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Whoever wrote the movie review on The Truman Show [June 10; that would be our film critic, Rick Kisonak] did readers a disservice on two counts. In the first place, he "cleverly" told virtually the whole plot of a story a viewer should know practically nothing about when going to it. It would have been more than sufficient to note the movie is about a man whose whole life is the basis of a television show; that Jim Carrey and the other actors are or aren't up to the task; that director Peter Weir succeeded or failed in his attempt to create the small world of the title character. Practically any other details were too

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ACT 60 IS TAXING I have no desire to discuss the merits and pitfalls of Act 60 with Peter Freyne. I do, however, take exception to some of his comments in the June 17 Inside Track. When will Freyne, and countless other journalists, stop propagating the myth that Act 60 is not an income tax? Of course it is! Act 60 is an income tax, with no cap, on those whose household income exceeds $75,000. With tax code that would make the IRS proud, households must tally all income, including that of elderly dependents and working students. With negligible deductions, this tax code casts a much wider net than the feds have ever fantasized about. Hard to believe? Compare your federal adjusted income with your state "pre-bate" calculation sheet. For Peter Freyne to state that Dean "wouldn't raise the state income tax" is ludicrous. If Freyne would extricate his nose from Dean's butt, perhaps that "small nuclear weapon" that was planted there last June could be removed. — Dennis Lalancette Williston

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TRAILER ENVY As a resident of East Dorset, I would like to share a few thoughts with Mr. [John] Irving. I, too, "deeply resent being resented by people who think that I'm ignorant, insensitive and lazy" because I don't make a lot of money, even with a doctoral degree. In college, I took a class called, "The Bible as Literature." Surely, you did not miss that course in your training as a writer, Mr. Irving? A relevant quote might be: "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also...No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon"... When I was a little girl, Mr. Irving, not too much older than your son, I spent some time one summer at a trailer park in Ohio visiting my aunt and uncle. My uncle was the foreman on a construction crew building an Interstate Highway in the late 1950s. I remember playing with the children who lived there and wishing that our family had a trailer and could move so easily from place to place. But then, my father was a university professor, and we were stuck in a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio, until we all landed in the beautiful state of Vermont. Maybe your son will have the opportunity this summer to visit one of his classmates whose home happens to be a trailer. W h o knows? He may even ask you, as I asked my father, to buy one for the family. — Dr. Kathleen Martin East Dorset

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forte. McMillion, er, McMullen also made | WKDR's Mark Johnson Show and disputed Inside Track's report on his appearance in the As you read here first, Barbara Snelling s Vergennes Memorial Day Parade. made it official Monday. She's decided to chalWe reported several members of the crowd § lenge Doug Racine for the position of Litecalled out "Carpetbagger," as Mr. McMullen g Gov. This one will be a real doozy: The Eagle passed, and suggested he go home to the Scout vs. the Grand Dame. Racine is eager to Commonwealth. But Jack told Mr. Johnson the * debate Babs on Act 60 and highlight the differonly thing he heard from the sidelines was folks I ences in their "leadership style." Doug says he'd yelling, "Don't worry about car- J be happy to compare the senate petbagger!' There are plenty of § | "gridlock" that defined Babs' Democrats who came here from * I four years with the gavel to the other places." 1 * "record production" of the last Sounds like Jack's got a 1 two years. chronic hearing problem. g | Babs has adopted a Rose Stupid Council Trick — i Garden strategy. She declined Nightclub owner Shawn Cliche * „ press interviews Monday, in perand his legal dream team of il feet Queen of England-style. Karen Shingler, Norm Blais | And in her one-page announceand Joseph Obuchowski have « | ment, Babs signed on to the dollar signs in their eyes. That's * I Republican ideological crusade because Burlap's city council, 1 ® of 1998. 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hree hours after Saul's birth, Clara and Ray were escorted into the bright and noisy neonatal intensive care unit, where twenty miniature hothouse plants sought to root and take hold in five columns by four rows of mechanized greenhouses, inside each a precious son or daughter, perfect but for being a little raw, slightly underdone. Simian and still, the babies were suspiciously quiet amidst the surrounding chaos of alarm bells and emotion, disturbingly meek in spite of the tubes in their noses, IVs in their scalps, sensors on their skeletal rib cages, sensors even on their tiny big toes. Some had Dixie cups taped to their heads to keep the inserted needles from dislodging, and Clara found the juxtaposition of such a familiar, benign object with the otherwise ultra high-tech atmosphere comforting. Saul lay on an open bed with high, bright lights, the bed reserved for the more serious cases. His eyes

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butcher presenting a steak for approval. Naked and screaming, his chin quivering in fury, he was the most beautiful thing Clara had ever seen. And then he was gone. An absurdly young neonatologist visited them in the recovery room and described Saul's condition as delicate, clearing his throat a bit as the euphemism stuck there. "Statistically, a twenty-seven week preemie of his weight has approximately a sixty percent chance of survival, but there is the additional fact," he went on, pulling a little neurotically at a gold chain on his neck, "that white males tend to fare the worst." The boy doctor had milled a little uncertainly around them, his ego for once ineffective, and then he left. "Statistically, mert who wear gold necklaces are insecure and incompetent." Clara had said to Ray. "Besides, white males never fare the worst." "Clara," Ray said, "he's trying to tell you Saul might not live." "My child is not going to die," Clara said. But in her hospital room that night, hearing

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FALLING Continued from page 7 wonder and strange relief, as if a niggling logic problem in the back of her mind had suddenly been solved. Birth. Life. Death. Simple as that. Mama called the next morning. "What did you do to

a million dollars' worth of technology." "That's my girl!" Pop crowed, having snuck onto the extension line. After Clara hung up, she shed the gown worn thin by too many diseased and injured bodies, put on her nearly new denim maternity jumper, and

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or eight mornings after his birth Clara awoke believing she was still pregnant, but on the ninth her sleeping self capitulated to the cheated reality of it all. No enormous belly, no Lamaze, nor warm and lazy bonding in the exhausted, jubi-

graph was his heart. "Isn't he gorgeous?" she would insist to visitors, and the more deceitful agreed before they looked away. "He has no hair," Pop said. "Neither do you," she replied. Clara picked up a package of stew meat one night at the

Saul, scrubbed each arm up to the elbow for one-two-three minutes, shrouded herself in a wrinkled green gown and affixed a mask over her germy mouth, she stood guard at Saul's Isolette all day, a hand through each stockinged porthole, one hand encompassing an entire slender leg, one on

Falling away, falling apart, falling from grace - even the heady high brought on by falling in love was canceled by the certainty of love growing practical and exciting as a grocery list. cause this?" Her fear, as always, twisted into accusation. "Nothing, Mama. It just happens." "Well, it's in the hands of the Lord God Almighty now, sweetie," Mama replied, her soft Southern accent glazing the words with a sickly piety. "The Lord can to go hell." Clara said, "It's in the hands of

called a taxi to take her home. The tiny baby man remained behind, his lungs forgetting to breath, his heart misremembering its beat, prodded repeatedly to live by efficient, laconic nurses and their expensive machines. The taxi driver had too much experience to question her silent tears, but wordlessly handed a box of tissues

lant hours after childbirth. The small tear in her membranes had revealed a new and wounded world just below the surface, where day became night without her knowing, and on and on as she waited for something to change, a new medication to take hold, a rally of strength, a final breath. Each day when she visited

his wrinkled skull, as if somehow touch and sound could replace their discarded, rotting umbilical cord. When he stopped breathing, his heart rate would slow in conspiracy, and the electronic line on the graph would plunge, setting the alarm off. No, the number on the screen was his breath, the line on the

grocery store and, noticing that the weight inked on the label was precisely Saul's birthweight, she remembered a run of sick jokes from high school. What do you call a man with no arms and legs hung on a wall? Art. What do you call a man with no arms and legs in the water? Bob. What do you call a two-

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now to saw people open and snip out the bad, to replace body parts with plastic and steel, or even someone else's, but there was no explaining the whys and wherefores of who suffered, who escaped. Why me? Why not?

here were surprisingly few tears in the unit; the babies incapable, the nurses too experienced, and the parents drained dry from the night before. Indeed, the atmosphere was festive with helium balloons floating high like hopes, and teddy bears posted at each Isolette. Relatives and staff milled socially as if at an extended cocktail party. Parents compared medication notes, progress and regress, insisting reciprocally that everything was going to be okay, really it will. But saying so did not make it so. A slot where an Isolette was and then suddenly wasn't, a hole that everyone tried not to look at, but when they did Clara saw in their eyes the horror in her heart. The sturdy staff kept their balance with an extraordinary sense of humor, and the greater the tension, the more jokes were told. A man is riding on a subway with a dog carrier that he borrowed from friends. He is

returning it to them, bringing in it a potluck dish. A woman beside him says, "What's in the dog carrier?" "Tortellini, "he says. "Is that anything like a Lhasa Apso?" she asks. "That's Tibetan," he replies. "This is Italian." Ray had found this hysterical, laughing until tears ran down his cheeks. Claras own laughter had started to rise, but dried and crisped in her throat like an autumn leaf before it escaped, so she only smiled silently and tightened her grip on Saul's leg. Time proved benevolent to Saul. He opened his eyes warily and squinted at them doubtfully. He remembered to breathe all on his own, forty separate miracles a minute, hour after hour, day after day. One by one, his wires were detached, and then he graduated to a non-heated bassinet. Finally, he was discharged, a tiny old man in the smallest sleeper Clara had ever seen. His bruises faded black to blue, blue to yellow, and the many scabs where IVs had been inserted — potions pushed in and blood sucked out — healed and fell off, one by one. Clara began to forget the days of secret stashes of Kleenex to handle the uncontrollable tears that came on in inappropriate places, of nights

sitting dry-eyed on the couch, expecting the phone to ring. But she now knew about twenty little beds on the sixth floor where the lights were on bright all night long and alarms were ringing because somebody's baby wasn't breathing, and that she could never forget. She could not forget that life becomes death suddenly and permanently, in spite of everything and everybody, and that being innocent and well-loved didn't provide any^advantage. She became quite rational and accepting of it all, but there was no more laughter in her, because it was all such a sick, rotten joke.

ddly, the bad dreams had begun only after Saul was released from the hospital, well after the waking nightmare had ended. Her sleep always started gently enough, yet each set of vaguely recalled, disparate events culminated in some fantastic fall: her new teal and gray suede hiking boots crumbling the edge of a trail in slo-mo to reveal a craggy ravine that patiently awaited her broken body; the freefall of her office elevator plunging Clara and her sleek leather briefcase to a jointly mangled oblivion; the spiraling death plunge of an airplane carrying Clara

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PERRY NUNN (rock), Breakwater Cafe, 4:30 p.m. NC. JESUIT, DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, DROWNINGMAN, BOTCH, ISIS, NEVER AGAIN (hardcore), 242 Main, 6 p.m. $5. LITRE MARTIN (DJ), 135 Pearl, 9 p.m. $4/5. MIDLIFE CHRYSLER (vintage rock), Nectar's, 9:30 p.m. NC. LinLE MARTIN (DJ), 135 Pearl, 9 p.m. $4/5. DJ NIGHT, Ruben James, 9 p.m. NC. BELIZBEHA (acid soul; CD release party), Club Toast, 9:30 p.m. $7/9. SAUDADE (Brazilian jazz/funk), Manhattan Pizza, 10 p.m. NC. RETRONOME (DJ), Club Metronome, 10 p.m. NC. KARAOKE, J.P.'s Pub, 9 p.m. NC. MARTY KEYSTONE (jazz fusion), Vermont Pub & Brewery, 1 p.m. NC. COMEDY ZONE (stand-up), Radisson Hotel, 8 & 10 p.m. $7. KARAOKE, Franny O's, 9:30 p.m. NC. RUN FOR COVER (rock),

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get a pair of tickets each to Lemonwheel, August 1516, at the former Loring Air Force Base in Limestone, Maine. One entry per person, please! When you've filled in the blanks, fill out the form below and send your entry to PHISH LIBS, SEVEN DAYS, POB 1164, Burlington, VT 05402. Deadline: JULY 24. Winners will be contacted by phone and will be announced, along with their Phishlibs in the Juiy 2 9 , 1 9 9 8 , issue of SEVEN DAYS. This contest is open only to residents of Vermont at least 18 years of age. Employees of SEVEN DAYS and their families are not eligible.

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_concert in Maine, and the members It was time to leave for Lemonwheel, their (adjective) of Phish were in a bit of a (noun) . It seems that Mike, the bass player and (noun) extraordinaire, had misplaced his (noun) and simply couldn't leave with(noun) / h e pouted. "Without it I would be out it. "I love my (adjective) (adjective)!" . "I hid your stupid little (noun) "Ha ha ha, here it is, Mike/' said Page (adverb) under the (noun) ..Now let's go." " # Now Mike, Page, Trey and Jon were all smiles. They could hardly wait to (verb) in the bus. new tape at full volume, which was Trey in particular was excited to play his (name of band) sure to (verb) the others. But no sooner did the boys hit theroadthan the (noun) _ broke, and everyone had to pile out of the bus for (number) hours until it was fixed. During this time Jon (adverb) ate (number) (plural noun) , then promptly fell asleep under a nearby (noun) . Meanwhile, Trey decided to (verb) to use his time (adverb) The (adjective) guitarist, as every fan knows, had recently begun studying the teachings of (name of famous person) . "I'm sure," Trey told (name of publication) , "that this will make me more (adjective) ." Indeed, everyone agreed that it seemed to be working. Lately the songs Trey was writing were unbelievably (adjective) . "This is his best work since (name of Phish song) / ' marveled Mike. Finally, the bus wasrepairedand Phish took to theroadonce again. From Montpelier to Maine it was smooth sailing - even Page's (adjective) (noun) failed to cause the usual (state of mind) . But as soon as they crossed the Maine border, a huge (noun) suddenly appeared in the middle of theroad.The bus driver slammed on the brakes, missing the (adjective)

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. . . . M I G H T Y ' M O U S E ' If you w e r e born w i t h a n a m e l i k e Ripton Hylton, you might change it to Eek-a-Mouse, too. Doesn't mean you'd g r o w up to be one of the most s p e c t a c u l a r reggae artists the isle of Jamaica has ever p r o d u c e d . K n o w n for outrageous s h o w - b i z costumery that w o u l d put P-Funk to shame, Mr. M o u s e , as The New York Times might c a l l him, has j u s t as many v o c a l p e r s o n a l i t i e s . That's why you can never get enough of him. The j o c u l a r g i a n t returns to Toast July 8 .

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SUNDAY

SAH GUARNACCIA (acoustic guitar), Windjammer, 10 a.m. NC. BL00Z0T0HY (jump blues), Nectars, 9:30 p.m. NC. VERHONT BLUEGRASS FAMILY FESTIVAL W/THE NASHVILLE BUJEGRASS BAND, THE HCKRELLS, THE DEL HCCOURY BAND AND HORE, Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Jet., from 9 a.m. $15. KARAOKE, Edgewater Pub, Colchester, 9 p.m. NC. TNT (karaoke & DJ), Thirsty Turtle, Waterbury, 8 p.m. NC. LIVE HUSIC (acoustic), La Brioche, Montpelier, 11 a.m. NC. LIVE HUSIC

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MONDAY

BAD NEIGHBORS (rock), Nectar's, 9:30 p.m. NC. TECHNO NIGHT (DJs), 135 Pearl, 10 p.m. $4. COSMIC LOUNGE (acid/house DJ), Higher Ground, Winooski, 9 p.m. NC. OPEN HIKE, Rude Dog Tavern, Vergennes, 9 p.m. NC.

TUESDAY

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p.m. N C . CHIN HO! (alt-rock), Nectars, 9:30 p.m. N C . FLASHBACK (70s-'90s DJ), Club Toast, 9:30 p.m. NC/$5. RUSS & CO. (rock), J.P.'s Pub, 9:30 p.m. N C . JALAPENO BROS, (rock), Cheers, 9 p.m. N C . RICK COLE (acoustic), Three Mountain Lodge, Jeffersonville, 6 p.m. N C . REBECCA PADULA (contemporary folk), Cafe Swift House, Middlebury, 7:30 p.m. NC. DON GLASGO'S SPACESHIP EARTH (New Orleans jazz-funk), Higher Ground, Winooski, 9 p.m. $3. MARK HOPKINS W/NOW OR NEVER (swingin' rock), Tones, Johnson, 6 p.m. N C .

WEDNESDAY

MICHELE LALIBERTE (French & German cabaret), Leunig's, 8:30 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE (acoustic), Dubie's Cafe, 8 p.m. N C . KARAOKE, 135 Pearl, 9 p.m. N C . CHIN HO! (alt-rock), Nectar's, 9:30 p.m. N C . 0) NIGHT, Club Metronome, 9 p.m. N C . HELLFIRE FAMILY (vintage country), Red Square, 9:30 p.m. NC. EEK-A-MOUSE (reggae), Club Toast, 9:30 p.m. $ 1 0 . KARAOKE, 135 Pearl, 9:30 p.m. N C . MASS APPEAL (Flex & W R U V DJs), Higher Ground, Winooski, 9 p.m. $3/5. MARK BRISSON & FRIENDS (acoustic), Cheers, 9 p.m. N C . GUY COLASACCO (acoustic guitar), Jakes 6 p.m. NC. AVERAGE WHITE BAND, JUSAGROOVE (70s funk, disco), Old Lantern, Charlotte, 8 p.m. $15/20. THE CHARLIE-O S HOUSE BAND (improv music w/Brandon Klarich & Adam Woogmaster), Charlie O's, Montpelier, 10 p.m. NC.

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FALLING Continued from page 9 ing, although he insisted it was quite stable, and she forsook elevators for stairs whenever possible. Saul ate with a vengeance now, making up for lost time in furious growth spurts that left Clara thirsty and sore. Her milk let down so fast it burned, and it seemed that her breasts spent more time out of her shirt than in it. He sucked all day long: his fingers, his shirt sleeves, his pacifier, and if you put it in his mouth he would even suck your nose. Sometimes he sucked on nothing at all, his lips and cheeks working some phantom nipple overtime. His toothpick bones padded trapunto-style into lovely firm fat so dimpled and creased that Clara pinched it mercilessly. She awoke, cold and coverless, to Saul's demands three, sometimes four times a night, but never minded, for it meant for awhile her body and her mind were both firmly on the ground.

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aul was three months old today, but Clara measured his age from the date he was discharged, so he was only six weeks old to her. The baby grunted as he nursed; making joyful, piglet sounds as he sucked Clara dry. When he stopped to smile at her breast, the sweet milk spilled from his mouth, dribbling creamy tears sideways down his cheek and smearing to a sticky shine. Dr. Khatri had assured her that, given enough time, the feral grunting noises would be replaced by more normal coos. Saul finally drifted to sleep, slackening his industrialstrength vacuum latch on Claras breast. She adjusted her shirt and plopped him gently over her shoulder, still not much larger than a bag of sugar. She climbed the stairs to his room and nestled him under his black and white mobile, wondering if its harsh stark shapes would haunt his adulthood as they haunted her now. Turning on the nursery monitor, she went downstairs to the kitchen. The telephone rang as Clara filled the teakettle and she let the answering machine kick in. "Cara?" Pop asked the air, the L dropped by Clara herself at age two. The telephone was near the pantry, and when she needed quiet or privacy for a conversation, Clara simply opened the door and stepped in, carrying on between the canned goods and pasta. She had discussed her friend Jean's divorce at great length amid the tea bags and cocoa, conducted an ambivalent flirtation with the

comptroller at her office among the flour and rice, and learned of her brother s death while staring at a can of tuna. Ah, the basics of life. She paused, debating whether to answer, or to indulge herself in a quiet cup of tea. "I know you're there. Pick up the phone, Cara." As he aged, or maybe as she aged, the things that used to drive Clara nuts about her father became endearing, although his rudeness to waitresses was still intolerable. In person, he seemed unchanged by time, but she knew from his photographs that he was an old man. She picked up the phone. "You had no way of knowing that I was here." "I hate it when you don't answer the phone." "I hate it when you tell me you know I'm there." "I heard the damnedest story the other day. Last month Norman built a fenced area in their back yard so the grandkids would have a safe place to play. Well, when he came home from the mall the other day, the whole thing had just caved right in. He found out he'd built it on the septic tank and the top just rotted clean away Can you imagine that?" His voiced was indignant with the gross unfairness of it all. "All too graphically." There was a pause. "Don't worry, Pop. Our septic tank is pretty new. "But do you know where it is, Cara?" "Of course." She didn't. She knew he would go on with another nervous disaster story unless she changed the subject. "How are you feeling?" "Well, I only buy ripe bananas these days," he cackled. Only old people cackle, Clara thought. "How's Mama?" "She's shopping. I'll tell her you said hello." That meant Pop was calling during prime time on the sly, and Clara loved him a little more for his minor rebellion. Saul coughed, then squealed over the monitor. "I have to go, Pop, Saul's awake." "You're spoiling that boy, Cara." "That's right." She hung up. Clara ran up the stairs and picked Saul up, amazed still, amazed again, eternally amazed by his being and body. He smelled sweetly fecal and as she changed his diaper she reflected that there was nothing quite as lovely as a baby's bottom. She picked him up and squeezed him a little too hard, because she loved him a little too much. Talk to your baby, the books advised. "Hi, Baby," Clara said. Saul murgled and drooled. She noshed his neck, making mmm noises, absorbing the ecstasy of moist, warm, living skin.

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The tea kettle whistled in the kitchen and she went to the top of the steps. Claras right leg buckled ever so slightly and she pitched forward, silently, off the top tread. There was no fear in her as she recognized the dream feeling in her stomach, the onerous weightfulness of her limbs, the inevitable downward pull of her catapulting body, but she did feel a slight annoyance that she had never considered the stairs a danger. Ray won't find me for

His toothpick bones padded trapunto-style into lovely firm fat so dimpled and creased that Clara pinched it mercilessly. hours, she thought as the useless bannister passed by and she lost contact with anything solid. Would she smack Saul's soft skull on the hardwood floor and kill him outright, or just break every tiny bone in his slender body? Clara rolled her shoulder under her so as not to land on Saul and add insult to injury. Surprised that she was allowed control of anything anymore, she tightened her right arm around the baby so that even when her flailing left arm grabbed at a baluster, Saul miraculously remained in her arms. Her momentum was too great to maintain her grip, but she was able to swing her feet in front of her, noting with mortification that she was wearing one navy blue and one black sock. Clara continued the fall on her back, feet first, jogged rudely the rest of the way by each tread and riser, her backbone connecting with every sharp edge, until she landed thump on her bottom at the foot of the stairs. Saul lay loosely against her chest. She gently leaned the motionless child away from her, trying to recall the fall exactly to better know the nature of his injuries. Saul eyed her expectantly, raised one eyebrow, then nonchalantly hiccuped. Contemplating the sharp hotness of her scrapes and bruises, Clara wiggled her toes to ferret out further damage, but found none. Then she began to laugh. (!)

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he house was like a cave — cold, dark, filled with strange noises. Water dripping from the ceiling froze instantly into crystalline stalactites that glittered in our flashlight beams. The place still harbored some fire, here and there, despite our efforts to root it out. We could hear it snapping in the recesses around us, and as we cracked open the shells of walls and ceilings with our axes, we could still find it in small pockets, red-hot and angry, cowering next to some old, dry wood, hoping to wait us out. We'd been there for hours, called out for a house fire in the middle of a freezing night. A family of three, on a dirt road off in the woods, naturesensitive arid -artistically inclined, lived by kerosene lamp and wood stove alone — and had been visited by a plight all too well known by

their forebears. One of the lamps had toppled unobserved onto a quilt-covered bed. The irony was that while the upper windows of the house had been spewing fire upon our arrival, sending sparks to mingle inside a canopy of stars, we never did feel the heat. Before gaining the upper hand, wed stood in the cold, showered by freezing, sooty splashback, and watched the first floor become coated in ice as the one above it was consumed by flames. O u r water-coated coats turned into armor, and we had to break the ice inside our elbows just to bend our arms. It was cold enough to chill your lungs. Later, inside the house, it was better, if no warmer. The weight of the breathing apparatus, the swollen, cumbersome hose, the various axes, pike poles and other equipment, the effort spent climbing over toppled furniture and charred debris all took a toll

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their trip to the hospital. Our real job is less technical, as the title implies, and more psychological. We're there to take the edge off the panic, to assist at the most basic level, even if all it takes is rubbing someone's back. There's a lot of human emotion in this — pain, fright, pathos, anger — and a lot of what connects us to one another as a species. Economics don't matter, race and sex aren't considerations. The wound o f ailment becomes the focal point — the job that needs doing —

By and large, what I do is microcosmic. I hold a hand, apply a small dressing, look someone in the eye and simply dispense comfort. and it's the human being that needs help. To enter a room where the person in distress looks up in grateful anticipation is to be shown a trust and faith rarely encountered elsewhere. The adage has it that motivation is best fueled by self-interest. There is no shame in that, not necessarily, and certainly not when the effort is to help others. I am a writer, and by reputation writers are observers, detached outsiders. What everyone does by natural instinct — watch, listen, remember — writers are supposed to do with intent. Through the skillful use of language, ours should be the ability to make the commonplace revealing — to lift the mundane to the level of insight. For that we need raw material, and I gather mine in the company of firefighters and EMTs. But there is more, for to merely observe the life around us, any venue could suffice. The true reward in doing the kind of volunteer work I do is in that look we get from those people in need. Ultimately, it is the feeling of being of use that makes my volunteer work a crucial part of my life, and my craft, and which makes it okay for me to put some of what I observe into my writing. For that, I am grateful. (Z) Archer Mayor lives in Newfane and writes detective fiction, His latest book is Bellows Falls.

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leaves no stone unturned. What's the difference between a cascade and a waterfall? A marsh and swamp? Hibernating and dormant animals? The Charlotte author and AMC field naturalist takes you to all the places you meant to go — and more than a few you never knew about — answering these questions and more simply enough for a child and engrossingly enough for an adult. In fact, the book's a per-

bouncing down a trail is stop to read a map. Plenty of experienced riders will tell you that the best way to discover new mountain bike routes is by following friends, joining group rides or just poking around and getting lost on your own. But if you're just getting started — or getting lost isn't your idea of a good time — then Kate Carter's new book, Mountain Bike! Vermont is the next best thing to having a friend who knows the way.

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capita population of writers, which is notably dense in the Calais area, does n o t breed c o n t e m p t for local media. Jamaica Kincaid answers her own phone. Grace Paley dives u n d e r her bed i n pursuit

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13. Tim Brookes - Essex Last Book: Signs of Life Forthcoming: An American road trip article for National Geographic. He's hitchhiking Summer Reading: Anything by Tibor Fischer, author of Under the Frog or Louis de Berniere, author of Corelli's Mandolin.

14. Michael Hahn - Orleans Last Boole Ann Story: Vermont's Heroine of Independence Forthcoming: A biography of Alexander Twilight Summer Reading: Comanche Moon, by Larry McMurtry, A Pirate Looks at Fifty, by Jimmy Buffet, and the new John Irving book, A Widow for One Year 15. Howard Frank Mosher - Irasburg Last Book: North Country Forthcoming: Another novel, about the Northeast Kingdom in the '50s. Summer Reading: Where the Sea Used to Be, by Rick Bass 16. Leland Kinsey - Barton Last Book: Not One Man's Work, a book of poems Forthcoming: In the Rainshadow, about visiting a cousin in Africa Summer Reading: Cities of the Plain, by Cormac McCarthy

11. Nancy Nahra - Burlington Last Book: Forgotten Americans: Footnote Figures Who Changed American History Forthcoming: A volume of poetry, and We the People: A History of the United States Through Participants' Eyes Summer Reading: The Bounty, by Derek Walcott, Collected Poems, by Osip Mandelstam and Tristia, by Ovid 12. Peter Kurth - Colchester Last Book: Zelda, with Eleanor Lanahan Forthcoming: a biography of Isadora Duncan Summer Reading: Lots of non-fiction by Gore Vidal

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Calais Last Book: Hell Forthcoming: A novel called The Walking Tour, about a group of people walking through Wales Summer Reading: Lots of murder mysteries, which she rereads, Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov and My Mother's House, by Colette

Last Book: "War Crimes," a story in Zoetrope magazine, about the fall of Serbenica, which Francis Ford Coppolla is turning into a movie Forthcoming: a short story set in Romania during the fall of Ceausescu Summer Reading: Blood & Vengeance, by Chuck Sudetic, subtitled, "One Family's Story of the War in Bosnia," Eduardo Galeano's "cool" history of Latin America, Faces & Masks, and Sheltering Sky, by Paul Bowles

40. Chris Bohjalian - Lincoln Last Book: Midwives Forthcoming: The Law of Similars, a love story set in Burlington between a conservative widower and a New Age homeopath Summer Reading: Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea — an 1857 version of The Perfect Storm, Mendel's Dwarf, by Simon Mawer, Bridget Jone's Diary, by Helen Fielding, and Nick Hornby's About a Boy.

Last Book: Reading the Mountains of Home Forthcoming: Not available Summer Reading: "Lots of detective novels" says his son Caleb

18. Garrett Keizer - Sunon

Last Book: Various short stories Forthcoming: A book about women and alcohol problems Summer Reading: The Blue Flower, by Penelope Fitzgerald, and the new Ann Beattie collection, Park City

Last Book: A Dresser of Sycamore Trees, experiences of an Episcopal lay minister in Island Pond Forthcoming: A book of essays Summer Reading: House of Days, by Jay Parini, and Under the Tuscan Sun, by Frances Mayes

19. Galway Kinnell - Sheffield Last Book: Imperfect Thirst Forthcoming: A translation of a selection of "essential" Rilke poems, due out next spring Summer Reading: In Search of Duende, by Federico Garcia Lorca

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10. Willard Sterne Randall - Burlington Last Book: Forgotten Americans: Footnote Figures Who Changed American History Forthcoming: We the People: A History of the United States Through Participants' Eyes; Alexamder Hamilton, A Life Summer Reading: Coolidge, An American Enigma, by Robert Sobel; Scoundrel Time, by Lillian Hellman and The Glory and the Dream, by William Manchester

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Burlington Last Book: Sinking Creek Forthcoming: A new book of poetry, entitled House and Garden Summer Reading: It's a Jane Smiley summer — he's rereading Thousand Acres and Moo

Calais Last Book: Virgin Forest: Meditations on History, Ecblogy and^jftkurc Forthcoming: A contemporary novel, from Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Summer Reading: Water, by Alice Outwater, Evan Eisenberg's The Ecology of Eden, and Pat Barker's World War One Trilogy, with members of his book club

•38. Lisa Alther - Hinesburg Last Book: Five Minute in Heaven Forthcoming: Not available Summer Reading: Not available

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Passumpsic Last Book: Circle of Days Forthcoming: A memoir, entitled Under a Wing Summer Reading: Lots of mysteries, and a scientific history entitled Longitude

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Last Book: African Calliope, essays on social conditions in Sudan Forthcoming: In the Country of the Blind, due out next March Summer Reading: Not available

Burlington Last Book: Tenorman : a novella Forthcoming: A collection of poems, Summer Lake, due out next fall Summer Reading: Two short story collections: Drown, by Junot Diaz, and Ship Fever, by Andrea Barrett Burlington Last Book: American Wake Forthcoming: The Hellbox, from Oxford University Press, due out in September. He just finished translating Aristophanes' The Knights into English. Summer Reading: Lots of Scottish poets, including W.S. Graham and Edwin Morgan, The Untouchable, by John Banville, and Imperfect Thirst, by Galway Kinnell

Last Book: Music Minus One, a book of poems Forthcoming: A new collection, entided Happy Family in September Summer Reading: Both William Shawn books: Remembering Mr. Shawn's New Yorker and Here But Not Here, by Lillian Ross, and a "totally wonderful mystery," The Chimney Sweeper's Boy, by Barbara Vine

20. Reeve Lindbergh -

Passumpsic Last Book: Father, Soldier, Son Forthcoming: A book involving the Connecticut River Summer Reading: The Perfect Storm, by Sebastian Junger

22. Bill Corbett -

Greensboro Last Book: New York Literary Lights Forthcoming: A coffee table book about the sculpture of John Raimondi Summer Reading: Poet Be Like God: Jack Spicer and the San Francisco Renaissance and selected poems by Michael Palmer, entitled The Lion Bridge

23. David Budbill - wokott Last Book: Danvis Tales Forthcoming: A book of poems, due next year, and Moment to Moment, the Autobiography of a Mountain Recluse Summer Reading: Lots of Marx and Engels, plus Pagan Operetta, by Nyorican poet Carl Hancock Rux and Killing Rage: Ending Racism, by Bell Hooks

•24. Joyce Johnson - Woodbury Last Book: What Lisa Knew: The Truth and Lies of the Steinburg Case Forthcoming: An essay about Beat-generation women, for a Rolling Stone anthology Summer Reading: Two new biographies of „ Jack Kerouac, which she's reviewing for the LA. Times, and The God of Small Things, by Arundhati Roy, Reading in the Dark, by Seam us Deane, and Amy Bloom's new ^ novel, Love Invents Us •25. Howard Norman - East Calais Last Book: The Bird Artist Forthcoming: The Museum Guard, in August, from Farrar Straus and Giroux Summer Reading: A biography of Hogarth, by Jenny Uglow and Peter Handke's My Year in No Man's Bay •26. Jane Shore - East Calais

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29. David Hinton - East Calais Last Book: Chuang Tzu: The Inner Chapters, translated from the Chinese Forthcoming: Mencius, out this month Summer reading: Not available

30. Jody Gladding - East Calais Last Book: Stone Crop, a book of poetry Forthcoming: Not available Summer Reading: Not available

•31. David Mamet-Cabot Last Book: Three Uses of the Knife, a book on dramatic structure, and another acting book, True and False Forthcoming: A new movie, The Winslow Boy plus books of essays and poetry Summer Reading: "Anything by Patrick O'Brien," according to his assistant, Harriett Voyt

32. Ellen Bryant Voigt - Lower

Cabot Last Book: Kyrie, a book of poems Forthcoming: A book of essays on the craft of writing poetry Summer Reading "a whole stack of poetry books," plus Gain, a novel by Richard Powers, and Nosferatu, by Jim Shepard

•33. Louise Gluck - piainfieid Last Book: Meadowlands Forthcoming: a new poetry collection, Vita Nova Summer Reading: Lots of deceased Irish novelists, like Molly Keane and Kate O'Brien 34. Katherine Paterson - Barre Last Book: Images of God, Jip Forthcoming: Celia and the Sweet Water, due out next December Summer Reading: Rereading Kristin Lavrarudatter, by Sigrid Undset

35. Rickey Gard Diamond - Montpelier Last Book: Second Sight Forthcoming: A comedy, entitled Three Graces Summer Reading: Wally Lamb's I Know This Much is True, and The Sharp Teeth of Love, by Doris Betts

43. Jay Parini - weybridge Last Book: House of Days, a book of poems Forthcoming: A biography of Robert Frost, due out in April Summer Reading: Invisible Writer, a biography of Joyce Carol Oates

44. Julia Alvarez - Weybridge Last Book: Yo Forthcoming: A book of essays, entitled Something to Declare Summer Reading: Damascus Gate, by Robert Stone

45. Ron Powers - Middlebury Last Book: The Cruel Radiance: Notes of a Prose Writer in a Visual Age Forthcoming: Dangerous Water: Biography of the Boy who Became Mark Twain, and Flags of our Fathers, a collaboration with James Bradley about the Iwo Jima monument Summer Reading: Gore Vidal's Lincoln, and Straight Man, by Richard Russo

46. Dana Yeaton -

Middlebury Last Book: A one-act play, Helen at Risk Forthcoming: a new work of theater, Democracy Rules Summer Reading: Old commedia dell'arte translations, and Independence Day by Richard Ford

47. Abigail Stone -

Middlebury Last book: Recipes from the Dump Forthcoming: A new collection of stories Summer Reading: Don Quixote

48. Christopher Shaw -

Middlebury Last Book: None Forthcoming: A travel adventure book about his canoe trip in Chiapas and Guatemala Summer Reading: Cloudsplitter, by Russell Banks, Robert Stone's Damascus Gate and a biography of Bruce Chatwin

49. Rob Cohen -

Middlebury Last Book: The Here and Now Forthcoming: Another novel, Inspired Sleep 36. Daniel Hecht - Middlesex Summer Reading: Brideshead Revisited, by Last Book: The Skull Session Evelyn Waugh, a biography of a Nobel Forthcoming: A second novel, entided Prize-winning schizophrenic physicist, entiThe Babel Effect tled BeatUiful Mind, and Damascus Gate, Summer Reading: Consilience, by the biolo- * by Robert Stone gist and philosopher E.O. Wilson, and Cold Mountain, by Charles Frazier 50. Robert Pack - Cornwall

37. Christopher Noel - Fayston Last Book: In the Unlikely Event of a Water Landing Forthcoming: a genetic engineering fantasy, entided Spoils. Summer Reading: The new translation of Kafka's The Castle, and book of stories by

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Last Book: Minding the Sun Forthcoming: A new volume of poetry, Rounding it Out, due out in February Summer Reading: Robert Alder s translation of the Book of Genesis

Forthcoming: A First Amendment study of the relationship between the courts and the 3 press Summer Reading: The Yellow Admiral, by Patrick O'Brien

52. Kathryn Kramer - Orange County

Last Book: Rattlesnake Farming Forthcoming: A new novel, Sweet Water, due out in August Summer Reading: Duet for a Lifetime, about Siamese twins, and Mason & Dixon, by Thomas Pynchon <

•53. Grace Paley - Thetford Last Bode Just as I Thought, a collection of essays Forthcoming: More poems and stories Summer Reading: Short stories by Ursula Leguin — "not science fiction," An Imaginary Life, by David Malouf, and The World Wide Church of the Handicapped and Other Stories, by Marie S. Williams 54. Noel Perrin - Thetford

Center Last Book: A Child's Delight Forthcoming: Essays Summer Reading: Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the World, about a sustainable, Utopian community on the eastern plains of Colombia

55. Joan Aleshire -

Cuttingsville Last Book: The Yellow Transparents Forthcoming: More poems Summer Reading: Proust is a goal, but she's reading mostly memoirs, like Tender at the Bone, by Ruth Reichl

56. Robert Jones - West

Rupert Last Book: Deadville Forthcoming: Runaway Crowd, a novel about German prisoners of war in the U.S. Summer Reading: Bombay Ice, by Leslie Forbes — a mystery set during the Indian monsoon

57. John Irving - Dorset Last Book: Widow for One Year Forthcoming: A screenplay for The Cider House Rules, scheduled to begin shooting in New England this fall Summer Reading: Damascus Gate, by Robert Stone, Park City the new collection of short stories by Ann Beattie, and Bag of Bones, by Stephen King, forthcoming in September

58. Archer Mayor - Newfane Last Book: Bellows Falls Forthcoming: In November, The Disposable Man, about a Vermont showdown of septuagenarian cold-war secret agents. After that, a political thriller, entided Occam's Razor Summer Reading: Mark Helprin's Soldier of the Great War

59. Castle Freeman - Newfane Last Book: Judgment Hill Forthcoming: Short stories and essays Summer Reading: A self-described "big Faulkner fan," he is also angling to read Anthony Trollop

60. Jamaica Kincaid - North

Bennington Last Book: My Brother Forthcoming: My Favorite Plant Summer Reading: Original works of Thomas Jefferson

61. Craig Nova - Westminster West Last Book: The Universal Donor Forthcoming: Screenplays for The Good Son and The Universal Donor, and a short novel, Brook Trout, that is not about fishing Summer Reading: Will That Do? an autobiography by Auberon Waugh

62. Martha Ramsey -

Putney Last Book: A memoir, Where I Stopped, and Blood Stories, a book of poems Forthcoming: Poems, short stories, autobiography and fiction Summer Reading: Mad Bear, by Doug Boyd, about an Indian medicine man, Altars in the Street: A Neighborhood Fights to Survive, and a novel by Martha Cooley, The Archivist

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Dummerston Last Book: Blue Ribbons and Burlesque, an illustrated book of Vermont country fairs Forthcoming: A book about the Winooski River Valley, connecting interviews with locals and a personal journey Summer Reading: CoreUi's Mandolin, by Louis de Berniere, and anything by or about Abraham Lincoln; also America's Constitutional Soul, by Harvey Mansfield, Jr. ©

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marx the spot: working men and women of Chittenden County unite — for the 150th anniversary of The Communist Manifesto. Under the direction of Will Geisler, Green Candle Theater Company re-awakens social consciousness — as well as some famous historical figures — with a dramatic reading of documents that might have changed the world. Better read than dead. Opens Thursday, July 9. Rhombus Gallery, 186 College St., Burlington, 8 p.m. $5. Info, 865-9603.

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or someone else's at a Small Boat Show with big ideas. From the trusty rowboat to the most trendy kayak, the best in wooden boats will be available to try out. And land lubbers needn't worry about getting waterlogged — there's plenty to see that won't test your sea legs, including Perseverance, a docked French and Indian replica bateau. Saturday and Sunday, July 11 and 12. Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Vergennes, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. $7. Info, 475-2022.

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The Flynn Theatre is not gilding the lily — or any other summer blossom, for that matter — with its second annual Garden Tour. Nine of nature's wonders, including gardens at the Strong House Inn and Basin Harbor Club, are yours for the smelling at this Martha Stewartmeets-Thoreau event. Proceeds ensure the growth of educational programs for schoolchildren. Sunday, July 12. Receive map with ticket purchase. Addison County, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. $30. Info, 863-5966.

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Wednesday music VERMONT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: Gershwin greats like "American in Paris" add electricity to this outdoor pops concert. Fireworks follow at Middlebury College Alumni Field, Gates open at 5:30 p.m. for picnicking. $20. Info, 388-2117. JIMMIE VAUGHAN: Stevie's little brother brings blistering Texas blues to the Old Lantern, Charlotte, Doors open at 6 p.m. $22. Info, 863-5966. VAUGHAN RECITAL SERIES: Instrumentalists from the Weathersfield Music Festival perform chamber music in Faulkner Recital Hall, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 603-646-2422.

drama ' T H E FANTASTICKS': The longest-running show in the history of American theater features hit songs such as "Try to Remember" and "Soon It's Gonna Rain." Peter Harrigan directs at St. Michael's Playhouse, Colchester, 8 p.m. $18.50. Info, 654-2281. A MIDSUMMER N I G H T ' S DREAM': The dysfunctional marriage of Titania and Oberon sets the pace for this comic masterpiece of mismatched lovers. Royall Tyler Theatre, Burlington, 8 p.m. $16-18. Info, 656-2094. ' T H E SECRET GARDEN': A musical adaptation of this Victorian tale tells of a 10-year-old orphan girl who discovers an invalid cousin. Stowe Theater Guild performs in the Town Hall Theatre, Stowe, 8 p.m. $10. Info, 253-3961. 'WORKING': Based on interviews with American workers conducted by Studs Terkel, this musical speaks honestly and movingly about how people feel about their jobs. Montpelier City Hall, 8 p.m. $912.50. Info, 229-0492. 'H.M.S. PINAFORE': Gilbert and Sullivan are behind this soap operetta with not-so-serious nautical overtones. Unadilla Theater, Marshfield, 7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 456-8968. 'LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS': This horror film spoof is set in a skid-row flower shop, where romance blooms alongside a singing, man-eating plant. Weston Playhouse, 3 & 8 p.m. $24. Info, 824-5288.

gather for support and assistance around the challenges of childrearing. Babysitting goes with the program at the King Street Youth Center, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 800-639-4014. MOTHER GOOSE STORYTIME: Children and their parents hear simple science stories from 10-10:45 a.m. Babies up to age three sing songs from 11-11:30 a.m. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, Free. Info, 865-7216. ' T H E GRIMM BROTHERS': The Green Mountain Guild puts a notso-Grimm spin on three classic fairy tales. H.O. Wheeler School, Burlington, 12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 872-0466. HOMESCHOOLERS STORYTIME: Stories about mermaids and "mermen" keep stay-at-home students entertained. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 1:30-2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. STORIES: Children listen, snack and make crafts at the Children's Pages, Winooski, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 655-1537.

art ART'S ALIVE LECTURE: Photographers Debra Steinfeld, Barbara Lang and David Nistico talk about the creative process at the Firehouse Gallery, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-1557.

words WEST INDIAN LITERATURE: Nancy Means Wright considers the island implications of Autobiography of My Mother, by Vermont author Jamaica Kincaid. Stowe Free Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 253-6145. RHOMBUS POETRY SERIES: Cathy Resmer hosts a queer poets convergence with Kerri Flora, David Grammling and Katherine Quinn. Rhombus Gallery, 186 College St., Burlington, 8 p.m. $3-6. Info, 865-3144.

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sport MOUNTAIN BIKE RACES: The Williston woods host weekly cycle races of varying length and difficulty. Outdoor Experience at Catamount, Williston, 6 p.m. $3-8. Info, 879-6001.

etc BATTERED WOMEN'S SUPPORT GROUPS: Women Helping Battered Women facilitates a support group for abused people in Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Info, 658-1996. SISTER CITY PANEL DISCUSSION: Members of the BurlingtonBethlehem-Arad Sister City Project — including Mayor Peter Clavelle — show slides of a recent trip to Jerusalem. Burlington City Hall Auditorium, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 434-3172. H.I.V. TESTING: Engaging in unprotected sex? Youngsters get free food with an H.I.V. test at Spectrum Youth and Family Services, 177 Pearl St., Burlington, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 862-5396. KNITTING GROUP: Needle workers swap tips and design ideas with other knitters. Northeast Fiber Arts Center, S. Burlington, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 865-4981.

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music VERMONT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: See July 1, Quechee Polo Fields, Gates open at 5 p.m. $20. Info, 800-876-9293. ORGAN CONCERT: Reverend David Gallagher offers "Music in a Great Space" with help from Dupre, Widor, Ravel, Bach and Franck. Chapel, St. Michael's College, Colchester, noon. Free. Info, 654-2535. FREE CONCERT: The Craftsbury Chamber Players offers audio inspiration while you check out the sunset and free ice cream. Rusty Parker Park, Waterbury, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 244-7726.

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496-6318. T H E CHERRY ORCHARD': The old order makes a foot-shuffling exit in this Chekhov comedy set in preRevolutionary Russia. Unadilla Theatre, Marshfield, 7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 456-8968. 'DEATH AT T H E D U D E RANCH': The Spirit of Ethan Allen puts murder on the menu with an interactive, floating spin-off of City Slickers. Leaving from the Burlington Boathouse, 6:30 p.m. $34.95. Info, 862-8300. ' R O O M SERVICE': A poor, defenseless playwright — originally acted on Broadway by Eddie Albert — gets a comic lesson in production values. Dorset Theater Festival, 8 p.m. $2032. Info, 867-5777.

film 'SUNSET BOULEVARD': You get a good look at the dark side of Hollywood in this flick about the relationship between a faded movie star and a down-and-out screenwriter. Loew Auditorium, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $6. Info, 603-646-2422.

art LIFE DRAWING: Live models give artists an opportunity to work directly from nature. Burlington College, 6:309 p.m. $6. Info, 862-2898.

words LAZY WRITERS FORUM: Share your writing in progress in a supportive workshop environment. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

kids PARENTS ANONYMOUS: See July 1. Chittenden County Food Shelf, Burlington. ' T H E GRIMM BROTHERS': See July 1, C.P. Smith Elementary, Burlington, 12:30 p.m. 'TALE O F T H E BLUE DOVE': Get caught up in the spell of this magical Russian legend. St. Michael's Playhouse, Colchester, 7 p.m. $5. Info, 872-0466. FIRST B O O K STORY TIME: Fish tales keep kids entertained at Barnes & Noble Bookstore, S. Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 864-8001. STORY HOUR: Kids learn from lighthearted literature in a country setting. Flying Pig Children's Books, Ferry Rd., Charlotte, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 425-2600.

etc O U T R I G H T MEETING: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and questioning youth exchange ideas in a safe setting. Central Vermont, 7 p.m. Free. Info and location, 1-800-452-2428. A D O P T I O N ALLIANCE: "Triad" members, especially those with search issues and problems, meet over refreshments at the Shelburne Methodist Church, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Free. Info, 985-2464.

f ri d a y music VERMONT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: See July 1, Grafton Ponds, Gates open at 5:30 p.m. $16. Info, 257-0124. BLUEGRASS FAMILY FESTIVAL: A three-day festival for the whole family features a dozen hand-picked bluegrass bands. Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, noon - 6 p.m. $15. Info, 827-6640. VILLAGE HARMONY: A harmonic convergence of young vocalists showcases a specially commissioned new work by Vermont composer Don Jamison. Westmore Community Church, 7:30 p.m. $6. Info, 589-4632. CARILLON SERIES: A carillonneur from the Metropolitan United Church in Toronto plays the bells in Mead Chapel, Middlebury College, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168. CHAMBER CONCERT: The professional profs at the Point Counterpoint Music Camp perform contemporary American works by Aaron Copland, Charles Ives and Amy Beach. Salisbury Congregational Church, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 247-8467.

drama ' T H E FANTASTICKS': See July 1. 'LITTLE S H O P OF HORRORS': See July 1, 8 p.m. 'A MIDSUMMER N I G H T ' S DREAM': See July 1. ' T H E SECRET GARDEN': See July

1. 'WORKING': See July 1, $14.50. ' T H E WIZARD OF OZ': See July 2. ' R O O M SERVICE': See July 2.

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at the Firehouse, Exquisite Corpse, Doll-Anstadt, Frog Hollow and Rhombus galleries. Downtown Burlington, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7166. MONTPELIER GALLERY WALK: Check out crafts, creative canvas and cheap art on a culture crawl through downtown Montpelier. Ten locations, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 229-2766.

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art FINE ART FLEA MARKET: The visual version of the "farmers market" offers affordable art in a wide range of mediums. Alley between Burlington City Hall and the Firehouse Gallery, noon - 4 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7166.

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Randolph The Randolph Fire Department lights your fire. Stock Farm Road. Info, 728-9027.

'WORKING': See July 1, 7 p.m. $12.50. 'H.M.S. PINAFORE': See July 1, $12. ' T H E WIZARD OF OZ': See July 2, 2 p.m. 'ROOM SERVICE': See July 2. . VARIETY S H O W DINNER CRUISE: Looking for dinner and diversion? This floating vaudevillean variety show puts Larry, Darryl and Darryl at the helm. Spirit of Ethan Allen, Burlington Boathouse, 6:30 p.m. $34.95. Info, 862-8300.

film 'BIRTH OF A NATION': Get a look at one of the first films in the history of cinema — on just the right day. Rhombus Gallery, 186 College St., Burlington, 8 p.m. $3. Info, 865-3144. 'MOUSE H U N T ' : Two brothers inherit a mansion worth millions, then discover a stubborn and ingenious mouse that has no intention of vacating the premises. Liberty, with Laurel and Hardy, also shows. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H.,

CAMEL'S H U M P HIKE: The Montpelier section of the Green Mountain Club leads an ascent by way of Bamforth Ridge. Leaving from the rear parking lot, Montpelier High School, 8 a.m. Free. Info, 479-2304.

etc UNDERGROUND RAILROAD TOUR: A tour of houses and hideaways used by escaped slaves gives new meaning to the word "independence." Brandon, noon - 5 p.m. $5. Info, 247-6401.

music OPEN REHEARSAL: Women compare notes at a harmonious rehearsal of the Champlain Echoes. S. Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 864-6703.

etc ASTRONOMY MEETING: Amateur star-gazers describe their favorite "astro objects" — and how to find them — at a monthly meeting of the Vermont Astronomical Society. 456 Waterman, UVM, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 985-3269. BATTERED W O M E N ' S SUPPORT GROUPS: Women Helping Battered Women facilitates a group in Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 658-1996. Also, the Shelter Committee facilitates a meeting in Montpelier, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 223-0855. TEEN HEALTH CLINIC: Teens get information, supplies, screening and treatment for sexually related problems. Planned Parenthood, Burlington, 3:30-6 p.m. Pregnancy testing is free. Info, 863-6326. EMOTIONS ANONYMOUS: People with emotional problems meet at the O'Brien Center, S. Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 660-9036.

drama BIG NIGHT, LITTLE MURDER: You get mystery with your mostaccioli at a dinner theater production at Villa Tragara, Waterbury, 6:30 p.m. $38. Info, 244-5288.

words 'VERMONT WRITERS': The works of Walter Hard and Jody Gladding stimulate a discussion of Vermont then and now. Killington Resort, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 422-9765. WRITERS WORKSHOP: The Vermont author of Three Rules for Writing a Novel illuminates techniques for setting a scene, developing a story and creating tension and interest. Barnes & Noble Bookstore, S. Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 864-8001.

drama 'H.M.S. PINAFORE': See July 1, $10. ' R O O M SERVICE': See July 2. 'CHARLEY'S AUNT': Advanced impersonation keeps two Oxford undergrads occupied in this turn-ofthe-century British farce. St. Michael's Playhouse, Colchester, 8 p.m. $18.50. Info, 654-2281.

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sport V E R M O N T EXPOS: T h e home team takes on the Lowell Spinners. Centennial Field, Burlington, 7 p.m. $3. Info, 655-4200. X - C R U N N I N G RACES: Cross-country runners take to the woods every Tuesday evening at the O u t d o o r Experience at Catamount, Williston, 6 p.m. $3. Info, 879-6001.

etc O L D N O R T H E N D FARMERS MARKET: Shop for local organic produce and fresh baked goods on the triangle in front of the H . O . Wheeler School, Burlington, 3:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-6248. FREE LEGAL C L I N I C : Attorney Sandy Baird offers free legal advice to women with questions about family law, housing difficulties and welfare problems. Room 14, Burlington City Hall, 3-5 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7200. BATTERED W O M E N ' S S U P P O R T G R O U P : Meet in Barre, 10:30 a.m. noon. Free. Info, 223-0855.

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V A U G H A N RECITAL SERIES: See July 1. AVERAGE W H I T E BAND: T h e '70s f u n k meisters and local disco hipsters Jusagroove turn back the clock. Old Lantern, Charlotte, Doors open at 6 p.m. $20. Info, 863-5966. CRAFTSBURY C H A M B E R PLAYERS: T h e Vermont-based ensemble mixes master composers with modern ones in a concert of works by Telemann, Handel, Gorzanis and Marin Marais. U V M Recital Hall, Burlington, 8 p.m. $11. Info, 1-800639-3443. ;

words 'LITERATURE O F T H E FAR N O R T H ' : A discussion of Arctic Dreams, by Barry Lopez, sheds light on a relatively unknown part of the world. Warren Public Library, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 496-3913.

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1. M O T H E R G O O S E STORYTIME: See July 1. ' T H E G R I M M B R O T H E R S ' : See July 1, Franklin Square, Burlington, 12:30 p.m. F R O G SLIDE S H O W : Kids seven and up concerned with the environment learn how to help their frog friends. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 223-5221. CLASSICAL F O R KIDS: Kids get an earful from the Craftsbury Chamber Players in a "mini-concert" of accessible classical works. U V M Recital Hall, Burlington, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, Info, 1-800-639-3443. STORIES: Children listen, snack and make crafts at the Children's Pages, Winooski, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 655-1537.

drama 'CHARLEY'S A U N T ' : See July 7. ' R O O M SERVICE': See July 2, 2 & 8 p.m. 'ART': This Tony Award-winning play by Yasmina Reza explores the limits of friendship through three women characters. See "to do" list, this issue. Unadilla Theater, Marshfield, 7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 456-8968.

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drama 'CHARLEY'S A U N T ' : See July 7. ' T H E W I Z A R D O F O Z ' : See July 2. ' T H E C H E R R Y O R C H A R D ' : See July 2, $10. ' R O O M SERVICE': See July 2. ' D E A T H AT T H E D U D E R A N C H ' : See July 2. ' M A N I F E S T O ' : Green Candle Theater marx the spot with a series of dramatic readings from documents that have shaped our times. See "to do" list, this issue. Rhombus Gallery, Burlington, 8 p.m. $5. Info, 893-7333. 'LIPS T O G E T H E R , T E E T H APART': In this award-winning play the author of Ragtime chronicles the dreams and fears of two fortysomething married couples who spend a weekend together. Weston Playhouse, 8 p.m. $24. Info, 824-5288.

dance N E W YORK C I T Y BALLET: See July 7. Jewels repeats at 2 p.m. Catch "The Four Temperaments," "Ash," "Zakouski" and "West Side Story Suite" at 8:15 p.m.

film ' C H I N A T O W N ' : Jack Nicholson plays a detective in this Roman Polanski film based on real Los Angeles history. Loew Auditorium, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N . H . , 7 p.m. $6. Info, 603-646-2422.

LAZY W R I T E R S F O R U M : See July 2. W R I T E R S R E A D I N G : See July 7. Children's author Jennifer Armstrong reads from her work. ' L I T E R A T U R E O F RUSSIAN LIFE': A reading of A Journey for Our Time, by Marquis de Custine, leads to a discussion of 19th-century Russian life. North Hero Public Library, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 372-8353.

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SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS: Twelve-week group now forming. Mansfield Psychotherapy, 177 Battery St., Burlington. $40/session.

•THE CREATIVE SPIRIT AND HER SHADOWS': Wednesdays.

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noon. Vermont Studio Center, Johnson. Free. Info, 635-2727.

9-11:30 a.m. Charlotte. $25 per week. Info, 425-5433. Theresa Bacon leads a 12- week support group for women working through blocks to their creative process. New group farming.

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POTTERY CLASSES: Ongoing day, evening and weekend classes. Vermont Clay Studio, 2802 Waterbury-Stowe Rd., Waterbury Center. Info, 224-1126. Enjoy the pleasures and challenges of working with clay.

and Pulitzer Prize winner teaches this poetry seminar. W R I T I N G W O R K S H O P : Wednesdays, 7 p.m., Burlington. Free. Info, 434-3112. Stretch your writing wing: with exercises andfeedback on works-in-progress.

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Kicks off its 1998 Summer Season with a wine tour of thejworld's greatest grapes and wine styles. Join Irving Shelby Smith and Tony Cochones at Sweetwaters For fun and informative wine tastings.

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BREAST CANCER BENEFIT: The cabaret duo of Bawdy and Soul draws attention to Healing Legacies — an organization that promotes art and writing by women who have faced breast cancer. Community Boathouse, Burlington Waterfront, 6-9 p.m. $25. Info, 863-3507. COUNTRY GARDEN TOUR: Gardeners in Jericho and Underhill share their green spaces with the horticulturally inclined. Tea will be served. Leaving from the Old Mill Craft Shop, Jericho, 5-9 p.m. $15. Info, 899-3041. ROYAL LIPPIZAN STALLIONS: The high-stepping white stallions offer equine entertainment four times a week in North Hero, 6 p.m. $15. Info, 372-5683. REIKI TALK: An informal talk explores "healing energy" and its rela- _ tionship to stress management and health care. Spirit Dancer Bookstore, 125 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 660-8060.

England. Finger-picking good. Follow signs from Brandon, 2-10:45 p.m. $9 or $29 for the weekend. Info, 247-8260. 'PEPSI' CONCERT: High Rollers set the musical stakes at a "Pepsi" party with clowns, magic, face painting and birthday cake. First Block, Church Street Marketplace, Burlington, 7-10 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7253. DAVYDOV-FANNING DUO: A concert of French and American music performed by Dieuwke Dayvdov and Diana Fanning features the premiere performance of "Three Nocturnes," by Addison composer Jorge Martin. Salisbury Congregational Church, 7:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 352-6670. TURTLE ISLAND STRING QUARTET: The Grammy-nominated foursome mixes jazz with blues, rock, salsa, folk and Beethoven. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, 8 p.m. $14.50. Info, 603-646-2422. TAKADJA: This rhythm ensemble takes you to the heart of Africa, with colorful costumes, acrobatic dances and traditional instruments. Haskell Opera House, Derby Line, 8:30 p.m. $10. Info, 334-6720.

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'CHARLEY'S AUNT': See July 7. 'MANIFESTO': See July 9. ' T H E WIZARD OF OZ': See July 2. 'ART': See July 8, $12.50 'LIPS TOGETHER, TEETH APART': See July 9. ' R O O M SERVICE': See July 2. 'AMADEUS': The Vermont Mozart Festival Orchestra livens up the death story of Wolfgang Amadeus as told by his archrival, Salieri. Vermont Stage performs at the Flynn Theatre, Burlington, 8 p.m. $27.50-32.50. Info, 863-5966.

dance N E W YORK CITY BALLET: See

July 7. LATIN DANCE PARTY: Hector "El Salsero" Cobeo turns the tunes while you tango, salsa and merenge. Holiday Inn, S. Burlington, $5. Info, 862-5082.

words WRITERS READING: See July 7. Poet Galway Kinnell reads from his works.

art OPEN HOUSE: Meet the artists exhibiting in "Clay for the Garden, Home and Greenhouse" at a day-long open studio. Vermont Clay Studio, Route 100, Waterbury Center, 11 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-4220.

kids TEEN NIGHT: See July 3. 'MUSIC W I T H ROBERT RESNIK': Kids sing songs with the musical host ofVPR's "All the Traditions." Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Register, 865-7216. ' T H E UGLY DUCKING': Kids get a lesson on the agonies of adolescence in the third of nine plays at the St. Johnsbury Recreation Center, 10:30 a.m. $3.75. Info, 748-2600. STORY HOUR: Toddlers listen to stories at the Milton Public Library, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 893-4644.

sport VERMONT EXPOS: See July 7. The home team takes on the Hudson Valley Renegades.

etc ROYAL LIPPIZAN STALLIONS: See July 9. GLBTQ SUPPORT GROUP: See July 3. BATTERED WOMEN'S SUPPORT GROUP: See July 3. STOWEFLAKE BALLOON FESTIVAL: You won't find the Energizer

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Bunny in this balloon fest. Check out nearly two dozen dirigibles over the town of Stowe. Launching from the Stoweflake Inn, Stowe, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 253-7321. O P E N OBSERVATORY: Get a good look at the summer sky with members of the Vermont Astronomical Society. Hinesburg, 9:30 p.m. - midnight. Free. Info and directions, 985-3269.

munity outreach" program at St. Stephen's Church, Middlebury, 9 a.m 4 p.m.Free.Infb, 388 FULL M O O N CIRCLE: The phases of the moon are metaphors for the cycles in our lives. Celebrate "lunacy" at Spirit Dancer Books & Gifts, 125 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Free. Info, 660-8060. SMALL BOAT S H O W : Regional boat-builders show off their handcrafted vessels and the methods for making them. Cruises, demos and food are also offered. Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Basin Harbor, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. See "to do" list, this issue. $7. Info, 475-2022. ARBOR DAY: Learn to differentiate beech from birch in preparation for the Montpelier tree inventory project. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 9 a.m. - noon. Free. Info, 229-6206.

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VILLAGE HARMONY: See July 3, Old West Church, Calais, 5 p.m. BASIN BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL: See July 10, 9:30 a.m. - midnight. $15 or $29 for the weekend. VERMONT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: See July 1, Three Stallion Inn, Randolph, Gates open at 5 p.m. $20. Info, 1-800-876-9293WAREBROOK C O N T E M P O R A R Y MUSIC FEST: Twentieth century vocal and chamber works get a public hearing at the Haskell Opera House, Derby Line, 8 p.m. $10. Info, 334-6720.

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drama 'AMADEUS': See July 10. 'CHARLEY'S A U N T ' : See July 7, 2 6 8 p.m. 'MANIFESTO': See July 9. ' T H E W I Z A R D O F O Z ' : See July 2. 'ART': See July 8, $12.50 ' R O O M SERVICE': See July 2, 4 & 8:30 p.m. 'LIPS T O G E T H E R , T E E T H APART': See July 9, 3 p.m. $ 2 1 . 8 p.m. $27. ' T H E BELLE O F A M H E R S T ' : Emily Dickenson is the focus of this one-woman play that intersperses the poets lyrical gnomic verse with dialogue that recounts her life as she saw

the British, of course. Opens Tuesday, July / . St. Michael's

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8 p.m. $18.50. it. Briggs Opera House, White River Junction, 8 p.m. $10. Info, 291-9009.

dance BURKLYN BALLET THEATRE: See July 4. Pre-professional dancers perform excerpts from La Corsaire and Swan Lake. N E W YORK CITY BALLET: See July 7. "Raymonda Variations," "Ash," "Zakouski and "Symphony in Three Movements" are featured at 2 p.m. "Bournonville Divertissements," "The Four Temperaments" and "West Side Story Suite" are on the program at 8:15 p.m.

film ' F O U R DAYS IN SEPTEMBER': The political and moral consequences of terrorism are addressed in this semifictionalized account of a Brazilian kid-

napping. Loew Auditorium, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 & 9:15 p.m. $6. Info, 603-646-2422. ' H E G O T GAME': Denzel Washington plays the central figure in the latest from Spike Lee, described by the New York Times as "a great highconcept hook." Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. $6. Info, 603646-2422.

art FINE ART FLEA MARKET: See July 4.

I O N T EXPOS: See July 7. The home team takes on the Hudson Valley Renegades. LAKE PADDLE: Bring your canoe — or kayak — on a moderate paddle

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Colchester, 654-2281.

leaving from the Isle LaMotte Bridge. Distance depends on wind and waves. Meet in the rear parking lot of Montpelier High School, 8 a.m. Free. Info, 223-1406. NEBRASKA N O T C H : The Burlington chapter of the Green Mountain Club leads a four-mile hike up from Lake Mansfield. Leaving from the UVM Visitors Lot, Burlington, 9 a.m. Free. Info, 865-9813.

etc FARMERS MARKETS: See July 4. ROYAL LIPPIZAN STALLIONS: See July 9, 2:30 p.m. STOWEFLAKE BALLOON FESTIVAL: See July 10, 6:30 a.m. & 6:30 p.m. PEASANT MARKET: Get great deals on books, records, plants and vintage clothing. Proceeds benefit the "com-

L O O N LECTURE: A loony naturalist shares his avian expertise in preparation for a bird-seeking paddle tomorrow in the Northeast Kingdom. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 229-6206. ALL-BREED D O G SHOW: Look for plenty of pooches and dog-related concessions at this annual canine competiton hosted by the Champlain Kennel Club. Champlain Valley Fairgrounds, Essex Junction, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. $5. Info, 879-7222. W O O L FESTIVAL: In 1840, Addison County was home to more than 200,000 sheep — most of them finewooled Merinos. Shearing, spinning and border collie demos bring you back to the "golden age" of sheep farming. Rokeby Museum, Ferrisburgh, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. $5. Info, 877-3406. ' G R O U N D S FOR CELEBRATION': Get a sneak peak at the new library, between tours of other municipal buildings. Town Green, Charlotte, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Free. Info, 425-3864. HISTORY LECTURE: And you

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a deeper shade of bl ue It's been said that Del McCoury sings in a voice so mountain-high you'd think he'd swoon for lack of oxygen. Instead, he heads up one of the country's finest bluegrass bands, where that lonesome, twangy tenor is put to good use. After a two-year sweep of national bluegrass awards, the heir to Bill Monroe joins a dozen other fast-pickin' acts at the Vermont Bluegrass Family Festival. Friday, July 3 - Sunday, 5. Champlain Fairgrounds,

thought crossing the Delaware was rough. A former professor of history takes a local look at "Troop Life in the Revolution." Auditorium, Mountain Independence, Orwell, 9:30 a.m. 5:30 p.m. $2. Info, 948-2000.

music WAREBROOK CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FEST: See July 11,2 p.m. VILLAGE HARMONY: See July 3, Stannard Church, 5 p.m. BASIN BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL: See

July 10, 9:30 a.m. - 6:15 p.m. $10 or $29 for the weekend. V E R M O N T SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: See July 1, Trapp Family Lodge Concert Meadow, Stowe, Gates open at 5:30 p.m. $18. Info, 1-800-876-9293. CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT: See July 5. Works by Foss, Bach, Reger and Mozart will be performed, with guest flutist Renee Krimsier. V E R M O N T MOZART FESTIVAL: A dressage exhibit kicks off the threeweek music festival with works by Rossini, Brahms and, of course, Mozart. South Porch, Shelburne Farms, Gates open at 5:15 p.m. Dressage begins at 6:30 p.m. $25.

Info, 862-7352. CLASSICAL CRUISE: A classical music cruise with Veritas benefits the Monteverdi Music School. Leaving from the Burlington Boathouse, 11 a.m - 2 p.m. $25. Info, 498-4877. CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT: Violinist Marguerite Schenkman joins Terry Moore, Sarah Schenkman and Cynthia Huard for a concert of works by Dvorak and Faure. Rochester Federated Church, 4 p.m. Donations. Info, 767-3012. FIDDLING CONCERT: Saywers of all persuasions compare notes at a monthly meeting of the Northeast Fiddlers Association. Knights of Columbus, St. Albans, 1-5:30 p.m.

SUN AND SHADE Today the white peonies, so heavy with themselves and last night's rain that they've doubled over, heads down, stems ready to snapping; and the reds are on the way, buds barely opening, though still outshone by the fuchsia bee-flowers, and an abrupt burst of yellow iris. Across the sidewalk bloom the last of the rhododendron, the exuberant, lavender, the white concluded last week, now a snowbed of petals under the bush. A single holdout buttercup, the rest of last year's patch drowned out by the crowding spread of lilies-of-the-valley and evening primrose; and orange poppies everywhere, all this in the sunny garden at the front of the house. The back garden is another story: under the experienced sunstopping maples the clematis seem not to mind the shade, and have opened out into huge white stars, and the yellow marquerite have made a patch of sun for themselves, but most everything else holds back, undecided. For another year we've been put in position of waiting, for another year made to wonder if everything will have its turn in the still shade, and wonder at wondering for we know and know we know the answer: the back garden will be the cautious yielding as always, the same tentative, dispassionate opening and narrowness of blossom. It's only the habitual suspicion that this hesitation, this holding back and slowing to darkness is headed somewhere, and that this may be the year. By J o h n page 'tfc

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Donations. Info, 244-8539. ADAM WORKMAN & FRIENDS: Flutist Adam Workman hosts a "thank you, Vergennes" concert with guitarist Sam Guarnaccia, soprano Stephanie Hahn Nolan and the Champlain Brass Quintet. Vergennes Union High School, 7 p.m. Donations. Info, 877-2705. GREEN MOUNTAIN CHORUS: The local barbershop chorus tunes up for perfect harmonies and toe-tapping rhythms. Round Barn, Waitsfield, 7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 496-7722. LILITH FAIR: The festival of female vocalists brings on Bonnie Raitt, Sarah MacLachlan, Natalie Merchant and Tracy Bonham. Saratoga Performing

Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, N.Y., 4:30 p.m. $28-46. Info, 518587-3330. WEATHERSFIELD MUSIC FESTIVAL: The Vermont-based Weathersfield Music Festival is a training ground for tomorrows soloists. They perform at the Haskell Opera House, Derby Line, 8 p.m. $10. Info, 334-6720.

drama ' T H E WIZARD OF OZ': See July 2, 2 p.m. 'H.M.S. PINAFORE': See July 1, $12.50. 'ROOM SERVICE': See July 2. 'LIPS TOGETHER, TEETH APART': See July 9, 7 p.m. $21. VARIETY S H O W DINNER CRUISE: See July 5.' P H A N T O M ' AUCTION: Bidding is better at a "live auction improv." A live band provides the dance tunes at the Edgcomb Barn, Corner of Airport and Dump, Warren, 6:30 p.m. $6. Info, 496-5997.

film 'FORBIDDEN PLANET': This sci-fi rendition of The Tempest puts a mad scientist in the place of Prospero. Rhombus Gallery, 186 College St., Burlington, 8 p.m. $3-6. Info, 865-3144. 'AS G O O D AS IT GETS': Helen Hunt and Jack Nicholson won Oscars for their portrayals in this offbeat love story about a very wacky relationship. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 6:30 & 9:15 p.m. $6. Info, 603-646-2422.

sport VERMONT EXPOS: See July 7. The home team takes on the Hudson Valley Renegades. APPALACHIAN TRAIL HIKE: The Montpelier section of the Green

Mountain Club leads a difficult hike to the lookout on the Appalachian Trail. Meet in the rear parking lot of Montpelier High School, 8:30 a.m. Free. Info, 223-0918. ADIRONDACK HIKE: Bring lunch and water on a short hike to the top of scenic Cascade Mountain. An easy side trip leads to Porter Peak. Leaving from UVM Visitors Lot, Burlington, 8 a.m. Free. Info, 863-2433. THREE-MILE CHALLENGE RACE: Boaters battle it out in race and recreational kayaks and canoes. Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Basin Harbor, 12:30 p.m. $12. Info, 475-2022.

etc SMALL BOAT SHOW: See July 11. ROYAL LIPPIZAN STALLIONS: See July 9, 2:30 p.m. STOWEFLAKE BALLOON FESTIVAL: See July 10, 6:30 a.m. FLYNN THEATER GARDEN TOUR: Get a look at nine spectacular gardens in Addison County, including the ones at the Strong House, where tea will be served at 4 p.m. 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. See "to do" list, this issue. $30. Info, 863-5966. FESTIVAL O N T H E GREEN: Acclaimed by Vermont Life magazine as "the best series of free performances in Vermont," this week-long festival starts with Taiko drumming. Town Green, Middlebury, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 388-0216. LOON LOOKOUT: A biologist from the Vermont Institute of Natural Science leads a leisurely loonseeking paddle in the Northeast Kingdom, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. $13. Info and location, 229-6206. FULL M O O N RITUAL: Bring food and a cushion to this pagan potluck celebration of the full moon. Unitarian Universalist Society, Burlington, 152 Pearl St., Burlington, 6 p.m. Donations. Info, 658-9689.

mo n d a y music OPEN REHEARSAL: See July 6.

drama BIG NIGHT, LITTLE MURDER: See July 6. 'SILENT CAL': In a one-man show, Jim Cooke uses wit, humor and insight to recreate Vermont-born president Calvin Coolidge. Ram's Head Lodge Theater, Killington, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 422-3835. 'HOWL': Green Candle Theatre breathes new life into the acclaimed theater piece based on the beat poem by Allen Ginsberg. Firehouse Gallery, Buriington, 7 6c 8 p.m. Donations. Info, 893-7333.

sport MOUNTAIN BIKE RACING: See July 6. OPEN FENCING: See July 6.

etc BATTERED W O M E N ' S SUPPORT GROUPS: See July 6. TEEN HEALTH CLINIC: See July 6.

EMOTIONS ANONYMOUS: See July 6. FESTIVAL O N T H E GREEN': See July 12. The Green Mountain Guild serves up fairy tale theater at noontime. Evening entertainment is provided by folksinger Lisa McCormick and Acadian entertainer J.P. Cormier. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL WRITE-IN: Save a life for the price of a stamp. Use pen power against human rights abuses at the Unitarian Church, Burlington, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-4838.

t ue sda y music V E R M O N T MOZART FESTIVAL: See July 12. The Ying Quartet with cellist Steven Doane play "String Serenades" by Haydn, Arensky and Schubert. Cathedral of St. Paul, Burlington, 8 p.m. $19. Info, 862-7352. CHAMBER CONCERT: The professional profs at the Point Counterpoint Music Camp perform works by Brahms, Mendelssohn and B. Hummel. Middlebury College Center for the Arts, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 247-8467.

drama 'CHARLEY'S AUNT': See July 7. ' T H E CHERRY ORCHARD': See July 2. 'LIPS TOGETHER, TEETH APART': See July 9, $21. 'ROOM SERVICE': See July 2.

dance N E W YORK CITY BALLET: See July 7. "Chaconne," "Variations on a Nursery Song" and "Glass Pieces" are on the program.

words WRITERS' GROUP: See July 7.

art BED RUG LECTURE: Learn about a rare, beautiful, hand-made textile indigenous to New England. Helen Day Arts Center, Stowe, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 253-8358.

sports X-C RUNNING RACES: See July 7.

kids FROG SLIDE SHOW: See July 8, Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier. 'MUSIC W I T H ROBERT RESNIIC: Kids sing songs with the musical host of VPR's "All the Traditions." Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Register, 865-7216. STORY TIME: Kids under three listen in at the S. Burlington Library, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 652-7080. STORY HOUR: Kids between three and five engage in artful educational activities. Milton Public Library, 10:30 a.m. & 1 p.m. Free. Info, 893-4644. 'SCUBA DUBA DIVING': A scuba diver shows kids eight and up the ins and outs of diving. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Register, 865-7216.

etc O L D N O R T H END FARMERS MARKET: See July 7. FREE LEGAL CLINIC: See July 7. BATTERED W O M E N ' S SUPPORT GROUP: See July 7. 'FESTIVAL O N T H E GREEN': See July 12. Jon Gailmor gets things cooking at noontime. Evening entertainment is provided by Greg Greenway and Jimmie Dale Gilmore, practicing "zen and the art of country music."

Wednesday music VAUGHAN RECITAL SERIES: See July 1.

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classic. Stowe Theater Guild performs in the Town Hall Theatre, Stowe, 8 p.m. $10. Info, 253-3961. BIG APPLE CIRCUS: The soulfhl circus celebrates its twentieth with an international array of aerialists, acrobats, clowns and jugglers Fullington Farm, Lyme Road, Hanover, N.H., 4 & 8 p.m. $12-27. Info, 603646-2422.

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film DOUBLE FEATURE: Audrey Hepburn is the connecting link between Charade, about a couple on the run, and Two for the Road, with Albert Finney. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 6:45 & 8:30 p.m. $6. Info, 603-646-2422.

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hen the assignment came to write about interesting bookstores in Montreal, I whined to my editor, "But I don't want to take book business away from Burlington." Her sensible answer: "I don't think people will drive to Montreal to buy books they can buy in Vermont." So in that spirit, here are some suggestions for stores you may want to wander into while up north — looking for books you won't easily find in Vermont. For starters, Montreal's museums have wonderful bookstores, with extensive selections on specialty topics. T h e best among them, I think, is at the Canadian Centre for Architecture (1920 rue Baile, a couple of minutes west of central downtown, near the corner of Rene L^vesque and Fort; M^tro Guy-Concordia). Their fine collection of coffee-table books and critical essays on architecture is complemented by many texts on art history, urban design and planning, historic preservation and photography. T h e extremely knowledgeable staff is fully bilingual and, as with all museum bookstores, there's a great selection of fantastic

posters, postcards and creative children's games and puzzles. By the way, if you've never been to the museum attached to this bookstore, it's a jewel, too. Located in the meticulously restored Shaunnessy House, it is the site of permanent and temporary exhibits on landscaping, architecture and design. We've seen original drawings by the Italian Renaissance masters who first played with perspective; a massive photo exhibit documenting all the landscape design work of Frederick Law Olmsted; and architectural renderings for the most famous World's Fair pavilions. T h e museum has spe-

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cial children's programs at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. daily, but registration is required three weeks in advance. Hours vary by season; JuneSeptember they are 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. A nearby specialized shop is the Theatre Bookshop (2123 Ste. Catherine Ouest), with a nice collection of pop and academic books on theater, films, music and dance. This is a great browse, and you may find the perfect gift for the graduating Fine Arts student or dreaming child, or the perfect bathroom book to impress your houseguests. Open 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. weekdays, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturdays, 1-5 p.m. Sundays. World citizens and political junkies will feel at home at Pathfinder Bookstore (4581 St. Denis). Upon entering you are immediately confronted by a shelf of biographies of Ch£ Guevara in three languages. You'll also find all the essentials by the newly popular Marx as well as Engels, Lenin, Trotsky and lesser-known radical authors. Pathfinder's short weekend hours reflect, perhaps, their commitment to worker rights: 8 p.m. week nights, 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Saturdays, noon - 4 p.m. Sunday. While nothing can beat Burlington's Adventurous Traveler Bookstore for travel guides, if you must have the Michelin Guide to Paris in French, bien stir, visit Ulysses Travel (4176 St. Denis). This is also a great place for a multitude of travel guides to any place in

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Canada, as well as maps of many European cities. Open 9:30 a.m. -9 p.m. week days, 9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. Saturdays, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Sundays. In the heart of "The Main" — that funky, eclectic and multi-cultural scene along St. Laurent north of Sherbrooke — you'll find L'Androgyne, a bookstore specializing in the poetics, pictorials, polemics, politics and pleasures of gay, lesbian and feminist literature (3636 St. Laurent). If you've lost your mantra or find your crystals out of tune, visit Boule de Neige (4433 St. Denis). I think the name translates as

"snowball," but I may have missed a colloquial meaning, because the bookstore is full of alternative healing, spirituality and otherwise New Age reading. This is a lovely, calming place to browse, and a quiet refuge from the bustling, upscale boutique scene surrounding it. Speaking of upscale, you can hardly beat rue Bernard Ouest in Outremont — the adjoining city, not suburb, of Montreal that wraps around the northeastern slope of Mount Royal. Take a quick drive on this street of contrasts: Bernard street east of St. Laurent is home to famous Montreal bagels and kosher grocers. West of

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hen Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, declares, "This is the silliest stuff that ever I heard," in A Midsummer Night's Dream, she could have been critiquing the play itself. Popular as it has been for the last four centuries, this strangely eclectic comicromantic-mythical romp is a tough bit of theater to pull off. With two superfluous endings, ever-changing poetic forms and leaps between real and imagined worlds, the play presents challenges for any director. Wisely, Burlington's Vermont Stage Company hired insightfUl Off-Off Broadway director Ron Bashford to tackle this Shakespearean oddity. The results are mixed. Many of this show's stars are backstage: Designers, a fight choreographer and Bashford create a physical, visually rich event with a deliciously haunting undercurrent. Onstage, however, supporting cast members are left to conjure up the magic which lead players can't THE PUCK STOPS HERE Matthew Detman as the endearing, create. and devilish imp The story follows the plight of young lovers Hermia and example, Bashford turns a sim- grace, he flits, leaps and conLysander, who run off to marry torts his way through the ple exit line into a hilarious despite her father's disapproval. evening. Detmer's vocal comstop-start serious of hesitations Once the pair escapes civilizaand glances. This is the kind of mand is equally inspired; one tion, they stumble into the moment a sweet, soft lilt, the nuance that makes a good mischievous midsummer magic next a heartless, callous tone. scene great. of feuding forest fairies. The little lost boy meets the It helps that Bashford has a Assorted immortal imps, demon seed in this lithe young number of skilled players, and human suitors, lust-enducing actor. His performance alone is the wisdom to know when to potions, mistaken identities worth the ticket price. instruct them and when to just and dashed hopes ensue before Nearly hidden in the small let them rip. The resulting balspells are broken and each boy ance between actors' and direc- role of Hermia's father is the is marched down the aisle with dignified David McCann. tors' choices is as good as thethe appropriate girl. Luckily, we'll see more of him ater gets. Case in point: Predictably crowd-pleasing later this month at the Flynn Matthew Detmer, who manstuff. But Bashford handles it when he'll take on the chalages to create both a sinister all with playful attention to and endearingly childlike Puck. lenging role of Salieri in detail. He finds every opportuAmadeus. Sasha Olinick is simWith delightful agility and nity to enhance the script with expressive stances, physical comedy and well-placed pauses. When the bumbling commoner Quince bids adieu to his motley band of friends, for

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ties it all together with breakneck, escalating choreography. By evening's end, much of the cast has covered miles of territory at full trot. Curiously, Norgren's otherwise exquisite costuming is interrupted by odd bits of contemporary dress. A pair of wool clogs, a backwards baseball cap, and Spandex shorts are distractions in this show's early 20thcentury setting. A few inexperienced actors in the troupewithin-a-troupe also break the illusion. Most bothersome, however, is a rare Shakespearean scene which has not withstood the years; the play within a play. In the Bard's day, this was a sidesplitting send-up of the children's theater of his boyhood. Original audiences, no doubt, reacted to the scene like Generation X-ers watching an irreverent Mr. Rogers spoof. But today, the references mean little. Add the fact that all this occurs after the main story is resolved, and most of this scene becomes a prime candidate for the cutting-room floor. Shakespeare edits do happen. Bashford doubtlessly knows that, and should have sharpened his scissors. Compared to most shows in the area, VSC's A Midsummer Night's Dream is polished, innovative, and surely one of the top stage events of the season. But judged against other professional offerings around the country, this effort rates as a skillfully directed but unevenly cast production. ®

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Unless the Web page designer pulls some sneaky trick, which we'll discuss in a moment, the server can't tell who you are. We mentioned that it remembers the Internet address of your computer. Fortunately for you, most of the time that address (the IP address, in geek-speak) belongs to your Internet service provider. For example, if you are connected to SoVerNet, the Web server can tell that the numeric Internet address of your computer is one of the addresses owned by SoverNet, but it can't tell which customer you are. As you move from page to page, the Web server can track your movement, but it doesn't know who you are. To find out precisely what information Web servers can know about you, go to the Anonymizer Web site (www.anonymizer.com) and click the "we already know all about YOU" link. Here's what we saw: • Your connection provider is present in Shoreham, Vermont. (MAP) [True — we're connected using Shoreham.net.] • Your Internet browser is Mozilla/4.04 [en] (Win95; I). ["Mozilla" is another name for Netscape Communication, our

puter, what kind of browser you're using, and the address of the last page you visted. The Webmaster — manager of the site you're looking at — uses this information to figure out how many people are viewing it, which pages are the most popular, and so on. All well and good.

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best of the b u n c h m a d e to date.

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the saddle again as both star and

Eddie Murphy's sticking with the formula that breathed new life into

Nicholas Evans' best-seller about a

his failing career: A la Nutty

trainer who changes the life of a

Professor, the comedian stars here

young girl injuried in a riding acci-

in an update of another family-

dent. With Scarlett Johansson and

friendly classic Albert Brooks,

Kristin Scott Thomas.

Paul Reubens and other comics

Easy-to-underestimate Adam Sandler stars in this romantic com-

of wisecracking animals. Betty

edy set in 1985 about a nerdy

{Private Parts) Thomas directs.

band leader who fells for equally

THE X-FILES***

nerdy waitress Drew Barrymore.

Inexplicably

action superstar Chow YunFat joins forces with Mira Sorvino for this thriller as a Chinese assassin trapped in the U.S. with a contract he doesn't want to fulfill. Antoine Fuqua directs.

AMISTAD

Steven Spielberg's latest tells the true story of a group of Africans who took over a slave ship in 1839 and wound up on trial in an American court. The film was embroiled in a legal drama of its own in the wake of plagiarism charges. Matthew McConaughey and Anthony Hopkins defend the mutineers. Hot-shot Hollywood attorney Bert Fields did the same for the filmmakers.

Frank Coraci directs.

GOOD WILL HUNTING***

star in the big-screen version of the

Gus Van Sant directs the story of

hit T V show. With Martin Landau

yet another Phenomenon/Powder-

and Blythe Danner.

style supergenius who has trouble

A PERFECT MURDER***

fitting into society. Robin Williams

Andrew Davis directs this less-

plays the therapist who finally gets

than-perfect update of the

through to him.

Hitchcock classic, Dial M For

LES MISERABLES

Murder. Michael Douglas plays a jealousy-crazed husband who

comes the latest big-screen adapta-

arranges for his wife to be killed by

tion of Victor Hugos classic featur-

the very man with whom she is

ing an all-star cast includes Liam

having an affair. Gwyneth Paltrow

Neesom, Uma Thurman and

and Viggo Mortensen co-star.

Shines Geoffrey Rush.

Disney's latest ani-

PAULIE Jay

mated extravaganza is based on an

and Gena Rowlands star in the

ancient Chinese folktale about a

comic saga of a wisecracking par-

courageous young woman who masquerades as a man in order to

rot. John Rogers directs. LOST IN SPACE w h a t a bold

take her father's place in batde.

concept: Turn yet another cheesy

Featuring the voices of Ming-Na

'60s show into a big-screen event

Wen, B.D. Wong and Eddie

and then milk it for two or three

Murphy.

follow-up films h Lt Star Trek.

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That's the plan behind this $70

Jim Carrey's been getting the great-

million adaptation of the goofball

est reviews of his career for his per-

1965-68 CBS series, featuring

formance here as an insurance

William Hurt, Mimi Rogers, Matt

salesman who doesn't realize his life

LeBlanc, and Gary Oldman as that

is actually the world's most popular

cosmic crank Dr. Smith. Stephen

television show. With Ed Harris

Hopkins directs.

and Laura Linney. Peter Weir

ALMOST HEROES (NR) in his

directs.

final screen appearance, Chris

SIX DAYS, SEVEN NIGHTS

Farley joins Matthew Perry for a

( N R ) Anne Heche and Harrison

sort of Laurel and Hardy-meets-

Ford are teamed in this Ivan

Lewis and Clark laugher about a

Reitman comedy about strangers

pair of hapless frontier explorers.

marooned on a remote island.

Christopher Guest directs.

With David Schwimmer.

QUEST FOR CAMELOT (NR)

CANT HARDLY WAIT (NR)

The latest animated feature from

Ethan Embry, Jennifer Love

the folks who brought you Space

Hewitt and Seth Green play teens

Jam tells the story of a couple of

who throw the mother of all par-

kids who foil an evil plot against

ties on the'last night of high

King Arthur. Featuring the vocal

school. Harry Elfont and Deborah

stylings of Pierce Brosnan, Cary

Kaplan direct.

Elwes and Jane Seymour, among

THE HORSE WHISPERER

others. Frederick D u Chao directs.

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W A G T H E D O G Dustin Hoffman does his most beguiling work since Rain Man in this paranoid parable from Barry Levinson.

NR = not r e v i e w e d

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THE BUTCHER BOY

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MESSAGE IN 1HE MEDIUM own country, which limits the exchanges." Hagopian appears to be t may seem like a 39-yearmore of a literalist than a surold is a little young for a realist, but his works may suffer from the same overarching retrospective, but Philip Hagopian has been voracious- need to be narrative. Furthermore, most of his ly spreading paint for 20 -attempts at irony become years. His works, now showeither moralistic or maudlin. ing at Montpelier's T.W. "Ghosts" turns on a Wood Gallery, have turned Southwestern theme, as a up regularly in Vermont Native American rider slowly exhibits since he arrived in Morrisville from Massachusetts in 1980. Hagopian has also established a strong presence in Boston galleries, while finding a way to survive on the edge of the Northeast Kingdom. The painter deserves wider Waiting for the Bus," by Philip Hagopian recognition even proceeds through a canyon though stylistically he is all overshadowed by a gluttoover the map. At mid-career nous, apocalyptic machine he shows no signs of commithovering transparently in a ting to any particular artistic jewel-like sky. Some of the mission. Hagopian maintains artists social commentary an illustrative style and is a pieces also speak about "the fluent Vermont landscape art world" in images that, painter. He is also a mixedagain, are beautifully painted, media construction artist with but lack a personal an almost Gothic slant on oft-repeatvision, and he dabed complaints. bles in narrative An exception is and genre work. the 1998 mixedThough his media piece, "Retrospective," province is exclusively figurain which the artist seems both tive — and Hagopian's techdazed and bewildered by the nical strength is relentless — demands of the art business. this really looks more like a "Waiting for the Bus," group show than the usual simplified to essential details, one-man retrospective. is a flawless reinterpretation "Tower of Babel From of working-class existence, Poverty's Point of View" is a and is ultimately more power1987 piece featuring an ful than the overt propaganda anthropomorphic tower built pieces found elsewhere in the on a teetering foundation. It show. culminates in the apparition Is Hagopian about to of a fat businessman squeezrediscover Millet, Courbet ing blood from the Earth, as and the French Realists to get ordinary workers run around his political points across? He the treadmill that girdles the is one of the few contempogreat cliche s bloated waistrary painters technically line. Though not uniquely strong enough to take up visionary, its a nice reminder such a task. The mantle of of D.W. Griffith's Tower of this sort of unsentimental Babel scene from his 1915 realism would rest easily on film, Intolerance, and it is his shoulders. beautifully painted. The strongest and most Hagopian's technique is mature pieces in this exhibit neoclassical, and he is a masare the most recent — as they ter draftsman with a keen eye should be. After all, the only for details. His Dali influence artists who painted their is particularly noticeable in his manipulations of scale and greatest works before the age of 35 were those who passed mastery of the tricks of perspective. But Dali had a naraway too young. row view of what a painting beyond subject matter really " P h i l i p Hagopian, A is, which prompted contemRetrospective. " porary avant-gardist Jean T . W . Wood G a l l e r y , Cocteau to write that "his M o n t p e l i e r . Through gold is current only in his August 2 .

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a large orange button pinned to my chest which reads, "The Penis Is Just a Clitoris Suffering from Delusions of Grandeur." Five times now, I have spun in circles till I've fallen down, all the while singing Sid Vicious' version of the Frank Sinatra song, "I Did It My Way." This is my way of shaking myself out of the overly logical and serious groove I've been in lately. In my considered astrological opinion, you should concoct a similar ritual for yourself. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): "Is the soul solid, like iron?" inquires poet Mary Oliver, "Or is it tender and breakable, like/the wings of a moth in the beak of an owl?" I believe you'll soon be able to answer those questions, Sagittarius; I expect that you'll experience all the extremes the soul is capable of By week's end, you just might agree with the dude quoted by Andrew Tilin in a recent article in Rolling Stone. "Sometimes I feel like my life is in pieces," he said. "But, somehow, all of the pieces are good."

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Odds are you're not a poet. These days, practitioners of that once-noble occupation are only slightly less rare than makers of bustles for women's dresses. And yet the cosmic omens suggest that you could benefit from LCO (July 23-Aug. 22): As "maximum acting like a great poet in the coming leader," Cuban strongman Fidel Castro weeks. To grasp what that might entail, is president for life. His decisions are study this passage by James Tate from a final on all matters, and he has no rivals recent American Poetry Review. "What for power. Three guesses what we want from poetry is...to be moved astrological sign he is. (Hint: H e was i from where w e n o w stand We don't CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): born Attsust i a . ) And yet even this >; have our ideas d emotions ! "What are we looking forT a fdlow confirmed. Or if we do, we turn to FBI agent asks the X*&ki Fox Mulder R>r sser poems, as they enter a house where our hero ( which are happ? to f t(J| JjM. more ren is bad, 0 admitting a mistake n. rte eli iiliiH n iarty A d;yingissad.i hewspapeg Gmnrna, an e

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DESIGN FIRM SEEKS Administrative Asst. for communications, travel and staff support. Computer, international correspondence and enthusiasm a must. Send resume to: Office of Dan Kiley, 250 Garen Rd., Charlotte, VT 05445.

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T-SHIRT BUSINESS AND/OR commercial property. Shop attached to house on 2.1 acres in Barnard, VT. www.sover.net/-adelaide/. 802234-9692.

POSTER DISTRIBUTOR WANTED: Part-time, flexible weekday hours. Auto a must. Hourly wage & milage; reimbursement paid. 862-4366. PROMOTION DIRECTOR, WEZF RADIO/ATLANTIC STAR COMMUNICATIONS. WEZF Radio is searching for a marketing whiz to successfully execute our branding strategy and promotions. Qualified individuals will have min. 3 years exp. in marketing, promotions and advertising with success in local ebvent marketing and public relations. Individual must also possess graphic design, desktop, database and strong word processing skills. Dynamic personality is essential. Capstar Broadcast Partners/Atlantic Star offers a highly competitive compensation package including health, dental and 40IK, with a great working environment and is an E.O.E. Send qualifications and cover to: Gen. Mgr., WEZF Radio, P.O. Box 1093, Burlington, VT 05402-1093.

REAL ESTATE BURLINGTON: Unique, affordable, no flood, year-round 1-2bdrm. riverfront house. Wildlife & fishing, 5 mi. from downtown, great deck, view, woodstove, economical natural gas. 863-8509. G O V T FORECLOSED HOMES from pennies on $1. Delinquent tax, repos, REO's. Your area. Tollfree, 1-800-218-9000, Ext. H-6908 for current listing?. HINESBURG: 2 lrg. bdrm. ranch on 3+ acres, 20 mins. to IBM, 30 mins. to Burlington. $99,900 neg. Patricia, 482-3639.

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UNIQUE LIVING SITUATIONS HOUSESITTER: Incredible housesitter looking for house to care for during a 4-12 mo. period beginning August 1998. Prof, relocating to Burl. area. VT references cheerfully provided. Rhonda, 336-8551490 (collect calls accpt.).

TELEMARKETING: Phone reps, needed for expanding call center. Competitive compensation package, many shifts available. Call TM Manager at 863-4700.

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AND VEHICLES UNI AWFULLY PARKED O N LAWNS A N D YARDS* Sec. 20-155. [Reserved.] Definitions, As used in this article the following words shall have the meaning? ascribed to them: Lawn or Yard Any unoccupied and otherwise undesignated open space on a residential lot in a residential district. Lawn or yard shall not indude a driveway. For purposes of this section driveway shall mean the portion of the property approved by the Department of Planning and Zoning for vehicular egress and ingress. Residential District: As defined in Burlingtons zpn'Og ordinary, Piypffly: Any n^l property within the city which is not a street or highway. Street or highway: The entire width between the boundary lines on every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of the vehicular or pedestrian travel.

CITY O F BURLINGTON

Ninety-eight

Vehicle A machine propelled by power other than human power designed to travel along the ground by use of wheels, treads, runners or

An Ordinance in Relation to

slides, and transport pawns or property, pull

CEMETERIES

machinery or be pulled by machinery, and shall indude. but not be limited to. automo-

In the Year One Thousand Nine Hundred

It is hereby Otdaincd by the City Council of

biles, trucks, trailers, motoreyde?, m ? t ? and

the City of Buriington, as follows:

wagons.

That Chapter 9, Cemeteries, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Burlington be and hereby is amended by amending Sections 916,9-99,9-70 and 9-73 thereof to read as follows:

Sec. 20-156. [Definitions] Parking on lawns or yards in residential districts prohibited [As used in this article the following words shall have the meanings ascribed to them: Property: Any real property within the city

Sec. 9-16. Prohibited displays.

which is not a street or highway.

No glass-encased wreaths offlowers,artificial wreaths or flowers, Christmas trees or [wooden] ornaments of any kind shall be permitted on any cemetery grounds. No bushes wid» thorns shall be permitted.

Street or highway: The entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular or pedestrian traffic

Sec. 9-66 [Stones] Monuments or marker may

Vehicle: A machine propelled by power other than human power designed to travel along the ground by use of wheels, treads, runners or slides, and transport persons or property, pull machinery or be pulled by machinery, and shall indude, but not be limited to, automobiles, trucks, trailers, motorcydes, tractors and wagons.]

be reset. Any [stone] monument or marker heretofore set that has no foundation and becomes out of place may be reset with a proper foundation by direction of the board of cemetery commissioners ar the expense of the lot owner. Sec. 9-70 Saturday work restricted No [stonework] monuments or markers shall be brought into the cemetery on any Saturday and no work shall be commenced on that day which cannot be finished and the debris removed before 4:00 p.m. without permission from the office. Sec. 9-73 Stone, concrete or gravel [walks] prohibited

(a) It shall be unlawful for any vehicle to be parked on anv lawn or yard in any residential district within the ritv. It shall be unlawful for the owner of a motor vehicle to suffer, permitallow. or authorize the use of such motor vehide in violation of this section, The registered owner of any vehide parked in violation of this section is deemed to have authorized the violation pursuant to Section 20-58 herein.

amending Sections 1-9.21-2; 21-13, and 21-56 to read as follows: Sec 1-9. General penalty: continuing violations. (a) As written. (b)As written. (c) First offense civil, second offense criminal. Sdected provision of the Code of Ordinances have been specifically designated as carrying a dvil penalty for the first offense in any six (6) month period and a criminal penalty for a second and subsequent offense in the same six (6) month period. Violation of such ordinances shall be enforced as provided hereia (1) firs offense: A first offense by a person during any six (6) month period shall be deemed a civil ordinance violation and sliall lie punishable bv a fine of from fifty dollars ($50.00) to five hundred dollars ($500.001 The waiver fine shall be fifty dollars ($50.00). Any law enforcement officer may issue a munidpal complaint ticket for such offense. (2) Second and subsequent offenses: A second offense of the same ordinance during a six (6) month period shall be deemed to be a criminal offense and shall be punishable by a fine from one hundred dollars ($100.00) to five hundred dollars ($500.00). Each subsequent offense of the same ordinance shall be deemed to be a criminal offense and shall be punishable by a fine of from two hundred dollars ($200.00) to five hundred dollars ($500.00). (3) Intent of enforcement under Section 1-9 (c). It is the intent of this section to preserve the public health safety and wdfare by prohibiting and punishing repeated violations of these ordinances. To that end, the ritv attornev's office will, in their discretion and when they deem it appropriate, explore all options a a i l a b k r " A c a s in addition to prosecution and as alternatives to prosecution, which will achieve the stated inrcnt of this section. (d) Any law enforcement offioer who cites an accused for violation of anv ritv ordinance which is punishable as a criminal offense shall issue a "Notice of Ordinance Violation Ticket." unless instructed by the city attorney, an assistant city attorney or city grand juror to issue a standard district oourt dtation.

tial district within the ritv shall permit, allow,

and inform the accused of the following:

lawn or yard on such property.

CITY O F BURLINGTON In the Year One Thousand Nine Hundred

M O T O R VEHICLES & T R A F H C

(2) Second and subsequent offenses. A seoond offense during a twelve month period shall be deemed to be a criminal offense and shall be punishable by a fine of from two hundred dollars ($200.00) tofivehundred dollars ($500.00). Each subsequent offense shall be deemed a criminal offense and shall be punishable by a fine of from three hundred dollars ($300.00) to five hundred dollars ($500.00). (3) Any law enforcement officer who rites an accused for violation of this ordinance shall issue a "Notice of Ordinance Violarion Ticket" as provided in Sec. l-9(c)(2)(B). Sec 21-56. Penalty.

Section 21-1. Abandoned iceboxes. Section 21-5. Signs in public ways; on vehicles. Section 21-6. Posting bills.

Section 21-18. Placing substances in reservoir and swimming in reservoir prohibited [Section 21-24. Urination and defecation in streets.]

between fifty dollar? ($50.00) and two hun-

suant IP Set, 20-56,

police department within seventy-two (72)

Section 21-30. Littering,

* Material in brackets deleted.

hours of issuance,

Section 21-30.1 Feeding of pigeons prohibit-

2. That upon full and timely payment of the

ed.

waiver fee t h e a c o B f i d shall not b erequiredto CITY O F BURLINGTON In the Year One Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-eight

It is hereby Ordained by the City Council of

An Ordinance in Relation to

the City of Burlington, as follows:

ORDINANCE ENFORCEMENT

That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Burlington be and hereby is amended by adding a new Sec. 20-155 and renumbering and amending Sec 20-156 to read as follows:

It is hereby Ordained by the G t y Council of the G t y of Burlington, as follows: That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Burlington be and hereby is amended by

appear in court and the citation portion of the

ticket shall be null and vvid 3. That if the accused elects not to make full and timely payment of the waiverfee,he or she shall appear in court on the date and time indicated on the ticketforprosecution. Should

Section 21-29. Defacing buildings.

Section 21-302. Feeding of sea gulls prohibited. Section 21-35. Throwing stones or other missiles. Section 21-37. Consumption of alcoholic beverages prohibited

the waiver, not be exercised and prosecution be

[Section 21-38. Alcohol consumption, posses-

had this subsection in no way alters or pre-

sion in public places.]

empts any fine, penalty or other remedy as provided by this ordinance, Sec 21-2 Unclaimed Property - disposition of

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Impoundment. Any play vehicle impounded for a violation of this section shall be impounded until lawfully daimed bv the person named in the municipal complaint whether owner or operator, or disposed of in accordance with subsection (c) bdow. Any impounded play vehide may be daimed according to either of the following provisions:

(b) A first offense of any of the following sec-

tions of this chapter in any six (6) month period shall be deemed a civil violation and a second and subsequent offense in the same six (6) month period shall be deemed a criminal vio-

(A) The Police Department shallreleasethe play vehicle to the owner or operator after proof of payment of either the waiver fine as specified in Sec 27-21 or the judgment fine.

Section 21-24. Urinating and defecating in the streets.

(B) The Police Department shallreleasethe play vehicle to the owner or operator upon notice from the Traffic &C Municipal Ordinance Bureau that a judgment has been entered in favor of the defendant fro the violation that resulted in impoundment.

Section 21-38 Alcohol consumption, possession in public places. A violation of these sections shall be enforced pursuant to Section l-9(c) of this Code.

( Q If the person named in the municipal ** Material underlined added.

complaint chooses to appeal the cm! penalty to the Vermont Traffic and Municipal Ordinance Bureau, the Iblice Department shall release the play vehide after payment of a provisional fine of fifty dollars ($50) payable to the Polioe Department. If the person named in the municipal oomplaint prevails in the appeal, the provisional fine shall be returned upon request. If the Citv prevails in the appeal, the fine shall be forwarded to the Vermont Traffic and Municipal Ordinance Bureau in total or partial satisfaction of the judgment.

CITY O F BURLINGTON In the Year One Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-eight An Ordinance in Relation to ORDINANCE ENFORCEMENT Operation of Play Vehides It is hereby Ordained by the G t y Council in the G t y of Burlington, as follows:

That Giapter 27, Streets & Sidewalks, of the Code of Ordinances of the G t y of Burlington be and hereby is amended by amendng Sec 27-18 thereof to read as follows:

Pfav vehicles impounded pursuant to this section shall remain in the custody of the police department for a minimum of 60 days from the date that judgment is entered for the violation which resulted in the impoundment. Plav vehides not daimed within 60 davs shall be considered unclaimed property and may be disposed of pursuant to Scaion 21-2.

Sec 27-18—Operation of play vehides prohibited (a) As written.

(b) Enforcement,

(this ordinance shall not be effective prior to the opening of the Parks and Rec Department temporary skatepark.)

(1) Fust offense. A first offense of anv provi-

sion of this section by a person during any 12 month period shall be deemed a civil ordinance violation and shall be enforced pursuant

* Material in brackets deleted

27-21,

** Material undedined added.

Second offense. In addition to any civil penalties provided for in Sec 21-21. a law enforoe-

A violation of any of the following sections

dred " M a r s ($200,00) for each c o u n t to the

Definitions—Front Yard Parking

ARTICLE VI. ABANDONED VEHICLES

(1) first offense. A first offense of any provision of dlis ordinance by a person during any [calendar year] twehe (12) month period shall be deemed a civil ordinance violation and shall be punishable by a fine of from one hundred dollars ($100.00) to five hundred dollars ($500.00). The waiver fine shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00). Any law enforcement officer may issue a municipal complaint ticket for such offense.

in effect during a dedarrd parking ban pur-

** Material undedined added.

the play vehide.

Any law enforcement officers are authorized to issue a municipal complaint for a violation of any of these sections.

(e) Enforcement:

Ninety-eight An Ordinance in Relation to

1. The option for the accused to waive process

and prosecution by paying a >vaiver fee<?f

during any 12-month period may impound

The waiver penalty for such offenses for purposes of the municipal oomplaint form (civil ticket) shall be fifty dollars ($50.00).

(a) - (d) As written,

Section 21-8. Begging prohibited.

shall be permitted [in] c q any cemetery lot.

Material in [brackets] deleted. " material underlined added

lows:

The ticket shall also oontain a "Notice of Ordinance Violation" section which will allow

ond or subsequent violation of this section

* Material in brackets deleted.

of this chapter shall be deemed a civil offense

(b) No owner of any property in any residen-

ment officer apprehending a person for a sec-

able by a civil penalty of from fifty dollars ($50.00) to five hundred dollars ($500.00).

See. 21-13. Noise ordinance, to read as fol-

The ticket shall be a citation to appear in district court as oontrmplarcd bv VRCr.R 3 and shall oontain the name of the accused the ordinance^) violated, the date and time to appear in district court, and any other information required by law for a valid citation.

No [walk of stone] stones, concrete or gravd

or authorize any vehicle to be parked on any

When unclaimed property has been in the custody and possession of the police department for a period of thirty (30) days and when reasonable efforts and opportunities have been allowed for the owner to redaim such property, and no reasonable daim of ownership has been made, the chief of police is hereby empowered and authorized to dispose of such property [by private sale when the reasonable market value of the property, in the opinion of the chief, does not exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00) and in those instances when the same is of greater value, by public auctjoa] The chief of police is also empowered to dispose of property bv means of conversion to police department or other ritv department usage or by means of a donation to local charities, dubs, and or organizations or by private sale when the reasonable market value or the property, in the opinion of the chief, does not exoeed one thousand dollars (51Q00.00) and in those instances when the same is of greater value, by public auction.

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