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THURSDAY, JUNE 27 ~ 7:30PM THE MOZART R O O M ChildrenSong of New Jersey - a youth choir. FRIDAY, JULY 12 ~ 8PM THE MOZART R O O M The Peter Turin consort will perform Renaissance and baroque music, including solos, duos, trios, and quartets on early instruments. Contributions will benefit The Vermont Land Trust. THURSDAY, JULY 18 ~ 8PM T H E MOZART ROOM The Sarasa Ensemble, drawing on a diverse pool Of talented musicians from the USA and Europe, will perform music from the early baroque through the romantic era. Contributions will be given to the Vermont Children's Trust Foundation. SATURDAY, AUGUST 31 ~ 7:30PM T H E MOZART R O O M The Gethsemane AME Zion Church Choir from Kannapolis, North Carolina.

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...People can stop cold paying into the periodic fund drives. [But] that would not be the end of the con game, of course. The U.S. regime would pay whatever it takes to keep the con game going, because to the regime it is priceless and the unrich would be stuck with the tax tab for "public" propaganda to please the Cubans in Florida and thus help re-elect the Bush brothers. — Peter D. Moss Fairfax BLINKERED HISTORY Stephen McArthur [Letters, June 12] speaks as if [he were] standing by a speeding train and taking a high-speed photograph which records a window with one person looking out and exclaims, "There is only one person on the train!!" History in a convenient, simplistic, snapshot vacuum is the resort of those blinded by the obvious, that being that Israelis are being killed by bombs, many transported by suicide bombers. In Mr. McArthur s narrow line of sight a horrible reality. Most of us probably feel the same way. That isn't hard to understand. Conveniendy removed... is the true history that brings us to this horror. One only has to look at the latest maps of the West Bank, completely... pockmarked, divided and occupied by permanent Israeli settlements to reveal

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The Nasty Boys? The Jim Douglas for Governor campaign took some nice bites out of Democrat Doug Racine's leg last week. Mr. Douglas took out a big ad in The Burlington Free Press titled "Doug Racine: Bad For Jobs." It was composed of surgically selected press quotes that put Racine in an unfavorable light. And luck was with them. The ad ran the day after Racine's campaign kick-off. And the Freeps misidentified the jump page for the page-one campaign story. Readers were led directly to the anti-Racine ad on page 3B instead of the article on page 2B. Douglas' pit bulls are Campaign Manager Neale Lunderville and his assistant, Jim Barnett (both graduates of American University in Washington, D.C.). Sharp guys. They've been drawing blood, chewing on Doug the Democrat's flip-flops, the Circ and singlepayer health care. But the Douglas newspaper ad crossed the line — the honesty line. We may be Vermonters, but we ain't that stupid! For example, Slim Jim's attack ad quoted a 1996 Freeps editorial that stated, "Racine has a reputation as a tax and spend liberal." They want you to believe "tax and spend liberal" is synonymous with "child molester." But the editorial they quoted was actually a ringing endorsement of |*4r. Racine for lieutenant governor over Republican John Carroll. The editorial concluded, "Only one candidate in this, race has campaigned on a proven record of bringing Republicans and Democrats together to serve all Vermonters. With moderation and civility, Doug Racine w i U ^ ^ f e l i e u t e n a n t governor VeiSHbnt needs . Understandably, none of that made the Jim Douglas ad. Ditto with the shit-on-Racine quotes lifted from 1998 and 2000 editorials that actually endorsed Racine over his Republican opponents. On Tuesday, the Racine campaign showed two can play the quotation game. They produced negative quotes from five different Vermont newspaper editorials knocking Douglas' tactics during his last big race — his 1992 challenge of U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy. And, unlike the Douglas campaign, the Racine campaign sent along the complete editorials. For example, the Bennington Banner wrote: "Mr. Douglas has made negative campaigning his platform this election season... Voters need to hear the candidates' positions on the issues, not the candidates' positions on their opponents, and Mr. Douglas has come up short." Apparently, 10 years later, Jim Douglas still hasn't gotten that message.

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week Ho-Ho's the cover boy for The New Republic magazine. "I think this is all great," said Howard last Friday during a brief appearance in Vermont. "But every campaign has its ups and downs. It's good to have the buzz," noted Dr. Dean, "but the media can make you and the media can break you." Right now, it's the make-you phase for Howard Dean. And believe me, the guy is focused. "I have to basically concentrate on putting one foot in front of the other every single day and try to make some headway," said HoHo. "Every single day you have to take one more step forward and not let anything deter you from doing that, no matter if you get a lousy press article or a great press article." That's a winning attitude, eh? Throwing in the Beach Towel? — Bernie Beach is history. Monday night, Burlap's city council voted unanimously to withdraw the designation, honoring Congressman Bernie Sanders' request. Finally, Republicans, Democrats and Progressives agreed on something. A couple weeks back, the council passed a hotly debated resolution (9-5), honoring the former socialist mayor by renaming North Beach "Bernard Sanders Beach." They settled on the beach on the north end of Burlington Bay, after proposals to rename the downtown Community Boathouse or Waterfront Park drew intense partisan howls and squeals. But last week, opponents came up with a technicality requiring the council to revisit the matter. To make Bernie Beach official requires passage of a city ordinance, not just a resolution. 5 And Republican Councilor Kevin Curley darn near threw a fit on WCAX-TV Sunday night, passionately standing up for the geographical designation. "All personalities aside," said the defender of tradition, "North Beach is a landmark in the city of Burlington and it has been North Beach. People know it as North Beach, it's on maps as North Beach, and it should always be North Beach." Enough was enough for Ol' Bernardo. He is, after all, the champion of "poor people, working people and the elderly," not sunbathers. Sanders quickly contacted his pal, Councilor Phil Fiermonte, asking that the plug be pulled on the Bernie Beach brouhaha. Sanders spokesman and wife Jane Sanders told Seven Days Tuesday, the beach debate was "a bit absurd." Lady Jane called the beach-naming "a nice gesture." She said Bernie was flattered, all right. But having it turn into a political donnybrook, said Jane, "is not worth anybody's time and effort." It's the "antithesis of who Bernie is," she explained. "It's not in his interest to distract people from the issues." The defeat of Bernie Beach was also a victory for rookie city councilor Ian CarletOn. The Ward 1 Democrat is an attorney, a graduate of Yale Law School and the junior member at former Gov. Phil Hoff's Main Street law firm. Carleton opposed Bernie Beach not because of Bernie, he insisted, but because of the "process." "Bernie Sanders is a hero of mine," said Carleton. "But I wished it had gone to a committee and gotten the proper public input." Even if a committee had recommended it to the council, it turns out Councilor Carleton would oppose it. That's because, he told Seven Days, he does not believe public facilities should be named after politicians until they "retire." Of course, that doesn't apply to everyone. You may have noticed the large structure going up just south of the Community Boathouse? That, folks, is the $13 million "Marcelle and

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weeks later, Tudor was spotted — in the prison workshop. Alerted guards used a sniffer dog, thermalimaging gear, remote cameras and sound-sensing equipment to locate Tudor in the ventilation ductwork 20 feet overhead. After they cut Tudor out of his hideout and noted that he had lost 30 pounds, prison representative Darlene Haines said, "There's every indication he's been down there the whole time." Bad News for Picnics Scientists have discovered a supercolony of ants stretching almost 4000 miles from the Italian Riviera along the coastline to northwest Spain. The colony consists of billions of Argentine ants living in millions of nests, all related closely enough to recognize each other, despite being from different nests with different queens, the Swiss, French and Danish researchers reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. They noted

the supercolony is the largest cooperative unit ever recorded. Ambitious Undertaking ^ > When a man and a woman > robbed a Starbucks in Monroe, Washington, they not only took cash from the safe, but also forced one of the store's employees to help them make coffee, which they sold at the drive-through window, pocketing the money. Monroe police representative Jan O'Neil said the armed pair served as many as 25 customers in the 30 minutes they were in the store. Hazards of Stud Banging Tongue studs can ruin wearers' teeth and gums, according to Dimitris Tatakis, professor of periodontology at Ohio State University. Almost half the 52 subjects in his study who had worn a barbell-shaped stud for more than four years had chipped teeth, and 35 percent had receding gums. "It's caused by the stud banging against the gum," Tatakis explained, adding, "The longer you have it, the greater the likelihood of complications." Double Dose for Safety Someone who combines alcohol and cannabis may drive less recklessly than a person who is simply drunk, according to a study by British transportation researchers. Volunteers drinking the equivalent of a glass of wine fared worse on psychomotor tests

than those who smoked a joint, and those who were given both alcohol and cannabis performed even worse; however, the drivers on cannabis tended to be aware of their intoxicated state and drove more cautiously to compensate. The findings by the Transport Research Laboratory in Crowthorne are in line with other research. "Whereas alcohol promotes risk-taking like fast speeds and close following, cannabis promotes conservative driving," said Nicholas Ward, technical adviser to a European Union project quantifying crash risks of drivers after taking various drugs and medi-

Little Things Mean a Lot Detroit police reported that a 31-year-old man suspected of raping a 36-year-old woman fled after the victim ended the attack by biting and lacerating his penis. Police apprehended the suspect after following a trail of blood to his home, where they found a large puddle of blood in his dining room. Colorful Relief After the new sod at an auto park in drought-stricken Santa Fe, New Mexico, died because of outdoor watering restrictions, the four automobile dealerships that own the park solved the problem by painting it. "It's not a whole lot of grass," George Woolard of Santa Fe Chevrolet said. "But now it's green."

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Execution ofJustice, which Lost Nation Theater debuted last week, is playwright Emily Mann's desperate attempt to exonerate one of America's most underappreciated heroes. Based almost entirely on court transcripts and T V interviews, her script is a montage of trial sequences, police interrogations and slanted news coverage. In the end, justice is never achieved for Milk, either in the courtroom or, unfortunately, on stage. Lost Nation does deserve credit for approaching the tough topic of queer politics. As the play opens, Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone are already dead. White confesses to the murders to his wife in church, so the "mystery" is solved in the first five minutes. For the next two hours, the audience serves as jury in W h i t e s

ludicrous trial; the defense and district attorney make their cases, interrogating a host of witnesses, trying to unearth the motivation behind the murders. White, who attributed his slayings to work-related stress, is now famous in law schools for his "Twinkie defense." According to defense attorney Douglas Schmidt, White's clinical depression led to junk-food binges that affected the chemicals in his brain. W h e n his alleged stress became unbearable, W h i t e carried a pistol to Milk's office, sneaked in through a side window, traded a few words and blew Milk away. H e then staggered down the hall and plugged Mayor Moscone as well. From a dramatic perspective,

it feels strange that neither Milk nor Moscone ever appears on stage. T h e spotlight falls only on Dan White, the tortured victim of sugary treats, and the two lawyers whose arguments will determine his fate. T h e battle of spin rages for two long acts, interspersed with brief testimonials by people in the street, including a White-supporting homophobe, Milk's lovelorn partner and a loud, leather-clad biker. Execution of Justice is a parade of monologues, summarizing the corrupt political climate of San Francisco and calling into question the very nature of the American justice system. Director Lisa A. Tromovich is an effective traffic cop, mapping complex routes for her many actors. Rapid scene changes help invigorate a plodding script, requiring the hard-working

actors to change quickly into their many costumes. In a few seconds, a dim courtroom transforms into a bright street scene, then later into an emotional candlelit vigil. Technical director Robyn Osiecki has masterfully organized her ambitious set, complete with a rotating spotlight, ear mikes for prompting — there are a lot of lines — and scores of props. Most impressive is the threescreen projection system that exhibits photos and video footage from the period. But all these special effects only add noise to an already confusing story. As a docu-drama, Execution of Justice is clunky and uneven; there is virtually no dialogue between any two characters. Mann has somehow failed to realize that real-life people subpoenaed to the stand or shoved in front of T V cameras instantly become actors, who put on their best faces and never reveal their true personalities. We don't see White in jail or his lawyers chatting over coffee. White exchanges only one full sentence with his wife, and that's to say that he committed the crime. In effect, each character talks from a vacuum; they are sketchily drawn and symbolic at best. T h e playwright has compiled some exhaustive research, which could make for a profound essay, but the play's dramatic core collapses at the get-go. M a n n clearly sides with the prosecution, and for good reason. W h i t e s light sentence ignored all evidence and depended on the presumed sympathies of the straight, white jury. T h e riots at the end of the play are meant to make us angry at the system. But the only character M a n n explores is White himself, making him

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Miscarriage of Justice continued from page 11 a the play's de facto protagonist. Mann dedicates almost the entire play to the defense — trying to expose the many contrived arguments — but there's too little prosecution to counter it. With limited stage time, the DA gets lost, along with all his more reasonable evidence. In his absence, we can't help but tune in to the defense and begin to identify with White's flimsy position. Maybe clinical depression would make an upstanding excop like White go a little crazy. Who's to say? Here, Lost Nation makes its one mistake independent of the script: casting the lawyers. David Stradley plays defender Schmidt, who should be a total slimeball if we are to side with The People. But Stradley is a cool, collected lawyer who rarely raises his voice and has an almost pleasant presentation. As District Attorney Thomas F. Norman, Kim Bent is a gravelly, crotchety monster. Both are natural actors, but Bent makes the DA look like a frigid, friendless old man who growls angrily at every witness. We know nothing about these men — just their drawnout arguments. And when Stradley makes his Final remarks, admitting he's nervous, we're inclined to reach out to him, because he's the more timid of the two and he's struggling to save his client from the chair. This character dynamic <• implodes the entire message of the play. Even if you can't sympathize with White, you can certainly root for an underdog like Stradley. Perhaps if we saw White in his fatal confrontation with Milk and Moscone, the audience might feel differently. But the play isn't about Milk, for in the end we know nothing about him. If you weren't acquainted with Harvey Milk before, Execution of Justice wouldn't make his death any more tragic. Never mind the lesser-known Moscone, who barely gets mentioned. Mann continues to misuse her sources until the Final blackout. The psychologists who helped defend White's erratic state of mind are portrayed as sweater-clad dorks who can eagerly describe the murder in psychoanalytic terms. But there's no visible malice towards Milk or gay culture in general. Tromovich has her actors play up the therapists' nerdiness, but this is a cheap shot and irrelevant to the case; their arguments sound well-researched, unlike those of the blustery prosecution. Later, when we see the protesters on the street, they start throwing bombs and screaming about the poverty of American justice. But their worthy points are never fleshed out; they just look like mean-spirited militants. For all its good intentions, Lost Nation Fights an impossible battle with this play. Energetic acting only pushes Mann's murky message further into an abyss. And with targets as big and important as justice and sexual pride, it's all the more vital not to miss them. ®

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ocation, location, location. Okay, that's about real estate, not literature. But plenty of authors do get attached to the spot in which they compose their novels, short stories and verse. Not to mention when, and with whom, and to which music they write. Sheffield poet Galway Kinnell goes for Vivaldi. Tunbridge novelist Jeffrey Lent grooves on the Grateful Dead. Though Burlington novelist Marc Estrin is a classical cellist, he prefers absolute quiet. Notwithstanding their shared attraction to the local landscape, when it comes to personal-., izing their 'writing piaces," Vermont wordsmiths are all over the map. Calais author Howard Norman makes a pre-dawn exodus to his writing cabin. Grace Paley's creative juices flow at the kitchen table, after breakfast, in longhand. A surprising number of the writers we surveyed — Paley, Kinnell, Norman and even John Irving — have yet to make the switch to word processing. Joyce Johnson worried that converting to a computer would change her relationship to language. "I don't want to think about computers," she laments. "I just want to think about writing." Thinking too much can be deadly, though. Nothing lends itself to procrastination quite like writing — as anyone who has pulled an allnighter for school surely knows. Ultimately, the trappings of a comfortable space — view, ambiance and tools — are secondary to the mindset required to pull off the poetry or prose. * As poet Jane Shore puts it, "Its about finding that space inside yourself." ®

GRACE PALEY DOESN'T keep an "office" in her parttime Vermont home. For composing stories, the former New York State Author prefers a more informal setting. "I work in the kitchen as a continuation of breakfast," says the 79-year-old author of short-story collections The Little Disturbances of Man and Later the Same Day. "I stay in the kitchen for a while. It's a very comfortable kitchen." Later she moves to her bedroom, where she keeps her Smith Corona typewriter. Given the idyllic scene beyond the windows, it's hard to believe that Paley's view was once almost blocked by bars. The outspoken feminist and anti-war activist was arrested in 1978 for protesting nuclear weapons. "It's very pretty outside my window," the Bronx native observes. "There's a little garden, a Russian olive tree. Beyond the hill, I see Smartz Mountain in New Hampshire." The view inside is no less interesting. The nearest pile, Paley reports, includes a book of poems, Seeing With One's Own Eyes. "Also The Talmud and the Internet, Serious Kissing by Barbara Selfridge, a new book by Amy Bloom called Normal People that somebody sent me, and a lot of papers." Lying by her bed is

progressive Texas columnist Jim Hightower's newsletter, called The Lowdown, and a publication called The Non-Violent Activist, which comes from the War Resistance League. Though Paley has so far resisted buying a computer, it sounds like she may be about to give in to the digital age. "I am going to get a computer," she declares, as if trying to convince herself. "There's so much going on in the world that people are e-mailing each other about. I feel like somebody who doesn't have a radio in the North Pole or something." Paley claims not to have any writing rituals, other than lingering with her work over breakfast. "My husband says I have no habits. I have flaws, but no habits," she jokes. Motherhood might have contributed to her flexibility — Paley has two grown children. "It probably started that way, being a mother," she muses. It's "the business of just taking the time when you can, grabbing at it." — C.R.

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Estrin's simple table is a perpetually cluttered peninsula bearing an orange iMac and occasionally a gray cat named Hester. "It gets more cluttered monthly when we do the Old North End Rag," Estrin says of the neighborhood paper he edits. "Then we have to dig out back to normal clutter." He's now finishing up his next book — working title: Golem's Song — at this table. But the words first come in bed, a habit that has provoked a sleeping disorder. Bed is a mattress on the floor upstairs, accompanied by another small pile of books, papers, a water bottle, pens. "I read magazines in bed, and I tear out all the subscription cards and take notes in the spaces around the print," Estrin reveals. His workspace does leave home, though: "I get a lot of thinking done on the treadmill at the gym in the morning," he explains. "I take a lot of notes — it's an extension of my writing environment." But health club noise doesn't suit him: When it's time to buckle down, he needs silence. Estrin and his wife Donna Bister have joked about building him a writers cabin. "But," he points out, "I would have to basically reproduce the house. It feels human and homey and has a lot of soul." — P.P.

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Marc Estrin's words first come in bed, a habit that has provoked a sleeping disorder. room. Sometimes I'll actually consult something, but it's just having these old, thoughtful friends who can inspire me." The entire room has a talismanic quality for Estrin, who finished his imaginative first novel, Insect Dreams: The Half Life ofGregor Samsa, here last year. The sparse furnishings hug the edges of the room like agoraphobics, leaving the hardwood floor empty in the middle. To one side of this expanse,

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how some breeds of dogs scratch and scratch and turn around in circles and finally lie down?" Broughton asks. "I gUess I do my own version of that. Circling around the room, pushing things around on my desk, turning on the computer. I take my time doing it." His surroundings may sound h u m d r u m and ordinary, but his poetry often starts in such a setting, then turns it on edge. His poem "Ice Fisher," featured in the recent anthology Contemporary Poetry of New England, begins with a man describing the domestic joy of building an ice-fishing shack. In the second stanza, three people drown in the frozen lake. By the end of the poem, the speaker dreams he is trapped beneath the ice, looking up and seeing himself staring back. Broughton suggests that his writing process is dreamlike as well. His handwriting is often so messy he can barely read it. "It's like almost wanting not to see what I've written," he says. " O u r mind does the same thing in protecting us from our dreams, allowing us to see them for a minute, and then erasing them as quickly as it can." — C.R.

Qc GALWAY KINNELL WORKS at a big table made of three planks of maple doweled and glued together. T h e parttime Sheffield resident and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet cut and dried the wood himself. "With a smaller one, you couldn't have a mess," he explains. " W h e n I'm very busy, it piles up. Right now it's about one-third a mess. I've got some time before I have to do anything about it." T h e table is on the top floor of Kinnell's barn, along with an Encore woodstove, a rack for firewood and a wide variety of treasures you wouldn't expect to find in a barn in the Northeast Kingdom. Kinnell keeps a photocopier, a map of Tehran — where he once taught writing — and a collection of typewriters. He also displays a series of posters from the New York subway called "Poetry in Motion," of which his work was an

integral part. The title of the program also describes his literary lifestyle. The Rhode Island native has lived in several countries and currently divides his time between Vermont and New York City, where he teaches at New York University. From his perch in the barn, Kinnell's view takes in a hayfield, New Hampshire's White Mountains and Vermont to the south. From one of his windows, he can see a black stone table on the hillside, fashioned from a cattle pass — cars could drive over it while cows walked underneath. Kinnell snatched it up when the town disposed of it. "Sometimes when the weather's really beautiful I go and work at the stone table," he says. Kinnell has a way of making his surroundings poetic — that outdoor table is the subject of a poem he has just faxed to Poetry magazine. N o e-mailing, though.

Although the 75-year-old poet does have a computer, he writes with a fountain pen and types his poems on a Remington. "I don't do Internet myself," he says sheepishly, "if that's the verb." Kinnell is picky when it comes to music. H e prefers classical — something from that "100-year miraculous period" between Vivaldi and Brahms. "Some-times," he explains, "I feel that in order to write a poem, to finish a poem, that last difficult stanza, I need to hear a certain piece of music. I feel it will lift me and carry me through." — C.R.

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he fall that I was nine years old, the oil furnace in our house on West Church Street in Hardwick broke down. Over Saturday breakfast, my father announced that he'd struck a deal to buy us a used woodstove. This explained why he'd come home with two cords of cut and split hardwood the evening before. "It'll save us a bundle on heating costs," he said. "Where are you getting this woodstove?" my mother wanted to know. "Up on Bridgman Hill," said my father. "Guy named Prew." "Bruce Prew?" asked my mother. My father nodded. "Prew's a Buddhist," she told him. "Don't care what he is," said my father, getting up from the table. After he'd left the kitchen my mother turned to me. "Never buy a woodstove from a Buddhist," she warned. I nodded solemnly. I didn't want her to know that I wasn't sure what a Buddhist was. At ten o'clock that morning, a pink and gray Volkswagen Microbus pulled into our yard. A huge, tan, metal box stuck out lengthwise about a foot and a half beyond the bus' open sliding side door. The driver was a tall, thin man with a long, scraggly beard and hair pulled back into a ponytail. He shook hands with my father and winked at me. He had gende, light-blue eyes. "This is my boy, Lester," my father said. "Hi, Lester. I'm Bruce," he said. Bruce the Buddhist, I almost said. I.nodded instead. "How the Christ'd you get that sucker in there?" my father asked, looking in at the stove through the windshield. "I had some help loading it in last night," explained Bruce. "I think the two of us can manage it if we take it easy." I liked the soft, easy way he spoke. My father was a small, balding man. He was shorter than Bruce and definitely no heavier. The stove looked heavy and cumbersome. I could tell it was going to be a production to get it into the house. My father had a quick temper, which usually came out whenever there was any kind of important, heavy task to be done. My mother and I brought out two folding metal chairs and set them up on the

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porch to watch. It was October, but it felt nice sitting next to my mother with the sunshine on my face. just getting the stove out of the Microbus and onto the ground took them about fifteen minutes, using two-by-fours as levers. Once the woodstove was about halfway out, my mother and I began to see what it looked like. It looked like an old-fashioned stereo console, the kind where you opened the wooden "top to get at the record player and knobs inside. The face of it was a mesh screen made of a lighter colored metal than the rest of the stove. The screen looked

I'm a Buddhist over here. I whispered to my mother, "Never swear in front of a Buddhist." She made a tightlipped smile at me.

My father and Bruce spent a while walking around the stove and discussing whether or not it would go through the front door. My father seemed to think it would; the Buddhist was pretty sure it wouldn't. "I think there's a tape measure in the kitchen drawer," I called down to them. "If that'll help." "What'll help is if you keep your damn trap shut," said my

Buddhist, "just take it easy. We'll work it out." "Don't you gimme none of that tofu," snapped my father. He pointed a finger at Bruce, not so much at his face as at the tip of his long beard. "I ain't in the mood for it. See what I'm saying?" "Not in front of Lester," scolded my mother, clapping her hands over my ears. Bruce saw what my father was saying. Without a word he turned and descended the steps, climbed into his bus, and backed out of our yard. That pink and gray Microbus, with its sliding sidedoor that he'd forgotten to shut,

basement so we could get in. When my mother took her hands from my ears, I finally got to say something I'd been dying to say. "Never point at a Buddhist," I said. My mother leaned in and kissed my forehead.

My father ran chafnsaw for a living. He worked on Marsilius Malagigi's cutting crew, clearing power lines mostly. Two of the biggest guys on the crew were Bump Putvaine and Lou Mosse, who'd both been chums with Clarence back in high school. After he got inside the house by way of the basement bulkhead, my father called them both. Next,

living room, then hollered out, "Boy, we're getting a new door!" Then he'd gone ahead and sawed an extra three inches into the front door opening, shooting plaster and shreds of wallpaper all over the place. If my mother had been home, there might have been words. "First thing," he told Bump and Lou when we met them outside, "that big box whore is going in." H e pointed at the Ventilator. Bump and Lou were enormous men. They made Clarence look like a dwarf. T h e two of them had big, powerful arms. Bump had a short red beard and he wore a cap that said, Don't argue

"Don't you fimme none of that tofu." snapped my father. He pointed a finder at Bruce, not so much at his face as at the tip of his long beard. "I ain't in the mood for it. See what I'm saying?" like a large speaker. At the top of the metal screen there was attached a thick chunk of chrome that announced the stoves name. VENTILATOR, it read. My mother looked down at me. "Ventilator means maker of wind," she told me. "Never buy a woodstove whose name is derived from Latin." I nodded my head slowly to show that I was in steadfast agreement with this wisdom. By the time they had the Ventilator on the ground in front of the porch stairs, my father had started cuss-mouthing a mile a minute. At one point Bruce interrupted his curse words and said, "Hey, hey, hey." It was like he was saying, watch your language, pal;

father. "Hey, hey, Clare," said Bruce. "Take it easy, huh." My fathers name was Clarence. I believe the Buddhist was the only person who ever called him Clare, like a kind of shampoo, or a girl's name. My father didn't care for it. By the time they had the Ventilator up the stairs and blocking the front doorway, which was three inches too narrow to take the stove, my father had cuss-mouthed more in ten minutes than I had heard him do before in the entire nine years that I'd known him. He stood, red-faced and sweaty, looking at his woodstove. "Piss hole!" he shouted at it, then he kicked it. "Hey," went Bruce the

put me in mind of a big clown with his mouth hanging open. "How much did you pay him for this?" my mother asked my father, tilting her head at the massive Ventilator trapping us outside of our house. My father was on the other side of the stove. He would have had to crawl over the top of it if he wanted to use the stairs. He let himself over the porch rail and jumped down. "Don't really matter, does it?" "Doesn't really matter! Doesn't really matter!" shouted my mother, holding her hands over my ears. My father dismissed her with a wave, and stomped off to the other side of the house to open up the bulkhead to the

CONGRATULATIONS to Jeremiah Cook of Burlington for taking top honors in the 2002 Seven Days Emerging Writers Competition, co-sponsored and underwritten by the Professional Writing Degree Program at Champlain College. His story, "The Ventilator," is printed on these pages. He will also take home a $250 cash prize, proving that writing fiction can pay, however modestly. The runner-up this year is Roberta A. Harold of Montpelier for her story, "In the death of the soul there are no suspects," and close behind in third place is Elf Tnideau of Burlington for "Love Song." All three are strong and well-written tales, and they represent the quality and diversity of this year's entrants — among them is writing good enough to buoy our faith in the future of the printed word.

from inside, using a hammer and chisel, he went to war with the front door. I came in to watch. "Where's your mother?" he asked. "She went to Aubuchon's." "What for?" "She said an electric space heater." H e snorted. "Well, ain't that just pissing money into the wind." Instinctively I reached up and covered my ears. My father gave me a look, then whistled at me and went back to work. By the time Bump and Lou arrived, my father had pried off the entire doorframe, then taken his Husqvarna to the wall itself. He'd fired it up right there in the

We'd like to profusely thank everyone who bravely shared their fiction, and their aspirations, with us. To you we say: Write on. Last but not least, we extend a warm thanks to those whose collective works remain an inspiration to us all — our esteemed judges: • Philip Baruth teaches English at the University of Vermont and is a commentator on Vermont Public Radio. He has published a book of short stories and two novels. H e also recently co-edited, with Burlington writer Joseph Citro, Vermont Air: The Best of the Vermont Public Radio Commentaries. • Shelby Heoron is a Burlington novelist whose latest book is Ella in Bloom, recently out in paperback. • Elizabeth Innls-Brown is the author of two books of short stories and the recent novel,

with your wife, just dicker. Lou had a big black mustache. Watching Clarence was like watching a gnome point out a U F O to two confused giants. "Where'd you get that?" Bump asked my father. "Guy up to Bridgman Hill. Saw a sign for it, so I went and checked it out. It ain't brand-new, but it's supposed to give off heat slick as shit." Unable to stop myself, I reached up and squeezed my ear lobes. Then I tried to help explain things. "He got it off a Buddhist," I told them. They both looked down at me like I was out of my mind.

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Burning Marguerite. She teaches writing at St. Michael's College. • Tom Paine lives in Charlotte and teaches at Middlebury College. His book of short stories, Scar Vegas, was published in 2000. His first novel, The Pearl of Kuwait, is due in February. • John Rubins is the Bristol-based editor of the online fiction monthly, Tatlin's Tower (www.tatlinstower.com). His own writing has appeared or soon will appear in Surgery of Modern Warfare, American Journal of Print, The Southeast Review, elimae and Seattle Weekly. The public is invited to a reception and reading with Jeremiah Cook, Roberta Harold and Eli Trudeau this Thursday, June 27, 7p.m., at the Morgan Room in Aiken Hall, Champlain College, 83 Summit Street, Burlington. The event is free.

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The Ventilator had to be plugged in, because there was a fan beneath the firebox that was supposed to blow the heat out of the metal screen and into the room. The firebox door was at the side of the stove. My father was displeased to discover that the opening to the firebox was smaller than a lot of the hardwood he'd cut and chopped over the past week. He spent a while opening and closing the firebox door and cuss-mouthing into the stove's belly. It had been a day of openings that were too small. That evening, once he'd installed a length of stovepipe and an elbow, my father went about lighting a fire. "Did you ever make a fire in a stove before?" I asked him. "Any peckerwood can light a fire. It's keeping it stoked right what's important." " That's important," corrected my mother from the couch, not looking up from her reading. My father whistled at her and began crumpling up sheets of old Hardwick Gazettes into little balls. He placed ten of these inside the belly of the stove, then, on top, he put ten pieces of dried kindling wood. He lit a match, touched it to the newspaper, closed the firebox door and cried, "Ya-hoo-boy!" The growing fire inside the stove sounded like a chugging locomotive, and after a few minutes I could feel the heat starting to come from the metal screen. My father was practically jumping up and down. After another minute he shouted, "Here we go!" and reached down behind the Ventilator to hit the switch for the fan. There was a terrific

grinding noise followed by a steady plume of black smoke pouring out of the metal screen ' and into the living room. My * 4 father turned off the fan and stayed crouched down behind the stove trying to get a look at what was the matter. My mother coughed, got up from the couch and said, "That's pleasant." Then she carried her reading out to the kitchen. I woke up Sunday morning to the sound of my father on the telephone. "You puke, Prew," he roared. "You come and take this smoke box today, and you give me back what I paid you. And I don't mean no check, neither. See what I'm saying?" It was a sunny day outside, but as I lay there beneath the brandnew electric blanket my mother had spread over me the night before, I could just make out the steam of my own breath dissolving in the air above me. There was a breeze blowing. I knew this because I could hear the flapping noise made by the sheet of plastic my father had staple-gunned over the front doorway. When the pink and gray Microbus pulled into our yard at four o'clock that afternoon, I became nervous about what might happen. I hid around the corner of the house listening but unable to watch. I felt sorry for Bruce Prew. I thought he meant to sell us a good stove. My father was just unlucky around mechanical things, though he could never accept this fact. I liked the Buddhist, with his soft eyes and calm way of talking about things. I was afraid my father would hurt his feelings. . -.•-« , . nu: "Clare," said Bruce, "I can't tell you how sorry I am about this." "Well, not hardly so sorry as I am. Christ, the thing blew smoke like a fart in a chokehold. What the flying crap am I supposed to think?" I summoned the courage to take a peek. Bruce stood about five feet away from my father, looking devastated. When he stepped forward and began counting bills into my fathers open palm, I got a sick feeling in my stomach that stayed there the rest of the day. "I don't think I'm up to trying to move the stove today," said Bruce. For a second it looked like he might cry. ' When, then?" said my father. "Tomorrow morning?" "Got to work in the morn»

ing. "Bright and early, then." "You do that." My father crossed the lawn and climbed the steps. Earlier that day, he'd taken a knife and cut a slit down the length of the plastic over the doorway. "Hey, Clarence," Bruce called from over by his bus. My father turned. "I really am sorry." "Yeah, well..." said my father. He shrugged, then passed through the slit and into our house. When Bruce Prew did not show up the next morning, my father cuss-mouthed all through breakfast, then went to work. That evening, he tried to call but there was no answer. Over dinner, my mother urged him to dis-

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"I guess pretty good," I said, having no idea what he meant. After my father and Loii came back, we drove deep into the landfill, past the great piles of green garbage bags, past the scrap wood area, past the scrap metal area. When we stopped, we stayed in the cab a while looking out over a flat muddy section at the very end of the dump. Beyond it there were only pine trees. I sat squished between them keeping quiet while they drank cans of beer and talked about work. Finally Bump started the truck. He drove out into the

was replaced by the burnt-chemical smell of gunpowder. In no time they'd shot the woodstove full of holes. Each time a small piece of it went flying off, somebody whooped like they'd done a great thing. Then they all stopped and opened fresh cans of beer. "Lester, you want to give it a try?" Bump asked me. I didn't say anything at first. I looked at my father. He looked at me, then at Bump and Lou, then back at me. "Okay," I said. "Well, all right," said Bump. Lou gave me a slap on the back. I saw my father wink at the two of them.

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loading the stove up onto the bed of Bump's big blue F350 pickup. Parked in front of Bump's truck was a white van that had Fosters Gas and Oil written on the side in red cursive. I ran into the kitchen, where my mother was at the range in her bathrobe making scrambled eggs. "What's happening?" I asked her. "They're fixing the furnace," she told me, not turning around. "Your father and his dancing bears are loading up the woodstove so they can take it to the dump." "The dump? Can I go?" "Is that how we ask for permission to do things?" "May I please go to the dump?" She set down a plate of eggs in front of me. "We'll see," she said. The Hardwick Landfill was one of the most wonderful places in the world. There were acres of smelly trash. There were tons of neat stuff that nobody wanted anymore, like Radio Fliers missing wheels, and Six Million Dollar Man dolls with no arms. There was a huge yellow front loader that drove around smashing die things that were already smashed. The man who ran the dump and drove the front loader was an old guy who smoked a pipe, walked with a limp and talked like a frog. My father and Bump and Lou all called him Popeye. When we pulled in and stopped at the litde shack next to the gate, my father and Lou got out to talk with him. "You wait here with Bump," my father told me. After a litde while Bump revved the engine impatiently. He looked down at me sitting next to him. "Hows your marksmanship these days?" he asked.

muddy clearing, made a circle and brought us back to where we were, only we were facing up into the dump. When we got out I could smell the dump in full force. I knew it was supposed to be a bad smell, a rotten smell, but I liked it. There was something right about it, the same way there was something right about the smell of cow shit whenever we went to visit my Uncle Burt's dairy farm. My father and I watched as Bump and Lou pushed the woodstove over the edge of the tailgate. It landed on its face with more of a thud than the crash I was expecting. Then the three of them did something I couldn't understand. They got down and lifted it upright. There was a big dent in the screen, and a lot of dirt had lodged into the mesh. I thought about going up to it and wiping away the grime with the sleeve of my jacket, but Bump was already back in his truck pulling forward slowly. "Come on," my father said to me, and we tagged along behind the truck. When we caught up, Bump had shut it off and was pulling three long canvas bags out from behind his seat. These, I knew, were rifles. A few years before, my father had had a rifle that he kept in a canvas bag, but he sold it so he could buy his new Husqvarna. W h y were they going to shoot the Ventilator? I wondered. "Now you stand clear, and don't try anything cute," my father warned me once we'd all climbed up into the bed of the pickup. I had never been close to guns being fired before, and I was starded by how loud they were. It was like they were in a race to see who could shoot the most times. Quickly the stink of the dump

We got off the back of the truck and went much closer to the stove. The metal screen had dozens of holes shot into it. Someone had hit the chrome VENTILATOR sign, shot off the end of it, so that now it only read VENT. Bump handed me the smallest of the three rifles. It felt hot and heavy in my hands. "When you lift the rifle," said Bump, "put the butt in snug against your shoulder," he said, "not against your arm. Steady it nice and easy, and tilt your head in to line your sight." He showed me how to do it with his own gun. "Don't forget to breathe," he told me. "When you take your shot, don't herkyjerky it, just squeeze it off nice and slow. See what I'm saying?" Looking down the length of the gun, I got a funny taste in my mouth, unlike anything I'd tasted before. I aimed for the chrome VENT. I heard them slurping their beers above me. I thought of the Buddhist, and how seeing his stove all shot up would make him feel. Then I shot. I don't know which surprised me more, that the rifle pushed me backwards or that I shot the V E N T clean off. "Jesus, Clarence," said Bump. "Kid's a better shot than you are." There was laughter. Lou handed me his beer to sip. My shoulder was sore. "You ought to take a week off from school next month, Lester," said Lou. "We'll get you up to deer camp." "Mom won't let me," I said. "Yeah, well..." my father said, trying to laugh. We were cut off by a loud diesel engine coming up behind us. We stood and watched Popeye drive the front loader up to the ruined stove and bring the bucket down onto it three times. H e crushed it against the earth so that you could not tell what it had once been. Then he scooped it up, gave us four a wave, and drove off with it in the direction of a pile of junked refrigerators and washing machines. Part of me wanted to whoop for joy, like a man who'd just climbed a tall mountain. Another part of me felt sick inside. T h e Ventilator had meant no harm. ®

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he hoped the rope would hold. That's all we knew for certain. But who was she? W h a t was she doing with the rope? And how had she gotten into such a bind? We needed to know but we didn't have all day. So we brought our last line — She hoped the rope would hold — to a handful of local yarn-spinners and asked them to fill in the beginning and middle of the story in fewer than 400 words. Read on — it's a great way to unwind. »

By Michael J. Nedell She shouldn't have driven, that she knew. Screwing Jack on the beach was another story. That fell into a big gray area, full spectrum; uncharitable because her usual control factor — h e r s e l f — was not to be trusted. She had told herself no, and then she did it anyway. But it felt good. And bad. And sandy. It was Sunday morning. She blinked her eyes widely and untangled herself from Jack's arms, standing to watch him sleep. T h e soft curve of his face, his body breathing deep. She shook her head as one would shake an Etch-A-Sketch — to clear it of the picture — and then she grabbed her head and moaned. " D a m n hangover," she cursed, making fading footprints to the water's edge. Once again on this beach she shed her clothes. She waded into the surf and dove under, sliding through the cool blueness. O u t in the air and clothed again, she walked over to Jack and prodded him with her toes. "Wake up," she said. Startled, he came to, blue eyes blinking to gain focus. "Good morning," he mumbled. "Come on," she said. "I've... we've got to get back." "I suppose you're right," he agreed. H e didn't try to kiss her or reach for her and hold her. H e didn't say anything about last night, and maybe that was better. O r worse. Only time, that snitch, would tell. Her car wouldn't start. T h e engine just wouldn't catch. Jack opened the hood and fumbled with something and said, "Try it again," but to no avail. D a m n car. "We could pull it with my car," he said. "I have some climbing gear, some rope... It's only a mile to town." She agreed and watched as he backed his car up to hers and tied them together. She got in her car and waited for him to start driving. H e gave her the sweetest smile before climbing into his car. D a m n smile. H e

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By Jim DeFilippi N o t twenty minutes into the first morning of her first real job, Theresa realized that she was in way over her head. This was not secretarial school. There, everyone spoke calmly, politely, with spaces in between their words that would let Theresa think and respond. Here, dark men shaped like fire hydrants shouted and insulted her. ' Mr. Meloni, her boss, was the worst. H e gave her six commands, 4 three bits of advice, and two warnings before she had taken off . ^ ^ her coat. As she got herself seated behind the receptionist desk, J the phone rang. (r ^ She looked at Mr. Meloni helplessly; she had not yet ^ ^ * 'J been given the office protocol. H e didn't have to say, \ ^^m J m "Ya d u m b broad." His look said it for him as he ' Jif reached across the console and picked up ^ , ^v Jrf^ the receiver. jllll There followed a terribly vulgar J ^ ^ JsT, jsjgr conversation, end-punctuated f ^f

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By Philip Baruth If the point was that it could make you feel even a little better when nothing else could, then she had no reservations. The arthritis now had undeniable hold of her. She could dull the pain, but never kill it, and the handsful of pills she found herself swallowing slowly filched her appetite. Eventually, Regina's doctor lowered her voice: marijuana. As a 59-year-old divorced insurance agent with no children, it turned out to be surprisingly easy to acquire marijuana, one-two-three easy. One, she told herself that it was impossible. Jerry, her ex-husband, could have done this thing. Jerry would have gone to a low-rent bar somewhere, or a commune up in Island Pond, and then he'd have smuggled it home, madly in love with himself. Two, she became angry all over again about Jerry leaving her, and her own inability to face her own inner Island Pond. And finally three, she accosted the kid who lived on the first floor as he was getting into his Toyota because he had one of those dancing-bear bumper stickers, and she just blurted it out, red-faced. Eight months later, Regina was an old hand, a pack of Zig-Zags in the kitchen utility drawer. T h e kid downstairs turned out to be only nominally a kid, a 37-year-old roofer, and he

liked Regina and her need. H e enjoyed showing her how to roll a joint and collar the edges with a match, how to call marijuana rope and herb and bud. H e called her Lady Regina because the silver in her dark hair, he said, was classy and luxurious. By the time she went down to make her third buy, she knew protocol enough to stay and smoke, pinching from her own baggie. "How's the hands?" he asked, beside her on the couch. She flexed them and said that they were better. H e gave her his brilliant roofer's smile. "You're set then, as long as the rope holds out." They listened to some music, and later he showed her how to shotgun, the ember of the roach hidden in his mouth, the collared end sticking out of his pursed lips like a tiny exhaust pipe. And he brought his lips down close to hers, all but touching them, close enough for the hot smoke to pass in a tight, magical stream, nothing lost between him and her. She hoped the rope would hold. Philip Baruth is a writer living in Burlington. His most recent book, co-edited with Joe Citro, is Vermont Air: T h e Best of the Vermont Public Radio Commentaries.

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and up the hill that would lead them back to the real world, the cars straining. She could feel the tension on the rope growing. She was tethered to this person now. Tied in too many ways for her to count or understand right now. Looking in the rear-view, she saw the growing distance, the long hill, and became scared suddenly of falling backward. She hoped the rope would hold. Michael J. Nedell's last published book was Saint Michael's Letters to the Aesthesians. He is working on another novel.

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\ { about my indictment," he said as he went into his office. "Put the guy right through and don't interrupt wit nuthin' until we're done. N o t wit nuthin', ya understand?" Theresa nodded and tried not to cry. As his door slammed, a thought came to her: lawyer... indictment... Meloni... O f course, she had seen his name and face in the Daily News, page two. Mr. Meloni was in the Mafia; the papers called him "Mr. Melons," and he had been accused of killing a Starbucks waiter. A minute later, Theresa put Mr. Sawyer, attorney-at-law, right through to Mr. Meloni's line. She prayed that she had hit the right button on the console. If she accidentally disconnected the lawyer, Mr. Meloni would recycle her for compost. T h e white light seemed to indicate that Mr. Meloni and the lawyer had connected. T h e phone rang again. Theresa said, "Good morning, Mr. Meloni's office," but her voice sounded like Tweety Bird's. "Yeah, this is Larenza, gimme the boss, quick." "Mr. Meloni is on the other line, sir." "Look, sister, I just got access to information here that the boss needs bad. It's gonna make h i m a free man, but it can't wait. Put him on." "Sir, Mr. Meloni has left instructions not to be interrupted." "You know who I am? Tony Larenza, consigliere to the stars. Maybe ya saw me in the newspapers. They call me Tony the Rope, because I got mis tendency to make people stop breathin' suddenly, ya got me?" "Please stay on the line, sir." Tears of fear and frustration rolled from her eyes, washing mascara, as Theresa hit the red button. She sobbed, she prayed, she tried to catch a breath. She hoped T h e Rope would hold. C

Jim DeFilippi has published two novels, D u c k Alley and Blood Sugar. His third, Legal Bubbles, is expected next year. He is the editor of the new Winooski Eagle.

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high of his left ear. He'd dropped to the floor without making a sound, as if in a silent movie. T h a t had helped the illusion, of course, had helped keep the movie r u n n i n g in her head. She'd filled her pockets with glittering things and had returned to the street, but feeling only slightly better, as if buoyed by a m e m o r y she'd already begun to forget. Unaware of the witness across the street, or the two rings that pinged on the pavement as they fell from her pocket, she'd gone to her apartment to take inventory, to call her contact, to start the process that would put the chemical life-blood back into her veins. W h e n the cops came pounding on the door, she'd thought nothing of the solution. She'd read it in a children's book. Leaving the jewelry scattered across her narrow bed, she'd slipped the end of an old cord around her waist, tied it to a radiator, and stepped out the fifth-floor window — to dangle like a doll high above the darkened street. She'd loved the cleverness, had briefly seen the irony of literally hanging by a thread. Except that finally, hearing the cops endlessly searching the room above, feeling her tether beginning to creak between her fingers, she hoped the rope would hold. Archer Mayor's next book, T h e Sniper's Wife, is due out in mid-October. His last book was Tucker Peak.

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urlington writer Chris Tebbetts has made the submission rounds. Determined to break into the young-readers' market, he spent two years sending picture-book texts to publishers and stories to magazines. T h e n a New York friend who had penned an entry in the Sweet Valley High series suggested that he contact 17th Street Productions. A few months later he had snagged a contract to write the first four novels in a series about time travel for mid-grade readers. Like most successful writers, Tebbetts used contacts and savvy to bypass the "slush pile," where many publishers toss manuscripts they get from unknowns. But his story has a twist: 17th Street Productions doesn't publish anything. Rather, the company is what's known as a "book packager" — a slippery category that includes pretty much anyone who makes a book happen without holding its copyright or riding on its profits. Book packagers can be craftsmen, professionals or fly-bynight operators. In 1980 their presence in the industry was already strong enough to warrant the creation of the American Book Producers Association, which represents its members' concerns to publishers and the media. Today New York University offers a course in book packaging alongside its offerings in publishing. Yet the field remains unfamiliar to most. Book packaging calls up images of the assembly line, or of books tarted up in pretty wrappers, like cosmetics or candy bars, to conceal a lack of substance inside. To readers worried about the "McDonald's-ization"

of the publishing industry, the rise of book packaging seems an obvious culprit — one reason why many packaging companies prefer to call themselves "producers" or "content specialists." But the truth is that the term "packager" is almost as flexible as "publisher." So what's the difference? Like agents and publishers, packagers often develop content — helping authors produce their original work, or enlisting them to write on assigned topics. Unlike publishers, however, packagers take on neither the rights to the work nor the cash burden of putting it on bookstore shelves. Instead, they make a mutually beneficial arrangement with a publisher, who bankrolls the project and gives it all the advantages of a marketing and distribution network. In return, the packager is usually responsible for developing, editing, designing and printing the book — all services traditionally handled by publishers. W h y do publishers use packagers? "They can contain the costs of a project that way; they can increase their capacity without increasing their overhead," says Stephen Morris, president of Chelsea Green Publishing, Inc. in White River Junction. Although Morris hasn't used the services of packagers, he says the trend is strong across the industry and is by no means limited to publishing juggernauts like R a n d o m House and Simon & Schuster. Packaged books tend to be labor intensive. In books with lots of photos or graphics, for instance, using a packager relieves the publisher of the need to hire additional designers for a single job. Look at the copyright page of a fancy illustrated book on cooking or golf, for instance,

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tors representing both publisher and packager guide him in establishing the novels' plot and tone: "The first draft they asked me to do was character-driven; then the publisher suggested that it get more action-oriented," he says. Still, he adds, "I've been pleasantly surprised at the degree to which they want the series to come from me." Unlike most writers for established series, Tebbetts will see his name on the cover of the finished books, and he'll receive royalties

offer hard-nosed advice on the realities of the market. Others tell you to expect failsafe profits from the modern miracles of "print on demand" technology and Web advertising. But if you really want to see yourself in print, Chassman points out, it's probably cheaper to assemble the team of professionals you'll need yourself. Barre author Thomas Davis concurs. After successfully selfpublishing a book of local history, he considered using a packag-

Book packagers can be craftsmen professionals or fly-by-night operators Chassman's company is a far cry from book-packaging firms that employ writers to produce run-of-the-mill content they already know publishers want: 5000 words explaining the stock market to sixth-graders, say, or 30,000 words on how to build a deck that won't collapse. Writer's Market Book of FAQs advises aspiring writers not to try to sell their services to these book packagers, who are usually looking for team players and seasoned pros. But for writers like Tebbetts, who want to build a track record, approaching a packager can make sense. Packagers typically pay authors fixed fees — that is, no royalties — and require them to work on tight schedules. W i t h only six weeks to produce each 35-40,000-word novel, Tebbetts says, "It's a boot camp for writers. But if you need to learn that habit of writing every day — and you have to — this is a great way to do it." Since Tebbetts' series is set to be published by the Puffin imprint of Penguin Putnam, edi-

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Democrat, John Tracy. You see, state law requires a candidate to live in his or her district for a year before seeking office. In her letter, Driscoll points out that the law is "unclear as to what happens in the term following redisricting." Technically, nobody's lived in the district for a year, since the district as reconstrued hasn't existed for a year. "I am asking," wrote Rep. Driscoll, "if I may run for state representative in Chittenden 3-3 this coming November?" Good question. If Carina gets the green light, Rep. Tracy, the House Democrat leader, will be up to his eyeballs in Progressives come November. Stay tuned. Nice Digs — Late Monday afternoon, a familiar elderly gentleman appeared lost near the intersection of Bank.and Pine Streets in downtown Burlap. When he spotted us pedaling by, the chap started waving his arms and calling out. Sure enough, the clean-looking gent was lost. "Do you know where Democratic headquarters is?" he asked. "Of course," we replied, asking him to hang on a second while we locked up the bike. It was, we told him, our destination, too. The lost soul told us hed already been in the lobby of the high-rise office building, but there was no listing for the Vermont Democratic Party. Wed heard the Democrats had recently moved their state headquarters from Montpelier to Burlington. Third floor, we'd been told. And so, with the apparently harmless senior citizen in tow, we went up the elevator to three. Around the corner, we found a door with "Vermont Democratic Party" on it. Bingo. And that's how yours truly helped legendary former Gov. Phil Hoff find the command center of his own party! True story. Prince Philip was just picking up a couple bumper stickers. And you can bet that he let the "young folks" in the office know it'd be real nice if their whereabouts were posted in the lobby. The spacious suite offers beautiful views of Lake Champlain. And the joint was hopping with about 15 campaign workers and volunteers. The Racine for Governor campaign occupied the corner office next to that of Executive Director Mark M i C h a U d. A separate office was dedicated to legislative races. Two years ago, the Democrats occupied a dumpy basement on College Street. This is definitely a step up. The D's share the third floor of the 100 Bank Street "skyscraper" with AT&T and Verizon. MCI Worldcom and the Chittenden Bank's credit collections department are below them. The Pomerleau Agency is above them. In fact, until the state party signed the lease, no Democrats were allowed in the building. Hey, there goes the neighborhood. Just kidding. ® E-mail Peter at Inside Track VT@aol. com

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TRINITY (Celtic rollick), Biltmore Grille, 8:30 p.m. NC. BLUE JEWEL LIGHT (folkadelic), Vermont Pub & Brewery, 9 p.m. NC. LARRY BRETT'S JUKEBOX (rock/urban DJ; DVDs), Sh-NaNa's, 8 p.m. $3. MANGO JAM (zydeco), Breakwater Cafe, 6 p.m. NC. KARAOKE KAPERS (host Bob Bolyard), St. John's Club, 8 p.m. NC. IMPOSTERS (rock), Henry's Pub, Holiday Inn, 9 p.m. NC. BOB GAGNON TRIO (jazz), Upper Deck Pub at the Windjammer, 5:30 p.m. NC. LIVE DJ, A Taste of Dixie, 10 p.m. NC. SAND BLIZZARD (rock), Trackside Tavern, 9 p.m. $3. KARAOKE W/PETER BOARDMAN, Backstage Pub, 9 p.m. NC. WIZN BAR & GRILL (live radio show), Lincoln Inn Lounge, 4 p.m. NC, followed by DJ

SUPERSOUNDS (dance party), 9 p.m. NC. KARAOKE, Geno's Karaoke Club, from 3 p.m. NC. RUN FOR COVER (rock), Edgewater Pub, 9 p.m. NC. JIM BRANCA (jump blues), Kept Writer, 7 p.m. Donations. AA DREAMWEAVER (DJ), G Stop, 9 p.m. NC. JOHN DOE & THE TOE TAGS (rock), Monopole, 9 p.m. NC. SOUTH JUNCTION (rock), Naked Turtle Holding Co., 9:30 p.m. NC. MR. FRENCH (rock), Franny O's, 9 p.m. NC. RODNEY (pop), Rick's Cafe, 7 p.m. NC. TOP HAT DANCE PARTY (DJ), City Limits, 9 p.m. NC. SHORT NOTICE (rock), Otter Creek Tavern, 9:30 p.m. NC. WYNTON MARSALIS (jazz), Paramount Theater, Rutland, 7:30 p.m. $30/35.

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POINT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION? A 25th anniversary is something to celebrate, and that's exactly what the feisty, independent radio station dubbed The Point has been doing lately. But it seems the birthday — like milestones for a lot of us — has caused some taking stock. The first indication that something was a-changin was the dismissal a few weeks back of morning DJ Jon NoyeS — which Program Director Jody Petersen says was an "agonizing" downsizing decision forced by post9/11 belt-tightening. Some overnight part-timers were also let go. O n May 30, General Manager CandiS Leopold announced her resignation after 12 years at the station. W h y now? "Maybe the 25th year had something to do with it," she surmises. "I got to a point where I thought I'd like to do something else with my life." laking the summer off in her West Danville home, Leopold has nothing but kudos for her former workplace in Montpelier. "It's a fantastic station; I'm very proud of what we accomplished. I worked with a great group of people and helped something grow. The station is not suffering financially," she adds, "but it was flat after 9/11 and we had to take a look at our expenses like everybody else."

jays actually choose the music, as opposed to what is dictated by a corporate office. Their slogan, "The music is the point,-" emphasizes that philosophy rather, well, pointedly. Petersen notes with discernible pride that W N C S has long supported local music and sponsored concerts of diverse national and international artists.

Petersen will also take the summer off, then set up a home studio to "do voiceovers for ad agencies and corporations. I also want to work for record labels, creating radio spots for new music," she notes. Leopold adds that she and Petersen may work on some projects together. Meanwhile, back at the Point, which is owned by New Hampshirebased Steven Silverberg (who also owns three other stations), there will be "no anticipated changes until we have a [new] program director," vows Petersen. "The station has really prospered from diversity, and I don't see any of that changing." "They're looking for a general manager," Leopold adds. "If they have good leadership, people will stay, because they love the station. I hope it just gets better with age."

That same devotion is echoed by Petersen — and so is the departure. The events of last fall made her reassess, too, says Peterson, who started at W N C S almost 21 years ago. "9/11 happened and George Harrison died and I was working long, long hours," she explains. "I realized I did not want to be away from my family so much. My son Jack is 10; at my age (47), I wanted to have the opportunity to have another career. I spent the prime of my life here and I feel like I have time to set up something else."

KICKING OUT THE JAM? A shake-up is going down at local club Valencia. Manager and booking agent Dan Charland — whom many consider solely responsible for transforming the restaurant on the corner of Pearl and North Winooski Ave. into one of Burlington's more relevant live music venues — was unexpectedly given the ax. According to Charland, Valencia owner Osman Shafquat approached him last Tuesday night and announced that "a better offer had been received," and Charland's employment was to be immediately terminated.

Neither Petersen nor Leopold believe their resignations augur format or other personnel changes at the Triple-A (album adult alternative) station, which is one of few at which dee-

It turns out the offer came from Pipedream Records' Nick Rigopulos, who is attempting to return Nectar's to peak performance. Rigopulos told Seven Days that while Charland "has to

be praised for being a hard worker," he feels Valencia's role as a venue can be expanded. His plans to "shake things up al)it" include a possible shift from the jam-based sound that has been a staple at the club. Last Friday afternoon, Shafquat was hesitant to talk about his decision to fire Charland, saying simply that "Dan did a good job, but Nick was just a better decision for me." However, rumors are swirling that there has long been a rift between Valencia's owner and manager over the handling of the club. It remains to be seen what effect this fallout will have on the local music scene, except for the pressure on Rigopulos to keep Valencia positioned as a desirable and popular venue. Meanwhile, Charland might move around the corner to Halvorson's, assisting Pat May in promoting some live acts. MONSTER BASH The Monsterfest music festival is stomping back into the Queen City for its second year. Featuring a diverse mix of national and regional bands, the show is a veritable punk Woodstock, attracting an audience from throughout the Northeast. The event takes place July 5 and 6 at Memorial Auditorium's Annex. Though condensed from last year's ambitious schedule, the festival will feature more than 60 bands performing from noon till midnight each day. Two stages will offer a near-continuous assault of amped-up rock 'n' roll. The lineup is more diverse this year, too. Electro no-wavers Trans Am, artpunks Dillinger Escape Plan and Piebald and rock renegades Isis are among those slated to appear. Local talent will be represented as well, with The Static Age, Carrigan and others on the bill. Tickets are a mere 20 bucks for both days. More info, www.monsterfestvt.com. SPREADING THE CONSPIRACY Local prog-punk icons The Cancer Conspiracy have pulled out from their spot at Monsterfest in order to undertake a national tour. The six-week stint with fellow rockers Blood Brothers will culminate July 6 with a performance at More Than Music 2002 in Columbus, Ohio. Our local boys will be sharing the stage with Bratmobile, Burnt By the Sun and post-punk godfathers Shellac at the daylong fest. The tour is a bold move for a band whose last attempt at crossing the country was a textbook case of rock 'n' roll disaster,

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DO GOOD DEPT Think lawyers are all money-grubbing hacks? Well, maybe, but Vermont is home to some seriously artistic attorneys. This Saturday Contois Auditorium hosts "Expressing Dimensions," an expose of local lawyers and their art. Organized by Frank TalbOtt, the event will feature visual art and musical performances from singer-songwriters to classical guitarists. Prints, quilts and other goods will be auctioned off to benefit Burlington City Arts' "Art from the Heart" program and the Flynn Theater. Tickets are a mere $20 a pop. SINGLE TRACKS Indie-punk cartoonist/musician James Kochalka has just returned from a stint in the Big Apple signing comics and rocking out. After premiering a couple of new graphic novels, Kochalka found time to take the stage at Ship's Mast Tavern in Brooklyn for an acoustic set of his demented pop gems. Ex-local boy Neil Cleary sat in on guitar . . . Kochalka and Burlington scenester Colin Clary have completed a 10-track EP, to be released in July on Dangerfive Records . . . Kochalka is also offering a one-song bootleg video of his recent show in Norman, Oklahoma, at www.coffee-ink.com/pseudo/willis/ monkeyvsrobot.wmv . . . More on Neil Cleary: The up-and-coming singersongwriter is returning to Burlington for a gig with his WhatEverly Brothers at ultra-hip restaurant "O" this Thursday, June 27. WhatEverly features Cleary and Chrome Cowboy Brett Hughes dueting on what Hughes refers to as some "old songs, done in the old style." O n July 8, Cleary opens for roots icon J.J. Cale at Higher Ground . . . Say goodbye to The Lazy Songwriter — Arthur Adams is taking leave of the Queen City for some California dreaming. Good luck! ®

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culminating with more than $20,000 worth of equipment being stolen. In other Cancer news, drummer Greg Beadle is featured in the June 19 edition of satirical newspaper The Onion. In the "Justify Your Existence" column, Beadle outsmarts the Onion wise-asses with comments on how the band's debut C D , The Audio Medium, could save your life if you're lost in the desert, and answers the inevitable question, "Is this record your ticket to heaven?" Full transcript at www.theonionavclub.cpm/avclub3823/justify3823. html.

SATURDAY JIM DANIELS & JIM MCGINNISS (oldtime country/folk), Radio Bean, 9:30 p.m. NC. ; DJ MAGIK (house), ,135 Pearl, 9 p.m. $5. RACHEL BISSEX (singer-songwriter), Church Street Marketplace Freshfest, ,. 1 p.m. NC. AA ANDYLUGO (Singer-songwriter), Liquid Lounge, 9 p.m. NC. • JOEL CAGE (singer-songwriter), Burlington Coffeehouse, 8 p.m. $8. AA GIVEN GROOVE (funk-rock), RI Rh Irish Pub, 10 p.m. $3. EXPRESSING DIMENSIONS (musical performances/art auction; benefit for Burlington City Arts Art from the Heart), Contois Auditorium, 6:30 p.m. $20. AA ROBERT ROUSE (blues) r Red Square, 9:30 p.m, NC. 0PIUS (funk-jazz), Nectar's, 9:30 p.m. NC. RETR0N0ME C80s-'90s DJ), Club Metronome, 10 p.m. $2. FLASHBACK ('80s Top Hat DJ), Rasputin's, 10 p.m. NC. CLUB MIX (hip-hop/house; DJs Irie, Robbie J. & Toxic), Millennium

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SUNDAY MATT HASTINGS (singer-songwriter), Radio Bean, 9 p.m. NC. LIVE HIP-HOP, Liquid Lounge, 8 p.m. NC. C0SA BUENA (Latin jazz), Sweetwaters, 11:30 a.m. NC. LIVE CELTIC MUSIC, Ri Rci Irish Pub, 5 p.m. NC. THE GRID (breaks & beyond w/DJs Patti, Darcie, Tricky Pat, Cousin Dave, Justin R.E.M.), Red Square, 10 p.m. NC. ADI0S PANTAL0NES (rock), Nectar's, 9:30 p.m. NC. SUNDAY NIGHT MASS (DJs), Club Metronome, 10 p.m. NC.

TEEN NITE W/DJ ROBBIE J (dance), Millennium Nightclub, 8 p.m. $10. Ages 13-19. HIP-HOP DJ, Rasputin's, 10 p.m. NC/$7. 18+ STEVE GOLDBERG TRIO (jazz), Waiting Room, 6 p.m. NC. PERRY NUNN (rock), Breakwater Caf6, 6 p.m. NC. GORDON STONE & MICHAEL DAVES (jazz-grass), 0 Restaurant, 7 p.m. NC. KARAOKE, Geno's Karaoke Club, from 3 p.m. NC. KARAOKE W/MATT & BONNIE DRAKE, Edgewater Pub, 9 p.m. NC. BLUES FOR BREAKFAST (blues-rock), Naked Turtle Holding Co., 9:30 p.m. NC. JIM DANIELS & JIM MCGINNISS (oldtime country/folk), Daily Bread, 8 p.m. $5. AA

MONDAY OPEN MIKE, Radio Bean, 9 p.m. NC. QUEEN CITY ROCK (DJs Chia & Elliot) & TOUCH (DJ Mirror), 135 Pearl, 10 p.m. NC/$2. JUNGLE TIKI LOUNGE W/TRICKY PAT llounge groove), Liquid Lounge, 9 p.m. NC.

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Nebraska. The album is hollow and raw — recorded primarily in a Nashville basement — and filled with bare-bones tales of loss and regret. It is a step sideways, a forced change of perspective that opens to the senses ordinary life and all the rises and crashes that accompany it. "Be Careful" is both a warning to and praise for "all the girls in the Paris nights... all the girls with washing rags." Griffin sings to and for her characters, warning and comforting the "funny girls on the TV shows," "close your eyes... they've turned to snow." "Rain" chronicles the drenching of Austin, Texas, during a summer of storms. "Strange how hard it rains now," Griffin sings, in a voice filled with sentiment far deeper than a weather report. The sweet-voiced Griffin also possesses a seething Southern twang. "Making Pies" is a countrified tale of an aging woman looking for redemption in her empty, workingclass life. Jesus fails to save, pictures contain images of lost loves, and making pies offers the only resolve from her longing and remorse. "You could cry, or die, or just make pies all day," Griffin sings over plucked guitars, vibes and the lonesome whine of an accordion.

THE MIGHTY LOONS, A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO THE MIGHTY LOONS (self-released, CD) — When a band gives thanks to Jah in their C D liner notes, you can expect to hear some reggae. The Mighty Loons don't disappoint, mon. But they also offer tastes of jazz, rock, punk and hillbilly music. Don't try to put these guys in any category but "eclectic." "18 Wheels A Rollin'" is just a good old convoy song, and it makes you pine for a rig of your own. With a classic Johnny Cash-style delivery, the band sings, "She took me in and warmed my heart, she was right out of a dream/She cleared the road, towed the load, kept my engine runnin' clean." Isn't American poetry wonderful? "On the Waterfront" is a song that the Progressive party might want to rename "On Sanders Beach." Actually, the title is not a Burlington reference, but a nod to the classic Marlon Brando movie. "I coulda been somebody, I coulda been a contendah" is the main refrain, delivered in a manner not unlike what we've heard from The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. "Reject" is fueled by raw, punkblues-rock guitar and smokin' harmonica. While the vocals are overthe-top macho h la Steppenwolf, you can't help but enjoy the energy. "Chicago Boulevard, Legend of Maverick" has a classic rock appeal, with fuzzy guitar and big drums giving way to a mellow Grateful Deadstyle groove. And, clocking in at more than 11 minutes, there's plenty of time for a guitar solo that would do Dickey Betts proud. "Aurora Borealis" starts like a spunky relative to the "Dukes of Hazzard" theme song, then slides smoothly into a reggae lilt and then back to honkytonk guitar. It's one of many impressive displays of musicianship and flexibility from the Mighty ones. If there's one irritant in the mix, it's the vocals, which are frequently strained and off-key. Since three men are credited with vocals, we can't suggest voice lessons for any particular person. But one or more Loons seriously needs to step it up or step back from the mike. Lars Murdock leads the way on vocals, guitar and harmonica, backed up by Bob Bushnell on vocals and guitars. Rob Root puts his voice in the mix along with some nice bass guitar work, and Mark Nigels keeps everything moving

Emmylou Harris adds chilling harmonies to the funeral-day tale, "Long Ride Home." "Nobody's Crying" tells how a "long night turns into a couple of long years." The title track, a Mexican standard — "Mil Besos" offers a molassesslow Latin groove augmented by Griffins sultry Spanish vocals. Griffins songwriting is impeccable, poetic in its ability to describe the purest human emotion, yet refreshingly direct. 1000 Kisses is a truly great album by an immense talent. Patty Griffin, along with singer-songwriter Reed Foehl, appear at Higher Ground this Thursday.

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TUESDAY JOHN DALY & DAVID WENDELL (singersongwriters), Radio Bean, 9 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE, Liquid Lounge, sign-ups 8 p.m. NC. RANDY CROSBY, WILL PATTON & JOHN CREECH (jazz-swing), Leunig's, 7 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE, Burlington Coffeehouse, 8 p.m. Donations. AA PUB QUIZ (trivia game w/prizes), Ri R&, 8:30 p.m. NC. LINK UP (reggae; Flex DJs), Red Square, 10 p.m. NC. RICK REDDINGTON & LOVE MACHINE (rock), Nectar's, 9:30 p.m. NC. BEATS & PIECES W/DJ A-DOG (hiphop/beats), Club Metronome, 10 p.m. NC. TEEN NITE W/DJ KWIK (dance), Millennium Nightclub, 8 p.m. $10. Ages 13-19. TOP HAT DJ, Rasputin's, 10 p.m. $2/6. 18+ OXONOISE (rock), J.P.'s Pub, 9 p.m. NC. TWR HOUSE SOUNDS (DJ; beats/lounge), Waiting Room, 8 p.m. NC. KARAOKE KAPERS (host Bob Bolyard), Hector's, 9 p.m. NC. PAUL DOUSE/MARK ABAIR/PHILONEOUS PHIL (acoustic trio), Sami's Harmony Pub, 7:30 p.m. NC. KARAOKE, Cactus Pete's, 9 p.m. NC. RACHEL BISSEX (singer-songwriter), Castleton Fine Arts Center, 7:30 p.m. NC. AA LINDA BASSICK (acoustic), Three Mountain Lodge, 6 p.m. NC.

WENESDAY IRISH JAZZ SESSIONS, Radio Bean, 8 p.m. NC. PINE ST. JAZZ ENSEMBLE, Parima, 7 p.m. NC. KARAOKE KAPERS (host Bob Bolyard), 135 Pearl, 9 p.m. NC. GREG IZOR BAND (harmonica blues), Halvorson's, 10 p.m. $3. WEBEBOP (jazz quintet), Liquid Lounge, 9 p.m. NC. RACHEL BISSEX, WILL PATTON, STEVE GOLDBERG & COLIN JAMES MCCAFFREY (jazz), Leunig's, 7 p.m. NC. LAST NIGHT'S JOY (Irish), Ri R& Irish Pub, 7 p.m. NC. WALT ELMORE & ALL THAT JAZZ, Daily Planet, 7:30 p.m. NC. JAMES HARVEY QUARTET (jazz), Red Square, 10 p.m. NC. X-RAYS (rock), Nectar's, 9:30 p.m. NC. LOVEWHIP (juju world-pop), Club Metronome, 10 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE W/JIMMY JAMS, Manhattan Pizza & Pub, 10 p.m. NC. INDEPENDANCE (house/techno/trance; DJs Kwik, Robbie J, Irie & Toxic), Millennium Nightclub, 8 p.m. $2/3/10. 18+ before 11p.m. DJS SPARKS, RHINO & HI ROLLA (hiphop/reggae), Rasputin's, 10 p.m. NC/$7. 18+ KARAOKE, J.P.'s Pub, 9 p.m. NC. SCHMOOZE (hip-hop/acid jazz w/DJs Infinite & Melo Grant), Waiting Room, 10 p.m. NC. LARRY BRETT'S JUKEBOX (rock/urban DJ; DVDs), Sh-Na-Na's, 8 p.m. NC. KARAOKE, Geno's Karaoke Club, from 3 p.m. NC. KARAOKE W/MATT & BONNIE DRAKE, Edgewater Pub, 9 p.m. NC. OXONOISE & FRIENDS (rock), Rozzi's, 7 p.m. NC. LADIES* NIGHT KARAOKE, City Limits, 9 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE, Middle Earth Music Hall, 7 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE, Mad Mountain Tavern, 9 p.m. NC. EKIS (world/dance), Lincoln St., Montpelier, 7 p.m. NC. AA CATAMOUNT BRASS QUINTET, City Park, Barre, 7 p.m. NC. AA THE ROSE TATTOO W/RIK PALIERI (Western hobos), The Music Box, 8 p.m. $10. ®

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that music, the great singers and B Y PAUL M A C A R T H U R standards..." Monheit began her formal hen it comes to jazz voice training at the Manhattan singers, Jane Monheit is School of Music, where she studthe total package. T h e ied under New York Voices 24-year-old superstar, who's been founder Peter Eldridge. T h e profiled in Time magazine and straight-A student gigged around on "CBS Sunday Morning," has New York, but her major break a stunning voice that can silence came when she entered the 1998 a room with a few notes. She's a <t i j j ' -J ; - « v. ... Thelonious M o n k Institute Vocal head-turning chanteuse who Competition. There she was first looks great on magazine and runner-up, placing behind jazz album covers. She's also genuine, veteran Teri T h o r n t o n . down-to-earth and seemingly egoless. "She doesn't have any of the diva bullshit," says the legendary Joel Dorn, who produced Monheit's first two albums and was in the middle of her latest project when we spoke. "She's the easiest person I've ever — Jane Monheit worked with. She's a team player... She doesn't have any of that "It was really fun," Monheit nonsense that people feel comsays of the experience. "I remempelled to associate with great ber not being nervous, and being female singers." Not bad for a surprised that I wasn't nervous. Long Island kid who didn't begin But I think I knew how impor' her formal vocal training until tant it was and how it could she was 17. affect my future." Born to a family of music At the M o n k competition, fanatics, Monheit hit the vocal Monheit was spotted by Mary track running, so to speak. She Ann Topper, the master publicist started singing at age 2, often who helped make Diana Krall a along with the car radio. Her household name and oversaw grandfather has been taping her Joshua Redman's breakout sucperformances since she was a cess in the early '90s. Impressed toddler, and his documentation by Monheit's obvious assets, and paid off: O n e track on her latest sensing the singer had star power, C D , Come Dream with Me, feaTopper inked a contract with her tures a 3-year-old Jane taking a and waited for the right moment stab at "Somewhere Over the to launch a massive publicity Rainbow." She did school plays assault. and studied theater, piano and After Monheit finished colclarinet and was singing profeslege, she recorded Never Never sional gigs before she hit her Land. T h e collection'of 10 stanteens. Monheit is also a serious dards featured top-caliber siderecord collector who fell in love men in an effort to give her some with the likes of Ella Fitzgerald, extra credibility. Not that she Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae, really needed it; she knocked off Frank Sinatra and Mel Torme. the songs with grace and an inter-, "I grew up listening to jazz," pretive skill that belied her age. she says. "From the time I was a "She has one of those rare baby, I was always so drawn to

"It's really my childhood dream come true."

voices," says Dorn, who knows a thing or two about great singers, having produced albums by Roberta Flack, Bette Midler, Aaron Neville, Jimmy Scott and Kate Smith. "I've been making records for 40 years, but I never met anyone at the age of 21 who was that far down the line." When Never Never Land was released in May 2000, Topper presided over a skillful national marketing blitz. The beautiful woman singing hypnotic, classic ballads was perfect media fodder. Monheit was positioned at major jazz festivals and soon began selling out clubs and concert halls. By that summer, the 22-year-old was a jazz sensation. "It was surprising," Monheit says of her overnight success. "I thought when I was making a record, 'Oh, well, I'll probably sell a couple hundred copies. It will be really fun and I'll play some gigs.' And then, lo and behold, everything went crazy... It's really my childhood dream come true." Inevitably, that success created a backlash of skepticism in jazz circles: that Monheit is a pawn in Topper's Svengali-like marketing hype; that she's capitalizing on her looks; that her ability is not deserving of comparison to Ella or Sassy in their primes — yet; in short, that her talent simply doesn't warrant so much success so soon. It may be true that Monheit's provocative cover shot on Jazziz and an inside caption reading "She's so sexy, it's crazy" didn't encourage people to-take her i ^ music more seriously. But , Monheit downplays it, saying neither she nor her management intentionally capitalized on her looks — though she does like getting dressed up for the job. Monheit*s numerous supporters believe her success is a boon for the genre. "She has a beautiful instrument," says Roseanna Vitro, a jazz vocalist and the director of the Vocal Jazz Department at New Jersey City University. "She sings wonderful material and she is carrying on the tradition, and those are very positive things." Vitro also likes the fact that Monheit is turning younger female singers — and fans — on to classic jazz. "Already, Jane's effect is permeating through the younger generation, 13- to 17year-olds who are buying her records," Vitro notes approvingly. It only takes hearing a few notes to realize that Monheit has a special gift and is going to be around for a long time. Local fans can dream along with Jane this Sunday at the Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe. ®

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call to artists • Photographers are invited to submit entries for the 13th annual Green Mountain Cultural Center Photography Exhibit, held at the Joslyn Round Barn in Waitsfield in August. Entry forms can be downloaded from www.thevisualmessage.com/photo show.html or by calling John Williams < at 496-8969, Deadline: July 15. • Professional and amateur photographers-are invited to submit lakethemed photos in any format for the 7th annual juried exhibit, "Lake Champlai-n Through the Lens," sponsored by the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum. Entries may be dropped off at the museum in Basin Harbor August 12-19. For registration or more info, call 475-2022 or visit www.lcmm.org.

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LINDA MCCARTNEY'S SIXTIES, featuring 51 works by the late photographer, primarily from the world of rock music. Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, 362-1405. Gala reception June 28, 5:30-7:30 p.m. PENNY L. NEWTON, scenic photographer. 64 Park St., Essex Jet., 899-3627. Show and sale June 29, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. IT'S ALIVE, a group show featuring 17 local artists in multiple media, about coming alive in spring and the summer solstice. Shullenberger Gallery, Jericho, 899-4993. June 29 & 30, noon - 5 p.m. PRINTS FROM THE VERMONT STUDIO CENTER PRESS, featuring recent monoprints. Fleming Museum, Burlington, 656-0750. Reception June 30, 2 p.m., with remarks by VSC president Jon Gregg and portfolio presentation by Sarah Amos, director and master printer of the VSC Press. Also, print sale 3-6 p.m.

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ART'S ALIVE 16TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF FINE ARTS, a citywide celebration with a juried art show at Union Station and member exhibits in storefronts, 8641557. Lecture Series, Community Room, Fletcher Free Library, 6:308:30 p.m. June 26: Axel Stohlberg, Sherri Rigby, Erik Rehman and Pamela Laurence talk about their sculpture and mixed-media work. CROSSING BORDERS: JOSE CLEMENTE 0R0ZC0 IN THE UNITED STATES: Curator Diane Miliotes talks about the famous mural and its Mexican maker. Loew Auditorium, Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 603646-2422. June 26, 5 p.m., followed by a reception in the Kim Gallery. VERMONT QUILT FESTIVAL, a weekend of appraisal classes, workshops, lectures, vendors and exhibits. Norwich University, Northfield, 485-7092. Exhibits reception June 27, 4:306:30 p.m.-, Plumley Armory, followed by Champagne and Chocolate Preview, 7-9 p.m., Shapiro Field House. Festival June 28-29, 9 a . m v - 5 p.m., and June 30, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

ongoing SIGHT AND SOUL, photographs by Gary Reid and paintings by Tinka Theresa Martell. Rose Street Artists' Cooperative, Burlington, 862-5591. July 1-31. PRIVATE STORIES, oil paintings by John Gemignani. Doll-Anstadt Gallery, Burlington, 864-3661. July 1-31. KINETIC REFLECTIVE SCULPTURES by Herbert Leff. Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Burlington, 864-0471. July 1-31. GARDENS HERE & BEYOND, Vermont paintings by the late Eleanor B. Daniels. Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, Flynn Center, Burlington, 652-4500. June 29 - August 24.

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SHADES OF SUMMER, a group show featuring 15 local artists in multiple media. Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery, Shelburne, 985-3848. Through July 30. CARRIE BASS, photographs, dining room; MAGGIE STANDLEY, paintings, greenhouse; and KIMMY LESLIE, paintings, bar. Daily Planet, Burlington, 862-3779. Through July 15. MATT BEGIN, paintings, and MATTHEW THORSEN, photographs. Red Square, Burlington, 862-3779. Through July 15. WATERCOLORS, landscapes by architectural designer Bob Vogel, Pickering Room; MAPS AND LEGENDS, mixed-media works by artists from Caravan Arts, Fletcher Room; THE LAST SOUND A BANKER WANTS TO HEAR, sculpture by Anthony Cafritz, Main Reading Room; and ABSTRACT SCULPTURES IN STEEL WIRE, by Jake Rifkin, throughout the library. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 865-7211. Through June. THE SECURITY OF ARMS and other mostly black-and-white portraits by Elizabeth Podesta. Penny Cluse Cafe, Burlington, 651-8834. Through June. SUSAN WINTER, photography, paintings and sculpture of trout. Wine Works, Burlington, 864-1557. Through June. AWARENESS, large-scale color photographs by Heather Tyme Ward. Burlington international Airport Gallery, 434-3827. Through June. BALANCE OF POWER: MIXED META« . ^ PHORS & VERMONT LANDSCAPES, recent paintings by Maggie Standley. Pierson Library, Shelburne, 233-7676. Through June. SELECTED WORKS, mixed-media digital prints by Steven Goodman. DollAnstadt Gallery, Burlington, 864-3661. Through June. SHIPYARD ARCHEOLOGY, large-scale photographs by Liza Cowan. Art Space 150 at the Men's Room, Burlington, 864-2088. Through July. BUDS, jewelry by Liz Norkus, and AWAKENINGS, oil on canvas by Holly

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Haux-Jeffers. Grannis Gallery, Burlington, 660-2032. Through June. CARLEEN ZIMBALATTI, recent paintings. Church & Maple Gallery, Burlington, 862-3880. Through June 29. THE SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION SHOW, drawings and paintings by Jennifer Belle, Winnie Looby and Ron Meunier. Rose Street Artists' Co-op, Burlington, 860-2429. Through June. EVERYTHING BUT THE NUDES, photography by A.D. Laberge. Upstairs Art at Bruegger's Bagel Bakery, Burlington, 860-1995. Through June. FOSTERING THE ARTS, works from adults and youth in the Burlington City Arts outreach program. Metropolitan Gallery, Burlington City Hall, 865-7166. Through June. ART'S ALIVE 16TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF FINE ARTS, a citywide celebration with a juried art show at Union Station and member exhibits on Church Street Marketplace storefronts through June, and an outdoor sculpture exhibit at S.T. Griswold in Williston through August, 864-1557. CHRIS WEBB, Holga photographs. Caf6 Piccolo, Burlington, 862-5515. Through June. ROSES AND RAINBOWS, photography by Emily Barrett. Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Burlington, 864-0471. Through June. DELIA ROBINSON, new paintings and whistles. Frog Hollow Vermont State Craft Center, Burlington, 863-6458. Through June. COLLECTED WASHERS, a mixed-media installation by Ed Owre and Stephen Trull, with selected pieces from Gerrit Gollner and Allison Schlegel. One Wall Gallery, Seven Days, Burlington, 864-5684. Through June. VOLKSWAGENBALL, a new spheroid in the ongoing sculptural creations of Lars-Erik Fisk, through August 4. Also, PRE-COLUMBIAN ART, artifacts from tiny figurines to human and animal effigies, from the museum's permanent collection, through July 3. Fleming Museum, Burlington, 656-0750. THE COLLECTOR'S HOUSE, a new building envisioning the home of a 21stcentury folk art collector, designed by architect Adam Kalkin and decorated by Albert Hadley, through October 2003. Also, AMERICAN WANDERLUST: TAKING TO THE ROAD IN THE 20TH CENTURY, an exhibit of vintage and brand-new recreational vehicles, road memorabilia and souvenirs, designer Colemans, a video installation and interactive family activities; GRANDMA MOSES, paintings, prints and drawings back by popular demand, in the Webb Gallery; and FOLK ART TRADITIONS IN AMERICA: 80 pieces of folk art return to the restored Stagecoach Inn after a national tour, with new acquisitions, through October 27. Shelburne Museum, 985-3348.

CHAMPLAIN VALLEY NEW WORKS, featuring paintings on canvas t>y Elena Peabody, monotypes by Susan Smerka, clay works by Kathy Clarke-Clay and furniture by. Dale Helms. Ferrisburgh Artisans Guild, 877^9291." Through July 29. BIRDS OF CLAY, ceramic work with avian imagery by potters around the country. Frog Hollow Vermont State Craft Center, Middlebury, 388-3177. Through August 11. ART ON MAIN, a community art center and gallery featuring art and crafts in many media by local artists and artisans. Deerleap Books Building, Bristol, 453-5684. Ongoing. SABRA FIELD: ABSTRACT REALIST, a retrospective exhibit of 78 woodcuts and Iris prints by one of Vermont's most renowned and beloved artists. Middlebury College of Art, 443-5007. Through August 11. TREEFORMS, featuring folk-art sculptures and other artifacts from junk wood or misshapen tree parts by Gustaf Hertzberg, Jim Bushey, Kevin Matthews and Stan Neptune and Joe Dana. Vermont Folklife Center, Middlebury, 388-4964. Through September 7. DEPRESSION GLASS, pieces from the collection of Trudy Fedora, and PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES, anthropological shots by Graham Pringle. Lincoln Library, 453-2665. Through June.

CENTRAL VERMONT DANIEL NEARY, JR. photographs. Supreme Court lobby, Montpelier, 828-4784. Through July 12. VEILED GUARDIANS, CAPTURED SPIRITS, paintings by Ochazania Klarich. Mist Grill Gallery, Waterbury, 244-8522. Through July 22. STORYLINES: DRAWING IT OUT, artists, illustrators and cartoonists show their view of the world, including Mary Azarian, Ed Koren, Hal Mayforth, Dug Nap, Tim Newcomb, Lance Richbourg and more. Studio Place Arts, Barre, 479-7241. Through June 29. RECENT LANDSCAPES, oil paintings by Theodore A. Hoppe. Capitol Grounds, Montpelier, 241-2196. Through June. ARCHITECTURAL PROPOSALS in watercolor for the city of Montpelier by architecture students from Notre Dame University. City Hall, Montpelier, 223-1806. Through June. VERMONT INTERNATIONAL, an invitational exhibit of three premier Vermont potters: Miranda Thomas, and Ikuzi Teraki and Jeanne Bisson of Romulus Craft. Vermont Clay Studio, Waterbury, 244-1126. Through June.

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he Duchy of Cornwall is a windswept peninsula on Britain's southwest coast. Its landscape of moors and cliffs overlooking the sea is very different from Vermont's, but beneath that landscape is a mineral resource the two places have in common: slate. One of Vermont's three official state stones is slate, and in Cornwall it has been mined for at least a thousand years. Cornish artist Kurt Jackson brings the countries together, as it were, in his current exhibition, "The Delabole Slate Quarry Paintings," at the Helen Day Art Center in Stowe. Although he is considered one of the leading open-air painters in Britain, this is Jackson's first U.S. exhibition. It is the portrait of a place, captured in 26 mixed-media paintings produced at or near the quarry. That hole is 435 feet deep and about a half-mile wide in the midst of a flat countryside two miles from the ocean. Its gray walls are rugged and terraced, and bluegreen watejr is pooled on the floor of the quarry. Jackson organizes these contrasts into simple compositions that have just a few key elements. "Dusk (nearly) slipping into the quarry 16 Nov 2000" is a view looking directly into the cerulean pool. A few concentric white lines, the roads in the quarry, make a broad downward loop. The quarry walls range from Prussian blue and raw umber near the pool to Indian red and cadmium yellow along

Jackson's use of text is completely unassuming, just another human imprint on the landscape. It adds a layer of visual information that recalls the context of the moment portrayed. The exterior world of wind, brambles, sky, water and an opened pit of stone is just half of Jackson's portrait. As with Vermont quarries, there are sheds where the stone is processed. The Delabole quarry

once employed 1000 people. Only 40 remain. Jackson paints like a working-class artist with a real affinity for the men who toil over their cutting and splitting machines. Those images complete the portrait of the mine. The industrial interiors are much more angular than the outdoor scenes, and Jackson completely shifts scale. Where the exterior scenes are expansive, the interiors are compact. Broad ranges of gray, blue and black are punctuated by a few bright colors in relative isolation. A red dab near the center point of "Graham Sleep & Mark Powell splitting tiles ^ Oct 2000" adds movement to the entire piece, while also limiting the depth of the space. The bright red moves forward from the blue-black far wall.

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nature. Jackson sees the quarry.., as a source of life. its rim. Jackson's colors and textures are as complex as his compositions are simple, as if the layers of color and texture were imitating the sedimentary geology of the quarry. "Windy dusk Oct 2000" has a high horizon and colors of the surrounding landscape, as well as the quarry and its pool. Jackson's brush seems to slap, scrub and scumble every square inch of the canvas. There are often bits of grit in his paint, and he seems to be combining acrylics, gouache and watercolors almost indiscriminately to take advantage of their varying degrees of opacity. Collaged block letters spelling "DELABOLE SLATE" are also often integrated in Jackson's scenes. In "Windy dusk Oct 2000" the mine name appears along the bottom of the piece. There are also almost invisible cursive passages, like "cold winds keep blowing me into the brambles." But

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"The Delabole Slate Quarry Paintings," by Kurt Jackson. West Gallery, Helen Day Art Center, Stowe. Through August 15. june 26, 2002

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2000 when her painting, "Jesus of the People," won the National Catholic Reporter Jesus competition. Hers was an androgynous-looking black man. That controversial painting and many other ofMcKenzie's distinctive, heavily outlined figures now grace the walls of the Helen Day Art Center in Stowe — the latest installment in the gallery's 20th-anniversary celebration of portraiture. Pictured, "Radiance." ADAMANT MUSIC SCHOOL COLLECTION: HONORING THE SCHOOL'S 60 YEARS, featuring 37 woodblock prints by 19th-century Japanese artist Utagawa Hiroshige, Main Gallery; and A SENSE OF PERMANENCE, selected works from the permanent collection, South Gallery. T.W. Wood Gallery, Montpelier, 828-8743. Through July 21. BARNS: SPACE AND PLACE,-sculptures inspired by rural architecture, by Meg Walker. Carving Studio and Sculpture Center Gallery, West Rutland, 438-2097. Through June. OAXACAN PORTRAIT, photographs by G. Roy Levin. Mailboxes, Montpelier, 223-3234. Through June. A HUMAN WORLD, large-scale color photographs of the manmade landscape by Christopher Lane. Aldritch Library, Barre, 456-7456. Through July 13. THIRD ANNUAL MEMBERS' EXHIBITION, featuring works in many media. Chaffee Center for the Visual Arts, Rutland, 775-0356. Through July 7. KENNETH P. OCHAB, landscape oil paintings, and works by other Vermont artists Keith Davidson, Kathleen Bergeron, Gertrude Belloso and Joyce Kahn. Goldleaf Gallery, Waitsfield, 279-3824. Ongoing.

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BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY by Michael Floman, John Miller, Michael Gray and Didi Brush. Tamarack Gallery, East Craftsbury, 586-8078. Through July 25. THE ARTWORK OF RACHEL HOUSEMAN, featuring works in pencil, stained glass, oil and watercolor. Renee's Bistro, Hardwick, 471-3055. Through July 20. THE BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY, paintings by Janet McKenzie, Main Gallery, through August 25. Also, DELABOLE SLATE QUARRY AND OTHER PAINTINGS FROM CORNWALL, by Kurt Jackson, West Gallery, through August 15; and PHOTOGRAPHS, by Kate Cleghorn, East Gallery, through July 21. Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, 253-8358. NORTHERN VERMONT ARTIST ASSOCIATION 72ND ANNUAL JURIED SHOW, featuring works in multiple media by local artists, West Gallery, through July 7. Also, SMALL PICTURE EXHIBITION, featuring works by local, national and Canadian artists, East Gallery, through August 23. Bryan Memorial Art Gallery, Jeffersonville, 644-5100. FLORIBUNDA, floral watercolors by Annelein Beukenkamp. Green

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JILL MADDEN: INSIDE THE BARN, Woodstock Folk Art and Antiquities, 457-2012. Through June 28. ART OF THE RIVER, ART OF THE RAILS, paintings, prints and photographs by area artists that celebrate transportation art of the Upper Connecticut River Valley. New England Transportation Museum, Amtrak Station Building, White River Junction, 281-9838. Through July 15. SALLY GOES TO THE FARM, a spring exhibit of drawings and woodcuts by Stephen Huneck in conjunction with the release of his latest book of the same title. Stephen Huneck Gallery, Woodstock, 457-3206. Through June. THE AFGHAN FOLIO, photographs by Luke Powell. Oakes Hall, Vermont Law School, South Royalton, 7638303, ext. 2309. Through August 2.

JOSE CLEMENTE OROZCO IN THE UNITED STATES, 1927-1934, the first major exhibition of the Mexican artist's works features more than 110 paintings, prints, drawings and studies for murals. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 603646-2426. Through December 15. VIKINGS: THE NORTH ATLANTIC SAGA, featuring artifacts and archaeological findings that prove and celebrate the arrival of Europeans in Canada a thousand years ago. Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec, 819-776-7169. Through October 14. ITALIAN MASTERPIECES FROM RAPHAEL TO TIEPOLO, 43 works from the 15th to 18th centuries, from the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts, through August 4. Also, RIOPELLE, featuring nearly 80 paintings, works on paper and sculptures by the Canadian artist JeanPaul Riopelle, through September 29. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 514285-2000. ©

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the rest Of the fest... Eclectic is not a strong enough word to describe this week's first annual Manchester Film Festival, which will offer a global grab bag of people, places and products. Cinematic selections come from such far-flung lands as Sri Lanka, Turkey, Belgium, Romania and Israel, but organizers plan to give their "legend-in-film" award to a veteran domestic actor. While we might expect a Paul Newman or a Denzel Washington, the recipient — are you ready for this? — is Burt Reynolds. Apart from this Smokey and the Bandit interlude at the closing ceremony on Sunday evening, the event promises some significant movie-going experiences. Beginning Thursday, more than 100 features, documentaries and shorts from about 25 countries will be screened in six venues. The educational component includes 10 or so workshops, panel discussions and master classes on a range of subjects, such as writing a "hot" script, women in the medium, financing and marketing, and Native American filmmakers. "Oomffi" forums — on everything anyone could possibly want to know about digital technology — are accompanied by exhibits of the latest gizmos. Speaking of gizmos, Seven Days cyber-

wizards were able to print just half of the download-only program guide from the Manchester Web site. A more user-friendly schedule finally appeared on www.manches terfilmfest.com last weekend. My advice to the festival: Next year, try mimeographing. Despite a frustrating start, I'm ready to speculate on possible highlights in the documentary category: Divining Mom is George Kachadorian's homage to his water-witching mother Lea — a natural for Vermont, the dowsing capital of the world. I Put a Spell on Me, a Greek director's look at 1950s American rock sensation Screamin' Jay Hawkins, will enjoy its U.S. premiere. Well Done, Now Sod Off chronicles Chumbawamba, a band of eight British rockers who consider themselves "anarchist pranksters." One short got my attention. Roundabout, concerning a man who suffers a nervous breakdown en route to work one day, was directed by Australian actress Rachel Griffiths. She's the Golden Globe-winner whose character on HBO's "Six Feet Under" is perpetually anxious and depressed. In terms of longer narratives, Twelve, by Daniel Nash, seems to coincide with the current craze for Memento-like plots about amnesiacs. This one's a sci-fi examination of

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MINORITY REPORT***"2 The late sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick was a paranoid and troubled man with a gift for dreaming up futuristic conundrums that raise profound moral questions. Some of the movies made from his work — Blade Runner, for example — offer highly imaginative ruminations on the nature of reality. Others, such as Total Recall, pluck a flashy conceptual gimmick or two from a story or novel and build a relatively routine Hollywood effectsfest around them. The latest from Steven Spielberg falls somewhere between those two extremes. Minority Report is a dazzling cinematic achievement in places but, for the most part, proves a tad theV. matically thin. Tom Cruise turns in a solid performance as a cop in charge of an experimenfe, tal precrime unit. T h e year is 2054, the place Washington, D.C. Law-enforce0 ment cheeses have come up with the bright idea of lowering the murder rate by arresting people before they actually commit an act of murder. Authorities are able to do this because they've gotten their hands on three individuals who have the power to see the future. Future homicides, at any rate. Two men and a woman live submerged in a special solution and maintained in a constant state of semi-sleep so they can be on perpetual dream patrol for murder vibes. When they pick up something, a groovy, futuristic process transforms their visions into billiard-ball-sized doodads that Cruise and company feed into a computer, which then projects the dreamed images for inspection. The images are manipulated and scoured for clues as to the perpetrator-tobe's identity and the scene of the future crime. The three "pre-cogs" always provide the precise date and hour of a murder so the police know exactly how much time they have to decipher the dream, strap on their jetpacks and nip the killing in the bud. , 1 The system is working like gangbusters locally. The murder rate in the capital has dropped to nothing, and the country is about to vote on going national with it. Nobody's happier about all this than Tom. At least until the pre-cogs pop a ball with his picture in it one day and he's forced to make a run for it with his own detail close on his trail. Here's where the conundrum du jour comes into play: If Cruise proves himself innocent, then the pre-cogs are capable of making a mistake, the system to which he's dedicated his life is bogus, and some of the people he's put away may have been innocent, too. Of course, the flipside is equally unappealing. If he does somehow wind up murdering the man he's supposed to — someone he's never met and knows nothing of — then he's not the person he believes himself to be. And there's the little matter of being locked away for life. Not to mention the philosophical bugaboo of whether everything we do has been cosmically predestined. There are compelling subplots, too, most notably one involving the disappearance of Cruise's young son, his fixation on the tragedy, along with the drug use and failed marriage that followed. Classic Dick themes — the author had five bad marriages and an even worse amphetamine habit. By and large, though, Minority Report is a protracted chase, a sort of inverted Fugitive. Spielberg frontloads the eye candy. Early scenes depicting pre-cog dream projection, the cityscape with its magnetic highways running up the sides of buildings and Tom's pursuit by flying cops are things of beauty, brilliantly engineered. As the story wears on, however — and, at close to two and a half hours, it does begin to wear — the director seems to run out of visual steam. Ditto the script's supply of snappy sociological predictions. The first half is full of clever guesses as to what daily life might be like in 50 years. The second all but dispenses with that and gives over to a convoluted story line about a corrupt government official. Spielberg's latest is worth seeing for its Kubrick-inspired visuals, thought-provoking glimpses into the future and its high-octane action sequences. I'm not sure he latched onto the most metaphysically resonant of Dick's writings, however. Blade Runner posed interesting questions about the mortality of humanoids, the moral responsibilities b o m by their human creators and the big question mark at the end of the road both must live with. Minority Report conjectures, "If three skinheads in a wading pool dream you're going to murder someone, does that mean you will, or can you change your mind? Not exactly up there with life's big questions. It's summer, though, so who wants to get heavy anyway? The picture's far from perfect, its first half far superior to the second, but my guess as to the immediate future is this: Both are about as good as movies are likely to get this season. (Z)

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rtrOWlOtMC |JISSwit2>W3l HEY ARNOLD! THE MOVIE Everybody's favorite football-headed 'toon makes his big-screen debut with this comedy about a group of kids who band together to keep an evil developer from turning their neighborhood into a "mall-plex." Featuring the voices of Jennifer Jason Leigh, Christopher Lloyd and Paul Sorvino. (PG) MEN IN BLACK II Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones are back in black and hot on the trail of an evil alien shape-shifter, played by Lara Flynn Boyle in Barry Sonnenfeld's follow-up to the 1997 hit. (PG-13) MR. DEEDS Adam Sandler and Winona Ryder are paired in director Steven Brill's remake of the 1936 Frank Capra classic, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town. In the role made famous by Gary Cooper, Sandler plays a rube who comes into a large sum of money and finds himself in a battle of wits with big c-y types who want to relieve him of it. John Turturro and Steve Buscemi costar. (PG-13) MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING Worlds collide when Nia Bardalos, as the daughter of a Greek restaurant owner, falls for a WASP-y high school teacher played by John Corbett in this shoestring romantic comedy. (PG)

* = REFUND, PLEASE ** = COULD'VE BEEN WORSE, BUT NOT A LOT *** = HAS ITS MOMENTS; SO-SO **** = SMARTER THAN THE AVERAGE BEAR *****- AS GOOD AS IT GETS ABOUT A BOY***1/2 Hugh Grant stars in the big screen version of Nick Hornby's 1998 bestseller about a rich, self-involved Londoner who befriends a 12-year-old boy. Rachel Weisz costars. Chris and Paul (American Pie) Weitz direct. (PG-13) BAD COMPANY**172 Joel Schumacher recruits Anthony Hopkins and Chris Rock for this action comedy about a con artist who fills in for his CIA operative twin brother in order to help catch the bad guys responsible for his murder. One of the terrorism-themed titles rescheduled after September 11. (PG-13) THE BOURNE IDENTITY**1/2 Doug (Swingers) Liman directs this adaptation of the action-packed 1980 Robert Ludlum best-seller about an amnesiac on the run from sinister forces. Matt Damon stars. Franka Potente, Chris Cooper and Brian Cox costar. (PG-13)

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world from the forces of darkness. (PG-13) MINORITY REPORT***1/2 Tom Cruise stars in the latest from Steven Spielberg, a sci-fi saga set in a futuristic Washington, D.C., where law enforcement agencies employ seers to tip them off to potential homicides. Cruise plays a cop who finds himself on the wrong end of a prediction. Samantha Morton and Colin Farrell costar. (PG-13) MONSOON WEDDING***1/2 Salaam Bombay! director Mira Nair takes a comic look at arranged marriages, a tradition that's alive and well in modern India. Winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. (R) SC00BY-D00**1/2 Everybody's favorite marble-mouthed mutt makes the leap to the big screen with this $90 million effectsfest featuring Matthew Lillard, Sarah Michelle Cellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. Raja (Big Momma's House) Gosnell directs. (PG) SPIDER-MAN*** Everybody's favorite web-slinger makes the leap to the big screen in this highly anticipated adaptation from Sam Raimi. Tobey Maguire stars. (PG-13) SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON*** Matt Damon, James Cromwell and that critically acclaimed thespian, Bryan Adams, head the voice cast in this animated DreamWorks Western about a wild horse who is captured and experiences brutal treatment at the hands of a tyrannical Army general. (G) STAR WARS: EPISODE II ATTACK OF THE CLONES**172 Natalie Portman and Hayden Christensen star in the latest from George Lucas. The second installment in the director's prequel trilogy explores the forces that helped transform the young Anakin Skywalker into the evil and considerably more deep-voiced Darth Vader. With Ewan McGregor and Samuel L. Jackson. (PG) THE SUM OF ALL FEARS*** Ben Affleck takes on the role of the young Jack Ryan in Phil Alden Robinson's adaptation of the 1991 Tom Clancy thriller.

In this prequel of sorts, the CIA analyst uncovers a plot to detonate a nuclear weapon inside the U.S. and make it look like the work of the Russians. Morgan Freeman, James Cromwell and Alan Bates costar. (PG) UNFAITHFUL***172 Richard Gere and Diane Lane are paired in the latest from Adrian Lyne, a steamy thriller about a suburban wife who's caught cheating on her suspicious husband. Olivier Martinez costars. (R) WINDTALKERS*** The latest from John Woo is a WWII saga about the friendship which develops between a Marine and a Navajo "code talker." Nicolas Cage and Adam Beach star. (R) Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN**** Writer-director Alfonso Cuaron's latest tracks the coming-of-age adventures of two teenage Mexican boys who manage to persuade a beautiful Spanish woman to accompany them on a road trip to a magical beach. Diego Luna, Gael Garcia Bernal and Maribel Verdu star. (NR)

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friday 28 — thursday 4 Mr. Deeds* 12:35, 2:35, 4:35, 7, 9:10 Men in Black II* (starts July 3) 12:25, 2:25, 4:25, 6:50, 9:05. Lilo and Stitch 12:15, 2, 4, 6:40, 8:15. Minority Report 1, 3:45, 6:30, 9. Scooby-Doo 12:25, 2:25, 4:25, 6:50, 9:05. Matinees Sat & Sun only. Late shows Fri-Sun only.

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Wednesday 26 — thursday

Lilo and Stitch 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 6:50, 9. Minority Report 12:20, 3:30, 6:40, 9:50. Bourne Identity 1:20, 4:10, 7, 9:40. Scooby-Doo 12:30, 2:45, 5, 7:10, 9:20. Windtalkers 3:50, 9:30. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood 1:10, 6:50. SpiderMan 1, 4, 7, 9:50. Star Wars 12:15, 3:20, 6:30, 9:40. The Sum of All Fears 12:50, 3:40, 6:30, 9:10.

Unfaithful 7, 9:15. Panic Room 7:10, 9:25. Ice Age 6:50. Lord of the Rings 7:45. Changing Lanes 8:45.

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Wednesday 26 — thursday

Hey Arnold* 12:40, 2:40, 4:40, 6:45. Mr. Deeds* 12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10, 9:30. Lilo and Stitch 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 6:50, 9. Minority Report 12:20, 3:30, 6:40, 9:50. Bourne Identity 1, 4, 7, 9:40. Scooby-Doo 12:30, 2:45, 5, 7:10, 9:20. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood 9:30. Spider-Man 12:50, 3:45, 7, 9:50. Star Wars 12:15, 3:20, 6:30, 9:40.

2:15, 4:30, 7:30, 9:50. Undercover Brother 9:15. Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron 12:20, 2:30, 4:40, 7:15. Insomnia 12:40, 3:40, 6:45, 10. About a Boy 12:30, 3:30, 6:20. Monsoon Wedding 9:20.

friday 21 — tuesday 2 My Big Fat Greek Wedding* 12:10, 2:15, 4:20, 7:10, 9:30. The Importance of Being Earnest 12:50, 3:40, 6:20, 9:20. Minority Report 12, 3:10, 6:30, 9:40. Juwanna Mann 9:15. Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron 12:30, 2:30, 4:40, 7. Insomnia 12:40, 3:30, 6:40, 10. Windtalker 12:20, 3:20, 6:50, 9:50.

The Rookie, Monsoon Wedding, About a Boy, Unfaithful, Panic Room, Lord of the Rings, Ice Age.

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Wednesday 26 — thursday

The Importance of Being Earnest 12:50, 3:50, 7, 9:30. Minority Report 12:10, 3:20, 6:30, 9:40. Juwanna Mann noon,

Mr. Deeds* 12:05, 2:25, 4:50, 7:20, 9:50. Hey Arnold* 12, 2, 4, 6, 8. Lilo and Stitch 12:10, 2:20, 4:30, 6:40, 8:50. ScoobyDoo 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 7:15, 9:30. The Bourne Identity 12:40, 3:50, 7, 9:45. Sum of all Fears 12:50, 3:45, 7:10, 9:55. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sister-hood 1:30, 4:05, 6:50, 9:40. Bad Company 10. Spider-Man 12:35, 3:30, 6:30, 9:20. Star Wars 12:20, 3:20, 6:20, 9:25.

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Wednesday 26 — thursday 27 Minority Report 6:30, 9:15. Scooby-Doo 6:30, 8:30. The Sum of All Fears 6:45, 9:15.

friday 28 — thursday 4 Mr. Deeds* 2 & 4 (Sat & Sun), 6:45, 9. Minority Report 2 (Sat & Sun), 6:30, 9:15. Scooby-Doo 2 & 4 (Sat & Sun), 6:30, 8:30. .

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6:55, 9:35. Spider-Man 12:35, 3:30, 6:30, 9:20. Star Wars 12:05, 12:30, 3:10, 3:40, 6:20, 9:25.

Lilo and Stitch noon, 2:15, 4:30, 6:40, 8:50. Scooby-Doo 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 7:15, 9:30. Windtalkers 12:20, 3:20, 6:45, 9:45. The Bourne Identity 12:40, 3:50, 7, 10. Sum of all Fears 12:50, 3:55, 7:10, 9:55. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood 1, 4, 6:50, 9:40. Bad Company

Wednesday 26 — thursday

Lilo and Stitch 12:45, 2:45, 4:45, 6:45, 8:45. Minority Report 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:25. Scooby-Doo 1, 3, 5, 7, 8:55. The Bourne Identity 1:20, 4, 7:15, 9:45. Windtalkers 1:10, 3:45, 6:50. 9:35. Times unavailable at press time.

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Men in Black II (starts July 3), Lilo and Stitch, Minority Report, Scooby-Doo, The Bourne Identity, Spider-Man.

CAPITOL THEATRE 93 State Street, Montpelier, 229-0343.

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PARAMOUNT THEATRE 241 North Main Street, Barre, 4 7 9 - 9 6 2 1 .

SUNSET DRIVE-IN Porters Point Rd., Colchester, 8 6 2 - 1 8 0 0 .

WELDEN THEATER 104 No. Main St., St. Albans, 527-7888.

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TALK TO NOVELIST Howard Norman and poet Jane Shore about where and how they write and you're left with the image of a compatible husband-and-wife dichotomy, a literary yin and yang. The creative couple and their 14-year-old daughter, Emma, split their time between Washington, D.C., and East Calais. Norman, the author of a collection of short stories and four novels, including National Book Award nominees Northern Lights and The Bird Artist, sets his prose in Canada — the home he adopted after dropping out of high school and striking out on his own. Shore, whose most recent collections of poetry are Music Minus One and Happy Family, plays childhood memories of New Jersey against her life as a wife and mother in Vermont. Norman writes in longhand or at a typewriter — electric for manuscript, manual for letters. He gets up early and works in intense stretches that last several weeks. Sequestered in a cabin built especially for the purpose, he thrives in his place within shouting distance of — but not within — the house. The cabin's propane stove keeps it "warm enough so you can sit in a T-shirt and shorts in the winter," he says. Shore taps her poems into a laptop. She sleeps late and works as time allows, week in

and week out, in a space that originally served as the 1840 farmhouses birthing room. "I know there are other people in the house," she says. "I can hear Emma's music from upstairs." Shore's office, which faces north, is "nice and cool," she comments. Norman, who worked in various borrowed spaces before his cabin was built, has fallen into a routine that kick-starts his creativity: "Getting up, walking out to the cabin — it's not a huge melodramatic pretentious thing at all, just everything's designed to erase the self-indulgence of writers block." Back in the days before marriage and motherhood, Shore also relied on a prewriting ritual. But after Emma was born, she learned to take her writing time when she could. "You feel at home when you're really writing," she says. "It's a mental space. When I get there and I start to be able to concentrate really hard, it's as familiar as a room is." — R.H.

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old-time Vermont. So it's fitting that the Tunbridge author of Ln the Fall — and more recently, Lost Nation — heads across the dirt road, to the barn, to do his writing. Inside, he's constructed a rustic writer's refuge, complete with attendant dogs, a gas-powered woodstove and shelves packed with books by William Faulkner, Cormac MacCarthy and Robert Frost. "It's a nice office without being totally separate from the aesthetics of the barn," he says of his space, which has its own phone and fax lines. Plus, Lent can light up in there. He doesn't smoke in the house he shares with his wife and two kids. Forty-three-year-old Lent starts working every day around two. Without a trace of Yankee guilt, he explains, "I know some writers who get up and start working first thing. I use my mornings to take care of

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JOYCE JOHNSON HAS a knack for "writing on the fly" — as did her famous boyfriend Jack Kerouac. The author of the remarkable Beat memoir Minor Characters is pretty flexible about where she sets down to scribble. That didn't stop her from selling Kerouac's letters, however, in order to finance an addition on her Vermont house — a "hippie cabin" in Marshfield that cost her $10,000 16 years ago. The renovation lets her do most of her writing in "orje great big room with a lot of windows." When it gets too hot, she retires to the screened-in porch, surrounded by a shady garden of hostas, primroses and foxgloves. "I'm not really fetishistic about my writing arrangements. It's depended more on states of mind than place," says Johnson, 66, who is currently writing afternoons from two to six. "I have much more space up here than I do in New York. That feels luxurious to me... I might feel like taking the computer into the old part of the house, and write in there." In New York, she says, "I write in my bedroom... it's a big studio apartment. I have the computer on the table I use for dining. When company comes over, I clear all the equipment off." Asked if she dreams of a separate "writing

"When you live alone you don't need a little place in which to get away from yourself." — Joyce Johnson

Lent theorizes, as if she were saying, "'I'm not going to look at you. You are supposed to be working.'" How he works has changed somewhat, too. Lent lets his characters lead the way. "It's like chasing these people," he notes. That makes for "fun" and unwieldy first drafts, followed by painstaking second, third and fourth versions. Lent maintains a "revision desk" that otherwise collects clutter. At the end of a writing session — often around eight o'clock, after his kids have eaten — he likes to open a bottle of wine and repair to "my comfortable chair, which I don't allow myself to use when I'm working." Held in its leather embrace, with his family and farm accounted for, Jeffrey Lent — and his characters — chart a tentative course for the next day's narrative.

cabin" in the Vermont woods, Johnson remarks with characteristic frankness, "When you live alone you don't need a little place in which to get away from yourself." In the late 1980s, Johnson was still writing on a typewriter. But wading through the research for What Lisa Knew, her published account of the Steinberg child-abuse case, "practically wrecked my right arm," she says. She finally caved to technology and got a computer — now a 7-year-old dinosaur that is decreasingly compatible with newer, fancier models. "I hate upgrading. I get very annoyed when they keep improving things," Johnson says. She does offer this speculation, though, about the man who resisted the electric typewriter for the romance of a road-weary Remington. "I always thought Kerouac would love the computer. It would have been his endless scroll. H e would also have been a great e-mailer," But, as Johnson learned firsthand, a letter is better.

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the tongue when ingested (nobody snorted or smoked it in those days) and suggested that cocaine might be useful as a local anesthetic. Experimenting on animals and then on himself and an associate, Koller found that cocaine rendered the eyes insensitive to pain. A report presented on his behalf at a medical meeting in September 1884 galvanized the medical world — as the only effective local anesthetic, cocaine opened up vast new fields for surgery. Soon everyone was experimenting with the drug. Struggling to keep up with demand, pharmaceutical companies developed industrial production methods, and from there it was but a short step to Medellin. Although Freud minimized the dangers of cocaine in his articles, the potential for abuse was evident from the outset and was greatly multiplied as techniques for purifying and administering cocaine improved. One early victim was Dr. Ernst von FleischlMarxow, who suffered from tumors of the peripheral nerves and had become a morphine addict while attempting to ease the pain. Freud thought cocaine might cure the addiction and sent some to his friend. Soon von Fleischl-Marxow was consuming a gram of cocaine a day, and he developed a classic case of "cocaine psychosis," thinking that snakes were crawling over his body. He hung on for another few years but eventually died

in agony. Numerous other cases of cocaine toxicity also came to light. Freud defended the drug as late as 1887 but eventually repented and stopped using cocaine both personally and professionally. However, some profess to see the influence of cocaine in his theory of dreams, introduced a few years later. Freud never became dependent on cocaine. Some say that's because he didn't have an addictive personality, but the more likely explanation is that he was already addicted to something else, namely nicotine in the form of his famous cigars. Freud smoked 20 a day even though they began giving him chest pain and shortness of breath while he was still in his thirties. In his sixties he developed cancer of the jaw and soft palate and eventually had 33 operations, resulting in the complete removal of his jaw and the substitution of a prosthesis. His friends begged him to stop smoking, but Freud continued to puff away even after his health had so deteriorated that he could no longer work. Despite chronic pain and the frequent inability to speak or swallow, he persisted in his use of cigars until his death from oral cancer in 1939 at age 83. Crazy, eh? No question, the guy should have seen a shrink. — CECIL ADAMS

Is there something you need to get straight? Cecil Adams can deliver the Straight Dope on any topic. Write Cecil Adams at the Chicago Reader, 11 E. Illinois, Chicago, IL 60611, or e-mail him at cecil@chireader.com.

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and accomplished artists in a weekly drawing session at Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, 68:30 p.m. $5. Info, 865-7166. GALLERY TALK: Curator Diane Miliotes talks about the famous Orozco mural and its Mexican maker. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 5 p.m. Free. Info, 603-646-2422.

words WRITING GROUP: Share ideas, get feedback and try writing exercises at the Kept Writer Bookshop, St. Albans, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 527-6242. 'PERFORMANCES IN T H E PARK: Tonight's performance features children's author Ruth Wallace-Brodeur and swing music by Sentimental Journey. City Hall Park, Barre, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 476-4588. MARK PENDERGRAST: The author of Uncommon Grounds and For God, Country and Coca Cola discusses both of his works at the Basin Harbor Club, Vergennes, 8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 475-2311. YOUNG WRITERS STORYTIMES: Students who entered the Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators Contest read their stories. Barnes & Noble, S. Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 864-8001. JEFFREY LENT BOOK SIGNING: The best-selling author of In the Fall reads from his new novel, Lost Nation. Nor-man Williamson Public Library, Woodstock, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 457-2295. Barnes & Noble, S. Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-8001. 'READINGS IN T H E GALLERT: Poet Jane Shore and novelist Howard Norman read from their respective works. St. Johnsbury Athenseum, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291.

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'WHAT TIME IS IT THERE?': Ming-liang Tsai ties together a self-absorbed Taipei watch seller and a young woman who moves to Paris. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $6.50. Info, 748-2600. DOUBLE FEATURE: A lonely young woman secretly works to bring happiness to others in Amelie, 6:45 p.m. Brotherhood of the Wolfstirs up martial arts, black magic, peasants, vampires and trouble in 1765 rural France, 9 p.m. Spaulding Auditorium, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H. $6. Info, 603-646-2422. 'LANTANA': This Australian drama-thriller revolves around the disappearance of a psychiatrist and the detective who is called to investigate. Rutland Movieplex, 1:30 & 7 p.m. $7.50. Info, 775-5413.

STORYTIME: Young readers aged 3 to 5 learn from lighthearted literature, songs and activities. S. Burlington Community Library, 10 a.m. Free. Register, 652-7080. 'TINY TOTS' STORYTIME: The 3-and-under crowd shares social time and stories. Barnes & Noble, S. Burlington, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 864-8001. NATURE, GARDEN & FAMILY PLAY: Families dig, read, run, draw, plant seeds, blow bubbles and talk with friends at the Ethan Allen Homestead, Burlington, 2-5 p.m. Free. Info, 860-442.0. 'SEE T H E WORLD T H R O U G H ITALIAN STAINED GLASS': Make beautiful "stained glass" windows from tissue paper and see a multicolored world shining through. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10 a.m. Free. Register, 865-7216.

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etc BURLINGTON PEACE VIGIL: Activists stand together in opposition to violence and the War Against Terrorism. Top of Church Street, Burlington, 5 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2345, ext. 5. FARMERS' MARKETS: Graze among home-grown agricultural products, baked goods and crafts at open-air booths. Marbleworks by the Falls, Middlebury, 9 a.m. 12:30 p.m. Info, 877-2572. PINE STREET CORRIDOR MEETING: Find out what the South End contributes to our regional Economy. Flynndog Gallery, 208 Flynn Ave., Burlington, 4:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7515. BIRDING FOR TEENS: Adolescents learn the basics of finding feathered friends. VINS North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 6 a.m. - 5 p.m. Free. Register, 229-6206. ITALIAN CHICKEN & PASTA • SUPPER: Enjoy a hearty, homemade mangia meal at the Richmond Congregational Church, 5 p.m. $3-7. Info, 434-2789. ARCHITECTURE LECTURE: A group of leading authorities discusses "Sustainable Design Architecture" at Shelburne Farms, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 496-5545. 'THE BLUES: N O T A NORMAL PART OF AGING': Dr. Susan Wehry exposes the myths surrounding late-life depression. Shelburne Bay Senior Living Community, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 985-9847.

thursday music • Also, see listings in "Sound Advice." 'SMOKEY JOE'S CAFfi': See June 26, 8 p.m. 'CABARET': The Broadway musical tells the story of an American writer who comes to Berlin to overcome his writer's block — only to end up at the Kit Kat Club. Pendragon Theatre, Saranac Lake, N.Y., 8 p.m. $17. Info, 888-701-5977. 'BROWN BAG' CONCERT SERIES: The Dan Bruce Jazztet performs for lunchtime listeners. City Hall Park, Burlington, noon. Free. Info, 864-0123. KITCHEN SYNC CLOGGERS: Get stomping with Vermont-style Appalachian clogging performed to old-time fiddle music. Rusty Parker Memorial Park, Waterbury, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 244-5308. UNDER T H E SONG TREE: The trio of singer-songwriters take listeners on a soulful journey with folk tunes and vocal harmonies. The Middle Earth Music Hall, Bradford, 8 p.m. $12.60. Info, 222-4748.

dance H I P - H O P DANCE CLASS: Teen-agers learn the latest moves at the Essex Teen Center, 6 p.m. Free. Register, 878-6981.

drama 'WAITING FOR G O D O T ' : See June 26, 8 p.m. 'LEND M E A T E N O R ' : See June 26. 'JEKYLL & HYDE': See June 26. 'EXECUTION O F JUSTICE': See June 26, 8 p.m. 'HAPPINESS': Visual artist-composer-poet-vocalist-instrumentalist Laurie Anderson examines contemporary culture through storytelling and acoustic music. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. $5-25. Info, 603-646-2422.

film 'WHAT T I M E IS I T THERE?': See June 26. 'IRIS': Judi Dench stars in this real-life story of the love between Alzheimers-stricken author Iris Murdoch and her husband. Loew Auditor-ium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $6. Info, 603-646-2422.

' N U T R I T I O N FOR LIFE': Dr. William Schenck offers advice on building life-long good health. Schenck Chiropractic, Taft Corners, Williston, 7 p.m. Free. Register^ 878-8330. GENEALOGYWORKSHOP: Experts from the Vermont FrenchCanadian Genealogical Society share tips on family tree shaking. Chimney Point State Historic Site, Addison, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 759-2412. E D U C A T I O N FORUM: A panel of conservationists discusses alternatives for a greener transportation future in Chittenden County. Bur-lington Waste Water Treatment Plant, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 658-2810. HISTORY LECTURE: History buffs join in a discussion on the 1815 Captain White Place — previously known as the Chickenbone Cafe. 1815 Captain White Place Maritime Education Center, 43 King St., Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 475-2022. QUILT G R O U P : Expert and novice needlers with decorative designs apply themselves to quilting projects at the Brook Street School, Barre, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 828-8765.

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words POETRY W O R K S H O P : Verseslinger David Weinstock shares writing tips with aspiring authors. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 388-7523.

kids FAMILY PLAYTIME: Little ones ages birth to six drop in for fun at the VNA Family Room, Wheeler Community School, 9 a.m. 1 p.m. Free. Info, 864-0377. TRAVELING STORYTELLER: The wandering troupe entertains vacationing youngsters with a dramatic duo: Cinderella and The Little Red Hen. Deborah Rawson Memorial Library, Jericho, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 899-4962.

sport V E R M O N T EXPOS: See June 26. I N S T R U C T I O N A L ROAD BIKE RIDE: Pick up basic bike tips from a technical "spokes-man" on an early evening ride. Alpine Shop, S. Burlington, 5 p.m. Free. Info, 862-2714. WALKING CLUB: Take strides for fun and fitness at Twin Oaks Sports, 75 Farrell St., S. Burlington, 8-9 a.m. Free. Info, 658-0002.

etc BURLINGTON PEACE VIGIL: See June 26. FARMERS' MARKETS: See June 26, Mills River Park, Jericho, 36:30 p.m. Info, 899-3743. Ethan Allen Park, Burlington, 3-6:30 p.m. Info, 660-0440. CHOCOLATE MAKING: Dipping demonstrations and complimentary tastes satisfy sweet tooths at Laughing Moon Chocolates, Mountain Road, Stowe, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Free. Info, 253-9591.

music • Also, see listings in "Sound Advice." 'SMOKEY JOE'S CAF£': See June 26, 8:30 p.m. 'CABARET': See June 27. I N N E R ORCHESTRA: The forward-thinking ensemble combines the influences of Herbie Hancock, James Brown, Duke Ellington and Yusef Lateef. The Middle Earth Music Hall, Bradford, 8 p.m. $12.60. Info, 222-4748. AURORA: The early music ensemble performs "Ancient Songs of Summer" at the Old Round Church, Richmond, 7:30 p.m. $8. Info, 864-9212. W Y N T O N MARSALIS: The great jazz trumpeter brings his legendary sounds to the Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 7:30 p.m. $3035. Info, 775-0903. 'AN AMERICAN SALUTE': The Vermont Symphony Orchestra pays homage to Americas great composers, including Aaron Copland, Richard Rogers and John Williams. Middlebury College, 8 p.m. $20-27. Info, 864-5741.

dance ZYDECO DANCE: Mango Jam bangs out the cajun beats as folks learn how to dance — zydeco style. Breakwater Cafe, Burlington, 5 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6475. S W I N G DANCE: Wear vintage duds or come as you are to learn the Lindy — the original style of swing. Memorial Hall, Essex. Mini-lesson, 7:30 p.m. Dance, 8 p.m. $5. Info, 878-1999. BALLROOM D A N C E PARTY: Waltz your way through this weekly soiree. Jazzercize, Williston. Mini-lesson, 7 p.m. $10. Dance only, 8 p.m. $5. Info, 862-2207.

drama 'WAITING F O R G O D O T ' : See June 26, 8 p.m.

j L E N D M E A T E N O R ' : See June 26. 'JEKYLL & HYDETSee June 26. 'EXECUTION O F JUSTICE': See June 26, 8 p.m. C H R I S T O P H E R MCBRIDE: The card expert extraordinaire mystifies with his magic and sleight of hand. See "7 Selects," this issue. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 8 p.m. $12.50. Info, 863-5966.

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film ' T I M E O U T ' : A well-off professional spends all his time away "on business" in order to avoid telling his family he was fired. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $6.50. Info, 748-2600.

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'VIDEOS BY LAURIE ANDERSON': The performance artist introduces a sampler from her collection of innovative videos, including O Superman, Carmen and Home of the Brave. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7:30 p.m. $7. Info, 603646-2422.

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words B O O K BUGGY: A mobile version of the Lawrence Memorial Library hits the road and spreads the word of literacy. Stops around Bristol, 9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. Free. Info, 453-2366.

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kids TRAVELING STORYTELLER: See June 27, Barnes & Noble, S. Burlington, 3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-8001. ' W E E K E N D WIGGLERS': Fours are a crowd at a morning of "Teddy Bear Stories." Barnes & Noble, S. Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 864-8001. NATURE, GARDEN & FAMILY PLAY: Families dig, read, run, draw, plant seeds, blow bubbles and talk with friends at the Ethan Allen Homestead, Burlington, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 860-4420. 'PLAY W I T H CLAY': Kids of all ages get their hands dirty learning the basics. Creative Space, Rutland, 4-6 p.m. $10. Info, 773-4350. C H I L D R E N ' S W E S T AFRICAN DANCE: Live drumming makes for musical and culture-rich dancing for youngsters. Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, 4:305:15 p.m. $10. Info, 660-8018.

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T H E SWINGIN' VERMONT BIG BAND: The local boys swing into action with classics from Artie Shaw and Duke Ellington in a concert-dance setting. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7 p.m. $7. Info, 863-5966. C O M M U N I T Y CONCERT: The faculty ensemble from the Point Counterpoint Music Camp presents works by Schubert, Beethoven and Mozart. Salisbury Congregational Church, 7:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 352-6670. VILLAGE HARMONY: The internationally acclaimed Vermont choir sings shape-note songs along with Croatian and Bulgarian folk tunes at Stannard Church, 7 p.m. Donations. Info, 533-9250. T H E SLOAN W A I N W R I G H T BAND: The singer-songwriter performs an original mix of rock, folk, jazz and blues. The Middle Earth Music Hall, Bradford, 8 p.m. $12.60. Info, 222-4748.

5 p.m. $10. Info, 485-7092. STOWE GARDEN FESTIVAL: Stop and smell the roses at this gardening gala that includes flower and herb workshops, garden tours, a craft fair and trolley rides. Venues around Stowe, 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. $8-20. Info, 800-247-8693. BUTTERFLY TALK: Lepidoptera lovers listen to conservationistauthor Robert Pyle as he shares his knowledge of butterflies. Pavilion Auditorium, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 457-2779.

29 Saturday music • Also, see listings in "Sound Advice." 'SMOKEY JOE'S CAFfi': See June 26, 8 p.m. 'CABARET': See June 27. RACHEL BISSEX: The popular Burlington singer-songwriter performs with folk musicians Will Patton, Colin McCaffrey and Steven Goldberg. Church Street Marketplace, Burlington, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7253. BACH BASH: The Rochester Chamber Music Society presents this "no stage" concert featuring nearly two dozen string players in a relaxed, informal setting. Hancock Town Hall, 7 p.m. Donations. Info, 767-9336. FREIHOFER'S JAZZ FESTIVAL: The Manhattan Transfer, Cassandra Wilson and the Wynton Marsalis Septet headline at this two-day event. See "7 Selects," this issue. Saratoga Performing Arts Center, N.Y., noon-midnight. $15-50. Info, 518-587-3330.

dance ' O P U S CACTUS': Choreographer Moses Pendleton's Momix dance company celebrates desert life. See "7 Selects," this issue. Moore Theater, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. $5-27. Info, 603-646-2422. DRUM A N D DANCE WORKSHOP: Village Green Drum Collective hosts a GAIA dance and drum circle at the Spirit in Nature Trails Sacred Circle, Ripton, 6-9:30 p.m. $5. Info, 382-8848. BURKLYN BALLET T H E ATRE: Pre-professional dancers with the theatrical troupe stage the second acts of La Bayadere and Swan Lake. Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson State College, 8 p.m. $10. Info, 635-1390. . 'DANCE TILL YOU D R O P ' : An evening of boogie, blues and rock 'n' roll from the '50s, '60s

and '70s benefits the Vergennes Opera House, 8 p.m. $20. Info, 877-6737. CAPITOL CITY CONTRA: Fiddler Carey Bluhm, guitarist Bob Mills and pianist Larry Siegal get your feet moving at Capitol City Grange, Montpelier, 8-11 p.m. $8. Info, 454-1007.

words B O O K SALE: Select from second-hand literature for summertime reading to benefit the Burnham Library, under the big tent next to Claussen's Greenhouse, Colchester, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free. Info, 879-7576.

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film ' T I M E O U T ' : See June 28. INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: Bejing Bicycle tells the story of two teen-agers trying to secure their place in society with a stolen bicycle. Dana Auditorium, Middlebury College, 7 & 9:15 p.m. Free. Info, 443-5510. ' T H E SON'S R O O M ' : Director Nanni Moretti stars in his film about a psychiatrist struggling to cope with his sons disappearance. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 & 9 p.m. $6. Info, 603-646-2422.

art • See art listings. 'SOJOURNS IN T H E WILD': Naturalist and wilderness photographer Gustav W Verderber teams up with Celtic harpist William Jackson. See "7 Selects," this issue. Vermont Institute of Natural Science, Woodstock, 7 p.m. $5-8. Info, 457-2779 ex. 112. ' S T U C K RUT': Local artists test their pen skills by drawing comics in a friendly competitive comics jam. Radio Bean, Burlington, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 660-9346.

V E R M O N T EXPOS: See June 26. Tonight the Staten Island Yankees take on the home team. S E C T I O N V O L U N T E E R DAY: The Montpelier section of the Green Mountain Club spends the day clearing trees and brush from the Bamforth Ridge Shelter. Meet at Montpelier High School, 8 a.m. Free. Info, 229-0725. FAMILY HIIKE: The Vermont Sierra Club leads a family-friendly hike on the Nebraska Notch Trail to Taylor Lodge. Meet at Lake Mansfield Trout Club, Stowe, 10 a.m. Free. Register, 899-3767. W O R K HIKE: Join the Burlington section of the Green Mountain Club to haul lumber, pound nails and sweep floors to maintain a Long Trail shelter. Register, 865-9813. TAYLOR L O D G E HIKE: The Green Mountain Club leads an easy family hike along a pretty, wooded trail. Register, 868-3583. G U I D E D HIKE: Join the Charlotte Tree Warden on a hike around Williams Woods and learn about the natural history and ecology of this clay-plain forest. Meet at the North Ferrisburgh Post Office, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-6275. BOAT FEST: Don't rock the boat — but feel free to try out canoes, kayaks and Adirondack guideboats at the Public Boat Launch, Falls Park, Vergennes, 10 a.m. 4 p.m. Free. Info, 877-6340.

BOMOSEEN WETLAND TRIP: Join ecologist Lisa Winhousen and explore one of the finest wetlands in Vermont. North Shore of Lake Bomoseen, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Donations. Register, 223-2328.

etc S T O W E GARDEN FESTIVAL: See June 28. V E R M O N T QUILT FESTIVAL: See June 28. C H O C O L A T E MAKING: See June 27. FARMERS' MARKETS: See June 26. Burlington City Hall Park, 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Info, 888889-8188. Corner of Elm and State Streets, Montpelier, 9 a.m. 1 p.m. Info, 224-9193. Mad River Green, Waitsfield, 9:30 a.m. 1:30 p.m. Info, 496-5856. Marbleworks by the Falls, Middlebury, 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Info, 877-7031. Craftsbury Common, 10 a.m. 1 p.m. Info, 586-2482. MARKETFEST: A celebration of local farming and fresh food includes tasty samples, gardening advice, live music and children's activities. Church Street Marketplace, Burlington, 10 a.m. 4 p.m. Free. $2.50/sample serving. Info, 865-7253. D O W N T O W N FESTIVAL: Live music by Natterjack, Davey Jones, Tammy Fletcher, members of Radio Rangers and Spencer Lewis, a performance by the Burklyn ballet and kiddie rides celebrate the re-opening of the Power House Bridge. Downtown Johnson, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Free. Info, 635-7568. BENEFIT A U C T I O N : Furniture, gift certificates and housewares go on the block to raise money for good causes. Hinesburg Elementary School, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 482-6780.

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alenaar VOLUNTEER TRAINING: The Clarina Howard Nichols Center offers training for novice volunteers at the Peoples Academy High School, Morrisville, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Free. Info, 888-5256. FLOWER ARRANGING W O R K S H O P : Joanne Guilmette of Wild Meadow Gardens demonstrates hands-on principles of floral design, cutting, conditioning and arranging. Vermont Community Botanical Center S. Burlington, 10-11:30 a.m. $5-10. Register, 864-5206. CHICKEN BARBECUE: Feast on fowl as they fire up the grill at this community dinner made musical by the Foothill Fogies. Baptist Building, Fairfax, 5-7 p.m. $3.50-7.50. Info, 849-6313.

music • Also, see listings in "Sound Advice." BACH BASH: See June 29, Rochester Federated Church, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 767-4012. FREIHOFER'S JAZZ FESTIVAL: See June 29, noon10:30 p.m. ' M U S I C IN T H E M O U N TAINS': Harpist Anna-Marie Ravnopolska and resident artists of the Killington Music Festival perform works by Tournier, Ibert and Saint-Saens. Rams Head Lodge, Killington, 7:30 p.m. $15-18. Info, 422-6767.

'SUMMER S O U N D S ' C O N CERT: The Robert Ross Band plays danceable jazz tunes for a summer crowd in Highgate Municipal Park, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 868-3351. JANE MONHEIT: The 24-yearold songstress pipes up in support of her new album, Come Dream with Me. Trapp Family Lodge, Stowe, 7 p.m. $5-22. Info, 253-8511. BURLINGTON CONCERT BAND: The ensemble of local musicians performs Broadway favorites, classical music, jazz, pop tunes and marches. Battery Park, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 985-8235.

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' T I M E O U T ' : See June 28, 1:30 & 7 p.m. ' T H E T H I E F O F BAGHDAD': In this epic film, an all-seeing eye is stolen from a Tibetan temple and the hero must endure a series of trials to get it back. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 6:45 & 8:50 p.m. $6. Info, 603-646-2422.

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If the two dozen local hard bodies strutting their stuff on stage don't inspire my fat ass to get in shape, nothing will. A couple dozen more who didn't make the cut sat out in the audience with the nearly 500 hard and not-so-hard bodies of all ages who waited patiently for the first Vermont flesh fest in five years. "We've slipped a little," said promoter Rick Poston of the All American Fitness Center, "but we're going to build it back up." The gracious and slightly nervous, tuxedoed MC offered anecdotes and commentary while the lubed and bronzed athletes came out one by one, glistening in the lights and pumping up the crowd with blasts of classic rock. After a rousing rendition of the national anthem, the novice women kicked things off with a Burlington teen-age hottie in long white heels who woke the guys up and inspired a middle-aged woman behind me to comment on her "nice little rounded bottom." Other women with more experience under their abs worked it to the sounds of Metallica and the Lenny Kravitz version of "American Woman." Highly inspirational were the many male competitors over 4 0 who sported bodies more often seen on studs half their age. For many, it's not about bulging biceps and powerhouse pecs, nor winning or losing; it's about a toned physique and healthy habits. And it's not just the body but how one works it that whips the crowd into a frenzy. Still, the ladies cheered loudest for the buffest, and everyone was scrambling for their cameras when the lights dimmed for 32-year-old Oleg Makshantsev, a special guest poser from Moscow and the International Federation of Bodybuilders Amateur World Champion. " T h e Russian Bear," visiting America for the first time and taking a three-week vacation in Vermont, showed off his massive frame and boyish good looks with two separate and stunning programs. He saved his thunder for the finale, fueled by Pink Floyd and the Alan Parsons Project. Bodybuilding might not get the respect it deserves, and many continue to question its sport status, but it seems like good clean fun to me.-And, hey, it's even achieved demonstration status for the 2 0 0 4 Summer Olympics in Greece. "Bodybuilding's coming back," vowed Poston, who's planning to present the championships annually from now on. "Who said we can't do it?"

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sport VERMONT EXPOS: See June 26, 5:05 p.m. BUEL'S GORE GANDER: A 40-mile ride with the Green Mountain Bicycle Club climbs through Huntington and Lincoln before descending through Monkton and Middlebury. Register, 899-1212. WINOOSKI RIVER TRIP: Families paddle down an easy section of the river with the Vermont Sierra Club. Register, 862-8324. SUNDAY HIKE: The Montpelier section of the Green Mountain Club climbs along Camel's Hump from the Huntington side to the Long Trail. Meet at Montpelier High School, 8 a.m. Free. Register, 223-2921. BENEFIT RACE: The Vermont Expos hold a 5K run to benefit Camp Ta-Kum-Ta that begins at Centennial Field, Burlington, 1 p.m. $15. Info, 655-4200.

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kids SACRED INDIAN TEMPLE DANCE: Mary Brust demonstrates Bharata Natyam —the ancient art of Indian Temple dance. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Register, 865-7216. SONG AND STORYTIME: Threes are company at this singing read-along for babies and toddlers. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

dance SWING DANCE PRACTICE: Dancers of all abilities gather to practice swing dancing at the Memorial Auditorium Annex, Burlington, 6:30-9 p.m. $3. Info, 860-7501.

drama 'DINNER WITH FRIENDS': Saint Michael's Playhouse serves up Donald Margulies' feast of wisdom with a side of wit. McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 8 p.m. $23. Info, 654-2281.

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• Also, see listings in "Sound Advice." 'CABARET': See June 27. RACHEL BISSEX: See June 29, Castleton Fine Arts Center, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 468-1258. 'A VERMONT MUSIC SAMPLER': Organist William Tortolano presents an illustrated talk on music in Vermont from the Abenaki Nation to Phish. St. Edmunds Hall, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2536. MILTON COMMUNITY BAND: Local musicians meet

words BOB BUCK The local author and pilot reads from his new book of aviation adventures, North Star Over My Shoulder: A Flying Life. See "7 Selects," this issue. Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 229-0774. PAUSE C A J ^ p v i f p p d f c f y y ent French speakers gather to practice and improve their linguistics — en frangais. Borders Cafe, Church Street Marketplace, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 655-1346. BURLINGTON WRITERS GROUP: Bring pencil, paper and the will to be inspired to the Daily Planet, Burlington, 79 p.m. Free. Info, 864-2827.

kids NATURE, GARDEN & FAMILY PLAY: See June 28. 'MUSIC W I T H ROBERT AND GIGI': Kids sing along with Robert Resnik and his fiddle-playing friend Gigi Weisman. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Register, 865-7216. PRESCHOOL STORYTIME: Tykes ages 3 to 5 get an early appreciation for literature. Carpenter Carse Library, Hinesburg, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 482-2878. EARTHKIDZ: A family concert is followed by a visit to a real yurt — a Mongolian domed tent. Deborah Rawson Library, Jericho, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 899-4962.

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music • Also, see listings in "Sound Advice." SUMMER CONCERT: See June 26. 'CABARET': See June 27.

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SAINT MICHAEL'S MASTER CLASSES: Sundays, 3-5 p.m. July 7: Acting Process with Michael Mendelson. July 21: Improvising Original Work with Peter Sampieri. August 4: Musical Theater with Simone Zamore. McCarthy Arts Center, Saint Michael's College, Colchester. $20/class. Register, 654-2281. PLAYING W I T H SHAKESPEARE: Evenings, July 22 through August 2, 7-9 p.m. Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Burlington. Info, 652-4500. Immerse yourself in the Bard's sonnets and soliloquies with Vermont Stage Company actor Kathryn Blume.

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FROG HOLLOW SCHOOL: Beginning July 10: Jewelry Wax Ring Carving. Beginning July 24: Decorative Painting. Children's Book Illustration Interactive Workshops with Amy Huntington (July 20) & Phoebe Stone (July 27). 250 Main Street, Burlington. Info, 860-7474. Spend the summer getting crafty with painting, drawing andjewelry making. BEGINNING-TO-ADVANCED BLACKSMITHING: Three Saturdays starting mid-to-late June, Shel-burne Craft School, Shelburne Village. Info, 985-3648 or www.shelburnecraftschool.org. Learn the basics of working with steel using a coal-firedforge and other 19th-century equipment, or improve upon your blacksmithing skills. CLAY CAMP FOR ADULTS: Three Thursdays, July 11, 18 & 25, 6-9 p.m. Blue Plate Ceramic Cafe, 119 College St., Burlington. $120. Register, 652-0102. Make hand-built clay pots and hand-painted glass, and learn to make wire-art jewelry.

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photography ENJOYING CREATIVE P H O TOGRAPHY: Evening classes begin July 11. Shelburne Craft School, Shelburne Village. Info, 985-3648. An informal hands-on series emphasizes what's involved in taking pleasing pictures and what to do with your most successful photographs. FROG H O L L O W CLASSSES: Register now for Beginning or Advanced Darkroom and Photoshop Classes, a Historic Essex Photographer's Field Trip and a two-day Photographer's Weekend Retreat. 250 Main Street, Burlington. Info, 860-7474. Learn the basics or improve your skills taking and developing film from experienced photographers.

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self-defense BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU A N D CARDIOBOXING: Ongoing classes Monday through Saturday for men, women and children. Vermont Brazilian jiu-jitsu Academy, 4 Howard St., Burlington. Prices vary. Info, 660-4072. Escape fear with an integrated selfdefense system based on technique, not size, strength or speed.

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District Summer Basketball, 6 & 7:30 p.m. Camp Bristol Recreation Department. $15-65. Info, 453-5885 or www.bristolrec.com. Teens make hoop dreams come true by learning the fundamentals of basketball and playing informal league games. KAYAK I N S T R U C T I O N : June 26: Kayak Rolling Instruction, 6:30-9 p.m. June 29: Intro to Whitewater, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. $3885. Register, 253-2317. What floats your boat? Learn the basics of kayaking or take your paddling skills to the next level with ACA Certified Instructors. ADULT GOLF INSTRUCT I O N : Group instruction begins July 9, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Cedar Knoll Country Club, Hinesburg. $50 plus cost of range balls. Info, 453-5885 or www.bristolrec.com. Learn how to drive, pitch, chip, putt and hit bunker shots with a PGA-Certified Instructor. S P I N N I N G T O HEALTH: Ongoing daily classes. Chain Reaction, One Lawson Lane, Burlington. First ride free. Info, 657-3228. Pedal your way to fitness in a diverse, noncompetitive environment.

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wood H A N D T O O L S CLASS: July 19-21, Friday, 6:30-9:30 p.m., Saturday & Sunday, 10 a.m.4 p.m. Shelburne Craft School, Shelburne Village. Info, 985-3648. Novice woodworkers learn how to use hand planes, chisels and handsaws to make a beautiful dovetailed box. BEGINNERS-TO-INTERMEDIATE W O O D W O R K I N G : Morning and evening classes beginning mid-June, Shelburne Craft School, Shelburne Village. Info 985-3648 or www.shel burnecraftschool.org. Learn the basic fundamentals of woodworking or continue developing your craftsmanship and design.

women CREATING JOY & ABUNDANCE: Tuesdays, July 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30, 5-7 p.m. Women's Small Business Program, Burlington. $65. Info, 846-7160. A fiveweek series guides participants to a life of increased joy, abundance and prosperity — allfrom a women's perspective.

therapy. Hinesburg. Info, 482-3191 or www.downstreet magazine.com/beecherhillyoga. Beecher Hill Yoga offers classes in Integrative Yoga, Yoga for Posture & Alignment, Therapeutic Yoga and Yoga-based Stress Reduction.

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yoga BIKRAM YOGA: Ongoing daily classes for all levels. 257 Pine Street, Burlington. Info, 651-8979. A heated studio facilitates deep stretching and detoxifying. B U R L I N G T O N YOGA: Ongoing daily classes, 156 St. Paul Street, Burlington. Prices vary. Info, 658-YOGA (9642). Classes are designed to meet and challenge students at all levels. YOGA V E R M O N T : Astanga classes every day. Jivamukti, Kripalu, Iyengar, Pre-natal, kids 6 senior classes weekly. Chace Mill, Burlington. Info, 660-9718 or www.yogavermont.com. Enjoy sweaty fun with a range of yoga choices, including astanga-style "power" yoga, for all levels of experience. YOGA EAST: Ongoing Astanga, Hatha and Kripalu Yoga classes and Tai Chi. 56 Old Farm Rd., • Stowe. Call for current schedule. Info, 253-0997. Build strength, tone your body, improve focus and relax — no matter what your age, ability or interest. BRISTOL YOGA: Ongoing Astanga yoga classes, Saturdays 9:30-11 a.m., Sundays, 6-7:30 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5:307 p.m. Old High School, Bristol. Info, 482-5547. This classicalform of yoga incorporates balance, strength and flexibility in a hot environment to steady the mind, strengthen the body and free the soul. U N I O N ST. S T U D I O : Twohour Saturday morning class. 306 S. Union St., Burlington. Drop-ins and beginners welcome. Info, 860-3991. Prenatal, parents and tots, yoga kids ages 7-11, eight teachers, classes seven days a week. BEECHER HILL YOGA: Ongoing day and evening classes or private instruction and yoga

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Vermont Public Radio has an immediate opening for a part-time announcer/board operator. The successful candidate must be an excellent communicator with strong writing and voice skills as well as meticulous attention to detail. This position works with state of the art technology, candidate must be computer literate. The hours include nights, weekends and holidays. VPR is a five station, statewide network broadcasting news and classical music. VPR is one of the most listened-to public radio stations in the nation. The position works from our Colchester studios. To apply please send a letter, resume and tape to Vikki Day VPR, 20 Troy Avenue, Colchester, VT 05446. Position is open until filled.

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The Vermont Institutes, a dynamic and growing non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of education in Vermont, is seeking highly motivated, enthusiastic and well-qualified Administrative Assistants to support program outreach. Successful candidates will have at least 2 years experience in a busy office and possess excellent computer and organizational skills. See Employment Opportunities section on the VISMT web site (www.vismt.org) for job description and qualifications. Competitive salary and applicable benefits commensurate with experience. Send letter of introduction and resume, including salary requirements by July 5 to:

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FALL 2002 OPENING Small co-ed boarding school (grades 9-12) serving students who are bright, creative and quirky, who have struggled in other school settings, and who are now looking for success in school and life.

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Responsibilities include: supervision of sports, meals, student activities, weekend outings, small group meetings and student chores. We are looking for a person who has energy, patience, a sense of humor and the desire to help shepherd young people through the challenges of transforming adolescence into adulthood.

CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER One of a kind social work opportunity in Vermont's most interesting and diverse family practice. This position is stationed at an outreach medical site, serving homeless adults and families.

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knowledge of cognitive behavioral therapy; and proven understanding of complex barriers to health Competitive salary. Send resume and references to: HR, Community Health Center of Burlington, 617 Riverside Avenue, Burlington, V T 05401, or Fax to (802) 860-4325. EOE

Champlain Valley Union High School CUSTODIAN Champlain Valley Union High School has an immediate opening for a custodian for the 3rd Shift - 10:00 p.m. to 6:30 a.m., Monday-Friday during school year, 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. summer months. Full benefits, competitive pay for experience or training available. Call 482-7177 for information or pick up an application at the C.V.U. Office, 369 C.V.U. Road, Hinesburg, VT 05461.

WE A R E G R O W I N G ! Growing disability management company seeking experienced Workers' Compensation Vocational Case Managers and Medical Case Manager. Immediate openings. Requirements include: 2 to 3 years of direct case management experience, computer proficiency, preference given to CRC. Medical Case Manager Requirements: RN licensed in state of Vermont knowlenge of Vermont Worker's Comp preferred. We are looking for professionals who can work independently, are result-oriented, and want to be part of a dynamic and growing company. Excellent salary and benefit package. Fax or mail your resume to: Manager, CorVel Corporation, Pilgrim 11, 93 Pilgrim Park Road, Waterbury, VT 05676. ! Fax 802-241-4154. Fax: 603-625-0185. No phone calls please. Debra White, RN, BSN, CCRN, CCM , Manager 877-488-8575 X 11 FAX 802-241-4154 email: debra white@corvel.com

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CURRENTLY SEEKING CANDIDATES F O R T H E FOLLOWING FULL-TIME A N D PART-TIME POSITIONS: NURSE ADMINISTRATOR/HEALTH SERVICES SUPERVISOR (FULL-TIME) Must have valid VT license as an RN, Nurse Practitioner or Physician's Assistant. Responsible for the overall supervision and operation of the Health Services Department, including a staff of three. Must have excellent organizational and managerial skills and ability to multi-task. Knowledge of systems a plus. At least three years practicing experience, one of which was in a lead or supervisory capacity. Shift is Monday- Friday, 8 am-5pm. Competitive salary. REGISTERED NURSE ( PART-TIME) Must have valid VT license, and at least one year's practicing experience. Shift is Monday-Friday, 20 hours per week. Flexible on times. No nights or weekends! Working with full-time RN, assisting in the medical care and treatment of students. HEALTH OCCUPATIONS INSTRUCTOR (PART-TIME) Must have valid VT RN license, shift is twenty hours (20) per week, Tuesday and Thursdays and half day M, W, or Friday. Responsible for clinical instruction, will accompany approx. 3-4 students to local hospital and prepare students for clinical skills. Experience working in a nursing home highly desirable. Will be working with full-time Health Occupations Instructor.

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Records Manager Flexible self-starter t o process client files, maintain databases and assist o u r reception team. Qualified candidates possess excellent communication skills and computer capabilities, and will w o r k well independently and with teams. Database experience is required. PF&C offers on and off site training as needed, and a competitive salary and benefits package.

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Vermont Outstanding Career Opportunity I am a busy Insurance Executive who needs someone to personally learn all aspects of my business. That person must be able to make decisions, be of good moral character and be eager to learn. He or she will be involved in all areas of sales operations and could go into management. Sales experience will help, but not necessary. I am primarily looking for attitude and personality. Many company fringe benefits available. Opportunity to earn up to $40,000 first year.This position offers unlimited upward mobility for someone who is a hard worker and determined to succeed. For scheduling a confidential interview, please call 802-775-0213

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RESTAURANT MANAGER - "THE VIEW" Oversee operations of busy student-run quickservice restaurant. Get personal satisfaction from delivering exceptional customer service, high-quality products, eye-catching presentation, a spotless facility, financial results and contin-

R e g i s t e r e d N u r s e — C a n d i d a t e s will h a v e a n R N d e g r e e a n d experience w i t h a d o l e s c e n t s , c h i l d r e n a n d or O B G Y N care. R e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s i n c l u d e m e d i c a l c a s e m a n a g e m e n t for y o u n g w o m e n a n d their children, e d u c a t i o n a n d s u p p o r t . R e s i d e n t i a l S t a f f — C a n d i d a t e s will h a v e a B a c h e l o r s d e g r e e in a h u m a n s e r v i c e field. E x p e r i e n c e with a d o l e s c e n t s a n d children preferred. S c h e d u l e m a y i n c l u d e n i g h t s , w e e k e n d s a n d / o r a s l e e p overnights. Clinical S o c i a l W o r k e r — C a n d i d a t e s will h a v e a M S W , l i c e n s e d preferred. R e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s i n c l u d e individual, g r o u p , family and/or c o u p l e s c o u n s e l i n g a n d c a s e m a n a g e m e n t duties.

uous improvement. Work with students and provide opportunities for them to grow through training and experience. Demonstrate flexibility, resiliency, high-energy and fun. Successful track record in restaurant management required. Weekday schedule, no late nights! FOOD FUNDAMENTALS CHEF-INSTRUCTOR

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Teach culinary arts course for hotel/restaurant management students. O n e classroom session each week and two days of lunch service in T h e Boardroom Cafe. Requires culinary expertise (college degree or A C F certification preferred), kitchen supervisory experience and strong teaching or training skills. S u b m i t cover l e t t e r a n d r e s u m e b y J u l y 8 t h t o : H u m a n Resources, C h a m p l a i n C o l l e g e P.O. B o x 6 7 0 , B u r l i n g t o n , V T 0 5 4 0 2 , fax 8 0 2 / 8 6 0 - 2 7 7 2 or e - m a i l H R @ c h a m p l a i n . e d u

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PARALEGAL Law Line of Vermont a non-profit legal services law firm specializing in legal counsel advice, and community education to low income Vermonters in a high-volume, telephone-based practice seeks a full time paralegal with strong analytical and communication skills, a demonstrated commitment to public interest work, and the ability to work as part of a team. Support for your professional growth provided by a dynamic group, with an unbeatable benefits package. Knowledge of public benefits, experience in low income advocacy a plus. Women, minorities, persons with disabilities, and persons with experience working with low income people are encouraged to apply. Salary: $21,034 plus, depending on experience. Annual raises. Benefits include health, dental and pension. Send letter a n d resume by July 5,2002 to: Rachel Corey, Legal Services Law Line of Vermont, Inc. 30 Elmwood Avenue, Burlington, VT 05401 rcorey@lawlinevt.org

Lund Family Center helps children thrive by serving families with children, pregnant or parenting teens (including Dads), and adoptive families. We currently have immediate openings for: Afterschool/ Summer Program Staff — to work with our outstanding staff designing curriculum, implementing activities, and sharing joy with children in Huntington. Substitute Program Staff and Bolton.

to work with children ages 3-10 in Huntington

Qualifications: minimum A.S. in Child Development or related field, experience working with children and families, cooperative team experience, and a commitment to lifelong learning. We are looking for warm, caring individuals with a passion for working with children and families. Lund offers

Line Cook Pizza Cook

Opening at Charlotte Central School for the 2002-03 school year. Please contact Emily at Charlotte Central School at 425-2771.

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Experienced full-time cooks needed at

Papa Nicks Hinesburg Call Nick for an appointment 482-3602

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Come Join Our Team! Bruegger's Bagel Bakery is looking for talented individuals for full-time C O U N T E R SUPERVISOR and C O U N T E R ASSOCIATE positions. Become part of the team that has been named Employer of Choice. You'll find a teamoriented job loaded with fun and career growth possibilities. Bruegger's offers competitive salaries and great benefits, including medical, dental and life

Subliminal Messages Work! Call 864-5684 to place your employment ad with Seven Days

insurance, 401 (k), on-the-job training, all in a grease-free environment with no late nights! If you're interested in joining our Burlington team, mail or fax your resume to: Chuck LaClair, Bruegger's Bagels, Dept. SD, 93 Church Street, Burlington, V T 05401, fax 802-862-2660. Bruegger's Bagels is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

a competitive salary and benefits package. Members of diverse ethnic and cultural groups are encouraged to apply. Criminal background check

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required. NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE. Please submit your resume and three written references, indicating the position you are interested in to:

Sara Currier, Interim Director of Child and Family Services Lund Family Center, 76 Glen Rd., Burlington, VT 05401

Lund Family Center Members of diverse ethnic and cultural groups are encouraged to apply

Administrative Program Assistant Seeking self-starter who is highly motivated and enjoys juggling multiple tasks to provide administrative support for the Director of Mental Health Residential Programs and four Program Coordinators. Excellent organizational skills, experience with MS Word and Excel, as well as ability to manage assigned projects independently. Experience providing administrative support in a clinical setting desirable.

Community Integration Specialist Seeking a caring and energetic individual to be part of a team that provides a safe, supportive environment in a homeless shelter for adults who are considered to be mentally ill. This is a 30 hour per week, awake overnight position. BA degree required and experience helpful Excellent benefits.

Residential Manager Full-Time - LaJkeview Compassionate, self-directed individual needed to provide on-site support and household management for adults considered to have mental illness in an innovative community care home in Burlington. O n e evening and three nights. Excellent benefits. BA required and human service experience preferred.

Send resumes to Lis Mickenberg T h e H o w a r d Center for H u m a n Services, 300 Flynn Ave., Burlington, V T 0 5 4 0 1 by July 10th.

Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

WILLIAMSTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL • Speech/Language Pathologist Apply to: Susette LaFlesche Bollard, Principal Williamstown Elementary School 100 Brush Hill Rd. Williamstown, VT 05679 WILLIAMSTOWN MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL • Middle School Guidance • Instructional Assistants, 1:1 Assignments Apply to: Kathleen Morris-Kortz, Principal Williamstown Middle High School 120 Herbert Rd. Williamstown, VT 05679 ORANGE CENTER SCHOOL • 7/8 Language Arts/Social Studies Teacher • 7/8 Math/Science Teacher • Grade 5 Teacher Apply to: Principal •range Center School 357 US Route 302 East Barre, VT 05649 WASHINGTON VILLAGE SCHOOL • Instructional Assistants, 1:1 Assignments Apply to: Teresa Romasco, Principal Washington Village School Route 110 Washington, VT 05675 or e-mail: tromasco@washington.k12.vt.us Interested applicants send cover letter, resume, three letters of reference, transcripts and certification materials

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BRISTOL RECREATION DEPARTMENT

Children's Growth Company NAEYC ACCREDITED CHILDCARE

Youth Center Supervisor - Full-time (32hrs), includes benefits. Seeking a motivated, high energy, fun-loving person to supervise kids-ages 12-19. Duties include: monitoring Skate Park, program development, organizing various events related to teens, etc. Send resume to Bristol Recreation Department, PO Box 249, Bristol, VT 05443

Come and join the exciting, creative, fun team at the Bristol Bakery in Bristol,Vermont. We are looking to fill the following positions:

NATURAL FOODS C O O K

We are looking for an experienced person with a real passion for food.This position offers flexibility and plenty of opportunity to help design and create a menu of natural and vegetarian dishes for breakfast and lunch.Weekend hours wpuld be necessary

Now hiring for the following positions: Head Teacher - infant/toddler room - CDA or Associate's Degree required Head Teacher - school age program - previous experience working with children ages 8-13 years, recreational background helpful Part-time Classroom Assistants Our Center continues to grow, come grow with us! Send resume to Children's Growth Company, attention: Terry McLaughlin, P.O. 399, Brandon, VT 05733

A residential family camp offering opportunities to work and play in a spectacular environment on Lake Champlain.

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Agency of Human S«rvic«»

THE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL OFVT is seeking a certified teacher to lead the secondary/adult literacy program at the St. Albans Community Correctional Service Center. Candidates must hold a VT Teacher s Certification and preference will be given to those who possess an endorsement in special education. This is a unique professional opportunity to participate in a statewide alternative education program. The base salary is $31,800 - negotiable depending on credentials, plus a full benefit package. For application and position description, contact: VT Department of Personnel, 110 State Street, Drawer 20, Montpelier, 05602-3001. Deadline for submission of standard state application is 7/12/02. Use Job Code #611902 For further information contact the Community High School of VT, Department of Corrections (802-241-2273). The State of Vermont is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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Help Wanted Specialized Community Care, a leader in progressive communicy-based services, is looking one or more individuals with a background in the provision of health care services. L.N.A. preferred, but some experience with personal care, first aide, & CPR may be sufficient. Full and part-time positions available. If you are interested in compassion in action we're interested in you.

Respond to: Specialized Community Care attn: Personnel PO Box 578 East Middlebury, VT 05740

EMPLOYMENT TRAINING SPECIALIST Part-time position to assist individuals with disabilities to conduct work | search and train at job site as needed in the Burlington area. Knowledge of ADA, area employers, disabilities, | strong writing and interpersonal skills are assets for this job.

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Work with our talented, experienced, fun Head Baker producing a variety of hearth-baked, hand ffafi rofled breads. This would ifethe.ideal position for someone who has some bread baking experience and a real passion to le; learn and •sdvance.This position is part-time with potern potential for full-time! Creativity and individuality are encouraged. You may even get to work with the short but eruditeySelene!

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PART-TIME FACULTY For Fall 2002 Semester Johnson State College announces anticipated vacancies for part-time teaching assignments in the following courses or disciplines: !

World History I - Mondays and Wednesdays 11:30 a.m. - 12:45 P-mSpanish - Beginning August 26, 2002 through December 20, 2002 Minimum requirement: Master's Degree in the appropriate academic discipline. Please send a letter of interest citing specific areas of expertise to: • t-"" , Jean Reynolds Academic Dean's Office JOHNSON STATE COLLEGE 337 College Hill Johnson, VT 05656 Email: reynolds@badger.jscvsc.edu

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HR COORDINATOR CITY OF BURLINGTON This position is responsible for the coordination

Ruggles House, a senior living community in Burlington, is seeking qualified applicants for the following positions: Head Cook Oversee all aspects of meals program serving 15 residents. Experience with menu planning, ordering, working within a budget, and staff supervision pre- * ferred. Enjoy no late hours, less stress and the rewards of making a difference. Weekends required.

Resident Manager Responsible, caring person sought to live on-site and provide on-call response and breakfast set up. Lovely apartment with lake views in exchange for services. Schedule allows for off-site employment or classes. Ideal for student or senior living on fixed income. Some weekends required. To respond call Robyn at 865-4155 or send resume to: Cathedral Square Corporation 308 Pine Street, Burlington, V T 05401. Fax: 863-6661. Equal Opportunity Employer

of a variety of administrative and operational projects for the H R Department focusing on in-house insurance matters. Will also track dept. budget, and develop employee newsletter. High School Diploma or Equivalent and two years experience working in an office environment with emphasis on information or office management, bookkeeping, or related field. Send resume, cover letter and City of Burlington Application by July 5,2002 to:

H R Dept, Rm. 33 City Hall, Burlington,VT 05401.

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Specialized Community Care, a leader in progressive community-based services, is looking for adult women to work with younger women who have developmental disabilities. Must be outgoing, active, and self-assured. If you lead a healthy lifestyle and can serve as a role model, we are interested in you. Full and part-time positions available.

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experienced professional able to teach life skills, career exploration and job readiness to students moving from welfare to work. Computer skills and knowledge of community resources and business preferred. College degree required. Excellent benefits. $10.92-$! 1.25 an hour. Send resume and cover letter to: Vermont Adult Learning 208 Colchester Ave. Burlington, VT 05401 by July 15. EOE

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Rental Opportunity Center is seeking an individual for the following position: Community/ Full time AmeriCorp position for creative Special Event individual. Coordinate innovative projects and Coordinator special events for housing search assistance program. Excellent communication skills, and ability to work independently and as a part of a team required. COTS Family Shelter is seeking individuals for the following positions: Shelter Staff Full-time position working in our family shelter to provide a safe and healthy environment for families to overcome their barriers to maintaining housing. Childrens Full-time AmeriCorp position working with young Coordinator children in our family shelter providing enriching recreational and extracurricular activities. Teen I Full-time AmeriCorp position working with teens Substance in our family shelter providing recreational abuse activities and substance abuse prevention services. prevention Coordinator Please send resumes to: COTS Attn:Al Frugoli PO Box 1616 Burlington,VT 05401

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Champlain Vocational Services, Inc.

Champlain Vocational Services(CVS) is seeking a person (or persons) to provide in-home overnight supports to a young man with a range of needs that includes personal care. Creative options, including job-share, would be considered as we seek to provide a quality, reliable support network for this person to meet his community access, employment, and residential needs. We also need respite providers to establish continuity and genuine relationships that will provide a stable platform for this person to enjoy life more fully. Aside from the opportunity to get to know a wonderful young adult, CVS also offers a generous tax-exempt stipend, accommodation, and a wealth of support and training. Other respite options are also available. Make a difference in a meaningful way, and help make our community stronger. Please contact Laura Chabot CVS, 77 Hegeman Avenue, Colchester, VT 05446 Tel: 655-0511

Office Manager Want more out of work than just a paycheck? PPNNE's mission is to provide, promote, and protect voluntary choices about reproductive health for all. Seeking an energetic individual with excellent organizational, communication and computer skills to answer phones, oversee the maintenance, cleaning and security of the central office, oversee purchasing of office supplies, and general administrative functions in our Williston office. Associate's Degree or high school diploma plus 2-3 years of office management experience in a non-profit organization preferred. Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Word, familiarity with spreadsheets, and experience in providing support to a diverse group of office personnel a plus. If you are interested in working in a customer-focused, continuous learning environment and are a team player, please respond by July 1st. Mail or email cover letter and resume to: PPNNE Program Services Manager 183 Talcott Rd. Suite 101, Williston, VT 05495. EOE

Housekeepers (F/T, P/T)

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This Gold Award w i n n i n g hotel is seeking friendly, motivated individuals for our breakfast and housekeeping staff. If you're an early riser o u r breakfast position starts at 5 a m but you're d o n e by n o o n . Flexible schedules, health insurance, paid holidays & vacation, travel discounts a n d incentives. Apply today. 1285 Williston Road. 865-3400

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Admissions Representative Full-time regular, Montpelier campus based with weekly travel to the Essex Campus. Seeking an enthusiastic person to work in all areas of admission. Must be creative and proactive in implementing a campaigning effort for recruitment of new students to all academic programs. Positive attitude and experience with direct customer contact required. Experience in sales, telemarketing, public relations, and/or admissions preferred. Interest in the food service industry a plus. Initiative, strong interpersonal, organizational and writing skills a must as well as the ability to make engaging small group presentations. Mail resumes to: New England Culinary Institute, 250 Main Street, Montpelier, VT 05602, Attn: Human Resources. Please fax resumes to: (802) 225-3281, or e-mail resumes to greatjobs@neci.edu. EOE

Accounts Payable Specialist

The Accounts Payable Specialist is responsible for ensuring the quality of a key work process at Northern Power Systems - Accounts Payable.

Qualifications: • Knowledge of accounting principles and practices • Several years experience in Accounts Payable • Proficient in Excel, Word, Outlook, and Webenabled applications • Minimum of Associate's Degree in Accounting/Business; Bachelor's preferred Northern Power Systems designs, manufactures, and installs high reliability power systems for applications ranging from hybrid-renewables in remote villages to commercial distributed generation. We're a dedicated bunch looking for a team player to join our fast, flexible, flat, and fun group. Northern is growing steadily and not only offers a unique and dynamic work environment, but the opportunity to make a difference. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.

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loyment • real1 estate • housing Join AmeriCorps* VISTA and the Champlain Initiative Serve for one year with our dynamic staff in empowering community residents. An exciting and unique opportunity to serve your community:

The Champlain Initiative: Help coordinate this community partnership working to strengthen the Champlain Valley as a healthy community.

Initiative CREATING HEALTHYI I COMMUNITIE

Spectrum Youth & Family Services is seeking to fill the following positions: COMMUNITY BASED LIVING MENTORS to share an apartment with an adolescent and help them acquire independent living skills as they transition to adulthood. Experience with adolescent development, mental health, and substance abuse desirable but not required. We are also seeking to create a diverse network of FOSTER CARE HOMES in local communities. We encourage men, women, couples and families interested in making a difference in an adolescent's life to apply. In return, Spectrum offers both positions support, training and a new increased tax-free stipend. To find out more, please contact Tammy at 864-7423 ext. 217.

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RESTAURANT MANAGERS We attribute the success of our company to the people in our company!

PART-TIME OPPORTUNITIES AT BURLINGTON BROADCASTERS

If you are self-directed, have strong service skills, are ambitious and have a passion for doing things right, then we are committed to recognition and reward - including a loaded benefits package, Managing Partner Program, education and 5 day work week. We are seeking Managers for our Burlington area locations

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$800 WEEKLY SALARY potential mailing our sales brochures from home. No experience necessary. FT/PT. Genuine opportunity. Free supplies! Call 1-630-306-4700 (24 hours). (AAN CAN) A SINGLE PEBBLE is looking for a full-time cook. Stop by 133 Bank St. or call 865-5200, ask for Rick. DISHWASHER: PT, 5:3011p.m. Professional kitchen, advancement potential, insurance available. Apply in person, 152 St. Paul St., Trattoria Delia. HOST/HOSTESS: Seeking wellorganized individual, who thinks fast on their feet. 2-3 evenings a week in professional atmosphere to greet, seat and take reservations. Apply in person after 5 p.m., Trattoria Delia, 152 St. Paul St. or call 864-5253. IF YOU HAVE a software skill set and would like to pick up some contract work. Please call The Help Desk at 862-4227. INTERESTED IN POLITICAL Careers?Learn campaigning from professionals. Gain organizing experience on high-profile Congressional campaigns through Democratic Campaign Management Program. Housing/Expense Allowance. 888-922-1008. (AAN CAN) IT/PROGRAMMER to manipulate database. Must know ACCESS and be capable of working under pressure. Competitive wage. Part-time. Vergennes. Call 802-877-6951 e-mail: position@omnigrp.com. LINGERIE MODELS: 21+, no experience necessary. Seeking average females, all persuasions. 518-494-3195.

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MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Kitchen Supervisor. Fun college restaurant/bar. Oversee kitchen crew, must be a night person, easy-going, likes to laugh, smile and work hard. Avail, nights and weekends. Hourly pay + cash incentives. Resume only, 167 Main St., Burlington. MEDIA MAKE-UP ARTISTS earn up to $500/day for television, CD/videos, film, fashion. One week course in Los Angeles while building portfolio. Brochure 310-364-0665 www.MediaMakeupArtists.com (AAN CAN). MOVIE EXTRAS, $100$400/day potential. All looks needed. No experience required. TV commercials, film, print. Call Digital Exposure at 1-800-260-3949 ext. 3025. (AAN CAN) PT INSTRUCTOR: Need a great job paying great cash? Score well on standardized tests? The Princeton Review is looking for bright people to teach classroom test prep courses in the Hanover area. Flex. hrs. Please fax or e-mail letter with test scores and a resume to Personnel at 617-558-2727 or dreamjob ©review.com. RECORDING ENGINEER. Film & Television, Radio Announcer. No experience required. Onthe-job-training in local major recording studios, film companies, radio stations. Part-time, nights, weekends. Free video 1-800-295-4433. (AAN CAN) T H E PITCHER INN is currently hiring: Line cooks, breakfast chef, dishwashers, housekeeping, waitstaff, front desk. P l e a s ^ a l l or apply within, 275 Main St., Warren, VT 05674. 802-496-6350.

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RESPITE SUPPORT WORKER: Individual needed to provide 10 - 25 hrs. of respite support in a variety of settings to a teenage boy with autism in the Hinesburg area. Hours are afternoons and weekends. Must have reliable transportation. Liz Smith will be accepting calls on behalf of the family at 865-6196.

• volunteers VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: The City of Burlington Department of Parks and recreation has opened the Off Leash Dog Area at Starr Farm Park. The area is west of the bike path near the Community Garden. The Department is soliciting volunteers to help oversee the operation of the facility. Volunteers are being asked to be at the site for about 2 hours per week and document usage, inform users of rules, maintain dispensers and receptacles, and notify the Department of facility issues. This facility is part of a pilot program to determine if this type of facility will operate successfully in Burlington. A second facility is scheduled to open in late July. If you are interested, please call Ben Pacy at 865-7247. WOMEN HELPING BATTERED WOMEN is looking for volunteers for our hotline, shelter and children's programs; Training and support provided. For an application, please call 658-3131.

• business opps BARTENDERS: $300 a day potential. Will train. PT/FT. CALL NOW!! 1-866-291-1884 ext 2027. (AAN CAN)

BARTENDERS NEEDED. Earn up to $300 a day. No experience necessary. Call 866-3686488 x2222. (AAN CAN) BARTENDERS: Sex on the Beach, Silk Panties, Between the Sheets. Earn up to $250 per shift mixing these drinks as a Bartender! No experience necessary. Call 1-800-8060083 ext 203. (AAN CAN) EXCELLENT INCOME Potential! Become a medical biller. No experience needed. Computer required. Training. Toll free 1-866-MED-CLMS or 1-866-633-2567 x l 0 3 . (AAN CAN) MAKE UP TO $500-$ 1200 PT, up to $2000-$5000 FT. Complete training included. Free company report, visit www.workfromhome.com or call 800-336-0812. (AAN CAN) MUST SELL! Newly opened children's clothing boutique in Montpelier. Excellent location, rent and customers. Turn-key operation, $28,000. Stefanie, 802-223-3666. WAITSFIELD: Upscale shop featuring toys, kids clothes, and crafts. Strong local and tourist trade. Owner retiring after 30 fun years. Business only, $64,000. Graves Realty, 1-800-252-1505.

• announcements ADOPTION: Two mommies and a cool big sister (almost two years old) looking to complete our family. Our home is filled with love, laughter and chocolate. We are financially secure and easy to talk to. Please call Ann & Hanya, 1-800-844-3630.

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Part-time sales associate needed for busy bridal salon on Church Street Marketplace for Saturdays and some weekdays. Must be enthusiastic and outgoing... good

fashion sense and positive attitude required! Please apply in person at 2 Church Street, Burlington.

BENEFIT GARAGE SALE: 1406 Hinesburg Rd: 6/28, 5 p.m.-8 p.m., 6/29, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 658-6621. All proceeds will go to an AIDS orphanage in Kenya. ESTATE SALE: Sunday, June 30, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 22 White Place, S. Burlington (off Shelburne Rd.). Fine furniture, household goods, some antiques/collectibles. All must go. GARAGE SALE: Williston, 1730 Old Creamery Road. June 29-30. Some furniture. TAKE BACK T H E HOUSE IN 2002! Mobilize for victory on high-profile Congressional campaigns. Learn campaigning/grassroots organizing from top professionals. Housing/Expense allowance. 773-539-3222. (AAN CAN) T H E WOMEN'S COALITION of Burlington is planning a "Celebration of Women" and is seeking talented artists, bands, poets and performers, to participate in our Women's Festival. Please contact Stephanie White at 862-0614. YOUR CLASSIFIED AD printed in more than 100 alternative papers like this one for just $1,150.00! To run your ad in papers with a total circulation exceeding 6.9 million copies per week, call Josh at 802864-5684. No Adult Ads. (AAN CAN)

• real estate

Email or send resume to: Jobs@wizn.com 255 S. Champlain Street, Burlington, VT 05401

• employment

S. BURLINGTON: 86 Hadley Rd., 4-bedroom, fenced in yard, new wall-to-wall carpeting. Great kitchen w/hardwood floor, beams. Great family neighborhood. Near Rice H.S. $169,900. 425-5048.

• office space BURLINGTON: Spacious, bright, quiet & professional office space. $300/mo. Large enough for 2 to 3 people. Ideal for writers, designers, consultants, etc. 860-4668. RICHMOND: Two offices with windows, $275/mo. and $295/mo. Includes broadband Internet access, free parking, heat, A/C. Other amenities available at nominal charge. Call 434-7488 x l O .

• space for rent BURLINGTON: Share beautiful massage space 1 or 2 days per week with other body workers. Near waterfront on S. Champlain. Contact Beth at 324-7440. BURLINGTON: "The Space" for rent at Battery Space Jeans for conferences, meetings, workshops, and dance, karate, yoga classes. High ceilings, very open, great exposure. Reasonable rates. Call 8654554 or 865-6223, ask for Lori or Michelle.

• housing for rent BOLTON VALLEY: 3-bedroom, 2-bath condo. Fully furnished. Quiet spot, great hiking, mountain biking out front door. Avail, now - Dec. 1 (or indefinitely if ski area is closed for winter). $850/mo. includes everything. No smokers. 899-5068. BURLINGTON: 2-bedroom, Colchester Ave. 2-bedroom, North St. Avail. 7/1. $850/mo. each. 3-bedroom, North St. Avail. 7/15. $950/mo. 865-6065.

BURLINGTON: 2-bedroom house, 1.25 baths, large yard, walking distance to lake, hospital, downtown, off-street parking. No smoking/pets. Avail. 7/1 or 8/1. $1100/mo. + utils. 802-475-4007. BURLINGTON: 3-bedroom apt. attractive, well-maintained older home. Wood floors, gas heat, large bathroom, eat-in kitchen, W/D, large yard, parking, storage, mountain/river views. No smoking/pets. Walk to UVM/downtown. Close to highway. Avail. 8/1. $1400/mo., includes water/garbage. 652-1272. BURLINGTON: 3-bedroom, large, nice, clean, quiet, yard, garden space, coin-op. Avail. 8/1. $1150/mo. 879-2436. BURLINGTON: Downtown 3-bedroom apt. No pets, lease and dep. required. $1100/mo. Call 865-2114, 7-9 p.m. BURLINGTON: Downtown, cozy 2-bedroom in quiet, safe neighborhood. Off-street parking, W/D, shared porch. Convenient yet private location. No pets. Avail. 8/1. $875/mo. 658-4579. BURLINGTON: Duplex, 2-bedroom unit at 460 North Ave. 2 story townhouse plus full basement. W/D, ample off-street parking. Avail. 8/1. $1200/mo. + utils, dep. Call 434-4774. BURLINGTON: Efficiency, 1 & 2 bedrooms. Gas heat, offstreet parking. Avail, now. $550-$900/mo. Close to UVM and downtown. Call 864-4449. BURLINGTON: Elegant Victorian. 1 & 2 bedroom apts. Gas fireplaces, hardwood floors, parking. Clean & meticulously maintained. No students/smoking/pets. Avail, immed. $875/$ 1100/$ 1500 incl. HW. Call 802-658-2189. BURLINGTON: Large 4-bedroom duplex on Pine St. Newly ren., gas heat, garbage, parking. No pets/smoking. Avail, immed. $1550/mo. + utils. 864-8314. BURLINGTON: Maple St., nice 1-bedroom, 1st floor, near lake/downtown, hardwood floors, gas heat, quiet, porch, parking. Avail. Mid-June. No smokers or dogs. $650/mo. + utils. 1 year lease req. 862-3719. BURLINGTON: N. Champlain, 2+ bedrooms, parking, no pets. Avail. 7/6. $800/mo. + utils. 655-1431. BURLINGTON: Newly renovated 3-bedroom apt., wood firs, screened private porch, offstreet parking, no smoking/ pets. Avail 9/1. $1175/mo. + utils. 1 year lease, refs required. Call 203-457-0028. BURLINGTON: Nice 2-bedroom, 238 North St. Downstairs, porch, large backyard. Avail. 8/1. $925/mo., includes: water, HW, garage, laundry, parking and storage. Call 865-3672. BURLINGTON: Off-street parking, no smoking/pets. Single occupancy. $450/mo., avail, immed. Refs. required. 203-457-0028. BURLINGTON: Spacious 2bedroom apt. in quiet family neighborhood. Back/front porches, off-street parking, walk to lake/downtown. $950+/mo. No pets. 734-8768. BURLINGTON: Townhouse, 2-bedrooms, 1.5 baths, very clean. Recently renovated, pool, bike path, tennis. No smoking/pets. Avail, now. $1150+/mo. 878-5655.

BURLINGTON: Two unfurnished 1-bedroom apartments avail. July l/10th. Clean, quiet building, parking, laundry. No dogs. $600/mo. Call Jeff, 864-0947. CHARLOTTE: Very spacious, completely renovated, 1-bedroom, upstairs apt. Lake views, laundry. No pets/smokers. $1300/mo. + utils. & dep. 425-5675. COLCHESTER: 3-bedroom, near Burlington and Essex Jet. W/D, DW, no smoking. $1500/mo. + utiis, refs and sec. dep. required. Call 802-373-0885. ESSEX JCT: Excellent central location. Near hospitals, colleges, IBM. 2-3 bedrooms, fenced yard. No pets/smokers. $1500/mo. + dep/utils. 893-7862. H U N T I N G T O N : Beautiful, quiet country location. Funky 1952 trailer to rent. Restored to original tackiness. Full kitchen, heat, shower, tub, outhouse. $300. Call Steven, 434-5653. JERICHO/UNDERHILL: 2-bedroom apt. 1100+ sq. ft., garage, storage. $850/mo. No smoking/dogs. Refs required. 802-899-1147. MONTGOMERY: 3-bedroom mobile home on 16 acres. Pets/smokers allowed. $700/mo. + first/last/sec. Call 899-5577 after 5 p.m. MORETOWN: Spectacular, sunny, river view house. 4-bedrooms, 2-baths, office/den, fireplace, gas heat, new appliances, yard, beach, garden, basement. Avail, immed. $1600/mo. Call 802-496-3980. RICHMOND: Gay-friendly 1-bedroom apt. for rent. Well furnished. Avail, immed. $450/mo. Call Shawn at 434-6656. S. B U R L I N G T O N : Stonehedge, two very nice 3-bedroom townhouses. 1.5 baths, carports. Avail. 7/1 & 8/31. $1300/mo. & $1400/mo. Terry, 617-2429335. WINOOSKI: LaFountain St., 2-bedroom duplex. Wood floors, yard, gas heat, off-street parking. No smoking. Dog possible. Avail. 9/1. $750/mo. + utils., lease. 654-6950. WINOOSKI: Nice, clean and quiet 2 & 3 bedrooms. No smoking, pets neg. with refs. Avail. June, July, August. $950 and up. Call 899-1735.

• sublets BURLINGTON: Roommate needed for the months of July and August. Unit located close to downtown and lake. $500/mo. + utils. Female roommate preferred. No cats. Call 951-1698. BURLINGTON: Roommate needed immediately. One month sublet, starting 7/1, possibly longer. Must love music. Great downtown location. $292/mo. Call 660-0719.

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• room for rent BURLINGTON: Furnished rooms, clean and quiet, parking, coin laundry, cable, shared kitchen and bath. Dead end street. No smoking/pets. $450/mo., incl. all. 862-3341.

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• housemates ALL AREAS: GreatRoommate.com Browse hundreds of online listings with photos and maps. Find your roommate with a click of the mouse! Visit: www.GreatRoommate.com (AAN CAN) B U R L I N G T O N : Lake St., 1-bedroom in 2-bedroom condo. Prefer 30+, NS. Avail, now. Short-term possible. $600/mo., incl. all. 864-3131. B U R L I N G T O N : M/F roommate needed to share 3-bedroom apt. on Maple St. for July and August. Sunny and clean house, organic minded guys. $400/mo. + utils. 652-4067. B U R L I N G T O N : Neat and responsible roommate wanted for 2-bedroom apt. No smokers/pets. Avail. 8/1. $275/mo. + utils. 865-3211. B U R L I N G T O N : Roommate needed to share a 2-bedroom in Centennial Ct. with a female grad student. Walking distance to UVM. Avail. 8/1. $400/mo. + 1/2 utils. 658-3716. B U R L I N G T O N : Roommate wanted to share sunny, 2-bedroom house in the Old North End. Porch, yard and W/D. $400/mo., incl. utils. Call 658-6356. B U R L I N G T O N : Seeking young prof, for 4-bedroom house near bike path in quiet neighborhood. Private beach, big yard, sorry no pets. $400/mo. + dep. 651-9726. B U R L I N G T O N : Share house with 4 others, for at least one year. W/D, off-street parking, nice back yard. No pets. $400/mo. + utils. Serious inquiries only. Call 802-583-3869 before 9 p.m. B U R L I N G T O N : Shared condo at 68A S. Willard St., located between Church St. & University. 1.5 baths, W/D, parking. Prefer F prof/grad. No pets. 1 large furnished room, $385/mo., avail. 7/17. 1 basement room, $275/mo., avail. 7/15. Call 238-9847 or 660-7172. B U R L I N G T O N : Young M/F to share nice 3-bedroom on N. Winooski Ave. Parking, W/D. Avail, immed. $350/mo. + 1/3 utils., deposit, lease. Call Amy 951-9022. C H A R L O T T E : Looking for F housemate. Prof/grad student to share large country house. Circa 1830s, fully restored. 3bedrooms, large country kitchen, W/D, storage, large deck w/views, hot tub, garden space, quiet country living. 20 mins. from Burlington. $650/mo. all inclusive. Call Dana at 802-233-0354. CHITTENDEN COUNTY: Looking for a safe and homey place to live? HomeShare Vermont matches roommates with elderly homeowners, who share their homes in return for companionship and some help with household chores. To apply: 802-863-0274 or visit: www.homesharevermont.org. EHO. ESSEX JCT: Charming country farm house. 1 spacious room. Avail. 7/1. $430/mo., incl. utils. No smokers/pets. Call 288-8155, ask for Glenn or leave message in mailbox 1. H I N E S B U R G : Responsible prof, wanted to share nice, contemporary home in wooded setting. W/D, 1-year lease. Avail, immed. $450/mo. incl. utils. 482-2394.

H U N T I N G T O N : Room in large private country house with single GWM, dog and cat. Chicks in the yard. Get the picture? $300/mo. + 1/2 utils. Call Steven, 434-5653. J E R I C H O : Clean, relaxed environment, outdoor enthusiasts preferred. Big backyard, lots of storage. Avail. 7/1. $435/mo. + utils. 899-3555. J O H N S O N : Seeking two responsible persons to share bright, nice 3-bedroom house w/yard in country. W/D. Avail, now. $300/mo. + 1/3 utilities each. 635-1730. RICHMOND: Seeking laid-back but responsible individual to share farmhouse in country with lots of space, garden, mtn views, wood stove, 20 min. from Burlington. $325/mo. + 1/3 utils. Call 434-7328. U N D E R H I L L : We are 3 young, queer-friendly, responsible, clean, and communicative F, looking for same to share 4bedroom countryside home. Beautiful woods! $300/mo. + utils. Call 899-2867. WEST BOLTON: Mature M/F to share condo with prof. M. Minimum 6-month lease. Nice location on golf course. No pets. $500/mo. + 1/2 utils. Avail, now. Call 434-7310, leave message. WILLISTON: Need 2 housemates in renovated countryside farmhouse near Hinesburg line by the lake. Must love kids; sharing house with 2 small children and a cat. 15 min. to UVM. No pets/smokers. Both rooms avail. 8/1. Will trade portion of rent for childcare. $450/mo. or $600/mo. depending on room, incl. utilities, refs. req. 872-2886.

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• childcare PARENTS: Taking a business trip or vacation this summer? Extraordinary, mature, professional available for childcare in your home. Excellent local references, reasonable rates. 453-4920.

• pets CLAIRE'S DOG CAMP: Dog boarding and day care. Fields, woods, pond, farmhouse accommodations. Heaven on earth dog fun. 888-4094. FOR SALE: 2 YO, male, green Iguana. Three feet long, in perfect health. Comes with supplies: Cage, lights, etc. Taylor 802-865-2738. Reasonable price.

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GUITAR: All styles/levels. Emphasis on developing strong technique, thorough musicianship, personal style. Paul Asbell (Unknown Blues Band, Kilimanjaro, Sklar/ Grippo, etc.), 862-7696. GUITAR & BASS instruction: Your style, your level, any age. Jakael 453-6914.

BIG HARRY PRODUCTIONS: Sound tech for the usual and the unusual. Have gear, will travel. Adaptability is our specialty. 802-658-3105/ bighsound@yahoo.com. HAVE S T U D I O WILL TRAVEL. Affordable 24-track recording for all ages in the comfort of your own musical setting. Record and have your own CD the same day. Create demos, keepsakes, professional masters. Call 802-879-3884. POKERHILL RECORDING: Excellent, affordable, 24 bit, free CD sampler. 899-4263, joecapps.com PROFESSIONAL O N - S I T E Recording: Ears you can trust. Jakael 453-6914.

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NISSAN PATHFINDER SE, 1994, V6, 4WD, auto., 80K, dark green. Runs good and in good condition. $6750/OBO. Call 8462626 day or 863-8054 nights/weekends. OLDSMOBILE 88 LS, 1999, sedan, dark blue, V6/3.8L, auto., FWD. 55,443 miles, A/C, PS, PW, PL, cruise, AM/FM cass., ABS. Best price, $11,895. Call Shearer Pontiac, 802-658-1212. OLDSMOBILE C U T L A S S GL, 1999, sedan, beige/ tan, V6/3.1L, auto., FWD. 24,678 miles, A/C, PS, PW, PL, cruise, AM/FM cass., ABS. Best price, $11,295. Call Shearer Pontiac, 802-658-1212.

PONTIAC FIREBIRD,CONVERTIBLE, 2001, 2 dr., silver, V6/3.8L, auto., RWD. 11,985 miles, A/C, PS, PW, PL, cruise, • AM/FM/CD, ABS, rear spoiler. Best price, $21,985. Call Shearer Pontiac, 802-658-1212. PONTIAC GRAND AM, 1991, white, 2 dr., auto, FWD, power everything, AM/FM cass., cruise, new battery, low mileage, 44,680. Smooth ride, well maintained. $6900. Call Pat, 864-3455. PONTIAC GRAND AM SE, 2001, sedan, red, 4-cyl./ 2.4L, auto., FWD. 20,734 miles, A/C, PS, PW, PL, cruise, AM/FM/CD, ABS, traction control. Best price, $13,895. Call Shearer Pontiac, 802-658-1212.

PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GT, 1999, sedan, bronze, V6/3.8L, auto., FWD. 60,597 miles, A/C, PL, cruise, AM/FM/CD cass., ABS, sliding sun roof. Best price, $11,995. Call Shearer Pontiac, 802-658-1212.

S U B A R U LOYALE, 1989, 4WD wagon. New tires, timing belts, radiator, sticker. Extra tires and rims. May be seen in Middlebury or Vergennes. $975. 802948-2189. VOLKSWAGEN VANAGON, 1984, 4 spd. Great cargo van. New brakes and tires. $975. 802-948-2189.

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WOMEN HELPING BATTERED WOMEN: Mon. 5:30-7 p.m. Open to younger women 1826 who have been or are currently being abused. Childcare provided. Call 658-1996 for referral. ON OUR OWN: I would like to start a support group for orphaned young adults. If you are interested, please call 899-2867. Meetings in Burlington area. CANCER SUPPORT GROUP: For people with cancer and their families. UHC campus, 1 South Prospect St., Arnold 2 Resource Rm. Every 2nd and 4th Mon, 5-6:30 p.m. Call €47-8400 for info.

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ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19): Everywhere you wander, Aries, you're picking up signals that remind you of where you've come from — and how that's connected to where you're headed. T h e voices of your ancestors are growing so loud, they'll probably wake you up in the middle of the night. And while not everything they'll say is gospel truth, their perspective could awaken you to an almost-ripe possibility you've been blind to. In conclusion, my dear, the past is conspiring with the future to reinvent the present. Are you willing to cooperate?

TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20): In my unpublished Dictionary of the Future, "codependent bodhisattva" is defined as "an imperfect saint who gives generously for both the best and worst reasons." Does this remind you of anyone, Taurus? Like maybe yourself? It seems you've been extending yourself for people who aren't making the best use of your gifts. I suggest you find worthier beneficiaries; be more discerning with your helpfulness. Meditate on this biblical admonition: "Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet."

GEMINI

(May 21-June 20): I dare you to p u m p up your receptivity, Gemini. I invite you to stoke your hunger for the perceptions and signals you normally filter out; to tune in to the subtexts and overtones of every situation you find yourself in. It may sound simple, but it'll require high levels of courage and will power. Here are a few hints that might help: Make curiosity your guiding virtue. Intensify your desire to listen — I mean really listen. Be eager to find out what motivates everyone you encounter. Become wildly surpriseable.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Joseph Campbell suggested that each of us is a hero in our own mythic journey. N o matter how h u m d r u m your fate may appear on the surface, you are on a mysterious quest that reverberates with themes found in epic legends all over the world. I invite you to fully inhabit this truth in the coming days, Cancerian. It shouldn't be too hard. High adventures will be unfolding in your vicinity. Many of you will get a chance to inject juicy plot twists into the story of your life. You'll be blessed with provocative symbols that challenge you to expand your understanding of your mission here on Earth. L E O Quly 23-Aug. 22): In a recent letter to Oprah Winfrey, I asked her to buy up all the Pizza Huts in the world and convert them into a global network of Menstrual Huts. There, for a few days each month, every one of us, men and women alike, would be able to drop out of the unnatural, crazy-making rhythm of the work week and sink luxuriously back into eternity — communing with our dreams, feasting on chocolate, entertaining outlandish fantasies, ignoring clocks and schedules, soaking forever in hot baths while reading or singing, feeling crabby without guilt, and enjoying long, meandering conversations with our dark sides. Even if Oprah agrees to my plan, though, she won't be able to carry it out immediately, and you need to marinate in a menstrual hut or moon lodge right now, Leo. So create your own, please.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Want to know the best time to deal with your financial affairs in the most karmically correct way? Are

you interested in learning the dates when you'll be best able to cobble together a harmonious consensus among all your various sub-personalities? Want some guidance about when to yank out a metaphorical weed that grew from a bad seed planted by someone who cared for you? Stick with us here at Free Will Astrology and ALL WILL BE REVEALED — right now, in fact. Here are the best times for each of the scenarios I just described: 1. Now. 2. Now. 3. Now. (P.S. T h e events of the coming weeks will climax a decision you made last September.)

LIBRA

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I just had a psychic vision of you running along the tops of cars during a traffic jam, escaping from the bad guys as you make your way to a helicopter that takes you to a spot hovering over an on-the-verge volcano, into which you drop a top-secret scientific miracle potion that defuses the eruption and saves the city below. My visions are seldom wrong, though at times they are metaphors for slightly more mundane adventures. I suggest, therefore, that you be alert for situations that will ask you to be a brave hero, Libra.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Somewhere out there in the wide world beyond your stomping ground, Scorpio, a wild horse awaits you, willing to take you for a thrilling but safe ride. Somewhere, a DJ on a late-night college radio station is willing to let you come on the air and talk about the crazy stuff you know best. A sweet, cleansing mountain wind is calling your name; a wise old tree is ready for you to climb up and bask in its sheltering

revelations; and a mysterious cutie is telepathically inviting you to dive into an intimate communion on the outskirts of everything you know. So what are you waiting for?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Did you abandon a dream once upon a time? I'm here to tell you it's coming back around for a fresh look. Did you give up a child for adoption years ago? He or she has begun looking for you. Have you given up hope of ever finding a certain valuable item you lost in the past? Believe it or not, it's almost within your grasp. You know that legacy that should have been yours some time back? I bet it will finally become available soon. Do you sometimes see a metaphorical resonance between the events on TV's "Bufly the Vampire Slayer" and your own life? In the coming week, you may feel a bit like Buffy after her resurrection.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19): I'd like you to take inventory of all the things you do to make yourself attractive and desirable. W h e n you engage in conversation, do you gravitate towards subjects that show off the sexy ways your mind works? Are there specific compliments you dole out when you're flirting, or typical gifts you offer when you're currying favor? D o you use body language and tones of voice that are designed to be seductive? Once you have surveyed the full range of your subliminal salesmanship, Capricorn, I'll ask you not to resort to any of it in the coming weeks. Instead, promise me you'll whip up an imaginative new mating dance and a host of fresh, hot moves.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 201 1 Feb. 18): Every April for the last 10 years, many American companies have observed Take O u r Daughters to Work Day. Girls accompany their parents to the job site so that they might be inspired to dream more aggressively about what they want to be when they grow up. In the build-up to this year's event, some organizations lobbied for an addition to the tradition: Take O u r Sons to Work Day. In the spirit of total inclusiveness, I want to go even one step further and propose the creation of Take O u r Imaginary Friends to Work Day. In fact, I'll ask you Aquarians to celebrate your own personal version of it this week. It's prime time, astrologically speaking, to liven up the workplace by bringing in more of your fantasy life and expressing the fullness of your idiosyncratic self.

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YOU THINK YOU'RE PRETTY, BUT I THINK you're beautiful! You're kind, loyal, left-leaning. You feel some insecurities. I don't care; We will take care of each other. Me: Early 40's, silly, handsome, slim, sexy. I sincerely believe in women. 1703

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SUNSETS: DWM WOULD LIKE TO SHARE with SDWF, 40-50, and create a new friendship. I have varied interests. Call to see what we have in common and who knows what may happen. 1621

Is it meant to be? A MAN OF ALL SEASONS: HANDSOME, athletic, energetic, sincere, 44 YO, SWM, ISO LTR with naturally attractive SWF, 30-40, interested in outdoor adventures, candlelight dinners and the simple things in life. Game players need not respond. 1803

32, SHAMELESSLY FUNNY, REALLY APPEALing; outside and in, creative, cool job, confident. Wait, why do I need this ad again? ISO 24-33 YO attractive counterpart. 1643

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SWM, 38, 5 ' u " , 160 LBS., NS, SEEKING occasional hiking, canoeing companion, Greens or Adks. Age/race unimportant. Fit, positive attitude essential. Humor, intelligence, down-to-earth nature required. Share a camp fire? 1700

SNUGGLE MATE WANTED! SWM GRAD Student, 30, kind, wise, gorgeous and fit. Wants to meet an adorable younger SF student for comfortable friendship and joyful summertime journeys into safe, tasty sensuous bliss. Vegetarian preferred; No smokers or kids please. 1639

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SHE'S OUT THERE: SOPHISTICATED, SENsual, elegant, fit, petite & unpretentious. Loves nature 81 healthily living. 4oish. Me: DWPM, good-looking, principled, outgoing, mischievous, passionate & successful. Enjoy health, nature, theater, adventure 81 the finer things in life. 1811

FIRST TIME DOING THIS! SOON TO BE divorced; healthy, together, active, positive, fun-loving, local prof, male with many interests. Seeks like-minded females for fun, relaxing, sexual summer "dating". 1724 TALL 8l FUNNY GUY WITH NICE SMILE. SEEKS down-to-earth girl for summer fun. Boating, biking, camping dining, hiking & tennis partner ideal. Love of dogs required, and sushi a real plus! Drop me a line, no bs and no strings. 1719 AAA! THIS 40-SOMETHING BLONDE WITH A Triple "A" Rating (Active, Attractive and Available) is seeking the right guy for dining, dancing, outdoor fun, laughter, romance, travel and adventure! Financially secure, educated, fit, welt-traveled professional hoping to meet her match! 1714 SWM, 33, NS, LOVES KIDS. LIKES TO GO out to bars, crazy about NFL, WWF, movies, racing. ISO SWF, 25-40, NS, who loves kids and likes to have fun. LTR. 1713 SMOKERS MAKE BETTER LOVERS! SWM, 3o's, good looks/build. Seeks 28 to 45 YO, slender to medium built woman, who can enjoy life, is outgoing, dances, likes the sun, water, camping. Is fun, affection and trust what you need? Call me! 1712-

W, Wl/M, 56, NOT ONLY THE SCENT OF A woman but also the taste (if you are clean). If you enjoy this or would like to experience it then we should get together. I really enjoy this and you will also. Privacy guaranteed. 1618 37, DWM, 6'i", 235 lbs., HAS KIDS, LIKES dancing, outdoors, laughing, cooking. ISO NS, CF, 25-43. No games please, maybe LTR? 1611 SEXY, ATHLETIC, SENSUAL, PASSIONATE DWM, 43, looks younger. Looking for fun and adventure with similar attractive, openminded, fit female, who enjoys intimacy and can be a little naughty, for possible LTR. 1538 DWM, 44, 5*10", 150 LBS., HEALTHY, NS, Abenaki spirituality, liberal, homesteader, stone house, artist, cooking, camping, canoeing, puns, jokes, Calvin/Hobbs, Black Elk Speaks, Thoreau, Scott/Helen Nearing, Cat Stevens, Bach, Aerosmith, Jerimia Johnson, When Harry Met Sally, Simpsons, Garrison Keillor. 1535 SMALL TOWN DAD WITH NO TIME TO MEET new people. 27, 5*9", 160 lbs. ISO SF that is fun, easy to get along with and not afraid to get dirty. 1533 CREATIVE, FUN-LOVING, GOOD-LOOKING, FIT, DWPM, 40's. ISO fun, attractive, warm, humorous, grounded, compassionate lady for dance partner and more. Like mountain and water sports, travel and comfortable home. Spiritual but not religious. Must love dogs, kids, honesty. 1416 IN THE TRANQUIL LANDSCAPE AND ESPECially in the distant line of the horizon, humanity beholds somewhat as beautiful as it's own nature. SM, NS, 5*9", 155 lbs., likes folk guitar, writing, photography, hiking, nature, children. Seeks fit, caring, friendly spirit for LTR. 1413

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MABIF, 40, PLUS SIZE, ISO BIF OR BI-CURIous fem., no butch please. Looking for a best friend w/fringe benefits. I'm fun loving, compassionate and true to my friends. Come along for an adventure. Discretion a must! 1637 SEEKING SLENDER SEDUCTIVE BIF, 30-45 YO, to revel in erotic escapades. I'm DWF, 40 YO, in-shape and willing to master the female physique. Also, need feminine comrade willing to tease my boyfriend. Dancing, movies, hanging out. Entice me! 1636 SGF, WHO'S LOOKING TO FIND THAT SPEcial lady to share my life with. I am easygoing, caring, loving, warm, loyal, kind, helpful to others & much, much more. I love beautiful pictures of people and the outdoors. I'm a Virgo and I'm lots of fun to be around. 1619 SF, 40*s ISO NATURE-LOVING, LOCAL, ADventurer. Interests include a love of food, funghi and fly fishing. Seeking spiritually fit 81 sober women w/a sense of humor for fun, friendship and maybe more. NS/ND. 1396

NEED NO REPLY, JUST STOP BY WHERE THE S. Burlington mall buildings are blue. I will meet you. Think music. M, 60, ISO SF NS for friendship. Let's visit. 1385

women > women SGF, 40, NS. LIBRA, OPTIMIST, WITH LOTS of good energy & laughter. I enjoy art, fun, beaches, quiet times and good conversation. Balanced in spiritual, emotional, physical and intellectual health. Seeking similar, 3555 YO, who is honest and available to spend time w/first, possible LTR. 2015 NS/D, JEWISH WOMAN, 40'S, FEMININE ISO emotionally evolved, bright, passionate world woman, who knows the meaning of commitment & responsibility. Interests include classical and other international music, cuisine, arts, dance, literature and film. Love of nature and sense of humor. V95 SWF, MID-40'S, CUTE, SMART AND A LOT OF fun. Seeking active and attractive woman, 3o's-4o's, for indoor/outdoor fun, romance and adventure. Many interests including music, humor and much more. Neatness and spelling count. Let's talk soon! 1728 29 YO, CANCER, GWF SEEKS ARTIST/INTELlectual for companionship and conversation. Interests include hiking, biking, art, literature and film. Crazy and eccentric is ok, but not necessary. Furi-loving and humorous; romantic and irreverent are all pluses. 1698

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TIRED OF GOING HOME ALONE? SICK OF THE bar scene and guys that promise to call but never do? This SGWM is 165 lbs. w/brown hair and blue eyes. Seeks SGM, 25-41, for friendship and possible LTR. 1882 2 3 YO, BI-CURIOUS M, BROWN HAIR, HAZEL eyes, 175 lbs. I like hiking, biking, and the outdoors. Looking for G/BI M, 18-25, to show me the ropes. Let's get together! 1810 HEADS UP! MBIWM, 5•11". 225 LBS. SEEKS bi or straight men, 18-35, in BarreMontpelier area, who enjoy being serviced. Need to be discreet. Leave age, description and number to be reached. 1789 SWM, 2 2 , 1 4 0 LBS., BROWN HAIR, BLUE eyes. ISO boys, 18-29, to hang out with and have fun. Bi-curious boys are always welcome. Give me a call. 1736 MYTH: DATING IS NOT WORTH IT. ANSWER: Let's start off our own story with a date (ineffable togetherness alone). 1733

SUBMISSIVE MALE, 39, LOOKING FOR nasty, dominate guy. I like watersports and eating out. Can I please you? 1419 SGWM SEEKS INTELLIGENT SAME IN Southern Vermont. 28-50 YO for friendship, companionship, LTR, NS/D. Tired of being alone and value the company of a nice guy. Interests are country living, back roads, swimming, cooking and gardening. 1382

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GWM, SLENDER, SOFT, SMOOTH, SMOKER. Healthy and happy, very young 55. Passionate, affectionate bottom. Seeking passionate top for possible LTR. Love to cuddle, "make-out" and satisfy. Moving to VT, can travel till move complete. 1985 4 0 Y O SEEKING LAID-BACK, YOUNGER, NS for some bondage fun. Not into pain. I would love to find a boyfriend into bondage. If you are interested, please let me know. I have a collection of bondage gear just waiting to be used. 1912 UPSTATE NY, GWM, ATTRACTIVE, 37, ATHletic build, humorous, intelligent, and looking for the Real Deal. I'm happy-go-lucky, sensual, HIV+ and looking for romance. If you are looking for the same drop me a line. 1911 WHERE ARE Y O U GWM, LATE 40'S, LOOKING for friends and more. If you are honest, caring, like cooking, the outdoors and more. Get off that couch and call. 1892 MAWBIM, 28, SHORT BROWN HAIR, BROWN eyes, medium-build, hairy-chested. I am into oral and anal sex. I am looking for bi-males with short hair, straight-acting, disease free, slender to medium build, 18-40. At your place, must be 15 min. from Hinesburg only. 1890

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LIBERAL, SM, ISO OTHERS: GOTHIC/ anthro/adult industry/naturist for coffee, etc. Porcelain vampire fangs optional. 2007

VERY ATTRACTIVE SWM, 40'S, TALL, GOOD» looking. Seeks busty, older woman, 62+ for I erotic summer fun, maybe fall and winter 2 6 Y O M, BI-CURIOUS, FIT, ISO CU. Disease free, discrete. 22-40 YO, for encoun- * too. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. 1818 ters at your place. 2006 I LADIES! EVER FANTASIZE ABOUT BEING I tied-up, or tying him up? Rose & Thorn, VT's t BDSM social group welcomes you! Nervous? " Don't be, we have many female members. * Privac y guaranteed. E-mail req.1804

I AM HUNGRY! NEW TO BARRE-MONTPELIER area. Looking for very well endowed men, 18-40, who need to be serviced on a regular basis. No reciprocation necessary. Reply with age, description and location. 1987

4 0 YO, PWM, BI-CURIOUS. ISO CU WITH full-figured F, to fulfill my fantasy of a threesome. I am fit, attractive and safe. I want to service both. Must be discreet and safe. Let's explore and have fun! 1903

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FEMALE TRAVEL COMPANION WANTED FOR autumn road trip across country w/winter destination in the southwest. Camping, sightseeing, friendship, and exploring. Have small camper and would like to share expenses. Suggestions welcome. Serious inquires only. 1996

BIWM LOOKING FOR MEN, 18-40. T O FULFILL sexual fantasies. D/D free, NS, good stamina. Likes to have a good, hot & discreet encounter. Looking for well endowed, attractive studs that like to be well pleased. All calls answered. 1718

CLEAN, FUN, MACU, ISO CLEAN, NS F, FOR threesome fantasy; ours? Yours? First time ad, 420 friendly. Come be the center of our attention, dinner, jacuzzi, waiting to hear from you. Discreet, serious calls only. Satisfaction guaranteed. 1992

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WM LOOKING FOR WF, BETWEEN AGES OF 20-50, who is down on her luck &. needs financial help. Must be willing to live in my beautiful home. Drug free, social drinking OK. 1986

PARTY TIME! AMATEUR MALE STRIPPER ISO big old bears and older top males. Free erotic adult strip show and more. For your summer party. 1702 INTELLECTUAL, SPIRITUAL ARTIST SEEKS fun loving, creative, spontaneous GM, for body, mind, spirit relationship. I want a healthy, humorous, clean-cut bottom. NS/ND a must. Interested in an Asian man. Long hair a plus. Follow your bliss to a LTR. 1645 GWM, LATE 30'S, 6*0", 225 LBS., HANDsome, fit and very active. Lives in northcentral VT. Into mtn. biking, hiking, camping and being outdoors and is HIV+. Very heatthy and happy, seeking same for friendship and maybe more. 1632 SWM, RECENTLY MOVED FROM S. FLORIDA. Many interests: Reading, movies, theater, singing, drives in the country, sunrises, sunsets, painting. Passions: Food, music, sex, real people, small parties. Chocolate & laughter are always the best medicine. Friendship, I'm versatile. 1626 GWM, 30, SEEKING MASCULINE MARRIED OR bi-curious guys in need of service. Hairy chested guys a plus. Discretion assured. Please no one over 40 YO.1616

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MACU, ISO, 2 BI-MALES, G/CU. MUST BE well endowed for threesome with submissive male. Discretion a must. Interests: 420 friendly & toys. 1983

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21 YO, SWM, LOOKING T O FULFILL A FANtasy of multiple men at the same time. Very inexperienced, clean and discrete. I don't have a place, only call if you can provide a group. 1979 LOOKING FOR A up? Cute, 40 YO Burlington area, adult pleasures.

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THIRD T O SPICE THINGS WM, ISO straight couple in 30-55, who seek discreet, Try me! 1977

ATTACHED, WPCU, SHE'S 24, HE'S 33, ISO unique, spirited and single BiF for friendship and adventure. We're health-conscious and enjoy travel, hiking and museums. 1917

MACU, LATE 20'S, ISO SF FOR THREESOME or CU for friendship and more. Must be clean and discreet. 1717

COUPLE LOOKING FOR BIF, FOR F T O F only, while M in room. Can go wherever depending on levels of comfort. 1908

SUMMER TRAVEL COMPANION WANTED FOR 25 YO. SWF. Seeking companion for extremely low budget summer travel. Tenting, hosteling, hiking, concerts, festivals, etc. 25-35 YO M not afraid of mud, water, walking, spontaneity required. July/August. Any takers? 1707

MWCU, ISO OTHER MCU/CU/M. BOTH VERY clean & discreet, D/D free, you also be. We like to swap & have fun in bedroom or out. Leave message. Age, race unimportant, will answer all. 1904

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SAT., 6/15, RAINY #10 POND RECEPTION: You: Friendly server, funky shoes, neat silver bracelet, Lisa(?). I was the brunette w/black jacket admiring Susan's creation. Nice cake; not as nice as you. Not sure if I'm even your type, but would like to find out. 1990

6/9, BUTLER'S AT THE INN AT ESSEX: YOU were across from me. Our eyes met several times. I noticed your cute feet! After dinner you drove away in a greenish blue Subaru with an SMC sticker. Let's spend a knight together? 1896

EYE-CROSSINGLY BEAUTIFUL, IN LOCH NESS, t-shirt. I'll never forget the first time our eyes met at River Run. Coffee? 1982

HOTWHLZ (GREEN NEON) BOY, YOU ARE SO fine! Wanna go to Santa Monica? You give me a ride and I'll give you one! Nice ride, nice shoes, let's? 1895

ISLAND GIRLJEE, EUROPEAN LOOK & STYLE, sexy legs, works amongst the flowers in the valley. Left an imprint on my heart, gotta be crazy baby. Where r u? I wants some glimpse of your psyche! 1980 KATE: I D O N T HAVE YOUR NEW NUMBER and have been "itching" to see you again (the ivy at my house isn't poisonous, so you'll be safe!)! We have to finish the "Evil Dead" trilogy (you were too tired last time). M.1976

SWF W/GYM MEMBERSHIP NEEDS PARTNER to make workouts more enjoyable. Nautilus/ Cardio. Two sizes to lose, seeks M or F in about the same place. Workouts weekday eves. & weekend mornings, 3-5 times/wk. 1614

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6/5, 8lsh, VIDEO WORLD, ESSEX JCT: BOY, why no voice mail on your ad? Leave one. We'll chat. Cute blonde girl w/inked friend. 1973

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AT PRIDE: YOU: BRIGHT EYED ANGEL YOU made me smile. Always have. Always will. Me: Nelly retail queen. 1972 DUSKY-BROWN HAIR, SHADES, DARK, SUITS. Curious lunchtime glances on Montpelier streets. Sugar blonde, exiting market one day, nearly ran into you. Legislature? Lobby? Just arrived from the Emerald City. Now you're gone and I wanted to say hello. Drink? 1919

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6/8, SHELBURNE FARMS CHECK POINT: I spy a beautiful smile. And how could I forget your stunning eyes that have left me curious ever since I drove through to the Coach Barn. Could I cater an evening for you?i824

LIZ AT HANNAFORDS IN ESSEX: I SEE YOU there and you are always smiting. I'm considered a very attractive guy and I would love to take you out for dinner sometime. You are so beautiful! Are you single? 1916

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SAT., 6/15, AROUND 3:00, BRIDGE STREET Cafe, Richmond. You: Dressed in blue, sitting at the counter reading "I Spy", so I know you'll read this. Me: Jeans and green sweatshirt, under the mirror. No time then, hopefully we'll meet now. 1910

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I SPY AMAZING WOMANI GREEN TRACKER, black dog. You have beautiful brown curls and hot specs. Saw you at "Respite House." We smiled. Big cuddly bear guy in a Nissan pick up. Buccal 2005

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YOU WITH DAUGHTER, FEEDING THE DUCKS at the water front. Me: Pink shirt, 3 kids. There was a connection, contact me. 2013

T O RESPECT YOUR PRIVACY, L E T S JUST SAY Patrick 5 waiting room recently. I was talking with WWII veteran. We eventually had brief conversation about Long Trail. Missed you on your way out, Coffee sometime? 1886

SUNDAY, 6/9, METRONOME: I THINK your name is Jaz? Dancing. You had a red shirt and blonde friend. You paused, I kept dancing. After I paused, I couldn't find you? Hope I can now! It was fun! 1816

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AIRBORNE44: I'VE SENT TWO EMAILS VIA the Person to Person website but you never received them. You live in Shelburne and are a marketing consultant. If you are still available, I am very interested! 2014

T O THE BRUTE WITH THE ALLIGATOR SNAPping up poodles, thinking, "this is such a great way to meet women." You're horrid, but I've got to have it anyway. Please respond. 1891

CUTE BOY SITTING ON BENCH BY ESSEX JCT. Fairgrounds on Monday evening waiting for bus. Blue jeans w/white shirt. I was the boy in red car. 1975

WOMAN, 51. SEEKS AMIABLE COMPANION to travel and enjoy Celtic Colours Festival, Cape Breton, Mid-October. 1806

WED., 6/19, MONTPELIER: DREAMY BLONDE outside of Ben & jerry's. I fell for you as fast as your ice cream fell to the ground. May I take you out for another?2016

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* 5/23, PHOTOGARDEN: T O CUTE KATHY FROM * New Jersey. I was to afraid to ask you out I when you said that you were moving to I California. Wishing you the best. 1644

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY CRYPTIC MOON LANDING baby. I hope the coining year brings you extreme happiness and a new respect for the outdoors. I'll give you towers and lakes, but for now all you get is this, crummy message. K. I SPY A WHOLE CREW OF TRULY RADIANT goddesses working the best cafe this side of Sirius. Whether throwin' down hot fish, pourin' the java or slingin' the guac, you all totally rule and rock!

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IN THE 1240'S, SAINT SIMON STOCK INTERpreted the cloud in Elias's vision as the fecundity of the Mother of Christ. On Mount Carmel a temple was built for Her on the site of the vision. Blesses Flower of Mount Carmel, bendita Santa Maria Montana, gracias por el milagro concedido! Lucia of Fatima explains that in October 1917, on the day of the Miracle of the Sun, when the Virgin appeared, the Mother of Christ was d a d with the Carmelite habit! Glory to you. Star of the Seven Seas! In 1813, Juan Maura i Gelabert, Bishop of Orihuela (Alicante) consecrated the Order of the Sisters of the Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel. We thank you for the miracle. Your daughters, C.K. and A.G.

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1 The annual SEVEN DAYS 1>et Issue is back in biscuits, and our Paw Prints photo/essay contest just might put your pet in pictures. Enter any or all categories, and be sure to send us an SASE if you want your photos back. Winners will be published in SEVEN DAYS' annual " p t e y Itetttog" issue July 10. Complete the form below, and attach more paper if needed — but please try to keep your essay under 250 words! MAIL T O : Pets, SEVEN DAYS, P.O. Box 1164, Burlington, VT 05402, or drop off at 255 S. Champlain St. Ste 5 E-MAIL T O : pets@sevendaysvt.com [attach photo as a high-resolution (200+ dpi) jpeg, tiff or eps file.] My name

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