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David Lines' report card ["Losing the Eco-Edge?" June 10] of Vermont's most recent environmental deeds correctly identifies a major problem with stricter enforcement of the care mankind provides for Mother Earth. Under the current rules of free enterprise, ecologically favorable legislation bodes ill for business and, thereby, cannot add value to human life. The article neglects to mention legislation passed by the 1998 legislature that distracted from the planetsaving debate. The session expended enormous resources in an effort to save a dozen or so lives each year for the next few years. The lawmakers' totalitarian, Band-Aid approach to prevent intoxicated teenagers from taking to the highway fails to answer what occurs when they reach legal age and then begin their roadway excursions. Forsaking to instruct teenagers on the responsible ways of socially unaccepted lifestyles, while allowing those guilty of vehicle manslaughter to go free with an apology and community service, sends an inappropriate message to potential offenders. Acknowledging alcohol's carnage, the public policy writers did not address the other 50 percent of automobile fatalities that is a more complicated issue to confront: inept and aggressive drivers and unkept, outdated infrastructure. Cancer mortality in the state totals 1200 deaths per year, or 12-fold those from the asphalt byways. Yet, the state cannot provide the percentage of cancer patients who succumb to toxic substances ingested through drinking water, food supply or work-place contact. Aided by screeching headlines, the vocal morality's propensity for prohibition intensity disregards the silent majority on the obituary page. If MADD nurturers' energy rechannels to face the tragic cancer cases of their family and friends, how many premature casualties would be spared?

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I don't want to offend Ruth Horowitz, but I think her article, "And the Beat Goes On?" {Seven Days, May 27), serves more to stir class antagonism than to explain community-based policing. The early reference to "undesirables" places the rest of an otherwise rather abstract discussion in a context I don't think she intended. To enliven a dry subject, she leads off with anecdotes about Church Street and the Old North End. These areas are mined over and over in the press for examples of insufficient policing; student misbehavior at UVM is usually included. But, while the reportage might be politely general, the impression is always that police are hardly needed elsewhere. If that's true, why not come right out and say that half our community is not really what the rest of us consider to be our community? The Church Street complaints are quoted from a (wisely but cowardly) anonymous merchant obsessed with these "undesirables." One story plausible, the others apocryphal, none describes more than what Frank Bouchett further on calls "incivilit[y]." In the Old North End, Stu McGowan refers to "a slackening of the code" (what code?) and seems mainly to want to, in the words of Police Commissioner O'Neill, "feel better about [his] community." Me, too, but that isn't a police matter. Burlington streets are remarkably safe. That's why the exceptions are so well reported. There is, indeed, crime downtown: The daily police log notes shoplifting, bad checks passed and, now and then, physical assault. Living here, I see public urination, fights and windows broken after the bars have closed, ^nd I saw one assault. But merchants don't seem to complain about these things. Rather, their black beasts are the unemployed and idle, the non-shoppers. That's class discrimination. Actually, only three or four merchants seem to complain, but, absent a wider survey, they make a loud minority. Perhaps the rest quietly understand that the teenagers who hang out now will be customers ere long. In any case, the Marketplace is equally for all of us. It would be both counterproductive and injust to abridge anyone's right to assemble peaceably on its public property. The ambiance that attracts shoppers attracts all. I agree with having more cops on the beat, but — to enforce politeness? Maybe the Marketplace should hire its own Civility Squad, in brown shirts and swastika armbands, to harrass the pierced and the poor. — Fred G Hill Burlington

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He reported his brief telephone conversation to | the Commissioner." | Dwyer tells Inside Track she was merely act- g ing as a member of the Appropriations Committee checking up on the department's 1 efficiency. It's no secret she favored combining J the Dept. of Labor and Industry with the Dept. • of Employment and Training. Bond did not return our calls, but the department's legal counsel, Stephen Monahan, did. "I think some of this has g been blown out of proportion," * says Monahan. "Bond received a 1 call. He interpreted it one way. | It was subsequently determined | there wasn't any evidence of Dwyer attempting to influence » the case." Case closed. This week Dwyer's new campaign manager came on board. His name is Evan Kozlow. He's a New Jersey native who's been working in g Washington as the executive director of the National College » Republicans. Act 60 Goes National? — Last j week, ABC Nightly News ran an j Act 60 story with Mary Barrosse of affluent Dorset wearing such a 1 long face you'd think she was an § Albanian refugee fleeing the Serb g army. The Virgin Mary of the g Act 60 opposition may get another chance to perform her oppressed moth- 1 er routine if CBS' "60 Minutes" decides to jump in the middle of Vermont's "class warfare" g controversy. Hey, it's the perfect match, and sources say investigators for the show are calling » around Vermont checking it out. Oh boy! Next stop — Jerry Springer? "Rule" Breaker? — The Editor and Publisher g of Vermont Lawyer, the distinguished publica- jj tion that tracks the juicier goings-on in the state's courthouses, copped a plea last week just | hours before going to trial on federal fraud charges. W i l l Hunter of Cavendish, former state senator and boy wonder, obviously saw the writing on the wall and cut the best deal possi- $ ble. At the very last minute, he pled guilty to | one count of fraud. Come sentencing time, g Hunter does not expect to get dished any jail m time by Judge William K. Sessions III. Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul Van de Graaf | had been playing hardball (which is, after all, g the way we want our government to handle criminal cases, isn't it?). Hunter was looking at three years in the slammer if convicted on the i charg;es. I Hunter played every legal angle and claimed | from the start he was a victim of attention deficit disorder. Many factors played into the 8 government's decision to offer Hunter a last1 minute deal. Word is one factor was the opin- g ion of the government's shrink that Hunter did g indeed have "a diagnosable condition." Hunter waved the plea agreement like a badge of victory. He admitted he "broke the rules," but refused to admit he "broke the law." Interesting. That may change come sentencing in October. And yes, he is thinking about writing a book about his legal travails. Media Notes — Vermont Public Television's board of directors meets this Wednesday afternoon at 3 p.m., and the top item on their agenda is to hear from the search committee on recommendations for a new president. Sources tell Inside Track that the list of three finalists has been pared down to two. We're told the candidate from Kansas — David Wilson — is out of the picture. (No, Montpelier lobbyist David Wilson's recent media splash as a Howard Dean-basher was not a factor.) The two remaining finalists are John King, the stations veteran financial guru, and Associated Press Bureau Chief Christopher Graff. The tension builds...the envelope, please? (Z)

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I T h e Phish film? Hey, it could catch on. Twentyseven-year-old Todd Phillips has been filming the band since it hired h i m last year to document the "Great Went." Although no band members have seen his footage, Phillips told Rolling Stone it was "messy and raw" — definitely not a rockumentary. Hopefully it will be a far cry fromFrat House, the movie that won Phillips a "best documentary" prize at the Sundance Film Festival. "We'll see it first. It's our project," says Phish manager John Paluska. Read "authorized" . . . Did anyone else notice that off-handed c o m m e n t in The Burlington Free Press suggesting vocalist Mojo Buford might have died on his w a y to the Discover Jazz Festival? Sure, he was stuck at Ronald Reagan Airport, but that still beats buying the farm. Incidentally, the jazz festival saved m o n e y on its "no-show" artists — in contractual terms, bad weather falls in the "acts of God" category. Leon Parker ended up taking the train from N e w York, but it broke down in Croton, causing h i m to arrive in Albany two hours late. In the jazz business, timing is everything . . . T h e Dorset T h e a t r e Festival is m a k i n g the crucial link between theater, golf and outer space with a final frontier fundraising venture. T h e theater company is auctioning off an autographed art print of astronaut Alan Shepard hitting a golf ball on the moon — a nice tie-in with its play du jour about the links between four old friends. T h e painting was done by astronaut Alan Bean and was signed by three of the flyers w h o were on that mission, including Shepard, Stuart Alan Roose and Edgar Dean Mitchell. T h e theater is accepting bids in the lobby through the run of Golf With Alan Shepard toad at the Dorset Inn after t h a t . . . Political puppetry has become a popular pursuit. Glover-based Bread and Puppet T h e a t e r is recommending smaller doses this summer, in hopes of thinning out the a n n u a l circus crowd .Every Friday, the

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rections occur when blood rushes into the penis. Viagra, the trade name for Sildenafil Citrate, works its magic by blocking the pathways by which blood rushes back out, thus enabling the man to retain his erection. As Dr. Lindsey Kerr of Green Mountain Urology in Colchester explains, "The blood goes in. The blood stays in. The rest you have to provide." Kerr emphasizes that Viagra doesn't produce the hard-on itself. It's not an aphrodisiac. It's not prescribed for "lack of sexual desire." The drug should be taken one hour before sex, say the doctors. The individual and his partner must provide the foreplay and the stimulation to get it up in the first place. What Viagra does, they say, is keep it up. Since its arrival in April, Viagra has been flowing out the doors of Vermont pharmacies quicker than a premature ejaculation. While there are no exact figures yet on local sales, according to Pfizer Co., two million

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Since its arrival in April, Viagra has been flowing out the doors of Vermont pharmacies quicker than a piemature ejaculation. Tiny Vermont is contributing more than its share to the bottom line due to an influx of customers from north of the border, where the drug has not yet been approved (Canada Health is expected to approve

has fallen within the bailiwick of a particular medical specialty: urology. Urologists are the plumbers of human medical science and impotence is one of their challenges. Grunert says some of his patients have told him Viagra "has been the best thing that's happened to them. A man's wellness," he adds, "is reflected in the ability to be intimate." Medical experts estimate there are 20 million American males who suffer from impotence. Another 10 million are said to be afflicted with partial impotence. But who are these guys? According to the doctors interviewed for this article, Viagra patients primarily range from aging baby boomers on up, men who have suffered from an ailment that few would even talk about. Impotence can occur as the result of diabetes, hypertension, performance anxiety or cancer treatment. Age really isn't a factor, says Kerr. "If you can walk up a flight of stairs," she says, "you can have sex." Dr. David Osgood is a Continued on next page page

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senior staff psychologist at the Counseling Center at the University of Vermont. In his private practice he works with cancer patients. Two years ago, the 54-year-old counselor received the news that he had prostate cancer himself, which, he says, took him to "a whole deeper level." With surgery, says Osgood, there's always a chance of nerve damage that would prevent erections. "You've got to give yourself a year to see," he says, "if it comes back on its own." In Osgood's case, Viagra has been helpful. Prostate cancer survivors are a prime target group for treatment with Viagra. According to Mary Guyette, R.N., a clinical specialist in urological services at Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington, Viagra "is a godsend. To hear the word 'cancer' is devastating," says Guyette, "and then to have this [impotence] happen, too. It's a lifealtering condition." Viagra works "pretty well" for men with prostate cancer, adds Guyette. And it works "really really well," she says, "for those who still have their blood vessels intact."

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ut not everyone — especially health insurers — view the benefits of Viagra in the same light. Kaiser Permanente CHP, one of Vermont's largest HMOs, will not be paying for Viagra prescriptions. Kaiser is the nation's largest nonprofit HMO, with 9.1 million members in 19 states. According to Kaiser, the cost of Viagra coverage would have exceeded $100 million a year. But CHP's competitor in Vermont, the Vermont Health Plan, is covering Viagra. According to VHP spokesman Chris Armstrong, "for male erectile dysfunction, prescribed by a primary care physician or a urologist, VHP is covering the cost of up to 12 tablets per month for men over 18." The state of Vermont, however, has yet to decide if the cost of Viagra will be picked up for its low-income Medicaid recipients. According to his spokesman Susan Allen, Gov. Howard Dean, M.D., is withholding judgment on the Viagra issue until he hears from Social Welfare Commissioner Jane Kitchell. "President Clinton," notes Kitchell, "has come out and said Medicaid programs would not categorically exclude Viagra. To date, however, there's been no policy direction." Kitchell says the real question, however, is to what extent public funds should be used to pay for sex. "Our medical staff," says Kitchell, "is trying to determine medical necessity...the sentiment seems to be going towards the view that there are

more important medical needs." State Senator Helen Riehle (R-Chittenden), chairs the Senate Health and Welfare Committee. So far, Viagra has not appeared on her legislative radar screen, but Riehle does have personal concerns about Viagra. "It's an interesting message that we're giving," says Riehle. "We're concerned about our daughters with date rape and sexual violence, and we're not really clear on how to deal with that. Then we turn around and invent a drug that can sort of extend the period of time when that can occur."

'If a man was not good at making love to begin with, Viagra is not going to change that." -Gail Golder psychotherapis Riehle notes that her book group just finished reading Lolita. "I had a very strange reaction," says the mother of three daughters. Dr. Lindsey Kerr, who is a co-chair of The Sixth Annual Congress on Women's Health this week in Washington, D.C. agrees that "we have a very mixed agenda here." Why cove Viagra for men and not cover birth control pills for women, she asks. On the issue of gender bias supporters of Viagra note that in the U.S. as many men die each year from prostate cancer — about 40,000 — as women die from breast cancer. At the same time, research funding for prostate cancer is just one-sixth of that spent on breast cancer. Some, like Nurse Guyette, see prostate cancer as having a greater "psychological impact" on men than breast cancer has on women. "To me it's not the same thing," says Guyette. Women have other factors that contribute to their sense of sexuality, she suggests, while for men "their sense of self is focused oi their sexual prowess. Their selfimage is completely altered when they become impotent. Congressman Bernie Sanders has signed on as a cosponsor of the Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act, which has also been introduce* in the Senate. The bill would require insurance companies that cover prescription drugs and devices to provide equal coverage for prescription contraceptive drugs and devices. But Sanders also believes insurance companies should pick up the tab for Viagra. "Men with prostate cancer have a right to a sex life," says Sanders. "That option should be made available." j une

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The question, says Kerr, is "do we want erections?" The answer, she concedes, is "yes, of course we do." And, Kerr adds, she expects to partake in the clinical trials set to begin in January, when Viagra will be tested on women. Limited testing to date has suggested that Viagra increases blood flow to the clitoris and also boosts vaginal lubrication. In fact, say several physicians, some male patients have been asking if they can get Viagra for their wives, who, they say, aren't interested in intercourse. But, the physicians emphasize, Viagra does not increase sexual desire. In some cases husbands who have been impotent for years suddenly seek to revive sexual relations with their wives only to be rejected. This has led some men to seek satisfaction outside the marriage, leading in turn to a host of new problems for the relationship. Dr. Gail Golden, a South Burlington psychotherapist who specializes in sexuality, observes "a lot of men are avoidant of contact because they can't get erections. They think getting an erection is going to solve it all. It isn't." Golden notes Viagra is primarily targeted for the aging baby boomer population. "Suddenly the husband has whopping erections," she says, "but the wife may have arthritis or bladder and vaginal issues. A suddenly jump-started sexual life may cause her pain and discomfort." "In terms of men's view of sex and having sex and what the endpoints for good sex are," says Kerr, "I hate to say this, but women look toward sex much more in the context of a relationship and men do not necessarily look at sex that »

way. One of the results of Viagra on the marketplace has been the sudden public discussion of male impotence, previously a hush-hush subject. Physicians and clinicians are quick to correct themselves in their use of the word impotence, no longer "politically correct" in medical circles. Cancer survivor Dr. David Osgood notes that "impotence reflects on potency, the sense of being a man. But your potency is a hell of a lot more than just getting it up." In fact, physicians now divide impotence into three categories: erectile dysfunction, ejaculatory dysfunction and orgasmic dysfunction. Psychologically, says Golden, Viagra may solve issues around erections, but not the contextual issues around sexuality, such as the relationship, the feelings, the techniques, the emotional connection. "If a man was not good at making love to begin with," says Golden, "Viagra is not going to change that." ® June

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JENNI JOHNSON & FRIENDS (jazz-blues vocals), Leunig's, 8:30 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE (acoustic), Dubie's Cafe, 8 p.m. NC. KARAOKE, 135 Pearl, 9 p.m. NC. DAVE KELLER BLUES BAND, Nectar's, 9:30 p.m. NC. SPILL, JUMPING UGLY, STOCKLAN (modern rock), Club Metronome, 9 p.m. $3. JAMES HARVEY (jazz), Red Square, 9:30 p.m. NC. MIGHTY PURPLE & GUESTS (groove-rock), Club Toast, 9:30 p.m. $3/5. MUCIS (bluegrass), Manhattan Pizza, 10 p.m. NC. MARC TEAMAKER (singer-songwriter), Vermont Pub & Brewery, 8:30 p.m. NC, followed by DAVE NERBAK'S OPEN MIKE, 10 p.m. NC. KARAOKE, 135 Pearl, 9:30 p.m. NC. ORGANIC GROOVE FARMERS, LIMBERJACK COUNTRY (backporch folkgrass, bluegrass), Higher Ground, Winooski, 9 p.m. $3/5. MARK BRISSON & PAUL LEAVITT (acoustic), Cheers, 9 p.m. NC. THE CHARLIE O S HOUSE BAND (improv music w/Brandon Klarich & Adam Woogmaster), Charlie O's, Montpelier, 10 p.m. NC.

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PRESSGANG, MEADOWLARK (hardcore/punk), 242 Main, 7 p.m. $5. BIG JOE BURRELL & FRIENDS (blues-jazz), Halvorsons, 8 p.m. $2. ELLEN POWELL & MARK VAN GULDEN (jazz) Leunig's, 8:30 p.m. NC. FRANK (singer-songwriter), Sweetwaters, 8 p.m. NC. REBECCA SIMONE (Orange Factory vocalist), Red Square, 9 p.m. NC. HELICOPTER (freak rock), Nectar's, 9:30 p.m. NC. LIFE (DJ Justin; underground club music), 135 Pearl, 10 p.m.43. WIDE WAIL (alt-rock), Manhattan Pizza, 10 p.m. NC. ANOTHER KEEPIN' IT REAL JOINT (hip-hop/dancehall DJs), Club Toast, 9 p.m. $5/7. SUSAN TEDESCHI BAND, BL00Z0T0MY (blues), Club Metronome, 9 p.m. $5. OPEN MIKE W/D. DAVIS, Cactus Cafe, 9 p.m. NC. JALAPENO BROS, (acoustic rock), Vermont Pub & Brewery, 10 p.m. NC. WHISKY BEFORE BREAKFAST, NEW NILE

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MANGO JAM (Cajun/zydeco), Breakwater Cafe, 4:30 p.m. NC. PICTURE THIS (jazz), Windjammer, 5 p.m. NC. JOECAPPS QUARTET (jazz), Saigon Cafe, 7 p.m. NC. CHROME COWBOYS (country swing), Halvorsons, 10 p.m. $5. PERRY NUNN (acoustic), Ruben James, 5 p.m. NC, followed by DJ NIGHT, 9 p.m. NC. LEFT EYE JUMP (Chicago jump blues), Red Square, 9 p.m. NC. AERIUS (DJ Craig Mitchell), 135 Pearl, 9 p.m. $5. FROM GOOD HOMES, PUSH STARS, INVISIBLE JET (pop-rock; CD release party for FGH), Club Toast, 9:30 p.m. $8. LATIN DANCE PARTY (DJ Hector Cobeo), Club Metronome, 9 p.m. NC. THE NATURALS (rock), Nectars, 9:30 p.m. NC. 5 FLY (jazz), Manhattan Pizza, 10 p.m. NC. NERBAK BROS, (rock), Vermont Pub & Brewery, 10 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE (acoustic), Chickenbone Cafe, 9 p.m. NC. COMEDY ZONE (standup), Radisson Hotel, 8 & 10 p.m. $7. SMOKIN'GUN (rock), Franny O's, 9:30 p.m. NC. ABAIR BROS, (rock), Cheers, 9 p.m. NC. BLUE JAY WAY (rock), Henry's Pub, Holiday Inn, 9 p.m. NC. HIGHLAND WEAVERS (Irish), Tuckaway's, Sheraton Hotel, 9 p.m. NC. RAY VASSO (acoustic), Ground Round, 8 p.m.

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OPEN MIKE (acoustic), Burlington Coffeehouse at Rhombus, 8 p.m. $3-6. PAUL ASBELL & CLYDE STATS (jazz), Leunig's, 8:30 p.m. NC. DJ NIGHT, Ruben James, 9 p.m. NC. KIP MEAKER (blues), Red Square, 9 p.m. NC. COLD STEEL BREEZE (blues), Nectar's, 9:30 p.m. NC. FLASHBACK ('70s-'90s DJ), Club Toast, 9:30 p.m. NC/$5. MARTIN & MITCHELL (DJs), Club Metronome, 9 p.m. NC. RUSS & CO. (rock), J.P.'s Pub, 9:30 p.m. NC. JALAPENO BROS, (rock), Cheers, 9 p.m. NC. PROJEKCT TWO (Adrian Belew, Robert Fripp & Trey Gunn), Old Lantern, Charlotte, 8 p.m. $40/26.50/18.50. SALLIE MACK TRIO (singer-songwriter/bass & drums), Cafe Swift House, Middlebury, 7:30 p.m. NC. DISCO BISCUITS, OMINOUS SEAPODS (groove rock), Higher Ground, Winooski, 9 p.m. $7. COOL RULES (sophisti-folk), Tones, Johnson, 6 p.m. NC. MIKE DEVER & LAUSANNE ALLEN (acoustic), Three Mountain Lodge, Jeffersonville, 6 p.m. NC.

GOOD QUESTION (rock), Nectars, 9:30 p.m. NC. METRO LOUNGE (reggae DJ), Club Metronome, 9 p.m. NC. TECHNO NIGHT (DJs), 135 Pearl, 10 p.m. $4. COSMIC LOUNGE (acid/house DJ), Higher Ground, Winooski, 9 p.m. NC. KING SUNNY ADE, NEW NILE ORCHESTRA (African), Old Lantern, Charlotte, 8 p.m. $15/20.

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BREAKAWAY (bluegrass), Borders, 3 p.m. NC. LIVE MUSIC (rock), Breakwater Cafe, 4:30 p.m. NC. CAVE-IN, IRE, DROWNINGMAN, MOTIVE, SIX GOING ON SEVEN, SATURATION (hardcore/punk), Essex Memorial Hall, 7 p.m. $5. LITTLE MARTIN (DJ), 135 Pearl, 9 p.m. $4/5. THE NATURALS (rock), Nectars, 9:30 p.m. NC. JEH KULU (drum & dance theater), Red Square, 9 p.m. NC. DJ NIGHT, Ruben James, 9 p.m. NC. BAG OF PANTIES, EMILY ROCK BAND (alt-rock), Club Toast, 9:30 p.m. $3/5. DAVE KELLER BLUES BAND, Manhattan Pizza, 10 p.m. NC. FREE VERSE, LUCID NATION, ZOLA TURN (alt-rock; WRUV show), Club Metronome, 5 p.m. $5, followed by RETRONOME (DJ), 10 p.m. NC. KARAOKE, J.P.s Pub, 9 p.m. NC. VIBROKINGS (rock), Vermont Pub & Brewery, 1 p.m. NC. COMEDY ZONE (stand-up), Radisson Hotel, 8 & 10 p.m. $7. KARAOKE, Franny Os, 9:30 p.m. NC. GUY COLASACCO (singer-songwriter), Jakes, 6:30 p.m. NC. BLUE JAY WAY (rock), Henrys Pub, Holiday Inn, 9 p.m. NC. BOB GESSER (jazz guitar), Tuckaway's, Sheraton Hotel, 9 p.m. NC. ADAM ROSENBERG (acoustic), Ground Round, 8 p.m. NC. ABDUL BAKI & THE NEW ROOTS (roots reggae), Higher Ground, Winooski, 9 p.m. $7. MR. FRENCH (rock), Track Side Tavern, Winooski, 9 p.m. $2. ALEX SMITH (folk guitar), The Tavern, Inn at Essex, 8 p.m. NC. FULL CIRCLE (rock), Edgewater Pub, Colchester, 9 p.m. NC.

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THE ELLEN POWELL DUET (jazz), Windjammer, 10 a.m. NC. THE MCKRELLS (Celtic newgrass), Borders, 2 p.m. NC. JEFF MILLER BENEFIT (local/national acoustic artists; see story this issue), Burlington Coffeehouse at Contois Aud., 7 p.m. $10. TREE, HATEBREED, STEALTH, DROWNINGMAN (hardcore), Club Toast, 9 p.m. $8. IAMILY NIGHT (Dead stuff), Club Metronome, 9 p.m. NC. THE BIG BOYS (jazz), Nectars, 9:30 p.m. NC. KARAOKE, Edgewater Pub, Colchester, 9 p.m. NC. TNT (karaoke & DJ), Thirsty Turtle, Waterbury, 8 p.m. NC. MARK LEGRAND & SARAH MUNRO (acoustic), La Brioche, Montpelier, 11 a.m. NC. LIVE MUSIC (acoustic), Main Street Bar & Grill, Montpelier, 11 a.m. NC.

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earned him the undying gratithe money," she adds. tude of young artists. Rachel Bissex launched the Burlington singer-songwriter Burlington Coffeehouse in Katherine Quinn is one of 1989 and, as she began to tour them. She recalls with a laugh nationally herself, in 1993 she the first time she performed passed the reins to Miller. "Jeff onstage — it was an invitationcame to the Coffeehouse every al open mike with more seaweek and was very encouragsoned players, but for some ing," she recalls. "I asked him reason, she says, Miller asked to take over. He's been much her to contribute. "I was supermore attentive than I." shy," she recalls. "I was afraid In some ways, Miller has to use the mike, and I told him come to be the Coffeehouse, as I just wanted to sing." it has been forced to move Little did Quinn know — from one venue to another — though the audience did — it settled at the Rhombus Gallery a year ago. Throughout that Miller pushed the microphones just behind her, out of the changes, and his physical her range of vision, and turned challenges, he's maintained one them up all the way. Her debut or two weekly concerts and the set was greeted with hearty now-infamous open mike. "I applause. "He's just been did a few open mikes, but he incredible, really started like a father," that on a Burlington Coffeehouse gushes weekly basis," F e s t i v a l , A Benefit for Quinn, who Bissex notes. Jeff M i l l e r , with Annie now plays "He's really G a l l u p . Margo Hennebach, out a couple gentle and J i m H e n r y , James Mee, C o s y of times a encouraging S h e r i d a n , Ri k P a l i e r i , week — with to new R a c h e l B i s s e x and K a t h e r i n e microphones. artists." Quinn. B u r l i n g t o n City Hall "He has more It's one A u d i t o r i u m . J u n e 2 8 , 7 p.m. faith in me thing to show than I do." due respect for estabMiller's lished national artists; it's attentiveness does more than another to give the rawest neoput musicians in the spotlight; phyte the same treatment. he has created, suggests That's why the open mike Hennebach, a sort of sacred nights have revealed Miller at site for performers and fans his nurturing best — and alike. "The shows are his form

of church," she says. "Something gets touched; it's a reminder of something very deep in him, those feelings of connectedness." His involvement, confirms guitarist Paul Asbell, "is really the most pure and idealistic. He's unafraid of being childishly enthusiastic and putting the music out there." Asbell, a veteran of some 20 years in the Unknown Blues Band, acknowledges that Miller played a role in nudging him onto the stage as a solo artist. What some of Miller's musician pals may not know about him is he's a former national rollerskating champion with piles of medals to his credit, and later was a judge for national competitions — he once judged now-Olympic figure-skating champ Tara Lipinski. When he's better, Miller says, he plans to renew his credentials, and he has visions of mentoring young skaters in the Burlington area. The only child of a military man and an Elvis-loving mother, Miller's early years were filled with music. "I picked up a guitar at age eight from my uncle's attic," he recalls. "It was not much more than a cardboard guitar, with a bridge made from a Scrabble piece holder." Learning to play on this, the treasured Gibson he

later paid for by delivering papers was a dream come true. When his parents divorced, Miller and his mother moved back to his birthplace, suburban Buffalo, New York. Here

"The first time I came through Burlington, it was the first time a promoter put me up in a hotel room; he wanted to do right, and that really touched me." -Margo Hennebach, folk musician he played in garage rock and r&b bands through high school. Simultaneously, though, he became interested in the folk revival, and worked on his acoustic skills. His first experiences with a folk coffeehouse came when he was stationed at an Air Force base near Provincetown, Massachusetts, and it was a small leap from there to the thriving folk scene in Boston. Volunteering for "just about anything" at the famous club

Passims foreshadowed his involvement later in Vermont, where he moved in the early '70s. Following stints at the University of Vermont, where Miller studied historic preservation, and at IBM — as the company's only self-taught engineer — he turned his skills to building. Meanwhile, he maintained his parallel life as a skater. Even in the rink, though, Miller says he did it because it was fun, and not so much to win. That attitude carried over to his musical life where, he says, he no longer wants to be the one on stage. "There's so much that's well-written n o w . . . " he muses. After a pause, he offers a metaphor: "There's so much good wine out there, why become a vintner? It's the success of his artists, local or national, that gives him joy and keeps him going, Miller insists. "Its these people and what they've created," he says. "I've watched them grow and learn. The friendships are rewarding themselves. The music they've created has enhanced my life." This Sunday he'll find out how much he's enhanced the life of the local acoustic scene. "Everyone of us in the'community," Asbell sums up simply, "really wishes Jeff well." ®

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copy-boy; a sea captain who loves his wife; and an allaround good guy called "Lovin Al." The final number of Working features the entire cast singing, "Something to Point To," and that is precisely the message of the show: Each of these people wants to be recognized as a meaningful contributor to society, whether they're slaving in a luggage factory, delivering documents overnight, or reading your gas meter while ogling your breasts. Dream on. Lost Nation's program notes inform us, " W h a t these individuals do is secondary to who they are." I'm sure it is. But neither Working nor any other development in the last 2 0 years has done a thing to address the ongoing ^dehumanization of workers in the workplace — unless, since Working certainly left me thinking about it, awareness of the problem is enough. It would help, maybe, if the music in Working were more inspired and inspiring, providing a transcendent lift over the swamp of social concerns. Unfortunately, Stephen Schwartz's score is as lifeless as it is derivative — watereddown Sondheim that at best is not intrusive. M u c h different and completely engaging are the songs written by other artists for the show, among them Craig Carnelia, Micki Grant and James Taylor, whose "Millwork" is set to a superbly executed pantomime and dance of tedious, backbreaking labor. W i t h this number, Lost Nation clearly reveals the possi-

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Lost Nation clearly reveals the possibilities for the theatrical depiction of work, although it's too late to save Working itself, which can't escape its own rosy heart and soaring optimism.

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The archers carefully and deliberately go through a series of movements known as the "seven coordinations." Each movement is like a poetic statement - imagine William Tell after advanced tai-chi. helpful in other activities, D'Aquanni said, and the disciplined mental state of kyudo has carried over into his business affairs. A meditation practice, he added, has helped him deal with chaos in both his inner and his outer, corporate life. Without the proper meditative practice nor kyudo training, I was not allowed the experience of shooting a ya with a yumi while I was at Karme-Choling. Just being there, however, put me in touch with something deeper. I was reminded that answers do come from within, but not always in ways that fit with our hectic lifestyles. To paraphrase a noted Western mystic — Paul Simon — "Slow down, you move too fast. You've got to make the moment last." ®

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223-3338.

Library, Montpelier, 6 p.m. Free. Info,

like riding in a "Merry Oldsmobile" or a "Pink Cadillac," this dance music trio takes you back. Rusty Parker Park, Waterbury, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 244-7726.

kids PARENTS ANONYMOUS: See June 24. Chittenden County Food Shelf, Burlington.

drama

'THE GRIMM BROTHERS': The

'THE FANTASTICKS': See June 24.

classic fairy tales and brings them to

'A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM':

musical life. St. Michael's Playhouse,

See June 24.

Colchester, 7 p.m. $5. Info, 872-0466.

'WORKING': See June 24, 8 p.m.

FIRST BOOK STORY TIME:

$12.50.

makes an appearance at this story session

'THE SECRET GARDEN': See June

for eager readers over three. Barnes &

24.

Noble Bookstore, S. Burlington, 3 p.m.

Green Mountain Guild freshens up three

Madeline

'THE DELIVERY': See June 24.

Free. Info, 864-8001.

'GOLF WITH ALAN SHEPARD': See

STORY HOUR: Kids learn from light-

June 24, 8 p.m.

hearted literature in a country setting.

'DEATH AT THE DUDE RANCH':

Flying Pig Children's Books, Ferry Rd.,

The Spirit of Ethan Allen puts murder on

Charlotte, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info,

the menu with an interactive, floating spin-off of City Slickers. Leaving from the Burlington Boathouse, 6:30 p.m. $34.95. Info, 862-8300. 'THE CHERRY ORCHARD': The old order makes a not-so-speedy exit in this Chekhov comedy set in pre-Revolutionary Russia. Unadilla Theatre, Marshfield, 8 p.m. $10. Info, 456-8968. 'LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS': This horror film spoof is set in a skid row flower shop, where romance blooms

425-2600.

etc HOLOCAUST LECTURE: A representative of the Office of Special Investigations talks about U.S. attempts to trace gold looted by Nazi Germany. Room 103, Rowell Building, UVM, Burlington, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 656-2005. TRANSFORMATIONAL TAROT': Tap into your "intuitive powers" at an

Friday

'MY MOTHER'S EARLY LOVERS': A

GREEN MOUNTAIN CHEW CHEW:

woman discovers herself through the

Local food providers serve up Cajun,

diary of her dead mother in this new film

Vietnamese, Mexican and Indian at this

by Vermont filmmaker Nora Jacobson.

annual feeding frenzy with live music. See

See "to do" list, this issue. Loew

"to do" list, this issue. Waterfront Park,

Auditorium, Hood Museum of Art,

Burlington, 11 a.m. - 11 p.m. Nine

Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7:30

tokens for $5. Info, 864-6674.

p.m. $6. Info, 603-646-2422.

FLOWER FESTIVAL: Regional flower

music

'FACE/OFF': John Travolta plays an FBI

powers offer workshops in everything

agent obsessed with catching an assassin

from composting to conifer care. Garden-

THE RESPECTABLES: Listen for

with whom, in a diabolical twist, he

related demos and tours take place all

strains of Mick Jagger and Jim Morrisson

trades faces. Spaulding Auditorium,

over town. Stowe, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Free.

where this Quebecois company "gooses a

Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College,

Info, 253-7321.

crowd," as one newpaper put it.Haskell

6:30 & 9:15 p.m. $6. Info, 603-

ANTIQUES SHOW: Folk art, furniture

Opera House, Derby Line, 9 p.m. $10.

646-2422.

and fishing relics celebrate the history of

kids

both sides of Lake Champlain. Don't miss

Info, 334-6720.

dance

the Adirondack canoes, fish paintings and camp accessories. Shelburne Museum, 5-

'MUSIC WITH ROBERT RESNIK:

'DANCEBRAZIL': Afro-Brazilian meets

Kids sing songs with the musical host of

modern dance with the gravity-defying

VPRs "All the Traditions." Fletcher Free

moves of capoeira. See "to do" list, this

Library, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free.

issue. Moore Theatre, Hopkins Center,

Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8

'TANTALIZING TREASURE

concert with one or more partners to dis-

Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10-11

cover a non judgmental form of dance.

a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

Town Hall, Woodstock, 6 p.m. - mid-

'THREE LITTLE PIGS': Kids get a les-

night. $25 for the weekend. Info,

son in work ethic — and building mate-

862-6536.

rials — in the first of nine plays at the St.

OPEN OBSERVATORY: Get a good

FREE SPIRIT DANCE: Movers and

Johnsbury Recreation Center, 10:30 a.m.

shakers take advantage of an evening of

$3.75. Info, 748-2600.

unstructured dance and community.

TEEN NIGHT: Bring an instrument to

Chace Mill, Burlington, 8 p.m. $5. Info,

play or share, or be part of the "Friday

985-1067.

night at the Improv" audience. Westford Library, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Free. Info,

Weston Playhouse, 8 p.m. $24. Info,

bian, bisexual, transgendered and ques-

6:30-9 p.m. Free. Info, 800-452-2428.

CHESTS': Experiment with piracy by constructing your own treasure chest.

drama

GLBTQ SUPPORT GROUP: Gay, les-

support. Outright Vermont, Burlington,

CONTACT IMPROV JAM: Move in

Veilleux. Barnes & Noble Bookstore, S.

8 p.m. $20. Info, 985-3348.

tioning youth make new friends and get

p.m. $18.50. Info, 603-646-2422.

alongside a singing, man-eating plant.

experiential tarot talk led by Katherine

etc

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look at the summer sky with members of the Vermont Astronomical Society. Hinesburg, 7:30 p.m. - midnight. Free. Info and directions, 388-4220. BATTERED WOMEN'S SUPPORT GROUP: Women Helping Battered Women facilitates a group in Burlington, 9:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 658-1996.

879-6808.

Burlington, 7 p.m. Info, 864-8001.

'THE FANTASTICKS': See June 24.

824-5288.

VERMONT VENTURE NETWORK:

'A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM':

film

The president and founder of the

See June 24.

Community Development Venture

'THE SECRET GARDEN': See June

'SINGIN' IN THE RAIN': In this cine-

Capital Alliance addresses potential

24.

matic classic, Gene Kelly, Debbie

investors at the Radisson Hotel,

'THE DELIVERY: See June 24.

Reynolds and Donald O'Connor trans-

Burlington, 8-10 a.m. $15. Info,

'WORKING': See June 24, $14.50.

form a dreary silent film into an energetic

658-7830.

'THE CHERRY ORCHARD': See June

new sound musical. Loew Auditorium,

TRAVEL MARKETING SUMMIT:

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth

PAJAMARAMA: Bed-bound kids get snacks with their stories at Barnes &

music

Noble Bookstore, S. Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 864-8001.

ONE WORLD, ONE HEART:

STORY HOUR: Toddlers listen to sto-

Simultaneous stages of local and national

ries at the Milton Public Library, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 893-4644.

acts feature Chuck Berry, The Black

25, $12.

sport

Simien and the Seth Yacovone Blues

Business people sample seminars on pack-

'GOLF WITH ALAN SHEPARD': See

VERMONT EXPOS: The home team

College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $6. Info,

aging, marketing to women and how to

June 24, 8 p.m.

takes on the New Jersey Cardinals.

603-646-2422.

create a successful Web site. Stoweflake

'LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS': See

Centennial Field, Burlington, 7 p.m. $3.

art

Resort, Stowe, 8:30 a.m. - 3:45 p.m. $45.

June 25.

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'THE WIZARD OF OZ': The Valley

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LIFE DRAWING: Live models give

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Three million Americans suffer from this

from nature. Burlington College, 6:30-9

still-incurable liver disease. A support

p.m. $6. Info, 862-2898.

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Ellen, Sugarbush Resort, 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. $ 10 per car to park. Info, 800-253-3787. THROBULATORS: If you missed the day-long road rally, this band will get

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Americans lose their limbs to diabetes than land mines claim worldwide. Take a

for-television musical. Valley Players

swing at a debilitating disease, and raise

Theatre, Route 100, Waitsfield, 8 p.m.

money for research, education and advo-

$12. Info, 496-6318.

cacy programs. Stowe Country Club, 9

sock hop, complete with "throbbing" tunes, dancing, popcorn and lots of root beer floats. Proceeds benefit the Vergennes Opera House, 8 p.m. $5. Info, 877-6737.

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leads a nine-mile hike from David Logan

ballads in French and English from this

Loew Auditorium, Hood Museum of Art,

Shelter to Brandon Gap. Meet in the rear

River Green, Rt. 100, 9:30 a.m. - 1:30

drama

traditional group named after a quaint

Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H.,7 &

parking lot, Montpelier High School, 7

p.m. Info, 496-5856.

'A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM':

fishing village in Nova Scotia. Haskell

9:15 p.m. $6. Info, 603-646-2422.

a.m. Free. Info, 223-5603.

See June 24, 2 p.m.

words

WORK HIKE: Bring lunch, water,

'WORKING': See June 24, 7 p.m.

Opera House, Derby Line, 8 p.m. $10. Info, 334-6720. FREIHOFER'S JAZZ FEST: A1 Jarreau,

Info, 426-3800. Or in Waitsfield, Mad

gloves and work tools on a clean-up

$12.50. 'THE CHERRY ORCHARD': See June

'POETRY OF WITNESS*: Focusing on

cruise of the Long Trail. Meet at East

Dave Brubeck, Cassandra Wilson, Chick

poems that lament, accuse or celebrate,

Middlebury Post Office, 9 a.m. Free.

25, $12.

Corea and King Sunny Ade play today in

Judith Chalmers leads a lecture that

Info, 247-0152.

'THE WIZARD OF OZ': See June 26,

the Amphitheater, Saratoga Performing

invites you to discover ways to witness

etc

Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, N.Y., noon - midnight. $27.50-45. Info, 518-

your own life. Varnum Memorial Library,

music

2 p.m.

FREIHOFER'S JAZZ FEST: See June

'LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS': See June 25, 7 p.m. $21. VARIETY SHOW DINNER CRUISE:

Jeffersonville, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info,

GREEN MOUNTAIN CHEW CHEW:

27. Wynton Marsalis, Ruben Blades,

644-5660.

See June 26.

George Shearing and Herbie Mann play

dance

'DREAM OF THE WHITE VILLAGE':

FLOWER FESTIVAL: See June 26.

today.

Looking for dinner and diversion? This

Vermont author Philip Baruth signs his

ANTIQUES SHOW: See June 26, 10

CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT:

floating vaudevillean variety show puts

'DANCEBRAZIL': See June 26.

new Burlington-based "novel in stories."

a.m. - 4 p.m. $4.

Violinist Marguerite Schenkman joins

Larry, Darryl and Darryl at the helm. Spirit of Ethan Allen, Burlington

587-3330.

CONTACT IMPROV JAM: See June

Vermont Bookshop, Middlebury, 2-4

TAG SALE: One man's trash is another

pianists Cynthia Huard and Larry

26, all day.

p.m. Free. Info, 388-2061.

man's treasure. Pick up used clothing,

Hamberlin for a concert of key works by

Boathouse, 6:30 p.m. $34.95. Info,

'UNACCOMPANIED': Choreographer

BORDERS GRAND OPENING: The

sporting goods, books and small house-

Bach and Schubert. Rochester Federated

862-8300.

Kennet Oberly gets a leg up from Bach in

benevolent "big box" throws a party for

hold items at the United Church of

Church, 4 p.m. Donations. Info,

this moving illumination of "unseen

the reading public with Clifford — for

Underhill, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Free. Info,

767-3012.

film 'BEFORE STONEWALL': This movie

boundaries of emotional territory."

pint-sized literati — and "Music on the

899-3369.

'BLUES, BREWS AND JAZZ': There is

Haybarn Theatre, Goddard College,

Marketplace." See club listings for bands

BUTTERFLY RAMBLE: After a brief

more to Tunbridge than the World's Fair

sums up the history of the homosexual

Plainfield, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info,

and times. 29 Church Street, Burlington,

indoor introduction, naturalists lead a

— this weekend, anyway. Catch blues

experience in America, from McCarthy

472-6004.

11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Free. Info, 865-2711.

search — without nets — for butterfly

belters Seth Yacovone, Dave Keller, Fred

era scapegoating to the homophile rights

OTTER CREEK CONTRAS: Bill Olsen

USED BOOK SALE: Browse for second-

diversity. Montshire Museum of Science,

Haas and Sandra Wright between swigs at

movement. Rhombus Gallery, 186

calls for Pam Weeks and friends at a com-

hand fiction, beach books and hard-to-

Norwich, 9 a.m. - noon. 1-4 p.m. $12.

the World's Fairgrounds, Tunbridge, 2-10

College St., Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $3.

munity contra dance. Municipal Gym,

find hardbacks at a book sale that bene-

Info, 649-2200.

p.m. $12. Info, 728-6045.

Info, 865-3144.

Middlebury, 8 p.m. $6. Info, 388-0438.

fits the Friends of the Burnham Library.

HAM SUPPER: Feast on premium pork

'MUSIC IN THE MEADOW: The

'THE MAN IN THE IRON MASIC:

drama

Burnham Library, Colchester, 9 a.m. - 4

product and homemade baked beans

Swingin' Vermont Big Band turns up the

Leonardo DiCaprio plays the flawed

p.m. Free. Info, 879-7576.

before a silent auction. North Ferrisburgh

volume on Ellington, Herman and other

French king who keeps his saintly brother

United Methodist Church, 5:30 & 6:30

classic jazz artists. Bill Bickford takes care

locked away in the Bastille on the eve of

'THE FANTASTICKS': See June 24, 2

kids

p.m. $6. Info, 425-3058.

of the singin'. Trapp Family Lodge

revolution. Spaulding Auditorium,

CHAMP DAY: Meet the monster whose

ALL LADIES CLASSIC CAR RALLY:

Concert Meadow, Stowe, 7 p.m. $18.

Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College,

See June 24.

antics entertain at Expos games. A

Thirty drivers — all women — are

Info, 253-7792.

Hanover, N.H., 6:30 & 9:15 p.m. $6.

'THE SECRET GARDEN': See June

"Champ Art" project maintains the sea

already signed up for this culture cruise

SWING JAZZ BAND: The "Presto"

Info, 603-646-2422.

24.

serpent theme. Lake Champlain Basin

to raise money for the Vergennes Opera

Band plays retro swing jazz tunes like "All

'THE DELIVERY*: See June 24.

Science Center, Burlington Waterfront,

House. Look for a 1962 Porsche, a 1958

of Me"

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. $2. Register,

Music Store, Blue Mall, S. Burlington, 10

words

'WORKING': See June 24, $14.50.

Ferrari and a 1926 Packard Phaeton on

'H.M.S. PINAFORE': See June 24, $12.

864-1848.

the road. Village Green, Vergennes, 8:30

a.m. - noon. Free. Info, 658-0030.

a.m. - 3 p.m.

'THE WIZARD OF OZ': See June 26.

THEATER ON ICE: A team of Russian

WILLEM LANGE: The Vermont Public

'GOLF WITH ALAN SHEPARD': See

teenagers are among the skaters partici-

June 24, 4 & 8:30 p.m.

pating in the second biannual Inter-

'LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS': See

national Theatre on Ice Competition.

& 8 p.m. 'A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM':

June 25, 3 p.m. $21 & 8 p.m. $27.

Gordon Paquette Arena, Leddy Park,

'THE BELLE OF AMHERST': Emily

Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $6. Info,

Dickenson is the focus of this onewoman play that intersperses the poet's lyrical gnomic verse with dialogue that recounts her life as she saw it. Briggs Opera House, White River Junction, 8 p.m. $10. Info, 291-9009.

864-0123.

sport VERMONT EXPOS: See June 26. MT. MANSFIELD HIKE: The Burlington chapter of the Green

film

Mountain Club leads a "mystery hike" up

'MA VIE EN ROSE': Alain Berliner

for difficult conditions. Meet at UVM

directed this award-winning film that

Visitors Lot, Burlington, 8 a.m. Free.

chronicles the obstacles a little boy must

Info, 879-1302.

face to make his dream come true:

LONG TRAIL HIKE: The Montpelier

becoming a little girl so he can marry his

section of the Green Mountain Club

the tallest peak in Vermont. Be prepared

and "Tin Roof Blues." Presto

a.m. $295. Info, 877-2262.

ARMY BAND CONCERT: Hear

SUMMER SOLSTICE PARTY: Dance

marches, solo features and popular band

the night away to the summer sounds of

music from "Vermont's own" army

the Gravelin Brothers Band. Sunset

ensemble in a program entitled,

Ballroom, Holiday Inn, S. Burlington, 8

"Favorites of the 40th." Militia Museum,

p.m. - 12:30 a.m. $6. Info, 863-6363.

Camp Johnson, Colchester, 2 p.m. Free.

LAWN SALE: This group of second-

Info, 654-0246.

hand sellers promises to have the "largest"

VERMONT JAZZ ENSEMBLE: The

USED BOOK SALE: See June 27, 11

Radio commentator and humorist spins his Yankee yarns in the Joslyn Round Barn, Waitsfield, 7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 496-7722.

art 'A PHOTOGRAPHER'S BIOGRA-

selection of stuff in Vermont. Look for

big band sounds of Count Basie and

electronics, toys, furniture and computers

PHY*: Tom Zetterstrom talks about trees

Glenn Miller bring you back at the

at the Middlesex United Methodist

and other subjects in an illustrated lecture

Haskell Opera House, Derby Line, 8

Church, 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. Free. Info, 223-

on the development of his work. Fleming

p.m. $8. Info, 334-6720.

5118.

Museum, UVM, Burlington, 2 p.m. Free.

dance

Info, 656-2094.

FARMERS MARKETS: Look for Vermont-grown agricultural products and

CONTACT IMPROV JAM: See June

crafts on the green at Burlington City

26, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

kids WILDLIFE REHAB: Injured animals

Hall Park, 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Info,

can be dangerous. Get an intro to wildlife

453-2435. Or in Montpelier, Corner of

rehabilitation at the Lake Champlain

Elm and State Streets, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

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herd of Morgan horses kicks off the sum-

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mer season at a day-long celebration of

Vermont agriculture. Look for fresh food,

sport

local music and pettable animals. See "to do" list, this issue. Morgan Horse

drama

with questions about family law, housing

OPEN FENCING: Amateur fencers

'THE FANTASTICKS': See June 24.

difficulties and welfare problems. Room

make their point for fitness. Bridge

'THE CHERRY ORCHARD': See June

14, Burlington City Hall, 3-5 p.m. Free.

School, Middlebury, 7:30-9 p.m. $3.

25, $10.

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sport

Baird offers free legal advice to women

BIKE TRIP: Bring a helmet, repair kit,

Complex, Bostwick Road, Shelburne, 10

Info, 878-2902.

'LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS': See

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lunch and drink on a circular bike trip

a.m. - 4 p.m. Free. Info, 985-8665.

MOUNTAIN BIKE RACING:

June 25. $21.

GROUP: Meet in Barre, 10:30 a.m. -

from Hardwick to North Wolcott and

INTERFAITH SERVICE: Scripturally,

Competitive cyclists wend their ways

back. Leaving from the rear parking lot, Montpelier High School, 8:30 a.m. Free.

prayer and singing brings Christians and

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mountains are sacred ground. A service of

WRITERS' GROUP: Writers work with

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Jews together in the Mountain Chapel,

Sugarhouse, Shelburne, 5 p.m. Info,

words at Dubie's Cafe, Burlington, 7 p.m.

W O R K HIKE: Lend a hand fixing up

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985-5054.

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Taylor Lodge with other well-meaning

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KING SUNNY ADE: The Nigerian

223-0855.

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conspicuous rocky cone also makes the

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863-6326.

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tled, "Our Best Friends Wedding," pre-

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o maintain my credibility as a reviewer of restaurants, I know I must find at least one bad thing to say about any given establishment, lest I be taken for a pushover. So when it comes to Ariel's in Brookfield, here it is: I didn't absolutely love the bathroom wallpaper. There you have it. Because at Ariel's, I had one of the best restaurant meals I've had in a very long time. A moment for full disclosure: I have known owners Lee Duberman and Richard Fink J

for several years as members of central Vermont's foodie community (they used to own About T h y m e Cafe in Montpelier, and Duberman also taught at New England Culinary Institute and cooked at the now-defunct White House in Calais). Plus, they know I write about food. And because the Seven Days photographer inadvertently showed up to take pictures before I got there, the owners knew mine was a "working" dinner. So perhaps Duberman and Fink pulled a fast one, replacing so-so food with wonderful dishes and poor service with good, just for our table of four. But looking around the lovely little restaurant, it seemed as if everyone else was as smitten as I was. And friends who live in Brookfield tell me the place is consistently great. The restaurant itself is sister to The Pond Village Pub, also owned by Duberman and Fink. The two restaurants are housed in an 1840s clapboard building on Sunset Lake — a.k.a. Colt's Pond — right next to the famous floating bridge. The pub menu, you can probably guess, is less pricey and more casual; entries cost under $10, and include an ever-changing array of salads, quesadillas, soups, burgers and pasta dishes. I've eaten there before and recall a great vegetarian sandwich on focaccia ($6) and an entree of salmon that ran around $9. There's also a kids' menu at the pub — burgers, hot dogs, grilled cheese and plain pasta, all for about $3.

Duberman, who does the cooking for both establishments, says that Sunday night at the pub is the time to go; it's the night she transforms the left-overs from Ariel's into pub fare. Ariel's, a more formal and expensive "special occasion" restaurant, is open only on Friday and Saturday nights. The pub is open Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday evenings. But either restaurant is an excellent choice, and will not leave anyone disappointed or hungry. And if you need an excuse to trek to Brookfield, to the public swimming spot in summer, or the floodlighted skating rink in winter, it provides the opportunity for a daylong outing. In winter, the Green Trails Inn across the road provides cross-country skiing. On Friday night my husband and I traveled to Brookfield with two friends. We soon found ourselves settled into a cozy corner table with a lovely floral cloth complemented with napkins the color of rich clotted cream. Dinner was simply delicious. M y husband ordered the crab cake in kataify pastry ($7.75), a Middle Eastern pastry that resembles shredded wheat. The dish was spectacular, heavy on crab flavor and accented by a delicate sauce of fresh herbs. He was equally thrilled with his pan-roasted boneless poussin (a fancy name for a baby chicken). This Duberman flattens and cooks under a brick according to "an old Italian method," she says, that "gets the skin very

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crisp and cooks the flesh through without drying it out." It was served with a corn cake and tomatillo sauce and priced at $18. Jane had an appetizer portion of the mushroom risotto entree, served on a crispy sort of tuille cookie made of Parmesan cheese, followed by the grilled lamb with goat cheese ravioli ($18.75), which her husband also ordered. I trumped them all with an order of a Thai seafood ragout with coconut curry and rice noodles ($19.75) It was perfectly spiced; the taste of the shrimp, mussels, scallops and generous hunk of freshly shelled lobster came through vividly, and I scooped up every last bit of the green curry sauce with some of the restaurant's excellent bread. At another table, I overheard a diner swooning over the seared sea bass, priced at $18.50. Our alternate choice would have been a roast loin of pork with rhubarb chutney for $17.50. But don't get your heart set on these dishes, because the menu at Ariel's changes this week. The new offerings, through July 18, include an appetizer of Spinney Creek oysters with fresh spinach and chive butter ($7.75), and a soup of mango gazpacho ($5.50). Entries include lobster out of the shell with fresh corn risotto ($19.50), an Indian spiced roast lamb with summer fruit chutney ($18.50) and a Napoleon of potatoes, artichokes and goat cheese ($17). The desserts at Ariel's did not disappoint. A lemon curd Napoleon, a mango sorbet and a seasonal berry crisp were all

Looking around the lovely little restaurant, it seemed as if everyone else was as smitten as I was. culled list maintained by Fink, who runs the front of the house. In short, it was a memorable evening. Ponying up our share of the $ 2 0 0 bill — which included dinner for four, plus wine, tax and tip — didn't hurt as much as you might think. (7)

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Bv Marv Ann Li c k t e i q hen it came time to pick a major in college, Doug Griswold settled on economics. He had studied math, English and religion, but because he planned to go to work for his father, concrete producer Steele T. Griswold, a degree in economics seemed practical. "At least if I was going to hang one up, it would fit," he said of his resulting diploma. After graduating from Hamilton College in 1970, Griswold indeed returned to Vermont to work with Dad. \ Twenty-eight years later, he is president of S.T. Griswold & Co., Inc. But instead of a sheepskin hanging in his office, there's art. To the left of Griswold's desk is a Ducks Unlimited print; to his right, a framed color photocopy of a page from sculptor Kate Pond's journal. It was the day she was having a hard time soldering a copper weather vane and went searching for a base for another piece but found only a bench, which, she noted, would always be just a bench. "Fooey. Fooey," she wrote in the corner of the page, most of which was covered with a watercolor painting of one of Griswold's concrete ready-mix plants, a ready-mix truck, and the uninspiring bench.

W i t h Pond long in residence on the premises, it's not unusual to see her works gracing the grounds. But from now through August 1, the 12th annual fine arts festival Art's Alive is exhibiting sculpture Art's

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demolition site, and Knox Cummin's "Doryfish," constructed out of maple saplings. Leslie Fry's concrete "Ziggurat Dress" will be installed this week. If anyone had told Doug Griswold 30 years ago that he would turn the grounds of his father's company into a sculpture garden, he would have called that extremely unlikely. He thought art was boring. He

artists from four countries to create large-scale concrete sculptures for rest areas along Vermont's Interstates. Griswold & Co. donated concrete, equipment, workspace and installation, and Doug Griswold, a young economics graduate, found himself surrounded by artists. He didn't understand sculpture, and most of the artists didn't understand con-

Businessman Doug Griswold cements his ties to art orange pointing fingers on Industrial Ave., you'll know you're in the right place. Those are "wind gloves," a whimsical version of wind socks by Lars Fisk. Fashioned out of nylon and shaped like Mickey Mouse gloves — Griswold calls them "flying fingers" — they swivel atop iron poles. Fisk created 12 of them for the Phish concert in Maine last summer and all were stolen, but he managed to retrieve these three, plant them on Griswold's lawn and win second place in the Art's Alive competition. Also on display is Timothy Grannis' untitled sculpture, made from steel found at a

Williston,

August

among the white pines at the company's Williston headquarters. In fact, Griswold expects that most of the artists will leave their work there until October. Viewers of the twodimensional art in storefronts on the Church Street Marketplace in Burlington may not know about the sculptural component; it is worth the drive. When you see three giant,

crete, he said. They tried to carve it like wood or handle it like steel. And as Griswold taught them the properties of the medium, they in turn taught him. Kate Pond was an apprentice that summer, and she rented a building at Griswold & Co. for her studio the following year. She's been there ever since. Just returned last week from a four-month fellowship and installation in Japan, Pond said that access to a crane, forklift and industrial expertise makes her large-scale work possible. Proximity to all that concrete also prompted her to dabble in the medium, she

favored watercolors and ocean scenes, he said. "But I had no interest in sculpture at all. I didn't understand sculpture. I still don't understand sculpture," he concedes, "but I can appreciate it." Griswold's interest was sparked in 1971 when his father announced that the company was sponsoring a sculpture symposium and appointed Doug the liaison. "Go to the meeting and find out what we're doing," he instructed his son. The symposium, coordinated by then-University of Vermont sculptor Paul Aschenbach, brought in 11

said, although she still prefers steel. Her situation is a perfect collaboration between art and industry, she noted. She consults the company's master welder for his expertise, and to weld for her when it rains — she's afraid of getting electrocuted — she calls the dispatcher when she needs a crane to move something, and she calls on Griswold when she needs help executing a design. Company trucks deliver her finished pieces. "Maybe we ought to hire Kate," Steele Griswold said one day. "She gets more work out of our guys than we do." Pond pays for labor and materials when she's getting paid for a project. At other times, Griswold donates. "I call him my patron," Pond said. Boyish at 50, Doug Griswold dresses conservatively, like the prep school graduate he is. But the guy who makes his living producing concrete blocks, pipes, manholes and ready-mix also enjoys talking about the patina of weathered concrete, and the exhilaration of seeing Michelangelo's "David" in Italy last fall. Far from uncomfortable, Griswold now enjoys the company of Pond and her artist friends. But he won't profess to love everything called art. Last year at the Guggenheim, he saw an exhibit entitled "Genghis Khan Crossing the Rubicon." It had two long poles lined with inflated animal skins, he said. Behind the poles were two Toyota engines. "I don't have a clue what was happening in that art exhibit," he conceded. "I guess the issue with art is to know what you like," he said, "and tolerate the rest." (7)

Art's Alive includes a Wednesday night lecture series; Kate Pond will wrap up the series July 8, 6:30 p.m., at S. T. Griswold in Williston. For info, call 864-1557.

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ARICS (Mar. 21-Apr. 19): Though I've never had a role model, I haven't given up hope of finding one. If you have any suggestions for who my role model could be, or if you think you might fill the bill, please write me at Box 7 6 1 , Petaluma, CA 94953. I'm looking for someone of any gender who's highly skilled but scrupulously unegotistical; kind but tricky; a great dancer and a smart talker; someone who makes money doing what they love byt isn't addicted to money itself; and an inspirational artist who doesn't care if their art ever makes them famous. Oh, by the way, Aries, you could use a new role model or two yourself. If you write me, tell me what you're looking for so I can put the word out in a future column. TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20): Before I give you the go-ahead to develop a more intimate relationship with the snooze bar on your alarm clock, I have to ask: Will you assure me that you'll drag yourself out of bed no later than 10 a.m. each day? And before I say it's OK to have one more cup and one more dip and one more squeeze of everything than usual, I must know: Will you agree to leave enough for everyone else to enjoy? And finally, Taurus, if I advise you to invite more ease into your life, will you promise not to get a stuntperson to perform your quantum leaps of faith for you?

prophecy a week of boring demands, barely missed opportunities, and halfassed efforts. But if you're a wide-awake lover of life who's alert to the shifting truths of each new moment, I foresee you making your own breaks, creating something out of nothing, and transforming ugliness into beauty. CANCCR (June 21-July 22): The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Crabs, of which I am the official spokesmodel, is ecstatic that you've kept your suffering to a minimum while throwing off your chains. In our opinion, you've earned the right to sit in your underwear watching MTV and scarfing down chocolate eclairs for the next three days without feeling a bit of guilt. However, we earnestly hope you use your grace period in a more ennobling way, such as eating a ripe apricot out of the hand of your secret admirer under a spreading oak tree, or asking the three people who understand you best to describe in detail what's most wonderful about you, or setting out on a trip that resembles Dorothy's visit to Oz. L€0 (July 23-Aug. 22): Picture all the ways you were smarter at age 1 6 than you are now. Visualize yourself bounding up to the Dalai Lama and offering him some

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(and your secret need) to prove everyone wrong. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): This is the first of two horoscopes entided "The State of the Sagittarian Soul." We begin our assessment with a quote from Songlines, a book by travel writer Bruce Chatwin. "A white explorer in Africa, anxious to press ahead with his journey, paid his porters for a series of forced marches. But they, almost within reach of their destination, set down their bundles and refused to budge. No amount of extra payment would convince them otherwise. They said they had to wait for their souls to catch up." I think the implication for your life is clear, Sagittarius. To say it another way, your ego has been bolting ahead like an arrow in flight, while your soul has been luxuriously whirling around in spiral hallelujahs. Its time to get the two back in sync

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you'll soon be swimming upstream and uphill for great distances, leaving your familiar saltwater and returning to freshwater. You may not have to work quite as hard as a Chinook salmon that's got to cover 2 0 0 0 miles and ascend to elevations of 7 9 0 0 feet, but then again you might. Luckily, the reward at the end will be well worth your trouble. It should be almost as pleasurable as the spawning orgy the salmon enjoy. Pisces (Feb. 19-Mar. 20): Legend says that Isaac Newton first formulated the law of gravity while peacefully meditating under an apple tree on a sunny afternoon. Poet Emily Dickenson, perpetually garbed in white, hatched most of her greatest poems while in idyllic seclusion at her family's placid homestead. John Montagu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich, drew inspiration from less wholesome surroundings, however. When he invented the wonderful food concoction named after him, he was in the eighth hour of an all-night gambling binge with his cronies. I mention this, Pisces, because I suspect that your finest discoveries and innovations in the next few weeks are more likely to occur when you're acting like Montagu than Newton or Dickenson.

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MUSIC INSTRUCTION BASS: Clyde Stats is now accepting students on acoustic & electric bass. All levels/styles. Emphasis on musicianship/theory to develop creativity. Beginners welcome. 864-4229. BASS: Learn technique, theory, reading and groove this summer. All levels welcome. Keith Hubacher (The Disciples, Nerbak Bros., The Christine Adler Band), reasonable rates. Call 434-4309. GUITAR: All styles & levels. Emphasis on developing strong technique, thorough musicianship & persona] style. Paul Asbell (Unknown Blues Band, SklarGrippo). 862-7696. VOICE: Voice care & coaching avail. Trust a pro w/ 20 yrs. exp., whose credits incl. Broadway, radio & TV. Blues, Punk, Jazz, Stand-up, Opera or Oral reports. You can expand your power, range & presence! Build confidence, nurture & love your voice today! Call Jim, 849-9749.

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