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Montpelier’s Lost Nation Theater gets in on the economic development act By Erik Esckilsen ake a quick spin around downtown Montpelier and you’re unlikely to be struck by the urban energy o f the place. N ot even — no, especially — when the legislature is in session. Hard by the banks o f the W inooski River, the state capital is like a pre-sprawl snapshot o f Vermont life. It’s no coincidence that a magazine with that very title is headquartered there. Peer behind the right closed doors, however, and the picture that emerges o f the nation’s smallest capital city changes dra matically. Head up to the second floor o f the grand 1909 edifice o f Montpelier City Hall and brace yourself for political machinations, illicit affairs and sundry debauchery o f Shakespearean proportions. Literally. But unlike other scan dals in other capitals, this tawdry business is a source o f civic pride. And it’s been going on for a decade or more, ever since Lost Nation Theater began calling the place home. It was a palace coup o f sorts

that brought the troupe to City Hall. As L N T co-producing Artistic Director Kim Bent recalls, the space became avail able in the summer o f 1988, when the former summer resi dent thespians, Atlantic Theater Company, headed north to Burlington. Bent and his cohorts had to move quickly, though, as city officials had already placed an ad in Variety soliciting profes sional theater companies to come to town. Says L N T ’s other co-producing Artistic Director, Kathleen Keenan, the ad pro duced a “W hat are we, chopped liver?” response among local the ater artists. So LN T itself responded to the ad, taking the lead as pro ducers o f a summer season that drew several area companies together for one production each. The resulting “scramble,” as Bent describes it, weeded out the other groups. “It was so much work that we were the only ones silly enough to try it again,” he says. The group’s efforts, coupled with good timing and serious commitment, have paid off.

W hen the City Hall Improvement Committee assembled in 1993, LNT was among its ranks, helping pass — on the third try — a bond issue to renovate the City Hall Theater. W hen those renova tions were completed the follow ing year, says Keenan, “our pro duction values soared.” Where plaster once fell generously from the ceilings, there is now a light ing grid. Elegant curtains, an ample, modified-thrust stage and 150-some seats at a comfortable angle complete the effect. “It’s not a mom-and-pop theater any more,” Bent adds. W hile the production values may still seem modest in com parison to those at such larger venues as the Barre Opera House and Burlington’s Flynn Theatre, the space is well suited to L N T ’s artistic vision. Its size fosters an intimacy between the audience and “actors duking it out with each other,” Bent says. “You can get a wonderful event happening, that relationship.” As the past season’s perfor mances revealed, the company has grown adept at making the

I most o f •* what they have. Full, “box-set” productions are staged periodically, but theatergoers are as likely to find a stage employing innova tive uses o f screens, swings, risers and portable sets. Bent and Keenan, who are also husband and wife, admit that the scenic spareness is influ enced largely by what’s in the company coffers, but the work that takes place on their stage indicates substantial wealth where it counts most: talent. As Keenan notes, “We don’t offi cially have an ensemble, but we have a history with some very talented people.” She credits the annual Vermont Association o f Theatre and Theatre Artists for delivering actors, among them Danielle Sertz, a recent Ithaca College graduate and one o f sev eral LNT affiliates with Broadway or equivalent profes sional acting credentials. Others come to LNT by more cir cuitous routes, such as Tim Tavcar, the titular impresario in

the recent staging o f Mozart’s satirical opera. Tavcar, also an accomplished musician and vocalist who has performed with the Houston Grand Opera and the Washington Opera at Kennedy Center, discovered Montpelier while vacationing in 1995. Impressed with L N T ’s staging o f A D oll’s House, he signed on when he relocated to Vermont in April 1997. Along with co directing this summer’s first pro duction, The Threepenny Opera, Sertz and Tavcar will both hold down full-time positions for the season. They’ll be joined by some 30 additional guest artists, according to Keenan. N o mere summer haven for professional theater artists, how ever, L N T has evolved from what Bent calls “an art trip” at its 1977 founding into one o f the state’s premier year-round producers o f Shakespeare and contemporary theatrical fare. The summer season runs from June to October and typically includes a small-cast musical, a

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drama, a comedy and a bit o f the Bard. In the winter and spring, the troupe tackles what Bent describes as the “contem porary and fringe.” Past productions have included an adaptation o f Studs Terkel’s book Working, the Agatha Christie whodunit Mousetrap, musical favorite The Fantasticks, Samuel Beckett excerpts billed as Beckett Bits and Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Last winter the company staged Stephen Spoonamore’s tribute to former Governor Deane Davis, But Your Honor! This spring they m ount ed, in collaboration with Vermont Opera Theater, The Impresario and Jerome Kilty’s Dear Liar. Attention to the communi ty’s cultural interests is an equal part o f L N T ’s artistic vision. Named for a particularly hardto-reach region o f central Vermont’s Braintree Mountain range, the company has also maintained a residency at Montpelier High School for seven years, directing three shows a year. This past academic year, the collaboration yielded December’s You C ant Take It With You and, in lieu o f a sec ond production, extensive work shops for the current staging o f Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. That production is notable for its introduction o f two new charac ters, Rosenstern and Guildencrantz. This revision, intended to illuminate possibilities for casting across gender, jibes with L N T ’s interest in works that lend themselves to reworking. For their own projects, the company looks for plays that are relevant to the community and that, as Keenan says, “don’t just indict but offer a ray o f hope.” Keenan is also drawn to works that employ poetic or lyrical lan guage and that can incorporate original music. W hile she points out that LN T is “not officially an ensemble,” Bent concedes that the company keeps their core o f stalwart actors in mind when choosing projects. Those actors weigh in on selections, helping the company stay abreast o f what’s happening in the larger theater world, and audience surveys are now being administered to generate ideas for future productions. The sum total o f L N T ’s work and presence over the years has bolstered their image as a cultural asset to the com munity. As o f last November, Bent and Keenan assumed responsibility for booking the City Hall Theater, creating opportunities for the likes o f the Hunger M ountain C o-O p Food Fair, the M ontpelier Chamber Orchestra, a Main Street Middle School performance o f The Tempest and M ontpelier High School’s monthly student-run cabaret, known as “The Incident.”

The reciprocal support from the community has been critical in helping the company thrive. L N T ’s annual operating budget, which Keenan hopes will soon hit $200,000, doesn’t include rent on the City Hall Theater — because there isn’t any. Bent cites this arrangement as a “privilege” and a major distinction between LNT and companies in the Burlington area, where space runs at a premium. “The city is making an investment,” Bent says, noting that LNT is at the “threshold” o f showing “that the presence o f the theater creates an

Audience development is a big gie. Attendance has not kept pace with L N T ’s artistic growth; recent productions played to rave reviews but notably thin houses. As Bent sees it, building attendance may be a work-in progress for awhile yet. “In terms o f audience development,” he says, “it takes that person-toperson connection to establish growth, which takes time.” The upcoming summer sea son stands as good a chance as any o f bringing them in, every play capitalizing on a degree o f name recognition. Threepenny

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^ E ^ T o ^ ir e c t o r Kim Bent i economic engine in the commu nity that more than pays for itself.” Montpelier Finance Director Mike Welch backs up that asser tion. “There is no question that there is an economic benefit with the amount o f people that participate in their programs,” he says. Welch also notes L N T ’s presence on the Montpelier Downtown Community Association, charged with man aging a downtown revitalization that has intensified over the past year. “They’re a big part o f the community,” he says. Assistant City Manager Beverlee Pembroke Hill, who was tax collector when LNT moved into City Hall, says that the troupe’s contributions have exceeded expectations. “We’re now known as a very cultural city,” she says, “Back then, a lot o f this was very new to us.” She’s also quick to praise the group’s dual role as theater artists and theater educators. “The combi nation is extremely beneficial to a community o f our size,” Hill adds. In addition to municipal sup port, LNT receives direct finan cial support from National Life o f Vermont — also a key backer o f the City Hall Theater renova tion — along with state arts grants, private donations and, o f course, ticket revenues. According to Keenan, behindthe-fmancial-scenes support kicks in even harder. She esti mates that in-kind support from businesses and individuals — everything from volunteer ushers and box-office staff, to lodging o f guest actors, to items loaned for props — would easily outstrip the annual operating budget. As Bent puts it, “We work collaboratively in the community. The theater belongs to the communi ty in a significant way.” Still, contrary to pop-cultural wisdom, if you build it, they will not necessarily come. As in the plots they pursue onstage, LNT sees significant creative chal lenges waiting in the wings.

Opera (June 17 - July 4) may draw audiences familiar with the Bobby Darin hit “Mack the Knife” and curious about the Kurt Weill-Bertolt Brecht collab oration that created it. Accord ing to Tavcar, the entire second floor — lobby and theater prop er — will be converted into the Octopus’ Arms pub, where Mackie met his matches. Neil Simon’s Pulitzer Prizeand Tony Award-winning come dy Lost in Yonkers (July 8-25) recalls the wartime adventures of two brothers sent to live with their adversarial Grandmother Kurnitz and Aunt Bella. On the heels o f its film adaptation, Irish playwright Brian Friel’s Dancing at Lughnasa (July 29 - August 15) chronicles the lives o f five sister spinsters in a seaside vil lage; the LNT production will feature live Celtic music. “A Tom Stoppard Miscellany” billed as Non-Stop Stoppard (August 1822) will showcase the witty repartee and conceptual inven tiveness o f the Shakespeare in Love co-writer. Finally, in keep ing with LNT tradition, Shakespeare comes alive with the murderous intrigues o f Richard ///(Septem ber 23 - October 10). W hen the curtain falls on this season, Keenan says the company will find itself at another crossroads. As the com pany’s only year-round full-time employees, she and Bent have helmed a theatrical enterprise on par with Maine’s Portland Stage Company, but with roughly one-tenth o f the staff. “We need to grow, or we need to pull back. It’s too much to sustain at this level,” Keenan says, noting that the company’s recently instituted capital endowment campaign could offer a solution. Looking back on a decade or so o f successful theater, Assistant City Manager Hill recalls, “There may have been a lack o f understanding o f how beneficial this was going to be.” M ont pelier is about to learn what it takes to keep that going. ®

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JERICHO-UNDERHILL AREA ARTISTS and craftspeople host the sixth annual tour of local studios. Samples of art work, including from members of the Northern Vermont Artists Association, demos and maps at Jericho Community Center and Old Mill Gallery, 8993067. May 29, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.; May 30, 12:30-5 p.m. OPEN HOUSE WEEKEND, featuring a student sale, demonstrations and exhibits. Vermont Clay Studio, Waterbury, 244-1126. May 29-30, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. FINE ART FLEA MART, featuring artists in the alley next to Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts, Burlington, 865-7165. Every Saturday, 1-5 p.m. FROM OAK TO HEIRLOOM. Furniture maker Randall Henson transforms a slab of poplar into a traditional Windsor chair for Open Studios Weekend. Randall Henson Workshop, Colchester, 878-6149. May 29-30, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

THE SICKNESS WITH NO CURE, music-inspired abstract drawings by David Peroff. Three Needs, Burlington, 482-5457. Closing reception June 1, 7 p.m.

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SECOND ANNUAL FIREHOUSE OPEN, featuring 50 works in mixed media by local artists. Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts, Burlington, 865-7165. Through June 20. HEADSTART ART, works by students of Jude Bond. Burlington City Hall, third floor, 865-7166. Through May. ONE HAND CLAPPING, five paintings reflecting East-West traditions, by Rick Hayes and Erick Kidhardt. Mezzanine, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 8657211. Through May. JANE HORNER, an installation. Rhombus Gallery, Burlington, 8653144. Through May.

SHAPES OF THE ROAD, SHAPES OF THE SEA, Italian photography by Lina Maria Testa. Courtyard Collection, Burlington, 660-0888. Ongoing. JANET FREDERICKS, paintings, “On Land and Water,” and ROB GREENE, jewelry. Grannis Gallery, Burlington, 660-2032. Through May. Also, jewelry by Tim Grannis and other jeweler-arti sans. Ongoing.

ARTISTS OF HOWARD COMMUNITY SERVICES, featuring new work from the GRACE Art Workshop Program, Union Station, Burlington, 472-6857. Through May.

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CATHARINE BALC0 & DON TEETER, recent paintings and drawings. Working Design Gallery at the Men’s Room, Burlington, 864-2088. Through May. BOMBS AWAY, collage reactions to the bombing in Kosovo by UVM students. One Wall Gallery, Seven Days, Burlington, 864-5684. Through May. WENDY MOORE, monotypes. Better Bagel, Williston, 879-2808. Through May.

TOIL AND SPIN: RECENT WORK BY KATHLEEN SCHNEIDER. Fleming Museum, Burlington, 656-0750. Through June 6.

ings and mixed media. Art Gallery of Barre, 476-1030. Through June 28. FORMATjVE'EXPERIENCES, featuring new sculpture by Kathryn WysockeyJohnson and Lauren Cole, and work by the faculty. Vermont Clay Studio, Waterbury, 244-1126. Through May. HEAD START ART, featuring artwork by children, parents and staff at CVCAG Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Children’s Room, Montpelier, 2231227. Through May 30. HEATON WOODS ART, featuring art work by participants in an intergenerational art program between Union Elementary School and Heaton Woods. Berlin Mall, Berlin, 223-1157. Through May 28.

FORESTS AND FIELDS, HILLS AND HOMES: 19th-Century Vermont Scenes by the Robinson Family, featuring pas toral landscapes by Rowland E. Robinson and his daughter Rachael Robinson Elmer. Sheldon Museum, Middlebury, 388-2117. Through July. THE BIG PICTURE, featuring large-for mat photography from European and American artists. Middlebury College Museum of Art, 443-2069. Through August 1.

GENERATION OF CHANGE: VERMONT, 18 2 0 -18 5 0 , featuring artifacts and documents that examine how the state dealt with issues such as slavery, tem perance, religious diversity and more. Vermont Historical Society, Pavilion Building, Montpelier, 828-2291. Ongoing. THE NAIVE SPIRIT, fine examples of folk art from the permanent collection. T.W. Wood Gallery, Montpelier, 8288743. Through August 1. S1LKSCREEN PRINTS by Sally Stetson. Shimmering Glass Gallery, Waterbury, 244-8134. Ongoing. CONTEMPORARY ART, by painters Tom Merwin, Ellen Hoffman, sculptors Robert Ressler, Dan George, photogra pher Suzanne Winterberger, and the Edinboro Bookarts Cooperative. Merwin Gallery, Castleton, 468-2592. Ongoing. SCRAP-BASED ARTS & CRAFTS, fea turing re-constructed objects of all kinds by area artists. The Restore, Montpelier, 229-1930. Ongoing. FURNISHINGS AND PAINTINGS by '' Ruth Pope. Ruth Pope Gallery, Montpelier, 229-5899. Ongoing.

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with and use. Vermont Clay Studio, Waterbury, 244-1126. June 1 - July 30. ALICE ECKLES, recent paintings and prints. Katie’s Jewels, Montpelier, 4568993.June 1-30. PHOTOGRAPHS by Jamie Cope, “Women Eight to Eighty,” and Ken Aiken, “Venice: Three Perspectives.” Vermont Arts Council Gallery, Montpelier, 828-3778. Through June. ARTISTS WORKING TOGETHER For Studio Place Arts. Works in two and three dimensions by artists interested in the development of the Barre arts cen ter. Aldrich Library, Milne Gallery, Barre, 229-9446. Through June.

elementary, middle and high school students. Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, 253-8358. Through May 29. ABRAHAM MCNULLY, 40 sculptures creating one installation, “Time Experienced.” Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, 253-8358. Through May 29.

THATCHER BROOK PRIMARY SCHOOL EXHIBIT, artwork by students K-4.

Body Ornaments of Brass. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 603-646-2809. Through September 19.

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Mist Grill Cafe, Waterbury, 244-2233. Through May 30.

CONTEMPORARY NATIVE AMERICAN DANCE SHAWLS by Jane Walker Richmond. La Brioche, Montpelier, 229-4230. Through May. L0CHLIN SMITH, jewelry, garden orna ments and mobiles. The Artisans’ Hand Craft Gallery, Montpelier, 229-9492. Through May.

THREE PAINTINGS AND THE OTHER HEAD, works by John Matusz. Axel’s Frame Shop, Waterbury, 244-7801. Through May. SKYSCAPES & BEACH GRASS, watercolors, brush drawings and oil pastels by Pria Cambio. About Thyme Cafe, Montpelier, 223-0427. Through June 6.

ART RESOURCE ASSOCIATION mem bers’ exhibits in mixed media at the State House Cafeteria and City Center Lobby, Montpelier, 229-2766. Through May 28 and June 6, respectively. LUCINDA HUMPHREY, collage paint

19TH AND 20TH CENTURY AMERI CAN ARTISTS including landscape paintings by Vermont artists Kathleen Kolb, Thomas Curtin, Cynthia Price and more. Clarke Galleries, Stowe, 253-7116. Ongoing.

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JACOB LAWRENCE, AESOP’S FABLES, featuring pen-and-ink drawings for the classic tales. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 603-646-2809. Through June 20. ON ALL FRONTS: Posters from the World Wars in the Dartmouth Collection, and SARAJEVO: RECENT WAR POSTERS, more than 100 origi nal posters from World Wars I and II, and the siege of Sarajevo. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmough College, Hanover, N.H., 603-646-2426. Through July 4. PLEASE NOTE: Seven Days is unable to accommodate all o f the displays in our readership area, thus these listings must be restricted to exhibits in truly public view ing places. Art in business offices, lobbies and private residences or studios, with occasional exceptions, will not be accepted

tive space runs along the left side o f the face, separating the edge o f the paper from the he Firehouse Gallery, image. This keeps it from get owned by the City o f ting claustrophobic, despite Burlington, might be the totally filling the field. A drip perfect place for democracy — o f red on the lower edge o f the in art. The current “Second paper also breaks the rectan Annual Open Exhibition,” gle. inspired by an “emergency” T he most substantial curatorial effort last year, is a sculptural works are solitary, uniquely diverse exhibit from human-scaled figures full o f artists with varying levels o f tension and move expertise — basically ment. O ne o f these the first 50 artists has the dryness o f a who walked through m um m y and the col the door on May 11, ors o f dead leaves in and whose work met October. “Gathering the city’s guidelines. Myself,” by Melinda A few weaker pieces W hite, is a stooped, can be easily tolerat wizened figure made ed in such an egali o f sticks, pine cones, tarian exhibit. Like straw and brown papilast year’s “Open er-mdche. Lost in Invitational,” this skeletal thinness, she one highlights the seems to go about her varied expressive quiet gathering while impulses that run facing toward the soil. rampant in the com As she examines a munity. pine cone, she is O ne o f the most oblivious to viewers, striking paintings is the gallery and the “Beebalm and sounds o f Church Echinacea,” by Sara Street. Farr. In the decora Although paint tive tradition o f ings and sculpture Matisse, this roughly dominate the exhibit, 50” x 6 0 ” oil is there are also collage, bright, simple and assemblages, an installa superbly executed. tion and a documentary video This small-scale piece is an Farr has distilled images o f an — the last by noted videograexpressionistic, full-faced herb and a flowering perennial pher Roz Payne. image o f a mask-like visage into a dynamic pattern o f The origins o f this show that fills the paper. Aube large shapes and color. W hile should also be remembered: seems to have created the her indigo flotilla o f spiky beeLast year’s exhibit was hastily entire work with only primary balm plants seems to ascend drummed up in response to colors, while avoiding the vertically on the hot magenta walls left blank when field, larger torpedo an artist removed her shapes surround entire collaborative lavender flowers to [Like last year’s “O p e n J exhibit rather than build a diagonal axis accept the removal o f moving toward the Invitational,” this o n e j j i g h j one drawing, deemed upper left. The inappropriate under rhythms and patterns are intrinsically inter [lights the varied_exB£gssjy£j gallery guidelines. These “com m unity esting, but “Beebalm standards” were and Echinacea” also ^ m p u i s e ^ h a ^ j ^ m p a n n n adopted in the late demonstrates that a 1980s, and since little knowledge o f color substantive effort has theory can be a very been made to revisit powerful tool. them, an asterisk Farr has layered onset o f mud in her inks. Red regarding appropriateness pale greens beneath variations and yellow punctuate the inherently remains next to the o f purple under the echinacea structure o f the face. The most title, “O pen Exhibition.” forms, and cerulean blue Nevertheless, this new annual dominant hue is an olive green under pale greens in the tradition is an exciting com that mingles with red to form shapes around the beebalm a rich brown. plement to established juried torpedoes. These hues are seen The print is also composiarts events such as the South in subtle borders that shimmer tionally more complex than its End Art Flop and Art’s Alive, on the flat magenta. But there keen simplicity would first and Burlington is fortunate to is another surprise in this indicate. A thin band o f nega have it. 0 chromatic hothouse: O ne o f the horizontal echinacea torpe does is made o f two closely keyed silvery grays. It seems to echo the pale green areas, revealing how gray can opti cally mix toward the comple mentary color o f what sur rounds it. Another work with a sophisticated approach to color is an “Untitled” collagraph print by Amanda Aube.

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If the latest from George Lucas is long on anything it’s the title — not entertainment value. W hat a pompous, meatheaded mouthful. It’s like the titles of three movies all strung together into one. And, speaking of things meatheadedly strung together, there’s the movie itself. I’ll be honest: I dozed through chunks and left shortly before it was over. Somehow, though, I feel confident I got the gist of the thing. Liam Neeson and Ewan McGregor star here as Jedi knights. For those of you unfamiliar with the Lucas lexicon, a Jedi knight essential ly is someone who’s read too many fortune cookies and taken a vow of humorlessness. As best I could make it out, the idea is that some kind of evil political body is going hogwild and levying taxes on a bunch of planets which aren’t too thrilled about it. Tensions escalate when one disgruntled planet refuses to put its share into the pot. So, unless I missed something, the plot of the new Star Wars is pretty much Vermont’s Act 60 controversy set to music by John Williams. I’m not kidding. The action in The Phantom Menace is propelled by the intergalactic equivalent of a bond issue. W hat a visionary. Maybe in the next installment Lucas will have Darth Vader turn evil when he runs for a seat on the school board in his district and loses. Anyway, Neeson and McGregor get sent to the tax-protest planet to smooth things over, only they catch wind of an inva sion plan and whisk the queen away so she can come up with a strategy for saving her people even though she’s, like, 19. Soon after they escape, their ship breaks down and they’re forced to pull over on a small out-of-the-way planet, where Neeson encounters a young boy he imme diately senses is The Chosen One. Neeson wants to bring the kid to the Jedi home office for evaluation, but hasn’t got money to pay for the needed repairs. The obvious solution? Get the tyke to risk his life in a deadly super sonic bloodsport. Neeson enters the boy in a pod race that makes the chariot sequence in Ben Hur look like a driver’s ed safety film. He gambles not only that the kid will survive, but that he will come in first, and stakes his vessel on it. The

most amazing thing about the race, though, isn’t how digitally sophisticated it is, but rather how redundant its endless twists and turns quickly become — and how reminiscent it is of the sequence in Return o f the Jedi where airborne motorcycles streak-between trees at warp speed. T hat’s the way it is with much of this over-hyped and under-written film. A better title might’ve been Star Wars Episode 1: Been There, Done That. The new characters introduced here aren’t much help. Jar Jar Binks is little more than a rubbery version of the Trix rabbit with marbles in his mouth. He’s got to be the most annoying special effect since Howard the Duck. Only slightly less lame is the movie’s bad guy, a Mephistophelean moron with a red paint job, little devil horns, and all the menacing and mysterious charisma of The Hamburglar. The movie probably cost close to $150 million to make, and the best Lucas could come up with for a villain was someone who looks like he plays bass in a Kiss cover band? It just goes on and on, without generating suspense or building excitement. The whole picture really boils down to about 300,000 short little scenes all strung together. Each works pretty much the same way: Lucas opens up on some exotic alien vista, holds the shot just long enough for us to drink in all the kooky buildings, snazzy rocket ships and funny-looking animals he’s crammed into the frame, a couple of characters utter some stun ningly banal line of dialogue and then, pfft! — it’s on to the next effects-stuffed vista. Nine or 10 thousand of these mini-scenes into the picture, you begin to wish the director was sitting nearby so you could shake him and scream, “Okay already, we get the idea! You guys spent the past six years in front of computers making really complicated cartoons with lots of goofy-looking martians and stuff. Didn’t anybody think to type up a story?” Apparently everyone was too busy writing up mer chandising agreements. If there’s a toy chain, retail giant or fast-food franchise that isn’t paying to promote Lucas’ movie for him right now, it’s probably only because it’5 L" located somewhere in the Belgrade metro area and NATO forces deeply regret they just bombed it by mis take. The filmmaker didn’t amass a personal fortune in the billions by fussing over nuances in dialogue. I guess you can’t blame Lucas for not knowing how to make a real movie with professional-quality pacing, story and character development. He’s fairly inexperienced, after all, having directed only three films in his entire career before this. And one of those — T H X 1138 — was merely a remake of a project he did in film school. The guy’s pushing 60, and that’s the sum total of his out put. Think about it: If he’d directed, say, Jaws or The Godfather almost a quarter century ago instead of Star Wars, everybody would be calling his career a disappoint ment. And I suppose I am. Sure, he’s created new ways to make beautiful pictures with computers. But he’s forgot ten a simple truth: Scenery is something that belongs in the background. Behind the people. In service to their story. George Lucas knew that once. He couldn’t have made American Graffiti had he not. Unfortunately, that was long ago in a galaxy far, far away. ©

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Vermont filmmaker Nora Jacobson stars Sue Ball, George Woodard, Michael Keene and Rusty Dewees in the story of a young woman who discovers her late mopther’s diary and, through it, a side of the woman she never knew existed. (NR) EN TRA PM EN T*172 The Mask o f Zorro’s Catherine Zeta-Jones stars here as an insurance investigator posing as a master thief in order to catch a master thief played by Sean Connery in the latest from Jon ( The Man Who Knew Too Little) Amiel. With Ving Rhames and Will Patton. (PG-13) ELECTION*** From Alexander Payne, director of Citizen Ruth, comes this comedy about a high school teacher (Matthew Broderick) whose life is taken over by a student-council race. With .

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Panache By Marialisa Calta he word bistro, according to a least one linguistic legend, is derived from the Russian word bystro, mean ing “quickly.” This was allegedly shouted by soldiers demanding faster service in Parisian cafes during the Russian occupation o f France after N apoleon’s fall. At any rate, by the m id-19th century, France had become known for its small, inexpensive restaurants. In Paris, bistros are sophisticated and hip; in the rural areas, as one w ould expect, they are more hom ey and rustic. Either way, the word has a cer tain magic, conjuring up an image o f European-style com fort food served in a romantical ly simple setting. So any American restaurant that attaches the promising word “bistro” to its name is tak ing a risk. Fortunately, Leunig’s Bistro on Church Street in Burlington manages to carry o ff the association w ith, as the French w ould say, panache, especially w hen the dining room expands to include alfresco tables on Church Street. Leunig’s — at the lively, people-watching intersection o f Church and College — has its decor down pat: small tables covered w ith w hite linen, black chairs, and waitstaff dressed in black trousers and crisp white shirts, echoing the m o tif o f a classic French bistro. Tasteful art on the walls, plants, ornate sculptures and a marble-topped bar complete the scene. T he chandeliers are reminiscent o f the 1920s, the walls painted a soothing shade o f peach. Tables are close enough to be com pan

ionable, but separate enough to make private conversation possi ble. N ot-too-loud live jazz occurs three nights a week. T he Leunig’s menu reflects both old-world yearnings and American roots in dishes like N ew York Steak Au Poivre. There are classic dishes, such as coq au vin and lamb and olive ragout (both $9.95), as well as beefburgers ($6.95) and BLTs ($5.50). Several months ago, I had a very satisfying, perfectly cooked dinner o f herb-roasted rack o f lamb ($16.50 for a half portion, $24.95 for a full) served with medallions o f goat cheese. But I do recall that the maple creme bruise, billed as the ch ef’s favorite, tasted “iceboxy,” to use m y mother’s term. T he grilled portobello sand wich ($6.50) is also delicious, the meaty mushroom comple m ented by a spicy chipotle aioli. A t lunch recendy I ordered a cup o f soup au pistou ($2.25), a classic soup o f vegetables and white beans. The Leunig’s ver sion is chunky with vegetables, and served — as is traditional — with the crushed basil, garlic and oil, the French version o f pesto, from which the soup gets its name. I also had a tramenzini sandwich ($6.95), perfectly paired salty prosciutto with the creamy, nutty flavor o f Fontina cheese. T he fries were done in the classic French way: fried, rested and fried again. . Other dishes include several pasta offerings, seafood (grilled mussels, fried calamari, crab cakes, snails, salmon shrimp and scallops) and at least three salads: Caesar, mesclun and spinach. Desserts include a berry-choco late bread pudding, a tiramisu,

Leunig’s Bistro, 115 Church Street, Burlington; 802-863-3759. Open daily: Sunday 9 a.m. - 11 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m. midnight; Monday 7 a.m. 11 p.m.; Tuesday through Friday 7 a.m. - midnight. Major credit cards accepted. Handicapped accessible. cocoa angel food cake, a sorbet plate and a lemon blueberry cheesecake (all $4.50). A biscotti d u jou r is $1.25. T he cocktail menu is enough to tempt a teetotaler. There’s a nice selection o f sin gle-malt Scotches and smallbatch bourbons, and an array o f mixed drinks — including a classic martini (extra dry, up, with an olive, natch), a “Cosm opolitan” (Absolut cit ron, Cointreau, cranberry and lim e juices) and a “Cabaret” (gin, vermouth, Benedictine and bitters). I haven’t examined too many cocktail menus in Vermont, but Leunig’s boasts the only one I’ve ever seen with a Negroni, a mixture o f gin, Compari and vermouth. In summer Leunig’s offers a spectacular-sounding “French 7 5 ” — sugar, lemon juice and champagne poured over ice and served with a skim o f Courvoisier on top. Leunig’s owner Robert Fuller said he borrowed the idea from Nantucket’s famed Chanticleer; the Negroni he adopted from N ew York’s Rainbow Room. There’s a small but tasteful wine list and a number o f after-din ner drinks as well. The former owner o f Deja Vu, Fuller also owns Pauline’s in South Burlington and co-owns

Cubber’s in Bristol. Also a trained chef, he is an adventurer who loves to learn about restau rants and food in his travels, and has brought many innova tions back home. He saw his first panini grill — a fancy elec tric sandwich iron — at a restaurant in Oregon, for exam ple, and soon installed one at both Pauline’s and Leunig’s.

naturally leavened French coun try bread made by Gerard Rubaud o f Westford. David Miskell’s famous tomatoes make an appearance on the BLTs. Burgers are made from naturally raised beef. Vermont bacon, lamb, quail and cheeses are fea tured on the menu. Service at Leunig’s is well paced, and I am happy to say

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cars windshield. The problem was determining what the exudates were exactly, and whether they were bad for you (these days you have to ask). The car companies weren’t much help. My assistant Jane sends the following report of her conversation with a woman at General Motors: “Hello, I do research for a syndicated question-andanswer column called ‘The Straight D ope,’ by Cecil Adams. Someone has written to ask what, specifically, new-car smell’ is. Could you direct me to someone who can help me with this?” Long pause. “What?” I repeated my introduction, speaking even more slowly than the first time. “Just a minute.” After a few seconds she returned with this technical insight: “Ma’am, that smell comes from the materials inside the car.” “I realize that. I’m wondering if anyone can tell us what, specifically, that smell is.” Another pause. “You mean what the scent is?” “Yes.” “Just a minute.” After putting me on hold again, she returned with the earth-shattering revelation, “Ma’am, that isn’t a scent. It’s the smell o f the materials in the car. “I know that, you butt head." Many people believe the smell comes from phthalates (THAL-ates), softeners used in plastic manufac ture. Phthalates, which don’t bond with the material and can leach out over time, are suspected o f causing kidney and liver damage and other health problems. Toys R Us recently pulled infants’ soft-plastic teething toys from its shelves lest kids get a gutful o f the chemicals. One account o f the dangers o f phthalates, quotes *.

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(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Visualize your boss cramming 15 marshmallows in his mouth at one time. Picture yourself dancing in a candle-lit room as you hold a writhing snake in each hand. Imagine you’ve dreamt of buying a vacuum cleaner for your magic carpet. Believe it or not, Libra, doing exercises like these will mysteriously begin to dissolve the fixations that are suppressing the free play of your imagination. This will in turn liberate a gush of unpredictable new approaches to your most personal problems. Want some more of these health aids? Visualize yourself smashing a clock with a red hammer. Picture yourself riding atop an elephant as you have your fortune told by a blind Hindu psychic. Imagine inviting an adversary over for high tea and crumpets.

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I don’t take drugs, but I think they should be legalized. I’m appalled by the beliefs of Christian fundamentalists, but I vigorously defend their right to have those beliefs. The songs of Celine Dion make me barf, but I would never feel disdain for peo ple who find profound meaning and emotional depth in her music. Now that you know these things about me, Scorpio, maybe you’ll understand the following: Even though you scare the crap out of me every time you hurl yourself helter-skelter into the abyss to scavenge for beautiful

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(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Years ago, I met my Sagittarius friend Pepper in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where I was pounding the pave ment wearing a sign-board full of ads. Every noon, as I ate my lunch on a bench near a local bar, Pepper regaled me with his rants. Half-philosopher, half-nutcase, he’d careen from genius to idiocy, riveting me with his spiritual insights one moment, diverging into crackpot delusions the next. Funny thing was, once I saw this contradictory blend embodied in such an extreme way in Pepper, I began to notice it in everyone. They all hid it better, but like him they were a riotous mix of splendor and rot, of brilliance and ignorance. To this day, I assume everyone I meet is a Jekyll and Hyde, and that it’s not always obvious which is which. And you, Sagittarius, will be living proof of my belief this week.

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22Jan. 19): Thank you for attending this week’s mini-workshop in karma. As you may know, “karma” is a word in the California language that can roughly be translated into English as “reaping what you’ve sown.” It tends to accumulate in bunches just before the midpoint of your yearly cycle, wftfSfmany o f you " are in the thick of right now. ' Have you been a good little Capricorn or a bad little Capricorn since your last birth day? Here come the test results.

>SM-IV. It names and .escribes over 250 pathogical states. And is there separate and equal manuthat classifies 250 states of good mental health? No, there is not. From this I conclude that most therapists wouldn’t be inter ested in the triumphant state of clarity you Aquarians are begin ning to inhabit, nor in your enhanced appreciation of beauty, nor in your increased receptivity to love. I, on the other hand, am filled with admiring curiosity as I contemplate the complexities of your excellent mood. I suspect you’ve got a case of pronoia: the secret belief that the whole world’s conspiring to make you feel excit ed and fulfilled.

PISCES

(Feb. 19-Mar. 20): I’d prefer to live in a culture that favored two-hour siestas in the middle of the day. But since I’m stuck here in the land of the halfhour lunch break, I’ve had to teach myself the art of power relaxing. After much practice, I’ve quintupled my nap efficiency, so that I can now cram 50 minutes’ worth of reinvigorating sleep into a mere 10-minute doze. I’ve also learned to slip into mini-states of soothing meditation while I’m waiting for Web sites to appear on my browser or when I’m put on hold during phone calls to bureaucratic organizations. I high ly recommend you explore these and similar skills yourself, Pisces. Somehow, you’ve got to steal more leisure time from the soulnumbing grind. ® You c a n c a ll R o b B re x s n y , d a y o r n ig h t t o r y o u r

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SWM, TALL, DARK, HANDSOME, PILOT, sailor, adventurer, seeks adventuress. Redheads a plus, but not necessary. 2998_______________________________ SEEKING SLIM, SUPERFLY CHICK into alt. music, kind beer, pool hust- ling, veggie eating (except sushi), misty hikes, summer blading, Flynn Theater, Montreal casino. 20-something SWM w/ body/looks of Greek god! 2975_______ STELLA GET YOUR GROOVE BACK. Handsome, fit PBM, 25, ISO very mature or older woman. “Age is nothing but a number.” 2988_____________ SWM, 50, LOOKS 40, LOOKING FOR A cute intellectual with a narrow body and a broad mind. And heart. I’ll be at the May 7 party and so will you. 2989 TALL, ATTTRACTIVE, EDUCATED SWM, 26, ISO beautiful, intelligent, stable S/MaWF for summertime adventures.

1231___________________________ WHAT DO WE WANT? Young 40s, alive & loving, dependable, seeks younger, mature, sexy F with depth, wit, humor, passions, to share memorable times, psychospiritual climbs. Follow your heart. 2994_________________________ PARTNER IN TIME. White, selfemployed, 45, 6’, 175 lbs., fit, fun, dependable, honest and mischievous. Call if you can come out & play. 3001 GOING UP. TALL, FIT, UPPER 30S, been colleged, been married, been a dad, been divorced, been single, been bet ter for it. Been making the mistakes different mistakes. Been looking for a friend. 2999________________________ FINANCIALLY SOLVENT, COMPETITIVE SWM ISO a healthy relationship with the right woman. I value spontaneity, optimism, beauty 8t happiness. If you have a lust for life and a heart that needs to share love, please do respond. 20-30 YO. 2937 RESTLESS IN MIDDLEBURY. Well-adjust ed, easy-going, gentle DWM who likes, but does not have, children—fit, outdoor-oriented, slim, 5’io ”, 45, humor ous, strong ethics & morals—seeks PF, NS w/ similar characteristics for LTR. Carry-on baggage usually fits. 2938 IF YOU ENJOY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, dining, dancing, laughing and are 5’6”, or less, 35-45, fit, active, attractive, call me ASAP. SWM, 45, fit, humorous.

m i ______________________ DO YOU ENJOY CUDDLING, HOLDING hands 81 other activities done in pri vate? Young professional w/ Latin looks seeks young, attractive, sassy lass. I like movies, music, good food & the outdoors. Wimps need not apply. 2942 DPM, 43, ENJOYS DANCING, DINING, trips, sunsets, beaches, cuddling at home, treating a lady w/ honesty, respect, sincerety. ISO F with similar interests for possible LTR. 2943 YOUNG-LOOKING DWM, 45, EXCELLENT physical condition 81 health, 5’5”, br./br., ND, smoker, financially secure, lives alone. Seeks F companion to enjoy evenings/weekends camping, fishing & dining. 2944_______________

PASSION, MUSIC, ROMANCE, gentle ness sensuality, playfulness are the essence of my being. Handsome, health-conscious M ISO the beauty of a woman to taste and savor the fruits of life. 3054

HANDSOME, PASSIONATE, CONTEMPLA TIVE, prefers long hair, flowing dresses, curves, simple rural lifestyle, physical outdoor work and play, deep talks, slow lovemaking, meditation, working together at home, not eating animals, commitment. 3017___________________

MEAN PEOPLE SUCK! SINGLE PISCEAN Celt, 29, atheist, anarchist, tall, hand some, sober and loving. Seeking bril liant, tall and kind woman, 25-35, who desires love w/ intellectual fulfillment. Middlebury area. 2948_______________

THE VERB “TO LOVE.” LOVE IS ACTION, two souls dancing in harmony. I’m 33, tall, attractive, prof, creative, high IQ, genuine. Are you 25-30, believe same? Let the dance begin. 3042

FOR REAL. DWM, 37, 5’?", 170 LBS., looking. Race, age, straight, Bi unim portant. Who you are is. Open to any and all who are open, uninhibited and for real. 3024

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BEER DRINKIN’, HELL RAISING SWM, 25, ISO SF accomplice, 18-25. From being high in the mtns. to getting down in the valleys, let’s have fun!! 2264_______________________________

SARCASTIC, SEXY, INTELLIGENT SWPM, 30, ISO soulful, classy feminist, 24-34, with style, heart and gusto to share an appreciation of nature, music, good fun, food and conversation. 2914_____

RED ROVER, RED ROVER! ALL FAIR AND winsome women, 34-44, with tender hearts, svelte figures and inquisitive minds come over! Smokers and jokers: one, two, three red light! 2959________

I BELIEVE WE ARE HERE TO FACE OUR fears and to find love. SWM, 31, also lives for mtn. biking, film, coffee, Internet, dark beer, a healthy fantasy life (BD/SM, anyone?). 2915_________

MUSE WANTED. NEA WRITER, 57, retired English and film teacher, ISO super intelligent, slightly wacky, but not psychotic, woman who’s read Gurdjief, but thinks Laq-Tzu,and Daffy Duck got it right. 2961___________ '

SWM, MUSIC-LOVER, GREAT KISSER &. creatively caring man seeks beautiful and sexy girl in her 20s to share my love with & call my own. I like giving & receiving attention. 2936______

FOR REAL-GENTLE MAN, GOOD-LOOK ING, middle-age, very solvent, search ing for attractive, companionable lady to share rich, fulfilling life, travel, yachting, just plain fun. Eventual commitment, my goal. 2965______________ SWM, 36, 5’io", BLUE-EYED, ATTRAC TIVE, introverted, invitive, and a bit nuts! Seeks same qualities in 25-40 YO F. We both know society sucks, but continue to evolve. 2967_____________ TAKE A CHANCE...HANDSOME SWP, 40s, excellent table manners, wellbehaved 8t belief in trad, values, would like to meet attractive lady for companionship to share laughter & activities. 2910_____________________ SWM, 29, W/ AFFINITY FOR SOCCER 81 massages, ISO intelligent, attractive SF w/ a great smile. Possible LTR, or just hanging out is a great start. 2911 DWM, 37. 5’io". I AM INTO MUSIC, movies and outdoor activities, but hibernate in the winter. ISO S/DF, 3037, into much the same for friendship, possibly more. Interested? 2919

SM, 52, RUTLAND AREA, SEEKS attrac tive lady, 30-55, for dating leading to LTR. Only ladies seeking respect, car ing, and honesty need respond. I’m 5’n ”, blue eyes, brown hair. 2934

SINGLE MALE, 49. LIVING IN ALTERED state, seeks spiritual female. Truth and justice major priority. Northeast Kingdom area. Y2K compliant. 2932

M&hinq womon ECLECTIC, SPONTANEOUS GWF. Multi lingual musician who loves animals, music, books, adventures, tired of trendy women. Seeks stable, reason ably feminine woman for friendship, companionship and...? 3115__________ Bi-CURIOUS WF, 36, 5*io", 117 LBS., blonde/blue eyes, attractive & fun-lov ing. Seeks sexy BiF, 18-40, to show me the ropes. Let’s meet and begin my lessons. 3085_______________________ ROMANTC BiF ISO F PLAYMATE TO accompany me on 10-day road trip. Lots of time to relax, and will be near Branson, MO. 3095

to respond to a personal ad call we’re open 24 hours a day! EAGER TO PLEASE WM, 36, ISO morn ing 81 daytime raunch, sweat 81 stink.

Asskinq wamm, BiWM, 26, GEEK, SEEKS FAIRY PRINCE w/ whom to share miscellaneous nerdy pursuits. Must be NS/ND, and enjoy film, art, music, 8t life in general. 3039

BiF, 45. ATTRACTIVE ISO F FOR FUN & frolic while hubby is travelling. Must be open-minded, love life and consider spending the summer in my mountain cabin. 2974_________________________

VICE-VERSA. GW LEATHERMAN, 40s, 5’u ”, 190 lbs., balding, bearded, hairychested, seeks adventurous men for intense, erotic encounters. Experienced in dominant & submissive role play. All scenes considered. Call me and make it a long, hot summer! 3044____________

Bi-CURIOUS MaWF ISO Bi OR Bi-CURIOUS F, 20-35, for friendship, maybe more. Must love life & horses. 2945

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DON'T PASS THIS BUTCH BY. The Count seeks femme, 18-27, for nights of dark mystery. Smoker who enjoys bowling, pool, dancing, music... No more broken hearts, please! 2957

muscular, mod. attractive, intelligent 81 eclectic, looking for fun, outgoing guy, 25-35, college-educated, interested in hiking, biking, travelling 81 just hanging out. No college guys, please. 3047 YOUNG SEEKING YOUNG. BURLINGTON area, 23, brn./blue, 6’, 150 lbs., attrac tive. Enjoys outdoors, oldies, sci-fi. No one over 25. 3053___________________

mm Asokmq mm ISO A GWM BETWEEN 250-300 LBS., give or take a few. Any age for fun 81 friendship. I’m 50, 215 lbs. Let me sur-prise you big-time. 3062______________ MAKE MY WEEKENDS, SHARE MY nights & touch. I’m white, prefer black/Asian men. No strings, but steady affair. I’m ingle, slim, 49, need affection. All ages, discreet & versatile. 3084

SEEKING HONORABLE, INTEGRETY, valor, retired military, financially secure, over 6’, enjoys NRA, PADI, golf, travelng, loves nature, and seeks an honorble Swedish wife under 40. A tremendous snuggler a must! Box 535_______ WiWF, 5’3”, 5 7, LOOKING FOR honest, erious male, 55-65, to dine, dance, and possible LTR. NS, ND, loves country music, dancing, walking. Box 532

37 YO YOUNGER SISTER OF BROTHER seeks older brother of sister(s), who exercises good judgment, is thoughtful, educated, athletic, witty 81 interested in an extraordinary relationship. Box 533

SPRING HAS SPRUNG, THE GRASS HAS riz.” Wondering where my sweetie is! SWF, 40, seeks partner to paddle, pedal, go adventuring with near/far. Cute, smart, independent, athletic. ISO similar in a kind M. What makes you smile? Box 525____________ _

SORT OF SHY, CWWi, 50, PETITE. ISO man to walk in the woods or stroll on the beach. Likes: reading, working out, movies, kids. Box 526

CTRL VT SUBMISSIVE SWM, 22, attrac tive, horny, kinky, into bondage, roleplaying, cross-dressing, etc., wants to be a love slave to dominant F. I’m clean. So must you. Will answer all. 3 °6 i_______________________________ YOUNG CU, 21 & 22, ISO ANOTHER adventurous and open-minded CU for an erotic foursome! First time and eager to try! Clean, very discreet! 3038 HAVING FUN. CU LOOKING FOR YOUNG M, 21-25, for love slave. No pain, just be submissive & have fun, serve & give body rubs. Clean 8t discreet. 3026 CU SEEKING F FOR THREESOME. HELP us fulfill a fantasy. Must be clean, discreet, NS. We are 4oish. 3051_______ WM, 38, 5’6”, 145 LBS., good-looking. Looking for CU for discreet, adult fun. Discretion expected & assured. 2990

SPIRITUAL COMPANION. GWM, 39. 5’8”, 198 lbs., br. hair/bl. eyes. Hobbies: literature, movies, art 81 the ater. Seeks intelligent, sensual, creative GM, NS, ND, no fats, no femmes. 2952

SWM, 40S, INTELLIGENT, ATHLETIC & passionate, ISO fit, attractive lady, 2045, for disreet rendezvous. No headgames. Intimacy, friendship, plea sure. 2995

LONESOME ANARCHIST, TREE-HUGGING cowgirl seeks a mischevous beau she can aid 81 abet. If you eschew unnec essary plastic objects and can dance like a monkey, I’m your girl. Box 528 WOMAN, 52, 5’ 5”, 125 LBS., MOTHER of school-aged child, seeks kind man with well-developed sense of humor and liberal politics to share dinners, movies, summer music outdoors. Ctrl. VT/visit Burlington regularly. Balding dads welcome. Box 529______________ SWF, 5’ 2”, BRVBL., HELPING profes sional, attractive, kind 81 caring, smart, funny, has kids and cats. Seeks a nice guy, handsome and smart, whose life is not all about himself, Box 521______ “WISH I COULD MEET A GIRL JUST LIKE YOU!” I’m sick of hearing that one. Attractive, SWF, mid-20S, full-figured, educated, active, fun, love art & horror movies. ISO SM, 2i- 3oish, smart & cre ative, not absorbed in appearances. Simpsons fan a +. Box 513___________ BEAUTIFUL SPRING GODDESS, 33, W/ 1 child, healthy lifestyle. Seeks kind, inspired, passionate, handsome, soul ful man, 25-40. Drawn to: dance, fire light, drums, summer waters, sunsets, woods, ancient cultures, Gaia’s myster ies. Box 507

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NEW TO SCENE. SWM, 50, seeks top males for fun and friendship. Age/race open. I’m 5’n ”, med. build, blue eyes, brown hair. 2935

GWM ISO YOUNG MEN. I’M BLOND, gr. eyes, 5’9”, 160 lbs., boyish-looking. You: 18-25 GWM, good-looking, loves snuggling, animals, home time 81 play time. One-nighters OK. ISO LTR. 2980

ATTRACTIVE Wi ENJOYS LITERATURE, arts, outdoors. ISO like-minded gentleman, 60-70. Friendship only. Box 527

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SM, 35, SEEKIS FIT, COMPANIONABLE female, 30-40, for summertime outdoor activities on land and water. Interests in sizzling intellectual pursuits and conversations a plus. Box 537________ SWM, 32, ISO WF, 28-36, FOR friend ship, companionship, maybe more. Love of rollercoasters, movies and baseball a definite plus. Come play and laugh with me! Box 538__________ RETRO NUEVO MISH-MASH, 42, seeks friendship, LTR. Y2K? What should we do? Stay home by the fire? Caribbean vacation? Dance ’til dawn? Wherever... we’ll be lucky, happy. Box 524________ NS FELLOW, 40, WS, VERY HUMOROUS, certainly a rare find, as I am cute, suc cessful & generous. ISO compatriate for fun 81 games, plus possibilities for LTR. Let’s write! Box 530_____________ AFFECTIONATE, ATTRACTIVE, TALL, FIT, dad, 31, goal-oriented, pos., own busi ness, country life, occasional 420, mnt. biking, camping, hockey. Love little people? Smile? Sometimes silty? Let’s express w/ pen, then. Photo? Box 531 HOPELESSLY ROMANTIC DWM, 40, artistic soul. Need to be creative. Poet, lyricist, sculptor, NS, ND. Mildly dis abled w/ impaired speech. ISO F to appreciate life with. LTR poss. Box 519

Fridays back. You: flowing, silken. Me: Sharing bike with friend down the hill... “No brakes!” I beg you to watch the sunset with me. 3076______ _________ BLUE, YOU HAVE AN “E” TATTOOED upon you. No glance for me? Then, damnit, I’ll glance you. Never have I seen such a wretched hive of scum and villainy. I love you. 3103______________ CHURCH ST. TAVERN, SAT., 5/ 15, OUT SIDE. You: short brown hair, eavesdrop ping on outrageous conversation at our table. Me: short blonde hair, right behind you. Wish you hadn’t run out of desserts. Single? Call me. 3116________

AFRICAN DRUMMING, LAST THURS. You: short, white skirt w / dreaded boy. Me: Sitting on bench, longer, dark hair. I would love to share a drink with you, Ethereal Lady. 3077__________________

IRS, 4/15 AND CLUB METRONOME, 5/7. You: tall, dark and handsome with for eign accent; you are in the building trade. Me: dark, -long curly hair and curious about you. 3094

DID YOU TAKE MY PICTURE? SAT., 5/ 8, green kayak by Lone Rock Point? I’d love a copy. 3090__________________ YOU: ARMPIT BOY. ME: SNACKING ON banana treats. Wanna make out? 3067 KB, I WANT TO OFFER MY SINCERE 81 abject apology for being such a fool. I was blinded by fear. I wish the best to you and yours. PSC. 3080____________ WED., 4/ 26. YOU: PETITE, SHORT BR. hair, blue sunglasses, at Speeder’s with a red-headed friend. I walked by and thought I was in heaven. How about coffee sometime? 3082

HEALTHY OPTIMIST, DWaA, 6’, 6 o i educated 8! semi-retired. I enjoy the outdoors (swimming, canoeing, sailing, hiking, walking), cooking & eating, reading, ballroom dancing, oldies, opera, ballet, trips on uncongested country roads. Romantic, soft, self-con fident, outgoing. Would like to find a feminine woman, who’s compatible, has time during the week & weekends to share/enjoy her 81 my favorite pastimes together. Box 522______________ LOOKING FOR LOVE. DWM, 42, 6’i ”, 195 lbs. I enjoy my kids, biking, Rollerblading, gardening and more. Seeking a lady who has same inter ests. Fit, 28-42. Send photo, please. Box 520____________________________ DWM, 53, SECURE PROFESSIONAL W/ varied interests. Looking for a full-fig ured, active tomboy to share outdoor activities, the seasons/smiles. Box 512 MONTPELIER SWM, 42, 6’, 200 LBS., loves Prine, Rush, Brown, redheads, Orientals, walks, cuddling, basketball, cooking, eBay, attending auctions, comedy, theater, fairs, cruises. Must have direction 8t like to drive! Box 514

LOOKING FOR REAL PEOPLE, ANY RACE. GWM, 45, 5*7 ”, 170 lbs., looking for friends first and maybe more. Like out doors, flea marts, wood working, cook ing and a lot more. Straight acting. Not into drugs. Box 536_______________ MAN, KIND, 36, 6’, TRIM GWM, profes sional, thoughtful, honest, caring, cre ative, romantic, with sense of humor, NS, seeks kindred spirit in southern VT.

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SHERRI DUNN, HAVE NOT SEEN YOU in a while. 1992 was the last time. Still love you. Please contact me! Box 534 YOU TOTED ME 81 MY BAG OFF I-89. Been thinking since then that you were so fine. Te gustan las mujeres? Specifically this one. Make me believe in fate. Box 523

HELLO, LADIES OUT THERE. I would love to hear from you all!! I’m so easy to get along with, and loving, caring, sweet, charming, honest, friendly and lots more of a person. Box 517

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