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ODD, STRANGE, CURIOUS AND WEIRD BUT TRUE NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERY CORNER OF THE GLOBE CALLING BILL VEECK Trailing the Western Baseball League in attendance, California's Palm Springs Suns announced plans for "Nude Night" at the ballpark on July 8, then had to cancel the promotion when it looked like attendance would exceed the stadiums 4,400-seat capacity. "So many people wanted to come, it could have filled Dodger Stadium," said the events sponsor, Tom Mulhall, owner of a clothing-optional resort. "We were concerned that we might have a safety and security problem." The Suns announced another promotion: "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Suns Night," to be held Aug. 9. The event, named for an Australian cult movie, immediately ran afoul of the local gay community and was renamed "Female Impersonator Night." Even after the change, not everyone was happy. "I don't feel a baseball field is the place for a drag queen show," said hotelier Joe Riordan. "That's why you have nightclubs." GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN In Wichita, Kansas, Gail Murphy, 46, had to lie in bed on her stomach after hemorrhoid surgery. She became furi-

ous with her husband for leaving her alone while he went fishing with friends. When she heard him return six hours later, she got up, walked to the porch with a shotgun and fired through the door, then called 911. Police said Edward Murphy, 47, died the next morning.

won by Leonal Fernandez Reyna. Embassy officials in Washington explained the separation was necessary because men are rude to women, but the Associated Press reported it was part of the plan to assure a fair election. Women lined up at 6 a.m. to prove they were registered voters and started casting their ballots at 8:30. Men gathered at 1 p.m. and voted late in the afternoon. Once in line, voters couldn't leave, leaving them no time to get to another polling place to vote a ^ second time. The result, officials reported, was the cleanest election in Dominican history.

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COME A LONG WAJ?, BABY Germany's liberal, mosdy male Free Democrats launched an equal rights campaign to open the army to women, attacking the legal exclusion of women in combat as the country's last sexist job ban. Their female counterparts rejected the call to arms, however, charging the men with raising the equal rights banner only because the number of men entering the armed forces had fallen. • In the Dominican Republic, men and women voted separately in the June 30 election,

OOPS! In El Cajon, California, Heather Jaehn, 25, and her boyfriend returned home but discovered they had misplaced the house key. When they couldn't find an open window, the 100-pound Jaehn decided to try the chimney. Partway down, she got stuck. Her boyfriend tried unsuccessfully . for three hours to get her out before calling the fire department. Meanwhile, Jaehn had removed a sweater she was wearing because it was getting too warm in the chimney. When finally rescued, she was

covered with soot and "naked from the waist up," according to fire department Battalion Chief Ed Jarrel|. Pointing out that she was greeted by 13 firefighters and an assortment of television cameras and still photographers, he added, "She was pretty embarrassed about the whole thing." CURSES, FOILED AGAIN Police investigating" a burglary in suburban Miami arrested Rafael Santiago, 34, after they found his missing thumb at the scene of the crime. Metro-Dade police said Santiago shot his thumb off while he and an accomplice were trying to steal a shotgun from the apartment. The suspects fled, but Santiago was nabbed when he showed up at Jackson Memorial Hospital for . treatment of his wound. • Antonino Votano, an Italian gangster who was sentenced to life after a murder conviction but escaped, was apprehended after a year in hiding because he was a chain-smoker. Police found hundreds of fresh cigarette butts they recognized as Votanos brand outside a building he had been using as his hideout, so they surrounded it. Votano was captured without incident.

FUMBLE Boston Patriots defensive end Bruce Walker suffered a stab wound in his chest while he and a friend were playing catch with a steak knife outside the Super Stop &C Shop in North Attleboro, Mass., and Walker missed a catch. Police said the 6-foot-4-inch, 310. pound two-year veteran was examined at Southwood Community Hospital in Norfolk and released after receiving five stitches. CROWDED AT THE TOP Two New York schoolgirls have sued each other over who has the right to be called the best. Lisa Camilleri, 18, was told last fall that she was to be her high school graduating class's valedictorian as a result of having scored the highest gradepoint average over the previous six years. The following term, however, classmate Paige Goodman surpassed Camilleri s average, and she was named valedictorian. Camilleris parents protested, so principal Harris Sarney declared that the two students would share the honor, prompting the Goodmans to sue. Ifi June the New York Supreme Court found for Goodman, then the" following day restored the principal s ruling. • •

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BREAD BOXING As a burgeoning baker at ® B a a d

(some bakeries have a machine which spits out bread dough in perfect baguette shapes). Honestly, I have little interest in pointing fin-

one of those struggling, local, small-scale Vermont bakeries

gers, creating any sense of unfriendly competition, or attempting to judge the quality of the breads made by Burlington's bread producers. I

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By all indications, driving — and life — are not what

described in Betsy "West's article,

just don't understand Seven Days' lack of inclu-

"It's a Wonderful Loaf," I want-

sion of the many small, local operations you

ed to write Seven Days and say-

seemed to want to feature. I was a bit surprised

thank you. But, unfortunately, I

to find out that we were not offered the oppor-

can't. After reading the entire

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tunity to advertise in what could have been

Founded by Coca-Cola scion Allen Johnson, Frog Hollow

July 24 issue focusing on local

important exposure for us. And I was even more

Center turns

food production, I found myself

surprised that the two least-struggling, most cor-

asking some questions,

porate, largest-scale bakeries in town somehow

Although West's article present-

got the most press. In the words of your intro-

LOTS OF POTENTIAL

ed an informative and appreciat-

ductory editorial, "we recommend supporting

ed viewpoint on bread trends,

your local farmers and small food producers by

Seven Days didn't seem to get

seeking out their wares." It seems to me that

what she was really trying to say.

Seven Days did not seek quite far enough.

How is it that Breadsmith land-

— Anita Golton

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The Olive Branch Bakery

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Filene's could be the last chapter in a long local story of urban By

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MOTHER LOAD A new 'zine published public By

Doesn't anyone know that Breadsmith is a national fran-

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FORGIVE A N D FORGET

raised when a money-making

beware! Do not be fooled by Bob Dole's aban-

Reviews o/^Edmond and Acts of Four-giveness

venture such as Breadsmith,

doned attempt to add a "plank of tolerance"

with its prefabricated, upscale,

(regarding abortion) to the Republican party

generic facade moves in one

platform. Bob Dole is and always has been firm-

block down the road from the

ly anti-choice. Throughout his Senate career, he

Olive Branch Bakery? What

cast 106 anti-choice votes, and ZERO pro-

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Bercaw

makes Breadsmith any different than Klingers?

choice votes. The magnitude of such a voting

Both have backing from larger sources outside

record is staggering. This "plank of tolerance"

Vermont; both have the capital to market them-

was not proposed because Bob Dole became

departments

selves extensively and to sport the most state-of-

enlightened and realized the importance of pro-

news

the-art kitchens; both have the facilities to make

tecting the right to choose. This proposal was a

weekly

breads at a relatively low cost (despite what they

ploy by the Republican party to make you, the

exposure

charge the customer); and both target upscale

pro-choice voter, think "Maybe he's not such a

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consumers.

bad guy after all..." Don't fall for it.

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Is it a coincidence that Breadsmith placed a

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large ad in Seven Days and were featured in a

all? In addition, I found it contradictory to the focus of an article on artisanal bread that is "chewy, crusty, irregular, dark, and deeply flavor-

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and one reason o n l y — it was the right decii sion. I You've got to wonder if Ho-Ho's King j George III views on the law reflect at all the views of his right hand man — Administration Secretary Bill Sorrell, our Supreme Court jus- j tice in waiting. Blaming the judge for going by g the book might make Ho-Ho feel good, but one would expect a little more class from one so j well bred. On the Crime Beat — The September trial of Billy Greer & Co. on federal drug charges has 1 been postponed until November 6. Get your | tickets early. And longtime local bartender g David Dower has a reservation at the federal prison in Allenwood, Pennsylvania. He copped a plea on coke dealing charges and received a g relatively light 57-month sentence. The word on the street is Mr. Dower rolled over. David's 8 scheduled to surrender to authorities August 27. | On the domestic assault front, last weekend was pretty typical. Five people were locked up over the weekend in Chittenden County on | domestic assault charges. They appeared for arraignment at the Costello Courthouse I Monday morning and pretty much covered the 8 gamut. | Bruce Sumner, 34, of Burlington was picked up by Colchester Police around midnight Saturday after he allegedly entered the home of his ex-girlfriend on Lakeshore Drive, J threw her against the wall and got into a punch-up with her current W j ^ ^ W ^ W M boyfriend. According to police, I ^ [ | J Sumner blew a .135 on the I ^ H H A H H alco-sensor. He pleaded not ^ J J I J I ^ ^ H guilty and was ordered not to | -Tc* M B drink- He must report daily to I the police department for a § I alco-sensor test while awaiting • M B trial. § A couple hours later, Burlington police were called to I jS"®** ° * i f l | a North Champlain St. resiles- ; i m dence after a young child called 911 and reported "his mother ® illfflf ™ was drunk and that she was ll^fty beating Daddy in the bedB V 41 room." When the gendarmes P P f f arrived, 30-year-old Stacey ^FjmJ^Smith stepped out on the porch j Byjr and told them everything was g • • "all set" and the cops weren't I^ I needed. Then her husband I came out on the porch and said | I M I she'd been hitting him. He j T J H L offered to leave. According to I J ^ W W the police affidavit, "the female | t I Wf then tensed up and started slap- g I I B^k ping the male subject in the face \ ^ ^ ^ | ^ ^ and head." That earned her a 1 bed down at The Gray Bar Hotel. She entered a not guilty J plea Monday. 1 In the wee hours of Saturday morning, police responded to a disturbance in City Hall j Park. Joseph Rocha, age 20, allegedly punched his 22-year-old male roommate a couple times I in the nose. Rocha told the cops, "he had spent | a lot of money for rent and other bills and he « had just got fed up." They'd been living togeth- § er for five months. Rocha got to spend Saturday " and Sunday nights at The Gray Bar Hotel. He g entered a not guilty plea and was ordered to stay away from his friend. I Just another weekend in the land of Bud. J Hey, can we just get along? ® On the Campaign Trail — Bernie Sanders has ® released results of a new poll down in . § Washington D.C. This one, conducted by the | firm Bennett Pettis and Blumenthal, tapped 400 likely voters between July 19-23. The I results put Ol' Bernardo comfortably ahead with 58 percent. Republican Susan Sweetser g trailed with 30 percent and Jack Longshot brought up the rear with 5 percent. Media Notes — No question about it, the best J byline in town belongs to Freeps reporter, Tamara Lush. She's a graduate of the Lyndon I Institute and formerly worked at the infamous | Manchester Union-Leader. | Over in TV land, Jeni DiPrizio is WPTZ's * new Vermont reporter. A Chicago native, she's a | graduate of Southern Illinois. University and j spent the past two years on the box in Traverse ^ City, Michigan. • 1

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covered early on, was selling the crafts its members produced, J But the retail route had —- and still has — its detractors, including some of the very crafters who stand to gain from sales of their works. Even other crafts organizations have been known to grouse that Frog Hollow has become "too commercial." But if the "art versus commerce" schism seems naive in the '90s, it's not at all sur- . prising considering Frog Hollow's counterculture roots.

acrame? God's eyes made of yarn? Shapeless brown mugs? What's going on at Frog Hollow? Don't worry, the '70s revival that has mercilessly resurrected bellbottoms ,and pointy-collared polyester shirts hasn't really returned to Vermont's premiere craft center. Its nostalgic classes this summer in the now-kitschy "hippie" crafts of the era are simply part of a silver anniversary — the gala celebration is Friday in n 1971, making money was Middlebury. what parents had done :— or As Frog Hollow mulls over coveted. Therefore it was sus25 years of its growing pains pect behavior to much of the and pleasures — meticulously youth generation, and selling researched and written up last too closely resembled "selling year by a Middlebury College out." So amongst the back-tosenior — the institution has much to be proud of. Foremost, the-land types and idealistic college students, there was of course, is its very existence. enthusiastic response to the idea Frog Hollow's board and supof a community center focused porters gradually weaned the on teaching age-old crafts and center from the largesse of its promoting a do-it-yourself first benefactor, a Coca Cola ethic. Some of the early supheir by the name of Allen porters included the now highly Johnson. For the past decade, it successful artisans Fred and Judi has survived on hard-earned Danforth of Danforth Pewter, grants, donations, membership and Woody Jackson, who has and retail sales. single-handedly made the From its original quarters in Holstein an iconic objet d'art. Middlebury and two satellite All three had attended locations in Burlington and Middlebury College and Manchester, Frog Hollow remained in the area, as had grossed $1.7 million last year. another Frog Hollow particiAlso, the center recently passed pant, printmaker Sabra Field, a — with flying colors — a review of its status as a Vermont decade earlier. T h e money for the State Craft Center, a designaproject came from Linda tion granted in 1975 that had and Allen Johnson, not been reevaluated since. Southerners who had "Frog Hollow is an outmoved to Middlebury in standing part of the crafts com1963 and become active munity. It makes us all look members of the commugood," declares Martha Fitch, nity. Rich, reputable director of the Montpelierand idealistic, the based Vermont Craft Council. Johnsons were ideal All three galleries showcase the benefactors. Allen finest works of wood, pottery, Johnson even envisioned fiber art, blown glass and jewelthe center as a place ry in museum-quality displays. where discontented kids There's not a trace of lawn art might acquire selfin sight. esteem by learning to make In fact, Frog Hollow may things with their hands — and look too good. Praise for its not to turn to drugs. The high quality wares has resulted Johnsons presented their idea to in an identity problem of sorts. the town plan"A lot of peoners, who were ple think Frog Paper to Silver, interested in rejuHollow is this venating their Frog Hollow's 25th fancy place downtown and with all kinds Anniversary developing longof money," neglected Frog E x h i b i t i o n . Vermont summarizes Alley. Marketing Cra»ft Center at Frog Within its Director Kirt Hollow. Middlebury. first year of life in Zimmer, "but » a remodeled forReception August 9, it's not true." mer mill next to State-sanc5-8 p.m. the roaring Otter tionned does Creek Falls, Frog not mean stateHollow taught free classes to funded. 600 school children — funded T h a t misperception has by a grant from the National made it harder for the organizaEndowment for the Arts — and tion to find other sources of tuitioned classes to all ages. "If funding. O n e logical avenue to somebody came in and said, self-reliance, its founders dis-

"Let's have a course on Hoopty-Hoop,'" recalled co-founder and first resident potter Richard Wissler, "we'd find somebody that did Hoopty-Hoop and see if they wanted to do a course." Its educational efforts enabled the center to receive nonprofit status, which came in handy when Johnson began to nudge Frog Hollow toward financial independence. The center itself provided a stimulating meeting place for crafters, new and established, in the area, as well as a gallery to show and sell their works. Resident artists in ceramics, jewelry and metal work offered afternoon demonstrations for the public. There was also space for non-resident crafters to teach just about anything — even guitar playing.

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"If somebody came in and said, 'Let's have a course on Bryant, who took over from Wissler a few years later. "There was a lot of community spirit, and a lot of effort to help each other out. We joked about the upstairs-downstairs split — the craftspeople worked underneath the gallery — but we celebrated birthdays together, had dinner together. It was a very tight group." Despite Frog Hollow's early summer-camp atmosphere and focus on youth education, Allen Johnson's prescient mission included helping professional crafters earn a living from their creations. In doing so, he told a Burlington Free Press reporter in 1971, "we will be able to attract and keep talented professionals who would otherwise be forced to live in metropolitan areas." It took the state of Vermont

years to arrive at the same conclusion. W i t h the formation of the Vermont Craft Council in 1990, various state agencies as well as some 300 individuals and organizations gained an important resource, coordinator and advocate. It also gave officials an excuse to tally up the number of crafts producers in the state. At last count, says Fitch, there.were 1560 in Vermont.

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dards for its crafts. Today, it's harder than ever for crafters to become members — but not so much because the bi-monthly jurying is tougher. There are simply more competitors, and space is limited at the three Frog Hollow centers. Bryant, who dropped out of the galley because she could not make

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FOLK BRUNCH (acoustic), Burlington Coffeehouse, City Market, 11 a.m. No cover. ACOUSTIC SUNRISE (open jelly), Java Love, 11 a.m. No cover. OPEN MIKE W/SCOTT MCALLISTER (acoustic), Vermont Coffeehouse, Vermont Pasta, 8:30 p.m. Donations. THE PANTS, SMOKIN' GRASS (altrock), Club Toast, 9:30 p.m. $5. RUSS FLANIGAN (rock), Nectar's, 9 p.m. No cover. FLEX RECORDS NIGHT (DJs Justin B. & Cousin Dave), Club Metronome, 9 p.m. No cover. ALEX BETZ TRIO (jazz), Main Street Bar and Grill Downstairs, Montpelier, 11 a.m. No cover. FULL MOON HEART (acoustic), Gallagher's, Waitsfield, 9:30 p.m. No cover. CARL RUBINO (folk), Old Foundry, St. Albans, 5 p.m. Donations.

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of the project's organizers remain convinced that it comprised a positive chapter in the city's history. "It's a different era now," says Art Hogan, who directed the urban renewal effort, "but it's still clear that the project achieved many good things for Burlington." Hogan now heads the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission. "There are no downsides to it that I can see," adds Frank Balch, the Planning Commission chairman who helped spur the redevelopment. "I know that the total demolition method of urban renewal didn't have*a good history in many cities, but Burlington's is probably the biggest success story anywhere."

f Filene's does build a downtown department store — a possibility recently raised by Mayor Peter Clavelle — it will be the final piece in an urban renewal project that began taking shape nearly 40 years ago. After all that time, however, it's still not clear whether this radical redevelopment of a big part of the central business district has been good or bad for Burlington. Strong disagreements persist in regard to the project's impact and design. O n e of the few points of consensus is that the building of Burlington Square made permanent alterations in the Queen City's urban fabric.

An entire residential neighborhood was leveled to make way for the hotel, office buildings, parking garages', retail mall and empty expanses that now occupy the seven-block site bordered on the north by Cherry Street, on the west by Battery Street, and on the south by

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College Street. In its tear-itdown and start-all-over approach, the project was typical of 1950s-style urban renewal — or "urban removal," as it was caustically characterized by author and activist Jane Jacobs. At the time, many planners saw "slum clearance" as both a humane and cost-effective urban response to the entice-

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Attitudes gradually shifted, though, toward the preservationist alternative posed by Jacobs and other advocates of rehabilitation. Today, it's hard to imagine a repeat of the Champlain Street Project, as the Burlington slum-clearance initiative was known.

Some former residents of the vanished neighborhood are still bitter about what was done to them in the name of "slum clearance." "It's a sin what happened

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in much of downtown. The self-enclosed design, housing, but many of the homes were well cared for. And Hogan notes, was intended to the loss of those homes broke a encourage pedestrian movement and discourage automolot of peoples hearts." In addition to destroying an ; bile use in the citys commercial ethnically diverse working-class core. "Part of the rationale was community, the project obliter- to create an east-west pedestrian corridor between Church ated the grid pattern in the and Battery Streets, connecting area. The interruption of one east-west and three north-south downtown with the lake," Hcrgan explains. "There was streets erased sight lines and sentiment at the time to separeconfigured traffic circulation

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probably mistook the funky trinity for religious fanatics. Alex Chirelstein of the Moveable Arts Academy bought a brownie, and the exchange led to further discussions. After checking out Our Lady, he suggested Downey, Blair and Waltz teach a class for teen moms through Moveable Arts, a program of Very Special Arts Vermont. Together they worked out an arrangement: Burlington College donated the classroom for the weekly, two-hour class. Moveable Arts picked up the print bill for the second issue. And the Lund Family Center bussed in the writers and artists — teen mothers who fulfilled their "education" requirement by putting their experiences

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really fantastically creative things." Jean Waltz, co-publisher mind about the wisdom of welfare-sponsored parenting, it does explode a number of stereotypes. "We're a rowdy bunch of welfare moms that graduated from college, work our tails off, and have children that leave you with a sense of hope," reads the editorial. "Our goal was to get away from that victimization stuff and actually prove ourselves competent," adds copublisher and artist Jean Waltz. "This is living proof that we are not hanging out eating bon bons, that we are doing really fantastically creative things." Our Lady of Welfare was the brainchild of Annie Downey, who got the idea from her own painting — a Madonna and Child framed in food stamps. Downey, enlisted Waltz, Jennifer Blair and graphic designer John Vidoli to put the concept into print, and the first issue — a Kinko's creation — took shape last summer. To raise money for their printing, the publishers put on a bake sale, offering Fruity Pebble Marsh-Mallow Treats on Church Street to people who

bedroom thinking. Then all of a sudden I started to get sick in my garbage can," writes Robyn, who had her first baby at 15. "Now it's just me, my baby and my parents." Some of these naive musings would make great copy for a right-to-life newsletter. The more mature writing of the three instructors — now twentysomething mothers on welfare fighting the stigma of public assistance — would not. Downey writes, "Who am I now: a woman with two small children, beautiful babies, my babies, and a man that calls me a cunt. . . When it comes out of his mouth I am sterilized for days — washed of love. . . I want to get high. I want to listen to old Irish ballads. I want to watch An Angel at My Table. I want — something — to get over my 'self.'" There is anger, fear and pride in these pages. But what comes through loud and clear is a genuine love of children, and despite their circumstances, a common desire to parent well. Which is both admirable and disconcerting given that in some young circles child-bearing is now considered "trendy." In its zeal to make motherhood acceptable, will Our Lady of Welfare also make it fashionable? "We are not encouraging women to get pregnant, but once that decision is made, to do a good job mothering," says Downey, who has plans for upcoming issues on disabled moms, women who have gotten off welfare and other relevant themes. "I don't think teenagers reading this are going get the impression having kids is a walk in the park. It is a really scary place to be."

down on paper. "The coolest thing was realizing everyone in the room was going through the same thing," says 19-year-old Abigail Russell, who contributed a metaphorical description of giving birth. Motherhood, she acknowledges, can be isolating.* Our Lady "makes you feel a little bit more human. You were improving Sixteen-year-old Nadia's yourself, learning new things wish list, for example, is dividthat will help ed into two you in your parts. Under PUBLICATION PARTY, life." "ideal," she lists with Lipslide celeThe current happy, great relationship, issue is domibrating the new around people, nated by firstI s s u e o f Our Lady of great job, person, firstmoney earned, name accounts Welfare. Saturday. car, beautiful by young A u g u s t 1 0 , C a f e N o home." Under mothers, most "true," she of them detailNo, 8 p . m . describes her ing how they Donations. Info, reality: "unhapdiscovered they py, shitty guy, 865-5066 were pregnant. alone, shitty "The doctor school, assistance, no license, came in and told me I was testapartment." Clearly, this 'zine ing positive for pregnancy. I is more than just a creative thought that I wasn't pregnant outlet for girls with limited because positive was the good side of things," writes Crystal, a options. It offers the faithful what Our Lady always has: 17-year-old mother of two. hope. • "The day I found out I was

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CRAFTSBURY C H A M B E R PLAYERS: The Vermont-based ensemble selects classical and contemporary works by Haydn, Briggs and Dohnanyi. A 4:30 p.m. concert for children is free. U V M Recital Hall, 8 p.m. $10. Info, 800-639-3443. B A N D C O N C E R T : T h e Waterbury Community Band joins the Morrisville Town Band at the Stowe Library Gazebo, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 253-7792.

d a n c e FREE SPIRIT D A N C E : The weekly barefoot boogie convenes at Earth Dance Healing Arts Studio, Chace Mill, Burlington, 7:30-9 p.m. $5. Info, 482-2827. C O N T A C T I M P R O V : Make contact with other fearless movers at Memorial Auditorium Loft, Burlington, 7:15 p.m. $1. Info, 860-3674..

t h e a t e r ' E D M O N D ' : This morality play by David Mamet doubles as a darkly comic journey of self-discovery. New York-based Atlantic Theater Company performs at Burlington City Hall, 8 p.m. $12. Info, 362-5359. 'PETS!': This musical review celebrates pets and their people with a cast of cats, dogs, boas and guppies. McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 8 p.m. $17.50. Info, 654-2281. ' S P A G H E T T I M U R D E R MYSTERY': Explorer-detective Jeffrey Spaulding stars in a carbonara caper concocted by playwright Jim Hogue. Check out the dinner theater at Villa Tragara Restaurant, Waterbury Center, 6 p.m. $35. Reservations, 244-5288. 'ALICE': Lost Nation Theatre performs an original, musical version of the Lewis Carroll classic. Montpelier City Hall, 8 p.m. $11. And today only: 1:30 p.m. $8. Info, 229-0492. ' P U M P BOYS & D I N E T T E S ' : T h e Stowe Theatre Guild offers a "country music revue" at Stowe Town Hall, 8 p.m. $10. Info, 253-3961. A M O N T H IN T H E C O U N T R Y ' : The Russian classic is a study of love in two climates: the hot-house world of Natalya Petronva and the field-fresh climate of Befyaev. Unadilla Theater, East Calais, 8 p.m. $10. Info, 456-8968. O P E N T H E A T E R REHEARSAL: Domesticity turns dangerous in Big City Players' rehearsal of Marriage is Murder. University Mali, Burlington, 7-9 p.m.

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'BLAQC BEARD'S GHOST': Take a lawn chair to the "movie theater" behind City Center, Montpelier, dusk. Free. Info, 244-6957.

a rt BASIN HARBOR READING: Fitzgerald grandchild Eleanor Lanahan reads from Zelda: An Illustrated Life. Club Room, Basin Harbor Club, 9 p.m. Free. Info, 475-2311.

k i d s STORY H O U R : Finger plays and cut-and-fold stories are geared toward the ages of attending children. This weekly event is held at the S. Burlington Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 658-9010. STORIES: Kids listen while they eat snacks and make crafts at the Children's Pages, Winooski, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 655-1537.

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9 SPANISH STEPS: Nothing like a Latin fest to make you feel thoroughly uncoordinated. Htppy flailings don't cut it when the music says cha cha cha. Learn to dance like Robert DeNiro — and Ricky Riccardo — at a workshop with live music. Friday, August 9. Edmunds Middle School Cafeteria, Burlington, 6-8p.m. $10. Info, 864-0123.

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t h e a t e r ' E D M O N D ' : See August 7. 'PETS!': See August 7. 'ALICE': See August 7.

TALKING ' T O O N S : Those hairy cartoon creations in die New Yorker magazine belong to Vermont-based Ed Koren, whose artistic accomplishments include T-shirts for the Brookfield Volunteer Fire Department and a book for kids about cancer. Get his comments — and cartoons — along with a great view of the lake. Saturday, August 10. Basin Harbor Club, Vergennes, 9p.m. Free. Info, 475-2311. G A R D E N PARTY: And you thought : hcJfiootns d isrnontl r m ^ ax^d sil"". . :-: ver sets. Try mammoth basil and violette difirenze eggplant. The vegetables are the thing at Cooks Garden, which doubles as a national seed supply company. Shep Ogden cooks the kale. Saturday, August 10. Cook's Garden, Intervale Avenue, Burlington, 10 a.m. -3 p.m. Free. Info, 660-3505.

ALLEN T H E FAMILY: Ethan Allen was not your typical founding father. H e lived as hard as he died — drunk, on the way home from a party. His second wife, Fanny, gave up New York society to homestead in Vermont. Look for local color at a dramatization of their wedding. Saturday, August 10. Ethan Allen Homestead, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Injv, 865-4556.

M O R G A N T R U S T : You would think a happy Holstein would get top billing in Vermont. But the state animal is a - - < Morgan horse — of course — bred for practical purposes like hauling logs. T h e original stud, Figure, helped supply the Yankee cavalry during the Civil War. Go, figure. Wednesday, August 14. Morgan Horse Farm, Weybridge, 10:30a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 388-2011. — P.R.

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etc C A L E D O N I A C O U N T Y FAIR: See August 7. Today includes harnass racing. BUSINESS SOCIAL: Sample "summer ' magic" at a schmooze-fest sponsored by the Downtown Burlington Development Association. Mona's Restaurant, Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $10. Reservations, 863-1175. T R O P I C A L FISH M E E T I N G : "Mimcry in nature" is the subject of a fish fest with speaker John Galvin. V F W Hall, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 482-3616. C O L L E G E O P E N H O U S E : Learn about degree programs, financial aid and the admissions process. Burlington College, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 862-9616. 'CRUISE-INE': Mary's at Baldwin Creek caters a floating feast. King Street Ferry Dock, Burlington, 7 p.m. $35. Info, 863-5966. ROYAL LIPIZZAN STALLIONS: The world-famous white horses summer in Vermont. They strut their stuff in North Hero, 6 p.m. $15. Info, 372-5683.

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T H E DISCIPLES: Tammy Fletcher and her followers walk on water — with essential ballast from Lake Champlain Ferries. King Street Ferry Dock, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $20. Info, 863-5966. M U S I C & D A N C E FESTIVAL: The Barrio of Culture raps, Latino-style, at an "all-ages" dance under the big top. Burlington Waterfront, 7-11 p.m. $6. Info, 864-0123. 'TOSCA': Opera North offers a concert version of the opera with full orchestra and choruses. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 8 p.m. $10-14. Info, 728-9133. N O O N C O N C E R T SERIES: The Abair Brothers play the "best of yesterday and today" on the Church Street Marketplace, Burlington, noon - 3 p.m. Free. Info, 863-1648.

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teaches women basic skills in carpentry, plumbing, weatherization and construction site work. Get oriented at the Fletcher Library, Burlington, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7181. LAKE WATER I N F O : Does your water come from the lake? Find out how to keep zebra mussels out of your intake pipes. Grand Isle School, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 658-1414. C A L E D O N I A C O U N T Y FAIR: The six-day event continues with ag exhibits, monster trucks and racing pigs. Today includes professional wrestling, a rodeo, and a special on midway rides. Mt. View Park, Lyndonville, 7 a.m. - 11 p.m. $6. Info, 626-5917. WATERBURY FARMERS MARKET: Local peas and zucchinis are available, along with dinner items such as pizza, pasta and turnovers. Rusty Parker Park, Waterbury, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 434-2690.

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SEVEN

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august

1996

d a n c e LATIN D A N C E W O R K S H O P : Los Pleneros del Coco play while you sample the salsa. Edmunds Middle School Cafeteria, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. $10. Info, 864-0123. S W I N G D A N C E : Allison Mann and the Clayfoot Strutters play zydeco and blues for your dancing pleasure. Montpelier Unitarian Church, 8 p.m. $6. Info, 223-4712.

t h e a t e r ' E D M O N D ' : See August 7. 'PETS!': See August 7. ALICE': See August 7, $13. ' P U M P BOYS & D I N E T T E S ' : See August 7. 'ACTS O F 4GIVENESS': Green Candle Theatre Company presents short plays about love and loss. 135 Pearl, Burlington, 8 p.m. Donations. Info, 893-7333. ' P L U M CRAZY': Acclaimed Boston actress Paula Plum offers contrasting character plays. Unadilla Theatre, East Calais, 8 p.m. $12.50. Info, 456-8968.

a r t ' P A I N T I N G N O T E S ' : Clarence Morgan shows slides of his work illuminating contemporary and past approaches to abstraction. Noble Hall, Vermont College, Montpelier, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 828-8509. E D K O R E N : The New Yorker cartoonist lets his hair down in the Club Room, Basin Harbor Club, 9 p.m. Free. Info, 475-2311.

w c r d s 'COVERED BRIDGES OF V E R M O N T ' : Ed Barna signs copies of his new book at the Vermont Book Shop, Middlebury, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 388-2061.

k i d s 'WATER WELLNESS': Kids learn to measure water quality by its population of "benthic bugs." Lake Champlain Basin Science Center, Burlington,. 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 864-6832. MUSICAL S T O R Y T I M E : Robert Resnik entertains youngsters at the Fletcher Library, Burlington, 10:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

e t c C A L E D O N I A C O U N T Y FAIR: See August 7. ROYAL LIPIZZAN STALLIONS: See August 8. Fridays are two-for-one admission days. P O L I T I C A L DEBATE: Senators John Carroll and Dennis Delaney battle it out for lieutenant governor. Questions from the public will be entertained after the debate. Essex Center Grange, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-7622. A D U L T S T U D E N T I N T R O : Interested in conflict management or community development? Find out about a unique hands-on school. Woodbury College,

Montpelier, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free. Register, 800-639-6039. A N T I Q U E & CLASSIC CAR MEET: Check out hundreds of vintage cars, trucks and collector-type vendors. Nichols Field, Stowe, 8 a.m. - dark. $3. Info, 426-3265. ' P O W E R T O T H E PEOPLE': The author of a book on self-sufficient home energy systems talks new and traditional technologies. Yestermorrow Design Build School, Warren, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 496-5545. STAR PARTY: Mark Breen hosts two planetarium shows, telescope demonstrations and night sky viewing. Fairbanks M u s e u m ' & Planetarium, St. Johnsbury, 7 & 7:45 p.m. $3. Register, 748-2372. B L O O D DRIVE: Share a pint with a stranger at the Given Building, UVM, Burlington, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Donations. Info, 800-GIVE-LIF. R I C H M O N D FARMERS MARKET: Local produce, sweets, jewelry and potted plants are offered. Volunteers Green, Richmond, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 434-2690. O U T R I G H T SUPPORT GROUP: Gay, lesbian, bisexual and questioning youth are invited to an ongoing support group meeting. Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-9677.

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L A T I N O FESTIVAL: Papo Ross, Los Pleneros del Coco and the Oye Dancers make things muy caliente at Waterfront Park, Burlington, 5-11 p.m. $15. Info, 864-0123. BOAT CRUISE: Hector Cobeo spins discs on a late-night Latino cruise. Leaving from the south side of the Burlington Community Boathouse, 11 p.m. - 1:30 a.m. $5. Info, 863-5966.

t h e a t e r ' E D M O N D ' : See August 7. 'PETS!': See August 7, 2 & 8 p.m. 'ALICE': See August 7, $13. ' P U M P BOYS & D I N E T T E S ' : See August 7. 'ACTS O F 4GIVENESS': See August 9. ' P L U M CRAZY':'See August 9. 'LOVE LETTERS': Norma Leary and Don Loeffler are the letter writers in an epistolary romance by A.R. Gurney. Knights of Columbus Hall, Middlebury, 8 p.m. $5. Reservations, 352-4348. N. Y. T H E A T R E W O R K S H O P : The Off-Broadway company that developed Rent offers a work-in-progress entitled The Mineola Twins. Warner Bentley Theater, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N . H . , 2 p.m. $5. Info, 603-646-2422.

Waterbury Center.

a r t NATIVE AMERICAN ARTS: Expert Frederick Dockstader talks about traditional arts on display at the Shelburne Museum, 4 p.m. $10. Register, 985-3346 ext. 306. CLAY D E M O N S T R A T I O N : Kate Hodges demonstrates how to make _ Mexican-footed bowls at Frog Hollow, Burlington, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 860-4793.

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JULIA ALVAREZ READING: The Middlebury author of In the Time of Butterflies and How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents reads "with a Spanish accent." Chassman & Bern Booksellers, Burlington, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 862-4332. ' O U R LADY O F WELFARE': The new zine, written by women on welfare, debuts with music from Lipslide. See story, this issue. Cafe No No, Burlington, 8 p.m. Donations. Info, 865-5066.

k i d s STORY T I M E : Kids listen up at the Fletcher Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

e t c C A L E D O N I A C O U N T Y FAIR: See August 7. ROYAL LIPIZZAN STALLIONS: See August 8, 2:30 p.m. A N T I Q U E & CLASSIC CAR MEET: See August 9. LATINO FESTIVAL: Free daytime activities include music, skits, pottery and puppetry on the Church Street Marketplace, The Lake Champlain Basin Science Center gets in on the action with lectures and puppets, 11:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. $2. Burlington. Info, 864-0123. 'A W E S T M I N S T E R W E D D I N G ' : The Homestead Players take a few liberties reenacting the wedding of Ethan and Fanny Allen at their Intervale home. Ethan Allen Homestead, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 865-4556. W I N E T A S T I N G CRUISE: Isabel's serves "wines of the world" on the water. King Street Ferry Dock, Burlington, 7 p.m. $30. Info, 863-5966. O P E N G A R D E N : Tour the new demonstration and trial gardens for Cook's Garden. Next.to Gardeners Supply, Burlington, 10 a.m., noon & 2 p.m. Taste heirloom varieties, noon - 3 p.m. Free. Info, 660-3505. HISTORICAL RE-ENACTMENT: Eighteenth-century poseurs act as original French, British and Native inhabitants of the Champlain Valley. Lake

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Flynn Theatre lends its stage to a world-class performing artist. This year the worklight shines on jazz innovator

Threadgill and choreographer Alice Farley. An open rehearsal of their collaboration, subtitled "the human life of machines," shows Sunday at the Flynn.

every thursday night

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"Sends his terrific tenor to the heavens!" BETSEY H. BURNHAM, THE TRANSCRIPT, MORRISVtLLE, VT

"Breathtaking... the best in American entertainment!" CHARLES J. JORDAN, EDITOR, NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE MAGAZINE, COLEBROOK, NH

"A thunder of talent!" SUSAN MORRISSEY, VERMONT CATHOLIC TRIBUNE, BURLINGTON, VT

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"He might become a classic!" ED BARNA, RUTLAND HERALD, RUTLAND, VT

"Five stars out of four... masterful!" BERNARD A. MARVIN, EDITOR, NORTH COUNTRY NEWSINDEPENDENT, HAVERHILL, NH

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'BLACK BEARD'S G H O S T ' : See August 7, Ben & Jerry's Front Patio,

"John Thade is great music...special treasure for the State!" VIRGINIA LANE, EDITOR, thequecheetimes, QUECHEE VT

Champlain Maritime Museum, Basin Harbor, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. $7. Info, 475-2022. PARALEGAL I N T R O : Not up for law school? Find out about a unique hands-on alternative. Woodbury College, Montpelier, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Free. Register, 800-639-6039. ISLAND ARTS H O U S E T O U R : Island dwellers show off historic and modern homes to benefit Island Arts. South Hero & Grand Isle, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. $10. Info, 372-4788. FRISBEE ' G O L F ' T O U R N I E : You don't need a nine-iron to win this alternative tournie — just put specialized frisbee discs in metal basket "holes." The official state tournament tees off in North Calais at 1-1 a.m. $15 to compete. Info, 456-7465. SIERRA CLUB HIKE: Discover the caves and crevices on the Sunset Ridge Trail on a 10-mile hike up Mt. Mansfield. Meet at Underbill State Park, 8:30 a.m. $1.50. Info, 655-9611. H I S T O R I C A L DAY: Calvin Coolidge is president. Enjoy period music and dance, exhibits, nature walks and a barbecue. Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site, Plymouth, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free. Info, 672-3773. W O R K HIKE: Want to help relocate the Long Trail on Bamforth Ridge? Bring

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STARTING Y O U R O W N RETAIL COMPANY: Two Mondays & two Thursdays, August 12-22, 6-8 p.m. Church Street Center, Colchester. $79. Register, 800-639-3188. Karen SidneyPlummer teaches wannabe retailers.

HARVESTING HERBS & VINEGAR MAKING: Wednesday,

career

MASTER CLASS: Thursday, August 8, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Flynn Theatre, Burlington. $10. Register, 863-8778. Alice Farley and company teach Limonbased modern technique with sculptural improvisation. All levels are welcome. AFRO-CARIBBEAN DANCE: Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m. 147 Main Street,

CAREER D E C I S I O N M A K I N G :

Burlington. Thursdays, 7-9 p.m. Chace

Wednesday, August 14, noon - 4:30 p.m. Vermont Student Assistance Corporation, Winooski. Free. Register, 800-642-3177. Adults learn a process for clarifying interests and goals.

Mill, Burlington. $10. Info, 865-3216. Explore the folklore, rhythm and dances of

August \A, 7 p.m. Purple Shutter Herbs, Burlington. $1S. Register. 865-HERB. Get tips on drying freezing and preserving roots and herbs.

in-line skating SKATING CLINIC: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 6 & 7:15 p.m. Fort Ethan Allen Fitness, Colchester. $10. Info, 658-3313 ext.253. All levels learn from the best in the business. Gear is provided

the Caribbean with Yanique Hume.

design-build

college

Yestermorrow Design-Build School,

tarian and Tibetan Buddhist practices are taught.

496-5545. Author Michael Potts guides

photography

an overview of home energy design, building options, water systems and independent

W H A T T H E PROS KNOW: Saturday,

electrical systems.

August 10 & 17, 10 a.m. Vermont

computers

H O M E DESIGN-BUILD: Two weeks,

Studio Center Lecture Hall, Johnson.

August 11 -23. Yestermorrow

Free. Info, 635-2727. Sharpen your focus

MS EXCEL F O R W I N D O W S : Two

Design-Build School, Warren. Info and

on photography.

Mondays and two Thursdays, August 12-22, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Burlington College. SI 19. Info, 860-4057. H O W D O C O M P U T E R S WORK?: Wednesday, August 14, 6-8 p.m. Department of Employment & Training, Burlington. Free to unemployed people and residents of the Enterprise Community. Register, 860-4057. Get up to speed with computer technology.

free catalog of classes, 496-5545. Mornings and evenings are spent with architects designing your home. Afternoons are spent with builders learning construc-

tai chi ing classes.

S T I M U L A N T S & SEDATIVES:

video

Sunday, August 11, 1-6 p.m. North

P R O D U C T I O N SKILLS: Weekdays,

Montpelier. Sliding scale. Register, 456-1522. Learn to use cheap plants for sleeplessness, anxiety, mental fog, muscles, joints and nerve problems. Also make a tincture.

W O R K S H O P : Saturday-Sunday,

C A N C E R CURES: Monday, August

August 10-11. Yestermorrow

12, 7 p.m. Purple Shutter Herbs,

Design-Build School, Warren. Info and

Burlington. Sliding scale. Register,

free catalog of classes, 496-5545.

865-HERB. Learn natural ways to avoid

5-6:30 p.m. Channel 17, Burlington.

t h e a t e r

Free. Register, 862-3966. Learn about

' E D M O N D ' : See August 7. ALICE': See August 7, 7 p.m. 'PLUM CRAZY': See August 9. 'LOVE LETTERS': See August 10. N. Y. T H E A T R E W O R K S H O P : See August 10. Today see Banjy Pussy Raging by Idris Mignott.

video by being part of the live show crew.

writing W R I T E R S W O R K S H O P : Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m. Cafe No No, Burlington.

and treat cancer.

through an exploration in bricolage: con-

A S T H M A , ALLERGIES &

structing objects out of branches, limbs and

HAYFEVER: Tuesday, August 13, 7-9

yoga

p.m. Purple Shutter Herbs, Burlington.

YOGA: Daily, Burlington Yoga Studio,

$16. Register, 865-HERB. An herbal

174 Main St. Info, 658-YOGA. Classes

approach to illness could ease your

are offered in Iyengar, Kripalu, Bikram

C A L E D O N I A C O U N T Y FAIR: See August 7. The first 300 people get a free breakfast. ROYAL LIPIZZAN STALLIONS: See August 8, 2:30 p.m. A N T I Q U E & CLASSIC CAR MEET: See August 9. H I S T O R I C A L R E - E N A C T M E N T : See August 10. FRISBEE ' G O L F ' T O U R N I E : See August 10. Today compete in accuracy, maximum time aloft and a doubles round. $5. KAYAK T O U R : A day trip to Juniper Island leaves from the Burlington

and Kundalini styles. Beginners can start

suffering.

anytime.

LIST yOVR CLASS: Follow the fjormat, including a to to 20 word descriptive sentence. Mat! or walk it in, with $5 tor one week or $15 ficr a month, by the Thursday before publi cation. Free classes are listed without charge.

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t h e a t e r ' E D M O N D ' : See August 7. 'A M O N T H IN T H E C O U N T R Y ' : See August 7. O P E N T H E A T E R REHEARSAL: See August 7. O P E N STAGE: The dramatic equivalent of open mike happens every Monday at Cafe N o No, Burlington, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 865-5066.

k i d s EMBROIDERY: Kids in fourth through sixth grades layer fabrics, stitches and beads. S. Burlington Library, 1-3 p.m. Free. Register, 658-9010. V I D E O S : Curious George plus The Cat in the / / ^ r s h o w at the S. Burlington Library, 1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 658-9010. STORY T I M E S : Children 18 months to three years old listen at 10:30 a.m., those three to five at 9:30 a.m., and kids over four get a chance at 3:30 p.m. S. Burlington Library. Free. Info,

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O P E N REHEARSAL: Women lend their vocal chords to a harmonious rehearsal of the Champlain Echoes. S. Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 864-6703.

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Artist-architect Art Schaller guides students

found objects.

'EROTEC': The seduction of modern technology is the premise of a new collaborative work. Composer-saxophonist Henry Threadgill and choreographer Alice Farley compare notes at the Flynn Theatre, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Reservations, 863-8778.

Info, 253-4733. John DiCarlo leads ongo-

herbal medicine

Boathouse, 10"a.m. - 4 p.m. $55. Register, 864-0123. N A T U R E CELEBRATION: T h e Vermont Institute of Natural Science opens its new facility with a splash. A" Down by the River Festival" features nature walks, activities for children and a live Andean condor. VINS North Branch Nature Center, 2 miles north of State Street on Route 12, Montpelier, noon - 6 p.m. Free. Info, 229-6206. H E R B W O R K S H O P : Learn how to identify local herbs for use around the house. Cafe N o No, Burlington, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 865-5066. ISLAND MARKETPLACE: They aren't just bedroom communities. The products and services of the Islands are showcased with free samples at the Grand Isle School, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Free. Info, 372-4788. H O L O C A U S T P R O G R A M : Lutz Van Dijk, director of the Anne Frank Institute, keynotes the Summer Institute for Holocaust Studies for teenagers. The public is invited to hear the author of Damned Strong Love, a true story of a Jewish boy and a Nazi soldier who fall in love. Old Dorm Lounge, Vermont Technical College, Randolph, 7 p.m. Donations. Info, 223-3409. A D I R O N D A C K HIKE: This moderate 5-mile trip up Hurricane Mountain offers great views and ripe blueberries. Meet at the U V M Visitor Parking Lot, Burlington, 7:30 a.m. Free. Register, 863-2433. S T O W E FARMERS MARKET: Get it while it's fresh, next to the Red Barn Shops in Stowe, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Free. Info, 253-4498.

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TAI C H I : Tuesdays, 6:30-8 p.m. & 8-9 p.m. Food For Thought, Stowe, $10.

tion and tool use.

RUSTIC FURNITURE

CITY HALL SERIES: Blues artist James O'Halloran plays City Hall Park, Burlington, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-0123. JIG IN T H E VALLEY Seven bands play for your listening and dancing pleasure, including the long-lost Throbulators. G o for rock, rockabilly, bluegrass, blues, swing and jazz. East Fairfield Green, noon - dusk. $5. Info, 827-3275. BAND C O N C E R T : The Burlington Concert Band entertains against an Adirondack sunset backdrop. Catch the show tunes, marches and originals at Battery Park, Burlington, 7:15 p.m. Free. Info, 985-3740.

10 a.m. - noon. Burlington Shambala Center. Free. Info, 658-6795. Non-sec-

Warren. Info and free catalog of classes,

Sunday m u s i c

MEDITATION: First & third Sundays,

Saturday-Sunday, August 10-11.

crafts

meditation

H O M E ENERGY W O R K S H O P :

FINANCIAL AID: Thursday, August 15, 4 p.m. or Wednesday, August 14 or 2 1 , 1 0 a.m. Community College of Vermont, Burlington. Free. Info, 8654422. How will you pay for it? Prospective students get help from the pros.

lunch, water, tools and a swimsuit on a work hike. Meet in Montpelier, 8 a.m. Free. Info, 223-1406. FARMERS MARKETS: Vermont-grown agricultural products and crafts are for sale in the following locations: Burlington City Hall Park, 8:30 a.m. 2:30 p.m. Info, 453-2435. Taft Corners in Williston, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Info, 879-0464. Courthouse parking lot in Montpelier, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Info, 229-1935. Mad River Green in Waitsfield, 9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Info, 496-5856. Marbleworks in Middlebury, 9 a.m. - noon. Info, 897-5971. O n the green by McMahon Chevrolet, Morrisville, 8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Info, 888-5558. Taylor Park in St. Albans, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Info, 868-2029.

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e t c B L O O D DRIVE: See August 9, Vermont Department of Health, Burlington, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. H O L O C A U S T P R O G R A M : See August 11, 7:30 p.m. Tonight Dorinne Dorfman offers a slide discussion oft the history and art of wartime Germany. H U M A N R I G H T S W R I T E - I N : Make a dictator your pen pal and save a life. All materials are provided at the Unitarian Church, Burlington, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-4838. ARTS G A T H E R I N G : Nicolette Clarke is leaving her position as executive director of the Vermont Arts Council to head up the New York State Council on the Arts. Say goodbye at 136 State St., Montpelier, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 828-3291. M O U N T A I N BIKE RACES: Men, women, teens and kids pedal for applause in weekly races for serious and social bikers. Catamount Family Center, Williston, 6 p.m. $8 per race. Info, 879-6001. BUSINESS BREAKFAST: Entrepreneurs share ideas over coffee. Cafe N o No, Burlington, 7:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-1208.

' J U N G L E B O O K ' : Take your own chair to an outdoor screening. Cherry Street Parking Garage Roof, Burlington, dusk. Free. Info, 244-6957. 'MERRY M E A D O W S ' : Parents paired with three- to five-year-olds learn about wildflowers, butterflies and woodchucks. North Branch, Vermont Institute of Natural Science, Montpelier, 9:30-11:30

family coupons at the corner of Elmwood & Archibald streets, Burlington, 3:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-6248.

Wednesday m u s i c

CRAFTSBURY C H A M B E R PLAYERS:

HAUNTED FOREST PLANNING: Do you have a scary skit for the woods on Halloween? Help plan the outdoor nature bash. Audubon Nature Center, Huntington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 434-3068.

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ARTIST PANEL: Performing and visual artists discuss the process of making art. Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, 7 p.m. $5. Info, 253-8358.

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MUSICAL TUESDAYS: Dennis Kitz and II Gruppo Nuke Jitters present an avante garde fusion of music, technology and ambient sound. Montpelier City Hall, 8 p.m. $8. Info, 229-0492.

t h e a t e r ' E D M O N D ' : See August 7. O P E N T H E A T E R REHEARSAL: See August 7. ' O E D I P U S REX 1 & ' A N T I G O N E ' : The Young Company conveys the purity of Sophocles with a double dose of Greek tragedy. Unadilla Theater, East Calais, 8 p.m. $10. Info, 456-8968.

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'VANYA O N 4 2 N D S T R E E T ' : Director and playwright Andre Gregory will be in town for this screening of his modern film adaptation of Chekhov. Loew Auditorium, Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, N . H . Free. Info,

7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. W A L D O R F I N T R O : Prospective parents tour t t e school and meet the staff. Lake Champlain Waldorf School, Shelburne, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 985-2827. STORY H O U R : Finger plays and cut-and-fold stories are geared toward the ages of attending children. This weekly event is held at the S. Burlington Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 658-9010. STORIES: Kids listen while they eat snacks and make crafts at the Children's Pages, Winooski, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 655-1537.

A N I M A L M A G N E T I S M : The cast of characters includes a kitty, as well as guppies, guinea pigs and a lonely iguana. The musical Pets, about people and their animals, plays through Saturday at St. Michael's Playhouse. a.m. $12 per pair. Register, 229-6206. STORY H O U R : Kids between three and five engage in artful educational activities. Milton Public Library, 10:30 a.m. & 1 p.m. Free. Info, 893-4644.

e t c H O L O C A U S T P R O G R A M : See August 11. Polish Jew Harry Bialor and Dutch resistor Marion Pritchard tell their respective stories. O L D N O R T H E N D FARMERS MARKET: Fresh organic vegetables can be had for food stamps, cash or farm-to-

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See August 7. Schubert, Hindemith and Brahms are featured tonight.

t h e a t e r ' E D M O N D ' : See August 7. ' S P A G H E T T I M U R D E R MYSTERY': See August 7. 'ALICE': See August 7. ' P U M P BOYS & D I N E T T E S ' : See August 7. O P E N T H E A T E R REHEARSAL: See August 7. ' O E D I P U S REX' & ' A N T I G O N E ' : See August 13.

C I T Y HALL SERIES: See August 7. Blues artist James O'Halloran plays. H O L O C A U S T P R O G R A M : See August 11. Tonight a panel of speakers presents information on forgotten victims of the Holocaust: Jehovah's Witnesses, labor leaders, Gypsies, disabled people, Africans and homosexuals. ADULT S T U D E N T OPEN HOUSE: A workshop on earning prior learning credits at 5 p.m. is part of the introduction to the Prevel School. Room 144, Jeanmarie Hall, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 4:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2100. 'SUSTAINABLE PRESERVATION': Historic preservation activist Tony Souza shows how rebuilding town history creates hope for the future. Warren Town Hall, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info. 496-5545. H O R S E FARM O P E N H O U S E : The Morgan horse is a sturdy, practical Vermont creation. Demonstrations of the versatility of the breed and training procedures are free to Vermonters today. U V M Morgan Horse Farm, Weybridge, 10:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 388-2011.

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P E T E R K U R T H : The local Romanov biographer lectures in the Club Room, Basin Harbor Club, 9 p.m. Free. Info, 475-2311.

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k i d s ' J U N G L E B O O K ' : See August 13, behind City Center, Montpelier, dusk. Free. Info, 244-6957. M A R G A R E T M A C A R T H U R : The singer-storyteller — and official "New England Living Art Treasure," — performs at the Fletcher Library, Burlington,

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I had joined the Peace Corps after graduating from college and hadn't looked back until that morning. Somehow I got my hands on the International Herald Tribune and read the news that Angel Myers (now Martino) of Furman University had broken the world record in the 50-meter freestyle. She would be the top American sprinter in the Olympic Games in Seoul. Wait a minute, I thought, I just beat her last fall in a Division II duel meet. We both posted times fast enough to qualify for the Olympic Trials, which were still a year away at that time. But a shoulder injury, graduation and development work took me out of the pool. Nothing, however, was going to keep me out of Seoul. I resigned my post in Kenya and hopped a plane to South Korea where I took a position teaching English and secured a reporting job with the Korea Herald to cover swimming during the 1988 Olympic Games.

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u T O O L S O F T H E TRAIL: Forget about leisurely walks in the woods. Hiking is much more interesting with a pickaxe, and any p t h ^ jooisyou ; think would rajp ij^l^routing the Long Trail on Bamforth Ridge. Bring your own lunch, water, gloves — and work

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and fitness buffs dive in at 5:30 a.m. every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Sue Weed is one of their most vocal enthusiasts. "I can't say enough good things about it," she says. "There's people of all ages who are incredibly fit and great competitors." Vermont Masters — which started as a spin-off group in '82 — participate in local, statewide, regional, national and even international meets. Small competitions pit men against women because races are broken into time categories. Larger races are divided into gender-specific age groups. Weed is something of a speed demon herself. The only thing to slow her down recently was a trip to Japan to see her new grandchild. Now, she's back in the water training for swimming's most painful event — the 200 butterfly I want to be on her team. Apparently, I'm not alone in my renewed interest. The YMCA reports a surge in both its swimming and gymnastics programs after every Olympic Games. "Because the American swimmers did so well," Holcroft says, "there will be a high number of people who will consider joining." Consider it done. I'm giving Angel nine years to recover before our middle-aged master's rematch in the Senior Olympics. In the meantime, she's got a lot of catching up to do. •

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Through jects of the Northeast Kingdom September 29. ganged up on Stowe's Helen Day EGYPT AND BEYOND, paintings and sculpture by James Art Center this month for an art Gero. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 863-3403. Through jest in clay, wood, paint and ink. August. Above, Sam Thurston's "Portrait of EXPRESSING T H E FEMININE, group mixed media show My Father." portraying meanings of femininity. Rhombus Gallery, Burlington, 863-3360. Through August 29. PAINT: THREE STORIES, featuring the work ofWosene Kosrof, Ellen Langtree and Hal Mayforth. Wood Gallery, Vermont College, Montpelier, 878-8743. August 15-September 15. VCS CERAMIC RESIDENTS AND THEIR WORK, exhibit featuring ceramicists Jessica Broad and Andy Hall. Vermont Clay Studio, Montpelier, 223-4220. Through August. LIKE REVERSE ENTROPY...A LIFETIME MEASURABLE IN WEEKS, installation by Edward Mayer. Exquisite Corpse Artsite, Jager DiPaola Kemp, Burlington, 864-8040. Through September 13. RECENT PRINTS by Sabra Field. 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THINKING LIKE A BLACKSMITH, featuring five contemporary Vermont blacksmiths. Vermont Folklife Center, Middlebury, 388-1844. Through November 28. COLLAGE PAINTINGS by Patrick S. Hegarty. Samsara Cafe, Burlington, 865-4400. Through August 10. T H E GROWING SEASON, botanical prints and drawings of grasses, flowers and fruit from the 17th-20th centuries. Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, Burlington, 656-0750. Through October 13. VIEWS ON VERMONT, various artists' interpretations of Vermont and its residents, reflecting changing styles in art in the 19th-20th centuries. Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, Burlington, 656-0750. Through October 27. REGIONAL SELECTIONS 1996, biennial juried show of New England featuring four Vermont artists: Louise Glass, John Hughes, Mia Scheffey and Dean Snyder. Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 603-646-2808. Through September 1. VOYAGES AND VISIONS: 19th-century European Images of the Middle East from the Victoria and Albert Museum. Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury, 388-9029. Through August 18. PAW PRINTS, Tom's Cat and Other Creatures, linoblock and woodblock prints by Roy Newton. Red Onion Cafe, Burlington, 865-2563. Through September 18. O U T D O O R SCULPTURE, part of Arts Alive. S.T. Griswold Co., Williston, 864-1557. Through August 30. SILK STOCKING MATS: HOOKED RUGS FROM THE G REN FELL MISSION, featuring mats and household accessories produced by the fishing families of Newfoundland and Labrador. Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, 985-3346. Through October 20. NIEVES BILLMYER: A RETROSPECTIVE, drawings and paintings by FORGING AHEAD i f y ou thought blacksmiths just made a world-renowned abstract expressionist. horseshoes and fireplace utensils, take another look. Five Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, 253contemporary artisans renew the Iron Age with examples 8358. Through August 25. from weathervanes to abstract sculpture. At the Vermont ART'S ALIVE: O U T D O O R SCULPFolklife Center through November 28. Shown, a white TURE by Lars-Erik Fisk, James Florschutz, Charlotte Hastings and John metal spoon by Bob Bourdon. Houskeeper. On the lawn of the Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, Burlington, 6560750. Through August 18. NEW WORKS IN OIL, paintings by Kathleen Kolb. Clarke Galleries, Stowe, 253-7116. Through September 1. PHOTOGRAPHS by Josephine Santelli. Robert Paul Galleries, University Mall, S. Burlington, 658-5050. Through August. ABSTRACT VERMONT, mixed media by Axel Stohlberg. Axels Frame Shop and Gallery, Waterbury, 2447801. Ongoing. 28TH ANNUAL SENIOR STUDIO ART MAJORS SHOW, featuring Andrew Cantor, Alyson Piskorowski, Cristina Rodriguez and Sacha Sedriks at the Middlebury College Museum of Art, 388-3711, ext. 5007. Through August 18. HEALING LEGACIES, nationally touring exhibit of art and writing by women who have faced breast cancer. Fleming Museum, Burlington, 656-0750. Through August 11. ARTISTS OF COLOR H. Lawrence McCrory Gallery of Multicultural Art, Bailey/Howe Library, University of Vermont, Burlington, 656-2023. Ongoing. PERMANENT EXHIBIT, showing the prints of Mel Hunter and ceramic sculptures of Susan SmithHunter only. Smith-Hunter Gallery, Ferrisburgh, 877-3719. Drop in or by appointment anytime. BREAD AND PUPPET MUSEUM, featuring puppets, masks, Cheap Art, posters and publications. Rt. 122, Glover, 525-3031. Ongoing.

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(Mar. 21-Apr. 19): Was there ever a book you were attracted to exacdy because you didn't understand it? Because you Had a hunch it might one day become like a bible, but at first you could not penetrate its meaning? O r how about this: Was there ever a song you loved but had no idea why? A song that soothed a wound so deep you didn't even know you had the wound until you heard the song? This week, Aries, I'll ask you to gravitate towards people you can barely grok, towards situations that provoke your sense of wonder, towards ideas which confuse but tantalize you. You can't imagine how much you need the influence of stuff you can barely imagine. TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20): A Taurus painter I know loves to wear frilly finery, but that doesn't stop her from livening up parties by crawling on her belly like a reptile. I also include among my friends an ad exec born May 1 who

after hours. What I mean to imply with these examples is that you Bulls are not always the play-it-safe wallflowers many astrology textbooks say you are. These days especially. You may be doing the traditional, staid old Taurus imitation about 75 percent of your waking hours, but careening towards Sagittarian-style excess the rest of the time. I wouldn't be surprised to see you broiling sacred cow burgers this weekend. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Be alert for triple entendres. Capitalize swiftly on slips of the tongue and accidental revelations. Garbled communications could, strangely enough, blaze trails to desirable detours. C h a n c e meetings could launch conversations that last for many moons. If 1 were you, Big Talker, I'd follow up all leads that feel itchy or witchy or buggy. Be ready at a moment's notice to slip in through doors that are open just a crack. Assume that you'll find pieces to the master puzzle lying in a pile of dust on the floor next to a crumpled soda can. CANCER (June 21-July 22): You don't really need six padlocks on the gate that leads to the sanctuary where you keep your treasure. Two will suffice. Nor is it necessary to install four separate deadbolts on the iron door of the sanctuary. O n e will do just fine, i d also like to suggest that you give a set of the sacred keys to at least one trustworthy confidant; ideally, to two. If there are no such persons, this is prime time to track them down and invite them in for a tour of die temple. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In his book The Physics of Immortality, physicist Frank J. Tipler offers scientific proof that every human being who has ever lived will be resurrected from the dead at the end of time. I've been saying the same thing for years, but didn't have the data to support it. The reason 1 bring diis up, Leo, is that this is a propitious time for you to act as if Tipler s assertion is true. That is to say, live your life with the relaxed intensity and poised conscientiousness you'd naturally feel if you knew beyond a doubt that your soul is eternal. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The first and the last. The beginning and the end. The alpha and the omega. Ain't it strange how, when the mythic shifts hit the fan, these apparent opposites sometimes turn inside-out and trade places? Actually, it's not so strange at all, though it may seem that way early on. In hindsight, the epic flip-flop you're about to negotiate will seem as natural as being born, and just as interesting. To put you in the loosey-goosey mood that'll help you ace this heroic test, I'll ask you to hold in your mind's eye the image of a lesbian African-American welfare mother wearing a gold crown as she presides in the Oval Room of the White House. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): There's rarely been a better time for you to make a wish upon a falling star. Why? O n e reason is that your astrological aspects are now ideal for bringing heavenly dreams down to earth. Another big plus is the fact that this week the night sky will showcase the Perseids, the most prolific meteor shower of the year. T h e fireworks will be best on Sunday night, when you'll have as many as 80 chances an hour to link your dreams to a scintillating omen. Look northeast after dark and further north later in the evening. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): If you've been a victim of bias, it's time to rebel. If you've been manipulated by people who love you — even if supposedly for your own good — you have license to refuse further machinations. If you've been afraid of being discovered, I urge you to rise up against your own defensiveness and baldly reveal the secret you're so worried about; either that, or immediately cease and desist from the covert behavior in question. And if you've been wavering in your allegiance to your ancient oaths, by all means swear them again now, double-strong this time. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Yeah, it was kinky fun gaping at Janeane Garofalo as she got herself lathered up in the film The Truth about Cats and Dogs. It was a kick gawking at Arnold Schwarzenegger as he nurtured the hell out of Vanessa Williams in Eraser. But frankly, few voyeuristic pleasures can compare with the sight of two butterflies copulating in mid-flight over a dandelion-studded meadow. And just imagine what it must feel like for the butterflies. In fact, that's exactly what my advice is for you this week. Try to emulate those ecstatic ex-caterpillars. Envision their soaring boink, and then use all your resources to create the best possible imitation of that holy dance in your own life. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Let's survey your recent history as a combatant. You barely won World War III. World War IV was a draw, as was World War V. You flat-out lost World War VI, but came back strong to score a convincing victory in World War VII. Your triumph in World War VIII wasn't quite so total, b u t at least you got out of it with your love of life intact. Right about now, I'd say it was time to quit while you're ahead. A couple eons of peace would dissolve the jaded thoughts that have begun creeping into your heart, and would allow you to dream u p sawier strategies for those career aims that've been stunted by thcchronicdistraction o f b a t d e . In fact, I believe the only way to avoid a series of future retreats and surrenders is to declare a ringing truce now. A Q UARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Your assignment for the next few weeks, should you choose to accept it, is to research the secrets of attaining non-sexist sexiness. That isn't as glib as it may sound. 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won't admit she's a waitress and not an actress, and the missed connections between the two erupt into a violent outburst. Edmonds racism, womanhating, and homophobia make him hardly an attractive character, but his belligerent searches for meaning make him oddly endearing, as he completes his journey through the criminal justice system and finds redemption in a jail cell. Original music by Dehran Duckworth suggests the conga rhythms of urban energies, and Kevin Rigdon's set uses the brick back wall of the Contois stage as well as opaque windows, industrial metal doors and more brick to suggest seedy city streets. The set allows tight transitions from scene to scene, and bridges the theatrical and urban landscapes of the play.

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pair, or like the two lading stars arguing over fame and envy — the interactions come off as overly staged. But in some small, close scenes, real feeling resonates in brief lines of conversation. Mr. Rosen, played by Walt

Edmond wants love,

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Continued from page 6 fins, as gills. A normative feature of American driving for more than half a century — it started to become standard on G M models as early as 1939, shortly after the sealed-beam headlamp was perfected and right after windshield defrosters were introduced — the turnsignal lever now protrudes essentially ignored on the left side of the steering shaft, a casualty of a driving culture in which gut instinct, split-second calculation of survival chances, intimidation and self-absorption are the new Rules of the Road. Oh, you still see them once in a while, winking goofily, helpfully, optimistically out there in the blurred hell of Big Traffic. But hey, you still see engraved thank-you notes once in a while, too. Neckties at the theater. Salad forks. The fact is that the turn signal, as a semiotic, is fundamentally at odds with the evolving American ethos. In driving terms, the evolving American ethos can be described, variously, thus:

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entirely positive, in Balch's estiL O T S O F P O T E N T A I L mation, including millions of Continued from page 12

dollars in tax revenues for the city's master plan calls for city. The 80-unit condominium studying the feasibility of reincomplex rising on College troducing one or more Street and the residential-andthrough-streets in the renewal office project under construczone. tion on Battery and Main can To some urban design be seen as spin-offs of the origidenizens, Burlington Square nal scheme, he says. "The proseems sealed-off from the rest ject always envisioned things of downtown. "It feels isolated like this happening. It was because of the big boxes that intended to bring about just surround the site," says Tom this kind of construction in the » Visser, interim director of area. UVM's historic preservation For Hogan, "there's no quesprogram. "The scale of those tion that the project has been a buildings and the lack of intermajor enhancement for retail est for pedestrians creates a sort throughout downtown. It led of hostile environment." directly to other restorations Anderson, organizer of a and to the redesign of Church 1976 "fantasy show" of alterStreet." Burlington also received nate visions for Burlington, sees Burlington Square as "a large, sort of extraterrestrial f f o project that was plopped down by designers from Chicago and has almost no relation to significant amounts of public the physical site." The buildings transportation funding as part themselves, he says, are "giganof the urban renewal initiative, tic structures with blank walls Hogan notes. totally lacking the theatricality Battery Park Extension, the that makes walking in a city a green strip on the west side of unique pleasure." These strucBattery Street between Pearl tures surround what Anderson and College, is a direct outdescribes as "a very scary, empty growth of the urban renewal zone" at the site's core. project, Balch further notes. "Beauty is in the eye of the "There were several dilapidated beholder," counters Balch. commercial structures there "These responses are a matter that were torn down to make of personal opinion, and I don't way for the park extension." regard the project's visual Although this narrow open impact as at all negative." space is little used today, it The tangible effects of the could become a graceful gateredevelopment have been

to acknowledge the Other. It is one of the extremely few such acknowledgments that is possible, or even thinkable, from within the extended, hardened shell of the ego that the anticommunal American car has long since become. (All other acknowledgments that I can think of just now are conspicuously hostile: flicking one s brights at an oncoming driver, giving the bird, performing the drive-by shooting.) The turn signal, in other words, is a kind of tip of the hat, a salute, the highway analog of the deferences exchanged, say, by hikers on the Long Trail. It is a gesture of humility. It can convey the same psychic message as that achieved by the ancient ritual of the handshake, the drawing of one's hand away from one's weapon. The turn signal, ultimately, is a symbol of peace. Which is why I expect to see it eliminated from production any year now. • Ron Powers, a former professor at Middlebury College, has been doing a lot of driving lately.

way to the waterfront, suggests Visser. Improved pedestrian access to Battery Park Extension is among the design opportunities that Filene's could generate, he says. The coming of Filene's to the northwestern portion of the urban renewal site is viewed with enthusiasm in all quarters. Besides being a major economic asset, the department store would complete the climatecontrolled pedestrian passageway leading from Church to Battery Street via Burlington Square Mall. "It's the missing piece in the puzzle," says Hogan. But will Filene's actually be built? The excited anticipation sparked by Clavelle's announcement might seem disconcertingly familiar to those

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acquainted with the history of the urban renewal project. Back in the late '60s, the mayor and city planners were confident that a Forbes and Wallace department store would soon be built on this very same site. Contracts had been signed; it seemed an even surer thing than Filene's does today. In 1973 the Springfield, Mass. department store chain was taken over by a Connecticut corporation that canceled the Burlington plan. The lot has been depressingly empty ever since. •

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office space 400 SQ. FT., $ 4 0 0 / M 0 . , U T I L S . I N C L U D E D . Burlington waterfront view. 658-1799, ask for Richard.

studio space LARGE, SUNNY, S H A R E D ARTISTS/CRAFTERS S T U D I O . Available immediately. I (woman studio artist) am open to sharing with one (or possibly two) other(s) (women preferred). Ideal, lovely, downtown waterfront location: The Wing Building (on bikepath, next to Perkins Pier). Friendly environment, retail possibilities, $215 each for 2 or $145 to share between 3 people. All utils & fees incl. 864-7480. GREAT C O O P E R A T I V E S T U D I O SPACE, option of semi privacy. Above Cafe N o - N o near downtown Burl. $125/mth/person. Call Kris at 658-0905.

for rent BURL. N O R T H AVE. Spacious, 1st floor, 1 bdrm w/ enclosed back porch/nice yard (garden to boot). Beautiful woodwork, hardwood floors, heated, $495. Parking/bus line, no pets. Call 660-9385. S U B L E T BEAUTIFUL L I T T L E H O U S E in South Hero. 20 mins. from Burlington, easy c o m m u t e (no traffic). Responsible nonsmokers prefered. Call 372-6185 leave message. FREE R O O M in exchange for work around country place (gardening,wood chopping, light carpentry, etc.). Biking distance to UVM. Prefer grad student age, male. 864-7537 (d), 862-8796 (e).

housemates S H A R E AN A P A R T M E N T : Furnished bedroom for quiet, clean, N/S female. References and deposit req. $80/wk or $300/mo. Central location on Patchen Rd. 865-4743 anytime. B U R L I N G T O N : Roommate wanted. Professional woman with puppy. Quiet, veggie, artistic nonsmoker seeks similar. LUXURIOUS C O N D O . Backyard=Redrock park, lake. Starting 9/96. $500. 864-0911 after 5 p.m. B U R L I N G T O N : Marble Ave. household seeks responsible cigaretteless individual. Good company, nice house, basic bedroom. $275 + utils. 865-9905. BURL: 2 quasi-professional women seek 3rd M or F to share swell downtown home. 1 dog, 1 kitten, 1 smoker, 2 healers and parking. Available Sept. 1. $275 + 1/3 utils. Cheryl/Carolyn, 6586372. BURL. SUBLET, 9/1-1/1: Downtown apartment near lake, university &C hospital. Yard, garage, basement. Share w/ 3 others (grad. students and profs.). N/S. Tracy- 8641517. PRIVATE H O M E , BURL. C E N TRAL. Male roommate wanted, smoker o.k. Private room & bath, utils included. Private, off-street parking, private entrance. $370 + dep. Call 860-6442 after 4 pm.

R O O M M A T E W A N T E D : Burl. (Hill section). Female professional, 25-35, clean, N/S, responsible for beautiful Victorian. Huge, hardwood, porch, lake views. $300 + dep. + utils. Start 9/1. 660-8187. H O U S E M A T E W A N T E D : share. home w/ single mom, 2 kids (43 & 6), dog, cat. Wood paths, bike path, busline. Prefer F vegetarian. $325, includes all. Available 8/15. 864-7974.

stuff to buy B R E W Y O U R O W N BEER! Homemade wine and soft drinks, too. With equipment, recipes, and friendly advice from Vermont Homebrew Supply. Now at our new location next to the Beverage Warehouse, E. Allen Street, Winooski. 655-2070. N E W M O D E L C O N C E P T II R O W I N G M A C H I N E . 863-3010

house cleaning D U S T B U N N I E S MULTIPLYING? H o p to it! Call Diane H. 658-7458. Housekeeper to the

automotive S E I Z E D CARS F R O M $175. Porsches, Cadillacs, Chevys, BMW's, Corvettes. Also Jeeps, 4WD's. Your area. Toll-free, 1-800898-9778 ext. A-6908 for current listings. RABBIT G T I , black, turns good, body looks great. Sunroof, standard. $700 O B O . Call Aaron, 8635354. '81 CADILLAC E L D O R A D O C O N V E R T I B L E . 72,000 miles. New top, tires, brakes, shocks. Rare car. $5000 obo. 802-496-3156. BUY M Y CAR. (I never drive it) 4 W D Subaru Wagon, 1988, red. Looks great, runs well. $925. Jim 373-1824 (Burl.)

B U L L D O G P U P P I E S . English Bulldogs, AKC, male puppies, 8 weeks old. N o resonable offer refused. 518-483-7139. Serious inquires only. L O S T C A T FEMALE, GRAY, T I G E R - S T R I P E D . Smallish & young cat who is especially loved and missed. Two dark bands across chest, answers to Juniper. Please, please, please call 860-7279.

help wanted H E A L T H Y LIVING IS L O O K I N G for mature, energetic, selfmotivated indivs. to work P / T (eves & wknds). Apply in person at 150 Dorset Sq. Mall. N o phone calls, please. $1,000'S POSSIBLE R E A D I N G B O O K S . Part-time. At home. Tollfree 1-800-898-9778 Ext. R-6908 for listings. ALASKA JOBS! Earn up to $30,000 fishing three m o n t h Salmon season. Also, construction, canneries, oil fields, plus more! 504-429-9223 Ext. 4580S30, 24 hours. I N D I V I D U A L S U P P O R T ASSIST A N T S : We're individuals with developmental disabilities seeking people to assist us in our daily lives. We're looking for people who live in our communities and are willing to be our companions, assist us in our personal care and support us on our jobs. In an effort to help coordinate this endeavor,

Lynette Loges at Howard Community Services will be accepting applications on our behalf. Please contact her at 6581914. ARE YOU DETAIL O R I E N T E D ? Positive? Able to work both quickly & efficiently? Do you have excellent phone skills retail/wholesale experience? If you answered yes to all of these questions, then we'd like to meet you. Wholesale fashion accessories co. seeks motivated individual for full-time position, open immediately. Duties include: order processing, light shipping, inventory maintenance, some sales & customer service. Call 6554547. I N T E R E S T E D ? Solve a big problem, get a big paycheck. I am looking for environmentally-conscious, / excited individuals to help. Professional training provided with unlimited $ potential. Call Marc at 862-0628 or toll-free at 888-8020628. I N T E R E S T E D IN SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS? Assist with workshops, newsletters, educational business services. Need excellent communication, good organizational skill. One-yr. AmeriCorps*VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) assignment. Monthly living allowance, med. ins., education award, stipend & valuable experience. Vermont Business for Social Responsibility, 862-8347.

business opp DEVELOP I N C O M E O F $40,000 T O $60,000 IN N E X T 4 M O N T H S . N O T M L M . 90% C O M M I S S I O N . T H I S IS REAL, YOU CAN D O THIS! 1-800-7750712, EXT. 1935.

in search of L O O K I N G F O R W O M E N . Bi, lesbian, straight, interested in forming a support group based on Geneen Roth's model of breaking free from compulsive over-eating. Call 862-2574.

T H E K E N N E L REHEARSAL SPACE. AVAILABLE N O W 3017 Williston Rd., So. Burlington. Living room-like atmosphere. Renting blocks of time per month. Reserve your space now! Call Lee at 660-2880. FOR SALE: S A L D A N O A M P , 100 watt SLO head (Clapton/ Haynes model), Peavey 4x12 cab, Tascam 4 channel headphone amp. Call Archer Studio for info, 6554178. BURLINGTON DOES B U R L I N G T O N double C D available at Pure Pop, Vibes, Silvermine North and Peace and Justice Center in Burlington, Tones in Johnson, Buch Spieler in Montpelier, Alley Beat, Sound Source & Vermont Book Shop in Middlebury, Gagnon Music in Hardwick, www.bigheavyworld.com or send $22 ppd to P O Box 5373 Burlington, Vermont 05402. M U S I C I A N S ! Gotta special gig? LOCATION RECORDING. CDquality digital stereo, acoustic performance our specialty. Reasonable rates. Call Bryan at Musical Audio, 496-4187. D R U M LESSONS: Musicians Institute honors graduate. 4 years teaching experience. Drummer for 5 Seconds Expired, (formerly SLUSH) Custom lesson plans. GARY WILLIAMS: 802-472-

6819; 5seconds@together.net D R U M M E R W A N T E D : Guitar/ Bass/Vocals seek drummer. Original music - loud, quiet, and all points in between. Vocals a plus. Call Chris-660-9441 or Erek-8652576. GUITAR & P I A N O LESSONS. George, by G E O R G E ! performing musician. Folk, rock, blues, altern. begin-interm. 1st lesson free! Call 865-2303 ($ 15/hr., neg.). GET ORGANIZED AND GET REAL. Without a kick butt Press Packet your Band might as well SUCK. The K House does it for you; well and ÂŁ H E A E - Call 8655068.. BIG HEAVY W O R L D , Burlington's expanding music web site, seeks Mac/Internet-sawy interns. Get to know and promote Burlington music on a national level. Call 373-1824 or send letter of interest to P.O.Box 428, Burlington, VI" 05402. http://www.bigheavyworld.com/

graphic arts INDUSTRIAL TYPEWORKS: Design for print and the World Wide Web. 373-1824 (Burlington). C U S T O M A I R B R U S H I N G . by G V Tease - affordable rates. Call George-865-2303. FREE SPECS! T-shirts, signs, photo touch-ups,

shipping services W E PACK A N D S H I P ANYT H I N G , A N Y W H E R E ! Call Pack & Ship Inc. 802-655-1126.

child care offered C O L C H E S T E R BUSY B O D I E S DAYCARE soon licensed w/preschool. Openings for 1-12 yrs. old, meals & snacks included. C P R & first aid cert. 863-5940.

W A N T E D T O ARTISTICALLY P H O T O G R A P H : family member in last resting place. Genuine & respectful interest in recording your loved ones after the departure of â&#x20AC;˘life. 863-8313. B U R L I N G T O N : Woman studio artist seeks other women interested in getting together to paint. Would also consider forming small weekly art/painting group. Large-ish waterfront studio available. Purpose: ideas, feedback, support, fun. 864-7480. V O L U N T E E R S N E E D E D at Firehouse Gallery, 135 Church St. Call Pascal at 865-7165 or Mimi at 865-7166.

carpentry/paint REPAIRS, R E N O V A T I O N S , P A I N T I N G , consultations, decks, windows, doors, siding, residential, commercial, insured, references. Chris Hanna, 865-9813. ABOVE T H E BEST P A I N T I N G SERVICE. Interior and exterior. References. Fully insured. Call Richard anytime at 862-0627.

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Call S64-CCTA to respond to a listing or to be listed. VANPOOL STARTING A U G U S T 19. We leave from B U R L I N G T O N and the R I C H M O N D P/R for approx. 7:30 to 4:30 workday in M O N T P E L I E R . Cheap at only $85 a m o n t h , and you don't put the miles on your car. (1811) BURLINGTON - MONTREAL. I can drive you to Montreal Wed. or Friday. Return same day or next. Flexible times. (2113) B U R L I N G T O N . I need a ride home from work at I I p.m. Work o n Shelburne Rd. near the Shelburne/So. Burl, line. Can you help out? I can pay bus fare equivalent. (2134) ESSEX JCT. to L E I C E S T E R . I'll drive someone or share c o m m u t e f r o m Burl, area to So. of Middlebury, beginning in Sept., must be at work by 7:45 a.m. (2136) H I N E S B U R G to B U R L I N G T O N . I work at a downtown bank and want to find someone to share the cost of driving and parking. I work 8 5. Please, lets talk! (2094) SALISBURY-BURLINGT O N . 7-3:30 shift at M C H V . Share c o m m u t e from somewhere South! (2078) WATERBURY C E N T E R to F O R T E T H A N ALLEN. I need to save money on gas and would love to carpool several times a week. Will meet on Rte. 100. Let's do it! (2076) J E R I C H O to WATERBURY, M y vanpool disbanded and I'd like to form a carpool from Jericho or the Richmond P/R. I work approx. 7:30-4, but I'm flexible. (1062) B U R L I N G T O N T O ST. ALBANS New to the area commuter willing to drive or share c o m m u t e jFor or so workday, some afternoon flexibility. (2066)

MORIAH ROOFING CUSTOM METAL W O R K S & REPAIRS. SHINGLES-SLATE-SINGLE PLY. John A. Jones. 872-0105.

personal training G E T S E R I O U S ! Lose weight, shape your body, be healthier. Whatever your goals, you can meet them at home. I'll show you how. Julie Trottier, certified personal fitness trainer. 878-2632. $35 per 90minute session. D I E T M A G I C . Lose up to 30 lbs. in 30 days. Programs start at $30. Call 878-9577.

AAA + - 655-0075. Barry J. Huston Ent. Professional painting service. Interior/exterior sched., fully insured. Great rates. Free written estimate.

R E E B O K V E R S A T R A I N I N G is an effective, individualized exercise program. Take charge of your fitness in two 90 minute, in-home training sessions. $35 per session. Julie Trottier, Certified Fitness Trainer. 878-2632.

A-l BUILDERS. C U S T O M H O M E BUILDING, REMODELING, A D D I T I O N S , GARAGES, DECKS, KITCHENS, BATHROOMS, S I D I N G , FREE ESTIMATES. FULLY I N S U R E D S I N C E 1964. 878-5360.

U N D E R STRESS? Take a health break w/Tranquil Connection. H o t tub, shower, massage. Certified Therapist. Sessions: intro $30, reg. $45, extended $60. 654-6860. Please leave a message.

B U R L I N G T O N to M O N T R E A L I often spend weekends in Montreal, will drive you there Friday evening, and return Sunday evg or early Monday a.m. for help with gas cost. {2051} STAR KS B O RO-J E R I C H O . I will drive someone to Jericho or the Richmond P/R, parttime, usual 11 y MWF. (2083) FAIRFAX - I B M . I need rides for a few weeks, and can then share or drive for approx. 6:30/7 to 4 p.m. c o m m u t e to IBM. Will pay well for rides! (2115) W A T E R B U R Y to C O L C H ESTER. I need rides for the summer from Exit 10 to Exit 16 or Malleus Bay. Will pay. Could drive occasionally. (2104) BURL - B O L T O N . I am looking for a ride to work at Bolton Valley Resort, or at least to Richmond village. Work 11-7, will pay one way or round trip. (2144) BURL - V T T E D D Y BEAR. Offering rides or carpoof to/from work. I work 9:304:30 at the Bear Factory and want to share gas and help someone out. (2146) B U R L I N G T O N . Downtown night shift employee seeks rides, especially from downtown to South End, most mornings at about 4:45am. Also, into town ar 11:30pm. COLCHESTER - LIME KILN R D . I'm looking for rides, mostly ro work only, f r o m Blakely Rd to m y job off Ltmc Kiln Rd. I can walk f r o m St. Mikes or take bus from Winooski. Need to get to work 8-9am. Will pay. (2145)

astrology ASTROLOGER. TAROT CARD R E A D E R . Spiritual counseling. Natal forecast, comparability and child guidance reports. Published author. Flexible hours. 10 + yrs. experience. Call Abbe Bassett 878-9284.

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WOMEN SEEKING MEN X4U+IZBA>X4AX*<°o Well-educated musician, 29, 5'8", beautiful. ISO S W M <36, professional or academic, 5'9" +, athletic, handsome. 4 long conversations athletic adventures, rainy day sleepin'. 64894 H O T - L I P P E D S M O O T H OPERAT O R seeks sparkling, spunky and demure counterpart for genuine communication and excellent fun. Artists and other creative persons preferred. D E P T H ESSENTIAL! 64891 F U N - L O V I N G TALL MALE let's discover Vermont's summer glory driving with picnic lunch, bicycling, hiking, water games on Lake Champlain. N/S, 48-60, Chittenden County. Are you my adventurous friend? D o you like the outdoors? D o you ski? Come & play with positive & active female. Let's have fun this summer. 64890. S O F T H E A R T / S T R O N G W I L L in classy, easy, sensuous nature. Attractive, intelligent, adventurous SWF wants to learn to golf/snorkel. Be 35-45, educated, athletic, youthful, willing to teach. 64882 W H A T MAKES AN A D S T A N D O U T ? DWPF, 35, attractive, fit, spiritual strawberry blonde likes rollerbiading, sailing, skiing, dancing, good movies, good books, good food, good beer; hates Burl, singles scene, bad lines and watching sports on t.v. ISO S / D M , N/S, 2750 for friendship, fun, etc... 64925 W A N N A K N I T YOU A SWEATER, write you a love letter. SWF, mid-30's, seeks S W M , N/S, 32-42 for friendship, possibly more. Must like hiking, mrn. hiking, music, reading & be lighthearted II you have past baggage, can you carry your heart like a newborn child? 64880 S j W - 47. Writer, artist, grown kids. Looking for friend & lover to enjoy the summer in the Kingdom. 64878 I HAVE BEEN I N B U R L I N G T O N FOR L I T T L E M O R E T H A N A YEAR. Lost without a companion. Anyone out there who would like to find me? 64870 M A T U R E 19YO F L O O K I N G F O R S O M E O N E T O HIKE, rollerblade, rock climb, mtn. bike and enjoy the outdoors with. 64867 SWF, 37, N E E D S T O BE F O U N D by wealthy gentleman. 64869 YOU: S W P M , 27-34. Like the outdoors, have a sense of humor, like music, books, good food/conversation. I am a SWPF, 30, long dark hair, blue eyes, nice smile. Still new to area, looking to share summer fun in Vermont. 64823 SPECIAL REQUEST! SWF, 33, tall, attractive, quiet, with good morals seeking sincere, tall man, 30-46 of MiddleEastern origin only for relationship. 64851. L O O K I N G FOR A MAN W H O ENJOYS HAVING FUN, sports and quiet time. 64846. SWF SEEKING S T R O N G - M I N D E D I N D I V I D U A L that likes reading, long walks who is open to new situations and places and likes to dream. 64849 ARE THERE ANY N I C E S I N G L E M E N IN T H E I R 30'S LEFT? SWJPF, N/S, 34, attractive, petite, slim, fit. Likes: Walking, reading, dining, Letterman humor. Seeks S W M , N/S, 30s, attractive, educated professional who is easygoing with a sense of humor. 64852 N A T U R E LOVER T U R N I N G OVER N E W LEAF. SWPF, 30, N / S / D , creative, honest, expressive, enjoys outdoor activities, music, fun/quiet evenings I S O S W P N / S / D M , 30 s, same interests, friendship first... 64912 S I Z Z L I N G H O T Central Vt. W F looking for BIG R O C K to D O U B L E MY PLEASURE/DOUBLE MY F U N . M U S T BE Clean/Healthy/Discreet/Very Open-Minded. Call, leave N A M E / STATS/NUMBER. 64853 SWF, 26, ISO A F U N - L O V I N G , E X C I T I N G , F I T P M , 26-40. Not ask-

ing for a major commitment, just one for laughter and fun this summer. 64857 RSVP PDQ!!! 2 3 Y O S W N S N D P F ISO S P N S N D P M , A.K.A you! RSVP ASAP 4 F U N w / A . B . C . s + 1 , 2 , 3's of L I T E ! D O A or D U I need not apply. (SALLY S E A R C H I N G FOR HARRY.) 64861 I N V I T E T O A KISS! 23YOSWPF, naive, shy, funny, blue-eyed curvy blonde ISO gentleman to show me the romantic side of Vermont. 21-31 YO, 5'11" + ! Call me! 64860 SWF, 31, ATTRACTIVE, MATURE A N D A VIRGO. Seeking a gorgeous male, 25-33, to share good times in the sun. Must be considerate, intelligent, and fun. 64859 JOCK LOOKING T O FEEL T H E BIG ROCK. Great friend and lover and loves to do things over and over. 64727 W O N ' T JUMP O U T OF AN AIRPLANE, do drugs or stop evolving. Otherwise, I'm game. Responsible, attractive, NSDWPF, playful at heart, seeks friend to grow with. 64735 ARE YOU? Creative, fun, outdoorsy, into racing, music, walking, good moral values, romance, cuddling, health, honesty, and communication. Me too! SWCF ISO SWPN/SM between 35-45. 64729 SWF, 23, enjoys outdoor activities, including hiking, biking &c skiing. Looking for out-going, open-minded M who enjoys twisted humor, dancing and good times. Sound like you? What are you waiting for? 64775 H O M E S T E A D I N G SWF, NS/D, 5'10", 40, w/ homeschooling daughter. I'm into gardening, reading, travelling, camping, cooking. Looking for a man who likes the outdoors. 64930 LIFE IS G O O D . Let's enjoy it together. Sincere, spirited DWF, mid-40's, 5'8", diversified interests, needs tall D / S W M 43-52 with sense of humor, tender heart, and love of the outdoors to share adventure, laughter and companionship. 64789 N O R D I C V E R M O N T NATIVE: Searching for a friend. Likes sun, movies, romance, and fun. Ages 23-31. Must have a love for laughter and life. 64790 S C R A T C H MY BACK, I'LL PURR LIKE A K I T T E N . SWF, 43, seeking tall W M for long walks, good conversation,, candlelight dinners, quiet times. 64800 S W F S E A R C H I N G FOR J E T S E T RENAISSANCE MAN...Charlie Brown with worldly demeanor strongly desired! Let's make it a family affair! Call me to negotiate! 64802 SWPF, 27, 5 7 " , beautiful black-haired vixen seeking a villain to have fun with. Must have a GREAT sense of humor, be adventurous, spontaneous, and adore animals. Not into LTRs with emotional burdens, just friendship with a little bit of spice. Give me a whirl. 64804 SEEKING C O M P A N I O N S H I P . My interests include travel, photography, polo game, museums. Full-figured SWF age 39 seeking M age 40+. 64810 SINGLE, STABLE A N D ABLE!! Looking for Mr. Gable. No bars, flys, or one-night stands. Bring out the music let's start the band. SWF, blond, hazel. Seeking S W M , 50's, 60s. 64817

MEN SEEKING WOMEN BE MY WAIF? Loving, compassonate, poor, C S W M , N/S, 5'10", 180 lbs ISO skinny, flat-chested, intelligent, SF, N/S, under 36 for friendship and more. Race unimportant. 64895 ARIES SEEKING ASIAN SF 21 to 35, Physically fit body and mind. Enjoy cooking and know how to please a man! Rock and blues music, dancing, movies, camping, traveling, Sincere relationship! No drugs, social drinking, smoking O k . Picture+letter a plus. 64897 S W M , 19. Tall, cute, into Punk Rock. Looking for a Punk Rock Girl to do wild things w/. I have trouble meeting girls. 64918 N O SALES P I T C H ! Just honesty. S W M , 33, electric, loves music, dining out, long drives to special destinations. Seeking 24 to 40 yr. woman to emotionally and physically spoil. Call. 64898 SAIL AWAY - leave your troubles behind - captain sails for warmer waters in September. Once in a lifetime adventure. N o experience necessary. Bring Camera. 64902. LIKE N O O T H E R . Sensitive, intelligent S W M , 34, who will treat you right and want to share good and bad times seeking woman who wants the same. Good listener. Massage exchanging and snuggling a must. Romance, computers, rollerblades, walks in woods, quiet times, commitment O.K. 64900

S W M , 38, FIT, N/S Looking for a warm, funny, honest, sincere lady, who enjoys sports, golf, laughter, country rides, movies, dining out, playing cards and good wine. Let's talk. 64899 ELIGIBLE BACHELOR: O n a mission in search of the attractive, intelligent, alive and well woman to join me in life's journeys (30-37). 64909 ARE YOU A VERY ATTRACTIVE BF with lots of personality and who loves to go out? I'm a sooo fine SWM, 29, who is successful and a little too fast-paced for this town. If you're self-confident, call me. 64893

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drugs, social drinking, smoking okay. Picture + letter a plus. 64887 Y O U N G BUCK! SEEKS SWF, 21-30 w/the urge for spontaneous adventure! Biking, water sports and a little life on the edge; you're my kind of woman. Let's meet. Looking for laid back SWF to talk and spend time, with. 64886 WATERBURY, S W P M , 42, N/S, fit, thin traveler, hiker, backpacker, moviegoer, newspaper-reader. ISO independent, fit, thin partner, nearby and spontaneous, who won't sit and wait for the phone to ring. Give me a call. 64888 D C W M , N D / N S -35- big teddy bear. Loves outdoors, cuddling, walks, movies, poetry, hugs & more. ISO N / D , N/S woman, 29-40. Possible LTR. Call me. 64889 BE D I N E D , W I N E D , N O T L I N E D by great find with mind, good looks, likes books. Magnum guy, no lie. Are you active and attractive? Say yes! 64881 D O YOU LIKE: Meaningful conversation, back rubs, slow passionate kisses, affection, cooking, fishing, dancing, honesty. SWPM, 27, 5'9", 148 lbs, father ISO slender affectionate SWPF, 26-34. Long hair +. 64879 25YO CULINARY S T U D E N T looking for some Vermont fun. Love to read, goof off, walk, hear tunes, talk about life. It could be fun. 64877 I K N O W YOU ARE O U T T H E R E S O M E W H E R E . Life is too busy to hang out in bars, so I'm trying the personals. DJPM, 39, 6', slim, no kids. Avid bicyclist, into working out, music & night life. Seeks slim fit F with similar interests. 64872 A D V E N T U R O U S S W M , 19, 6'3", 170 lbs., looking for adventurous SWF to hike, camp, swim and enjoy the outdoors with. 64928 PONYTAILED G E N T L E M A N , 40, seeks one lusty woman for four seasons, let-it-all-hang-out-take-no-prisoners kind of fun. Please write or call. 64929 CADIVAR N O T . G O O D H A N D S , W O R N HEART, open mind. NSPSWM, 34, seeks happy, hearty, healthy, progressive woman to accompany in chasing rainbows, singing, dancing and building friendship. 64938 OVER E D U C A T E D (Ph.D) M E D ICAL S T U D E N T , new to area. 6'3", I90lbs, D M seeks petite, S/DWPF, 2532, to explore what V T has to offer.

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(Mind Conn's) Burlington, • 862-6900 INTELLECTUAL BEACH BOY, blond/blue, smooth, 36, 5'11", 175#, jogger, cycler, outdoorsman, artisan/educator, ISO tall, slender, honest, energetic, reserved, athletic, blond, 27-33. 64883 S W M , 33, SEEKS SWF FOR SERIOUS, CONSENSUAL, D O M / S U B RELATIONSHIP. No pain or drugs. Let us become together what each alone cannot. 64923 G R O U N D E D , 40, H A N D S O M E , 5'6", very fit, eclectic, educated, professional, nice guy with wit and charm. Prefer similar, earthy, attractive, slim woman (29+), into nature, arts, travel and country life. 64926 D W M N S / D 38 YO C O O K S , CARES, camps, fishes, honest, laughs, outdoors, passionate, sober. You: 25-40 WF, slim, same interests. Like attention? Tired of insensitive jerks? Write. 64941 WANNA C O M E O U T & PLAY? SJPM, a very young 40, NS, 5'11", 180 lbs., athletic and fit. Sensitive, kind, intelligent and very easy going. Very attractive, fun and happy to be with. Loves life, all sports, seeks happy, attractive, intelligent, N S F. Please call. 64936 C H A R M I N G Y O U N G MALE, Seeking adventurous, easy going female to spend some time with. 64905 H O L I S T I C SENSUOUS. Vegetarian, environmentally aware humanist looking for international awareness in a special someone. She: hiking, biking, swimming, rock climbing, of course, music and dancing w/ PLENTY of cuddling. Me: will romance her off her feet into my muscular arms. 64921 GOOD-NATURED ADVENTURER SWM, 40, attractive, 6', 175 lbs., downto-earth, open-minded, polite, well-traveled, romantic + spontaneous. Hiking, water, nature, music + more. ISO similar, SWF, 30-40, N/S, slimish, fit, intelligent, equal partner, co-adventurer, culture + quiet time. Friend + companion this summer. Seeking + possible LTR. 64884 S W M , 25 SEEKING H O T & SEXY woman for steamy encounters. Looks are not important. An insatiable appetite is all that's required. 64906 VERY H A N D S O M E , H O N E Y O F A H U N K - warm, exciting, very comical & lovable desires fun, fit, shapely, attractive brunette for wild adventures, terrific love and Romance. Age 25-38. 64885 ARIES SEEKING ARIES, seeks SF 21 to 35. Physically fit body and mind. Cooking a plus, and know how to please a man! Rock and Blues, music, movies, camping, traveling, honesty, sincerity, no

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64910 .: S W M , 6OYO L O O K I N G F O R C O M P A N I O N . Must have interest in fishing, ice fishing, bowling, boating, hunting, home movies and cars. 64868 R E T I R E D PROFESSIONAL N E W T O VT, D W M , NS, active, fit, liberal, sense of humor, seeks attractive, educated woman, 50ish. Let's talk. 64904 S O M E W H E R E T H E R E ' S A SENSAT I O N A L SINGLE W O M A N , slightly radical, definitely intelligent, unusual and talented, ISO an incredible relationship w/ a multi-talented, professional, physically attractive SWM, 5'7".'64940 Q: L O O K I N G FOR A W I L D T I M E ? Partyin' 'til dawn? A. Yeah, rock on, you Bad Boy! B. No way, baby - long hikes and quiet evenings are more my style. If you chose answer "B," call me. S W M , 31 seeks SF ages 25-32. 64875 SENSITIVE NEW-AGE GUY (REALLY!), SWPM, 34, ENFJ, wants to grow a relationship w/ progressive, happy, outdoorsy, ecclectic woman, 28-38, healthy, fit. Grok? 64922 IN M A R R I A G E - I N D U C E D C O M A S I N C E 1984, newly awaken, handsome, active professional ISO beautiful, curvy, adventurous lady to bring me u p to speed in '96. Fun times promised, take a chance. 64924

ENJOY BEING. Emerging spirituality compliments active outdoorsy, semi-cultured lifestyle oversaturated w/ fun, work & philosophy. Desire companion about 40 YO to meditate, play, talk, read, relax, travel w/. Attractive, compassionate D W M N / S lawyer seeks tall, unencumbered, very intelligent tomboy to share dreams & stirring the oatmeal of reality. 64913 G E T A LIFE. It's what I'm seeking. Responsible, fun-loving lover for heart only. Woodstokef. 64845 LET'S G E T T O G E T H E R ! SWPM, 32, 160 lbs, half Spanish and French, likes dancing, traveling, beaches, picnics, camping, quiet romantic evenings, good conversation, walks in the rain. Kids are great also. ISO SF with similar interests and interest of her own; call me. 64855 S W P M , 34 H I G H P R O T E I N , L O W FAT, a little salty and slightly sweet but spicy vegetarian entree seeks lightly seasoned side dish for balanced eating...you pick the wine. 64863 S W P M , 34 EXPERIENCED...TRAVE L L E D . . . O U T D O O R FIT...INTELLECTUAL holistically motivated male with all options seeks female energy to balance my doshas. Let's talk. 6'1", 175 lbs. 64862 I'M A TREE STANDING ALONE IN T H E FOREST looking for someone to grow tall with. SWPM, 25, likes hikes, bikes & fishing. Looking for ltr. 64915 N E W T O B U R L I N G T O N - Attractive, fit D P M , young 40 s, 6'2", enjoys dining, theater, dancing, beach, tennis, singing. Seeks S/DF with similar interests. Smoke OK. 64787 34 YR O L D S W P M - N S , 160 lbs, blonde hr, bl eyes, health conscious, likes kids, hunting, fishing, canoeing, camping, quiet evenings, good conversation. Tired of bar scene. Looking for someone who wants to make a new friend that could lead into a quality relationship. 64917 STILL L O O K I N G ! for that special woman, 40-55, who likes to express herself honestly, enjoys movies, walks, rides in the country, quiet evenings, N S W D . Friendship 1st. 64808 I'M HERE, ANY TAKERS?: this loyal biker, hiker, poet, writer (dog) ISO a kind, loving mistress for outings, fun, etc. 64809 TALL, A C T I V E S W P M , 35, seeks 28 to 30-something /SWF, no kids (yet) who enjoys outdoor activities as well as romantic candlelight dinners for two. 64824 MAYBE T H E ONLY WAY I'll meet you is through a personal ad. I've seen you around but we haven't had the opportunity to meet yet.. 64828 Y O U N G P U P SEEKS K I T T E N for playful romps, chasing tail. Willing to share water bowl and more. N o hair balls, please. 64829 SYMMETRY Congruency creates positive chemistry. Highly educated, professional, attractive, trim. Heart-to-heart , priority. Intellectual, philosophical, artful, scienceful, soulful, mutual, comfortable. connection only issue. Seek similar lifemate. 64830 30 YO SKI B U M / L A N D S C A P E R . Happy-go-lucky, work hard/play hard type seeks athletic, attractive, intelligent, happly N S F to have fun with! 64834 S W M , 34, I N T O VOLLEYBALL, STARRY N I G H T S , PLAYING CHESS. Seeking a PF, 21+ who likes children, going to the park & swinging. 64833 D W M L O O K I N G FOR O U T D O O R S Y G O O D LISTENER for adventure and relaxation. 64832. 37 S W M FROG SEEKS S M O O C H VIA S W F for princely transformation.

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SPM 26 ISO SPF F O R FRIENDSHIP, fun times, trips, caring, sharing, possibly more. Would like someone who would like to take trips on weekends to secluded locations & cities. 64844

WOMEN SEEKING WOMEN R I O T GRRRL, 25, FULL O F ENERGY, a little nutty, but also can be serious and sensitive. Looking for a cool lady, 21-30 yo, who would be into going for a jaunt downtown just as much as a hike through the woods. The emphasis is on fun, but falling in love is my ultimate goal. So waddya say? 64939 E C C E N T R I C EXPLORER. College student likes movies at home, fun outdoors, writing and wild imaginations. Looking for patient, non-judgmental person with sense of humor. Prefers 19-25. 64896 B I W F SEEKS B I W F T O BE F R I E N D S A N D SHARE W I T H . Must enjoy life or want to learn how. 64901 BEAUTIFUL F, 19, seeks feminine M/transvestite for friendship, hopeful relationship. 64769 N O SKINNY MINNIE. Intelligent, creative Montpelier lesbian, 51, seeks same. Enjoy meditation, writing, art, photography, quiet dinners, movies, strolls, opera, giving, healthy eating, pets. You? 64908 GBF - NS - N D - makes no demands that others don't - 62 yrs. young - love sports, love to travel by car or train - want a partner to share my time &C space. 64706 A T T R A C T I V E FEMME, GWDF, 19, seeks GF who likes to go with wind and have fun, insanity a plus. Equal opportunity lover. 64767

BI A N D SLY; don't want no guy, 25 times around the sun; the best is yet to come. Call me crazy or just call me! 64821 ' SLIM, J E W I S H , F E M I N I N E LOOKING, humurous, gentle natured, artistic, intelligent NS who adores Nature, art, music needs a soul friend just like me! No butches please. 64905 HOT-LIPPED S M O O T H OPERATOR seeks sparkling and demure counterpart for genuine communication and excellent fun. Artists and other creative persons preferred. Depth essential. 64838 32, TALL, F E M M E N E O P H Y T E ISO G U I D E A N D FRIEND! Passions: Shakespeare, Milne, Gershwin, Rachmaninoff. Well-read, energetic, lonely and curious. Can we talk? 64850

MEN SEEKING MEN B1 MALE C D SEEKS SAME lor friendship maybe more. 26, brown hair and eyes, likes anything spontaneous! 64892 PLAYFUL DADDY'S BOY. In shape, blue-eyed, dark curly haired sex button. Leather, SM curious. Tie me up! 64933 L O O K I N G FOR A RARE PERSON! I'm a highly intuative, deeply feeling, bright man, in shape, willing to work toward commitment. Seeking same. HIV + person OK. 64919 S W M , 35, 5'10", 140 #, GREEN, B R O W N , H I V - 3/96, passive, horses, gardening, acoustic music, alternative energy, homesteading, nudity. Seeks fidelity - conscious, trim woodsman. Woodchucks welcome. 64866 G W M , 43, PROFESSIONAL, 5'9", 160. Does anyone believe in monogamy anymore? Looking for soulmate to share life (25-45). Interests vary: movies, out-

doors, travel. All answered. 64876 G W M , 38, ENJOYS J U S T A B O U T A N Y T H I N G . Looking for a sincere, honest man to share my life with, 19-45. 64534 PROFESSIONAL GWM, 27, TALL, SLIM N/S, attractive and adventurous seeking straight-acting, discreet guy under 30 for friendship and more. 64667 VERY CURIOUS WM, 6'3", 225/65, brown hair & eyes and have been straight all my life. Looking for W M to fulfill my fantasy. 64753 ATTRACTIVE, MASCULINE, goodhumored, professional male, 55, 5'11", 170 lbs., central Vermont. Enjoys nature, gardening, music, good food. Seeking intelligent, fun-loving sensitive male. 64759 G W M , 19, brown hair, blue eyes, 5'7", 140 #, looking for another 19-40, for fun times. 64763 G W M . R E T I R E D . Looking for a sincere live-in companion. 64785 G M PISCES, 38, 5'10", 180, looking for a compatible spirit. In search of a partner in workouts and walks, culture and cause, long talks and quiet.moments, friendship and touch. 64801 T R A N S V E S T I T E Beautiful, stunning, sexy, aggressive, slender Goddess seeks a gentle gentleman. Creme de la creme and diamonds. A fantasy from heaven. Friendly, caring, and wonderful. 64812 M A S C U L I N E 6'2", 225 lbs, 37, Itallian W M seeking another 25-45 for discreet fun. Crossdresser a plus. 64839 B I W M , SHY, BONNY, C U R I O U S , 5'11", 145 #s, brown/blue, young at 36 years, active & healthy. Seeking young, thin, cute guy who likes the outdoors, new music, movies, travel, adventure. Sense of humor & gentle nature a plus.

Realism required. No fooling. 64854 VERY BAD BOY, 46 seeks badder dad. Call me please, sir! 64856

OTHER MALE LESBIAN, 20, SEEKS W O M E N T O REVERSE ROLES (18-30). I'll wear the skirt. 64932

DEAR " N O SKINNY M I N N I E " : why no phone message? Me? 43, outdoors woman, loves walks, writing, movies, sunsets, music, romance, gardening and more. Your serve. 64927 I SPY A HARLEY GUY w/ a lovely rat tail down the back. How about a ride down the dirty boulevard? Call me. 64916 I S P I E D A BUFF J E T SKIER at the Colchester access. I'd like to rev your jets. 64910 P L A N T L O V I N G - O C E A N LOVING MAn F R O M 1ST SEASONS. Thanks for land loving fun in Denver. Bon Voyage! Be safe and sound. I hope you sink! BBB BAGEL BOY w/ the long, culy lox: your smile keeps me coming back for more! A cinnamon raisin girl. 64937

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