded coins. Curated by Kory Rogers. Through June 2. Info, 985-3346. Pizzagalli Center for Art and Education, Shelburne Museum. ‘IN THEIR ELEMENT’: An installation of sculptures on the museum grounds by contemporary artists Rodrigo Nava, Jonathan D. Ebinger and Dan Snow. Curated by Carolyn Bauer. Through October 31. Info, 985-3346. Shelburne Museum.
f JOHN VINCENT: Handmade prints by the founder of A Revolutionary Press. Gallery talk: Tuesday, May 28, 7 p.m. Through May 31. Info, 425-3176. Charlotte Congregational Church. JOHN VINCENT: Handmade prints by the founder of A Revolutionary Press. Through May 31. Info, 425-3864. Charlotte Library.
f ‘MAGENTERGY’: Abstract paintings using magenta in their palettes by Giovanina Bucci, Will C, Samantha Handler, Emily Mitchell, Lauren Passalacqua, Melissa Peabody, Steve Sharon and Anna May Sisk. Reception: Thursday, May 23, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Through May 26. Info, 985-9511. Rustic Roots in Shelburne.
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‘200 YEARS—200 OBJECTS’: In the final celebratory year of the university’s bicentennial, the museum exhibits a curated selection of artifacts, documents and images from the school’s collections. Through December 21. Info, 485-2886. Sullivan Museum & History Center, Norwich University, in Northfield.
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AMALIA ELENA VERALLI: Photography by the local artist. MAIKE GARLAND: Hand-carved creations in wood. Through May 31. Info, 223-1981. The Cheshire Cat in Montpelier. ‘AWAKENINGS’: Floral still life paintings by Kate Longmaid and Asian-inspired abstracted landscapes by Tom Merwin. Through June 28. GALLERY MEMBER EXHIBIT: Paintings, photography and fiber art by a number of artist-members displayed in the Contemporary Hall. Through May 31. THOMAS WATERMAN WOOD: THE MASTER COPIES: The 19th-century Vermont painter and gallery namesake copied paintings seen on European trips to learn from masters such as Rembrandt and Turner, and brought the paintings back to Montpelier. Through June 1. Info, 262-6035. T.W. Wood Gallery in Montpelier.
f ‘FAULT LINES’: Artists explore the current political climate and the resulting fractures in our world that threaten discontinuity and potential explosive energy. f ‘PRESENT CONTINUOUS: COMMENTARY AND FORM’: Drawn and painted writings on stitched, layered paper scrolls by Diane Sophrin. Third Floor Gallery. f ‘TECTONIC PLATES AND TOPOGRAPHIC TILES’: Sculptural stoneware inspired by geologic forces by Deborah Goodwin. Second Floor Gallery. Reception: Thursday, May 16, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Through June 29. Info, 479-7069. Studio Place Arts in Barre. JANET CATHEY & LINDA BRYAN: “Deeper Than Blue,” hand-pulled woodblock prints and cyanotypes, respectively. Through June 21. Info, 371-4100. Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin. JANET VAN FLEET: “Vanishment,” new work by the Vermont artist exploring the fraught relationship between humans and the natural world, and using, in part, materials repurposed from previous bodies of work. Through June 28. Info, 272-5956. Vermont Supreme Court Gallery in Montpelier.
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paper, her pieces present a “personal visual language with which to comment, define and respond to world events and realities,” she writes. For her, she adds, “Process as subject has taken on significant importance.” It is left for viewers, perhaps, to navigate their own internal poetry. Through June 29. Pictured: “Too Late / Sotto Voce.” JESSE LOVASCO: Drawings of endangered medicinal plants by the herbalist, artist, poet and 2018 Ecological Art Fellow with United Plant Savers. Through June 30. Info, 229-6206. North Branch Nature Center in Montpelier. KATE BURNIM & DARYL BURTNETT: “Almost Forgotten: Works Exploring the Overlooked Through Line, Shape and Texture,” paintings and works on paper that range from loosely representative to abstract. Through June 28. Info, 828-3291. Spotlight Gallery in Montpelier. LYNA LOU NORDSTROM: “Obsessed With Color,” 16 selected works by the Vermont printmaker that span 1996 to 2017. Through June 22. Info, 479-7069. Morse Block Deli & Taps in Barre. MAPLEHILL SCHOOL 6TH ANNUAL STUDENT ART SHOW: An exhibition and sale of visual arts and crafts, woodworking, blacksmithing and Elder Outreach projects. Through May 31. Info, 454-7747. Plainfield Community Center. ‘SHOW 32’: Recent work by Vermont-based contemporary artist-members. Through June 16. Info, info@thefrontvt.com. The Front in Montpelier. ‘UNBOUND! 4 WOMEN SCULPTORS LET LOOSE!’: The first art exhibition in this renovated historical building features large-scale sculpture, installation art and live art by Hasso Ewing, Sande FrenchStockwell and Amber Geneva. Through May 31. Info, drsxcooper@gmail.com. The Garage Cultural Center in Montpelier. ‘VERMONT FARM KIDS: ROOTED IN THE LAND’: A documentary photo exhibit and film celebrating the lives of youth from farming families, created by Maria Buteux Reade and James Chandler for the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont. Through May 31. Info, 279-1548. Vermont Statehouse Cafeteria in Montpelier. ‘VERMONT MUSIC FAR AND WIDE’: An interactive exhibit of artifacts that tell the story of Vermont popular music history in recent decades, including band photographs 1990-2000 by Matthew Thorsen, compiled by Big Heavy World. Through July 27. Info, 479-8500. Vermont History Museum in Montpelier. ‘THE WAR OF IDEAS’: Propaganda posters from the collections, spanning the Civil War to World War II and illustrating everything from recruitment to support on the home front. Through October 25. Info, 479-8500. Vermont History Center in Barre.
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38TH ANNUAL STUDENT ART SHOW: Artwork by students of Stowe elementary, middle and high schools as well as Mountain River School and Rumney Memorial School. Through June 1. Info, 253-8358. Helen Day Art Center in Stowe.
f ANN YOUNG: “Sunshine and Shadow,” realist paintings that consider the good and bad sides of human nature. Reception: Thursday, May 23, 5-7 p.m. Through July 10. Info, 888-1261. Gallery at River Arts in Morrisville. ‘BIDING: EXPLORATION OF QUIET EXPECTATION’: Contemporary abstract paintings by Janis Pozzi Johnson and Charlie Bluett, and porcelain
sculptural “vessels” by Jennifer McCurdy. Through June 1. Info, 253-8943. West Branch Gallery & Sculpture Park in Stowe.
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‘EBB AND FLOW’: A juried exhibition of more than 100 artworks by 76 artists in which water is the predominant element of the composition. MARY AND ALDEN BRYAN: “Paintings of the Southwest,” a 35th anniversary exhibition of 30 works from the 1940s by the late founder and namesake of the gallery. Through June 23. Info, 644-5100. Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville. ‘PEAK TO PEAK: 10TH MOUNTAIN DIVISION THEN AND NOW’: An exhibition of photographs and artifacts to highlight the evolution of the division’s equipment and training since its beginning in 1943. Through October 31. Info, 253-9911. Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum in Stowe. ‘STORYLINES’: “Works on Paper by Sally Gil and Jimmie James,” featuring Gil’s intricate, colorful collages and James’ contemplative acrylic and graphite works on watercolor paper. Through May 24. Info, 881-0418. 571 Projects in Stowe.
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f MATT LARSON: “Terroir,” a solo exhibition of abstract paintings and collage. Closing reception: Friday, May 17, 6-8 p.m., featuring an artist demonstration, raffle of two pieces, and reveal of the competition theme of the 2019 Photography Shoot-Out. Through May 25. Info, 244-7801. Axel’s Gallery & Frame Shop in Waterbury. ‘ON THE FLY’: Across Roads Center for the Arts hosts work by 18 regional artists in celebration of Northeast fly fishing. Viewing hours most weeknights, by chance or appointment. Proceeds to benefit Across Roads school scholarship programs. Through May 17. Info, 244-4168. Grange Hall Cultural Center in Waterbury Center.
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‘50 X 50: COLLECTING FOR THE MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART’: An exhibit that marks 50 years of acquiring art by bringing together one work from each year. Included are paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings and photography, from antiquity to the present and from diverse cultures. Through August 11. Info, 443-3168. Johnson Memorial Building, Middlebury College. HANNAH SESSIONS: “Keep It Simple,” new paintings by the Vermont artist. Through May 31. Info, 877-2173. Northern Daughters in Vergennes. ‘HIDDEN TREASURES: PORTRAIT OF ABBY PAINTER’: In this new series, a single object is selected from the permanent collection for special examination. The inaugural one is an 1805 portrait (by Ralph E.W. Earl) of Abby Victoria Painter, daughter of Gamaiel Painter, a key figure in the founding of Middlebury and Middlebury College. Through May 31. f ‘THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE OF DAN KILEY’: A touring retrospective exhibition in celebration of the internationally renowned, Vermont-based landscape architect (1912-2004), MIDDLEBURY AREA SHOWS
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featuring four dozen photographs of his designs, biographical information and interpretive analysis. In partnership with the Vermont chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects, the Cultural Landscape Foundation in Washington, D.C., and the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation. Reception: Friday, June 7, 5-7 p.m. Through September 1. Info, 388-2117. Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History in Middlebury. ‘ICE SHANTIES: FISHING, PEOPLE & CULTURE’: An exhibition of large-format photographs featuring the structures, people and culture of ice fishing by Vermont-based Colombian photographer Federico Pardo. Includes audio reflections from shanty owners drawn from interviews by VFC. Through August 31. Info, 388-4964. Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury. KATHRYN MILILLO: “As It Were,” new paintings by the Vermont artist. Through May 31. Info, 989-7419. Edgewater Gallery on the Green in Middlebury.
f MATT BROWN: “Working With Wood and Water,” a solo show of woodblock prints, along with preparatory watercolors. Closing reception: Friday, May 17, 6-8 p.m. Through May 31. Info, 458-0098. Edgewater Gallery at Middlebury Falls.
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‘70+: GERO-TRANSCENDENCE’: More than 300 works of art by artists who are 70 or older, curated by William Ramage. Through May 17. Info, info.77art@gmail.com. 77 Gallery in Rutland. AUDUBON MEMBER PHOTO SHOW: Avian pictures taken by the Rutland County Audubon Society members. Through July 31. Info, 775-7119. Maclure Library in Pittsford. ‘DREAM MACHINE II’: Classic retro arcades collected by Nick Grandchamp. Through June 30. Info, 603-732-8606. West Street Gallery in Rutland. ‘THE ART OF WOOD’: A 20th-anniversary group exhibit that interprets the theme across all mediums, including fabric, glass, ceramic, paint and wood. Through June 25. Info, 247-4957. Brandon Artists Guild. ‘TIME ASCRIBED’: William Ramage and Shelley Warren collaborate on an immersive installation that combines video, sculpture and drawing. Through June 22. Info, vtalleygallery@gmail.com. The Alley Gallery in Rutland.
champlain islands/northwest PETER SCHUMANN: “The Post Apocalyptic Dawn of Possibilitarians,” woodcut banners, prints and paintings by the artist and director of Bread & Puppet Theater. Through June 9. Info, 355-2150. GreenTARA Space in North Hero.
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AMY FORTIER AND CHRIS PEIRCE: Mandalainspired works in colored pencil; and photography that explores the interplay of light, texture and shape, respectively. Through May 26. Info, 296-7000. Barrette Center for the Arts in White River Junction. CCS THESIS EXHIBITION: Original works by graduating students of the cartoon school. Through May 31. Info, 295-3319. Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction. ‘DESTINATION: SPACE!’: A series of exhibitions that highlights the art and science of space exploration and celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission’s moon landing. Through August 4. Info, 649-2200. Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich. FEATURED ARTISTS: Wooden jewelry by T. Breeze Verdant, naturally dyed fiber works by Jennifer Johnson, and sculptural glass and ceramic works by Alissa Faber. Through June 30. Info, 457-1298. Collective — the Art of Craft in Woodstock. JOAN MORRIS: “You Are the Music,” shaped-resist dyed prints built from “automatic 3D ink drawings.” Through June 30. Info, 295-5901. Two Rivers Printmaking Studio in White River Junction.
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KEVIN RUELLE: Faux-vintage Vermont travel posters by the Burlington artist. Through June 25. Info, 295-3118. Zollikofer Gallery at Hotel Coolidge in White River Junction. SUE LAWRENCE: “Flower Portraits,” large-format paintings in oil by the Claremont, N.H., artist. Through May 31. Scavenger Gallery in White River Junction.
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f ‘CUMULUS’: A group exhibition featuring cloudcentric work in a variety of mediums. Reception: May 17, 4-6 p.m. Through July 14. Info, 533-2045. Miller’s Thumb Gallery in Greensboro. DEBRA WEISBERG: “Drawn to Touch,” mixed-media installations and stand-alone pieces that use tape, fiber, fiberglass mesh and hydrostone to create sensory awareness of spatial relationships between the body and the material. Through June 14. Info, 748-2600. Catamount Arts Center in St. Johnsbury. ‘THE DIALECTS OF LINE, COLOR AND TEXTURE’: A “visual discussion” with artists Elizabeth Billings, Frank Woods and Elizabeth Fram. Through May 26. Info, 533-9075. Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro. DONNA UNDERWOOD OWENS: Photographs of animals by the Vermont animal whisperer. Through June 18. Info, 525-3366. Parker Pie Co. in West Glover. ‘FIBER: NO BOUNDARIES’: Innovative cloth artistry in quilts by Judy B. Dales, braid by Delsie Hoyt, and felt by Amanda Weisenfeld. Through June 1. Info, 748-0158. Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild Backroom Gallery in St. Johnsbury. HARRIET WOOD: A retrospective exhibition of abstract paintings by the octogenarian Vermont artist. Through June 30. Info, 472-7164. 3rd Floor Gallery in Hardwick. ROSS CONNELLY: Photographs from the artist’s “Nature’s Designs” and “The Border Wall—Nogales, Ariz.” series. Through June 30. Info, 535-8602. The Clip Joint & Co. in Hardwick. SENIOR VISUAL ARTS SHOW: Multimedia works by seniors in NVU-Lyndon’s visual arts department. Through May 17. Info, barclay.tucker@ northernvermont.edu. Quimby Gallery, Northern Vermont University-Lyndon, in Lyndonville.
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AMY BENNETT: “Nuclear Family,” small paintings about large issues, including marriage, child rearing and female identity. JOSEPH DIGGS: “Proud 2 Be American,” mixed-media works that combine action painting, graffiti and realism and reflect the artist’s life as an African American in the U.S. SANDY SOKOLOFF: “Emanations,” mystical, Kabbalahinspired paintings by the Grand Isle artist, who is showing his work for the first time in 30 years. Through June 16. Info, 257-0124. Brattleboro Museum & Art Center. ‘MADE IN VERMONT’: A group exhibition of new and recently completed work by Vermont artists, including paintings, works on paper and sculpture by Arista Alanis, Steve Budington, Clark Derbes, Jason Galligan-Baldwin and Sarah Letteney. MALCOLM MORLEY: Approximately 40 paintings, sculptures and works on paper created between 1964 and 2016 by the British-born American artist and founder of super-realism. RICHARD ARTSCHWAGER: Some 40 paintings, sculptures and works on paper that reference everyday objects, symbols, people and places, often made from unconventional and industrial materials. The American painter, sculptor and draftsman died in 2011. Through December 1. Info, 952-1056. Hall Art Foundation in Reading.
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CATHY CONE: “Grasp the Sparrow’s Tail,” black-andwhite photographs by the director of Workshops and Studio at Cone Editions. JASON HORWITZ: “Pilgrimage,” paintings based on physical and spiritual journeys. Through June 23. Info, 767-9670. BigTown Gallery in Rochester. ‘EYE-CATCHING’: More than 20 area artists show work in a variety of mediums in this annual exhibition. Through June 15. Info, 728-9878. Chandler Gallery in Randolph. GARY BARRON: “Revered Vermont Libraries,” drawings in Prismacolor pencil. Through June 30. Info, 685-2188. Chelsea Public Library.
f JEAN GERBER: “Landscapes,” oil paintings of scenes from Vermont, New England and the far north by the local artist. Reception: Sunday, June 2, 2-4 p.m. Through June 17. Info, 889-9404. Tunbridge Public Library. JOAN CURTIS: “Eyes That Watch,” paintings, collage and drawings that depict creatures on this Earth as magical, ephemeral beings. Through May 22. Info, 728-1418. Hartness Gallery, Vermont Technical College, in Randolph Center. PETER CUNNINGHAM: “All You See Is Glory; Big Stars and Maritime Moments,” images by the longtime, internationally exhibited photographer. Curated by Dian Parker. Through June 15. Info, dianparker9@gmail.com. White River Gallery in South Royalton.
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his may be the weirdest literary biopic ever made. So I sought the assistance of Dan Chiasson in processing its oddities and the liberties taken by its creators. A bard with six books under his belt, an English professor at Wellesley College and poetry critic for the New Yorker, he knows more about the subject of Wild Nights With Emily than I ever will. Emily Dickinson is a one-spinster industry. Plays, movies, critical studies, documentaries and biographies have analyzed her legacy. Collections of her poems continue to be published, along with letters. Liz Lemon named a cat after her. Every sort of Dickinson merch is marketed online. Coming soon to Apple TV+: “Dickinson,” a 19th-century coming-ofage series. Wild Nights With Emily is really something new, the first attempt to make the “belle of Amherst” the subject of a sitcom. That’s what this film from writer-director Madeleine Olnek (The Foxy Merkins) resembles more than anything. It’s lighted, scripted and paced more like “Seinfeld” than Shakespeare in Love. And it stars “Saturday Night Live” alum Molly Shannon.
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From its slapstick opening showing the poet and her sister-in-law, Susan Gilbert (Susan Ziegler), falling into each other’s arms before falling to the floor, the movie makes hay with two controversial theories. First: that Dickinson was not the ascetic shut-in biographers have mythologized, but a spirited sensualist who engaged in a lifelong love affair with the girl who grew up to be her brother’s wife. Second: that, contrary to accepted scholarship, Dickinson was not content to wait for posthumous publication but actively pursued public recognition. Olnek posits that Dickinson pursued fame primarily by pursuing Thomas Wentworth Higginson, poetry critic for the Atlantic. He’s played by Brett Gelman as a mansplaining blowhard. All the film’s men — from Emily’s brother Austin (Kevin Seal) to Parson Mudd (Lee Eaton) — are portrayed as blowhards. Hidden away in the family home, Emily and Susan divide their time between mattress-based merriment, critiquing new poems and strategizing ways to attain fame. With access to Dickinson’s papers at Harvard University, the filmmakers make imaginative use of them, both visually and through voiceover. The result is a picture drenched in otherworldly verse. The movie’s tone is more problematic —
BELLE EPOQUE Olnek’s latest makes occasionally edifying hay from revisionist theories about the life of Amherst’s most famous daughter.
antic one minute, self-serious the next. Think Kramer breaking into “To be or not to be...” Much of the cast is outclassed by the leads, with several scenes jarringly stilted. Shannon proves up to the role, however. Who knew she could do ethereal? Dickinson, of course, died without ever seeing her poems in the Atlantic. I’ve never been able to make heads or tails of them, so I asked Chiasson whether, had he been in Higginson’s shoes, he would have recognized their merits. “She’s a poet I love totally and immoderately,” the professor said. “When I was at Amherst, my teachers considered her at best a local curiosity. Several of her best-known poems still seem trite to me. But that leaves
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ou know a remake is bad when it tempts you to doubt the merits of the original. Redoing the conartist caper Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) with female leads is a good idea, and casting Anne Hathaway as the snob and Rebel Wilson as the slob sounds like an even better one. Yet somehow The Hustle, directed by Chris Addison (“Veep”), is loud and leaden when it should sparkle like Champagne. Dim-witted rich dudes are plentiful in the movie’s French Riviera setting, but laughs are not. The Hustle follows the plot of the beloved Michael Caine-Steve Martin comedy so closely that only two of its credited screenwriters (Dale Launer and Jac Schaeffer) are still among the living. The other two, Stanley Shapiro and Paul Henning, penned both Scoundrels and the 1964 film of which it was itself a remake. In this version, Wilson plays Penny, a trashy-dressing trash talker who specializes in online catfishing. On a jaunt to the Riviera, she runs into Josephine (Hathaway), a refined sort who excels at bilking men with more money than morals. Initially, the two team up, and Josephine tutors Penny in the ways of high society. The alliance is short-lived, though, and soon they’re competing for the fortune and affections of a tech millionaire (Alex Sharp) who looks barely out of high school. The reinterpretation of Glenne Headly’s 88 SEVEN DAYS MAY 15-22, 2019
DECEIT CHEAT Hathaway and Wilson play it way too broad in Addison’s uninspired remake of a comedy classic.
spacey heiress as a socially inept tech bro is one of the remake’s more interesting choices. While Martin’s and Caine’s characters played on women’s loneliness, these two play on men’s vanity, with Josephine breezily informing Penny that the secret of her success is men’s refusal to believe women can outsmart them. The problem is that most of the cons in The Hustle are played so broadly it’s impos-
sible to imagine anyone being outsmarted for a second. Scoundrels had its silly moments, but Caine’s straight-man hauteur and Martin’s skilled use of deadpan kept things from getting consistently cartoonish. Not so here. Both leads have proven comedy chops: Wilson carried the recent Isn’t It Romantic on the force of her bemused eyebrows alone, while Hathaway’s insecure starlet was one of
2,000 or so I think of as bottomless, mysterious, lightning-struck.” How much stock does he put in the revisionist view that she sought fame? “Dickinson didn’t want the poems published in the Atlantic,” said Chiasson, “she just wanted to know if Higginson thought they were ‘alive.’” Finally, I asked where he stands: recluse or just misunderstood? “The idea of suffering/reclusivity is a popular narrative about artists,” he answered. “Nobody wants to make a movie about a poet getting yelled at by his wife for forgetting to buy fennel.” Given how weird Wild Nights sometimes gets, I wouldn’t be so sure. RI C K KI S O N AK
the funniest parts of Ocean’s 8. Here, though, they play so much to type they become caricatures. Penny is portrayed as a surly slacker of a scammer — one can only assume she does her best work online — while Josephine swans around with a succession of ever more absurdly fake accents to match her designer outfits. Rarely does either seem halfway competent at her profession. The whole production shares that manic, more-is-more approach. Like its predecessor, The Hustle has a lengthy con-artisttraining montage. But where Caine trained Martin in golfing, suit wearing and wine tasting, Hathaway trains Wilson in knife throwing and other stuff more suited to a spy movie. The tone levels out a bit once Sharp’s character enters the picture, but it’s too little, too late. Nothing’s inherently wrong with broad slapstick, of course. But a celebration of the art of the con, which involves reading and playing on people’s vulnerabilities, demands a subtler touch — and, to put it bluntly, a smarter script. If The Hustle had leaned into its own feminist rhetoric and really shown us how the two leads wormed their way into men’s bank accounts via lust and ego, it might have been delicious fun. Instead, Hathaway and Wilson are so busy playing to the audience that they barely even bother with their marks. That’s the real con. MARGO T HARRI S O N
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NEW IN THEATERS A DOG’S JOURNEY: And the dog movies keep coming! In this sequel to A Dog’s Purpose (but not to A Dog’s Way Home), a canine (voiced by Josh Gad) continues to seek his meaning in the lives of his owners. With Dennis Quaid and Marg Helgenberger. Gail Mancuso makes her feature directorial debut. (108 min, PG. Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace) JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 3 — PARABELLUM: Keanu Reeves once again plays a super-hitman targeted by fellow hitmen in the third installment of the self-aware action franchise, again directed by Chad Stahelski. With Halle Berry and Ian McShane. (130 min, R. Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Roxy, Sunset, Welden) THE SUN IS ALSO A STAR: As her family faces deportation, a teen falls in love in this drama based on Nicola Yoon’s YA novel. Yara Shahidi and Charles Melton star. Ry Russo-Young (Before I Fall) directed. (100 min, PG-13. Essex)
NOW PLAYING AMAZING GRACEHHHHH Sydney Pollack’s concert film, derailed by technical difficulties and later reassembled by Alan Elliott, captures Aretha Franklin performing at the New Bethel Baptist Church in Los Angeles in 1972. (89 min, G) AVENGERS: ENDGAMEHHHH It takes all Marvel’s effects wizards, a huge cast and a three-hour runtime to put the Avengers back together again in the second half of this two-parter. With Brie Larson, Scarlett Johansson, Karen Gillan, Paul Rudd, Robert Downey Jr., etc., etc. Anthony and Joe Russo (Avengers: Infinity War) directed. (181 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 5/1)
THE INTRUDERHH A couple (Meagan Good and Michael Ealy) buy their dream home only to learn that the previous owner (Dennis Quaid) isn’t ready to let it go in this thriller from director Deon Taylor (Traffik). (102 min, PG-13)
TOLKIENHH1/2 Nicholas Hoult plays The Lord of the Rings author in this biopic about his formative years during the World War I era. With Lily Collins and Patrick Gibson. Dome Karukoski (Tom of Finland) directed. (112 min, PG-13)
LONG SHOTHHH1/2 A presidential candidate (Charlize Theron) hires a journalist (Seth Rogen) with a childhood crush on her to be her speechwriter in this romantic comedy from director Jonathan Levine (The Wackness). (125 min, R)
UGLYDOLLSHH They’re ugly. They’re dolls. In this animated family flick, they sing (with the voice talents of Kelly Clarkson, Nick Jonas and Janelle Monáe) and learn a message about how “who you truly are is what matters most.” Kelly Asbury (Gnomeo and Juliet) directed. (87 min, PG)
PET SEMATARYHHH After they discover a creepy rural burial ground, a family learns that “Sometimes dead is better” in this new adaptation of the Stephen King novel. With Jason Clarke, John Lithgow and Amy Seimetz. Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer (Starry Eyes) directed. (101 min, R; reviewed by M.H. 4/10) UglyDolls CAPTAIN MARVELHHH Fighter pilot Carol Danvers (Brie Larson) joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe in this superhero outing written and directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck (Half Nelson). With Gemma Chan, Samuel L. Jackson and Lee Pace. (124 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 3/13) THE CURSE OF LA LLORONAH1/2 The child-stealing “Weeping Woman” of southwestern legend gets her own horror movie. Linda Cardellini, Raymond Cruz and Patricia Velasquez star. Michael Chaves makes his feature directorial debut. (93 min, R; reviewed by M.H. 4/24) THE HUSTLEHH Two con artists (Rebel Wilson and Anne Hathaway) from opposite ends of the social ladder battle for dominance in this comedy. Chris Addison (“Veep”) directed. (94 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 5/15)
POKEMON DETECTIVE PIKACHUHH1/2 In this family adventure comedy, a Pokémon detective (voiced by Ryan Reynolds) teams up with a young human (Justice Smith) whose dad has gone missing. Rob Letterman (Goosebumps) directed. (104 min, PG) POMSHH Bring it on, boomers! In this comedy, Diane Keaton, Jacki Weaver and Pam Grier play women who assemble a cheerleading squad at their retirement community. (91 min, PG-13) RED JOANHH1/2 Judi Dench plays British KGB spy Joan Stanley, who transmitted nuclear secrets. With Sophie Cookson and Stephen Campbell Moore. Trevor Nunn directed. (101 min, R) SHAZAM!HHH1/2 Fourteen-year-old foster kid Billy Batson discovers his inner superhero (Zachary Levi) in the latest addition to the DC Comics cinematic universe. David F. Sandberg (Annabelle: Creation) directed. With Djimon Hounsou and Michelle Borth. (132 min, PG-13)
USHHHH1/2 Writer-director Jordan Peele (Get Out) brings us the creepy tale of a family who are terrorized by their own doppelgängers during a beach getaway. Lupita Nyong’o, Elisabeth Moss and Winston Duke star. (116 min, R; reviewed by M.H. 3/27) WILD NIGHTS WITH EMILYHHH Molly Shannon plays poet Emily Dickinson in a drama that highlights her feelings for another woman. With Amy Seimetz and Susan Ziegler. Madeleine Olnek wrote and directed. (84 min, PG-13; reviewed by R.K. 5/15)
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BIJOU CINEPLEX 4
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CAPITOL SHOWPLACE 93 State St., Montpelier, 229-0343, fgbtheaters.com
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MAJESTIC 10
190 Boxwood St. (Maple Tree Place, Taft Corners), Williston, 878-2010, majestic10.com
wednesday 15 — thursday 16 Avengers: Endgame *A Dog’s Journey (Thu only) The Hustle The Intruder *John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum (Thu only) Long Shot Pokémon Detective Pikachu Poms Tolkien UglyDolls friday 17 — wednesday 22 Avengers: Endgame *A Dog’s Journey The Hustle The Intruder *John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum Long Shot Pokémon Detective Pikachu Poms Tolkien UglyDolls
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65 Main St., Middlebury, 388-4841, middleburymarquis.com
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PALACE 9 CINEMAS 10 Fayette Dr., South Burlington, 864-5610, palace9.com
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MERRILL’S ROXY CINEMAS
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wednesday 15 — thursday 16 Avengers: Endgame The Hustle Red Joan Tolkien Wild Nights With Emily friday 17 — thursday 23 Avengers: Endgame The Hustle
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friday 17 — wednesday 22 Avengers: Endgame **Bolshoi Ballet: Carmen Suite/ Petrushka (Sun only) *A Dog’s Journey The Hustle *John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum Long Shot **Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (dubbed: Mon only; subtitled: Tue only) Pokémon: Detective Pikachu Poms
PARAMOUNT TWIN CINEMA
241 N. Main St., Barre, 479-9621, fgbtheaters.com
wednesday 15 — wednesday 22 Avengers: Endgame Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2D & 3D)
THE PLAYHOUSE CO-OP THEATRE
11 S. Main St., Randolph, 728-4012, playhouseflicks.com
STOWE CINEMA 3 PLEX 454 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-4678, stowecinema.com
wednesday 15 — thursday 16 Avengers: Endgame Long Shot Pokémon Detective Pikachu friday 17 — thursday 23 Schedule not available at press time.
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155 Porters Point Rd., Colchester, 862-1800, sunsetdrivein.com
friday 17 — sunday 19 *John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum & Long Shot Pokémon Detective Pikachu & UglyDolls Pet Sematary & The Curse of La Llorona Avengers: Endgame & Captain Marvel
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wednesday 15 — thursday 16
104 N. Main St., St. Albans, 527-7888, weldentheatre.com
Avengers: Endgame
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THE SAVOY THEATER 26 Main St., Montpelier, 229-0598, savoytheater.com
friday 17 — wednesday 22 Avengers: Endgame *John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum (except Wed) Pokémon Detective Pikachu
wednesday 15 — thursday 16 Amazing Grace Tolkien friday 17 — thursday 23 Amazing Grace (except Mon) **Running the 802 (Mon only) Tolkien (except Mon) Wild Nights With Emily
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(May 21-June 20): The Louvre in Paris is the world’s biggest art museum. Over 35,000 works are on display, packed into 15 acres. If you wanted to see every piece, devoting just a minute to each, you would have to spend eight hours a day there for many weeks. I bring this to your attention, Gemini, because I suspect that now would be a good time for you to treat yourself to a marathon gaze-fest of art in the Louvre — or any other museum. For that matter, it’s a favorable phase to gorge yourself on any beauty anywhere that will make your soul freer and smarter and happier. You will thrive to the degree that you absorb a profusion of grace, elegance and loveliness.
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I think it’s time for a sacred celebration: a blowout extravaganza filled with reverence and revelry, singing and dancing, sensual delights and spiritual blessings. What is the occasion? After all these eons, your lost love has finally returned. And who exactly is your lost love? You! You are your own lost love! Having weaved and wobbled through countless adventures full of rich lessons, the missing part of you has finally wandered back. So give yourself a flurry of hugs and kisses. Start planning the jubilant hoopla. And exchange ardent vows, swearing that you’ll never be parted again.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): According to humorist Dave Barry, “The method of learning Japanese recommended by experts is to be born as a Japanese baby and raised by a Japanese family, in Japan.” As you enter an intensely educational phase of your astrological cycle, I suggest you adopt a similar strategy toward learning new skills and mastering unfamiliar knowledge and absorbing fresh information. Immerse yourself in environments that will efficiently and effectively fill you with the teachings you need. A more casual, slapdash approach just won’t enable you to take thorough advantage of your current opportunities to expand your repertoire.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): In my astrological opinion, you now have a mandate to exercise your rights to free speech with acute vigor. It’s time to articulate all the important insights you’ve been waiting for the right moment to call to everyone’s attention. It’s time to unearth the buried truths and veiled agendas and ripening mysteries. It’s time to be the catalyst that helps your allies to realize what’s real and important, what’s fake and irrelevant. I’m not saying you should be rude, but I do encourage you to be as candid as is necessary to nudge people in the direction of authenticity. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): During summers in the far northern land of Alaska, many days have 20 hours of sunlight. Farmers take advantage of the extra photosynthesis by growing vegetables and fruits that are bigger and sweeter than crops grown further south. During the Alaska State Fair every August, you can find prodigies like 130-pound cabbages and 65-pound cantaloupes. I suspect you’ll express a comparable fertility and productiveness during the coming weeks, Leo. You’re primed to grow and create with extra verve. So let me ask you a key question: To which part of your life do you want to dedicate that bonus power? VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): It’s time for you to reach higher and dig deeper. So don’t be a mere tinkerer nursing a lukewarm interest in mediocre stories and trivial games. Be a strategic adventurer in the service of exalted stories and meaningful games. In fact, I feel strongly
that if you’re not prepared to go all the way, you shouldn’t go at all. Either give everything you’ve got, or else keep it contained for now. Can you handle one further piece of strenuous advice, my dear? I think you will thrive as long as you don’t settle for business as usual or pleasure as usual. To claim the maximum vitality that’s available, you’ll need to make exceptions to at least some of your rules.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “All human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us and the change is painful,” wrote author Flannery O’Connor. I think that’s an observation worth considering. But I’ve also seen numerous exceptions to her rule. I know people who have eagerly welcomed grace into their lives even though they knew that its arrival would change them forever. And amazingly, many of those people have experienced the resulting change as tonic and interesting, not primarily painful. In fact, I’ve come to believe that the act of eagerly welcoming change-inducing grace makes it more likely that the changes will be tonic and interesting. Everything I’ve just said will especially apply to you in the coming weeks. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): There’s a certain problem that has in my opinion occupied too much of your attention. It’s really rather trivial in the big picture of your life and doesn’t deserve to suck up so much of your attention. I suspect you will soon see things my way and take measures to move on from this energy sink. Then you’ll be free to focus on a more interesting and potentially productive dilemma — a twisty riddle that truly warrants your loving attention. As you work to solve it, you will reap rewards that will be useful and enduring. SAGITTARIUS
(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Author Hélène Cixous articulated a poetically rigorous approach to love. I’ll tell you about it, since in my astrological opinion you’re entering a phase when you’ll be wise to upgrade and refine your definitions of love, even as you upgrade and refine your practice of love. Here’s Cixous: “I want to love a person freely, including all her secrets. I want to love in this person someone she doesn’t know. I want to love outside the law: without judgment. Without imposed preference. Does that mean
outside morality? No. Only this: without fault. Without false, without true. I want to meet her between the words, beneath language.”
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricorn author Henry Miller wrote that his master plan was “to remain what I am and to become more and more only what I am — that is, to become more miraculous.” This is an excellent strategy for your use. The coming weeks will be a favorable time to renounce any tendency you might have to compare yourself to anyone else. You’ll attract blessings as you wean yourself from imagining that you should live up to the expectations of others or follow a path that resembles theirs. So here’s my challenge: I dare you to become more and more only what you are — that is, to become more miraculous. AQUARIUS
(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): London’s British Museum holds a compendium of artifacts from the civilizations of many different eras and locations. Author Jonathan Stroud writes that it’s “home to a million antiquities, several dozen of which were legitimately come by.” Why does he say that? Because so many of the museum’s antiquities were pilfered from other cultures. In accordance with current astrological omens, I invite you to fantasize about a scenario in which the British Museum’s administrators return these treasures to their original owners. When you’re done with that imaginative exercise, move on to the next one, which is to envision scenarios in which you recover the personal treasures and goodies and powers that you have been separated from over the years.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “I hate it when people tell me that I should ‘get out of my comfort zone,’” writes Piscean blogger Rosespell. “I don’t even have a comfort zone. My discomfort zone is pretty much everywhere.” I have good news for Rosespell and all of you Pisceans who might be inclined to utter similar testimony. The coming weeks will feature conditions that make it far more likely than usual that you will locate or create a real comfort zone you can rely on. For best results, cultivate a vivid expectation that such a sweet development is indeed possible.
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I-89N CUTIE STOPPING TRAFFIC SATURDAY You: driving a silver Subaru hatchback, beard, bald and sunny glasses. You passed me and then slowed down between Williston and 189. Me: dark gray SUV, sunglasses, singing along, sped up to see you again. Meet me at the Whale Tails for a walk? When: Saturday, April 13, 2019. Where: I-89N around 3 p.m. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914723
BOWLING WITH FRIENDS Bowled next to you and your friends on a snowy Friday night. I was also with my two friends. You were the tall one with the handsome mustache. I was the one in all black dancing to Robyn. Not sure if you are single, but I find you very attractive. Want to grab a drink sometime? When: Friday, April 5, 2019. Where: Champlain Lanes, Shelburne Rd. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914708
THE A-HOLE WHO HONKED You guys on the motorcycles had the right of way, but at that moment I sincerely thought it was a four-way stop and I honked my horn like a jerk. The last of you stopped and waved me through. Immediately after, I knew I was wrong. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sorry. When: Saturday, April 13, 2019. Where: Main Street and Champlain. You: Group. Me: Woman. #914721
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WE BOTH BEGIN WITH D Years ago, you entered a bar in Montpelier. I followed. Pretended not to know you, flirted, drank our Scotch neat. Bartender warned you, yet I walked out with you, kissing, touching, nearly made love on the way to your place. A passerby smiled, spying your revealed skin. We were hot. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s be hot again. When: Saturday, January 11, 2014. Where: Montpelier, years ago. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914716 CONTRA CUTIE Saw you at the dance Saturday night in a polka-dot skirt. You struck up a conversation while I was checking out flyers. It was like a warm, sparkly light shone on me. You hugged me before you left, and I wanted to ask you out but I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find the words. Want to get a cup of tea sometime? When: Saturday, April 6, 2019. Where: Capital City Grange, Montpelier. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914715 SECOND FLOOR, UVMMC It was great talking to you. I was looking for the main lobby front desk. I just wanted to send you an I Spy to say thanks. I hope that it will brighten up your day, since it was such a rainy one when we met. BTW, loved the bling in the ears. When: Tuesday, April 9, 2019. Where: second-floor elevator, UVMMC. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914714
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CANâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;T ASK A TELLER Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an intriguing banker in Morrisville. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re tall and pretty. I saw you again April 24. I needed a haircut and small bills from your coworker. I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re single, but I hope you see this anyway. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a fox. When: Wednesday, April 24, 2019. Where: Morrisville. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914729
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draft permit may also be viewed on the Natural Resources Board’s web site (http://nrb.vermont. gov) by clicking on “Act 250 Database” and entering the project number “4C1279-1”. No hearing will be held and a permit may be issued unless, on or before May 31, 2019, a person notifies the Commission of an issue or issues requiring the presentation of evidence at a hearing request for a hearing, or the Commission sets please contact the disthe matter for hearing FSBO-DavidGray050119.indd trict coordinator at the1 on its own motion. Any telephone number listed hearing request must be below for more informain writing to the address tion. Prior to convening below, must state the a hearing, the Commiscriteria or subcriteria at sion must determine issue, why a hearing is that substantive issues required and what adrequiring a hearing have ditional evidence will be presented at the hearing. been raised. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Any hearing request by Law will not be prepared an adjoining property unless the Commission owner or other interested person must include a holds a public hearing. petition for party status. Prior to submitting a
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NOTICE OF SELF STORAGE LIEN SALE BURLINGTON SELF STORAGE, LLC 1825 SHELBURNE ROAD SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT 05403 Notice is hereby given that the contents of the self storage units listed below will be sold at public auction by sealed bid. Name of Occupant Storage Unit Guillette Unit #38 Said sales will take place on 5/31/2019, beginning at 11:00am at Burlington Self Storage (BSS), 1825 Shelburne Road, South Burlington, VT 05403.
Units will be opened for viewing immediately prior to auction. Sale 19-0778AP; 281 Pearl St shall be by sealed bid to (RH, Ward 8E) Sisters 5/13/19 5:42 the PM highest bidder. Conand Brothers Investment tents of entire storage Group LLP unit will be sold as one Appeal zoning violation lot. The winning bid must 358671 remove all contents from the facility at no 19-0852CU; 135 South cost to BSS, on the day Crest Drive (RL, Ward 5S) of auction. BSS, reserves J Suzanne Fitzpatrick the right to reject any bid Increase living space lower that the amount in basement, requestowed by the occupant or ing 1 bedroom bed and that is not commercially breakfast reasonable as defined by statute. Plans may be viewed in the Planning and Zoning Office, (City NOTICE OF SELF Hall, 149 Church Street, Burlington), between the STORAGE LIEN SALE JERICHO MINI hours of 8:00 a.m. and STORAGE 4:30 p.m. 25 North Main Street, Participation in the Jericho, VT 05465. The DRB proceeding is a contents of the following prerequisite to the right self storage units will be to take any subsequent sold at public auction, appeal. Please note that by sealed bid, on May 21, ANYTHING submitted to 2019 at 12:00 PM. the Planning and Zoning office is considered pubJennifer Barrett #124, lic and cannot be kept #125, Cynthia Bissonconfidential. nette #117, Lisha Herlihy This may not be the final #212, Joseph Currier order in which items will #260 be heard. Please view final Agenda, at www. Units will be opened burlingtonvt.gov/pz/ drb/agendas or the office for viewing for auction, sale by sealed bid to notice board, one week the highest bidder, cash before the hearing for only. Contents of entire the order in which items storage unit will be sold will be heard. as one lot. The City of Burlington will not tolerate unlawful STATE OF VERMONT harassment or discrimiSUPERIOR COURT nation on the basis of CHITTENDEN UNIT political or religious FAMILY DIVISION affiliation, race, color, DOCKET NO. 730-12-18 national origin, place CNDM of birth, ancestry, age, Hudson vs. Hudson sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital Plaintiff Name Sarah status, veteran status, Hudson disability, HIV positive Defendant Name Andre status, crime victim Hudson status or genetic information. The City is also ORDER FOR SERVICE BY committed to providing PUBLICATION proper access to services, facilities, and employTo the above named Dement opportunities. For fendant: Andre Hudson accessibility information or alternative formats, You are hereby sumplease contact Human
SEVENDAYSVT.COM/CLASSIFIEDS moned and required to serve upon the plaintiff, whose address is: 141 Starr Farm Road, Burlington, VT, 05408an Answer to the plaintiff’s complaint within twenty-one (21) days of the date of publication of this summons. You must also file a copy of your Answer with the Superior Court, Family Division at the following address: 32 Cherry Street, Suite 200, VT, 05401. If you fail to answer the Complaint within twenty one (21) days of the date of publication, a default judgment may be entered against you and the Court may grant the relief demanded by the plaintiff in the Complaint. Under most circumstances, your answer must state as a counterclaim any related claim which you may have against the plaintiff, or you will thereafter be barred from making such claim in any other action. Plaintiff’s action is a complaint for Annulment Plaintiff is seeking: X decree of Annulment A copy of the complaint is on file and may be obtained from the clerk of the above named Family Division of the Superior Court.
Based on Plaintiff’s affidavit, it appears that service cannot be made with due diligence by any of the methods prescribed in V.R.C.P. 4(d) through (f). It is therefore hereby ORDERED that service of process shall be made upon Defendant by publication pursuant to V.R.C.P. 4(g). This order shall be published once a week for two consecutive weeks on 5/15/2019 and 5/22/2019 in the Seven Days, 255 So Champlain St, Burlington, newspaper of general circulation in Chittenden County and a copy of this order shall be mailed to the defendant at the last known address of 102 Little Eagle Bay, Burlington, 05408. Electronically signed on May 08, 2019 at 07:56 AM pursuant to V.R.E.F. 7(d). Presiding Judge Thomas Z. Carlson Form 898 - Order for Service by Publication (08/2014) 730-12-18 Cndm Hudson vs. Hudson
STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CHITTENDEN UNIT PROBATE DIVISION DOCKET NO.:18-1-19 CNPR In re ESTATE of: JOYCE A. WHITE NOTICE TO CREDITORS To the Creditors of: JOYCE A. WHITE late of Richmond, Vermont I have been appointed to administer this estate. All creditors having claims against the decedent or the estate must present their claims in writing within four (4) months of the first publication of this notice. The claim must be presented to me at the address listed below with a copy sent to the Court. The claim may be barred forever if it is not presented within the four (4) month period. Dated: MAY 13 2019 Signature of Fiduciary David M. Sunshine, esq. attorney for estate Executor/Administrator John B. Hamerslough 802-253-7339 c/o Stackpole & French Law Offices, PO Box 900 Richmond, VT 05477
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dsunshine@stackpolefrench.con Name of Publication: Seven Days Publication Date: May 15, 2019 and May 22, 2019 Name of Probate Court: Superior Court, Chittenden Unit, Probate Address of Probate Court: Division P.O. Box 511 Burlington, VT 05402 STORAGE AUCTION A public storage auction will be held on Friday May 17th 8:30am at Booska Movers Inc. 180 Flynn Ave. Burlington, VT 05401. Items being held for: Denny Crafton 3552 No Stone Avenue Unit 103 Tucson, AZ 85705 Janet Grady PO Box 1464 White River Junction, VT 05001 Jill Barcia 464 So Union St Burlington, VT 05401 Aaron Chamberland 25 Summit Ave Waltham, MA 02453
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Colleen Ryan 6221 Vineyard View Lane. San Miguel, CA 93451 Anyone wishing to settle any of these account to prevent the liquidation of their goods can do so by contacting Booska Movers before May 16, 2019 4:30pm at 802-864-5115. THE CONTENTS OF STORAGE UNIT 0104283 LOCATED AT 28 ADAMS DRIVE WILLISTON, V T, WILL BE SOLD ON OR ABOUT 23RD OF MAY 2019 TO SATISFY THE DEBT OF MICHAEL JEROME. Any person claiming a right to the goods may pay the amount claimed due and reasonable expenses before the sale, in which case the sale may not occur.
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support groups VISIT SEVENDAYSVT. COM TO VIEW A FULL LIST OF SUPPORT GROUPS 802 QUITS TOBACCO CESSATION PROGRAM Ongoing workshops open to the community to provide tobacco cessation support and free nicotine replacement products with participation. Tuesdays, 11 a.m.-noon, Rutland Heart Center, 12 Commons St., Rutland. Tuesdays, 5-6 p.m., Castleton Community Center, 2108 Main St., Castleton. Mondays, 4:30-5:30 p.m., Rutland Regional Medical Center (RRMC Physiatry Conference Room), 160 Allen St., Rutland. PEER LED Stay Quit Support Group, first Thursday of every month, 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the CVPS/Leahy Community Health Education Center at RRMC. Info: 747-3768, scosgrove@rrmc.org.
ADDICT IN THE FAMILY: SUPPORT GROUP FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILIES OF ADDICTS AND ALCOHOLICS Wednesdays, 6:30-8 p.m., Holy Family/St. Lawrence Parish, 4 Prospect St., Essex Junction. For further information, please visit thefamilyrestored. org or contact Lindsay Duford at 781-960-3965 or 12lindsaymarie@ gmail.com. AL-ANON For families & friends of alcoholics. For meeting info, go to vermontal anonalateen.org or call 866-972-5266. ALATEEN GROUP New Alateen group in Burlington on Sundays from 5-6 p.m. at the UU building at the top of Church St. For more information please call Carol, 324-4457. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Daily meetings in various locations. Free. Info, 864-1212. Want to overcome a drinking problem? Take the first step of 12 & join a group in your area.
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ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION SUPPORT GROUP This caregivers support group meets on the 2nd Tue. of every mo. from 5-6:30 p.m. at the Alzheimer’s Association Main Office, 300 Cornerstone Dr., Suite 130, Williston. Support groups meet to provide assistance and information on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. They emphasize shared experiences, emotional support, and coping techniques in care for a person living with Alzheimer’s or a related dementia. Meetings are free and open to the public. Families, caregivers, and friends may attend. Please call in advance to confirm date and time. For questions or additional support group listings, call 800-272-3900. ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION TELEPHONE SUPPORT GROUP 1st Monday monthly, 3-4:30 p.m. Pre-registration is required (to receive dial-in codes for toll-free call). Please dial the Alzheimer’s Association’s 24/7
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CODEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS CoDA is a 12-step fellowship for people whose common purpose is to develop healthy & fulfilling relationships. By actively working the program of Codependents Anonymous, we can realize a new joy, acceptance & serenity in our lives. Meets Sunday at noon at the Turning Point Center, 179 So. Winooski Ave., Suite 301, Burlington. Tom, 238-3587, coda.org.
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CEREBRAL PALSY GUIDANCE Cerebral Palsy Guidance is a very comprehensive informational website broadly covering the topic of cerebral palsy and associated medical conditions. It’s mission it to provide the best possible information to parents of children living with the complex condition of cerebral palsy. cerebralpalsy guidance.com/ cerebral-palsy.
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CELEBRATE RECOVERY Celebrate Recovery meetings are for anyone with struggles with hurt, habits and hang ups, which includes everyone in some way. We welcome everyone at Cornerstone Church in Milton which meets every Friday night at 7-9 p.m. We’d love to have you join us and discover
CELIAC & GLUTEN-FREE GROUP Last Wed. of every month, 4:30-6 p.m., at Tulsi Tea Room, 34 Elm St., Montpelier. Free & open to the public! To learn more, contact Lisa at 598-9206 or lisamase@gmail.com.
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BRAIN INJURY SUPPORT GROUP IN ST. JOHNSBURY Monthly meetings will be held on the 3rd Wed. of every mo., 1-2:30 p.m., at the Grace United Methodist Church, 36 Central St., St. Johnsbury. The support group will offer valuable resources & info about brain injury. It will be a place to share experiences in a safe, secure & confidential environment. Info, Tom Younkman, tyounkman@vcil.org, 800-639-1522.
BURLINGTON AREA PARKINSON’S DISEASE OUTREACH GROUP People with Parkinson’s disease & their caregivers gather together to gain support & learn about living with Parkinson’s disease. Group meets 2nd Wed. of every mo., 1-2 p.m., continuing through Nov. 18, 2015. Shelburne Bay Senior Living Community, 185 Pine Haven Shores Rd., Shelburne. Info: 888763-3366, parkinson info@uvmhealth.org, parkinsonsvt.org.
CELEBRATE RECOVERY Overcome any hurt, habit or hangup in your life with this confidential 12-Step, Christ-centered recovery program. We offer multiple support groups for both men and women, such as chemical dependency, codependency, sexual addiction and pornography, food issues, and overcoming abuse. All 18+ are welcome; sorry, no childcare. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.; we begin at 7 p.m. Essex Alliance Church, 37 Old Stage Rd., Essex Junction. Info: recovery@essexalliance. org, 878-8213.
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BABY BUMPS SUPPORT GROUP FOR MOTHERS AND PREGNANT WOMEN Pregnancy can be a wonderful time of your life. But, it can also be a time of stress that is often compounded by hormonal swings. If you are a pregnant woman, or have recently given birth and feel you need some help with managing emotional bumps in the road that can come with motherhood, please come to this free support group lead by an experienced pediatric Registered Nurse. Held on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month, 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Birthing Center, Northwestern Medical Center, St. Albans. Info:
BETTER BREATHERS CLUB American Lung Association support group for people with breathing issues, their loved ones or caregivers. Meets first Monday of the month, 11 a.m.-noon at the Godnick Center, 1 Deer St., Rutland. For more information call 802-776-5508.
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ARE YOU HAVING PROBLEMS W/ DEBT? Do you spend more than you earn? Get help at Debtor’s Anonymous plus Business Debtor’s Anonymous. Wed., 6:307:30 p.m., Methodist Church in the Rainbow Room at Buell & S. Winooski, Burlington. Contact Jennifer, 917-568-6390.
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BEREAVEMENT/GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP Meets every other Mon. night, 6-7:30 p.m., & every other Wed., 10-11:30 a.m., in the Conference Center at Central Vermont Home Health & Hospice in Berlin. The group is open to anyone who has experienced the death of a loved one. There is no fee. Info, Ginny Fry or Jean Semprebon, 223-1878.
CANCER SUPPORT GROUP The Champlain Valley Prostate Cancer Support Group will be held every 2nd Tue. of the mo., 6-7:45 p.m. at the Hope Lodge, 237 East Ave., Burlington. Newly diagnosed? Prostate cancer reoccurrence? General discussion and sharing among survivors and those beginning or rejoining the battle. Info, Mary L. Guyette RN, MS, ACNS-BC, 274-4990, vmary@aol.com.
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BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF VERMONT Montpelier daytime support group meets the 3rd Thu. of the mo. at the Unitarian Church ramp entrance, 1:302:30 p.m. St. Johnsbury support group meets the 3rd Wed. monthly at the Grace United Methodist Church, 36 Central St., 1:00-2:30 p.m. Colchester Evening support group meets the 1st Wed. monthly at the Fanny Allen Hospital in the Board Room Conference Room, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Brattleboro meets at Brooks Memorial Library on the 1st Thu. monthly from 1:15-3:15 p.m. and the 3rd Mon. monthly from 4:15-6:15 p.m. White River Jct. meets the 2nd Fri. monthly at Bugbee Sr. Ctr. from 3-4:30 p.m. Call our helpline at 877-856-1772.
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it overwhelming? Maybe two or three of us can get together to help each other simplify. 989-3234, 425-3612. DISCOVER THE POWER OF CHOICE! SMART Recovery welcomes anyone, including family and friends, affected by any kind of substance or activity addiction. It is a science-based program that encourages abstinence. Specially trained volunteer facilitators provide leadership. Sundays at 5 p.m. at the 1st Unitarian Universalist Society, 152 Pearl St., Burlington. Volunteer facilitator: Bert, 399-8754. You can learn more at smartrecovery. org. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUPPORT Steps to End Domestic Violence offers a weekly drop-in support group for female identified survivors of intimate partner violence, including individuals who are experiencing or have been affected by domestic violence. The support group offers a safe, confidential place for survivors to connect with others, to heal, and to recover. In support group, participants talk through their experiences and hear stories from others who have experienced abuse in their relationships. Support group is also a resource for those who are unsure of their next step, even if it involves remaining in their current relationship. Tuesdays, 6:30-8 p.m. Childcare is provided. Info: 658-1996. EMPLOYMENTSEEKERS SUPPORT GROUP Frustrated with the job search or with your job? You are not alone. Come check out this supportive circle. Wednesdays at 3 p.m., Pathways Vermont Community Center, 279 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Abby Levinsohn, 777-8602. FAMILIES, PARTNERS, FRIENDS AND ALLIES OF TRANSGENDER ADULTS We are people with adult loved ones who are transgender or gender-nonconforming. We meet to support each other and to learn more about issues and concerns. Our sessions are supportive, informal, and confidential. Meetings are held at 5:30 PM, the second Thursday of each month at Pride
Center of VT, 255 South Champlain St., Suite 12, in Burlington. Not sure if you’re ready for a meeting? We also offer one-on-one support. For more information, email rex@ pridecentervt.org or call 802-238-3801.
support, peer-led support group. Meets once a month on Mondays in Burlington. Please call for date and location. RSVP mkeasler3@gmail. com or call 310-3301 (message says Optimum Health, but this is a private number).
FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF THOSE EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS This support group is a dedicated meeting for family, friends and community members who are supporting a loved one through a mental health crisis. Mental health crisis might include extreme states, psychosis, depression, anxiety and other types of distress. The group is a confidential space where family and friends can discuss shared experiences and receive support in an environment free of judgment and stigma with a trained facilitator. Weekly on Wednesdays, 7-8:30 p.m. Downtown Burlington. Info: Jess Horner, LICSW, 866-218-8586.
LGBTQ VETERANS GROUP This veterans group is a safe place for veterans to gather and discuss ways to help the community, have dinners, send packages and help the families of LGBTQ service people. Ideas on being helpful encouraged. Every 2nd and 4th Wednesday, 6-8:30 p.m., at Christ Episcopal Church (The Little Red Door), 64 State Street, Montpelier. RSVP, 802-825-2045.
FCA FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP Families coping with addiction (FCA) is an open community peer support group for adults 18 & over struggling with the drug or alcohol addiction of a loved one. FCA is not 12-step based but provides a forum for those living this experience to develop personal coping skills & draw strength from one another. Weekly on Wed., 5:30-6:30 p.m. Turning Point Center, 179 So. Winooski Ave., Suite 301, Burlington. thdaub1@gmail.com. FOOD ADDICTS IN RECOVERY ANONYMOUS (FA) Are you having trouble controlling the way you eat? FA is a free 12-step recovery program for anyone suffering from food obsession, overeating, under-eating or bulimia. Local meetings are held twice a week: Mondays, 4-5:30 p.m., at the Unitarian Universalist Church, Norwich, Vt.; and Wednesdays, 6:30-8 p.m., at Hanover Friends Meeting House, Hanover, N.H. For more information and a list of additional meetings throughout the U.S. and the world, call 603-630-1495 or visit foodaddicts.org. G.R.A.S.P. (GRIEF RECOVERY AFTER A SUBSTANCE PASSING) Are you a family member who has lost a loved one to addiction? Find
HEARING VOICES SUPPORT GROUP This Hearing Voices Group seeks to find understanding of voice hearing experiences as real lived experiences which may happen to anyone at anytime. We choose to share experiences, support, and empathy. We validate anyone’s experience and stories about their experience as their own, as being an honest and accurate representation of their experience, and as being acceptable exactly as they are. Weekly on Tuesday, 2-3 p.m. Pathways Vermont Community Center, 279 North Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 802-777-8602, abby@ pathwaysvermont.org. HEARTBEAT VERMONT Have you lost a friend, colleague or loved one by suicide? Some who call have experienced a recent loss and some are still struggling w/ a loss from long ago. Call us at 446-3577 to meet with our clinician, Jonathan Gilmore, at Maple Leaf Clinic, 167 North Main St. All are welcome. HELLENBACH CANCER SUPPORT Call to verify meeting place. Info, 388-6107. People living with cancer & their caretakers convene for support. INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS/PAINFUL BLADDER SUPPORT GROUP Interstitial cystitis (IC) and painful bladder syndrome can result in recurring pelvic pain, pressure or discomfort in the bladder/pelvic region & urinary frequency/ urgency. These are often misdiagnosed &
SEVENDAYSVT.COM/CLASSIFIEDS mistreated as a chronic bladder infection. If you have been diagnosed or have these symptoms, you are not alone. For Vermont-based support group, email bladder painvt@gmail.com or call 899-4151 for more information. KINDRED CONNECTIONS PROGRAM OFFERED FOR CHITTENDEN COUNTY CANCER SURVIVORS The Kindred Connections program provides peer support for all those touched by cancer. Cancer patients as well as caregivers are provided with a mentor who has been through the cancer experience & knows what it’s like to go through it. In addition to sensitive listening, Kindred Connections provides practical help such as rides to doctors’ offices & meal deliveries. The program has people who have experienced a wide variety of cancers. For further info, please contact info@vcsn.net. LGBTQ SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE SafeSpace offers peer-led support
groups for survivors of relationship, dating, emotional &/or hate violence. These groups give survivors a safe & supportive environment to tell their stories, share information, & offer & receive support. Support groups also provide survivors an opportunity to gain information on how to better cope with feelings & experiences that surface because of the trauma they have experienced. Please call SafeSpace 863-0003 if you are interested in joining. MALE SURVIVOR OF VIOLENCE GROUP A monthly, closed group for male identified survivors of violence including relationship, sexual assault, and discrimination. Open to all sexual orientations. Contact 863-0003 for more information or safespace@pride centervt.org. MARIJUANA ANONYMOUS Do you have a problem with marijuana? MA is a free 12-step program where addicts help other addicts to get
& stay clean. Ongoing Wed. at 7 p.m. at Turning Point Center, 179 So. Winooski, Suite 301, Burlington. 861-3150. MYELOMA SUPPORT GROUP Area Myeloma Survivors, Families and Caregivers have come together to form a Multiple Myeloma Support Group. We provide emotional support, resources about treatment options, coping strategies and a support network by participating in the group experience with people that have been though similar situations. Third Tuesday of the month, 5-6 p.m. at the New Hope Lodge on East Avenue in Burlington. Info: Kay Cromie, 655-9136, kgcromey@aol.com. NAMI CONNECTION PEER SUPPORT GROUP MEETINGS Bennington, every Tue., 1-2:30 p.m., CRT Center, United Counseling Service, 316 Dewey St.; Burlington, every Thu., 3-4:30 p.m., St. Paul’s Cathedral, 2 Cherry St. (enter from parking lot); Berlin, second Thu. of
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NAMI FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP Bellows Falls, 3rd Tue. of every mo., 7 p.m., Compass School, 7892 US-5, Westminster; Brattleboro, 1st Wed. of every mo., 6:30 p.m., 1st Congregational Church, 880 Western Ave., West Brattleboro; Burlington, 2nd & 4th Tue. of every mo., 7 p.m., HowardCenter, corner of Pine & Flynn Ave.; Berlin, 4th Mon. of every mo., 7 p.m. Central Vermont Medical Center, Room 3; Georgia, 1st
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the month, 4-5:30 p.m., CVMC Board Room, 130 Fisher Rd.; Rutland, every 1st and 3rd Sun., 4:30-6 p.m., Rutland Mental Health Wellness Center, 78 S. Main St.; No. Concord, every Thu., 6-7:30 p.m., Loch Lomond, 700 Willson Rd. If you have questions about a group in your area, please contact the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Vermont, program@ namivt.org or 800639-6480. Connection groups are peer recovery support group programs for adults living with mental health challenges.
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Tue. of every mo., 6 p.m., Georgia Public Library, 1697 Ethan Allen Highway (Exit 18, I-89); Manchester, 4th Wed. of every mo., 6:30 p.m., Equinox Village, 2nd floor; Rutland, 1st Mon. of every mo., 6 p.m., Rutland Regional Medical Center, Leahy Conference Ctr., room D; St. Johnsbury, 4th Wed. of every mo., 5:30 p.m., Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital Library, 1315 Hospital Dr.; Williston, 1st & 3rd Mon. of every mo., 6 p.m., NAMI Vermont Office, 600 Blair Park Rd. #301. If you have questions about a group in your area, please contact the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Vermont, info@namivt.org or 800-639-6480. Family Support Group meetings are for family & friends of individuals living mental illness. NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS is a group of recovering addicts who live w/ out the use of drugs. It costs nothing to join. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using. Info, 862-4516 or cvana.org. Held in Burlington, Barre and St. Johnsbury. NAR-ANON BURLINGTON GROUP Group meets every Monday at 7 p.m. at the Turning Point Center, 179 So. Winooski Ave., Suite 301, Burlington. The only requirement for membership is that there be a problem of addiction in a relative or friend. Info: Amanda H. 338-8106. NEW (AND EXPECTING) MAMAS AND PAPAS! EVERY PRIMARY CAREGIVER TO A BABY! The Children’s Room invites you to join our weekly drop-in support group. Come unwind and discuss your experiences and questions around infant care and development, self-care and postpartum healing, and community resources for families with babies. Tea and snacks provided. Weekly on Thursdays, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Bring your babies! (Newborn through crawling stage). Located within Thatcher Brook Primary School, 47 Stowe Street, childrensroomonline. org. Contact childrensroom@wwsu.org or 244-5605. NORTHWEST VERMONT CANCER PRAYER & SUPPORT NETWORK A meeting of cancer patients, survivors & family members
Open 24/7/365. Post & browse ads at your convenience. intended to comfort & support those who are currently suffering from the disease. 2nd Thu. of every mo., 6-7:30 p.m., St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 11 Church St., St. Albans. Info: stpaulum@myfairpoint.net. 2nd Wed. of every mo., 6-7:30 p.m. Winooski United Methodist Church, 24 W. Allen St., Winooski. Info: hovermann4@comcast. net. OPEN EARS, OPEN MINDS A mutual support circle that focuses on connection and selfexploration. Fridays at 1 p.m., Pathways Vermont Community Center, 279 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Abby Levinsohn, 777-8602. OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS (OA) A 12-step program for people who identify as overeaters, compulsive eaters, food addicts, anorexics, bulimics, etc. No matter what your problem with food, we have a solution! All are welcome, meetings are open, and there are no dues or fees. See oavermont.org/ meeting-list/ for the current meeting list, meeting format and more; or call 802-8632655 any time! POTATO INTOLERANCE SUPPORT GROUP Anyone coping with potato intolerance and interested in joining a support group, contact Jerry Fox, 48 Saybrook Rd., Essex Junction, VT 05452. QUEEN CITY MEMORY CAFÉ The Queen City Memory Café offers a social time & place for people with memory impairment & their fiends & family to laugh, learn & share concerns & celebrate feeling understood & connected. Enjoy coffee, tea & baked goods with entertainment & conversation. QCMC meets the 3rd Sat. of each mo., 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Thayer Building, 1197 North Ave., Burlington. 316-3839. QUEER CARE GROUP This support group is for adult family members and caregivers of queer, and/or questioning youth. It is held on the 2nd Monday of each month from 6:30-8 p.m. at Outright Vermont, 241 North Winooski Ave. This group is for adults only. For more information, email info@outrightvt.org.
QUIT TOBACCO GROUPS Are you ready to be tobacco free? Join our FREE five-week group classes facilitated by our Tobacco Treatment Specialists. We meet in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere. You may qualify for a FREE 8-week supply of nicotine replacement therapy. Contact us at (802)-847-7333 or quittobaccoclass@ uvmhealth.org. SCLERODERMA FOUNDATION NEW ENGLAND Support group meeting held 4th Tue. of the mo., 6:30-8:30 p.m. Williston Police Station. Info, Blythe Leonard, 878-0732. SEX & LOVE ADDICTS ANONYMOUS 12-step recovery group. Do you have a problem w/ sex or relationships? We can help. Shawn, 660-2645. Visit slaafws. org or saa-recovery.org for meetings near you. SEXUAL VIOLENCE SUPPORT HOPE Works offers free support groups to women, men & teens who are survivors of sexual violence. Groups are available for survivors at any stage of the healing process. Intake for all support groups is ongoing. If you are interested in learning more or would like to schedule an intake to become a group member, please call our office at 864-0555, ext. 19, or email our victim advocate at advocate@ sover.net. STUTTERING SUPPORT GROUPS If you’re a person who stutters, you are not alone! Adults, teens & school-age kids who stutter & their families are welcome to join one of our three free National Stuttering Association (NSA) stuttering support groups at UVM. Adults: 5:30-6:30, 1st & 3rd Tue. monthly; teens (ages 13-17): 5:30-6:30, 1st Thu. monthly; schoolage children (ages 8-12) & parents (meeting separately): 4:15-5:15, 2nd Thu. monthly. Pomeroy Hall (489 Main St., UVM campus. Info: burlingtonstutters.org, burlingtonstutters@ gmail.com, 656-0250. Go Team Stuttering!
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446-3577. 6:30-8 p.m. the 3rd Tue. of ea. mo. SUICIDE HOTLINES IN VT Brattleboro, 257-7989; Montpelier (Washington County Mental Health Emergency Services), 229-0591; Randolph (Clara Martin Center Emergency Service), 800-639-6360. SUPPORT GROUP FOR WOMEN who have experienced intimate partner abuse, facilitated by Circle (Washington Co. only). Please call 877-5439498 for more info. SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE If you have lost someone to suicide and wish to have a safe place to talk, share and spend a little time with others who have had a similar experience, join us the 3rd Thu. at the Faith Lighthouse Church, Rte. 105, Newport (105 Alderbrook), 7-9 p.m. Please call before attending. Info: Mary Butler, 744-6284. SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE, S. BURLINGTON Who: Persons experiencing the impact of a loved one’s suicide. When: first Wednesday of each month, 6-7:30 p.m. Location: S. Burlington. This group is currently full and unable to accept new participants. Please call Linda Livendale at 802-272-6564 to learn about other groups within driving distance. We are sorry for the inconvenience. Thank you! THE COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS SUPPORT GROUP The Compassionate Friends international support group for parents, siblings and families grieving the loss of a child meets every third Tuesday of the month, 7-9 p.m., at Kismet Place, 363 Blair Park Rd., Williston. Call/email Jay at 802373-1263, compassionate friendsvt@gmail.com. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) chapter meeting. Hedding United Methodist Church, Washington St., Barre. Wed., 5:15-6:15 p.m. For info, call David at 371-8929.
SUICIDE SURVIVORS SUPPORT GROUP For those who have lost a friend or loved one through suicide. Maple Leaf Clinic, 167 N. Main St., Wallingford,
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The Vermont Housing & Conservation Board is seeking a full-time Outreach & Communications Coordinator to join our Vermont Farm & Forest Viability Program team. The program provides business planning and technical assistance to farm, food, and forest products businesses to enhance the viability of working lands enterprises and industries in Vermont. This position will manage outreach, events, recruitment, public relations, communications, and our annual report. The ideal candidate has strong communication, writing, and administrative skills, is able to lead the team’s communication strategy, and is able 12:21 PM to work both independently and as part of a team. Qualified candidates will have a degree and 3-5 years of experience in public relations, communications, or related field. EOE. Salary commensurate with experience. Comprehensive benefits package. For more information and to apply, see the job description at www.vhcb.org/about-us/jobs
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The Town of Starksboro is searching for a full-time Road Crew Foreman. Under the direction of the Selectboard this position is a working supervisor role that plans and oversees all municipal highway operations in order to advance the safe and effective functioning of the highway department, including municipal construction projects and maintenance of municipal roads, sidewalks, vehicles, and equipment. The full job description and required application form is available at www.starksborovt.org. Please mail applications to the Starksboro Selectboard c/o Rebecca Elder at PO Box 91, Starksboro, VT 05487 or email to rebecca@starksborovt.org.
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The United States Bankruptcy Court is seeking a qualified individual with excellent analytical, clerical, operational and computer skills capable of functioning in a dynamic, team-oriented environment. The duty station is Burlington, Vermont. Full federal benefits apply. Complete job description and formal application requirements are found in the official Position Announcement available from court locations in Burlington and Rutland and the court’s web sites: www.vtb.uscourts.gov or www.vtd.uscourts.gov.
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Looking for summer boatyard help. Duties include boat assembly, cleaning, rigging, delivery and some heavy lifting. Boating experience helpful. Driver’s license required. Start immediately. Call 985-5222 or apply in person. Small Boat Exchange 2649 Shelburne Rd. Shelburne.
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Patient Service Specialist This position delivers high quality customer service to our patients in clinical settings by checking patients in, scheduling and more. Positions available in Burlington, South Burlington and Colchester.
Administrative Assistant, Industrial Technician, and Cheesemakers for all shifts. At Vermont Creamery, our CARING PEOPLE WANTED employees are our greatest resource. We are a community Home Instead Senior $200.0 KITCHEN POSITIONS that empowers our team to Care, a provider Sign o 0 engage and live our mission of personal n The Kedron Valley Inn's Ransom Bonus !!! every day. We know that the care services to Tavern is seeking passionate, whole is greater than the seniors in their respectful and energetic sum of its parts, and here, the homes, is seeking friendly individuals to join the team. whole is powered by a spirit of and dependable people. 3:49 PM Kitchen experience is preferred collaboration and transparency. CAREGivers assist seniors but not required. We have full with daily living activities. We know benefits matter; that’s and part time roles available: P/T & F/T positions available. why we offer a competitive both positions are customer 12 hours/week minimum, package. Our benefits program facing, as food is prepared in an flexible scheduling, currently includes medical, vision and open kitchen. Competitive wages available. $12-$16.50/hour dental insurance, retirement and benefits offered. depending on experience. No plans and a total well-being heavy lifting. Apply online at: approach. Perks to keep you To apply, contact: www.homeinstead.com/483 healthy and happy include a richardd@kedronvalleyinn.com or call us at 802.860.4663. wellness program, time off, and tuition assistance. A certified B Corp since 2014, we’re using our 1 5/13/19 business as a force for good. 2v-HomeInstead010919.indd 1 1/7/192v-KedronValleyInn051519.indd 2:56 PM To apply, please call 802-479-9371 or apply online at: www.vermontcreamery.com/ our-team
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VICE PRESIDENT FOR STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS VLT seeks an experienced, dynamic, and creative professional to collaboratively create and implement a vision for marketing, communications, and fundraising programs to advance our expanding strategic vision. Our new VP will help elevate VLT’s brand, share our message, increase donor engagement, and support our mission. Working in close partnership with the President & CEO and the Board of Trustees, they will serve on the leadership team, and lead and collaborate with a diverse and talented community relations staff. To learn more about us, the position, and how to apply by June 14, visit vlt.org/jobs.
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MEDICAID CLERK, .6 FTE Harwood Unified Union School District is seeking a Medicaid Clerk at .6 FTE to manage and oversee the Medicaid program to ensure accurate and timely submission of reports in order to maximize the amount of Medicaid Monday, May 20 • 9 a.m.-1 p.m. 30 Community Drive, Suite 6B, South Burlington revenues received by our affiliated school districts. Salary is commensurate with experience and essential functions of the position. Qualifications include an associate’s degree with relevant clerical and administrative experience OR a combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and skills are acquired; good working knowledge of Vermont special educationUntitled-81 Untitled-80 1 law; good understanding of the organization of public education structure and CONVERSION & TRAINING SPECIALIST administrative operations. Interested candidates should apply on www.schoolspring.com, Job # 3099457, and include a cover letter, resume, copy of transcripts, and 3 current letters of reference. For a more detailed job description, please contact Laura Titus at ltitus@huusd.org or at 583-7953. If you have further questions, please contact Donarae Dawson, Director of Student Services, at ddawson@huusd.org or at 583-7946. Start Date: August 1, 2019 Position open until filled
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Join northern New England’s premier performing arts PayData Workforce Solutions is looking for an additional team member to center as our new Facilities Manager. PayData Workforce is looking for an additional team join ourSolutions Client Service Department as a Payroll Processor/Client Service FACILITIES MANAGER Representative. member to join our growing Implementation Department! The Facilities Manager is responsible for overseeing PayData is a local company that has been providing business Our Client Service Representatives work closely with our clients tothe produce care and preservation of all buildings and grounds solutions to our clients for the past 30 years. Our specialists work accurate payrolls utilizing various import methods including dataassociated entry, with the Flynn. The manager works closely with closely with our Sales team andand newtime clients toimports. implement Excel worksheets, clock The our ability to perform multiple staff, senior management, and the Board to accomplish payroll, HR, and time keeping solutions. right projects team member tasks efficiently and manageThe ongoing is necessary. Attention to multiple departmental and organizational objectives. is aattention must. should have detail a strong to detail, be able to handle The successful candidate will bring relevant technical multiple ongoing projects and possess the ability to adapt and supervisory experience in facilities or construction Candidates must technology. have prior payroll experience service quickly to new and changing To succeed in thisas well as customer maintenance and will be comfortable performing upkeep experience and possess strong communication and organizational skills. repairs as needs arise. Excellent interpersonal and position, theCandidates individual must bealso ablehave to work independently, as skills and beand should proven troubleshooting able to verbal communication skills required. well as, cohesively within team environment. Training a keyService adapt to new a and changing technology. OurisClient
a team environment and cubicle office setting. aspect to thisRepresentatives position and is work doneinboth online and in-person. For a detailed job description and more information, visit: Comfort in speaking in front of small groups of people is critical. www.flynncenter.org/about-us/employment-andExperience handling a large volume of telephone calls, as well as having
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The Flynn Center is an employer committed to hiring a breadth of professionals, and therefore will interview a qualified group of diverse candidates; we particularly encourage applications from women and people of color.
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DATABASE ENGINEER Rock Point School, a small independent boarding school in Burlington, is hiring for the following positions:
RESIDENTIAL EDUCATOR: Our Residential Educators are key members of our school staff, teaching our students life skills, taking them on outdoor adventures, and supporting them to form healthy relationships. This is a full-time position and includes weekend and evening hours.
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Find out more information about these positions and apply using this link: www.rockpointschool.org/about-us/employment/ Rock Point School is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
The Chittenden Solid Waste District is seeking a full-time Director of Finance to oversee the finance department of a countywide municipal organization with an annual budget of $11 million. ABOUT YOU: You are detail oriented and excel at maintaining financial records, preparing and presenting an annual budget before a diverse supervisory board, and managing computerized accounting systems and investment programs. You value financial reporting and helping staff navigate the mysteries of financial management equally. APPLICANTS SHOULD HAVE: Degree in accounting or finance with seven years of experience, including three years of supervisory experience. Master’s degree and/or CPA and governmental accounting experience preferred. Working knowledge of Microsoft Office and QuickBooks. Competitive salary and excellent benefit package. For more information on the position and CSWD, visit https:// cswd.net/about-cswd/job-openings/. Submit cover letter and resume to Amy Jewell (ajewell@cswd.net).
To apply, please email a cover letter and resume to hr@vitl.net.
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This tutor would support our students in math class individually and in small groups.
Deadline is May 19, 2019.
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We are seeking a creative educator who can engage students with projects that teach and apply math concepts, and who can differentiate instruction and assessment for a wide range of skills. Our small class size allows for educators to connect with students and meet them at their level. The ideal candidate can teach Pre-Algebra through Pre-Calculus.
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Vermont Information Technology Leaders, Inc. (VITL) is seeking an experienced database engineer to successfully maintain, administer, and improve the Microsoft SQL Server database supporting the Vermont Health Information Exchange. This position reports to the Director of Technology. The database engineer will also assist in data analysis, system configuration, system selections, installations, and technical support. For a full job description and more information, please visit www.vitl.net.
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Thinking about a career in mental health or social work? We have a rewarding place to start.
House Advisors/Crew Leaders Spring Lake Ranch is a long-term residential program for adults with mental health and addiction issues. Residents find strength and hope through shared work and community. We are searching for House Advisors/Crew Leaders to provide residential support, structure, and guidance to residents through informal contact, house activities, participation in clinical teams, and work crew activities to create a positive environment and comfortable home-like atmosphere. Ideal candidates will have completed a bachelor’s degree, an interest in mental health and/ or substance abuse recovery work, and a desire to live in a diverse community setting. In addition to getting started on a mental health career path, you will have the opportunity to gain skills in farming, carpentry, woodworking, forestry, and gardening. This is a full time, residential position with free room and board, free health and dental insurance, paid time off; all in a beautiful rural setting. See our website, www.springlakeranch.org, for the full job description and to learn more about Spring Lake Ranch. To apply send cover letter indicating your interest in Spring Lake Ranch and resume to: marym@springlakeranch.org, or fax to (802) 492-3331, or mail to SLR, 1169 Spring Lake Road, Cuttingsville, VT 05738.
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MARKETING & SALES MANAGER Wrenegade Sports is seeking a marketing professional that also has a keen interest in entrepreneurial business, sales, sponsorship, and a passion for fitness and healthy living. The ideal candidate will be versatile, with strong sales and marketing skills and an intrinsic desire to learn and be involved in multiple facets of a rapidly growing business. We work as a motivated team of highly collaborative professionals with an ideology to mentor, support, and promote successful staff members from within. Individuals with an existing understanding of the realities of start-up businesses and their related rewards and challenges are strongly preferred. Full job description at
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The Turning Point Center of Chittenden County seeks a full-time Program Coordinator for our New Moms in Recovery program. Deadline for applications: May 24th
Busy Burlington Law Firm seeks Details and application instructions at: a full time Receptionist/Legal https://turningpointcentervt.org/ Assistant. The ideal candidate will be energetic, motivated and polished, with strong telephone, computer and organizational skills. In addition to 5/13/19 providing legal assistant support to2h-TurningPointCenter051519.indd 1 one attorney, this position covers all receptionist duties including greeting visitors to the firm and fielding PROGRAM ADVOCATE: Housing and Shelter Coordinator calls, mail distribution, maintaining office supplies, and overflow clerical Support victims of gender-based violence, coordinate the WISE safe home support as needed. MSK focuses its program using housing first model, and manage daily shelter operations. practice on real estate, commercial To learn more: wiseuv.org/join-us. transactions and related litigation. We To apply: submit cover letter with resume to peggy.oneil@wiseuv.org. offer a competitive salary and benefits package, and a family friendly work environment. College graduates are welcome to apply. E.O.E. 2h-WISE051519.indd 1 5/13/19
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The Sales and Outreach Coordinator will take an active role in building new relationships with cannabis and conventional businesses as Heady Vermont grows with the rest of the cannabis industry and community beyond the borders of Vermont. You will be responsible for developing new leads, following up on existing leads, and generating sales proposals. You will work with Heady Vermont team members to manage these accounts, including regular email communication to business partners and members, as well as weekly meetings with Heady Vermont management to track, deliver, and follow-up all Heady Vermont advertising products sold.
ABOUT YOU: Your expertise in solid waste management, construction management, and contract management is matched by a drive for innovation and constant improvement. You enjoy being part of a team that gets things done. You inspire others to do their best by leadership, communication and people management skills that serve you well before a diverse supervisory Board or when supervising your four direct reports and 20+ subordinates.
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The Chittenden Solid Waste District is seeking a full-time Director of Operations to oversee all aspects of CSWD facilities. This new position will be responsible for immediate oversight of CSWD’s Drop-Off Centers, the Organics Diversion Facility, and the Engineering and Maintenance Departments.
Competitive salary and excellent benefit package. For more information on the position and CSWD, visit https://cswd.net/ about-cswd/job-openings/. Submit cover letter and resume to Amy Jewell (ajewell@cswd.net). Position is open until filled.
The Sara Holbrook Community Knowledge of the cannabis community is important, but Center seeks a dynamic conventional sales skills will be valued above cannabis and nurturing Preschool experience. Workplace is 420-friendly, dog-friendly and Director with a license in LGBTQ+ friendly. Part-time telecommuting and flexibility early childhood education are options. Heady Vermont members, medical marijuana & minimum 2 years’ patients and caregivers especially encouraged to apply. experience. Position requires This is a full-time (35-40h/week) position, hourly, with planning and implementing a commission. Check out the full job description at developmentally appropriate bit.ly/2Vi2kYT. curriculum with a team. Must be able to work collaboratively Please email info@headyvermont.com with your resume with partners. Experience and cover letter ATTN: Monica Donovan, and the subject line supporting parents through “Sales and Outreach Coordinator Application.” the child care subsidy process DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: May 22, 2019 preferred. Must be computer literate and able to enter skills and accomplishments into Teaching Strategies Gold. 5v-HeadyVT051519.indd 1 5/7/19 40 hours/wk, 52 weeks per year. Excellent benefits. Please send cover letter, resume, transcripts, copy of teaching license and 3 letters of reference to Leisa Pollander at lpollander@ saraholbrookcc.org
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Heady Vermont, the state’s leading cannabis media and events platform, is seeking an experienced sales superstar to spearhead new outreach, onboard new partners and help manage existing accounts.
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The Winooski Police Department is currently accepting applications for a full-time Police Officer. We are a progressive, communityoriented, 24-hour police department, serving a diverse population of over 7,500 residents in the heart of Chittenden County. WPD provides a wide range of police services for its residents and is a highly motivated, professional organization that embraces the Community Oriented Policing philosophy. The department is committed to building relationships of mutual trust, understanding, and respect for individual rights and responsibilities. Minimum Requirements: Applicants must have a high school diploma and be able to pass the Vermont Police Academy entrance examination, physical fitness requirements, psychological profile exam, polygraph and background check.
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The Winooski Police Department seeks Dispatcher Part-Time Reserves. Part-time Reserve Dispatchers cover shifts that are vacant due to leave of absence, vacations, or for special events when the department requires temporary additional staff on shift. Dispatchers serve an essential role in the public safety communications by processing, directing, and receiving all oral and much of the written communications coming into the Police Department. A dispatcher has primary responsibility for the initial deployment of public safety personnel and equipment subject to the provisions of the applicable written directives. For full position description and to apply please visit www.winooskivt.gov. “The City of Winooski: Vermont’s Opportunity City”
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ASSET MANAGER, AFFORDABLE HOUSING (BURLINGTON)
SASH DATA SYSTEMS MANAGER
Reporting to the Director of Asset Management, the Asset Manager will be responsible for ongoing assessment of a portion of Housing Vermont’s portfolio of properties. Key qualifications for the position include 5 years’ property management experience, finance/accounting knowledge - including financial analysis, knowledge of low income housing tax credits (LIHTC), HUD, rural development (RD), HOME, section 8, and experience negotiating legal contracts. Bachelor’s degree preferred, keen analytical skills, electronic data management, strong oral and written communication skills, ability to establish and nurture relationships with partners with proven ability to recognize potential issues and develop/ implement solutions.
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If you have experience in data and population health and are passionate about improving the delivery of health services in Vermont to improve lives, this opportunity may be just what you are looking for!
Please send a cover letter and resume with salary requirements to Rewa Worthington, jobs@hvt.org. HOUSING VERMONT IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
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Community Bankers
Taft Corners & Shelburne Road There is no better time to join NSB’s team! Northfield Savings Bank is looking for professionals to join our team as a Community Banker in our Taft Corners Branch located at 60 Wright Avenue, Williston, VT, and our Shelburne Road Branch located at 1120 Shelburne Road, South Burlington, VT. Both positions offer an excellent opportunity to work for a premier Vermont mutual savings bank. Job Responsibilities & Requirements • The Community Banker will be responsible for receiving and processing customers’ financial transactions, matching customers’ needs with appropriate products and services, protecting customer information and maintaining customer confidentiality. We are looking for someone who will consistently provide outstanding customer service, has excellent communication skills, and will build rapport and develop relationships with our valued customers. A high school diploma, general education degree (GED) or equivalent is required. Opportunity for growth • The Community Banker position offers room for growth and the opportunity to learn about the banking industry. The successful candidates will enjoy a wide variety of changing duties and build relationships with our valued customers. We offer a comprehensive Community Banker training program to assist with learning the fundamentals of this position. Find your place with us at NSB • Northfield Savings Bank, founded in 1867, is the largest banking institution headquartered in Vermont. NSB offers a competitive compensation and benefits package including medical, dental, profit sharing, matching 401(K) retirement program, professional development opportunities, and a positive work environment supported by a team culture. Northfield Savings Bank hours of operation are Monday – Thursday, generally 8:00 a.m. to 5:00p.m. and Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Please submit your resume and application in confidence to: Careers@nsbvt.com (Preferred) Or mail: Northfield Savings Bank Human Resources P.O. Box 7180 Barre, VT 05641-7180 Equal Opportunity Employer/Member FDIC
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COURIER Job includes photography, research and customer service. Must be enthusiastic, efficient, enjoy meeting and working with the public and have a good driving record. Friendly working environment. Company vehicle provided. Hours range from 30-40 hours per week. To apply, Please send resume to
Cathedral Square, the Statewide Administrator of the SASH® (Support and Services at Home) model, is looking for a Data Systems Manager for oversight of the SASH data reporting systems; report generation for info@nancyjenkins.com. internal and external purposes and collaboration with the SASH leadership team in development of quality metrics and model outcomes demonstration. This position is responsible for the systems management for SASH staff 2v-NancyJenkins051519.indd 1 5/10/19 The Town of New Haven is statewide in the primary SASH database as well as other seeking to fill the positions third party collaborative software platforms in which the of Town Administrator SASH network participates. and Zoning Administrator. Go to cathedralsquare.org and sashvt.org websites for more information. Submit cover letter and resume to jobs@cathedralsqure.org. EOE.
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These can be combined to be a full-time position or two part-time positions. The Selectboard is seeking an individual or individuals with strong interpersonal, business, financial, grant writing, planning and zoning skills 11:09 AM and the ability to oversee and manage a small town and its employees. Please send letter of interest, salary requirements, resume and three references to:
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Town Administrator c/o 78 North Street, New Haven, Vermont 05472 by May 20.
We’re growing and expanding our sales team! Reporting to Receptionist/ 1 4/26/19 the Director of Sales, the Sales Rep will help drive growth by 2v-TownofNewHaven050119.indd developing new business through leads, cold calls, and fostering Office Assistant existing account relationships; contributing to the development for the Vermont and implementation of a strategic sales plan; recommending Association for continuous process improvements as we successfully scale the the Blind and company; and nurturing relationships with both internal and Visually Impaired external stakeholders. Bee’s Wrap is a rapidly growing B Corp that produces and distributes a sustainable alternative to plastic wrap for food storage, made from beeswax and cloth. We are a place of productive and creative work, aiming to provide a place of employment that is engaging, supportive and open-minded. Bee’s Wrap is committed to using our business as a vehicle for social change and to bettering the lives of our customers, employees, community and planet. All manufacturing, distribution, customer service and administration are co-located in Middlebury, VT. To learn more or apply, please visit www.beeswrap.com/pages/careers. Bee’s Wrap is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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in our South Burlington office. Skilled in Microsoft Office, accurate record keeping and data entry, good telephone and people skills, ability to multi-task and be detail oriented. Database experience desirable. Parttime position, 20 hours per week. Please send resume to Office Manager at:
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Champlain Community Services is a growing developmental services provider agency with a strong emphasis on self-determination values and employee and consumer satisfaction.
Customer Service Representative (Full-Time)
(Winooski, VT) For full job description and application download go to: vermontpuremaple.com/ pages/employment-1 To apply, please complete an application, attach a resume if you have one, and return in person or email to: Mount Mansfield Maple Products 450 Weaver Street, Suite 18 Winooski, VT 05404 chris.white@mansfieldmaple.com 802-497-1671
SHARED LIVING PROVIDER CCS is seeking dedicated individuals or couples to provide home supports for individuals with intellectual disabilities and autism. The following positions include a generous tax-free stipend, ongoing supports, assistance with necessary home modifications, respite and a comprehensive training package. Support a personable man in your accessible home. The ideal candidate will support him with his social life, accessing the community and helping with activities of daily living Support a humorous gentleman with autism who enjoys walking, crunching numbers, drawing and bowling. Contact Jennifer Wolcott at 655-0511 x 118 for more information.
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NORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING ASSOCIATION OF VERMONT (NOFA-VT) VERMONT ORGANIC FARMERS LLC (VOF) NOFA-VT was founded in 1971, and works to support organic farms, healthy food and strong communities. VOF, an LLC owned by NOFA-VT, is a USDA accredited organic certifier and provides Vermont producers with a credible verification program for their organic production practices. Our offices are located in Richmond, Vermont. VOF is looking to hire a Materials Specialist/Staff Inspector to join our certification team. For a full job description and more information about our organizations, visit our website at:
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DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM CHIEF – MONTPELIER
The Design & Construction Division of BGS is seeking a self-starter to lead cross-functional project teams, development of the biennial Capital Bill and manage the Capital Bill “line item” projects. The incumbent will be responsible for guiding project managers through the design and construction phases of project delivery. Candidates must have the ability to establish effective working relationships and thrive in a fast-paced environment with a high degree of independence. For more information, contact Joe Aja at joe.aja@vermont.gov. Department: Buildings & General Services. Status: Full Time. Job ID #1501. Application Deadline: May 19, 2019.
DIRECTOR OF QUALIT Y & ACCOUNTABILIT Y – WATERBURY
The Department of Mental Health (DMH) is seeking a skilled leader to provide effective direction, oversight, and coordination of quality, performance improvement, accountability, and reporting activities. We’re seeking candidates with thorough knowledge of and/or operational experience in a healthcare or mental health setting or comparable regulatory environment, considerable knowledge of statistical analysis tools such as SPSS and SAS, and of performance and quality improvement methodologies. For more information, contact Sarah Squirrell at sarah. squirrell@vermont.gov. Department: Mental Health. Status: Full Time. Job ID #1465. Application Deadline: May 22, 2019.
NURSE ADMINIS TRATOR I – WILLIS TON
The Adult Services Division’s (ASD) Long-Term Services & Supports (LTSS) Unit is seeking an experienced RN for the Choices for Care Program. You will supervise our Chittenden County field staff, providing support and oversight for clinical determinations and utilization review. This role includes collaboration with other units to recommend and implement system improvement across all home and institutional settings. This position has a Monday- Friday schedule with no on-call hours. For more information, contact Colleen Bedard at Colleen.Bedard@vermont.gov. Department: Disabilities Aging & Independent Living. Status: Full Time – Limited Service. Job ID #1482. Application Deadline: May 22, 2019.
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Want your evenings, weekends and holidays free? Adult day center committed to helping frail adults stay at home is seeking a 35 hour/ week LPN, with relevant experience. Oversee health monitoring services which promote health and wellness Monday through Friday 8:15 AM to 3:15 PM. Tasks include administering medications, blood glucose monitoring, taking vital signs, treatments, wound care, documenting care provided and coordinating care with other health care providers and caregivers. Provide emergency first aid as needed. Good clinical, communication and organizational skills crucial. To apply, send resume and cover letter to CarePartners Adult Day Center at 640 Franklin Park West, St. Albans or download an application at www.carepartnersvt.org. EOE.
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When you work for the State of Vermont, you and your work matter. A career with the State puts you on a rich and rewarding professional path. You’ll find jobs in dozens of fields – not to mention an outstanding total compensation package.
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The State of Vermont is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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Aspirations Project Coordinator We’re all about mission at Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC). Help us fulfill our mission of providing all Vermont students with information and financial resources to reach their educational goals. You’ll work in a relaxed yet challenging environment. We offer many topnotch benefits, plus a fabulous on-site fitness room & café. VSAC is looking for a goal oriented, team player and change agent to join its Aspirations Project team. This part-time, 46week/year position is instrumental in working directly with High School students, families, community and school staff to increase exposure to college and career planning. The Aspirations Project provides resources, strategies and access to career and college readiness preparation through information and activities designed with host schools to build a school’s college and career culture and capacity to engage all students in future planning. The Aspirations Project Coordinator works with VSAC’s Aspirations Team and School’s Steering Committee to implement strategies, offer on-site support, and coordination of services with teachers, students and the educational community. The Aspirations Coordinator will work in the assigned school setting (currently Barre). The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s Degree in Education, Counseling or related field, experience in working with school and college age youth, a valid driver’s license and a satisfactory background check.
Apply ONLY online at www.vsac.org. VERMONT STUDENT ASSISTANCE CORPORATION PO Box 2000, Winooski, VT 05404 EOE/Minorities/Females/Vet/Disabled
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Vermont’s premier continuing care retirement community seeks a dedicated nursing professional with a strong desire to work within a community of seniors. Wake Robin provides high quality nursing care in a fast paced residential and long-term care environment, while maintaining a strong sense of “home.” Wake Robin offers an opportunity to build strong relationships with staff and residents in a dynamic community setting. We continue to offer generous shift differentials; Evenings $2.50/hour, Nights $4.50/hour, and weekends $1.55. Interested candidates please email a cover letter and resume to hr@wakerobin.com or complete an application online at www.wakerobin.com. Wake Robin is an EOE. 5h-WakeRobin051519.indd 1
This seasonal position is responsible for providing a high level of security service to Burlington’s Waterfront, including both marinas and campground, to ensure the safety of patrons and property. If you are interested in the criminal justice field, this is a fantastic opportunity. The successful candidate will understand the importance of public safety and possess strong customer service skills. Requirements: Full weekly availability for shifts that range from 9 to 11 PM start time to end time of 5 to 7 AM depending on location. **This position works over night shifts only**
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There is no better time to join the NSB team! Northfield Savings Bank is looking for a professional to join our team as a Network Administrator in our Berlin Operations Center. This position offers a strong opportunity to work for a growing premier Vermont mutual savings bank. The Network Administrator will be responsible for designing, deploying, maintaining and troubleshooting the Bank’s network and telecommunications infrastructure, including local area network (LAN) and wide area network (WAN), telephony and information security systems. Experience managing and monitoring web content, working with Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools, managing Windows and Linux operating systems, Windows and third party security updates and patching are integral to the Network Administrator position. The requirements for this position include a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and/or work experience. Four or more years of successful network troubleshooting and support, security infrastructure including firewalls and endpoint protection, virtualization technologies, including VMware, Storage, Compute, Active Directory, Group Policy Objects, other Windows and network administration tools, and voice over IP telephony technology including dial plans and call control. Find out what NSB can offer you. Northfield Savings Bank, founded in 1867, is the largest banking institution headquartered in Vermont. Our company offers a competitive compensation and benefits package including medical, dental, profit sharing, matching 401(K) retirement program, professional development opportunities, and a positive work environment supported by a team culture.
Or mail: Northfield Savings Bank Human Resources P.O. Box 7180 Barre, VT 05641-7180 Equal Opportunity Employer/Member FDIC
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Sailing Instructor Needed at the International Sailing School & Club.
Network Administrator
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PLANNING AND PROJECT COORDINATOR The Town of Georgia seeks a qualified person to fi ll the newly created position of Planning and Project Coordinator. This is a part-time position 28 hours per week, with flexible hours to accommodate nighttime meeting attendance.
Email sailing resume to: vermontsailingschool@ gmail.com
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This position performs a wide variety of high-level administrative and support duties serving the Georgia Planning Commission, Georgia Assessors and the Georgia Selectboard. Experience with Microsoft Office including Excel, Word, Outlook and Power Point is required. Basic website skills are preferred. •
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The ideal candidate will be an organized self-starter who can work with various moving parts within local government. Submit cover letter, resume and references in writing to: Planning and Project Coordinator Position Town of Georgia 47 Town Common Road North St. Albans, Vt. 05478 Or via email to: Administrator@townofgeorgia.com with the subject “Georgia Planning and Project Coordinator application.” Solicitation is open until position is fi lled.
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THE TOWN OF MILTON IS CURRENTLY HIRING FOR A NUMBER OF POSITIONS
Champlain Community Services is a growing developmental services provider agency with a strong emphasis on self-determination values and employee and consumer satisfaction.
• Seasonal Buildings & Grounds Laborer
• Full Time Advanced EMT or Paramedic • Per-Diem Advanced EMT • Also always recruiting for Fire & Rescue volunteers
SERVICE COORDINATOR
Please visit www.miltonvt.gov/ employment for additional details & to apply.
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CRAFTED WITH CARE IN VERMONT Twincraft is a custom contract manufacturer for natural bar soap and premium skincare, working with many of the world’s top personal care brands. We provide the market with innovative, sustainable products, and we are looking for forward-thinking individuals to join our team of dedicated professionals.
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conducting thorough hearings in a fair, professional, judicious Reference job postingproposed #25002.decisions Burlington them to work for you. manner; preparing comprehensive that- Full-time. resolve Application deadline: 10/15/08 allThe critical issues; and assisting the Commission in evaluating State of Vermont is an Equal Opportunity Employer. the proposed decisions. The attorney would also advise the Commission in cases that the Commission hears directly, with responsibility to identify, research, and analyze significant issues, www.vtstatejobs.info manage the procedural elements of the cases, work as part of a team, and draft the Commission's orders.
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Winooski Plant Manager Would you be energized by the daily challenge of producing products in circumstances many say cannot be done? Are you fulfilled by the responsibility of over 100 staff operating multiple shifts? Do you value others enough to serve their development in ways that improve profitability? Do you have the courage to genuinely contemplate alternative perspectives? If so, we would like to talk to you! Our Operations team is looking for someone truly dedicated to contributing to the greater good of our growing business. If this position piques your interest, we encourage you to apply or reach out to us. Experience in manufacturing and management is preferred but not required. We are willing to develop the right candidate who has the attitude and aptitude to thrive in our highly dynamic, artisanal manufacturing environment. Twincraft prides itself on developing our employees, and providing daily opportunities to progress in new and unique ways. If you are looking to achieve more in a fresh environment, consider Twincraft. We offer competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefit package above and beyond the normal offering.
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SKI VERMONT MARKETING DIRECTOR Do you have a passion for marketing, Vermont, snow and mountains? Ski Vermont/the Vermont Ski Areas Association is seeking an outgoing, energetic, collaborative and organized marketing professional with excellent written and verbal communication skills to promote the top ski state in the East in collaboration with our member areas and partners. Responsibilities include creating and executing an annual promotional plan including advertising, promotions, email and social media marketing and a domestic and international consumer show presence; securing and managing marketing partnerships; and collaborating on website and social media content. A marketing degree and/or related work experience including digital advertising and strategic social media experience is required. Experience or familiarization with the ski industry, travel industry, hospitality and Vermont is preferred; Adobe Photoshop and InDesign experience is a plus. This position is based in Montpelier, requires travel, weekend/evening schedule flexibility and a minimum of advanced intermediate skiing or snowboarding ability. Please send a letter of interest, resume and targeted salary range to info@skivermont.com. 5H-SkiVermont051519.indd 1
C A P I TA L C A M PA I G N M A N AG E R Burlington City Arts is seeking an enthusiastic, professional and experienced Capital Campaign Manager to fund raise for an arts education facility. The Capital Campaign Manager will serve as the primary planner, organizer, and administrative support for the Campaign Committee, volunteers, and all other organization staff involved in the campaign. The ideal candidate will have a passion for the arts; be highly organized with strong attention to detail; have a Bachelor’s degree in non-profit management, business administration or related field and 3-5 years of experience in development, philanthropy, or non-profit fundraising; and proficiency with donor database software, entry and reporting. See https://burlingtoncityarts.org/jobs for a full description and to apply. All applications must be submitted online. Emailed applications will not be considered.
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Lamoille Restorative Center is hiring a:
JOBS PROGRAM CASE MANAGER
MASTER ELECTRICIAN ESSEX WESTFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT
The Essex Westford School District is seeking an experienced licensed electrician to coordinate and carry out the installation, maintenance and repair of electrical wiring, equipment and fixtures; to supervise and train other technicians assigned to electrical tasks and projects; and to assist with other mechanical systems and general building maintenance tasks as needed. Position is full-time (40+ hours/week), full-year. Position pays $23.02 to $28.61 depending on license and experience as an electrician. Excellent Benefits package available including family medical and dental insurance; term life insurance; professional development funds; retirement plan with up to 6% employer contribution after two years; and paid vacation, holidays, sick and personal leave.
Do you have a passion for youth work? Do you want to help young people develop the skills they need to live independently? LRC is a team-oriented, non-profit agency based in Hyde Park. The Jump On Board for Success (JOBS) Case Manager position is full-time and ideal for someone who possesses strong communication skills, a clear sense of boundaries, knowledge of adolescent development, and an understanding of the human service system. Primary responsibilities include providing flexible and participant-centered case management services for youth ages 16-22 with emotional behavioral disabilities as they pursue their employment-related goals. Preference will be given to candidates with a bachelor’s degree and experience in mental health or human services.
We are seeking candidates with the following qualifications: • Master electrician with commercial piping and control work experience preferred; journeymen electrical license (with desire and ability to obtain master license within 18 months) with 2-3 years’ commercial piping and control work experience considered.
Considering joining the LRC team if you’re interested in a work place that promotes employee well-being, and that is known for its inclusive and collaborative work environment. The position comes with a competitive salary starting at $18/hr, and a comprehensive benefit package that includes health, dental, and life insurance. Other benefits include paid sick and vacation leave, 15 paid holidays, and a retirement plan.
• Broad and in-depth knowledge and skills related to electrical or plumbing/heating system installation, maintenance and repair. • Good general knowledge and skills related to other mechanical systems functions, and building construction and repair.
Interested individuals can apply by sending a cover letter that describes their reasons for their interest in the position and their resume to the following email address: info@lrcvt.org.
• Some relevant experience in project planning and management, including estimating. • Ability to train and oversee the work of others.
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
LRC is an equal opportunity employer.
For consideration, please apply electronically through www.schoolspring.com (Job ID 3092666). EOE.
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AMERICORPS*VISTA COMMUNICATIONS/OUTREACH COORDINATOR VERMONT AFFORDABLE HOUSING COALITION Passionate about social justice issues? Help us grow our capacity to help our nonprofit members meet the housing needs of low-income and vulnerable Vermonters. We are Vermont’s statewide housing and homelessness education and advocacy coalition, dedicated to ensuring that all Vermonters have safe, stable and affordable housing. Fill out an application here: https://bit.ly/2wDOUua, plus send resume & cover letter to: erhardm@vtaffordablehousing.org and kenda.vahc@gmail.com. Modest living allowance, monthly housing stipend, and end of service education award provided. For more info, go to: https://bit.ly/2DupakK and www.vtaffordablehousing.org.
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Engaging minds that change the world Seeking a position with a quality employer? Consider The University of Vermont, a stimulating and diverse workplace. We offer a comprehensive benefit package including tuition remission for on-going, full-time positions. Agricultural Business Educator - University of Vermont Extension - #S2024PO - University of Vermont Extension seeks an Agricultural Business Educator to deliver farm business outreach education and manage complex commercial farm development projects as a member of our Agricultural Business Program. The position will be located in our St. Albans Extension office. The Agricultural Business Educator will work directly with commercial farm business owners to analyze the business, evaluate alternatives and promote managerial best practices. This position will coordinate individualized and team-based projects resulting in business plans, succession plans, and the implementation of farm development projects. Applicants must demonstrate experience with business analysis, financial management and a commitment to serve commercial farms throughout Vermont. Minimum qualifications include a Master’s degree in a related field with at least 4 years of experience with commercial agriculture in a management role, education or related industry professional, as well as at least 4 years of experience in agricultural development. The University is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity of the institution and deliver high quality service to a broad farming audience. Applicants are encouraged to include in their cover letter information about how they will further this goal. Collection Development Librarian (Assistant/Associate Library Professor) - UVM Howe Library - #F1317PO - The University of Vermont Howe Library seeks an innovative, collaborative and highly motivated Collection Development Librarian to provide leadership in transforming collection services within the Libraries. A fundamental responsibility of the Collection Development Librarian is to assess curricular needs across the university and support effective teaching and research with appropriate information resources. This position reports to the Director of Collection Management Services and works closely with subject liaisons at Howe Library and librarians at Dana Medical Library and Silver Special Collections Library/University Archives. The successful candidate will know the range of scholarly content available in electronic and print formats while also focusing on discovery and access beyond ownership: open access initiatives, institutional repositories and data mining initiatives. Knowledge of the scholarly communication landscape and standard criteria for measuring resource use and impact is essential. This position requires the ability to work with campus partners to demonstrate the value of the library’s collections to multiple constituencies in academic departments, professional schools and academic medical centers. The Collection Development Librarian will join the University Libraries during an exciting period of transition to a new collections model that focuses on interdisciplinary research and incorporates the expertise of subject librarians and faculty. Candidates are required to submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae and contact information for three references. The search will remain open until the position is filled. For best consideration, complete applications should be received no later than Friday, June 7, 2019. For further information on these positions and others currently available, or to apply online, please visit www.uvmjobs.com. Applicants must apply for positions electronically. Paper resumes are not accepted. Open positions are updated daily. Please call 802-656-3150 or email employment@uvm.edu for technical support with the online application. The University of Vermont is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
Vermont Housing Finance Agency (VHFA), located in Burlington VT, has immediate openings for a Director of Information Technology and Community Development Underwriter. Named one of the “Best Small/Medium Places to Work in Vermont” the last few years, VHFA is looking for individuals who will help us to maintain our great reputation, demonstrate a strong work ethic, are creative, put our customers first, and work well both independently and as team players.
Director of Information Technology
Responsible for managing all aspects of the Agency’s Information Technology (IT) department and resources, including the network, websites, hardware, and software. A proven leader who is a trusted partner and strategic advisor to the Agency’s business units and Executive Management team. An innovative thinker who is able to clearly communicate Agency-wide, and concurrently prioritize and manage large and small projects involving IT and/or software implementation. Also responsible for the design and testing of the Agency’s IT disaster recovery process, maintaining effective working relationships with Agency partners regarding technology, and the identification and selection of IT vendors and consultants whose contributions would benefit VHFA’s operations. Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Information Technology or similar field, Microsoft Certifications, or equivalent work experience is required, as is eight years’ experience in a progressively more responsible IT position and at least two years’ experience supervising IT staff. Experience in network architecture and administration, virtual server environments, cybersecurity, database structures, cloud-based solutions, and Microsoft Office Products and SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), is desirable, as is a basic knowledge of accounting and/or mortgage banking.
Community Development Underwriter
Responsible for comprehensive underwriting and analysis of prospective multifamily housing and single-family developments being considered for VHFA financing, tax credits, and special initiatives. Will underwrite and analyze Housing Credit applications and administer the Federal and State Housing Credit Programs. This position administers real estate Development programs in coordination with the Managing Director of Community Development and actively participates in initiating and conducting outreach to the development community and partners. This person will assist in the development of loan and Housing Credit policies and procedures as part of the development team; will maintain familiarity with and administer programs in accordance with all applicable federal regulations, VHFA statutory requirements, and Community Development rules and underwriting guidelines; and will manage loan requisitions. Finally, this position is responsible for maintaining and submitting requisite reporting and tracking project performance. Four-year college degree or equivalent work experience is required, as is a solid grasp of finance and financial risk analysis and strong spreadsheet and word processing skills. Experience in multifamily and/or single-family housing development, credit analysis, loan underwriting, or residential and/or commercial finance, and experience with community development and knowledge of State and federal housing programs, is desirable. Requires occasional travel throughout Vermont with a valid driver’s license and dependable transportation, and periodic travel outside the state for training and trade conferences. In addition, candidates must demonstrate a creative problem-solving approach with good attention to detail, exceptional customer service skills, and possess excellent written and verbal communication skills. Must be highly organized, able to handle multiple tasks, set priorities and meet deadlines, while working with a wide range of individuals, both internal and external to the Agency. VHFA offers a competitive salary and an excellent benefits package. For a detailed job description and benefits overview, please see the Careers section of VHFA.org. To apply, send cover letter (required), resume, salary requirements and references to the Human Resources Department at HR@vhfa.org by Friday, June 14, 2019. VHFA is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workplace. We highly encourage women, persons with disabilities, and people from diverse racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds to apply. 12-VHFA051519.indd 1
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VT CHILD WELFARE TRAINING PARTNERSHIP HAS A NUMBER OF OPENINGS: Curriculum & Training Specialist, Full-time Work independently and as part of a strong team to implement a comprehensive training program for the State of Vermont, Division of Family Services. Participate in assessment of learning needs, curriculum development, evaluation and training, utilizing a variety of media. Provide consultation and coaching to FSD staff, instructors, Foster Parents and community partners to include work with diverse populations. Master’s degree in social work or a related field and two to three years’ experience in child protection and/or youth justice required. Knowledge and experience in child protection, youth justice, child/family health/ mental health, human development, foster care and/or adoption required. Experience designing curricula and teaching/training for adult learners required. Coaching and supervision experience desired. Ability to manage multiple deadlines and strong written and verbal communication skills required. Ability to travel frequently to off-site work locations around the state required. The University is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the institution. Applicants are required to include in their cover letter information about how they will further this goal. Main office located on the UVM campus, off-site work locations may also be available. Please apply online at: www.uvmjobs.com/postings/34980
Temporary Positions available: The Vermont Child Welfare Training Partnership’s Kin, Foster and Adoptive Families Training Team is hiring for the following regional temp positions to provide trauma informed, competency-based curriculum training for Vermont foster, kin and adoptive caregivers. Training is provided across the state of Vermont through the Vermont Child Welfare Training Partnership a collaboration between the Vermont Department for Children and Families (DCF)/Family Services Division and the University of Vermont. These temporary positions begin after July 1, 2019 and end June 30, 2020. If you are interested in applying to any of the following positions please send a cover letter and resume to Jennifer.Jorgenson@uvm.edu. Please identify in your cover letter which position you are applying for.
4-6 Regional Fostering to Forever Trainers (Temp Positions) Deliver training using set curriculum for foster and kin caregivers interested in adoption. Job function includes: Organize and deliver set curriculum, utilize technology within training setting (i.e. PowerPoint, videos, tablets, smart boards, projectors and other necessary equipment), lead engaging and interactive training activities with caregivers, coordinate with Assistant Regional Trainer (Temporary) and VT-CWTP staff regarding training supply needs and food coordination, assist in conducting evaluation of training, complete necessary paperwork regarding attendance, submit hours and mileage within deadlines set, attend required quarterly meetings/professional development with VT CWTP staff and other meetings as assigned, train in at least 2-3 FSD districts, attend initial orientation and training of trainers regarding new curriculum. $25-$25.50 an hour for approximately 110-160 hours annually with most trainings occurring week nights and Saturdays. Required education and experience equivalent to: Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work or closely related field or equivalent experience, valid driver’s license, car insurance, reliable transportation.
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Experience training in evidenced informed/based curricula specific to caregivers, experience with training set curriculum, experience working in child protection, youth justice, substance abuse and adoption and trauma informed practice, clinical background/experience in working with families involved in the child welfare system. To apply please send a cover letter & resume to: Jennifer.Jorgenson@uvm.edu.
4-6 Regional Foundations Trainers (Temp Positions) Deliver required foundational training using set curriculum for state licensed foster and kin caregivers. Job function includes: Organize and deliver set curriculum, utilize technology within training setting (i.e. PowerPoint, videos, tablets, smart boards, projectors and other necessary equipment), lead engaging and interactive training activities with caregivers, coordinate with Assistant Regional Trainer (Temporary) and VT-CWTP staff regarding training supply needs and food coordination, assist in conducting evaluation of training, complete necessary paperwork regarding attendance, submit hours and mileage within deadlines set, attend required quarterly meetings/professional development with VT CWTP staff and other meetings as assigned, train in at least 2-3 FSD districts, attend initial orientation and training of trainers regarding new curriculum.
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Full-time administrative assistant position available. Downtown Burlington Law firm seeks a highly motivated and organized professional. Job entails client contact, scheduling, document preparation, file and billing management and follow-up responsibilities. Excellent organizational, typing skills, knowledge of Word/Excel and attention to detail a must. Legal experience preferred but not essential. Full benefit package. Send resumes to: jaustin@dinse.com
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4-6 Regional Assistant Trainers (Temp Positions) Provide logistical and anecdotal support for training using set curriculum for foster and kin caregivers. Job function includes: support Regional Trainer (Temporary) with leading engaging and interactive training activities with caregivers, coordinate with Regional Trainer (Temporary) and VT-CWTP staff regarding training supply needs and food coordination, assist Regional Trainer (Temporary) in conducting evaluation of training. complete necessary paperwork regarding attendance, submit hours and mileage within deadlines set, attend required meetings/professional development with VT CWTP staff, plan for, order, shop/pick up and deliver food, maintain and submit all necessary receipts and paperwork regarding food in a timely manner, assist trainings in at least 2-3 FSD districts, attend initial orientation and training of trainers regarding new curriculum.
Resumes may be sent to JustinG@edgevt.com or KimK@edgevt.com. LEAD AND ASSISTANT TEACHERS: The person in these positions will work with an active team to educate children with an enriching, hands-on, playbased learning experience. Compensation: $13-$17/hr. commensurate with education and experience, plus benefits.
Required education and experience equivalent to: High School diploma or equivalent, driver’s license, car insurance, reliable transportation.
To apply please send a cover letter & resume to: Jennifer.Jorgenson@uvm.edu.
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Compensation is $18-$20/ hour based on experience, plus benefits.
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Preferred Qualifications: Experience using PowerPoint, projectors, smart boards, tablets for training purposes.
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Seeking self-motivated, construction-savvy associate to join our facility maintenance team. Must have basic plumbing and painting skills, ability to work early mornings, and flexibility to change local job sites throughout the day.
To apply please send a cover letter & resume to: Jennifer.Jorgenson@uvm.edu.
Demonstrated ability to facilitate productive and educational group conversations, proficiency in classroom management.
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Preferred Qualifications: Experience using PowerPoint, projectors, smart boards, tablets for training purposes, experience training evidenced informed/ based curricula specific to caregivers, experience with training set curriculum, experience working in child protection, youth justice, substance abuse and adoption and trauma informed practice, clinical background/experience in working with families involved in the child welfare system.
Preferred Qualifications: Experience with database data entry, emailing and other computer software, experience with record keeping, shopping, budgeting, maintaining paperwork, lived experience with foster, kin or adoption. Comfortable in front of groups.
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Resumes may be sent to kimk@edgevt.com. Benefits: Access to Group Health Insurance and Health Club Membership is included! THE EDGE IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.
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SUMMER SEASONAL LABORER (PUBLIC WORKS)
CHEF MANAGER: Full Time, benefits eligible. Lead a team to source and serve healthy, local, and sustainable foods on our Plainfield, VT campus! Direct all aspects of food service operations, including: hiring, training and supervising staff ; creating high-quality non-vegetarian, vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, and other special dietary choice meals; budget management; purchasing and inventory; cost containment; ensure that all health, safety, and sanitation standards are met; direct front-of-house operations and cash management. This full-time position requires a varied schedule including evening, weekend, and holiday work.
Seeking summer seasonal laborers for our Public Works Department. Job duties include but are not limited to caring for the Downtown gardens and flower posts and other grounds and general labor. Must be 18 years of age and have a valid driver’s license. $15 per hour based on experience. For full position description and to apply please visit www.winooskivt.gov.
Qualifications: A creative approach to food preparation and providing an excellent food service experience for students, faculty, staff, and other guest. A solid background in the culinary industry, and kitchen and dining room management experience. A culinary degree or 5 years of experience. Serve Safe certification is preferred. Compensation: $45,000 annually, plus benefits including paid leave time and standard insurance options.
“The City of Winooski: Vermont’s Opportunity City.”
HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATOR: Full time, benefits eligible. As part of the human resources team,
manage benefits administration, payroll, new employee orientations/onboarding, and benefits enrollments. Lead employee recruitment efforts. Serve as college contact for state & federal agencies to ensure personnel related regulatory compliance. General office administration.
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Minimum Qualifications: BA/BS in human resources management, organizational management, education administration, or a closely related field, and a minimum of 3 years of human resources experience, or a BA and 5 years of combined experience in human resources and higher education. Skill with the Microsoft Office Suite and Google applications; competence with HRIS data management. Compensation: $38,000 to $43,000 annually, plus benefits that include paid leave time and standard insurance options.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
HUMAN RESOURCES ASSISTANT: Full time, benefit eligible. Support the business and human resources functions
Community Capital of Vermont is seeking a dynamic and effective Executive Director. CCVT is a statewide small business and microenterprise lender serving low to moderate income Vermonters. Since 1995 CCVT has helped Vermont entrepreneurs secure capital for startups and expanding businesses throughout the state.
by performing a variety of administrative tasks including data entry, database updates, invoicing, filing; and answering the college’s primary 800 phone number. Duties include performing tasks on financial and human resources databases; crosstraining with business and human resources staff to ensure coverage of core tasks; assisting in managing schedules; generating memos, e-mails, reports; responding to requests for information; and maintaining Google based intranet sites for the business and human resources offices. Minimum Qualifications: An Associate’s Degree in business, human resources, accounting, or other appropriate discipline, plus two years of relevant experience, or a Bachelor’s degree in business, human resources, accounting, or other appropriate discipline. Excellent customer service skills. Preferred qualifications include experience with the Microsoft Excel, ADP WorkforceNow and NetSuite. Compensation: $15.00 to $17.00 per hour, plus benefits that include paid leave time and standard insurance options.
The E.D. reports to our Board of Directors and is responsible for the day to day operations of the organization, and supporting the Board’s leadership on policy and long-term planning. Areas of responsibility include financial management, fundraising, oversight of lending and business advisory programs as well as coordinating our marketing and outreach efforts.
STUDENT LIFE COORDINATOR: Part Time and on call, seasonal. Collaborate with students, staff, faculty, program directors and administrators to assist with the development, delivery and assessment of programs and services related to Student Life, including wellness, counseling, community life, student leadership and participation and crisis response.
Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree plus significant experience working or volunteering in crisis response areas. Demonstrated ability to work effectively with diverse populations. Compensation: $4.20 – 4.90 hr. (pager), 12.00 – 12.50 hr. (administrative), $20.00/ hr (active or on-site with pager).
COLLEGE HELP DESK STAFF: Seasonal. Assist in operations of the Goddard College Help Desk including AV set-ups in campus meeting spaces; problem response, break down and set up Faculty Offices, dorm room check in and out students and faculty, check out and maintain supplies and equipment used by students and faculty during residencies
This position offers a competitive salary with excellent benefits. A complete job description with additional information on this position is available on our website:
Qualifications: High school diploma, BA preferred, Strong customer service skills, Strong written, spoken, and interpersonal skills, Demonstrated competence with MS Word, MS Excel, intranet, and Internet.
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